Alright, so far getting good responses for this story, so I figured I'd post a new chapter now, when the clock says Christmas starts up. Hope everyone enjoys this chapter as well as they did the previous ones.
Review responses
Taniano3000: Not a bad idea for the pairing to be Erza. Will definitely consider it for the future.
pokeheroaadyn: Thanks for the compliment, and I fully agree with you on how strong he is for the beginning. That said, I have seen other stories where the OC is probably even more OP, so I tried to downgrade the amount of power I wanted him to have. That said, using his eye's abilities too much will cause migraines, using his heart too much will cause him pain, and the bigger and more complex a construct he creates, the more it will tire him out and exhaust his magic until he gets more control. Any Lacrimas he tampers with can only be adjusted to be similar to what they were originally created from; he can't take one that spews fire and make it one that spews water. And any new techniques he attempts will also be difficult for him to use repeatedly. Let me know if you have any other ideas for how I can either improve or balance his magic, and hope you like what happens this time.
[At the Fairies' hotel in Hari…]
Lucy, body wrapped in a bathrobe and towel wrapped around her head flopped down onto her bed.
"Haaah, tonight had a little more excitement than I would have liked. What about you Erza?" She then looked at the redhead she was sharing a room with, who was similarly dressed.
"Indeed, tonight had much more action than I first anticipated."
"Yeah, no kidding." "I didn't think any of that stuff would happen." "Aye sir!"
Lucy then turned in anger at the trio of males playing cards in the corner. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU HAVE YOUR OWN ROOM!"
"But we're a team, so as a team, we have to sleep in the same room." Natsu says.
Lucy sighed in defeat as she cried. "Why do I even bother, he already breaks into my apartment."
She then went back into the bathroom to change in privacy, then came back out in pajamas. "Still, this is all so surreal. To think, Sora has been doing all this on his own for about 6 years now…"
The others all looked down in thought, as Gray spoke up. "Yeah, each of us found our way to Fairy Tail when we were young, so despite having problems of our own, we all had someone there to keep us going."
"To not tell anyone a single thing about you, not even your magic abilities…" Erza looked out the window at the night sky, knowing a little about what he's been through.
"Well that changes now." They all turned to look at the determined look on Natsu's face. "We know now, and there's no way in hell we're letting him go through this alone anymore."
They all looked at him, determined looks adorning their own faces as they all silently agreed. Eventually, they all got comfortable and started falling asleep.
The next morning, Lucy wakes up with arms stretching and a yawn. "Man, that was a good rest." She then sat up and looked at the rest of the room, seeing Erza in the other bed with the boys stretched out all across the floor, dropping her mood a little. "Oh yeah, they barged in here…"
After getting changed, she then went and looked out the window, taking in the beautiful scenery and the peaceful skies. Looking down at the streets however left her confused, as she saw some people running away in the street.
"What the?" She questions, looking for whatever was making the citizens run.
That was when Erza stirred, and looked confused as to what Lucy was doing. "Lucy, what's wrong?"
"The people are running away from something, but I can't see what it is."
They then heard what sounded like roars, and Erza immediately requipped out of her pajamas and into her usual armor as she jumped out of bed. She then quickly kicked the boys awake. "Get up! Now!"
"Aye sir!" Natsu and Gray exclaimed, jumping into a salute as Happy rubbed his eyes open with a tired smile.
As they all quickly ran outside and in the direction people were running from, they halted at the sight before them. Standing in the middle of the street were large creatures seemingly made of stone and shaped like humanoid lizards, each one standing about a story tall. They were marching down the street and smashing anything in their way, seemingly heading for the train station.
"What the hell are these things?!" Gray's exclamation catches the attention of the beasts, as their eyes flashed red before charging at them, eliciting a yell of terror from Happy.
"Whatever they are, they want a fight, and I'm more than happy to give 'em just that!" Natsu exclaims, lighting his fists up and charging. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He struck one of the creatures right in the chest, creating a burst of fire and smoke, before revealing the creature looking no different from before aside from a blackened chest. As Natsu looked in confusion, the creature backhanded him away and next to Gray.
