The Lion's Sin of Pride:
Chapter Three (A Day in the Life of a Fairy)
November 29th, X784
Magnolia Town, Fiore
The next morning, Lucy woke up to light shining across her face. Groaning, she turned over in bed and thought about her conversation with Aquarius. She felt, not okay, but better about the situation. There wasn't anything she could have done for those people. At least at her power level.
She was strong, she knew that. In terms of celestial spirit magic, she was one of the top living mages, if not the most powerful. She beat Angel – though she learned the spell from Hibiki, it was her magic that fuelled Urano Metria –, and according to Loke, her magic outclassed Karen's long ago. Even Aquarius said, that her magic power level is stronger than what her mother's was at her age.
She had also done something that Loke said he had never heard of, she forced his gate open without his key. Even if she wasn't able to send him through it right away, Loke said that he felt her magic reaching into his gate and pushing the door wide open, which was what got the attention of the Celestial Spirit King. In that instance as well, she momentarily summoned all of her spirits, even if it drained every ounce of magic she had.
But in comparison to Natsu, Gray, Erza, even little Wendy, her raw power was hardly worth a mention. Even after all of the trials she had gone through and the strength she had gained, she was nowhere near the monstrous level her team was.
I need to get stronger, she thought, sitting up in her bed, And I will get stronger.
With a newfound determination, she began to make her plans, I'll find Sophia, she'll know how to make me stronger.
Looking over at her bedside table, she saw her keyring. Her precious gold and silver keys, lay there near her, connected through the hoop of enchanted steel.
She reached over to the drawer on the table. Opening it up, she pulled out a small magically sealed box. Placing her right, index finger on the key hole, it glowed gold for a split second and then a small gold, magic circle appeared in front of it.
When the circle disappeared, the box opened up to reveal a velvet pillow and matching interior. Resting on the pillow was a rusted key. A faded, dull gold lay underneath the rust. On the teeth end of the key, there was what appeared to be a goat head, while on the head of the key there was a symbol shaped like a stylized 'V'.
Maybe I'll find a way to help you too, Lucy thought, smiling sadly down at the key, remembering the stories her mother told her about her most faithful companion spirit, Capricorn.
Closing the box again, she placed it back in the drawer, pushing it shut. Thinking about her next plan to getting stronger, Lucy looked at her keys and picked up one of the silver keys. The head had a symbol of a cross on it.
"Open Gate of the Southern Cross, Crux!" she cast her spell, holding the key out in front of her, and a silver-blue magic circle opened in front of her, the echoing sound of a door bell chiming around the room.
From the magic circle, through the celestial gate that he belongs to, came Crux. A large, silver cross with arms and legs. He has gold, swirling tattoos at the three top points of his head, and two, white crosses for moustaches coming from the centre of the cross.
The cross spirit was also asleep. Or researching. Lucy never could tell the difference, seeing as he snored for both activities.
"Grandpa Crux," Lucy tried to gently wake him up, but when he continued to snore, she shouted, "GRANDPA CRUX!"
"Huh-Wha-?!" the cross woke up with a start, levitating in place. Looking around he saw that he was in his master's apartment. He then met her eyes and smiled, "Hello Lucy. How can I help you today?"
"Hi Grandpa Crux!" Lucy smiled up at her spirit, before noticing his eyes were closing as he began to nod off back to sleep, "I need you to do some research for me."
"Oh?" the cross spirit yawned, looking at her with one droopy eye.
"I need you to research Celestial Spirit Magic, specifically spells and other techniques that I don't know, as well as ways for me to learn them. Any books if you can."
"Alright, it might take me a while to find the right tomes though."
"That's alright," Lucy smiled at him, "I don't need them yet. Why don't you go back home and you can research from there."
But Crux had already fallen back asleep, snoring away, and was fading back to the Celestial Spirit World.
I have such weird spirits, she thought grinning as she watch the last of the light fade away, and I wouldn't trade them for all the power in Earthland.
