Chapter 3: Joining Fairy Tail
"Can you believe the absurdity of it?" The Doctor questioned to no one in particular. "They believe they have actual 'wizards'! Well, whatever technology they have; mine is thrice as powerful. Just wait until they get a load of THIS!" The Doctor turned around and held his new shiny device out in show as he realized he was alone. "Oh, that's right, there's no one to impress with my gadgets anymore. Well that's fine, I'll find someone else… eventually."
"Hey Gramps!" Natsu shouted over the sounds of guild mates chatting noisily. "Yes, what is it now Natsu?" Makarov grumbled disinterestedly. "I found us a new wizard who wants to join the guild!" Makarov put his palm to his forehead in frustration and exclaimed, "For goodness' sake Natsu, that's the 3rd one this month! You've got to stop inviting people into the guild! Most of the time they're slacking hobo's with no skill! The only halfway decent one is Lucy!" "Halfway decent?!" Lucy interjected. "You know what I meant. Now Natsu, what's this hobo's name?" Before Natsu had the chance to answer, the guild's doors burst open. Smoke billowed into the building causing everyone's vision to be hindered. The only thing that was visible through the fog was the silhouette of a man who appeared to be carrying an axe. A strange growly sounding music began to play while the man spoke, "My name is The Doctor, and I am not a hobo! I am a very skilled wizard who uses sound magic!" The Doctor then stepped out of the mist, revealing his face and black cloak before continuing, "And I'm an old man!"
"It was obvious to everyone that Makarov was enthralled to have a new guild member who was closer to his age. He had way too many questions, "How old are you? How many places have you been? You seem like someone who has developed his magical powers to the maximum." The Doctor (clearly annoyed) sat there intending to never answer any of this short, stumpy man's questions. After sitting and not listening to Makarov for a half hour, The Doctor had heard enough. "That's it! I can't stand any more blathering! I've been here for half of an hour, and I am still not a member of this guild." Mirajane heard the commotion and walked over calmly to resolve the conflict, "What seems to be the problem here gentlemen?" The Doctor turned to face her, a look of calm washed over his face as he was extremely happy to find someone reasonable in this world. "Well Miss, I want to join your lovely guild here but this dwarf of a master you have here won't shut up long enough for me to do the paperwork." Makarov was livid, his face turned blood red as he grew to a height as tall as the guild itself as he bellowed, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A DWARF? IF YOU WANT TO BE A MEMBER OF FAIRY TAIL YOU HAD BETTER LEARN TO RESPECT YOUR MASTER!" The Doctor knew when to back down but he was neither scared nor intimidated, "Well, that's quite the size beam you have there. Let's be reasonable now, come back down here and let's shake hands like reasonable human beings." Makarov shrank down to his normal size with a confused look on his face, "Size beam? What are you talking about Doctor?" The Doctor was suddenly embarrassed and tried to cover up his mistake, "Oh never mind that, where do I get the paperwork taken care of?" Mirajane turned around and made a waving gesture, prodding The Doctor to come along, "Follow me!"
"Alright, where would you like me to stamp your guild mark?" Mirajane asked in her usual overly cheery fashion. The Doctor pulled the collar of his cloak down to show the side of his wrinkled neck. "Put it right there."
Later in the day Natsu approached The Doctor with someone The Doctor did not recognize. "Hey Doctor, I got someone I'd like you to meet!" The Doctor wanted to take a job request and earn some of this world's currency quickly so he could fix the TARDIS. After looking at some of the parts on vehicles in this town he had noticed a few things he would need to speed up his ship's recovery, so interruptions like this were frustrating. "Yes, what is it boy?" The Doctor grumbled impatiently. Natsu excitedly reach behind him and pulled a young blonde girl who didn't look a day over 18 in front of him. "Doctor, this is Lucy! Lucy is one of our newest and most improved wizards!" Lucy put her hand out in front of her to greet her new acquaintance. "Hi, I'm Lucy! It's great to meet you!" The Doctor extended his arm out and pinched Lucy's hand between 2 fingers as if she was a foreign object, "Yes, well I'm sure it would be nice to meet you too if I weren't in the middle of finding a job request so I can buy parts to fix my ship and then leave this town." Natsu's face drooped in disappointment, "Wait, you aren't moving here?" "No Natsu, I am afraid I am but a leaf in the wind, and Magnolia is one of the many branches the wind slaps me into." Natsu walked away, his entire body flopped in a sad sag as he mumbled, "Ok well, I hope you have good luck and fix your ship without any bumps in the road." Lucy looked a little disappointed as well until her eyes narrowed and a determined look seemed to pop out of nowhere. "No! If you need to get your ship fixed then we're gonna help you!" Natsu jumped out of his funk and fire flew out of his mouth as he exclaimed, "Yeah! No way we're gonna let you do this all by yourself. After all, you're a member of Fairy Tail now, and if you're one of us; you can be sure we won't let you tackle it alone!"