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When your hearts beats with the heat of the sun for each other, that is love. This Fairy Tail redo is a story of two people connected by a fire unquenched by any power in the world. Their bond will take change the fate of Fiore and all of Ishgar.

Chapter 23: Adrian, Prodigy of Ishgar

(Que Fairy Tail OP)

As Ichiya tried to awaken his Trimen, the slayers known as Lucy, Natsu, and Siri were eyeing the young girl with curiosity. They could sense that her magic was far more unique than some of the wizards, and felt very similar to their own. Lucy caught the girl's scent, and found it surprisingly similar to Natsu on some levels. At least it wasn't by blood. Natsu was just plain curious with the girl for reasons that were lost to the Demon Slayer. Siri eyed the girl because not only was their magic similar, but she could also sense she had a strong affinity to sky magic.

'How curious indeed.' thought Siri.

"You okay, Wendy?" asked Adrian, still holding the girl from her trip.

Wendy went a little red looking back at his concerned expression. "I-I'm okay. Thank you, Adrian."

Adrian smiled and set Wendy back on her feet. The young mage, in contrast to Adrian who radiated authority, was nervous to the bone facing the older mages.

"Hello." Wendy greeted, "My name is Wendy Marvel, and I know that I don't look strong, but I can use support magic."

"Honestly, child, you need to have more confidence."

The high-pitched, rich voice belonged to a tiny, white cat. By her skirt and pink bow, she was female. Everyone had to restart their brains. By her stance, the cat carried herself with formality.

The cat talked! It was another cat like Happy. Speaking of the blue furball, he had hearts in his eyes at the sight of the new cat.

Wendy spun around to face the cat. "Carla, you followed us!?"

"Of course." answered the now named Carla, "I simply cannot leave you alone. You need to know how to meet people with confidence and not shy away."

Adrian frowned at Carla. "Carla, leave Wendy alone. She doesn't need scolding, but support."

Carla returned the frown, but wasn't able to retort to the Inquisitor. Lucy walked slowly to Wendy till her shadow was casted over her. Wendy started to shake in fear under Lucy's unreadable gaze.

"Oh my god..." Lucy muttered.

The Demon Slayer turned into an 8-year-old high on sugar and gave a high-pitched squeak. Suddenly, the bluenette found herself off the ground, and slender, strong arms pressing her head into Lucy's bosom. Her eyes were like swirls as Wendy couldn't make heads or tails of the situation.

"KAWAII!" Lucy squealed in glee, her eyes dazzling like stars staring adorably on Wendy. She rocked side-to-side and pressing Wendy closer in her smothering. Everyone sweatdropped at Lucy's complete change in attitude, turning her back into a kid on a sugar rush on her birthday. Even Cynthia was at a loss.

"Oh my god, you are the most adorable little thing!" squealed Lucy, landing affectionate kisses on top of Wendy's head. "I don't care if you belong to a different guild, you are coming with me, precious!"

"Uh... uh... I..." Wendy could only mumble gibberish.

Faster than a speeding bullet, Lucy appeared in front of Natsu with Wendy in her hands like she was a baby. Natsu winced at the wanting look in his mate's eyes.

"Natsu, can we please adopt her?" Lucy asked, getting Wendy to blush in contrast to her hair.

Natsu blinked once, then, twice, and finally five times before Lucy's request processed in the Dragon Slayer's head. Looking at his mate, Natsu couldn't see the fiery Demon Slayer, but a gorgeous woman glittering with glee. He looked at Wendy with her head squeezed in Lucy's chest like it was the girl's pillow, a mighty blush adorning her cheeks. The Dragon Slayer had to admit Wendy was adorable like she was radiating innocence.

"Err... are you sure, Lucy?" Natsu said sheepishly.

Lucy was jumping on the spot. "I am one hundred percent sure, Natsu. I love this little blue cutey. Yes you are, yes you are"

Lucy devolved into a cooing mess, and Natsu honestly saw heart bubbles popping over the Demon Slayer as she smothered Wendy. Cynthia checked Wendy's height to her own, and much to her joy she was shorter. The Dragon Slayer never would've imagined such a fierce motherly side to his mate.

"Oh yes, we need to keep her!" Cynthia voiced in agreement.

"Uhm... Lucy... I don't want to bother you," Wendy mumbled, "but can you please put me down?"

Lucy looked down into Wendy's brown eyes with a pout. "Okay... but call me Mama."

"Eh?" Wendy didn't process what she just heard.

"I will let you down if you call me Mama." said Lucy, holding Wendy tighter, "Please call me Mama."

