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A/N: Hello everyone, here's the full chapter of Chapter 4 as promised. Romeo finally meets Wendy.
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The Sky Meets The Wild
Honestly, Fonaar didn't know why he had to stay behind in the forest while the one known as Romeo and the older human female went on into the human settlement. Even worse he didn't know why it frustrated him that Romeo left him behind. Ever since the boy touched his wound and heal it, he felt the compulsive need to be around the boy, even though it was annoying him to no end.
With his draconic sight he could easily see Romeo and the older female walk through the settlement and into the towering building at the end and with his draconic hearing he could faintly pick up the sounds of a battle erupting from within it and it actually bother him a little bit, especially after seeing the older female dodge a projectile that came from inside.
Fonaar continues to sit at the edge of the forest and eye the human settlement with mild interest, taking in all of the activity that was going on as the humans went about their day. This wasn't the first time Fonaar has observed a settlement that belonged to men but it was his first time seeing one of this size. If it wasn't for the fact that both Romeo and the elder female made for a unique combination of hair-color he would have had a hard time keeping track of them. Usually, he would have just sniff them out, but all the different smells that the settlement provide was overloading his nostrils.
He focuses on the building that they went into for a time, taking in the structure and wondering what its main purpose was within the settlement. From the dragon's point-of-view, it seemed like the structure was used as a fortress or watchtower of some type seeing how it tower over the rest of the buildings and you could more than likely see for miles in all directions.
Which made the fact that Romeo and the female went in there all the more confusing to Fonaar. Were they part of the garrison station there? Did the building serve another purpose? All these thoughts were plaguing Fonaar's mind when a large ice spike came shooting out the side of the building, followed by a burst of fire coming out the other. Even from a distance, Fonaar could feel the magic behind both of them.
The dragon was already stalking halfway through the tall grass outside of the settlement before he realizes what he was doing. At first, Fonaar was content with just watching until the humans came back, but that burst of magic change his mind and he wanted to investigate the building even closer. While the thought of simply flying over to the building did cross his mind, on a clear day such as this, there was no chance that he could get close to the building without being spotted so he opted for the more stealthily approach.
As he closes the distance between him and the outer edges of the settlement he notices that there weren't any guards patrolling like he has seen in other villages belonging to non-dragons. To his surprise, he saw that there wasn't even a lookout; were the humans of this community so confident in themselves that they didn't fear attack from an outside source?
Fonaar was just about to enter an alleyway when he realizes that it would probably be best if he wasn't seen by the local populace, his experience in the past has taught him that humans don't take too kindly to dragons walking down their roads. He looks upward at the roof of the building next to him and an idea pop into his head. Leaping upward and embedding his razor sharp claws into the bricks as he landed on the wall, he soon found himself on top of the building, looking toward the fortress. With a powerful leap for his hind legs, he's soaring over the gap between him and the next building, landing with a powerful thump that causes more than a few people on the ground to stop and turn their heads toward the noise. Staying perfectly still, Fonaar waits for a few seconds before hearing the sound of footstep once again. Realizing that he had to be a little quieter about this, he decided that he would "float" his way over to the next roof, using his wings as a way to slow down his descent. It took a few attempts and some deep scratches on more than one rooftop, but eventually, he got all the way to the side of the building that Romeo went into.
Only to see him walk out with the older female and three more younger females who all smell similar to him.
At this point, Fonaar was started to get frustrated as he let out a burst of smoke through his nostrils and once began to follow the purple-haired child, all the while the constant barking of dogs could be heard throughout the whole city but fortunately they were ignored by their human counterparts.
The Conbolt's Household
"He's going to need extra clothes, his sleeping pajamas, his favorite coloring books, his stuffed teddy bear", Enno listed off as she rummages through Romeo's part of the room that all three kids shared while Porlyusica stood behind her with an irradiated expression plastered across her face.
"He's not going on a camping trip", she thought but decided to keep her mouth shut. Meanwhile, the Conbolt's triplets were down in the kitchen having a stare-off.
Juliet and Rosalina were both eyeing their brother who only stares back as the minutes creep on. This wasn't the first stare-off between the triplets and Romeo was prepare for what was to come.
"Are you really trying to be like grandma Porlyusica?", Juliet asks as she circles around her brother like a shark stalking a wounded seal.
"Yesssss", Romeo said even though he knew that his sisters could easily read him. Just as Romeo could tell when they were lying, both Juliet and Rosalina could tell when he was.
