Alright folks welcome back this is chapter fifteen of the Phoenix of darkness. I want to give a shout out to Warframe1444 for adding My story to his favorite list. I appreciate it. I also appreciate Dragonstorm for sticking with my story. Now then let's get on with the story
Chapter 15 : First Job
Zodie along with Wendy and Carla were now standing gazing around the train station amazed by something that they have never seen before. They were especially excited to see a train in person.
"Wow so this is a train station" Zodie said"
"Incredible and this is only a small one i heard that there are bigger ones too". Wendy said
"We gotta make a habit of riding them then" Zodie replied.
Carla spoke up "Yes but remember you two rides cost money so you shouldn't depend on it for fun, besides there are other alternatives to travel".
"Oh your right Carla" Wendy said.
"Now then we should be purchasing our tickets" Carla said as she started walking on ahead.
"Kill joy" Zodie said under his breath.
Wendy having her good dragon hearing heard what her friend said and shoulder bumped him Zodie rubbed his arm because Wendy was kind of strong.
"Now if i'm correct the map tells us that our buyer is located in a town called Margaret town" Carla said.
"Correct then that's where our train should be going" Zodie responded
The three made their way up to the counter to purchase the tickets, the person manning it was a middle aged man with brown beard and straight hair. The man saw the three approaching and put a large smile on his face.
"Ah hey there youngsters and critter where ya headed"?
Zodie spoke up and said "Were on our way to Margaret Town for a job"
"Were from the cait shelter guild and were on a job" Wendy spoke up
"Oh my if they send two kids out by themselves you guys have to be strong" he said.
"No no it's a delivery job nothing to big"
The man nodded understanding "oh I understand any who here are you go " he said
" alright that's three that will be thirty jewel" the man said( I don't know how much tickets are)
Zodie dug into the money bag and took out thirty jewels and handed it to the man.
"Thank you the kids said in unison and walked in the direction of their train boarding it"
On the train
The kids and the feline made their way in the interior of the train and took their seats. They were very comfortable so comfy you could almost fall asleep on them, they even came with blankets. After a few minutes the train started moving and soon it left the station, Luckily the trio was near a window seat so they could see outside and get a great view of the landscape. They saw large open fields filled with grass and trees and rivers, they even came upon rocky terrain like fields.
"Oh wow so cool riding the trains is the best" Wendy said
"It's the best way to travel, I mean flying is fun but that can be tiring sometimes" Zodie replied with his face pressed up against the window.
"I was nervous about this at first but now I don't know what I was afraid of" Wendy replied
"I bet Margaret town will be even more interesting I can't wait" Zodie said
"Since the ride is for an hour what do we do to pass time"? Wendy asked
"Well besides the sight seeing I guess we can get a quick nap in to replenish our strength for our job" Zodie suggested.
"Sure why not" Wendy said with a smile. The kids got comfy in their seats and shut their eyes resting up til they arrived at their destination.
Hours later
Time went by til the train finally made it to its destination "All passengers we have arrived at Margaret Town please exit your seats and get off safely in a single file line thankyou" the announcer spoke. Upon hearing that Carla immediately began to shake both Wendy and Zodie awake.
"Come on you two were here it's time to get off" She said the kids were soon wide awake. They got out of their seats yawning and stretching then made their way off the train. The trio then exits the station and enters the town area, they were amazed by what they saw. This was their second time being in town but their first time being in a whole new area.
"Wow this place is bigger than the last town we were in" Wendy exclaimed.
"When we finish our job lets go sightseeing" Zodie stated. "Definitely" agreed Wendy
"For now you two lets go and finish the job first" Carla chimed in "You won't get paid if we don't get a move on".
"Yeah lets go" Zodie said the phoenix slayer pulled out the lacrima to guide them to their buyer.
"Okay follow me" Zodie said as he led the way with Wendy and Carla following him from behind.
Into the town
The trio navigated through the town for about an hour and a half til they finally seemed to reach the buyer's location. Luckily Zodie happened to be a very good navigator so finding the place didn't take too long. The buyer's home was located near a park. Their house had a triangular covered roof with tiles, a large chimney with windows to let in the sunshine. It looked pretty cozy.
"Is this it"? Wendy Asked
Zodies looked down at the lacrima map then up at the house and they were exact.
"Yep this is the place he said let's not keep our buyer busy" Zodie said as he started walking up to the door with his friends behind him.
