Chapter 12

In a land far, far away lies the kingdom of Fiore, a small, peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest, one from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name... is Fairy Tail.

The Fairy Tail guild hall has been calm as of late after the completion of the mission to destroy Nirvana and defeat the Oracion Seis. Dakura is standing at the mission board looking for a mission, along side Nab who was standing there not taking a mission. Dakura kept looking for a while before grabbing a flyer and taking it over to his team. His team consisted of Kaito, Abigail, and him, Abigail decided to join their team because during the Nirvana mission Kaito and Dakura helped her out.

"Here how about this one?" Dakura asked as he held up the flyer so his team mates could read it.

"Hellebore town, huh? I heard it's relatively nice this time of year. That, and there are quite a few species of insect and arachnid in that area that interest me." Kaito stated after giving the flyer a once over.

"Yeah, and the pay is plenty enough to split between the three of us. Also the job doesn't seem to difficult. We only have to get rid of some monsters that are disturbing the town. We should be done within a week's time." Dakura stated as he grabbed the flyer and started to head over to Mirajane to select the job.

"Hey Mira we'll take this one." Dakura said to the barmaid. Mira just nodded to Dakura saying that she understood. Dakura then walked over to his teammates to get ready to depart.

"OK we are all ready to go." Dakura stated to his teammates.

"Alright to the train station." Kaito shouted with a smirk at his friend, accompanied by an odd glint in his eye. Dakura sulked and accepted his fate.

"What is going on?" Abigail asked.

"Dakura here along with other Dragon Slayers get motion sick when on moving vehicles." Kaito explained to Abigail. Abigail made a 'oh' face and looked sympathetically at Dakura.

"Come on let's just get this over with." Dakura sighed as he sulk-walked to the train station with his team mates following behind.

(Two Hours Later)

Dakura and his team is seen standing outside the Hellebore train station. Dakura was on the ground in a heap because of the motion sickness. Kaito and Abigail look down at him with a sweat drop on their faces because of how their friend was acting. After Dakura composed himself the team of mages headed into town to talk with the mayor about the job.

"This is strange. For a town that is being attacked by monsters the people seem pretty calm." Dakura pointed out. Kaito and Abigail looked around and noticed the same thing. The people didn't seem worried that there were monsters attacking. The three mages sped up their pace to reach their destination faster so they could get out of this town quickly. When they reached the city hall the mayor was sitting outside enjoying the day. When the mayor, a short man with a balding head of black hair, noticed the three mages he perked up and quickly met them halfway.

"Hello wizards and welcome the Hellebore town. I am the mayor of Hellebore town, though most people call me Pelagios Cropper. I believe you are here for the job request I sent out correct?" Pelagios asked the three mages. The Fairy Tail wizards shared a creeped out look and turned to the man.

"Yes we are here about the job request you sent out. You said that monsters were disturbing the town?" Dakura questioned. The mayor gained a worried look and looked around worried someone might be listening.

"Not here we will talk inside my office." Pelagios instructed as he started leading the confused mages to his office.

"This seems to be standard procedure with this type of mission." Kaito remarked for no true reason. When they entered the mayor's office he sat down at his desk, gained a serious look, and looked straight at the three mages.

"The people do not know of the monsters, as The police force of this town were thankfully able to keep them away from the citizens, but the monster activity has increased and they are no longer able to hold them back, and that is where you come in. You deal with the monsters, and if you make sure that they are gone for good, I'll triple the reward money." Pelagios explained seriously. The three Fairy Tail mages jaws dropped to the floor when the mayor said that he would triple the reward money. Kaito was the first to compose himself and quickly got to business.

"Tell us where the monsters are located and we will remove them as quick as possible." Kaito said. His words had woken up Dakura and Abigail and they quickly composed themselves and nodded along with Kaito.

"If you are able to do this you have my gratitude. I did not tell the citizens because I didn't want them to panic. Please hurry and take care of these monsters. I will have my chief of police take you to where the monsters are located." As the man said that, a woman with flowing black hair wearing the typical police uniform walked into the room.

"This is Liz Haakonsson. Could you take these three to the site for their mission?" The man continued as he motioned to the newcomer.

"I don't see how they fare any better than the previous teams that were sent in to take care of the problem. When you told me members of Fairy Tail were coming, I expected the Titania or at least Salamander, not these no-names." Liz stated with an edge of hostility to her voice while motioning to them.

"Hey! These 'no-names' helped take out Nirva-mph." Dakura started, but was interrupted by Kaito putting his hand over his mouth.

"Heh, sorry about him, he tends to run his mouth. Isn't that right, Dakura?" Kaito said with a forced smile towards the two.

"I still think I am more powerful than my younger sister." Dakura muttered out under his breath.

"Anyways, we should really get going to the mission site, yes?" Kaito inquired of the woman, who just humphed in annoyance before leading them towards the location, the town crypt.

"Good luck you three, you're going to need it." Was Liz's parting message as she walked back towards the town.

"Soooooo, who's going in first?" Kaito asked the other two, as they gained sweatdrops on the back of their heads at his blunt question.

"Shouldn't the one with the nightvision be in the front?" Abigail inquired, motioning to Dakura."

"Hey, your right! Dakura, you've been volunteered to go first!" Kaito said with an oddly cheerful tone to his partner and friend.

"Of course. You two so owe me once we are done with this." Dakura grumbled out as he started walking into the crypt. Dakura pulled out his shotgun so if anything jumps at him he can shoot at a moment's notice. As the three mages walked further into the crypt, they couldn't shake the uneasy feeling they all had. Once they entered a larger room from the rest they noticed movement all around them in the darkness.

"Guys you might want to prepare yourselves and Kaito put some glow bugs around to room so you can see. We have company." Dakura stated as he shot a normal slug into the darkness. Kaito quickly used Flame Beetle Chitin Blade as well, causing their surroundings to light up from the flame. In front of them in a pit was a horde of humanoid creatures, however they were mummified and had small bits of armor on their shoulders and wielded massive blades.

"What. The hell. Are those things." Kaito said with a disbelieving look, while Abigail had a distant look to her eyes. When they refocused however, she let out a scream of terror yet didn't run.

AN: Another chapter done. Sorry about the long wait for an update(rhymes). My grandfather passed away and I started another fanfiction called Son of Hera's Rage. Blueghast started another called A Dimensional Convergence while I was unavailable. We are still accepting OC's for villains in this arc. Favorite, Rate, Review. Until Next Time. See Yah! -Rage721

BN: Hey everyone, sorry for the SEVERE delay, we've been busy with other projects, such as A Dimensional Convergence on my part, and Son of Hera's Rage for Rage, among other things. At any rate, we still are accepting OCs for this arc until the next chapter is posted, as we will reveal the chosen villains from the set the chapter afterwards. There will be a short lay-over between the posting of Chapter 13 and the actual decision, however we do hope to get more OCs by then. As always, Read, Rate, Review, and Favorite. Blueghast900, Signing off.