here?" Erza asked.
"Welcome back! How was the island?" Mira greeted. "Did you do any swimming?"
"It was no time for that." Erza replied.
"Umm, please try to read the mood in the air, everyone..." Lucy tries to make it obvious.
"Where is the master?!" Erza asks once more.
"He left yesterday, saying there was some sort of council meeting being held somewhere for something." Macao replied.
"Whew..." They all sigh in relief, knowing that the Master is busy.
"Safe for now!" Natsu sighed in relief.
"All right! Don't have to worry about 'it' until Gramps gets back!" Aira cheers to himself.
"What a relief! Now we won't have to endure hell for a while!" Happy cries tears of joy while waving his arms in the air.
"Let's enjoy this moment while it lasts!" Gray said.
"What are you guys talking about?! Ahh, I gotta know! Ahh, I'm scared! Not knowing what it is makes it even scarier!" Lucy annoyingly asked, freaking out about the punishment.
"Be silent!" Erza demanded, making them shake in fear. "When will the master return?"
"Soon, I think..." Mira replied.
"When he returns, I will ask for his decision immediately." Erza said. "You're guilty of taking an S-Class quest. Prepare yourselves." Natsu, Aira, and Happy hug each other.
"What am I supposed to prepare myself for?!" Lucy asked.
"Guess there's no way around it! Still, never mind Natsu and Aira, Gray's probably gonna have a tough time, I can't believe Lucy's gonna have to go through that..." Wakaba commented.
"Poor girl"...?" Lucy repeated.
"Hey, Wakaba! Whadya mean, "never mind us"?!" Natsu asked as he and Aira walk up to him.
"Yeah! And don't stick me in the same boat as Natsu!" Aira complained.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Natsu punches Aira.
"Exactly what I said! Can't you ever take a hint right?!" Aira shouted, punching him back.
"Here they go again..." Cain sweat dropped at the two Dragon Slayers.
"Real men need to take responsibility properly." Elfman sighed. "Show us just how manly you are!"
"That's not fair! I wasn't even apart of the "never mind" list!" Happy whined.
"Seriously, what's going to happen to us?!" Lucy asked.
Natsu goes to the request board and notices a strange request. "Oh! There's a weird job posted!"
"Huh? What's this...?" Aira asked.
"Oh, Natsu. Welcome back." Loke greeted.
"Hey, Loke." Natsu greeted him without taking a glance at him. "Let's see... "Please decipher..."
"What is it?" Lucy asked.
Loke freaks out when he sees Lucy. "Y-You're back too, Lucy?!"
"Of course I am. I was with Natsu and the others." Lucy responded. "Why are you so freaked out?"
"N-No, I'm just... Bye!" Loke accidently runs into Erza without looking and falls on the ground.
"All of you!" Erza doesn't even notice Loke crashing into her armor. "You know this is no time for that!"
"So weak..." Lucy commented.
"Geez. How noisy..." Cana complained.
"Wizards really are awesome!" Romeo said.
"Hey, now..." Cana disagreed.
"Please decipher the meaning of this writing. Solve it, and I'll pay you 500,000 Jewel." Natsu reads the paper. "Whoa, awesome! It's worth 500,000."
"Decipher some writing? That's an unusual job..." Aira said. "Wait, this ancient script! Who can possibly read this?"
"But there's a modern transliteration next to it." Happy stated.
"I told you to stop." Erza ordered.
"Oh! I can read this! Let's see here..." Natsu tries to read the paper. "Ugo deru rasuchi boro kania... I don't know what this means at all!" He easily gives up. A rainbow light glows around them.
"What is that?" Macao asked.
"Oh? The fear of punishment can even scare rainbows out of people?" Wakaba questioned.
"I don't think that's quite it..." Macao said. The rainbow glow stops and fades away.
All of the sudden, Aira gets cold, hugging himself to stay warm. "I'm cold!"
"Huh? How can a water wizard be cold?!" Elfman asked.
"What's going on? My insides are unusually cold!" Aira said. They all stare at him in confusion.
"I-I feel heavy!" Lucy shouted out of nowhere. "My chest feels unusually heavy! I-It's hard on my back..." She fails to notice it's her chest area that makes it hard for her to stand up straight.
"What's going on, Lucy?! Your voice is lower than usual..." Macao stated.
"Th-That's not tr-" Aira looks at Lucy and freaks out. "Huh?! What?!"
Loke wakes and gets up. "Huh? Why was I on the ground?" He tries to remember how he fell on the ground.
