Hey guys! I was so excited to start canon, that I wrote this up real quick. Don't expect another fast update like this, because the school year is starting to pick up. Also, happy MLK day to my american readers and I hope you are enjoying the day off!

Beta'd by Radiopoisoning 1/24/2019

Hargeon

Hargeon, July 2nd, X784

"What? There is only one magic store in this town?" Lucy Heartfilia asked in surprise. She was currently within a shop, with shelves filled to the brim with potions, crystals and various other knick-knacks. Even the ceiling held several straw brooms.

"Yes. This town lives off the fishing business instead of magic." Replied an older man behind the wooden counter. He was bald, with sections of gray hair protruding from the sides of his head, "Not even a tenth of the people in this town use magic, so this store specializes in selling to traveling wizards."

Lucy backed away and sighed, putting both hands to on her hips, "I guess this was a total bust, then?" She said in exasperation.

The man, keeping a positive demeanor, reached down, "Now, now, don't say that. Please, have a look. I have a lot of new merchandise, you know." He pulled up a small pink rectangle that held a spherical lacrima and a small mirror on it, "Girls love this ColorS magic." He said cheerfully as he started touching it, "You can switch the color of your clothes to whatever you feel like that day!" He moved his finger in a circular pattern and a magic circle burst out of the device, "Change! Like this!" He exclaimed as his hoodie turned from a golden color to purple.

"I already have that one." Lucy said nonchalantly, "I'm searching for powerful Gate keys". The shop owner was continuing to play with his magical device, changing the color of his hoodie.

"Gates, huh? Those are rare…" He said as something caught Lucy's eye.

"This is the White Doggy!" She exclaimed with excitement.

"That one is not powerful at all…" The shop owner said.

"So what? I was looking for it…" Lucy responded, cheeks red and hand on chin. She picked up the box containing the key and rushed to the counter, "How much is it?" She asked.

While this was going on, someone walked into the shop.

"20,000 Jewel." The shop owner said flatly, holding up two fingers.

"I wonder how much it might it be again?" Lucy asked slyly, subtlety trying to get him to lower his price.

"Like I said, 20,000 Jewel." The shop owner flatly said again.

Lucy sweat dropped before resorting to plan B. She got on the counter, moved into a suggestive pose, with a hand behind her head, "Come on. How much is it really, you wonderful old man you…" She said in a cute tone of voice, winking suggestively.

"19,000 Jewel, no less." The shop owner said, which caused Lucy to fall off the counter in shock.

Lucy quickly sprang to her feet, "Only a 1,000 jewel!? Why you-"

"Woah there! You need to calm down, ma'am." Came a voice from behind her.

Lucy whipped her head around to scold the person for interrupting her, but was met with the sight of a towering woman with long flowing red hair. She was wearing a white shirt with sleeves that went half-way down her arms and a red medium length skirt.

Lucy immediately yelped in shock and backed away, frightened by the sight of the Amazon that was now there, "I know you don't like the price, but you shouldn't get so worked up over it" Rubina deadpanned at Lucy's reaction to her presence.

'I should have expected that kind of reaction from Lucy.' Rubina thought.

"Besides, if you want to barter, you should rely on different methods than sex appeal." Rubina lectured, causing Lucy to blush from embarrassment. Rubina then looked to the shop owner, her expression turning dark, causing Lucy to jump back in fear and the shop owner to start sweating nervously, "As for you, Kenji-san, you should know better than to price gouge magic products to magical newbies…" Her voice was low, dark, and threatening.

A shiver went up Lucy's spine.

"Why, whatever do you mean, Rubina-san, heh…" He said nervously.

"That silver key you were trying to sell is not that rare. In fact, it's one of the most common ones out there, and they are worth no more than 14,000 Jewel at the most…" Rubina said, putting a hand on the counter, "So, how do you explain this behavior?"

"Well, uh, you see, uh…" The shop owner was stumbling over his words," Ok!" He shouted, "14,000 Jewels it is!"

"13,000" Rubina counter offered.

