A Different Fairy Tail Chapter 3: Tigress, Dragon, Monkey, and Bull, a fairy tail fanfic

A Different Fairy Tail

Chapter/Episode 2: Tigress, Dragon, Monkey, and Bull

Michael: Welcome back to A Different Tail. We begin the second episode out of 175 episodes/ 328 chapters. This will follow the end of the Macao arc as the last episode was the beginning of it and the series.

Sting *Entering the Characters' Corner along with Lector, Lucy, Happy, and Lisanna*: Hey Michael, you forgot to introduce us last two chapters.

Michael *rubbing his head sheepishly*: Sorry Sting was in the moment. Here are the three main humans: Sting Eucliffe, Lucy Heartfilia, and Lisanna Strauss and our felines, Happy and Lector.

Lisanna: This will have every character who you meet in this chapter with every description of what they look like, so think of this before the description overhaul known as the Grand Magic Games arc. You'll see what I mean once we get there. Right now, this episode, not much will change and we might use a few manga references to make this feel more original than to Re Deluxe which was more anime only in content.

Lucy: Meaning, Many excusive scenes or dialogue is going to be involved in this story that was in the manga.

Happy: This will be the usually 7000+ words chapter that you'll expect.

Lector: The final female OC spot for Team Strauss is still up for grabs, so the chapters won't be combined to give reviewers more time. If the female character has the right fit to be a regular along with Team Strauss, then they'll be along as the strongest team.

Michael: It's not just about who will be important and help in the arcs, but who can be assistance to where at times it's a fight Natsu would do so in the arcs before Edolas. While Lisanna and Sting can do some of the battles, there are still places even Lisanna and Sting can't do. So it's important that for characters like the living Ur, the OCs who are either members of Team Strauss or extras who are at par to the members who weren't on Tenrou Island, and the others like Yukino and Rogue, that they play a part in the story arcs not slapped on at the last second just to make someone's story better than Hiro's or take away from canon characters like Erza, Gray, or Natsu himself. Now with that out of the way, let's begin.

Update 2014: Like last few chapters, fixing up the story to make it flow well and any bad grammar.

It was the next day after the events of Hargeon and the meeting with Lisanna, Sting, Lector, Happy, Kyuri, and their new friend Lucy. As the group made their escape from the army, they made their night filled trip back to Magnolia, the site of the Fairy Tail guild. The girls were back in their regular clothes after the night and were walking to the guild hall on foot.

But while the group were making it to the guild, located in the town on Era, a large town, (built around a high, rocky mountain). The mountain nested the headquarters of the highest authority in the world of magic, the Magic Council. The rocky mountain was located in the heart of the city, and features a jagged pathway that encircles the circumference of the mountain as an entrance into the Council headquarters. The town is surrounded by forestry and snow-peaked mountains, which can be seen from the Magic Council headquarters' meeting room. The building's appearance is that of an imposing palace, composed of both pure white stone and light blue bricks, with large, elongated windows with arched tops being placed over its walls, some complete with glass, others hollow. The front part is a large facade, dominated in its center by the entrance, consisting of a double door topped by a pyramid-shaped roof, adorned by a bas-relief portraying a naked male figure taking the hand of a naked female figure, with a large shell being placed behind them. The roof is sustained by two massive, rectangular structures, plus a smaller pair of columns directly at the door's sides. Leading to the door it was a staircase, split in two by a concave part in its center. At the entrance's sides, linking it to a pair of simple, rectangular towers, were two colonnades. Towering above the entrance were three balconies, with their lower parts partially hidden by the entrance itself; the central one was topped by a roof similar to the one topping the entrance, similarly adorned by a bas-relief, this one portraying the Council's ankh-like symbol, while the side ones were less imposing, consisting just of large, rectangular windows complete with light blue curtains. Sitting at the outer balconies' sides were two imposing, rectangular towers covered in hollow windows, with pitched roofs consisting of light blue tiles, and sections protruding outwards in the central part of each of them. Two more, similar towers were visible on the backsides of the building. In the building's center, surrounded by those four towers, was a round one, with its conical, tiled roof topped by a high, slender, golden decorative structure, extending several meters up in the air, and having curved protrusions jutting outwards from it.

Inside one of the room, the members of the Magic Council were discussing the events of yesterday. The each stood from one another, on top of a large light blue magic circle with their own magic circles they stood on top of.

"Those idiots from Fairy Tal have gone and done it again." spoke one of the seven members, a short old man with brown hair and a mustache. His tufts of hair resemble ears and what appears to be a light-yellow tail gives him a cat-like appearance. Like the others around him, he wore a many layered robe that belongs to the Magic Council. "This time they've destroyed an entire port!"

"What is the matter with them?" another member, a tall middle-aged man, who always wears small, round, dark shaded glasses, wears a white and blue Magic Council cloak, and has it with the hood up asked in response to the first member. He also has large thin lips and tan skin. He has black hair and huge sideburns that almost hit his lips. On his chin are small chin hairs. He also has small eyebrows that always point down.

"I'm actually quite fond of those dimwits and their crazy fair attitude." said a third member with his arms folded, eyes closed, and spoke in a calm cool tone. He dressed himself in elegant yet simple robes; consisting of a long white tunic with black stripes across the edges and on the upper part of the arms, a decorated collar, large straps connected to decorated buckles closing the inducement on the front over a dark shirt, and matching pants and shoes. He also sported a ring on his right hand's middle finger, and had a medallion hidden under his collar.

Beside him, a fourth member, a small old man with thick flesh-colored eyebrows and a small toothbrush mustache that reaches halfway to his mouth groaned with his arms folded before adding on. His clothes were different unlike the other members, consist of a brown long sleeve shirt with black vertical stripes and a black three-spiked hat, "They may behave like fools but we mustn't forget that they're an extremely capable lot."

On his left stood one of two lone female members of the council, a pale-skinned woman with dark purple hair and brown eyes. She wore a white kimono with a short skirt and a yellow bow tied around her wait. This young woman had a rather voluptuous figure, and had her hand to her hip in a bored expression.

"Yes, that's true they presence quite the quantity." spoke up another member in the outmost top, a tall old man with a large gray beard and mustache. He has pointy ears and only opening one eye. On his head is a small bat-like creature.

"I think we should leave them be." remarked the blue haired young man in response to the others while smiling, "After all if it wasn't for those fools, think how boring this world will be."

Back at Magnolia, the group was still going through town to make it back to the guild. Lucy was the most ecstatic, the most ecstatic person Sting has ever met and his brother was no different. Kyuri was also excited to see the guild, wondering how everyone was after vanishing for three years. Lisanna turned to see the ecstatic Celestial mage and decided to remark about her cheerfulness.

"Someone's really excited." Lisanna commented seeing the blonde haired mage's smile.

"Oh course, I've been dreaming about joining Fairy Tail for a long time!" she said excitedly, but added, "You know, there was something I never asked you."

"Yeah, what do you want to know?" she asked in response to Lucy's question.

"Your hair... It's the same color as one of my favorite models in Sorcerer Weekly, Mirajane. Are you a fan?" she asked an image of a white haired girl a few years older than Lisanna appearing in her head.

"I'm not a fan." Lisanna giggled to the reply, "Mirajane is my big sister."

Lucy's brown eyes brighten up in excitement as she grabbed Lisanna's arms in a frantic way going into one of her tangents, "Oh wow really?! That's incredible, I can't believe I actually met and talked with Mirajane's sister, it's so awesome!"

Lisanna kept her smile on her face while releasing herself from Lucy's grasp, "I take it you love my sister's pictures, a lot of fans do."

"Who hasn't, I can't wait to meet her!" Lucy added excitedly.

Sting, Happy, Kyuri, and Lector watch the two girls as Lector putted out something about Lucy, getting the three others' attention.

"You know, she reminds me of Natsu, really excited for anything. It's like a nostalgic feeling seeing that with her."

"Yeah." agreed the others softly see the Celestial mage's expression.

"You know, there was something about Lucy that strikes me odd." Sting said taking a hand to his nose, "Her scent, something about isn't right." (A/N 1)

"What do you mean?" Happy and Kyuri asked.

"Beats me, but let's keep on moving." Sting replied as the girls continued after them.

I have a few things to say to that jerk Krov, sending us on a wild goose chase…

A few minutes later, the six made it in front of the Fairy Tail Guild hall. It was an imposing building consisting of three floors and incorporating several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof. The roofs also bore great resemblance to those of real pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of those seen on Arabian buildings, which bore a flag on its point. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it, held up by a pair of vertical poles. The building's large entrance was again Arabian in design, with its shape being reminiscent of that of the dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a protruding, stylized heart shape and flanked by a pair of carved fairies. Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.

"Welcome to Fairy Tale." Sting and Lector introduced to the Celestial mage.

Lucy smiled up wide at the big building, her left hand to her luggage as the boys, Lisanna, and Kyuri came to the doors. Sting took his left foot and kick them opening, announcing their entrance to the guild, "We've made it back alive!" he roared to the guild.

"We're home!" Lisanna, Happy, Lector, and Kyuri yelled with smiles on their faces.

The inside of the guild was similar to a large lunch hall, and mainly consisted of wood, possessing a parquet floor and a mezzanine held up by wood beams overlooking it. Several long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a bar at the end. Many members greeted the Dragon Slayer and Takeover mages with calls of 'Welcome back Lisanna and Sting!' and calls to Happy and Lector too. Many of the guild members were happy to see Kyuri was fine and okay.

On one of the benches, were two young men of the same age. The one of the back, a slim young man of average height with orange hair, kept jutting backwards at the sides of his head. He has a sharp face, a prominent, flat and defined nose pointing downwards, and distinctive teeth, with a protruding, sharp, triangular-shaped upper molar complemented by a chipped portion on the lower row, something which allows him to close his teeth completely despite such peculiar irregularity. He donned an open, light-brown coat with yellowish fur trimmings on its edges and sleeves, which reached down below his elbows. Below it was a high-collared purple shirt, with its collar mostly left open, which was sometimes seen left hanging over the checkered belt below it, with a rectangular buckle, and others tucked inside the buggy dark pants covering his legs, in turn tucked inside dark boots. He was sometimes shown with a bracelet composed of thin ropes around his right wrist, and a watch around his left. The most distinctive piece of his attire is probably the fancy, extremely high hat matching his coat, with a large brim and fur trimmings over its entire length, at regular intervals, plus a large furry ball on its top.

