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With an End, comes a Beginning
He floated there, for who knows how long, in the endless white that surrounded him. That white was full of sparkling lights and shades of Gold, but it was all blurry, as if muddled by water. Then he landed. His whole back and backside landed on something firm, but not hard, and he groaned from the impact. He opened his eyes fully, realizing he had been seeing things through half opened lids. He sat up, and looked around, seeing that the sky was still a strange mix of gold and white, with sparkling masses occasionally dotting it. He was sitting on a large bright red mushroom, and below that he could see grass and a few trees, but then the land stopped less than a mile away from him, seeming to end at a ledge in all directions. Then He heard a groan next to him.
"Edmond?" At the mention of his name, Edmond turned to see a familiar face lying next to him.
"Harry? Hey man, are you alright?" Edmond asked, standing up fully and offering a hand to his friend, who took it without hesitation. Harry was just a hair taller than Edmond, standing right at 6'0, while Edmond was at 5'10. Harry had blonde spiky hair that always seemed to have one or two cowlicks in it, which was in great contrast to Edmond's smooth jet black hair that he kept combed to one side of his head.
"Yea, I'm fine, where the hell are we?" Harry asked, looking around at their surroundings. "Did...did we take drugs?" Harry asked upon noticing the giant mushroom they were both on. Edmond tried to remember the last thing that happened to them, and then he remembered the car crash.
"I, I think we're in a coma. Or I'm in a Coma, which means you're a figment of my imagination..." Edmond said, looking at his near lifetime friend with some concern, but Harry shook his head.
"No way man, I'm telling you its me. Whatever's going on, we're experiencing it together... or at least I think we are." Harry shook his head in slight frustration, but before Edmond could respond, they both heard a voice.
"You two do know your both in quite a bit of trouble don't you?" A deep booming voice announced as both Edmond and Harry looked up to see what could only be described as Large Regal looking man with a mustache to rival even the greatest of handlebars. His hair was a stark white, and his skin was a light, unnatural blue. He also sported a large pair of white horns on his head. His eyes were redder than blood, and looked down at them with visible frustration and annoyance. He also wore sliver and gold armor, accompanied by a large Blue cape.
"What." Was all Harry could manage as he looked up at the floating giant. Edmond meanwhile was practically shaking, because he knew what this giant was from. Fairy Tail! Its the Celestial Spirit King! But how!? Why!? What is even going on!? Edmond's thoughts were interrupted by the King's voice once again.
"Well!? What have you got to say for yourselves? Humans are forbidden to enter the Celestial Spirit realm, so why were you two in my domain not five minutes ago?" Edmond looked over his shoulder to see Harry was growing more nervous. He never watched the show, even though I told him to years ago... I guess I'll have to do the talking from here. Edmond thought as he faced the King, a nervous lump forming in his throat.
"To be honest, we're not really sure how we got... to be in your realm... or how we got here to be fair." Edmond explained as calmly as he could, but saw the King's expression only seemed to grow more irritated. He doesn't believe me... Edmond quickly expanded upon his explanation. "I'm honest... your Majesty. We truly do not know how we got here. The last thing that I can remember was a crash." The King's expression calmed a bit. Perhaps out of pity, or something to that extent. Edmond looked back to Harry, and his friend nodded furiously, but did not speak. Edmond was thankful that his friend was allowing him to take the lead, even if Harry had no idea what was going on.
"I see..." The Kind spoke, a curious expression on his face as he observed the two young humans. This was most certainly one of the last things he had been expecting to do on a Saturday, but he supposed that if what they were saying as the truth, then they were not at fault for their situation. That didn't mean he couldn't ask more questions though. "...So what exactly were you doing before you ended up in the spirit world?"
"The last thing that I recall is a car crash, and then nothing. Right Harry?" Edmond asked and Harry nodded quickly in response to that question, still being overwhelmed by the whole situation. The King stroked his nose-stache and then nodded.
"Very well I suppose, I do sense quite a bit of magic within you, young one. Perhaps you opened a gate to save you and your friend?" He propositioned, but received no response, Edmond somewhat spacing out to that statement. "I will send the two of you back to Earthland pronto then, just tell me where you lived, and I'll send you there."
"Wait... if we're not on earth, then where are we?" Harry asked, finally speaking up after Edmond's brief conversation.