"You're lying", Rosalina instantly counter.
"Am not!", Romeo argued
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
Usually, this type of "debate" would have continued on for at least an hour, if not for the movement Romeo saw out the kitchen window that led into his family's backyard. Both of his sisters' backs were to it, so neither of them caught it, but Romeo was one hundred percent certain that he saw a scaly tail flicker by.
"Ack!" escapes Romeo's lips as his sisters turn around, only to see nothing there. When they turn back around, Romeo was gone.
"Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!", the young boy thought as he circles around his house into the backyard, only to behold the sight of Fonaar pacing back and forth whilst grumbling to himself. He could hear all the dogs in the neighborhood screaming about a monster being in the town and it was only a matter of time before someone realizes something was up.
"Fonaar!", Romeo harshly whisper, "What are you doing here?"
The young dragon turns his head toward the voice and instantly feels relief upon seeing the boy, he lets out a loud squawk that resounds throughout the neighborhood.
"Not so loud!", Romeo hisses, "And what do you mean you thought I was captured?"
But before Fonaar could answer…, "Hey, Romeo, what are you doing out there?", Juliet yells from inside the house causing Romeo to have a meltdown of panic as he started waving his arms frantically.
"Fonaar! You have to hide now! You can't be seen by Juliet or Rosalina because they will tell mom and then she'll tell dad and I'll be grounded forever!", Romeo tells Fonaar who merely lets out a shrill in response, which causes Romeo to widen his eyes in surprise, "You really think this isn't your problem?!"
"Romeo, are you outside?", Romeo hears from his room upstairs.
"Oh no, now mom getting in on this!", Romeo screams, "Fonaar, do something, get out of here! Fly or something! You can fly, right?", he begs to which he received a cocked eyebrow back from the dragon and a look that even Romeo knew meant "You're joking, right?". Fonaar surveys the area around him and looks up into the sky. Seeing that there weren't any people around and the fact that the Conbolt's residence was on the edge of the town, not far from the forest, he figured that he could fly away now with no problem. Thankfully, there was also a low overcast, so he figures he could be in the clouds with a few powerful flaps.
Spreading his wings out until the tips were nearly touching the fences on both sides, Fonaar crouches down and with a powerful leap, lunges himself into the air, kicking up a dust storm as he did and leaving a speechless Romeo in his wake as he propels straight up into the skies above and within moments, disappear into a passing cloud.
A breathless "wow" was all the boy could let out as he stood frozen in place still watching the skies.
"Cooooooool", he says as his sisters approach from behind.
"What are you staring at?", Juliet asks as she and Rosalina look upwards and see only the clouds rolling by, "There's nothing up there."
Luckily for Romeo, before he could struggle to come up with an excuse, Enno's voice sounds from his room, "Romeo, I pack up all your things, time to head for the train station!"
Later on
Romeo and Porlyusica's departure went off without any major hiccups, Enno gave a tearful goodbye, Macao was still unconscious, and quite frankly, both Juliet and Rosalina were happy to see him go knowing that they were going to have the room to themselves for a while.
Safe to say though that the train ride was awkward, quiet, and uncomfortable, with Romeo sitting next to Porlyusica who was nose deep in a herbalism book while Romeo was doing whatever he could to keep from getting bored. He counted the number of houses he saw outside his compartment window for an hour before he started to reach his limit in how high he could count, (it was fourteen). He drew in the coloring book his mom gave to him, he played with his toys he brought along with him, and finally, he resorted to trying to play "I Spy" with Porlyusica but to no avail. After a while, Romeo began to feel the effects of the long day he had as his eyelids began to get heavy. Try he might to stay awake he found himself nodding off soon afterward.
Flying.
Romeo found himself flying high above the ground, through the clouds. He saw the rich blue sky above him and the rolling green fields below him. He could see the vast mountains in the distance along with the lush forest next to it. His eyes cast downward and he may out a lone figure on the ground; it looked like a train with the smoke billowing from the front. Without warning, his vision zooms in on the train and he found himself looking into a compartment where what seems like a young boy around his age and an old woman were staying. The boy looked quite familiar as did the woman and Romeo sworn that the hair color of the kid was-
Romeo found himself getting shaken awake from his dream by Porlyusica, who was constantly calling out his name.
"Romeo, wake up! We're here!", the potion master shouted out as Romeo's eyes flutter open, "We're at the train station!"
