The Fairy Tail

A/N: Hey guys! Insanelee here and I'm back with another chapter after so long. I've been stuck trying to write the Lisanna chapter that it kinda burned me out. But with the many positive reviews I've been getting for my story, it keeps me going. This story is all thanks to you guys. So without further ado, here's the next chapter.

The port town of Hargeon, July 2, X784

It was a quiet day at Hargeon. People were getting on and off of the train. The train has just arrived, and people were getting off. However, there were two people in particular that were still on the train.

"Gray, come on! We finally made it to Hargeon! Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Hold on Happy, I'm trying to find my shirt!"

The two passengers left on the train, both now identified as Gray and Happy, were still on the train, delayed by Gray's lack of clothes. Gray was desperately looking for his shirt, searching all of the seats and the train cars. The train conductor looked at the two, confused.

"Uh, sir, do you need any help?" The train conductor asked, unsure how to make of the situation.

"Don't worry, Gray always takes off his clothes!" Happy explained to the conductor. The conductor did not know how to process that piece of information.

"Shit, how does this always happen?" Gray asks to himself.

"If the information is correct, the 'Salamander' should be in town." Happy said as he walked out of the train. "Let's go." He said to Gray.

"Hold on, I found my shirt, but its underneath the seat." Gray said, the shirt was centimeters within his grasp. As he was finally got his shirt, the train horn sounded off, alerting Happy. He turned around and saw Gray leaning over a window of the train.

"STOP THE TRAIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNN!"

"...The train left..."

Chapter 4: The Fairy Tail

In the shopping district, of Hargeon, there was hustle and bustle everywhere. The people were out and about, doing there business. Our story begins within a magic shop, where a gorgeous blonde was conversing with the shop owner.

"Ehhh? This is the only magic shop in town?" She asks surprised.

"I'm afraid so. This town is more of a fishing town than one of magic. Not even a tenth of the people here can even use magic, so this store is more for the traveling mages." The shop owner explained, the blonde looking exasperated. The blonde let out a sigh.

"I guess this trip was a total bust, then?" The girl inquired.

"Now, now, don't say that. Please, have a look. I have received the latest shipment of goods." The shop owner tried to convince the girl. The reached under his counter and pulled out an item. "Girls love Colors magic. You can change the color of your clothes to whatever it is that suits your mood." The shop owner explained to the girl, presenting her the item. He moved his finger in a circular motion on the glass of the magic. "Purple! Green!" He exclaimed, acting dramatic. The blonde however, was not paying attention to him at all.

"I already have that. I'm looking for some powerful gate keys." She told him.

"Gate keys? That's an odd request. Those are pretty rare..." The shop owner stared. The blonde however, didn't hear the rest of his sentence because her attention was diverted to an item that had her excited.

"That's the key of the White Doggy!" She exclaimed excitedly.

"That one's not very powerful at all" The shop owner told her.

"So what? I was still looking for it." She replied. "How much is it?" She asked him.

"20,000 Jewels" he answered.

A pause.

"I'm sorry how much was that again?" The blonde asked again, not trusting her hearing.

"I said 20,000 Jewels." The shop owner repeated. The blonde sweatdropped.

"How much is it really worth, handsome man?" The blonde asked seductively, sitting on the counter. She gave the shop owner a wink for good measure.

Outside the Shop

"I can't believe he only took of 1,000 Jewels!" The blonde stomped out of the shop, angry at the shop owner's response. "Is my sex appeal only worth 1,000 Jewels? That man doesn't know beauty at all! The fact that he took of a common amount is the worst." The blonde ranted, not believing what transpired in the shop. She was about to continue her tirade when she heard the squeals of many excited women. She looked down from the bridge she was standing on and saw a large crowd of women surrounding one man.

"The famous wizard is here!"

"It's Salamander-sama!"

The blonde saw two girls run past her, excited about meeting this Salamander person.

"Salamander?" The blonde repeated, not understanding what was so exciting, until the name finally registered in her mind. "The wizard who can use magic you can't buy in stores?!" The blonde said, clasping her hands together in excitement. "He's in this town?!" She couldn't believe her luck. The Salamander from Fairy Tail is in this town! Her dream would finally come true! She rushed towards the crowd, barely containing her excitement.

