Here we are with the second chapter. It was difficult to get this chapter planned out, but I finally found out how to do it. I haven't picked out the OCs yet, and this chapter is just to set the story up. Anyways, here's the chapter. Enjoy.

The woman acted quickly, smashing her elbow into the man's stomach, the man letting out a cry of pain as he stumbled back, letting the woman go. The man tried to say something, but the woman smashed her tennis racket across the man's face, sending him tumbling on the ground. The man groaned in pain, and grabbed his jaw as he looked up at the blonde haired girl.

"A-Athena…" groaned the man as the woman looked surprised.

Her name was indeed Athena, but how did he know? She looked at the man some more, and the moonlight fell on his face. Her eyes widened in surprise. She knew him! Athena instantly knelt down and tried to help the man up, the attacker grunting as she hoisted him up.

"S-sorry. I didn't mean to scare you that much." apologized the man as Athena sighed.

She had been lucky. The "attacker" was only her childhood friend, Justin Silence. The two walked down the dirt path, Crocus appearing in front of them. The city's lights were comforting to both of them as Justin tried to explain everything.

"I was just trying to give you a little scare before our big adventure, you know?" explained Justin as Athena just frowned at him.

"I understand that, but seriously, if you're going to scare me, don't do it in a forest when it's dark! You know people have been dying in the forest!" scolded Athena as the man dressed in all black nodded his head.

Despite almost giving him a broken jaw, Athena smiled at Justin. The black haired boy returned it, blushing slightly. It was true that their big adventure would be starting soon. The two of them were mages, and their first little "mission" would be starting tomorrow. It was the first time that Athena had ever been able to go and do a mission. Athena let down her hair and started running towards the city, calling to Justin who was surprised to see her running.

"Let's race! First one to your house is a rotten egg!" she shouted as Justin ran after her, trying to catch up.

The adventure was about to start, and with it, a chain of events that could change their lives forever.

Fairy Tail

The legendary guild of Fairy Tail hadn't changed much. It was still noisy, messy, and destructive as usual. The guild's large wooden building overlooked Magnolia, one of the largest cities in Fiore. Within the huge building, was a lunchroom with a few people hanging around inside. One of them was a pink haired middle aged man, munching on what appeared to be a burning stick. Next to him was a man wearing almost no clothes besides his pants, his expression on of dislike towards the pink haired man. The final person sitting at the table was a blonde haired woman around their age, holding a silver key in her hand. She was laughing and the pink haired man looked up, having devoured his burning stick.

"Oi, when's our next mission? Erza still hasn't returned from her big mission with the other S-Classes, and I can't fight Gildartz or gramps either." asked Natsu as Gray shook his head.

"Just cool it, flame brain. We'll have plenty of missions later. What I want to know is why gramps decided to leave the guild for Arcana all of a sudden. I thought all of our debts had been paid? Gray asked as Lucy shrugged her shoulders.

Natsu snorted and tapped the lunch table, making a sneaky face as he did so.

"I heard that gramps is meeting with the king about that group of wizard hunters that suddenly appeared. I mean, it makes sense, right?" Natsu, Lucy making a face of disbelief and Gray just scoffing.

"Are you sure, Natsu? I mean, a group of wizard hunters? That seems a little farfetched. Who would hunt wizards? Don't we help the world?" Lucy said as Natsu shrugged.

Gray was about to say something when suddenly, the doors to the guild opened, and Makarov walked in, a sour look on his face. He was holding a folder in his hand. Natsu spotted him and called him over, the ancient guild master walking over to them.

"What's going on gramps? Why did you leave for the capital?" Gray asked as Makarov sighed.

"It looks like his majesty doesn't appreciate our methods. I had to sit through an entire recitation of the Lex Gario*." sighed Makarov as he turned to go to his office.

As the guild master walked away, Lucy noticed the folder he was holding. It was a manila folder and it looked moderately thin, a few papers poking out of the folder. It was stamped with the seal of the Garlan Empire.

"Uh, Makarov, what's that you have there?" asked Lucy as Makarov continued to walk.

"It's classified. You'll learn about it soon enough." replied Makarov tiredly as he entered his office and the door closed behind him.

