Fairy Tail, Magnolia Town, NO POV
"HEY EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK!" Natsu yelled as he kick the doors to the guild in and was welcomed with the roar of applause from the rest of the guild inside.
"Hey Natsu, you think for once you could NOT try to destroy the guild?" taunted Gray.
"Hey Gray, ever think about shutting your trap when it's not needed?!" replied Natsu
"Not my fault that your head is full of hot air" Gray retorted, and had somehow stripped down to his bare boxers.
"Gray, put your clothes on." said Erza passing by him, now with a look of embarrassment and fear.
"HAHAHAHAHA, that's right perv, just keep your bits to yourself."
"Natsu!" said Erza, shooting a glare that would turn even Medusa to stone at him, "He has a point, or must I remind you of what just happened on our job. I'd be more than happy to explain it to the other guild members."
"No no no, there's no reason to do that, right Gray?"
"Aye!" Great, Happy #2 agian.
"Oh come on Erza give them a break." said Lisanna standing beside her, "I mean who would've expected that the town was actually inhabited by real ghosts. I kinda got a bit freak out myself."
"Yes, i'll admit that came as a shock, but that still doesn't excuse destroying an entire graveyard in order to stop them!" Natsu and Gray slowly retreated to a corner in the back of the guild hall, still latched onto each other like they're best buddies.
"Wow,that mission must be really eating away at them." said Happy
"Well it should, we have no reason to be bothering the dead. Well, the dead that weren't trying to kill us at least. Nice job Lisanna, guess you aren't as rusty as you thought you were." said Erza. Lisanna smiled with glee. She didn't think her first mission back with her team would go so smoothly.( Well, smoothly compared to how disastrous other missions had been.)
"Ahh. there your four are. I was wondering when you'd be back Erza." The Master had said appearing beneath her. " I trust the mission went well?"
"Well, I wouldn't use that term Master, considering that those two over there desecrated a sanctuary of the dead!" Erza exclaimed pointing to Natsu and Gray huddled in the corner, with Happy offering Natsu a fish to try and cheer him up.
"Oh great, more paperwork from the Council. Thank god Lucy wasn't with you four, she probably would've been scared out of her mind going to a haunted ghost town."
"Oh speaking of which, where is Lucy? If anyone I thought that she would be the first one at the door to see us once we got back." said Erza
"Lucy isn't here. She left on a mission a couple days ago. She should be back any day now." said Makarov, which initially shocked Erza.
"Wait, she went on a mission by herself?" she asked, which also snapped Gray and Natsu out of their funk.
"Lucy went on a mission by herself? Where to? MASTER, TELL ME!" Raged Natsu as he shook the master back and forth, only to get himself punched into the ceiling.
"AHH, NATSU!" exclaimed Lisanna. She transformed into a bird and flew up to the ceiling to try and pull Natsu's head out of it.
"He really should've thought about about what he was doing before actually doing it. Anyway, where's Lucy?"
"Yeah, and why did she go on a mission by herself?" asked Gray, still in his boxers.
"Hang on a minute you brats. I never said that she went on a mission by herself. I would never have approved of her going on a mission of that caliber by herself, so she went with Gajeel, Juvia, and someone new to the guild."
"Oh, we got a new member when we were gone? Who is it?" asked Gray
"A very nice young man, a little serious at times, but very nice. He, along with Lucy, Gajeel, and Juvia went on a mission to stop a volcano from destroying a town." Everyone froze once they heard those words.
"A volcano?! How are four wizards gonna stop a mountain that spews fire from destroying a town?" yelled Erza
"Ah come Erza," said Happy, "It's not as impossible as it seems. Remember when you Natsu and Gray blew up a couple of mountains?"
"Do not remind me Happy. I still kick myself for letting that happen." Erza said with a groan, "But it doesn't matter. Master you should've told us that Lucy was going a mission that dangerous. We need to be there to make sure she's safe."
"Is that so? Because if I recall correctly you told her that it would be best for her to go on missions by herself, so that she can improve her skills. Then one of you proceeded to call her, hmmmm what was is it again? Oh that's right, dead weight?" he asked, looking towards Erza. Erza tried to say something, but she could barely get a stutter out.
