Hi, everyone. So, I just wanted to say thank you to Ushindeshi and FireShifter for the awesome reviews on the first chapter and the allegiances. It's been such a blast writing this and I hope y'all like this chapter.
All the members of Fairy Tail groan as they come to. The first mage to speak is Laxus, who rises to his feet. The first thing he does is check his body to see if he's injured or not, noticing that, instead of standing on his two feet, he's now standing on four paws. "Um, hey, guys, this may sound weird to all of you, but I think that the anima we went through not only took us to another world but also transformed us into cats," he says, trying to walk around but he stumbles on his own paws and catches sight of something else on his body that scares the life out of him: a long-haired golden tabby tail.
Erza rises to her paws as well, she herself long-haired as well, her coat pattern a ginger tabby, but the most distinct feature is her missing right eye. "Indeed, Laxus," she agrees, her remaining eye a piercing amber. "It seems to be that the anima also changed our chemistry so that we don't have our magic in this world." She wobbles on her paws and stumbles around as well, nearly falling on her side.
"Erza!" Jellal yells, stumbling over to help her up. "Are you okay?" he asks, concerned for her as she leans against him. He keeps himself upright by planting his paws firmly on the mossy ground. He's short-furred and his pelt is dark gray, but he's also noticed that he's got forest-green eyes.
Natsu leaps to his paws, nearly falling flat on his face as he tries to get his balance. "What happened? Where are we?" he demands, his ginger fur bristling. Now a handsome male, his pelt is of the short-haired variety and his eyes, showing his anger, are a bright amber. "Whoever did this will pay for messing with the Fairy Tail Guild."
"Ugh," a long-haired yellow she-cat with a white smudge on her chest groans quietly as she comes to, having hit her head pretty hard. "Natsu, what's going on? Where are we?" she asks, lifting her head.
Natsu cocks his head. "Lucy?" he asks quietly, crouching down to press his nose into her neck fur. "I'm so sorry," he whispers, sitting down to let her sit up.
Lucy shakes her head to clear the dizziness. "No, it's not your fault, Natsu," she replies, leaning against him to keep her balance. "No one was prepared for this coincidence, so the best thing for us to do is to continue on and get a feel for our new surroundings."
Meanwhile...
A blue-gray she-cat with a white muzzle groans in disorientation as she opens her pretty amber eyes and looks around. She notices two toms to her left: one black and a bit bigger than her and the other a huge long-haired brown tom. She quietly sits up and, once the dizziness retreats, gets to her feet - or rather, paws. She takes careful, tentative steps as she slowly makes her way over to the two males. 'The black one ought to be Lily,' she thinks, pausing for a moment. 'Then that means that the other one is Gajeel.'
The big tom's ear flicks when he hears a twig break and he whirls around, his ears pinned back, hissing at Levy. "Who are you?" he demands, scaring Levy with his angry snarl plastered on his face.
Lily saunters next to the bristling male. "Calm down, Gajeel," he says in a deep, low voice. "Let the lady speak. She's probably a native."
Levy backs up a few steps. "Gajeel?" she asks in fear. "Lily?"
Both toms freeze. "Levy?" Gajeel says, his hostility instantly replaced by curiosity. "Is that you?" He pads forward slowly and sniffs her face.
Levy's eyes light up at the instant light of recognition and the two share a cat's version of a hug. "I was so scared that I'd lost you," Gajeel whispers as they butt heads softly, both of them purring.
Levy shakes her head. "You'll never lose me, Gajeel," she replies, grooming his ears. "Not now and not ever." She looks over at Lily, who's been sitting back watching the reunion. "Come on, Lily," Levy says, giving him a cat's hug.
"LEVY!"
Gajeel sighs in irritation at the familiar annoying voices of none other than the other two Team Shadow Gear members, Jet and Droy. "Oh, great," he mutters, sitting down next to Levy and wrapping his tail around his paws. "Today's gonna be a long day."
In another location not far...
A silver-gray she-cat with medium-length fur nudges a gray tabby tom with white patches and a small white she-cat to their paws. "Come on, get up," she says, the tom slowly getting to his paws with the white she-cat following suit. "We all hit the ground pretty hard."
The gray tabby tom blinks several times to try and clear the dizziness, shaking his head when he realizes that he has a slight headache. "Mira? Where are we?" he asks, looking around at his surroundings.
Mira shakes her head. "I don't know, Elfman," Mira replies, sitting back on her haunches as he sits up straight. "All I remember is the anima that pulled us in."
"Mira? Big brother Elf?" the white she-cat asks, sitting up and looking at the silver-gray she-cat and the gray tabby tom. She closes her pretty blue eyes and shakes her head to clear the dizziness. "Everything hurts so much."
