"I can't believe he only knocked off 1,000 jewels!" a blonde mage complained as she marched down the streets of Hargeon. She continued to verbally announce her complaints under her breath.

Suddenly she was caught off guard by the sound of girls cheering. She looked over the bridge to see a large number of people swarming a man. "It's Salamander!" a brown-haired girl swooned as she ran past the blonde mage. She quickly ran down to see the Salamander. Before the swarm of girls stood a man with a tattoo above his right eye.

Her heart started beating faster when he glanced over at her. Something seemed to break her out of her trance- a cat. A blue cat that stood on two paws with something green wrapped around his neck. The mage then noticed the two rings on the Salamander's hand. She groaned in realization at the charm spells. She was about to say something to the arrogant fire wizard when someone stormed up to him. That's when she got a closer glance at the stranger.

He had salmon hair? The coloring seemed odd to the mage, as was the black cloak that covered him. The mysterious man rose a fist and punched Salamander to the ground.

She, along with the swarm of girls gasped. "Who are you?" the Salamander coughed. The cloaked-man reached down and grabbed the coughing man. The blonde mage looked on with amazed horror. She didn't even realize the cat was suddenly on her shoulder. She picked up the small cat and continued to watch the stranger beat the Salamander with ease.

"Natsu..." she looked down to see... the cat talking?! "You can talk?!" she screamed. The little cat smiled up at her. "Aye! I'm Happy!" the cat said with a flicker of his tail. "I'm Lucy" the mage smiled. She was caught off guard by a blood-curdling scream. She looked over horrified at the Salamander... who was lying on the ground dead.

The salmon-haired man turned around and marched away. "Natsu! Wait up!" Happy called as he jumped from Lucy's arms. He flew over to Natsu. Lucy hurried after Natsu and the... flying cat?! "Hey, Happy!" Lucy called. The cat turned and smiled at her. "Are you in a guild, Lushie?" Lucy shook her head, ignoring the stupid cat's nickname. The cat smiled at her.

"We're in Fairy Tail! You can join!" Happy said with a wag of his tail. Lucy's jaw dropped in amazement. Fairy Tail? her mind screamed happily. The blonde mage quickly followed the flying blue cat and cloaked stranger.

On their way to the Fairy Tail guild, Lucy attempted to talk to Natsu. "So, you're a mage in the Fairy Tail guild?". She asked, even though she knew the answer. No response. "Your name is Natsu?" she questioned. Ignored. "How long have you been in the guild?". Something that sounded like a growl emanated from the man. "What type of magic do you use?" she asked. And that's when Natsu snapped.

"Shut up!" he yelled, as he threw a dark ball of magic to the ground. "Just... shut up!" Natsu was visibly shaking with pure anger. He then scoffed and started to walk faster. Happy looked at Lucy, somewhat relieved.

The blue furred cat jumped into the mage's arms. He opened his mouth as to say something, but closed it almost immediately. He looked down to the ground, avoiding eye contact with her.

They walked towards Magnolia in silence.

Lucy's heart beat faster at the sight of the building before her. In large letters "FAIRY TAIL" was written. She looked at Natsu, who simply breathed in and disappeared in a puff of black smoke.

Happy, who was sitting on Lucy's head, jumped down and walked towards the guild doors. Lucy walked forwards, as her shaking hand reached for the doors to her future.