"Let me show you how it's done Flame Brain!" Gray then slammed his fist into his open palm. "Ice Make: Lance!" As the barrage of ice hit the monsters, halting their advance, Gray let out a confident smirk. Only for it to shatter with his ice as the creatures simply smashed their way through.
Erza strode in front of them, requipping into her Heaven's Wheel armor. "Allow me to handle this." She then summoned several dozen swords and spun them in a circle, before sending them to the monsters. "Circle sword!" She managed to inflict a good number of wounds on the beasts, but no matter how deep the scratches were, they just kept walking as if they were paper cuts.
Lucy gulped nervously at that. "Okay, maybe this guy can take em." She then pulled out one of her gold keys. "Open! Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" The battle-ax wielding cow-man appeared from a flash of light. "Kick those things' butts!"
"Anything for you Miss Luuuucy!" Taurus called out in his accent and raised his ax against the nearest monster, taking an entire arm off. He and Lucy looked at the beast triumphantly as it stared at where its arm used to be, before glaring at Taurus with a roar.
"Oh come on, what does it take to bring these things down?!" Natsu yells angrily.
Erza examined the beasts before them cautiously. "These things must be golems of some sort. There must be someone, somewhere controlling them. We won't get anywhere simply trying to subdue these beasts."
"What do you suggest then?" Lucy asked, looking at the beasts somewhat nervously, staying behind Taurus.
Erza's answer was to requip into her Black Wing Armor, granting her more offensive power. "We'll need to go after them with the intent to kill. Hold nothing back against them until we find the one that controls them!
Natsu grinned maniacally at those words and burst into flames. "ALRIGHT, THAT'S MUSIC TO MY EARS! I'M ALL FIRED UP NOW!"
Gray then took off his shirt and gathered even more magic. "If we're going that far, then Ice Make," He then formed a large cylinder of ice and slung it over his shoulders, aiming it at the foremost creature. "CANNON!" He then fired a powerful blast of ice straight at the Golem, taking out its head and causing it to completely collapse. "Try to aim for their heads, seems to do the trick."
Natsu lead the charge from there, him, Erza and Taurus smashing and slashing at each Golems head, then moving on to the next one. Gray gave them ranged support with his cannon and made sure Lucy and Happy didn't get hit by anything. While they began their offensive, the Golems attempted to fight back by swinging claws and tails at the mages in front of them, and hurling boulders at the mages in back, but the mages of Fairy Tail were quickly gaining the upper hand.
After a while the Golems stopped trying to advance and even fell back a bit, something that confused the mages for a few moments, before they felt the ground begin to shake, the quakes getting stronger with each hit.
"Now what?" Lucy asks.
After a few more moments, her answer came as a stone giant about 4 stories tall rounded a corner and turned its gaze upon them. On its shoulder, they could see a man with shoulder length brown hair and a cruel look on his face and a bundle of some sort under his arm. "Oh, so you brats are the ones trashing my minions."
"Who the hell are you!?" Natsu exclaims.
The man smirked at them. "Call me Clay, and I have to thank you losers for making sure I could get what I came for." He then shifted the bundle, causing a part of it to fall away, revealing what was underneath.
Erza glared as they recognized what Clay was holding. "The Star Prism!"
Clay then re-wrapped the cloth around the Star. "When I had heard that a Star Prism was going to be displayed here, despite others being stolen twice before, I just knew I had to get at it before anyone else could. The value of these things seriously went up as collector's items when that happened, not to mention rumors that someone might have found a use for them other than being art." He then fixed them with an ugly smile. "Sure, someone else beat me to it, but imagine my surprise when I was walking by last night, about to go drink myself to sleep in frustration of being beat, and chanced to see a group of mages presenting this thing back to the curator."
"You bastard!" Gray sent him his own glare as the rest of the mages began to get angry, with Natsu practically snarling at the guy, completely on fire.
