Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia.
May 8, x774.
On their ninth birthday, Alfonzo and Elicia were given permission to take their first D-Class jobs. To everyone in Fairy Tail's, except Cana, Laki, and Alzack's, surprise, they both chose different quests.
Since the two were almost inseparable, all the older members of Fairy Tail had expected them to take a quest together. But...
"We have to be able to act independently." Alfonzo said when Makarov asked why they chose different jobs.
After hearing that explanation, Makarov called two of the more senior guild members.
"Wakaba, Reedus, I want the two of you to go with Alfonzo and Elicia on their first jobs!" Makarov shouted across the guild.
"Sure thing, Master!" Wakaba shouted back in return.
"As you wish, Master." Reedus replied calmly while he continued to paint.
"Now, you two should get everything you need to complete these quests successfully." Makarov said in a grandfatherly tone.
"Yes, Gramps." Alfonzo and Elicia replied simultaneously.
After that, the two children left the guild and returned to their dorm rooms. Then, they changed into the clothing that Elicia had made for them. In Fairy Hills, Elicia changed into a sleeveless baby blue shirt, a pink skirt, a grey belt, and a pair of shoes that matched the belt.
Meanwhile, Alfonzo changed into a white t-shirt, a black button down vest that he left open, a black pair of pants, a blue sash tied around his waist, and a pair of shoes that looked a lot like the Space Jam Jordan XI's. He also had a thin metal strip wrapped around each arm like a Muay Thai fighter.
About half an hour later, both Alfonzo and Elicia were back at the guild hall. Standing in front of them were Wakaba and Reedus, respectively.
"Ready to go, Kiddo?" Wakaba asked as he took a drag from the cigarette in his right hand.
"Yeah, I'm good to go." Alfonzo replied.
At the same time, Reedus addressed Elicia.
"Shall we go, Elicia?" Reedus asked.
"Yeah, let's go! Let's go!" Elicia answered excitedly.
With that, both duos started walking toward the center of Magnolia. As they walked, they chatted casually. Then, when they reached the central plaza, they stopped walking.
"Good luck, Fonzie." Elicia said with a smile as she hugged Alfonzo. "Be careful while you're out there, okay?"
"I will, Lici. You be careful, too." Alfonzo said with a smile. "And good luck to you, too."
"Thanks!" Elicia replied energetically.
Meanwhile, Wakaba and Reedus stood a little ways away.
"Those two are precious." Wakaba commented.
"They are." Reedus replied. "Watching them together is quite heartwarming."
"But when Alfonzo gets older, he's gonna be a heartbreaker, I think>" Wakaba said.
"Yes, he already has the attention of both Elicia and Cana." Reedus agreed. "I just hope that their friendship isn't ruined."
"He'll have to worry about Gildarts when he comes back, too." Wakaba said in a tone filled with pity.
Then, both Wakaba and Reedus shuddered slightly when they thought of Gildarts in doting daddy mode. Shaking their heads to rid themselves of those thoughts, they were just in time to see Alfonzo and Elicia end their farewells.
After that, the two groups separated. While Elicia and Reedus entered one of the buildings situated on the central plaza, namely the town hall, Alfonzo and Wakaba walked toward the west. Then, after about five minutes, they entered the Rabbit's Foot restaurant.
The reason they entered these establishments was so that they could discuss the jobs with the clients. Although it was possible to complete the quests without consulting the clients, it was a good idea to do so. For example, they may know some information that was not posted on the request sheet. The request sheets are only so big, after all.
This time, however, neither of them learned anything that was not posted on the request sheet. So, they left the buildings where they met their clients.
Alfonzo and Wakaba were the first ones to finish meeting with their client. Then, after leaving the restaurant, they headed back to the central plaza. After that, they headed to the south gate of the town.
About ten minutes later, Alfonzo and Wakaba walked through the town gates. Then, they began to jog toward the woods to the south. And after another ten minutes, they were standing in front of the wooded area.
"Alright, Kiddo, from here on it's all up to you." Wakaba said, about to light up a cigarette.
Before he could light it up, however, Alfonzo snatched it from his hand.
"What's the big idea, Alfonzo?" Wakaba asked in a combination of confusion and annoyance.
"I'm hunting magical beasts." Alfonzo replied while rolling his eyes. "Do you think there are any magical beasts around here that won't be alerted by the smell of smoke. On top of that, these are horned rabbits. They're supposed to be really skittish, right?'"
"Haha... Sorry, Kid." Wakaba replied, scratching his head in embarrassment. "I'm used to fighting magical beasts that wouldn't be bothered by the smell of my cigarettes."