"Wha-"

"You tried to scam this beautiful lady…" Rubina looked to Lucy with a suggestive wink, causing said girl to blush, and then looked back at Kenji, "So I think she deserves a lower price for this blatant attempt at extorting money from her…" She said, her words veiling an unsaid threat.

The man's eye twitched before he caved," Ok, fine. 13,000 Jewels."

Rubina smiled, "Good, now that's settled, how's my shipment of Lacrima…"

XXX

"Thank you for that…" Lucy says.

We were walking through Hargeon. Of course, I would run into Lucy somehow, and I must say, it is really hard to keep my eyes of her che-

'Stop right there, hormones, I see what you're doing!'

I smile, "Ah, it was no problem."

Lucy then put a fist up, "That man thought I was only worth 1,000 jewels." Her expression turns into one of annoyance, "That was nothing, it pisses me off…"

I put a hand up, "No need to get mad again, Ms...?"

Lucy snaps out of her annoyed mood, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't introduce myself, did I?" She clears her throat, "I'm Lucy." She puts her hand out.

"Rubina, but you can call me Rubi." I meet her hand and shake.

"Nice to meet you, Rubi-san."

I nod, "Likewise." I let go of her hand, "But yeah, when using sex appeal, make sure to consider the person you are using it against." This prompts an embarrassed blush from Lucy, "For example, a shop owner like Kenji likely has tons of young women like you trying to use their 'assets' to get a lower price, so they are less moved by it." I bend down and put a hand up to Lucy's ear, "Also, Kenji-san doesn't swing that way." I whisper.

This shocks Lucy, causing her to face fault.

I giggle. It's always funny to see anime gags like face falling in real life.

Lucy recovers, "I'll keep that in mind." She says in a depressed mood before cheering back up, "So, Rubi-san, what did you get in that store again?"

"Oh, I was checking up on a shipment of Lacrima - vessels for holding magical energy - that I ordered through Kenji." I sigh, "Although I'm thinking about setting up my own connections because it's getting expensive to order Lacrima through him, and I could order higher quality merchandise at a lower price if I cut out the middle man."

Lucy cocks her head, "Why do you need those, uh, Lacrima things for?" She questions.

I grin with excitement, "Well, that's because they are for an invention I made that requires them in the manufacturing process. In fact, before I entered that magic shop, I was at a Fiore Royal Post Office submitting a patent for said invention." I say with pride.

"Invention? Patent? What did you inve-" Lucy is cut off by the sound of distant cheering, "What's going on?" She says as she looks around.

I then notice a crowd in front of a large yellow building with a bell in the center tower on a lower level of the city, "There is a commotion going over there." I point in the crowd's direction, which causes Lucy to look over.

'Wait a minute, this seems familiar…'

"You said a famous wizard's come to town?" I hear a female voice from my side. I look to see two girls running by us.

"It's Salamander-sama!" The other one says.

'Salamander? Natsu? Why would there be a crowd around Natsu? Oh…'

"Salamander?" Lucy questions before clapping her hands in excitement," The one they say can use fire magic you can't buy in a store!? He's in this town!?"

I look over to Lucy, "Look, Lucy-san, if you knew anything abou-" I'm cut off by Lucy grabbing my hand and suddenly tugging me along.

"Come on, Rubi-san, we got to meet him!" Lucy says as she violently drags me with her.

"Hey! Wait!" I shout to no avail. I guess I'll just go along. Besides, I want to see the impostor myself.

XXX

I'm not impressed.

Me and Lucy are standing in a large crowd of screaming young women. In the center was a man with short blue hair in white shirt with red pants and a "magician's" cap over his shoulders.

"Captivated, aren't you?" He says in kind tone.

Blegh. I can sense the insincerity oozing from him… Why is everybody here acting like a bunch of girls at an Elvis concert? I look at Lucy and see her under same spell as the rest of the girls here.

'Wait!'

I sense a small magical field surrounding the area, with the epicenter coming from him. A charm? That's very illegal…

'I remember this guy now! He was the first villain of the series, the one who was a sla-'

My expression darkens.

He looks over to me and Lucy, particularly to me, probably because I'm taller than him, and winks.

'I going to puke… right after I castrate him.'

