"Hagrid, I thought you said we couldn't enter the castle." Wendy said confused standing outside a small door next that lead inside the castle, Hagrid's fingers fumbling a little with the door handle. "Yeah, well about that….uhh… The truth is, this isn't a home. I mean, it kinda is, but it's not." The door finally opened as Hagrid pushed the door open with his shoulder. "There we go." Hagrid hobbled inside, everyone slowly following him. "Then what is this place…?" Levy asked with extreme caution. "This is actually a boarding school. For magic and wizardry." Hagrid said, a little rushed. "What?!" Everyone exclaimed, as they stopped in their tracks. Hagrid turned around and asked them to keep moving. However, the fairies wanted answers. "Hagrid, tell us where we are right now!" Erza exclaimed strictly. "You're at a school for magic known as-" "We already know that! I mean what country are we in! Geographically speaking!" Hagrid sighed and looked to the side of the corridor before replying. "I'm sorry, but I can't help yer there. I never learned this kind of stuff. Ask Professor Dumbledore when you see him." Makarov's eyes widened at that name. "He's here…?" He whispered in a fierce tone. He then stepped forward, and proceeded to walk. "Master?" Wendy asked noticing her master's actions. "Let's go meet him. I need to see him again." Makarov said, continuing to walk forward.
Everyone gasped at the gigantic space the hall had. It was next to a dimly lit courtyard, a beautiful fountain hidden in the middle of the garden of roses and bellflowers. Silent drips of water trickling away in the dark starry night. Hagrid stopped in the middle of the hallway and knocked rapidly on a door. An old woman wearing a witch hat and green dress opened the door her face peeking out. "Professor McGonagall, good evening." Hagrid greeted her, with a hearty voice. "Hagrid? What brings you here late at night." The old woman asked, putting on her glasses. She saw the people behind him, and stepped back a little. "Hagrid, who are these people?" Professor McGonagall asked him, deeply concerned. "Professor, these are the people the we've been expecting." Hagrid whispered to her. McGonagall's eyes widened open in disbelief. "I see. I will gather the other heads immediately. We'll meet you in Dumbledore's office." The old lady shut the door after a flick of her dress.
Hagrid continued to lead the others down the hallways, until they all reached a dead end with a statue of a majestic bird on a hexagon podium it's wings spread out confidently. "Right, here we are." Hagrid rubbed his hands together and stepped up the podium. Everyone stared at the statue for a bit, before proceeding forwards to the statue. They stood in front of the statue wondering what's going on. "Lemon Sherbert." Hagrid said out loud. "Lemon sherbert?! Where?!" Natsu exclaimed excitedly shaking his head left and right, realizing he hadn't had a bite of anything since the end of the last mission. The statue began to rumble and turn around and ascend into the heavens, turning Natsu and Gajeel blue. "Oh no, transportation….!" Natsu and Gajeel began to jelly down onto the stairs, sick to their stomachs. "Natsu! Gajeel! No!" Wendy cried to the weakness. "Oh boy….." Lucy sighed, placing her hand on her forehead.
The stairs suddenly reached the top, shifting into a stop. "Finally….." Natsu gagged, hoisting himself up using the door knob. "Natsu don't-" Gray yelled suddenly leaping forward. "WOAH!" Natsu's hand suddenly slipped turning the knob and stumbled through the door. He hopped forward trying to regain his balance. Unfortunately he tripped up and face planted into a glass cabinet and spilled liquids everywhere. "Ow….." As Natsu stood up, Natsu started to skid all over the floor, his arms flailing trying balance himself, knocking over statues, bookcases and decorations in the process. "Woah woah woah woah woah!" Natsu flailed everywhere, and finally landed face first and slid out of the puddle due to the trip. Natsu looked slightly from the floor and saw a pair of black shiny shoes facing towards his face. Natsu slowly lead his eyes upwards, until he saw a greasy black haired man staring down at him. He gave Natsu a cold emotionless stare, and Natsu was frozen on the spot, too afraid to move. Natsu then turned his eyes left. He saw the lady from earlier looking at him, not amused by his actions. Natsu then glided his eyes right, and saw a stumpy old man wearing glasses and a grey fuzzy beard standing next to a chubby lady covered in soil and dirt, both of their eyes widened in great horror.
