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Chapter One: Introduction

It was another peaceful, normal day in the town of Magnolia. The sun shone brightly as it hung in the sky, the birds on the rooftops sang cheerful tunes, and the people went about their everyday activities. Yes, everything was at peace.

Everything except one specific place, that is. But, that isn't to say that it wasn't also 'normal'. For located at the very back of Magnolia sat the reason for the town's legacy - both its fame and its infamy. That place, which sat right on the water's edge was…

Fairy Tail.

Unlike the rest of the town, the hall and gathering spot of the most infamous Wizard's Guild in all of Fiore was as loud as ever, and the members partied hard at all times. And this particular time was a large cause for partying.

Amongst that party, Mirajane, Laki, and Kinana took orders and served high-grade meat and alcohol to the people who wouldn't stop drinking or partying for anything. Elfman was lecturing anyone who would listen to his shouting, though all he was doing was saying 'man' over and over.

Cana was complaining about the lack of booze, though she had just downed an entire third barrel. As she threw it, it landed right on top of a person she had made pass out in a drinking competition a few hours ago. Vijeeter stood on the table she sat on and danced, constantly having to ignore her drinking challenges.

Nab, like always, was idling around in front of the request board. For the thirty minutes since he got there, he had built up a line thirty-three people long.

"Which one…?" The tall Indian man rubbed his chin as his eyes darted back and forth between each single piece of paper. "I can't decide…"

"Come on, Nab! Hurry up!" The first one in the line behind Nab began to push him aside. This man was of average height, and wore a large fur jacket over a purple shirt and wore a towering hat that matched his jacket and covered his orange hair. "You're taking too damn long, man!"

"I'm just trying to figure out which ones I can do… Rushing through life won't get you anywhere, Jet."

"Yeah? Well…" The second he saw an opening, Jet reach passed Nab and grabbed the first job he saw. "That isn't the motto I live my life by, pal. The early bird gets the worm; the fastest one gets the goal first."

As soon as he got the paper off the board, he ran over to Mira and had her okay it, then he was out the door at the speed of light, leaving Droy and Levy to chase after him.

"Wai- Jet!" The short girl with blue hair and the average man with a black shark tail ran out the door, though there was honestly no chance that they were going to catch him. But just as they ran out of the door, they passed by a fellow Fairy Tail Wizard… one of the more well-known ones.

"Ah, man… I can't believe I lost another job."

"Aye…"

Natsu Dragneel walked through the large wooden doors of the medieval castle-style guild hall, slumped over so far that his hands almost scraped the floor as he moved. Happy floated along behind him in the same state. Even his wings drooped, though he still stayed in the air.

"This sucks…" He was, once again, unable to overcome his motion sickness and passed out on the train to his next job. "Today has been so slow."

"Well, you know what they say, flame brain." Behind him, came another one of Fairy Tail's well-known Wizards. In comparison to Natsu, he looked extremely happy. "Ya snooze, ya lose." Grey walked in with his hands in his pocket and smiled widely as he held up a pouch containing money. "Maybe next time you should walk."

"The hell'dya say to me, ya droopy eyed pervert?" Almost instantly, Natsu broke out of his miserable state and slammed his forehead up against Grey's, his entire body beginning to swirl with flames.

"I said 'walk', moron!" Grey pushed back without hesitation, his body swirling with an icy mist. "And who the hell are you calling a pervert, you slanted eyes flame brain?"

"But Grey…" Cana picked up another entire barrel of booze and began to chug from it as she spoke. "You're half naked."

"WHAT!?" Looking down, Grey noticed that he was indeed stripped down to his underwear. "Wha- When did this happen!? Grey, once again, was unable to overcome his sub-conscious stripping habit, and went near bear naked the second he took his hands from his pockets.

"Natsu-san. If you want, I can come with you to the station and cast a Troia before you leave." Wendy walked over to the two of them and smiled as she closed her eyes. "Though it wouldn't last for more than a few hours, so you would have to… WAI-" By the time she opened her eyes, Natsu was nowhere to be seen. "Natsu-san?"

Natsu was already pushing against Nab's face to get him out of the way to get to the request board; much to the latter's annoyance. It seemed his slump was already over. He grabbed the first one that looked easy and ripped it off the board.

"Mira! I'm going on this one!" Without even waiting for a response, Natsu bolted out of the door, Happy flying at full speed right behind him. "Let's go, Happy!"

"AYE, SIR!"

"Wait a minute! Natsu!" Mira yelled after him from the bar counter, holding a notebook labeled 'Taken' in her hand. "If I don't know which one it is, someone else might take it when I repost the unfinished jobs!" He was long gone before she could get half-way done. "Oh my…"

"Man, he's such a dunce!" Carla hovered beside Wendy, her arms crossed. "He's just going to pass out again without Wendy."

"Now, now…" Mira forced a worried smile at the white cat. "Natsu's just excited about next month; he's been waiting for this ever since he met Gildarts, after all."

"Still…"

Mira smiled towards the door, thinking about something that apparently made her happy.

'She was happy on that day, as well.'