Fairy Tail owned by Hiro Mashima

Fanfiction and Characters with * by: Emerald Sonata

FAIRY TAIL:
The Small Adventures of Wendy Marvell

~11~
'Strawberry Churros'

"I see now. You came from another city of another nation, got lost and separated from your best friend, and you're trying to look for her before she hurts herself."

"Finally, you're talking my language."

Mint Bell tilted her head with an innocent smile, not at all phased by Carla's heavy expression and he furrowing of her eyebrows.

The two had taken their conversation to a nearby dockyard. The pier was made of stainless steel and decorated with copper. The ships that parked there were either iron merchant ships or steel warships that flew various clan flags belonging to different family powers in Moonbay.

They were also taking a break by snacking on a pack of Strawberry Churro-style Donut Sticks that Mint Bell bought some time ago.

"Geh. It's too sweet. Next time, I should buy the Garlic flavored."

"That sounds wrong on so many levels."

Carla made that disheartening comment while gnawing on her Churo. They were ridiculously hard to chew, even for her cat fangs. Yet somehow, Mint Bell bit at them with the speed of a hamster as if they were marshmallow. In the end, she had to eat them otherwise it would be wasting food.

"Your owner is Wendy Marvell?"

"Yes. And she is not my owner, she is my friend. We grew up together since she was young. She raised me when I hatched out of my egg."

"Ooooh! A cat that can be born from a bird's egg!? C-could your parents be a Chimera!?"

"Stop."

Carla gave Mint a hard glare. The girl with the copper headphones around her neck took the hint and nervously nibbled at her Churo. She didn't like the taste, but forced her swallow the super-sweet strawberry flavor.

"It's going to be difficult to find someone. Especially when you need a Mage to help you out. But it's not like they're going to waste their time conquering neighboring clans to give you the time of day."

"Little girl. That statement was loaded with two many plot points. Please explain properly or else even my own intellect can't catch up."

"To sum up, Mages here serve various Field Lords who ultimately serve a Family Power in Moonbay. There's the Takeda, the Da'te, the U'esugi, the Oda, and hundreds of major and lesser Family Power. To simply put, they all want to become the next Mage Grand Master to rule over the Mages in Moonbay."

"Why the fuss? Can't they run a Mage's Guild like they do in Magnolia?"

"What's a Can Building Magnet?"

Carla slapped Mint Bell across the back of her head. The little girl cried a little, but bit her tongue to stop her tears.

"Don't treat Mage Guilds so cheaply, little girl."

"I don't know what a Mage Guild is! It sounds like a club that rich girls go to after school, but their level of magic learning is more for art. The Mages you see around you here in Moonbay are all independent. They live to acquire a high class in the city by serving a Feudal Lord."

"That sounds too complicated. Write a letter to their Mages' Council to tell them to fix this mess."

"… For a cat, you're brutal!"

"I hate asymmetry and inefficiency. That's why I keep pushing Wendy to be a useful girl no matter how weak or scared she was."