A girl with blonde hair that was tied to the side with a blue ribbon, wearing a blue skirt, black boots, and white blouse was walking down the streets of Hargeon Town. The girl had a smile on her face and was enjoying the fresh air of the town looking around for a magic store. This girl's name is Lucy Heartfilia.
Lucy continued to look around for a magic shop while enjoying the sites of the town, "The air here feels so nice!" looking around some more she finally spots a magic shop.
"Excuse me!" Lucy said cheerfully.
The man came from behind the corner, "Oh welcome welcome! How may I help you today?" he asked kindly.
Lucy smiled, "Sorry to bother you, but is this the only magic shop here in town?"
He nodded, "Yes it is. Does that disappoint you?"
She shook her head, "Nope. Just thought I'd ask. Anyway do you have anything good? I'm not picky so anything's fine."
He smiled brightly, "I have just the thing you might like!" he grabbed a pink box that had the words ColorS on it.
"This item is very popular among girls! Its called ColorS!"
"Heh, so how does it work?" Lucy asked.
He smiled, "Like this!" he slid over the mirror like surface and his clothes began to change colors impressing Lucy.
"I can see how that's popular! I'll take it!" Lucy said, "Do you have anything else?"
"As a matter of fact I do!" he brought out black fingerless gloves with a fist symbol on it, "The are also a magical item known as Strength Gloves!"
Lucy was staring at the gloves with interest, "So how does this one work?"
He brought the items close to Lucy, "Try them on!" she shrugged and put the gloves on, "So now what?"
He lifted a piece of wood, "Punch it."
She smirked, "Fine by me!" she brought her hand back and punched the wood seeing it smash into small splinters. She brought her hand back and smiled, "That was amazing!"
The shopkeeper blinked in surprise, "Yes…it certainly was…"
Lucy looked down and noticed that he had a silver celestial gate key, "You have the gate key Canis Minor?!" she asked in excitement.
He snapped out of it and smiled again, "Oh why yes as a matter of fact I do! Take it you're a celestial wizard?"
She nodded, "Yep. I've been looking everywhere for this one! I can buy from you right?!"
He smiled at her eagerness, "Of course you can! Tell you what since you've been the best customer I've ever had I'll give you the ColorS and Strength Gloves for free and only charge you the celestial key which is now 10,000 J!"
Lucy looked surprised, "Really? Are you sure?"
He nodded, "Of course! Because as of right now your now my favorite customer! Do come back again if you ever visit Hargeon again!"
She grinned, "Sure!" after paying for only the key she grabbed the ColorS box since she was still wearing the gloves and left the store.
The man watched her leave then got in a thinking pose, "But still…its true the Strength Gloves enhance a persons strength." He looked down at the splintered wood, "Its never done something like this before. It only does this if the persons strength is naturally strong."
Lucy was walking down the street with a smile on her face, looking down at the box she smiled, "It wouldn't hurt to have a change of clothes every once in a while, but I think I'll put this somewhere safe."
"Kansō Mahō (Requip Magic)!" a magic circle appeared below her allowing the items she stored in her closet space to appear. She put the box inside the space and the circle disappeared.
"There nice and safe. So where should I head to now?" she said.
"Kyaa he's here!"
"Salamander's here!"
"Oh my god!"
Lucy plugged her ears at the loud squealing and yelling, "I know Salamander from Fairy Tail is famous and all but all that yelling and squealing is unnecessary." She saw a large crowd being gathering around an individual and shrugged her shoulders, "Might as well see what all the fuss is about."
Meanwhile
A blue cat riding who was lying on a pink haired man's head heard the name "Salamander."
"Hey Natsu did you that? They said Salamander!" the blue cat said.
Natsu nodded, "Yeah I heard Happy! It could be Igneel!"
"Aye!" Happy said.
With Lucy
Lucy finally got near the crowd and saw a man with blue hair wearing a black cloak, white shirt, and red pants. She rolled her eyes, this man's not Salamander of Fairy Tail just some imposter pretending to be him and to add to that he's using Charm Magic of all things.
"Using Charm Magic to try and get girls attention. What a scumbag!" Lucy growled. She saw the man looking right at her and winked at her she rolled her eyes again and looked away in disgust missing the mans surprised look.
"Igneel!"
Lucy turned back and saw a pink haired boy push pass the crowd with excitement on his face only to be replaced with disappointment, "Who the hell are you?" he said rudely making Lucy laugh.
"Hey what's your problem?"
"This is Salamander! Show some respect!"
"You should be more kinder to Salamander!"
The man laughed, "Now now, it's not his fault he doesn't know who I am," the man offers the boy an autograph, "Here, I'll give you my autograph."
"I don't want it." Natsu said with a deadpan expression.
