Big thanks to @quickbeam2727 for helping with the fic!!
Word Count: 8147
CW: Mentions of throwing up but nothing happens, general Fairy Tail violence, mentions of human trafficking (Salamander/Bora talks about drugging and selling a bunch of girls)
Chapter Summery: Lucy wants nothing more than to join Fairy Tail, the most rambunctious wizard’s guild in Fiore. When a phony lures her onto his ship with the promise of getting into the guild of her dreams, her newest friends arrive to bail her out!
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Episode 1: The Fairy Tail
“The Fairy Tail”
“In a land far far away, lies the kingdom of fiore, a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some however, magic is an art, and they’ve devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.” Explains the Narrator.
“This is the port town of Hargeon” The Narrator continues.
“Excuse me sir.” The train attendant attempts to get the attention of the two on the floor of the train car.
One of the people on the floor has short, spiky pink hair and is dressed in a sleeveless, gold trimmed, black waistcoat, left open and untucked, exposing his bare chest. He has a gold trimmed, black cloth around his waist that reaches his knees, held by a leather brown belt with a silver buckle, he's wearing white knee-length trousers with black ribbon ties, a thick black wristband on his left wrist, black open-toed sandals and a white scale-patterned scarf. (description from wiki)
The second has [Hair Length], [Hair Colour] hair in [Hair Style] and is dressed in a dark blue jacket with a white fur trim, she wears a black choker with two blue gemstones, she has a blue cropped tank top and a tennis skirt in the same colour, she has black gloves that only cover her middle finger while leaving the others bare, she wears blue stockings in different lengths, the left one goes to mid thigh while the other is knee length, she has dark blue leg warmers and black mary jane shoes.
“Natsu! (Y/N)! We made it to Hargeon! Come on, get up already!” Exclaims Happy, a small blue cat, while patting Natsu on the head, another small cat named Lumi, although grey, stands beside Happy with a worried look on her face. Natsu can be seen laying face down, groaning in pain due to his motion sickness. (Y/N), in a similar predicament to Natsu, groans in pain as well.
“A-are they alright?” Asks the attendant.
“They're fine, this always happens when they travel” Explains Happy, as if it’s a normal occurrence, Lumi nodding in agreement.
“Never… I'm never riding a stupid train again” Natsu struggles to get out, almost throwing up as he speaks.
“Mhm…” Agreed (Y/N), in the same boat as Natsu. The two, overcome by motion sickness, are face down next to the exit. The two cats are nudging both (Y/N) and Natsu to wake.
“If our information’s correct, then we should find that salamander somewhere in this town.” Happy relays to (Y/N), Natsu, and Lumi, even though the two humans are unable to hear him.
Happy exits the train car, while Lumi strains to drag (Y/N) out. Natsu, still motion sick, leans out of the car window; arms and head fully outside, as if about to throw up.
“Let’s go.” Happy says to the other three.
“Just give me a second, would you?” Natsu struggles to ask.
Workers shovel coal into the engine. As the train starts, Natsu’s head and arms are still sticking out of the window. Happy and Lumi look back and stare at the train as it gains momentum and accelerates down the track toward the horizon, (Y/N) still face down on the ground groaning in pain.
“NOOOOOO!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!” Cries out Natsu speeding down the tracks.
“Uh-oh, there he goes” Mutters Happy.
(Y/N) stumbles as she gets up, off of the ground, Lumi patting her leg as if to comfort her. (Y/N) looks around, noticing their missing friend.
“Hey Happy? Where’s Natsu?”
~ Somewhere else ~
“WHAT?!” Exclaims a girl with brown eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair tied by a blue ribbon in a small ponytail to the right side of her head with the rest of the hair loose. She's wearing a mainly white sleeveless shirt that has light blue accents and a darker blue skirt, she's wearing a belt that, along with keeping her skirt up, holds her Celestial Spirit keys and a whip with a heart-shaped end. She's wearing black, leather high heeled boots. (some description from the wiki)
“You mean to tell me there’s only one magic shop in this whole town?” Asks Lucy to the shopkeeper. She has her hands planted on the counter of the shop.
“‘Fraid so. The people around here are more fishing folk than they are magic folk.” Explains the shopkeeper as Lucy sighs looking up exasperated.
“I reckon most people in town don’t even know how to use magic. I built this shop to sell to the wizards who happen to pass through.” The shopkeeper continues.
Being told there is only one magic shop in town, she makes a distraught face and sighs again. Lucy turns and faces the wall as she puts her hands on her hips, face full of disappointment.
“Oh, man. I came out all this way for nothing.” Lucy says dispiritedly.
“Now, now, don’t say that, little lady. I have all the latest goods. Let me show you a few.” The shopkeeper pulls out a box of Colours Magic and presents it to Lucy, pointing at it with excitement. “This Colours Magic is popular. It lets you change the colour of your clothes anytime you want.”
The shopkeeper gives an example by demonstrating how Colours Magic works. A magic circle quickly emanates and then vanishes as he activates the magic item. The shopkeeper pivots and faces the wall, his right arm raised above his head, left arm holding the magic item at his side. As he does this his shirt changes from a yellow to purple. He has a look of delight upon his face. He swings his arm to the left as his shirt turns green.
“I already have one of those. What I really want are some powerful gatekeys.” Explains Lucy.
“Gatekeys, huh? That’s a rare request.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy curiously.
