"Juvia? Lyon? What are you guys doing here? Why are you guys here anyways?" Gray's expression was full of disbelief, confusion, and a tad bit of….betrayal? "Are you two…part of Wolves' Eclipse?"
There was an awkward silence as the three wolves and one fairy stood there, unsure of what to say.
"Meredy, Lyon, and Juvia are all part of Wolves Eclipse, and this is our inn, so we should be here. The question is what are you doing here, Gray?" The blue eyed female gazed at the Fairy Tail mage suspiciously, distrust in both her voice and eyes, which were as cold as an ocean during wintertime. Gray just fidgeted uncomfortably under her gaze, his usual immunity to cold things flying out the window.
Lyon placed his hand on top of hers, causing her to look up, her eyes meeting his. He smiled gently at her, and she nodded stepping back a little bit, while Lyon walked towards the stunned Gray, who had witnessed the entire scene.
"Gray, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the Honey bee (AN: That is what it's called right… I almost typed Honey Berry, my favorite milk tea place XD)" Hearing the voice of the boy he considered as a brother, Gray snapped out of his stupor.
"I was just here to ask if Meredy is in this guild since I recognized her magic when she used it in the game. Are you and Juvia a couple?"
"Yup. Want to come in?"
"Ummm…sure?"
"Okay"
As the two walked towards the others, Lyon suddenly turned around and punched Gray hard in the stomach.
"Ow! What the hell was that for!" Gray glared at Lyon, holding his stomach, hunched over in pain.
"That's for being a bastard! You're an idiot, you know that, right?"
"….okay, I admit it…I deserved that"
With that said, the two continued walking towards the others.
Meanwhile, a pink haired girl and a blue haired girl was left standing by the doorway. Turning towards each other, they commented at the same time:
"Juvia thinks Gray stole her boyfriend."
"I know that we do not make many appearances, but we do exist, you know!"
Meredy chuckled at Juvia's comment while Juvia just stared at Meredy in confusion.
"Juvia does not understand."
"Oh, I didn't understand what I was talking about myself" Meredy said in her thinking pose, "But I think they forgot that we were right there."
" Oh. By the way, may Juvia borrow your frying pan, Meredy?"
The pinkette's eyes twinkled with sadistic amusement as she produced a frying pan out of nowhere "Feel free to. And I see to returned to talking in third person."
Juvia nodded "Thank you. And it feels good to talk in third person again…old habits die hard, ne?"
The duo laughed and walked in the direction where the two boys had been walking in a minutes ago,
Six of the eight dragon slayers suddenly froze, causing everyone in the room to turn and look at them. Looking at everyone in the room, Laxus opened his mouth and answered the unasked question
"It's nothing! Go back to what you were all doing! You'll find out what's up in a few minutes!"
Deciding to listen to the huge dragon slayer, everyone turned back to continue what they were doing, trusting that their guild master will keep his word. A few minutes later, the door to the living room of the inn opened, and everyone turned towards the door to see Lyon walking in, but to their surprise, it wasn't Juvia he was talking to…it was Gray of Fairy Tail.
Jumping up, magic aura surrounding them, everyone looked at him in shock. The only people who seemed calm were Laxus, who kept on doing paperwork, Sting, who laughed at their reaction, Rogue, who continued reading his book, Gajeel, who was…Gihi-ing?...Anyways, Cobra, who was smirking, most likely listening to their thoughts, and Wendy, who calmly sipped her tea. Oh, and Miyu, Fuyu, Kaito, Sanya, and Jibrill who, not knowing Gray, had no idea of what was going on or why everyone reacted like this.
Bixlow looked at them "…you six knew about this, didn't you?"
Cobra's smirk got bigger "I heard him approaching a mile away and smelt him when he was ten feet away from the door. I don't know about the others though."
Bixlow nodded in understanding, his tongue sticking out as usual. Flare sat down next, but her hair was unbounded and ready to fight. A few others sat down, all ready to attack if needed, but most remained standing.
"So…ice stripper the first…what are you doing here?" Gajeel sat back, a taunting look in his eyes, waiting for an answer.
"…somehow, I feel that there was an insult towards me in that question." Lyon mumbled under his breath, only a few hearing him, glaring at the iron dragon slayer, who grinned tauntingly in response, his enhanced hearing picking up on the ice user's comment.
"Umm…can anyone explain what's going on?" Kaito asked, with others nodded in agreement.
Laxus scoffed. "Long story short, some of us used to be in Fairy Tail, the guild that snowman is in, and the rest of us know him in some way, whether it is as enemies or allies. Then shit happens, and we left the guild. Most just joined when we got in touch with them."
