My god, went through a 14 hour flight journey going and coming back.. My sleep pattern is shucking messed up!

Back to school Monday, how sad was this Christmas holiday having to study for mock exams?

Anyway, on with the reading :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, never have and never will, bless me :P I own LK, Ui, etc.


Chapter 24

"Who is Mizu-chan?" Natsu asks.

"She's my best friend!" I say to Natsu, and he scratches his head. The Vulcan's body glows and slowly, a human body replaces the Vulcan's form; first from the head, then upper body and finally the lower part of the body.

Everyone gasps, wondering the same thing as I am, 'Mizu-chan, what are you doing here and what happened to you?'

"Is the job done by the way?" Gray asks.

"Yes, the job is done. Well done mages of Fairy Tail. We are very grateful for what you've done. Our village is safe again." An old man croaks. There are loud cheers and applauds and we smile. "Now, let us take care of your wounds and your friend here. That's the least we can do."

We nod and Natsu carries Mizu-chan and we follow the old man towards his house. Natsu lays Mizu-chan on the bed at the corner and an old lady, presumably the old man's wife appears. "Oh my, what a horrid thing to happen to such young people. I'll get the medicines and hot towel ready." She disappears and a second later walks hurriedly towards Mizu-chan and places a hot towel on her forehead. She starts to clean up her wounds and make Mizu-chan drink some sort of tea. We watch the old lady work while the old man goes to talk to the other villagers. The old lady turns to us and says, "Younglings, I will tend to your wounds now, who's first?"

All of us put our hands up and decline politely, and Erza speaks on our behalf. "Don't worry about us. We are fine, and thank you for taking care of our friend."

"Nonsense! Look at yourselves, you have cuts everywhere. I will treat your wounds and you will sit there like a good child, do you understand?"

We nod and blink. "We're like 20-ish though." Lucy whispers. 'Seventeen for me.'

After the old lady cleans our wounds, we sat on the soft sofas near the fire place and wait for Mizu-chan to wake up and for the old man to return. She offers us tea and cakes which surprisingly to me, Erza jumps up with her eyes sparkling and asks, "Strawberry cake?"

"Sure, sit tight and I will get it for you." The old lady shuffles away while we sit together uncomfortably, thinking it's rude of us to let the old lady do all the work. The old man returns at the same time as the old lady. "Ahh grandpa, you're back. Come and join us, we have cake."

"Oh no don't worry about me, let them eat."

"No, no, you stubborn old man! Come and sit here with me and drink tea." The old lady says with a smile but with a hint of authority and the old man walks over and sit down with us. 'I'm not sure if I want to see this old lady angry, probably worse than Erza...'

"You are mages from Fairy Tail, am I correct?" The old man asks.

We nod and Natsu asks a strange question, "Old man, what's your name? We don't know what to call you since the name is listed as Old Man on the job request." 'Now that I think about it, that's strange,'

The old couple chuckle, and he says, "Everyone knows me as the Old Man in the village. I am the chief of this village and my real name is Laos Drogar. My wife is known as the Old Lady but her real name is Nari Drogar."

"That is such as nice name!" I squeal at their awesome names, making everyone laugh.

"I am sure your names are all amazing too. Tell us your names." Nari/the Old Lady says.

Erza, who is sitting at the end closest to the fireplace takes the lead. "My name is Erza Scarlet." She looks at Natsu for him to introduce himself.

"I am Natsu Dragneel and this is my partner, Happy." He says pointing at Happy.

Next is Lucy, "My name is Lucy Heartfilia."

"Gray. Gray Fullbuster." Gray says with confidence.

"Juvia Lockser."

"My name is Wendy Marvell, nice to meet you." Wendy says politely. "This is my partner, Charle." gesturing at the white Exceed.

Lastly, it is my turn. "I am called Lia Katmist, and over there is my friend, Mizutan Ui."

The old couple both clasps their hands together and beam, "Ahh, what wonderful names!"

We accept the compliment and thank them, and Laos/the Old Man stands up, "Are you ready for your rewards?"

"You did mention about magic scrolls. Do you mind me asking what kind of magic it is?" Erza asks.

Laos disappears into the back room and I am giddy with excitement to receive the reward. He returns with two large bags. He places them on the table and took one bag and hands it to us, "This is 500,000 jewels as promised on the job requests."

"What's in the other bag?" Natsu asks, and I admit that I'm curious too.

"Ahh, this bag contains a magic scroll. It is of no use in this house." 'Wow, wonder what magic it is for.' He hands it to Erza and at that moment, Mizu-chan moans. I immediately rush to her side, the magic scroll forgotten. Everyone else crowds behind me.

Her eyes flutter open and adjust to the surrounding. She turns her head slowly and grimaces, probably from the pain and sees me kneeling next to her. "Mizu-chan!" I call her.