Romeo rubs his eyes as he looks out the window at the small train station where they stop at. It was mostly rundown with no real structures around except for the small platform where passengers were let off and the ticket booth, which was currently empty. In fact, the only person around was an older girl who had long dark blue hair that reaches down to her waist, with two bangs framing her face which reached down to her chest alongside her brown eyes. She was wearing a simple green dress with two wavy stripes running across the dress and ending in small pointed edges at the bottom. Around her arms and leg, she was wearing wing-like attachments and Romeo noticed a guild insignia on her right shoulder, but he really only knew the Fairy Tail guild insignia and nothing else. She was currently sitting at one of the few benches while holding what seems to be white cat plush doll.
"This is the last stop on this line and we have quite a walk ahead of us", Porlyusica explained as the two of them exit the locomotive, "I just hope we make it before-"
"Um, pardon me?", a quiet voice said from behind the two and both Romeo and Porlyusica turn to see the blue-haired girl standing there with a timid smile on her face while still holding the white cat plushies. Upon a closer look, Romeo notices that the cat had a grumpy look on its face.
"Can I help you something, young lady?", Porlyusica ask with slight annoyance in her voice, she really didn't have time for this. The girl seem taken aback by the harshness in her voice, but continues talking nonetheless.
"You wouldn't happen to be Miss Porlyusica from Magnolia, would you?", she asks, causing Porlyusica to raise a confused eyebrow at her.
"I...am", she answers slowly while trying to remember if she has ever met this girl before.
"I'm Wendy Marvell of Cait Shelter, their Sky Dragon Slayer. Master Roubaul send me to escort you to the guild", the girl answered, catching Romeo's attention at the mention of the Sky Dragon-Slayer.
"This is Wendy Marvell? This is who Grandeeney wanted me to give the scrolls to?", Porlyusica thought before another thought crosses her mind, "I don't recall ever informing Roubaul of my arrival. In fact, I made the decision to come here just this morning."
Wendy tilts her head at Porlyusica in confusion, "You're sure? Because Master Roubaul specifically said that you would be here today. He told me this morning."
"It would seem that I was right in knowing that Roubaul could help me", Porlyusica thought before noticing that Romeo was staring intensity at the cat Wendy was holding, even reaching out to touch it with his hand…
Before a quick paw swipe forces him to pull his hand back at the last second.
"You shouldn't go around touching people randomly, it's extremely rude. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?", the white cat suddenly said, her grumpy expression never leaving her face.
A quiet breeze blowing through the station was the only noise that could be heard for a second before Wendy started laughing hesitantly.
"I'm sorry, this is my companion, Carla. She can be...difficult sometimes", Wendy apologizes while Carla simply hmmph and pop out of her arms, wings magically appearing out of her back.
"She's just like Happy", Romeo thought right before Carla appeared in front of him.
"You need to be more considerate of other people and their personal space, little boy. It's quite rude and if you're going to be staying at Cait Shelter then you need to learn some manners because I do not tolerate rudeness.", Carla started to lecture while Romeo just stood there quietly thinking.
"If she's just like Happy, then that means...", Romeo thought as a mischievous smile crept onto his face. Quicker than Carla could react, Romeo reaches his hand out and lightly tap her on the forehead and before Carla could respond with a rant about personal space again, she felt her wings dissipate.
"What?", as she landed smack down on the ground, flat on her face.
"Carla!", Wendy gasp as she moves to pick her up, "Are you okay?"
"I am", Carla growl before glaring at Romeo, "But he won't be!", as she looks like she was ready to pounce.
But within the beat of a heart, Porlyusica steps in between Romeo and Carla and levels a cold glare at the both of them, "That will be quiet enough out of the two of you", Porlyusica began, "I'm in a hurry and need to see Roubaul as soon as possible so I don't have time for either one of you immature actions."
She turns her head to Romeo, "You should know better than to use your ability on people who aren't aware of it, and for mischievous reasons of all things."
Romeo looks sheepishly at the ground as Porlyusica turns her attention now toward Carla, "I realize that Romeo's actions were uncalled for, but try to show some restraint, he is only six years old."
Carla throws her own glare and Porlyusica and the two of them have a stare-off for what seems like hours before Carla merely "hmmph", turn around, and starts walk away.
….
Wendy looks between Porlyusica, Romeo, and forces out a nervous laugh.
