Chapter 103: Cover is Not the Book

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. I'm glad so many of you have enjoyed the first day of the games. Let me tell you I've got big plans for these. Sorry this took a while, but life was getting in the way. I hope this was worth the wait. Please Review and Enjoy.

At the hotel where Fairy Tail was staying at Cana Alberona, a girl with long brown hair wearing only brown pants and a bikini top was getting drunk.

"Way to stink it up out there guys. It's a miracle we got any points at all." Cana said.

"Well maybe you should have cheered us on instead of hitting every pub in town." Elfman said.

"I did cheer you on. All the pubs have Lacrimas to the arena. By the way, what's the deal with those new guys, Hearts of Light?" Cana asks.

"Whoever they were, they were all really strong." Lucy said.

"And what's the deal, how are they able to summon those creatures?" Gajeel asks.

"Has anyone even heard of those guys before?" Wendy asks.

"No, it's like they just appeared out of nowhere." Erza said causing Makarov's eyes to widen.

"Master Mavis, come with me. I need to go check on something." Makarov said as he and the ghost walk out. "I'll be back soon. Make sure you kids don't destroy the place."

"Well I say we go investigate these new guys." Natsu said once Makarov and Mavis left.

"Are you nuts? We can't pick a fight outside the games." Lucy said.

"I'm not gonna fight them, but if they turn out to be a Dark Guild." Natsu gestures.

"Aye! I say we go!" Happy agrees.

"You boys are always so close to rush in." Carla said.

"I wouldn't mind seeing that Crystal again." Gray smirks causing a tick mark to appear on Juvia's head.

"I say we go find out if they're evil or not." Natsu said

"Hearts of Light, just what kind of dark secrets are you holding?" Erza asks.


Meanwhile at the Hearts of Light Hotel.

"PARTY!" Sparrow cheers as Melody turned up the music on her DJ station and everyone got up and cheered as they celebrated their first day.

As they clinked their drinks everyone was on Raven, Goofy, Kairi, Lea, Crystal and Kitty.

"Hey Goofy thanks for helping back there." Raven said walking up to him.

"This may be a competition but that doesn't mean I can't help my friends out." Goofy smiles.

"You're the best." Raven smiles.

"So that was a pretty cool weapon you made." Riku said.

"Yeah sorry I kinda took your old keyblade without asking." Raven said nervously.

"Well to be fair it was broken. But even so it's not a keyblade anymore and I'll admit it suits you." Riku said.

Cerise was looking at Ramona talking to Roxas about putting her in the next event when Sora walks up to her.

"Hey Cerise." Sora said getting her attention.

"Huh? Oh hey Sora what's up?" Cerise asks.

"Well Goofy and Kairi are kinda worn out from today's event and Kitty wants a break so I was wondering if you wanted to be on my team tomorrow?" Sora asks.

"Me? On your team? I'm not sure." Cerise said biting her lip.

"Let me guess, you wish Roxas was the one who asked you to be on his team?" Sora asks.

"Well he is my boyfriend. It's not that I don't want to compete. It's just what if I do well and Roxas ends up hating me because I beat him?" Cerise asks.

"Cerise, Roxas isn't that kind of guy and you know it. He loves you and do you really think he would hate you over something like this?" Sora asks smiling.

Cerise looks at Sora's smiling face and for a second sees Roxas smiling at her.

"Guess you two are more similar than I thought. Alright Sora I'm in." Cerise smiles.

"Sweet!" Sora pumps his fist excited.

"So who else is going to be on your team besides me?" Cerise asks when Merida and Briar walked up behind Sora.

"You're looking at them." Briar grins.

"Merida? Are you sure about this?" Cerise asks surprised.

"Aye. I've been itching for a challenge since I joined this group and these games got my attention." Merida grins as Cerise looks to Briar for her reason.

"Like I would I honestly miss out on something this awesome." Briar grins.

Meanwhile with Roxas, he was trying to figure out his team for tomorrow when Darling and Dexter walked up to him.

"Hey Roxas, crazy first day am I right?" Dexter asks.

"No kidding. Rogue did a number on Raven so she needs a day to rest and Lea is really getting bored after he wiped the floor with Raven Tail so I need two more people for my team." Roxas said.

"Well look not further." Darling smiles gesturing to her and Dexter.

"You guys?" Roxas said surprised.

"Why not? You put Daring on your team so it's only right the other Charming family members join your team." Dexter smiles.