Rolling his eyes once again, Alfonzo turned his back on Wakaba. Then, he began to walk through the woods carefully Making sure not to step on any fallen branches, Alfonzo began searching the woods for any signs of the horned rabbits.
Unfortunately, these small magical creatures don't leave much in the way of tracks. They're so light that they barely cause any changes in the underbrush. Because of this, Alfonzo spent the next hour with out any luck finding his targets.
"Damn it." Alfonzo muttered. "This is so fucking annoying. How am I supposed to know where to look."
"From what Master says, your mother had a potty mouth a lot like you do." Wakaba said with a snicker. "Did you pick that up from her? Oops.... Sorry, didn't mean to bring that up."
"Don't worry about it." Alfonzo said. Then, he closed his eyes. "As long as I don't see those Zeref cultists that killed her and my dad, I'm fine."
A moment later, Wakaba felt a pulse of magical power originating from Alfonzo. Though he had seen him training over the last three years, he was still dumbfounded by how dense his magic power felt.
'This kid is a monster.' Wakaba thought. 'He only has about as much magic power as an average C-Class wizard. But his magic power is so thick.'
Meanwhile, Alfonzo was trying something he had thought of a while ago. In a lot of anime, manga, and fan fics, characters used their magic power, or whatever energy they used in the world, to search their surroundings by spreading it thinly across their surroundings.
At first, Alfonzo tried spreading his magic power in a hemispherical shape. However, he could only stretch it for 50 feet (approx. 15 m) in all directions. With the woods having a circumference of at least 656 feet (approx. 200 m), his sensing range was far from enough to scan the entire wooded area.
I need to think of something else.' Alfonzo thought to himself. "I don't need to search the air for horned rabbits. So maybe if I only spread my magic power on the ground, I should be able to cover more distance.'
Like that, Alfonzo retracted his magic power back into his body. However, before he could make his next attempt, Wakaba asked him a question.
"Hey, Kid, what did you just do?" Wakaba asked curiously. "I just felt your magic power wash over me and flood the surroundings."
Alfonzo then proceeded to explain his theory about using his magic power to search his surroundings. Hearing the explanation, Wakaba was surprised. He had never thought of using his magic power to search like that. In fact, most wizards, unless they had some kind of search magic, searched the old fashion way.
"I'd love to open up that head of yours and see how your brain works, Kiddo." Wakaba said with a smile.
"You're not the first to say that to me." Alfonzo muttered as he closed his eyes again.
Spreading his magic power outward once again, Alfonzo restricted the height to no higher than his own height. Unsurprisingly, he was able to stretch his magic power much further than before. However, as the distance grew, so too did the sensitivity drop. Luckily, he could perfectly grasp everything on the ground of the woods.
"Found them." Alfonzo muttered. Then after a few more seconds, he continued. "Looks like there are forty-seven of them."
"Damn, that's convenient." Wakaba said enviously. "I would have completed this job so much faster if I could do that back then."
Not paying attention to Wakaba's grumbling, Alfonzo began walking in the direction of the horned rabbits he sensed. Naturally, Wakaba, as his observer, followed him. After about five minutes, Alfonzo and Wakaba arrived at a spot where they could see the whole group of horned rabbits. And to neither of the two's surprise, the horned rabbits were fucking like... well... rabbits.
"Kinda feels bad to interrupt them while they're in the mood." Wakaba muttered.
Although he agreed with the sentiment, Alfonzo did not comment on it. He was only nine, so he was not supposed to know about the birds and the bees, yet.
"I'll finish it in one go." Alfonzo muttered.
A moment later, a massive magic circle appeared behind Alfonzo. Then, twenty-four small lumps of iron materialized with the help of his magic. At the same time, Wakaba took some distance, allowing Alfonzo to handle this on his own. Yet he was close enough to step in if necessary.
"Metal Magic: Shuriken Rain]." Alfonzo muttered, chanting the name of his spell.
Then, the lumps of metal began molding themselves into shuriken like you would see in any form of media containing ninjas. A moment later, they began to spin at high speed. Then, Alfonzo pointed his right arm at the horned rabbits and the shuriken shot forward.
Out of the twenty-four shuriken Alfonzo fired, nineteen of them hit their mark. Targeting the side of the horned rabbit's necks, the ones that were hit died near instantly. However, there were five horned rabbits that were alerted by the sound of the shuriken cutting through the air. Then, they evaded by hopping away. Unfortunately, their mates were not so lucky.