"You are in a small dimension between Earthland and the Celestial spirit realm. It is a place where both humans and spirits can live... too bad this is as big as it is." The King said somewhat mournfully before he shook his head. "So where do you live?" both Edmond and Harry paused at the question, but Harry gave his friend a nod, a small signal to answer for them.
"Uh, first, may I ask a question?" Edmond asked, and the King raised an eyebrow. "What kind of magic do we have exactly?" The King looked at the young human somewhat bewildered.
"You're not a celestial wizard?" The King asked in genuine confusion, to which Edmond shook his head. Harry looked between the two of them, a confused look on his face. "Certainly makes it more of a mystery as to how you ended up in the spirit realm, but let us see for certain." The King held out his massive hands, and two bright blue magic circles appeared at the ends of each, and after a few seconds, he crossed his arms, an amused grin on his face. "Well that explains it, a Cosmic Make Wizard, you don't see many of them any more. Your friend there can use Over-enchant Magic, meaning it wasn't him. I suppose your situation makes a bit more sense now."
"How does it make more sense? I missed that part." Harry said blankly as he looked over to his friend. Edmond looked at his hand, and then clenched his fist. If he could truly use magic, and this truly was the world of Fairy Tail, then there's only one place he would want to be. "Uh... hello? Earth to Eddy?"
"Take us... to Fairy Tail."
After their run-in with the Celestial Spirit King, the two friends found themselves dropped out of a magic portal in the middle of an alleyway, with thankfully no one around them. Feeling very excited for what might await him, Eddy jumped up and started searching for the guild. Unfortunately though, all he found were other unfamiliar streets and houses.
The two walked around for some time, then Harry began to get a little annoyed "What exactly are you looking for?" He asked his very confused friend.
"A certain building. I'm not too certain how to describe it except for to listen out for the sounds of fighting." Eddy explained, to which Harry looked at him blankly.
"Wow, thanks for the info. I'm sure it'll help wonderfully. Now do you mind explaining what's going on or are you just going keep me guessing?" Harry asked sarcastically.
Eddy stopped and looked back at his friend "You never watched it, did you?"
Harry raised his eyebrow in question "Watched what?" he asked.
"Fairy Tail!" was Eddy's response "This is the exact same world as the anime. Heck, I might say it IS the anime!"
To Eddy's shock, Harry's eyebrows actually seemed to raise even more "Wait…What?" Eddy just nodded, an ear-to-ear grin on his face "You can't be serious right? You're telling me that we're in a fuckin' anime right now?"
"I am ninety-nine percent certain of it!" Eddy responded "I mean, It's gotta be at this point."
"But that doesn't even make any sense." Harry said, looking down at the cobblestone road beneath his feet "How could we have died and ended up in the same world as an anime?"
"Hey, you're the one that watches all those Isekai, you tell me." At that, they both kinda stared at each other, then Harry glanced off, recalling all the typical Isekai tropes that he often saw.
"Aw shit." Harry said "Here we go again."
"What?" Edmond asked somewhat obliviously.
"Just…this feels like an overused trope."
"yea, whatever. This is life now and I'm damn well gonna enjoy it!" Edmond said with joy as he pumped his fist in the air, eager to begin his new life as a wizard.
"Well before we can do that," Harry says, giving his friend a look "what exactly is Fairy Tail? Something about magic right?" Edmond nodded as he somewhat psyched himself up to explain just how Fairy Tail's 'Magic System' worked.
"I suppose its really a one-of-a-kind kinda deal, it isn't as strict as Hogwarts-esque magic, but it also isn't as free-willed as say, Avatar's bending." Edmond began, as he glanced to make sure Harry was listening, and sure enough, he was paying close attention. That was something Edmond could always rely on in most circumstances, Harrison was a great listener. "Fairy Tail plays by it's own rules for the most part, but there are certain magic types and styles that are 'lost' or 'forbidden'. Aside from that, most common magics are divided between maker, written, holder, and caster magics. As far as I'm aware at least. I'm not an expert on the series or the lore, but thats my best understanding." Harry nodded, satisfied with the explanation, and the two of them continued their search under the evening sun.
"So what kind of magic types do we have, he said your a... Cosmic make Wizard, and I'm an Over-enchant Wizard? What do those do?" Harry asked, curiosity in his voice. At this, Edmond shrugged.
