Chapter 6: A New Set of Wings
(-Gray's PoV-)
"Look! She's awake!" Lucy yelled excitedly.
The whole guild hall fell silent. The girl stopped at the top of the stairs and stared around the room nervously. Well this is awkward. I decided to go and introduce myself to her to break the tension in the room.
"Hey, I'm Gray" I held out my hand to her and gave her prize-winning smile. No answer. She just gave me a confused look, which I returned.
"Gray. She might answer you if you were wearing clothes~ hic." I heard Cana call from the other side of the guild. I look down and notice that she is right. sShit! The whole guild hall erupts into laughter and returns to their conversations and booze. I then heard a laugh in front of me.
Still laughing, she simply said. "Arion."
"Well then nice to meet you, Arion. Welcome to Fairy Tail." the voice of the master came from the infirmary where he and Porlyusica exited.
"Fairy Tail? What is tha-?"
"Its a guild for wizards and after hearing that your magic control has returned from Porlyusica, I believe you would be a nice addition to my family. So what do you say?"
"I can't! I have to go save-!"
"Who?"
"No one. Never mind. I'd love to join." she agreed to the masters request only half-heartedly.
"Great!" the master said cheerfully, " go and receive your guild mark from Mirajane over there at the bar.
"Come on, I'll show you." I say while grabbing her had and dragging her over to Mira.
Mira turned away from the bar and came over to us with the guild stamp. "Oh hi there. Will you be joining us then?"
"I suppose I am." she shrugged.
"Great so where would you like your mark and what color?"
"You think you could put it on the left side of my neck in turquoise?"
Mira smiled at her and put the mark on her neck. "There. Now you are officially a Fairy Tail mage."
"Well that's great! Now maybe she can go on missions with us! Right, Happy?" Natsu called to his cat as they, along with Lucy and Erza came over to the bar.
"Aye sir!"
"Well what do you say, Arion?"
"S-sure. I don't see why not."
"GRAY-SAMA!"
(-Arion's PoV-)
After joining a team in this guild a blue clad woman came running into the guild hall. She had on a long blue hair that fell on pale cheeks. She wore a knee-length black dress coat that had fur trimming on the sleeves and collar. Four golden buttons were evenly place along with a brown belt and thigh high brown boots. the woman also had a matching fur hat with a golden butterfly on the right side.
"GRAY-SAMA~" she swooned. "Juvia is back from a mission and she brought you back a-. Gray-sama? Who is this ragged girl?" I felt my eye twitch and i mental bashed her face in. Though i should probably find some new clothes...
"This Is Arion. She just joined the guild today" The boy, Gray, replied.
"Juvia hopes for your sake that you aren't her rival for Gray-sama's love. She will not hesitate to destroy you."
Okay? "Juvia, is it? Okay so I don't know where you got the idea that i was trying to win your precious 'Gray-sama' but, I'm NOT. I just got here, I can barely remember half of your names, and I don't know anything about him! Why the heck would I be trying to win him? And another thing! WHY IN GODS NAME ARE YOU TREATING HIM LIKE A PRIZE! HE'S JUST A HUMAN! Stop Obsessing!" I instantly regret what i said as the room fell silent once more and all eyes fell on me.
"You're right..." The blue-haired woman started to sob as she ran from the guild.
Well you've gone and done it again. I hope you're happy. "Wait. No I'm sorry-"
"Gehehe. I haven't seen the rain woman cry for a while"
"Shut up iron breath! I don't need your insolence." I spat. "I didn't mean it. I'm just not good with people..." It's been too long. I walk after the woman.
The room filled with chatter about how a newbie talked to a strong mage so carelessly. Others simply said nothing for fear of being lashed out on. They were right to do so. "Now THAT'S a man!"
~Time Skip~
"Juvia, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I yelled at you and that i said you were obsessive. I'm also sorry that I cant help but yell when I get angry. I'm also ALSO sorry that I'm a stubborn dragon princess that doesn't think of the people around her when lashing out and-." I bang my head on a nearby wall. "UGH! This is never going to work!"
"I dunno. I feel kind of convinced."
"Why did you follow me, Gray?" I hiss.
He leans against the wall as he speaks "Just checkin' up on you."
"I didn't ask you to-"
"I know but, you're part of Fairy Tail now so, you're not alone."
"You don't know What you're talking about. I'm just a lost snake that slithered too far away from her hole. A wolf in sheep's clothing."
"Now I don't know what you been through before today but' I do know what you are. You were a dragon but today you are a fairy so you gotta act like it. Just think of it as a new set of wings." His words shocked me. A new set of wings you say? "And don't worry, your transformation is only between our team and the master. No one else knows."
"Thank you, Gray. I seem to have needed that. Now I suppose I should find Juvia and apologize."
"Yeah, maybe"