Everyone at the door stared at Natsu, mouths opened by shock and blue lines dropped over their blackened eyes. "...You do realise you've just destroyed extremely rare potions that took over a millennium to make, not to mention priceless artifacts that are important to this school's history?" The black haired man said gritting his teeth, in a very monotoned voice, not breaking his eye contact at Natsu. Makarov let out a yell of despair, knowing he had to probably pay for all those potions and artifacts. "T-Terribly sorry! We promise we won't cause anymore damage!" Makarov ran up to the man and bowed pushing Natsu's head to the ground forcing him to bow to the man as well. But he forgot that due to Natsu's condition, he was physically weaker than his adult counterpart. "OW!" Natsu's head cracked the stone beneath them, due to Makarov's forced bow. "YOU'RE THE ONE CAUSING DAMAGE!" Everyone at the door yelled at the old man.
A friendly chuckle came from the top of the stairs. "Do not worry Professor Snape. After all, it's a simple problem to fix." A glow came from the glass and liquids on the floor, and began to fix themselves back up again. Soon, they were all set neatly back in the fixed cabinet. The cracks on the floor began to shimmer away and was fixed in no time. Everything reversed until everything stood the way it was originally. "WOAH AMAZING!" Natsu exclaimed excitedly watching the events unfold before him. The same chuckle came from above them. "I'm glad you think so young man." Everyone looked up at the balcony and saw an old man appear on the balcony. "I am Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster of this fine establishment."
Natsu noticed at the corner of his eye Makarov trembling. He looked at Makarov, his child like eyes widening in curiosity and worry. "Gramps?" Natsu asked tilting his head. "Percival…." Makarov spluttered out. "Percival?" Natsu repeated louder than Makarov. Dumbledore smiled and calmly walked down the stairs. "Makarov Dreyar. It is such an honour to meet one of my father's faithful friends." Dumbledore bent over and shook Makarov's stunned hand. "Wait….You're Percival's son….?" Makarov stuttered out, seeing how identical Percival and Dumbledore looked. "Seems there must have been some lag. Well no matter." Dumbledore thought as he walked behind his desk, and calmly sat down. "Please, come in." Dumbledore smiled, beckoning the fairies forward. Everyone stepped forward slowly, not sure what was going on. Makarov wanted to ask Albus where Percival was, but refrained himself. He was afraid to know the truth. And since this was Percival's elderly son, it was most likely that Percival was dead.
"I assume they are your company?" Dumbledore addressed the people behind the old man. "Yes indeed. These are my brats. I brought them with me." Makarov forced a smile, trying to hide the pain. "Erza Scarlet. Levy McGarden. Mirajane Strauss. Wendy Marvel. Lucy Heartfilia. Gray Fullbuster. Gajeel Redfox. And Natsu Dragneel. They will be accompanying me on this quest." Makarov introduced, smiling.
Snape hummed, looking at the new recruits, until opening his mouth. "Professor Dumbledore, I propose we give them a test. I believe that Makarov is who you say, but I am extremely uncertain about this destructive imbecile. Not to mention the children behind them. They may be muggles, or spies from the enemy's side. After all, they were separated in the Forbidden Forest for a while." Snape suggested with a sneer, keeping his eyes on the destructive dragon son. "We're not thieves! We don't come in and break stuff!" Natsu reassured, standing up and patted himself down. "Ok, first of all, that's mugged. Second, mugged means YOU got robbed. Third, you just burst into a room and broke priceless artifacts that could've been added to the bill." Lucy said, slightly agitated. "Wait a minute, what's muggles? And how did you know we were lost?" Levy realised, pondering on the word, and realising what Snape had said. "I have my sources." He replied monotoned and full of grit.