"Now then, if you little pipsqueaks would be so kind as to simply stay out of my way while I leave with the Prism and make my profit, I would greatly appreciate it."
"I don't think so you bastard!" Natsu yells, jumping at the man with a flaming fist. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Clay smirked from the shoulder of his golem. "Gigas, intercept" The giant the raised its right hand faster than they would have thought and took the attack in its palm, creating a spider-web of cracks across it. It then pushed Natsu back to his friends as the cracks bean to repair themselves before their very eyes. "I figured none of you would do so politely, so I guess this is the part where I exert a little leverage."
Gray narrowed his eyes. "What are you talking about?"
Clay then turned to the head of his giant. "Show them." The massive golem then lifted its left hand to where they could clearly see it, and they were shocked to see a civilian stuck in its massive grip. But none more so than Lucy.
"LORAL!"
The shopkeeper cracked their eyes open, then wide at seeing the mages. "Lucy! Help!"
"Let her go you scoundrel!" Erza orders angrily as the others get pissed.
Clay simply grinned. "Of course, as soon as I am out of town and you lot are nowhere in sight. But until then…" The Gigas then tightened its grip slightly, causing Loral to let out a cry of pain.
The mages looked at each other for several moments, uncertain of what to do.
At that moment, while he was laughing triumphantly, a small, clear yellow object flew in front of Clay, catching his confusion attention for a moment, before it burst into a bright light that blinded him and even affected his Gigas, shocking the mages and causing its rip to loosen around Loral for a moment, just before something hit it hard and shattered the hand. As Loral fell from the crumbling hand several stories up, she was grabbed bridal-style as her rescuer shot to the other side of the street and slid along the building, bypassing all of the smaller Golems and landing behind the Fairies. Turning to look at the newcomer, the mages saw an angry Sora, doled out in crystal Gauntlets, Greaves, and standing on his board with his left eye exposed to all.
"Sora!" Lucy cried out in happiness as the others began to either smirk or smile.
Sora then carefully put a shocked Loral on the ground. "Hey guys. A few Alert Lacrimas I set up around town let me know something bad was happening, so I hope you don't mind me jumping in."
"Not at all." Lucy smiles.
"You got here just in time." Gray smirked at him.
Sora nodded as he took in the Golems before him, and the annoyed look of the one controlling them. "So, anyone mind telling me what's happening?"
Erza nodded, quickly explaining everything that had happened since they got up. Sora narrowed his eyes as he took in the information, and looked straight at the thief. "So you're taking the Star this time? And took a hostage for good measure?"
Clay sneered. "Yeah I am. What of it?"
Sora narrowed his eyes in fury, while Loral and some of the people still in the area finally recognized the gauntlets and greaves he was wearing as being the same as the thief from last night. "S-Sora? What's…?"
"Loral." She stopped and looked at Sora's face, which hadn't moved from Clay or his Golems. "I will answer every question you have. But first, I have someone to teach a lesson to. Now please get somewhere safe, and take as many people with you as you can." Loral hesitated for a few seconds, before nodding and running off.
"Now then, you threatened a friend of mine asshole." Everyone then felt a menacing aura, promising incredible amounts of pain coming off of Sora, as he punched his palm and cracked his knuckles. "So now, I'm going to give you a piece of my mind!"
The Fairy Tail mages looked at Sora in surprise, feeling the magical power rolling off of him, Lucy and Happy slightly frightened by how scary he was at the moment.
Clay meanwhile just looked at him in mock fear. "Oh no, whatever will I do?" He then took a serious face and gave a command to his Golems. "Alright then, destroy them!"
As the Lizard Golems began to charge, the mages took battle stances once again, before stopping in surprise as Sora strode past the other mages and kept them behind him. "By the way Gray, you inspired this move." He then spread his legs into a firm stance, and held his arms out in front of him, hands closed and parallel to the ground. "Crystal Make," As the Golems were mere feet in front of him, he opened his hands, keeping them together at the wrist and palms facing the constructs. "Diamond Storm!"