"So she told you huh?" asked Natsu
"Just as you left for that mission. She came running into my office in tears, wanting to leave Fairy Tail! I couldn't believe how horribly you treated her. All of you!" Makarov yelled.
"But..but Master-"
"But Nothing!" Makarov yelled. His voice boomed so loudly that it echoed throughout the main hall, grabbing the attention of everyone in the building. "Be glad that she's still with the guild, and you'll have her new partner for thank for that." Makarov's voice boomed so
"New partner or not, we're still her friends, and we want to help her!" Natsu began to scream, " I get it, what we said was wrong, but we can't change what happened. So instead of yelling at us you can tell us where she went so we can go help her." Makarov was hesitant to give him an answer. There was a brief moment of silence, then the master gave them an answer.
"A town to the east. Moonbright Village I believe it was called. If you run, you might be able to catch the next train."
"No time! Lisanna, Natsu, Gray, let's go" ordered Erza, grabbing the three and slinging them over her shoulder. "We have to get to Moonbright before anything happens to Lucy."
"Wait what about the others?" asked LIsanna
"Yes Lisanna, them too." However as Erza opened the door, she got hit in the face with a burst of cold wind. The wind was so strong it filled the entire guild hall with a cool mist, even managed to frost some of the windows. Once the wind died down a bit, Erza and the others took a look outside, and saw that Magnolia was blanketed with snow.
"What the hell is going? It's supposed to be summer, why is it snowing?" asked Gray
"Wait, you didn't do this Gray?" asked Natsu.
"Why and how would I do this lava brain? This is clearly someone else's work."
"hehehehehehe, glad you were able to deduce that." The four mages looked forward and saw Lucy, Gajeel, Juvia, and two unfamiliar people. One: a man wearing a short sleeved black coat, blue shirt, black pants, and grey sneakers, with dark brown hair with platinum streaks. The second was a girl,slightly shorter than the guy, had copper colored hair, and wearing a raunchy outfit. She had a sad look on her face, and her arms were behind her back.
Ross's POV
"Shocked guys?" asked a confident Lucy to her former teammates. "Well don't be."
Well human, she seems more confident than usual, what's gotten into her? asked Bellaruse.
Guess it's the new magic. And seeing her old team like this, oh ho man, they must've been worried about her. Which doesn't surprise me, it's usually in most-oh ho ho ho i almost did it myself.
"L-l-Lucy? You're ok?" asked Natsu
"Well look here Lucy, he actually does give a damn about you. Or maybe he just realized he was wrong about you being weak." i snorted
"Well he shouldn't be. There are others who don't consider me to be dead weight. And they're right here." she said stretching her arms out to grab all four of us by the necks, "Except for her" she pointed towards our prisoner Aria.
Speaking of which, what exactly do you plan to do with her human? Asked Bellaruse
Complicated Bellaruse i'll explain later. Let's just focus on the situation at hand.
"Oh man you should've seen this girl" said Gajeel about Lucy, "The way she fought was unbelievable. She was beating the hell out our little prisoner here with some fancy new magic."
"New magic?" asked Erza, requiping appropriate clothing for the weather as she stepped out of the guild. "Where did you find the time to learn new magic? From what we've heard you've been just doing small jobs to pay off your rent."
"You tell me." Lucy said, igniting her hand with her new magic. Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lisanna,even the Master were shocked to see it. But suddenly, it just disappeared. "Although I'm still having a hard time mastering it."
"That's why you've got me Lucy. After i'm done with you, you'll be able to take down anyone who messes with you. Hell you might be able to beat your pink haired friend over there." I said.
"What'd you say jerk?!" raged Natsu. Bellaruse just laughed at him.
"Hmph, pathetic. Just like you boy" Aria said under her breath, with Natsu screaming in the background as Gray and Lisanna struggled to hold him down. "If this is how one of your guild members acts, i'm afraid to see what the rest of your guild is like."
"Well, let's just hope the Master let's you join. I'm not letting you go back to Nikolai, especially after what he made you do."
Flashback.
"Is this really necessary boy?" she wasn't exactly happy that me and Juvia had stuck her to the wall of one of Moonbright's destroyed buildings.