Lucy gasps as the shopkeeper pulls out a brown box with a red interior and a gatekey sitting on top of a white pillow. The gatekey is silver, the bow of the key (a/n: the part you hold) has a white circle with what looks like the silhouette of the side view of a snowman, and the key wards (a/n: part that goes into the lock) are in the shape of a dogs paw with the middle having a little white circle.
“OH, WOW! It’s the little doggie!” Exclaims Lucy excited.
“Yes, but that one’s not very powerful, you know.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy.
“I know, but I really, really want it.” She says with a bashful expression, hand on her face. Lucy has an ecstatic look. She presents the “Key of the Dog” to the shopkeeper.
“So how much?” Lucy inquires.
“20,000 Jewel.”
Joy turns to dismay. Lucy faces the shopkeeper, head bowed slightly in irritation.
“I’m sorry, but how much was that again?” Lucy asks as if she misheard.
“I said 20,000 jewel.”
Lucy sits on the counter, one leg crossed over the other, smiling seductively at the man, one hand resting on the counter the other on her head, winking at the shopkeeper.
“Aw, come on. How much is it really worth? Surely, you can cut me a deal?”
~ Timeskip ~
Lucy stormed angrily down the street, stores and shops lining the road. Arms swinging in an angry fashion as she marches through the street.
“I can’t believe he only knocked off a thousand jewel. That stubborn old geezer must be blind. That trick usually works. So much for using my feminine wiles.” She grumbled to herself.
Lucy suddenly stops as she hears the cheers and screams of girls chattering. She turns to the right and goes to the wall of the bridge and looks down to see a crowd of girls fawning and surrounding a man. Two admirers of the man run across the bridge to get to him.
“Are you serious? He’s really here?” Girl #1 says in clear excitement.
“It’s Salamander!” Girls #2 shouts in elation.
“Salamander?” Lucy says in a confused tone, Lucy then comes to the realization that they’re talking about a famous wizard. “As in the wizard who uses fire magic you can’t even buy in stores? WOW! He’s in this dead-end town” She clasps her hands in excitement.
~ Somewhere else ~
Natsu and (Y/N) are walking down a narrow empty street with Happy beside him and Lumi holding onto (Y/N)'s shoulder on her back. Both of them are walking at a slow pace and slightly hunched over, Natsu walking with his arms slightly out as (Y/N) is holding her stomach. Natsu has a backpack and other items on his back, while (Y/N) has her own bag.
“Man. I wound up riding the train twice.” Natsu groaned out.
“You’ve got to get over that motion sickness.” Happy tells the two Dragon Slayers.
“Now I’m so hungry I could eat my hand.” Natsu mumbles.
“I could go for something to eat too now that you mention it.” States (Y/N).
“It’s too bad we don’t have any money for food.” Says Happy.
“Hey, guys. This salamander we’re looking for has got to be Igneel, right?” Questions Natsu.
“Aye, it has to be because the only fire dragon I’ve ever heard of is Igneel.” Happy agrees with Natsu.
“That’s true.” He agrees.
“I mean, we can’t forget that it might not be Igneel, guys. Although it’d be nice to ask about Nivalis, if it does turn out to be him.” Demurs (Y/N) in reluctance not wanting to disappoint the two.
The four notice a crowd of cheering girls in front of them yelling things like "SALAMANDER!”, “YOU’RE SO HOT AND DREAMY!”, “AND SO HOT!”.
“Salamander?” Both Natsu and Happy question turning to each other with a gleeful look and run toward the crowd, (Y/N) and Lumi reluctantly trailing behind.
“HA! Well, speak of the devil. We’re in luck today, guys.” Natsu announced to the group.
“AYE!”
Salamander does a series of hand movements that ends with him extending his arm out and then pulling his hand beside his chin with it in a fist with his pointer and middle finger extended. The crowd of admirers cheer and scream excitedly around him. Lucy, amongst the crowd, has her mouth wide open and her face blushing, her heart beating rapidly.
‘Why is my heart beating so fast? What’s gotten into me all of a sudden?’ Lucy thinks.
“You ladies are all so sweet.” Salamander says to the crowd of girls. When all of a sudden he looks at Lucy.
‘He looked at me!’ She brings her hands to her heart and weeps as if struck by Cupid. ‘Is it ‘cause he’s a famous wizard? Is that why my heart’s throbbing out of control?’ Lucy, suddenly overcome with love, approaches Salamander, hopping on one foot to him.
‘Could it be? Am I in love?’ She has a dreamy look on her face.
“IGNEEL! IGNEEL!” Shouts Natsu, running towards the center of the crowd.
‘Is he the one?’ Lucy continues to think.
“IGNEEL, IT’S ME!” Natsu continues to shout for who he thinks is Igneel.
Natsu and Happy shove their way through the crowd, Natsu with an excited look on his face. (Y/N) with an unsure expression, gently pushes past the group of girls to follow after him. As they get to the front of the crowd, a look of disappointment crosses their faces.
“Who the heck are you?” Questioned Natsu and (Y/N) in unison.
Salamander recoils at their question.
“WHO AM I?! I’m Salamander. Surely you’ve heard of me before? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!”
Natsu and (Y/N) walk away defeated. Salamander has an aghast look on his face as the four walk away from him. Admirers attack Natsu, missing (Y/N) as she ducks out of the way covering her head, kicking him to the ground.
“YOU’RE SO RUDE!” Girl #9 exclaims.