Fuyu nodded in understanding, casting a wary look towards Gray. The others did the same thing. Gray just gaped as he looked around the room, looking at all the all-too familiar faces of his friends and enemies. He said weakly, "Are all of you part of the same guild?" His comment got a laugh from the entire group.
"Well, I don't blame the guy. We do have a lot of ex-fugitives on the same room with 'the good guys' without it becoming a massacre." Evergreen commented, looking around, realizing how…odd the consistency of the guild is. Next to her, Freed nodded in agreement. "Trust me, I nearly had a heart attack when Z- wait, where is Z anyways?" Hearing the grass headed mage's comment, everyone looked around for the black haired mage.
"Wait up. Why are they in the guild? How are they even out of jail? And who the heck is this so called 'Z'?" Gray finally snapped out of his dazed state to speak, pointing to the ex-Oracion Seis members, who just smirk in response, except for Cobra, who has a tick mark on his head, an annoyed expression on his face.
"You know, I can still hear your thoughts, Snowman." Cobra glared at Gray, causing the others to wonder what he was thinking. Angel intervened before the maroon haired man decided to strangle the half naked man. "Pointing is rude, you know, especially to a lady." Gray stopped pointed and gaped openly. Never did he expect ea-dark guild members to tease him…or lecture him on manners. Racer decided to join in on the fun "You might want to close your mouth. There's a fly flying by you." Gray closed his mouth, opting to glare at his tormentors. Midnight smirked wider and snickered a bit before adding his own comment. "Glaring at us isn't going to change the situation. And we are here because we can. Got a problem with that?"
Lucy chuckled before answering Gray's question properly. "I pulled some stings so they can be in the guild as long as they behaved. And you'll find out who Z is later. You might go into shock if you find out now." Gray decided not to further comment on it
The door opened again, and in stepped Juvia and Meredy, laughing together, which would've been normal if Juvia wasn't carrying a carrying pan in her hand. The said girl turned towards the two ice users and smiled, holding up the frying pan. "Next time, remember that Meredy and Juvia exist. Or Juvia will pound you until it is stuck in your memories." She threatened them, her smile never dropping. The subjects of her threat gulped in fear.
Gray slowly turned around "I know that I should be prepared for when I see who is in this guild, but nothing could've prepared me for this. The ex-Fairy Tail members, some dark guild members, ex-independent guild members, people from the past, and more…and they say Fairy Tail is weird."
Before anyone could respond, the door slammed opened, and a man with a black cloak and gold lining rushed in, glancing at Gray briefly before walking to Laxus and whispering something in his ear. His eyes widened and he nodded.
"Hey, Z and I have to go. There is something urgent that needs to be told and done. We're not sure how long this will take, and it's not just us. There is an emergency guild master's meeting. Don't wait up."
Before anyone could say anything, the two already disappeared. Everyone blinked in confusion and began to worry. After all, is both Z and Laxus are worried about something, it must be big. Everyone turned to Lucy, the unofficial co-master of the guild, but she just looked as confused as them.
Gray got up and moved to the door. "Well, I think I should go now before Erza gets mad and destroys half of the town." He chuckled awkwardly, knowing fully that the scarlet knight could and would do that. Before he could exit, a hand grabbed his wrist, stopping him. He looked up to see Evergreen, she was smirking. "Fullbuster, remember, you can't tell anyone about our identities. Got it?" Her glasses gleamed when it hit the light, making Gray gulp. She suddenly spun him over to someone, and in surprise, he stumbled, but was stopped by a punch to his stomach…again.
A muscular arm was placed loosely over his shoulder, but the owner of the arm was in front of him, leaning down slightly so his mouth was lowered to Gray's ear level (AN: Idk how to describe this..but if you watch/read Naruto Shippuden, it's like how Sasuke spoke to Naruto after the timeskip when they see each other for the first time in years..before he tries to kill Naruto…again. Sorry if I spoiled it for anyone!) Gray winced from the force of the punch before raising his head to meet the blood red orbs of the iron eating man. (AN..again: Sorry, but when I was typing this, I couldn't help but wonder…can Gajeel eat Iron Man's suit?...wait..what is it made of again?)
"Hey, Ice Princess. If you bring any trouble to this guild…well" At this, Gajeel smirked darkly, a shadow creeping over his eyes, "…Gihi. You'll find out why I love to eat iron so much. Gihihi"
Gray gulped. It wasn't the threat that scared him, though he didn't really want to know how iron tastes like, but it was Gajeel's sudden demonic appearance with the shadows and the dark, sadistic expression. His crimson eye color, the color of blood, did not help either…nor did his fangs. 'Yup' Gray though as he exited the inn 'I'm in a deep shit.'
