Chapter 8: The First Reunion
Natsu, Lucy and Happy make it to the entrance of the Lamia Scale. "Ha ha! I win!" Natsu shouts back to Lucy who is catching her breathe. "Good for you." She murmurs back to him. Happy lands onto Natsu's shoulder. "Finally. Now I can see Carla! I wonder what she's been up to lately?" He grins like a crazy kitty. Before Natsu grabs the handle of the door, the door opens up inwards. The widen entry way made a blue haired cries with tears of happiness. "Natsu! Lucy! Happy!" She calls out to them. Natsu turns around to see the familiar girl. "Hey there, Wendy." He waves to her. Wendy on the other hand rushes towards him and hugs him. "I'm so glad you're okay. Where have you been all this time?" She looks up to him.
Natsu rubs the girl's head. "It's a long story." He simples tells her. He looks up to see some more familiar faces. "Hey guys. How are you?" He waves to them. The first one to step forward is Lyon. "Hey there. Got any idea where my icy rival is?" He asks the celestial wizard instead of the fire dragon slayer wizard.
Shelia gets in front of him. "Where are your manners? It's rude not to welcome them in." She lectures him. Lyon smacks his forehead. "Oh. Sorry about that. Come on in. We can talk about it." Lyon he gestures them to enter the guild hall. The trio smile excitedly as they walk in. the guild is a stoned all around. Like the Fairy Tail guild hall, there are tables for the guild members, a bar, and the request board. "Welcome young ones." A deeper masculine voice speaks too the visitors. Natsu smiles up to the large man. "Hello, Jura." He greets back. Natsu turns towards the girls talking among themselves. He sots Happy trying to woo Carla. But as always, Carla turns him down. "So what brings you to Lamia Scale in the first place?" The wizard saint Jura asks the Fire Dragon Slayer.
Natsu gives him the story until this part. "So we were hoping if Wendy would like to join on my mission. I thought that she'd be thrilled to hear it." He gives the conclusion. The wizard Sain strokes his beard. "How fascinating. Well it's true that Fairy Tail disbanded, but it'd be as if that you have that bond to keep them connected, not matter what." Jura comments the predicament. Natsu nods and heads to the table where the rest of the group are sitting.
"So that's what happened. I was looking forward to see Gray. But I guessed wrong." Lyon rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment. "Well, I've been working so hard on where they all are. But I'm not sure on where they are currently. It's a good thing I found Wendy and Carla." Lucy replies back to him. Natsu takes his seat by Wendy. "Hey wendy wanna know something?" He looks down to her. Wendy looks back up to him. "What is it?" She asks curiously. "I happen to find a way to see our dragons." Natsu speaks enthusiastically. Wendy widens her eyes, but also Carla. "There's no way! We all know that the dragons departed this world after the Tartaros incident." Carla said in such disbelief.
"Hey I was the same way when I first heard about it. But this here will be the key to gain access to the world of Draco Orbits." Natsu explains as he raises his left sleeve to reveal the symbol that Master Mavis gave him. Wendy gasps to see it first hand. "This is amazing. You've been away for such a long time, I thought that you'd forget about me." She sniffles. Natsu takes hold of her shoulder, and spots the Lamia Scale on her shoulder, the same spot where the light blue Fairy Tail emblem once was. Wendy spots the sadness in his onyx eyes. "I know what you're thinking. But it's been done." She tells hold of his arm in a comforting manner. She then spots that Natsu still has his emblem on his shoulder. She looks at Lucy, to see rather or not her pink emblem on the back of her hand is still there as well. She smiles seeing it.
"So what do you say, Wendy? Wanna join us?" Natsu said to her. Wendy nods back. "Oh yes. What about you, Carla?" She asks her white exceed feline. Carla crossed her arms. "I don't mind." She looks back up with a genuine smile. Wendy nods back. But before she makes her leave she turns to the wizard saint. "Jura, is it okay that I go on the mission with Natsu and his friends?" She asks for permission. Jura smiles to her. "I don't mind. I know that Master Obba is senile, but I believe that she wouldn't mind at all either." Just hearing that made Wendy jump up and down with joy. "This is great. We should get going." She chimes as she goes upstairs to her dorm to pack her things for the upcoming journey.
Carla follows her blue haired friend up the stairs. "Wendy are you sure you want to go through with this?" She asks as they enter their room. Wendy browses her dressers to take out a few dresses that she'll need. "I'm pretty confindent that Natsu is true about the journey. I know it's been a year since the dragons left this world. I wasn't aware that they'd be within us the entire time. And we had to thank them for destroying the face. Without them, we would be in a world without any magic. Just imagine what it'd be like without it." Wendy said to her white exceed. Wendy has a point. When they went to Edolas to save their guild mates from the Lacrima that was going to be used as a bomb, and their magic was short there. But thanks with the help of Mystogen with the X-balls to make sure that they use their magic, they managed to pull it off.
A few minutes later, Wendy returns back with her belongings. She spots Natsu, Lucy, and Happy waiting for them. But it surprised her when she sees Lyon in the group. "I thought I could help you on this journey, even though Gray isn't here." Lyon explains to her. Wendy shrugs her shoulder and they all leave the Lamia Scale to head out to find their next recruit.