"Gee I don't know. What kind of punishment do you think is necessary for trying to kill us?" I had asked. Aria didn't bother saying anything back. "I thought so."
"You also tortured and tried to kill Juvia! Why would you you want to do such a thing to Juvia." said Juvia, "Could you be one of my love rivals?!"
….ummmmmmm, what the hell is this girl talking about?
"What the hell are you talking about Juvia?! You only just saw this girl today!"
"You waste your breath Dragon Slayer, and I don't mean with just that stupid teardrop of yours." Aria said.
"Juvia is not a teardrop! She is as graceful as a waterfall." Oh shit that voice sounds so creepy, and that face she's making. Remember that face she made when Meredy threatened Gray (well it hasn't happened yet, but still.) multiply that by 5.
"Umm Juvia, why don't you go help Lucy and Gajeel search around town to make sure there really isn't anyone here." I said cautiously, one wrong word and she might snap. She slowly approached Aria and stopped two inches from her face.
"You're lucky." Then she stomped away. I swear, that girl scares me more than Bellaruse does. I highly doubt that boy. Don't call me that Bellaruse.
"SHe seems irritated. Guess Matser did his job right."
"Yeah, i'm not so much interested in him right now as I am with you. When we were fighting you kept on repeating the same thing: Inferior Dragon Slayer, Master Nikolai is the only one deserving of that power. Why?"
"...I don't know, but I have to believe what he says. He saved my life."
"What? he saves your life, and in return obey everything he says including orders to kill anyone? You're insane!"
"AND WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?! IT'S ALL I KNOW HOW TO DO! I GREW UP LIVING AS A SLAVE, I'VE NEVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ON MY OWN!"
"...Bellaruse, read her mind."
End of Flashback
Turns out Aria wasn't lying. For most of her life she had grown up a slave, and had born with snake like abilities she was unable to control. Not only her slavers, but even her fellow slaves tormented her for what she was. Then one day she just couldn't take it anymore, and that's when she unleashed her powers. One by one she had slaughtered everyone that dared to come anywhere near her. After she-
Oh wait wait wait human, let me finish this please? Umm okay.
Hehehehe. Okay, so after the bloodlust had faded from Aria's heart, she looked down at all of her victims, pained at the thought that she had cause all of this chaos and carnage. At first, she felt like crying but that sadness had turned to insanity, and she had begun to laugh uncontrollably while laying down in the massive pool of blood she made. She laid there for three days trying to rebuild what she had just lost, until Nikolai had come to pick her up from the ground.
….I do not know how I am still sane after having this thing stuck in my head for half a year.
"Ross? Hey Ross you in there?" Gajeel asked, snapping me out of my conversation with Bellaruse
"Oh, sorry Gajeel, this one was bothering me again." I said tapping your head.
"Well can you keep your focus on reality for a moment? The master wishes to speak with you." I'm not sure what he was talking about, but then I felt someone breathing on my legs and looked down and saw the master at my feet.
"Master Makarov! Pleased to see you again." I said.
"I'm glad to say the same, considering how dangerous the mission you four just went on was."
"Yeah, you're telling. Got one of the people responsible right here."
"Nice job by the way Lucy. It seems that my trust was well placed with this young man. And Gajeel and JU-" before he could finish his statement, he noticed Juvia had disappeared. I knew where she went though. She hid on the side of the building so GRay couldn't see her. Guess she's still upset with him about how he treated Lucy. "Hmm wonder where Juvia went. Oh well. Now young Winterheart, if you would be so kind as to stop this snowfall? I know the town is hot, but we must not disturb the weather."
"Oh yes, sorry master. One second." A quick flick of my hand, and the clouds disappeared.
"Whoa, how'd he do that?" asked LIsanna.
"That's nothing. Watch what he does with the snow" replied Lucy. I inhaled as hard as I could, and the snow lifted off of the ground and flew straight into my mouth. In just two minutes, Magnolia was once again cleared of snow.
"*inhales,then exhales* Ah man that cooled me off." Team Natsu was absolutely shocked to see what he just did.
"he…..he just ate all of that snow. LIke it was nothing" said Erza
"But does that mean…..?"
"Ah yes, allow me to properly introduce myself. My name is Ross Winterheart.I'm the Snow Dragon Slayer."