He walked back to his inn, not noticing a shadow following him.
"My, my, bet it hurts, doesn't it? To see your former fangirl who you like, no, wait, love, dating your best friend who is like your brother. Not only that but they, along with your sister figure, is in the guild which yours swore rivals with. But not only that, but some of your former friends are also in that guild. And the worst part is, they. Don't. Trust. You."
Gray stiffened, and whipped around, surprised to see a pretty, no, not pretty, but gorgeous purple haired women standing behind him. Her red lips were formed in a smirk that reached her mischievously twinkling amethyst orbs. She walked towards him, her skirt swishing, and pinned him to the wall.
"I bet its killing you inside. Don't you just want," she leaned closer until her ruby lips were brushing against his earlobe "revenge?"
At this, his eyes widened before darkening.
The door to the Honey Bee Inn opened, and a shirtless man walked in, returning the greetings of him fellow guildmates.
"Gray, what are you doing out so late?" Mira questioned as she served some beer to Macao and Wakaba. Gray smiled "Just taking a walk"
"Oi Snowman! Fight me!" Natsu set himself on fire, getting into a fighting position, but his jaw dropped and he turned into stone in shock as his rival simply walked passed him, waving him off as he walked passed. "Nah, Ash Brain, I'm too tired to deal with your stupidity." He received a punched in the stomach from a now not-stoned shocked Pinky "Oi!" Oops, sorry! I mean Natsu.
The guild stared in shock. Did Gray, known for his determination and fighting spirit, just turn down a fight? Erza rushed at him, picking him up and punching him in the stomach. "Gray, are you alright? This isn't like you to turn down a fight, especially from Natsu."
Gray just winced and rubbed his sore stomach. "I'm perfectly fine Erza. Hey, is that cake over there?"
The powerful mage dropped Gray, turning around with sparkling eyes searching for the heavenly food, but to her utter disappointment, she wasn't able to locate any. She turned around to see the ice mage had disappeared.
In his room, Gray slammed the door shut and laid down on his bed, sighing in relief, before wincing at the bruise inevitably forming in his stomach.
"What the heck is this, punch Gray in the stomach day?"
Meanwhile, with Laxas and Zeref, they walked into a private meeting room in a nearby inn, meeting the faces of multiple confused and annoyed guild masters.
"What is the meaning of this? Do you know what time it is?" Jiemma snapped, anger lacing his tone, others agreeing with him, attempting to rub the sleep from his eyes.
"Now, now, I'm pretty sure the master of Wolves' Eclipse has a good reason for this." Makarov consoled, though confused himself, knowing if Mavis is here and quiet, this is serious.
"Yeah right! This could be just a trick! Those weaklings don't know what they are doing!" Jiemma argued.
"Master says that he slightly recall four of our female members defeating your entire guild, Jiemma. Who are you calling a weakling then?" Everyone stared at the two Wolves' Eclipse members in shock, and glanced at Jiemma, who was seething in anger, recalling his guild's humiliating defeat. Others began to worry, exactly how powerful is this new guild? "Also, master apologizes for this unexpected meeting, especially at this time, as do I, but unfortunately, Master Makarov is correct. This is extremely urgent"
Goldmine stepped in "Hold on. This may be urgent, but we don't fully trust you yet."
Ooba agreed "How can we when you refuse to reveal your identities?"
The two hooded mages looked at each other and nodded, the guild master reaching up to reveal his identity, but no one expected to see the familiarity of the face lying underneath it, from the electric yellow hair, to the spiked headphones, the cocky smirk, and the signature lightning shaped scar going across his eye, which was staring at a shell shocked Fairy Tail Master
"Hey Gramps. Long time to see."
As if he had struck lightning in the room, everyone was once again shocked at the sight of the young guild master. Fairy Tail mark gone, replaced with the Wolves' Eclipse mark, and looking more mature with an aura of magic signaling his strength.
"My, what a fine man you are. But aren't you Makarov's grandson? And who's this man next to you." Master Bob asked, tilting his head slightly.
Laxus looked and saw Zeref hesitating in removing his hood. Understanding why he was hesitating, seeing how most didn't know of this, Laxus was about to say something but was stopped when a familiar flash of blonde flew at Zeref, tackling him down. His shocked expression match that of his grandfather's, both whom knew the blonde blur. The elder Dreyar was shocked because the First had just tackled who he had assumed to be a random stranger, while the younger Dreyar was shocked, not expecting to be able to see Mavis, and defiantly not expecting the spirit to glomp Zeref. Other guild masters, being unable to see Mavis, were confused as to why he was just tackled by air.