I start summoning my sword through Requip but my concentration is interrupted by someone suddenly bursting through the crowd.

"Igneel!" Natsu says excitedly. Immediately the crowd goes silent and Natsu's shoulders slump in disappointment. Next to him is Happy.

'Wow, that killed the mood.'

"Who the heck are you?" Natsu asks in a disappointed tone, causing the douche to be taken aback in surprise.

I couldn't help it and burst into giggles.

The douche recovers and puts a hand in the air, "If I said Salamander, would that ring a bell?"

Natsu was already gone.

"He gone!?" The douche exclaims in shock.

I glimpse a bunch of girls tackle Natsu to the ground and start beating him up angrily.

"Now, now…just leave it at that. He didn't mean any harm by it." The douche said in a disarming tone.

"He's so kind!" The crowd of girls swooned.

And now my mood is back to being ruined. I look to Lucy to see her with her arms crossed and her face full of disgust.

'Aw, looks like you finally noticed. '

I look back to the douche and see him handing Natsu a whiteboard with his autograph on it.

Natsu didn't look impressed, "No thanks."

He got swiftly beaten…again. It was pretty funny actually.

"Now then, I have some business at the next port, so if you excuse me…" The douche says, causing the crowd of girls to shout in dismay, "Red Carpet!" He snaps his fingers and purple fire appears below him and lifts him up, "I'm having a party on my ship this evening! Everyone, please attend…" He says before blasting off.

I feel my fist tighten and some sparks leave my body.

'I'm going to castrate him. '

"Hey, Rubi-san!" I hear Lucy shout.

I snap my head to her, "Yes…?" I say lowly, my mood still furious, and cause her to jump back in shock. She isn't the only one scared, because Natsu and Happy suddenly stand extremely straight, their bodies seeming to be sweating profusely.

'Why are they… Oh, I must remind them of someone…'

I take a deep breath and make my face friendlier, "Sorry, yes? What did you need, Lucy-san?" I ask her in a kinder tone.

Lucy shakes her head, "Umm, oh! I was wondering if you wanted to go to lunch with us?"

'Lunch…? '

Eh, why not. I was getting hungry anyways. Besides, I'm going to need some food so that I am ready to beat that bastard's face in.

XXX

You know, seeing a character eat tons of food on TV is one thing, but seeing it in real life…it's kind of disgusting. I'm having a hard time eating my own food.

"Natsu and Happy, was it…" Lucy asks awkwardly.

"You're so kind!" Natsu says between swallowing food, about half of which splashes on Lucy's face.

'Ok, time to put an end to this.'

"Could you slow down a bit? Eating that fast is kind of gross…" I say politely, but I am ignored. I feel my eye twitch in annoyance.

'Okay then… Plan B. '

"Hey!" I half shout, "Stop eating so fast, it's disgusting!"

Natsu and Happy stop suddenly, and sit up straight, "Aye Sir!" They say in unison.

"There's two of them!" Lucy says in shock.

I clear my throat, softening my expression "Sorry, could you not eat like pigs? I want to enjoy my own food too…" I look down and see my own food splashed as well," You owe me a sandwich…" I say lowly.

"Aye Sir!" They say in unison again.

"Hey now, calm down everyone. We just met did we not?" Lucy says, diffusing the situation. Lucy then starts explaining how a charm works, how they are illegal, and how this lunch was her way of thanking them.

Natsu didn't really seem to pay attention through most of it, as he was far more interested in the food, "I see" he says.

"I know I don't seem like it, but I'm actually a wizard myself…" Lucy points to herself, "I haven't joined a guild yet though…." She then starts explaining what a guild is and starts fangirling over magic guilds.

I sigh. I forgot to tell her I am wizard myself and I'm now listening to things that me and Natsu both know. I'll just let her talk it out. I don't want to ruin the surprise for her.

"Huh…" Natsu says. There was a pile of bowls stacked up a few feet high.

"I'm sorry! I'm just blabbing about the world of wizards and stuff…" Lucy apologizes, "It's probably just gibberish to you, but I'm totally going to join that guild. I bet I'll get a bunch of big jobs with them!"

"You think?" Natsu questions.