"How dare you!" the women yelled about to attack him when Lucy stepped in and hit them all the head but help back a little.
"Ow my head!" the woman said but then looked around, "Huh? What's going on? What am I doing here?"
"Yeah, I'm supposed to pick up some food. Not standing around here." Another woman said.
All the woman around the man dispersed and left leaving him flabbergasted and Natsu and Happy blinking in confusion.
Lucy stretched yawning, "Well now that they've left I can finally go and get something to eat." She said about to walk away when Natsu grabbed her hand making her turn to him.
"Can I help you with something?"
His stomach growled, "Hungry…"
She sweat-dropped, "Um, okay…do you want to come and get some food with me?"
He smiled brightly, "Yes!"
She found herself smiling, "Well, let's go then!" she said walking in the direction of a restaurant that was close by with Natsu and Happy following right behind her.
The man watched them leave his eyes on Lucy, "That girl…"
Hargeon Restaurant
Natsu and Happy were stuffing their faces with food much to horror of the customers and Lucy's amusement.
"You two sure can eat." She said.
"Aye!" Happy said.
Natsu was still stuffing his face but started talking, "So…who was that guy anyway?"
She shrugged, "Don't know, but claimed to be the famous "Salamander" even though I knew it wasn't him. He was also using "Charm magic" which loses its effects once the victim knows what's happening, or you could force someone out of it but whacking them upside the head which is what I did to those women who were about to attack you." she explained.
Natsu simply nodded and went back to eating but Happy decided to talk with her some more, "How do you know so much about it?"
She smiled, "It's because I'm a mage myself even though I haven't joined a guild yet. I'm what you'd call an independent mage, by the way my names Lucy."
Natsu finally stopped eating, "I'm Natsu Dragneel and this little guy is my buddy Happy."
"Aye sir!" Happy said.
"Natsu and Happy huh?" Lucy mumbled, "Nice to meet you, so Natsu what kind of magic do you use?"
"Aye! Natsu's a dragon slayer!" Happy answered.
"Dragon Slayer?" Lucy questioned.
Natsu nodded, "It's the magic that Igneel taught me!"
"Igneel?"
"Igneel's a dragon!" Happy said.
A dragon huh? So that means he was raised by a dragon." Lucy thought then smiled, "So you were raised by a dragon? That's kind of cool."
Natsu and Happy looked at her then at each other then back to her, "You believe us?" Natsu questioned.
She smiled, "Of course I do. What makes you think I wouldn't?"
"Every time we tell someone that they never believe us." Happy explained.
Lucy shrugged, "I like to think outside the box, and besides why would you lie about learning your magic from a dragon? If you say this dragon Igneel taught you his magic then I believe its true." She smiled.
Natsu felt a smile creep onto his lips the same thing happened to Happy. Both best friends smiled at each other and were about to say something else but Lucy got up and paid for their food and left, "I better get going. It was nice meeting you guys hope we see each other again." She then began to walk away.
Natsu and Happy had tears in their eyes and bowed to her, "Thank you for your kindness!"
She laughed at them, "You guys are so weird!" she turned back around.
"Wait! Do you want that fake Salamander's autograph?" Nastu asked.
"Feel free to burn it!" she responded leaving the restaurant.
Hargeon Park
Lucy was in the park reading Sorcerer's Weekly Magazine chuckling at how the guild is always destroying things, "They really are destructive aren't they?" she then sees an article about Mirajane Strauss, "Looks like Mira is pretty famous herself despite only being a model, but who knows? She might be a powerful mage herself."
She then looked up at the sky, "I wonder though, how does one join Fairy Tail anyway?"
"I see, so you want to join Fairy Tail do you?" a voice said from behind her.
Lucy turned around and saw the same man she saw earlier, "Oh, its you." she said unimpressed.
He smirked, "I've been looking for you. My names Bora, and what's your name?"
"None of your business," she smiled, "And by the way, I knew you weren't' the famous Salamander either. Also before you get any funny ideas don't even think about trying to use your Charm Magic on me because it won't work, worthless scumbag."
Bora stiffened, "Worthless scumbag…?"
She got up from the bench, "If that's all I'm leaving now. Unlike you I have places to be." She said walking away from him.
"W-wait! You want to join Fairy Tail right?" he called out.
Lucy rolled her eyes, "So what if I do? Not only are you a nuisance but an ease dropper too huh?"
"I can get you in! If you come to my party that's being held on my boat I could talk to the master and convince him to let you join!" He said.
She sighed knowing full well he was lying but another thought occurred to her, using charm magic then inviting me to go on his boat? Yeah that's not suspicious. Oh well, might as well see what kind of illegal stuff he's doing then I'll just wipe him out. She thought.
"I suppose I could clear my schedule," she said walking away, "I'll go to your stupid party."