In an alley

"Damn... I can't believe I had to take the train twice..."

"You should try to keep your clothes on Gray."

"Not to mention that I'm hungry..."

"And we don't have any money..."

The two passengers from the train, Happy and Gray, were currently discussing the predicament they were in together. Gray wound up taking the train twice because he failed to retrieve his shirt on time. While annoyed that his clothes "suddenly" disappear from his body, it may have worked in his favor this time. When he took of his clothes like he normally did, the person sitting next to him freaked out and threw Gray off the train. Happy found Gray walking back to Hargeon, and flew him back. They were currently walking through an alley in Hargeon, finally starting what they were supposed to do the first time the train stopped at Hargeon.

"Hey Happy, this Salamander that everyone's talking about... It's got to be Natsu right?" Gray asked his feline friend.

"Aye! Other than Igneel, Natsu is the only Salamander I can think of." Happy replied.

"Yeah right?" Gray agreed with his friend's logic. The two continued walking until they saw a huge crowd and overheard the various things being shouted by the women.

"Salamander-sama!"

"You're so dreamy!"

"Please burn me!"

"Salamander?!" Happy and Gray looked at each other, saying the name at the same time. They sported a big grin on their faces and rushed towards the crowd.

"Alright! Just our luck!" Gray exclaimed happily, running towards the crowd.

"Aye!" Happy replied... happily.

In the middle of the crowd stood a man wearing a purple cape with a tattoo over his right eye. He made a motion with his hands, which gathered a very positive response from the crowd.

"What a dreamboat!"

"He's so cool!"

The blonde woman from earlier stood in the crowd, starting at the man known as Salamander, sporting a blush on her face. Her heart started beating rapidly and she didn't know why. Her heart's constant thumping made her feel uncomfortable.

'Wh-Why is my heart beating so fast? What's gotten into me?!" the blonde thought.

"Haha, you're too kind." Salamander said to some of his fans. He looked to his side and found the blonde haired woman. His gaze made the blonde's heart beat even faster.

"He stared at me!" She squealed mentally. "Is it because he is a famous wizard? Is that why my heart is throbbing?" the blonde thought. She continued to stare at his until her eyes widened in realization.

"Could it be...? Am i in...?" She started to think. Her eyes turned into hearts. She started to hop toward the man when she heard someone saying another person's name.

"Natsu! Natsu!" Gray broke through the crowd expecting to see someone important. However when Gray laid eyes on the mage known as Salamander, he looked incredibly disappointed and confused. Gray's intervention caused the hearts in her eyes to break.

"Who the hell are you?"Gray asked, receiving a shocked reaction from Salamander.

"Would the name 'Salamander' ring a bell? He said while making a hand motion. He looked at Gray expecting an answer, but instead was shocked when he saw him leaving without an explanation. "You're leaving already?!"

Suddenly, some crazed women jumped Gray who was walking away from the crowd. They were angry at Gray who they deemed, showed disrespect towards the great Salamander.

"How rude of you!"

"Yeah! Salamander-Sama is a great mage!"

"Apologize this instant!"

Happy stood there, watching the women attack Gray, whether it was biting him, putting him in a headlock or twisting his leg.

"What's the matter with you girls?" Gray asked in confusion.

"Now, now. That's enough. He didn't mean anything by it." Salamander said, unaffected by Gray's action. His words caused the women to swoon over him all over again. The blonde from earlier looked at Salamander with contempt in her eyes. Salamander started to write on a piece of paper.

"Here's my autograph. Feel free to brag to your friends." He offered Gray his autograph who looked completely uninterested.

"No thanks." Gray replied. His answer caused the crowd to be angry with him. As a result they beat him up and threw him into a pile of trash.

"It wasn't him after all" Happy said, not helping Gray with his situation.

"Well, I have business at the port I must attend to, so I must be off." Salamander announced. The crowd of women diverted their attention from Gray to Salamander, looking very sad.

"Red Carpet!" He snapped his fingers and a purple magic seal appeared in front of him. A purple stream of fire solidified under his feet, making him hover in the air. "I'm having a party on my ship this evening! you're all invited!" The Salamander announced as he left on a stream of fire. His invitation resulted in the fangirls squealing their acceptance. Gray looked at the sky where the Salamander last stood before he left.

