Somewhere to call home

[Gwendoline]

It was a cold day, the sun hidden away behind the dark clouds blocking the warmth she held so dearly. Looking up she made out a tall, illustrious building on top the steep hill she has been stumbling up for the past 10 minutes. "This must be the place" Gwen thought to herself as she looked at the crude drawing she held in her hand. It had taken been years since last left the place she once called home searching for somewhere next to lay her head permanently, and throughout the years of traveling one name had always come up. Fairy Tail. She had heard the rumors both good and bad and had decided that maybe this was the place where she could finally call home? Only time would tell.

Making her way up the guild door she would lightly knock on the door before peering inside. “Um, hello?” She said softly, hesitating to go inside.

[Princess Miku]

Chloe was out for a walk when she saw a girl knocking on her guild hall. "Hello, whatya doing?" The eight year old said as childish as she could, which sounded normal coming from her. "Are you trying to join the guild?" she continued as she inspected the girl. She looked pretty dragonslayer like, and had the smell of exceed on her. Their was now mistaking it, this girl was a dragonslayer looking to join the guild.

[Gwendoline]

Upon hearing the voice coming from behind her, Gwendoline would quickly turn on her heels to face the person, but there was no one in her direct line of sight, which she found out. But she quickly realized where the voice was coming from when the person asked the second question. Looking down Gwen would notice the young girl, who looked no older than ten years old. Was she someone’s daughter? Maybe she should ask her to go get an adult or a Guild master? But judging from her surroundings not much people was around here at the moment. “Yes I’m here to join the Guild. Could you help me?” Gwen said sweetly and calmly.

[Princess Miku]

"Yes, i'm too young to join myself but I know the guildmaster." Chloe said childishly looking up at the very tall girl. She inspected her and appeared to be around 16-18. At the moment Chloe was only wearing her very large fur jacket, and nothing else. Or it at least looked like it, she really had a swimsuit top and short shorts under it. "But she's away right now." She continued.

[Gwendoline]

“Oh I see.” Gwendoline said after hearing that the Guild master was away. It was rather unfortunate that she had traveled all this way just to hear that he or she was away but there was nothing that she could do about it. “Um, are there any special requirements needed to join the guild? ” Gwen asked the young girl. She didn’t know much about guilds hence why she asked the question. Maybe they needed some sort of magic certification or some contribution?

[Princess Miku]

"Well all you need is basic magic abilities." Chloe said looking down acting ashamed. In reality this was the test, the first test to be exact. She was testing this girl's character. It was very beneficial being her age because it helps her perform these tests. The next tests would be knowledge and magic.

[Gwendoline]

A sigh of relief escaped her lips when she heard that entrance was as simple as having basic magical abilities. This was pretty much ideal since the only think she owned was the clothes on her back and some pocket lint, so if they wanted money of some sort she would’ve been screwed that and she’s been training for three years now trying to master the magic her mother taught her. Gwen was obviously happy but that soon changed when she noticed the little girl’s expression. Was the reason why she couldn’t join the guild because she had no magical abilities? If so that must be hard on her wanting to join the guild she grew up in but can’t. Crouching down she would put her hand on her shoulder. “Don’t be sad, I’m sure that one day you’ll be able to discover your magical abilities and who knows you may end up being Guild master.” She said stroking the child’s head.

[Princess Miku]

"O-O-Ok," The girl said slightly cheering up but still looking very sad. She had passed the test of character and now was the time for magic and knowledge. First came magic. Using her Shadow Magic she created three shadow golems in a nearby Fairy Rail training field. Now she just had to lead the girl to the field. "I can introduce you to some of the members" Chloe said leading her to the field and seeing the three golems she made. They didn't look like her best, but she knew they would get the job done. "Eep!" she said hiding behind the girl, pretending to be scared of them.

[Gwendoline]

Her attempt to cheer her up seemed to have some effect on her but it was obvious she was still sad and she could understand why. Standing up from her crouching position she would follow the girl to meet the some of the other members, in truth she was quite nervous about this whole ordeal. Would they accept her? Would they like her? All these things ran through her mind as she followed absentmindedly not noticing her surroundings until she heard the shriek from the little girl. Snapping out of her train of thought she noticed three golems made out of some dark magic standing in front of her. “I want you to run, I’ll draw their attention” She said immediately thinking about the young girl’s safety.

[Princess Miku]

Chloe ran but nervously said, "B-B-But...." she said until she pretended to realize she couldn't help at all. Now it was the Golem's turn. She went and hid behind a tree when her blue eye began to shine. Luckily the tree was stopping her from being noticed. With her eye activated, one of her eyes was normal, and the other was used to see what her largest golems saw. In a split second the two smaller golems ran in to attack Gwen while the biggest fired a beam of dark energy from its mouth.