He grinned thinking he had her, but little did he know it was the other way around.
With Natsu and Happy
Natsu and Happy were watching the fake Salamander's ship with a frown appearing on the boys face. He hear some girls talking about how the fake Salamander was hosting some party on his ship and how he was part of Fairy Tail. Naturally he couldn't help but get angry over this and headed straight to the ship and was now glaring at it.
Happy was sitting next to him, "Hey Natsu?"
"Huh?"
"Do you think we'll see Lucy again?" He asked.
Natsu thought about it then smiled, "I don't know buddy, but I hope we do!"
Happy smiled, "Aye!"
On Bora's Ship
Lucy decided to humor the idiot and wear a red dress but kept her strength gloves on. She was currently sitting in front of Bora him pouring her a drink while she was looking out the window.
"A toast!" he said raising his glass.
Lucy turned to Bora then smirked, "I'm not interested in drinking a drink that's bee spiked but thanks anyway."
He froze realizing that he had been caught, "How…?"
She got up from her seat, "Oh and you can tell the guys that are currently hiding in this room they can come out now because I've known they've been here from the start."
At her words the men all came out of hiding wearing shocked expressions on their faces.
"How the hell did she know we were here?" one guy asked.
She smiled then pointed to her eyes, "I see things differently that's how."
Bora then stood up himself, "Yeah well so what? Just because you caught onto us doesn't mean you can take us all on!"
"Actually I can because your not that strong, and besides," she looked up at the ceiling, "We're about to have another guest here anyway."
They gave her confused looks, which soon vanished when Nastu came bursting through the window landing near Lucy who scent he smelled on the boat.
Natsu turned to her, "You okay Lucy?"
She smiled, "I'm fine no harm done, but what are you doing here?"
"We were about to ask you the same thing." Happy said hovering above her head.
She smiled then brought a finger up to her lips, "It's a secret."
Natsu and Happy gave her a confused look but then the pink haired mage refocused on the enemies in front of them, "Happy! Take Lucy someplace safe!"
"Aye sir!" Happy said grabbing the back of Lucy's dress lifting her in the air and flying off with her.
"You won't escape!" Bora said shooting purple fire at them but Happy managed to maneuver around them making sure they wouldn't get hit impressing Lucy.
"Happy, you can stop carrying me now." She said suddenly.
"Huh?" Happy said in confusion. Before he could ask why Lucy managed to get his paws to let her go making her fall head first towards the water.
"Lucy!" Happy cried out fearfully charging down to try and catch her.
She wasn't afraid of falling towards the water. In fact she was smirking, "Wakusei Mahō: Suisei Fōmu (Planet Magic: Mercury Form)!" the water then shot up from the river and engulfing Lucy in water. When the water cleared her appearance changed.
She had long sky blue hair, ocean blue eyes, wearing a blue and gold dress that was open on the side with blue sleeves that were around the upper arm covering her hands secured by gold ribbon, wearing no shoes and instead was showing her bare feet the mark of Mercury on her shoulder, which was shaped into the biological sign for female, but was crescent and had horns sticking out of it. She also had a blue fan with ocean artwork on it with gold spikes at the tips and a gold ribbon hanging from the bottom of it. The fan was about the same size as the human body, and she was holding it like it wasn't that big of deal. The water was underneath her feet allowing her to stand on it with no problems.
"That's incredible Lucy! You can control water!" Happy said landing next to her touching the water making sure it wouldn't break apart if it poked it.
Lucy smiled, "Nufufufu, only when I'm in Mercury form or using the mark of Mercury, which allows me still control water." She said bringing her fan up to her mouth showing her amusement.
"Wow!" Happy said impressed by Lucy's magic.
She smiled, "Normally I would summon Aquarius for a situation like this but she's out on a date right now and the last thing I want to do is take her away from her date, so I'll just do this instead."
"Do what?" Happy questioned.
She smirked, "You might want to get on my head Happy. I'm about to have some fun, nufufufu."
Happy did just that getting on her head curious to see what she was going to do.
"Natsu is still on the boat so I have to be gentle," she said raising her fan in the air then twirled around almost like she was dancing, "Mizu Ēbu (Water Wave)!" water gathered around her fan and she sent the wave towards the boat making it go to port unaware that she sent Bora's minions into the ocean. When the boat got to shore she smirked, "Now then, why don't we go check on Natsu? Nufufufu."
Happy grinned, "Aye sir!"
Lucy commanded the water to take her and Happy to the port where Natsu and Bora are.
With Natsu and Bora
Bora stood up slowly having been tossed outside the boat, "What the hell just happened? The water moved on its own!"
Nastu who was able to shake off his motion sickness was surprised himself, "Water moving on its own?" he heard a giggle above him and looked seeing a blue haired girl with Happy on her head.
