The Tale of the Two Brothers Arc

Tales

"How's your book Lucy?" asked Erza
"It's absolutely amazing!" smiled Lucy as she showed off her white teeth, "I am right now at the most crucial moment." Lucy lifted the book to her nose shaking from excitement.
"Erza?" Wendy poked at still off conscious Natsu and Gray, "Don't you think you were a little hard on them? They were are out for two days already."
"Aye, Natsu is going to be very hungry." added Happy, he removed a fish from his bag, "Carla? You want to share a fish with me."
The white exceed glared at the fish distastefully and twitched her nose, "No thank you Happy, I'm not hungry."
Happy's ears and tail fell limp. "You never want to share a fish with me." He wined.
Sighing heavily, Carla took the fish out of Happy's paws and split it in half in a loud snap.
"Here..."
Happy's eyes watered from happiness. "AYE! THANK YOU CARLA!"
Carla shook her head. Wendy let out a giggle.
"OH MY GOD!" Lucy jumped out of her seat in excitement clutching the book close to her chest, "THEY DID IT, I'M SO HAPPY!"
Erza's eyes sparkled, "Smut?"
Lucy froze in mid cheer, "No! Of course not."
"What happened then?"
"It's this story about this school and orphanage called Matilda's School of Magic. So there is this girl named Sofia who gets kidnapped by this guild of demon worshippers because she has magic that can undo any spell. They wanted to bring back a very powerful demon known as The Dark Angel. Her friends go after her but they come to late, Sofia undoes the spell and the Dark Angel takes over her body and has control over her magic!" Lucy huffed, catching her breath.
"Is there any smut?" Erza asked.
"No." Lucy sweat dropped.
"A shame..."
"What's smut?"
Everyone in the room jumped three feet into the air.
"What?" Natsu asked as he rubbed his head, "I just asked a question."
"You're awake!" Happy chirped
"How do you feel?" Lucy and Wendy surrounded the dragon slayer.
"Like I was hit with a truck." Natsu rubbed his sore spot, he glanced at Gray, "I BEAT GRAY! I AWOKE BEFORE HE EVER DREAMED OF DOING SO!" He cheered jollily.
"Um, do you remember what happened?" Lucy raised an eyebrow.
"I had a weird dream that I and Gray got beaten up by Erza, really badly."
"First, it is Gray and I. Secondly, it really happened." corrected Lucy.
Natsu's grin disappeared, his black eyes widened in horror.
"Yeah, so badly, you and Gray were out for two days." added Happy.
Lucy sighed, "I think this could be considered physical assault."
Erza and Carla exchanged glances,
"I believe you are right, please." To the Celestial Wizard's dismay, Erza bowed down, "Punish me. I was too hard on you."
"I think this is just over the top." Lucy mumbled.
"Yeah... I think so too." Wendy murmured as she left the room.
"Ow," Gray lifted his head, his hair was sticking out in all directions.
"Looks like Ice Princess finally awakened."
"What was that, Pyro!"
Lucy rubbed her temples, there they go again, right off the bat.
"Guys, I brought breakfast!" Wendy cheerfully announced, rolling in a cart filled with food.
"YUM!" Natsu and Gray abandoned their brawl and attacked the food cart instead, ferociousness.
"I asked the Captain for two food carts, knowing Gray and Natsu, they'd eat everything."
As soon as she said this, two sailors came in carrying a table and a white table cloth. Placing the table down, one of the sailors, a female, walked out to bring in the cart while the remaining sailor set the table with silver utensils.
"Oh, but this is too much." Wendy bashfully batted her lashes to the sailor.
"Anything for you, young lady." replied the sailor as he smiled and blushed like a young girl.
The female sailor rolled the other cart. She placed platters of chicken and eggs on the table, followed shortly by chocolate chip pancakes with maple syrup and turkey sausages. For dessert, the sailor put down a bowl of cut up fruits and berries, chocolate covered strawberries, and a plate full of white chocolate cookies. The girls' eyes widened.
"Thank you so much!" Wendy hugged both sailors,
Nibbling on a cookie, Erza said, "Tell your cook this is delicious, we'll leave a tip."
Lucy nodded in agreement as she eagerly overfilled her plate with everything the table had to offer.
"BOYS!" Erza turned to Gray, Natsu and Happy. Just within minutes, they managed to devour everything on the first cart. How they managed to stay fit was beyond all logic.
"I'm so full." murmured Natsu
"This was the best breakfast I've ever had." Gray agreed.
"Aye."
Sighing Erza shrugged, "at least they've enjoyed it."
The sailors saluted everyone and filed out of the room.
"Join us Erza! This is sooooo good." moaned Lucy, maple syrup dripping from her chin.
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After eating, the boys took a nap while the girls read books or wandered on the deck.
"Good Afternoon," The speaker announced, surprising everyone in the room.
"This is your Captain speaking, we have arrived to Sin. The shore line should be on your left. Sin is known for its beautiful..."
Erza's portable lacrima buzzed, thumbing through her pockets, she removed finding a message from Jellal.

Excellent job Erza, I knew you could do it. We were planning on going to this country ourselves but it appears that you are already on your way, we'll leave it to you. Good Luck,
~J

Smiling, Erza began her reply,

Thank you, we couldn't have done it without our friends, I hope everything is alright. I know that you might not be able to answer this but...when will you visit me? I wish you luck as well.
~E

"Erza, we're here." Gray nudged the requip mage.
"We have a long journey ahead of us."