Hey, Fairy Tail fans, and welcome back to a Fairy Tail re-told. Seeing as this was posted along with the other chapter, there is not much to talk about in these other than, well, I hope you enjoy yadda; oh, I guess I could say I do not, and repeat, do not own fairy tail but hey, it should be a pretty obvious cause, well, if I did, this would be canon, and it isn't. sad face :(

Let's get to the story!

Another wizard failed," a man said. He leaned back, looking at the job request he had posted for months. "This is starting to get costly," he sighed as he rested on his couch, his hand going over his small, distinctive mustache. "It can't wait any longer," he said out loud. "I have to protect his legacy," he said, looking out the window as the sun rose on the horizon.

"daybreak must burn."

Operation infiltrates the Everlue mansion.

"Hmm," Lucy stared at the board filled with paper with jobs filled with a request for wizards; most only required one wizard, but some needed more than two, which interested her.

A small white snowman stood next to her. "Wow, there a tone of jobs on the plue isn't there, plus."

"Having trouble finding a job. "Lucy turns to see a teenage girl with blue hair wearing an orange skirt standing behind her.

Lucy smiles, "yeah, it's my first," Lucy tells her.

"Really," the girl asks as she walks up next to her, "well, welcome to the game."

"Hey, I wonder where Natsu is," Lucy says.

"Wait, you mean Natsu," the girl asked, " knowing him, probably on another quest."

"Wow, he must be swamped," Lucy told the blue-haired girl; she turned to see the pub was lovely today; even Macao was there; she was glad he was all right. "Oh, by the way, my name is Lucy."

"I'm Levy; nice to meet you," the girl shakes Lucy's hand. The door opened; she turned to see Natsu; he looked around a bit before settling them on Lucy.

"Hey Lucy," he shouted as he walked up to her; she couldn't tell why, but he looked uncomfortable about something, "oh, hey, Levy."

Levy waved to the pink-haired boy before returning her attention to the request board.

"And who's this?" Natsu asked curiously.

"oh, this is Plu; he's my newest spirit," Lucy said, introducing the spirit.

"oh wow," Natsu said, looking at Plu. "Nice to meet ya."

"ah-ha," the spirit said, dong a weird motion.

"you got that right," Natsu said, smiling.

"wait, you can understand him? Lucy asked, shocked.

"Well, yeah," Natsu answered before facing Lucy again. "Hey, Lucy," Natsu started.

"Yeah," she asked nervously, "can it be quick trying to get a job here."

"No, no, it's not that," Natsu said, waving his arms. "It's just," he looked away, scratching his head.

"Natsu wants to ask you to come over to his place," Happy shouted, jumping into the too.

Lucy's cheeks turned bright red, " why would I do that."

"Cause, well, Mavis wants to meet you," Natsu said under his breath.

"wait, who's Mavis," Lucy asked.

"Just come with me, okay," he said, grabbing her hand.

"Wait, wait," Lucy screamed as they left the pub area, leaving a confused Levy behind. "Never thought I'd see that in a million years," she said aloud.

Lucy and Natsu walk through the east forest. Lucy has her arms crossed as she takes in all the scenery.

"So," Natsu asked, trying to kill all the silence in the air, "you find a place to sleep."

"Well, last night, I said in a hotel," Lucy said, not facing the boy, "though I have been thinking of moving into fairy hills."

"OH yeah, I've heard of them," Natsu said as they climbed to the top of the hill. "I hear rent there is like 100,000 jewels a month, Tho."

"Still though, from what I heard, it's a nice place to stay," Lucy said as she got to the top of the hill; she walked along the path and saw a yellow bungalow house with a brick chimney and some decorative elements around the door and walls.

Luy saw smoke from the chimney. "Hey, did you leave the stove on?"

"oh no, that's just Mira cooking," Natsu told Lucy.

"Wait, why is Mira in your house," Lucy asked, completely shocked.

"Cause we all live together, her little brother Elfman," Natsu and I replied to the girl as he opened the door, revealing Mira and a tall, muscular man Lucy could only guess was Elfman.

They both turned to see Natsu standing at the door and smiled. "Who's the girlfriend, Natsu?" Elfman asked with a smirk.

