A/N: How long has it been, three months? I'm really sorry for such a late update. Many things happen, like I fell down a hill on a trip and cracked my skull. Currently, I'm in the middle of my IGCSEs. Anyway, thank you to everyone who followed, favorited, reviewed, supported my story. And I'd also like to thank The Liker and SaudraeOfSunday for submitting their OCs. Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Hiken

"Mommy!"

Hey there! We meet again. So, continuing where we left off, Charlotte and I escaped the villagers without me losing my balls, and had gotten back to Magnolia. Nothing interesting happened on the way back, except I suffered from the motion sickness as usual. Currently, I was at Romeo and Wendy's house, returning Charlotte to her home.

I watched as Charlotte called out for her mother, pushing open the gates and sprinting across the garden. Wendy was trimming a bush, tending the garden; the blue haired woman looked up at the voice and her face bloomed into a smile as she saw Charlotte running towards her. She dropped the garden scissor in her hand, and picked up the little girl into her arms.

"Oh, my sweetie! Mommy's missed you so much!" Wendy hugged her daughter, planting several kisses on the girl's cheeks. "How'd the mission go? Was everything okay?"

Smiling, Charlotte nodded her little head, "Yes, Mommy. The mission was really fun and exciting. And Hiken-kun saved me from these angry villagers who were chasing us..."

I was watching the two, leaning against a lamppost; both of my eyes widened as Charlotte said the words, I clenched my teeth, sweat-dropping. No no! Don't tell that to her! She'll kill me!

Unfortunately, Wendy didn't seem to miss her daughter's words. Her eyebrows raised high, and she sent me a sharp glare.

"Angry villagers chasing my daughter...," she spoke quietly, still glaring at my direction.

I swallowed my saliva, sweat-dropping more. "Ahaha! I'm guilty! It was my fault! But I was their target, not Charlotte!" I said, waving my hands protectively. I noticed my voice was a little high-pitched...

Wendy didn't say anything but turned back to Charlotte, who looking at us curiously and innocently. She beamed at the girl, "Sweetie. Go and take a shower, and there're cookies on the dining table, you can have them, okay? Mommy will join you after I had a little chat with Hiken."

Charlotte nodded, "Yes, Mommy." She picked up her bag, waved at me before running into the house. "See you later, Hiken-kun."

After Charlotte disappeared from sight, Wendy turned around at me, and folded her arms. "Hiken."

I gulped, and answered in a small voice. "Yes?"

Wendy closed her eyes and sighed and opened them again, and spoke almost in an exasperated tone. "I never thought I'd meet anyone more destructive than Natsu-nii... but you've broken your father's record. And I'm not complimenting."

I grinned nervously, scratching the back of my head, "I guess I can't help it. It's in my blood."

The blue haired woman smiled faintly, "You received too much of your father's genes. If it was your mother's, you wouldn't be this violent. She wasn't violent... at least, most of the time."

She sighed again, "Anyway, I guess I should thank you, for bringing Charlotte back in one piece." She smiled sarcastically, "I was expecting at least a broken nose, and if that had happened you wouldn't be standing here anymore."

I nodded quickly, with a slight shudder, glancing at the garden scissor that was back in her hand. Mom used to tell me about the guild and her adventures with it as bedtime stories, and Wendy in those stories was very gentle, shy and cute; she said Charlotte is exactly how Wendy used to be.

Compared to what Mom used to tell me, the Wendy I know is a little more sarcastic and a lot more aggressive when it comes to the matter of Charlotte. I still remembered that time where she used a dragon roar on a kid who touched Charlotte's butt. The kid was hospitalized for two weeks, and many people found out the hard way that Wendy was extra touchy about her daughter. I think that's a mother's love...

We were standing without saying anything for about a minute until I broke the silence. "Well, I guess I'll be going then, if you have no more to say."

"Yeah. See you later," she said, crouching beside a bush, and started to trim again.

I picked up my bag and threw it over my shoulder. "Where're Romeo and Carla?"