“SALAMANDER’S A GREAT WIZARD! YOU BETTER APOLOGIZE TO HIM OR WE’RE GONNA RIP YOU TO SHREDS!” Girl #10 threatens.
“What is it with you girls?” Natsu wheezes out. Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi look on at Natsu, concerned for his health.
“Now, now, that’s enough, my lovelies. Let him go. I’m sure the poor boy didn’t mean anything malicious by it” Salamander urges the girls to let Natsu go.
“Salamander!” The group of girls coo.
Lucy looks at Salamander with her arms crossed, a disgusted look on her face. She furrows her brows and glares at him.
Salamander signs an autograph for both Natsu and (Y/N). He throws a wink in (Y/N)’s direction, as an attempt to charm her. The both of them have a look of annoyance on their faces, (Y/N)’s face showing more of a grimace than annoyance.
“And here’s my autograph, kids. Now you can brag to all your friends.” Sounding quite smug and pleased with himself. The crowd of admirers are shocked that the two were receiving an autograph from Salamander.
“No, thanks.” “Yeah, no thanks.” Natsu and (Y/N) speak at the same time.
The crowd of admirers turn from shock to anger once again as the two refuse the autographs. Natsu suddenly found himself on the ground once more in a pile of garbage bags, on his back, with his legs sticking up. Happy, his body turned towards Natsu, but his head towards Salamander, looked on in slight amusement. (Y/N) and Lumi gaze at Natsu with a concerned look on their faces, as if to ask “Are you okay?”
“Guess it wasn’t him after all.” Happy comments dejectedly.
“Definitely not him.” Natsu groaned.
“I feel like I could’ve seen that coming a mile away” (Y/N) said as if stating the obvious with an unimpressed look on her face, her arms crossed, Lumi nodding in agreement.
“Well, I'm afraid I must be going, ladies. I have business to attend to.” Salamander proclaims to the group.
“You’re leaving already?!” The crowd of girls protest as they turn to him in unison.
“Time for the red carpet. HA!” Salamander stretches out his arm and snaps his fingers.
A red magic circle appeared from where he snapped his fingers and a circle of purple fire arose from where he stood, as it quickly lifted him from the ground. The crowd of admirers are awestruck at the performance, as he shoots into the sky on his fire.
“I’m having a soirée on my yacht tonight! And you’re all invited, especially you, [Hair Length] [Hair Colour]ed beauty!” He called out to the crowd, specifically singling out (Y/N).
Natsu, now sitting up, looks up at the sky where Salamander once was in confusion, (Y/N) standing beside him, arms crossed over her chest, with a disapproving gaze, looks in the same direction. Happy looks quite impressed by the performance.
“Who the heck was that guy?” Natsu wonders.
“I don’t know, but he was a real creep.” Lucy states to Natsu and (Y/N).
“Hmm?” The four turn their heads to see Lucy, who walks up to them.
“Thank you for your help.” Lucy smiles and raises one hand in thanks, the other resting on her hip.
“Uh?” Natsu stares cluelessly at Lucy.
~ Timeskip ~
“My name is Lucy. It’s nice to meet you.” She introduces herself to the group.
“Hi.” Happy says with a mouth full of food.
Natsu and Happy are inhaling food and drink items at a rapid pace as they sit in a booth in a restaurant with Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi sitting across from them, (Y/N) and Lumi calmly and politely eating next to Lucy on the inside of the booth, a stark contrast to their counterparts. Lucy attempts to talk with Natsu and Happy. Several other patrons at the restaurant have mixed looks of disgust and confusion at the scene of Natsu consuming his food at an alarming rate.
“Um, Natsu, Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, was it?” She confirms with the group.
“Hm-hmm, you’re so nice.” Natsu states, with his mouth full of food.
“Thanks. You can slow down. We’re not in a hurry. And food is kinda flying everywhere.” She nervously says to the two shovel their faces with food, as some of it bounces off her head and begins dripping down to her eye. (Y/N), looking on in amusement, giggles quietly to herself. Natsu and Happy have many dishes piled beside them, (Y/N) and Lumi have a considerably smaller amount next to themselves.
‘There goes the money I saved at that old geezer’s shop.’ She thinks to herself as if she was starting to regret bringing them to the restaurant.
“Evidently, that Salamander guy was using magic, a charm spell, to hypnotize the ladies in town into thinking they were in love with him. Charm spells have the power to attract people to you against their own will, but they’ve been banned for years.” She explains to the group. But her expression and tone changes to one of disgust. “Nobody even sells them anymore. He must have gone through a lot of trouble to get his hands on it. What a creep. I totally fell victim to his spell, but I snapped out of it thanks to you barging in when you did. I really can't thank you guys enough.” Her manner changes to appreciation towards the end.
“No problem.” Natsu mumbles through the food.
“I know I may not look like it, but I’m a wizard too.” Lucy tells them, which catches (Y/N)’s attention.
“Is that so?” (Y/N) inquires, raising an eyebrow, her interest slightly peaked.
Lucy turns towards (Y/N).
“Yeah, but I haven’t joined a guild yet or anything. Oh I should probably explain, huh? See, guilds are these organizations where wizards come together to share information, and find work and things like that. Unfortunately, you aren’t considered a full-fledged wizard until you become a member of a guild. But there are tons of them all over the world! I’ve heard it’s really tough to get into the more popular ones.” She reveals to the four of them. “And the guild I want to join is the most popular one there is.” She continues in a dream-like state. “Yeah~ they’re the greatest and they’re always featured in Sorcerer Weekly.” She sighs dreamily as the others look at each other in confusion. “Oh, if I could actually convince them to let me in, I think I’d just about die.” Lucy continues to fan-girl to the four.