"You talk a lot…" Happy says tiredly.

I mostly tuned out most of Lucy's explanation, thinking of how I'm going to handle that bastard from earlier.

"Oh yeah, it looked like you guys were searching for someone earlier." Lucy prompted.

"Aye sir, Igneel!" Happy says.

Natsu starts explaining that he heard Salamander would be here in Hargeon, and Salamanders are fire dragons, and he thought it might have been Igneel.

"What kind of human looks like a fire dragon…" Lucy says awkwardly.

"He's not human. Igneel is an actual dragon." Natsu responds.

"Aye! He's an actual dragon!" Happy follows.

"You do know that if a dragon were in Hargeon, it would most likely have destroyed a large portion of the town just by standing in it…" I deadpan.

"Yeah, something like that wouldn't be in the middle of the town!" Lucy shouts.

This shocks Natsu and Happy to the core.

I get up and leave some money on the table, "Here is my share of the lunch. I'm going to go outside and enjoy the weather a bit." I look to Lucy, "It was nice meeting you three. I hope to see you again."

"Nice to meet you too, Rubi-san!" Lucy says cheerfully.

"Aye!" Happy says.

Natsu nods, and with that I walk out of the restaurant and lean against the wall.

I take a deep breath.

'I can't believe it's starting so soon…'

The door opens and Lucy walks out, "Oh, Rubi-san. You're still here." she says in surprise.

I smile, "Yeah, it was getting stuffy in that restaurant."

She nods in agreement, "I'm heading to the central park. Would you like to join me?" Lucy asks cheerfully.

I shrug my shoulders, "Eh, why not. I have time."

XXX

"Oh my, Fairy Tail caused trouble again?" Lucy says.

We are sitting in the park, enjoying the beautiful day.

"Hm?" I look up from my journal and look to Lucy, "What was that?"

Lucy looks up from her magazine, "Oh, I was reading that Fairy Tail caused problems again."

I let out a sigh, "When is Fairy Tail not causing problems? If anyone in my guild caused as many problems as Fairy Tail, my Master would personally strangle me." I shiver at the thought.

Lucy quirks a brow, "Master…" Her eyes go wide, "Are you a wizard, Rubi-san!?"

I nod and pull up my right sleeve, revealing my guild mark. "Yeah, I'm in a guild named Mermaid Heel."

"Why didn't you tell me!?" Lucy shouts, dropping her magazine.

I shrug, "Well, you didn't ask… And why else would I want so many Lacrima?"

"I thought you were just an inventor or something…." Lucy says, dumbfounded.

I pull down my sleeve, "Well yeah, I'm a wizard, and that guy we met, Natsu, was also a wizard."

This causes Lucy to fall off the bench in shock, "How do you know that!?" She says while getting up.

"Well, his mannerisms for instance…" I put a finger up, "Noticed how the cat and him didn't care for that Salamander guy earlier? They thought his magic was lame, and personally, so did I." I put up a second finger, "I could sense the magic power coming from him…" I put up one last finger, "He was looking for a dragon. Normal people don't do that. That's something powerful wizards do."

Lucy runs her hands through her hair, "Ah! I can't believe it! I must have sounded so stupid explaining things he already knew…" She says in a mix of frustration and embarrassment.

I smile, "Hey now, don't get so worked up. I doubt he minded. I've seen his type before. They are kind of like dogs. Give them a good meal and they won't judge ya." I let out a laugh.

Lucy's face is still red, "Yeah, I guess…" Her face brightens up, and bends down and picks up her magazine, "Hey, do you know any Fairy Tail members!?" She asks as she flicks through her magazine.

I pause for moment, and I feel my face turn reluctant, before I get it back under control. Luckily, Lucy is too distracted by her magazine to notice, "No, I've only heard of them through their exploits…"

I see Lucy frown, "Oh, ok…" Her face brightens again as she reaches the page she is looking for, "Look, this is Mirajane!" She shows me a picture of someone I am quite familiar with, well in a past life.

'I would be lying if I said the first thing I noticed was her eyes…'

"Yeah, I've heard of her. She used to be a more active mage a couple years ago before she stopped taking jobs and started taking bikini pictures." I say, trying as hard as I can to stop myself from blushing out of control.