"Honestly don't know, I've never heard of those magic types, but if I were to guess, mine is a maker type magic... as the name suggests. Yours I'm guessing is a written magic, but I don't know much about them." Edmond said as he continued to swivel his head in search of Fairy Tail's guild hall. He had spotted a few pedestrians, but had not thought to ask them until now. He spotted one not too far away, and approached her. She had bright blue hair that was tied up in a pony tail, and wore a plain green dress that went down to her knees. Edmond made sure she saw him approach, but as they did, she seemed to grow a blush on her face.
"Excuse me, Ma'am?" Edmond asked tentatively, the girl flinching from being addressed.
"M-Me?" Edmond nodded and the girl seemed to have steam shoot from her ears. "W-What can I do for you today s-sir?" She quickly stammered out, causing the two friends to step back a bit, slightly weirded out by the nervousness.
"We were wondering if you knew where the Fairy Tail guild hall was?" Upon the question reaching her ears, the blush dissipated, and a confused look adorned her face. She looked between the two of them, before setting her eyes upon Edmond.
"Um... Fairy Tail is in Magnolia." Edmond was about to respond with a polite 'I know that' before the girl continued. "Fifty miles west of here." Edmond froze, and he stood there, the information not fully processing as he waited for her to tell him she was joking. She was not. Harry sighed as he muttered a low 'That figures' before he looked around for an Inn. "B-But if your Wizards, I'm sure you can find some work around here in Ginville. I-If y-you know, y-you wanted to stick around that is."
"Well I appreciate the help, I guess we were told wrong then, we had been told that Fairy Tail was in this village. Anyways, Thanks for the help, now we just need to find a place to rest." She nodded warily with a blush as the two of them went on their way.
"Well... she was interesting." Harry commented as they went along. "Wonder why she was so... infatuated." Edmond looked at his friend with a curious expression.
"Infatuated?" Harry shook his head, and didn't respond. The two continued their trek, and found a building called the 'Moonshine Inn'. They entered, but both of them could more or less predict what was going to happen when they talked to the people inside. The lobby room was very well kept up, the hard wood floors recently shined, and everything seemed to be very pristine.
"Welcome to the Moonshine Inn! How may I help you?" A friendly sounding receptionist asked as the two of them entered, she was a brunette wearing a light tan beret, with a dark red uniform dress. Her eyes were a deep blue, and as we approached, her friendly smile did not falter.
"Yes, my name is Edmond, this is my friend Harry, we were wondering if you guys had a tab-like system? We're kinda stretched for cash, so..." The woman frowned a bit as she looked between us, and then promptly slammed her palm on the reception table, startling the two men.
"No, if you don't have any money, then we can't serve you." she said a bit harshly as her expression turned to a rather angry looking one. "If you need a place to stay, and don't have any money, then there's an abandoned house not too far away from here. Two blocks down, and on your right. I doubt anyone would mind if you freeloaded." She said patiently, despite still looking quite angry.
"O-Oh, thanks for the info, we'll head there right away." Edmond said nervously as he slowly backed away from the desk. To which the woman gave him a now eery looking smile.
"Thats great, and make sure to come back if you ever have the money!" She said as both Edmond and Harry left the establishment. They stopped for a moment. They looked at each other as the earlier interaction played again in their heads.
"Are people usually that crazy?" Harry asked simply, already starting to get tired of this world. Edmond chuckled nervously, which did not give Harry hope for the future. Whatever the future held for them, it was bound to be something Harry would not expect. He could tell that much already, he just hoped it would be for the best. The two friends soon made their way to where the abandoned house supposedly was, and sure enough there was a run down house with boarded up windows, and a boarded up front door. "Enjoying your new life yet?"
"Quiet you." Edmond said quickly, as he searched around the house, and found an unlocked back door. The two entered and were promptly greeted with a small cloud of dust as the door swung open without resistance. The inside was covered in dirt and dust. The dark building was quiet, the silence only being interrupted by the creaking wood beneath their feet. "There has to be something we can lay our heads on somewhere." Edmond reasoned, and while they spotted furniture in the living room and dining areas, the single couch in the living room had no cushions. Eventually they found the bedroom, which had a single queen sized bed. Big enough for two, and just their luck that it was covered in plastic.
"Welp... It'll be just like all those camping trips I guess." Harry said as he pressed down on the mattress, testing its softness, and based on his expression, was not happy with it's quality. Edmond shrugged as he laid down on the opposite side.
