Oncoming Storm (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 11

Once Kayla was done with warning her friends, she returned to the guild hall and walked over to Mira.

"Thank you for letting me borrow it." Kayla said as she handed it back to Mira.

Mira smiled sweetly as she took it back from Kayla, "No problem. I hope you were able to contact your friends."

"I was. Has Erza finished talking to the master?" She glanced towards the door that lead to Makorov's office, where Erza went into as Laxus was electrifying Natsu.

"No. She's been in there for a while now. Did something happen on that job?"

"The journal we found held some information about a Dark Guild by the name of Death's Storm. After Erza is finished talking with the Master, she'll most likely tell the guild the entire story."

Almost on signal, the door to the Master's office opened and Erza walked out with the master right behind her, both looking very serious. Kayla watched as they walked to the second floor of the guild hall, the Master stood on the railing and cleared his throat, getting the attention of all the wizards in the guild hall.

"Erza has informed me of a potential danger that might threaten the guild, as well as the whole of Fiore. In their last job, they found a journal that held information pertaining to the dark guild Death's Storm. While the guild is well known, their only offense was taking on Mercenary jobs and holding the rumored Fearsome Five. But, with the new information, there is reason to believe that this guild is more dangerous than we originally thought. Erza, please explain what you found in that journal."

Erza nodded and held up the leather bound journal for the guild to see. "This journal as plans of resurrecting a demon from Zeref's books. This demon is called Amiol. After some research I did with the master, we found that it can create storms capable of wiping out the entirety of Fiore in one swipe. But in order to resurrect this demon, it required the magic equal to five powerful wizards. The rumored Fearsome Five."

"So those Fearsome Five guys are the key to resurrecting this demon? If that's the case, then why hasn't it happened yet? Those guys have been in that guild for years." Someone said from near the back of the crowd, and Kayla looked back to see a familiar iron-faced Dragon Slayer. As Erza responded to his question about how she believed the fearsome five weren't strong enough and that they were out in the world to get stronger, Kayla thought back to a few years ago.

Gajeel used to be part of Phantom Lord, one of the only dark guild to have an alliance with Death's Storm. So, whenever the master of Phantom Lord would come over to the guild hall, Kayla would sometimes catch glimpses of Gajeel as she was moving from training area to her room. Luckily, it seemed as if he had never seen her before due to the fact that she'd been in Fairy Tail for almost a month and he had never recognized her.

"So, when you're out on a job, keep an eye out for anything suspicious, especially wizards similar to those of the Fearsome Five." Erza said, brining Kayla out of her thoughts. "And most importantly, be careful."

The guild shouted out different responses, though all of them in affirmation about what they were just told. It seemed that they were done with the announcement since they walked down from the second floor and Kayla saw that everyone had separated in their separate groups. For the first time since their escape, Kayla was glad she and her friends had split up. If five wizards suddenly appeared at one guild and then this news came out... they would be on the top of the suspicion list.

Kayla looked around, her eyes meeting with Freed's. His eyes narrowed in slight suspicion before Kayla looked away and towards Erza, her eyes landing on the journal she was still holding. She wanted to ask for it, it was written by her mother after all. Though she couldn't just walk up to Erza and ask for the journal without questions, so for the time being she would have to trust Erza and the Master to keep it safe.