Lucy puts down the magazine, "How does one join Fairy Tail?" She puts a finger up to her chin, "I wonder if they have an interview or something…" She smiles, "The wizard's guild Fairy Tail…" her smile turns into a grin, "They are just the coolest!"

Before I can respond to her question, a male voice cuts in.

"So you want to join Fairy Tail?" The bastard from earlier suddenly pops out of the bushes.

There goes my mood… You know what? I'm gonna join him for his boat party. I'm sure it will be so fun, that he'll be all partied out by the end of it….

I smirk evilly at the thought.

"S-Salamander!" Lucy exclaims.

"I was looking for you two." He snaps his finger, "I wanted to invite both of you to the party on my ship later."

Lucy stands up, "Your charm won't work on us! Its weakness is awareness!"

The bastard puts on a confident face, "Hm, I knew that wouldn't work on you. I realized that the moment I saw you were a wizard…" He puts a hand out, "No matter. As long as you come to the party."

"There's no way me or Rubi-san over here would go." Lucy turns around, rejecting his offer, "I would never go to a party thrown by scumbag like you."

Oh, I would love to go. I'll show you fun worth dying for.

"I'm a scumbag?" The man says in a fake hurt tone.

Lucy turns around, "You'd go so far to use a charm to be popular!"

"That was part of the ceremony." He tries to explain, "I just wanted to have a party with a celebrity host, you see…"

Lucy turns around and shrugs," I can't believe such a famous wizard is such an idiot…"

"You wanted to join Fairy Tail, yes?" the jerk prepositions before putting a hand on his chin and smiling smugly, "Haven't you ever heard of Fairy Tail's famous Salamander."

'Yes, and it's not you. '

Lucy then proceeds to fall hook, line and sinker for the deception. After a bit of talking, the jerk turns around, "We shall meet again at the party, then!" He snaps his fingers and flies away on the purple fire.

"Yes sir!" Lucy cheers. She turns around, "Isn't this great, Rubi-san!? I can join Fairy Tail!"

'Ok, time to end this charade. '

I sigh, "Ok, Lucy. I'm going to give it to you straight." I say seriously.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asks in concern.

"That man is not a Fairy Tail wizard." I say bluntly.

Lucy cocks her head, "Huh? What do you mean?"

"First of all, Fairy Tail is based in Magnolia, not Hargeon, and they most definitely do not use illegal magic like charms." I point out, "In fact, that man is using tactics often used by sex traffickers."

"Sex traffickers…" She jumps back, "Eh!? Are you saying he trying kidnap girls for…" Her turns into one of absolute horror.

I nod, "I'm dead serious. Why else would he be using a charm on young vulnerable women and invite them to a boat at night in the middle of the ocean?" I cross my arms, "If he were the real Salamander, or even a Fairy Tail wizard, he wouldn't be bragging about it. Fairy Tail isn't known to be that type of guild."

Lucy is silent before finally speaking, "I can't believe someone would be using magic for such purposes…" Lucy has a hand over her mouth, eyes watering, "I can't believe I thought about going…"

"Lucy." I stand up, and look her in the eyes, "You may now have realized the awful truth, but all those other women haven't…"

Lucy's eyes widen," You're right! We have to tell someone."

I shake my head, "No. We must wait and let that bastard and his fellow assholes get into one place. We can't let a single one escape."

After a moment, Lucy nods with newfound determination, "What's the plan?"

I grin, "Simple, we go to the party."

XXX

The full moon lit up the night sky, its bright light reflecting off the water like a mirror.

Natsu was leaning against a rail, to his back was the whole city of Hargeon.

Natsu sighed in relief, "What a meal!"

"Aye!" Was Happy's reply.

'That Lucy girl was so nice! She'd be an awesome guild member! ' Natsu thought before he got a chilling sensation down his spine, 'That Rubi girl…she was kind of scary! Something about her smells familiar, and when she got angry, I couldn't help but freeze up. ' Natsu grinned, 'I bet she's real strong. I should fight her! '

Happy noticed a large ship off the coast, "Oh yeah… Is that the ship Salamander's party is at?"

