Chapter 2
Mikan woke up in the middle of her dream causing Wendy to wake up as well. She was now in full health thanks to Wendy's three sessions Healing Magic which she performs on her every day. She turned her head from left to right admiring the classical design of the infirmary as well as the guild. She stopped and began to wonder where she is.
Wendy greeted her with a smile. "Hi! My name is Wendy Marvell. A Sky Dagon Slyer Mage. You can call me Wendy for short."
Mikan greeted her likewise. "Um, my name is Sakura Mikan. You can also call me Mikan."
"By the way, Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Mikan turned to her in astonishment.
"Fairy Tale? You mean I am inside a storybook? What are you? Have you really slain a dragon" asked Mikan.
Wendy shook her head. "Fairy Tail is not a storybook. It is a wizard's guild."
"What is a wizard's guild?"
"A wizard's guild is a place where wizards could get jobs, hang out and have fun. It could also serve as your home and family. You see in Fiore, magic became the livelihood of wizards. It is their very life. It is their very life." explained Wendy. "I learned the definitions through observations though." She gave a little chuckle. "And I haven't actually slain a dragon but, it is what I am called because of the kind of magic I am using." She added.
Moments later, they heard a knock which came from the door just in front of them. The door opened and Erza stepped in, approaching them. She sat on the bed where Mikan was sitting. "I see you are already awake." Mikan pressed her hands against Erza's cold armor.
"What happened? How long has it been since like this? Where are my friends and my mother?" Mikan asked. Tears began flowing out of her eyes and trickled down to her cheeks. Erza hugged her to slightly ease her pain.
"For three days you have been asleep while Wendy was constantly healing you. I presume that you already know what mother and your friends were currently battling to give us time to escape. There were changes in plans. Your mother went into hiding herself and asked us to take you here for the meantime until the petition on the reforms on the academy is carried out and, to keep you away from the tracking alices from the ESP's side." said Erza.
"Why don't you join our guild for a while so that you can have fun for the meantime! " Wendy said happily.
Sense of excitement began to build up inside Mikan. "I can't wait!" she jumped out of bed and she was a back into her usual algorithm.
Wend y stood up and took Mikan's hand. "In the meantime, you could borrow my clothes." She jumped out of her bed and went with her outside the infirmary. Erza followed them.
When they stepped in the guild's main hall, Mikan saw many people preparing for Christmas.
"Wow!" she awed in amazement because she saw people flying everywhere, fire shoots out of their hands, making some decorations using their minds and many more.
"Oi Natsu! Get your bones on the double! It is not good you are lounging around when you don't have a job request especially this time where your help is most needed! So pass that rotting garland now!" Gray yelled.
"You are the one to talk!" Natsu gave a reply.
"Grrr!"
"Grrr!"
When both of them almost got each other's shirts, Erza glared at them. Due to the fact that Erza will crush their bones, they act like little children.
"Now that's better."
"Eh?!" Mikan exclaimed.
"Oh, that's just the usual thing. Natsu and Gray provokes each other then Erza gives them their usual glare then, they become like Happy number two and three." said the Sky Dragon Slayer.
"Is that how scary Erza-san is?" Mikan fringed.
"Yup!" a blond short-haired girl approached them. "You must be new here?" Mikan nodded.
"My name is Lucy and I am a Stellar Spirit mage. What is your name?" said Lucy.
"My name is Mikan Sakura. You can just call me Mikan for short. "replied Mikan.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" greeted Lucy. She offered Mikan a warm handshake and she gladly shook the Stellar Spirit Mage's hand.
"By the way Mikan-chan, did you get the mark already?" asked Lucy.
"What mark?" she asked her.
"This one." Lucy showed her right hand where a colored light pink symbol of Fairy Tail was situated.
"Wendy has hers too." She added.
"You mean the blue tattoo she has on her right arm?" she asked.
"Yup!"
Wakaba noticed them and went to them. "Is that Yuka? She has gotten quite a bit smaller don't you think?" He looked at her in wonder. This caused a chain reaction of wonder throughout the old guild and new members alike.
"Is that Yuka?"
"She definitely looks like her."
"Yuka? Where had she been for so long? Why is she small and she has long hair?"
"Yeah, I thought she was going on a misson two years ago to look for her daughter."
"Who's Yuka?" asked Lucy.
"She is this child's mother" said Mirajane, looking at Mikan.
"Wait, mother's been here?" asked Mikan. All of the guild members were bewildered. Mirajane went to where Mikan and Wendy were standing, bringing a stamp.
"Yup, she joined the guild many years ago." said Mirajane. Mikan and Wendy's head towards her.
"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Mirajane, I take of the guild every time master goes out." said Mirajane. Mikan began to picture out the white-haired woman she saw shooting an energy ball towards the Fukitai when she was at the academy escaping for her dear life. This made her think she was the woman. In fact, she is that woman after all.
