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Chapter Two

Harry and Mavis

In their rooms, Lisanna, Mira and Levy all gathered around the small book they had taken from the chest. She turned it open, and found the words staring back at her.

Happy Birthday Mavis,

From the Fairy Tail Guild

"It must have been a present," Lisanna said.

"Must have been," Mira said as she flipped through the pages.

"What are you looking for?" Levy asked.

"If she mentions Harry in it," Mira said.

She read through the words until…

"Haha," she said, "There we go."

"Mangolia XXX,

It had been nearly three days since I last saw Harry. I have considered him a good friend of mine since he supported me when I had the idea to create a guild. He had told me that he was going to search for someone…

Even after knowing him for nearly five months, he still doesn't want to confide in me what he was searching for. Wow, it had already being that long since we first met. It was a great day and his Magic was unlike anything I have ever seen. Some other people, from a Dark Guild Sacrilege, wanted me to join them.

I disliked Dark Guilds and people who take pleasures in other people's pain. I am an S ranked Mage, even I was getting hard pressed against them. The battle must have drawn his attention for he had come to my aid.

When I first saw him, I was frozen.

I couldn't help but be intimidated by his cold gaze. Even now I can still feel the chills in my skin. His black cloak added upon the mysteries around him, as he used his magic. It was similar to ice magic, but I can tell that it was different. It had a soft reddish color, and in seconds he had defeated all of the Dark Guild members. He had glanced toward me at this moment, and even if he had just helped me, I couldn't help but be frightened of him. He was so intimidating, that I was stepping away from him before I even knew what I was doing.

"Sorry,"

That was his first word to me. I stared at him and when he had uttered that word, it would seem that the frightening aura around him had all but disappeared. I spoke to him and it seems that he was looking for a place to stay…it was then I gave him the proposition to stay at the tavern and he had accepted my invitation.

It was strange that he had accepted so easily. Since then, he had become one of my closest friends in the past five months. Those chains he had tied around his right arm had something to do with magic…but he never talked about it. I have asked him about it and all I have gotten is "It's a punishment for the sins of my past, let's just leave it like that."

I`m always worried about him. He seems like someone who carries a great weight upon his back. I want to help him but he never let anyone in. I just wish that he could trust me…

That was the end of the entry.

"Sound sad," Levy said, looking at the words.

"Mavis was worried about him," Mira said, "Levy do you have any idea what is those chains she was talking about?"

Levy shook her head.

"Never heard of a spell that uses chains," Levy said, "Well binding spells can do this and some other spells…But I don't know since she didn`t mention anything else about it so it`s impossible to identify what kind of magic it was."

"So this is those events that lead Fairy Tail to be born," Mira said, "This man is a Fairy Tail member."

"Did Mavis write anything else about him?" Lisanna asked.

"If you want to know the story," a childlike voice said, "Why don`t you just ask me."

The three girls glanced up toward the voice finding the young child like person standing right in front of them. She had a soft smile upon her face as she watched them, her pale eyes showing little of what she was feeling.

"M…Master Mavis," Mira said.

"But how…?"

"It`s the same magic I used to create the Fairy Sphere," Mavis told her, smiling a little, "it`s a Ethereal projection of myself as I was when I was alive."

She glanced down toward the book in their hands.

"My old diary," she said, almost like an afterthought, "I hardly write anything in valuable in there…sometimes I even forgot I had it, even thought, I was grateful to the guild for giving it to me."

She looked a little thoughtful as she watched it, seemingly lost in thoughts.

"Er…," Lisanna asked.

Mavis blinked and glanced back at them.

"So where should I start?" she said softly.

"When you first met Harry?" Mira asked, almost instantly.

Mavis giggled a little.

"I know what you`re searching for Mira," she said, "But okay, I`ll start there."

The past

Mavis Vermilion was seating beside the forest alone. She watched them, a faraway look upon her face as the wind continued to blow. It was nighttime right now. She had talked to the Magic Council about starting a guild. The Council knew she was a powerful mage but they told her she has to have seven members before she can start a guild.

"Seven members," she whispered.

She already has five other people with her. They were friends of hers, all of them mages mostly. They had wanted to come with her but Mavis wanted to have some times to think on herself.

Oh well, she just has to make another friend…

Then Mavis blinked, glancing back toward the Forest. She narrowed her green eyes a little. She sighed, standing up.

"I know you`re out here," she said, "Come one out."

The group was a Dark Guild. She recognize the symbol after all, they have been giving the Council quite a bit of trouble in the past. However, she wonders why they were here.

"Well well, Mavis Vermillion," one said, "Your name is quite well known in Fiore, as well, as your uniqueness."

Mavis leaned her head to the side taking them in. One was a skinny guy, with bright red hair. He was holding a small thing in his hand and he pointed it toward her.

