Hello and welcome to the next installment of A Jerza What If. . . Still haven't figured out a better name for it *Sigh* . . Well anyways~ I hope you all enjoy this chapter and before we begin
Characters will be slightly to fully OoC, sorry about that
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is owned by their rightful owners, I only own the story
9/2/14: I have edited this story for your viewing pleasure, enjoy
Now then without further adieu, lets begin
A group of children could be seen from a distance of Magnolia as they made their way towards it "Are we there yet" Millianna said with a tired groan as they've been walking for the past few hours
"Don't worry we're almost there so just hang on a bit more" Erza said as she was leading her friends towards Magnolia with the map they got from one of the escapees.
Apparently one of the escapees was the co-owner of the Heart Kreuz company and he promised to do whatever in his power to repay them for freeing him. So the first thing the man did was go to the nearest bank and withdrew some of his funds to give to them. He also gave them new clothes to wear, of his brand of course, and gave them a map while teaching them how to read it so they could find their way to Magnolia Town. He then told them if they ever need anything just go to his home in Hargeon Town.
Millianna whined about having to keep walking as Simon would at this point tell her to stop complaining about it but couldn't with all the bandages on his face that only his left eye still visible behind it all. They were finally coming up to the gates of Magnolia as they all stopped to look at the city in amazement "Wow it's so pretty here" Millianna said in awe as they passed through the gates to the city and walked down a random street.
They continued walking down the street until Jellal let out a sigh "We're lost aren't we" Jellal said bluntly making Erza flinch
"N-No we're not. I know exactly where we're going" Erza said nervously while heading down a street that was the exact opposite way to Fairy Tail.
"Erza, Admit it. We're lost" Jellal said dryly as they've been walking for more than an hour and haven't found the guild yet
"Nee-san, are we there yet" Sho said tiredly his body drooping slightly along with Millianna and Wally while Simon was tired as well but endured it
". . . Fine, we'll ask someone" Erza hissed under her breath as she crossed her arms with a pout while Jellal chuckled at her action. He turned and approached a random civilian asking the person where Fairy Tail was
Jellal returned quite quickly after talking to the random civilian "Well" Erza asked dryly
"It's on the other side of town. The opposite way we came from if I might add" Jellal said with his eyes twitching in slight irritation while Erza choked before looking away with slight shame on her face. Jellal sighed shaking his head slowly "Come on, lets go" Jellal said tiredly as he led the group in the right direction of the guild.
They soon arrived to a large guild with a loud commotion happening inside "I guess this is it" Jellal said as they all looked at the entrance of the building with its symbol hung up high in front of it
"Well. What are we waiting for" Erza said with a small smile as she walked ahead of the others
Erza walked up to the large double door and took a deep breath before pushing it open to reveal a lively group of mages messing around with each other. When Erza and her group took a step into the guild all the mages stopped what they were doing and stared at them wondering what they are doing here
"Erza-Nee, I don't like their stares" Sho said fidgeting slightly from their gazes along with Millianna and Wally
"It's alright, they're only curious why we're here" Erza said gently before addressing the guild "Is the master here!?" Erza asked aloud as an old short man jumped down from the second floor with a flip but landed on his head and fell down on the other side of the bar
Erza, Simon and Jellal sweat-dropped while the rest of their friends laughed a bit from the old man's antics. The old man grumbled a bit as he climbed back onto the table and dropped down onto the stool in front of him "How's it going, I'm master Makarov Dreyar. It's a pleasure" Makarov said with a smile as he waved to them with one hand as the other hand grabbed a mug of beer from the counter "So what can I do for ya" Makarov asked politely while taking a swig of his beer
"We wish to join Fairy Tail" Erza said seriously as her friends nodded
"Oh ho, tell me why would you want to join Fairy Tail" Makarov said happily as he took another swig of his beer
"It's because I was told about Fairy tail by Rob-Ojisan and I promised him that I would join" Erza said with a hint of remorse when she talked about Rob
Makarov gave out a happy laugh "I haven't heard from Rob in years, how is he doing" Makarov said taking a sip of his beer
"He's dead" Jellal said bluntly as his friends all flinched at his bluntness about the sensitive subject
Makarov spat out his beer and looked at their distraught faces ". . .Dead. . Damn it Rob" Makarov said softly taking a deep breath before addressing them "Would it be too much if you explain what happened" Makarov asked softly as they nodded "Come on" Makarov said as he led them into his office.