The mere mention of Ship sent Natsu into a state of sea sickness,"Gonna hurl…"

"Stop getting queasy from just thinking about it." Happy said, waving his hand up and down.

"Look at that! That's Salamander-sama's ship" A voice of a woman said, catching Happy's attention.

"I wish I had gone!" Said another.

"Salamander? You don't know him?" One girl said, "He's the famous Fairy Tail wizard that came to town."

This caused a reaction in Natsu, "Fairy Tail?" He said, before looking to the boat again, causing him to go seasick for a moment before his face twisted into a grimace.

'So that bastard is posing as a Fairy Tail wizard, huh? ' He thought, 'Lucy said he was using an illegal magic thingy to attract girls…. This doesn't seem right! Not only is he pretending to be a part of Fairy Tail, he is making it look bad, and I bet he is doing something fishy with all those girls! He's gonna pay! '

Natsu grinned, "Happy, we're going."

Happy nodded, "Aye Sir!"

Natsu put his fist in his hand, "I'm all fired up."

XXX

"Lucy was it?" Bora said. They were sitting inside the ship, a glass of champagne on the coffee table, "What a pretty name…"

"Yeah…" Lucy said, acting like a cheerful, naïve girl. Inside her head, she was expressing disdain for the filth in front of her.

Outside the ship, Rubina looks over the railing, staring at Hargeon in her bright red dress.

'When all the girls pass out, it's show time. ' She looks behind her and notices some of the girls being clumsy. 'That stuff's pretty fast acting. '

As if on cue, all the other women fall down and hit the deck.

'Really fast acting…'

The scumbag crew members begin to pick up the women before one spots Rubina, "Hey, you! Why aren't you passed out!?"

Rubina smirks, "Well you see, I tend not to drink date-rape drugs." Rubina then holds her hand up and snaps her fingers.

All the men are suddenly struck by crimson lightning that seemingly came out of nowhere and fall to the floor with crackling booms.

Rubi promptly starts picking up all the women and the thoroughly singed slavers, and begins putting them inside the ship at lightning speed.

Within the ship, the room rumbled violently, windows shattering, and the champagne glass tipped over, spilling its contents on the coffee table before rolling off and shattering into pieces.

Bora got up, "What was that!?"

"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" Lucy shouted, bringing her arm down, a golden key in hand. A doorbell sound went off before a flash a light filled the room.

A giant anthropomorphic bull with a large two-headed battleaxe appeared with a loud "Mooo!"

"What the hell!?" Bora exclaimed before being hit by the flat side of the axe and is sent flying into a fireplace, breaking some of the bricks in the process. Bora quickly recovered, jumping to his feet and summoning flames to his hands.

"You whore!" He shouted in rage. He moved his arms in a swinging motion but before he could get a spell off he was engulfed by crimson lightning, producing a concussive boom. His singed, limp body collapsed to the floor like a wet noodle.

Lucy was wide eyed at the sudden defeat of the dirt bag but was relieved it was over.

"Sorry I'm late. I had to make sure everyone else was safe." Rubina said, walking in the room. Behind her was a pile of singed men and passed out women.

"Wow, Rubi-san, you're pretty powerful!" Lucy said in awe.

"That lightning spell isn't the only thing that is powerful!" Taurus said. He was looking at Lucy in her dress, "Your body looks really good, Lucy-san!" He said in a perverted matter.

"Yeah, you've said that a lot…" Lucy sighed in exasperation, "Thanks for the help, Taurus!" She said before sending the celestial spirt back to its own world.

"These scumbags weren't worth a proper spell, so I just decided to give them a little shock." Rubina said, inspecting her nails.

"A little shock, huh…" Lucy deadpanned.

'If that was a little shock, what is a big shock?' Lucy thought.

"I'm going to the bridge, to check for any records." Rubina said before pointing to the singed Bora, "Think you can handle Mr. Burnt Toast over there?"

Lucy giggled before nodding, "Yeah, I most definitely can."

Rubina smiled, "Ok, see ya in a bit." She then walked out of the room and headed up some stairs in search for the bridge.