"Not quite, but I can see how you'd think that, nufufufu." She said.
Natsu blinked, "Who are you?"
Happy answered, "Natsu! This is Lucy! She transformed and controlled the water!"
"Seriously?!" Natsu yelled.
Lucy smiled using the water to descend towards the ground, "Happy speaks the truth Natsu. In this form I can command water and even turn it into ice if I so wish, nufufufu."
"I see, but why are you talking like that?" Natsu asked.
"My personality changes when I take different planetary forms, like right now I'm as calm as the flowing river, nufufufu." She explained.
"That's so cool!" Natsu and Happy said with stars in their eyes.
She smiled, "I appreciate your compliments, but I believe we have a fool to defeat do we not?"
Natsu blinked then remembered Bora was still here with a shocked expression on his face. Natsu grinned, "Your right Lucy we do!" he said both fists on fire, "I'm all fired up!"
Bora growled, "You…you'll pay for this" he said shooting purple fire at Natsu who opened his mouth and ate it.
Bora's mouth was hanging wide-open much to Lucy and Happy's amusement.
"Good job Natsu! I think the fool's gone speechless!" Lucy giggled.
"Aye!" Happy snickered.
"Blegh! Disgusting! Are you sure you're a fire mage?" Nastu questioned.
Bora stepped back in fear, "W-what the hell are you?"
Natsu punched his fist into his hand, "I'm Natsu Dragneel of Fairy Tail!"
"The real Salamander." Lucy finished for him.
Bora went pale, "T-the real Salamander!"
Natsu grinned and charged at him, "Karyū no Tekken (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)!" with his fist on fire he punched Bora right in the face sending him hurling towards the clock tower but Lucy had other plans.
She pointed her fan towards him, "Akua Kyū (Aqua Sphere)!" the water shot out from the tip of her fan and hit Bora trapping in an aqua ball. He was unconscious so Lucy simply lowered him to the ground gently making the sphere disappear.
"Amazing Lucy!" Happy cheered.
She smiled, "Why thank you Happy, nufufufu." She dispelled her Mercury form and returned to the normal looking Lucy, "I'll admit though, seeing Natsu's dragon slayer magic up close was pretty amazing."
Natsu grinned, "Same with you!"
She smiled, "Thanks."
"Who's responsible for the destruction of this port!" the trio turned around to see some armed guards asking the civilians questions. Guess someone called the Magic Council after hearing all the noise.
Lucy smiled weakly, "Well, that's not good." She was about to leave when Natsu grabbed her hand and pulled her along while he began to run.
"What are you doing Natsu?" Lucy asked.
He grinned, "Isn't it obvious? I'm taking you to Fairy Tail!"
"Aye sir!" Happy said floating near her.
She shook her head and smiled, so I'm going to Fairy Tail huh? Looks like you were right mom, my destiny is leading me into something fun. She thought.
Era
At the Magic Council Headquarters the member's of the council were once again complaining about Fairy Tail and how they were causing more destruction.
"Those damn Fairy Tail mages just keep destroying things as if it was the most normal thing in the world! Destroying half a port! Unbelievable!" on man shouted.
"Honestly, causing all this damage. Maybe we should just disband them." Org suggested.
Siegrain smirked, "Well I for one have no problem with them at all. They make things more entertaining." He said.
Yajima nodded, "Indeed. Fairy Tail is destructive I know, but at least they get the job done."
The head councilmen sighed, "I suppose your right. We'll just leave them be for now unless they do something really stupid."
"Agreed." They all said.
Fairy Tail Guild
Lucy was staring at the tall building in awe, "So this is Fairy Tail. Its pretty big."
"It sure is!" Happy said.
Natsu kicked the door open, "Hey! We're back!" he yelled.
"Welcome back Natsu!" someone said.
"Hey Natsu I heard you destroyed a port! Nice going!" someone else said.
Natsu scanned the room and saw the person who gave him the information of the fake Salamander and kicked him in the face, "You lied about that Salamander! I'm gonna kick your butt!"
"Don't get mad at me I'm not the one to blame here! I just passed along a rumor I heard!" the mage countered.
"It was just a rumor?!" Natsu yelled.
"You wanna fight?! Let's go!"
Lucy stood there smiling, "Well that escalated quickly."
Happy nodded from his position on her head, "Aye."
She smiled at the fighting, "But you know what? Its not a bad guild."
"So Natsu finally made it back huh?" a boy with blue hair said wearing a silver necklace.
Lucy noticed that he was only in his boxers and sweat-dropped, "Why's he only in his underwear?"
"That's Gray for ya." Happy said.
Lucy merely shrugged and headed to bar where it seemed to be the only safe place right now. She dodged incoming chairs, beer bottles, and tables.