Makarov closed the door behind them as he walked around his desk and sat down in his chair "Now, would you like to start at the beginning at how this happened" Makarov asked softly as they nodded
Erza and Jellal told him of them being slaves along with Rob, which when Makarov heard that he put his head down and sigh softly at the thought of his friend being a slave. Erza then told how Rob gave his life to protect hers while telling her to live her life to be free for him. Erza kept the part about Jellal to herself and Jellal gave her a subtle nod of appreciation when she didn't say anything about what happened to him.
After hearing their story Makarov contemplated a bit with what he heard as they all fidgeted slightly in the uneasy silence. Makarov gave out a loud sigh "Rob would do something like that, I'm not complaining though seeing as I would do the same for anyone else" Makarov said with another sad sigh as he looked over his shoulder to a picture on a shelf.
Erza looked to where he was staring and saw the picture was a younger version of Makarov, a woman with pink hair, a man with a spike collar, another man wearing a suit, a man with a square chin, and what made her eyes widen slightly was the tall man in his later years with the familiar features that she knew very well
"That looks like Rob Ojisan" Millianna said quietly as Makarov gave out a quiet laugh
"That's correct, he was part of this guild long before I was a guild master" Makarov said as he extended his arm surprising the group when he did that. He plucked the picture off the shelf and handed it to the group of children to look at
The younger three of the group looked at the picture while the three older members remained focus on Makarov "Well before we do anything, you'll need to get those wounds checked over. They may be covered up very well but it doesn't mean you can't get a professional to give you a quick check up, especially when two of you are missing an eye" Makarov said as he glanced at Erza and Simon who flinched when he reminded them of their missing eyes.
The two nodded as Sho returned the picture to Makarov before they all headed out of the office and out of Magnolia. They walked into the forest east of Magnolia and made it to a clearing where they all saw a house made from a large tree. The tree was quite large and had a feel of peacefulness as woodland creatures were scurrying about the area undisturbed by their presence
The door to the house opened and an elderly woman with pink hair came out and the children instantly saw it was the woman that was in the picture in Makarov's office "What do you want Makarov, you know I hate having humans around and that includes brats" the woman said bitterly with distaste
"Now, now Porlyusica lets not be hasty here, the children here have gone through a lot and some of them needs some help. Like the girl here" Makarov said pointing to Erza's eye
Porlyusica looked at Erza for a bit "Let me see your eye" Porlyusica said sternly as Erza complied and lifted her eye patch "That's a nasty wound you got there. ." Porlyusica said as she placed her hand beneath her chin "It won't be an easy job, getting you to see out that eye again" Porlyusica said as she gestured Erza to put the eye patch back on
"Oh don't be like that now. She's got such a beautiful face, it would be a terrible shame to leave it like this" Makarov said dramatically and before Porlyusica could chastise him for being a pervert the two kids next to Erza beat her to the punch. Jellal and Simon both glared harshly at Makarov that the elderly man started to sweat bullets while trying to hide his fear by putting up a smile while not meeting their glares
It was until a small spark of golden magic that floated around Jellal did Makarov and Porlyusica take notice of his latent abilities. Erza slapped both their heads to stop their glares but quickly apologized to Simon as he clenched his bandaged head in pain.