Kicking off her sheets, the blonde celestial mage got out of bed and stretched. Both hands clasped above her head, she stood up on her tip-toes to loosen up her stiff muscles. It wasn't until she relaxed that she noticed another thing.
Natsu and Happy were missing.
Looking around the room, she searched for any sign of the pair, but saw nothing. Nothing burning or on fire, no new scratches on her furniture, or her walls, or her doors. Why do I let them stay here again?
Walking into her kitchen, she went over to her fridge and opened the door. Peering inside, she saw that she still had food in there from her last shop before the Shirotsume job. So they hadn't shown up at all last night… Weird.
Ever since Edolas, the duo had been showing up at her apartment less and less and she still wasn't used to it. She had gotten accustomed to waking up in bed with a blue cat on top of her chest and a dragon slayer wrapped around her.
Even if she always went off on them about invading her space, she still missed them. They were a constant in her daily routine, and she was a bit lost in what to do next.
Looking over to the clock, she noticed that it was after nine. The Guild will have been open, with various mages running around relaxing or getting new jobs, and she could get some breakfast as she waited for Crux to get back to her with his findings. I could really go for one of Mira's milkshakes right now.
Getting dressed in a pink and white striped tank top and a pair of white shorts, Lucy picked up her brown, leather belt, fleuve d'étoiles already attached, and got ready for the day. Putting her hair up in a long pony tail, she walked over to her bedside table and picked up her celestial gate keys along with her regular ones, adding them to her belt.
One last look in the mirror and she was ready to head off to the guild. Walking over to the door, she put on her ankle boots and opened the door. She was excited to see her friends.
Locking the door behind her, Lucy skipped down the stairs to the bottom floor. As she stepped out into the open air, she pulled out one of her silver celestial gate keys, on the head there was a keyhole symbol with a small triangle coming from its right side.
"Open Gate of the Little Dog, Canis Minor! Nikora!" she cast the spell, slashing the key in front of her, opening a small blue-silver magic circle.
"Puu-Puun!" the snowman-like puppy spirit shouted, materializing in front of his master.
"Hey Plue!" Lucy smiled down at her little companion spirit, seeing him shivering like usual.
"Puun!" Plue smiled shakily back, looking up at the blonde mage.
"C'mon, let's go to the guild," she said, turning in the direction of the guild.
The spirit scurried over to follow her, looking over at her he could see that she was thinking hard about something.
"Hey Lucy!"
"Be careful of the edge!"
Both mage and spirit looked over into the canal, and saw the usual fishermen in their boat. Lucy lifted her hand in greeting to them, chuckling.
"Hey guys! Great day for fishing!" she said, as she walked past them, Plue on her heels.
As they continued to walk towards the guild, Lucy began to think of her friends in the guild. Not only was she close to her teammates, but she had close relationships with other guild members. Levy and she always bonded over their love for books, with Levy always asking for the next chapter in her novel. Mira was always there to give her a hand in guild life and any information about the wizarding world in Ishgar. And Cana. Well Cana liked to get Lucy drunk, but was always the first to offer a sympathetic ear when she was in need of one.
Walking past the turn to the train station, Lucy heard a familiar voice. Looking over she saw a trio of people walking in her direction. The tallest of the group wore dark clothing and a metal visor, giving him the appearance of a knight. The only female member, wore a green dress with a brown, fur-lined coat over it, her long brown hair flowing freely. The last member of the group had long green hair, and was sporting a long red, coat, a rapier sheathed at his side.
The trio made up the members of the team Raijinshū, also called the Thunder Legion. Before the Battle of Fairy Tail, they were Laxus' self-proclaimed 'bodyguards'. Since then though, they've done everything possible to atone for their actions.
Freed Justine, the green haired mage, was the leader. A master of Rune Magic, he specializes in Dark Écriture that manipulates shadow and darkness for his various spells.
Evergreen, the female mage, utilized Fairy Magic. A mysterious magic, it manipulates a magical dust that she can then employ for her attacks. But her trademark magic was her Stone Eyes `spell, which allows her to turn anyone to stone.
