Chapitre 13: Waking Up

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.

May, x772.

"Fuck..." Alfonzo said, opening his eyes in a daze several hours after Wakaba knocked him out. "I really lost my shit back there, huh?"

With his eyes open and focused, Alfonzo looked at the ceiling in a daze. After a moment, he began scanning the room. When he did, what he saw was a white room with a couple of windows and several beds. One of which he was currently laying on.

"I guess I'm in the infirmary." Alfonzo thought out loud. "Fuck, Wakaba must have hit me harder than I thought."

"Yeah, he had to stop the rampage you were about to go on." Makarov said from the infirmary's doorway.

"Gramps... How long have you been there?" Alfonzo asked, without looking in Makarov's direction.

"Long enough to figure out that you take after your mother's bad habits." Makarov said. "Even as a child, you have quite the foul mouth."

"You knew Momma?" Alfonzo asked, snapping his head in Makarov's direction with a slight blush, that was hard to see due to his darker skin, on his face.

"Of course, I did." Makarov said with a nod. Then, he walked into the room and sat on the bed next to Alfonzo. "Like Elicia's father, she was a member of the guild several years ago."

Alfonzo could only look on blankly. Although he knew the story of the anime and read a lot about the world and lore on the internet, there was no way to know all the members of the guild, former or present. Most of the guild members are never even named. But finding out that his mother and Elicia's father, in this world, were former members of Fairy Tail was quite the shock.

Snapping out of his daze a few moments later, Alfonzo looked at Makarov, deciding that he could ask about his parents later. Instead, he knew there was something more important to worry about.

"So, what kind of punishment will I get for what I tried to do to Laxus?" Alfonzo asked with a solemn expression on his face.

"*Sigh* This time there will be no punishment." Makarov said, wearing an equally solemn tone. "So long as it never happens again, it should be fine. A good lesson for Laxus, even."

Although Alfonzo sighed in relief, he still felt guilty for losing his head like that. Closing his eyes, he began to reflect on his actions. However, he did not get to think for too long.

"Elicia told me why you lost your cool like that." Makarov said soothingly. "So, I can understand why you did what you did. But you should know that Laxus wasn't targeting your eye."

"*Sigh* I know, Gramps." Alfonzo said, opening his eyes slowly. "But this was the last thing Momma gave me before that day. So, I..."

"I know, and I understand." Makarov said, giving Alfonzo a smile. "Speaking of which, could you tell me about what happened that day?"

Pausing at Makarov's question, Alfonzo's expression began to twist with rage. However, he forcefully suppressed it. He knew there was nothing he could do about it. In fact, he knew that he would more than likely never get the chance to have his revenge. By the time he was strong enough to do anything about it, the ones who killed his and Elicia's parents would have probably died in the breakout that Erza led.

"That day, they wanted to capture everyone in the village." Alfonzo squeezed out. "To build something called the Tower of Heaven."

"The Tower of Heaven?" Makarov asked curiously. "I've never heard of it."

"I heard some of them talking about using the finished tower to resurrect someone named Zaref." Alfonzo continued. "They killed me and Lici's parents because they hid us away. They were mad that they lost some of their workers. And they took out that anger on our parents."

Expecting Makarov to be looking at him with pity, Alfonzo was shocked to see Makarov's face contorted in anger. A moment later, however, he remembered that his and Elicia's parents were former members of Fairy Tail.

"Damned Zaref cultists... Even though they retired as wizards, they were still my children." Makarov said, rage rolling off him in waves. "I... No, we do not allow anyone to harm our family. If we find them, we will have revenge. They will be made to regret their actions!"

As he spoke, Makarov's magic power began to leak, making it hard for Alfonzo to breathe. On top of that, the pressure Makarov was giving off caused everything in the room to shake. A moment later, Makarov got his magic power under control and looked at Alfonzo apologetically.

"Sorry about that." Makarov said while smiling sheepishly. "I guess you'll fit right in with the rest of the guild. We would all go to war for members of our family, just like you."

Although he already knew Makarov would react like that, Alfonzo still felt a warm and fuzzy feeling in his chest after hearing those words and seeing how outraged Makarov was over the loss of his and Elicia's parents.

A moment later, Makarov hopped off the bed he was sitting on. Then, he started walking toward the infirmary's exit.

