Chapter 12 - welcome to our family
"Are you sure you are ready to go to the guild?" Lucy squinted her eyes together and peered at Isah, who was walking next to her. "Yes, I'm totally fine."
A week ago, one of Isahs wounds from her battle with gray started bleeding. Gray had made layers of ice to stop her wounds from bleeding, but when Lucy accidentally hit one of the layers, it broke and she lost a lot of blood.
Luckily Wendy came to heal her as fast as she could. It was rather curious what happened after Wendy had been healing her for a couple of minutes. A green light appeared around Isah, and the healing magic from Wendy didn't work anymore.
Wendy had fortunately healed her deepest wounds before the green light appeared, but she was still very weak. Isah had been bedridden for the last week. Yesterday was the first time she came outside again, and it was only to go with Lucy to the bakery for some bread.
"No, you're not fine." Lucy sighted. "Don't tell me that you're fine when you aren't. If you were fully healed already, you wouldn't be wearing bandages." "So what?" Isah hopped over the cracks in the street. "I only wear them because you and Wendy are afraid that my wounds will open up again."
Lucy grinned and rolled her eyes. "You're really stubborn, aren't you?" Isah turned around and stuck her tongue out, and as a result she almost tripped over a stone that was slightly sticking out of the street. Lucy's hart started beating faster as she saw the girl trying not to fall. "
Isah, watch where you put your feets!" She laughed at Lucy's concerned expression. "Don't be so chickened about every little thing. Come on, let's just hurry! I really want to meet the other guildmembers!" Lucy smiled. "Allright, let's go!" And they both started running.
Isah and Lucy stood in front of the fairy tail building. They were both panting heavily. "You're fast..." Lucy panted. "But I still won from you." Isah, who was trying to catch her breath, turned to Lucy. "No, I won!" They looked eachother in the eyes, and went silent. Then they broke out in laughter. "We're childish, aren't we?" Lucy chuckled. Isah nodded in response. Suddenly the door of the guild opened.
Lucy looked right into the eyes of Lisanna, who looked quite surprised. "Oh, who do we have here? Lucy, I haven't seen you for a while now! How are you?" Lucy smiled at the youngest Strauss sibling. "im good, thanks for asking."
She turned her head towards isah, who was still trying to catch her breath from both the running and laughing. "Then you must be the girl that the others found on Tenrou island, huh?" Isah nodded as she straightened her back. She smiled at lisanna. "I am. My name is isah, nice to meet you."
"Isah, huh... Welcome to fairy tail. Im Lisanna." The white haired girl said. "Let's get inside." The girl looked up at the darkening sky. "It's seems a storm is brewing."
Isah sighted. Mavis sure didn't overreacted it when she had called the other guild members extremely loud and noisy. The moment she, Lisanna and Lucy had walked through the door, the girls were flooded by the fairy tail members. Isah had told her story at least 50 times by now. She finally made it to a seat, and she was now sitting at the bar. She cleared her sore throat. At this rate she would lose her voice from all the talking. She ran across her throat with her hand, a painful expression on her face. Mirajane, who was cleaning some cups, had noticed It. "Hey there, would you like to have a glass of cold water?" Isah nodded thankfully, and mirajane turned around to get the girl a drink.
She put the glass in front of Isah. "There, tell me if you would like something else." Isah took a small sib from the water, a sight leaving her throat as she felt the pain ebbing away. "Thanks a lot! Eh..." She faced the oldest Strauss sibling with a puzzled look. "Mirajane, but everyone calls me Mira." The white haired girl said. "Mirajane, huh?" Isah said, "that's a pretty name you got there. My name is Isah."
Mira bowed slightly towards Isah. "Nice to meet you, Isah. I'm sure you'll have a great time here at our guild." Isah nodded. Mira turned to Lucy. "Would you like to have something as well?" The barmaid asked. "Could you make me my favorite milkshake?" Lucy asked with big puppy eyes. Mira giggled a bit. " Are you broke again?" Lucy sighted "Yes..." Mira smiled at her. "There's no need to beg me for it, I'll just make you one for free." She winked at Lucy. "But don't tell the others, okay?" Lucy nodded happily. "Sure!"
Isah was drinking her water, as she suddenly felt how the pressure on her chest worsened. She stiffened. "Not again. Not now."
Lucy turned to Isah with a confused expression. "What are you talking about?" She saw how the golden haired quickly put her glass on the bar, whereafter she cringed and bent over in pain. "Isah?!" Lucy gasped, "what's wrong?" Isah had started breathing heavily, seemingly trying to hide her pain. "Oh my..."
Mira ran quickly from behind the bar, now standing next to the girl. "Easy... Try to calm down..." She shushed as she saw the anxious look on her face. "Breath more slowly." She commanded the girl, now breathing heavily as tears streamed down her face. "I-...I'm trying." Isah forced out.
After a few agonizing minutes of pain, Mira's hand on her back and all the guilds eyes on her, the pressure lowered again. Isahs breathing went back to normal, and She could hear Lucy and Mira sighting in relieve.
After a moment of silence, Mira slightly pinched Isahs shoulder. "Would you mind explaining what just happened?" Isah took a deep breath.