Lucy sighed in relief, "Thank God that's over." She said. After a few minutes she walked over to Bora, her face scowling, "Serves you right, you jerk!"

Bora's hand twitched, before he suddenly launched himself upwards, grabbing Lucy's keys off her belt and kicking her away, "Got you, whore!" He yelled in rage. He then threw the keys out the window and into the ocean.

"My keys!" Lucy cried.

Bora laughed, "Problem with your type of mage, you are useless without your keys." Purple fire sprung to life around him. "I'm going to make you pay!"

Suddenly, Natsu crashed through the wall, landing between Lucy and Bora. He got up and immediately fell ill.

"Natsu!?" Lucy questioned.

Lucy then noticed Happy with wings, flying right outside the ship, "Happy, when did you get wings!?"

"Leave that for later!" He said before wrapping his tail around Lucy, "Run Away!" He said, carrying Lucy away from the ship.

"But…we…stop! We had it handled!" Lucy yelled as she was carried away into the night.

Up in the bridge, Rubina looks through cabinets and drawers, checking for ship records when she hears a crashing sound.

She smirks, "Looks like Natsu has arrived to the party…" She giggles, "But it seems like he is a little late, though." She pulls out a large black binder and opens it up. Inside were papers filled with various names and places, as well as prices next the names. "Bingo." Rubina said as she put the binder in her Requip space. Rubina walks to the window overlooking Hargeon.

'Hargeon is pretty good looking at night. ' She thinks before noticing a glow from the see, causing her to squint. 'What was that…?' She thinks before noticing a huge wave of water coming straight at the ship. 'What the hell!? Is that Aquarius' magic!? Why is Lucy summoning her!? Wait! Why is Lucy off the ship!?'

Rubina's world becomes one of confusion as the massive wave strikes the ship and carries it ashore. Rubina is flung around the bridge like a goldfish in a plastic bag in the hands of a hyperactive child. When the ship stops, Rubina is disoriented and soaked. She gets on her knees and puts a hand on her stomach, and the other over her mouth.

'Ugh! I think I'm going to be sick. ' She thinks, but after a few moments her sense of equilibrium returns and she stands up. "Just when I thought this was going smoothly…" She lets out a laugh, "Not even in the guild yet and already acting like a Fairy Tail wizard…"

She then hears an explosion and women screaming, causing Rubina to frown, "I guess it can't be helped…" She walks outside the ship to see Natsu fighting Bora, with Lucy and Happy watching. "I see you're meeting all the requirements for a Fairy Tail wizard already, Lucy-san…" She sais as she walks up from behind them.

This causes Lucy and Happy to jump in surprise, "W-What do you mean, Rubi-san?" Lucy stammered.

Rubina smirks, "Oh come on, what other guild has wizards that cause this much collateral damage on a regular basis?" She then looks over to Happy, "Speaking of which, your Master is not going to be pleased by all the paper work this will cause."

Happy reeled back in shock.

Rubina looks back to the fight just in time to see Natsu finish off Bora with a fiery fist, "Well, I should get going. It seems you Fairy Tail wizards got this handled." Rubina smiles, "It was nice meeting you Lucy, it was fun. Hope we see each other again." She says.

Lucy nodded, "Yeah, me too."

Rubina winks before her body turns into a crimson bolt of lightning, zapping far away from the boat while leaving Lucy and Happy on the beach. Lucy was shocked by Rubina's method of departure before she noticed the stomping of a horde of soldiers wearing the Fiorian colors coming their way, "The Military!?" She shouted in fear, before she was grabbed by her hand by Natsu and tugged along.

"Crap, let's get out of here!" Natsu said in panic.

"Why are you taking me with you!?" Lucy screamed.

"Well you wanted to join our guild, right?" Natsu replied before looking back to Lucy, "Come with me!" He said with a large grin.

A moment passed before Lucy smiled, "Sure!"

XXX

I can't believe I finally got to canon! It's amazing to me that when I started this story almost 3 years ago that I would finally get to this point. But I am only just getting started, as I have the whole series ahead of me. I hope you guys have the patience to deal with my slow updates and eventually finish the journey with me.