Chapter 54: Author in the Guild Hall

It was just was normal day in the Mystery Shack. Dipper walked into the living room where Erza was reading the new paper while drinking tea and Stan was practicing a card trick. Mabel was also nearby playing with Waddles.

"Hey… does anyone know where Ford is. I just got this really bad feeling." Said Dipper.

"He's in the basement watching a movie he missed out on." Sid Erza, "I recommend it after we got into argument about him getting some fresh air."

(Flashback)

"I'm a grown man…" said Ford, "Why do I need fresh air?"

"Because you're still a person… who need sunlight and air." Said Erza glaring at him.

"Look you can't boss me around!" said Ford.

Erza glared at him then decided to take a page from Makarov's book.

"Fine then…" Sid Erza, "You win."

"Really?" asked Ford.

"However I think you should check put this movie first." Sid Erza handing him a certain DVD.

Ford looked at it, his eyes began to sparkle.

IT was Star Wars, episode 1.

"They finally made the prequel?" asked Ford.

(End of Flashback)

"Oh man!" yelled Dipper.

"Seriously!" yelled Mabel.

"That's just evil…" said Stan.

"Great Uncle Ford loves Star Wars a lot!" said Mabel, "You should have seen him after he saw Return of the Jedi!"

(Flashback)

Dipper and Mabel found Ford in the yard burning some papers.

"Great Uncle Ford… what are you doing?" asked Dipper.

"Just burning some papers that I fear would fall into the wrong hands…" said Ford.

That was when one of the papers fell out of his hands. Mabel picked it up and ended up reading what was on it.

"Luke caressed Leia's cheek gently and gazed into her eyes…" read Mabel.

"Give me that!" said Ford.

He put the paper in the fire.

The twins looked at him in horror.

"Look you two grew up with that information! I just found out today! All right!" he said while blushing.

(End of Flashback)

Ford came into the room, looking like he was about to cry.

"So… how was it?" asked Erza.

"Better than the Holiday special…" said Ford.

"Are you going to outside?" asked Erza.

Ford looked at the others in the room all of them had the same looks on her face.

"Say yes!"

"Fine…" said Ford.

"Say have you been to the guild yet?" asked Dipper.

"No I haven't." answered Ford.

"Wow… you haven't yet! Come on! We should take you and you can meet everyone you haven't met yet"! said Mabel.

I don't know…" said Ford.

Due to the fact that he took down the portal he was a little nervous meeting some of them.

"Come on it will be fine." Said Dipper.

"Fine..." sighed Ford.

That was when the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Said Erza, "It's Jellal."

Ford had met Jellal the day after the thing with Probabilitor.

He was told that they knew each other before she came to earth so he understood that the relationship was based on love.

"You're going on a date now?" asked Ford.

"He's helping me house hunting today." Said Erza.

"How bad is it going to be?" asked Dipper.

"He's helping with the money." Said Erza, I changed what I wanted in a house."

The twins exchanged looks, not wanting to say anything.

"Let's go to the guild hall." Said Dipper.

They all left the house and let Jellal instead of Erza.

"So he's finally leaving the house?" asked Jellal.

"He needs air." Erza with a shrug.

"She took a page from Makarov's book." Said Stan.

Jellal didn't want to know what that meant.

"So are you ready?" Erza asked Stan.

"yeah." Said Stan.

"Stan is coming too?" asked Jellal.

"He is moving in with me." Said Erza.

Jellal was the only Erza told about it other than the relator, but even then she just told her that she changed her mind and wanted an additional room.

Meanwhile with the Twins and Ford.

"Okay you already know Levy, Freed and the rest of mom's team." Said Dipper.

"And Grandpa Macky." Said Mabel.

"You can meet with some people, get to know them and everything will be fine." Dipper

"And you can learn about their magic." Said Mabel.

They walked into the Guild Hall.

That was when Natsu flew past them.

"You want to try that again Salamander?" asked Gajeel.

