The Knight of Fairy Tail

Alice is sitting at the bar and Natsu is beside her. Alice is in her armor and Fragrant Olive is on her lap.

Alice:"I can't believe you and Erza spent the night in jail, the other day."

Natsu:"I Love freedom."

Natsu runs around with flames coming out of his mouth.

Jet:"Shut up."

Natsu:"I'll never take it for granted again."

Droy:"Put a sock in it, man."

Makarov is sitting on the bar next to Alice and Mira is next to them.

Mira:"Isn't he precious when he gets all excited?"

The rest of the team are nearby, with Elfman is sitting with them.

Lucy:*Exhausted.* "I can't believe that stupid arrest and trail were just for show. I did all that worrying for nothing."

Gray puts his fist in his palm.

Gray:"So she wasn't a sacrificial lamb, but a scapegoat."

Elfman:"You must be one heck of an ice wizard, 'cause even your jokes leave me cold."

Natsu runs by the table and Elfman stops him.

Elfman:"Hey, Natsu! You gonna finish going Man-To-Man with Erza?"

Lucy:"Uh-oh."

Alice sighs and takes a sip of her apple juice.

Natsu:"Oh, yeah, I forgot about that."

Natsu looks to Erza and she's drinking some tea at a nearby table.

Natsu:"So what do you say? Want to pick up where we left off?"

Erza sets her cup down.

Erza:"I'm not in the mood right now."

Natsu forms flames around his right hand and he rushes at Erza.

Natsu:"I'm not letting you off the hook that easy!"

Erza:"I swear."

Erza stands up.

Alice:"Natsu's gonna get it." *She takes a sip of her drink without looking at the scene.*

Natsu gets to Erza and she just punches him in the gut and he whimpers and falls to the floor.

Elfman, Gray and Lucy gasp. Natsu is twitching on the floor.

Erza:"How's that? Are you satisfied?"

Happy:"And he's out!"

Elfman and Gray laugh and Alice smirks.

Gray:"Way to go, champ."

Elfman:"Guess we know who the real man is."

Mira giggles and Makarov sighs.

Mira looks to Makarov.

Mira:"Sir, is something wrong?"

Makarov:"I'm fine. Just sleepy. He's coming."

Mira starts to sway.

Mira:"ohh."

Mira falls to the floor, knocked out.

Alice looks like she's trying to not fall sleep.

Gray:"Not again."

Loki:"Soo tired."

Everyone starts to fall asleep.

Mystogan walks and Makarov looks to him. Alice's face is on the counter and her eyes are barely open.

Makarov:"Mystogan." 

Mystogan walks to the quest board and grabs a quest. He then goes over to Makarov and Alice's eyes open a little. Mystogan puts the quest paper on the counter.

Mystogan:"I shall return."

Makarov:"No, wait. Lift your sleeping spell before you leave.

Mystogan grabs the quest paper and he starts to walk away.

Mystogan:"Five, four, three, two,"

Mystogan walks out the guild doors.

Mystogan:"One."

Everyone wakes up except Natsu. He's just snoring.

Alice sits up and rubs her eyes.

Alice:"Mystogan."

Alice looks to Makarov and he nods.

Lucy:"Who's this Mystogan guy?"

Elfman:"For one, he's a contender for Fairy Tail's strongest wizard."

Lucy:"Really?"

Gray:"Yeah. And for some reason he doesn't want anyone to see what he looks like. So whenever he comes here to take a job, he casts a sleeping spell."

Lucy:"That's kind of creepy."

Alice grabs her tea and takes a sip.

Gray:"Master Makarov's the only person here who's ever gotten a good look at his face."

Suddenly another voice from the S-Class area; speaks up.

Laxus:"That's not true. I've seen him before." *He chuckles.*

Alice's grip tightens around her cup and it slightly cracks.

Elfam:"Laxus?"

Wakaba:"Talk about rare"

Gray:"And here's another contender."