"Who the hell was that?" He asked.

"What a real scumbag" Gray heard a voice and turned to his side. He saw a blonde smiling at him. "Thanks a lot!" She said waving at him.

"Huh?" Gray said. He had no idea what the blonde was talking about. What was she thanking him for? As he was about to ask her what she was thanking him for, both his and Happy's stomachs growled loudly. The two sported a blush on their faces. The blonde smiled and shook her head at the two.

"Come on, let's get something to eat" The blonde announced. The two looked at her happily. They were finally going to eat!

At a Restaurant

"My name is Lucy! Nice to meet you!" The blonde introduced himself to the two.

"Aye!" Happy responded happily. Gray and Happy proceeded to eat large amounts of food rather quickly, showing how hungry they were.

"You're Gray and Happy right?" The blonde asked wanting to get their names right.

"You're really nice!" Gray told her, scarfing down his food and drinks. The blonde held up her hands in front of her in embarrassment.

"Thanks, sure... Just take your time and..." She started to say but the scraps of food flying everywhere made it hard for her to speak. "Stuff is flying everywhere..." She said as some sort of sauce landed on her forehead.

'There goes the 1000 jewels I saved with my looks...' Lucy thought with a sigh and a comical look on her face. She quickly turned serious and explained why she thanked Gray and Happy earlier.

"You see that Salamander guy was using Charm magic, a type of hypnosis. That kind of magic can make people attracted to you, but its sale was banned years ago" She explained to the two. "He'd go that far to be popular?" She asked herself with an exasperated look. "But I broke free of the spell when you guys barged in, so this is my thanks!" She told the two with a smile.

"I see" Gray said half interested, stuffing his face with food.

"Believe it or not, I'm actually a mage myself!" Lucy announced, pointing a finger at herself.

"Really?" Gray asked half interested, again stuffing his face with food.

"I haven't joined a Guild yet though." Lucy said. Suddenly thinking that Gray and Happy didn't know what a Guild was, she started to explain. "Guilds are organizations where mages gather to share information and find work. You can't be considered a full fledged mage unless you're in a Guild." Lucy said holding a drawing of a Guild that somehow formed in her hands. She then clasped her hands together and started to move around in her seat.

"There are a lot of Guild in the world, and apparently it's tough to get into the really popular ones! The one I want to join is filled with amazing mages!" At this point Lucy had a dreamy look on her face while Happy and Gray looked exasperated. "Oh, my! I want to join it, but I bet it'll be tough!" She exclaimed with steam coming out of her nose.

"Uhh.." Gray started, not sure how to comment. Lucy took note of his apparent discomfort.

"Oh, sorry! All this mage talk must sound like nonsense to you, huh?" She said waving her hand at him. She calmed down and rested her head on her hands. "But I'm definitely going to join that Guild! I bet I can find a lot of big jobs there!" She finished with conviction.

"Oh, yeah?" Gray questioned.

"You talk a lot." Happy stated. Lucy then remembered how she and Gray met.

"Come to think of it, you were looking for someone weren't you?" Lucy questioned.

"Aye, Igneel!" Happy said.

"Happy, remember, it could've been either him or Natsu." Gray corrected him. He turned to Lucy, "We're here because we heard a Salamander was coming to this town, but it was someone else." Gray said sounding disappointed.

"Yeah he didn't look like him or a real Salamander at all!" Happy said.

"A Salamander is a fire dragon, so we thought it could've been Igneel, but Natsu fits that description too." Gray said crossing his arms.

"How does this Igneel looks like a fire dragon?" Lucy asked while sweatdropping. This attracted both Gray and Happy.

"Igneel is not a person, he's a fire dragon." Gray explained.

A fire breathing dragon popped into Lucy's mind, while she had a comical expression on her face. "Huh?" was her intelligent reply.

"Aye! He's an actual dragon!" Happy said excitedly. Lucy answered with another "Huh?"

"Why would there be a dragon in the middle of a town?!" Lucy asked in disbelief. Happy looked shocked, realizing the absurdity of a large dragon in the middle of a town, which garnered a shocked reaction from Lucy.