A flurry of pebble-sized crystals then shot out from his palms at rapid speed, tearing apart the Golems like they were paper, turning every golem into rubble as well as the ones behind them. After a few seconds, all that were left were Sora, the Gigas, Clay, and the Fairies behind him, the later 2 groups with eyes wide open in shock and jaws nearly falling off their faces.
"Woah." Lucy and Happy breathed out.
"AWESOME!" Natsu cheers with starry eyes.
"Impressive." Erza states calmly, surprised at the power of the attack.
"He's good." Gray complimented with slight pride hearing that he was the reason for that devastating move.
Sora then shook his hands by his sides, a light sweat on his brow. "Damn, that had a lot more power to it than I expected. Guess I'll have to be careful about it and tweak it accordingly in the future. Now then…" He then turned to the Gigas, which had just finished repairing its left hand. "Help me with another experiment." He then knelt down with his left hand on the ground. "Crystal Make," Crystals then began to rapidly form and shape into a large shape that everyone instantly recognized. "Ballista!" The bow and bolt that formed with the construct then glowed purple, before Sora fired the shot. As it fired, the bow component was destroyed and the bolt was sent straight into the giant's left shoulder, detonating and getting the entire arm to start falling off.
Before anyone could cheer however, the arm then stopped falling, and began to float up and reattach itself to the shoulder. Sora, sweat on his brow from the new construct's creation, looked at the giant critically to try and see how it worked. Clay however, while a little flustered, quickly composed himself and sneered at the mage opposing him. "Nice try brat! My Gigas will repair itself no matter what you do! Take them down Gigas!"
The behemoth then brought up its good right arm and brought its fist down on Sora, who jumped back in time to dodge it, only the remains of the Ballista being destroyed. "I see. In that case," He then glanced back at the others now beside him. "You guys wanna help me bring that thing down?"
"Oh yeah!" Natsu exclaims, lighting his fists as the others gain their own look of determination.
As Sora gained a smirk, he leaned forward a bit. "Then let's kick this thing's rocky ass. Crystal Make; Water Board!" His usual board then manifested beneath his feet, as he then turned to Taurus. "Want a lift Mr. Cow-man?"
The spirit smirked before getting behind Sora with an arm on his shoulder, other arm holding his ax at the ready. Seeing the mages about to attack him, Clay turned to his Gigas in panic. "Stop them!" The golem then lifted its hands and gold-brown magic circles appeared, a series of stone projectiles shooting forth.
Sora surfed around the projectiles at great speed with Taurus smashing away the ones that got to close, while Happy carried Natsu through as he smashed everything that got in his way. Erza in her Black Wing armor did about the same as Natsu, and Gray created Ice Shields and Lances to keep projectiles away from him and Lucy while getting a few hits in of his own, eventually hitting the Gigas with enough ice that it was unable to move.
Seeing this, the others took their chance as Sora spun around, launching Taurus at the right leg and moving himself at the left leg with the tip glowing purple, while Happy took Natsu to the right arm and Erza went to the left. As each of them cleaved, smashed, and slashed clean through the 4 limbs of the giant, the ice across the torso and the intensity of the strikes kept the Gigas from repairing itself in time and it soon fell on its back as its limbs crumbled into nothing.
"Waaagh!" Clay landed in a heap as the Golem began to slowly repair itself. As he moved to get up, he felt a blade against his neck and looked up to see Erza holding a sword there, a look of fury on her face.
Meanwhile, Sora, Natsu and Gray had gathered on top of the Gigas' torso while Taurus went to make sure Lucy was alright. Natsu kept smashing away at the giant, watching the cracks he made repairing quickly while the other 2 tried to maintain the damage done by blocking the rubble trying to reattach with ice and crystal.
Natsu then roared in frustration. "Gagh! What does it take to make this thing stay broken!?"