Lucy's eyes were practically begging to Wendy to call her as such. The bluenette became increasingly nervous under Lucy's gaze. Her blush grew as she tried to make her words out.

"Please put me down... Mama." Wendy mumbled.

Lucy glowed and squealed in joy before hugging Wendy one last time and setting her back down. Carla would've complained about Lucy's "horrid" treatment of Wendy but was silenced by scorning coming from Adrian, who was smiling at the new friends flaunting to Wendy. Jura was just looking at the scene blankly until the Trimen came to.

Unperturbed, Jura continued, "Onto the subject at hand..."

"HE'S NOT EVEN FAZED BY THIS!?" Gray exclaimed.

On point, Ichiya took a pose in the spotlight. "Now that all parties are present, it is time for the mission briefing to go under way. Our first order of business is to determine the location of the Oracion Seis... Right after I take a leak."

"I'MA KILL HIM!" Cynthia shouted in outrage, but Ichiya had already scuttled away.

A little later, Ichiya arrived and continued. "Much better. Now please pay close attention. To the north lies the Worthwood Sea where the ancients once sealed a powerful force called Nirvanna."

Hibiki cut in. "The Oracion Seis are desperate to get their hands on it. We may have the advantage in numbers, but they are an incredibly strong group. We may be in over our heads."

With a snap of his fingers, Hibiki summoned a holographic screen with a keyboard. His fingers blurred pressing the buttons and the screen activated.

"Archive Magic?" Jura spoke.

"I believe this is my first time seeing it in person." Lyon said.

"Who cares about some light show?" said Siri, "I don't see the point in it if it can't help in a fight."

"Show some respect, Siri." Jura chastised.

A total of six screens flashed to life to the alliance of wizards each bearing a member of the Oracion Seis. They were an odd but dark group to say the least.

"These are photographs of our enemy, but don't ask how we got them." said Hibiki, then enlarged the picture of one of the members with tanned skin, bronze hair, sharp eyes, and wore a white coat while standing next to a giant purple snake. "First is the snake wizard, Cobra." Another screen widened portraying a lean man wearing goggles and a red jumpsuit. "Next is a wizard who judging from his name likely uses speed magic, Racer." The next screen showed a near giant of a man wearing reverend clothing and has orange flowing hair and a literal chiseled face. "Then there's a wizard who is willing to wipe out a whole military platoon for money. Goes by Hoteye." The next screen showed a beauty wearing nothing but a feathered vest that barely covered her modesty. Cynthia had a literal hungry look in her eyes and licked her lips. Somehow, the universe was just giving away people deserving the vampire's enjoyment. "She may be gorgeous, but she is very deadly. This is Angel."

"She won't be one for long." Cynthia promised, barely keeping back her sadistic excitement. Lucy made a sweatdrop at her best friend's bipolar mood switching to bloodlust.

The next screen showed a man with spiky hair sleeping on a floating carpet. "The next member we don't know anything about except his name, Midnight." The last image showed a brown-skinned aged man with white hair rubbed back, holding a staff with a skull, and wore a black fur coat. "Lastly we have the leader of the Oracion Seis, Brain. Alone they can wipe out entire guilds, but together they are unstoppable. We only outnumber them."

The entire time Hibiki spoke, Wendy was shaking on the spot in fear. She chose this time to make her position on the mission known, albeit very shakily in her tone.

"I don't want to die so may I please just stay here?" Wendy whimpered.

Carla was about to berate the bluenette for her nerves getting the better of performing the job. Adrian beat her to it by blurring to Wendy's side and resting a consoling hand on Wendy's shoulder that snapped her out of her fear and stared back at the Inquisitor who had a kind smile on his face.

"You'll do fine, Wendy." Adrian supported, "You're much stronger than you think, so just remember the exercises I taught you. If you find yourself in trouble, always know I have your back."

"Th-Thank you, Adrian." Wendy stuttered, but her voice had a more uplifted spirit to it. She looked back at her friend and blushed at the kind grin he was giving her, like she was the only one for it.

"Hey Carla, wanna go raid some trash cans?" Happy tried to woo to Carla only for her to turn her back to the cat.

"We must fine the enemy stronghold with the Woodsea." Ichiya said, "And once we've located it, the plan is to gather the Oracion Seis inside."

"How do we do that?" Gray wondered.

"WE KICK THEIR BUTTS!" Natsu roared, causing Lucy to facepalm at her idiot of a mate.

