Team Advent was now less than an hour away from magnolia; the town's buildings had come into view. What none of them could know is that they were about to face a danger that they were not yet ready for. Penelope staying true to her knight image walked at the front of the group, it was then that she noticed a man who was reading a book by the side of the road. His face was hidden by the cloak he so when he called out to her she was taken by surprise
"Travelers from afar who what hear thou ponder are?"
"What?"
The rest of the guild had caught up by now and paused to observe the strange man, the man not looking up from his book continued to speak
"What immortal ear or eye has sensed thou strangers passing by, the skies will weep and burn so red tis unfortunate that one of you will soon be dead"
Leiko who was uninterested simply said
"C'mon ignore this beggar"
But Penelope stood frozen to the spot the man continued once again
"The untold hatred of his soul we simple mortals cannot know, for your strength and all your pain how sad that one of you shall die in vain for on twilights eve on winter morrow you shall all cry tears of sorrow"
And then in an instant the man disappeared leaving the group stunned. Properly shaken the group all stared at each other, Keith was the first to recover
"We…we should probably head off were almost there"
"Yeah"
Trying to put what they had just witnessed out of their head they once again continued towards the city of Magnolia. It was midday by the time the reached the city and they couldn't help but be taken in by its splendor. Penelope turned to face the group
"Right Master Urim told us to go to the Guild Fair Tail where we are to rendezvous with the team and then we will head out towards the mission"
Drake then scratched his head
"Wait what is the mission?"
"We will be told that once we reach the guild now let's go"
"I've heard rumors about fairy tail there all supposed to be nuts"
"Don't worry Rika I'm sure everything will be fine"
Kirk smiled and patted her on the head
"Besides I hear there are some major hotties in the guild"
"Stop being such a pervert Kirk"
"Hey watch your mouth Leiko besides isn't there someone you've been dying to see"
"I…I don't know what you're talking about"
Keith then smirked
"Hey isn't that Gray the Ice Mage?"
At this Leiko shrieked and then hid behind Penelope, the boys then started laughing at her. Draco then spoke
"Leiko's cute when she's embarrassed"
"Shu..Shut up stupid cat"
Drake grinned
"Relax Leiko I'm sure you've got nothing to worry about"
"Well I wouldn't be so sure about that"
The group turned around to see a tall black haired man wearing a trench coat with no shirt underneath eating an apple on one of the benches. Standing up the, the man smiled and then showed his guild mark on his left arm, he was a member of Advent Hero. Ren smiled and charged at the figure and shouted
"Damien fight me!"
Damien however just sidestepped the boy and continued eating his apple, Penelope frowned and spoke
"What are you doing here?"
Damien picked Ren up and ruffled his hair
"Well nice to see you to Iris, don't worry I'm only here to give you a briefing on what the mission is"
Drake quietly whispered to Kirk
"Who is this guy?"
"That's Damien Brandt he's one of the three S rank's in the guild"
"This guy is an S rank mage?"
"Don't let his appearance deceive you he once went toe to toe with Erza"
"Really!"
Damien cleared his throat to get their attention
"Right listen up here's what's going to happen you lot are gonna rendezvous with Fairy tail members at the church in one hour from then on you will receive your next set of orders from fairy tail"
Leiko sniggered
"Well that's helpful thank god we had the mighty S rank wizard to give us directions"
Damien looked at her up and down and then said with a yawn
"Nice miniskirt you trying to impress anyone?"
At this Leiko blushed and let out a couple of completely incoherent noises but then she shut up and went into a sort of daydream. Damien smirked and then pulled Penelope over to one side to talk
"So your taking point on this"
"If that's what the master wants"
"Nah you just seem like someone who is a stickler for the rules also what the hell is up with you guys you all look like you've seen a ghost"
"Nothing happened it's just…been a long trip"
"Right…well whatever it's not my problem"
Damien then flung a metal coin into Kirk's hands; unfortunately Keith instantly snatched this up in the blink on an eye
"MONEY! ITS MINE YOU CAN'T HAVE IT"
Damien smirked
"Its not money the genius boy cooked it up just flip it three times in the air and you'll be able to communicate with anyone in the guild"
Kirk rolled the coin over his fingers before putting it in his pocket, Damien smirked and then looking around said
"Well I best be off"
Ren gave a disappointed look
"What your not coming?"
"Sorry kiddo but Erza wouldn't take to kindly to seeing me again especially after our little tiff ok could you stand back"
Damien cracked his neck and then two scaly demonic wings burst out of his back,
"Well see ya round"
And with that he flew into the air and vanished, for a moment they watched as he flew out of sight however the silence was broken when a man standing behind them, cleared his throat
"Excuse but the gentleman in the black coat said you would pay for his meal"
There was an instant and unanimous
"SON OF A BITCH"
10 minutes later
"I can't believe he did that"
"I can't believe I had to pay
"And I can't believe it's not butter (thwack) ow Keith quit it"
Keith was crying as he looked at his now empty wallet,
"ALL MY MONEY! I was saving that"
"For what?"
Keith paused
"You know something I have no idea"
Kirk sighed and tried to regain order
"Ok despite the fact that we just got screwed over by a cheapskate poor excuse for an S rank we must at least meet up with Fairy tail"
Penelope followed up
"He's right remember we are representing the guild of Advent Hero we must always remember to be mature, collected, strong willed and…and will someone please explain to me why Drake is sleeping in the middle of the road?"
Draco who was still on top of Drake's head yawned and said
"The road here is comfy"
Penelope then kicked Drake, Drake jerked up and while still half asleep said
"Ugly bitch"
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
Draco then flew off Drake's head and yelled
"He said it not me"
"Traitor"
However just before Penelope was about to turn the rating of this story from a T to an M and deep feminine voice spoke out from behind them
"Ah you must be the members of Advent Hero I'm Fairy Tail's delegate Erza Scarlet"