Bickslow was the last member of the team, and the one that Lucy had the most contact with. A user of Seith Magic, he had the ability to manipulate the souls of deceased humans and have them possess inanimate objects for his attacks. Possibly the most dangerous of the Raijinshū Eye Magics, Bickslow uses Figure Eyes, which can allow him to take control of the living souls of other humans, and control their actions.
During the Battle of Fairy Tail, Lucy went against Bickslow and almost fell to his Figure Eyes. She only won due to the timely intervention of Loke, and together they both took the seith mage down.
Before then though she had never interacted with the Raijinshū, so when they turned on the guild she never felt the same level of betrayal that the others felt. That's why she was able to forgive them so easily.
"Hey guys!" Lucy greeted them with a smile.
"Hello Lucy, how are you?" Freed asked, a poilte smile on his face, "Are you on your way to the guild?"
"Yeah, we just got back from a job last night, so we'll hang around the guild for the next day or so."
"What job was it?" Evergreen asked, hand on hip. She was looking at Bickslow, who was talking to Plue, seemingly understanding every 'puu' and 'puun' the white spirit let out.
"The dark guild in Shirotsume Town job," Lucy answered, looking at the interaction between the mage and spirit as well.
"The Manticore Sting job?" the fairy mage was shocked, "That was a job that we were going to pick. It seemed dangerous, was everyone alright?"
"We're all fine, and those kids that were taken should be. They just won't ever be mages."
"That's so sad," Evergreen looked down, "Those poor children."
"Yeah," Lucy agreed, before remembering that there was nothing that they could have done for them, "So what job is the Thunder Legion taking then?"
"A simple monster hunt near Harena Town to the west," Bickslow answered, finally addressing the other mage. He stood up from his chat to Plue, after high fiving him, "What's up cosplayer? Dressed up as anything kinky lately?"
"No! Stop calling me that Bickslow! I dressed up as a cheerleader one time!" Lucy turned red as she shouted at him, "It was for the Miss Fairy Tail contest!"
The seith mage grinned, unrepentant. He loved to tease the smaller mage.
"Uhuh," he replied. When she stuck her tongue out at him, he stuck his out in return, showing off his black guild emblem.
He was then hit in the head with a red fan, Evergreen standing behind him huffing, "Enough teasing Bickslow. We need to go or we'll miss the train."
"Unfortunately Evergreen is right, Lucy. Hopefully we will see you before your next job," Freed bowed slightly at her before turning to leave.
"Bye Lucy!" Evergreen said, dragging the last member of their team with her.
"Later Cosplayer!"
"Bye guys!" Lucy waved, Plue next to her waving his little paw with a 'Puun-Puu!' to his new friend, "And good luck!"
As she watched them walk away, Lucy thought back to the end of the Fantasia festival. She remembered how the Raijinshū behaved after the battles were over. Freed cutting off his hair in penance. Their sadness over Laxus leaving, even demanding that they be allowed to leave with him. But the Master made sure that they stay, if for no other reason than to make amends to the guild.
Though Lucy always thought that it was so that Laxus had a reason to come back to the guild that was his home. The Master may be a crude imp at times, but she knew that he loved his grandson and that it destroyed him that he had to banish Laxus.
Turning back to her path, Lucy carried on with her stroll towards the guildhall.
"I wonder what Crux will find out for me?" she looked down at the companion spirit, "Maybe you'll be able to turn into a huge monster spirit and take down any enemy, right Plue?"
"Puun!" he raised his little white paw in agreement with his master, shaky smile in place. At least she thinks he agreed. I really need to learn how to speak with him.
"Good talk, just like always, Plue!"
As they continued through the shopping district, Lucy and Plue came across Lendis. Magnolia's premium magic shop. Far grander than the Proper Grocer magic shop in Hargeon, Lendis was a two story building painted a vibrant green.
"What do you think Plue?" Lucy looked down to the spirit, "Should we go in? Maybe they'll have some gate keys!"
"Puu-Puun!"
"Okay, let's go in!"