"Muggle is a word we use for non magic users. Humans basically." Professor McGonagall explained. "We need to make sure you aren't muggles so that our world cannot be exposed." She continued. "Why would you need to hide it? Everyone knows about magic." Natsu told them confused. The teachers' eyes widened in disbelief. "What do you mean everyone knows about magic? If that's true, then why did the Ministry of Magic not do anything?" Professor McGonagall exclaimed quite doubtful of this information. "But it's true. Everyone has known about it for centuries." Wendy explained in a confident voice. "But that's impossible! We've kept it a secret for-" "Professor Sprout, may I explain?" Dumbledore lifted his hand to silence her. "You see, Makarov came from another world that went by the name of Earthland. In fact, my father was originally from that world." The fairies widened their eyes in horror. Another world? It couldn't be… "In that world, everyone, even muggles, knew about magic. There was also their own version of The Ministry of Magic known as the Magic Council. He would tell me stories about this other world. How magic didn't need wands, and that there were guilds for these wizards so that they could earn money. The guild my father was affiliated with was named Fairy Tail. These people are from that guild in fact." Dumbledore explained, eyeing the Fairy Tail emblem on Lucy's hand and Natsu and Gajeel's shoulders.
"There is a catch, however. The more magic is used, the more tired you become. In fact, my father had a blue crystal named Ethernano. It was used to replenish magical energy. That reminds me." Dumbledore opened his desk and pulled out nine wands with a ring around each wand. 'These will be your wands. In order to move around, you must carry wands in order to avoid suspicion. I didn't know how many of you were coming, so I have plenty of spares. There's Ethernano inside each ring so your energy will restore when you use magic." Everyone took a wand out of Dumbledore's palm and played with them for while. "These wands are special. They can focus the magic you have and make it a physical embodiment through the wand." Erza was intrigued by this. "Alright. REQUIP!" Erza yelled out and pointed the wand up. A red magic circle came from the tip of the wand, and scanned her body as it moved down. As the circle moved down, Erza's outfit changed from her normal Heart Crux armour, to a yellow and black armour with giant black gloves and a single spiked shoulder pads. The teachers were taken aback by this. They had never seen magic like that before. "Hmm, Lucy, hold my wand." Erza placed her wand in Lucy's hand, and commanded a successful requip back into her normal gear. "So magic still works without the wands. Wonderful news." Erza smiled taking back her wand.
"Um, excuse me but….What magic do you people use?!" The stumpy professor asked surprised. "Well we're all different. Master Makarov usually uses Titan Magic, which makes him grow in size. I use Requip Magic, also known as Summoning Magic. Levy here uses Solid Script Magic, or Letter Magic. Wendy specializes in healing, supporting, and wind magic. Mira excels at transformation magic. Natsu over there uses Fire Magic. Gray uses Ice Magic. Gajeel uses Iron Magic, and Lucy here uses Celestial Magic." Erza explained, placing a hand on Lucy's shoulder blade. "Celestial Magic?" The stumpy teacher repeated, knowing what the other magics do, but didn't exactly know what Celestial Magic was. "Oh, I can summon beings from different realms." Lucy explained, smiling. "Really? Mind giving us an example?" Dumbledore asked extremely intrigued. "Of course!" Lucy placed her wand down and took out her keys. "Open, Gate of the Canis Minor! Nickola!" A silver blue magic circle appeared and a little poof came out, revealing a timid little white creature with a golden pointed nose. "Pu pu pu!" It hummed. The teachers were very surprised. First summoning armour and now living beings? Impossible. "Ok Plue, I'm going to do an experiment. I'm going to send you back, OK?" Plue nodded and hummed before he disappeared. "Now, let's see…" Lucy placed her keys on a table and walked away from them, picking up her wand. "Open, Gate of the Canis Minor! Nickola!" Nothing. "Alright then. Let's try this." Lucy touched her keys and chanted again. This time Plue appeared at the end of her wand. "So I'll still need my keys." Lucy muttered. "I would summon Aquarius, but I think I'll do it later. I doubt they'd want a flooded office." Lucy sighed. 'Incredible! How does it work?!' The elf professor gasped.
"I'm sorry Professor Flitwick, but something doesn't sit right with me." Professor Snape sneered in that same monotone. "Why did Makarov decide to bring children along to this dangerous mission?" Snape realised. Lucy was about to open her mouth and explain the idiotic thing Natsu did, but was cut off by Hagrid walking in. "Actually, their seventeen. But for some reason, they reverted back to children. I was going to bring them to you in the morning, but then I learnt that they were the ones we were looking for." Hagrid explained coming in from the door. "Sorry it took a while. A few students sneaking around. Don't worry I dealt with it.." The teachers looked at each other in uncertainty and surprise. They had absolutely no idea what was going on or what to do. "And for some reason Erza, Levy, and Makarov aren't in this state…." Happy mumbled, climbing on Natsu's head. Erza then grabbed his tail and squeezed it tight, as she had told him before not to talk. Happy blew up his cheeks and hair stood on end, trying not to scream.