"Romeo's on a mission with Macao, and I think Carla's sleeping," she replied. "By the way, are you going to the guild or have you been there already?"

"No. I'm gonna go there now. Why?"

"You're lucky. Master was not happy about what you did to the village on your mission. He'd be waiting for you if he didn't have to leave for the meeting this morning."

I froze on the spot, digesting the words. "Wait... WHAT!? How did he know about it!? We just left yesterday, and Master's already found out about it!?" I asked, my eyes widening again.

Wendy chuckled, looking up at my thunderstruck face. "Everyone at the guild knows about it. I think it would even be in today's newspaper. Anyway, the leader of the village sent a letter to Master and it arrived before you, just last night. I don't know the details, but I'm sure Master was asked to compensate for all the destruction caused. That's why I knew you had caused trouble again. I was really relieved when both of you returned back fine..."

I wasn't listening anymore, but walked towards a wall near and thumped my head against. If Wendy didn't kill me, Master will surely! He takes things more seriously, and I can't blame him – not when I'd burned down a whole village.

"I miss Master Makarov... at least he might've only broken my bones!" I wailed.

"Aww, don't be so down. Master's not at the guild. He'll only back in about at least 5 days. You can take a long mission and avoid him."

"Yeah... but it won't make the punishment less severe!" I'm doomed... DOOMED!

xXx

"I'm back!"

I pushed open the guild's door, and announced myself as usual. It had become quite a habit. At once, many eyes turned to stare at me before a loud noise erupted in the hall.

"Oi! You back so early, Hiken!" "Idiot, you messed up your mission again! Ha ha!" "Welcome back, Hiken."

I grinned to all my fellow guildmates, but before I knew it, someone jumped out and kicked me in the stomach; I was crashed into a nearby table.

"Arggh!" I sat up and glared, I immediately recognized my greatest nemesis; a girl stood there, looking extra gothic, her revealing black clothes didn't go along with her long white hair.

"HEY! What's the big idea!?"

Arianna Justine, the younger daughter of Freed and Mirajane. She used to be a sweet, cute girl... until one day, her dad told her about how her mother used to be when she was young. Starting from that time, she became one of the toughest person in the guild, and was suddenly obsessed with fighting with every guy she met. I was like a punching bag to her and vice versa.

"Hiken!" Arianna said, one hand on her waist, one hand pointing a finger at my face, a smug grin on her face. "You're done for this time! Master's gonna pulverize you for sure! Ahahaha~!"

"Oh yeah?" I growled, dropping down my bag and cracking my knuckles. "What about I pulverize you first? Let's settle our score from the other time, punk!" A crazy grin crept up my face.

"Bring it on!" she said, also cracking her knuckles, then charged up with her fist raised. "I'm gonna beat you up for good!"

"Those two are at it again!" "Let's join the party!" "Take this!" "RAAARRGH!"

And thus starts one of the infamous Fairy Tail guild brawls. I'm responsible as usual, of course.

Garry

"... I guess Hiken's already back home."

Sure enough, I saw my pink haired friend was amidst the crowd, prying off Arianna, who was trying to strangle the dragon slayer. We had just gotten back to guild and as expected, it was on rampage again. Chairs flying, tables thrown at each other, bottles crashing, and several broken teeth... I glanced at Anne who, for some reason, was looking excited rather being repulsed like most newcomers.

"Wow! This is great!" she exclaimed, clapping her hands. "I guess I'll join in!"

She was about to jump into the mob, but I was kind enough to grab her arm and hold her back. "Ahaha. No. Not yet."

"Huh?" she frowned. "Why? I wanna join the fun too!"

"You are still not a Fairy Tail member," I said matter-of-factly, "Meaning you can't join our fights yet. Plus, we have work to do, papers to fill up, okay?"

"Oh fine," she said, pouting slightly. "I'll join the fun next time."

I chuckled and released her, then looked around the guild hall. Surely there must be some sane person left who wasn't knocking people's teeth out...