The both walked through the enchanted, glass doors and into the shop. Various magic objects were stocked around the floor, on shelves and in display cabinets. While the bottom floor was filled with magic objects, the upstairs had small section for magic books.
There was a display counter at the opposite side of the room from the door, with an elderly woman standing behind it. Tall and willowy, her grey-faded, purple hair was pulled up in a bun, and she had large, circular glasses. Lucy walked over to her and smiled in greeting.
"Hello dear, how can I help you today?" the woman asked in greeting, a polite smile in place.
"Hi, I was wondering if you maybe had some celestial gate keys for sale?" the mage asked, hopefully, "I'm a celestial mage and was hoping to find some new ones."
The woman looked around her before looking over to a display cabinet to her left, "Right this way. We should have what you need over here."
As they walked over, Lucy saw a few boxes on display, a silver key situated in each one.
"Most of these keys are used to summon companion spirits, though this key here," she pointed at a silver key with an anchor at the end, "belongs to Pyxis, the compass spirit. Not only can it find any direction, but it can also hone in on a specific target and lead you to it. Quite useful for professional mages."
"How much does it cost?" the blonde inquired, thinking of the potential uses of a spirit like that.
"Normally it would be 30,000 jewel. But you get the Fairy Tail discount," the owner said.
She lifted her hand to the glass, and a magic circle appeared around it. The glass then disappeared, and she reached in to pick up the box. Pulling her hand back, the glass reappeared, and she walked over to the counter again.
"The Fairy Tail discount?"
"Yes, a small discount for mages in your guild. I had a problem with some bandits taking one of my shipments and Erza went after them, no charge, and got it all back. So I give all Fairy Tail mages a discount."
"Wow, that's really generous!" Lucy grinned, thinking how that was Erza to the core. Helping everyone she could.
The owner then moved over to her till and typed in the total, "Now all together, with the ten percent discount, it will be 27,000 jewels. Is that all I can get for you?"
Lucy thought for a moment, "You wouldn't happen to have any books on celestial magic would you?"
"One moment," she answered, pulling a big book from under the counter, "Let's see here. I think that all we have in stock is a reference book on the names of known celestial spirits.
"Yes. That's it I'm afraid."
"Okay then. Then the key is all for now, thanks for looking though."
"Of course dear."
Lucy then handed over the correct amount over to the woman, and after counting it, was handed the box over. Holding it to her chest, she turned to leave.
"I hope you enjoy your new spirit. And come again anytime!"
"Thank you, I'll make sure to do so."
Walking out of the store, she looked down at Plue, "Well this is exciting isn't it Plue? We'll make a new friend today!"
"Puu-Puu-Puun!" the spirit exclaimed, big shaky smile in place.
As they neared the guild, Lucy thought about her new key. I'll summon Pyxis in the training field out back, maybe then I could practice holding another gate open.
Plan made, Lucy turned the corner into the guild hall's grounds.
And there it stood. In the most northern part of the city, the Fairy Tail guild hall was a beacon for the magical community in Magnolia. A massive, three story building, the guild seemed more like a castle than a hall. A grey-stoned building, instead of being dull or monotone, the grey was offset by the red roofs and green window frames that decorated the guild.
The guild was topped with a bell tower and a red flag with the guild's emblem in white hung underneath. This was her second home, the place where she had so many great memories with her family.
Walking through the gate, which had the words 'Fairy Tail' written above it, and into the courtyard, Lucy saw that the outdoor café area was getting some use. A mix of both guild mages and civilians, all were welcome to the Fairy Tail café, though most only came for the guild's pin-up girl, Mirajane Strauss.
The girls must be busy today, Lucy thought as she looked around.
"Morning Lucy!"
The blonde turned at the voice, seeing that it came from the souvenir shop to the left of the guild entrance. The shop was run by Max Alors, a Fairy Tail mage of note. Max practices Sandstorm magic, which allows him to manipulate sand in swirling forms.
"Hi Max!" Lucy greeted as she walked over to him, "How are you?"
"I'm good yeah. So what's your plan for today then?"