"You guys rock." Roxas smiles as he and Dexter high five and he hugs Darling surprising her as a blush appears on her face.

Little did Darling know Briar saw the reaction on her face and smirks when suddenly they heard a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" Kairi asks as Donald walks to the door only for it to be broken down and fall on top of him as Natsu jumped in with flaming fists.

"You're going down you sneaky little dirtbags!" Natsu declares surprising everyone.

"What the fairy tale?" Faybelle said as everyone stood up to see Erza, Wendy, Gray, Juvia, Happy, Carla and Lucy run in.

"Natsu that was not the plan. You can't just go smashing into another person's hotel demanding a fight!" Lucy said.

Gray looks over and sees Crystal with her wand out and grins making his move.

"Hey there beautiful, what do you say you and me have dinner sometime?" Gray flirts.

"Uh where are your clothes?" Crystal asks feeling very uncomfortable as Gray looks down to see he was just in his underwear causing him to gasp.

"Aw man not again." Gray groans.

"We are really not making a good first impression." Carla facepalms when Mickey walks up to her.

"Can we help you?" Mickey asks surprising Happy.

"Are you a talking mouse?" Happy asks.

"Really now? A talking cat is surprised by a talking mouse?" The female narrator asks.

"What is going on here?" Carla asks when Leroy walks up to her and sniffs her freaking her out. "What on earth is that beast?!"

"That's just Leroy." Rosabella said picking him up.

"Look whatever is going on I think we can do this without beating each other senseless." Lea said as everyone turned to him surprised. "That's what the games are for." He said making sense.

"Psst Roxas, Mary Poppins." Brooke whispers.

Roxas looks around and sees his Mary Poppins book on the counter and was glowing faintly meaning Mary Poppins had something.

Moving slowly he tries to walk back and grab the book when Erza notices him.

"What are you doing?" Erza glares.

"Uh." Roxas said uncomfortably.

"What's he doing? What are you doing?" Faybelle asks.

"Yeah this is our place and you just break in demanding a fight." Xion said.

Using this chance Roxas moves towards the book when suddenly a dagger flew towards him stopping his hand.

Flinching he looks toward Erza who knew he was up to something. "I don't know what's so valuable about that book but you will not grab it."

"Guys!" Roxas yells and immediately everyone realized they need to buy him some time.

Erza summons a sword and charges but Darling and Holly lunge forward and block with their sword and frying pan.

"Is that a frying pan?" Erza raises an eyebrow.

"Yep and you should watch out." Holly said as she and Darling attack pushing her backwards before Holly whacks her in the gut making Erza cringe.

"Frying pans? Who knew." Erza said impressed.

Darling charges in and swings her sword but at the last second Erza swings her sword snapping Darling's sword in half.

"Whoa she's strong!" Brooke said surprised.

"Darling!" Crystal gasps when out of nowhere Juvia lunges forward and tackles her to the ground.

"How dare you try and steal my beloved Gray!" Juvia yells.

"Beloved?" Crystal said confused. "Listen I think there is a big misunderstanding."

As Donald lifts the door off him he sees Sora and Natsu clashing fist to keyblade. Anger built up inside him before he screams in anger and jumps at Natsu grabbing his face and punching him.

"Get your hands off Natsu!" Happy yells jumping onto Donald resulting in a dogpile between them, Sora, Gray, Goofy, Mickey and Leroy.

"Why are you guys so quick to fight?" Namine asks.

"Would you believe they're always like this?" Lucy sweatdrops when Makarov and Mavis walk by to see the door broken down and their members fighting with Hearts of Light.

"What the hell is going on here?!" Makarov roars causing everyone to stop and look up at him.

Using this opening Roxas grabs the Mary Poppins book and opens it sucking in him, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey and all the members of Fairy Tail.

When the light faded away Makarov looks around and the first thing he noticed were the members of his guild had their outfits changed. The men were wearing colorful suits with matching hats and the woman were wearing dresses.

"Whoa my clothes changed." Wendy said looking at herself.

"Hmm not bad." Erza said.

"What is going on here? Why were you kids attacking them?" Makarov asks walking over.

"You've been acting strange since that guild had been announced. We thought that meant they were a Dark Guild." Natsu said.

"Dark Guild? Natsu you couldn't have been more wrong!" Makarov groans.

"Wait you thought we were bad guys?" Turning around they saw Roxas, Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey and Mary Poppins walking over.