The one he was facing, a tall, slim young man with black hair kept in an unusual, distinctive hairstyle, with a tuft of hair on top of his head jutting upwards and then curving frontwards, being reminiscent of a plant's stem. His hair extends in a rounded form on his forehead, and was cut on both sides of his head, dark eyes and thin dark eyebrows pointing downwards at their outer edges; his rectangular-shaped face sported sharp features, with prominent cheekbones. His attire consisted of a simple white shirt, green checkered pants, and dark shoes with lighter soles. He also sported a pair of distinctive belts crossing his chest, each passing over one of his shoulders. These belts were reminiscent of bandoliers, sporting rectangular cases on them.

Another person was sitting and talking with members of the guild, a tall man sporting curly, light orange hair. His outfit consisted of a large, white shirt fitting his chests size, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, dark pants, dark, pointed shoes adorned by light crescent moon-like motifs on the inner sides, and a distinctive dark hat, with a large brim, a curved point hanging down on his left and a light orange band around it, highly reminiscent of those worn by fictional sorcerers.

Another member facing the returned group, a man of average height distinguished by his brown hair, which is kept in a pompadour-like style that protrudes frontwards from the top of his head in a large, curly and fluffy tuft. His eyes were closed, but he had light colored eyes. His physique is peculiar in the fact that, despite having quite a large belly, his abdominal and pectorals above it are well-defined. His outfit consists of a loose, light green shirt decorated by many motifs of stylized dark-colored flowers with five petals; a pair of pants cut down below Wakaba's knees and held up by a light belt adorned by many black stars partially hidden by his shirt, and sandals held up by striped bands.

Lucy smiled brightly, stepping into the guild as someone spoke to the White Dragon Slayer.

"So I heard you and Lisanna went all out in Hargeon, have to go on starting trouble…" said a slim man of average height with dark hair pointing upwards, bushy eyebrows, and very prominent upper central teeth, reminiscent of a rodent's. He wore a light, zipped sweatshirt with a high collar and dark lines running down the sleeves' upper parts, bearing the letter "J" on the left part of the chest. He also appeared to be wearing light pants and shoes. His eyes widen as Sting took his foot and kick the man in the face, sending him flying.

Lucy was panic stricken in her face. Her hands up, brown eyes wide, she asked, "Why'd you do that for?!"

Sting stood near the broken mess of chairs and a few tables where the mage was as Sting said his teeth clenched, "Krov, you lied about that tip about Salamander, I'm gonna kill you!"

Krov emerged from the wreckage, yelling to the Dragon Slayer, "Don't get mad at me, I'm not the one to blame here! I was just passing a rumor I heard!"

"It was a rumor?!" Sting realized his blue eyes flared, "I don't have time to be chasing rumors, my brother is missing!" as Lucy stood dumbfounded at the display as Lisanna stood a little mad too. Someone else was sitting on one of the benches, a slim, young man of average height with long brown hair, which he keeps tied in a ponytail at the back of his head, and has two long, curved shoulder-length bangs and black eyes. His initial outfit consisted of a dark, close-fitting dancing suit that covers the entirety of his body aside from his head. The suit comes with small, outlined round areas over the shoulders, elbows and knees, linked together by thin, metal-colored stripes.

"You wanna fight?!" Krov yelled to the blond haired slayer. "Let's go!"

Sting then sent the buck tooth mage flying across the guild, making several of the table and its occupants flying into the air. Happy and Lector waved their paws calmly before adding, "Now, now, Sting, you need to calm…" but the two felines were hit by one of the members screaming, "Down!" and were bouncing around the tables like a balls and hit the wall.

Many of the guild members started to fight, contents of drink, broken tables, and scratches of their faces as they started fighting with one another. Lucy was smiling, despite the fighting that was going on.

"Oh wow!" she said, standing with Lisanna and Kyuri, "I'm actually standing in the Fairy Tail guild hall."

One of the mages who watch another mage flying down to the ground, turning attention to where he heard the names of Sting, Lisanna, and Kyuri. He had spiky black-colored hair. He has dark blue eyes, and his body is toned and muscular. A Blue Fairy Tail stamp was on his right pectoral and wore a necklace, which resembles a sword with a stone in it and a metal bracelet.

"So Sting, Lisanna, and Kyuri finally made it back, huh?!" he asked, getting Lucy's attention to see the young man was half naked, wearing a pair of dark blue boxers. Lucy screamed and jumped in fright, seeing the half-naked mage. Kyuri turned her face away from him while Lisanna greeted the mage with a calming smile while the raven haired man had his teeth gritted in anger.

That's Gray Fullbuster, a powerful mage who occasionally has the urge to well… Strip. Why he does this, I don't know.

Gray stomped his way to the huge brawl that in front of the girl deciding, "It's time we settle things once and for all Eucliffe!"

"Gray, your clothes!" a young woman at the bar said. She is a tall, slim, young woman with an ample bust. She has long, brown hair, which reaches down to the middle of her back. Two long strands of hair frame her face which reaches down below her shoulders, with the left one starting from a prominent, high fringe in which it appears more thick and wavy. She possesses a very voluptuous figure, with large breasts and curvy hips. Her black Fairy Tail stamp was located on the lower left part of her abdomen, right above her hips. Her shapely upper body is usually left largely exposed, with most of her attires being distinctively scanty. Her standard outfit consists of a light blue bikini top which features a camouflage pattern, a pair of calf-length brown pants, with two bands hanging from each leg and a light belt covered in heart motifs loosely tied around the waist, and high-heeled sandals. She also had a pair of metal bracelets adorning her biceps, bearing an incision composed of many 'A's', and three simple, round metal bracelets on her right wrist.

"I don't have time for that!" he retorted to the young woman at the bar, turning back to her. The girls look to the young woman at the bar who was holding a wine glass in her right hand and sitting with her legs crossed.

That's Cana Alberona; she holds the title of Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker.

Cana sighed, looking away from the fighting and commented, "You see, I don't date the men here because they have no class." But immediately started drinking from a wine barrel, living Lucy wide eyed and slack jawed.

Back with Gray and Sting, the raven haired mage was stomping to the blond haired Dragon Slayer holding Krov in a headlock demanding, "Come here and fight me, Sting!" kicking something out of his path to the White Dragon Slayer as the two mages were a mere few feet from one another.

"Not until you put some clothes on!" Sting retorted, looking back to Gray while still holding onto the buck tooth mage.

A pair of wooden soled sandals was hitting the wood floors as a young, proud and bold voice spoke, coming his or her way to the commotion.

"It's only noon and you boys are already whining like spoiled babies." spoke a young man, getting the three girls' attention to him while he folded his arms in a serious manner. He was a large, muscular man with tan colored skin, whose height causes him to tower over the girls. His long white hair like Lisanna's was kept styled upwards in long, wavy spikes, and his dark eyes possess no visible eyebrows, and his rectangular, elongated face had a stitched scar running down its right side, crossing his right eye. His black Fairy Tail stamp is located on the left part of his neck. His outfit resembled that worn by fictional, Japanese high-school hooligans: it consists of a dark blue jacket with purplish blue inners, held closed on the front by a line of large buttons, with similar buttons on the sleeves' back and the zip located on the high collar left open. The back of his jacket is adorned by large, light kanjis, which read 'The greatest' and the jacket itself was worn over a light red shirt. His outfit is completed by loose pants matching his jacket, held up by a simple belt, and traditional Japanese geta sandals, and held in place by bands colored the same as his jacket's inners. Lisanna and Kyuri greeted the tall male with smiles and their own greetings, "Good afternoon Elf-nii/Elfman-san." They said in unison.

This is Elfman, my older brother by one year. He's a muscled bound mage who believes the alone means to solves any problem are two strong fists. Even I don't what that means.

"I'm a real man!" the older white haired mage said proudly to Sting and Gray, his left fist held up in the air, "You want me to prove it to ya?"

"I can't believe he's encouraging them." Lucy said while smiling in a look of disbelief.

Sting and Gray turned around, teeth gritted in anger. Without even thinking on the consequences (on Sting's behalf since he has no issues with Elfman), the two mages while standing on a broken table punched Elfman with a cry of , "Get lost!" and the white haired mage was sent flying into the mess of the fighting while the girls looked onwards. Lisanna sighed, wishing Sting didn't do that, Kyuri just waved bye, and Lucy was blank in the face with a sweat drop down the back of her head.

"He got beaten that easily?!" she asked in disbelief as a smooth male's voice caught her attention next saying, "Jeez, it is so noise around here."

Lucy turned her head to see a young man sitting on a bench seat with two girls in his arms. Kyuri and Lisanna merely waved to the young man when they turned to see him. He was a handsome young man of average height, distinguished by his delicate facial features and his orange hair kept in a mildly short, spiky cut, with spiky strands covering his forehead, and other, longer ones jutting upwards from the top of his head. His hazel eyes are covered by a pair of azure-tinted sunglasses with a thin frame. His left ear is adorned by three earrings: initially, he bore a stud and two rings. He wore a green coat with a wide collar, complete with prominent, spiky, brownish white fur trimming lining the hood, over a light red shirt covered in many flower-like motifs, black pants and whitish sneakers, each adorned by a pair of light green stripes.

That's Loke; he is ranked one of most eligible bachelors in Fiore. I've known him for three years since he joined Fairy Tail

As the orange haired mage sat with the two girls in his arms, a random bottle hit him on the head, sending him backwards to the table as his girls asked, "Are you alright?" while looked extremely pissed with a bruised on his forehead.

