A/N: After a long hiatus (for the lack of a better term, I am pleased to finally get something going.

Below you is the prologue to my newest project, an SYOC Fairy Tail guild fic, Wyvern's Keep.

Big shout-outs to MyDearWatson and Dreadburner94 for not only inspiring me to even do something like this, but also for the advice I got in planning for the future of this fic. Secondary shout outs go out to the Discord peeps (Ben, Grim, Muse, et cetera) for the well wishes and also letting me bounce ideas of y'all!

There will be a note after the end so stick around to read how to submit OCs for the story and all that good jazz there!

Enjoy!


January 23rd, X784, 1 year before Present Day
1 month after the destruction of Tenrou Island
The Skies Above Maplewood Town, Fiore

"Man, I can't believe you finally got it working! This is….SO COOL!" A young, masculine voice yelled, the last part echoing loudly throughout the night's sky around him. The source of the voice was a young man, around the age of 16, with black hair, wide blue eyes, a scar marking the bridge of his nose, and wearing some comfy shorts and a black hoodie vest standing on the top of what at first glance looked to be an aircraft carrier flying in the sky, which in actuality was a custom-made battleship designed to look like an aircraft carrier, powered by wind, speed, and force lacrimas.

"You say that like I'm some shoddy mechanic that doesn't know his own ship, brat." A new, older voice deadpanned from behind the kid. The kid turned around and smiled widely at the owner of the voice, a man of 40 wearing welding goggles on his forehead, a perpetual smear of grease on his face, black hair, same blue eyes, and a pair of dark blue overalls over a white shirt.

"Considering that last job you went on, Pops, one can never quite be sure what kinda mechanic you are-OWOWOWOW!' The kid's wide smirk shifted into horror as Pops grabbed him into a headlock and began giving him one hell of a noogie.

"I told you before, Bison Jet Alzmark, that that last job was NOT my fault!" Pops said through gritted teeth as he ground his knuckles into Bison's head, the teen still whining yet somehow still smirking. "Those damn Fairy Tail brats simply destroyed the work after I'd finished it!"

"That's always your excuse, old geezer!" Bison whined, struggling to get out of the infamous Alzmark Chokehold before a new voice interrupted the family bonding moment.

"Oi, Bison, keep your damn cat outta my training room! For the last damn time!" A new, female voice yelled, before a door leading to the lower decks of the ship and a large, orange feline went flying out of it before landing upright near the pair. Her long fangs flashed in the night as it glared at the now occupied door.

"Stop throwing Saber, damn it! She's fragile!" Bison yelled, releasing himself from the hold and rushing over to the sabertooth tiger and frantically checking her over, the tiger herself rolling her eyes at his fretting. The thrower, a young woman, about 23, with black hair in a ponytail, wearing a loose blouse and black pants and boots, with a light blue haramaki around her waist and a white cloak wrapped around her shoulders, stood in the doorway, arms crossed.

"Fragile my ass! She keeps on getting into my weights!" She scoffed, stepping out onto the deck and looking around, nodding silently to herself before turning to the older of the two. "So, Dad, the ship's all ready to go?"

The mechanic straightened up, grabbing a rag out of his pocket and wiping his hands. "Yeah, dear. The Lacrimas finally stopped being so sensitive to every magical presence so we are free to fly on here out anytime ya want, Kai."

"And the paperwork?" Kai asked, turning to her brother, who simply smirked lazily up at her, releasing one hand from the important task of giving his kitty scritches to give a big thumbs up.

"All clear!" Bison crowed, before returning to his important task, much to Saber's pleasure, until he shot up in alarm, clearly remembering something. "Oh yeah, almost forgot!"

Bison held his arm out in front of him, palm spread face out against the air, a white magic circle appearing against it. He then reached inside it, fumbled around it for a bit before pulling out a stamp and ink pad before tossing it to Kai.

"There! The official stamp and magic ink pad of the guild!" Bison beamed at his sister, who couldn't help but smile at her brother's adorableness before she opened the ink pad and pressed the stamp into it.

"Alright, everybody, hands!" Kai said before quickly stamping the back of each member of the family's left hand/paw with the stamp and allowing Bison to do the same to her. They then gathered round and did a four-way fist bump, showing off the fresh new marks of the guild, all in the same teal color, a side silhouette of a dragon's head transposed on top of a miniature castle.

"I'm pleased to announce the official opening of our guild, Wyvern's Keep!" Kai announced, a broad smile plastering her face as she looked around at her family, each member mirroring her own expression, before she looked out to the horizon, her smile broadening at the sight of the sun just beginning to rise to start a brand new day.

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Miles away, in another part of the country, a town burned. The villagers screamed, stumbling over themselves to get away from the aggressors, the people responsible for attacking the village.

A cackling laugh pierced the night.

"Run all you want, you fools! No one can escape the wrath of Skull's Vice! Kekekeke!"


A/N: And that's the prologue to Wyvern's Keep, done, printed and shipped!

Hope that was coherent enough for y'all, I literally did it in like a night! Anyways, I promised y'all some guidance on how to submit OCs, didn't I?

Ahem.

The OC form can be found in my profile, along with the rules and regulations for submitting. I'm gonna take this space to say one of the most important rules here even though it is also one of the first rules in the Rule section of the form.

I reserve the right to deny a character for any reason, whether it be for simply not following the rules, not liking how the character is built or, and this is a big one, if the character comes with content that I am uncomfortable writing about or that I am uncomfortable exposing other people to.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this because I was extremely nervous even writing this part up.

See you all next chapter!