"That's why I thought Natsu could be in this town. He's also a Salamander, and Igneel's son at that." Gray said. Lucy looked at him in shock for saying something that was just as ridiculous as Igneel being in town. She decided not to say anything and put down a couple thousand jewels on the table.

"Well, I should get going. Enjoy the food." She said as she started to leave the restaurant.

"Thank you, please come again!" A waitress politely said to Lucy. The waitress suddenly had a shocked expression on her face, which made Lucy turn around, and subsequently, have one of her own.

"Thank you for the meal!" Gray yelled. He and Happy were bowing to her, which gathered the attention of the patrons in the restaurant.

"For the meal!" Happy sort of repeated.

"Stop it! You're embarrassing me!" Lucy yelled at the two. "Look, it's fine! You guys saved me earlier, so now we're even!"

"I wasn't trying to save you though..." Gray said.

"Aye! I still feel indebted..." Happy replied.

"I know!" Gray said, slamming a fist into an open hand. "I'll give you this!" Gray happily showed her the autograph of Salamander, which Lucy angrily rejected.

Lucy sat on a bench, reading a Sorcerer Magazine that was in her hands.

"Sheesh, Fairy Tail caused trouble again?" Lucy questioned out loud. "Devon Bandit Family Wiped Out, Seven Homes Destroyed"?" She read the headline of the article. She started to laugh at Fairy Tail's destructive tendencies and laid down on the bench, turning the page.

"Oh, Mirajane is the glamour model this time!" Lucy said. She admired the model Mirajane for being extraordinarily beautiful and that she was a part of Fairy Tail. Which brought a question to Lucy's mind.

"How do you get into Fairy Tail? Is there an interview or something?" Lucy questioned as she closed the magazine. "The Magical Guild Fairy Tail... Is so amazingly cool!" She exclaimed, admiring the Guild even more.

"Oh, you want to get into Fairy Tail?" She heard a voice call out to her. She turned to her side and saw a familiar figure appear out of the bushes.

"Salamander!" She exclaimed, not expecting his appearance.

"I've been looking for you. I wanted to personally invite you to the party on my boat tonight." He said to her.

Lucy pointed a finger at him, "Your charm spells won't work on me!" she exclaimed. "The weakness of a Charm spell is awareness! It doesn't work on people who are aware of the spell!" She explained to Salamander. Salamander chuckled, impressed with her knowledge.

"I knew you were a mage the moment I saw you. No matter, just come to my party." He replied. Lucy turned her back on him.

"Yeah right, like I would ever go to some creep's party." Her response made a sign labeled Creep attach to Salamander, appearing shocked with her answer.

"I'm a creep?!" He repeated, not believing what he had heard.

"Your Charm spell. You would go that far to be popular?" She questioned.

"It's just a formality; I want to feel like a celebrity during the party." Salamander answered.

"You know for a famous mage, you are pretty stupid." Lucy retorted.

"Oh, you said you wanted to join Fairy Tail, didn't you?" Salamander asked. His question gathered Lucy;s attention. Salamander put on a charming grin, "Surely you have heard of the 'Salamander' of Fairy Tail?" He asked her. Her eyes widened in shock.

"I have!" She pointed a finger at him, "You're a member of Fairy Tail?!" She had a look of disbelief on her face. Salamander had a smug look on his face.

"That's right. If you want to join, I can put in a good word with our master." At his offer, Lucy was in shock. She was going to have a chance to be in Fairy Tail! She lost all of her reasoning and judgment and wanted to go to the party.

"It sounds like it'll be a nice party!" Lucy said with her hands in front of her chest, hearts forming in her eyes, edging closer to Salamander.

"Wow, talk about a simple personality." Salamander commented, not believing how easy it was to convince her to come.

"So you can really get me into Fairy Tail?!" Lucy asked, eyes sparkling with hope.

"But of course. However in return, I don't want you to tell anyone about my Charm spell." He demanded of her.

"Sure! No problem!" Lucy blindly agreed, only thinking about her soon joining the Guild of her dreams.

"All right! I'll see you at the party!" He turned around and snapped, his magic seal appearing in front of him. He performed his Red Carpet and flew away, just like last time.