Natsu smirks, acting glamorous at the moment. "More like, why am I standing up?" He looks at Lucy and freaks out, running out of the guild.
"Hey, Natsu! Why are you running away after seeing my face-" Lucy realizes that her voice is different. "Huh? What's with this voice?"
"E-Everything seems a little off somehow..." Macao commented.
"What's all this commotion about?!" Happy walks in, looking firm and composed.
"Oh! Natsu! Look! Look!" Erza said in a sweet voice. "Huh? Where's Natsu?"
"Huh? What do you want? Man, why's everything so dark?" Loke forgets that he's wearing glasses.
"I have two neat boobies on my chest!" Erza grabs her boobs to show Loke. "See?! See?!" The men start to blush, excited at the moment.
Happy freaks out and gets angry. "Stop that!" He attempts to kick Erza but he kicks her hard armor instead. He is left stunned, feeling the pain in his body.
"That doesn't hurt at all." Erza stares at her boobs.
"Why am I in this cat-like body? Actually, this is a cat! I don't remembering requipping into anything!" Happy said, disappointed.
"Geez. Can't I just drink in peace?" Cana complained.
"Magic is so cool!" Romeo said as Cana disagreed.
"What in the world is going on here?! I feel really cold!" Aira complained. "And why is there an exact look-alike of me here?!" All the guild mates stare at him, dumbfounded.
"Huh?! What're you talking about?!" Lucy asked.
"Do you not realize it yet?! We've switched minds and bodies!" Happy said.
"Huh?!" They all scream in horror and shock.
"What do you mean, Happy?!" Loke asked.
"I'm Erza!" Happy corrected.
"I'm Happy! That's so mean, Loke!" Erza whined.
"Argh, shut up!" Happy said, irritated.
"Which means..." Aira said.
"Natsu and Loke... Aira and Lucy... And, worst of all, Happy and I have switched places!" Happy (Erza) explained.
"What do you mean, "worst of all"?!" Erza (Happy) sweat dropped.
"The ancient Unpela-ese 'Changeling' spell has been set in motion." Master Makarov stood at the entrance of the guild.
"Master!" Happy (Erza) and the rest walks over to him.
"That job flier was the cause. Reading a certain spell aloud will cause the personalities of nearby people to switch." Master Makarov explained. "That spell is the Changeling spell."
"Changeling?!" Aira (Lucy) exclaimed.
"You're Natsu, right?" Lucy (Aira) asked.
"Yeah." Loke (Natsu) replied.
"What the hell have you done?!" Lucy (Aira) grabs his collar.
"Don't look at me! All I did was read the flier!" Loke (Natsu) shouted back. "Man, why is it so dark in here?!"
"Stop it, Lucy, I mean Aira." Master Makarov corrects himself. "This spell switches more than just personalities. It switches magic, too." They yell in shock.
Natsu (Loke) then goes out wandering the streets and sees two girls and goes up to them to ask them out, but they run away. When he wonders why, he sees that he is drooling fire and begins to panic, quickly returning to the guild.
"One other thing." Master Makarov pointed out. They all gulp, wondering what's the other consequence. "If the Changeling spell is not lifted within 30 minutes of its activation..." He leans closer to them. "...you will remain changed for the rest of your life. So the lore says."
"H-How many minutes has it been?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Sixteen. That leaves fourteen minutes." Mira replied.
"Gramps! Is there a spell to turn us back?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Well, it is ancient magic, so it goes without saying that I..." He scratches his nose while thinking. "...don't know. I was looking forward to punishing you for the S-Class quest incident..." They all left behind on the ground, depressed. "...but that won't do any good now! Well...! Good luck." He walks away without helping them.
"I can't believe this! Urgh! In that case...!" Lucy (Aira) yelled as she is about to take off her shirt. The guys cheer to themselves as they wait for her to take off her shirt.
"No!" Aira (Lucy) yelled. "Anything but that!" He stops her from taking off her shirt.
"I need to take it off..." Lucy (Aira) struggled.
"Oh, right! That's Aira inside, and he's basically Gray #2!" Erza (Happy) stated. "Oh!" She thinks of an idea.
"Happy! Wh-What are you-?" Happy (Erza) asked.
"Sounds neat! I'm gonna try it!" Erza (Happy) said.
"W-Wait! Stop!" Happy (Erza) tries to stop her.
"Requip! Requip! I'm gonna requip too! Yay! Uppa!" Erza (Happy) requips into swimmer like outfit. "Tadah!"
"Oh! This is great, too!" All the men said in excitement.