"Gladly!" said Natsu.

Natsu ran over, however Gajeel dodged and he needed up punching Gray.

"What the hell Natsu!" yelled Gray.

"By the way Gray, your clothes!" said Cana.

"Not again!" muttered Gray.

However he decided to ignore all that and joined the fight.

"Don't worry my beloved! I'll help defend you!" cheered Juvia.

And she too joined the fight.

Gajeel was about to use a club to strike Natsu.

However Elfman punched him in the face.

"Why you!" yelled Gajeel.

Natsu ended up lifting on of the tables, Elfman dodged the table.

However Lucy, Lisanna and Levy were sitting at one of the tables talking, however Loke summoned himself and kicked away the table.

"Are you girls all right?" asked Loke.

"We're fine." Said Lucy.

"All right, I think I'll try to end this one, since it's getting a little out of hand." Said Loke.

The girls all stared at Loke.

"I'm going to guess he was missing joining in a brawl." Said Levy.

"That's my guess…" said Lucy.

Cana was drinking a barrel at the bar, and her eye began to twitch.

"Will you guys quiet down all ready?" asked Cana getting ready to join the brawl.

Ford watched this.

"Is this normal?" he asked.

"It's a but more rowdy than usual." Said Dipper.

That was when a nearby wall suddenly exploded.

"I'm back!" called out Gildarts coming out of the hole.

"Yep! It's a rowdy day." Laughed Mabel.

Meanwhile in Stan's car, he drove them to the office.

"So is everything going all right with finding a house?" Stan decided to finally ask.

"yeah but there were some hiccups when I told her I wanted another room." Said Erza.

(Flashback)

"So you want another room." Said the relator.

"Yes, I do." Said Erza.

"Are you pregnant?" asked realtor.

"What." Said Erza.

"Oh come on, what with that post divorce boy toy of yours." Said the realtor.

"I'm not prevent." Sighed Erza, "And he's not a post divorce boy toy!"

"Oh come you can be honest with me." Said the relator.

Erza began to message a headache.

(End of Flashback)

The three sat silently in the car.

"Don't' care about what they think…" said Stan.

"I know, but it's still annoying." Said Erza.

Back at the gold hall the Brawl was still going on.

"Oh so you're Ford." Said Mirajane noticing the Pines at the entrance, "It's so nice to meet you."

"So are you just going got ignore this?" asked Ford.

"It's best to just let it run it's course." said Mirajane, "Besides it's been a long time since I've seen it like this."

"Yeah, Cana really ever joins in." laughed Mabel, "By the way, this is Mira!"

"I teach Mabel transformation magic." Said Mirajane, "I'm also an S Class, but I only sometimes…"

"Oh nice to meet you." Said Ford shaking her hand.

"THAT'S ENOGUH!" yelled Makarov who in his giant form.

The entire guild stopped their fight.

Natsu was the only who didn't stop.

"HAHAH! I win!" laughed Natsu.

Makarov then stomped on Natsu.

"So everything about this is…" said Ford.

"Completely normal." Confirmed Dipper.

Meanwhile the three, they arrived at the first house.

"Oh hello Erza! How is everything!" said the Relator.

"Fine, Stan and Jellal are here with me this time." Said Erza.

"I was expecting the kids. But okay…" said the relator.

They went into the house.

"All right as you can see with this house…" began the relator.

"Caw caw!" called out bird.

"Sorry there's just been some birds nesting up in the attic." Said the realtor, "I'll go deal with it. Just look around while I'll deal with "

She grabbed a broom and headed up stairs.

After a minute they heard noises from the celling.

"Sweet merciful! Oh man!" they heard the realtor cry out in shock, "Back! Back you foul, fowl demons!"

"Do you need help up there?" asked Erza.

"I'm good!" answered back the relator.

"Is it going to worse from here? Asked Stan.

"Probably." Answered Erza.

Back at the Guild Hall, everything had clamed down.

Mira gave the three drinks.