"Understood!" Lucy stood there with hearts for eyes when she suddenly realized something.

"I was pseudo-charmed!" She closed her eyes. "But... Yatta! I can get into Fairy Tail!" She jumped and punched the air in excitement. "I just gotta be nice to that idiot until then!" She said with a mischievous smile and a fist in front of her smile, laughing uncontrollably.

Nighttime

"Hahaha! We ate a lot!"

"Aye!"

Gray and Happy were standing in the middle of a street. Gray had his back on a railing and Happy was sitting on it. Happy noticed something far in the distance.

"Hey, is that the boat that Salamander is throwing a party on?"

Gray turned his head and saw the boat that happy was talking about. Without diverting his gaze, he reached into his pocket and took out a cigarette. He lit in and inhaled it, then releasing a puff of smoke.

"Oh yeah, that guy said he was having a party..."

"Look! That's Salamander-sama's boat!"

Gray and Happy looked to their side to the source of the voice. They found three girls who were watching the boat.

"I wish I could've gone!"

"Salamander?"

"You haven't heard? The famous mage Salamander is in town! I heard he's a member of Fairy Tail!"

The mention of the Guild's name made the two make a noise of surprise. Particularly for Gray, it brought immense anger.

"Fairy Tail...?" Gray turned to the boat and took another inhale of his cigarette. "Fairy Tail." He repeated the Guild's name and looked at the boat with contempt.

"Lucy you say? That's a pretty name."

"Thank you!"

Salamander and Lucy sat in a room, Salamander had poured two glasses of champagne for them

"Let's start with a toast." He snapped his fingers, and bubbles of the champagne had floated in the air. "Now, open your mouth and savor the jewels of champagne as they enter your mouth" he told her.

"Creepy!" Lucy got the chills when he had said that. 'Be strong Lucy, you have to be strong!' she thought to herself. She suddenly got up and slapped the bubbles away.

"What's the big idea?" She asked him. "That was a sleep spell." Salamander brought a hand to his chin and chuckled.

"I'm impressed." He told her.

"Don't get the wrong idea. I want to join Fairy Tail, but I have no intention of being your girl." Lucy said to Salamander. Said man laughed at her response.

"You're a tough one." As soon as he had said that, the curtains in his room opened, revealing many men carrying just as many women, all of them unconscious.
Lucy made a noise of surprise.

"What's going on here?!" She asked, suddenly having a big feeling about Salamander.

"Welcome to my boat. You will have to behave until we reach Bosco... little miss." He told her with a dark look.

"Bosco? What about Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked fiercely. Fairy Tail was located in Magnolia, so why would they be going to Bosco?

"Forget about it. You're our merchandise now." He told her coldly. Lucy couldn't believe what she had heard.

"What?! Then these women...?" Salamander's henchmen started to laugh at Lucy's predicament. Lucy turned to face the henchmen.

"Way to go Salamander-san!"

"We get ourselves a big haul!"

Lucy turned back to the Salamander, eyes burning with hatred. "Why you!" She reached for her back and pulled out a large ring with keys on it. Salamander anticipated some sort of counterattack from Lucy. He sent a wave of purple fire at Lucy, making her drop her keys. Salamander picked up the keys and made a sound of acknowledgement.

"Gateway keys... So you're a Celestial Spirit Mage." Salamander commented, impressed with the rarity of such magic. "However, only those with a contract can use these, meaning they are worthless to me." Salamander threw the keys off the boat, landing in the water. Lucy started shaking in anger at Salamander's actions.

'Who is this guy?! I can't believe a mage in Fairy Tail would do something like this! Using magic for evil, to fool people...' Lucy's eyes starting tearing, and eventually, they cascading down her checks.

"You're the worst kind of mage there is!" She told them boldly. The henchmen approached her, roughly grabbing her by the arms when something crashed through the ceiling. Everyone covered their eyes from the wood that flew everywhere from the impact. When the smoke cleared, Lucy smiled at what made the impact, while the others looked on in shock.

"Gray!" She said wiping the tears from her eyes. Her happy expression soon turned into shock and embarrassment at Gray appearance. A blush formed on her cheeks Salamander and his henchmen looked at Gray with confusion.