"Stop it!" Happy (Erza) attempts to punch Erza (Happy), but she accidently elbows him. "I-I can't believe this... My pride as an S-Class wizard..."
"Huh? That's weird. I meant to wear a cool suit of armor..." Erza (Happy) said, unsatisfied with the armor she chose.
"I got it! We did switch techniques, but they're weak and lame now!" Loke (Natsu) said.
"Hey, Loke! I mean... whoever's inside!" Wakaba called.
"Don't call me that! What do you want?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"What about your magic?" Wakaba asked.
"Yeah! What's it like? I wanna see!" Elfman said.
"I-I don't know... I don't feel anything and nothing's happening... I just feel kinda 'off'..." Loke (Natsu) has a strange feeling inside his body as the guys look at him weird. "Why do I feel so on edge?!"
"Someone help me!" Natsu (Loke) runs back to the guild with his mouth drooling fire.
"What's with that fire?" Gray asked.
"It's more like drool than fire..." Elfman commented.
"Your magic is really weak now..." Mira said.
"Oh! I see! So this is what it's like to fly!" Happy (Erza) flies around. "No, this is no time for admiration! We're running out of time!"
"What are we going to do?" Aira (Lucy) sighed. Water comes out of his mouth.
"Aira. I mean, Lucy. There's water coming from your mouth..." Mira stated.
"Gross! I hate this..." Aira (Lucy) covers his mouth to stop the water from falling out of his mouth.
"Lu-chan! Leave it to me!" Levy and her two friends stand at the entrance of the guild.
"Levy-chan!" Aira (Lucy) feels better when he sees Levy.
"The Shadow Gear team is here to save the day!" Droy said. "We'll turn you back to normal!"
"Yeah! Don't worry! So..." Jet said.
"It's all yours, Levy!" Jet and Droy said in unison.
"Levy's going to fix this on her own, basically?" Mira asked as Jet and Droy nervously chuckle.
"Thank you, Levy-chan!" Aira (Lucy) said.
"It's for you, Lu-chan! I'll do my best!" Levy said. "I want to be the very first person to read your novel, Lu-chan!" She whispered to Aira (Lucy) as he agrees.
"So what are you gonna do?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
Levy sits at a table with books around her as she reads the paper. "I know a little about ancient writing. So I'll start by looking up the writing on the flier."
"The clock's ticking! Will you make it in time?!" Lucy (Aira) asked.
Happy (Erza) jumps on the table. "Just leave this to Levy!" He doesn't realize he has a fish in his mouth yet. "Wait... why do I have a fish...?"
"They're yummy!" Erza (Happy) stated.
Levy uses these special glasses to read the books about ancient language. "Let's see here... 'Ugo deru...'"
"Oh, no! Only about 10 minutes left!" Natsu (Loke) said.
"Is it okay for you to read the writing out loud?" Lucy (Aira) asked.
"It's safe to read ancient spells like this out loud as long as you don't read it as-is." Levy replied. "Let's see..."
"There's no time!" Loke (Natsu) panicked. "Ahh, I feel so out of it! I can't stay like this forever!"
"Oh? I kinda like this!" Erza (Happy) said. "Again! Requip!"
"I said stop that!" Happy (Erza) ordered.
Levy closes the book as she takes the flier. "Well, Levy-chan?" Aira (Lucy) asked.
"Did you figure anything out?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"I don't know how!" Levy said. They all sigh in disappointment.
"Oh. So I'm going to live the rest of my life as a weird cat with wings..." Happy (Erza) flies around the room.
"I am not weird!" Erza (Happy) said with fish in her mouth.
Lucy (Aira) grabs her shirt, about to take it off. The men gather once more and stare in excitement, waiting for her to reveal her chest.
"I said don't do that!" Aira (Lucy) shouted.
"Ahh, I feel so out of it!" Loke (Natsu) continues to panic.
"Will I never be able to date again?!" Natsu (Loke) opens his mouth and fire comes out.
"I wanna switch places too!" Romeo said in excitement.
"Yeah, yeah. You're Macao's son, all right." Cana said without taking a break from her booze.
"C-Calm down, everyone! I'll keep trying to figure it out!" Levy tries to calm them down.
"Macao! How much time left?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Eight minutes." Macao replied. "Looks like you should maybe get ready for the worst..."
"Oh, no..." Aira (Lucy) continues to whine.
Jet and Droy start to cheer for Levy. "Hurray! Hurray! Levy!"
"They're nothing but a cheering squad for her!" Gray sweat dropped.