Natsu's cheeks turned red. "She's not," Natsu shouted at the girl. "Now, where's Mavis?" Natsu asked in a hushed voice.

"Now a real man would own up to moving o-" Elman was then jabbed in the side by Mira, who gave a shut-your-mouth look.

His sweat dropped, and he smiled, "Oh, never mind, I think she's by the lake behind the house," he told the dragon slayer.

"Okay," Natsu answered before closing the door.

"So, no tour of the house," Lucy said smugly.

"I'll do that later," Natsu answered. "It's just that I don't want to keep her waiting," he told the blond mage.

Natsu and Lucy approached a small lake where someone was sitting on a rock, their blond hair and white dress flowing in the wind.

"Is that him?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah. and it's hero," Natsu said blankly.

"What?" Lucy jumped up in shock.

"Don't worry, it happens to everybody," Natsu told her, sweat dropping. "Hey, Mavis," Natsu shouted.

[##fairy glitter theme##]

the girl turned to face the three, her pale skin shining in the sunlight. "Hello, Natsu, happy," she turned to see the blonde celestial mage, "And you must be Lucy. It's nice to meet you."

Lucy was awe-struck at the girl. She looked younger than she was, yet it felt like she had all of Fiore history in a single word when she spoke. "Hi" was all Lucy managed to sputter out.

"I take it you're wondering why I asked Natsu to bring you here," Mavis told Lucy, who nodded, still unable to find the right words.

"Well, you see, it's all a part of a little test," Mavis explained. "And something tells me you'll be a big part of this," Mavis said, walking up to the girl. "I've looked at all the outcomes, and I'm everyone. You are a part of it."

"wait, what do you mean," asked a confused Lucy.

"You'll see when the time comes," Mavis says blatantly. She then looks Lucy up and down, making her more uncomfortable. "Hmm," Mavis said, staring Lucy up and down. "She then turned to Natsu and smiled.

"Natsu, meet your new partner," Mavis, shocking the young dragon slayer.

"What!" he shouted at the top of his lungs. "I work better alone," he told Mavis.

"For this next assignment, it will take more than your fire to compete," Mavis told him. "The key to success lies with her," she said, pointing at Lucy.

"Wait, what is the assignment," Natsu asked.

"Some elderly man called over this morning and said he needed wizards to destroy a book," Mavis told Natsu, "but I see much more in the fold."

"The place you will be infiltrating is the Everlue mansion," Mavis began. She then stared at Lucy. "Oh, I also hear they're hiring maids so that a uniform will be necessary," Mavis said, smiling.

"What?" Lucy screamed.

"oh, you should practice getting into character, too," Mavis told him.

"Can I play the role of the master," Happy asked, jumping up.

"Yeah, sure," Mavis said, shocking Lucy.

"and before you go, take this." Mavis made an X with her finger shape, and her body began to glow.

Lucy's hand started to glow as the same symbol as Natsu appeared on her hand. She looked it over. "What's this," she asked, confused.

"just something to protect you on your mission," Mavis told the girl. "It may be more troubling than I'm letting on, so there is no need to take on all the precautions."

"But Mavis," Natsu whined.

Mavis turned back to Nature, a severe look on her face. "1," she said.

Natsu's body immediately froze as he grabbed Lucy and ran off with her.

Mavis smiled and returned to the house where Elfman and Mira were eating.

"Hey, Mavis, where are Natsu and the girl," Mira asked.

"oh, I sent them on their first mission," Mavis answered as she went to sit down on her chair.

"oh, yeah, what kind of mission," Mira asked.

"to destroy a book at the Everlue mansion," Mavis answered.

"Oh really," Elfman answered. "I remember seeing that job on the solo wizard board in town. I heard they are offering two million jewels."

"For a book, that's the hunting monster's kind of pay," Mira said, looking at the man.

"oh, don't worry," Mavis said, smiling. "There's more to this adventure than meets the eye."

"Are you enjoying your carriage ride today, master? Is anything I can get for you?" Lucy said sarcastically.

"I could use a barf bag right about now," Natsu said with a groan.

"I claimed the part of the master, so I should be giving the orders," Happy declared.

"shut up, you stupid feline," Lucy replied.