Laxus:"Mystogan's just a little shy. You should all respect his privacy."

Natsu wakes up and he gets off the floor and jumps onto a table.

Natsu:"All right, Laxus. You and me, right now!"

Gray:"Getting your butt kicked once today wasn't enough?"

Laxus:"Yeah, pal. If you can't even win against the redhead or even goldilocks over there, why bother with me?"

Alice grits her teeth and growls. Erza glares at Laxus and Gray become panicked. 

Erza:"What are you trying to say?"

Gray:"No need to get all worked up, Erza."

Laxus holds up his hands.

Laxus:"I'm saying that I'm the guild's strongest wizard."

Natsu:"Then come down here and prove it."

Laxus:"You come to me, little man."

Natsu:"With pleasure!"

Natsu jumps off the table and he runs over to the bar and jumps off of it and tries to go up the stairs that lead to the second floor.

Alice swiftly takes out her sword and it turns into golden petals and she whips the handle around and the petals grab Natsu's ankle and she throws him into the ground and holds him there.

Lucy's eyes widen.

Alice:"You can't go up to the second floor, Natsu."

Makarov:"At least, not yet."

Laxus chuckles.

Laxus:"I think you made him grumpy."

Natsu:"Shut up!"

Natsu tries to fight against the petals that are holding him down but he's unsuccessful.

Makarov:"That's enough out of you, Laxus."

Laxus:"The most powerful one in the guild isn't a chick, a mage pretending to be a knight or some hooded weirdo. You want to know what the strongest wizard looks like?"

laxus points his thumb to himself.

Laxus:"You're looking right at him."

 

 

That evening Lucy is sitting at the bar and she's talking with Mira.

Lucy:"Hey, Mirajane, let me ask you something. What was the master talking about earlier? Why can't we go up to the second floor?"

Mira:"That area's reserved for advanced members of the guild. The jobs that are listed on the request board up there make the ones listed down here look like child's play in comparison. They're called S-Class quests."

Lucy:"S-Class?"

Mira:"They're jobs so dangerous that one wrong move could be your last. But with that risk comes a higher reward. Master Makarov hand picks the wizards he thinks are capable of handling these jobs. There are only six people in the entire guild who are considered S-Class. That includes Laxus, Mystogan, Alice and Erza."

Lucy:"Hmm."

Mira:"I wouldn't worry about it if I were you, Lucy. In my opinion, there's no amount of money that's worth risking your life over."

Lucy smiles.

Lucy:"Yeah, no kidding."

 

 

 

Alice is chopping some wood outside and Amayori lets out a huff from inside her tree. She's wearing more casual clothes.

Alice:"I know, I'll eat after I finish chopping this last log."

Alice sets on log ip and she raises her axe and then swings down and chops the log in half.

She then picks up all the logs on the ground and heads back inside the house. She walks over to the fireplace and sets a few logs in and sets the rest to the side.

Alice then sniffs the air.

Alice:"Foods done."

Alice heads over to the kitchen and on the stove is a stock pot. She goes over and picks up a wooden spoon and she dips it into the soup and bring the spoon up to her mouth and tastes to soup. 

Alice moans and she sets the spoun down and goes into a cupboard and grabs a bowl. Then she grabs a ladle and pouts some soup into the bowl and she groups a regular spoon and sits down at the diner table.

Alice takes a few sips from her soup then she looks out a window into the night sky.

Alice:"I feel like something bad's gonna happen."

 

 

 

The next morning Alice is sitting at the bar with Makarov, he's sitting on the counter. Alice is drinking some tea and she's back in her armor.

Mira:"MASTER!"

Mira comes running down the stairs from the second floor. Makarov takes a drink from his cup.

Mira:"I don't know what's happened, but one of the S-Class quests is missing."

After a few seconds Makarov spits out his drink and Alice crushes her cup.

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02-28-2022

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