"I have a problem with this plan." Cynthia called out, "Sure, we are all strong but like you said this dark guild is unbeatable together. I don't think it is a good idea to face them all at once as they are a group, and I also doubt it will be easy separating them even with Jura and Adrian here."

"She brings up a good point." Erza added, "We cannot underestimate the enemy, so we must put all of our will and power to defeat the Oracion Seis."

"I can't disagree with you, but we have a different solution." said Ichiya, "Once we have the Oracion Sies gathered, we will send in Cystina, our guild's battle vessel, to blow them all to oblivion."

A few of the mages from the other guilds present, including Cynthia, had wide eyes at that new bit of news.

"Are you serious?" Lyon said, "That's some firepower if the stories of your ship are correct."

Cynthia snapped out of her shock and turned it into a wide, sharp grin. "Now that's what I'm talking about! Let me bring the fire on them. Can I? Can I!?"

'You and your psychotic sense of weapons and destruction.' thought Lucy with a sweat drop. 'No one would have the stupidity to give you that kind of firepower.'

"Going on to what Cynthia noted," said Adrian, taking his role as the lead operator, "it is important to not ever face a member alone. Try to use whatever you can to get the members to disperse and we can take them down one by one if we have to."

Wendy began shaking again in terror and tears. "I'm scared."

"Stop acting like a child." Carla scolded.

"She is a child, you dumb cat!" Adrian snapped at the white feline, the whites of his eyes suddenly turning black for a split second. Carla silenced herself from the terrifying scolding.

"But Adrian-"

"Wendy," Adrian interrupted in a soft tone, "look at us. Most of us are barely near the age of becoming proper adults. And even then, we can't stop feeling afraid once in a while."

"Even you?" asked Wendy.

"Especially." Adrian answered.

"Then what do I do?" Wendy said in a pleading manner.

Adrian gently tilted Wendy's head till her eyes locked with Adrian's. "Then repeat what I say right now. Abandon your fear. Look forward. Move forward and never stop. You'll age if you hesitate. You'll die if you stop. Raise your head and shout to the heavens that you will face every obstacle, whether the battles we have on this earth or against the fear that slows you down from your ascension to victory."

Everyone stared in awe at Adrian. Those words were from someone of a lifetime of experience, and the boy spoke as so. They could feel every word from his speech etching at their heart and soul.

"Quite a speech." noted Ichiya.

"Yeah." said Ren, "No wonder he's an Inquisitor and so young at that. He probably the best prodigy in the history of Ishgar."

All doubt that clouded their heads seemed an annoyance at best, but the most affected was Wendy. Gone was her fear as she sunk in those words. The blunette made herself steady on her feet. When she opened her eyes, there was determination and spirit burning like a blaze.

"I will not run." Wendy stated.

Adrian smiled. "Never doubted you would."

Unfortunately, Adrian's words also triggered a literal blaze from everyone's lovable pyromaniac.

"I"M ALL FIRED UP NOW!" Natsu roared as he punched the door into splinters and ashes, and he ran out leaving a dust cloud behind.

"No way I'm letting scales get all the action." Siri cackled, dashing with the same insane vigor, "Time to have some fun!"

The party stood in silence as basically two of their heavy-hitters rushed off into the action like a bunch maniacs. Scratch, they are maniacs. Cynthia looked amused that there was someone who was actually as insane as, if not more than, Natsu. Erza and Gray were annoyed by the Dragon Slayer's attitude, and Lamia Scale just sighed already used to Siri's antics.

Lucy however was literally steaming out of her ears. Her eyes and lips twitched in rage, and her demon skin spread over her body.

"God-fucking-dammit, Natsu." Lucy cursed. "Sometimes I wonder about his mental health."

"How much do you want to bet Natsu didn't even listen to the plan?" Gray said.

"I'll take a wager on that." Adrian said with an amused smile.

"As much as dumb it was for Natsu to rush off like that," said Cynthia with a serious look, "I still don't like this plan. There's just too many flaws where it could all backfire on us."

"Cynthia's right." Lucy agreed, "Keep your guard up for anything."

"Guild wizards," called Adrian, "let's go take the Oracion Seis down!"

Adrian took the lead with Erza at his side, followed closely by Lucy and Gray. The Trimen sprinted a little behind, unable to match Fairy Tail's energy and stamina. Wendy ran from behind, but she quickly sprinted passed the Trimen before joining the Fairy Tail mages in an even sprint. Carla and Happy soon flew to the head of the party. Lucy instantly scooped up the blunette and held her tightly like she was her own baby.

"Do not worry, Wendy." said Lucy, "You will never fight alone."

"I know that." said Wendy with a genuine smile, "That's why I am not afraid."

