Chapter 7 – Guild Master
It was a little after 1pm on the day after they arrived and all the Fairy Eaters had returned to their new guild hall, (if it could be called that yet) after a much needed night of relaxation. They were all excited and brimming with energy to get the guild up and running, when Grey decided to be the voice of wisdom and said; "I don't know about you guys, but I think we should get this whole Guild Master situation sorted out, so I propose Lucy gets the job." Lucy's eyes widened in shock, "ME?! Wow, I...wasn't expecting that, I'm honoured really, wait, if we're throwing in names what about Laxus? He was next in line in Fairy Tail and Makarov had been training him for years." Hearing Laxus' name Freed was about to agree emphatically when Laxus categorically replied "No!" This surprised everyone, especially given the whole reason behind the fantasia incident was for Laxus to steal the title of Master, "I'm sorry" he continued, "but I can't accept the position. After I was cast out after fantasia I had a lot of time to think. I realised that the burning desire I had to be guild master had started me down a very dark path, I mean I forced my friends to fight each other for Gods sake, Hell I even used the Thunder Palace and Fairy Law spells to try and take out the whole town! So no, I can't and won't take the title of Master until I've proven..." he looked down at Wendy, "...to everyone that such...evil, will never take hold of me again." Everyone was watching Laxus, each one with a hint of pride and admiration at what was just said, apart from Freed who was very nearly moved to tears and Wendy, who was so proud of the man she had come to love as her big brother thatg shw was actually crying with joy.
The whole guild stood in silence and awe, still completely transfixed by the humility Laxus just showed. After a few seconds Happy, who after a night of rest still felt ill but not even half as ill as yesterday, said "wow, Laxus has turned really nice huh Natsu?" "Yeah he has" replied Natsu, amazed that this was the same Laxus that had nearly killed everyone in Magnolia. Gajeel thought to himself for a few moments before saying "hey, what about that Death guy? He's definitely strong, could he be guild master?" Natsu and Happy both flinched slightly, remembering the impact from the Reaper Chop. "That's probably not a good idea" an unknown female voice said, "Yea he's not really the guild master type ya know" an unknown male voice agreed. The whole guild spun on the spot to see the two unknown figures standing in the open doorway. The female had long brown hair tied up in pigtails and was wearing a white blouse with a red tie, a black knee length coat that zipped from the top to just below her stomach, a short black skirt, ling white socks and thick soled black shoes. The male had spiky brilliant white hair and was wearing a yellow and black jumper, red chino trousers, yellow and white trainers and a white headband with the word 'soul' and a strange emblem sown into it. "Sorry to just jump in like that" the female started, "hi my name is Maka Albarn, I'm a scythe myster, it's nice to meet you all." "Yeah sorry, it wasn't really cool of us to just interrupt" the male agreed, "hey I'm Soul, yes that is my real name and I'm a weapon, how's it going?" Realising that they were the two students they had been waiting for, the guild welcomed them happily and introduced themselves (A/N I won't do the introductions now, makes more sense for me to do it when my OC's arrive...in my mind anyway lol). "Oh, that reminds me" Maka said, "Lord Death asked me to let you know Lucy that those two Dragon Slayers you wanted to invite have agreed to join and are on their way, apparently it will take them a week or so to get here," with an smile Lucy replied "perfect! Hopefully by then we'll have the guild up and running...most of it anyway."