But the group of three mages was still curious. What was in the folder? What made it so classified? They didn't know that there were some secrets better left untold.

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The air was hazy, and Justin opened his eyes, startled by where he was. The young man scratched his head as he looked around. Wherever he looked, it was a hazy void. He was wearing what he had gone to sleep in, black t-shirt and black shorts. For some reason, his jaw hurt. Justin was rubbing his jaw when he realized what had happened.

He had played the prank on Athena, got beat up, and then went home. Justin looked around and then shrugged his shoulders. He had no idea where he was. Justin sighed as he sat down on the ground.

"I know what you're thinking, and I can relate."

Justin was startled by the voice and jumped up in surprise as a figure came out of the haze, dressed in loose white pants and a white coat. He had on a white head cloth that did a bad job at hiding his jet black hair, and he held a metal cane in his right hand. His expression was sympathetic. Justin just looked at him, stunned. He really didn't know what to think about this stranger in this strange place.

"A-are you me in the future? Is this all just a dream?" Justin asked as the stranger smiled.

"No, I am not your future self, but this is a dream. However, take this dream seriously. Dreams are often messages left by the goddesses. I must introduce myself before we continue. My name is Julius Silence, and I have something important to say to you, Justin." said Julius as Justin looked sort of freaked out.

"Uh, Julius Silence, like the Julius Silence?" Justin asked as Julius nodded his head, Justin looking at him in disbelief.

Julius tapped his cane, and the haze disappeared, replaced by Fairy Tail. They were standing in front of the gates and Justin just looked at the gates in amazement. Julius looked at Justin in amusement.

"You wish to join Fairy Tail in the future. Tell me, do you have the lacrima that your grandfather gave you?" asked Julius as Justin nodded, "Good, hold onto it. It may help you in the future."

The cane was tapped again, and this time, they were inside Athena's room, Justin growing red as Julius looked at the girl sleeping in the bed. Julius pointed to Athena and smiled.

"You're very different from her, Justin. I was the same with my friends and my father. It bothers you that you are so different, and can not find common ground with her. However, you believe that this adventure you are about to go on will change that. You're right, but you must be careful." said Julius wisely as Justin took one last look at Athena before being transported back to the haze.

"So, is that it?" asked Justin as Julius nodded.

The Hero of Silence started to fade away, but before he did, he gave Justin one more piece of advice.

"Take the lacrima with you. I believe that it will make your adventure much more fun, and all the more bonding."

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Justin woke up the next morning, on the floor of his room. He got up and looked around his room. Nothing much had changed, and Justin browsed through his clothes and smiled when he remembered that it was time for the adventure. He decided to wear brown cargo shorts and wore a grey t-shirt over it. He brushed his teeth, showered, and ran outside, his breakfast already made by his mom. Justin and Athena lived near the city gates, so leaving the city would not take much time at all.

On the way out, Justin opened the wooden box on the living room table that held the strange little lacrima that had been given to him by his grandfather. He put it in his pocket and ran out the door, smelling the fresh air in Crocus and looked next door to see Athena swinging her sword at one of her wooden targets. Justin walked towards the swordswoman and watched as she swung the sword and cut the head off of one of the targets. The wooden head dropped to the ground and rolled away as Athena put the sword back in its sheath and looked at Justin.

"Well, that wasn't very princess like." joked Justin as Athena laughed and walked towards the city exit, Justin following her.

"I'm not exactly a princess anymore. I mean, my last name isn't legally 'Flarina' yet." said Athena as Justin shrugged and smiled, the two standing in front of the city exit.

The two looked at the wilderness ahead of them and they both grinned. They looked at each other and nodded.

"Let the adventure begin!"

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This is actually part 1 of 2. I had to split the chapter because I thought I was putting too much content in it. I apologize if this was dull because this is actually the set up for the next chapter and so forth.

References: *The Lex Gario is the body of laws in the Garlan Empire.

Anyways, we learned that Athena was a Flarina, and that Justin was a Silence. It feels good to be working with two families that I had a lot of fun writing about in the past. I hope you enjoyed the chapter, and I will see you all later. FF