feral | sting eucliffe

XV | EFT

Episode 15: Enter, Fairy Tail!

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Y/N TURNED INTO A CAT, hopping onto Chase's shoulders out of fear as she curled her fluffy h/c self around the back of his neck. Chase reached a hand up, petting her head in an odd way to possibly calm her nerves. The others looked a bit startled, but their questions were answered when Nikos spoke up. "Her magic sometimes sparks out of emotions," He explained.

They nodded, looking towards each other, knowing that they all had the same thing. Erza—who had been leading the group up until now—arrived at a pair of giant wooden double doors. "Here's the guild," She stated, turning to look over her shoulder and at the rest of their companions. Y/n shivered, meowing softly as her tail fell limp.

Nikos looked towards the double doors, glancing over at Chase briefly with an impish smile on his lips. "No last minute plans of running away?" The white haired male shook his head, an oddly determined look in his amber colored eyes. "Not today, sorry." He grinned at Nikos, the two sharing a look before looking back at the entrance.

"So, it's definite," Erza looked at them one last time for consent, the boys nodding as Akane gave a thumbs up, still not looking up from her phone. A smile shone on her face, "Good." Natsu, tired of waiting, ran forward and kicked the doors open, filling the guild with large amounts of natural sunlight. "We're back!" He cheered, waving.

At first, it was multiple cheers and greetings from all sides of the guild hall, but it was later followed by judging whispers. People surrounding the quad turned to their peers and began muttering back and forth about the new group that had just entered the guild hall, feeling their magic power from just a few feet away.

"They invited our enemies?"

"Are they nuts?"

"They must be out of their minds!"

"Since when did team Natsu ever have a mind, honestly."

A spark of irritation ran through Chase, but Y/n quickly calmed him down by swatting at his strands of silvery hair. A short, dwarf-like old man waddled up to the group, staring at the remaining members of the Kyuuseishu in a studious manner. "Who are these kids, Erza?" He questioned, looking towards the more responsible member of team Natsu.

She looked down at him, "These are the members of Kyuuseishu, minus the one that stayed back at Stella after finding out her sister was none other than Lady Sonya. They helped us out during our mission. Although they may have been criminals in the past, we owe them a grand debt." She made sure to announce the last sentences a bit louder.

Erza continued, "I hope that we can make an effort to clear their charges." Her determination must've sparked something in the entire guild. Most of them looked like they were on the fence or in complete disagreement before, but after Makarov offered a cheery smile at his daughter's words, he nodded. "If you say so, but I will need to know their names and their abilities."

The guild roared with joy.

"No way, we could totally have a new set of S-Class wizards!"

"Aw, they're all so powerful!"

"I feel like a piece of dirt now."

"Probably because you are a piece of dirt, Jared."

Chase was the first to step forward, a fireball appearing on his right hand. "Fire and prisoner magic," Just as he said that, chains began to wrap around the fireball, melting together to create bright orange chains that could melt or burn anything in its path. Nikos was next, "Serpentine magic," From the shadows, two snakes came out.

They coiled around Nikos's arms, wrapping themselves around the muscular limb before slithering their way to his shoulders and settling there. Akane was next, a purple hue buzzing at her fingertips, but she still didn't look up from her phone. "Encasement, lightning, and teleportation." She said nonchalantly, her sleeve covered arm dropping to her side.

Erza looked towards the cat that no one had suspected until now, blinking. "I'm afraid you'll have to get out of your cat form to speak to our master, Y/n." Chase chuckled at that, petting her head slightly. The h/c cat let out a low hiss, not wanting to get out of her comfort zone. She dropped down to the ground, rolling before crouching in her human form.

Wrapping her arms around herself, she felt cold all of a sudden. "C-Convene and shape shifting," She looked to the side, not appreciating the idea of having to rip herself out of her own shell in front of multiple people. Chase, seeing her shiver, tossed her the white cloak that she was used to having around her body.

Master smiled, not seeming to be fazed by any of their lost magic while the rest of the guild were busy gawking. "Well, children, welcome to Fairy Tail!" They all looked towards each other, Y/n stepping back to stand beside Nikos while Chase took a step forward, arms crossed as he tilted his head with a kind smile. "I'm afraid we aren't here to join."

He gestured his hand towards team Natsu. "We talked on the train and figured that we could stay here to get our charges cleared. After that, we could all find a guild of some sort." Chase looked over his shoulder at the others. They all seemed stunned by his comment, staring at him with wide eyes. He's acting like we'll split up! Y/n's eyes widened.

Akane seemed to be the most affected by this, the purple hue buzzing more on her fingertips as shocks started to emit from underneath the sleeves of her sweater. Nikos, however, made a quick move to grab her hand and pull her closer for comfort. Y/n's hands curled inwardly, watching Chase and Fairy Tail's Master talk on and on about other things.

Why is he acting like we'll split up?!

She looked back towards Nikos and Akane before realizing that Chase had left them behind, disappearing to Makarov's office. The rest of Fairy Tail were still gawking at them, talking loudly or in whispers; there was no in between. Feeling self conscious, Y/n hid herself behind the older boy and he sighed, leading both girls to team Natsu's table.

As the others chattered happily, Y/n couldn't help, but look down at her lap with a dejected look on her face.