Natsu had shifted Lucy to the couch, still tucked solidly under his arm. Happy had taken it upon himself to tie up the men in the kitchen, each gagged with a rag imbued with anti-magic potions. They weren't particularly good, but Happy had whipped them up himself and they were probably better than Natsu would have been able to make.
He had also left a nasty scratch along the side of the wind witch's face.
Now the three were huddled on the couch, Lucy refusing to let Natsu out of her grip and Happy unable to stop shaking without the embrace of both Lucy and Natsu.
They didn't even flinch when Lucy's door was kicked in.
"Natsu Dragneel you tell me what's happening right now or- why are there men in Lucy's kitchen and why is there blood on the wall?"
Natsu looked over Lucy's head at Erza, seeing the expected fury and concern there. Fuck, he was going to die when he told her why.
"It's my fault." Natsu said in a flat, defeated voice. Lucy jolted in his arms, Natsu passively letting them fall off of her.
"Don't you dare say that." Lucy hissed, Natsu feeling her glare on his skin. He scrubbed at the side of his face, dried blood flaking off from his chin. Of course Lucy didn't blame him, the girl was loyal to a fault, and for some reason she thought Natsu was worthy of that devotion. "It is not your fault."
"Someone tell me what happened." Erza's demanding voice cut through, and Natsu pinched the bridge of his nose as he took a deep inhale.
"A couple of dark witches tracked me down. Lucy and I got back here and then they attacked us. Luce saved my ass." He looked at the top of Lucy's head with a dry smile. "She 'xhausted herself summonin' her mermaid, so don't be too pushy with her."
Erza walked around, ignoring the tied up men and crouching in front of Lucy. Her wide brown eyes shot to Erza, confusion surfacing past the dull tiredness. "Why are you talking as if Erza knows about-" Lucy started to question, cut off by Erza's firm but gentle hand turning her chin left then right, examining her face and neck. Next Erza gathered her hands, thumbs brushing over her bruising knuckles.
"You did good, very minimal damage to your hands without any protection." Erza complimented. She looked at Natsu, directing her comment at him again. "And you seemed to have done well as the only trained witch against four, including the coven Master. I'll have to take them into the Council station here, and you'll have to give a report as well of course." Erza sighed, straightening at Natsu's silent nod. He was thankful she wasn't chewing him out, even if he knew her praise was unwarranted.
"Like I said, Luce had to summon her mermaid spirit, she did a lot of the work too. I'd be dead if she wasn't with me."
Lucy's hand was over Natsu's mouth as soon as he finished speaking. "And we are officially done speaking about you living or dying, do you understand me?" Lucy's glare was fierce, Natsu nodding under her unyielding stare before she turned and looked at Erza. "How much do you know about magic?"
Now Natsu shrunk under Erza's sharp look. "You didn't tell her?" She asked harshly, Natsu shifting so Lucy's body was acting as a shield between him and Erza's wrath. Her hand fell away from him during the shift.
"You said not to!" He defended weakly, quickly followed by a 'sorry ma'am' as he hid further behind Lucy. Natsu wondered if he had better odds against suffocation-man than Erza's death glare.
"Yes but I would have assumed you'd ignore me as you usually do." Erza said dryly, turning her attention back to Lucy. Her brow furrowed and her gaze returned to Natsu sharply. "You said she summoned a mermaid?"
"A sprite." Lucy interrupted, shying back when both witches focused on her. "Uh, I feel like Aquarius would kill me if I didn't correct you on that?"
"You never said she was a celestial witch." Erza accused, absentmindedly inspecting Lucy's neck again.
"Well I didn' know at the time! That stupid fish followed her home in a flower or somethin', and next thing I knew they were basically flockin' to her from everywhere. Luce said one had been hidin' in her clock this entire time, I think." Natsu sulked, chin resting on Lucy's shoulder.
"You were listening to me." Lucy said softly.
"I always listen to ya, Weirdo." Natsu snorted, "I just don't always, y'know, listen."
Lucy's laugh was more of a sigh, but it made Natsu smile all the same.
A groan came from the kitchen, Lucy stiffening against Natsu's side at the low noise. Before Natsu could even focus energy on a spell to knock them out again Erza had stood and marched to the kitchen. A dull 'thud' noise rang solidly, Natsu raising an eyebrow as he watched Erza kick the green haired man's head over the back of the couch. Neither spoke as she returned to the couch and sat on the other side of Lucy.