"Ah, Garry. You're back too. How was the mission?"

"Ha... Johnny, good to see someone not fighting. Yeah, The mission went great as usual."

Johnny was one of the few people in the guild who wasn't keen of fighting. He's the only son of Bixlow and Lisanna, and one of the Take Over Cousins. He's quite a joker, really funny guy, always smiling. I've never seen him upset for anything...

"By the way, who's that girl with you?" he gestured at Anne. I looked and saw her having fun, throwing back every fork, plate, bowl, mug into the crowd that came flying out.

"She's Anne. A newcomer. I met her at Hargeon," I said, sweat dropping at the scene. I turned back to Johnny who was smiling as ever. "So, is Master here? She'll have to meet with him and fill the papers."

"Nah. He's off to the meeting this morning. Won't be back in a few days. But she can see..."

Exactly what Johnny was about to say wasn't heard, as something heavy crashed into me with a loud thud, knocking me down to the floor.

"Ouch!" I heard Hiken exclaimed on top of me, sitting up immediately. "Ha! That didn't hurt at all! You hit like an old lady!" He apparently hadn't noticed me.

"Come here and say that again, you pink headed moron!"

That must have been Arianna.

"Hiken...!" I wheezed, unable to detect air in my lungs. "Get off me..!"

"Oh? Garry?" He looked down, noticing me for the first time. "Heh, I thought I landed on something soft."

He stood up, and pulled me up to my feet. "How are you, buddy? How was the mission?" he asked, grinning.

"It was okay," I answered, massaging my arm and neck. "How was yours?"

"The village leader sent a letter to Master, saying that Hiken burnt down the village singlehandedly. Again," Johnny interjected, looking amused. "We haven't even asked him about it yet."

I chuckled, shaking my head slowly. Hiken pulled a face, "Well, I was fighting a damn troll! What was I supposed to do, throw flowers at it?"

Before Johnny or I were able to reply, Arianna jumped out of nowhere, and sucker punched Hiken, crashing him into the wall.

"Is that all you got? You're not even trying!" she shouted before turning and smiling at me. "Hi, Garry."

I opened my mouth to return the greeting, but Hiken tackled her to the ground and the two rolled away back into the mob, pulling each other's hair off their heads. Johnny and I watched awkwardly, before looking at each other.

"Don't you wanna stop your cousin?" I asked.

"She won't listen to me anyway. And Sarah's going be back soon; she'll stop this commotion." Johnny answered, shrugging. "And I was saying, Sarah can help Anne. She's currently in charge after all."

"... You're right. I forgot about Sarah."

At that moment, the guilds' doors opened, and a girl with long blue hair entered into the building. She was wearing beautiful dress the same color of her hair; her expression filled with irritation and exasperation.

The whole guild went silent at her sight, except for Hiken and Arianna, who were still trying to poke each other's eyes out, not noticing the new arrival.

Anne looked at her, and her eyes widened; she quickly approached near me and squealed into my ear. "Garry! Isn't she Sarah Fullbuster? The Sea Princess of Fairy Tail?"

I smiled and nodded. Sarah was the daughter of Gray and Juvia, and one of the strongest younger guild members, having mastered both of her parent's magic. "She's the friend I told you about. She can use Ice Make magic."

"Really? That's awesome!" Anne exclaimed. "Wait. Why did the people went quiet?"

"Well, Sarah is the current discipliner and care taker of the guild. She's usually kind and gentle, but she can be quite scary and aggressive when she's angry. Nobody wants Sarah angry," Johnny answered for me, smiling and offering a hand to Anne. "Welcome to Fairy Tail. I'm Johnny."

"Nice to meet you, Johnny. I'm Anne Valentine," Anne greeted back merrily.

Just as I was watching, a stream of water flew past and grab Hiken, pulling him away. He looked startled, going wide eyed seeing Sarah.

"Eh, Sarah! Hey! Let go of me!" he shouted and struggled.

"Shut up. I'll deal with you later," Sarah snapped dangerously, pointing her hand at the dragon slayer. "Water Lock!" she shouted.