"You should rest for a bit longer." Makarov said with a smile. "Wakaba hit you pretty hard. And for what it's worth, Laxus said he didn't mean to spit that lightning so close to your eye."

"I know..." Alfonzo replied. "He probably didn't apologize for the way he's been treating me, or how he treated Cana, right?"

Instead of replying, Makarov only looked away awkwardly. Alfonzo already knew that Makarov wouldn't do anything to Laxus unless he did something completely out of line, so he didn't really react to it.

"Well, if he keeps getting outta pocket, I'll just put him in his place again." Alfonzo said with a shrug.

"That's fine." Makarov said with a nod. "Just don't go overboard again."

"That's just as much Laxus' fault as it was mine, if not more." Alfonzo said. "I was about to end things with him pinned to the ground if he hadn't tried that sneak attack."

Knowing that Alfonzo was right, Makarov shook his head. Before he could leave, however, Alfonzo asked a question.

"Hey, Gramps, do you know anyone that could teach me blacksmithing and magic engineering?"

"I do." Makarov replied. "I'll ask them if they could teach you tomorrow."

"Thanks, Gramps." Alfonzo said with a smile.

With that, Makarov left the infirmary. When he did, he found Elicia and Cana standing outside the door. Then, with a smile, he stepped aside.

"You two can go in, he's already awake." Makarov said.

Without a word, Elicia rushed straight past Makarov. Cana, on the other hand, thanked Makarov while bowing her head before following Elicia into the room.

"Lucky kid." Makarov said with a smile. "So young, yet he already has two pretty girls concerned about him."

Makarov then started stroking his mustache.

"He really reminds me of my younger days." Makarov said to himself. "Handsome and loved by the girls... Yup, he's just like I was back in the day."

Meanwhile, Elicia rocketed toward Alfonzo as soon as she was let into the room. Immediately, when she was close enough to the bed, she jumped on top of Alfonzo and hugged him tightly. She knew why he lost his cool and at the moment, all she wanted to do was comfort him.

Smiling wryly, Alfonzo freed one of his arms and began combing his fingers through Elicia's hair.

"I'm pretty sure you came to comfort me." Alfonzo said maintaining his wry smile. "But why does it feel more like I'm pampering you instead."

"I am comforting you, Stupid Fonzie." Elicia said, hiding her face by burying it in Alfonzo's chest. "I'm hugging you, right?"

Cana approached the bed around the same time.

"Are you okay?" Cana asked with concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Alfonzo said, giving Cana a smile. "Just a headache is all. That Wakaba really got me good."

Involuntarily, Cana blushed after seeing Alfonzo's smile. Then, she lowered her head shyly and gripped the hem of her dress.

"Thank you for standing up for me." Cana said softly. "But if it weren't for me, you would have never had to fight that boy... Laxus?"

"Don't mention it." Alfonzo said, freeing his other arm and waving dismissively. "And don't' worry about the fight with Laxus. Trust me when I say, it would have happened eventually."

"Yeah, Laxus is a bit of a meanie." Elicia said, turning her head to look at Cana.

"Oh... Okay." Cana said.

"Anyway, we'll introduce you to the rest of the members of the guild tomorrow." Alfonzo said with a smile. "You can start training with us, too."

Nodding her head, Cana returned Alfonzo's smile. Seeing how well Alfonzo was getting along with Cana, Elicia smiled as well. However, she was still conflicted about pushing Alfonzo into starting a harem. On the one hand, she was afraid that Alfonzo would get a big head for having a lot of beautiful women around him in the future. Plus, she would have her alone time with him reduced drastically if she did push him into starting a harem.

On the other hand, she would get the chance to have a few sisters, something she always wanted, ever since her past life. Plus, Fairy Tail had some of the best, and hottest waifus in anime.

Eventually, Elicia just stopped thinking about it.

'Whatever happens, happens.' Elicia thought to herself, shrugging her shoulders while still laying on top of Alfonzo. 'I don't really have a problem with it either way.'

After chatting with Alfonzo for a little while, Elicia and Cana left the infirmary, so that Elicia could show Cana to Fairy Hills. However, before they left, Alfonzo asked Cana to help wake up Elicia in the mornings. He then gave her the same tip he gave Evergreen for waking Elicia up quickly.