Happy was impressed by the fact that she was able move and while also avoiding getting hit by the objects being thrown around the guild. She finally arrived at the bar and simply watched everyone fight not interested in getting involved unless she felt like it.
Gray approached the dust cloud that had the fighting mages in it, "Its time we settle things once and for all!"
The brown haired woman sipped on some wine and frowned at him, "Gray, your clothes."
"I don't have time for that Cana!" he yelled.
Cana sighed, "You see, this is why I don't date the men here because they have no class." She said picking up a large beer barrel and began to drunk from it.
"She says that, yet she drinks from a large barrel filled with alcohol." Lucy pointed out.
"Come here and fight me Natsu!" Gray demanded.
"Not till you put some clothes on!" Natsu yelled.
A large man walked up to them, "Its only noon and you boys are already whining like spoiled babies."
Both Natsu and Gray punched him, "Stay out of this Elfman!"
Lucy giggled, "Natsu and Gray one, Elfman zero."
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
"Geez, its so noisy around here huh?" a ginger haired man in the corner said holding two women against him.
Lucy blinked, "Oh, I know him. He's Loke ranked high on the eligible bachelor's list in Sorcerer's Weekly."
A flying cup hit him in the head, "Are you alright?" one of the girls asked.
"Im gonna go fight, only to protect you two." He said smoothly.
"Good luck Loke!" both girls cheered.
"Well, he's certainly the lady killer isn't he?" Lucy observed.
Happy nodded from her lap, "That's Loke for you."
"Oh hello! Are you new here?" a voice asked.
Turning around Lucy saw that it was Mirajane Strauss. Lucy smiled, "Hello, you must be Mirajane Strauss right?"
"Indeed I am!"
"My names Lucy, it's a pleasure to meet you." Lucy bowed her head slightly.
Mira giggled, "Well now, its not everyday we get a newcomer with manners."
Lucy smiled back then looked at the fighting crowd, "I take it its always like this right?"
Mira nodded, "That's right, it's always like this. Its just best to leave them alone," she turned back to Lucy, "Besides-" the blonde stopped looking at her and noticed Elfman was about to hit Mira so she cocked her fist back punched him right back at the fighting crowd taking Mira by surprise.
"Oh my!" Mira said in awe.
Happy blinked, "Wow! Lucy's strong!"
Lucy turned back to Mira as if nothing ever happened, "Its more fun this way isn't it?"
Mira blinked then smiled, "That's right!"
Lucy's eyes glowed purple for a second then she moved to the side so Gray wouldn't hit her. Impressing both Mira and Happy who clapped in amazement.
Natsu was swinging Gray's boxers around snickering at him.
"Give me back my underwear jerk!" Gray yelled.
Lucy looked away not at all comfortable with seeing a naked man, but she caught Gray's attention.
"Excuse me miss, can I please borrow your underwear?" Gray asked.
Lucy turned back to him looking right into his eyes. She gave Happy over to Mira, and looked back at Gray kicking him away from her sending him across the room making him hit Elfman in the back.
She huffed, "As if I would do something so disgusting."
Loke then picked her up bridal style, "These guys are so insensitive, a woman has needs."
Lucy looked up at him unimpressed then sensed Elfman coming right for them, so she grabbed Loke by the shoulders lifted herself up and over him while Elfman punched him. She landed gracefully on the ground and turned towards Mira, "I don't like being carried in such a way."
Mira smiled, "I see. Your quite flexible aren't you Lucy?"
She shrugged, "I suppose."
"Ugh, its so loud," Cana complained, "So much for having a drink to relax." She brought out a card, "That's enough you guys. I suggest that you knock it off." She warned.
Gray's fists became incased in ice, "Oh yeah? Says who?"
Elfman's arm transformed being completely incased in stone.
Loke's ring glowed green, "You punks can be such a nuisance."
Natsu's fists was encased in fire, "I'm ready for ya!"
Lucy sighed, "Maybe I should join in as well. I'm starting to get irritated."
Just then a giant man appeared out of nowhere, "Will you fools stop bickering like children!"
Lucy looked up and saw the giant man, "He's certainly big isn't he?" just then everyone stopped fighting and looked at the man.
Mira smiled, "I'm sorry I didn't know you were still here Master."
Lucy looked at Mira, "So he's the master?"
"Aye!" Happy said from his position on her head.
Natsu laughed, "Man talk about a bunch of babies! Looks like I won this roun-" before he could finish the large man stomped on him like a bug.
"He didn't stand a chance." Lucy stated.
Happy nodded, "Yep."
The man looked at her, "Well it looks like we have a new recruit?"
Lucy merely blinked then watched the tall man shrink to a smaller size. He was wearing an orange jacket and orange hat with blue stripes on it.
The old man smiled at her, "Nice to meet ya."