"Hey, Natsu," Lucy asked.

"What's up."

"I was wondering about your house," Lucy said. "Do all stay with me? Mavis"

"Well, kinda," Happy answered. "Natsu and I started living around six years ago," Happy replied. "Before then, we lived in the forest."

Lucy's eyes lit up. "Really," Lucy asked, shocked. "Just the two of you."

"After a while, we met Mira and Elman," Happy told her, "and then we traveled until we met Mavis."

"Wow," Lucy said. "I had no idea."

"Don't worry about it, though," Natsu said, nearly barfing. "It's honestly a lot of fun," Natsu said, trying to bring up her mood, "Actually, the only reason I became a wizard is so we can have money for food."

Lucy couldn't help but laugh at that. Her attention then focused on the mark on her hand. "So, what about this," she asked, holding up.

Natsu struggled and faced the blond-haired girl. "Oh, that's just something to help you with a magic boost," Natsu told her. "Once it's all used up, it should disappear."

"Oh," Lucy said under her breath, "Hey, are we getting paid," Lucy asked.

"Aye"

"So, I say we work out a pay scale. I'm thinking 80,10 and 10," Lucy said.

"You only want ten percent," Happy asked.

"I'm eighty," Lucy shouted.

"and why was she counting on you," Lucy asked as the carriage continued.

"Trust me, you don't want to find out what happens when she gets to three," Natsu said, his voice terrified.

They had arrived in the town of Shirotsume, and Natsu was still recovering from his carriage ride. "I'm never riding in one of those again," he groaned.

"you say that every time," Happy told the boy.

"Man, I could go for something to eat," Natsu groaned.

"Well, why don't you eat your fire," Lucy asked.

"Oh yeah, great idea," Natsu said sarcastically. "Why don't you just eat plue or your cow while we're at it."

"Why would I do that," Lucy asked, shocked at his comment.

"pretty much the same reason," Natsu told her.

"So, you can eat fire, but not your own," Lucy inquired. "That's pretty lame."

Natsu stopped in front of a restaurant with a massive grin: " Hey, let's stop and get a bit."

"I'm fine, but you, too, can go ahead and eat," Lucy told them before walking off.

"Fine, your loss," Natsu said as he started to walk away 'why would Mavis do this? Is she trying to make me forget?'

Natsu and happy went to the restaurant, ordered food, and immediately started stuffing it down their throats, leaving a few to the side. "Be sure to save all the fat stuff for Lucy," Natsu said as he bit off a leg.

"Yeah, from her looks, that's what she likes the most," Happy said as he ate some sushi.

"wait a minute, what's that supposed to mean?" Lucy called out as she approached the two.

"oh hey," Nasu froze as he saw Lucy standing dressed up in a maid's uniform. "Lu...Lucy."

"Oh, come on, boys, don't be shy. I know I look super cute in this maid uniform," Lucy said while winking.

"What do we do? I'm pretty sure Mavis was joking about the maid stuff, but she took it seriously," Happy whispered to Natsu.

"I honestly can never tell if Mavis is joking or serious," Natsu muted, still smitten by the maid uniform, "but she does look kind of fat with it on."

"I can hear you," Lucy barked.

Natsu and Lucy made their way to the client's manner, which was a tall mansion. They then went inside and saw the man, who was the client, staring out the window. He noticed them, smiled, and motioned for them to sit down. "Hello, my name is Baby Melon."

"he said melon," Happy said, drooling.

"oh man, you have a tasty name," Natsu finished.

"don't be rude, you guys," Lucy scolded the two.

"It's okay; I get that, a lot," Kaby told the pair.

"So let me tell you about this job," Kaby started. "There is a book in Duke Value Position. I need you to burn it for me."

"No problem," Natsu said, smiling. "I'll burn the whole place down if you want," Natsu said, lighting his finger on fire.

"he likes fire," Happy said excitedly.

"I'm not going to jail for arson because of the two of you," Lucy said again. "If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to destroy this book."

"who cares," Natsu told her. "What matters is the reward."

"oh yes, the reward is two million jewels," Kaby told them.

"two million Jewel," they all shouted in unison.