Zeref struggled against Mavis's tight grip for a while before relenting and hugging Mavis back, a surprisingly difficult task considering that he was on his back, being supported by one elbow, and Mavis was much shorter than he was.
Ariel (The Mermaid Heel master. She technically is unnamed so I'm calling her Ariel) stared at the flabbergasted faces of the grandpa and grandson, that looked at the unnamed member of Wolves' Eclipse, who seemed to be hugging air, before questioning what's going on.
Mavis, finally remembering the situation, got off Zeref, allowing him to stand up. He looked at the black cloaked figure with her forest green eyes. "Can you do the spell please? That might make explanations much easier." The man sighed and nodded, forming a hand seal
A black seal appeared underneath his feet, and wind started to whip around. "Ancient Arts: Spirit Unveiling"
A second rune appeared in front of him, and then a flash of bright light, causing everyone to cover their eyes. When the light died down, a new figure stood where the rune was, grinning. Everyone gaped. She had long, wavy platinum blond hair with two small wings sticking out from the side of her head, a long pink dress with a diamond pattern, and barefoot.
"F-first M-Master Mavis?! How is this possible? She has been dead for decades!" Bob exclaimed in surprise.
"Master Mavis…the first master of Fairy Tail…Well, this is worth travelling all this way from my guild for. But how is that young lad able to do a spell that allows us to see her?" Goldmine questioned, not believing what he was seeing.
Mavis smiled and walked up to Zeref, pulling down his hood. When the others (excluding Laxus) saw his identity, they nearly had a heart attack.
"Laxus….First…I assume that there's a good explanation for everything?" Makarov asked, his gaze stern. Then he muttered under his breath "I'm too old for all this…those stinking brats won't let me step down…gonna give me a heart attack one day" Laxus, with his enhanced hearing, broke into a fit of laughter. "Gramps, I assure you, if you were to have a heart attack, you would have had one already. Plus, I'm pretty sure Fairy Tail won't let you have a heart attack. They are obnoxiously stubborn." The others chuckled awkwardly at the truth of that statement, and Zeref intervened before Makarov had a chance to retort.
"I'm assuming you are all wondering what in the world just happened." Zeref asked, causing everyone to nod, most not trusting their voice. Mavis continued for him "Zeref and I noticed something urgent going on, so we called a guild meeting to remake and upgrade the Allied Forces, in case the Balam alliance turns up again…since I have a feeling that the new darkness is like the Balam Alliance in one guild. However, the new Allied forces needs to be bigger…to consist of members of all the major guilds."
Jiemma stood up and roared "Sabertooth will never lower itself as to join the Fairies…and it's not our problem. Why should we help you? And more importantly, with the Black Mage Zeref on your side in secret, why should we trust that you are telling the truth. For all I know the fairy over there that you guys seem to respect so much is an illusion." Others voiced out their opinions, causing a ruckus in the room.
Zeref stood up, bangs shadowing his face, a dark aura leaking out. He slammed his hands on the table and glared at all the masters, excluding Mavis. "SILENCE! This is not a matter of pride and personal feelings! This is a matter of life or death! You are not children! You are guild masters, responsible to protect others! Its time you start acting like it! Because if you don't, this could be the end of the magic era as we know it…." Zeref sat down, still glaring at the guild masters, who coward under his red gaze. Mavis put her hand on top of his, attempting to calm him down, and it worked, as his red eyes faded into onyx. She looked up, he gaze stern "He's right, you know. This isn't a joking matter. And Zeref's past has nothing to do with this. He was lost and unable to control his powers."Suddenly, her magic aura flared pink as her clothes and hair fluttered around her "And I'll gladly use Fairy Glitter on you, Jiemma, if it is to prove I'm real. Despite my childish appearance and attitude at times, I'm not someone you should mess with. And if you dare insult my guild one more time" Her green eyes flashed dangerously "I'll prove to you that a Fairy's wrath is not something you would want to live to see…use that nearly nonexistent brain of yours for once instead of your muscles for once. You. Can't. Defeat. Me. " The magic aura died down as she finished her mini speech, and she turned and smiled at everyone innocently, as if she didn't just threaten someone nearly three times her size and nearly 100% muscle, who was now glaring at her in anger and humiliation.
"'I'm leaving this pointless meeting. Sabertooth will not be playing around like you guys." With that, Jiemma stormed out of the room. This time, it was Zeref who had to calm down a once again fuming Mavis.