"Ever since I woke up on tenrou island, there has been a certain pressure on my chest." she laid her hand on her chest. "And after finally getting used to it, it started to worsen." All members were now listening to the girl, and she nervously continued her story.
"I started getting these attacks when we were on the boat back to magnolia. The first time, the pressure just increased a little. But after we had gotten in magnolia, The attacks appeared more often, and more severely." The girl let out a sight.
"But it hasn't been this severe ever before. And up until now, I was able to hide it, due to the fact that they mostly happened at night time." She looked at the ground, too embarrassed to look at the others.
After an awkward silence, Lucy gently grabbed Isahs hand. "Why didn't you told us?" isahs face went red. "I didn't want to bother you." Lucy wanted to say something back, but a hand on her shoulder stopped her. She twisted her head around only to look straight into the eyes of the ice Mage.
He walked past her, and kneeled down by Isah. "Gray!" She bent towards him and wrapped her arms around his neck, making gray blush. "Don't think you can get away with that, weirdo." He grinned in her ear, as he saw the shocked reactions of his fellow wizards. A small smile appeared on the girl's face.
"If you want us to ignore the fact that one of our friends is in pain, you should've picked another guild to take you in." He chuckled. Isah tightened her hugg. "I missed you, oniichan" she whispered. gray ruffled her hair gently. "I think they missed out the part where you called me oniichan..." Gray chuckled.
The whole guild was now murmuring about the fact that gray was actually being openly KIND to someone, and some members whispered that they liked eachother. Mira, who still sat next to them, was mumbling something as her eyes lit up creepily. He released himself from Isahs hug as he rose up again.
He stuck out a hand towards the girl. "Come on, are you going to sit here on the ground for the rest of the day?" Isah grabbed his hand as he pulled her on her feet. He sighted. This actions were going to take a lot of his efforts to talk himself out. Then again, he had to do it. It was his fault that she had been bedridden for a whole week.
"Master?" Lucy asked. The master walked in front of them. "Just... Follow me to my office, children." Isah and Lucy looked at eachother as they walked after the guild master. When they were in the office, he winked freed towards him. "Make sure that no one's eavesdropping." The rune mage nodded, as he took position in front of the door.
The master closed the door, and walked to his table. The two girls were looking a bit uneasy. "Lucy, you remember when I went away during the party on tenrou island?" Lucy nodded.
"Yes, i remember you said that you had to go check something out." The master nodded. "Exactely. When you told me about the green light, I remembered reading something about it before. So I headed to the grand magic archives. What I found out was... Rather interesting."
He looked at the girls with a serious look on his face. Lucy opened her mouth hesitantly. "If it's about the green light, then why do I have to be here too?"
Master makarov sighted. "Aren't you roommates now? Besides, what I'm going about to tell you is something you can't tell the others about. The risk of it leaking out would be to big. But it's quite a burden if you're not able to talk with someone about it. Of course, you can come to me if you want to talk about it, but I thought it would be more comfortable to be able to talk about it with someone like your roommate."
Isah nodded. "I appreciate that. But would you please tell us what you discovered, and why i cant tell anyone?" Makarov took a deep breath before answering.
"That green light, that appeared a few times now, is probably the most powerful magic that exists in this world. It has only appeared on someone once before in the history of our world, so it's extremely rare too.
This power is considered as the power of heaven. Nobody knows where it comes from, and what kind of magic this is, thus nothing more than I just told you is known about it." Lucy sighted. "So that's why we can't tell anyone about it."
Makarov nodded. "Exactly. If it ends up in the wrong hands, the results could be disastrous." He walked up to Isah, who had said nothing so far, only looking at him with widened eyes. "But... I... I can't use magic.. You have to be mistaken, right?"
Makarov shook his head. "Natsu told me about that time when you used magic to find those mushrooms. Even if you didn't used it on purpose, you did use magic. And when you did, a tremendous amount of magic was felt by both natsu and Lucy." Isah turned to Lucy, who nodded at her.
"Therefore," makarov stept towards Isah. "I want to make you a member of fairy tail. We can learn you how to control your powers, and be sure that it doesn't end up in the wrong hands. What do you say?" Isah said nothing. She looked at her hands, and gritted her teeth. Lucy softy touches her arm. "Isah? Are-" she almost fell from her seat out of surprise as Isah jumped out of her seat and took the master into a bearhugh. "Yes! Yes i couldn't be happier!"
Makarov relaxed as he patted the sniffing girl on her back. "There there, my child. No need to cry." Isah swept her tears away with the back of her hand. "I'm not!" Lucy and makarov laughted at her. "Now all that is left is your guild mark. Where do you want it?"
Isah let go of the master, and put a puzzled look on her face. "Ehm... Let's see..." Suddenly she snapped her fingers. "I know! I want it on my upper left arm. So everyone can see that im a member of fair tail." She giggled at the though of it. 'Me, a member of fairy tail...' Makarov grabbed a stamp and poured magic on it from his finger. "I can't tell which color it'll be. It's always random."