"S-shall we get going?", she asks, only to have Porlyusica start walking after Carla without a word, leaving Wendy alone with Romeo. The two share a look at one another before looking at the retreating Porlyusica and Carla.
"Hurry up, you two!", Porlyusica screams back at them without looking behind her. The two kids quickly follow the potion master, once again leaving the desolate train station empty…
Or they would have if it wasn't for a certain dragon whose head was just poking out of the bushes on the other side of the tracks as Romeo and Wendy walked away. His teeth bared, his eyes dilated, and a primal growl escaping from his throat. Fonaar landed half a mile away from where the train stops and made his way here while the whole commotion was going on. Because he was downwind of the group, he was able to approach completely undetected. The blue-haired girl couldn't smell him, but he definite smell her. She had the same scent and magic aura around her that the pink-haired man in the forest back where he met Romeo had. One that put ever nerve in Fonaar's body on edge.
She was one who has slain members of dragonkind.
Fonaar didn't know why Romeo was going with her, but he was going to find out and if it came down to him fighting the girl to protect him….
Well, a small part of him hope that it wouldn't come down to that, but hopefully, he was ready if he did.
Thirty minutes later
Wendy was truly at a loss right now as she traveled in the back of the group. When Master Roubaul asks her and Carla to go meet Porlyusica at the train station, she admitted that she was a little skeptical about it. No letter had arrived nor had he said anything prior to about the Fairy Tail's medical adviser's visit. In fact, she found it odd that he would send her away, especially after what happened this morning with that eerie green light column that shot up into the skies. It came from the direction of the ancient temple that was a good half a day's walk from Cait Shelter. Even from that distance, it gave off an ominous feeling and while Wendy wanted to go investigate alongside some of the hunters, Master Roubaul decline her request and even went as far as stopping the hunters from going. He stated that it was too dangerous at the moment and that they were to make ready for his special guests arriving. It confounded the girl, but she listens anyway and went to the train station as ask to meet them.
Back to the matter of Porlyusica, Master Roubaul often spoke about her, about how he met her five years ago when she visited the region while looking for herbs for her potions. Wendy was away at the time, practicing her magic and thus was unable to meet her, but that was beside the point. Anyway, while the two haven't met face to face since then, they kept in contact through letters. At one point, Master Roubaul said that she might be visiting to help teach Wendy how to make healing potions so that she doesn't become over-relied on her healing magic, which in hindsight, seem like a good idea. Her healing spells drain her more than any of her other type of spells did.
But what really surprise Wendy was the boy walking alongside her, Romeo, she believes his name was. Master Roubaul told her that a boy would be more than likely arriving with Porlyusica, but honestly, Wendy was expecting someone older, not a little kid half her age. Judging by a comparison of him to Porlyusica and going off the how different their scents were, Wendy came to the conclusion that they weren't related at all. Master Roubaul once mention that Porlyusica lived alone, away from any town or villages; so what was this boy's relationship with her?
And the biggest question of all was why Carla's wings disappear upon him touching her. Was Carla simply surprise by his actions and lost focus or did the boy himself cause it? Judging by the faint grumbling she was hearing from her feline companion about thirty feet in front of her, she was thinking the same thing too.
"Soooooo", Wendy began in an effort to break the ice and find out more about the boy, "Your name's Romeo?"
The boy in question glance over at the girl who was twice his age with a smile, "Yeah, My name's Romeo and I'm six years old", he said as he held six fingers.
"Nice to meet you", Wendy replied with a smile, "My name is Wendy Marvell."
"So you're a dragon-slayer, like Natsu?", Romeo asks causing Wendy to raise an eyebrow.
"You mean, Natsu Dragneel, the Fire Dragon-Slayer? The man that is known as "Salamander"?", Wendy asks.
"You know him?", Romeo wondered.
"Well, I have heard of him", Wendy admitted, "Dragon-Slayers are rare, but Natsu Dragneel has seven kills to his name, making him the most famous one that I have ever heard of. Though I have heard of another one in a guild right here in Fiore, I just can't remember his name or the guild he belongs to."
Romeo froze up a little upon Wendy mentioning that. Due to the lack of time he actually spent at the guild hall, he had almost forgotten that Natsu has slain dragons before, dragons even bigger than Fonaar. He really hopes that the gray dragon wasn't causing any trouble back in Magnolia, or else the pink-haired slayer would be sent after him.