Porlyusica picked Makarov by his ear and pulled him aside "Where exactly did they come from" Porlyusica asked
"Well apparently Rob wanted them to come here. The girl says it's because of a promise she made with him" Makarov said looking at the children while noticing Porlyusica's eyes widen in shock
"Rob! Where is then!" Porlyusica exclaimed in shock
"Dead, they tell me" Makarov said gravely as Porlyusica looked over to the group who heard what they were talking about and was distraught for a bit
Porlyusica looked at their distraught faces and sighed "Alright you damn human brats, get in and don't touch anything" Porlyusica said dryly as she jerked her to the open door to her house. They all piled in along with Makarov as he sat in the corner knowing better than to disturb Porlyusica when she's working
"Alright then, seeing as most of you aren't injured or in serious medical need you'll wait your turn. Boy since you're the most damaged of the group you're up first" Porlyusica said pointing to Simon when she gestured him to sit on the stool next to her. When Simon sat down on the stool Porlyusica unraveled the bandages around his face
"Hmm~ some third degree burns from magic that been tended to as well as possible using normal means, a broken jaw that I have no idea how it's still on your face with the amount of damage it's sustained, and you're missing an eye as well" Porlyusica said making her diagnoses of Simon's injuries
"Hold on" Porlyusica said as she began tending to the burn wounds with some medical gel she whipped out from the cabinet next to her. When she got to his jaw she began mixing materials into a liquid and into a needle
"Now this won't hurt a bit" Porlyusica said as she gripped his jaw making him flinch slightly "This will hurt a lot" jabbed it into Simon's jaw injecting the liquid slowly. Simon tried to yell but was muffled as Porlyusica held his mouth shut "Oh quiet you big baby, what I injected into you will heal your jaw in a matter of days so quit complaining" Porlyusica said harshly as she pulled the needle out
Porlyusica then pulled out something that looks like a metal jaw "Now I'm going to put this on you to stop you from hurting your jaw anymore than it is so it could heal properly" Porlyusica said as she placed the metal jaw that was slightly too big for Simon "Now for your eye I will have to make an replacement so I'll wait until later when I make the red head's eye as well" Porlyusica said as she lifted him off the stool and dropped him down next to his friends
"Boy come here" Porlyusica said gesturing to Jellal who quietly walked up and sat down on the stool "Remove your shirt" Porlyusica said sternly as Jellal complied as he took his shirt off revealing his entire upper body was covered in bloody wounds that some have pus spilling out slightly "How did this happen" Porlyusica said as her eyes narrowed at the wounds knowing from the years of her medical experience these types of wounds come from being tortured
"I-I don't want to talk about it" Jellal said as Porlyusica knew better than to ask. She began to clean his wounds with him flinching ever so often and as she cleaned his wounds she felt his Eternano container and was quite exceptionally larger than his age is supposed to be. When she delved deeper she felt something that made her eyes narrow slightly so keeping in mind to talk to Makarov about it later
"There, change your bandages once a day to keep the wounds clean" Porlyusica said as she finished bandaging Jellal up
Jellal got off the stool and went back to his friends "Next" Porlyusica said dryly as Wally went up as Millianna and Sho pushed him towards the pinkette "Let's see, just some minor scrapes and bruises nothing to worry about. Here drink this" Porlyusica said checking him over before pushing a small vial in Wally's face
Wally gingerly grabbed the vial and drank the contents before choking on the bitter taste "If medicine was to taste good then no one would appreciate the medical properties they have so suck it up. That goes for the rest of you seeing as the two of you have the same injuries as the boy here" Porlyusica said as she tossed two vials to Millianna and Sho
The two looked at the vials for a bit "Drink" Porlyusica said harshly as the two flinch before taking a deep breath before downing the vial and coughing harshly like Wally. Erza placed a hand on both of their backs to calm them down as Millianna stuck her tongue out from the taste while Porlyusica was busy making something
After a few minutes Porlyusica finished what she was making "Alright, boy come here for your eye" Porlyusica said as Simon sat back down on the stool as she pulled the bandage on his eye and began placing his new eye in. After a few moments Porlyusica finished "There. Open your eyes now" Porlyusica said as Simon opened both of his eyes and smiled behind the metal jaw "Can you see out of it" Porlyusica asked as Simon nodded happily
"Thank you" Simon said with a hoarse voice from not talking in so long
Porlyusica just waved him off "Girl your next" Erza complied as she walked past Simon and sat down on the stool and took her eye patch off as Porlyusica began implanting her eye. After a bit Porlyusica finished "How's that" Porlyusica asked