"Is that an exceed?" Dumbledore asked, quite intrigued with the blue creature. The visiting group looked up in surprise, wondering how he knew what an exceed was. "How did you…." Dumbledore smiled at Erza's question. "My father would tell me of these mythical creatures, such as dragons, exceeds, and even the demons of Earthland." Dumbledore explained as he walked over to the cat. "I've heard rumors that they could talk and fly, unlike the cats here in this world." He smiled, as he stroked Happy's head, which resulted in a purr. "Is that true?" Hagrid jumped in, excited about another mythical creature to study. "That's right. Master said that Percival loved to study mythical creatures. So of course his son would know about all this." Lucy remembered. Erza stood there thinking for a while, before coming to a conclusion. "Happy, Lily, Charla. You may talk in front of the teachers and Dumbledore, but not in front of anyone else. Understand?" She told them sternly. "Aye sir!" Happy yelled quite happy he didn't have to stay silent anymore. At least in front of the teachers. "Well I guess it's alright if they already know about this." Lily said, folding his arms. "Well if they're going to be our allies, then they have a right to know." Charla smiled. "Oh my!" Hagrid immediately picked the exceeds up and studied their structure and physicality. "A new magical creature! Mind if I study you?" Hagrid asked excitedly. "Umm...sure?" Lily said a tad concerned what he was going to go through. "Why do I have a concerned feeling about this?" Charla said also concerned. The teachers were also intrigued by the creatures. Dumbledore gave out a cough, telling them to get back on track.
"Back onto the subject, Happy did make a valid point. Erza, Wendy, Mirajane and Levy did not transformed into children, not to mention myself." Makarov said gesturing to the ones unchanged. "Is that so? Well, I'm sorry to say, but there is no way to revert you back to your normal states. However, I do know a spell that prevents growing, both in age and physicality." Dumbledore smiled. "What? Is there such a spell Professor?" Professor McGonagall gasped, turning around. "Oh but there is. It's a spell I took years to perfect. If the Ministry of Magic doesn't know about the spell, then it's not illegal yet." Albus said mischievously. "First, I need to ask you something. Did you eat or drink anything before the spell? Or was there something on your person?" Albus asked the women. "I don't believe we ate anything unusual. In fact we didn't eat anything all day." Levy nodded agreeing with Erza. "And I don't think I drank anything unusual." Mira muttered. "What about you?" Erza shook her head at Wendy's question. "We only drank water, and if that was the cause, then the others wouldn't be like this." Erza deducted. "Well, were we holding or wearing anything at the time?" Levy questioned. "The only thing we were holding was….." Wendy's mind flashed the necklace. The others realized that as well, and snapped their heads up, and looked at Makarov. "Hmm?" Makarov hummed. "The necklace!" They exclaimed together.
Makarov stood there shocked. He pulled the necklace off in a hurry and held it up. "So this prevented you from being reduced to a child." Makarov said stunned. "But gramps wasn't holding onto the necklace at the time, so how come he's still an old man?!" Natsu pointed furiously. Makarov extended his arm and largened his fist as he knocked Natsu on the head, a visible vein on his wrist. The teachers looked on, not surprised this time as Erza did explain which magic they all used. But they were still a bit jumpy about it. "I can explain that. I specifically asked for Makarov to come, so he is unaffected. Anyone else who came along would have been subjected to some side effect." Makarov nodded, agreeing to Dumbledore's theory. "Well, it's quite fortunate now. Five children and three adults will be more than enough for the mission." "Mission?" Wendy asked, the first hearing of this.
