The Zodiac Demon

Chapter 6 Wizards meet exorcists

*Fairy Tail*

4 more days had passed since Lucy had disappeared. The entire guild has been looking into anything and all things related to demons in or beyond Fiore. They tried to keep their lives as normal possible, but without Lucy, things were definitely a lot more tense. Even Natsu mostly just sat at a random table all day.

"Hey, Natsu, do you think we could go fishing?" Happy asked, not even close to being as happy as he usually was.

"Maybe later, Happy." Natsu said, even more depressed sounding than Happy.

"Maybe we could go on a mission." Wendy suggested.

"There isn't a single decent job on the board at the moment." Charla said. Next thing everyone knew, the guild doors slammed open, revealing an out of breath Gray and Erza.

"Natsu! Wendy!" they both called out, rushing over to said person.

"What's wrong with you two?" Natsu said, standing up.

"We found out something that could help us find Lucy." Gray said. That immediately caught Natsu's and Happy's attention. Along with everyone else's.

"Really?!" Wendy exclaimed, jolting out of her seat.

"What'd you find?" Levy asked, rushing over to the rest of them, Gajeel and Panther Lilly following behind

"It's a place called True Cross Academy. They apparently deal with demons all the time, they might be able to help." Erza added.

"I'm surprised we haven't heard of that sooner." Charla said.

"How do we get there?!" Natsu asked.

"There's person in one of the next towns over who can help us get there. There's a train leaving in half a hour to the town we need get to." Gray said.

"Then what're we waiting for?! Let's get moving!" Happy exclaimed.

"I'm going too! I want to see Lucy as soon as possible." Levy said.

"Gihihi, why not? Better than being stuck here." Gajeel said.

"Then I'll be going as well." Lilly said.

"We'll all go then!" Wendy said, picking up Charla

"Alright! Everyone, let's go get Lucy back!" Natsu said.

With that, they all ran out the guild door and all the way to the station, which lead to a two hour train ride. Erza and Gray lead everyone to the place they mentioned. It wasn't a big place, but it as big as an old magic shop would look. The shop owner was behind a small desk and looked like any regular woman. Except her tough appearance, long black shaggy hair and clothes mostly made of leather, and her smoking a long pipe.

"Hey there. Did you kids need anything?" the lady asked.

"We heard you could help us get to True Cross Academy, is that true?" Erza asked. After blowing out more smoke, the lady smirked.

"Well, well. Haven't gotten one of those requests in awhile. Yeah, it's true. The name's Nan, by the way. And since I'm feeling generous after such a long time, I'll let you all go for free." Nan said, standing up from behind her desk.

"She was gonna charge us?" Gajeel muttered.

"Thank you, Miss Nan." Wendy said.

Nan proceeded to get a key ring that only had one key on it off a random key hook. She motioned for the group to follow her as she went into the back of the store. Once they did, they all were standing in front of a single wooden door. Nan effortlessly put the key in the lock and unlocked the door.