Fairy Tail: Homecoming

Homecoming

Author's Note 1: Hello, hello, hello my fellow Fairy Tail fans! And welcome to the sequel to Fairy Tail: A New Day! It's time for a fresh start! With new enemies, new stories and new magic! Let's begin!

Chapter 1: Homecoming

Magnolia...

"Home, sweet home." An exhausted Zeke said as Team Morningstar returned to their hometown. And after nearly a month of trekking through forests, a mountain range and an emotionally and physically draining detour, walking through the familiar streets was like a godsend. However, Lucy did notice that a few of the stores had flower-themed decorations in their windows.

"What's up with the stores?" Lucy asked. The other four looked around and realized what was going on.

"They're just setting up for the Harvest Festival." Alyssa explained.

"Oh. You know, I've never been to a Harvest Festival." The Celestial Wizard stated.

"It's super fun!" Natsu said with excitement. "There's exotic food booths, a parade and all kinds of cool stuff."

"Aye!" Happy said in agreement.

Hearing this made Zeke ponder something for a bit until his face contorted in disappointment. "Oh no."

"What is it?" Lucy asked, catching her team leader's gloomy mood.

"Mister Fairy Tail." He grumbled. "Every year, the guild rotates between male and female beauty pageants. And this year it's the guy's turn."

"He's just grumpy because he never wins." Alyssa whispered to Lucy. Eventually, the five wizards made it to the front steps of the guild hall. And much to their surprise and delight, the construction of the new building had finally finished. The new facility looked much more like a castle in its design, even including a gate in front of the building.

Zeke opened the gate and saw a bunch of his fellow wizards chilling, eating and drinking on some tables on either side of the pathway.

"Look who's back!" Gray cheered as he was enjoying lunch with the rest of Team Maelstrom.

"You guys sure took your sweet time with that mission." Elfman said as stood up and held his fist up. Zeke bumped it and just sighed.

"Things got...complicated." The archer explained.

"Now there's a surprise." Erza said sarcastically as she chowed down on some strawberry cheesecake.

"Good to see ya too, tin can." Alyssa greeted her rival with a smile.

"We have a cafe now?" Natsu asked as he drooled over the food he saw.

"Yup. And it serves boozes!" Cana cheered with a half-empty mug in her hand.

Lucy looked around and saw that near the cafe was a stand with various gifts and knick knacks with the Fairy Tail mark on them. Manning the shop was a young man with a bowl cut of light brown hair and black eyes.

"Do we really need a gift shop?" She asked.

"Hey there!" The man greeted with a smile. "Glad you guys made it back okay. What's new?"

"They got you working the gift shop, Max?" Happy asked as he flew towards the counter. "It's been awhile since we've seen you around the guild."

"Well, Master Makarov made me you go back to school 'because he wanted me to take some business classes." Max said. And as he spoke, Lucy finally remembered what he looked.

"You're Max Alors! I've read all about you in Sorcerer Weekly!" The blonde fangirled while Natsu, Alyssa, and Zeke bumped fists with the aforementioned wizard.