Loke rose up and faced the girls while the scuffle was still going on behind him. Lucy on the other hand had a magazine in one hand and a marker on the one. Her left hand was directed to his picture d a picture of a blue haired young man. Loke said to the girls, his calm and cool nature still showing as he smiled, "I'm going to fight, but only to protect you two."

"Good luck Loke!" the two said in unison as Lucy took the black marker and crossed out his picture before remarking coolly, "He's definitely off my list." And turned away with a blank look of disbelief, seeing the fighting going on and said forgetting Lisanna and Kyuri were still standing by her, "What the heck is wrong with everyone, there's not a sane person in this place."

Lisanna's face was white as Natsu's scarf as she and Kyuri were really offended by that remark, standing with mouths open wide like fish. "We're not sane, that's low."

"Hello, are you new here?" a young woman's voice, sweet and angelic, spoke to Lucy as Lucy, Lisanna, and Kyuri turned to see her. She was a slim young woman of below average height with long, white hair which curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead. She had large blue eyes and a curvy, voluptuous body, with large breasts. Her clothes consist of a sleeveless, ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. The chest is adorned by a large, pink bow, and similarly colored trimmings frame the rather ample neckline, acting as straps, and circle around the waist. She also wore high-heeled shoes that match her dress, and accessorizes with a small chain necklace with a blue oval gem attached to it, and a bracelet made of white flowers circling her right wrist. Upon seeing her, while she carried a tray of mugs, Lucy's brown eyes were wide like saucer plates, hearts in her eyes and steam coming out her nostrils as she squealed like a fan girl, "It's Mirajane, in the flesh!"

"Good afternoon Mira-san, it's been so long." Kyuri greeted.

"Good afternoon, Mira-nee." Lisanna greeted as well while her older sister smiled sweetly at the three.

This is my older sister Mirajane, she is well known for her bikini clad pictures in Sorcerer Weekly and both an employee and S-Class mage of Fairy Tail. But don't let the sweet smile fool you; she can be real scary if you anger her.

"Uh, don't you think you should try and stop them or something?" Lucy asked, pointing to the dust cloud of fighting that was going, but Mira turned her head still smiling.

"It's always like this around here, I just let them be." She stated to the blonde haired Celestial mage before turning back to her, "Besides…" she added, unaware her brother coming her way and falling onto her shocking Lucy. The white haired mage laid on the wood floor with Elfman on top of her as she responded weakly but still smiling, "It's kinda fun, don't you think?" before passing out from the intense pain. Suddenly, what looks to be her soul flying out her body, appeared making the blonde haired Celestial mage waving her arms in a panic stance, "Ah, don't die Mirajane-san!" but Gray came knocking into her as she fell to the ground. Sting smiled with triumph, holding onto Gray's boxers and twirling them in his hands like a baton. Gray realized finally, getting up to see the blond Dragon Slayer with his underwear.

"Give me back my underwear, you jerk!" Gray spat, his voice lower in anger not realizing he was still naked in front of Lucy, Kyuri, and Lisanna. Lisanna was busy tending to her siblings to notice, but Kyuri and Lucy were seeing too much for them to handle. Lucy screamed, trying to cover her eyes (although still peeking through her fingers) and was blushing madly. Kyuri too buried her hands to her face blushing as well. Gray's angry scowl turned to a narrowed eyed frown, turning his attention to the blond haired girl standing near a pillar. He came up to her in a causal kind attitude, making her jump in fright.

"Excuse me miss, but could I barrow your underwear?" he asked nonchalantly to the girl.

"As if!" Lucy responded taking a white two-by-four and striking him away from her as Loke appeared taking her into his arms as he smiled at her while she was startled.

"These guys can be so insensitive, a woman d has needs." He said but was then punched off by Elfman who roared, "Real men speak with their fists, Loke!" but was then kicked by Sting who said, "I told you to butt out!" until finally, Happy and Lector popped up with a weak, "aye…"

Back at the bar, Cana sat with annoyed look on her face as more fighting, Lucy trying to help Mirajane as Lisanna was fanning her sister awake, and several of the members of the guild were wrestling with one another when the brunette haired mage said sighing, "So much for having a drink to relax."

Turning around with her dark eyes slightly annoyed, she held out a blue and white card in her hand over face as it slightly glowed announcing to the fighting guild members, "That's enough you guys, I suggest that you knock it off." And a light blue magic circle appeared in front of the brunette.

Gray (with his underwear back on) placed his left fist to his right palm, charging a white mist of energy in his hands as a light blue magic circle appeared from his hands as he exclaimed, "Oh yeah, says who?!"

Elfman roared his left arm raised in the air along with a purple magic circle as stone began to form around his arms, creating an arm of stone. Loke took his right hand to his left, his fingers to a ring and remarked coolly, "You punks can be such a pain." And a light green magic circle appeared from it too.

Sting's hands started to wrap themselves in white light as he announced proudly with a smile on his face, "I'm ready for ya!"

"They always fight like this?" Lucy asked, holding Happy up in front of her like a shield in fear yet the blue cat smiled.

"Uh huh!" Happy, Kyuri, and Lector replied in unison.

"You three don't see worried?" she asked, feeling tears fall from her eyes in panic.

But Sting, Loke, Cana, Elfman, and Gray didn't get a chance to attack as a loud sound of a foot crashing onto the ground, the source speaking in a deep voice.

(Cue Fairy Law—Fairy Tail Soundtrack Volume one)

"Would you fools stop bickering like children?!" the source, a large dark skinned beast said with a booming voice. Lucy looked up in shock, her month open up wide along with her wide eyes.

"He's huge!" she described in shock. She never seen someone this big before in her life, and this was a first.

Many of the guild members who were fighting stopped at once, either holding individuals in headlocks for over their heads. It was completely silence, a mist of dust all over the ground while Lucy looked onwards. Kyuri merely smiled, but looks to Lucy to see how she was taking the stillness. A single cough was heard in the guild, but Mirajane spoke to the large beast with smile, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were still here master."

The beast who Mira referred to as master merely growled in response, making Lucy turning around quickly in shock, "Did you say master?!"

Sting blinked for a moment, realizing the stillness too and walked over to Mirajane, Lisanna, Kyuri, Lucy, and the beast saying, "Man, I think this mostly my fault this time. I am becoming him, am I?" he asked looking ashamed for starting the fight.

"More so than usual, Sting." Lisanna said, placing a hand to his shoulders.

The large beast looks to see Lucy and Kyuri, recognizing the girl who vanished for three years and a newcomer he never seen before. "Well, it seems we have a new member." He said seeing the blonde haired girl.

"Y-Yes sir." Lucy said nervously in fear, jumping in shocking at the beast speaking directly to her.

The beast's body surged with power as a rush of wind was made too. The large beast started to shrink, the beast's growls turning into sounds of an old man. While still taken aback, freaked out, and scared, Lucy looked on dumbfounded as the beast was changing. Still dumbfounded, she looked to see that the beast was replaced by a short old man. He is an extremely short, elderly man. He has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair. He also has a thick white mustache. He was dressed in casual manners which consist of a white shirt with black Fairy Tail stamp in the middle which covered by an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue stripes designed jester hat. In his right hand was several papers but he held out his left hand to Lucy with a smile.

"Nice to meet you." He greeted his hand out.

"He's tiny, this little guy's really in charge here?!" she asked, completely flabbergasted that someone so short was the guild master.

Oh course he is!" Mirajane said cheerfully in response to Lucy, "Allow me to introduce the Fairy Tail Guild Master Makarov."

The short master turned sideways from Mirajane and Lucy too at Kyuri, and Lisanna, and Sting. "Kyuri, it's great you finally came back. You've grown so much in three years." He said to the Ice Sculpt mage.

"Thank you and I'm sorry for making everyone worry." she replied apologetically with a bow.

"Nonsense, any parent would worry for their child, so I'm grateful for your safe return." Makarov replied before looking at Lisanna and Sting, "And you two, do try not to destroy a port town looking for him, would you?" he added with a hint of annoyance.

"Yes sir, we'll be careful." they replied with a bow.

Once finished speaking with them, the elder master leaped from the ground to the banister facing the guild members who looked up at him. He cleared his throat, many of the members looking at him wondering what he had to say.

"You brats gone and done it again." He said to the guild members who look on at him. He held up the papers for the guild to see. "Look at these documents I received from the council." The elder master looks at documents before addressing one of the guild members first.

"Gray." He called to the Ice mage.

"Huh?" Gray responded in confusion.

"Good job on sweeping out the smuggling organization." Makarov said but added, "But you walked around naked in town afterwards and ran away after stealing underwear that was being dried."

Gray trembled in fear, but asked, "But… Wouldn't be worse if I were naked?" sweating going down his cheeks.

"Then don't be naked in the first place." Elfman remarked in response to his fellow comrades' bad choice.

The master riffled through the documents before calling out again, "Elfman!" he announced to the white haired mage who scratched his chin. "You had a mission to escort a VIP, but assaulted him during the mission. "He said 'Men are all about education,' so…" but went on to the next document while the mage looked sweating too. Lisanna sighed, wishing she and Mira taught him more.

"Cana Albernoa!" Makarov called to the brunette who frowned, "Drinking fifteen barrels of alcohol, and charging it to the council."

"They found out…" Cana muttered in a hush voice, sweating in panic.

"Loke…" Makarov addressed reading the document about the orange haired mage, "Flirting with Council member Leiji's granddaughter. A certain Talent Agency charged us for damage compensation, too." He finished, making the mage sweat nervously too.

"And Lisanna Strauss and Sting Eucliffe…" Makarov said before sighing, knowing this was the big one and the most trouble. Both mages looked up at the master as he read out the trouble the two caused during their missions either doing jobs or looking for Nastu. "You destroyed the Devon thief family, but also destroyed seven other houses that belong to the townspeople… leveling a historical clock tower in Tully Village, burning down a church in Freesia, damaging parts of Lupinus Castle, Nazuna ravine observatory collapsed and thus its operations, and destroying Hargeon's port."

'Most of the articles covered in the magazine were done by Lisanna and Sting, huh…' Lucy thought wide eyed.

