This story is talking to loud for me to hear my other stories. It needs to shhhhh.
Fairy Tail is not mine, the Pradeshes belong to Desna.
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"So child. Shall we talk about your plan now?" Alanza tore her eyes from her new guildmark. She was just about giddy over the fact that she was a Fairy Tail wizard. Laxus had grumbled a bit about strength since she really had none at all, but knowledge is power and she had a shit ton of that.
"Well I was thinking... We could set up, like, a task force or planning commity or something. Have a room where only people who knew about where I came from were allowed in and we could plan out our steps. I can share more specifics, write out a vague timeline, though that is more for me than for you guys, to keep things straight so I don't make mistakes."
"We can use my office for that." Mystogan spoke so much quieter here at the guildhall. "I never use it anyway."
"Who would be on this task force?" Erza's eyes were sparking. Alanza had forgotten how into the moment the redhead tended to get.
"The six of us of course, and we could add other people if everyone agrees to it. I have some ideas as to who would be good additions. I need to get settled in to who people really are though. Seperate cannon facts from fanfiction headcannon." So much of who she thought these people were came from the stories she had read.
"Cannon?" Gramps paused in his beer guzzling to peer at her. "What does that mean?"
"Cannon means actual facts from the story. Headcannon is things fans choose to think is true without proof to back it up." The whole room stared at Laxus. "What? Bix is a comic book junkie."
"Speaking of Bickslow. Does he have a last name?"
"The fuck are you talking about? Of course he does."
"Well what is it?"
"Pradesh." Alanza's jaw literally dropped. They were real. Somehow she had ended up in a world where her one of her favorite author's OCs were real.
"Wow. Ok. That's a thing. Umm... I'm gunna need to call Arman, er... Ambasador Pradesh. Later."
"Why?"
"Because there are things he should know. Things that really have nothing to do with us right now. As for right now," Alanza gestured for the job request Myst had been holding. "Since Erza and Gramps are both here I'm guessing you all just got back from dealing with the Lullabye incident."
"Indeed."
"In that case I think Erza should take her team on this mission. If they are rested up enough that is."
"My team?"
"Oh... Right. You guys aren't official yet. You, Gray, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy."
"They become an official team?" Alzana fought the urge to scream in terror as Mira's eyes turned into literal stars. She had not seen that coming. Apparently anime special effect stuff was real here.
"Yes." Mira squealed. Gramps grew pale, no doubt thinking of the potential damages that group could cause.
"Before I agree to take them on an S-class mission I am not sure they are ready for I would like more information."
"Well... In the original timeline Natsu stole the mission and used the fact that there was a celestial spirit key as bait to get Lucy to go with him. Laxus was here, but refused to fetch them because he is an asshole, and you were out of town at the time so Gray attempted to stop them from going. He failed and ended up going with them."
"I had actually planned on leaving in the morning on a mission."
"Do you have to?"
"No. But since Laxus is here in the building and I was about to leave it is likely that Natsu stole the mission over the next couple days."
"Shithead should know better than to take a weak little newbie on an S-class mission."
"Is there any reason we are taking this mission instead of preventing them from going?"
"Several actually. One is the reward. Lucy will need this key. Second is that the person responsible for this 'curse' is someone Gray needs to confront. They need to do this as a group. It will hurt, but the team will come back closer and stronger. There is someone working behind the scenes too. A masked man. This person is confused and in pain. They need to be talked to. If we can reach them they will be an invaluable ally. They are angry because they think they were betrayed. They were, but not by who they think betrayed them. If you can get to them, Erza, tell them Brain lied about everything. I am willing to talk to them if they are willing to come to me."
"Very well. You say this mission was completed without my assistance originally?"
"Yes."
"Then I will attempt to limit my interactions to this mysterious figure you refuse to identify." The redhead smirked, obviously catching the fact that Alanza was being intentionally vague. "I beleive I will go invite them to accompany me now. We will talk again when I return." The redhead took the job posting and swept out of the room. Alanza rubbed the back of her neck and sighed.
"While they are on this mission we have another issue we should deal with. Lucy's dad has, or will really soon, hire Phantom Lord to forcefully return his daughter to him against her will."
"Jose. Surely he wouldn't-"
"Oh he would. Jose Poorla hates Fairy Tail with a passion. In the origional timeline he uses Lucy as an excuse to attempt destroying us. They destroy the guildhall, beat Team Shadowgear half to death and crucify them to a tree, kidnap Lucy, and fire a Jupiter cannon right at Magnolia. Laxus, before you let words about Shadowgear leak past that sneer know this. I've seen you take down a Wizard Saint and the wizard who hurt them set you on your ass. They never stood a chance no matter their strength." Laxus growled at her.
She was mixing up her facts to skew Laxus's point of view. She might have made a mistake telling the already full of himself slayer about his defeat of Jura, but she had alread spoken so she would have to deal with it. The GMG was far in the future and by the time Laxus 'lost' his fight to Gajeel and Natsu the two had been in far worse condition than he had. She didn't want to tell anyone that Gajeel was the one who had done that to Shadowgear though. Not if she could avoid it. If she could reach Gajeel before the Phantom War it would cut Jose's feet right out from under him.
"I would like to reach out to two of Phantom's wizards. They belong here. If I can bring them to Fairy Tail Jose will no longer have any chance of harming us the way he did the first time."
"Which two?"
"Juvia Lockser, and the iron dragon slayer Gajeel Redfox. The Rain Woman and Black Steel."
"Another dragon slayer, eh." Grammed and she waited. "What makes you think they will join us?"
"They did. It took a lot of pain to get them here though and I would like to prevent that."