"A-and how many dragons have you beaten?", Romeo asks, suddenly interested in just how strong Wendy was.
Wendy lets out a sigh and casts her eyes downward, "Just two. One of them was a green dragon who was barely a juvenile in a forest west of here while the other was just an adolescent frost drake who roam the mountains to the north of here. They weren't really terrorizing the area, they were just stealing livestock and the people of the nearby villages put up a bounty for them for they were destroying their livelihood."
The expression Wendy had on her face reminded him of the one that Natsu made whenever he talked about his kill count. Proud, but sad all the same.
"Why?", Romeo wondered, "You think they be happy."
"So anyway, Romeo", Wendy said, catching the boy's attention, "Since I answered a question about me; mind answering a question I have for you?"
"Umm...sure?", Romeo replies as a question mark appears above his head.
"What kind of magic did you use to make Carla's wings disappear?", Wendy asks.
"That wasn't magic", Romeo answers a heartbeat later causing Wendy to stare at him with a baffled expression. He wasn't being rude or anything, it was simply a question he was used to being asked a lot.
"What-?"
"Romeo has a special gift that allows him to cancel out one's magic by only touching them", Porlyusica call back to the duo, "It's not magic at all, but something else entirely."
"I've never heard of that before", Carla comments as she too had heard Porlyusica's explanation, "Canceling out magic with a single touch."
"You and everyone else in the world", Porlyusica replied, as a flock of birds with zooming overhead, chirping at the top of their lungs. Neither Wendy, Carla, nor Porlyusica paid attention to it….
But for Romeo, it was a different story.
"Dragon! Dragon here in the forest! Scales as grey as ash! Teeth as sharp as knives, claws that will rip through our flesh! The dragon will eat us all!"
That was what Romeo heard the birds chirp causing him to look behind him, expecting to see a towering Fonaar standing there looking down at him, but all he saw was the empty forest.
"There's no way Fonaar could be here, right?", Romeo thought, "We were on that train forever!"
"Romeo, hurry up!", Porlyusica calls to him, "We need to get to Cait Shelter before dark!"
Cait Shelter Guild
"Awesome! There's a giant cat head!", Romeo all but squeal as he laid eyes on the guild hall and the village surrounding it. Everywhere Romeo looked, he observes people dress in garments that reminded him of the pictures books his mom read to him about the original natives of Ishgar, the ones who occupied the lands long before his own ancestors came over the eastern mountains at the edge of the peninsula so long ago.
"Yes, yes, it's all very pretty and everything", Carla said as she started to walk away, "And now that I have done what Master Roubaul asks for, I have no more reason to be around you."
"Bye, bye, kitty cat", Romeo shouted to her, only to receive a glare in return. And just when Carla was about to do more than throw Romeo a mean look, she spotted Porlyusica behind the boy giving the cat a heated look of her own.
"Hmph", was Carla's respond as she turns her head up and walks away, leaving Wendy once again to apologizes for her companion's actions.
"I'm terribly sorry about this", Wendy began before gesturing a hand toward the guild hall, "If you would be so kind, Master Roubaul is waiting for you."
The three make their way toward the village, stop ever so often so Wendy could briefly greet the people walking by while Porlyusica kept a neutral look on her face, though underneath she was annoyed being around people again. But in the back of her mind, she felt that something was off about them but couldn't quite place her finger on it. This was her first time actually coming to the village seeing how she met Roubaul a couple miles away from it all those years ago.
They make it to the guild hall where Wendy ushers them in and Romeo is amazed at the interior of the building. While nowhere near as big as the Fairy Tail guild hall, it was still impressive nonetheless. The floor was wooden and Romeo saw that the wall was covered in colorful blankets. The furniture was unlike nothing Romeo has ever seen before with a large number of different carpets and clothes bearing ornamental patterns. Around the support beams, Romeo took note that there were vines growing all over the place and was actually amazed by how close to nature the guild hall was.
"Wow", Romeo said in awe as he finally noticed the man sitting cross-legged in the center of the guild hall near the back wall. He was a small, slim elderly man reminding Romeo of Grandpa Makarov in stature, with a long white beard, complete with a mustache, which with up his entire face on both sides, making for a large pair of sideburns and his two bushy eyebrows as well. On his forehead was a tattoo, composed of a dot surrounded by two arched stripes.
He donned an attire that resembles that of a Native Fioran chief, which once again Romeo remembers from the picture books his mother read to him and his sisters.