"Not sure, but there must be some way to drop it for good. Anyone have any ideas?" Gray asked as he froze more rubble to the ground, seeing his ice start to crack already.
Sora looked about the golem, trying to come up with an idea, when he felt a sharp pain from his eye and knelt from the suddenness, hand covering it. "AGH!"
The 2 mages looked at him in concern. "You alright?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah, yeah, my eye's just been acting up since last night." He then opened his eye a little, fighting through the migraine that sprung up out of nowhere, blinked at what he was seeing, then widened his eyes in shock. "Oh no freaking way…"
Gray fired a blast of ice at some rubble that was starting to float up towards a shoulder. "What's up?"
Sora blinked again. "I think… I think I might be seeing THROUGH the golem right now!"
They both looked at him in disbelief at that. "Seriously?!"
"Either that, or I'm finally starting to go crazy. I'm going with option 1 for now." He fought through the headache, then spotted something around the center of the Gigas' chest. "And I think it might have helped me find found its weak point."
"Then just tell us where you need us." Gray says, blasting more rubble as Natsu let out a roar at some more, turning it to dust.
Sora nodded, wiping a bit of sweat off his brow. "You got it." He then held a hand up, creating a crystal spike up in the air. "Hit with everything you've got right… here!" He then dropped the spike as far as he could into the giant, reaching about a fourth of the way to where he found a gold and brown sphere.
Gray and Natsu took a look at it, then at each other, before smirking. They then jumped up, each preparing their attacks. "Ice Make; Hammer!" "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
As their simultaneous attacks hit the spike, it shot straight through the golem's chest, creating a massive spider-web of cracks along its surface, before it shattered and blew apart all across the street, the rubble no longer making any move to reform.
As people gathered to see the aftermath of the battle, the trio responsible for the final blow dug themselves out from the remains, giving each other victorious smiles while covered in dirt. Sora then started chuckling. "Hahaha, I knew it! You guys are awesome!"
"You're not so bad yourself!" Gray chuckles.
"Yeah, you were awesome dude!" Natsu cheers.
They all shared a few more laughs before they heard Happy flying over and Lucy and Erza walking up to them, a very beaten up Clay over Erza's shoulder. Sora paled slightly at how many bumps were coming from the top of his head, before shaking the thoughts away as Erza spoke. "Well done everyone. You finished off the golem rather effectively."
"Yeah, though it would have taken longer if Sora here hadn't found the weak point." Gray then smirked at the mage in question. "Guess he picked up a few new tricks."
Sora then rubbed the eye responsible. "Yeah, though I am still a bit surprised at how this thing was able to do that. Looks like I have a new skill to practice."
Lucy looked at him in mild surprise. "Wait, so your eye gained a new power?"
"Looks like. Though I am kinda worried about getting used to it. For the first few months of having this eye, it was pretty disorienting whenever it triggered telescopic vision all on its own. Now I'm a little more worried about what this one will do to me. Not to mention that this thing can give me migraines if I'm not careful about it." Sora rubbed his temple with a look of discomfort. "Seems like it's just a slight headache right now, but hopefully it doesn't take me too long to adjust."
"All the same, we thank you for your assistance Sora." Erza thanked him as she offered her free hand.
Sora took the hand to get to a standing position and shook it. "No problem." He then glared at the unconscious Clay. "That guy really pissed me off. You should never drag innocents into your selfishness."
The others sweat-dropped at his quick change in attitude as Clay let out a pain-filled groan.
Sora glared at him for a few more seconds, before shaking his head and calming down. He then took a look at some of the bystanders that saw him at work, including Loral who stayed close enough to watch, and let out a tired groan. "Urgh, this is going to be fun."
"Well, it was gonna happen eventually." Lucy says.
"Haaah… Doesn't mean I'm any less prepared for it. Loral is SO going to kill me for this." Lucy laughed nervously while Natsu and Happy laughed heartily, before the duo quickly shut up at the look Sora shot them.
