The next day, Harry and Ron sat together at the breakfast table in silence, slowly eating their breakfast. "Morning boys." Hermione greeted them with a smile. She got no response. "Harry, Ron, are you alright?" Ron looked at Hermione, wanting them to answer her question. "Hermione, did you ever read anything about blue cats?" Hermione was shocked a bit by Ron's question. "What do you mean? Blue cats? There are no blue cats in the Wizarding World, let alone the Muggle World. Why?" Hermione asked, as she sat down. "Natsu has a natural blue cat." He continued. Hermione lifted an eyebrow to this statement. "Really?" She asked, not fully convinced. "Yeah! He does! He said he found Happy in a forest!" Ron argued with her. "Happy?" Hermione repeated. "That's the cat's name." Harry clarified. "Right…" Hermione slowly said, and got up to move seats. "We're not lying! Ask Natsu yourself!" Ron pleaded. "Speaking of which, where is Natsu? I thought he came down with us. When did he slip away?" Neville asked looking around. "Come to think of it, where are the new students?" Hermione looked around, not seeing them anywhere. "Where are they?" Semus questioned.
"Why do we have to skip breakfast, I'm starving! And I hate these uniforms, they're too big!" Natsu whined, walking through the halls with Lucy, struggling a bit with his uniform. Happy had his casual 'That's-Natsu-for-ya' look on his face as he walked on all fours in between Lucy and Natsu. "Look, Master said this was important. We have to meet the others on the fourth floor. And that's the regulation here. If we want to blend in, we must wear the uniform." Lucy sighed and scolded. 'Where are the others?" Natsu asked innocently. 'They're all making their own way there." Lucy sighed, turning into the tower of moving staircases. "Eek! No way am I going on those death staircases!" He said confidently. "Natsu, stop being so stupid. Now let's go." Lucy said, a bit annoyed. "But I don't wanna!" Natsu whinged. "Natsu!" Lucy snapped. "No!" Natsu stubbornly decided, folding his arms and pouting his face. "Natsu, stop being a child!" Lucy snapped. "No!" Natsu denied and hugged the rippled marble column close to the door, refusing to move. "Why don't I just fly him up?" Happy whispered to Lucy. "No, we can't risk anyone seeing you fly. At least not yet." Lucy reasoned to Happy. "I don't wanna get sick! There's no way I'm going into that hall of death and despair!" Natsu whined, still hugging the column, and kicking his feet. "Alright Natsu, you asked for it!" Lucy rolled up her sleeves, grabbed his legs, and started to pull. "Natsu! We are going, no excuses!" Lucy argued, her face strained from the pulling. "No!" Natsu refused. "Stop. Being. Such. A. Baby!" Lucy gritted irritated, pulling Natsu with her shoulders. "No!" Natsu repeated. "Natsu! Stop it! Do you want a scolding from Erza?!" Lucy questioned, hoping that would give Natsu the motivation to let go. "I don't care!" Natsu blurted, still whining like, well, a kid. "Geez! I guess the spell didn't reverse just your physicality. Now stop your complaining and let's go!" Lucy commanded, giving one big pull. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" Natsu cried, clinging tight to the column.
"Natsu! There you are!" A female voice close by ran towards the bickering couple. "You guys!" Natsu said, with surprised. "We were wondering where...you….were…." Hermione trailed off as she stopped in her tracks, Ron and Harry stopping behind her. "What are you doing?" Harry asked, extremely confused why the new Ravenclaw girl was pulling Natsu, who was clutching the column. "O-oh, he's just refusing to go up the stairs is all." Lucy explained, smiling sweetly, still clutching Natsu's ankle. "I see….You're Lucy right?" Harry asked her, lifting an eyebrow. Lucy just smiled and nodded. "Lucy Heartfilia, nice to meet you." Lucy introduced to them, extending a hand.
"Hermione Granger."
"Ron Weasly."
"Harry Potter."
"A pleasure to meet you all." Lucy smiled, her hand going back to Natsu's ankle. "So Lucy, do you know Natsu?" Harry asked, looking at Natsu. "U-Um…." Lucy rattled her brain. If she said no, then they would wonder why she was pulling him. If she said yes, then they could both be automatic targets if one of them was caught with something. She was silent for a full six seconds. She had to say something. Anything!
"We're engaged."
