It had been a few days since Kelekona joined the guild. A few days since she had woken up, but she was now allowed to leave the infirmary after spending those few days resting. She still had yet to fully come to terms with what happened to her sister and village, but with Bickslow as her constant visitor, speaking with him helped her to accept their deaths. Within those few days she had gotten to know the seith mage a little better. She picked up that he was rather goofy and only dressed the way he did to pretty much symbolise how he felt about the guild he called family. That aspect of him wanting to be a protector had her admiring the man and wished she had done a better job at protecting the ones she loved. A frown formed on her face as she put on one of the dresses MiraJane allowed her to borrow for the time being. I truly am a failure Elune. I couldn't even protect my own family from an attack on a race that used to be our allies so long ago, she thought as she let out a sigh and walked out of the infirmary bathroom to model for the girls that waited for her.
Bickslow had stopped in that morning to inform her that he and the Raijinshu were heading out on a job and should be back within the week. He had brought in a busty blonde and a white haired girl who look similar to MiraJane. It was only when he introduced the two girls that she found out that the white haired woman was actually the little sister of the head barmaid, Lisanna. The blonde was introduced as Lucy Heartfilia their residential celestial wizard. She knew she'd enjoy spending time with her and talking about the stars after hearing what her magical ability was.
She stood there infront of Mira, Lisanna, Lucy and Wendy in a purple dress with a corset like top and slightly poofed out skirt that went to her mid calves. The skirt flowed nicely as she walked the matching low heeled shoes she wore clicking across the tiled floor of the in firmary. The dress was strapless showing off the blue fairy tail emblem that she had placed on her wounded shoulder. She twirled to show off how the dress fit her curvasious form well. She was lucky she shared the same body shape as Mira otherwise this may not have worked out well.
"It looks great on you Kelekona, the color really compliments your hair and makes your eyes stand out more," Lucy said smiling. Kelekona had noticed that the light within the celestial mage seemed brighter than the rest of the guild members she had met which wasn't very many. She gave the woman a shy smile as the other three nodded in agreement.
"Lets get you down the stairs to meet the rest of the guild. They'll be so happy to hear we have a new member," Mira said and walked ove rto the door opening it as everyone filed out. The had just made it to the top of the stairs to head down to the first floor when the saw the guild master standing there with their back to them. He looked back briefly to see the elven girl and smile dbefore calling the guild attention.
"Quiet down you little shits, I have an announcement to make. I want you all to give a warm welcome to our newest member, Kelekona Autumnfire. She not from around these parts and I want you all to make her feel welcomed," he said as he motioned for Kelekona to come and stand next to him. At the mention of a new member the entire guild erupted in cheers, but they all slowly quieted down upon seeing the woman. Everyone stood there in amazement looking at her. Well all but one member in particular, his battle cry could be heard from above as he came in with a flaming fist ready for a fight. This startled the elven girl before her intsincts kicked in and she went into battle mode. Her silver gaze immediately became serious as she concentrated on her opponant and combined two of her attack into one. She used Typhoon to blow him away from her and mixed in her Hibernate spell within the wind of the Typhoon knocking the fire user out. Everyone watched the display before busting out in laughter as their fire dragon slayer fell to the floor in slumber.
"Hahaha you handled that pretty well. Sorry about Natsu. He tends to want to fight every new comer to the guild," a red haired woman spoke from the bottom of the stairs. "I'm Erza Scarlet. It's a pleasure meet you Kelekona and welcome to the guild."
"Come on lets get you something to eat," Mira spoke and grabbed Kelekona's hand leading her down towards the bar. Along the way she met the barmaid's younger brother Elfman and a rather drunk brunette sitting on one of the many table drink straight from the barrel. This had the elf thinking the woman would have given some of the soldiers from her village a run for their money.
"So what would you like to eat?" Mira smiled as she walked behind the bar. Kelekona gave her a warm smile before declining the offer of food.
"I'm sorry Lady Mira, but I'm just not hungry right. If you don't mind though, I'd like to take a look at the calendar," she spoke as the takeover mage continued to smile and took out the guild calendar for the elf to look at. "I figured as much." This statement had the people around her giving her quizical looks but the only one brave enough to ask was Lucy. The busty blonde had taken up a seat beside the teal haired beauty.
"What did you figure?" Lucy asked with genuine curiosity. Kelekona looked from the calendar to the celestial mage with a sad smile.
"My people would have begun preparations for tomorrow night's celebration of our goddess Elune. We celebrate her gift of love, light and life every month on the full moon. Since there is no time to begin the preparations because it literally takes a week to do, I'll simply have to do the ritual dance upon moonlight bathed hill tomorrow night. It's the least I can do for my people who were slaughtered for something that isn't even possible," she explained as those around her listened. The later part of her explanation had the hearts of those around her feeling sad and she could see the light within them dwindle a bit with the emotion. "Do not feel sad for me or my people friends. While the festivities is to celebrate our goddes, it's mostly to send off the souls of those we've lost to her loving embrace. They will be in a better place come tomorrow night."
"Why don't we help you prepare? I'm sure with everyone's help we can do our best to get the celebrations underway and have them all finished by sunset tomorrow," the soft voice of Lisanna came from behind Lucy. Kelekona turned to look at her in shock.
"That sounds like a fine idea Lisanna. We can combine her new member celebration with the one of her people. Why don't you just write down what all we need to do before tomorrow night and I can assigne everyone jobs to help get everything done and prepared," the more authoritative voice of Erza came through behind Lisanna. Their volunteering to make sure she didn't loose a part of who she was had tears start to well up in her silver hues. She was shocked that meer strangers were wanting to do so much to make sure she still remained true to her own religious beliefs and culture. A smile formed on her lips as she nodded her head and began writing down what all needed to be done before handing it off to the requip mage. Lucy thought this would be a good opportunity to take her shopping for an outfit for the celebrations. Mira on the other hand felt that a certain seith mage needed to be here to see the specktical. She had moved to the kitchen with a communication lacrima in hand. she proceeded to call Laxus knowing he would have possesion of it so she could relay the news to the entire team.
"Hey Mira, is everything alright?" came Laxus's voice. The takeover mage smiled and began to explain everything that had transpired.
"So do you guys think you can complete the mission and get back home by sundown tomorrow? I'm sure it would mean a lot to Kelekona to have you guys here in support, not to mention it would be quite the sight to behold for Bickslow," Mira said looking hopefully at the lacrima. Laxus let out a sigh and ran a hand through his blond hair. Mira couldn't stop her heart from fluttering at his action.
"We'll have to push throgh the night, but I think it would be possible. I'll relay the info to the team and call you when we're heading home," Laxus spoke. Mira gave her thanks and wished them goodbye and safe travels before disconnecting the call. She had a big smile on her face she left the kitchen to get started on preparations.