I crawled out of the vehicle and straight onto the road. I looked upwards to see Oak town. It was built upon a hill. Looking around, I noticed how pretty it was. I would have gone around to explore... But I was feeling too sick to move right now. Also, I had work to do. I still had to think of a good code name for myself. Since 'Faya' meant 'fairy' it was something connected with my mother. I wanted this code name to have something to do with my father. I certainly wasn't going to go around calling myself 'Zeref' though. That would be stupid. Especially with the reputation he built for himself. I had never believed any of it though. He wasn't that type of person the rumors made him out to be. Though, I didn't think calling myself after any demons would be a good idea either... I was soon able to get up. I looked down at my clothing. Lilias and Mira had tried to make me resemble Mystogan. What was another word for mist? Fog, vapour, haze... Haze... That name seemed perfect! It would be even better if my real name was Hazel though...
I walked up the streets of Oak town. I had been told by Makarov that the client's address was something like: 117 Acerola lane. I found Acerola lane easily. It was one of the streets nearer the top of the town though. As I walked upwards I looked towards the center of town where the Phantom Lord guild hall used to be. There now seemed to be another building in it's place. That must be the dark guild's guild hall. I looked town from the hill. I was getting rather high up. I could see a shining river at the bottom of the town along with a woodland of pine trees to the side, despite being called oak town. The town was very different to Magnolia. Magnolia was a lot more bright and colourful, but Oak town seemed a lot more serene. Probably because Magnolia had Fairy Tail, our guild didn't know the meaning of the word 'serene.'
Walking up the roads of Oak town, I didn't see too many people. But the people I did see were either running in a hurry or were walking around the streets. Most of those who were casually walking seemed to bear a symbol - a guild mark. To me it looked a lot like an eye with an arrow sticking through the middle. I had never seen that guild mark before, it must belong to the dark guild. I soon arrived at number 117. I took out my job flyer and knocked on the door twice. A woman opened the door. She looked young. Her hair was in a braid and fell over her shoulder. She beckoned me inside. "You must be the Fairy Tail wizard she said, staring at me with warm light brown eyes. I nodded. Her voice was warm gentle and friendly. "Before you step into the sitting room," she spoke, "There is something I need to tell you." I nodded, eager to hear what she had to say.
"You should not tell anyone that you're from Fairy Tail. Most of the townspeople blame your guild for what happened to Phantom. I don't, I was never keen on their methods." she sighed and then carried on. "Not long after Phantom was disbanded, a dark guild named Dark Abyss came to our town. They made our life a living hell. Now we can't go out without fear. They could attack any one at any moment. There are very few wizards here these days to make matters worse. Therefore, we can't defend ourselves." The woman looked down, a look of sorrow passing over her face. "My son was playing with his friend one day, outside on the streets as they always did. A few members of Dark Abyss found them and attacked. His friend died. My son barely escaped. He is currently bedridden." I saw a tear fall from her light brown eyes. "That was when I realized that this had to stop. I sent out job flyers to every light guild that I knew about. I have been saving up to move away from Fiore to go and live in Bosco, where I have family. I've donated these savings to the reward for the job. However, You weren't the only one to take the job. A wizard from Mermaid Heel is waiting in the sitting room. I told her that you were coming and that you should work together." I nodded. I'd heard of Mermaid Hell before, a girls only guild. "I've already told her about the job, I suggest you go and talk to her."
I walked into the sitting room to see a girl. She had long waves of dark pink hair and a set of bright turquoise eyes. Her skin was a light tan colour. She was wearing a short dark purple dress along with a pair of dull blue knee length boots laced with white ribbon. Her guild mark was visible on her left thigh in the colour of a pale pink. "Lana!" I exclaimed looking at her. She was easy to recognize. The solid script wizard from Phantom Lord. "Long time no see Faya-"
"-I'm going by the name 'Haze' for this job." I interrupted. She smiled.
"OK then Haze!" She got up from her seat and put on a white cloak. "Let's go out walking!" Before she reached the door to the sitting room she turned around towards me. "What guild are you going to say you're from? Some of the people here really don't like Fairy Tail...2
"Cait Shelter." I answered. It was the first thing that came into my head. Nobody would be able to prove that I wasn't a member. I was sure Wendy and Carla wouldn't mind me using the name of their former guild. "I've never heard of them," she said, "Anyway we should get going!" With that, we left our clients house.
We walked slowly around the streets of Oak town, trying to think of a plan. "What happened to Zephyr and Yoku?" I couldn't help but ask since they couldn't have joined Mermaid Heel with Lana. Lana sighed. "We fell out over what we should all do next. I have no idea where the two of them are now." Lana then turned towards me and smiled, "But I've been able to make all sorts of new friends in Mermaid Heel!" I was glad that Lana was happy in her new guild.
"How are Gajeel and Juvia doing?" she asked. It was only normal for her to be curious. They were her former guild mates after all. I then went into a detailed explanation over all that Juvia and Gajeel had done in Fairy Tail since they had joined. When I told Lana about Gajeel performing onstage, she laughed. "I never though that he'd be into stuff like that! We never really got to know each other in Phantom." She smiled looking up at the sky.
"Some days I miss the guild... But, I'm happier now than I've ever been before! Mermaid Heel has changed my life." She looked towards me with a bright beautiful smile. "I think Phantom disbanding has turned out to be a good thing for me, I can't say the same for Oak town... Come on!" she grinned, "I know a really good ice cream place! We can plan from there!" I had forgotten that Lana used to live in Oak town as a member of Phantom Lord. It must be awful seeing it like this...
After eating the tastiest ice cream I'd ever had, we began to plan. "I don't think we'll be powerful to take out Dark Abyss with just the two of us." Lana stated. I couldn't argue with her. I knew we were powerful wizards but we didn't know how powerful they were or how many members they had. "If we had another strong wizard with us we might stand a chance..." Lana smiled weakly. "I don't really know what we should do."
"I say we just storm the place," We both turned around to see a boy looking up at us. He looked around the age of 12: Wendy's age. He had messy black hair and his eyes were a ruby red. He was dressed in a black t-shirt and black jeans. I could sense a strong sense of magic power coming from the boy. "Who are you?" Lana asked looking down at him. "Ryos Cheney." He muttered.
"That name doesn't really suit you," I spoke before I could stop myself. The boy's ruby eyes fixed upon my emerald eyes.
"I know," he sighed, "Look. You're from wizard guilds here to help defeat Dark Abyss. I can help you."
"Will your parents be OK with that?" Lana asked in concern.
"I have no parents. I killed my father 7 years ago." I stared eyes wide straight at the boy in front of me. "He was dying and I decided to put him out of his misery." He admitted.
"What sort of magic do you use then?" Lana asked.
"I'm a 3rd generation shadow dragon slayer." 3rd Generation shadow dragon slayer...