"Seems to me you children were too quick to judge." Mary Poppins said. "Perhaps you should listen to your elders before you go off and do something crazy."

"I couldn't agree more." Makarov said before turning to her. "And who might you be?"

"Mary Poppins, I'm the one who called you here to my book." She said.

"Well Mary Poppins it's a pleasure to meet you." Makarov said before turning to the Hearts of Light. "I apologize for how my guild has acted. They're stubborn but they mean well."

"Hey here's an idea if you have a question for us instead of launching an attack try talking to us first. Riku said as the Fairy Tail members cringe nervously.

"So how is my old friend Yen Sid doing?" Makarov asks walking up to Mickey.

"He told us about his time in Fairy Tail, but I think he may have left out a few details." Mickey said.

"Is your guild's behavior a recent think?" Kairi asks.

"Nope Fairy Tail has always been violent. You should have seen me and Yen Sid back in the day." Makarov chuckles.

"I think you children need to learn a lesson about judging a book by its cover." Mary Poppins said.

"I don't suppose you have an idea." Kairi asks.

"Actually I do." Mary Poppins said taking out an umbrella.

"You're gonna hit us with an umbrella?" Happy jumps to conclusions.

"No of course not." Mary Poppins spun the umbrella and the next thing they knew they were in front of a large tent called the Royal Doulton Music Hall which was filled with different animals dressed formally.

"Did we just move here?" Gray asks confused.

"How did you do that?" Lucy asks as Mary Poppins made her way inside.

"One thing you should know about Mary Poppins is she never explains anything." Roxas chuckles as they made their way inside.

"Incredible, a woman who is control of everything inside her own book. Now that's a story." Lucy said.

Up on stage a man with black hair walks up on stage. This was Jack, Bert's apprentice.

"Bucks and mares, cubs and does, welcome to our show of shows! Tonight we are delighted to welcome the wizards of Fairy Tail where we hope they will pay close attention. Now let me introduce the one, the only, Mary Poppins!" Jack said as a spotlight shined down on her causing all the animals to applaud. "Come on up, give us a song."

"Oh no, I couldn't." Mary said when the four penguins came out.

"Please sing for us Mary Poppins." They begged.

"Oh no I couldn't possibly. D-Flat major." She said as the music started up.

(Play Cover is Not the Book)

Uncle Gutenberg was a bookworm

And he lived on Charing Cross

The memory of his volumes brings a smile

He would read me lots of stories

When he wasn't on the sauce

Now I'd like to share the wisdom

Of my favourite bibliophile

He said a-

Cover is not the book

So open it up and take a look

'Cause under the covers one discovers

That the king may be a crook

Chapter titles are like signs

And if you read between the lines

You'll find your first impression was mistook

For a cover is nice

But a cover is not the book

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta-ta

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta-ta!

Mary Poppins, could you give us an example?

Certainly!

Nellie Rubina was made of wood

But what could not be seen was though

Her trunk up top was barren

Well, her roots were lush and green

So in Spring when Mr Hickory saw her blossoms blooming there

He took root despite her bark

And now there's seedlings everywhere

Which proves

A cover is not the book

So open it up and take a look

'Cause under the covers one discovers

That the king may be a crook

Chapter titles are like signs

And if you read between the lines

You'll find your first impression was mistook

For a cover is nice

But a cover is not the book

Should we do the one about the wealthy widow?

Oh, by all means!

Always loved that one

Well, go on then!

Lady Hyacinth Macaw

Brought all her treasures to a reef

Where she only wore a smile

Plus two feathers, and a leaf

So no one tried to rob her

'Cause she barely wore a stitch

For when you're in your birthday suit

There ain't much there to show you're rich!

Oh, a cover is not the book

So open it up and take a look

'Cause under the covers one discovers

That the king maybe a crook

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la, ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ra-ta-ta!

You'll find your first impression was mistook (Ya-da-da-da)

For a cover is nice

But a cover is not the book

Oh, give us the one about the dirty rascal, why don't ya?

Isn't that one a bit long?

Well, the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it

Once upon a time

In a nursery rhyme

There was a castle with a king

Hiding in a wing

'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing

He had scepters and swords

And a parliament of lords

But on the inside he was sad

Egad!