"Where the hell are your pants?!" Lucy shouted at him. Gray looked down and realized that he was only wearing his boxers. He made a sound of distressed and looked everywhere in the room to find them. "So uncool!" Lucy commented.

"What's going on Lucy?" Lucy looked at the hole in the ceiling and saw Happy.

"Happy! I was tricked, he said he could get me into Fairy Tail" Lucy told him of the situation but suddenly realized something about Happy. "Wait, you have wings?!" Lucy asked in shock. Salamander and his men stood there dumbfounded, sporting a similar expression on their faces.

"We can talk later!" Happy told her. Salamander snapped out of his daze and saw Happy carrying Lucy, flying away from the boat. "Let's go!" Happy said, and he started flying, with Lucy screaming in fright.

"Tch. After them! We can't have them report to the council on us!" He ordered his men. Lucy and Happy were getting far away from the boat, but Lucy was confused about why Happy didn't take Gray with him.

"Wait! What about Gray?" She asked Happy.

"I can't carry two people." Happy simply replied.

"You're not going anywhere! Prominence Whip!" Salamander shouted the name of his attack and a magic seal appeared in front of him. Many streaks of purple fire come out of the circle and followed Lucy and Happy. The whips of fire tried to catch Happy but Happy nimbly dodged every one of them. Lucy, meanwhile, was screaming in fright of what was going on. Eventually, Happy managed to dodge all of the fire, and managed to make them collide with each other, creating a fireworks-like explosion.

"Oooh! Pretty!" Some guy shouted.

"Damn that nimble cat!" Salamander said in contempt.

"Hey..." Salamander and his men turned and saw Gray standing without his pants, having given up his search. He stood there, his arms crossed and looking at them with an angry look.

"We have to go get Gray and the rest of the women!" Lucy exclaimed, worried about the well-being of the people on this boat.

"Lucy I have to tell you something" Happy suddenly told her.

"What?! Now isn't a good time!" Lucy exclaimed, getting impatient with Happy's lack of action. Suddenly Happy lost his wings.

"My transformation is over." Happy simply told her. Lucy and Happy were suddenly falling to the sea very quickly.

"You damn cat!" Lucy screamed in frustration. Happy just "Aye!"'d in response, not affected by Lucy's anger. They landed in the water, and Lucy immediately started to swim, while Happy's head painfully collided with a rock. Lucy swam towards a shinning light, and to her delight, she found her keys

"We still have to get to Bosco" Salamander absentmindedly said. He paid no attention to his men, who were currently surrounding Gray. One of them lunged towards Gray, attempting to attack him, but Gray simply raised his hand and caught the man's arm.

"Fairy Tail" Gray started, getting the attention of everyone present. "You guys are with Fairy Tail?!" He asked with anger.

Lucy and Happy emerged from the water. More like Lucy emerged and Happy just... floated. Lucy smirked in determination.

"Here I go!"

Lucy suddenly grabbed on of her keys and was preparing to activate it.

"Hirake! Houheikyu no Tobira! Aquarius!"(Open! Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!)

She slammed the key into the water and a blue magic seal appeared where the key struck. A torrent of water formed and when it disappeared, a mermaid like figure carrying a jug emerged from the water.

"A fish?!" Happy asked excitedly, his mouth watering.

"Absolutely not." Lucy simply stated, slapping Happy on the forehead.

"That's amazing!" Happy said, admiring Lucy's magic.

"I am a celestial spirit mage after all" Lucy stated proudly. "I can use gatekeys to summon celestial spirits from another world!" Lucy explained. She suddenly turned to face the boat. "Aquarius! Use your power to push that ship back to the port!" She ordered, pointing at that boat.

Aquarius turned to Lucy with an angry look on her face. "Tch." Lucy suddenly had a shocked expression on her face.

"Did you just 'Tch' me?!" Lucy shouted, not believing her spirit's attitude.

"That's not really something worth getting upset about." Happy simply stated.

"Listen carefully annoying child." Aquarius started with an eerily calm voice. "Drop my key again and I will kill you." Lucy and Happy were suddenly scared.

"W-we're terribly sorry!" They both said. Aquarius then gathered several amounts of water into her jug and spun around violently. Her sipping caused the water to create a tsunami, destroying the boat and carrying the people on board, Lucy, and Happy to the boat.