As they approached the door Zodie knocked but there was no reply he knocked again and waited a couple more minutes but there was still no answer.
"Afraid that they're not home right now" Carla spoke up
"Do you think we should leave their stuff on their step" Wendy said
Zodie was about to answer until he heard the door opening up. He turned around to see a medium height middle aged woman with grey eyes and and brown hair, she wore a black gown with flowers on them. The woman looked down at the children and cat and smiled at them. Wendy, who was shy, hid her face behind Zodie's back.
"Oh hello young ones, you must be from Cait Shelter"? She spoke
Zodie spoke up and smiled "yes we are my name is Zodie Mcknight the feline is carla" Zodie said as he gestured his arm at the cat. Wendy peered her head from behind Zodie with a shy look
"And im Wendy Marvell," she said shyly.
The woman giggled then spoke "No need to to be shy my dear I don't bite" she joked causing both the kids to giggle.
"My name is Alyce with a y" she spoke.
"Pleasure to meet you Mrs. Alyce we brought you your fabrics that you requested" Zodie said handing alyce the basket.
The woman took the basket and looked inside and was very pleased.
"Thank you very much children and for your reward" she handed us both a sack of money which contained 15,00 jewels. The kids both had stars in their eyes with large smiles on their faces.
With that the kids waved goodbye to the woman and turned around and left filled with joy and pumped, Zodie threw his fist in the air in excitement
"Alright we did it our first job completed" he said proudly.
"This was nothing more than a simple delivery type of job that anyone could accomplish, and it was the right first job for starters like the two of you" Carla stated with her eyes closed.
"Okay just ruin my moment of accomplishments" Zodie said sarcastically.
Wendy spoke up "come on you two we did what we came here to do and finished it that's all that matters".
"Okay your right Wendy this calls for a tiny celebration then, LUNCH TIIIIIIIME" Zodie shouted the last word.
"Okay fair enough I'm actually hungry myself. Good thing Lupita packed us food. I can't wait to eat it".
Another area in the town
The trio makes their way through the town and eventually stop and see a park, it looked like a great place to for a meal. They find a park bench to sit at for their lunch spot surrounded by trees and passerby's. Zodie waste no time digging into his meal; the boy just loves to eat like any other growing boy. The girls looked on with dismay.
"Honestly child you keep eating like that you will choke" Wendy said.
"Yeah please try to slow down on the intake Zodie" Wendy added.
"I can't help it Lupita's food is so good and i'm hungry" Zodie replied.
"And please don't talk with your mouth full" Wendy added
Zodie swallowed his chewed up food.
After a couple more minutes the group finished their lunch and decided that they wanted to take a look around town since they had enough time.
In the city
The children were walking down the town district streets filled with many people walking in all directions and working stands selling products.
"So I wanted to ask what're you guys planning on doing with your half of the money"? Zodie asked.
"I'm not sure I'll probably save up to buy something special like new clothes from other places" Wendy replied.
"How about you Zodie"?
"Probably do the same like save it so that I can buy myself a giraffe" the phoenix slayer said happily making the girls sweat drop with wendy giggling.
From afar a man was leaning on a nearby street lamp he wore a black leather jacket, blue jeans and shades over his eyes. He was a bandit roaming the town looking for his next target till he spotted Zodie and his friends. He saw that Wendy had left her bag opened which expose her money.
"Must be my lucky day" he said as he began to follow the kids.
The three stopped at the town center surrounded by a crowd of people to see a man magically controlling a puppet, it was quite entertaining.
"That's really cool," Wendy said.
As the kids were distracted the thief made his way over towards them swiftly and swiped Wendy's reward money from her bag, then swiftly took his leave. The puppet performance ended and everyone began to disperse. The trio continued to tour the city wanting to see more but as they the dragon slayer began to feel that her bag felt light.
"Hey Wendy, something wrong"? Zodie asked
"Yeah my bag feels kind of light".
Wendy looked inside her bag and was shocked her money was gone.
"Oh no my reward money is gone" Wendy said
"Did you drop it somewhere, you two shouldn't have left your bags open where people could obviously steal it". Carla scolded her
The kids began to look around for anybody who could've stolen Wendy's money Zodie then spotted the man with the leather jacket walking off counting jewels. As the boy looked closely he was able to count the stacks of jewel which added up to exactly 15,00 jewel, after putting two and two together Zodie figured out where the money went.
"HEY YOU STOP" he shouted as he began to run towards him.