"I guess so. I think tomorrow we need to experiment a little bit with our magic, find out what it does, and see how we can apply it." Edmond said, adjusting himself, before sneezing from the dust. Harry looked at the back of his friend's head with an incredulous expression before he too laid down, facing away from Edmond.
"Easy for you to say, you know everything about this place. And you said I have some kind of writing magic?" Harry asked but didn't wait for a response as he continued. "How the hell am I supposed to use writing magic? Make a magic novel that whisks people away?"
"That's one way of-"
"I was being rhetorical." Harry quickly interjected, and huffed, but he too sneezed from the dust. "So... What can you tell me about the events that are gonna happen? You've seen the show, so assuming we're like... at the beginning, what's gonna happen?" For a moment, Edmond didn't respond, but Harry heard his friend sigh in a defeated manner.
"There's a lot I could say... but until we know WHEN we are in the series, it won't do us much good to speculate. Which is why we should hurry up, earn some money, and get a carriage out of here, or at least some supplies for the trip." Edmond said, before Harry hummed. Edmond didn't say anything else for the rest of the night, and neither did Harry as the two friends slowly drifted to sleep.
"Cosmic make magic..." Edmond said to himself as he clenched his fist outside, in front of the abandoned house. He wondered just what this kind of magic would do. I don't remember anything about cosmic magic. So what does Cosmic make magic do? As Edmond thought this, he heard footsteps behind him to see Harry approaching, looking about the landscape.
"Not a bad view." Harry commented, looking out over the rolling hills and forests in front of the house.
"No, it certainly isn't." Edmond comments back in response. He had pondered what this cosmic make magic could be for some time, wondering what exactly he might be able to do with it. It certainly sounded like a very powerful magic type.
"Your mind is on something." Harry asked his friend, full knowing the response he would receive.
"Hmm?" Edmond had dazed off, only barely hearing his friend's statement.
"I can tell when you're thinking about something, I can practically see the smoke coming out from your ears." Harry replied slyly as he sat down on the small porch of their 'house'.
"Oh," Edmond responded. In all honesty, he hadn't even realized what he had been doing "I'm just thinking about my magic. It's kind of funny, I don't ever remember hearing about this type of magic from the show." He looked down at his hands "I wonder what it could mean."
"You said it's a maker type magic, right?" Harry inquired, now seeming somewhat interested. Edmond gave a shallow nod "Well maybe you should try to make something." Harry recommended "Or, I guess anyways. I mean, I don't know how any of this works."
Edmond shrugged "Alright, I guess I can try." He recalled from the show one of the more iconic maker wizards from the series. He prepped his stance and put his fist on his palm. He thought about what he wanted to make, then clenched his ass cheeks "Cosmic make…Whip!" he thrust his hands forward in the same position so as to activate the spell, but nothing happened. Harry stared at Edmond blankly.
Harry gives his friend a sarcastic clap "Way to go Ed, you're a wizard."
Edmond's face turned a light shade of red "Hey, that was my first try. Besides, it's not like you've done any better so far."
"That's what she said." Harry said, continuing his blank stare. Ed's face got even redder.
"Well, I'll just try again!" Once again he readied his stance, putting his fist in his palm and clenching his ass cheeks even harder than before! "Cosmic make… Whip!" Ed thrust his hands forward, this time feeling some sensation, but yet it died quickly, and yet again he was left in an embarrassing position.
"Maybe you should clench your eyes too, that way you won't be able to see your failure." Harry said, his blank stare continuing.
"SHUT UP!" Ed yelled "I actually felt something that time!"
"Maybe it was gas?" Harry snarked.
"Maybe it was your mom!" Ed retorted. He readied his stance again.
"Damn, what a comeback. I'm shaking in my boots that I don't wear."
Edmond prepared to try again, but instead of putting his fist in his palm like he did before, he left both palms open, one palm on top of the back of his hand "Cosmic Make!" This time he could feel it. The magic began to flow through his body, starting from his core and moving through his arms to his hands all the way to his fingertips. He smirked as he focused on the image in his mind "Whip!" he cried out, thrusting his hands forward in front of him. To his excitement, manifested before him was a whip made of light. Harry's jaw dropped as he witnessed his friend now appear somewhat badass.
"Well that worked." Ed said simply, slinging the whip around in an attempt to get used to it.