Sora shook his head before spotting the bundle that held the Star Prism under some of the rubble. Quickly digging it out, he passed it to the mages. "Go get this back to the curator while I… speak, with Loral."
The mages nodded and walked off, Happy tossing him a "Good Luck!" much to the annoyance of the Crystal Maker.
Sora then turned around to see an angry Loral a foot in front of him. "Start. Talking. Now." Sora laughed nervously as he began to think about how to explain himself.
Sometime later, after the fairies had handed the Prism back to the curator, checking on the damage Clay had done getting it, and dropping off Clay with the authorities, they went to check on Sora.
They eventually found him with Loral at the magic shop, himself sitting in a chair behind the counter looking rather tired and Loral leaning against it next to him looking somewhere from annoyed to sorry.
"So, are you guys okay?" Lucy asks.
They both looked at them, not having noticed them enter, before Loral sighed and put a hand to her head. "I think so. I still can't believe he's a mage, let alone the one who was stealing the Prisms." She then looked back at Sora while gesturing to the contents of the store. "Though that does explain how good you are at all this." Sora rubbed his head nervously in response as he chuckled.
Meanwhile, Erza, Gray, Natsu and Happy looked about, seeing Sora's work for themselves. "Man, you weren't kidding about this guy's work. Hard to believe these were all done by the same person."
"I aim to please!" Sora says proudly.
Natsu then looked at him. "By the way, you figure out what your new gem-thingy was?"
"Oh yeah! Come here." He then got up and to the counter, everyone watching in interest. "Crystal Make; Amethyst Top." He then released a purple top that spun around, giving a faint glow, but otherwise doing nothing.
Everyone looked at it curiously, wondering what's supposed to happen, when Happy looked at Sora. "Sora, it isn't doing anything."
"Really? Huh. Mind picking it up for me?"
"Aye Sir!" Happy gave his usual cheer and reached to pick it up in his paws, only to be sent flying back quickly and into a wall when it burst, to everyone's shock and Happy's pain as he slowly slid down the wall upside down. "Owowowww…"
Sora held a hand to his mouth in a combination of slight regret and suppressed laughter. "S-Sorry, Happy. Heh, I didn't think it would be that strong, heheh." He then collected himself as Natsu picked up Happy and walked back over. "To answer your question, Amethyst appears to use "Force", in other words it's a type with high power." He then looked at the spot the Top was at in thought. "Though it apparently has a habit of being a one-shot-wonder. Haven't been able to make anything that works for more than one hit yet."
"Still, that's incredible." Sora looked at Lucy as she looked in wonder at where the top was. "Just one of those tops made Happy go off flying. Imagine what you could do with 2 or 3 of them…"
"While true, and definitely fun to think about what I can do with more, Happy is much lighter than a person. Might need more crystal mass or more concentrated magic in order to do the same to a person."
Natsu then got fired up at the thought. "Alright! Come on Sora, time for our rematch!"
Sora blinked for a moment, then started chuckling again. "Hehehe, maybe later Natsu. Kinda have a few things on my mind at the moment. Speaking of," He then looked at them with a serious face. "How is the situation with Clay and the Star?"
"Clay is now in the hands of the authorities, and the Prism is back where it belongs." Erza says. "We even managed to come up with an explanation for how the people saw you using magic, saying that it was the means of which you became so good of a crystal shaper, yet hating the spotlight and pressure that comes from being known as a mage. Hence why you only revealed yourself today."
Sora nodded. "Alright. Better than saying I was moonlighting as a thief, and at least Clay and the Star are taken care of." Sora then sat back down and leaned back in the chair, reaching a hand to his eye as it shifted from crystal to matching his right eye. "Though, now it's going to be a lot more difficult for me to move around unnoticed. Keeping my magic quiet is part of how I was able to do as much as I have, which means now it will be that much harder. Man, now what am I gonna do?"
The mages looked at each other, before Lucy had an idea. "Hey, why don't you join a guild?"
Sora looked at her and blinked. "Huh? Join a guild?"