While the horned rabbits that were not targeted quickly ran away, the five that avoided death were angered greatly by the deaths of their mates. So, after determining where the shuriken came from, they charged in that direction.
"Damn, some of them dodged." Alfonzo muttered.
As he spoke, Alfonzo made eye contact with one of the irate horned rabbits. Then, it made a remarkably cute sound before charging in Alfonzo's direction. Naturally, the other horned rabbits followed along.
In the meantime, Alfonzo positioned himself with his back to a tree, making sure that he was under a branch that he assumed could handle his weight. Then, he waited for the horned rabbits to arrive.
A few moments later, the horned rabbits were close enough to see the fury in their eyes. And when they were that close, they did not waste any time throwing themselves at Alfonzo horn first.
"[Metal Magic: Spring Bounce]." Alfonzo said, as springs were created under his feet.
Once the springs were created, Alfonzo jumped straight up, grabbing the branch above him.
*Thud!* *Thud!* *Thud!*
AS Alfonzo jumped when the horned rabbits were airborne, none of them could stop their forward momentum. So, three of the five horned rabbits ended up stuck in the tree, hanging by their horns. The other two, on the other hand, soared past the tree, since they were aiming at Alfonzo from a wider angle.
"Wow, I thought at least one would get killed by friendly fire." Alfonzo muttered as he held on to the branch.
Before letting go of the tree branch, Alfonzo used [Shuriken Rain] again, killing the three horned rabbits stuck int eh tree's trunk. Then, so as not to damage the prey he hunted, Alfonzo kicked off the tree trunk and landed away from the tree.
As soon as he landed, however, the two surviving horned rabbits dashed at him again. And like before, they both leapt forth with their horns pointed at his torso. However, since there were only two attacking this time, Alfonzo had no need for tricks.
With his arms crossed in front of his chest, Alfonzo waited for the horned rabbits to draw near. Then, just as they struck his metal wrapped forearms, Alfonzo deflected their horns upward with one quick and forceful movement. When the rabbits horns were pointed upward, Alfonzo quickly moved his hands and grabbed both horned rabbits around their necks.
*Crack!* *Crack!*
Then, with one strong squeeze from each hand, Alfonzo broke both horned rabbits' necks.
"And that should do it." Alfonzo said, dropping the two horned rabbits. "But how am I gonna bring all these horned rabbits back to magnolia?"
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Earth Land, Ishgar, Kingdom of Fiore, Magnolia
May 8, x774.
Finishing her conversation with Magnolia's mayor later than Alfonzo, Elicia walked down one of Magnolia's main streets toward the town's east gate with Reedus.
"I don't get it, we were there to complete the mayor's quest." Elicia said with a pout. "So, why did we have to wait so long?"
"I'm sure it's because the mayor had many other things to deal with."
"Were those things as important as keeping the town safe?" Elicia asked, continuing to pout.
Reedus could only sigh before smiling. He could only hope that Elicia would somehow remain as pure and innocent as she was now. Although, he doubted that wud be the case. This world was much darker than even he was sure of, so the chances of the innocent girl next to him staying so pure was low.
"I don't know if they were as important." Reedus replied. "All we can do is do our job quickly, so that the people won't have to worry about getting hurt by that pack of worgs."
Although she was not quite happy with that reply, Elicia understood that was the best they could do. So, she continued walking toward the town gate in silence.
Eventually, the duo made their way to the gate. Then, they continued walking down the public road. After walking for another half an hour, they arrived at the forest. The forest was rather large, and the public road traveled through it.
Seeing the specs of light that shined through the trees' canopy onto the road, Elicia felt her annoyance with the mayor's office fading.
"Wow, it's really pretty here." Elicia said in a wonderous tone.
"It is." Reedus said, nodding in agreement. "Perhaps I'll come here another day and paint the scenery."
"Ooh, if you do, can I have the painting?" Elicia asked with an excited smile. "Then, when Fonzie and I get our own house, we'll hang it in the living room."
"You sure have thought far ahead." Reedus said with a smile.
To Reedus' surprise, Elicia shook her head without losing her smile. However, Elicia's next words cleared up his confusion.
"I didn't even have to think about it." Elicia said, her smile growing wider. "Fonzie and I will always be together, so there's nothing to think about."
Smiling in response, Reedus decided to change the subject, over the last three years, he had realized that Elicia could easily lose sight of an objective whenever she got to talking about Alfonzo.
"You can tell me about that later, Elicia." Reedus said in a gentle tone. "But now, we, or rather you, have a job to do."
