40th: Wide sky

Summary: Sometimes, they felt that there'd never be enough space for them to grow. There were so many amazing mages in their guild and they were so young. But when they looked up, the sky above them was too wide to imagine that there wouldn't be space for them.

It was a strange feeling for them to watch how the older members of the guild were interviewed and praised. True, they were extremely strong and it was hard to believe that anyone could be better than them. To imagine a mage who was stronger than Erza meant to imagine a true monster – and no one wanted to think of such a monster.

But it was very frustrating for Romeo and Wendy alike that they would be always measured by the standards Erza and the others set. They were always asked to which older Fairy Tail mage they looked up the most and while Romeo still looked up to Natsu, Wendy looked up to Levy and Juvia because they dealt with their blue hair as if it was the most normal thing in the whole world.

But the main problem was still that people like Evergreen and Laxus who were natural prodigies flaunted their talent around like it was nothing. Evergreen had been born with the unique gift of petrifying others while Laxus had overcome the weakness he had possessed in his childhood and had became one of the strongest mages Fairy Tail had.

The problem weren't mages like Gray, Natsu or Gajeel who were skilled because of all the hard work they had invested into honing their unique skills. And even Juvia who had been born with an amazing natural potential for Water Magic was more of a friend to the younger mages because she smiled and helped them wherever they could. Juvia had talked her former Element 4 comrade into training Romeo without getting any money out of this after she had come back from Tenrou. Since he had owed her a favour, he had even paid back all the money he had gotten from the young Fire Mage so far.

Still, there were moments Wendy and Romeo doubted that they would ever be as amazing as Erza and the others. There were moments when they felt like babies compared to Fried and Gajeel. There were moment when Romeo wanted to be a Water Mage like Juvia.

But when they went outside and looked up to the sky which seemed to go on and on without any boundaries, they realised that there would always be enough space for them to grow into. They were trees and no little flowers. Though the other mages were tall and strong, they somehow failed to steal all the light and the air the children needed. Romeo Conbolt and Wendy Marvel were too keen on growing to be truly hindered by her senior mages and the older mages even supported them. Even Laxus who was such an enormous tree never stood in Wendy's way and Natsu supported Romeo as well.