"Appears that it did." Was Harry's response "congratulations." He looked on in curiosity at the whip of light "How much do you think it weighs?" He asked.
"I can't say," Ed responded "It feels almost weightless, but as I sling it around it appears to increase in weight, specifically near the end. I can feel it pull on the handle end as it spins around."
"Well," Harry started, staring at the whip "it definitely looks cool," He then looked up at his friend "How do we make money with it?"
"Funny you should ask," Ed began "because there is actually something I had in mind."
"And what might that be?" Harry inquired, expecting some particularly outlandish, while particularly intriguing response.
"Well, the main subject of Fairy Tail are the wizards." Ed began, Harry readying for a potentially long and unusual explanation "They do odd jobs, fight bad guys, save towns. Anything from saving a cat in a tree to quelling evil deeds aimed at destroying the world. They pretty much do it all." Harry's eyes set into a look of disapproval, getting the idea where this might be going. Ed continued "So, I was thinking we could join one of the guilds and become wizards ourselves. The Fairy Tail guild to be specific."
Harry looked at him doubtfully "Do you really think WE could pull that off? I mean, neither of us have any idea what our magic does or how to use it."
"I made this." Ed said, gesturing the whip in hand, before he made it dissipate, the magical whip disappearing into the air.
"Woop-dee-fuckin-doo, you made a glow-in-the-dark rope." Harry said sarcastically "You might have an idea of what your magic can do and how to use it, but what about mine? Correct me if I'm wrong, but 'Over-Enchant' magic doesn't really seem like something you would use to fight the dark lord with."
Ed stared at his friend in disagreement "Well, it sounds like you could probably make cool stuff out of it. What about a super enchanted big-ass sword?"
Harry shrugged "Well regardless, neither of us have any idea how it works or what it's best used for, so at the moment I'm pretty much useless."
Ed sighed "Look, I've seen the show, you haven't. So just trust me on this alright? I can promise you you're far from useless. There's plenty of other characters who fill that role much better." Ed's tone made Harry believe that there was a particular mirth towards some characters. If they were useless, he could definitely understand.
"Isn't there always?" Harry responded, snickering a little bit. He crossed his arms and sighed, "Alright, if that's how you feel. You've never intentionally misled me before, so I'll trust you." Ed smiled widely, excited for his friend's confidence in him. "So how do we join one of these guilds?"
Ed looked down "Well first we probably want to stay in town for a while and earn some money. If Magnolia really is over fifty miles away then we're going to need some form of reliable transportation, specifically the train."
"I suppose you're right." Harry added, reinforcing his friend's thoughts "Although we still need Some way to make money. So how would we go about doing that?"
"The only thing I can think of is offer our services to the city guards for a while, at least until we can afford a train ticket." Ed offered "Not only that, but we're not certain whether this place has a train station or not."
"It probably doesn't," Harry said "I've seen a lot of this town already and didn't see any signs of any sort of rail system."
"When did you do that?!" Ed inquired.
"Earlier, before you got up. You really need to fix your snoring problem by the way. It's pretty ridiculous." Ed frowned at his friend's observation, as honest as it was, Ed was still rather uncomfortable with the topic.
"Well, anyways. Since there isn't a train station here, we'll have to go find one in a different town. Hopefully it won't be too far away. After that, joining the guild shouldn't be too much of a hassle for us if I remember correctly. I'm pretty sure you just walk in and say 'I wanna join!' then they slap a tattoo on your ass and voila, you're in Fairy Tail."
Harry looked a little shocked "Wait, a tattoo on my ass?"
"I was just kidding," Ed reassured "But you do get a pretty sweet symbol. Its kinda like a magic tattoo."
Harry shrugged "Doesn't matter to me as long as we get paid I guess." Harry paused as he briefly mulled over everything he's heard about 'Guilds' "If it wasn't for the whole 'saving the world thing' I'd be tempted to say guilds were just a type of gang you could join. Tattoos, taking jobs, beating up people. Y'know, gang stuff."
"Huh. I never thought of it like that…" Edmond said as he paused briefly, a slight bit of concern appearing on his face. "But that doesn't matter right now. I've managed to use my magic, why don't you try yours now?" Edmond suggested, and harry looked at him with a quirked eyebrow before sighing defeatedly.
"Alright, but do I have to use that stance thing you did?" Edmond shook his head at Harry's question.