"Maybe hang around the guild for a bit. Just some relaxation therapy. Are you working here all day?"
"Just for another few hours, then Warren is taking over to close up." The sandstorm mage said smiling.
"Cool, I guess I'll see you later!"
"Bye!"
Lucy turned away then and entered the guild building. Like the outdoor area, the indoor one was filled with people starting their day, though these people were guild members only.
To her right, by the mission request board, stood Nab Lasaro, a seith mage. Though unlike Bickslow, who specialises in human spirits possessing objects, Nab uses animal spirits and confines them in the tattoos on his body. Though why he still stands by the board, Lucy has no idea, considering he never finds the job he wants.
Near him Vijeeter Ecor was practicing his latest routine. A user of the ability-type enchantment magic, Dancer. Vijeeter, through the art of dance, can raise or lower the battle prowess of those around him.
Looking out towards the tables, Lucy saw the Osprey Squad, made up of Bisca Milan and Alzack Connell, sitting together enjoying breakfast. Alzack, specialises in Guns Magic, that relies on magic bullets that never miss, while his partner and fellow marksman uses a specialised form of Requip; The Gunner, that allows her to summon various firearms.
Laki Olietta, a bespectacled purple-haired mage, sat at a table eating her breakfast. A user of Wood-Maker Magic, Laki can create various objects made of wood, including tools and sculptures. An odd girl, Laki can sometimes refer to things oddly, along with having a sadistic streak.
At Laki's table was Reedus Jonah. A large man, with a comically-round torso, and curly ginger hair, Reedus is Fairy Tail's resident artist. Following the theme, Reedus uses Pict Magic, a magic that allows him to draw pictures and temporarily bring them to life.
Running down from their table back to his father was Romeo Conbolt. A young boy of six, Romeo is not an official member of the guild, though the son of one of their members. He has begun to learn his own magic, wanting to learn fire magic, like his father as well as his idol, Natsu. When he first produced a tiny flame, he was excited to show everyone.
Sitting at another table was Romeo's father, Macao Conbolt, and Wakaba Mine. Two of Fairy Tail's older members, they prefer to stay close to the guild, and take jobs near Magnolia, for their families' sake.
Macao, a fire mage, specialises in a tangible and solid form of fire magic known as Purple Flare. This purple fire is immune to the regular effects water and air have on fire.
Macao's partner, Wakaba, uses Smoke Magic. His magic lets him manipulate pink smoke from his pipe and use it for combat purposes.
As Lucy walked past them all, she heard various greetings, and answered in kind. She loved how welcoming they were in the guild. Every time she came into the guild building, she was always greeted, it made her feel wanted.
Reaching the bar, she greeted the barmaid behind it. Mirajane Strauss was one impressive woman in Lucy's eyes, and really she was her idol. Not only was she in charge of the bar and kitchen at the guild, Mira ran the day-to-day operations of the guild, handled the correspondence and took note of which jobs are listed as requests and which were taken.
On top of all of that she was Sorcerer Weekly's main pin-up girl, along with being one of Fairy Tail's elite S-Class Mages, along with Erza and Gildarts Clive.
A master of transformation magic, Mira's skill with it is renowned in Fiore. She specialises in Take-Over Magic and her use of demons for it earned her the rightful epithet of The Demon. When Lucy first met her, she never would have guessed that sweet and kind Mirajane, was the infamous Satan Soul Magic user.
"Hey Mira!"
"Hi Lucy! It's a lovely day isn't it?" the white-haired mage smiled, her head tilted slightly to the right, "And hello Plue! How are you today?"
Lucy sat down on one of the bar stools, and smiled at the senior mage, as little Plue scurried up the stool to sit on the bar beside his master.
"Yeah, it's a gorgeous day! Plue and I had a nice walk through town, and I bought a new celestial gate key today!" the celestial mage exclaimed, excitedly, placing the box on the counter.
"Ooh! That's exciting. What kind of key is it?"
"Pyxis. That's the spirit of the compass constellation. It'll be really useful for jobs and stuff," she explained, "I know it isn't as exciting as a combat spirit like Loke or anything, but I think it's cool."
