In the town of Era lies the Magic Council, a committee of 10 wizards overlooking the magical world; they also pass the laws and regulations for the magical world.
Today, however, they are discussing a certain fire wizard after his adventure in Hargeon.
"I can't believe that he got away again." One of the members said. He had a long beard and one of his closed was sealed shut. This man's name is Master Org; he held the second seat on the council, standing in a dark room. The floor appeared to be a giant magical circle that was spinning.
"This time, he destroyed half a port." Another man said. He was a short man with cat ears and a tail. His name is Michello. He held the third seat.
"This is starting to get out of hand." Another member stated. "We need to find out who this wizard is." He was a short, old man with thick light-brown eyebrows and a small toothbrush mustache that reaches halfway to his mouth. His name is Yajima and he held the sixth seat of the council.
"Well, I honestly think we should leave them be." Another member spoke out. He had blue hair and a tattoo that was placed under his right eye. He held the 5th seat of the magic council; he was known as Siegrain.
"You're not serious Siegrain." One of the members said in disbelief. "This wizard is in clear violation of half the rules we have set." A tall elderly woman spoke. Her name was Belno and she held the fourth seat.
"I know that." Siegrain replied. "But you have to remember he's not the only wizard we can't seem to track."
"Yes, the other two are just as powerful if not stronger." Org said as he stroked his beard. "We need to find out the identities of these wizards immediately."
"They've clearly gone to great lengths to keep their identities a secret." A woman with pale skin and dark purple hair said. "Even clients don't know their names or if they're associated with any guilds." Her name was Ultear Milkovich and she held the 7th seat on the council.
"This is truly troubling." Another wizard spoke up. "However, I don't believe they're actions of their own accord. Someone has to be orchestrating this." He was a short and elderly man known as Yuri; he held the 8th seat on the council.
"I agree." Siegrain replied.
"But I will give them this." The wizard said. "They certainly have kept things interesting, haven't they?"
Fire Dragon, Monkey and Bull
Lucy stood over the small town of magnolia. Lucy's eyes glistened as she stared at the beautiful city. From what she read about the city; she knew that it was a merchant city that had been prosperous in Magic since the ancient era. Such reputation was supported by the fact that the town was home to several powerful solo wizards, all of which were being scouted by powerful guilds. However, Lucy had to wonder if the town had so many wizards why a guild had never formed. It was a place surrounded in mystery, one that she enjoyed and couldn't wait to find out. Maybe that was a shot at her getting in a guild.
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A large built-up area, extending over a large, rectangular surface to the shores of Sciliora. Splitting the town vertically and horizontally is a series of large roads. The whole place is western in style, with its buildings being mildly reminiscent of neat Medieval ones. Located almost in the middle of the town, overlooking Central Path, a horizontal road where events and parades are held, is Kardia Cathedral, one of Magnolia's most important and distinctive landmarks. In the northernmost part of the city, she could see a large building. In the southeastern section of the city is the train station, which, to the west, has the HalfCocor Hotel Bar, the Toy Store Tom, and the Magic Store Lendis; north from the station, on the town's western border, is the entrance to the park.
"I can't believe I'm in Magnolia!" Lucy shouted in excitement. Lucy looked around in amazement as wizards were casting spells all around her. It made the town feel alive as her eyes finally landed back on the building in the distance.
"What's that?" She asked aloud.
"Oh, that's just the fairy pub." A voice called out.
Lucy turned around to see Natsu standing behind her. "Oh, hey, it's you."
"Hey." He said charismatically. "You come to see the sights."
"I bet you she did." Another voice called out, which happened to belong to happy. "No place better than being in Magnolia."
"Hey, where'd you go last night?" Lucy asked, remembering how Natsu saved her from Bora. "I never got the chance to say thank you."
"Naw, no need." Natsu said, smiling "but, since you here." Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand and brought her to a tall building that she was looking at. "Since you said you're a wizard, you can come here too." He told her smiling as he took her to the building. "This is where we wizards get work." Natsu explained as she took him the building the wizard resided in an imposing building consisting of three floors and incorporating several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof. The roofs also bore a remarkable resemblance to actual pagodas, consisting of highly long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round, and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of those seen on Arabian buildings, which bore a flag on its point. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with the same symbol on Natsu's shoulder, held up by a pair of vertical poles. The building's large entrance was again Arabian in design, with its shape was reminiscent of that of the dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a protruding, stylized heart shape flanked by a pair of carved fairies. Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.