"It means a lot to me that the book is destroyed," Kaby told her.

Natsu's head lit up as a smirk grew on his face. "Ah, I'm fired up now. Let's go, Lucy." Natsu grabbed Lucy and ran out of the house, leaving Kaby to his thoughts.

"Daybreak, it must be burnt; it can't be allowed to exist any longer," he said.

Duke Everlue mansion

"excuse me, I heard you had an opening for a maid position," Lucy shouted, "Um, hello," Lucy called again 'wow, this geezer with my looks burned some stupid book and walked away 2 million jewels richer.'

"don't mess this up, okay?" Natsu whispered to her.

Lucy backed up as the ground behind her blasted open, and a vast maid landed before her. "So, you're a maid."

"Yeah," Lucy said, shaken by the maid's appearance.

"I assume you're here because of the ad the master placed in the paper," the giant maid asked.

"Did somebody say a master?" a voice called out. Then, a short, plump man with skinny arms and legs popped out of the ground. "Did somebody say a master?"

'More like a monster,' Lucy said to herself.

Everyone then started to observe her. 'Man, this guy is creeping me out. Stay strong, Lucy.'

Everyone continued to overlook Lucy before frowning and turning away. "Naw, I'll pass. now. Scram, ugly."

Lucy felt as if a knife had gone into her pride.

"You heard the man get going ugly," the maid said, picking her up.

"Sorry, but a man of my stature has a standard to uphold." As if on cue, four not-so-pretty maids popped up behind him. "That's why I only hire the fairest of the fair."

"you're the best master," one of them said.

"You're such a kind-hearted man," another said.

"I think you're the sweetest man alive," another said.

"why don't you just run along home, ugly," one of them told Lucy.

Lucy started sobbing by the tree where Natsu and Happy were.

"Just couldn't do it, huh," Natsu asked.

"I tried, but that man wouldn't know beauty if it bit him in the behind," Lucy shouted.

"Uh huh," Happy asked, causing Lucy to sob more.

"Okay, I guess we'll have to resort to the old Plant," Natsu declared.

"Yeah, that big fat jerk is going to pay for this," Lucy agreed. "Wait, what's plan T."

"Take 'em by storm," Natsu and Happy said in unison.

"That's not a plan," Lucy shouted.

Unknown to them, a lacrmia was floating behind them in a dark room. Everlue giggled as he watched the door behind him were two anonymous figures. "So, it seems we have some wizards at our door," Everlue stated. He then zoomed in to see the mark on Lucy's hands.

"I don't recognize that guild mark, but they'll share the same fate as the other wizards who came here," Everlue said, laughing.

Natsu and Lucy landed on the house, and Natsu began to melt the glass on the window. "Thanks, happy," Lucy said as she landed atop the house. She was now out of her maid uniform and in her regular clothes.

After Natsu turned to Lucy with a blank look, "This isn't taking them by storm, you know."

Lucy turned into the pink-haired boy. "What I told you before, I'm not going to jail because of you," Lucy told him.

"But I thought you wanted revenge," Natsu shot back.

"oh, I'll have revenge, all right. Not only am I going to burn his book, but I'm going to use his toothbrush to clean the toilet." Lucy then began to laugh evilly, scaring Natsu happy.

Lucy entered through the window and looked around. "Wow, is some sort of storage room?" Lucy was interrupted when Happy jumped up with a skull on his head, scaring Lucy half to death.

"Check me out," Happy said, jumping.

"Yeah, you're looking fiercely happy," Natsu said.

The trio then began looking around the house, checking in every room to no avail. Lucy opens one room and finds a toilet with Everlue's face.

"Are we going to have to check every room?" Natsu whispers to Lucy.

"Well, yeah," Lucy answers.

"I say we take a hostage and force them to tell us where the book is," Natsu decided.

"Aye"

"The whole point is not to see ya, dummy," Lucy told him. "You have to be stealthy like a ninja."

Natsu immediately began daydreaming "like a real ninja."

"what's going on in that head off yours?" Lucy ponders.

Then, the ugly maids popped from the floor. "Intruder alert, Virgo," they said in unison.

The big maid from before appeared. "Let's crush 'em, girls."