"It is Lucy. Don't worry what other people feel. Celestial magic is very diverse, and you have combat spirits, but you also have spirits that can help in other ways, Pyxis is just another one of them," she smiled sweetly.
"Thanks Mira."
"Now, you must be hungry, do you want some food?"
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot. I got so excited about Pyxis, I didn't think about food," the blonde hit herself in the head with the heel of her hand, "Could I get one of your strawberry milkshakes and some scrambled eggs and toast? And a lolly pop for Plue?"
"Of course Lucy! Why don't you take a seat at a table and I'll be over with your order when it's ready."
"Thanks Mira!"
As the take over mage walked into the kitchen to prepare their order, Lucy looked around the bar to see where she should sit. At the other end of the bar from her was a tall brunette, in a blue bikini top. In front of her was a barrel of ale, which she then lifted in her hands and drank from directly.
Cana Alberona, one of Lucy's friends in the guild, and one of the most senior mages at the guild. Though not S-Class, she is the first to take charge when neither they nor the master were there to make decisions. After Laxus, Cana is the longest serving member of the younger generation of Fairy Tail members.
A user of Card Magic, Cana can utilise and manifest any spell or effect that appear on her cards. She can also mix them up to create new spells. Cana's use of Cartomancy, also known as tarot reading, was quite renowned around Magnolia and she had clients, both mage and not, come to her for readings daily. In between her bouts of heavy drinking, of course.
"Hey Lucy," the card mage slurred, already drunk.
"Hi Cana, how are you?"
"Good, yeah. Heard about the job from Erza," she paused to take a swig from the barrel, "Pity about those kids. You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm better than yesterday anyway," she smiled at her friend, "I have a plan anyhow. I'm gonna get stronger so I can try and stop things like this from happening again."
"Sounds good, Lucy. I'll give you a reading later to see where you should go for it, 'kay?" Cana told her, upending the barrel and swallowing the last drops from the barrel.
"Okay, thanks Cana! I see Levy, so I'm gonna go say hi. I'll speak to you later!"
"Later, Lucy," she said, half-saluting her, "Kinana, get me another barrel yeah?"
The short, purple haired waitress squeaked, startled. She looked up from the conversation she was having with the members of Team Young-Mega Death, and looked over to the to the bar. Kinana was a mystery to most of the guild. Having shown up just a month earlier, amnesiac and at the master's side. She was kind and sweet, and immediately set out to help Mira with running the bar.
"Of course Cana! I'll be right there!" the waitress called over, scurrying over the bar and hefting up another barrel for the guild's drunk.
Lucy laughed this off, as it was typical of Cana to go from barrel-to-barrel. She walked over to the farthest corner from the bar, somehow the darkest one. Sitting at the table there was her best friend in the guild, Levy McGarden.
Tiny and petite, Levy had blue hair and an incredible thirst for reading and languages. Possessing, possibly, the sharpest mind in the guild her magic reflects her interests; Solid Script Magic allows Levy to manifest words she writes in mid-air, for various effects. Though not the most combat-orientated magic, Levy is no pushover in regards to being able to adapt her spells for different situations.
As usual, the table that Levy sat a was piled high with books, with the script mage using her Gale-Force Reading Glasses to speed read through them all. Across from her sat the hulking form of her unlikely friend, who was chomping down on a plate of iron scraps.
Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer. Once known as Black-Steel Gajeel, he was the ace of the Phantom Lord Guild before they were disbanded after their war with Fairy Tail.
Once the enemy of Fairy Tail, he abducted Lucy on the ill-though orders of her father, and attacked her viciously. Though Gajeel would never admit it, Master Makarov had told Lucy that Jose Porla had used his Shade Magic to manipulate the S-Class mages of Phantom Lord.
To Lucy it explained how he went from a vicious monster of a mage, to the gruff and crude one sitting in their hall. From observing him, though he wasn't completely to blame for what happened during that time, it was evident that he still felt guilt for his actions, especially what he did to Levy and Team Shadow Gear.
