Fairies or Foes

Chapter 3

After their first S ranked mission, everything else had been easy. A year had passed since then, and they were both twelve; there was little of consequence that had changed, though there were a few small things… They went on missions, killed things, got money, and went home to the guild. Nothing more, nothing less. They had gotten stronger, much stronger after that mission, and now had quite a reputation. The only thing that really bothered Alice was the new guild master. Not that she had anything against dark guilds, but she had been rather fond of the previous one. The train rattled as they shot down the tracks towards their destination. Sara had her head on Alice’s shoulder, eyes closed, taking a light nap. Alice stared out the window, watching the scenery melt by her.

They had another S rank; that’s all they seemed to get these days. Nothing else was challenging enough. Luckily, nothing bad happened to either of them, thanks to Alice’s physique and Sara’s rapidly advancing magical power.

Alice was scary herself, but sometimes Sara just terrified her. The amount of power she wielded in that chalice. She really wondered what it was, and where it came from. Sara still wouldn’t tell her, and Alice doubted she ever would.

    The cloak they had gotten a year ago from their first S rank turned out to be an old piece of cloth that slowly regenerated magic, and proved useful for Sara.

    The train eventually slowed to a stop at a little village by the ocean. Alice gently shook Sara awake, before they strolled out of the train. It whistled, then sped off to its next destination.

Sara squinted at the ocean. She had never seen it before, and judging by Alice’s face, she hadn’t either.

    As they exited the station platform, so did another group of people, looking to be about the same age as them, maybe a little older.

“Levy-chan, look! The ocean is so pretty!” A boy with orange hair exclaimed. “Makes me wanna go out on a run!”

    “Levy-chan, let’s go on a date!” Another boy with black hair interrupted. A blue haired girl sighed dramatically.

    “C’mon, Jet, Droy. We have a mission to do. We’re not here to relax!” The blue haired girl scolded. The two dubbed Jet and Droy sulked. Sara blinked at them, noticing their guild mark. She tugged on Alice’s shirt.

    “Al, those three are from Fairy Tail,” she whispered, slightly worried. Alice cracked her neck and stretched.

    “So? They don’t look that tough to me. C’mon, we have work to do,” she said simply. Sara nodded before looking back at the other mages.

    “I wonder if they know Gildarts,” Sara suddenly said. Alice scowled.

    The blue haired girl had noticed them. Alice had chosen to go sleeveless today, so their guild mark was plain to see. It was a light grey crescent moon with a spider web in the center. Moonlight Insomniac’s mark. Levy’s eyes widened as she looked at Sara and saw the same symbol in light blue peeking out of her collar.

    The girl quickly alerted her teammates about the potential threat, and the took a defensive stance.

    Sara narrowed her eyes and began to open her bag, btu was stopped with a wave of Alice’s hand. “Sara,” Alice began loudly. “These fairy trash aren’t worth our time.” Sara hesitated, but nodded.

The girl looked infuriated, and the boys prepared to fight. It seemed almost comical, this stand-down between three teenagers and two preteens. Though Levy was older, Alice looked more intimidating.

“They’re from a dark guild!” One of the boys said. “Only horrible people are in dark guilds, and it is our duty as official mages to defeat them!”