After the girls left, Alfonzo laid back in bed and began to think about what was to come.

'Over the next few years, a lot of the current generation members of the guild should start joining.' Alfonzo thought. 'Other than with Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe, the rest of them should be easy enough to get along with. Hell, I'd even like to get to know Laki. I wanna know how she came up with those weird ass names she gave her spells.'

Like that, Alfonzo continued to think about the future. Eventually, he fell asleep in the infirmary.

The next morning, when Alfonzo woke up, he headed straight to the male dorms and cleaned himself up. Then, after getting dressed, he returned to the guild hall. Like always, he began cooking, taking breakfast orders for the members of the guild.

This time, Evergreen and Elicia were accompanied by Cana when they arrived at the guild. However, today would be the last time Evergreen walked to the guild with them. Now that Cana was there to wake up Elicia, she could start showing up early. Just like she used to.

Another thing that changed from the day before was Elicia taking a seat away from Laxus and his group. Naturally, this displeased Bickslow, considering that he had a crush on Elicia. But there was nothing he could do about it, considering what happened between Alfonzo and Laxus yesterday. However, because of that, he was even more determined to separate Elicia from Alfonzo, someone who was so disrespectful to Laxus. Or that is what he told himself, anyway.

At the end of his shift in the kitchen, Alfonzo carried not only his own breakfast, but Elicia and Cana's breakfasts, out of the kitchen as he joined them at their new table.

"Breakfast is served." Alfonzo said, setting the plates in front of their owners. "For Elicia, scrambled eggs with cheese, bacon, and two slices of French toast. And for Cana, Chicken and Waffles with blackberry jam and honey."

Alfonzo then sat down with his own breakfast, a steak and cheese omelet with onions, green peppers, salsa, and sour cream. Before digging into his meal, though, Alfonzo watched Cana take her first bite of her food.

"Mmm~~!" Cana moaned in delight. "Ish sho goo."

Nodding in satisfaction, Alfonzo cut into his omelet and began to eat happily.

After breakfast, Alfonzo and Elicia took Cana into the guild's backyard and began helping her train her magic and physique. Just like they had done, they encouraged Cana to try as many things she could think of with her magic. Then, once her magic power was nearly exhausted, they started running, doing push-ups, squats, and sit ups. After Cana's magic power recovered, they rinsed and repeated.

The trio would continue this routine for the years to come. And over the years, their little training group would expand by quite a bit.

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Chapitre 14: After Another Year

Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.

July, x 773

On the training ground in the backyard of the Fairy Tail guild hall, a group of five children were just finishing up their daily training regimen. Leading this group of children were Alfonzo and Elicia, who were eight years old by now. Though, Elicia spent just as much time playing around and having fun as she did training. In fact, the only reason anyone considered her one of the leaders of the group is because she and Alfonzo had been in Fairy Tail the longest. That being said, no one could complain about her work ethic while training. She some how pushed as hard as anyone else during training while still having fun and putting smiles on the others' faces.

While everyone cooled down from their high intensity workout, Alfonzo surveyed the group with a smile. In addition to Elicia and Cana who had already been training with him, there were two new faces, a boy and a girl, who had also started training with them in the mornings.

The first to join was the girl. Laki Olietta. She joined Fairy Tail a few months after Cana, in August of x772. She had pale lavender colored hair styled into a bowl-cut with the right side of her forehead exposed while her bangs covered the left side, brown eyes, and wore a pair of glasses with oval-shaped lenses and a dark, red ribbon tied into a bow on the top of her head.

Although Alfonzo knew about her strange, somewhat sadistic personality, he was not interested in trying to change that. Instead, he had been giving her ideas for ways she could use her [Wood Make Magic], in the hopes that he could get her to use spell names that actually make sense. Although seeing everyone react to the names of her spells in the anime was pretty funny, lapses in concentration like that could get people killed in real life.

Then, the boy, Alzack Connell, joined the guild later last year in December. He was a somewhat emo looking boy with long black hair that covered most of his face, leaving only the left side of his face exposed. Unlike the other four children that had joined in the last two years, he had only awakened his magic power. However, he had not awakened a type of magic instinctively.

Luckily, since Alfonzo and Elicia knew the story of Fairy Tail, they suggested that Alzack look into using Holder Magic.

