Wendy carefully led Cynthia to the main hall of the usually lively Fairy Tail guild. As she suspected, a few of the people she wanted to introduce Cynthia to happen to be away on jobs. The most prominent people inside the guild were the sixth Master and Wizard Saint, Markarov Dreyar, Gajeel, Patherlily, Juvia, Natsu, Gray, Levy, Mirajane, Lucy, Carla, Happy, Cana, and Erza. "Is this everyone…?" Cynthia asked, expecting more people to be around.
"No, this is only some of them!" Wendy nodded, leading Cynthia over to a table. Cynthia took a seat, and Wendy sat down next to her.
"Uh…what are they doing…?" Cynthia pointed over to Natsu and Gray, who were forehead to forehead once again, arguing about SOMETHING.
"They're…just…arguing…again…" Wendy sighed.
"Hello~." Mirajane walked over to the two girls, placing a plate of pancakes in front of Cynthia. "I'm glad to see you're awake~!" Mirajane smiled cheerfully at Cynthia.
"T-Thank you…" Cynthia smiled slightly, still feeling out of place in such a lively, free building.
"My name is Mirajane Strauss! What's yours?" Mira sat across from Cynthia, the smile never leaving her face.
"My name is Cynthia…" Cynthia averted her gaze slightly after introducing herself.
"She's a bit shy, Mira-san," Wendy whispered.
Mirajane nodded, "If you need anything, don't be afraid to ask me," Mirajane nodded at Cynthia before standing up and heading back behind the bar.
"Cynthia-san, if you don't mind me asking…how old are you?" Wendy asked.
"Thirteen…" Cynthia replied, then proceeded to eating her pancakes.
"Wendy," Carla walked over to the dragon slayer, hopping up on the table, "Is she alright?" Carla gestured over to Cynthia, who blocked the world out as she ate the pancakes.
"Hai," Wendy gave a small nod, "She's a little nervous, but that's not surprising." She then winced in a sort of pain, clutching her chest for a brief second as she closed one eye. "O-Ow…"
"Are you okay?!" Carla's expression quickly changed into a worried once as she looked over Wendy.
"I-I'm fine…just a sudden shock…that's all…" Wendy groaned slightly as she opened her eye.
"Maybe you should lie down," Carla suggested.
"N-No, I'm fine, honest. Plus I have to introduce Cynthia to everyone!" Wendy replied, smiling cheerfully as if the random pain had never even happened. "Everyone, can I have your attention!" Wendy said quietly at first, causing her voice to become drowned out by all the yelling. "U-Uh…Excuse me!" Still nothing, the usual banter of the guild drowning out her voice. Wendy pouted and slowly slinked down into her chair.
"EVERYONE QUIET DOWN," Erza demanded, her demand causing the guild to quiet down in a heartbeat as everyone sat and stared at her attentively. Erza merely cleared her throat, and pointed to Wendy, "They're all yours, Wendy."
"Arigato, Erza-san!" Wendy grinned, standing on top of a table so everyone inside could see her. "I would like to introduce someone to you!" Cynthia's face turned crimson red as she realized that everyone inside was going to be introduced to her; she could barely handle Wendy, how was she going to handle all these strangers?! "Her name is Cynthia, so would you all please give her a nice Fairy Tail welcome!"
"Aheh…" Cynthia slowly slid down the table, but she stopped when Gajeel picked her up by the back of her shirt, examining her. "P-PUT ME DOWN!" She flailed around, her heartbeat speeding up from pure fear.
"Relax, I'm not gonna hurt ya, shorty," Gajeel sighed, plopping the young girl back into her seat.
"You don't know how to treat a girl, you jerk," Levy huffed, crossing her arms.
"Gihehe, really now, shrimp?" Gajeel picked levy up by the back of her shirt and watched as she flailed around.
"Not funny, put me down!" Levy cried.
"U-Uhm…" Cynthia scratched her head, watching Gajeel in Levy before giggling a little, and mumbling to herself, "That's cute…" Cynthia then turned, only to be face to face with Natsu, causing the girl to yelp in surprise and nearly fall back, "H-HEY…!?"
"Hmmm…" Natsu eyed Cynthia cautiously, replaying their battle the day before in his head.
"N-Natsu-san…what are you…?" Wendy just watched as Natsu observed Cynthia, unsure on what she should do.
"You…You're a dra-" Before Natsu could finish his sentence, Lucy had smacked her hand over his mouth and pulled him away, despite his flailing, "MMMMPF!"
"Oi, don't mind him…" A shirtless and pant less Gray sighed.
"….W-…Where are your clothes…?!" Cynthia asked, covering her eyes as she jumped up.
"What do you mean where are my…" Gray looked down, noticing that he was in his black boxers and yelped out, running off in embarrassment, "GAH!"
Juvia, who was hiding behind a support beam, quickly spotted the half naked Gray running off and quickly chased after him, hearts in her eyes, "GRAYYYY-SAMAAAAA~~~~~~~~~!"