"Alzack… Levy… Krov… Reedus… Warren… Bisca… etc…" Makarov announced to the next group of people who looked worried. (A/N 2)

First was Alzack Connell, a young man of average height with long black hair, which has a shade of dark purple to it and covers the right part of his face. His eyes are black as well, and the right one is obscured by his hair. Alzack's attire mirrors that of fictional cowboys, minus their signature hats. His outfit consists of a long brown coat, similar to a poncho, with thin strips hanging from the edges, covering most of his body, together with a shirt, with its sleeves rolled up, torn pants with strips similar to the ones on his coat hanging from their edges, held up by a studded belt with a skull-shaped buckle, and simple shoes, or boots. He has a case on his right hip, attached to a belt, in which he usually keeps one of his guns, and he also sports an ornament circling his left leg, consisting of a large leather belt, seemingly decorated by concentric circles in its widest part.

Next was Levy McGarden, a young, teenage girl with a slender build and stands at a height below average for her age. She sports blue hair, with the top cut short and the bottom longer, normally tied up with a colorful bandana around her head. She was wearing a blue open vest that exposed a yellow tank top with white shorts. Unlike most of the girls, her bust was small compare to the others.

The next one is Warren Rocko, a slim man of average height with black, straight hair, which was initially styled in an undercut-like fashion, with most of it being kept quite short aside from a prominent wisp on the right part of his face. Warren has black eyes and a mildly prominent nose, with his most distinctive facial feature being likely his long and thick lips. He donned a high-collared red jacket, with striped brown padding over the shoulders and neck areas, with part of it protruding downwards on the chest, following the zip closing the jacket. Each of its light-colored cuffs bore a line on the back edge, and the jacket was closed around Warren's waist by a light belt with a round buckle, somehow shaped like a mechanical device, with a small, dark capsized pyramid on it. He also wore a pair of light-colored pants tucked inside boots, with the parts covering his feet being black, and the ones coming down from his elbows being reminiscent of light, loose shin-guards made of cloth.

And lastly is Bisca Mulan, a young woman with long, straight green hair reaching down to her lower back, with a pair of long bangs framing her face. She has brownish purple eyes, and is always seen wearing red lipstick. Bisca's attire mirrors that of a fictional cowgirl, with a Western-style hat always visible on her head, a light, polka-dotted neck scarf, and a pair of reddish brown boots. Her body is covered by a short, strapless one-piece dress decorated by spiraling motifs with darker, striped edges.

"Me too…?" Warren asked nervously.

"You guys…" Makarov said to the guild members, trembling in anger, "The council members are angry at me all the time…"

Lucy clenched her teeth in panic, feeling the sweat pouring from her face as the stillness of the room was mostly filled with many of the guild members looking ashamed of themselves as the master was still trembling in anger. She was panicking more, was he going to yell at them more. But once the master spoke again, it was calmer and more serious than fury.

"But…" with his right hand still on the documents, they immediately were ignited by flames as he added, "I say to hell with the council."

"Eh?" Lucy responded with confusion in her face.

With the snap of his wrist, he toss the burning flames of the once documents away as it landed near Lisanna who stamp on it with her shoes. Lucy gasped as Makarov spoke up once more to the members, each and every member wondering what he had to say.

(Cue Fairy Tail main theme-Slow Version-Fairy Tail volume one soundtrack)

"Now listen up." He said to the guild, "The power to overcome reasoning is born from reasoning." Lisanna still stomped on the flames as the master spoke on as Gray and Alzack look on, "When the 'spirit' flow within us…" while Cana frown while she listened too with her face still facing the bar, "And the 'spirit' flow in nature connects, they will form an embodiment for the first time." Elfman listened in with stern look on his face as Makarov' continued on while Lucy looked on with her mouth slightly open and Kyuri placing her hands behind her back, "You will need a strong mentality and a lot of concentration for that. I mean, pouring all your soul into whatever you do is the magic." He held up his left hand up and added grinning with his teeth shown, "If you keep worrying about the watchful eyes of the higher ups, your magic won't improve. Do not fear the fools of the council." And finishes his speech before raising his left up into the air, his index finger and thumb up, "Do whatever you think is right! That's the way of the Fairy Tail mages!"

On cue, the whole guild roared in agreement as pointed their fingers up into the air too, everyone smiling and cheering too. Happy, Lector, Lisanna, and Sting all joined in the cheering and smiling, but the one who was the most happy was Lucy herself. Those words, that speech, was the feeling and reason she wanted to join Fairy Tail in the first place, why she looked up to them.

After the speech, things went back to normal once the mess was cleared up and Lucy was now to be made an official member of Fairy Tail. Mirajane placed a magic stamp on her right hand, pressed it lightly, and a pink Fairy Tale stamp was magically on the back of her right hand.

"There, now you're an officially member of the Fairy Tail guild." Mira said to the ecstatic Lucy was gasped with a huge smile. She rushed over to Sting, Lisanna, Happy, Lector, and Kyuri said to them excitedly, "Sting, Lisanna, Kyuri, check it out! Mira-san gave me the Fairy Tail mark, now I'm a member just like you!"

"Oh?" Sting asked, turning to her with a smile, "Welcome to the guild, Luce."

"It's Lucy, don't call me that." She sighed in response to that name. (A/N 3)

"Don't ever call me Stingy-Bee and we got a deal." Sting replied look back to the request board where the group was standing at. (A/N 4)

"How come?" Lucy asked curiously.

"Well I have bad memories of a sting in a place where I'm not fond of." He replied back his head low to the ground before looking up again. Lucy shrugged it off, but made her way to the bar where Mirajane was.

"We really should pick a job with a big reward, you know?" Lector offered to the ground.

"You guys fine with me tagging along? I need to get back adjusted to the guild again." Kyuri said, staring at the board too.

"Sure, you know what they say, the more the merrier." Lisanna said her hands behind her back.

"Whoa, 160,000 Jewel just take out some thieves?" Sting asked, holding one of the flyers in his hands as the small group was near one of the members, an extremely tall, heavily muscular and massive young man, towering over his guild mates. His straight dark hair was styled in a bob cut, with a light-colored band circling it near the top, and two curved bangs emerging from under it, framing the upper part of his face, which has a somewhat rectangular shape. He had prominent thick lips, and a pair of wide, horizontal white stripes, each covering one of his cheeks, somehow reminiscent of tribal war paint. His right shoulder is adorned by a white tattoo consisting of several circles, with a larger one in the center being surrounded by smaller ones, in a shape resembling a stylized sun. His appearance was that of a somehow tribal look to his clothing. His clothes were reminiscent of that worn by fictional Norse warriors: it consisted of a dark, open vest, with its edges decorated by green and red triangles, and a fur loincloth held up by a belt adorned by many rings. His forearms and lower legs were covered in armor plates held up by ropes, and he also carried around a number of small, round skulls on his person, with many of them held together by cords, circling both his neck and waist. This fellow's name was Nab Lasaro. His arms were folded while he stood by the board.

"Sounds good to me!" Happy chimed in agreement.

"How come my dad hasn't come back yet?" a young boy's voice asked, the master stop drinking to address the voice. Sting, Lisanna, and Happy, and Lector look to the bar where the master was. He sat on the bar, looking down to young boy. He was a slim young boy with straight dark hair. The bangs of his hair are particularly prominent, covering part of his forehead, with some smaller strands jutting outwards from the top of his head. He has large eyes and a small, mildly round nose. His outfit consists of a dark T-shirt adorned on the front by a drawing of Nakajima, lighter-colored pleated shorts with two large pockets on the back, and simple sandals, each held up by two bands joined by a round button. (A/N 5)

"You're starting to work my nerves Romeo, You're a mage's son, so have faith in your father and wait patiently for him." He told the young boy.

"But sir, he told me he'd be back in three days." Romeo replied but raising his voice a little higher, "And he's been gone for over a week now!"

The master stared sternly at him, Lucy taking her gaze to the commotion as well.

"If I remember correctly, He took the job to Mt. Hakobe." Makarov said, still holding his mug.

"That's right and it's not too far from here, so why aren't you looking for him?!" Romeo demanded his fists rose up.

"Listen kid, your old man's a mage, and like every other mage in this guild, he can take care of himself!" Makarov yelled to the boy below, as he added, still getting not only Sting and Lisanna's attention, but still Lucy and Mira, who was wiping a dish. Happy and Lector were watching to, but the duo had their arms folded still staring at the board. "Now go home, have some milk and cookies, and wait!"

"Jerk!" Romeo screamed, taking his left hand and punching the master who was startled as he fell to the ground. Romeo started to run from the bar out the door, screaming with tears in his eyes," I hate you all!"

"That's got to be tough." Lucy said softly, seeing the little boy run from the guild.

"I know it sounds like the master doesn't care, but he really is worried." Mirajane assured Lucy as a loud sound startled Lucy, Elfman turned too to see two dents in the request board shaped oddly like fists. Lisanna and Sting, without even saying a word, gestured the cats and Kyuri to follow after them.

"What do you think you're doing, you almost broke the board, Lisanna, Sting." asked Nab, seeing the damage the two mages made. They didn't reply, but made their way out the guild.

Makarov sighed, knowing full well what those two were up, a shame little Kyuri was dragged as well. Lucy looked onwards at them, bags in hands, and Kyuri seemed to changed her shoes to boots as they were about to leave.

"This doesn't look good master; you know what those two can be. It's been two years since Natsu's passing; you know they'll do something crazy." Nab said to the master, who continued drinking his beer. "Bet they're going to Mt. Hakobe to save Macao."

"Those two really haven't grown up." Krov remarked, referring to the two mages' who left to find him.

"Who knows, but running after Macao isn't going to do anything but hurt his pride." Nab replied, rubbing the back of his head.

Makarov opened his left eyes, a bandage on his nose, "Remember Nab, we can't choose a person's path. Just leave them be."

Elfman and Lucy still looked on at where the three mages and cats were leaving, the blond haired celestial mage asked, "Why did Lisanna and Sting get so upset?"