Mira looks at the white she-cat empathetically. "I know, Lisanna," she replies, pressing her nose into Lisanna's neck fur. "We all hurt most likely because we probably fell from pretty high up."
Elfman sits down across from Mira and helps the silver-gray she-cat to get their sister to her feet. "Come on, Lisanna," he says, nudging her to her feet. "Let's try to find the rest of the guild."
At a central location from where everyone landed...
All the members of Fairy Tail are sitting in a clearing trying to make sense of what has happened to them. Erza is the first to speak up.
"What is our next move, Master?" she asks, looking at a dark-ginger tabby tom with white patches, gray eyes, and bent whiskers.
Makarov just shakes his head, just as clueless as everyone else is. "I don't know, Erza," he replies sadly, looking up at his guild that have all had the same thing happen to them, just as he has. "I'm trying to wrap my head around all this, just as all of you are. I really want to be the Master that you need me to be, but I can't when even I don't know where in tarnation we are. I'm sorry."
No one says anything to counter their master's apology because they're all trying to figure it out. Macao – now a big blue-gray tom with light-blue eyes – nuzzles his son Romeo – now a dark-gray tom with bright amber eyes – in comfort. Cana and Gildarts – now dark-brown (Cana) and ginger tabby (Gildarts) – sit next to each other, their faces sullen; Gildarts is too confused to do his normal behavior and Cana is too sullen to even think of scolding her father for his inappropriate behavior. Gray and Juvia press the tops of their heads together in comfort. Everyone has lost something when the guild was "removed" from Magnolia.
Erza looks at Jellal, who nods in understanding. She steps forward, looking at Makarov. "I know that all of us are trying to process a lot, but I think that I just might have an idea as to how we must plan our next move," she says, Makarov looking up at her when she says this. "With Master's consent, of course."
Makarov nods. "We're all willing to listen to what you have to say, Erza," he replies, looking at everyone else. "I don't think we have many, if any, options at the moment."
Erza nods. "I think that we need to find other cats that can teach us what they know," she says, looking at each member of her guild who are paying rapt attention. "It will allow us to survive in our new environment until we can figure out how to get back home."
The rest of the group erupts in a chorus of "Aye!", "Okay!", and "Let's go!". Erza nods and looks over at Makarov, Jellal next to him, and smiles at the two toms. Makarov nods proudly and smiles at his adoptive daughter.
Makarov meows loudly to quiet everyone down. "Alright, since the decision is unanimous, we start walking towards where we smell water," he says, using his new cat senses and smells for water. He finds a very big smell and looks at his guild. "Let's go," he calls, stalking off between two trees growing rather close to each other. The rest of the guild follows behind him in two lines.
Lucy and Natsu walk next to each other as they follow their master. "Natsu, how are we going to be able to get out of this situation?" she asks, looking at him as they continue walking.
Natsu looks at her, concerned. "Why should you be worrying about what will happen tomorrow or any of the days that haven't come yet?" he says, licking her ear in comfort. "Don't worry about what hasn't happened yet and just worry about how you'll make the most of today."
Lucy smiles and gives him a cat's hug, nuzzling her head into his neck fur. "You always know just what to say when it's needed," she whispers, purring low and then pads a little faster to talk to Levy; Natsu is left by himself to reminisce about his life back in Magnolia and how awesome it was: fighting bad guys and protecting the citizens of Magnolia.
Walking near the back of the group...
Gray and Juvia slowly saunter next to each other, the silence between them beginning to become awkward. Gray glances at the water mage who's now become a pretty long-haired blue tabby she-cat with gray stripes and mesmerizing light-blue eyes. Her face is the saddest thing that Gray's ever seen and he wishes he could say something to make her happy again, but it wouldn't work even if he wanted to since he's feeling pretty useless. He decides to not speak as he could dampen the already sour mood coming off everyone as they saunter along through the forest.
All while this is going on, a mysterious black cat watches the group of cats move rather loudly through the undergrowth and wonders how these cats can be helped. She climbs down from her hiding place and races back to her clan to tell them the news.
The Fairy Tail Guild begins making their way to where the four local Clans reside: Hawkclan – lives in caves on the Cliffs; Jayclan – lives inside burrows under trees with many tunnels connecting the larger communal areas; Iceclan – lives in a desert where snowstorms are frequent; and Larkclan – lives in a marsh where they make use of rocks or tree roots to travel. Unbeknownst to them is the big adventure that they have been inadvertently pulled into.
Hiya, everyone! So, couple facts I wanted to share. The four clans mentioned here are reminiscent of the four original Warriors clans in the very first Warriors book – all members of these four Clans are descended from eight Clan Cats who came from the original four Clans – and the cat mentioned at the end is one of my OCs named Birdpaw. Anyways, hope y'all enjoyed this chapter and I'll catch you in the next one.