"Don't sweep me into the attack!" Lucy shouted spinning in the water. She was in disbelief that her spirit would carelessly hurt her. A giant wave of water carried the boat and the people to the beach of Hargeon, just like Lucy requested, though a lot more violently than she had hoped.

"What is wrong with you?! Why did you sweep me along with it?!" Lucy furiously asked her spirit.

"Whoops. I accidentally got the boat too." Lucy had a comical expression of shock on her face.

"You were aiming for me?!" Lucy asked in disbelief. Aquarius turned her back to Lucy.

"Don't call me for a while. I'm going on a week long trip with my boyfriend. With my boyfriend." She announced as she disappeared, emphasizing her last sentence, which annoyed Lucy.

"I heard you the first time!" She shouted annoyed

"Hey Lucy! When we apologized before... I don't think I needed to after all" Happy stated.

"I don't even know what to do with this dumb cat." Lucy said face-palming. The giant wave and the boat on the beach attracted a large crowd of people, wondering what had happened.

"Damn. What the hell..." Salamander said getting up from the rubble. He looked to the top of the boat and saw Gray standing with an unreadable expression. Lucy and Happy were running towards the boat, worried for Gray's safety. They suddenly stopped when they saw Gray's expression.

"You're a Fairy Tail mage?" Gray asked calmly.

"Yeah, so what?!" Salamander replied annoyed. "Go get him." Salamander told his men. The men agreed without question.

"Let me get a good look at you." Gray said taking off his coat. Salamander's men started charging towards Gray.

"Gray!" Lucy shouted in worry.

"Don't worry about a thing." Happy told her, suddenly biting a fish that somehow appeared in his hands. "We should've told you before, but Gray is a mage too." Happy simply said, which garnered a shock expression from Lucy. Two men charged at Gray, who simply swatted them away.

"I'm Gray from Fairy Tail! I've never seen you before in my life!" Gray announced, angry burning in his eyes.

"Wha-!" Salamander was in shock with what Gray said.

"Fairy Tail?"! Lucy couldn't believe it as well. The mage she had met today was from the Guild of her dreams?!

"I'm not gonna let you insult the Fairy Tail name any longer!" Gray announced as he walked slowly towards Salamander.

"Oh yeah?! What are you going to do about it?! Prominence Typhoon!" Salamander created a magic seal and sent a spiraling wave of fire at Gray. Gray stood there and the fire exploded around him.

"Gray!" Lucy shouted, afraid that Gray was hurt. She was about to run to Gray but Happy floated in the air and stood in front of her, preventing her from doing so.
The women from the boat suddenly woke and ran away from the fight in confusion and fear.

"The bigger they talk, the weaker they are." Salamander said confidently as he turned around and started to walk.

"Man, that was weak." A voice said. Salamander and his men turned to the fire in disbelief. "Are you really a fire wizard?" The voice asked. Soon the fire started to freeze as Gray revealed himself. He had a smirk on his face and a cigarette in his lips. The fire managed to burn his shirt, but it actually hadn't hurt him. Additionally, it had managed to light Gray's smoke. When all of the fire was frozen and the smoke cleared, everyone could clearly see the dark blue Fairy Tail emblem on his right pectoral muscle.

"Thanks for the fire, I ran out of matches." Gray stated.

"B-Bora-san, that mark is the real deal!" One of men of Salamander said in fear. The Salamander, or Bora, as he was now identified, looked towards the man in frustration.

"Idiot, don't call me by that name!" He quickly reprimanded.

"Bora, Bora the Prominence." Happy said, gathering Lucy's attention. "That guy was kicked out of the Titan Nose Guild years ago." Happy finished, fully identifying the man impersonating the Salamander.

"I don't care if you're a good guy or a bad guy..." Gray said as he walked towards Bora's group. "But I won't let you tarnish Fairy Tail or my best friend's name!" Gray said with conviction. As he walked, the ground froze with each step he took. Bora's group and Lucy looked at Gray in shock.

"W-W-W-W-Who is this guy?!" Bora asked frantically.

"He froze the fire?! I've never seen such magic!" Lucy said in amazement.

