The Job

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It started off as a peaceful day in the Fairy Tail guild hall. Lucy was looking over the jobs, so she and her team could go on one later in the day. Natsu and Gray were fighting, and Erza was talking to Mira at the bar, while eating strawberry cake. Happy was with Pantherlily, discussing who knows what, and Gajeel was snacking on some iron in the corner. Wendy and Carla had gone out on a job to heal a sick girl earlier that morning, and they weren't coming back until later. Lucy took the moment to gather her team for the job she had chosen.

She shouted to her team, "Hey, guys! Come here, I've found a good job!"

Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Happy slowly gathered in front of her, Erza being the first one there.

"May I see the paper?", Erza asked, and Lucy handed it over.

HELP!!!

                                A strange portal has opened up!

          We need a  four-man team of wizards to come and help investigate!

                               In the mountains near Crocus!!

                                      REWARD: 500,000 jewels

Erza smiled. "Well, this looks promising! Let's go!"

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It was a couple of hours later when they started to get irritated.

"Come on! We've been searching for hours, and we haven't even seen a trace of the portal!", Natsu yelled.

"Natsu, do you honestly expect to find a small portal in a huge mountain range quickly?", asked Erza, irritation creeping into her voice. "But even so, I believe that you're right about not even catching a clue to where it, or the people who hired us, may be. It is kind of suspicious."

"It is a little weird", agreed Lucy.

"Yeah, I wonder if it even was a real job request, or if it was just a prank?", Gray answered. Just then, they turned a corner of the mountain, and shining brightly in all its glory, was the portal.

"Oh", said Happy, "I guess it was a real request after all!"

As they continued hiking towards the portal, they noticed four small blobs in the snow.

"What in Mavis are those?!", Lucy yelled in surprise.

The creatures looked like dolls, with big heads, and small bodies. Each one of them carried their own special traits, like one was based like a dragon, with red scales, reptilian wings, and two miniature horns spiked off of its head.

The second one looked like a wolf, being completely white, and having dog ears and a shaggy tail. It also sported a light gray pattern, looking like snowflakes.

The third one seemed to be based on a bird, a golden one at that, and had a tail like a dove, as well as wings connected to its arms. It had a slightly darker golden star on its forehead that seemed to glow slightly.

The fourth one looked like a porcupine, with long brownish-scarlet spikes on it's back and upper forehead, and a small, guinea pig-like tail.

Each of these strange creatures were currently lying on their backs, unconscious. And then, slowly but surely, the little porcupine one started floating upwards. It yawned slightly, and then looked upwards, noticing the flabbergasted humans, and exceed, staring at it as if it was an alien from Mars.

"Ah."

The little creature had spoken, and she -because the voice definitely sounded female- slowly glanced down at her comrades on the grounds. She regaled her posture, and spoke again, "I assume you came for the job?"

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