"Because they both see themselves in Romeo-kun, or better yet they know what he's feeling now," Mira said which made Lucy spin around to face Mirajane's back. "That's why they left; they have so much in common with him."

Lucy's brown eyes shook slightly hearing this as her face was froze in astonishment. Outside the guild, Romeo walked away from the guild while the sun was ready to set, wiping the tears from his eyes as Mira's words continued on, "Just because we're members of Fairy Tail, it doesn't mean we don't care for one another…" Two hands ruffled Romeo's head as he looked up to see the serious looks on Sting and Lisanna with the cats and Kyuri following suit with Mirajane adding, "We all had our fair share of suffering and lost."

"I see, Lisanna mentioned about someone she was looking for, what happened?" she asked, still curious about all this.

"Two years, a very close friend of Lisanna's went on a mission with her, and there was an accident. Lisanna got hurt, but Natsu… the one boy she has a strong bond to, didn't make it. He was Sting's older brother too, so it's more of them wanting their family whole again. That's why they aren't going to let Romeo suffer like them." Mirajane explained.

"Oh…" Lucy said softly again.

Meanwhile—

"What did you come along?" Sting groaned from within the carriage.

The group of Sting, Lisanna, Happy, Lector, and Kyuri were heading to the mountains in search for Macao, but they weren't alone in the carriage. Lucy had decided to tag along with them, but unfortunately for Sting, he was force into traveling by transportation yet again. The blond Dragon Slayer sat on one side of the carriage while the girls and cats sat on the other. Happy was eating a fish minding his own business while Lector sat on Kyuri's lap.

"I thought maybe I could help." Lucy replied cheerfully, sitting with Kyuri and Lisanna, "Wow you really do have serious case of motion sickness." She remarked to the sickly Dragon Slayer was sitting face down on his end. She turned from the blond Dragon Slayer and placed her hands to her cheeks and shook her from side to side, "It's just another reason to feel sorry for you and Lisanna."

The blonde Dragon Slayer snapped into focus, hearing what Lucy said to him. "What's that supposed to mean, Lucy?" he retorted sickly.

"Oh nothing, forget I said anything." She replied shrugging it off, but thought back to something Mirajane told her before going along with Lisanna and Sting's party.

(Flashback: Earlier in the guild)—

"So tell more about Natsu and Sting, did they have family?" Lucy asked, kicking her feet from the bar stool and facing the white haired mage.

"Hmm, well I knew Sting for the longest, so I remember his story." Mirajane said before handing Lucy a glass of strawberry milkshake before turning away to tend to the shelves, "A few years ago, Natsu and Sting's fathers left and never came back." She added to the blonde haired mage who frowned listening in but gasped hearing the realization, "Well technically, they weren't their real fathers, but the ones who raised them; Igneel and Weissiogia were actually dragons." She added with a sweet smile facing back to Lucy.

An image of a fire breathing dragon appeared in Lucy's mind, making her looked panic. "They were what?!" she asked, teeth chattering before calming down to know more, her hands on the bar as she stood up, "Natsu and Sting were actually raised by dragons?"

Mirajane sighed, closing her eyes before continuing her tale. "When they were little boys, two dragons found them wandering the forest." A memory of two dragon appeared, the first one was Igneel. Igneel is a gigantic dragon whose bodily majority was covered with dark, red scales. Igneel's lower body, specifically his belly, the inner portions of his long tail, and legs, is beige in color. Igneel also has noticeable scars on his belly and neck, with the largest one, which is X-shaped, located around the center of his body. His back has numerous black spikes, reaching down from the back to the end of his tail. Igneel has a triangular head with horns, a pair of large, round eyes with yellow sclera (which are usually seen as glowing, obscuring his dark, round pupils) and a sharp horn pointing upwards just above his nose. Igneel also sports very sharp canine teeth, and has claws with long red sharp nails. Igneel's large bony wings are akin to a bat's, with rippled tips. Additionally, Igneel had four hind legs. The second dragon was Weissiogia. Weisslogia was a light-colored, gigantic, bearded Dragon with feathery, angel-esque wings. Weisslogia also had two comparably small antlers protruding from the top of his head. Weisslogia's underbelly is quite smooth, while the majority of his body, save for part of his feathery, windswept face, and his spine (which is adorned with a trail of hair that starts from Weisslogia's head), is covered with a multitude of thick scales.

They were with a much younger Sting and Natsu, almost around five-six being taught everything the dragons knew and the two young ones were hugging their dragons with smiles on their faces. "They took them in, and taught them all about language, culture, and magic." But the memory changed to a slightly older Natsu of ten years old, standing with his upper body bare except for his scarf given to him by Igneel. Sting stood the same as Natsu, his upper body bare. Both boys were wearing black shorts and stood staring at the middle of the forest all alone. Natsu clutched his foster father's scarf holding back tears along with his brother until flash to a much older Sting and Lisanna, Lisanna now wearing Natsu's scarf. "But one day, the dragons disappeared, and never returned."

"So those dragons were Igneel and Weissiogia." Lucy realized.

"That's right, Sting lives for the day to see his parents and Natsu again. That's why Lisanna wears Natsu's scarf, to keep his search alive." Mirajane added, before smiling, "It's kinda cute, don't you think?"

(End Flashback)

Lucy finished remembering the story Mirajane told him, still smiling at the Blond haired sickly Dragon Slayer. She may not have known Sting long, but she felt like she could relate to him and Lisanna more now. It was like Mirajane said about them; these two are determined to find the dragons and Natsu. It wasn't some fruitless search; they weren't going to give up. Suddenly while Lucy still looked at Sting, the carriage slightly shook before stopping; Sting's face no longer looking like he wanted to throw up anymore.

"Huh?" the girls asked, realizing the carriage was no longer anymore. On cue, Sting rose up from his stomach and cheered, "It stopped!"

"We're here?" asked Lucy in confusion.

"I'm sorry." spoke the driver of the carriage from outside, "This is as far as I can take you."

Not understanding what the driver said, the group opened up the back of the carriage was not greeted by the warm sun they were in but the sheer cold of their destination. Their hair and clothes whipped from the cold win as Happy and Lector was holding on to the door for dear life. Sting, Lisanna, and Kyuri stood with their arms folded while Lucy was sitting seeing where they were.

"Where are we guys? It's a frozen wasteland!" Lucy exclaimed, her blond haired whipping in the blizzard.

They had made to Mt. Hakobe. It was time to find Macao on foot. They hopped off the carriage and set off on foot, feeling the blizzard whip their hair and clothes as they started their search.

"Why is it so cold? I know we're on a mountain, but its summer, there shouldn't be a blizzard out here anyway!" Lucy said, shivering from behind the three mages, Lector and Happy. Sting leads the group, with Lisanna and Happy beside him (the blue cat on Lisanna's bag) and Kyuri and Lector on the Lisanna and Happy (the pink/red cat on Kyuri's bag).

"That's what you get for wearing such light clothing." Sting remarked, seeing his fellow blonde's choice of clothing in the coldness of the mountain wind.

"Oh please, you and Lisanna-chan aren't dressed for it!" Lucy retorted, trying to grab at the blanket on Sting's bag adding in anger, "Now hand over that blanket!"

"She just keeps on talking, huh?" Sting asked Lisanna still walking with everyone.

"I don't know, she not that bad." Lisanna replied smiling with Happy chiming in with a single, "Aye."

"Oh I know!" Lucy decided, releasing herself from Sting's bag and took from her belt a silver key with a black clock face on the base. With a twirl of the key, she called out, "Open, gate of the Clock Constellation! Horologium!" and a blue magic circle appeared front of Lucy as pieces of a clock flew from the ground and magic circle as it then formed into a spirit. It was a tall brown grandfather clock with long, black arms, a glass case, a Roman-numeral clock at the center and a small face at the top with slit eyes and a thin, twirly, mustache-like mouth. Once its arms were pulled out, it said, "Tick-Tock!" before twisting it around after being summoned.

"A clock?" asked Lisanna, Kyuri and Sting in complete shock.

"Cool!" said Happy and Lector.

Lucy was inside the glass case, seeming to be shivering inside as she spoke. But they couldn't hear her from the outside.

"Umm Lucy-san, we can't hear you." Kyuri said to the blonde haired girl.

"She says 'I'm staying right here, and I'm not coming out'," the clock spirit translated.

Lisanna sighed, shaking her head in disgust as Sting replied, "Then why did you tag along in the first place?"

"'What kind of crazy job would force Macao to a place like this?' she inquires." The spirit translated again.

"You should have asked that before going with us." Sting replied before adding, "He came to slay a Vulcan, it's a monster that lives in these parts."

Once hearing what was up here, the blonde Celestial mage felt more like she wanted to sweat than to shiver. She pleaded to the group, "'I want to go back to the guild,' she proclaims." While the others continued on the path.

"Go ahead and be my guest, I say back." Sting retorted coolly to the girl, feeling she was wasting their time.

"We'll see you later, I say as well." Lisanna replied calmly following too.

"We'll return soon Lucy-san, I say as well too." Kyuri said, looking back to the girl.

"Aye!" responded the two cats as they left Lucy behind along with her spirit. Once a few feet from Lucy, the three mages and cats stood near a cliff; their hands to their faces as they looked around the blizzard for their friend.

"Macao, where are you?!" Sting called through the blizzard.

"Macao!" Lisanna, Kyuri, Happy, and Lector called as well through the blizzard.

As the group was calling for their fellow mage, something was coming their way from above. They look up from behind them as something large was coming their way. Lisanna grabbed young Kyuri as the large unknown object came crashing down. They quickly evade it, the snow picking up where it landed as Happy and Lector screamed. Once the past snow revealed what it, Happy immediately identify the creature. It appeared to be a large, anthropomorphic monster that resembled a primate. It possesses distinctive facial features, elongated chis, prolonged ears and a pointed head that resemble a single horn on top of its head. It had gargantuan arms, and sequentially, a large hand that attach to its muscular torso. In comparison to its upper body, it evidently possesses a pair of smaller-scaled legs that feature a long tail connected to the bottom of its torso. The fur on its arms forms a decorative pattern unique to each of the creature's species. It looks at them with a goofy look as they gasped.