Hearing that, Elicia immediately snapped back to her senses. Then, her smile slowly disappeared, turning into a determined expression.
"Right, there's work to do." Elicia said with a nod.
A moment later, Elicia, with Reedus following behind her, started walking down the road leading through the forest. After walking for a while, Elicia turned her head back to Reedus.
"Hey, Reedus, have we reached the center of the forest yet?" Elicia asked.
Though he did not know why Elicia was asking this question, he did not hesitate to answer it.
"Not quite, if we walk at this pace for another five minutes, or so, though, we'll be there." Reedus replied.
"I see." Elicia said with a nod. Then, she started walking again.
A little more than five minutes later, Elicia stopped in the middle of the road. Naturally, Reedus stopped as well, curious to see what Elicia would do.
Reedus knew that the quest asked the wizards to kill the worgs. But just as important as killing the worgs, if not more so, was finding them in the first place.
'I wonder what she's gonna do.' Reedus wondered as he stepped away from Elicia who had just closed her eyes. 'I hope she's actually considered this part. Worgs are quite cunning. So, they won't be that easy to find by normal means.'
Meanwhile, with her eyes closed, Elicia was going over her options. In reality, Reedus had no need to worry. Elicia had already considered the difficulty of finding the worgs. And she was currently thinking what methods she could use to do so.
'Okay, I could try spreading my magic power, like those characters in light novels do.' Elicia thought to herself. 'But this forest looks uber big. I probably don't have enough magic power to cover it all. But, if I use my [Thread Magic], the use of magic power would probably be more efficient.'
Nodding her head at that last thought, Elicia opened her eyes and took a deep breath. Then, under Reedus' watchful gaze, she knelt on one knee, placing her hands on the ground.
"[Thread Magic: Detection Strings]." Elicia said, quietly chanting the name of her spell.
An instant later, thin, almost invisible threads began to spread from her palms in all directions. In fact, these threads were so thin, Reedus did not even notice them as they shot past him. After the threads stretched much further than the eye could see in this forest, Elicia closed her eyes once again.
Elicia actually developed this spell a year or so ago. She had lost something in her dorm room. And for the life of her, she could not find it. So, in a panic, she spread her threads all over her room. To her surprise, she was able to send some of her senses into the threads if she tried hard enough. Then, after she grasped the trick behind it, she found her favorite comb in less than three minutes.
Over the year since she developed the spell, she has learned how to add her senses to the threads more efficiently. And she decided that this would be the easiest way to find the worgs.
"There are really a lot of moving things in this forest.' Elicia thought to herself. 'But most of them are too small to be worgs. I read in a book that worgs are halfway between the size of normal wolves and horses. So, they should put a lot more pressure on my threads than anything else in this forest.'
With that thought in mind, Elicia let her mind filter out all the smaller sensations that brushed against her threads. Eventually, while focusing on the larger ones, she found two spots that could possibly be the pack of worgs.
In the northeast, there were two animals walking on her threads. While in the south, there was one.
'I'll check the northeast first, since there are two of them.' Elicia thought as she opened her eyes.
"Reedus, I think I found them." Elicia said with a smile. "I'll head out to check."
A moment later, without waiting for Reedus to reply, Elicia shot threads from the fingertips of her right hand and wrapped them around a nearby tree branch. Then, she pulled herself off the ground and began swinging between the trees toward the response she felt on her detection spell.
"*Sigh* She could at least wait for me." Reedus said with awry smile on his face.
A moment later, Reedus used his magic power to increase his running speed as he chased Elicia through the forest. Then, three minutes later, he stopped as he saw Elicia standing on a tree branch. When he followed the direction where she was looking, he found the figures of two animals who were about as tall as the average horse. However, they were much too round to be worgs.
"Burrowing boars, huh?" Redus said, immediately recognizing the species of the magical beasts in front of him.
Burrowing boards were boar-type magical beasts who were adept in earth magic. They tended to use it to burrow under trees to find insects and other food sources.
Looking up to Elicia once again, Reedus was surprised to see that she was currently drooling. Then, he listened closely and could hear her mumbling to herself.
"Fonzie could make some really big pork chops if I brought those back, right?" Elicia asked with her eyes sparkling. "If I ask real nice, he might even make some smothered pork chops."
Once again, Reedus sighed. Although he could understand how Elicia felt, now was not the time to be thinking about Alfonzo's cooking.
"Elicia." Reedus said softly, getting the girl's attention. "Did you forget that you're on a quest?"