"So how much do you know about magic?" Erza asked, gently turning Lucy to face her more.
"Uh, Natsu explained about the symbology and structure of spells, and I've been getting lessons with Capricorn and my other sprites…" Lucy trailed off, unsure but too tired to be guarded with Erza right now.
"And has he talked to you about what you are?" Erza said after nodding to herself.
"Oh! Uh, yeah, we're Bonded and Soulmates, and I can only use magic when connected to him. And uh, I guess my magic is more prone to light and sprites?"
Lucy said it like she was asking for Erza's approval, not that Natsu could blame her. Erza had that air about her.
Erza gaped at them for several seconds, gaze flicking between Natsu and Lucy. "I've only heard of Bonded in legends…" Erza said, obviously talking to herself. She stood up and paced in front of them, continuing to mumble under her breath. "Master needs to know of this right now. To have such powerful witches without a coven will only attract more danger." She announced suddenly, whirling on the pair so quickly it made Natsu jump.
Natsu opened his mouth to argue but was interrupted by loud shouts from the hall, an irritatingly familiar voice all the warning he had before two people ran through the door.
"What the fuck!" Gray said, eyes wild as he rushed to Lucy. Cana was quick behind him, leaning on the doorway and panting, shirt stained with what looked like the majority of a beer.
"I told you they were fine you little shit!" She exclaimed angrily. She then pointed a finger at Natsu, glaring at him with murderous intent. "And you made me spill my beer over myself with the force of that vision! Gods know I don't fucking need to see Lucy glowing and shit while you're dying on the floor!"
"How many times do I hafta tell ya not to have visions of me, ya drunk?" Natsu shot back, the memory of his last nerve beyond frayed at this point.
"It's not like I have much of a choice you dickhead." Cana said. "Sometimes they just," she made a circular motion in the air beside her head with one hand, "-appear."
"What the fuck are you talking about?" Gray demanded, shooting a terrified glare between Cana and Natsu. Lucy was cradled against his chest, Gray tucking her head under his chin after making sure she was unharmed. Lucy was complacent in his coddling, half checked out of the conversation. Natsu was worried she might actually pass out.
"Gray I think it's best you don't ask things you don't want the answer to." Erza said flatly. Or maybe she was trying to be soothing. She was never very good at comforting people.
"I'll ask any question I damn well please." Gray snarled. "Lucy has bruises on her neck, flame ass here looks like he smashed through a couple walls, the wall supports that dumb ass theory, and-" Gray looked over his shoulder at the kitchen,"- there are men tied up in her kitchen."
"Gray I'm fine." Lucy sighed, pushing off from his chest but intertwining their hands.
"Like fuck you are! Dear gods were those guys from the same place as the ones before…" Gray trailed off. It occurred to Natsu that Gray wasn't blaming him for once, the time that it was actually Natsu's fault. He couldn't help but feel sympathy sit heavy in his gut as panic bubbled under Gray's eyes.
"No, they weren't." Lucy said softly. The room fell quiet as everyone caught their breaths and allowed the recent events to settle in.
Gray stiffened in his spot, slowly turning away from Natsu to look at Cana. "Explain."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Cana replied flippantly, waving her hand in a shooing motion. Gray hissed her name, the alcoholic's shoulders deflating. She looked at Erza, a silent conversation happening in seconds between the two. Both sets of eyes flickered to Natsu, his teeth grinding as he fought from screaming for everyone to just leave him, Lucy, and Happy alone for the rest of the evening. You decide, Natsu thought at Erza, too tired to care what Ice-brain did or didn't know.
"Fuck fine," Cana breathed out, cut off quickly by Erza.
"No."
"God I'm sick of lying about it Erza."
"Would someone just fucking tell m-"
"It's irresponsible, you know Master's orders as well as I do-"
"Well the old bastard-"
"Do not be so disrespectful-"
"Cana what the fuck-"
"Master?"
"He's known about magic for as long as we've known him! Aren't you tired?"
"Cana-"
"Doesn't he deserve to know?"
"What are you two talking about-"
"Cana you know we can't-"
"Tell me!"
Found you.