The water stream suddenly expanded into a large sphere of water, trapping Hiken inside; Sarah waved her hand again. "Freeze." A gush of cold wave escaped; the water sphere was instantly frozen, turned into a large ball of ice. Hiken was vaguely visible, looking like a goldfish.

"Ahahaha! You look pathetic! Ahaha..." Arianna's snickering faded under Sarah's glare.

The blue haired girl pinched the bridge of her nose, her eyes closed, a hand placed on her hip. "You guys... I went out for a few minutes and you all starts fighting... can't you guys behave yourself for a moment?" she said exasperatedly, looking around the guild.

I sighed; Sarah can also be very preachy and I wasn't keen on listening to her; I didn't even participate in the fight. I also felt like I needed to rest after the long journey... I better ask her to help Anne before she starts preaching...

At that moment, the guild's doors open again, and another person walked in.

Night

As I was walking towards the building, I noticed something that rarely happens in Fairy Tail.

The guild was quiet... Too quiet.

I wondered whether everyone in the guild went sick and stayed home or possibly they were put into sleep by a Sleeping Magic. I remember that Father once told me about a Fairy Tail mage that put everyone to sleep every time he came to the guild. What was his name again? Hmm... maybe that guy came to visit the guild.

I push opened the doors and entered, and I was greeted by a rather bizarre scene. The furniture was destroyed, many broken pieces of glass and wood, though the guild members were mostly present-but completely silent, that's odd- and there was a large of ball of ice in the middle of the room. I noticed Sarah was present. Maybe she had just stopped another fight in the guild... but what's that ice ball?

I stared for a moment, blinked, shrugged to myself and walked off. After 21 years in Fairy Tail, nothing really surprises me anymore.

Noise started fill the building, I saw people taking out more chairs and tables to replace the broken ones. A few people greeted me and I smiled back.

I walked towards the bar, dropped my bag on a stool, took out a bottle of grape juice from the refrigerator and drank it straight from the bottle.

"Don't you want beer, Night-kun?"

I glanced and saw Maya, smiling and wiping a glass with a cloth. Maya was the only daughter of Elfman and Evergreen, and one of the Take Over Cousins. She's a little proud, and likes to dress pretty, but I feel that she's been getting clingier with me lately. She was also the current head waitress, took the position from her aunt.

"No, I wanna keep my head clear and my posture good," I replied. It was common knowledge in the guild that I can't handle any alcoholic beverage, including beer. Though I never give up trying... and every attempt end up messy. "So, what happened?"

Maya chuckled, "Well, Hiken and Arianna started fighting, and then the whole guild started fighting, then Sarah came in and she stopped everyone."

"Wait," I placed the empty bottle on the table, "Hiken's back?

"Yep. And I think I saw Garry, too." She looked into the crowd. "Ah. There he is."

I turned around and found the fellow black haired dragon slayer with Sarah and a strange girl that reminded me of Hiken and Natsu. "Where's Hiken? I don't see him."

"Oh," Maya giggled and pointed at the huge ice sphere, "Sarah froze him inside that ice ball, stopped him fighting with Arianna."

I sighed, smiling. Typical Hiken, heh. I'd read Hiken's news in the morning newspaper on the way back to Magnolia, how he'd burnt down a whole village... I wasn't really surprised. 21 years in Fairy Tail, remember? And me, Hiken and Garry were best friends, so we know each other's habits like the back of our hands.

"Have you heard of what Hiken did to the village on his mission?" Maya asked.

"Yeah, I read it in the newspaper," I answered, grinning. "I guess Dad already knew about it?"

"Yep."

"And he's not home. Right?"

Maya nodded, "Smart. How'd you know?"

"Intuition. Ha ha." Heh. I don't expect Hiken to be still alive if Dad was present and Hiken back this early. He'd be in the nearest hospital. I sighed; if Dad wasn't in the guild, there'd be two things to do: wait for him to return, or follow him to wherever he had gone. Anyway, I really needed to tell him about my experience.