[Gwendoline]

With the girl out of the way it was time to deal with these golems, hopefully all the training she had been doing all these years would be just enough otherwise they both would be in a lot of trouble. She was quite confident about beating them however since they weren’t that big. It was as if fate decided to be cruel to her as one of the golems immediately began to grow exponentially. Her confidence immediately went through out the window when they began their assault. What should she do? She thought as the smaller golems came closer with the beam lingering behind them. “S-Solar Dragon Barrier!!” She said nervously. A barrier would erect in front of her but the golems charging towards her would simply pass through simply because the barrier could only deflect beam attacks. She would have to fight another way to deal with the other two.

[Princess Miku]

Watching Gwen fight, she determined that this was not all she had. She needed a way to bring out Gwen's inner strength. She determined there was one way to do this. She made the biggest golem walk up to the tree and grab Chloe. She acted as if the golem grabbed her against her will but really was her plan all along. She made the big golem erect a shield of darkness and the two small ones run at Gwen with all she had. "Help!" she said as the golem held her.

[Gwendoline]

She managed to successfully deflect the beam attack but she now had a bigger problem, the largest golem had captured the girl! Even though she had lacked confidence in her own abilities there was no way she would let the child get killed by that giant golem, she had to do something. With no strategy in mind she ran towards the two golem that was heading towards her. Waiting until they were both infront of her she would gather the energy within the atmosphere and fired a super-dense, high-temperature fireball towards them both. Whether or not it hit she didn’t care as she used that moment where the fireball exploded to head towards the bigger golem. Then there was the shield. Inhaling she would gather the heat and light within her mouth and would then release it into the form of a high velocity beam looking to shatter the shield of darkness.

[Princess Miku]

After a few moments the girl finally unleashed her full power. In a matter of seconds the two golems were destroyed and the big golem took a massive beam to the chest. Chloe made the golem drop her and she landed on the ground as the golem walked towards her, looking like it would finish Chloe off. "Help!" she cried.

[Gwendoline]

Apparently the golem had a vendetta against the young girl as it completely ignored the person who fired a beam in its chest! But she would use that to her advantage. Gathering heat within her hands she would fire release a wave of fire launching herself into the air towards the golem. She would then amass intense heat upon her right hand and would then perform a powerful thrust forward in an arc striking the golem in the chest once more, causing an explosion of heat if it hit.

[Princess Miku]

Chloe ducked, pretending to hide when the golem exploded. She passed the test of magic and knowledge, and was now approved to join the guild. Instead of straight up telling her, she stayed hiding and shaking. She was pretending to be extremely scared even though she was thinking on how to induct Gwen into the guild.

[Gwendoline]

Landing gracefully on the ground she watched as the golem disappeared. Somehow she managed to win, maybe her training paid off after all. With her body feeling heavy from the use of all that slayer magic at once she slowly made her way towards the young girl. “Are….you okay?” She said breathing heavily. It was kind of pathetic that using four techniques was her current limit but hopefully she would improve sooner rather than later.

[Princess Miku]

"Yes... Im fine.... just a little scared." Chloe said shakily hiding as the girl walked towards her. Now was the time to get her into the guild. She would simply take her to the hall and let her children do the talking.

[Gwendoline]

At her own pace she followed the young girl to into the guild hall. Though feeling extremely exhausted she put on a brave face just in case the Guild Master showed up and wanted her to join. She didn’t want to look weak infront of the master or the guild members but she couldn’t help but feel tired.

[Princess Miku]

Chloe lead her too the hall and a loud cry went out from the people. "Hey guys, the master's back!" The people said running up to and tackle/hugging Chloe despite her being so little.

[Gwendoline]

When she heard the cries that the master was back Gwen would look at the entrance to see if anyone was behind her, but there was no one. Turning back around she would notice that everyone surrounded the young girl. That was impossible; she couldn’t be, could she? Confusion mixed with exhaustion hit her straight on as she stumbled towards the tables and sat down on one of the chairs.

[Princess Miku]

"Guys mind backing off." Chloe said making her way to Gwen. "So you wanna join fairy Tail?" she said realizing her act was over and it was time to show her true colors.

[Gwendoline]

Still in a state of shock all she could do was nod her head. Even though she couldn’t wrap her head around her being the Guild Master, she had come here for one reason and one reason only, to join the guild.

[Princess Miku]

"Well you've passed my test, all I need now is your name and some ink." Chloe said standing on the table to look Gwen in the eye.

[Gwendoline]

So it was all a test? Gwen thought as her words echoed throughout the room.  Though she didn’t like the fact that she had been tricked into thinking that the girl was actually in trouble, she was grateful for the chance to prove her worth to the Guild Master. Shrugging off her tiredness she quickly stood up and bowed her head. “Gwendoline Varimathras” She said softly.

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