"This place is huge," Lucy screamed "you guys work here," she asked as Natsu nodded, leading her inside "wow," Lucy said as she looked around it was like a large lunch hall, and mainly consisted of wood, possessing a parquet floor and a mezzanine held up by wood beams overlooking it. Several long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a bar on the side. She could notice that there was what she assumed was a request board.
"NATSU DRAGNEEL!" A voice shouted.
Lucy turned to see a slim young woman of below-average height. She has long, white hair that curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering tying the hair covering her forehead. she was wearing a red dress, which seemed to make her float along the floor
"A little birdie told me you destroyed half a port yesterday." She said
"oh, come on, Mira, you're acting as if it's a big deal." Natsu retorted
"it is. You shouldn't be out doing that." The girl told him "What if you get caught."
"I won't." Natsu told her while glaring at her.
"Come on." The girl spoke. "The Rune Knights are persistent. What if someone catches a good look at you."
"That won't happen." Natsu said, turning away.
Lucy coughed, grabbing both their attention. Natsu choked. "Oh shoot, how could I forget." He motioned towards Mira. "Lucy, this is Mirajane Strauss, she's my big sister." Natsu told the blond-haired mage.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Lucy." Lucy said, holding out her hand.
"Sorry you had to hear our family discussion." Mira apologized. "Natsu is just always being so reckless." Mira explained to Lucy. "So, what kind of magic do you practice?" Mira asked Lucy.
"Oh, I'm a celestial wizard." Lucy told Mirajane.
"Oh really?" Mira asked. "You know I've never met a celestial wizard before."
"Well yeah, there aren't that many of us." Lucy answered.
"Well, you see-" Natsu started but was interrupted when there was shouting. The two wizards turned to see a small pale boy with a blue shit on standing with tears in his eyes. "Can someone please help me."
"My-dad he hasn't."
Oh, come on, Romeo!" Someone shouted. "You're a wizard's kid; you can take it!" Someone else called.
"Yea, but-"
"No buts, your dad is a wizard, and he knew the risk of taking a job, so deal with it!" Someone else shouted.
Romeo then started to cry and ran away from the pub.
Before Lucy could react, Natsu slammed his fist into the table, scaring Lucy and Mira before walking off.
"What was that about?" Lucy asked, shuttering at the boy's sudden outburst. "is he going to help that kid?" Lucy asked under her breath. "why."
"Well, it's probably cause Natsu can relate to him." Mira said, not looking her in the eye. "I believe he sees himself in Romeo." Mira told Lucy as she turned to see Natsu walking off in the distance.
"When Natsu was younger, his father disappeared." Mirajane said as she made her way behind a counter to stack some cups. "Well, not his real father but the one who raised him; he was actually a dragon."
"WHAT!" Lucy screamed in disbelief. "A dragon really raised Natsu."
"Yeah," Mira told the blond," when he was a boy, a dragon found him wandering the forest, he taught him how to read, speak, even culture and magic." Mira said will she finished stacking up the cups, "but one day the dragon just disappeared."
"That dragon must have been Igneel." Lucy said.
"Yeah, and Natsu lives for the day he'll see Igneel again." She turned and faced the direction Natsu had gone one more time. "It's kinda cute, don't ya think."
"So why did you decide to come with us?" Natsu asked as his face turned blue.
"I thought I could help." Lucy told the fire mage.
"Man, you really do get motion sick, do you?" Lucy asked while she and Happy watched Natsu lay on his stomach.
"Eh." was all Natsu said to her.
"Just another reason to feel sorry for you." Lucy said internally.
"What." Natsu barely spoke.
"Oh nothing." Lucy told him, remembering Mira's words.
The Carriage suddenly stopped, and Natsu reverted to normal.
"Yaya, we stopped moving!" He shouted as he stood triumphantly.
"This is as far as I can take you." The driver said to him.
"Wait, What the heck? It's freezing!" Lucy screamed. "Okay, I know it's a mountain and all, but it's summer! There's something not right about this blizzard!"
"That's what you get for wearing such thin clothes!"
"How are you not cold!" Lucy shouted while grabbing onto Natsu's bag. "Now give that blanket."
"Man, she's annoying." Natsu said under her breath.
"Aye!"
"That's it, Open gate of the clock constellation Horologium!" A rectangular box then formed around Lucy in the shape of a clock.
"A clock! Cool!" Natsu said, walking up to her where Lucy appeared to be saying something. "I can't hear you."