"It's a Vulcan!" Happy said in shock.

"I've never seen one up close before." Kyuri said, once released by Lisanna.

"You think it might have something to do with Macao? It was the thing he was after." Lisanna asked the group, Natsu's scarf flapping in the blizzard.

The Vulcan turned away from the group, smelling something that caught his interest. He ran from the party and to Where Lucy and Horologium was. Lucy was asleep in the red blanket she covered herself up she heard a tapping at the glass case she was in. She opened her eyes, but she gasped as she wasn't greeted by her comrades, but to the face of a large monkey like beast who looked at her with love in his eyes.

"Me like human woman," he said, speaking Neanderthal-like to the blonde haired girl holding the clock spirit to look at her.

Sting punched his fists together, saying seriously but assuring with a smile, "So it can talk, huh?" but doesn't realize until it was too late as the Vulcan was carrying Lucy and her spirit away and out of sight. Lucy called to the three mages and cats, Horologium translating, "'Don't just stand there, go and save me,' she yells furiously."

"Whoops…" the three said in unison, realizing Lucy was in trouble and they didn't stop the Vulcan in time. They nodded to one another and hurry after the Vulcan to rescue Lucy.

Meanwhile with Lucy, the Celestial Spirit mage and Horologium were taken to a cave on the summit of Mt. Hakobe. The blonde haired girl was crying tearfully, feeling her life was in danger in the hands of the Vulcan. The Vulcan was dancing around the cave as the clock spirit translated what Lucy said referring what she was watching, "'How did I get myself into this mess? And what's with this giant monkey, why is he cheerful?' she asks tearfully."

The Vulcan faced the girl in the clock, a faint blush now on his goofy face as she uttered to the terrified girl, "Woman!" as steam came from his nostrils.

Lucy whimpered, feeling the chills down her spine just looking at him. The Vulcan stares at Lucy in silence, as Lucy was more scared then before. Just then, a golden light formed around Horologium as he then vanished from the spot, leaving Lucy without any protection from the monkey.

Lucy gasped, still covered by the blanket, "Huh, w-wait Horologium! Don't disappear on me!" she called to the spirit as the monkey like beast was looming over her.

"I'm sorry my time is up, farewell." The clock spirit said as he returned to the celestial spirit world.

"Extension, give me an extension!" she screamed, flailing her legs.

"Hey you monkey!" a voice called getting the two's attention. Sting was running into the cave followed by Lisanna and Kyuri, his hands covered in white energy. "Leave the girl alone and tell us where Macao is!"

Sting leap into the air and with his left hand still wrapped in white energy exclaimed, "White Dragon Holy Fist!" and collides his fist into the Vulcan's large arm as it guard itself from the mage's attack. The Vulcan was pushed back from Lucy while its feet slid on the ice. Sting landed back to the ground, his knees bent down to the ground before rising back up. He turned to Lucy, she and the girls running up to him.

"Thank goodness you found me!" Lucy said grateful, getting from the ground, "But how'd you find me?"

"I followed your scent up here. There might be a blizzard out there, but I have a keen nose and follow the smell." Sting explained before rubbing the back of his blonde hair, "While you smell of vanilla, another scent you had smelled… weird."

Lucy sweat dropped in confusion at Sting's remark, "I don't know if I should be grateful or offended?"

Sting turned to the large monkey demanding with his left hand pointed at him, "Alright you big ape, I am looking for someone. Have you seen a friend of mine's and my brother's, his name is Macao, a human man?" He said.

"A man?" the Vulcan asked, scratching his chin in confusion.

"That's right now where is he?!" the White Dragon Slayer demanded hand still pointing at the beast.

'Come to think of it, Macao went on the mission to deal with this thing… Does that mean maybe this Macao person is…?" Lucy paused, clapping her hands to her mouth, gasping in realization of her words.

The Vulcan while smiling pointed his hand to another side of the cave. Sting look to his friends, "Good he understands. I'll go look." He said to the girls he walked to the area where the Vulcan pointed at, an opening of the cave, out into the blizzard. Sting look out the opening calling out, "Macao, where are you?!" unaware the Vulcan appearing behind him and taking its foot and booting the blonde haired mage out the cave as he screamed, "I'll get you, you damn dirty ape!" and fell into the chasm below.

"Sting!" Lisanna, Lucy, and Kyuri cried seeing their friend being booted out and falling to his death while the girls stood in front of the opening.

"No like man, me like woman!" the Vulcan cheered, dancing from behind the girls.

"This is bad news; he can't survive out there, Sting!" Lucy called in the blistering winds of the blizzard. From behind the girls, the Vulcan was grinding his fists together, still chanting woman over and over. Lisanna was pissed, her blue eyes flashing in anger. If Sting was dead, this monkey would pay. Kyuri took her katana from her belt and held it at the ready. Lucy removed the blanket from her body and said to the Vulcan in a mocking voice, "Woman! Woman! You pervert monkey. What are you going to do if Sting gets hurt?" She took from her belt a gold gate key with picture of a symbol of a bull on its base, "You're going down!" Twirling it in her right hand, she exclaimed, "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" and a blue magic circle appeared as someone emerged from the ground, ready to fight. It was an extremely tall humanoid resembling a bull. His body is covered in a black and white pattern and the upper part of it, from the waist up, seems for massive then lower one. His head is bovine shaped, with small, elongated ears jetting outwards from the sides of his head, and a pair of horns, sitting on top of it. He had black eyes, and his flat nose bears a large golden ring in it. His muscular chest bears six udders, two on his pectorals and four on his upper abdominals. The tail sprouting from his back, ending in a dark tuft, is quite small, compare to his massive body. His massive body was mostly bare: wearing indumenta, similar to a pair of swim briefs, held up by a red, studded belt, with a circular, thin, golden metal buckle, with a pair of curved protrusions jutting outwards from it in its upper part. He also wore simple dark boots with lighter upper edges, consisting of three lines circling his legs, and has a red belt circling his neck, to which a golden cowbell is attached. His forearms are covered in bandages and wore brown fingerless gloves. Crossing his chest diagonally and passing over his right shoulder is a large, plain dark belt closed by a simple buckle, which carried a large battle ax.

"Cow?" the Vulcan asked in confusion of the large spirit.

"I should warn you monkey boy, Taurus is one of the strongest Celestial spirits I have a contract with." Lucy said the spirit standing with Lisanna and Kyuri.

"Wow Miss Lucy, I almost forgot what a nice figure you have. Why don't you come over here and give me a smooch?" The Golden Bull asked facing Lucy with his arms folded across his chest with hearts in his eyes.

Lucy paled in response to the Bull's perverted remark, placing a hand to her face as Lisanna and Kyuri giggled, "I forgot, he's a pervert too."

"Don't touch my woman!" the Vulcan warned, eyes glaring at the bull.

"Your woman?" Taurus repeated in response to the Vulcan were blew steam from his nostrils, "Them is fighting words, you monkey!" Taurus took from behind his back his double bladed ax and held it at the ready.

"Let's do this…" Lisanna said, spreading her legs apart ready to fight, "Takeover Animal Soul: Tigress!" Lisanna exclaimed a gold magic circle appearing under her feet as her body was glowing as well. When the light finally faded, Lisanna was now in a brand new form. In the new form, her appearance was is mostly humanoid, with longer hair, much longer than what it normally looked like. Concentrated striped patterns appear around her forearms, as well as feline-like pads on the surface of her palms and sharp claws at her fingertips. She also sports tigress' ears, whiskers, a small feline nose, and a long tail, but otherwise retains her human features. In this state, her attire changes as well: Lisanna appears to be garbed in a tiger-skin, 2-piece bikini.

"Whoa, she looks like a cat!" Lucy realized, "But what's that form going to do to that monkey?"

"I may not see Lisanna in three years, but she is Natsu's friend after all and Sting's as well. Don't underestimate her yet." Kyuri said, looking to her with a serious look.

"Okay." Lucy replied while nodding, "Go get him, guys!" she ordered to the three.

"Got it!" Kyuri and Lisanna exclaimed as Taurus made the first move.

(Cue Invoke Magic-Fairy Tale Volume one Soundtrack)

Taurus jumped into the air and swings his axe wildly. He subsequently lowers the axe on the ground with both of his arms, generating an earthquake on contact, which moves in a straight line towards the Vulcan, splitting the ground and blasting rocks in the air. The Vulcan immediately evade the attack as Lucy gasped, "He's fast!" and the Vulcan ran its way to the girls.

"So am I!" Lisanna exclaimed, dashing her way to the Vulcan, her paws and feet running the ice floor like a real tiger. The gray and white furred monkey saw the tiger like girl coming his way and ready to attack him. He brought his fist at the girl, but Lisanna jumped and started to somersault over the monkey's head before finally exiting it while airborne. Lisanna extend her arms out and brought her claws into the Vulcan's head, scratching the horn on its head before landing behind it. The White haired Takeover mage then crouch down to deliver a low seep under the Vulcan's legs. The Vulcan realized this, and leaped into the air and brought his long arms crashing down to Lisanna. Lisanna then dodged the attack, the ice where the Vulcan hit started to break apart. Once Lisanna was away from the Vulcan, it was Kyuri's turn to take action now.

Placing her hands to the ice below her, she exclaimed, a blue magic circle appearing from underneath her. "Ice Sculpt Magic: Needle Barrage!" and several large needles shaped from the ice was slowly emerging from the magic circle and surrounding Kyuri. With her hands then rose over her head, the needles were then shooting from the circle as many more followed as well. The Ice needles arch in the air before raining down on the Vulcan. The gray and black monkey got on all fours and dodged the needles as they followed after him. After casting her spell, Kyuri grabbed her Katana as the monkey like beast came running at her. The Vulcan grabs one of them and hurls it at the black/white haired mage. Kyuri evade the ice needle in time, while still keeping her blade in hand.