Lucy smiled, "Nice to meet you too, master."
Mira smiled, "Lucy this is the Fairy Tail guilds master. Master Makarov."
The old man jumped high in the air then hit the railing hard, but he soon repositioned himself coughing into his hand, "You've gone and done it again! Ya bunch of clowns!" he then lifted a stack of papers, "Just take a look at how much paperwork the magic council sent me this time! This is the biggest pile of complaints yet!"
Lucy smiled weakly, "More complaints? Well that's Fairy Tail for you."
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
"Have you all lost your minds?!" he asked them, "All you kids are good for is getting the higher ups mad at me!"
"However," he burned the pile of complaints, "I say the heck with the magic council." He tossed if away and Natsu took that opportunity to eat it, "Now listen up, any power that surpasses reasons still comes from reasons right? Magic isn't some kind of miraculous power, it is a talent that only works when the flow of energy inside of us and the flow of energy in the natural world are in perfect synchronization."
"To perform magic one must have a strong mind and the ability to focus. It should take over your being and come pouring out of your soul. If all we do is worry about following rules then our magic will never progress, don't let those blowhards on the council scare you follow the path you believe in. Cause that's what makes the Fairy Tail guild number one!" he said lifting up his finger in the air the others soon following him cheering.
Later
Mira stamped Lucy's hand revealing a pink Fairy Tail mark.
"There! Now you're an official member of Fairy Tail guild!" Mira smiled.
Lucy looked at her mark with a smile then went over to Natsu, "Hey Natsu look! Mira just put the official Fairy Tail mark on my hand."
"Oh yeah? That's cool welcome to the guild Looney." He said in a bored tone.
Lucy chopped him on the head making him fall to the ground, "Its Lucy, Natsu."
This caught the attention of everyone present even Nab who's always by the request board.
"Did she just chop Natsu into the ground?"
"I think she did."
"Well damn."
Makarov was by the bar drinking some beer when a little boy came up to him, "How come my dad hasn't come back yet?"
"You're starting to work my nerves Romeo." Makarov complained, "You're a wizards son have faith in your father and wait patiently for him."
"But sir, he told me that he'd be back in three days," Romeo said, "And he's been gone for a week now!"
"If I remember correctly he took the job on Mt. Hakobe." Makarov said.
"That's right! And it's not that far from here! So why won't somebody go look for him!" Romeo yelled.
"Listen kid, your old man's a wizard! And like every other wizard in this guild he can take care of himself!" Makarov yelled, "Now go home have some milk and cookies and wait."
Romeo clenched his fists and punched Makarov, "Jerk! I hate you all!" he yelled running away from the guild with tears in his eyes.
Lucy looked at the boy's retreating figure, "Poor boy…"
"I know it sounds like the master doesn't care, but he really is worried." Mira said.
Lucy heard a crash and saw that Natsu put a dent in the request board and walked away from it.
"What do you think your doing?!" Nab yelled, "You almost broke the board Natsu!"
Lucy saw both Natsu and Happy leave the guild and knew they were going to go find Romeo's dad. Lucy then felt a twinge of pain in her chest thinking about her own father but quickly brushed it aside, "Father, huh?"
"Hm? Did you say something Lucy?" Mira asked.
Lucy got up from the stool and followed after the two ignoring Mira completely.
Mira smiled, "Looks like all three of them are going to Mt. Hakobe to see if Macao's alright."
Makarov sighed, "Good grief," he said finishing his beer, "But I wonder though, what kind of magic does the newcomer have? I can't help but be curious."
"Same here, she punched Elfman like it was nothing. She did the same thing to Gray by kicking him across the room." Nab said.
"She's man!" Elfman yelled.
"She's a girl Elfman." Mira smiled.
With Natsu, Lucy, and Happy
Natsu moaned, "Why'd you come with us?" he questioned.
Lucy looked out the window, "Because…Romeo needs his father, by the way are you alright? You don't look so good."
"Natsu has a serious case of motion sickness. Its because he's a dragon slayer." Happy pointed out.
Lucy looked back to Natsu, "I see." She then thought of something that might be able to help him, "Mark of Neptune." She said, the mark appearing on her right hand, it was shaped like a trident. Her hair was long and wavy turning turquoise while her eyes turned ocean blue. She laid her right hand over to him, "Kaiōsei Shukufuku (Neptune's Blessing)!" turquoise green water appeared and around her hand and engulfed Natsu glowing around him. After it stopped Natsu's motion sickness disappeared. He shot up from his seat.
"Holy crap! I feel so much better!" Natsu said with excitement.
Lucy smiled, "I'm glad." She said the mark disappearing and her going back to her original appearance, "It'll last for 24 hours, so hopefully it won't take too long to find Macao and bring him back to Fairy Tail."