"You can't just waltz into their guildhall and tell their master to go fuck himself. Phantom Lord is as dark as they get without being an illegal guild. We'd never fucking see you again."
"Somehow I don't think you would be all that upset by that, Laxus." He growled.
"You're a fucking person. I may not give a shit personally, but you dying is fucking stupid."
"Gee thanks. I feel all warm and fuzzy." He snorted "No. Going in would be, as Laxus so eloquently said, fucking stupid. We have to draw them out, away from the others. I was thinking of posting a job. Recently sunken scrap metal retrieval. That will pull at least one of them out, hopefully both of them. We have to do it soon though. Before Erza's team gets back."
"Why then?" Mystogan spoke louder now that Erza was gone.
"Because. Last time Lucy didn't have the chance to contract her new key before Phantom struck."
"Do yiu trust them not to attack you once they realize you are lying about the mission? They are Phantom right now, no matter who they became in the future of the origional timeline."
"Not entirely. Gajeel is a stubborn dragon slayer after all. I just have to hope."
"I will go with you." Alanza glared at Mystogan.
"I appreciate that, but no. You are unknown enough to drop off our request, but you have another mission. Get your socially impossible self to Cait Shelter and apologize to Wendy! I get that it was dangerous before, but she can come to the guild now."
"But-"
"Would you rather wait till she comes face to face with the Oracion Seis and Jellal Fernandez?"
"What?!"
"That is how we find her if you don't bring her home first."
"Fine. If it keeps her away from them." Alanza wasn't sure if it would, but Myst had done the girl wrong and needed to fix the sitation.
"I can make up a job reqguest for you to take to Phantom Lord when you leave."
"Thank you, Mira. I would appreciate that." The two went to leave, but Mystogan hesitated, glancing from Alanza to Laxus and back again. "Be careful. You are a very reckless woman."
"Reckless and frustrating. I know. Love you too, Myst."
"That isn't what I said!" She knew. But making the man blush bright enough to see over the edge of his mask was something she was really coming to enjoy.
"Hurry back sweetheart."
"Stop that!" Glared at her before taking off.
"Why do you tease that boy?"
"Cuz it's fun. And he doesn't get near enough interaction with real people." Alanza went ahead and sat down now that the room was almost empty. "Hopefully bringing Wendy home early will help."
"She his woman?" Alanza burst out laughing. Wendys age hadn't been specified so she understood why Laxus would think that, but it was still hilarious. "What the fuck is your problem?"
"She- oh Mavis. She's, like, twelve. I guess you might call her his kid sister. She is a sky dragon slayer."
"Another one!" Makarov's eyes were huge.
"Yep. Fiore has five dragon raised slayers and two that got their powers from lacrima. I'm hoping to slap a Fairy Tail stamp on all seven of them."
"Dragons are real?"
"Yep. You never believed Natsu, did you?"
"No." She could see how much distress this conversation caused the lightning slayer. "And you know about my lacrima."
"Yes. I do. You need to accept that you are every bit the dragon slayer those with an actual dragon parent are. Same magic, same instincts. I know you don't want to talk to Natsu."
"That isn't fucking happening."
"Like I said. However, I'm hoping it will be easier for you to talk to one of the others. Gajeel or... The other second gen slayer aren't near as...whatever, as Natsu is. Both have seen dark shit and been through hell. Honestly they matured faster than they should have."
"You won't tell us who this other slayer is?" Gramps was scowling at her.
"Not until I talk to him. He guards his secrets more closely than Laxus does. And he won't just growl and zap you a bit and walk away either."
"I'm not a fucking pikachu!"
"No. But you haven't walked in death's shadow since the day you were born either. He has, and he will kill without hesitation to protect himself or his family. If I can win his loyalty...Honestly I'm not sure if there is anyone I would trust more to have my back." The two Dreyers scowled at her. "His secrets aren't mine to tell so don't try to bully me."
"Mystogan is right. You are a frustrating woman, Carrots."
"Thank you."
"And you have stupidly big balls. I'm coming with you when you meet with the Phantoms."
"Oh really?"
"I'm gunna call the Legion back. They still have a few missions left, but I don't want them out there right now with you fucking with the timeline and shit." Laxus staljed out of the room withour even a good bye.
"Child you have shaken the minds of four out of my five S-class wizards today as well as myself today."
"I'd shake Guildarts until he cried if he were here."
"Is that a joke, or are you entirely certain of that."
"One hundred percent certain. I'm also going to send White Sea to war today, so that will be a thing."
"What!"
"Not me exactly. Arman will once I talk to him."
"Why?"
"Not for me to say."
"I can respect that. How about I get you a key to Mystogan's office and a lacrima com so you can call Ambassador Pradesh?"
"Ok. You will have to show me how though. I'm like a baby with stuff like that." Makarov chuckled and led her out of his office. As she walked across the balcony she looked over the railing at the wizards below. Erza and Team Natsu were already gone, as well as Mystogan. Who knew where Laxus has stormed off to. The rest of Fairy Tail was milling around restlessly. Several of them glanced up, curiosity burning in their eyes. Alanza smiled and got an answering grin and a wave from Levy. "I'm not sure when this room was last opened."
"Well it will see lots of action now."
"So it will. Now. About this call. I will go ahead and call Arman and introduce you. We will leave the magic lessons until later. When you are done speaking just bring it back to my office. Then we will introduce you to the rest of the guild and find you a place to sleep for the night." Makarov steared her to sit behind the dusty desk, perching on the arm himself. The clear orb he set before them pulsed with light several times before pale green eyes appeared
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To be continued