"That fire's too weak for Gray." Happy said.

"You call that magic? I'll show you real magic" Gray smirked as he taunted Bora. He brought his fist and placed his perpendicular to his open hand. A blue magic seal formed in front of his hands.

"Don't get cocky kid! Hell's Prominence!" Bora created a large laser-like beam of purple fire and aimed it towards Gray. However, Bora had panicked beforehand, so instead of hitting Gray, he completely missed and instead, destroyed half the town. Gray was unfazed by the attack, and retaliated with his own.

"Ice-Make: Cannon!" A cannon of ice appeared in Gray's hands. He jumped and shot a blast at Bora's group, defeating all of them, except Bora himself. The attack had also destroyed some houses in the town. Using his Red Carpet he flew away from the attack and retaliated.

"Red Shower!" Several bullets of fire came out of Bora's fire seal, all aiming for Gray. Gray dodged them and charged towards Bora, ice engulfing his hands. He jumped and punched Bora.

"He attacks and creates things out of ice. Is that really magic?" Lucy wondered in amazment.

"Gray specializes in a type of magic that allows him to create anything out of ice. It's an extremely versatile magic for offensive, defensive, or any other purpose. This magic gives him limitless potential to create anything. Ice-Make Magic!"

Bora was getting frustrated. This kid dodged every attack he sent him and he kept getting hit. He was getting desperate. By now the magic council must've been aware of the ruckus that their fight was causing, and he had no doubt that the Rune Knights would be coming. He had to finish this fight quickly. He created a giant fireball-looking skull and threw it towards Gray. Gray just smirked and stood there. As the fireball approached him, it started to freeze. The fireball completely froze and shattered before it even touched Gray. Bora and Lucy looked at Gray in shock.

"That was weak. Now asshole, here's the power of a Fairy Tail mage!" Gray said as he brought his hands together like last time. He jumped in the air and a sword formed.

"Ice-Make: Sword!"

Gray swung his ice sword at Bora, defeating him. Gray swung with such intensity that Bora was sent flying and hit the bell in a bell tower.

"Gray, we don't use the power of Fairy Tail to ring bells." Happy commented.

"Wow! That was great... But he went a little overboard!"

"Aye!" Happy said excitedly, oblivious to Lucy's worry.

"Don't 'Aye!' me!" Lucy retorted. Lucy suddenly heard lots of footsteps and a feeling of dread washed over her. "The army?!" The army of the Magic Council, the Rune Knights were quickly approaching. If they saw her, Lucy would've been brought in for questioning, suspecting that she had something to do with the town's destruction. Before she could feel anymore dread, a hand suddenly grasped hers and ran very quickly.

"Crap, we have to hurry up and get the hell out of here!" Gray frantically shouted, dragging Lucy along with him.

"Why do I have to?!" Lucy asked in confusion.

"You wanted to join our Guild, didn't you?" Gray asked rhetorically. Lucy looked at him in shock. Gray gave her a warm smile. "Come on, let's go." Lucy had a big smile on her face.

"Okay!" Lucy ran for her life, but was very happy. She was finally going to join the Guild of her dreams, and for real this time!

In an unknown location.

A lone figure was walking a long path. He was a rosy haired man carrying a bag over his shoulder. He suddenly stopped and looked towards the sky. He let out a heavy sigh.

"It's almost that time of the year." He said to himself quickly. He started walking again and picked up his pace.

"I gotta go back soon, for her sake."

A/N: And there you have it! Chapter 5 of The Dragon's Regret! I apologize again for taking so damn long with this one. I kinda got distracted by a lot of things and I hate myself for it. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! It's quite literally me watching the first episode of Fairy Tail, and writing down everything that the characters did. Though halfway through I realized I could've just wrote something from my memory, and could've saved myself I lot of time instead of watching 10 seconds of Fairy Tail, pausing, and thinking about how to write out the scene I just watched.

But anyway I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter. Any reviews, whether they be positive, or constructive criticisms, are appreciated! Any mistakes, whether they be grammatical, spelling, or whatever, please feel free to address.

BTW: Are they called Wizards or mages? I've seen translations with both and I can never seem to find out which works better. I use mage, but if it really is wizard, I'll change that from now on