"Yeah. If you did requests, you'd still be able to travel around, learning all you can about your magic and maybe even pick up a few new tricks. And if you had access to a guild's information, you might even find more Star Prisms than if you were simply going around and gathering rumors."
"Not to mention all the friends you'd make!" Sora turned to Natsu as he spoke up, and noticed that the rest of the mages were giving smiles of their own.
Sora looked back at the smiling faces of the mages, thinking about it. After a little bit, he looked down and closed his eyes. "I never really gave much thought to joining a guild. I'll need some time to think about it." He then looked back at them as he got up. "I think I'll head back to my place for now, I still need to work a bit on those Prisms."
Everyone nodded to him as Gray spoke up. "Want someone to keep you company?"
"Nah, I need some time to myself to think. The last 24 hours have been a bit crazy for me, I need some time to process it all. I'll see you guys later." With that, he left.
Loral let out a sigh when he was gone. "Seriously, that idiot really freaked me out with all this." She then turned to the others. "If I'd known that was him last night, I wouldn't have been so freaked when he stole the Star!"
Lucy put a hand on her shoulder in comfort. "Maybe he was scared that you wouldn't believe him, or you would turn him in?"
"I get that, but after all the business he's gotten me you'd think I'd garner at least a little trust."
"Maybe that's why." They all looked to Erza as she spoke. "He told you the full story, right? Even about his family?" Loral nodded. "Well, maybe he was worried of a repeat of history. Maybe he thought that if you did accept the truth, you might try to involve yourself somehow. And if something happened to you from there, then he would have blamed himself like he does for his family."
Loral held a hand to her head and closed her eyes. "So that fool was just trying to protect me? Jeez, he really is an idiot." She then shook her head. "Still, knowing him, I can believe it. To think, he's been dealing with all that this whole time…." She then fixed the mages with a serious look. "Hey, I need you lot to do something for me."
They all looked at her curiously, as Happy flew up and asked. "What is it Loral?"
She then smiled at them. "Take care of that idiot for me. I don't care whether or not he sticks with you all, but make sure at least that he doesn't get into too much trouble in the future."
They nodded, smiles on all their faces as Natsu and Happy answered for them. "No problem, we always take care of our friends!" "Aye sir!"
Loral nodded her thanks and they talked for a little while longer.
Several hours later, the mages had gathered for lunch at a diner in town before they were planning on going to check in on Sora, Natsu and Happy acting like gluttons once more to Lucy's dismay.
Shaking the thought out of her head, she turned to the others. "So, how do you think Sora is doing?"
Erza calmly continued to eat her own meal. "I'm quite sure he'll be alright. I believe he simply needs some time to think through all that's happened in the last 24 hours."
"Yeah, he's a tough dude. I think he'll be okay." Gray said.
"Thanks for the confidence guys." They turned in surprise at the unexpected voice to see Sora, who then quirked a playful eyebrow at how Natsu and Happy had been eating. "Wow, they always eat like that? Because the only time I've seen Natsu eat has been from my Ruby flames."
"His stomach could literally be a bottomless pit." Lucy says.
Sora chuckles a little at that. "Are you guys sure he's even human? Because I almost doubt that."
"Well, he was raised by a dragon."
Sora froze for a few seconds. "… Come again?" He then turned to Natsu, expression unmoving. "You. Raised by Dragon. Seriously?"
Natsu took a break from eating and grinned. "Yep! Igneel's the one who taught me my magic!"
Sora just blinked, before laughing hard. "HAHAHAHA! Oh MAN! And here I thought you guys couldn't get any more interesting!" He then chuckled a little more as he dropped a bag he had with him and pulled up an empty chair.
"So how are the fake Prisms going?" Gray asks.
"First of all, they aren't fake Prisms, they are 100% authentic. People just won't be able to tell the difference from one to another so they are more like replacement Prisms. As for my progress on them, I actually finished them last night."
