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"WHAT?!" Mystogan gasped in shock, shooting out of his chair and knocking it over. Not that he noticed.
He was currently standing in Makarov's office, having been called in for a private meeting. Mystogan had been curious, but he hadn't expected something like this.
"Hayden is also from another world." Makarov told him sympathetically, understanding his shock. First Porlyusica, then Mystogan, and now Hayden…
"But she joined the guild years ago!" Mystogan said, aghast. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?!"
"We needed to do some research about her home dimension so that we would have answers for the questions I'm sure you're about to ask." Makarov answered dryly.
Mystogan flushed, admittedly having a few questions.
Then again, who wouldn't?
"Does she have a counterpart here in Earthland?" he began, figuring that he might as well get it over with.
"Not as far as we can tell." Makarov denied. "We studied the magic circle that brought her here for years, and we never saw any indication of that. Our worlds are similar in a few ways, but not the people who reside in them. They have the same constellations. Their geography is similar, based on young Hayden's memories, though the places have different names. There was magic in that world, but it worked differently and magic-users were hidden from the rest of the world. They had different creatures and animals. Dragons are still around in their world, but aren't nearly as powerful and intelligent as the ones from Earthland were."
As you could probably imagine, it took a very long time and some very skilled analysts to be able to determine this information from the trans-dimensional magic circle. No wonder it took so long.
"Does she use magic differently than we do?" Mystogan asked, fascinated.
He was also a bit envious of the girl. He had to hide his face because of his counterpart, Jellal, but she was able to be her own person.
"Well, there are a few things she can do that I haven't seen anyone else do." Makarov admitted. "She's the Snake Charmer, for one thing."
That was only one of Hayden's little 'nicknames', but that was the one that would give Mystogan the most information.
"She can understand snakes?"
"And can speak to them in return." Makarov corrected. "She's had the ability since before she came to us. It's definitely a magical ability, but it doesn't use up any of the magic from her core."
"Do you have any idea why?"
"We believe that the magic-users in that world were able to channel the magic in their environment through foci, like wands or staves. They didn't store the magic inside their bodies, it was just there for them to take into their bodies and then channel through their foci when needed."
"Does she need a focus?" Mystogan asked.
"Not exactly…" Makarov trailed off. "Using a focus helps her, but isn't strictly necessary. Her trip to this world seemed to change her body's constitution so that she would use magic sort of like people from her home world, but mostly like we do here in Earthland. She has a magical core, but she already had her second origin."
Mystogan's eyes widened. "Did something trigger it?"
Makarov was silent for a long while. "You'll have to ask her."
"Master, you know that I can't talk to anyone here—" Mystogan started, before being cut off by the old man.
"That's what I called you in for, actually." He said with a smile.
"…I thought you just wanted to tell me about this Hayden girl." Mystogan said suspiciously.
"You needed a bit of backstory." Makarov said sheepishly. "Since we didn't tell you earlier…anyway! I want you to take a mission with her!"
Silence.
"Please tell me that I just misheard."
"Come now, Mystogan!" Makarov protested. "You can't be a hermit forever! Don't you want to settle down and have child-"
*BONK*
Makarov groaned, rubbing his now injured head and already feeling a bump begin to form.
He glanced up at the other mage, who was usually in perfect control, only to see a hint of a blush on the part of his face not covered by his mask.
"I am here to do my duty to this world." Mystogan said stiffly. "I have no time for things such as that."
"You need to get a girlfriend." Makarov muttered petulantly.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" Mystogan hissed furiously, bending down to the master's level.
"Nothing!"
"That's what I thought."
"Hayden!" a voice called.
The girl in question glanced up towards the second floor, where she saw Makarov wave at her.
"Yes, Master?" she called.
"Could you come up here for a few minutes? I have something to discuss with you." The old man told her, before disappearing back towards his office.
Hayden shook her head fondly. He could have waited for her to answer.
"Better go see what that's about." Levy said with a giggle, knowing what Hayden was thinking.
"Right." Hayden said, standing up. "See ya later!"
"Good luck!" Levy called with a wave.
With that, Hayden calmly walked up the stairs to the second floor. It was still slightly odd being allowed to do so, as only S-Class mages could, and she'd only just gotten the title recently.
The last person before her to become S-Class was Mirajane, even though she had already retired…
As she arrived at Makarov's office door, she shook her head. Those weren't the kind of thoughts she should go into a meeting with.
"…Come again?" Hayden asked, wide-eyed.
"I would like you to go on a mission with Mystogan." Makarov repeated. "He has already agreed, if that helps."
Hayden took a moment to calm down.
Mystogan? The most isolated and mysterious member of Fairy Tail? And Makarov wanted her to go on a mission with him?!
"Why?" she asked promptly. "Mystogan has never teamed up with anybody, and I usually do jobs with Levy."
"Straight to the point." Makarov muttered. "Right. Well, you are of course aware that you came from a different world…"
"No, really?" Hayden said sarcastically.
Makarov pouted at her. "So is Mystogan."
This time the silence was longer.
"What?" Hayden gasped. "How? Where?!"
"When I was six I came here from my home world, Edolas." A voice came from the shadows, followed by Mystogan himself.
Hayden blinked at him.
"How?" She reiterated.
"My home world was running out of magic, and the king decided to use a magic portal to drain the magic from other worlds to use for himself. I disagreed, went through one of the portals, and ended up here." Mystogan answered.
Makarov raised an eyebrow. That was more than he'd ever heard Mystogan say in one go.
"Why would you go through the portal? Wouldn't something like that have restricted access?" Hayden asked.
Mystogan looked at her appraisingly. She knew the barest basics, yet she still asked the important things.
"I was the heir to the throne." He said, deciding to throw caution to the wind. After all, Makarov trusted her. "I was not subtle in my distain. He would have disowned me, and I had nowhere in Edolas to go. I knew that the portal—called the anima—led to another world, so I decided to try my luck. I cannot go by my given name, however, because in my world everyone has a counterpart here in Earthland, and mine is a bit high profile."
"A prince?" Hayden muttered, blinking, though she had no other reaction. Her eyes didn't even widen.
Mystogan smiled slightly. He appreciated that she wasn't making a big deal out of it.
"Right. Okay, I'm guessing Master told you a bit about me as well?" Hayden asked, turning towards the master knowingly, who shrugged.
"The basics." Mystogan answered. "Your name, that you come from another world as well, and that your magic works a bit differently."
"That's it?" Hayden asked, surprise. "Not even what kinds of magic I use?"
"He told me you are the Snake Charmer?" Mystogan tried.
"Well, yes, but—" she cut herself off. "Never mind, we'll go into further detail later. It's nice to meet you. My name is Hayden Potter."
"Likewise." The masked man replied, shaking her hand. "Mystogan, but my birth name is Jellal Fernandes."
Makarov looked at the two fondly. It looked like Mystogan was coming out of his shell a bit, realizing that he wasn't the only 'outsider' in this world, though Makarov certainly didn't consider them as such.
Please review!
Don't worry, you guys will find out about their mission soon. And I'll cover what kinds of magic Hayden uses during her discussion with Mystogan, since he has no idea what kind she uses.
Yes, she is now an S-Class mage. She passed the year after Mirajane did (and Mira passed a year after Erza). Since she's two years younger than them and became one two years after Erza, she's tied with Erza as the youngest female to make S-Class. Probably won't bother writing about her exams.