"'Deru', 'deru'..." Levy continues to read the books. "Oh, here it is! And then..." They all impatiently wait for Levy to break the spell.
"What do we do if we get stuck like this forever?!" Lucy (Aira) asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Are we just gonna keep working, stuck like this?" Lucy (Aira) responded.
"If we can't go back to normal, what choice do we have?" Loke (Natsu) said.
"That's fine with me!" Erza (Happy) said. "All I hafta do is stay quiet and nobody will know the difference!" Happy (Erza) disagrees with her.
"You know that isn't the issue here! You stupid alley cat!" Aira (Lucy) stated. "I don't want to be stuck like this!" Natsu (Loke) and Aira (Lucy) sigh in disappointment, letting fire and water fall out of their mouths.
"Aira! I mean, Lucy! That's totally gross!" Loke (Natsu) said in disgust.
"I'm not shooting this out of my mouth because I want to, you know!" Aira (Lucy) argued. Then he realizes something that shocked him. "Huh?"
"What is it, Aira? I mean, Lucy?" Happy (Erza) asked.
"This is bad! All our techniques are weak now, right?" Aira (Lucy) stated. "We'll never be able to do serious work like that!"
"Which means..." Loke (Natsu) said.
"...as we..." Lucy (Aira) commented.
"...are now..." Happy (Erza) added.
"...we're the weakest team in Fairy Tail!" They all shouted in a unison.
"L-Let's go, Happy!" Loke (Natsu) said.
"Aye!" Erza (Happy) does a karate pose.
"Water Dragon's...!" Aira (Lucy) puts her hand out.
"O-Open, door of something-or-other...!" Lucy (Aira) shuffles through the keys.
"Oh! Flying is certainly fun!" Happy (Erza) said. They stop posing, thinking that it's lame.
"Oh, man! Now that you mention it, this is really bad!" Loke (Natsu) stated.
"Why didn't I realized something so simple sooner?!" Happy (Erza) asks herself. "It must be because I've turned into a cat..."
"That's mean!" Erza (Happy) commented. "You've been a big meanie ever since we've switched bodies!" She jumps into the air, but falls on top of Happy (Erza).
"What was that, Erza? I mean, Happy?" Macao asked. Happy (Erza) struggles to get out.
"She was being mean to me, so I tried to fly away..." Erza (Happy) replied with her face facing the ground. "But I... I don't have wings, so I fell..."
"M-My apologises... Just please get off-" Happy (Erza) passes out.
"I got it!" Levy exclaimed.
"All right! You can lift the spell?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Hurry, Levy!" Lucy (Aira) said.
"This ancient writing means, "May this eternal exchange bring happiness unto you." Levy said.
"Hurray! You're amazing, Levy!" Aira (Lucy) complimented.
"May this eternal exchange bring happiness unto you." Natsu (Loke) repeated after Levy.
"In other words, people who've been switched by this spell wil live happy lives forever!" Levy explained. "Oh, I'm so glad I deciphered it!"
"Hold on! That mean's we're stuck like this forever!" Loke (Natsu) yelled in anger.
"All you did was figure out what the flier says, Levy..." Lucy (Aira) sighed.
"Oh, you're right! What do I do?!" Levy panics a bit.
"Levy! You have to break the spell!" Aira (Lucy) said. "There has to be a way! There must be a hidden meaning or something! Focus on looking for something like that!" He gives her ideas about another way to break the spell.
"Right! I'll do my best!" Levy is determined to look for other clues.
"Hurray! Hurray! Levy!" Jet and Droy continue to cheer for her.
"Is it me, or is that cheer team more annoying than anything?" Wakaba sweat dropped.
"I can see your point..." Cain sweat dropped as well.
"No! It's good to have fighting spirit!" Elfman commented. "Almost makes me wanna join in!"
"No, this makes it even less understandable. It's not even words!" Levy has a tough time understanding the words.
"Three minutes left." Macao stated.
"Ahh!" Aira (Lucy) screamed as water falls from his mouth.
"Fish everyday from now on..." Happy (Erza) said. "Morning, noon, and night... N-Nothing but fish...? Am I destined to be excited by catnip and such from now on?!" He flies away crying.
"Calm down, Happy! I mean, Erza!" Natsu (Loke) tries to calm him down. Happy (Erza) stands in the corner, feeling gloomy.
"Erza. Sorry about before. I shouldn't have acted that way." Erza (Happy) apologized.
"Happy! You..." Happy (Erza) turns around.