Happy hopped on Lucy's lap, "That was amazing Lucy! You cured Natsu's motion sickness!"
She laughed scratching him from behind the ear earning a purr from the cat, "It's only temporary though."
Nastu grinned at her, "You're the best Luce!"
She raised a brow, "Luce?"
He nodded, "Its my nickname for ya!"
"Aye! Me too!" Happy agreed.
She blinked for a few minutes then smiled, "I see, thanks you guys." The carriage suddenly stopped, "I guess we're there."
"I'm sorry, but this is as far as I can get you." the driver said.
Lucy looked outside and saw that it was a blizzard outside opening the door she felt a rush of cold air hit her, "That's some wind." Stepping out the blizzard she shivered, "Guess that's why they call it Mt. Hakobe."
Natsu stepped out of the carriage Happy sitting on his rolled up blanket on his back. He looked at her, "You gonna be alright in this cold?"
She smiled, "Mark of the Sun." the sun symbol appeared in her chest. It was orange with an orange circle in the middle with sun fires around it. Her hair turned orange in a low ponytail that was hanging from her shoulder her eyes turning yellow, "Yeah I'm good." She said.
Natsu smiled, "You know, that's actually kind of cool."
Happy smiled, "It is cool!"
Lucy smiled, "Lead the way Natsu."
He nodded, "Right."
The three of them walked through the snowy mountain, "Macao! Hey Macao, where are ya?"
"Macao!" Happy yelled.
Lucy was looking around the area herself but couldn't sense him anywhere, "So Natsu what kind of job did Macao go on?"
"To take down Vulcans, something about there being too many of them up here and causing trouble." He said not looking behind him.
"Vulcans huh?" Lucy said, "Shouldn't be too hard then."
Just then a Vulcan appeared in front of them grinning, "Hehehehe."
"That's a big Vulcan!" Happy yelled.
"That it is Happy," Lucy said both hands being engulfed in sun like energy, "Why don't we get started then?"
Natsu glared at the Vulcan and was about to attack when it began sniffing around and spotted Lucy. It then ignored the fire mage and cat and made a beeline for her, "Hey wait!"
It appeared right before her, "I like human woman."
Natsu pounded his fists, "So it can talk huh?"
The Vulcan then picked Lucy up and ran away with her shocking Natsu and Happy, "Lucy!" they yelled but before they could do anything they were gone.
Mt. Hakobe
The Vulcan was leering at Lucy like some kind of pervert something she definitely didn't like. She sighed out in annoyance, "Listen Vulcan I have absolutely no interest in becoming your woman have I made myself clear?"
The Vulcan stopped leering and growled at her, "Won't become my woman? Then I don't want woman!" it yelled about to punch her when she back flipped away from the creature and landed safely on the ice.
Her fists were encased in sun like energy, "You wanna fight? That's fine by me!"
"Lucy!"
Looking towards her right she saw Natsu and Happy running towards her stopping right in front of her, "You alright?" Natsu asked.
She nodded, "I'm good."
"You sure?" Happy asked floating above her head.
She smiled, "No bruises on me even though it tried to punch me after I told it I had no intention of becoming its woman. I was just about to fight it when you guys showed up."
Natsu glared at the Vulcan, "Spill it monkey where is my friend? You understand me right? He's a human man now tell me where he is!"
The Vulcan growled, "Me no want man! Want woman!" it said raising both arms in the air.
Lucy got in front of Natsu, "Taiyō Bīmu (Sun Beam)!" stretching her arm out an orange beam shot out from her hand and hit the Vulcan sending it in the air.
Natsu and Happy blinked in amazement. Lucy turned to him, "Your turn Natsu!" she said getting his attention.
The boy looked at her and grinned, "You listen up! I consider everyone in the Fairy Tail guild my friend!" he said charging at the Vulcan and kicked it in the face sending it down to the ground, "Whether its Gramps and Mira, or even those annoying jerks Gray and Elfman. And Happy and Lucy to, they're all my friends." A magic flame circle appeared below him, "Which is why I'm not leaving without Macao!" he said sending a flaming kick to the Vulcans torso sending it hurling to the ceiling but it was still okay, so Lucy had another idea.
"Natsu! Eat up!" Lucy yelled getting his attention just in time because threw a sun ball right at him. He grinned and opened his mouth eating it making his whole body be covered in sun like flames.
"Cool! Natsu's all powered up now!" Happy said.
Lucy grinned, "That's because I fed him sun like energy, which gave him a power boost. Natsu's won this fight."
"Lucy's flames have me all fired up!" he said bringing his fists together he charged at the Vulcan his flaming fist surrounding his whole arm thanks to Lucy's power boost, "Take this! Karyū no Tekken (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)!" he punched the Vulcan hard sending it away from then and crashing into the ice. The Vulcan eyes were white signaling it was unconscious.