"All magic is a bit different, I'm not sure what a 'traditional' stance is for Over-Enchant magic, so I wouldn't use a stance at all, just... try to enchant something I guess." Harry looked over to see a rather solid looking stick on the ground not far away from the house. He stood up from his position on the porch and picked up the stick. He stared at it for a while, thinking about what he would want it to do, and how to get it to do whatever that was.
"You might be overthinking this." Edmond offered as he watched his friend simply stare at the stick. Harry didn't respond, but instead closed his eyes as he gripped the piece of wood with both hands, and concentrated. Harry felt something spark a bit, something new and unfamiliar to him as he thought about his 'Enchantment'. He opened his eyes and looked at the stick again, before lifting his right hand over the stick and concentrating again, his fingers splayed out as if ready to type on a keyboard.
With his eyes closed, a small magic circle appeared around his hand, parallel to his fingertips. Edmond watched with fascination as his friend conjured up magic. Harry could actively feel it now, a pressure being released from his body. But one that he had never felt before, and had not been aware of, or felt even after first arriving. Edmond watched the magic circle with interest as small glowing words began to appear on the stick. The magic circle was a mixture of both gold and bright cyan, the glow on the stick matching the color. The center of the magic circle appeared to Edmond to be an asterisk, which while odd, was also appropriate. The glowing died down as the circle dissipated, and Harry opened his eyes to see his work.
"Well. Lets give this a shot." Harry said to himself as he held the no longer glowing stick in his hands, and then threw it in front of him, the stick flying briefly before falling to the ground like any normal stick. They both stood there for a moment, an awkward silence filling the yard. "That was anticlimactic."
"No kidding." Edmond said with a small snicker as Harry retrieved his stick. "What did you want it to do?" Harry appeared to be about to respond before an idea hit him. He focused again and magic flowed from him to the stick, causing the letters to glow a soft white. He once again drew the stick back and threw it. Unlike before however the stick began to return to Harry after reaching it's apparent maximum distance. Harry caught it easily as the piece of wood seemed to draw to his hand.
"That." Harry said with a satisfied smile as he held up his first enchanted object. Edmond nodded approvingly. "I guess for my enchantments to work, Magic needs to be run through them. But they can also hold just enough magic to be used once before they run out. I guess the process of actually enchanting them doesn't power them." Harry explained while rubbing his fingers over the no longer glowing etched words of the enchantment.
"For now." Edmond said, which caused Harry to look up at him. "Maybe in the future you'll be able to pre-charge them, plus the only person that knows the true limits to your magic is you. I've never heard of this kind of magic, so it's entirely new to me just as it is to you. When you get better, who knows what you'll be able to make!" Harry gave Edmond a smile at those words.
"Your right, after all, we only got our magic yesterday." Harry admits, his face In thought. "Why don't we make sure we can put our magic to use huh? Talk to the mayor and all that."
Ginville was a rather small town all things considered, maybe 700 people at max. but even small towns needed some form of leadership, and some form of guard, as such, both Edmond and Harry made their way to the clearly defined town hall to seek some form of employment. The town hall itself was rather nice looking considering the size of the town. The fine brickwork and masonry on full display. They entered it curiously, looking for someone that looked like the mayor.
"Hello, How may I help you two gentleman today?" A pleasant voice greeted them as they entered, and saw a finely dressed woman sitting behind a desk with a welcoming smile. However upon seeing Edmond, a small blush adorned her face as the two of them approached.
"Well, we were wondering if the mayor was looking for wizards for contract?" Harry asked before The secretary nodded quickly, as she pointed down the hall to Edmond and Harry's immediate right.
"The mayor is at the end of that hall. If you two are wizards, he'll want to speak with your directly." Harry nodded in understanding as he began to make his way there, giving a quick 'thanks' to the secretary as he went to the office.
"We appreciate the help." Edmond said as he swiftly followed his friend, not noticing the growing blush on the secretary's face. Harry enters the office with Edmond right behind them. The Mayor was a portly man with an obvious comb-over, and wore a fine brown suit. His desk was made out of a dark wood of some kind, and he appeared to be writing something down, only the single piece of paper being present.
"Ah hello there, my name is Archibald. I'm the mayor of Ginville. I don't believe I've ever met you two before, have you moved here recently?" Upon his questioning Edmond nodded, taking the initiative as he stepped forward.