"This thing's not that bad, I'll admit this Vulcan's strong." Kyuri said softly. "But something's odd about this thing, why does it feel human for some reason?" but then gasped in thought, realizing she was still distracted from her train of thought as the Vulcan loomed over her as she screamed. The Vulcan's large arms were ready to crush her as the black and white haired girl screamed before closing her eyes, waiting for the attack, but nothing came to hit her.

Kyuri opened her eyes and looked up to see an ax in front of her. She gasped to see Taurus' double bladed ax in front of and she exclaimed with glee.

"Taurus!" she said with glee.

"No one will harm Miss Lucy's allies while I'm still moving!" Taurus mooed, hurling the Vulcan away from Kyuri as it went flying away before landing on its feet. Taurus held his axe tightly in his hands,

"This thing's strong, no denying it." Lisanna said, coming up to them.

"We're going to need more help, there's no way we can beat it." Kyuri said, panting slightly still taken aback from Vulcan's last attack on her.

"If only…" Lisanna added as a voice spoke behind them, coming from the opening the Dragon Slayer in question fell from.

"How dare you push me off a cliff?" the voice asked seriously, his footsteps echoing the cave.

Lucy gasped, seeing the individual in from of her and smiling excitedly to see him, "Sting you're safe!"

The White Dragon Slayer then dust off the snow from his clothes, his eyes showing their usual seriousness. He then looks to the creature standing with Kyuri and Lisanna and put two and two together before looking back to Lucy.

"He's yours?" he asked curiously.

"Yup, he's one of my spirits." Lucy nodded happily but realized, "But, how'd you survive?"

Sting responded to her question with a grin. He added calmly, "Happy and Lector came to save Me." he looks up to see the two flying cats floating in the air addressing them, "Thanks you guys!"

"Aye!" Happy said with a smile on his face as well as Lector.

"So you can't handle any mode of transportation, but flying on Happy and Lector is not an issue?" Lucy asked, crossing her arms,

"What are you saying?" asked Sting, his face now in disbelief of the fellow blonde's remark and felt put off from it, "Happy and Lector aren't transportation, and they're mine, my brother, and Lisanna's nakama… I mean duh."

"Right, it's not my better judgment to compare the two." Lucy replied sweat dropping, feeling she might have offended Sting that way.

The Vulcan's eyes narrowed in anger seeing Sting, yelling as he leaped to attack him, "My woman!" and proceed to strike him.

(Cue Natsu's theme—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)

Sting turned to him and guarded with his elbow, the wright of the monkey cracking the ice below him as the White Dragon Slayer said to the monkey, "Listen up, there's one thing I learned along with my brother and that's I consider everyone in Fairy Tale my nakama and family!" before delivering swift kick with his right leg, sending the Vulcan flying back from him and sliding his feet to the ground. His arms shield his face as he spoke again.

"Whether it's gramps or Mira, or even those two Elfman and Gray..." He continued seriously.

Lucy gasped a little, shocked by Sting's words as the Vulcan came rushing over to him. Sting remained still, his body now charging with white energy along with a white magic circle underneath.

"Happy, Kyuri, Lisanna, Lector, and Lucy too, they're all my nakama…" he added as well, making Lucy gasped once more. Sting really referred her as nakama too?

"That's why…" Sting continued, the Vulcan jumping his way at Sting punched the Vulcan directly in the stomach, his foot wrapped in white energy as he exclaimed, "We're not leaving without Macao!" And the white energy from Sting's white punch covered the monkey in white energy as it was send crashing into the ceiling with a loud boom before coming back down on all fours. Many icicles fell from the ceiling and crash to the ground in front of the Vulcan. The Vulcan then roared before clapping his hands loudly, creating a shockwave, sending the icicles and mist flying at the Dragon Slayer as he shield himself. His clothes whipped from the ice and mist flying as Lucy screamed, flying about before being grabbed by Taurus. When the ice and mist cleared, the Vulcan stood with his knuckles to the ice waiting for the mages to attack again.

"This guy just won't quit." Kyuri realized panting slightly.

"I'll say, but we have to beat him." Lisanna said still ready to finish this monkey off.

"He's fast but if we were only faster with our attacks, we might stand a chance." Lucy suggested, the golden Bull putting her down to the ground.

"If we were faster…" Sting muttered, pondering in his thoughts while crossing his arms and closing his eyes. The White Dragon Slayer thought for a second before finally opening his eyes with a smile on his face.

"I got it…" he said at once, looking to Lisanna and whispers something into her ear. Lasagna's eyes widen for a bit before smiling. Sting lean back from the white haired mage and she replied, "I like it. Seems it might work, you sure about this?"

"What's the plan, Sting?" Lucy asked.

Sting turned to the others, still keeping his smile on his face. "Just follow what Lisanna does and you'll see." as the Vulcan came rushing their way, Sting announced to the group, "Time we put it into action!"

(Cue Salamander—Fairy Tail Volume one Soundtrack)

"Takeover Animal Soul: Armadillo!" Lisanna exclaimed. Her Tigress body glowed golden before shrinking down to the ground. When the golden light faded, Lisanna was now an Armadillo the size of two cats. Her body was covered in a red armor like shell with dark pink paws and a tail. Lisanna started to curl up into a ball and started to build up momentum from spinning rapidly in her place. Finally, she dashed off to the Vulcan and collides squarely into its chest, making the monkey lose its breath and was sent bouncing off the ice wall before going straight into the air. Lisanna stopped rolling on a dime, before glowing again and taking another form. Lisanna emerged from the light now in the appearance of a half-bird. Her legs and arms were now green and pink wings and legs along with a green and pink bushy tail and purple talons. Using her head, her skull bashing the monkey in the chest before shifting her body away from the Vulcan to fly over it and striking it down with her talons.

"Kyuri!" Lisanna called, sending the Vulcan to the white and black hared girl.

"Got it!" Kyuri exclaimed, taking her right hand to the icy floor, "Ice Sculpt magic: Blade!" as a small circle appeared on the ground as a blade like her black katana was crafted from the ice on the ground and grasp it firmly in her right hand. With both blades still tight in her hands she ran to the Vulcan flying her way, she jumped into the air and made her way to the Vulcan's chest. She then proceeds to twist her body in a 360 spin, striking the monkey with the two blades crying out, "Iced Blitz!" and sending the Vulcan to Lucy and Taurus' direction. (A/N 5)

"Taurus!" Lucy ordered, pointing her right hand at the incoming Vulcan.

"Right away, Miss Lucy!" Taurus exclaimed, holding the ax at the ready like a bat. As the Vulcan neared them, Taurus with his ax gripped tightly in his hands, swung the double bladed ax at the Vulcan sending it flying again. It hit the ceiling again and proceeded to fly to the ground until, "Here goes!" Sting exclaimed his right hand wrapped in white energy, "White Dragon Holy Fist!" and Sting leaped into the air to deliver the final blow to the Vulcan, sending it flying into the ice cave's wall, creating an explosion from the outside. When the mist cleared inside the cave, the Vulcan was revealed to been finally beaten, its body now stuck in the ice in goofy position with its legs were dangling over its torso. Its eyes were white from shock along with scratch marks all over its body. Sting returned to ground with a smile on his face along with Lisanna reverting to normal, Natsu's scarf finally back around her neck. Kyuri placed her katana back on her waist with her ice one vanishing in her other hand. Taurus stood proudly with a cheerful Lucy, Happy and Lector, putting his ax back behind his back.

"We beat him!" the cats cheered, the group standing with one another facing the defeated Vulcan.

"I'm glad and all, but weren't you going to ask this monkey where Macao-san was?" Lucy asked to Sting.

"Crap, guess we overdid it." Sting replied sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "He completely out of it, no way he's talking now."

"So what we do?" asked Kyuri, placing her hands to her pants pockets.

Lucy kneeled down to the Vulcan but was stared to see it glowing as she jumped in shock. The Vulcan's body began to glow a golden light as the light surrounded the body as the four mages shield their eyes from the brightness. When the light faded, they look to where the Vulcan was and gasped… There was no Vulcan laying there.

"No way, it can't be…" Lisanna gasped along with Kyuri and Sting.

In place of the Vulcan was a slim, mildly muscular man of average height with short, straight, slicked back dark blue hair. He has linear dark eyebrows, dark eyes, and a prominent nose with a flat, rectangular front. The lower part of his face is covered in some sparse stubble, including a thin mustache. His clothes consists of a long, open white jacket reaching down below his knees, with a wide, dark purple collar and matching edges, its sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The sleeves of his simple, dark shirt he wears below this jacket are visible sprouting from the latter's own sleeves, and reach down below his elbows. He dons brown, pinstriped pants held up by a lighter-colored belt bearing a snake-like pattern, with a simple, square-shaped buckle, partially obscured by his shirt, and a very distinctive pair of shoes, covered by a leopard pattern. Around his neck is a large metal chain which held up a similarly large pendant with a serpentine form, shaped like the letter "S". Like the Vulcan, body was all beat up.

"The Vulcan became Macao!" Sting, Kyuri, and Lisanna said in unison.

"Eh?" Lucy asked in confusion.

"He must have been taken over." Lector said with Happy nodding in agreement.

"Taken over?" Lucy repeated still confused.

"Body possession spell, it's the magic my siblings specialize. It's when we take the form of creatures and when we use their magic, it increases ours." Lisanna explained before stepping near to Macao, her head hung low and her voice hoarse, "But there are times like this, where the creature takes over you…" an image of a looming beast and Lisanna holding her arms out to it with a smile appeared in her head. Sting held out a hand to his friend, but stopped when he saw a tear roll down her cheek.

"Damn you Macao, Damn you… We are worried for you, why'd you go and end up like Elf-niichan?" she said softly, holding back the many tears she wanted to shed.

"Lisanna…" Sting said immediately but heard something cracking that caught his attention. Suddenly the wall Macao was leaning on started to break as the young mage was ready to fall from the mountain.