"This is no time to be bickering, is it? Let's make up!" Erza (Happy) said.
"Yes... I apologize as well!" Happy (Erza) accepted.
"Here! This is a symbol of our renewed friendship!" Erza (Happy) hands her a big fish.
"Fish!" Happy (Erza) admires it. "Wait...!"
"Read the situation better!" Aira (Lucy) stated.
"Levy! Are you done yet?!" Loke (Natsu) impatiently asked.
"This is seriously bad. One minute to go!" Macao pointed out.
"It it just me, or are you actually enjoying this?!" Loke (Natsu) yelled.
"N-Not at all..." Macao sweat dropped.
"Just a little more! I think I'm close to getting it!" Levy informed. Elfman joins Jet and Droy, cheering for Levy.
"You can do it! You can do it, Levy! I'm all fired up!" Elfman cheered.
"He's too suited for this..." Gray commented.
"Agreed..." Cain said.
"Oh? You're still at it?" Master Makarov asked.
"Gramps! Don't you know any spells?! At this rate, we're gonna be-" Lucy (Aira) asked.
"Oh!" Master Makarov exclaimed. They all look at him, waiting for his answer. "W-Wish I could help you."
"We're not gonna make it in time!" Lucy (Aira) attempts to take off her shirt one more time.
"I told you, anything but that!" Aira (Lucy) prevents her from doing so, doing a submissive move.
"I give up." Lucy (Aira) weakily said.
"Dunno how accurate this is, but you probably have about 40 seconds left!" Macao stated.
"What do you mean by "probably"?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"Oh! I remember something!" Master Makarov exclaimed.
"What is it?" Happy (Erza) questioned.
"As I recall, when lifting the spell you can only do it one pair at a time." Master Makarov responded. "I believe it's impossible to turn everyone back at once!"
"You have thirty seconds! Or so..." Macao commented.
"Which pair goes first?!" Lucy (Aira) asked.
"Me and Loke, of course!" Loke (Natsu) said. "Right, Loke!" Natsu (Loke) agreed.
"I don't think so! We go first!" Aira (Lucy) said.
"Not so fast! What will happen to Fairy Tail if I get stuck this way?!" Happy (Erza) angrily asked. "Happy and I should go first!"
"I don't care either way!" Erza (Happy) commented. They all argue about which pair shall go first.
"This is ugly..." Wakaba said.
"People turn scary when they're driven into a corner..." Mira said.
"Fifteen seconds!" Macao shouted as Plue holds up a sign.
"Oh! I got it!" Levy exclaimed.
"Twelve! Eleven!" Macao counted down.
"I found out what this is! Basically, the best way to explain it...!" Levy said.
"Nine! Eight!" Macao continues to count down until Loke (Natsu) knocks him out.
"Levy! You can explain later! Hurry!" Loke (Natsu) said, irritated.
"Right! Here goes!" Levy said. "Aruboroya tesura rugi gou!" She repeats it over and over. They all stare in amazement as the Magic does its doing.
"Oh! I'm back to normal!" Lucy happily said.
"Me too." Aira smiled. "Man..." As he sighs, water comes out of his mouth.
"Huh? Water comes out even when you're normal?" Wakaba questioned.
"Levy-chan! Thank you!" Lucy hugs Levy.
"All right!" Droy said.
"Our cheers paid off!" Jet said.
"Pretty sure that wasn't it but believe what you wanna believe..." Cain told them.
"Tell us how you did it!" Lucy asked.
"There was no meaning to the words. So I tried reading them backwards." Levy explained. "They didn't have letters in ancient times, so whenever someone wanted to express different things they'd make it so reading it backwards would have a different effect. That's why reading the spell backwards undid it!"
"Ah! Thank you so much!" Lucy thanked her.
"We owe you one, Levy!" Aira thanked Levy as well.
"I did it for you, Lu-chan!" Levy stated.
"Th-The spell's not broken!" Loke (Natsu) and Natsu (Loke) shouted.
"Wha...?" Levy and Lucy are surprised to see those two in the same position.
"I haven't changed either! I'm still a cat!" Happy (Erza) shakes in fear.
"I'm fine either way, though!" Erza (Happy) commented.
"Talk about racing against the clock. I guess the two other pairs didn't make it in time." Macao added.
"You can't be serious! Wh-What now?! Try it again, Levy!" Loke (Natsu) panicked.
"Huh? I think I might've made a tiny mistake..." Levy examines the flier.
"What?" The entire guild yelled.
"Then we're stuck like this forever?!" Loke (Natsu) asked.