"I-It's healed" Erza said shaking a bit
"can you see all right" Porlyusica asked
"Yes" Erza said simply
"Good, now you brats can get out, I can't stand the sight of you humans any longer" Porlyusica said harshly as tears fell out of Erza's left eye
"It's healed" Erza said softly as Jellal and the others saddened a bit when they saw her crying
"Nee-san why are you crying" Sho asked softly as he walked up to her
"It's nothing, I'm just happy that's all" Erza said with a smile while the tears only fell from her left eye
"Your only crying from one side"
Erza was surprised when Porlyusica said that as she noticed she was only crying from her left eye "That can't be right, I'm sure I mixed it all perfectly" Porlyusica said as she went through her recipe book
"It's okay, I've already shed half of my tears anyway" Erza said as she was pulled into a hug by her friends
"That may be so, but it doesn't mean we like to see you cry" Jellal said softly as Erza returned their hugs
If Porlyusica didn't care what others would think as she would've cracked a smile at the scene but didn't as Makarov would've made a jibe at her saying she's gone soft "Well if you're well enough to hug each other. GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!" Porlyusica shouted as she brandished a broom out of nowhere and chased them out of her house but grabbed Makarov by his collar "We need to talk" Porlyusica said seriously as Makarov nodded knowing it was important
"Oy, go back to the guild and I'll make the arrangements of you joining our guild. I'll be back there in a little bit" Makarov shouted to the receding figures of the kids as he saw that Erza and Jellal both heard him and gave him an O.K gesture as they headed towards the guild
After they were gone from their sight Porlyusica turned to Makarov "You sensed the blue haired boy's Eternano when it flared correct" Porlyusica questioned
"Yes, he has quite the exceptional amount of potential. The girl as well I can't wait to see what they become in the future" Makarov said with a smile and a small chortle
"When I was examining the boy I felt something wrong with his container" Porlyusica said as Makarov's expression went stern
"It was like a thin layer of magic was forcibly wrapped around his Eternano container" Porlyusica said as Makarov's eyes widened in shock
"What do you mean" Makarov asked seriously
"When I sensed the magic it was of a strong possession magic that was borderline of dark magic" Porlyusica said gravely as Makarov narrowed his eyes when she mentioned it was dark magic
"Is the boy going to be a problem" Makarov asked warily in case he has to protect his 'children' from harm
"No that's the thing about it. It's not tampering with his magic or his willpower, not anymore at least. For some reason the layer of magic residue is actually acting as if it was a conductor of Eternano for the boy" Porlyusica said as Makarov was even more shocked when he heard that
"Are you saying the boy can draw in Eternano faster than anyone else" Makarov asked for clarification which he got when she nodded
"That's correct, I wouldn't even be surprised if magic that's laced around his container causes his container to grow larger by the year because of the force amount of Eternano that's going to enter his body. I'm going to have to make some pills for him to slow down the process a bit so it doesn't hurt him from excess amount of Eternano" Porlyusica said turning to direction the children left from "But it makes you wonder what would happen if he practices his abilities and hones in his magic. He could probably be one of the youngest Ten Wizard Saints in existence" Porlyusica said as Makarov looked in the direction of his guild in awe
"But you mustn't forget that it is dark magic that is helping him, Possession magic to boot" Porlyusica said taking Makarov's attention back as she continued "Just because it's helping him now doesn't mean it'll not one day try to do what it was created for and try to take him over" Porlyusica said in grave importance as Makarov nodded grimly
"Do you know when it may happen" Makarov asked softly
Porlyusica just shrugged "Who knows, it may happen tomorrow, the day after, next week, a month, a year, who knows It'll just be plain lucky if he goes through his entire life without worry of that taking control of him" Porlyusica explained as Makarov saddened at the thought the boy will always be in danger of possession
"I guess the only thing we can really do is pray that never happens" Makarov said solemnly as Porlyusica nodded
"I guess so. Now then, GET OFF MY PROPERTY" Porlyusica shouted as she brandished her broom and began swinging at Makarov who ran away from her and left her property
When Makarov left Porlyusica let out a dry huff as she went back to her house but not looking back in the direction of the guild "That boy will either do great good or bring terrible misery to his friends. I guess time will only tell" Porlyusica said with tsk before entering her home with the door shut behind her.
Well I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Now then please leave a comment, review, PM, Etc. and I'll see you all later. Have a great day