“Yeah?” Natsu replies, almost bored at the topic as Lucy monologues on.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I guess all this wizarding talk must sound like a bunch of gibberish to you, huh?” Lucy waves her hand up and down at Natsu with her elbows on the table in a dismissive manner. “But I’m telling you, I’m definitely gonna join that guild someday. And then I'm gonna take all kinds of exciting jobs and make tons of money.” Declares Lucy.
“Oh, yeah?” He says uninterestedly.
“You talk a lot.” Happy states, looking bored.
“Uh… oh, man, I almost forgot. You guys came here trying to find somebody, didn’t you?” Lucy wondered.
“We’re looking for Igneel.” Happy states.
“We heard a rumor that a Salamander was gonna be coming through this town, so we came here to see him. Turns out it was somebody else.” (Y/N) says in a dejected tone looking a bit disappointed.
“Yeah that guy didn’t look like a salamander at all.” Agreed Happy, while looking at Natsu.
“No kidding. I bet that poser can’t even breathe fire like a real dragon.” Natsu crosses his arms as he finishes a pizza, looking let down. (Y/N) looks at him in understanding.
“Uh, I don't get it. Your friend Igneel looks like a dragon?” Lucy questions, confused.
“No, you got it all wrong. He doesn’t look like a dragon. He is one.” Natsu days as if the answer was obvious. Lucy recoils in shock when Natsu says Igneel is a dragon.
“Huh?” Lucy faltered at the idea of an actual dragon.
“Aye, Igneel is a real-life fire dragon.” Happy confirms.
“Huh?!” Lucy shouts in surprise.
“Even in this magnificent world of magic, dragons are considered extraordinary, mystical creatures. They are rarely seen by the human eye.” The Narrator explains.
“Why would a fire dragon show up in the middle of town?!” Exclaims Lucy as the others look at her flabbergasted, as if they hadn’t thought about it.
“Uh…” Both Natsu and Happy say as (Y/N) and Lumi look at her stunned.
“IT’S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!” Lucy shouts at them. “Well, I should get going. Enjoy the rest of your lunch. And maybe I’ll see you around.” She continues as she puts some money on the table and gets up to leave.
“Thank you, ma’am. Please come again. OH!” Says the waitress as Lucy reaches the door, when she’s suddenly shocked by what she sees behind Lucy.
Lucy, noticing the waitresses expression, looks back to see what she's staring at. As she turns her head she notices both Natsu and Happy on their knees on the floor bowing to Lucy. (Y/N) and Lumi can be seen still sitting in the booth, (Y/N)’s elbows resting on the table, leaning her head on one hand looking on in amusement, as if what Natsu and Happy are doing is completely normal. Lucy’s expression changes to one of complete shock and embarrassment at what the two are doing. As she giggles nervously, not sure how to react, the other paterons look at Natsu and Happy in confusion.
“THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD!” “THANK YOU!” Natsu and Happy praise Lucy for paying for their food.
“CUT IT OUT! YOU’RE EMBARRASSING ME! Look, it’s cool. You guys helped me out earlier. So let’s just call it even.” She nervously insisted too the two. Natsu and Happy then look at each other sorrowfully.
“I feel bad, though, ‘cause we weren’t even trying to help her.” Natsu mutters to Happy.
“Aye, we owe her something.” Happy murmurs back. Lucy puts her palm to her head and exhales in exasperation. Natsu suddenly has an idea on what to give her in compensation.
“OH, I KNOW! Here this is for you.” Natsu, quite proud of himself, gives Lucy the autograph of Salamander.
“NO WAY!” Lucy, visibly angry at this offer, shouts at Natsu, who’s grinning widely.
~ Timeskip ~
“This is the wizarding magazine, Sorcerer Weekly.” explains the narrator.
“Oh my. Looks like the Fairy Tail guild’s out there causing trouble again.” Lucy says while sitting on a park bench. “‘Demon bandit clan wiped out, but seven homes destroyed.’” She chuckles reading out loud, now laying on her back on the bench, kicking her feet in the air. “Talk about going overboard! The centerfold’s Mirajane. She’s so pretty. I wish I knew how to get to be a member. Do you have to apply or maybe interview with them? I don’t know.” She wonders out loud. “But I’m so gonna join Fairy Tail! They’re totally the coolest guild ever!” She giggles, closing the magazine, now sitting upright.
“What was that? You want to join Fairy Tail?” Salamander emerges from the bushes behind the bench, surprising Lucy.
“SALAMANDER!” Lucy exclaims in shock at the sudden appearance of the creepy man. She stands and points at Salamander with a disgruntled look on her face.
‘I’ve been looking all over for you. I wanted to personally invite you to the party I’m having on my yacht tonight.” Salamander tries to persuade Lucy.
“Your charm spell won’t work on me. That magic’s weakness is awareness. It doesn’t work on people if they know you’re using it.” She snaps, pointing angrily at him.
“Just as I thought. I guessed you were a wizard the moment I laid eyes on you. No matter. The invitation still stands.” He persuades.
Lucy turns from Salamander, crossing her arms.
“Well, you can forget it. I wouldn’t be caught dead at a party being thrown by a creep like you.” Lucy’s words seemed to have wounded Salamander’s ego.