"Tell me if you need anything else." Said Mirajane

"All right." Said Ford.

"You know I had a similar experience my first day." Said Lucy joining them.

"You mean a giant brawl?" asked Ford.

"That was small compared to the one on my first day." Said Lucy, "Then again only a small fraction of the guild is here."

"You okay?" asked Dipper.

"Jut a little home sick, it's fine." Said Lucy, "Let me guess you want to see our magic right?"

"Oh, yes." Said Ford, "So what kind of magic do you use?"

"I'm what's called a Celestial Wizard. And it's better to show you than explain." Said Lucy.

She took out a silver key.

"Open! Gate of the Canis Minor! Nikora!" called out Lucy.

That was when Plue popped in existence.

Ford knew his types of wizards from fiction and the like.

"A summoning wizard." Said Ford.

"Yep." Said Lucy she held up her keys.

"I have 14 contracts." Said Lucy, "You saw Loke in the brawl earlier, he's one of my spirits as well…"

However Makarov walked over.

"Excuse me, there's something I have to discus with Ford privately." Said Makarov.

"Really?" asked Ford.

"I believe you know the reason why." Said Makarov.

Ford sighed, realizing Makarov wanted to talk about the portal.

Back at with the group house hunting.

"As you can see there is a large refrigerator perfect for anyone who love to cook." Said the realtor.

Stan opened and quickly shut it.

"What's in there." Said Erza.

He opened it again and it was a brain thing.

"I hate those things." Sighed the relator.

Erza requiped into her heart Kreuz Armor and began to fight off the brain thing.

Back at the Guild Hall, in Makarov's office.

"I'm glad or you finally visiting the guild." Said Makarov

"Yes." Sighed Ford.

"Tell me what did Erza do? I heard she was tempted to take a page from me to get you to leave the house?" asked Makarov with a chuckle.

"What?" asked Ford.

"Trust me you'll understand soon." Laughed Makarov.

Makarov sighed, "But in all seriously, we should talk about the portal…"

"Look…" said Ford.

"I comply understand if you dismantled it." said Makarov.

"What?" asked Ford.

"That day the portal was activated, the entire town was wrecked, not to mention that government knew what was going on." Said Makarov, "We'll just figure out another way to Earthland."

"Thanks for understanding." Said Ford honestly surprised.

"I would like to get those who want to return home, but I'd rather not if it endangers the life of everyone around us." Said Makarov.

"I didn't expect you to be so rational about this." Said Ford.

Makarov looked at Ford.

"Really?" asked Makarov, "If you ignore the time difference I'm 30 years older than you…"

"Sorry." Said Ford embarrassed.

Makarov sighed.

"Is there something else you want to talk about?" asked Ford.

"No… it's fine." Said Makarov.

Ford left the office and Makarov thought back to a recent conversation with Stan.

(Flashback)

Stand and Makarov were sitting at the empty bar having drinks.

"I can't believe it." Said Stan, "After all I did…"

"I completely understand his view in a way." Said Makarov.

"Hey!" yelled Stan.

"Listen to what I have to say." Said Makarov.

Stan grumbled.

"It's hard to forgive family." Said Makarov.

Stan expected a speech.

"That's all you have to say?" asked Stan.

Makarov laughed.

"It's not funny!" yelled Stan.

"Look you know I haven't completely forgiven Laxus for what he did yet." Said Makarov.

"He did try to destroy a town." Said Stan, "Not to mention hold Mira, Lucy and the other girls captive."

"Yes, and he does regret what he has done." Said Makarov, "I will forgive him one day, but I don't know when. Unlike Ivan."

"What did Ivan do?" asked Stan.

"Trust me it's best if you don't know." Said Makarov, "However unlike Laxus he doesn't regret what he did."

"Isn't he a super villain or something?" asked Stan.

"He started a Dark Guild." Said Makarov, "So technically, yes."

"So what was the point of this conversation again?" asked Stan.