Silence. "...WHAT?!" All three students exclaimed, mouths dropped. "Wait a minute wha-" "Just play along." Lucy said in a low soft voice, towards the surprised Natsu. "W-well you see, we both come from prestigious families, and before we were born, our parents made an agreement for us to wed when we were old enough. Even though I'm a half born, my father still insists on keeping the tradition. So my father and his business partner decided for us to wed once they found out he was a boy. This is actually the first time we've met. " Lucy lied, but due to her sweet innocent voice, you wouldn't be able to tell. "We were actually just gonna go talk now. Come on Natsu!" Lucy gave Natsu another pull, but he was still denying to go up the moving stairs. "Ok, that's it! Stupefy!" Lucy snapped out her wand and pointed the tip to Natsu, who flopped down, dizzy and blacked out. Lucy sighed and held her hand to her forehead. "Honestly. I've never met anyone so thick headed. Are you really going to be my husband?" She sighed. She pointed her wand at Natsu again, and chanted the word; "Mobilicorpus" Natsu's body began to float at the tip of Lucy's wand, surprising everyone around her. The new kids hadn't even started class and the first years never even learned about these spells yet. "Sorry to cause so much trouble. He'll be in the main hall soon!" Lucy waved at the surprised trio and began to walk up the stairs. "Come on kitty! I'm sure your master would want you there." Lucy smiled at the blue cat, who was quite shocked that Lucy knew such a spell. "M-meow!" Happy stuttered as he followed Lucy. Hermione's eyes sharply widened as she witnessed Happy climb up the stairs. "See, told you he was blue." Ron whispered with an 'I-told-you-so' tone of voice.
"Lucy, where did you learn those spells?!" Happy asked, really in shock of what happened. Lucy smirked and told him; "In our Common Room, we have lots of books. Last night I read a Dictionary of Spells." Happy ohed in understandment. "So what other spells do you know?" Happy asked curious. "There is another one I know, but I'll show you later. I only remembered these spells cause I had a feeling I would need them. Especially for Natsu." Lucy explained. "I guess…" Happy muttered. "Speaking of Natsu, are you guys really engaged?" Happy provoked, a cheeky smile on his face. "I knew it! You loooooove him!" Happy teased. "Shut up! I am not! I couldn't think of anything, so I had to lie." Lucy blushed. "Sure, and I'm not blue." Happy teased some more. "Shut it, or I will kick your face in cat!" Lucy snapped.
"Right, just another few flight of steps and we should be there. Now…" Lucy set Natsu down on the balcony floor and cleared her throat. She prepared her wand once more, and chanted the other spell; "Aguamenti!" A strong stream of water shot out of her wand and directly into Natsu's now awake face. "Cough cough! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" Natsu immediately yelled. "You were unconscious. I had no choice." Lucy reasoned. "You could have just shook me. And what's this about us being engaged?" Natsu asked, folding his arms. "That was a lie of course. If you only agreed to go up the stairs in the first place, then maybe we wouldn't have bumped into them, and I wouldn't have to say that!" Lucy scolded. Natsu groaned as he got up, and shook himself like a dog until he was dry. "Anyway, since we're here I guess there's no turning back." Natsu muttered in his cute voice stomping up the stairs. "Let's go, or Erza will be mad." Natsu simply said, walking up the stairs. "Oh, so now you're worried about Erza." Lucy muttered angrily. "Course she's scary!" Natsu quivered. "You had no problem before!" Lucy argued back. The two began to bicker while walking up the stairs. "Two minutes in and they're already acting like a married couple." Happy sighed, following them up.
"Where are those two?" Erza said quite irritated, tapping her foot. "They were supposed to be here ten minutes ago." "Natsu I can understand, but Lucy?" Gray muttered under his breath. "Maybe Lucy bumped into Natsu." Wendy suggested. "Maybe." Gray sighed. "Is something wrong master? You seem a little tired." Mira asked, noticing that Makarov had baggy eyes and a hunched back. "Oh nothing. Just didn't sleep well is all." Makarov sighed, rubbing his eyes. "So sorry we're late!' Lucy ran up the stairs, Natsu and Happy running behind her. "Where were you two?" Erza asked sternly. "We had a bit of a run in with Harry and his friends. Also Natsu's motion sickness." Lucy explained, a bit ticked off when talking about Natsu. "How did you avoid Harry?" Both of them froze after Gray popped the question and looked at each other awkwardly. "Oh my! I hope you didn't pull off the excuse Evergreen and Elfman did during the S-Class exam." Mira smiled jokingly. Lucy froze for a bit, then vigorously looked at each Natsu, who was sitting there in a daze, then at Mira. "W-w-why would you think that Mira?! We're just friends, nothing more!" Lucy said, flustering her arms, her face red with embarrassment. Mira giggled at Lucy's actions.
"Right, enough stalling. Why are we here Master Makarov?" Erza asked,wondering what Makarov wanted to talk about. "And why during breakfast?" Natsu whined. "Because I have a surprise that I must show you as soon as possible, as it will benefit to our mission. Come with me." Makarov smiled mischievously, and gestured to him to follow. The others followed him in sheer curiosity. They eventually stopped at a large painting, the main subject a brown haired girl, tied in a high bun thin streaks of her hair draping on the sides, reading a book. "Oh hello everyone!" She smiled and closed her book. "Hey, you're that painting I met last night!" Lucy pointed at her surprised. "Oh, hello again! How are you fitting in?" The girl asked. "Oh, I'm fitting in fine." Lucy replied smiling. "Master Makarov, why did you want us to come here?" Mira questioned, wondering why Makarov wanted to show them a painting. "Oh yes! I suppose Makarov would have wanted to surprise you." The girl stood up and placed her book on the chair. "Well then." She closed her eyes as she reached up to her bun, then let her hair down. As her hair flowed down, the roots turned from a bold brown, to a pasty blond. Her long black victorian dress, became a pink frilly short skirted dress, angel wings flashed upon her head. She opened her eyes and gave a smile. "Surprise!" She yelled gleefully, hands in the air.