“A creep? Why would you call me that?” He asks, seemingly wounded by the thought. Lucy turns back towards him.
“Your spell. Using it to make yourself popular.” She states, offended.
“Don’t be mad, my dear. It’s all good fun. I just wanted to feel like a celebrity at my own party. Can you blame me?” Salamander winks at her as she starts walking in the opposite direction.
“This just proves that even famous wizards can be big idiots.” As she walks away, Salamander says something that catches her attention.
“You wish to join the Fairy Tail guild, right?” He asks, very confident that his plan will work. “Have you ever heard about Salamander, one of Fairy Tail’s wizards?” He continues, as Lucy turns to face him.
“Well, yeah. You’re telling me you’re him? You’re that Salamander?!” She exclaims in surprise.
“That’s correct. And if you want to join, I could probably put in a good world for you.” He tells her.
“I would love to go to your party tonight.” Lucy, hearing she could possibly get into the Fairy Tail guild, is suddenly taken by Salamander. She giggles, clasping her hands together and stands up close and personal to him
“Wow, that was even easier than I thought it would be.” He mutters to himself.
“So, you really think you could get me into Fairy Tail? No kidding?” Her eyes sparkle at the prospect of joining the famous guild.
“I don’t see why not, but you can’t say anything about the charm spell.” Salamander tells Lucy.
“I won’t say a word!”
“Good. Then I'll see you at the party tonight.” Salamander makes a magic circle and purple fire appears as he flies off into the sky, leaving Lucy by herself.
“YOU GOT IT, MR.SALAMANDER, SIR.” She squealed, waving to him with a look of admiration on her face as he flys away. “He got me! I was pseudo-charmed. But… HOORAY! HE’S GONNA GET ME INTO FAIRY TAIL!” She jumps into the air. “I just have to keep my mouth shut and try to be nice to that sleazebag until then.” She giggles to herself.
~ Timeskip ~
Natsu's leaning with his back to the railing, to his left is (Y/N), leaning with her front on the railing with Lumi on her back, looking over her shoulder. Happy sitting to Natsu’s right. They’re on a winding road that overlooks the city to the ocean. Happy is looking at the ship that Salamander is hosting his party on.
“That was quite a meal, hey, guys?” Natsu asks the group, (Y/N) nods in agreement.
“Aye. Hey, look, do you think that’s the boat where that Salamander guy is having his party?” Happy asks. Natsu looks out at the ship and immediately feels ill and puts his hand to his mouth and gags.
“I’m gonna hurl!”
“Oh, come on. It’s not like we’re going aboard or anything.” Happy comforts Natsu, (Y/N) turns to him, now resting her side on the railings.
“He’s right Natsu, we're not even close to the boat, and you’re getting sick. You know I get bad motion sickness too and you don’t see me wanting to throw up at the thought of riding one of those death traps.” She teases him.
“OH MY GOSH! That’s Salamander’s yacht, isn’t it?” Girl #1 says wishing she was on the boat. Happy notices a group of three girls further down the road.
“I wish I could have gone to his party.” Girl #2 laments.
“Who’s Salamander? Girl #3 questions.
“Whoa, you’ve never heard of him?” Girls #1 asks back. “He’s a super famous wizard who’s in town right now.”
“Yeah, and he’s a member of Fairy Tail.” Girl #2 says.
This catches the group's attention as they look towards the girls.
“Fairy Tail?” Natsu questions to himself. He furrows his brow as he looks out at the ship in the distance frowning at it. He immediately feels sick again as he squats down, hands on the railing, frowning at the ship, (Y/N) looks at him and sweat drops, sighing.
“So he’s in Fairy Tail, is he?” He says skeptically.
~ On the boat ~
“It’s Lucy, right? That’s a lovely name.” Salamander compliments her.
“Yeah, thanks.” She says as he pours her a fizzy orange drink.
“I’d like to toast your beauty. Now, open up wide, Lucy. Savour the taste of each flavourful drop as it enters your mouth.” Bubbles float up from the liquid going in Lucy’s direction.
‘CREEPY! I’m strong. I can get through this.' Lucy thinks in an attempt to calm herself.
Lucy looks annoyed at Salamander, when suddenly, she stands and sweeps the bubbles away with her hand. She grits her teeth as she looks at him.
“What do you think you’re doing? I know what you’re up to. You’re trying to use sleep magic.” She asserts as she notices a charm ring on Salamander’s finger. He pivots and looks somewhat amused, chuckling.
“Very impressive, my dear.” He commends her for seeing through his lie.
“Look, I don’t want to give you the wrong idea. Yes, I really want to join the Fairy Tail guild, but I’m not gonna date you to make that happen.” She admits to him. He chuckles at the thought, turning away.
“You’re quite the handful, aren’t you?” He mocks her.
Curtains are drawn on either side of the room and Lucy turns to look behind her and gasps as she sees multiple men carrying women who had fallen asleep due to the charm.
“What’s going on here?” She implores, now nervous.
“Welcome aboard my ship. And you’d be wise to behave yourself until we make it to Bosco. Don’t make me angry.” He threatens Lucy as his tone becomes dark.
“We're going to Bosco?! You said you’d get me into Fairy Tail!” Lucy Exclaims. She turns back around to face Salamander.
“Forget it. I just said that so I could lure you here and make you one of our slaves.” He admits to Lucy not even one bit ashamed.