The bandit turned to see Zodie running towards him then took off running himself as Zodie gave chase.
"Zodie what's going on, that guy stole your money and I'm gonna get it back, stay here" He told Wendy. As he ran after the bandit.
The man was running past people pushing them out of the way and knocking over tables hoping that it would slow down his pursuer, but due to Zodies reflexes he easily avoided them.
"Damn" the man cursed as he then made a hard turn down an alley hoping that he would lose him. Zodie ran into the alley hoping to catch him. Zodie sprouted his wings and flew up a couple feet in the air then used his enhanced eyesight to spot the bandit. He saw that the man was headed towards a dead end.
"Gotcha now" as he made his way flying over the alley.
The bandit kept running and running till he met a dead end he looked behind him to see if he was chased but no one was in sight.
"Oh thank god I lost him" he said.
His celebration was cut short when a dagger was thrown in front of him causing him to fall over in surprise, he looked around to see where it came from.
"Hey up here" a voice sounded out. The man looked up to see Zodie descending down to the ground and picking up his dagger.
"Where'd you come from, what do you want"?
"You stole my friend's money, give it back or I'll take it by force" .
"It's a dead end and you've got nowhere to go, you're stuck in this alley with me " Zodie told the man as he took a fighting stance.
The man stared at Zodie then began laughing hysterically for a few seconds then looked at Zodie with a smirk.
He let out a loud whistle and that's when three other men came out of the shadows and started to surround Zodie.
"Correction i'm not stuck here with you your stuck here with us" The bandit said
"Let's show him what happens when you try to be the hero" one of them spoke
"Get him" another spoke the four men rushed at Zodie hoping to grab him.
"I got him" one man spoke
"You idiot that's me your holding onto" another man spoke
They all looked around but couldn't see Zodie anywhere.
"Looking for me" a voice said they all looked up and saw Zodie was hovering above the bandits.
"What the hell" "How'd he do that".
"Say good night DARK PHOENIX SCREECH" Zodie unleashed a dark blast of magic power at the bandits sending them flying knocking them unconscious.
Zodie then looted in the man's pocket to retrieve his and Wendy's reward money.
"All too easy" the Phoenix slayer said.
"Not really pipsqueak" spoke a voice from behind Zodie turned to find the source but was met with a punch to the face knocking him to the ground.
Zodie looked up to see a much taller man with red sunglasses, a beard wearing a purple tank top and black pants. He had short cut hair and a long tattoo of a wolf begging on his shoulder ending on his forehead.
"The name is Dafoe Seems you ruffed up some of my boys here, not bad, but I also don't take kindly to that sort of crap" the man spoke angrily. The man then unleashed magic chains from his body wrapping them around Zodie and slammed him against a couple of walls.
Zodie got to his feet holding himself in pain.
"Still not done okay then" the man removed his shirt then magic power surrounded his body. The wolf tattoo on his body materialized off his body and came to life, standing 20 feet tall baring its teeth at Zodie.
"This'll teach you not to mess with the grown ups" the man said, then ordered the wolf to attack Zodie.
The boy laid on the ground in pain waiting for the wolf to attack but was stopped by a large rock wall that shielded him.
"What the hell where'd that wall come from" Dafoe said
Zodie was just as surprised as Dafoe; he rose to his feet before hearing footsteps approaching Zodie turns to the source and see's a bald tall massive looking man approaching, he wore a short garb over his chest and armbands. Along with a long furry loincloth held up with a belt.
"Hey who are you cue ball" Dafoe spoke
"Dafoe Ludo leader of the Ink Gang wanted for petty theft, pillaging churches, and aggravated assault" Spoke the stranger.
"Hey you didn't answer my question who the hell are you" Dafoe said
"I am Jura Neekis"
"Thee Jura Neekis of the ten Wizard Saints huh, you guys are supposed to be big shot's, good I've been looking for a proper opponent anyway". Dafoe took a fighting stance
Zodie looked over to Jura at a loss of words "Ten Wizard's Saints who were they are they a group of wizards who are crazy strong"? He thought
"Tattoo magic wolf fang strike" Dafoe shouted as his tattoo wolf launched over to Jura who was standing there calm.
"What's he doing, why isn't he dodging?" Zodie thought.
"Iron Rock Fist" Shouted Jura then a massive large fist made of rock emerged from the ground and launched at the wolf tattoo destroying it and smashing Dafoe into a wall knocking him unconscious. Zodie was amazed by Jura's power; all it took was one hit to bring Dafoe down and it happened in seconds.