"But those are some huge eyebrows", Romeo said aloud, catching the attention of Porlyusica and Wendy as they snap their necks at him with wide-eyed expressions.
"Romeo!", Porlyusica hisses as she sharply slaps him on the back of the head.
"What? I heard you say meaner things about my dad", Romeo counter while rubbing his head, causing the man in question to snort with laughter, catching everyone's attention.
"Ah, Porlyusica", he began with a smile, "The boy is as spirited as you describe him. Come closer, young Romeo if you will. These eyes of mine aren't as good as they used to be"
Romeo turns to Porlyusica for a moment, only to receive a slight nod in return.
"It's okay, Romeo. He's a good friend of mine", she tells him and the boy approaches the man warily.
Soon, he was standing right in front of Master Roubaul, who was still smiling.
"Porlyusica tells me that you can talk to animals, is that true?", he asks.
"Yes, but she's the only one that believes me. Even my mommy and daddy think I'm making up stories", Romeo frowns.
"Ha, ha", Roubaul chuckled, "They merely do not understand your gift", as he went to pat him with his eyes closed and a bright smile. But then he pauses at the last second and his hand hovered over the boy for a moment before slowly returning behind his back. Roubaul's eyes never opened and that smile that once reflected joy now seemed oddly out of place as it lingered for a moment longer than it should have.
For a moment there was nothing but silence until he opens his eyes and looks toward a surprise Wendy.
"Wendy, be a dear and show Romeo around the village, there is a good chance that he's going to be staying around with us for a while and he should know its layout", he asks while ignoring the stare Porlyusica was sending him.
"Yes, Master Roubaul", Wendy agrees as she ushers a baffled Romeo out the building, leaving Porlyusica and Master Roubaul to themselves inside.
…..
"Start explaining", Porlyusica threaten as her eyes become cold as steel, but Roubaul appeared not even the slightest faze by this gesture.
"There's a lot to explain, you'll have to be more specific", he replies.
Porlyusica had to restrain herself from striking out at Roubaul after that comment, but she prevails and moves on, "How did you know we were coming today? How did you know that Romeo has awakened more of his Wild Master abilities?"
"You would think in the ways you describe your encounters with the Spirit in the letters you sent me you would be more up to speed with this knowledge as I am", Roubaul pointed out as he rolled his eyes.
"She only comes to me in a dream-like state and her messages are usually cryptic", Porlyusica said.
"And yet you described her perfectly. In exactly the way my tribe's ancient texts have. It's clear to anyone who believes in fate, that you are to aid the boy on his journey in fulfilling his destiny", Roubaul explained.
"A destiny that he is far too young to take on!", Porlyusica snapped, "He's only six years old!"
Roubaul shakes his head and lets out a quiet sigh, "Destiny rarely comes at the time of our choosing."
"Is that suppose to make me feel better?", Porlyusica growls.
"Not really, just words of wisdom", Roubaul admitted, "Speaking of which, was that strange energy I felt in the boy his anti-magic ability?"
"Your people are the descendants of the Nirvit, one of the four main humans tribes that raised Wild Masters", Porlyusica recalled, "Wasn't anti-magic a common ability among them?"
Roubaul shakes his head, "I'm afraid not. When you first mentioned Romeo's ability, I went looking through the ancient records of the Wild Masters Order my people safeguard and while I have found mentions of members being able to use magic, especially among the elves, there's nothing about the power to take it away, not even with the dwarven Wild Masters."
"So you're telling me it's unique?", Porlyusica wondered.
"Exactly, though it may be able to help the boy with his duties", Roubaul stroked his beard before Porlyusica's shouting caught his attention.
"He is just a boy!", Porlyusica stress once again, "He cannot take on the responsibilities take the position requires him to do!"
Roubaul regards the woman in front of him with a sadden glaze for a moment, "Porlyusica, there's something you should know. Something that the boy needs to know cause now his life is in danger."
"What exactly do you mean by-", Porlyusica started before an ear-shattering roar cuts her off.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR!"
Outside in the village
"And this is our bakery, where Aerima makes the best beard in the region", Wendy explain as she and Romeo made their way around the buildings surrounding, "And there's old man Walyu, who is the local blacksmith."