"Maya, do you know where my Dad is?"

"Hmmm... I don't really know. I heard it was a meeting, an important one I suppose. He and the Raijinshuu just left this morning."

Meeting... Of course. How could I have forgotten?

I stood up, feeling suddenly excited. I walked over to Garry who was talking to Sarah, the stranger girl standing near.

"So, Anne, this is Sarah. Sarah, this is Anne," I heard Garry introducing the new girl to Sarah.

"Hey guys," I greeted.

"Ah, Night! How are you, mate? How was your mission?" Garry smiled.

I opened my mouth, but the pink haired girl near suddenly interrupted. "Night? You mean you're Night Dreyar, the no. 2 mage in Sorcerer's Weekly's Top Mages I Want To Be My Boyfriend list? Oh my God. I can't believe I'm actually meeting you!"

I stared blankly at the gaping girl, who I noticed looked like a female version of Hiken, before looking up questioningly at Garry.

"I'm no. 8," Garry grinned. "This is Anne. She's a newcomer to Fairy Tail."

I smiled and shook the girl's hand, "Hi, my name's Night. Welcome to Fairy Tail. I don't read magazines, so I don't know about that list you said though."

Garry looked amused as Anne gazed at me with stars in her eyes, I was starting to feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, Sarah cleared her throat and brought the attention to her.

"So, Garry, you were saying something about Anne?"

"Ah. Yeah, she'd need to fill her information papers and get the guild mark, but since Master's not here, could you help her? You're the caretaker here after all."

"I see. Yeah, I can help her with that." She smiled and patted Anne, who was startled as if she had been woken from a trance. "Come, Anne. I'll print you with the guild insignia. Then you'll be an official Fairy Tail member."

"Wow! Thanks! That means I can join in the fight next time, right?" she exclaimed; we all sweat-dropped at her enthusiasm.

Suddenly, there was a loud CRASH!

We all turned around; obviously, Hiken had broken out of the ice sphere. The pieces of ice flew across the room, Hiken sprawled on the floor, looking furious. He immediately hopped up to his feet and pointed his finger angrily at Sarah.

"WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA, FREEZING ME LIKE THAT!?" he shouted, steam seemed to shoot out of ears.

"Idiot," Sarah muttered, she turned at Hiken, producing a stream of water around her body. "Stop shouting. Or I'll freeze you again."

"Oh yeah? Then I'll MELT DOWN that ice!" Hiken punched his left palm with his right fist, flames immediately erupted from his hands, then charged at Sarah, his fists ablaze.

I sighed and moved quickly before things get messy again. Seriously, it was messy enough already. I moved in a flash of lightning, appeared near Hiken and knock him hard on the head with a loud thump.

"Ouch!"

"Stop already. You've caused enough destruction."

The pink haired dragon slayer turned around at me, wincing and rubbing his head. "Night? When did you get back?"

"While you were frozen," I answered. I saw that behind Hiken, Johnny and Maya trying to hold a struggling Arianna from charging at Hiken, Maya covering her cousin's mouth so that she couldn't shout an insult. I couldn't help but grin.

"Well, do you want to go for a spar, eh?" asked Hiken enthusiastically.

"No, you've done enough trouble," Sarah approached, glaring. "Besides, you and I need to have a little talk. I can't believe you had destroyed another village, it's the second time this month!"

I smiled as Hiken sent appealing looks at me and Garry to save him from the water mage's wrath. Really, she sometimes even intimidates me.

"Well, Sarah, I'm sorry but you'll have to talk with Hiken later. I happen to need him on a mission with me."

I saw from the corner of my eye Hiken giving me thank you looks. I turned at Garry, "And you too, Garry."

"What mission? Couldn't you go by yourself? Why'd you need both him and Garry?" Sarah asked, frowning.

"Well, it's not really a mission, but I want both of them to accompany me."

"Where are we going anyway?" asked Garry.