"Our Guild Master want you meet with you," he said.

Mavis shook her head.

"I`m sorry, but I will have to decline," she said, "I have no interest in joining other Guilds, since I`m thinking of creating one of my own."

"That`s not the answer my Master is looking for," he said.

"That`s the only answer I have to give to you," Mavis told him.

"Well, too bad," he said.

A magic symbol appeared in his hand as fire appeared there.

"We can also use a little persuasion," he said.

Mavis leaned her head to the side.

"I am strong enough to be a Master," she said, "I don't want to fight…"

"Too bad," he said, as his fire grew, "Fire Dragon."

The blast fired straight for Mavis who jumped backward to avoid it. Her hand was bright with gold power as she launched it straight toward him. Then the rest of his group started to get into the fight as they encircled Mavis.

The young girl glanced around herself.

"Fine," she said, almost reluctantly.

It was then she unleashed her magical power, a bright gold light appearing around her body, causing the group to falter a little in their attacks. She raised her hands.

"Fairy Booster," Mavis said, as she quickly put her hands down.

The blast took all around her body, as it exploded outward sending all of them flying unto their backs, leaving only Mavis standing. The young girl shook her head a little. She really didn`t wants to fight them…

"So you really can use Fairy Magic, Mavis Vermillion,"

The young girl looked at the large man standing in front of her. He had his hands crossed as he looked down at her.

"You`re the leader of Sacrilege Guild," Mavis said, "Jeremy Feuillet."

The man, Jeremy smirked.

"You are quite powerful for one so young, Mavis," he said, "and your Fairy Magic…It`s like you`ve learn it from the Fairies themselves…which is quite a feat considering Fairies doesn`t exist anymore."

He stared down toward Mavis.

"Or is it what you want people to believe," he said.

Mavis straightened a little.

"What do you want with me?"

"I am a Collector one might said," Jeremy said, stepping to the side, "I collect rare magic…as you may know by now, and Fairy magic as rare as the Dragon Magic themselves."

Then other people started to appear around Jeremy.

"You`re a Master and you`re not facing me by yourself?"

"I don't need to fight you on how to learn," Jeremy said cryptically.

Then all of the Guild members attacked. Mavis was confident in her ability but facing such large numbers…She was starting to doubt, feeling slightly hard pressed. But before the people could reach her however, a pink wall suddenly grew out of the ground causing Mavis to step back a little.

Then she felt a presence walking by her.

Looking to the side, Mavis feels her heart freeze in her chest.

A cloak, blacker than any night she`d seen, tattered and dirty danced in the wind. His hair was dancing slightly as he moved and the soft clings of the chains on his left arm danced a little. His face was set into a deadly mask as his cold eyes narrowed at the people in front of him.

"W…What the…?"

"Where did he come from?"

The stranger`s eyes simply narrowed has a magic circle appeared in his hands before he slammed it on the ground. Large spikes made of the same material as the wall he had made earlier. The Sacrilege Guild was all pushed back and beaten as the spikes on the ground grew around them.

Mavis was simply standing there shocked. The man had so much magical power coming from him. It was not normal…he might be even more powerful than her.

"We will meet again Mavis," Jeremy said, as he stepped back. He probably felt how powerful the new arrival was, "That I can swear upon it."

Then he was gone leaving Mavis alone with the dark stranger.

Then the man turned to look toward her, and Mavis found herself stepping back from the man`s menacing presence. He didn`t walk toward her or anything, he simply stared at her for a few seconds before he opened his mouth.

"Sorry,"

Mavis blinked at him. The young man glanced down as if guilty about something, which greatly intrigued Mavis. She approached him.

"Why are you apologizing?"

He looked up toward her.

"I felt like I should apologize," he said.

"You have done nothing wrong," Mavis told him, "I should thank you actually, you saved me from a tight spot."

The young man looked at her, a look of relief crossing his face.

"I`m glad."

"I`m Mavis Vermillion," she said.

"Mavis," the young man whispered, testing the name, "I`m Harry."

"Just Harry?"

He simply gave her a nod.

"Just Harry,"

Mavis nodded at him, "Are you a traveler?"

"Yes actually," Harry told her, "I was looking for a place to stay."

Mavis leaned her head sideway, contemplating something.

"Why don`t you stay with us?"

Harry looked at her.

"What? There are other people with you?"

Mavis nodded.

"They`re my friends actually," she said, "Take it as a token of thank you."

Harry stared at her for a few seconds before giving a slight nod.

"Okay,"

Mavis smiled a little as she started to walk forward with Harry following after her, his dark and tattered cloak bellowing after him.

This is it for now, Harry and Mavis first meeting

Hope you have enjoyed that.

Next time: Friendship

Jacques0 out.

R&R.