"I'm saying just give him time… he'll forgive you eventually, especially since you do regret the mistake involving the science fair." Said Makarov.

"It was 40 years ago." Muttered Stan.

"Okay… maybe that was a bad example." Said Makarov.

"I don't regret using the portal." Said Stan.

"Hopefully he'll understand soon." Said Makarov.

"Yeah…" muttered Stan, "To crappy family relationships."

The two clinked glasses and downed their drinks.

(End of Flashback)

In them main hall Ford looked around and saw Dipper and Mabel waving at him form a table with Levy, Lucy, Marvelous and Carla.

He walked over.

"Oh hello Levy." Said Ford.

Then he looked at the Marvelous and Carla.

"This is Wendy Marvell, but I call her Marvelous and her partner Carla." Said Mabel, "Of course this is Great Uncle Ford."

"So you're the author of the Journals that Dipper has been obsessed with." Sid Carla.

"Carla…" said Marvelous.

"Sorry, Carla can be a little catty!" said Mabel.

They all stared at Mabel.

"That was really bad." Sid Dipper.

"I regret nothing!" said Mabel.

Back with House Haunting…

"And now this one is perfect for you." Said the realtor.

She opened the door.

And saw a strange group of various forest creatures.

"Hello, I'd rather to give my name, but I speak for the trees." Said the orange furry thing.

"Hi!" said the other forest denizens.

"I have always spoke for the trees, but recently I have been selling my talents to companies… but a lot of those companies are hurting the environment…" said the orange furry thing.

That was when the two group noticed them.

"Oh crap!" yelled one of the gnomes in the group.

"IO thought it was abandoned…" said one of the other creatures.

They all fled the house.

"Okay… I know you're trying to avoid gnomes…" said the realtor, "So this on is out."

Back at the Guild Hall, Ford was talking to Marvelous.

"You learned magic from a dragon?" asked Ford surprised.

"Yes…" said Marvelous blushing, "she talk me everything about magic…"

"That's amazing!" said Ford, "Are there others?"

"A few, but their super rare." Said Natsu butting in.

"Natsu is also a Dragon Slayer." Said Mabel.

"That's the official name of our type of magic." Said Natsu.

"So besides being raised a by a daring is any other abilities you have?" asked Ford.

Natsu looked at Dipper and Levy with a certain smirk.

"I'll do it." Said Dipper, "Solid Script Fire!"

He did the word fire, and immediately Natsu grabbed and started eating it using his bear hands.

Ford was surprised.

"He can eat fire." Said Dipper.

"And I gain more magic from it." Explained Natsu.

"That's amazing! How?" asked Ford.

They all looked at him.

"Sorry… stupid question." Admitted Ford.

"just remember, the answer to every question is "Magic." Said Mabel.

"Or a wizard did it." Said Dipper.

"Are there any other Dragon Slayers?" asked Ford.

"Just Gajeel." Said Levy.

They pointed to Gajeel.

"I doubt he's in the mood for questions." Said Levy.

"When would be a good time?" asked Ford.

They all shrugged.

"Wait… is Wendy able to eat something and giant more magic?" asked Ford.

"Air." Answered Marvelous.

"Is it different than breathing?" asked Ford.

"It is." Answered Marvelous.

That was when there was a sound outside.

"What was that?" asked Dipper.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" said Ford then he cringed remembering what he saw this morning.

"Star Wars?" asked Dipper.

"Star Wars." Confirmed Ford.

Meanwhile at the house, well it's probably better if it's just shown.

Erza was fighting a version of Erza, Jellal was fighting a version of himself as well as and Stan was fighting a version of himself as well.

"What do I do!" yelled the relator.

"Destroy the mirror!" yelled Erza pointing to a rather old looking mirror.

"Don't destroy the mirror!" laughed the other Erza, "Let the world filled with us! HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Man these thing are too obviously evil." Muttered Stan punching himself in the face.

"Look, we don't deal with people alright." Muttered his duplicate.