Though it had been explained to Alfonzo and Elicia during their first lessons with Macao and Wakaba, there were two types of magic that were generally used by the wizards of Earth Land. Caster Magic and Holder Magic. Caster Magic is a type of magic that produces magical effects using only the caster's magic power, like Alfonzo's [Metal Magic] or Elicia's [Thread Magic].

Meanwhile, Holer Magic requires the aid of a magical item. For example, someone using [Sword Magic] would not be able to use their magic without a magical sword. Or a [Guns Magic] user would not be able to fire off powerful spells without a magical gun or magical bullets.

In fact, Alfonzo and Elicia had suggested Alzack take up [Guns Magic] as his counterpart in the cannon story did. On top of that, with Alfonzo learning blacksmithing and magic engineering, he would be able to make Alzack a set of magical guns and bullets in the near future.

"Good work, guys." Alfonzo said, as everyone was done with their cooldown routine. "Why don't we go inside and grab a bite to eat?"

"Sounds good." Alzack replied, wiping a bead of sweat out of his face. "I'm starving."

"Yeah, I want to feed my stomach as well." Laki said, agreeing with Alzack. "After that, I'm going to whit away the defenseless hours for a while."

"Right..." Alzack said, understanding that she meant that she wanted to eat and sleep after spending time around Laki for several months. Even so, he still found her manner of speech quite... unique.

"Fonzie, are you gonna cook for us?" Elicia asked, jumping on Alfonzo's back and wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Please tell me you're gonna cook." Cana requested, looking at Alfonzo hopefully.

Like Elicia and Cana, both Laki and Alzack perked up at the question, hoping for a positive answer. Unfortunately, they were all destined to be disappointed today.

"Sorry guys, I have to go see master Goldstein in a little while." Alfonzo said, shaking his head.

Just as Makarov had said he would, he found Alfonzo someone to teach him about blacksmithing and magic engineering. And the person he found was the most well-known magic gunsmith in the kingdom, Nell Goldstein.

Ever since Nell accepted him as a pupil, he had learned everything he could about adding magic to items with magic engineering. And learning how to produce metal items with blacksmithing. Without the use of his metal magic, of course. According to Nell, knowing the proper way to create an item would help Alfonzo tremendously in creating items with his magic in the future.

Immediately, Elicia slid off Alfonzo's back with an expression of despair on her face.

"How can this be?' Elicia asked in a forlorn tone. "How am I supposed to eat anything other than Fonzie's food. Do you want me to waste away, Fonzie?"

Rolling his eyes in response, Alfonzo ignored Elicia's mellow dramatic attempt at guilt tripping him and walked toward the guild hall's back entrance.

"he's gone already, Lici." Cana said, approaching Elicia with her hand out.

"Tch!" Elicia clicked her tongue as she reached for Cana's hand. "It didn't' work. He's getting really crafty."

"Seriously?" Alzack asked. "Were you actually trying to get him to think you were being serious?"

"Alzack is right, Lici." Cana said while shaking her head. "You were laying it on a little thick, weren't you?"

"Really?" Elicia asked with shock on her face. "I thought my acting was spot on, though."

Alzack and Cana both shook their heads at Elicia's antics. Meanwhile, Laki was following Alfonzo, too hungry to care about where the food came from or who cooked it. A moment later, Elicia, Cana, and Alzack followed the other two in to the guild.

When they arrived, Laxus, Bickslow, Fried, and Evergreen were sitting together celebrating.

"Congratulations, Laxus!" Bickslow, Fried, and Evergreen shouted as the three of them raised their cups to Laxus.

"I knew you'd have no problem completing your first D-Class mission." Fried said with stars in his eyes. "You're amazing."

"Yeah, as expected of the next guild master." Bickslow added.

"That's right." Evergreen said. "There was no doubt that you would succeed."

"What the hell are they so excited about?" Alfonzo asked disdainfully. "It was only an herb gathering quest. He didn't even have to go into the forest to get them. You can find those herbs halfway between the town walls and the edge of the forest."

Over the last fourteen months, Alfonzo and Laxus' relationship had gotten even worse. Naturally, that led to the members of his group disliking Alfonzo as well. Though, it was obvious the others were just following Laxus' example. Everyone could tell that they had nothing against Alfonzo in actuality. Well, except for Bickslow, who had a crush on Elicia.