Lucy and Happy walked up to Natsu standing by his side he turned to her, "Thanks for the fire Lucy! It was great!" he grinned.
"Thanks but I didn't feed you fire, but sun like energy. Well technically the sun isn't even considered a planet but oh well." She said.
He shrugged, "Whatever, it still tasted good."
"Aye, it was amazing how Natsu just lit up like that." Happy said.
She shook her head, "If you say so, and don't bother asking the Vulcan where Macao is because we've already found him."
The two looked at her strangely then noticed glowed yellow and revealed to be Macao who was beat up thanks to Natsu and Lucy.
Natsu's eyes widened, "Its Macao!"
Lucy nodded, "The Vulcan must have done a Take-Over spell on him as a last resort. That's why I can't stand them."
Happy looked at her, "You've dealt with Vulcans before Lucy?"
"Unfortunately," she sighed, "Anyway, we should really heal him seeing as how we gave him a brutal beat down. Think you can lay him down for me Natsu?"
He nodded, "Right." He lifted Macao up and laid him down like Lucy instructed.
"It looks like he put up a good fight before that last Vulcan got to him though." Happy said sadly.
"Macao, don't you die on me! Romeo's waiting for you! Open your eyes!" Natsu yelled.
"Natsu," Lucy called out to him calmly, "I need you to be quite for a little while, okay?"
He looked at her in confusion, as did Happy.
"Mark of Neptune." Lucy switched from Sun to Neptune her appearance changing again. She laid both hands out above Macao, "Kaiōsei Shukufuku (Neptune's Blessing)!" like what she did with Natsu instead both of her hands were incased in turquoise liquid it surrounded Macao and began to glow. Natsu and Happy saw that his wounds were vanishing almost like they weren't there.
"That's amazing. Its like she's erasing his wounds from existence." Happy stared in amazement.
Natsu looked at Lucy in amazement. He saw she was concentrating really hard to make sure Macao's wounds were completely gone. She really is a nice person.
After a few more minutes Lucy stopped healing him noticing his wounds have all disappeared. She went back to her normal appearance sweating a little, "Are you okay Lucy?" Happy asked with concern.
She smiled, "Weakly, I'm alright. I just need a minute to rest." She said forgetting that it was freezing cold all around her. Natsu wrapped his blanket around her shoulders making her turn to him in confusion but he just grinned at her.
"You look cold, so I wrapped it around you." he smiled.
She smiled gratefully, "Thanks Natsu."
The heard a groan and turned towards Macao who opened his eyes making them sigh out with relief, "Natsu…"
Natsu smiled, "Your okay!"
Macao smiled sadly, "I'm so pathetic. I defeated 19 of those brutes."
Lucy smiled at him, "19 huh? Impressive."
"But the 20th, that's the one that got me," he continued, "I'm so angry with myself. I'm embarrassed to go home and face Romeo."
Lucy smiled gently at him, "You go home and face him as a proud member of the Fairy Tail guild." She said earning a surprised look from all three of them.
"Defeating 19 Vulcans isn't exactly easy for a single wizard, but you managed to do it anyway. That's something you should be proud of, and I'm positive Romeo doesn't care about how many Vulcans took down, he'll just be happy to see that your alive and well." She said still smiling at him, "Don't you think that's more important?"
Macao looked at her then smiled with tears in his eyes, "Yeah, your right."
Natsu and Happy smiled at Lucy thanking her for giving Macao words of encouragement. Nastu helped Macao up the man looked over to the girl, "By the way, who are you?"
She smiled, "My names Lucy, I just joined the guild."
"Lucy made green water appear and it made all your wounds disappear!" Happy said cheerfully floating around them.
Macao laughed, "Thanks I owe ya one!"
She shook her head, "Don't mention it. I was saving the life of a friend."
Natsu smiled at the fact that she mentioned Macao as a friend, "Let's go home!"
Magnolia
The trio watched the happy reunion between Macao and Romeo both having tears in their eyes. Lucy couldn't but smile but it soon turned into a frown thinking back to her own father. Not wanting to spend another minute here she walked away from Natsu and Happy who looked at her retreating figure.
"Hey wait up Lucy!" Natsu yelled running after her.
"Yeah, wait for us!" Happy yelled.
Romeo saw them leave and called out to them, "Natsu! Happy! Thanks for your help!"
"No prob, kiddo." Natsu waved.
"Aye!" Happy said.
"Lucy! Thanks for helping them bring my bring my daddy back to me!"
The girl turned to the boy and smiled waving back at him, "Your welcome, Romeo." She then looked away with a smile on her face.
Well mom, looks like being in the Fairy Tail guild is where I truly belong.