Cynthia sighed, causing Wendy to panic slightly, "D-Don't worry! Things are normally like this! I-I mean! Everyone is so friendly; you should talk to them more…!" Wendy winced slightly, unsure from what, but she felt a pain growing in her body; however she choose to ignore is as it was probably nothing.
Markarov was drinking a mug of beer while eying Cynthia, Natsu's sudden interest in her peaking his own, "Hm…"
"Something wrong, Master?" Cana asked, sitting cross legged on the ground chugging down a barrel of beer like it was nothing.
"Nothing's wrong, something about that girl is interesting to me though…" Markarov shrugged slightly, taking a sip from his mug, looking over at Erza as she approached.
"Master, there's something I have to tell you," Erza said.
"What is it, Erza?" Markarov set his beer down, looking up at Titania.
"That girl…it appears that she's a Dragon Slayer of some kind…" Erza stated, glancing over at Wendy and Cynthia.
"A Dragon Slayer?" Cana stood up, only because she finished the barrel and was ready for a new one.
Erza nodded, "She fought with Natsu, and at the end of the battle she said, "Roar of the Omega Flame Dragon!"" Erza quoted, remembering the battle between Cynthia and Natsu.
"Omega Flame?" Markarov scratched his head, but he then shrugged, "Something does seem odd about that girl, I've never heard of an Omega Flame Dragon before…but I assume it's just like all the other fire dragons?"
Erza shook her head, "You would think so…but her flames are red, and they grow darker as she uses more of her magical power. Not to mention, Natsu was unable to eat her flames, but she could eat his no problem."
"Hmmm…I see…We'll keep an eye on that girl then," Markarov nodded, "I can tell by her current actions she's not used to big crowds such as this, I just hope this guild's attitude doesn't overwhelm her…"
Lucy took a seat across from Cynthia, raising an eyebrow as she noticed the black haired girl looking around. "Looking for someone…?" Lucy asked.
"Mhm…that brown haired guy…he was with you, wasn't he? I can't really remember…it's a haze…" Cynthia held her head groaning softly while Lucy scowled.
"Yeah, who was that guy, Lucy-san?" Wendy asked, now turning her head towards Lucy.
Lucy sighed, wanting to avoid this topic, but she knew she had to warn Wendy of him, and them. "He's not from Fairy Tail, Cynthia," Lucy started. "His name is Luke Cloud, and he's a mage from the guild called White Eclipse…"
"White Eclipse…?" Wendy tilted her head slightly at the name, "I've never heard of them…"
"The people in White Eclipse are buncha assholes…" Natsu sneered, the thought of every single one of those members annoying him.
"W-Why?" Wendy was afraid to ask, but she already did.
"They think they're better than us just because they have a more wins over us!" Natsu clenched his fist, remembering his own defeat to one of their members.
"How did you guys even meet…?" Cynthia asked, Natsu's anger scaring her slightly, so she inched closer towards Wendy.
"I ran into one of their members, that Luke guy…" Natsu smirked, remembering his victory over Luke. "I kicked his ass once."
"What's up with this Luke? He seems popular…" Cynthia asked yet again, her curiosity getting the best of her.
"He's a copy mage…" Lucy replied. "He copies the magic of those he fights and uses it against them…"
"He sounds strong…" Wendy frowned slightly.
"He is…he fought me once…after that we fought again...and again…He even beat Gray…." Lucy continued. Her expression fell slightly when she thought about her previous encounters with Luke. Not once did she manage to win...
"He beat you guys...?" Wendy gasped, her eyes widening. She never had the chance to meet White Eclipse until the previous day, but this did explain a lot...
"Sort of," Lucy replied, "Anyway…we became friends after we fought…and beat me the second time…" Lucy sighed, placing her hands in her lap as she looked down at the floor.
"What happened after that…? You two didn't seem to get along at all…" Wendy looked up at Lucy.
"I don't want to talk about it," Lucy replied, glancing off to the side. They used to be friends, but it felt like they were anything but these days.
"Back to White Eclipse as a whole…?" Cynthia asked, looking over at Natsu since Lucy didn't seem to be in the mood to talk anymore.
"All of their members think they're better than us just because they've beaten us a lot, I can't stand it. I can't stand Luke for hurting Lucy like that, and I can't stand that Takeru guy!" Natsu pounded the table with his fist, using it as an outlet for his anger, causing Cynthia to jump slightly. "I can't stand all of those assholes, actually!"
"Natsu, you're scaring her..." Lucy said with a sweat drop. Cynthia wasn't used to this at all and it was clear...
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"ACHOO!" Luke covered his mouth with the back of his hand as he sneezed.
"AGAIN?" Selene asked, leaning back against the couch.
"I guess I'm being talked about…a lot…again…" Luke shrugged, going back to relaxing.