“How could you?! You’re gonna kidnap all of these girls?” She interrogates, as the men around her, still holding all of the incapacitated girls, laugh.
“That’s our Salamander, all right” Minion #1 states.
“We got a big haul this time.” Minion #2 says.
“Why you!” Lucy pulls out her celestial keys, but before she could summon a spirit, Salamander casts a fire spell that whips the keys out of her grasp and into his hands.
“Hmm. These are gatekeys. So you’re a Celestial Wizard. Only the wizard who is contracted can use this magic. So these are absolutely useless to me. Whoops.” He then throws the keys off the ship and into the water. Lucy, looking devastated and stressed, begins to cry, as the girls are still knocked out and the men around her are still laughing at her.
“You used magic to take advantage of others. You’re the worst wizard alive!” She yells in a choked out tone.
Natsu and (Y/N) suddenly crash through the roof of the ship as they land on the floor. Lucy smiles at the unexpected arrival of the two.
“Hey I know you!” Lucy, surprised with the appearance of Natsu and (Y/N), smiles as she wipes her tears away.
Just as soon as Natsu and (Y/N) get on the ship, they feel the effects of their motion sickness and turn away, much to the surprise of the crew and the annoyance of Lucy.
“I knew this was a bad idea.” Natsu says, covering his mouth, crouched away from everyone.
“Oh god, why did I agree to this? I blame you for this Natsu.” (Y/N) says, trying not to throw up her lunch as she’s kneeling on the floor, trying to hold herself up.
“You two are so lame!” Lucy shouts as Happy and Lumi appear, hovering over the hole Natsu and (Y/N) made.
“Hey, what are you doing here, Lucy?” Happy questions to her, just as surprised as she is.
“Oh, Happy, Lumi, this jerk tricked me. He said he was gonna get me into Fairy Tail. Hold up, since when do you two have wings?” Lucy explains, but stops as she notices both of the cats suddenly have wings, Natsu and (Y/N) still keeled over on the floor.
“I’ll explain that later, okay? Hold on!” Lucy screams as she’s suddenly picked up by Happy’s tail and flown away off the boat. The crew is dumbfounded at everything that has transpired in the last few moments.
“After them! We can’t let them report this to the magic council.” Salamander shouts to his crew.
“Wait, what about Natsu and (Y/N)?” Lucy asks.
“I can’t carry two people.” Happy states as Lucy shivers from the wind.
“PROMINENCE WHIP!” Salamander shoots multiple columns of fire at the two as Happy dodges them with ease, Lucy screaming in alarm as she’s essentially flung around. Salamander and the crew stare up at Happy and Lucy as they fly away.
“That cat’s quicker than he looks.” Salamander states.
“Hey, guys.” The crew turn to see Natsu and (Y/N) in the doorway, still struggling to get up, growling. “(Y/N), you go make sure Lucy and Happy are okay, I’ll deal with these guys.”
“Yeah, sure, anything to get me off this ship. Come on Lumi, let’s go.” (Y/N) agrees as Lumi picks her up by the back of her jacket as they fly to where Lucy and Happy are.
~ With Lucy and Happy ~
“What about Natsu, (Y/N), and the other girls?” Lucy inquires.
“We got a problem, Lucy.” Happy announces.
“What do you mean?! What problem?!”
“My transformation’s up!” As Happy ran out of magic, both he and Lucy fell into the water below, both screaming. Lucy conveniently falls near her celestial key ring.
‘My gatekeys!’ She thinks as she swims towards them.
~ With Natsu ~
As Natsu is on the floor of the deck, being kicked by the crew, Salamander faces away over the side of the ship.
“Forget about them. Let’s continue on towards Bosco.” Salamander commands just as Natsu blocks a kick with his arm and rises to his feet.
“The Fairy Tail guild… you’re a member?” Natsu questions as he struggles a bit to push away the boot shoving him down, hearing the supposed Fairy Tail member.
~ With Lucy and Happy ~
At the same time, Lucy swims to the surface of the water, just as (Y/N) and Lumi find them.
“Hey, guys! Did you find Lucy’s keys?” (Y/N) inquires as she and Lumi drop into the water and swim to Lucy and Happy.
“Yeah! And I think I have an idea to get that ship to the port.” Claims Lucy looking at her.
Lucy then uses Aquarius’ key to summon her. The gatekey is golden, the bow of the key is in the shape of an upside down urn with handles on the sides, it has a white oval in the middle of the urn with two crests of the Water Bearer, two parallel waves, with a heart on its base, and the key wards are shaped similarly to a mermaids tail, with "fins" sprouting out of either side of the base of the bow, and four more at the tip, curling towards the center. (Description from the wiki)
“Here we go. OPEN, GATE OF THE WATER BEARER, AQUARIUS!” Lucy yells as she recites the command to summon her. Aquarius has a long, blue fish-tail, light blue that reaches up to her waist, and a large bust. Aquarius' wearing a dark blue bikini top and on each arm, she has a golden armlet and bracelet. Aquarius also has a circlet, three piercings on her tail, and a golden belt at her waist and light blue crystal earrings. A dark blue tattoo resembling the Aquarius zodiac symbol rests right under her collarbone. (description from wiki)
Aquarius hovers above the four looking annoyed.
“A fish!” Cheers Happy. “A mermaid!” (Y/N) says, astonished with stars in her eyes, mouth agape, as Lumi has a similar look on her face.
“Not for you!” Lucy asserted to Happy.