Back at the Guild Hall.

They all went outside. There was something stalking the forest and whatever it was big.

"Great another giant monster" muttered Gray.

However that was when the monsters came out, it was just a normal pack of wolves.

Well they would be, had all of them not been several stories tall.

"Size changing Crystal…" said Ford.

"Looks like it." Said Dipper.

The wolves didn't look happy.

"Looks like they're hungry." Said Lucy.

"Everyone protect the Guild Hall!" ordered Makarov.

The others nodded.

"Should I help?" asked Ford.

"That would be a good idea." Said Levy.

Ford took out his gun ready for a fight.

Back at the house, the Realtor was crying the bathroom.

"Are you going to come out?" asked Erza.

"That mirror was so much money!" cried the relator.

"It was an evil thing that created evil duplicates of us." Pointed out Jellal.

"This isn't about the mirror… is it?" asked Erza.

"Look! Thing have been going badly for the past couple weeks! All right! I haven't been selling as many houses as I used to and I don't' know why!" she cried.

Erza looked at Jellal and Stan.

Both of them had the same look on their faces "Don't looks at us."

Erza sighed, "I hate to be rude, but maybe it's a bit your fault…"

"That's a terrible thing to say!" cried the relator.

"You're the one who calls my boyfriend a post divorce boy toy." Said Erza, "And you accused me of being pregnant."

"This is going to take a while." Sighed Stan.

Back at the Guild Hall…

"Open! Gate of the Scorpion! Scorpio!" called out Lucy.

That was when Scorpio appeared.

"All right! Let's have a wicked good time!" said Scorpio.

"You weren't on a date were you?" asked Lucy.

"No." answered Scorpio.

"Oh good." Said Lucy who seemed to be panicking a little.

Scorpio and Aquarius are boyfriend and girlfriend… Lucy is always scared to interrupt their dates… for obvious reasons.

Mabel had decided to team up with Gray, due to the fact that her skill set wasn't good for this kind of fight. She was also inside of Hamster Ball.

Mabel began to think.

"I don't think a giant ice bone would work…" said Mabel.

"Yeah their not dogs. "said Gray.

Juvia was attacking one of the wolves.

"Why does Mabel have to team up with Gray!" cried Juvia.

"Because Mabel thinks outside the box and her ideas involving maker magic often works?" asked Cana sending a fireball at one of the wolves.

"Oh… right…" said Juvia somewhat embarrassed.

"Remember, they're just enlarged normal animals." Said Ford hitting some of them with his gun.

"Lisanna!" said Mirajane.

"Sorry I don't think I can befriend them… not when they're so big like this." Said Lisanna who in her raptor form.

Elfman punched on away with his stone arm.

That was when Gildarts used disassembly magic one of the wolves, turning into many smaller wolves.

"Will this work?" asked Gildarts.

"I don't think it work." Said Lisanna.

The tiny wolves all ran away wondering what was going on.

Ford noticed this.

"It's not permanent." Said Gildarts, "I once accidently used it on Natsu."

Ford looked at Natsu who nodded.

That was when Evergreen turned on of the wolves to stone.

"I'll handle it later!" called out Dipper.

"Do we still have the flashlight?" asked Mabel.

"I do." Answered Dipper.

"Huh…" said Mabel.

"All right! I have an idea! We figure out which one is the alpha!" laughed Natsu.

"I don't think that will work. "said Ford.

"Also we don't want a forest fire." Said Gray.

"I said I was sorry…" said Natsu.

"What?" asked Lucy.

"Sorry I've been watching to say for a while when you bring up forest fires." Admitted Natsu.

Ford began to get some none shot at one of the wolves.

Sending a few running off whining.

"All right… Not… Stan!" cheered Gildarts.

"You haven't caught my name have you." Said Ford.

"Sorry…" said Gildarts.

"Oh I finally got an idea!" yelled Mabel, "A fake moon!"

"But wouldn't that just make them stronger?" asked Mirajane.