"Master has told me to place this on you if you want." Said Mirajane placing the stamp on the top of Mikan's left higher arm.
"What is it?" asked Mikan.
"It's the mark of Fairy Tail. If you bear this mark, you are considered as our friend and on top of that, as a family. The whole guild is willing to fight for its nakama even though it causes their lives. It also signifies you are a fully-pledged wizard." said Wendy.
"Wait, but I don't know any magic yet!" exclaimed Mikan. Mirajane smiled at her.
"Someday you will learn and master it. For now, don't try using your Alice too much okay?" Mirajane pressed the stamp into her skin until an orange-colored Fairy Tail symbol appeared. " "
"Once again, Welcome to Fairy Tail!" everyone gave their loudest cheers and Lucy introduced her to her fellow guild members one by one.
"The day has ended. Why don't we go to Fairy Hills for now. You could sleep in Wendy's room since you did not perform a job yet." said Erza tapping Mikan's shoulder. Wendy gave a huge smile to her. On top of that, you need to learn magic so that you will not constantly use your Alice. " Said Erza.
"Let's go!"
"yeah"
Mikan and Wendy woke up early from a good night sleep. Thankfully, Mikan did not have any nightmares and she had rested well together with Wendy in her bed. She borrowed one of Wendy's tribal clothes which happens to be a sleeveless one and wore her pigtails.
"Done!" as she rubbed her forehead seeing that she was already fixed. Wendy came inside the room and tried to get the bands holding her pigtails.
"What do you think you are doing?" asked Mikan.
"Why don't you try making it loose? It looks good on you"
"But, I never tried making it loose before."
"Trust me, you look cute" After getting the bands, she reached for her brush which was placed just above her dresser.
"Finished!" the Sky Dragon Slayer said after brushing Mikan's light-brown hair. Wendy took side glance on the mirror. Mikan was frowning.
"What's wrong? Don't you like it?" said a disappointed Wendy.
"What do you mean?!" Mikan sweat dropped. I'm sorry Wendy-chan if I cannot tell you right now, it is just that it is so hard to explain. I must think of something, quick!
"Why don't we go to the guild Mikan-chan? Maybe there are simple mission requests with much pay. Then, we could start shopping tomorrow." said Wendy. They went out of the Sky Dragon Slayer's room and headed towards the guild just located nearby.
Mikan suddenly remembered something about Natsume and the DA classupon hearing the word missions. She suddenly became scared of Fairy Tail. Come to think of it, did my mom want me to be a member of the DA that's why she sent me here?
"Wow. It's so pretty! What is it? Is this what they call the sea?" asked Mikan looking at the oceanic scenery which they could see from the hill they were standing.
Wendy nodded. "Haven't you seen the sea before?" she asked.
"I saw it only in pictures." Mikan said in reply.
"Why don't we go there sometime" smiled Wendy.
"Yeah, But about the missions, did they force you to do it?" she asked.
"No" replied Wendy. "In fact, those are our livelihood. Wizards can only become fully-pledged wizards if they joined a certain guild. In every guild, there is a board wherein jobs are posted. You can choose one that you want. It could be catching a certain villain, save something or someone and many more. There's also a good thing, you could team up with someone else in the guild."
Mikan sighed. She thought wrong about Fairy Tail. She also realized that Mirajane was not lying to her. It was obvious from the looks of the people in the guild and Yuka's relationship with them. Gazing for the last time at the ocean, she prayed for the safety of her friends who helped her escape from the hands of the demon.
"Mikan-chan?"
"Ah yes!"
"Let's go already."
Lucy was busy instructing the others about the Christmas decorations. The guild is almost completely decorated. The parade floats were completely embedded. The Christmas tree was already lighted with gifts under it coming from different people and from the different members of the guild.
"Mikan-chan, let's choose a job over there." She was pointing at the guild's bulletin board covered with different posters displaying the job's information and its reward.
"Whoa, there are so many! Wait, what's a jewel. You said that we could earn money from this. There's not an amount of Japanese yen here." complained Mikan looking at the jobs requests which seems to display only 20,000 jewels, 40,000 jewels, 1,000,000 jewels and etc.
" Japanese yen? What's that?"
"It's the money they are using in their world." said Mirajane. She went to where they were standing while holding two rolls of parchment which seems to be posters to be posted on the bulletin board. "As you can see Mikan-chan, our currency here is called jewels. In other words, we use it every day in Fiore as money. By the way, did you already chose what job you want to do?"
They kept on pinpointing at the posters posted on the bulletin board but in the end, the shook their heads. Mirajane chuckled on the other hand.
"What's wrong?" asked Mikan.