“That was awesome!” “Wow, that’s amazing!” Happy and (Y/N) both say, amazed by Lucy's magic.
“That's the power of a Celestial Wizard. Whenever I use my gatekeys, I can summon spirits from other worlds to help me.” Lucy says quite proud of herself. “Listen up, Aquarius, I want you to use your power to push that back into the port.” Lucy points at the ship. Aquarius looks to her irritated, and scoffs.
“You’re supposed to come from the spirit world to help, not give me attitude!” She yells at Aquarius.
“I wouldn’t make her any angrier, Lucy” Worries Happy.
“I’m inclined to agree with him, Lucy, she already seems kinda pissed.” (Y/N) states with uncertainty as Lumi clings to her back slightly afraid.
“Let’s get something straight. The next time you so much as think about dropping my key, you’re dead.” Aquarius scolds, glaring at Lucy.
“It won’t happen again.” The three say in unison in a fearful tone. Aquarius then summons a massive wave of water that sweeps the ship as well as the four of them to the shore.
“HEY, DON’T WASH ME AWAY WITH IT!” Lucy screams as she’s swept away with the wave. As the wave crashes into the port, it causes large amounts of property damage. Happy has his head stuck in the sand, his tail swishing back and forth, Lucy kneeling on the ground next to him with a pissed expression. (Y/N) lays on her front with her arms outstretched in front of her, with a dazed look on her face, Lumi laying face up on (Y/N)’s back, also dazed.
“What’s the big deal? You think you could have tried not to sweep me up with the ship?!” Lucy says in anger to Aquarius.
“Oh, that was an accident. I didn’t mean to get the ship.” Aquarius says nonchalantly.
“WAIT, THAT MEANS YOU WERE AIMING FOR ME?!” Lucy fumes at her.
“Don’t call me for a while. I’m going on a week-long vacation with my boyfriend. And he’s hot.” Boasts Aquarius as she disappears to the spirit realm.
“YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN!” Lucy snaps at her as she vanishes just as Happy finally pops out of the sand. (Y/N) sits up, rubbing her head, holding onto Lumi, as the left sleeve of her jacket slides down her shoulder.
“I’ve got an idea! If the fish lady gives you any more trouble, you can call me to take care of her.” Happy suggests to Lucy.
“I don’t think that's a good idea, Happy.” (Y/N) says as she and Lumi sweatdrop in response.
“I don’t think I can handle much more of this stupid cat.” Lucy whimpers, facepalming.
A crowd of concerned people start gathering around the wreckage of the ship. The boat in question was on the shore, on its side, essentially half buried under the sand because of Aquarius’ wave.
“What happened?” A concerned bystander asks.
“That ship was thrown into port.” Another one says.
“That hurt. What in the–” Salamander rubs his head to stop it from hurting as he notices Natsu on the top of the turned over ship.
“NATSU!” (Y/N) and Lucy yell in unison as they run up to the site of the crash, carrying both cats.
“So you claim to be a member of the Fairy Tail guild?” Natsu growls out the question to Salamander and his crew, staring down at them.
“So what’s it to you? Go get him, men.” Salamander commands his men while looking up at Natsu.
“Sir.” They say in unison as they run at Natsu.
“Let me get a closer look at your face.” Natsu states while dramatically throwing his jacket off, Salamander smirks as his men come rushing at Natsu.
“WATCH OUT!” Lucy shouts to warn him.
“Don't worry about him. I probably should have told you this earlier, but he’s a wizard too.” States Happy while sitting on Lucy’s shoulder eating a fish, she gasps in disbelief. (Y/N) stands to Lucy’s right looking up at Natsu while he fights the oncoming foes, hands on her hips, proud smile on her face as she watches. Natsu punches Salamander’s crew to the left, with a glare on his face.
“My name is Natsu. I’m a Fairy Tail wizard. And I've never seen you before!” He declares, Salamander looks at him with shock, as Lucy looks at him with amazement.
“You’ve got to be kidding me! So Natsu is a Fairy Tail Wizard” Bewildered, Lucy looks to (Y/N) as she sees a blue Fairy Tail guild mark on her left bicep. “(Y/N), you are too?!” Lucy says, her mouth gaping. (Y/N) looks at her with a sheepish expression on her face.
“Guilty~” (Y/N) says in a teasing tone.
“That mark on his arm, this guy is the real deal, Bora.” One minion says to him, frightened.
“Don’t call me that, you fool.” Bora says panicky. His crew becomes increasingly concerned as Natsu’s power becomes apparent to them.
“I know him. That’s Bora the Prominence.” Happy informs Lucy, his arms crossed with a mad look on his face.
“Rumor has it, he was kicked out of the Titan Nose wizard guild a couple of years ago because of bad behavior.” (Y/N) continues for Happy, an equally livid expression on her face.
“I have no idea what you’re trying to do here, buddy, and I don't care if you’re a good guy, bad guy, or what. I’m not gonna let you dirty the Fairy Tail guild’s name.” He says, infuriated as he walks slowly and menacingly towards Bora and his crew.
“And what are you gonna do about it? Stop me? PROMINENCE TYPHOON!” Bora smiles and taunts him. He makes a magic circle and shoots fire at Natsu.
