Chapter 11
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Lucy, accompanied by team shadow gear departed immediately and made their way to the client's house by carriage, Lucy and Levy hit it off straight away over their shared love of literature
Lucy didn't really find out much about their companions beyond that Jet used speed magic and Droy used a form of plant magic, mainly because she was too engrossed talking to Levy and the two seemed creepily content to just listen to them talk
Eventually their conversation strayed from books and the wonderful world of literature and onto the guild and its characters, Lucy discovered the names of anyone who was anyone within the main guild and where the celestial spirit mage fit in among them
It turned out that despite her short stature, Levy was nineteen going on twenty in a couple of months; almost a year and a half older than Lucy, making her one of the oldest in the 'fourth generation' which now included Lucy
The generations, Levy explained, are those of the guild, while they are on their third master (a major accomplishment, most guilds rarely survive to their second master), they have had four generation of guild members; one for first master Mavis, one for second master Purehito and third master Makarov has overseen one and a half, so they're on the fourth generation
"So we're the fourth generation? What would it take to start another generation?", Lucy asked the knowledgeable blue haired girl
"I … Uh … Don't actually know … That's a good question. I guess it just sorta happens", Levy said shrugging
"So who's the youngest in this generation?", Lucy asked, Levy lent on her hand with it planted under her chin and though for a second while the carriage they were in trundled happily along
"It's either Lisanna or you", the bluenette said after a moment or two
"Me!?", Lucy asked surprised
"When's Lisanna's birthday?", the blond continued
"that's the problem, we don't know, whenever we ask her she says she doesn't remember and neither Mira or Elfman have any idea when it is either, we always just used to celebrate her's and Natsu's birthday on May 15th; the day Happy hatched", Levy explained
"Hey, I've heard that name around since I've joined and Lisanna always gets kinda scary whenever someone mentions them, so if you don't mind me asking … Who is Natsu?", Lucy asked innocently
"Oh…", Levy breathed and both Jet and Droy visibly flinched
"What!?", Lucy asked cautiously, surprised by the extent of their reaction
"Well I suppose you do deserve to know if you're going to a part of fairy tail", Levy began with a melancholy expression
Far away on mount Hakobe a white haired girl exited a small Ox drawn carriage, "Natsu had been part of the guild for about nine years, he was well loved…", the girl clothed in a red and orange dress briskly began walking up the small mountain path
The only piece of clothing that seemed suited to the climate she inhabited was a white scale patterned muffler tied around her neck, flapping in the wind,"… He was a dragon slayer; a rare form of magic that allowed the Mage using to turn parts of their body into that of a dragons either temporarily or otherwise, allowing for devastating attacks and enhanced senses…", the girl once she was alone quickly and deeply inhaled and the thick snow blowing down around her began to gravitate to her mouth as she inhaled it
The girl, being completely unaffected by the storm or the cold forged on, "… When he first joined the guild, he was distant and standoffish, he viewed the guild as a battleground, as nothing more than a way to get stronger…", she sensed a cave further ahead and began making her way towards it
"… But Lisanna changed that, she taught him the values of friendship and of family, the two were basically joint at the hip from when they worked together to raise happy from his egg…" inside the cave appeared to be empty but her nose told her contrary
She continued into the cave, and as it began to get dark her brilliant sky blue eyes changed into ones that looked like they belonged on an owl, or a bat, "...Natsu and Lisanna were best friends but we all anticipated it to be more, hell, Cana even had bets up to see how long it would take for them to hook up…"
In the cave the girl could smell as well as see a fairly large Vulcan hunched over a pile of shiny objects Vulcans are prone to hoard,"…it was obvious they had it bad for each other, they were almost as bad as Alzack and Bisca are now…", knowing that Vulcans possessed limited intelligence she called out to it
When the beast only responded in pervy comments and lewd suggestions, even more over the top for a normal Vulcan, she understood what had happened, "…but one day about a year and a half ago, Mira took her siblings along with Natsu on a S class mission, the job was to take down a monster called the Beast…"
She demanded that the monster relinquish her guild mate but it only refused and lunged in a stupidly desperate attempt to grab her breasts, "… During the mission something went wrong, Elfman was absorbed by the Beast, making it stronger, Mira passed out from exhaustion leaving only a flagging Natsu and Lisanna…"
The White haired girl simply sidestepped the beast and planted a high heeled foot, enhanced with a small blizzard of snow swirling around it, firmly and violently into the Vulcans back, blasting it off into the caverns opposite wall,"… From what Lisanna tells us, she tried to reason with the Beast, believing that Elfman was still inside and could somehow take back control…"
"... But that, understandably, didn't work and the monster swung a gigantic fist down at Lisanna, one that might have potentially killed her…", the Vulcan shakily got up on its feet with a grimace of part pain, part anger, it turned only to be met with a swirling vortex of snow originating from the White haired girls mouth engulfing him
"… But … N-Natsu s-s-somehow took the h-hit…", upside down, out cold was no longer a common mountain Vulcan but the snow dragons slayer's guild mate: Macao, she used her magic to give the man enough energy to wake up and she slung him around her shoulder and led him down off the mountain
"... A-a-and he-he died!" Levy choked out before breaking down sobbing, "Oh…" Lucy said shocked and inexplicably saddened at the fact that someone so close to everyone in the guild and specifically Lisanna was dead
"Well she said he just disappeared" Droy said while Jet comforted the crying Levy "and she goes looking for him whenever there's a rumour of him or dragons" he continued, "We try to hold on to the belief that he's still alive but…" Jet said with and arm around Levy, "I-It's been so long" the blue haired girl finished, slipping out of Jets grip
"Wow … I had no idea" the blond whispered
In the city of magnolia a young dark haired boy was sitting crying in a local park, his father was missing and there was nothing that mean old man at fairy tail could do about it, just as he had thought this he heard a soft voice call out to him, looking up he saw Lisanna and next to her was his father
He was bandaged an leaving heavily to his right side but he was alive and Romeo was overjoyed, the small boy ran and tackled his father in a desperate hug, his father laughed at his sons antics to cover the pain in his chest he was feeling, since when could Lisanna hit so hard?
Lisanna smiled a small soft smile, turned and walked away, smelling tears of joy and hearing the laughter of a man with something to love as she retreated from the reunited family.