Romeo looked from person to person as Wendy introduced them as the two of them were strolling down the main street of the community. Compare to Magnolia though, this place was tiny; in fact, Romeo was pretty sure that Fairy Tail alone had more people than this place. But, at least they were closer to the forest line than Magnolia was. Hopefully, after Porlyusica and that strange old man help him with his problem he'll be able to go and explore the woods.
Anyway, as the Romeo was going on his way, he couldn't help but noticed that there were no other kids here in the village. Sure, it was getting close to the sun going down and it was not like he was going to be playing with them, but it felt odd he had yet to see any.
"Hey, Wendy", he spoke up, stopping the girl while she was talking to one of the flowers ladies, "Are there any other kids in the village?", and is amazed when the girl stops what she's doing and actually had to think about it.
"I'm afraid there isn't. When I first got here there wasn't any either", she admitted though deep down she wondered why she never notices this before.
"You're not from around here?", Romeo asks.
"Oh no, I wandered into the village when I was around the same age as you all alone, even before I got Carla", Wendy explained as she sat down at a nearby bench and gesture Romeo to join her.
"You're mommy and daddy aren't around?", he asks as he sat down next to her.
"No, my mom disappear years ago when I was a child and a friend of mine brought me here to Cait Shelter where I met Master Roubaul and the others."
"Where your friend now?"
"I honestly don't know, haven't seen him since that day", Wendy stated as she glances up and gasps in shock, causing Romeo to do the same.
Outside the village, while Wendy and Romeo's conversation was going on
Stealth
For Fonaar, that was all that matter right now. For him to be silence, unseen, undetectable. He had to approach with caution and be fully alert. For though the blue-haired girl was the biggest threat, he had to be wary of the other humans in the settlement. From his hidden position on the edge of the tree-line, he spotted a descend amount of humans carrying around metal spears and such and he was also detecting a large amount of magic radiating from the central building. He deduces that it was either several powerful mages or one extremely strong one, though neither scenario seems favorable to him. His dragonscales gave him a great degree of protection from spells, but only from non-dragon-slayer type mages. With the blue-haired girl though, a powerful hit from her would weaken his scales and then he would be at the mercy of the rest of the villagers as well.
No, he had to get Romeo out of here and fast, but he had to be quiet about it. Luckily for him, the night was fast approaching as the sun was getting lower and lower toward the horizon. Soon he would have the advantage and take was when he would make his move.
Back to the Village
Yuna's fabric store was where everyone in the village got either their clothes or the materials needed to make their own. Her store was so chock full of clothing items that she had to add a second floor to the building for her actual home while the first floor was the actual store, so she technically owns the tallest building in town, beating out the guild hall by a couple of feet. Now on the second floor of her building, she had a small ledge out on the window where she likes to leave her large flowers pot out to bask in the sunlight and this particular day she was reaching to pull one of them back in that Yuna accidentally bumps the other pot right off the ledge…..
And straight down to where Romeo was sitting and Wendy happen to look up.
Now onto Wendy and Romeo
Romeo had barely looked up to see the huge pot coming down toward him and had taken on the facial expression of fear when he felt Wendy's hand grab him by the front of his shirt and quickly pulled him out the way with him appearing on the other side of her as the pot shatter upon hitting the ground. He found himself dangling a few feet off the ground while being held up by the girl enhance strength for a few brief seconds, while she herself was still looking at the pot on the ground.
"Wow, she's strong", Romeo thought as he looked at her and noticed her face slowly starting to take on a perplexed expression, "What's wrong with her?"
And that was when Romeo heard the sound of heavy footsteps rapidly moving closer to him and Wendy. As he turns his head slightly to the right to see what was possibly making that noise, he too found himself surprised and frighten beyond belief to see the very thing he hoped had stayed in Magnolia coming straight toward them.
A fully enraged Fonaar taking off into the air and then diving down at Wendy, with his jaws wide open, wings fully spread out, eyes stilted, and claws fully extended toward the blue-haired girl.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRR!"
A Quote from the Next Chapter:
Dragons are without a doubt among the most ferocious creatures in all of existence. A battle between just two of them has destroyed countries, reshaped the landscape, and even shook the very heavens themselves. Which is why the old saying about dragons hasn't changed in thousands of years:
To face a dragon, one must fight with the fury of a dragon.
A/N: Finally, a fight scene: It's Wendy vs Fonaar in the next chapter.
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This Chapter was beta by Conbolt Is Fire who is the author of great stories such as "Right Girl, Wrong Guy"