"Master Laxus" The attention was turned to Zeref this time "Remember how we first met Fuyu, Miyu, Kaito, Atlantis, Mist, and Glacier?" Laxus nodded in response, grimacing at the memory "They were in a near death state, and would've died if it wasn't for Jibrill, Sanya, and Sky." Zeref turned to everyone in the room, addressing them "Those three all are experienced dragon or god slayers, and were defeated easily and taken by surprised by three mages who used normal magic. As you all probably know, defeating a god or dragon isn't an easy feat, and with their enhanced senses, it is nearly impossible to sneak up on them." Gasp of shocks were heard all around the room. Laxus finally spoke up "Their injuries…they were made to kill" Zeref nodded "And we don't even know anything about their guild, other than their guild marks."
Ooba looked down, deep in thought "Are you saying that there might be others like them, maybe even stronger, hunting to kill mages?" Mavis shook her head no "We don't know their intentions, but we do know that if a guild like this is growing without the council noticing, they should not be taken lightly. So please" Both her and Zeref bowed down "Help us" They gaped at the two figures, both whom may be the most powerful wizard to exist, bowing down to them and asking for assistance.
Makarov sighed "Okay, but first, how Is it that you two know each other, especially since Zeref isn't in Fairy Tail, and why is it that we can see Mavis now?" Mavis smiled "Zeref and I go back a long way. We were childhood friends. Well, at least he was my childhood friend. He was well over 200 years old already. Since our bond is so strong, he doesn't need a mark to still be able to see and hear me after death. Also, Laxus should have been able to see and hear me before the spell was cast since he used to bear the Fairy Tail mark and knew of my existence as a spirit. Those who didn't shouldn't have been able to see me even if they used to be a member of Fairy Tail." Makarov nodded "Well, I guess that makes sense. But how are you visible now?"
Zeref answered this time "It's a spell that I Mavis and I worked to invent. It allows a spirit to be visible to everyone for a limited amount of time. We need it in situations like this since if Mavis wasn't visible to everyone, would you guys have listened?" Silently, they agreed with Zeref. "And I'm here because I'm part of the Wolves' Eclipse guild." No one dared question or protest with both Mavis and Laxus in the room, defending Zeref.
Laxus smirked "Well, now that that's all cleared up, let's talk about the alliance" The thunder crackled all around him, daring them to refuse.
"Mitsuki, Nephele, Zoey, do you understand the mission."
Three girls bowed, signaling that they understand and accept the mission.
The figure sitting on a throne smirked "Good. Now, wreck havoc and destroy in the name of Akuma Rising"
"Yes, my lord"
Scarlet: Annnndddd done! Yay, I updated early! Well…somewhat early….Lets just go with earlier than usual. And I'm trying to make the chapters longer too since I realized how short the usual chapters were! Chapter 19 is an exception though…. Oh, and this has been proofread!
Yukino: There isn't much action in this chapter though….
Scarlet: *stops celebrating and mopes in a corner* I know…but I wanted to get an update out quicker and couldn't think of the next GMG game….so it's either this or another 5 months of waiting
Sting: Ignore the moping author. She's being just overdramatic again. *Scarlet glares at him…which was ignored* The first chapter of the StiCy three shot, "Catching an Angle", has made an appearance! Which she has authors block when writing the second chapter -_-''
Angel: On another note, regarding the story, Scarlet has received a few people saying that Lucy seems more like a guild master than Laxus, which she honestly agrees with, so from now on, Laxus with have more authority than Lucy
Lucy: Also, the reason I didn't make that much of an appearance in recent chapters is because the story is orbiting too much around me, when the story is about the entire guild, not just me. That's also why she changed the summary, so it is revolved around Wolves' Eclipse. Hey, where did Scarlet go?
Romeo: She walked out muttering something about having to do something about "torture machines created by devils that should be burned off the face of the Earth
Everyone: o.O?
Midnight: *walks in* She means homework. Especially math homework
Everyone: Ohhhhhhh
Lyon: She's probably reading the manga chapter about Zeref's past then.
Zeref: Again?
Cobra: Can't blame her. ZerVis is her OTP
Rogue: Meanwhile, Scarlet is trying to not accept anymore bets requests since she has been receiving a lot lately…
Sho: But she probably will still accept them since she feels bad about saying no….
Wally: Also, some previous chapters might be rewritten/edited since she really didn't like how they were written...something about her middle school chapters making no sense and with a horrible cringe-worthy writing style
Racer: Key word: Might...we have a lazy author who thinks with her stomach
Wendy: Anyways, Scarlet does not own Fairy Tail, and OC's belong to their respective creators
Freed: We got everything, right?
Meredy: Probably not, but let's close this up anyways
Everyone: Until Next Time!
-Wolves' Eclipse Crew
-Scarlet
9/13/15