"Oh, I was just about to post these parchments the bulletin board and it seems you are having some trouble, so here!" Mirajane handed them a roll of parchment from her hands. "I hope it would be good for you two." Then, she began pasting the last parchment she has in her hand. Mikan and Wendy accepted the parchment and unrolled it.
"Wow! It's just very near here!" exclaimed Wendy. "Let's go Mikan-chan!"
"You mean were going to arrange books?"
"Yup, But the good thing is, the reward is up to 40,000 jewels. Afterwards, we can go shopping!"
"Let's go!"
"Yup"
"I'm back!" yelled Erza as she bagan to walk inside the guild's doors and began scouting the place.
"Guys, how many times do I have to tell you that even though were the number one guild in Fiore again, it doesn't mean we have to slack off!" her voice roared across the hall like a huge megaphone.
"But Erza-san, we were just done decorating the whole guild and we have to rest for a while." one of the guild members spoke.
"Alright, I guess I'll excuse this" said Erza, touching her forehead with her right hand.
"How did your job go?"
"Ah Mira!"
A pink haired lad sprung out of his seat then launched a fist of the fire dragon towards the scarlet-haired woman who was wearing her heartkreuz armor.
"Oi Natsu!"
"Get used to it, this is his usual way of welcoming Erza back.
"Welcome back Erza! Fight me!" Erza dodged the attack but, ended up with Natsu being forcefully kissed to the floor.
"Geez Natsu, you could such be an idiot sometimes." Erza sighed. "By the way, where's Mikan and Wendy?" the Titania asked.
"Oh they are out on their first job" replied Lucy who was seating on the counter.
"Oi Lucy! Why don't we go on a job too?" suggested Natsu.
"Aye sir!" Happy seconded.
"Yeah, I could use a job right now after being in the guild all the winter season facilitating the preparations." The stellar spirit mage replied. "But, what job is it?"
Natsu handed over the poster he got from the request board which caused Lucy to be in shock.
"NANNI!?" Lucy shouted.
"Give me that paper" said Erza. Erza read the poster and it seems it came from a familiar group of people.
Dear Fairy Tail, it has been a long time since you came to Galuna Island with an attempt to destroy the moon. Many years passed and we learned to cherish the moon again. We are having the Moon Festival in five days and requested if you could help us in preparing the area where the ceremony will be held.
"But before that, I would like to give her a surprise welcoming. I told Wendy to take her on a job so we would be given time to prepare." said Lucy. "Just like what you did for me the first time I came here. " She smiled.
"Yeah, and she has been through enough for the last days." said Erza.
"Eh?"
"You will know soon enough." Erza looked up to the ceiling admiring the designs. I just hope Noda-san is okay after the amount of Alice he spent on transporting us there and trapping some soldiers in the time space.
"Erza?" Natsu waved his hand side-to-side in front of Erza's face. The god of silence suddenly inflicted a spell upon them. Erza stood up with a calm gesture.
"Yeah, let's get ready"
"Phew"
The stellar spirit mage gathered all of the guild members and they cooperated wholeheartedly .
In the National Library, Wendy and Mikan are working non-stop in helping the librarian in arranging the books by category.
DING DONG! DING DONG! DING DONG! The grand clock of Magnolia rang signifying the end of the day.
"Done!" Wendy said as she placed the last book to which shelf it belongs. Mikan was also done with her division. It was just easy because of the markers placed on the left side of the books.
"Thank you so much for helping me little ones! I posted that job because all of my assistants are on holiday and they won't come back until then. As promised, here's your reward" said the librarian, handling over a bag of jewels to Wendy.
"Wow. Our first job together, accomplished!" Wendy cried. They went out of the library and went back to the guild together.
"About shopping, we could have it tomorrow since we finished our job late." said Wendy.
"Yeah and my arms hurt" said Mikan. They reached the front door of the guild and to their surprise, it was closed. Maybe they all went home, thought Mikan.
Wendy opened the guild door and huge voice was heard.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!" said all of the guild members joyfully in unison. Mikan shed her tears of joy and there she realized why Wendy took her on a job. They stepped inside and the sky dragon slayer introduced her to the different members present. They were all having a good time till midnight. Most of them went home late and some slept on the guild.
"Thank you everyone for making me feel a part of the guild!"
AN: ahh.. another great day of adventure of Mikan... I hope that you could wait for two to three months because I am placing this on HIATUS status in the meantime due to the fact that we have clearance signing and I still need my chapter 3 to be checked by my beta and I would like to extend my greatest gratitude to her for helping me with my stories and, my beta is also concentrating on getting her clearance signed.
So please hang on because there is more adventures to come for Mikan while she is seeking refuge in another dimension and what could have happened to her friends who are fighting against the ESP? WARNING: confusing timelines will come as the story progresses...