They looked at him confused. "Wait, if they were finished already, why'd you leave?" Natsu asks.
Sora chuckled a bit. "Haha, sorry. I was just hoping to pack up on my own." Sora then nudged the bag with his foot. "It's about time I left town again, and needed to set some things up for while I was gone."
"You're leaving?" Lucy asks.
"Yeah, best to do it now before people began to question about whether or not I was the thief from last night. I do not feel like playing 20 questions with the entire town, hahah. I even gave Loral permission to use my place while I was gone, so long as she kept it quiet and took care of it. I put a lot of work into that place after all, and I need to be sure my family will be alright, seeing as I don't know when I'll be back."
"Where do you plan on going?" Happy asked from his position on a plate, half-eaten fish in his arms.
"Before I tell you that, can you tell me how far it is to Fairy Tai?"
"Um, just about 4 or 5 hours by train." Lucy says, making Natsu go green. "Why?"
"Hmmm…" Sora then leaned back and rubbed his chin with his hand. "Now why would a mage be asking for the location of a mage guild?" He then sent them a playful look.
They all looked at each other in thought for a moment, before Lucy gasped. "You mean…?" She trails off in shock.
Sora then grinned widely in response. "Think Fairy Tail would have me?"
The other mages widen their eyes, realizing what they were talking about. "You're going to join Fairy Tail!?" Natsu exclaimed.
"Hahaha, give me a reason not to! After all, I already have fun with you guys. Why not try my luck with the rest of your guild?"
Happy, Lucy and Natsu cheered, excited about a new person joining Fairy Tail, while Gray and Erza simply smiled. Sora smiled brightly with them, before grabbing a menu. "Now then, I really did put in a lot of work last night, not to mention the craziness of this morning. So I think I'll order something myself."
They then proceeded to eat for a little while longer, accompanied by light conversation, and they were later ready to take the train into Magnolia. As they were boarding the train, Sora looked over to a nervous Natsu. "Is he going to be alright? I am fully aware of his motion sickness after all."
"He's like this all the time when he gets on a train." Happy says as they got on the train.
"Okay then." Sora then found them a booth on the train and they all took seat on it, Lucy, Gray and Happy on one side, Sora, Erza and Natsu on the other, Sora and Happy at the window seats. "So, got any other fun stories to tell me?"
A while later…
"HAHAHAHAHA! You guys took an S-class quest WITHOUT PERMISSION?! HAHAHA!" They had been talking for most of the trip, letting Sora know about the sorts of things he should expect about the guild members and telling them about the different things they've done. They were just telling him about their trip to Galuna Island when he busted out laughing at their stunt. "I know I said you guys might be crazy, but this takes the cake!"
Lucy raised her hand. "In my defense, I tried to tell them no, but they knew exactly how to rope me into it."
Gray then raised his hand. "And Natsu literally tied me up with rope and tossed me in the boat when I tried to bring them back to the Guild Hall."
Sora chuckled some more and turned to Erza, who had the suffering Natsu lying in her lap. "And where were you in all this?"
"It took me a little time, but I eventually found a boat and tracked them down. Though at that point it was too late for me to simply stop them, so I helped them wrap things up before bringing them back for their punishment."
Aside from the green Natsu, the others paled slightly at the recollection while Sora laughed again. "Hahaha. Oh man you guys are awesome. I now know for certain that things won't get boring hanging out with you lot."
Soon, they pulled up at the Magnolia station and began to disembark, Sora and Lucy working together to haul a sick Natsu off of the train.
A/N: And that's a wrap! Starting in the next chapter, Sora will be a part of the regular story line. Feel free to tell me how I did, and allow me to give a shout-out to FanficCrossoverMaster15 for helping me plan out Sora's introduction to the Fairy Tail story line.
Also, I intend to only focus on events that occurred in both the manga AND the anime, since some of the "filler" arcs and episodes weren't to my liking. That said, I may occasionally mention some of the events that were comedic or awesome enough for me to include in this story, but please don't demand too much from me.
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