"Never mind! Stretch that!" said Mabel.

Back at the house, the realtor sighed.

"Sorry about that… "she said, "Just that for some reason I feel like I can be real with Erza… I don't know why…"

"It's okay…" said Erza.

There was an awkward silence.

"I think I'm done for the day." Said Erza.

"It's probably for the best." Said the realtor.

Back at the Guild Hall, the last of the wolves were gone, all that was left was a couple statures.

"So is everyone okay?" asked Marvelous.

"No injuries." Said Mirajane.

"Why couldn't it be a real challenge?" muttered Gajeel.

"You want it us to fighting worse than that?" asked Levy.

"By the way great job Ford." Said Natsu.

"You did more work than both Natsu and Dipper, that's for sure." Muttered Gajeel.

"Hey!" yelled Natsu.

"What have I told you about teasing Dipper!" yelled Elfman.

"You already had a brawl today." Sighed Levy.

"She's right, it's better not to start anything." Said Panther Lily.

"Besides it was good to see how you fit here." Laughed Makarov.

"What?" asked Ford.

"I guess they're saying you're already an honorary member of the guild." Said Mabel.

"Just Stan." Admitted Dipper.

"Huh…" said Ford, he wasn't expecting something like that.

"By the way… there's something I need to talk to Yo about…" said Natsu.

"I'm not talking to you about the portal." Muttered Ford.

"Seriously!" yelled Natsu causing almost everyone to laugh.

Meanwhile in Stan's car.

"Okay… so… was it just me or was today pointless?" asked Stan.

""I hate to agree." Said Jellal.

"I know." Sighed Erza, "But I think it's better to buy one, I'm sure I'll find one soon, I wasn't expecting to find one right away."

"You don't have to stretch it out." Said Stan.

"I'm not…" said Erza, "It's just happening that way."

"Are you sure you're not?" asked Jellal.

"I'm not." Said Erza, "It's just a bonus that I am."

Stan looked at her.

"Did… did you enjoy showing him that movie?" asked Stan.

Erza didn't answer him.

Stan and Jellal looked at each other.

Meanwhile at the Guild Hall, Ford was talking to Gildarts about his magic.

"It's good to see him getting along with everyone." Said Dipper.

"Yeah." Said Mabel.

"So… how did you get out of the house?" asked Freed.

"You don't want to know…" said dipper.

"Episode 1?" asked Freed after hearing about the fanfics incident.

"Episode 1." Confirmed Dipper.

Sometime later that night, Ford was writing down notes about the magic, debating whether or not to add them to the journals.

Dipper was in there with them.

"So you had fun today?" asked Dipper .

"I did… but…" said Ford, "I still need to talk to Panther Lily about Edolas."

"It's basically Earthland's reverse world." Said Dipper.

"You dealt with the reverse world?" asked Ford surprised.

"It's a long story." Said Dipper.

"Huh…" responded Ford.

Ford sighed.

"What's wrong?" asked Dipper.

"I was hoping to see if there was someone I can trust." Said Ford.

"Hey, it's fine if you didn't find anyone." Said Dipper.

"But…" said Ford.

"Look I love all of them, but I don't think I can trust half of them with secrets." Admitted Dipper, "Especially Natsu… he's really obsessed with finding a way back home."

"Oh, okay…" said Ford.

"HEY!" they heard Mabel call out, "Dinner's ready."

"Don't' worry about." Said Dipper.

Ford nodded.

They headed up stairs for dinner.

At least Ford enjoyed his time and was welcomed by the Guild.

That's all that really mattered, after all the Pines were part of the Guild and in a sense part of the extended family that it entailed.

And hopefully it would be a family that would stick together when the worst would happen…

Next Time: Pacifica decides to vest the Guild to meet Lucy. Will Lucy take Pacifica under her wing? Meanwhile Ford is concerned that Erza doesn't like him. Will he find out if it's true... and if it is true... then why? Find out next time!