Because he never had a wisdom for numbers

A wisdom for words

Though his crown was quite immense

His brain was smaller than a bird's

So the queen of the nation

Made a royal proclamation:

"To the Missus and the Messers

The more or lesser

Bring me all the land's professors"

Then she went to the hair dressers

And they came from the east

And they came from the south

From each college they poured knowledge

From their brains into his mouth

But the king couldn't learn

So each professor met their fate

For the queen had their heads removed

And placed upon the gate

And on that date

I state their wives all got a note

Their mate was now the late-great

But then suddenly one day

A stranger started in to sing

He said, "I'm the dirty rascal

And I'm here to teach the king"

And the queen clutched her jewels

For she hated royal fools

But this fool had some rules

They really ought to teach in schools

Like you'll be a happy king

If you enjoy the things you've got

You should never try to be

The kind of person that you're not

So they sang and they laughed

For the king had found a friend

And they ran onto a rainbow for

The story's perfect end

So the moral is you musn't let

The outside be the guide

For it's not so cut and dried

Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll

Then you better hide, petrified!

No, the truth can't be denied

As I now have testified

All that really counts and matters

Is the special stuff inside

He did it!

Oh, a cover is not the book

So open it up and take a look

'Cause under the covers one discovers

That the king may be a crook

So please listen to what we've said

And open a book tonight in bed

So one more time before we get the hook

Sing it out strong!

A cover is nice

Please take our advice!

A cover is nice

Or you'll pay the price!

A cover is nice

But a cover is not the book

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la

Ta-ru-ra-lee, ta-ru-ra-la-la, la, la!

"Now that was entertainment." Carla said as everyone clapped their hands.

"Wow can you sing us another song?" Wendy asks.

"And maybe I can join you on stage?" Erza asks with stars in her eyes.

"Sorry that show was just for you all." Mary Poppins said making her way down. "Now I hope that has taught you all about judging people before you get to know them."

"Yeah I guess it was pretty dumb of me." Natsu said.

"More like stupid." Gray mocks.

"What was that?" Natsu glares.

"You heard me flame brain." Gray said.

"Oh boy." Lucy groans.

"Well you all better get back, your ghost friend has been keeping everyone company while you were gone." Mary said surprising them.

"Mavis?" Makarov said confused as they left the book.

Back at the hotel, they all appeared back to see Mavis talking with Cerise as she showed her a new weapon. A red, black and white sword that was attached to her shoes.

"I've never seen a weapon like that before." Mavis said.

"Yeah I had this made just today after seeing everyone." Cerise said.

"Wait, you guys can see Master Mavis?" Makarov asks.

"How is that possible?" Juvia asks.

"You guys better sit down, this is gonna take some explaining." Sora chuckles.

"And remember, a cover is not the book." Kairi giggles as they explained their guild mark was Yen Sid's Fairy Tail mark only changed.

"So Crystal would you like to hang out sometime?" Gray asks as they left.

"Uh sorry Gray but the thing is I'm just not interested in you." Crystal said causing Gray's jaw to drop and Juvia to smile widely.

"NO!/YES!"

"You see Gray, there's kinda someone I already like and I'm still trying to figure out how to tell him." Crystal said as she looked over to Roxas.

"Darling was it?" Erza asks walking over to her.

"Yes?"

"Sorry about breaking your sword. Please accept my apologies." Erza said.

"It's okay but how am I gonna compete without a weapon?" Darling asks.

"If I may? How about one of mine?" Erza suggests summoning a light blue blade with a silver handle and a blue sapphire in the middle.

"Wow, it looks amazing." Darling said taking it.

"Use it wisely." Erza said.


Meanwhile in another part of the city, the man in the blue armor was on patrol.

"Hmm pretty quiet tonight." He said to himself when he suddenly heard a scream.

Summoning a sword and a shield in his hands he runs as fast as he could where he saw someone in an Organization XIII coat holding the Centurion with a wizard laying on the ground in pain.

"Who are you?" He asks as the member turns to him.

Wielding Centurion the member charges and clashes with him.

"Shining Wave!" He said creating a wave of light which flies towards the Organization member knocking them onto the rooftops. "Radiant Sword!" Creating 6 blades of light they fly towards the member who jumps dodges half before slicing the others in half.

Leaping up onto the rooftop the man clashes with the Organization member causing their hood to move backwards allowing him to see the face for a second causing his eyes to widen.

"Wait." He said surprised before the Organization member whacks him sending him flying off the roofs allowing them to escape into the darkness.

'I don't know what's going on, but I intend to find out, starting with those Hearts of Light people.' He thought as the sun rose signaling the second day of the games were about to begin.