"Li- Lia-chan." She croaks. "I was on adventure Lia-chan, to look for a guild and I happened to walk passed by this village and got attack by a Vulcan. I think I was taken over and I couldn't do anything." She sniffs a little.

I brush her hair to the side and comfort her, "Hey it's ok. They took you by surprised, that's all. I had a hard time fighting them off."

She giggles. "How have you been Lia-chan?"

"I'm great actually! Oh, I forgot!" I gasp, turning towards the group. I introduce them to Mizu-chan, "Mizu-chan, meet the Fairy Tail members!"

Her eyes become wide, and I nod and giggles at the same time.

"Fa-fairy T-tail?" She stutters.

I stand up to give some space and points with my thumb at Wendy, who is standing the closest to me. "This is Wendy."

"Hello! I'm Wendy. Nice to meet you!" She bows.

Next, I points at Charle, "This Charle. She is an Exceed and is Wendy's partner!" Charle nods and then I point at Happy, "That's Happy, also an Exceed and is Natsu's partner. The pinky-hair is Natsu." Mizu-chan giggles at this.

"Yo!" Natsu holds up a hand. I point at Lucy and Juvia, standing between Natsu and Erza, "That is Lucy and Juvia."

"Hi there! Nice to meet you!" Lucy waves cheerfully while Juvia bows.

Then, I points at Erza and finally Gray, "That's Erza and black hair is Gray." They both nod and say hi to Mizu-chan.

"Uhh, n-nice to meet you!" She stammers and I laugh, knowing that she's nervous to meet with the legendary Fairy Tail members.

I jump up and down from excitement. "Guess what? Guess what?!" I ask her with wide eyes.

"W-whaatt?" She sits up looking at me curiously. We have a conversation without words, just facial expressions, in which only Mizu-chan and I understand because we've been doing that for years. I wiggle my eyebrows at her and grin. She narrows her eyes and purse her lips. Then, I raise my eyebrows and her eyes open wide with her mouth open in the shape of an 'O'. Then the words come out, "Nnoooooo!"

I nod vigorously. "Yeesssss!" I quickly turn around and pull the left side of my top down to reveal the Fairy Tail guild mark.

She squeals and everyone chuckles at us. "I am soo joining you!" I laugh and nod. She turns to the rest and asks worriedly, "I can join Fairy Tail, right?"

They look at each other and laugh. Erza says, "Of course you can!"

"Aye!" Happy confirms. We both squeal, giddy at the thought of being in the same guild.

-Time skip-

We are back at the guild. Mizu-chan, wide eyes and wide open mouth, with her head tilting backwards, is observing the guild from every corner, from left to right and top to bottom. I can't stop smiling because I am so happy that she is here with me. I touch her hands and she looks at me. I ask her, "Which guild are you planning to join?"

She squeals and jumps and down, nodding at the same time. 'How the hell does she do that? I would have broken my neck jumping and nodding like that.' I think, watching her. "I DON'T KNOW YET AND I HAVE A LIST OF GUILDS I AM INTERESTED IN!"

"Which are?"

"FAIRY TAIL, LAMIA SCALE, CALADRIUS, MERMAIDS HEEL, AND SABERTOOTH!"

"That's a lot!"

"I KNOW!" She screams.

"Lia! Let's check out your new reward!" Natsu exclaims, pulling me by the arm out into the field.

"What reward? We got jewels!" 'What the hell is he on about? If he's going to take my money then I will kick his balls.'

"Didn't you get some magic scrolls?" Lucy asks. It turns out the whole gang follow us outside.

I look up trying to recall the memory of the earlier event at the village. Lightbulb! I remembered the Old Man giving us two bags. I take out the scrolls from the the bag. I unroll it and read the title: 'Halcyon Reis'.

"Wow. Halcyon Reis? It says here magic layers. Isn't that similar to Jellal's magic?" Gray asks.

"As I recall, he did some magic layers in the Grand Magic Games against Jura." Lucy says, tapping her chin.

"His magic is the Heavenly Body magic, which comes from the same root as your Celestial Magic, but this is not the same thing." Erza explains.

I read out loud. "The art of creating layers of magic is very difficult to achieve. This means one magic circle on top of another. It can go from two-layers of magic circle up to five layers. Most mages only achieve at least two to three layers, but not beyond that since it requires a long and complicated process of training. Those achieved five layers are considered to be extremely dedicated and strong mages. It is also one of the ancient magic which most people have forgotten about."

"Wow, that is so cool!" Natsu exclaims.

"This is awesome! I'm gonna start training now!" I announce to the group.


I just finished reading the Maze Runner this week, and it's shucking awesome!

In love with Newt and Minho, oh those shanks :P ~ LK