Natsu's eyes snapped open, the chaotic yelling around him threatening to overwhelm his pounding head, harsh voices overlapping one another silenced by the soft taunt. Natsu knew it, had heard it in his dreams for years. Even now he could hear echoing laughter, soft and low but Natsu knew the insanity that hid under it. The crack in the voice and stiffness like something that was good at mimicking actual human laughter, but was still off.
Come home, Natsu.
Natsu stood up abruptly, nails digging into his palms to try and stop their shaking. His brother wanted him to come home? Fine. Natsu would meet him, and then beat his ass. Maybe that would stop all the batshit crazies from coming after him. It would protect Lucy.
Or he'd die trying.
But then what would Zeref need with Lucy if Natsu was gone?
"Natsu?"
He looked down at Lucy, her quiet voice breaking the tense air that had blanketed the room when Natsu had stood up.
"It's my fault, but I'm gonna fix it, 'kay Luce?" Natsu tried to smile as he spoke but he could see Lucy wasn't buying it.
"Natsu, what are you planning on doing?" Happy asked, looking up from where he had settled on Lucy's lap.
"Did that cat just speak?" Gray interrupted, voice higher than usual. Natsu thought he looked like he was about to snap.
"I only look like a cat. I'm Natsu's familiar." Happy stated like it were obvious, tail twitching as he moved from Lucy's lap to Gray's. "I don't know why Natsu doesn't like you. I think you smell nice. Well, not as nice as Lucy, but no one smells like her. All light and airy and accepting and weird. You smell like snow and clarity and a little bit of sad. Natsu smells a little sad too. Most people do."
Natsu sighed heavily. Gray's head was too thick with packed stupid to understand that Happy was talking about his abilities to sense people's souls, and Happy too dense to know that Gray wouldn't know that.
"What?"
There it was.
"Happy." Erza warned, the small cat shaking under her glower.
"But Erzaaa," Happy whined, "it's not like he doesn't know magic exists now. And I hate not being able to talk."
Lucy reached out and brought him to her chest, nuzzling the soft fur between his ears. "I know Happy, but we don't want to overload Gray right now. I remember how I felt when the shock wore off about magic being real."
Natsu grunted, remembering a distinctly different scenario than what Lucy was talking about. There had been less of a freak-out and more of a make-out. It'd be one of the memories he replayed to keep out the darkness as he searched for his bastard brother.
He forced a grin on his face, feeling his split lip reopen under the strain. "We're just gonna take care of some unfinished business is all, Buddy."
Happy eyed Lucy worriedly, uncertainty clear in his large eyes. "Aye."
"The fuck you get to just walk away from this, Strawberry Dick. Sit your ass down. We're going to talk about how everyone I know is a fucking dark arts practitioner."
Defiant spite swelled in Natsu's gut at Gray's command, an insult burning on the tip of his tongue. Or maybe it was actual fire. Natsu still wasn't sure how he had managed to spit a fireball earlier, if he was honest and actually thought about it, and he didn't think Lucy would enjoy having a well-done best friend. Not that Natsu wasn't her best friend. He was definitely way more of her best friend than Gray was, but Natsu knew the two were close. Well, obviously they were close, they were sitting right next to one another, but that wasn't what Natsu meant right now. If he were explaining this out loud, that is. But he wasn't. He was just staring at Gray's stupid face. And then blackness. And then Gray's face was back. Natsu figured that probably wasn't a good sign.
"Sure."
He sat down heavily. His head hurt.
"How long have you known?" Natsu lifted his head at Gray's voice, watching as he and Lucy talked to one another.
"A couple weeks, I think." She admitted quietly.
"And you can use magic? Like, real actual spells and shit?"
Lucy smiled slightly, her hand slipping into Natsu's and squeezing gently. "I'm learning, but right now I can only rally tap into it when I'm around Natsu. But he and my sprites are teaching me."
Gray's glare deepened as he eyed Natsu. "So he corrupted you."
Natsu bared his teeth at the venom in Gray's voice. "No!" Lucy interjected, body shifting to shield Natsu from Gray. "No, it was always inside me. Natsu and I… heighten each other's powers. After we formed a strong enough emotional bond, the magic inside me finally broke free from it's bubble."
Happy made a small noise, cleaning his paw in thought. "That's a really good way of putting it Lucy. I would have just said you were Soulmates."
"You two are Soulmates?" Cana barked out a laugh, bracing herself on her knees as she cackled. Erza looked at her with an unimpressed expression.