“NATSU!” Lucy shouts in distress seeing Natsu get hit with the blast of fire. She goes to see if he’s okay, but just as she is about to move, Happy moves in front of her as if to block her. (Y/N) puts her hand on Lucy’s shoulder to stop her as well. Lucy looks at Happy seeing a determined look on his face as he looks in Natsu’s direction, she looks (Y/N)’s way to see she has the same expression on her face too. Lucy looks back towards Natsu in awe.
The girls Bora and his crew kidnapped can be seen running away from the crash site screaming.
“That’s the way it goes. The bigger the talk, the weaker the man.” He chuckles, turning away, expecting Natsu to be defeated.
“Aw, this is so gross. Are you sure that you’re really a fire wizard? Because these are the nastiest flames I’ve ever tasted.” Natsu, unharmed from the fire, snarks. Bora turns back in surprise to see Natsu is unscathed and eating his fire. This horrifies Bora and his crew as they scream terror, and Lucy as well.
“Thanks for the grub, poser.” He states in a sarcastic manner.
“What’s going on here? Who is this kid?” One man asked, horrified.
“Fire magic doesn’t work on Natsu.” Happy reveals, an ominous look on his face.
“I’ve never seen anything like that.” Lucy says, alarmed, staring up at the Dragon Slayer.
“Now, I’ve got a fire in my belly that’s raging to get out. Here it goes! FIRE DRAGON ROAR!” as Natsu holds his hands up to his mouth, an orange magic circle forms, and a tremendous gust of fire comes from his mouth, demolishing everything in its path. Lucy and (Y/N) block debris from their face, Lumi hiding behind (Y/N), and Happy watching on unfazed. The ship is turned to ruin, with the crew under the wreckage. Bora escapes the blast of fire by floating on his magic.
“Hey, Bora, I swear I’ve seen these two before. The pink hair and scaly-looking scarf, and the girl with the [Hair Colour] hair and that jacket. There’s no doubt about it. They’ve got to be the real ones.” Minion #3 quavered, as Natsu, through the smoke can be seen, his eyes glowing orange.
“SALAMANDER?! Then you, (Y/N), you must be The Iced Serpent?!” She asked, alarmed. She looks to Natsu, then to (Y/N), who has a very serious look on her face, her gaze sharp.
“I hope you guys are paying attention! This is what a Fairy Tail wizard can do! HERE I COME!” He crouches down slightly, his fists are on fire as he leaps toward Bora.
‘RED SHOWER!” Bora grunts as he shoots fire-like bullets at Natsu as the Dragon Slayer runs at him. Natsu dodges Bora’s attacks and leaps up at him and punches him, as Bora falls to the ground.
Lucy, watching Natsu from the distance with Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, is awe-struck.
“So he eats fire and then attacks with it? But how does he do it? Is it some kind of spell?” Lucy wonders, one hand clutched to her chest, the other by her side.
“He has dragon lungs that allow him to breathe fire, dragon scales to help him to dissolve the fire, and dragon claws for attacking with fire. His brand of fire magic is one that allows his body to take on all the qualities of a dragon. It’s an ancient spell that’s rarely used anymore.” Explains Happy to Lucy.
“Seriously?” She says in shock.
“This particular magic was originally used to deal with dragons. (Y/N) has the same magic but with ice instead of fire.” Happy continues.
“Whoa, really, you too (Y/N)?” She asks in awe.
“Mh-hmm!” (Y/N) confirms with a smile on her face and a nod of her head to Lucy.
Natsu lands on a nearby roof as Bora shakes off the rubble that landed on him. Bora casts “Hell Prominence” at Natsu again, which leaves him unscathed. Bora hurls a giant fire beam at him which he catches and promptly eats.
“It’s called Dragon Slayer magic. Igneel was the one who taught it to him, Nivalis was the one to teach you, right (Y/N)?” He confirms with her.
“Yep! She was the best teacher I could ask for.” (Y/N) answers back, a wistful smile on her face, as Bora can be heard screaming in the background.
As a last ditch attempt to defeat Natsu, Bora throws a giant fireball at him, which Natsu promptly catches and devours.
“Now, that was a hefty meal. You’re not doing too bad. But I’m about to cook you like a smoked fish!” Natsu proclaims to Bora
“You're gonna do what to me?” Bora starts tearing up, scared at the thought of being cooked like a fish.
“Get ready. FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!” As he punches Bora, he launches through multiple buildings, and finally into a church bell, making it ring loudly.
“Don’t be silly, Natsu. Everyone knows you smoke food with smoke, not fire.” Happy corrects him in a playful manner.
“Oh, wow. That was amazing. But he overdid it.” Lucy states in astonishment, which quickly switches to concern.
“Aye.” “Yeah…” Both Happy and (Y/N) say in unison.
“Oh, shut it, cat.” Lucy says in response. As she says this, the Royal Army can be seen running towards the crash.
“THE ARMY?!” Lucy shrieks as the army arrives, when suddenly Natsu grabs her forearm and drags her alongside him, (Y/N) running behind them with an excited urgency, her hands on Lucy’s back, as if to push her along.
“Oh, crap, we got to get out of here!” He exclaims, pulling Lucy with him, as they run from the army.
“Where the heck are you taking me?!” Lucy screeches.
“Just come on! You said that you wanted to join the fairy tail guild, didn’t you?” Natsu questions with a joyous look on his face as he looks back at Lucy.
“So let's go!” (Y/N) continues for him with an overjoyed smile on her face as she looks at Lucy.
“All right!” Lucy, now overcome with a cheerful air to her, runs along with the two Dragon Slayers, as Happy and Lumi fly above them.
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