The Bookworms' Club

Modern AU (Part 1)

Levy was pretty satisfied. Even tought she freaked out some different versions of her friends, she managed to gain a lot of important informations about that world, like what she did for living, what happened to Fairy Tail and even where she could find at least one of the people that were with her at the library.

She passed good part of the morning trying to understand how to use her communication Lacrima that Droy called 'cellphone'. Outside it was identical to the one she was used to, but that phone had a lot of different uses.

The bluette was still a bit confused about a couple of things, but she managed to find a map inside it.

It was really interesting and Levy wanted to see what else it could do, but she had a mission right now. It took her a while, mostly because Magnolia was slightly bigger than usual, but in the end she found the place she was looking for.

She told her friends she was craving for some specialities of Sabertooth and headed there with a huge carriage without horses. It really intrigued her. It was a bit like a train, but there was a single carriage. It didn't even look like the driver was using magic to make it move, just pushing some buttons.

Finally, the short girl arrived at the restaurant. She just hoped Rufus was there. She entered and was a bit overwhelmed by the noise. It was a really big and famous place, so she shouldn't be that surprised. She just hoped the memory mage would find some time to talk to her.

She saw Sting and Rogue among the crowd, both of them were waiters apparently, but she still couldn't find the person she was looking for.

"Good morning, miss. Can I help you?" A sweet voice called for her. Levy turned around and saw it was Yukino.

"Wait... you are one of Lucy's best friends, right? Levy, if i'm not mistaking" she said, her smile widening a bit.

"Yeah, it's me. You are Yukino, if i'm not wrong either"

"You're not, don't worry. It's unusual to see you here alone... not that i'm complaining! I'm just saying... usually, you come with Lucy and that other friend of yours, Freed I think, to meet Rufus..." she explained.

Without realising it, the celestial mage gave Levy a perfect opportunity.

"Don't worry, I know I don't come here on my own often, but today I was really hungry and I was passing by... so I just thought about paying a little visit to Rufus, too" she stated, hoping the other girl could tell her where he was.

"Oh, I understand. Rufus is getting ready for his performance, but if you can wait a bit it shouldn't take a lot.
You can take a seat while he plays, so it won't be suspicious and then head to the backrooms with him, since Mr. Orland will be busy the whole day. How does that sound?"

Levy had a few questions, but decided not to say anything.
"That would be great, thank you!" She said with a smile.

"Alright, follow me, the tables near the back should be empty, so it will be easier for you to sneak there"

Levy sat down at a small table that - despite being far from the stage on the other side of the huge room - gave her a good view to the show.

Levy was wondering what kind of show it was. Yukino said Rufus was going to play, so the small girl thought he would play the violin. It suited him.

Finally, Rufus climbed on the stage. He actually had a had a cittern in his hands, and in that moment Levy remembered Rufus' nickname.

The minstrel who sings to the red moon. It was obvious he had to play something that fitted his role. He was even wearing his usual clothes.