"Macao!" Lisanna screamed, rushing over grab the falling mage, but she was about to fall from the cave too and was only able to grab his leg. Sting grabbed onto Lisanna's leg but he was falling too. Happy and Lector's wings were out as they each grabbed a leg, trying desperately to pull them up.

"Happy, Lector!" Lisanna and Sting exclaimed.

"We can't hold the three of you for long, our wings are going to vanish!" they said struggling to hold them up as they were about to fall. Lucy and Kyuri quickly grabbed their tails in an instance, their arms hanging off the hole as their bodies were on the ground.

"Lucy, Kyuri!" the two mages said.

'So heavy…' Lucy thought, straining to keep a hold on everyone.

"We won't let you fall, we won't!" Kyuri called out to them, her face showing the strain of lifting five people along with Lucy.

But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pull them up. Sweat poured from their faces like a fountain, trying very hard to save them. They struggled, feeling their knees sliding on the ice as they pulled. But suddenly, something grabbed the waist of the two mages, feeling the weight of pull them lessen. Lucy looks over her shoulder and gasped to see to who it may be.

"No more worries." Taurus said smiling to the Celestial mage.

"Taurus!" Lucy gasped in delight.

"All right!" Sting and Lisanna cheered their savior to their rescue.

With a forceful tug, Taurus pulled everyone from the hole and was sent flying across the cave as they screamed. They landed on the ice, the White Dragon Slayer shaking his head of the snow before addressing his comrades.

"Is everyone alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Kyuri said, getting up from the ice to dust herself off.

"We're okay." Happy answered him and Lector getting up as well.

Sting took his gaze to Lisanna and Lucy, who were with Macao and unfortunately for Lucy, Lisanna landed on of her. Lucy wasn't angry at this, but Lisanna said softly to her fellow comrade who spoke to her, "Thank you, I'm glad you came along with us. If it wasn't for your spirit, we would have fallen off the mountain."

Lucy smiled as well, a faint blush on her face but felt bashful for being on the spot. "It was nothing, I'm glad I came along too. I mean, we're nakama now, right?" she replied, closing her eyes to smile cheerfully.

"Right…" Lisanna replied, nodding back to her.

Happy and Lector look to the two girls' touching moment, before Happy whispered something into Lector's ear, "Hey Lector, do you see what I'm seeing?"

"Yeah, I think our mother's finally starting to move on little by little." Lector said, smiling too.

Sting called out to the two, waving his arm at them, "Oi, we need to make sure Macao is alive!"

The two girls understood and Lisanna removed herself from Lucy, taking their gaze to Macao. Everyone catered around the mage as they proceed to treat his injures. They removed his coat and shirt to find his body all scratched up and bleeding. That immediately bandaged his torso, arms and chest to stop the bleeding. They had placed his body on the red blanket Sting was carrying that Lucy wrapped around her boat. The group circled the mage, Sting, Kyuri, and Lisanna on one side and Lucy, Happy, and Lector on the other. Lucy had her hand to the First Aid kit as Happy explained the situation to the others.

"It looks like he put up an intense fight before he was taken over." Happy explained.

"I'll admit, I forget how strong Macao-san is." Lector said looking

Sting and Lisanna grunted in anger as Lisanna yelled, "Macao, don't die!"

"Macao-san, those wounds we treated were severe, so then he might be…" Kyuri said, placing a hand to her mouth in fear.

"Not going to happen, Romeo was worried for him, there's no he's going to die!" Sting retorted to the white and black haired mage.

Macao's face slightly moved as his eyes slowly opened to see the blur outlines of Lisanna, Sting, and Kyuri. His vision was clearing up, now seeing a blond haired girl, Happy, and Lector.

"Sting… Lisanna… Kyuri…" Macao said slowly, his voice low.

"Macao!" Sting, Kyuri, and Lisanna gasped excitedly as Lucy smiled brightly too. Happy and Lector were excited to as the older mage continued speaking.

"I'm pathetic… I defeated 19 of them…" he said slowly.

Lucy gasped in shock as he continued his story. "…but the 20th took over me… I'm really mad at myself. Damn, I can't face Romeo now…" but Lisanna and Sting interrupted him at once.

"Don't say that!" the two yelled in unison as Sting continued on, "Defeating that many is impressive enough."

Both Lisanna and Kyuri nodded in agreement as Lucy in disbelief mouth ajar, 'No way, there are more of those apes and he took on that job by himself?!"

Lisanna and Sting both held out a solemn hand to the mage Sting said to him, "Don't let one Vulcan taking over you get you down. Don't dwell and feel you are pathetic."

"We know you're a strong mage Macao and Fairy Tail think so too." Sting added in agreement.

"Lisanna-san and Sting-san are right, so don't feel sad about it." Kyuri said as well smiling at the mage.

Macao's frown of disappoint turned into a smile as he took the hands of Lisanna, Sting, and Kyuri's hands and the four joined hands. They smiled cheerfully at Macao before Sting added, "So how about we take you home, your little boy's waiting."

Macao smiled even more as he rose from his back as the four mages held his hand. Lucy watched on at the scene, a soft smile on her face from watching the touching moment with Lisanna, Sting, Kyuri, and Macao. Watching how brave and welling Sting, Lisanna, and even were to save Macao made her feel happy,

'Amazing… I'm really… No match for them.' She thought to herself smiling softly.

"What are you smiling for Lucy?" asked Happy curiously.

"Oh." She responded, blushing slightly, "It's nothing."

Back in Magnolia, Romeo sat sadly on the steps where was he was remembering what the kids in town said to him about Fairy Tail, his dad's guild. In his hands was a book as the sun was setting while he thought back to the teasing and the reason his father went on the job in the first place.

Flashback (One week ago)—

'What's so great about Fairy Tail's mages?' One boy asked with a sneer in his voice to Romeo. "

'They're a bunch of drunken cowards.' Another boy sneered.

'They're not!' Romeo retorted to the boys in anger.

'I'm going to be a knight when I grow up." The third boy said to his friends and Romeo.

'Mages stink like booze.' The second boy scoffed in agreement to others.

Upset over the boys' remarks of his father's guild, Romeo spoke to his father about this, about taking a job. The bulling was unbearable, he wanted it to end. Tears were stinging his face when he spoke to his father.

'Dad! Take a job! I can't take it anymore!' Romeo shouted tearfully.

Macao smiled and look to his son, seeing his tears wanted to make him in response. 'Alight.'

End Flashback—

Romeo wiped the tears from his eyes after the memory faded from his thoughts, remembering that it was what he told his father was the reason he left for a job. He hated being picked on by the boys in town that in the end he forced his father to go on a possibly dangerous request and never return. He4 spent the week checking up on Macao at the guild every day, but nothing from since then. He shouldn't have hit Makarov; the master had faith in his father and Fairy Tail as well. He continued wiping his tears when three voices announced themselves to him.

"Romeo!"

Romeo looked up to see Sting, Lisanna, Lector, Happy, Kyuri, Lucy, and his father walking to where he was. The older mage had his arms on Sting and Lisanna for support, Lucy right behind them as Romeo gasped. They stopped and smiled widely at the young boy as tears began to drip from his eyes. But these weren't tears of sadness, but tears of joy. Romeo then jumped and tackled his father as the two fell to the ground with Romeo crying "Dad!"

Macao, despite his mending injuries, embraced his son back as the two were kneeled to the ground. "Dad! I'm sorry!" Romeo continued tearfully.

"I made you worry, I'm sorry." Macao said softly to his tearful son.

"It's okay." Romeo said tears still stinging his face, "I'm a mage's son."

"When those brats tease you next time, ask them," he replied back to his son release him and smiled, "If their old man can defeat 19 monsters by himself! Okay?"

Romeo smiled cheerfully as he turned to see the group walk back to the guild. He called out to them, his hands to his face.

"Sting-nii, Lisanna-nee, Kyuri-nee, Happy, Lector, thanks!" he called to them

"We're happy to help!" Lisanna replied back, her, Sting, and Kyuri waving back.

"Aye!" said Happy and Lector who waved their paws back.

"And…" Romeo added, "Thank you too, Lucy-nii!"

The blond haired Celestial Mage turned back around and waved back at Romeo happily. The four friends, Lector, and Happy returned to the Fairy Tail Guild with smiles of excitement on their faces and everyone waiting for them.

July 4th, Sunny followed by a blizzard, then Sunny again. Fairy Tail is reckless and outrageous guild, but it's also fun, heartwarming, and kind. I'm still a rookie mage, but I think I'll enjoy being a part of this guild.

To be continued

Michael: And with that, we finish the Macao arc and episode 2. I had a rough but fun time writing this, plus looking through the manga early in the series is a whole new experience. So new now begin the Daybreak arc, but I have a surprise for my readers, because someone from the guild will ally with them in the mission.

Lisanna: Now we won't tell you who is but he or she was seen in the arc, so know your Fairy Tail.

Sting: You think people will be mad about how I am not like my name/manga self?

Michael: Sting, I hated your manga/anime self and how many stories portray you and Lucy. Here, you are more likable. And I will not be doing Sticy; but there is a Lucy ship to be developed.

Lucy *Blushing*: Me and Lisanna…?

Michael: If you don't like the idea, we can go the bad way and have you two…

Lucy*blushing madly*: No, I don't want that. I hate being made the slut in the relationship!

Michael*smirks*: Works every time.

Happy: Time we tell our readers the next chapter:

Lector: The next chapter we being the Daybreak arc with:

Episode 3: Team Strauss' first mission: Daybreak!

Kyuri: We'll see you next time for more A Different Fairy Tail and I'm in the corner too.

Everyone: Bye-Bye!

# 1 Foreshadowing

#2 Anime/Manga trivia: Warren didn't premiere until the Fighting Festival arc in the anime, but was in the second chapter of the Fairy Tail manga

#3 Read Fairy Tail Re Deluxe and You'll know why I hate how in every NaLu story she is called that.

#4 Seriously?! And my hate for Sticy boils. Such a stupid nickname.

#5 Iced Blitz is based on a move from FFXIII-2; Lightning Farron (monster crystal) has it.