"Yea, we have actually, My name is Edmond Ford, and my friend here is Harry White. We were wondering if you had any open positions for... say... a few wizards?" Upon the mention of 'wizards', the mayor's eyes went wide a little as he looked at them. First at Edmond, and then to Harry.
"Are you saying you two are wizards? Truly?" They simply nodded in response. "Then we could really use your help. The local guard try as much as they can, but often they just aren't equipped enough to handle the local bandits that come here every month or so. We've sent a request to wizard guilds, but they never seem to respond, I'll be willing to pay you double a guards salary if you stay in town for the next month, or at least until we know those bandits have been dealt with. Please?" The Mayor's request was sincere to the two as they looked at him with wide eyes. Harry looked over to Edmond with a questioning gaze, while Edmond simply nodded as he smiled confidently.
"We accept your request, the next time those bandits come, they won't know what hit them!" Edmond proclaimed, causing Harry to shake his head in exasperation over his friend's antics. Although from what he's told me, I should probably expect some wacky shit to happen. Harry thought to himself, as Edmond and the mayor shook hands.
"Guards huh?" Harry asked as he and Edmond headed back to their hole-in-the-wall home. "I guess that's not the worst job, but what about your guild thing, or what about us actually being able to use our magic to help these people? How are we going to do that?" Edmond hummed at his friend's questions, trying to word the right way to answer each. They had spent the rest of the day answering questions, and spinning a believable tale about their origins. Despite the fact that the mayor was a bit dubious about their stories, the demonstration of Edmond's magic was more than enough to sell the mayor. When asked about Harry's magic, all the blonde could really do was demonstrate a basic trick, and while the mayor didn't seem overly impressed by a stick that weighed as much as a iron ingot, he still hired him nonetheless.
"Like you said, we're going to have to earn a little bit before we can get to Fairy Tail, so this is pretty much just a means to and end. As far as how we help these guys, simple. We... do guard stuff I guess. Whatever the Mayor wants us to do, and of course, hone our magical abilities." Edmond's answers did little to ease Harry's unrest.
"You talk as if you know how to do all this, although I guess we just have to play this from ear for now. I'll try to think of a way I can use my over-enchant magic to help out." Edmond smiled as they arrived at their house, seemingly non-pulsed by the still downtrodden state.
"That's the spirit! Now lets get some rest! We're going to need all our energy in the morning!" Harry nodded in agreement before he looked around at the living room surroundings with a questioning gaze. "Whats up?" Edmond asked curiously.
"Let me try something real quick." Harry said before he picked up a dusty broom nearby, the old cleaning tool clearly having seen better days. He opened up his palm and activated his magic, the familiar cyan and gold kaleidoscope of color appeared as his magic circle manifested. Inscriptions began to line the broom handle as he concentrated, his eyes closed. Then he was finished and the glowing ceased. Before the broom's inscriptions began to glow as Harry pointed the tool at the room around him. As he did so, the cobwebs and dust began to disappear, and the furniture seemed to gain a new lively hue to it. Edmond watched in fascination as Harry cleaned the room, having to get closer to some areas of the living room, the range of the enchantment apparently not infinite. As Harry did this, he began to become more and more tired, the magic being drained from him being a bigger role than he expected.
"Whoa. How did you do that?" Edmond asked, surprise evident on his face. "Was that your magic?" Harry simply nodded as he put down the enchanted broom, before sitting down on the now clean sofa, his head feeling lighter than before.
"But that took a lot out of me... Creating the enchantment wasn't nearly as difficult as making it... function." Edmond sat down on a nearby chair, and looked at his friend confused. "The only way I can describe it is like writing a program, and then providing power for the software. Its more difficult to make the software run than it is to make it, which is... pretty much the opposite of how it should be. But I suppose thats magic for you."
"That is kinda weird, but oh well, at least you understand your magic a bit better eh?"
"Yea... I guess."
"Well anyways, it looks like we have quite a bit of work ahead of us. Why don't we call it a night?" Edmond suggested, and Harry merely nodded as he began to ponder over the possibilities of his magic.
Author's notes
I've decided I'd try my hand at a Fairy Tail story, and while not super original with the whole: "being sent to the world of an anime" I believe you all might enjoy what I have in mind for this story. Also, This is a joint project with my friend BlackHawk who is a huge fan of the show, and helped come up with many of the ideas for the story. He will be writing several areas of the chapters as we share the load of writing. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and as always...
Thanks for reading!