"And Bonded." Lucy sighed.
"We still haven't fully dealt with the talking cat, but I'm already sure this is a fever dream, so what the hell. What the fuck do you mean 'soulmates'? And 'bonded'?" Gray's tone was flat, and Natsu could relate. Even he was still having a hard time processing what he and Lucy actually meant to one another.
"I'm a familiar, we went over this." Happy stated plainly before continuing. "And being Bonded is much rarer than just plain Soulmates. Everyone has at least a couple soulmates, but not everyone has a Bonded. Simply put, they complete one another in ways even the gods don't fully understand."
"Gods?"
"Happy, I think you should maybe stop talking before you break Gray." Lucy said gently, petting his head in soothing strokes.
"He's not very smart is he?" Happy sighed sadly, sprouting his wings and flying into the kitchen. Natsu watched as Happy used his tail to open the fridge, slamming the door into the head of one of the tied up men before he settled on top of the fridge with a full fish.
Natsu snickered into his scarf at Gray's dumb expression.
"So yeah. Natsu and I, what we have… it's special." Lucy said shyly, looking up at Natsu through her lashes and giving him a small smile. "Even if there was no magic, it'd be special to me anyway."
Natsu knocked his forehead gently against hers at Lucy's soft words, but her love only made the knot tighten in his gut. He loved her. Truly, deeply, harder than he thought he could ever love someone. And that's why he had to protect her from Zeref.
"You two are going to make me barf." Gray complained flatly. He looked at Lucy, face becoming a mask of no emotion. "Why didn't you tell me?"
Lucy pulled from Natsu completely, holding both of Gray's hands with her own. "I wanted to," her voice wavered, thick with emotion. "I really did Gray. But, you were always so against magic. And, and I was worried that you'd be angry."
"You thought I'd abandon you?" Gray asked loudly, hurt breaking through his frozen exterior. His eyes dropped further at her silence, Natsu shifting back to give them room when Gray pulled her into a rough hug. "Lucy. I'd never… you're my family. Sure, I might've tried to kick Flamer's ass, but I couldn't lose you. I sure as hell wouldn't walk away."
"Like-urg." Natsu started to argue Gray's claim that he could even try and kick Natsu's ass before biting his tongue sharply at Erza's warning look. He'd had more than enough near death experiences today, thank you.
"I swear, I haven't known very long myself." Lucy's voice was muffled by Gray's -bare- shoulder, but Natsu could still hear her smile.
"I believe you." Gray said lowly. "These two, on the other hand, have a bunch of fucking explaining to do."
"Must you swear so much? It's very ungentleman like." Erza sniffed. Gray glared at her dodge, Natsu snickering into his scarf again.
"I think he's allowed to swear right now." Lucy said, giving Erza a baleful look and making the redhead duck her head in sheepish concession. With a sigh she shuffled away from Gray, moving Natsu's hands so she could curl on his lap and rest her chin on her knees, head tucked into his shoulder. "You guys are going to have to make this quick or discuss it somewhere else, I'm not sure how much longer I can stay awake."
Gray nodded before his eyes sharpened on Erza and Cana. Natsu was thankful nobody was paying attention to him right now, because he wasn't sure how much longer he'd be able to not pass out either. And then of course he had to pack…
But right now he had Lucy in his arms, safe and warm in her apartment.
"-long have you been like… this?" Natsu focused back on the conversation halfway through Gray's question. He could already tell he wasn't in the mood for this, but he also knew Erza would flay him alive if he tried to leave without her permission.
"Relax, buddy," Cana sighed, waving her hand dismissively. "We ain't gonna hex you or anything. With how much you've been raving about voodoo and black magic you think you would have picked up on, like, something after all these years." Gray ducked his head, jaw tense under Cana's snickers.
"Oi, quit bein' a bitch 'bout this."
All heads snapped to Natsu at his gruff bark, which he shrugged off easily. "It's a lot to process if you ain't been raised in it. 'Sides, he's not wrong to be freaked out 'bout the creepy shit. Or don't you remember that time you 'n Bacchus got too drunk, snuck into the forbidden section of the coven hall, and your old man had to save your dumb asses?"
"Uh, thanks." Gray mumbled, Natsu nodding in response before resting his head on Lucy's shoulder.
"What'd they do?" Lucy whispered in his ear, Natsu grinning as he looked at her slyly.
