Disclaimer : I do not own Fairy Tail. It belongs to the amazing Hiro Mashima.
IN WHICH MAKAROV MAKES AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
It was in the late morning. All Fairy Tail members were gathered in the guild to hear Master Makarov's announcement. He was on the stage, sourrounded by the three s-ranked mages.
« Since long ago, this has been Fairy Tail's custom. And now, is the announcement in the participants for the S-class wizard promotion trial ! »
Everyone applaused., exited
Levy was excited too. She wondered who will be the participants this year. Cana, of course. Probably Natsu and Gray. Juvia and Gajeel would both deserve it but people still had in mind the episode with Phantom (especially concerning Gajeel but his attitude didn't help, even if he had improved a lot during these months) ... Ah ! she was forgetting Mist !
She secretely hoped that she would have her chance one day too … she'd made good progresses lately so if she kept on improving like this, maybe next year, or the year after, she would be chosen ...
« The venue for this year's trial is Tenrou Island. The Holy ground of our guild. »
Tenrou Island ! What a great idea ! It wasn't often they had the opportunity to see it … She craved to see how it looked like and Mavis Grave …
« Strength … Heart … Soul … I've been watching for each of these things this past year. There will be 8 participants. Natsu Dragneel. »
« Alriiiiiiiiight ! » shouted the Fire Dragonslayer.
« You did it, Natsu ! » exclaimed Happy.
« Gray Fullbuster. »
« The time has finally come. » said Gray.
Natsu and Gray, as predicted!
« Juvia Loxor. »
« Eh ? Juvia too ? » asked Juvia.
It was cute to see Juvia's reaction. She didn't know what would happen coming this morning, and now she was in the middle of the event !
« Elfman. »
« To be worthy to be called a man, one must become s-class ! »
« Good luck Elfnii-chan »
Of course he found a way to link it to manliness …
« Cana Alberona. »
Poor Cana, she really didn't seem to enjoy it. She probably feared failing like the years before. She would really deserve to become an S-class though …
« Fried Justine. »
« The one to take Luxu's place is … »
« Levy McGarden. »
Huh ! What ? Her ? Unbelievable !
« Me … finally … »
« It's Levy ! » claimed Jet and Droy.
After years in Fairy Tail, she could finally become an s-ranked mage !
She was on nine clouds.
« Mest Gryder. »
« It's Mest ! Last year was so close ! » exclaimed someone in the croud.
« This time, only one will pass from among them. »
Only one ? Why ? What if more than one deserved it ? And there was more than one person that deserved it among the 8 participants. It was quite unfair ...
« Get into your best condition within one week's time. »
One week to prepare the exam … that was short.
« Wh .. Why wasn't I included …? » asked Gajeel
She wasn't really surprised but felt sorry for her friend ...
« I've heard about your standing and position in the guild. I guess they can't trust you yet. » answered Lily.
« No ! That's not it ! I can't talk about that but that's not it ! »
Again the « I can't talk about that » old thing … One day, she would find out what were those « secret missions » he always refused to tell her about.
« I heard from Erza. » added Lily.
« Hehehe ! It's too early … » said the female knight.
« Damnit ! »
So Erza still had a grudge against him … Even Jet and Droy had turn over a new leaf, more or less … Actually, considering she'd forgotten Luxus and Jellal who did way worse, it was unfair …
« There are some newbies here. So I will explain the rules. »
« Within a preliminary period of one week, you 8 are to select one partner. » continued Mirajane.
Partners bond … Master Makarov liked to test it. It was very important after all. But she was fine with it !
« There are two rules to select your partner : first they must be a member of fairy tail second they can't be an s-class mage. » explained Erza.
Logical.
« Which means Erza, Mirajane and Gildartz can't be chosen. » deduced Lily.
« Of course ! Having ezra-san as your partner would make you too powerful ! » exclaimed Wendy.
« The details of the exam will be revealed at Tenrou Island but erza will attempt to block you all from proceeding. »
« Heeeeeeeeeee? » everybody was amazed.
Im...impossible ! How were they supposed to do it with Erza stopping them ?
« I'll also be a troublemaker this time ! » said Mirajane, smiling.
« Heeeeeeeeee ? »
« You… you mean nobody will become an s-rank unless they beat erza or mira-san ! » shouted Lucy..
It was getting better and better ... Every time they added a rule, she felt the S-class title run away from her …
« You understand now that this is hard, right ? » said Warren.
« Enought whinning, this a path that all s-ranked mages have gone down. » claimed Gildartz.
« Wait a minute. » Elfman wished he misunderstood.
« NO WAY ! » claimed Happy.
« Gildartz is taking part too ! » exclaimed Natsu.
« Don't be happy ! » shouted Gray.
Master Makarov absolutely, definitively mad. This year's exam was way TOO difficult ! But she'd never expected it to be easy. And they only said that the three S-class mages would be troublemaker not that they would have to fight them, right ? Maybe there would be some sort of race or assault coursewith a lot of obstacles in which you (and your partner) need to use your skills and magic to get to the end of it and Erza, Mira and Gildartz would try to block them ?That sounded fun !
« The chosen eight will take their partners and gather at Hargeon port one week from now. That is all ! »
It has nothing to do with this story, but I wonder what is the book Levy has been gifted by Horlogium in the Spirits World ? A spell book ? A mythology book ? A book about ancient languages ? A beautiful and old story ? ... What do you think about it ?
Basicly, and you probably saw it by yourself, I used Fairy Tail's trial chapter and added Levy's pov. But still I hope you liked this begining ... =D
If I made mistakes, tell it to me ! I'll correct it as soon as possible.