Isah shook her head. "It's okay. I don't really care about the color. I'm just glad to receive it." Makarov grinned at her. "Allright, here it goes." He held the stamp against a spot on her upper left arm, and a bright light emitted from it. When he pulled the stamp away, the mark of fairy tail became visible on the girls skin. As makarov saw the color of the mark, he smirked. "Couldn't be more fitting."
Lucy smiled at Isah. "As green as your magic." Isah twitched her arm to look at her new mark, and a wave of happiness ran through her body at the sight of it. "I can believe it, i'm a real fairy tail member now!" She hugged Lucy tightly making enthusiastic noises. "Lucy look at it! I'm a member of fairy tail!" Lucy got a warm feeling inside. She was exactly like isah when she received her mark. "Lucy, we can go on missions now! I can help you pay your rent, and learn how to use magic at the same time!"
The two girls stood next to eachother with a bright smile, as the master called all the available members. "My dear children, today we received a new member in our family. Please welcome our new member, Isah!" Tears of joy appeared in Isahs eyes as the guildmembers flooded her with congratulations and cheers. "Now," master makarov said. "You all know what that means..." The guild went silent. Suddenly natsu smacked his fist into grays face, who was standing next to him. "Let's have a party!" He yelled as gray jumped at him. The rest of the guild followed him soon. " fight like a man!" Elfman screamed as he swung his fist towards laki. "I'm a woman!" She yelled, swiftly dodging his attack. Within a few minutes, all the members of fairy tail were fighting, or drinking. "Mira! More booze!" Cana shouted at the barmaid as she throwed an empty barrel towards natsu, who was now fighting gajeel. "I'll be right there." Mira said.
Isah and Lucy had taken place next to Erza, who was celebrating their new member by eating a strawberry cake. Mira put a glass of water in front of Isah. "You're sure you don't like to have something else than water?" She asked.
Isah shook her head. "I'm fine. I like water more." Mira smiled. "Okay. Now then, Isah?" the girl turned up from her glass. "What is it?" Mira leaned on the bar. "What's your full name?" Isah looked a bit confused. "What do you mean?"
The white haired barmaid continued."Well, you know, your full name. Like Erza scarlet, and Lucy heartfilia." She gestured at the two other girls, who where now listening to their conversation. "It can't be just Isah, right? So what's your full name?"
Isah twitched around. "I..." Mira leaned further towards the girl. "I don't remember..." Mira let out a sight. "That's a pity. Don't you think you should have one?" Isah nodded hesitantly. "I think so..." Erza, slammed her fist on the bar, right next to her cake. "I know! Let's make up one!" Lucy, Mira, and Isah looked at her hesitantly.
Mira opened her mouth. "Eh... I'm sorry Erza, but is that even possible?" Erza nodded with bright shining eyes. "Jellal gave me mine. He based it on the color of my hair." The three other girls looked at eachother. Isah let out a sight. "Guess it can't be helped then." She shivered and bent towards Lucy. "And I don't want to stand up against Erza.." Lucy started laughting. Luckily Erza didn't hear it.
"Well then, how are we going to name you..." Mira said. "Hmm..." Lucy, Erza, and Mira were thinking hard. Isah sighted. 'Well,' she thought, 'there goes nothing.' Mira was the first to say something. "Oh, I got one! Maybe something with green, since your mark is green too." Lucy shook her head. " we allready have evergreen, so it would be too much alike." Mira nodded.
Lucy pulled Isah towards her, a stool barely passing her face. It hit the wall behind her, and it scattered in a thousand wooden splinters. Isah gasped, but the others weren't even paying attention to it. Lucy released Isah and she sat back on her seat.
"Maybe something with her hair, just like with Erza?" Mira tried. Erza grabbed a bang of Isahs hair, and looked at it for a long time. "It's like gold, so it would be something like gold or golden." "Hmm.." Lucy said, "that's too plain. We should add something to it." Just as she had said that, a ray of sunlight broke through the clouds, and shone down on the four girls.
They all looked at Isah, whose hair was almost like the sun itself, with all the sunlight shining down on it. "Goldenlight!" Lucy shouted enthusiastically. The three looked at Isah. "Well.. Its not very unique.." The three girls looked a bit disappointed and Isah quickly continued. "But Isah goldenlight, I can live with that. It sounds really cool."
The three girls where now smiling at her. Suddenly she heared a voice behind her. "Well then, Isah goldenlight, would you like to join the party with us?" She turned around and saw a blue haired girl standing behind her. Lucy stood up and hugged her.
"Levy-chan!" Isah stood up from her seat too, and looked at levy. "I would love to!" She smiled. As she walked after levy together with Erza, Mira, and Lucy, she looked around the guildhall. 'They're so rough and noisy...' She thought. 'I'm sure I'll have a great time here.'
Tomorrow is the beginning of my examweek, so I'm afraid I won't be able
to update this story for about two weeks. Therefore a long chaptplease enjoy it ;3 Btw I suddenly noticed that reading things on fanfiction that don't
have space between the sentences is almost impossible, so I put more space
between them this chapter. Please tell me if I should put even more space
between the sentences, go back to the way it looked before (The same as the chapters up until now) , or let it stay like this.