"I'll be in here."
"Why did you come with me?" Natsu asked the blond-haired mage, slightly annoyed
"What job did Macao come here to do? she inquires"
"You should have asked that before we came." Natsu told the girl. "He came to slay a Vulcan; it's a huge monster."
"I want to go home. she proclaims."
" And I say Go right ahead." Natsu tells her.
"Aye."
"Macao, you here? Macao!" Natsu shouts at the top of his lungs as a large animal then jumps down, starting Lucy.
"It's a Vulcan!" Natsu shouts. "Hey, you!"
"Me like a human woman!" It says happily as it grabs Horologium and starts to run off.
"So it can talk?" Natsu ponders
"Who cares? Now, rescue me! She yells furiously."
Near the peak of. inside, a small cave, the Vulcan dancing around chanting women over and over again. "Why'd this have to happen to me? And why is this monkey so excited! she says sacredly,
then Horologium disappears, leaving Lucy sitting on the Icy floor. "A woman!" the Vulcan comes up to her
"Hey, Horologium! Don't disappear on me!" Lucy shouts
"I'm sorry, but my time is up; take care." The clock piece tells her as it leaves,
"Give me an extension." Lucy says on the verge of tears
"Hey!" A voice calls out, turning out to be Natsu, who was charging the monkey. "Where is Macao?!" Natsu then slipped on some ice and slid past the Vulcan and Lucy
"Lame. Is he incapable of making a normal entrance?" Lucy asks, embarrassed at the wizard's behavior
"Hey, monkey!" Natsu said angrily. "Where's Macao? You can understand me, right?" Where's my friend, he's a human man."
"Man?" the Vulcan asks, confused
"That's right! Where are you hiding him?!" Natsu shouts at the monkey, "Where? Monkey!" Natsu shouts
The Vulcan, then realizes and points to a nearby opening. Natsu looks out the door looking for his friend, only to be pushed out of the ledge
"Natsu!" Lucy shouts as the boy plummets into the snow
"I don't need men! I like women!" The Vulcan began chanting
"Oh, no, He's not dead, is he? Natsu?" Lucy asked herself in concern for her new friend
"Woman, woman, woman, woman!" The Vulcan kept chanting
"Okay, you pervy monkey, get a load of this! open Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" A large cow man comes out from the earth, making a considerable mooing noise. "Taurus is the most powerful of all the Celestial spirits I have contracts with!" Lucy tells the Vulcan
"Oh man, miss Lucy, I almost forgot what a nice figure you have; how about you give me a smooch." Taurus says with hearts in his eyes
"Oh yeah, he's a perv, too." Lucy said, facepalming.
"My woman!" The Vulcan shouted angrily.
"Your woman? They're fighting words; you monkey." Taurus then charged the Vulcan, but it dodged the attacks.
"Damn, he's fast." Lucy commented
Just as the two were locking fists, Natsu came in and slammed Taurus into a wall.
"Natsu! Lucy shouted
"Looks like the milk out the bag," Taurus says as he passes out
Hey, why are there monsters than when I left?" Natsu asked, looking towards the Vulcan
"He's a friend, you dolt! one of my spirits!" Lucy shouted
"The monkey?" Natsu asked confused.
'No, the bull!" Lucy shouted, "And wait, how are you okay?"
Natsu smirked. "It's all thanks to Happy." Natsu gave a thumbs up to Happy
"Aye!"
"You can't handle any modes of transportation, but I guess Happy is no problem, huh?" Lucy asked the pink-haired boy
"What are you talking about?" Natsu asked Lucy. "Happy isn't a mode of transportation. He is my Friend, duh." Natsu told the girl.
"Yeah, because that makes sense." Lucy says, puzzled.
"My woman!" The Vulcan shouted before lunging itself at Natsu.
"Listen up!" Natsu shouted. "I have a sacred oath to protect my friends." Natsu said as the fire swirled around him.
"Mira, who's like a sister to me, hell even that jerk of a brother she has Elfman." Natsu said as the Vulcan got ready for another attack.
"And Happy and Lucy too. The are all my friends and that's why I'm not leaving without Macao!" Natsu shouted as he kicked the Vulcan into a wall.
The Vulcan knocked some off the falling Ice at Natsu, who just dodged it. "Your ice attacks do not affect me."
When the smoke cleared, the Vulcan jumped from the smoke with Taurus' ax.
"That's not good." Natsu muttered as the Vulcan began attacking him.