"Master Mavis?!" Everyone yelled in confusion. "Hey everyone!" She smiled. "Master Mavis, what are you doing here?" Erza asked, quite fazed about the sudden addition to the party. "I asked Albus if he could add Master Mavis as a painting for multiple reasons." Makarov explained, before handing over to Mavis. "First, it's easy to move from painting to painting within the school, therefore making it an excellent spy technique. And secondly, behind this painting is a special room Dumbledore created just for you, and I am the guardian. Only those who bare the Fairy Tail Symbol may enter, and I can give special permissions to non-Fairy Tail wizards if the need should be." Mavis smiled. "Ah, that's right, you guys are missing breakfast! Well, Dumbledore's prepared a special breakfast for all of you! Please come inside." Mavis stepped to the side, and gestured her arm to come inside. "A special breakfast! Alright!" Natsu yelled gleefully, and jumped straight in, leaving behind a ripple effect. "Oi! Leave some food for us!" Gray called out, he and Gajeel following in after Natsu. "I can smell it from here! Smells amazing!" Wendy awed, and ran in. "Well, I am getting hungry. We'd better get in before everyone else finishes eating." Erza smiled, and walked in, Levy and Mira following in agreement, the exceeds walking in calmly after them. "You going in Lucy?" Makarov asked her, standing beside Mavis. "Oh yes. I just need to check a few things first." She smiled, as Makarov nodded and walked in. Lucy looked around, making sure no one was watching them. "Don't worry Lucy. The paintings are in on the mission as well. I'm using Telepathy on them right now, and they say no one is following you." This made Lucy feel better, and walked up to the painting. "Go on Lucy! I'm sure your fiance is waiting." Mavis teased her. Lucy began to blush, and stepped back. "H-h-h-h-how did you know that?!" Lucy stuttered. Mavis giggled and whispered. "Just a hunch." Lucy giggled nervously. "Don't worry. I know it's not true. I'll keep it a secret." Mavis winked. "Now head on in. I'm sure everyone's waiting." Lucy nodded, and hopped on in.
Lucy felt very weird while going through the painting. It felt like she was being coated by a series of colours, but she also felt a sea of cleanliness. Once Lucy came through, she was taken away by the room. The room was an octagon shaped, and had a big round table in the middle, covered with food, fire, and metal. Natsu, and Gajeel stuffed their faces with their respected elements, while the others had delicious foods, such as bacon, croissants, cream buns, and chocolate eclairs. The room was lit up by the fireplace, surrounded by cosy chairs and sofas and coffee tables. Bright rays of the arch windows also warmed the room up. There about five levels of the room. The first three floors were supported with balconies overlooking the main room. "This place is amazing! I wonder what's up there…" Lucy wondered. "Welcome to the Fairy Tail Meeting Room." Mavis smiled, appearing in a body sized painting. "Thish plash ish aweshome!" Natsu mumbled with all the food in his mouth. "I'm glad you think so Natsu." Mavis smiled. "Uh, Mavis, if you're here, then who's out there?" Lucy asked, pointing to the entrance. "An illusionary substitute." Mavis smiled. "Now, the first the first balcony are books on everything we need to know about the Wizard World. The second balcony are records on all the students and teachers of Hogwarts, both past and present. The third floor is books on the Muggle World." Levy and Lucy smiled gleefully, knowing there were tons of new books to read. "Now please go to the fourth floor." Mavis smiled.
"Woah! What is this place?" Natsu cooed, looking around the extremely spacious room. "This is the Training Area. Here, we can practice both our magic, and this world's magic." Mavis explained through the painting. "Now let's move upstairs to the the fifth floor, and personally my favourite room." Mavis smiled. The fifth room was a glass dome, and barren. "Alright, now, say who you'd like to see." Mavis explained. "Uh ok. Show me Albus Dumbledore." Lucy called out. The dome began to mystify around the group. The next thing they know, they were standing in Albus's office, watching him work. "This room can tell you who is doing what at the moment. The bonus is that they cannot hear or see you." Mavis smiled. Albus then looked up and smiled. "Ah, the Fairy Tail students." He said warmly and stood up. "I hope you're enjoying the little hideout I have provided. I assume you're wondering how I know you're there. Well, let's just say that magic can work in mysterious ways." He explained warmly. Makarov chuckled at Albus's boldness, and knowledge. "I expect no less from the son of Percival." He smiled. "Indeed. Albus is very clever indeed." Erza smiled.
"Well, it's almost time for the school day to start. You'd better go down to the main hall and get ready." Albus smiled, before the room disappeared, and the normal glass dome came back. "Dumbledore's right. You wouldn't want to be late on your first day. Our first meeting will take place here at Seven tonight. I'll see you then." Mavis smiled, as she dismissed them all.