Only Ichiya, Jura, and Cynthia were left at the manor in the complete silence.

"I'm getting too old for this." Jura grumbled.

"Yes you are." said Cynthia, "Fairy Tail's the best because every wizard is stronger than you old geezerz."

Jura ignored her comment. "In any case, the operations is well under way. Though the start was a bit unprofessional, I have no doubt Adrian will lead them well."

"Know your role, shiny dome." Ichiya said, striking a pose that made Cynthia reach for Dusk and be very tempted to shoot him. "I've heard that you are one of the Ten Wizard Saints. Is this statement true?"

Ichiya struck another pose, making Cynthia take Dust in hand as her eyes became murderous. "It is quite the privileged to fight alongside a wizard as skilled as Makarov."

"I would not go that far." said Jura, "Though I am honored to bear the title to whom the Magic Council sees worthy, comparing myself to Makarov is comparing the earth to the heavens."

"I see." said Ichiya, striking a pose that somehow summoned sparkles as he pulled out a bottle, "That is-"

"Okay, fuck this." Cynthia cried. The next thing, a gunshot rang out and Ichiya fell to the floor with a bullet in his head. Instead of falling in a pool of blood, 'Ichiya' combusted in a cloud of smoke and two blue entities emerged. They leaked light of the Celestial Realm from a hole in their heads.

"Peete~, peete~, my head hurts." said one of them.

"Ouchie." cried the other.

Jura was in shock what just transpired. The entire time, the Ichiya in the manor was an imposter. He looked to Cynthia and realized she may have saved his life.

"How did you know?" Jura asked.

Cynthia cocked a confused eyebrow. "Know what?"

Jura promptly fell to the ground in shock. A shadow moved from the forest catching the regular-sized and totally-not-short brunette's attention. It was the member of the Oracion Seis, Angel by her less than proper choice of clothing.

"Damn you!" Angel snarled, but Cynthia just gave an innocent, bright smile.

"Oh hello bitch of the Oracion Seis." Cynthia greeted, making Angel's face look a bit less regal with a scowl.

Instead of getting furious, Angel made a villainous smirk that promised so much pain. Cynthia widened her eyes when Angel pulled out two golden Celestial keys. Two golden circles came to life and the gong sounded as the Celestial gates opened. In a flash of golden light, two entities appeared. One was a tanned man with a bare chest and a giant metal tail that looked like a scorpion's. The next was a woman with pink hair in a very tight clothing of white cotton and had two ram horns on her head.

'Impressive.' thought Cynthia, 'She managed to call upon two spirits without a chant.'

"Aries, Scorpion, deal with this little pest." ordered Angel.

They were about to charge when the darkest of evils descended upon them. A shadow seemed to overtake the light of the very sun. Magical pressure skyrocketed, planting the Celestial spirits and Angel to their knees. Cynthia's face was shrouded in darkness, and a pair of pale blue eyes stared menacingly at Angel.

"You know what?!" Cynthia snarled, "Fuck you. Destruction Make: Lancer."

Two lasers of dark magic shot out of Cynthia's fingers. Aries and Scorpio could only feel the hole in their chests before they disappeared to the Celestial Realm. Angel was paralyzed. Her legs refused to move from the terror those eyes drilled into her. Every instinct in her body was telling she was dead. Period.

"Jura," Cynthia said with sadism and sweetness, "you may want to avert your eyes from this."

It wasn't that Jura didn't want to turn away. No, he himself was so petrified from the destructive power oozing off of Cynthia like a never-ending wave. Cynthia reached her hand to Angel's chin. She shivered from how cold the vampire's fingers were. The shadow dispersed from Cynthia's face, revealing skin so polished and perfect as it was pale. She parted her lips, just enough to see a line of deadly sharp teeth that made Angel whimper and tear up.

"Shh, shh, shh." Cynthia hushed in Angel's ear, her voice sending shivers down her spine, "It will all be over soon."

Cynthia's mouth opened at an impossible length before chomping down on Angel's neck. She let out a shrill screech of agony that reached to every end of the forest. Her warmth faded away and sucked down Cynthia's throat. Not a single drop of blood ever touched the ground, and Cynthia was going to drain Angel dry.

Jura would not make it to aid the wizards to stop the Oracion Seis' ambush mostly due to the fact that he heaved so much of his bodily fluids he passed out.

Unfortunately for Angel, death would never give her sweet release.


Wonder what happened to Angel? I know Cynthia is happy getting a full course drink. Call her short and you get the fangs!

Next Chapter 24.

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