"Ah, yes of course. I should explain the mission. You see, there is a dark force at hand, pulling the strings in the darkness. There is a student attending this school by the name of Harry Potter, and there is no doubt in my mind that the enemy will target him, but I have no doubt that he will harm the other students in the process. Your mission is to go undercover and take out the puppet master whilst secretly protecting the students. Now be warned. You will be full on students for seven years, or at least until the puppet master has been dealt with. But do not worry. When you go back, the time in your world will reset, so you will be only gone for a second when you left." Everyone felt relieved when they heard that news. They didn't want to leave anyone behind for another seven years. The last time that happened, everyone suffered extremely badly. "But first…." Dumbledore readied his wand and cleared his throat. "Statue Tempus Septem Annis." A golden glow came off Levy, Wendy Mira, Erza and Makarov. Everyone else looked at the threem wondering what was happening. "It's so warm…" Wendy gasped. When the glow came off, Erza asked what had happened. "I paused your age and physicality for the next seven years, so that when you do go back, it won't be awkward that you look older than you were a second ago." Dumbledore explained chuckling. "If you do want the spell removed however, just come see me, and I will do so for you." Dumbledore smiled, everyone else smiling back.
"Now, I will assign roles to all of you. Erza Scarlet." "Yes sir?" Erza stepped forward, ready for her role. "You will be the teacher for a new subject. Summonings." "Yes sir." Erza said, and stepped back. "Wait, Erza a teacher?! No way, I can't go through that hell again!" Natsu mentally screamed, remembering when Erza taught him how to read and write. "And you will not eat, drink, or sleep until you've mastered them!" Natsu began to mentally cry, scared that he'll have to go through all of that again.
"Levy McGarden." Levy stepped forward, ready as well. "You will teach Runes." Levy nodded and stepped back.
"Wendy Marvel." "Y-Yes sir?" Wendy stuttered. "I was considering putting you as a student, however, I believe that your magic is something everyone must learn. Therefore, you shall be the new teacher of Healing and Support." Wendy was shocked by this position. "M-Me?! A teacher?!" Wendy gasped, pointing to herself. "B-But I'm too young to be a teacher!" Wendy argued against the Headmaster. "Not to worry. Most teachers here are over one hundred years old and still look quite young. You should have no problem, Miss Marvel." Professor McGonagall explained. Wendy nodded and bowed her head.
"Mirajane Strauss." "Sir." Mira smiled. "You shall teach the branch of Human Transfiguration magic. I think it would be a good opportunity for the students to learn disguises. You shall share the Transfiguration classes with Professor McGonagall." Dumbledore smiled. "It won't be easy, but I'll teach them." Mira smiled. "I have no objections." Professor McGonagall smiled.
"Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Gajeel Redfox, Lucy Heartfilia. The four of you will be students at the school. The Acceptance Ceremony was last night, but we can do it again for the four of you." The four of them nodded.
"And Makarov Dreyer." Makarov stepped forward, hoping for the most honorable role. "You will be another caretaker with Mr Filch. He is not here at the moment, but we will fill him in when the time comes." Makarov could feel his ego was a bit crushed. The mages stood to the side, trying not to burst out laughing. Makarov gave them all a sharp look, and they instantly stopped snickering. "I will be honored." He bowed and stepped back. "And one more thing." Everyone turned to Dumbledore once more to listen.
"In order to avoid suspicion, you must act like it is the first time you have ever met. If someone were to find out who you truly are, then the lives of the students and yourselves will be at great risk." Everyone stood silent for the moment, before Lucy spoke up. "Well, our ultimate goal is to protect the students. What good will that be if the cover is blown right away?" Everyone smiled at Lucy's way of viewing things. "That is true." Levy agreed. "I don't want anyone getting hurt. I think it's for the best." Wendy whispered, agreeing as well. "Alright, it's settled. We'll act like we don't know each other." Erza confirmed. "It's for the best." Mira said mildly sweet.
"Wonderful. Now, I believe we must introduce ourselves." Dumbledore stood up, tall and mighty. "I am Professor McGonagall. I teach Item Transfigurations and I am the Head of Gryffindor House." The witch woman said, calm and strong. "I am Professor Flitwick. I teach Charms, and I am the Head of Ravenclaw House." He said, a bit fast and pushed his glasses up. "I am Professor Sprout. I teach Herbology and Botany. I am the Head of Hufflepuff House." Professor Sprout introduced, bubbly as a tea cup. "I am Professor Snape, potions teacher, Head of Slytherin House." Snape explained, teeth gritted starting the new students down, not taking a breath. "Creepy!" Lucy shivered. "I'm Hagrid. I'm one of the caretakers here. I mainly tend to the Forbidden Forest. I look forward to working with you all." He said smiling, in a deep voice. "And I am Professor Albus Dumbledore. And I bid you welcome to Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."