Everyone returned to the guild master topic and stood in silence, pondering to themselves about who would make the best guild master. Until Natsu broke the silence by saying "I agree with the stripper," "what was that Flame Brain!?" replied Grey angrily, "you gone deaf Snowflake face?" "you looking to start something Charcoal breath?" "Maybe I am Ice Princess." The two were now forehead to forehead, glaring at each other with an almost murderous intent. Lucy put her hand to her head in disbelief and Erza, who had had enough and was giving off a far scarier aura, walked over to the two fighting boys and hit them on the top of the head with a gauntlet and a great deal of force. With both of their faces smacked into the dirt the two boys, with a great deal of fear in their voices, replied in unison "very sorry". It took a moment but Natsu managed to get up so he could continue speaking, "as I was saying before the snowflake interrupted" he shot a murderous look to Grey, "I agree that Lucy should be the Guild Master, I mean the only reason we're all here together is because of her. Think about it, when...Lisanna returned," Natsu paused for a moment, showing all the former Fairy Tailers just how painful it was for him to talk about his childhood friend. "When Lisanna returned and the guild started getting nastier, it was Lucy who got more stick than anyone! But instead of hiding and crying like they all expected them to, she bore the hatred and worked dam hard to get stronger and stronger! Then on top of that shw worked out who hadn't been affected and brought us all together, she turned the most hated of enemies into the best of friends, Hell she even managed to reduce the amount of times me and Grey start to fight from once an hour to once a month! That's the sort of kind, caring and strong person we need to lead us!" Everyone was shocked, they had never ever heard Natsu speak so strongly or so admiringly about someone before, not even Igneel. Lucy just stood there, completely stunned by what she had just heard and the almost ruby redness on her cheeks showing she was just a little embarrassed. "Yeah, Blondie is perfect for it!" agreed Laxus, "the cheerleader certainly is strong, she'll do nicely" agreed Bixlow with his tongue out, "Lucy's so nice, she'll do great" agreed Wendy, "as much as I hate to admit it, she's one of the strongest people I've ever known, she'll make a fine leader" agreed Gajeel. One by one each guild member stepped forward and gave praise about Lucy, (apart from Maka and Soul who had only just met her), until the decision was unanimous, the very first Guild Master of the Fairy Eater Guild, would be the S-Class Celestial wizard Lucy Heartfillia.
Time skip 1 week
Master Lucy was sat on a stool in the recently completed bar, taking a well deserved break. In the past week they had completed 90% of the renovation needed to the guild hall, begun construction of a guild dormitory, purchased any supplies that they needed as well as setting up contracts to ensure a continual supply. They also, thanks to Wendy and Laxus, now all had a guild mark stamped somewhere on their bodies, it was the Fairy Tail symbol, but the head had been replaced with a set of teeth that appeared to have bitten it off. To Lucy's surprise even Lord Death had turned up to help, not with the construction though, he had come to tutor Freed about the mysterious glyphs they had found, which were actually an ancient form of rune magic called 'Reaper Runes' which, as the name might suggest, was known only to grim reapers. Using this new magical power he was able to create two very useful things. First he enchanted a door that normally opened onto a brick wall so that if the correct word, phrase of action was used, depending on Master Lucy's and Lord Death's preference, the door would link with an identical door inside the Death room, allowing for instantaneous travel between the Guild and the Death room. The second thing he did was to enchant the newly constructed combat / training arena. His enchantment created a field around the arena that prevented any magic used within from escaping, meaning that any spectators as well as the surrounding buildings wouldn't be damaged. The field also had a second effect which was the repair of any property damaged by combat within the field, in other words the combatants clothes and the field itself would be repaired but sadly it couldn't heal wounds. He even set it up so that the field was activated and de-activated from the guild master's spectator chair. Lucy herself had been incredibly busy over the last week. She had spoken with the magic council to make them an official guild and to sort out job requests, she had created files for each member to help with any HR related problems, she had helped wherever could with the construction and renovation work and had been training with Cal to use his sword form correctly. She was lost in thought until she heard three familiar voices shouting from the training arena,
Roar of the Fire Dragon
Roar of the Iron Dragon
Ice Make: Canon
followed by a fairly substantial explosion. Lucy sighed, hoping that those three hadn't gotten onto a fight and destroyed all of Freed's hard work. At that point Natsu, Gajeel, Grey and Freed walked into the bar area, Lucy geared up to give the scolding of a life time when Freed walked over to her, bowed slightly and said, "Lady Master, with the assistance of Natsu, Gajeel and Grey I have been able to complete the final adjustments and complete the rune field. I am happy to report that the training arena is fully functional and ready for use at your leisure." "Congratulations and well done Freed!" replied Master Lucy with a smile beaming across her face, "but could you call me Lucy, or even Master Lucy if you really have to, I'm still your friend after all." Freed bowed again showing he understood and walked away to get a drink and relax for a while. "So" Lucy said to herself, "the guild is taking shape and everyone is happy, good. Now, how should we test the new training ground?" Just then the guild's main doors, which thanks to the open plan design of the ground floor were still visible from another room, opened to reveal Lord Death and two other people which no one recognised, apart from Lucy, who recognised them as the S-Class Dragon Slayers.