Jura then walked up to Zodie with a stern look on his face
"Are you alright young one"? He spoke
"Y… yes I'm okay that punch smarts a little but i'll live," Zodie replied.
Jura's face then softened into a smile "Good i'm glad to hear that if you don't mind me asking what are you doing down here, this area is filled with bandits it's not particularly a place for a child".
"Well Jura right, you see one of those bandits stole money from my friend and I was just trying to get it back for her" Zodie explained.
"I see you were doing this for a friend that is noble of you indeed, but you have to be more careful if I hadn't showed up you could've been in real trouble and then you'd never see your friend again" Jura said.
"I get it" Zodie said looking down Jura then put his arm on the boys shoulder "I get it though you were looking out for you and your friend, and you were upset after having a reward taken anyone would've done that your heart is in the right place, but you cannot always do things alone you have a friend to help you" Jura told him with encouragement. Zodie smiled at what Jura told him and took his advice to heart.
"Right" the boy spoke.
Minutes later guards arrived and were taking Dafoe and his crew to jail Jura offered to take Zodie back to where his friend was since he didn't know his way around which Zodie was okay with. As the two were walking Zodie started to strike up a bit of a conversation.
"Hey Jura Dafoe called you something the ten wizard saints what is that"? He asked
"The ten wizard saints are the ten extremeley powerful wizards of the Ishgar continent" Jura explained.
"Wow so there are more powerful wizards out there as strong as you"?
"Not really as strong as there are actually five members who are above me in terms of strength I stand as the sixth stongets".
"So there are others stronger than you that's hard to believe. I mean you took out Dafoe with one hit and it 's possible that it's possible," Zodie said, shocked.
Jura chuckled " There are always those stronger than you no matter how strong" Jura explained
Zodie was still shocked at how the world had so many strong wizards.
"But I am the strongest in my guild though" Jura stated.
"You're in a guild, that's why you were out there and how you knew so much about Dafoe your mission was to capture him" Zodie explained.
"Correct, I am from Lamia Scale, a guild full of talented wizards. We are mages the strongest guilds in Fiore" Jura told the boy.
"So cool one of the strongest huh who's the top guild then".
"The number one guild currently is Fairy Tail"
"Fairy Tail I don't think i've heard of them, what are they like"?
"I hear that they are destructive and leave mayhem wherever they go but they mean well and bring safety and security to fiore, and their master Makarov Dreyar happens to be one of the ten wizard saints".
Zodie was amazed having one of fiore's strongest wizards as a master no wonder they were the number one guild. After a few more minutes walking Zodie finally spotted Wendy Carla up ahead who were pacing back and forth in a worried manner.
"Oh I see my friends up there" Zodie said
"Good now I must be off to collect my reward" Jura said.
"Thanks Jura for everything"
"My pleasure young man hopefully we'll run into each other again and next time i'll show you around my guild"
"Sounds good to me," Zodie said as the young man watched as Jura walks off. He then turned around and ran to go join his friends.
"Where is he i'm getting worried now" Wendy said
"He shouldn't have gone off on his own, what was he thinking?" Carla stated.
"Hey girls" Wendy and Carla looked and saw Zodie running over to them.
"Zodie" Wendy yelled as she ran over to Zodie tackling him into a hug that almost knocked him over.
"Where were you? I was worried are you okay"? Wendy asked "Please don't run off like that child" Carla scolded.
"I'm sorry about worrying you guys. I'm okay now and look. I got your money back".
"Thank you so much Zodie" Wendy said with a big smile hugging her friend again
"No need to thank me, it's what friends do".
"Well Wendy I hope now you have learned to next time keep your money put up and secured" Carla told her.
"Yes Carla i'll remember that next time".
"Well I don't know about you guys but i'm ready to head back i'm getting hungry" Zodie said.
"You're always hungry Zodie," Carla said with Wendy laughing.
With that the trio made their way towards the train station to head back to cait shelter feeling good after completing their first mission.
And boom finally done man this took time but I think it was worth it sorry for the wait I've been busy with college stuff and homework it's left me tired out. So yes done with chapter fifteen and I introduced Jura to the plot nice huh. Thanks you guys for the support carsonforgeel thanks for the review if you have any more for my story keep them coming. And ill work on my grammar again thanks and see y'all next time.