Natsu dodged all the attacks until he slipped on ice, falling to the ground; the Vulcan then attempted to cut Natsu in half, but he was able to catch
"Taurus close your gate; if you go back, then the ax will disappear!" Lucy shouts at the passed-out spirit.
The blade on the ax begins to light up around Natsu's hand; small pebbles then start to fall into his mouth.
"Is he melting it with just his body heat?" Lucy asked, shocked.
"Uh-huh." Happy confirmed.
"Aw yeah, now I got some fire in my belly." Natsu then spit the pebbles at the Vulcan, causing it to lose its balance.
"Let's go." Natsu proclaimed. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist." Natsu then punched the Vulcan into the side of the mountain, causing a big explosion.
"We did it." Happy proclaimed excitedly.
"Yeah, but wasn't this monkey supposed to tell us where your friend is?" Lucy asked
"Oh yeah, I forgot." Natsu said, scratching the back of his head
"Well, looks like he won't be doing much talking." Lucy said, bending down to look at the monster
the monster then began to glow and shrink down to show a man.
"Macao!" Natsu shouted
"Wait, so mean that big, perverted monkey was your friend this whole time!" Lucy shouted
"That Vulcan must have taken him over." Happy told her.
"Wait, what do you mean?" Lucy asked, puzzled.
"It must've used a possession spell on him." Happy told her. "You see Vulcans survive by stealing other people's bodies, they're evil body snatchers." Happy said as the bandaged-up Macao "it looks like he put up a serious fight before that Vulcan finally got to him though."
Natsu bent over Macao, clearly worried for his friend. "Macao, don't you die on me; Romeo's waiting for you. Open your eye."
Macao grunted, and his eyes slowly began to open. "Natsu." He said in a deep voice.
"I'm so pathetic." He said in a somber tone.
"I defeated nineteen of those damn brutes." He told him.
"But the twentieth that's the one that got me." He added, shocking Lucy.
"I'm so angry with myself and embarrassed to go home and face Romeo." He said
"Oh, come on, man, you beat up 19 monsters." Natsu said, trying to cheer his friend up.
'No way there were twenty of those things, and he took the job all by himself.' Lucy said to herself. 'Maybe there's more to being a solo wizard than I thought.'
Natsu stretched out a hand, "now come on; your boy's been waiting for you."
'I don't believe it.' Lucy thought to herself. 'There were nineteen of those things, and he took the job all by himself.'
Macao smiled and grabbed the hand as Natsu began to pull him up. Lucy smiled at the scene. "Why are you smiling like that, Lucy? It's creepy."
"I'll show you creepy watch your back!" Lucy shouted at the blue cat.
Back in Magnolia, Romeo sat lonely on a few staircases, reminiscing.
"Solo wizards are a joke Romeo." Someone said to him.
"Yeah, everyone knows they're too scared to take on real wizard jobs." Another person told him.
"I'm going to be a knight when I grow up, not some dumb wizard." Someone else told him.
"Hey Romeo, look what I found!" A voice called out.
Romeo looked up to see Natsu standing with his dad slung over his shoulder.
"Dad." Romeo cried before jumping into his father's arms.
"You came back. I'm so sorry, dad." Romeo said between sobs.
"No, I'm sorry for making you worry." Macao said, comforting his son.
"I can take it." Romeo said, sniffling. "Cause I'm a wizard's son."
Natsu and Lucy began to leave the two to reunite as Macao continued talking. "Next time those bullies pick on you, here's what I want you to say, can your old man beat 19 monster's solo cause mine sure can."
as Natsu and Lucy walk away at a job well done, Romeo runs up behind them. "Natsu, Happy, Lucy, thanks for your help."
"No, prob Kiddo." Natsu tells the boy.
"Tomorrow, if you don't mind, I will attempt a job." Lucy said with sparkles in her eyes. "I can't wait."
"It's your first job?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah." Lucy answered.
"If you want, I can help you out with that." Natsu said, looking away.
"Okay, I will hold you to that." Lucy told Natsu as they continued to walk off.
"Hey, a Dragneel never goes back on his word." Natsu told her, putting his hand on his chest. "Right, Happy."
"Aye."
Deep in the first leaves are falling off trees, the cool wind is the only sound that is made one of the leaves fall into the lake where a girl's reflection can be seen.
Her blond hair shifts as she reaches to pick it up.
"The die has been cast." She mumbles to herself. "The time has come at last."