"Crocus. We're going after Dad."

Hiken suddenly seemed to choke on his own saliva; he looked at me, his eyes gauging out. "Are you crazy!? Master already want to skin me alive and you want me to follow after him!?"

"That I don't know, or really care since you brought it upon yourself. I know you burnt down that village, but there's nothing I can do about it. You're gonna have to come with me still."

Hiken folded his arms. "No way!"

I smiled. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the meeting of the Ten Wizard Saints?"

Yeah, that's where Dad was heading. It might be surprising, but he actually was chosen as one of the new Wizard Saints, along with Erza, and Jellal who was reinstated the position. They make this meeting of the Wizard Saints every five years, and Dad had told me that it'd be held in Crocus this year. I'd never actually followed Dad to the meeting, but it looked like now was the chance.

Hiken's expression changed immediately. He had always been obsessed with strong wizards, mostly challenging them to spar with him. And there's no way he'd let go of a chance to meet the strongest wizards in the world.

"So are you in?"

"... Yeah! I'm going get beaten up anyway, probably it's better to meet the Ten Wizard Saints before dying!"

"Good," I said, "How about you, Garry?"

"Hmm," he pondered for a moment, then shrugged, "I guess it'd be a great experience. I'm in."

"Hey! Can I come too?" Anne asked suddenly. "Please? I also wanna meet with the Ten Wizard Saints!"

We stared at her; I was lost for words for a moment. There was very little chance that we'd even be allowed into the meeting, plus I was quite certain that it'd be a bad idea to bring a fan girl who was not part of the guild yet.

Thankfully, Sarah saved me, "No, Anne, you can't go with them. You are still a new member, so you should start with normal missions. And trust me, any mission those three go together are not normal." She then looked at me sharply, "I don't know what you are up to, but I hope you take responsibility if anything wrong happened. And you should also be watching him." She gestured at Hiken.

"Don't worry. I'll take care."

Sarah nodded, then pulled Anne away.

"Who's that girl? She looks familiar..." Hiken mused. Garry merely chuckled, then suddenly frowned at me.

"Why'd you want to follow after Master? Is that even allowed?"

"Well… see, there'd been a little event on my way back home. I think I need to tell Father about it… plus we'd never been to Crocus before, it'd be new experience."

"What do you mean an event? What happened?"

"I'll tell you and Hiken later. So, we'll leave from the guild tomorrow morning, okay?"

"Okay." Garry and Hiken nodded. "Wait, how exactly are we travelling to Crocus?"

"By train, of course."

"Are you kidding?" Hiken said. "Three dragon slayers on a train? That's no way a good idea."

"Don't worry. I'll ask Wendy to cast Troia on us before leaving."

"Kay. I guess Wendy will help us if you ask."

Garry gave out a wide yawn, "Mm… I think I'll go sleep for the rest of the day. It's been really tiring…" he said, picking up his bag and walking away. "Well, see you later you two."

… Five minutes later,

"NIGHT! FIGHT ME!" Hiken and Arianna chorused loudly.

"Those two…" I sighed, as they charged towards me; it was nice to see them united, even though it was against me, "…never learn their lesson." I finished off my juice from the glass.

"I TOLD YOU TWO TO STOP!"

There was a flash of water, and the next moment, both of them were frozen like ice sculptures on the spot.

I raised the empty glass, "Maya, more apple juice, please."

A/N: I'll try to update faster. I'll have much free time after my IGCSEs. I'd also like to request to continue supporting my story, please. It'll help me update faster.

Time skip: The timeskip is actually around twenty two years. I said twenty years in the previous chapter, which I meant was roughly that time. One friend asked me how is Night 21 years old if the story starts 20 years after the Grand Magic Games. My mistake.

Following canon plot: The canon is getting really interesting, and I hope that I can match this story with how the original story will end.

Ages: Hiken-19, Garry-19, Night-21, Anne-18, Charlotte-12, Sarah-19, Johnny-18, Maya-18, Arianna-16.

Thanks, everybody.