On top of that, Laxus had challenged Alfonzo to six fights since their first fight. And Laxus had lost five of those fights. With the sixth fight, which was the first challenge, ending up in a draw.

"And what is this about being the next guild master?' Alfonzo asked no one in particular. "Maybe you should find a way to beat a kid that's four years younger than you before you start spouting that crap."

"Don't worry about them, Alfonzo." Laki said, patting Alfonzo on the back. "It's better to feed your stomach."

"*Sigh* I know." Alfonzo said before looking away from Laxus and his friends.

Looking around the guild hall, there were no tables open that could seat all five of the children in their group. Noticing five open seats in a row at the bar, Alfonzo headed in that direction with Laki following behind him. A moment later, Elicia, Cana, and Alzack joined them. Then, they all sat at the bar and placed their orders.

Jumping down from the guild's second floor, Makarov landed on the bar, in front of Alfonzo, who was sitting between Elicia and Cana. Laki was seated on the other side of Cana, while Alzack was sitting next to Laki.

"Alfonzo, my boy." Makarov said, taking a seat on top of the bar, with an alcohol induced blush on his face. "Nell told me that she is quite impressed with your progress."

"Really?" Alfonzo asked with shock. "She always tells me that I must be one of the dumbest kids she's ever met. She says I'm learning at such a slow pace that she considers kicking me out every time I show up."

"Oops!" Makarov exclaimed, slapping his hand over his mouth. Then, putting on a serious expression, he started over. "Alfonzo, if you don't get your act together, Nell is gonna kick you out of her tutelage."

Not only Alfonzo, but all five of the kids sitting at the bar looked at Makarov blankly.

"Don't look at me like that." Makarov said with a frown. "I put in a lot of effort to get Nell to teach you. Don't waste my hard work."

"So... We're just gonna act like you never said that first part, huh?" Alfonzo asked in a dumbfounded tone.

"Huh, did I say something weird before?" Makarov asked with a confused expression on his face. "I've been drinking since dawn, so maybe I'm a little drunk. You shouldn't pay attention to the drunken ramblings of an old man."

'Wow, this old man is shameless.' All five kids thought at the same time.

"Ahem!" Makarov cleared his throat awkwardly. "Anyway, you're going to see Nell after lunch, right? Then take this with you."

A moment later, Makarov pulled out a small box, the size of a ring case. Once again, Alfonzo looked at Makarov blankly.

"If you're going to ask her to marry you, you should do it yourself, Gramps." Alfonzo said, not moving to take the box.

Caught off guard by Alfonzo's statement, Makarov froze and looked at him blankly for a few seconds. It was not until he heard the other kids giggling that he snapped out of his daze.

"You brat!" Makarov barked. "It's not an engagement ring! There's a piece of metal that Nell asked me to get for her in this box!"

"Oh, okay." Alfonzo said nonchalantly while taking the box from Makarov's hand.

Once again, Makarov was caught off guard by how casually Alfonzo responded. He was expecting to receive a skeptical look, or something along those lines. Then, Makarov realized.

"You brat, you tricked me!" Makarov shouted.

"Yup, sure did." Alfonzo replied with a nod and a smile. "Master Goldstein told me that you would have something for me to bring her on my next visit. So, I've been looking out for it."

Hearing that, Makarov opened his eyes wide in disbelief. Then, he hung his head, seeming to be upset. In fact, if one were to listen closely, Makarov's mumbling could be heard.

"Dam it, Nell." Makarov muttered to himself. "You could have told me that you already told the boy. Instead, I ended up making a fool of myself."

After that, Alfonzo ate with the other children. Then, he left the guild hall, headed back to the dorms so that he could get cleaned up. But before he left the building, he heard Elicia and Evergreen start to argue.

"Make me a new dress!" Evergreen ordered.

"No, I've made you so many for free." Elicia said without backing down. "Those materials don't' grow on trees, you know. Plus, I have rent to pay, so I'm not making you any more free dresses."

"Maybe I should teach you how to respect your elders." Evergreeen said in a threatening tone.

"Seriously, you're only one year older than Lici.' Alfonzo thought to himself while shaking his head. 'Whatever, I'm sure Lici will be fine. She's gotta get some combat experience sooner or later. Besides, I'm sure the adults will stop it before things get out of hand.'