Their friendship was a surprise to many, even her. When he first joined the guild, Levy was still terrified of him, but during the Battle of Fairy Tail incident he took a bolt of lightning for her, and from then on she stuck by his side. Half because she enjoyed his company, and half because it seemed to annoy him.
His exceed partner, Panther Lily, sat on the table beside him drinking is glass of kiwi juice. The only Fairy Tail exceed native to Edolas, he found his way to Fairy Tail after the Extalian exceeds were sent to Earthland through the Anima. A former captain of the royal army in Edolas, he is a warrior exceed that is a perfect match for Gajeel. Not only can he use aera magic like the other exceeds, Lily also has a battle form that allows him to increase his size and strength.
"Hey Levy!" Lucy greeted her friend.
The blue haired girl however didn't hear her, as deep as she was in her current book. Gajeel and Lily both looked, from blonde to bluenette, wondering when the former would finally blow. They didn't have to wait long.
"LEVY!" the celestial mage screamed in the script mage's ear.
The smaller mage, jumped up out of her seat with a squeal of shock, her Gale-Force Reading Glasses falling onto the table. Both hands splayed on top of her opened books, she shot a glare at Gajeel who was laughing loudly at what happened.
"Gajeel!" she whined with a pout, angry look still in place, "It's not funny!"
"Kind of is, Shirmp!" the dragon slayer said between laughs, "Yer so tiny! Anything would scare ya!"
"Sorry Levy, I tried calling out to you, but you didn't answer," Lucy admitted, her face red, "I didn't mean to scare you."
"Stupid Gajeel…" the blue haired mage muttered, before looking over to her friend, "It's okay, Lu. How are you?"
"I'm good, Levy. What about you? Reading anything good?" she indicated the books on the table, as she moved to the empty space at the table and sat down.
"Yeah, I found this really interesting book on ancient encan runes. It's really quite fascinating, and it could show me how we got to the more modern Jutsu Shiki Letter Magic," the script mage said excitedly.
"Sounds really cool Levy!"
"What? No 'hello' for us bunny?" the black haired mage asked, a smirk in place as he stared the younger mage down.
"Oh right!" the blonde smiled over to the black exceed, "Hi, Lily. How are you?"
The black exceed smiled, realising that she was trying to annoy his partner, "I'm fine Lucy, and I hope that you're well also."
"Yeah, I think I'll just spend the day here and relax, maybe by the pool."
Levy, noticing what the pair was doing, joined in, "That's sounds fun Lu, need company?"
"Of course, Levy."
The conversation carried on like that, as the three waited for Gajeel to interject. It never took long for him to make his displeasure at being ignored known. The three kept stealing glances from the corners of their eyes at him, waiting for it.
"HEY! Don't ignore me, Cheerleader!" the iron dragon shouted at her.
"Stop being such a jerk then!" she screamed back, leaning over the table to go head-to-head with him, "And my name is Lucy!"
Sensing that this could get out of hand, it was Fairy Tail after all, Levy tried to ease the tension, "Okay, guys. Cool it. Let's just enjoy a quiet day, yeah?"
The two mages, still glaring at each other, turned to her, and immediately stopped. Neither liked disappointing the solid script mage.
None at the table noticed the purple-haired waitress walking up to the table with a tray of food.
"Okay, Lucy here's your order," Kinana said, making everyone jump slightly. She placed the plate and glass onto the table and handed Plue his lolly pop. The dog spirit, sitting beside Lily on the table gladly accepted it with a happy noise.
As she was walking away, Gajeel muttered to himself, "Creepy girl…"
"Thanks Kinana!"
Lucy began to dig into her meal, as her table mates went back to their own tasks. Levy reading her books and Gajeel eating his extra plate of scraps. Lily began having a conversation with Plue, seemingly another person able to have a conversation with her companion spirit, while she could not.
And that was how the rest of the morning was spent in the guild hall, a calm atmosphere for once with no fight breaking out. A miracle in and of itself.
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