Elicia immediately opened her eyes wide. Then, she shook her head. After looking at the burrowing boars longingly once more, she muttered.
"Don't worry, I'll come back for you." Elicia said as if she would come to rescue the boars from their suffering.
A moment later, she shot her threads at a tree. Then, she swung off toward the other reading she had picked up during her search.
"*Sigh* Seriously, could you wait for me?" Reedus asked before running off to follow Elicia.
Ten minutes later, Elicia neared the area where she felt the other large animal in the forest. However, the only reason it took her so long to arrive was because she decided to circle around and approach them from the down wind direction. It did not take a genius to know that she would be detected well before she could arrive if the worgs picked up on her scent first.
When Reedus arrived, he saw Elicia once again standing on a tree branch, frowning at what she saw. When he looked over as well, he immediately understood why.
"So, there were actually six of them, huh?" Reedus muttered. "And it looks like there is an alpha among them. I wonder what she will do. She's well within her rights to go back due to inaccurate information."
As Reedus said, there were six worgs, five of which were laying down on the ground while the largest, or the alpha, was strolling around the area.
By the time Reedus had arrived, however, Elicia had already come up with a plan. The thought of turning back had never crossed her mind.
"[Thread Magic: Thread Puppets]." Elicia chanted quietly with her hands pointed at the forest floor.
A moment later, a large amount of thread was ejected from Elicia's hands. Then, they started to weave themselves together silently. About a minute later, Reedus opened his eyes wide at what he saw.
Standing in front of Reedus were a pair of burrowing boars, nearly identical to the ones he had seen before.
A second later, Elicia began controlling the boars to walk forward. At first, their movements were rather clunky. So, Elicia had them circle back toward her. Then, for the next few minutes or so, she continued controlling the two boar puppets until their movements looked quite natural.
"Okay, I think I'm ready." Elicia muttered to herself.
An instant later, the boar puppets were approaching the pack of worgs. Then, when they got close, she had one of them intentionally step on a fallen twig, causing it to snap. Naturally, this drew the attention of all six worgs, causing their ears to perk up and their heads to snap in the direction the sound came from.
A moment later, the boar puppets were in view of the worgs, and Elicia stopped their movement. Then, after the two sides stared each other down for a moment, she made the puppets run away from the worgs.
Immediately after the puppets ran away, the alpha worg raised its head and howled into the sky, causing the other five worgs to shoot off in pursuit.
"So, that's why the quest sheet only mentioned five worgs." Reedus said, hiding in the direction opposite the puppets.
Watching the chase, Reedus noticed that it did not take long for the worgs to catch up and surround the boars. Then, they all charged at the boars from different directions, each taking a bite of the boars. However, it also did not take long for the worgs to realize that something was wrong.
Instead of the taste of meat and blood, they only felt the sensation of biting something similar to hair. Realizing that it was most likely a trap, one of the worgs howled, alerting the alpha that the five of them were in danger.
As soon as the howl was over, the boar puppets disassembled and wrapped the five worgs in threads, muzzling them all I the process.
A few moments later, two more boar puppets appeared, with one lying on the ground with its throat torn out. Then, after a few more moments, the alpha worg arrived on the scene.
Taking a few seconds to survey the scene, the alpha worg cautiously approached. When it was close enough, it finally realized that its pack had been tangled up with something. However, at that point, it was too late.
The boar that had been standing quickly turned toward the alpha and rushed in its direction, trying to skewer it with its tusks.
Not feeling threatened at all, the alpha worg dodged the puppet's charge and swiped at it with its front paw. Unfortunately, that was a bad decision. As soon as the paw swipe landed, the puppet disassembled, wrapping the alpha worg just like the other five.
Once all six worgs were wrapped up securely, Elicia hopped down from the tree she was controlling the puppets from. Then, she slowly approached the bound worgs.
"I'm sorry I have to do this." Elicia said, not sure if the worgs could understand her. "I really don't like killing living creatures. But you hurt the people of Magnolia. So, to keep them safe, I have to do it."
While she spoke, Elicia looked really uncomfortable with what she was about to do. However, after taking a deep breath, her expression firmed up.
"Thread Magic: Thread Scythe]." Elicia chanted in a resolve tone.
A moment later, the threads wrapped around the worgs necks constricted quickly. Then, the worgs were all beheaded.
"Well, I better bring them back to the town." Elicia said in a somber tone. "I don't like killing, but it had to be done. And since it had to be done, there's no sense in leaving good material behind. Their hides should be able to make something nice if I use them right."
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