"Tell ya 'bout it later." He promised, Lucy's small smile and conspiratorial twinkle in her eyes sending a rush of warmth through his nerves.
"They didn't summon a demon, did they?" Gray interjected, shocking Natsu into remembering they weren't alone.
"No, that was all Natsu." Cana said, eyes glinting at the opportunity to throw Natsu under the bus.
"For the last time, I was kid, I miss-said like one word, and Igneel dealt with it. Nothin' woulda happened if Gildarts hadn'ta brought you over anyway!"
"You summoned a demon." Gray asked loudly. Natsu rolled his eyes, sneering at the black haired man on his- Lucy's couch.
"It was a minor demon. It didn't even do that much damage, just like, possessed the toaster for a couple hours." Natsu explained sourly. "Bastard kept settin' off the fire alarm."
"I was not aware of this." Erza said. Her low voice sent fear through Natsu's spine and he curled closer around Lucy.
"'Cus you were twelve and not our boss." Cana said blandly. "Now what do you wanna know, Stripper?"
"Uh," Gray paused. He obviously hadn't thought this far ahead, and Natsu couldn't tell if he felt more agitation, pity, or glee watching him flounder.
He settled on pity, knowing that it would make everyone leave quicker if he didn't start a fight with Gray. That could happen tomorrow.
"I specialize in fire magic. Manipulate heat and flame and shit with my hands and body. I use it to make art, but I can also kick some ass if I need to."
Erza nodded encouragingly, picking up from Natsu. "I use space magic and enhanced memory. It allows me to master several fighting styles and weaponry in shorter amounts of time than is normal for non-magic users. I can summon armours and weapons from pockets of space between our dimension and others."
Erza flourished her hand to the side, thumb moving to write an invisible sealing circle in the air with quick movements. The outline of a large weapon appeared in the air just in front of her hand, golden sparkles racing away to reveal hardened steel. Three feet of handle lead to a spiked ball on top, the mace the size of Natsu's head. Aged leather went two-thirds of the way up the shaft, Erza wrapping both hands around it as it finally fully materialized.
"This," she said as she gave a small flick of her wrist, inverting the mace and allowing it to swing gently in one hand as the other rested on her hip, the weight obviously familiar in her relaxed grip. "Is one of the easier weapons to summon I have, as there are no magical runes increasing its powers."
Gray gawked at her, and Natsu let his eyes inspect the weapon before him. His cousin could make better weapons, more evenly weighted and suited to battle, but he wasn't about to insult Erza or complement his cousin.
"How did you do that?" Gray's voice cracked, Natsu snickering until Lucy pinched him sharply.
"She drew summoning runes and then she covered them with a sealing circle so the pocket wouldn't tear our dimensional fabric." Cana explained easily, looking bored as she leaned on the wall Natsu had spat fire at before.
"I always wondered how ya managed to do that without any words or actual marks." Natsu interjected.
"I do have marks." Erza stated, sighing when Natsu's brows rose in question. Natsu felt anxiety knit his stomach as Erza closed her eyes without speaking, arms spread in either side of her with palms facing up. Her mace dematerialized into gold dust, but Natsu paid no attention to her weapon returning to wherever it came from. Instead he watched as tattoos appeared across her skin, bright red marks wrapping upwards from her wrists to her shoulders in spirals before disappearing under her white sleeveless blouse.
Natsu couldn't see it, but he knew more marks were appearing under her jeans and boots. Blurred red light bled through her shirt, following her collarbone and swirling patterns on her ribs, stomach, and back.
Power radiated from each mark, her loose hair gently floating with the force of it. Everyone was quiet at the awesomeness of it and Natsu was certain that he could hear the runes humming with his heightened hearing.
Her marks vanished instantaneously. Cana was the first to break the silence, clearing her throat loudly with a roll of her eyes. "If you're done showing off, I'd like to move on now."
Natsu forced off the stillness that had been put over him like a spell, reluctant to look away from Erza. He had known she was strong, but to have that many marks covering her body, Natsu couldn't fathom what she was capable of. It took extreme concentration to summon the magic from a rune and control its power, and Natsu would know.
"So what kind of magic do you do?" Gray asked, eyeing Cana warily. The brunette snorted, opening a beer she had gotten from the fridge -Natsu didn't even remember her leaving the wall- and taking a long swig before answering.
