It was nightfall when the crew had finally docked at the harbor of Fiore. As they disembarked, they were met by a very short, elderly man. He was accompanied by a woman with long scarlet hair and wearing a suit of armor and a young man with pink, spiky hair and wearing a white scarf.

"Good evening! You must be the Straw Hats, correct?" The old man spoke up, stepping forward and offering a friendly handshake.

Luffy shook the old man's hand, "Yeah, that's us! Nice to meet ya!"

The old man laughed at Luffy's excited attitude. "Likewise, my name is Makarov Dreyar," He pointed to the man on his left;

"This is Natsu Dragneel." Natsu gave a confident smile and gave the crew a thumbs up.

"Hey!" Natsu cheered.

"And this is Erza Scarlet." Makarov introduced the woman on his right.

Erza's face was stern and unyielding, giving off the same poker face as Zoro, when he was assessing new people to determine if they were threats.

"Hello, Welcome to Fiore. It's nice to meet you." Erza welcomed.

Luffy smiled, "Yosh! It's great to meet ya! Nice scarf Natsu!" Luffy complimented as he pointed at the scarf.

"Ha! Thanks! It was a gift from someone I care about. Nice straw hat!" Natsu returned, pointing at Luffy's hat.

"Thanks! My close friend, Shanks gave it to me to look after." Luffy said, putting a hand on top of his hat, affectionately. It was then, that Natsu and Luffy formed a small bond.

"Right, now that introductions are out of the way, do you have the paperwork?" Erza asked, holding out an armored hand. The metal plates making noise as they clashed together with her movements.

"Oh, yeah I have them." Nami said, stepping forward holding out the envelope. Erza took it and opened it, carefully looking over every slip of paper. Finally, she handed the information to Makarov for a final look over.

It wasn't two minutes after he received the papers that he smiled and put the papers away into his shirt.

"Well, everything seems to be in order! Come, come! Let's get you settled in!" Makarov motioned, turning away from the Straw Hats as they began to lead them down the streets and into town.

"So, jii-san," Zoro began. "Which hotel are we staying in?"

"Oh, you're not staying in any hotel. You're staying at our guild!" Makarov responded.

"Eh?!" Nami said, shocked. "T-that's not necessary, Makarov-San. We're used to a hotel."

"Ah, but you have not traded your currency for ours yet, have you?" Makarov retorted,

"Uh, no." Nami responded.

"The bank is closed for today, it will open again at 10 in the morning tomorrow, so for tonight, you and your crew shall stay in our guild quarters. If you still wish to find a hotel when you get your money exchanged, then by all means."

"Thanks, that's very kind of you, Makarov-San." Robin said.

Makarov nodded, "Please, call me gramps! Many do."

"shishishishi! Alright gramps!" Luffy sang as they walked along the river, they walked for a long while before finally stopping in front of a rather homely guild.

"Welcome to the Fairy Tail guild!" Makarov announced proudly.