Happy then jumped up, scarring the four maids behind Virgo. "It's a monster," they screamed before Natsu punched them, causing them to fly away.

"Flying Virgo attack." Virgo then belly slammed onto Natsu, shocking Happy and Lucy.

"you can take that off now," Lucy told Happy, still wearing the skull head.

Natsu then proceeded to lift Virgo and threw her into the sky. His legs set on fire, and he kicked her onto the ground. "We must be discovered. We are ninjas," Natsu said with a scarf over his face.

"Ninja," Happy finished

"Ninjas" are supposed to be quiet, you guys," Lucy told them, sulking.

The trio entered the library, where many books were stacked neatly on the shelves. "There are many books in this library."

"Aye, many indeed," Happy said.

"wow, I had no idea Everly was a bookworm," Lucy said, amazed by the book collection.

"Let's start looking," Natsu declared.

Natsu and Lucy spent forever looking for the book "Oh, this one has many pictures."

"A book on fish," Happy said happily.

This one is sparkly." Natsu held up a book in his hand.

"Will you try to focus?" Lucy shouted before looking at the book in Natsu's hands, "Hey, it's daybreak?"

"Natsu found it," Happy shouted.

"I did," he said, smiling at the book.

"2 million jewels, here we come," Lucy said before looking at the author. Before Natsu could burn it, she snatched it out of his hands. "Wait a second. I had no idea Kemu Zaleon wrote this."

"Kem, what?"

"He's an amazing wizard and novelist," Lucy told him. " I'm such a huge fan. I was sure I'd read every sentence he wrote, but this must be an unpublished novel."

"Yeah, well, who cares? It all burns the same to me," Natsu said, sparking a fire in his hand.

"don't you dare touch it? This is a great work of literature," Lucy said, guarding the book. "You better stay away from it, pyro."

"but what about our mission," Happy asked

"Forget the mission," Lucy shouted.

"Failure is not an option." Natsu and Happy began to corner Lucy, getting impatient.

"why don't we just say we burn it?" Lucy tried reasoning. "I'll keep it a secret, I swear."

"I'm not a liar," Natsu replied.

"Aye"

"Well, well, what do we have here?" Just then, Everlue busted out the floor. "So, you thieves are trying to pilfer a daybreak from me, boyoyo."

"See, slowpoke, this is all your fault," Natsu told Lucy.

"Um, sorry," Lucy said nervously.

"Couldn't you have come in through the door?" Happy asked

"I knew all you low-life wizards were coming around here to take something off mine," Everlue said, " I had no idea it was that stupid book."

"Stupid," Natsu pondered.

'This book must mean a lot if the client is willing to pay so much to destroy it,' Lucy thought. "This works great if you don't want so I can have it."

"It's mine. You can't have it, so get your greedy hands off," Everlue declared angrily.

"greedy gut," Lucy said, puffing her cheeks.

"shut your trap, ugly," Everly responded.

"Will you hand that thing over so I can get this over with," Natsu said.

"no way, I'm not giving this to you," Lucy said, shielding the book.

"Lucy, "Natsu shouted, "This is our job."

"At least let me read it first," Lucy declared, opening the book.

"Read it now," everyone cried.

"Enough of this. How dare you put your hands on my Poisson's," Everlue shouted. "Know, come forth, vanish, brothers."

Two of the bookshelves split apart, revealing the vanishing brothers. The shorter man stood on the left while the taller man stood on the right.

"You summon us, sir," one of them asked.

"Looks like two more wizards are about to meet their end," the other said.

"That mark on their arms," happy called out. "It means they are from the southern wolves. It's a mercenary guild under phantom lord."

"So, you have bodyguards," Nasu said as he cracked his knuckles.

"Oh wow," Lucy stood and touched Natsu's shoulder. "Can you hold them off? I think this book holds some secrets." Natsu was about to protest, but Mavis's words rang through his head. He just nodded, and she ran through a door.

A secret must have slipped by me somehow. Might be a treasure map or something,' Everlue thought. "I'm going after the girl. Make sure pink hair doesn't leave her alive," he said, then sunk into the hole to give chase to Lucy.

"Happy, I need you to help Lucy," Natsu told the blue feline.