"I can see the future."
Natsu snorted.
"Be serious." Lucy chastised. Natsu shared a small smirk with Cana. He hadn't gotten around to telling Lucy that Cana was a witch, or what magic she used.
"I am." Cana said. She pulled a pack of cards from… somewhere. Natsu didn't see any pockets on her, but he supposed if she could find a beer anywhere a deck of cards would be a breeze. With a flick of her thumb she sent the top card into the air, arcing high above her head. The rest of the deck followed the lead card, each one glowing faintly as magic activated in it.
Natsu was able to pick out each unique mark hidden in the decoration of the card back as they flashed by, coming to rest in a neat pile in her other hand. Simple enough, but Natsu could see that Cana was having fun fucking with Gray.
"I'm a card witch, which includes the ability to read the future." Cana half explained. She tucked the deck back from where she got it, waiting for Gray to ask his questions.
"Do you have any tattoos?"
Natsu looked at Lucy, who was staring intently at Cana. He hadn't expected her to ask any questions, thinking she'd be too exhausted from her earlier magic use to even really understand what was happening. He smiled softly as he thought about how strong she was. "Nah, all I need is my spells. Not like these two." She gestured to Natsu and Erza.
"Tattoos give a more direct line between the magic inside and the use. It's easy to lose control of that much magic, which would result in… unfortunate consequences for the witch."
"Boom." Natsu added on to Erza's statement, making a pantomime of an explosion with his hands.
"Yes," Erza continued dryly. "As Natsu so eloquently put it, the magic overwhelms the witch and they go 'boom'."
Lucy gave him a worried look, Natsu trying to smooth over her fears with a confident smirk. He was a strong witch, had been using his tattoos for years. But it touched his heart that she cared for him enough to worry.
A loud clap drew his attention away from Lucy. "Alright, I think that's enough magic speak for Mr. Voodoo right now." Cana walked over and placed a hand on Gray's shoulder. "I'm sure he's brimming with more questions, but they can wait until we deal with the dickheads in the kitchen. Erza."
Erza nodded, walking into the kitchen. Natsu watched, bored, as she tied them up so each faced out, their heads still heavy with unconsciousness. At least he wouldn't have to deal with their stench anymore. "The Council will be pleased that you managed to catch these four dark witches. By yourself." She said the last word pointedly, tightening the rope around the four witches midsections forcefully as she did so. Natsu nodded. While the Council was there to stop dark witches, it didn't mean the organization was good. They didn't need to know about Lucy. Not yet at least.
Gods knew how many telemarketers for covens across the country would find her number.
Natsu hated the junk mail the most. He could never burn it or throw it out without having to remove an anti-lost spell.
Gray and Lucy shared a long hug goodbye, Natsu trying to not to listen in as they made promises to meet for coffee and go over everything.
Before he knew it, Natsu and Lucy were alone in her apartment again, the destruction around them -and the fact that Lucy's door wouldn't close- a reminder of their visitors. A reminder for Natsu how easy they had gotten off, considering who the men had been searching for.
"Let's sleep in Natsu's room, tonight." Happy said softly. His high voice was soothing, and Natsu ran a hand through his fur when he felt the cat perch on his shoulder.
"Aye." he agreed. He gently took Lucy's hand, rubbing his thumb in small circles over her soft skin. She looked exhausted, now that everything was still around them. The three were quiet as they slowly made their way from Lucy's apartment, through Natsu's less disheveled one, and finally into his room. He tucked Lucy under his covers, gently hushing her small mumble of protest.
"I'll be right back, just gonna get us something to drink. Magic can take it outta ya." he explained. Lucy seemed to accept it, curling in on her side, Happy snuggled between her arm and chest.
Natsu did bring back a couple Powerades, after he added another two protection circles to his door. He'd have to redraw them tomorrow with the correct ingredients, but he figured his intent would be enough for tonight as he licked at his thumb.
The taste of electrified copper reaffirmed his security in his spell.
A/N; IM ALIVE YOU GUYS
holy fuck this is so past late its early for next year. I swear this isn't abandoned, I just hit a major block and then school and then bleh. Y'all know how it is. So ye! PLOT! And explanations for magic, and the start of the main arc! There might be around 40/50 chapters? I have no real clue, so it'll be a fun adventure for all.
As always let me know what you think! 3