"Are you sure you can handle them by yourself?" Happy asked

"Yeah," Natsu declared.

Happy then flew off past the vanish brothers. "You sure talk big for a little guy," the taller one said.

"Maybe we should put him in his place," the smaller one said. "So, you're a fire wizard."

"Yeah, but how do you know that," Natsu asked.

"We saw the fire around your legs during your fight with Virgo," the minor brother told him, "so it's obvious you're an ability-type wizard."

"So, I guess you know what happens when you play with fire, "Natsu attacks the Vanish Brothers with his Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, "you get burnt."

But the more minor brother efficiently stops his attack. "Sorry to interrupt you, but fire wizards are our specialty."

The taller brother suddenly attacks, slamming the ground, but Natsu easily dodges his attack. However, the minor brother hits Natsu with his giant frying pan, sends him through a wall, and almost falls down the balcony.

Natsu lands on the tongue of an Everlue statue.

"You see, know you're no match for trained mercenaries like us," the taller one said.

"If that's your best, then you're dead wrong," Natsu said.

"This kid thinks he can beat us," the taller one shouts.

"Do you know what a wizard's greatest weakness is?" the smaller one asks.

"You are talking about motion sickness," Natsu asks.

"I think that's more of a personal problem," the smaller one deadpans.

"Is he messing with us," the taller one asks.

"their weakness is their bodies." The more minor brother with the giant frying pan attacks him. Still, he misses destroying the tongue when Natsu jumps down to the ground floor. "since wizards have to focus on their mental abilities, the taller Brothers attempt to hit Natsu, destroying a wall. "They neglect to train their bodies, which leaves them physically weak."

"on the other hand, we focus on our physical abilities," the more minor tells him.

"So, we have more speed and are stronger than you," the taller one finishes.

"Ooo, I'm so scared," Natsu says sarcastically, " so let's quit yapping, and let's dance."

"Hey, bro, combination attack," the taller one asks.

"Sounds good," the taller one jumps onto the frying pan, "heaven and earth annihilation."

In the sewer below the mansion, Lucy uses her wind reader glasses, which allow the user to read at mind-boggling speed, "I knew this book had a secret."

[##Salamnder theme ost##]

"Well, do share," Everlue shouted as he popped out of the wall behind Lucy's. "Secrets don't make friends, you know."

"No way," Lucy grunted, " a man like you doesn't deserve to know what it is; you're an enemy of literature.

Back with Natsu, the taller brother is thrown up in the air; Natsu's eyes follow his movements. "Look towards heaven, "the minor brother suddenly attacks him from below. "we strike from the earth.

As Natsu focuses on the brother on the ground, "Look towards earth, "the airborne brother dives and attacks him. "And we strike from heaven."

The Vanish Brothers stand together, thinking that the fight is over, "you have witnessed the full power of the vanish brothers, the heaven and earth analytic technique, a move which very few have survived."

"Guess I'm one of the few." Natsu stood up seemingly unscathed." sorry, guys."

"No way."

"Know I'm going to blow you away "{fire dragon's roar}" Natsu breaths fire at the bothers,

"fire magic, we got 'em flame cooking." The minor brother then uses his frying pan to absorb Natsu's attack. "See, my frying pan absorbs your flames and doubles their strength right back at ya," the brother sends it back to him.

However, Natsu eats the fire the brother shot at, scaring both the brothers, "Know I've got some fire in my belly."

"Let me show you something" Natsu's hand then lit on fire as he charged the brothers, "{Fire dragon wing attack}" The attack is so powerful that the entire mansion goes up in smoke.

"uh oh, I think I overdid it again," Natsu asked as the brothers lay on the ground unconscious.

To be continued

Mira: boyoyoyoyoyo

Natsu: Um what

Lucy: What was that?

Mira: that's something I hope catches on.

Lucy: I sure hope it doesn't.

Natsu: you and me both

Mira, oh come on, it's cute and so fun to say boyoyoyoyoyo.

Natsu and Lucy: Mira, you're freaking us out.

Next time: Dear Kaby

Mira: I'll bet we'll hear more Boyoyoyoyoyo in the next chapter.

Natsu: Mira, please stop.

Lucy: I don't think I can take much more of this.