"No! I don't want to drool fire forever!" Natsu (Loke) whined.
"A nightmare! This is a nightmare, plain and simple!" Happy (Erza) loses her mind.
"I'm fine either way, though!" Erza (Happy) continues to stay calm.
"Now, now. There's surely another way." Mira is seen sitting on the bar while carrying a cane.
"Is it just me, or am I shorter?!" Master Makarov panicked. "Ah!"
"Whoa! Mira-san! Don't tell me you...!" Lucy screamed.
"Gramps and Mira-chan have switched places!" Snow stated.
"My, what a nice body!" Mira (Master Makarov) admires her body.
"No! Anything but that!" Master Makarov (Mira) waves his arms up and down.
"Could it be...?" Happy turns around.
"Real men never give up, Natsu." Cana said as Elfman drinks booze in the background. "Huh? Why does my body reek of booze?" Cana (Elfman) looks at Elfman all confused.
"What is this?! Why am I Elfman?!" Elfman (Cana) asked. "I feel sober all of a sudden..." He passes out, falling off the table.
"What's with all the smoke in my mouth?!" Wakaba coughed.
"Why did the temperature drop all of a sudden?" Gray asked. Gray and Wakaba look at each other and realize that they also switched bodies.
"Hey, Droy!" Droy called out.
"Huh! What is it, Jet?" Jet and Droy look at each other and panic.
"We've switched places!" Jet (Droy) and Droy (Jet) shouted.
"You two switching places doesn't make much of a difference." Mira (Master Makarov) stated. "Still... What a dreamy, nice body this is!"
"No! Levy, do something!" Master Makarov (Mira) begged. The rest of the guild look at each other, confused and shocked.
"I'm in way over my head now..." Levy sighed.
"Yay! Everyone switched places! This is so neat!" Erza (Happy) happily said.
"This is no time to be happy!" Loke (Natsu) shouted.
"Turn us back!" Loke (Natsu) and Natsu (Loke) shouted in anger.
Natsu and Happy take Lucy fishing, in order to help her clear her head so she can continue writing her novel. She questions the motive for fishing as Natsu winds up catching a big fish. He then uses flames to grill it and eat it, much to Happy's frustration. Happy demanded the fish to be eaten raw, and after Natsu tells him to catch his own fish, he runs away, heartbroken, declaring that he and Natsu's frienship is over. Lucy tells Natsu that he should apologize to Happy and tells him to stop with the tough guy act, or else no girl will like him. Natsu gets angry and tells her to shut up and walks away.
Lucy then finds Mira in the Fairy Tail Archives and volunteers to help her organize things. Lucy is up on the ladder and accidently falls, causing some books and things to fall as well. Whilst cleaning up her mess, she finds a picture of Fairy Tail from 6 years earlier. Mira points out several Fairy Tail members in the picture, such as Aira, Erza, Cana, Macao, Wakaba, Elfman, Lisanna, Laxus, and herself.
"How did Natsu and Happy meet in the first place anyway?" Lucy asked.
"Oh, right. It happened just after I joined Fairy Tail..." Mira replied. "...so it was about six years ago."
Past...
"Hey! Natsu!" Master Makarov called out.
"If you're looking for Natsu..." Wakaba said.
"...he said something about a fight." Macao said.
"Bluey!" A young Natsu insulted.
"Slanty-eyes!" A young Aira insulted back.
"You're so annoying!" Natsu threw punches at Aira, fighting in the streets while everyone else watched them. They always fought each other in every place.
"Back then, Natsu fought Aira pretty much every time they ran into each other." Mira explains to Lucy.
"Th-That doesn't sound much different from now..." Lucy muttered.
"Cinder-faced jerk!" Aira clashes his head with Natsu.
"Water breath!" Natsu pushes his forehead against his.
A young Erza breaks the fight by almost breaking their necks. "Stop that, both of you."
"And the one who always stopped their fights..." Mira said.
"...was of course Erza!" Lucy finished.
"You're annoying!" Aira brings his neck back to normal.
"In that case, you fight us!" Natsu challenged.
"Very well!" Erza accepted. The young Dragon Slayers dash towards Erza, attempting to punch her together. Erza easily beats them, leaving them hurt and speechless. "No more pointless fighting. Is that clear?" She walks away from them.
"Sh-Shut up..." Aira weakily said.
"W-We'll beat you next time..." Natsu commented.
Later on, Natsu sits outside in the rain with a sad face.
"That's how Natsu was then. Fighting was all he had, though, so he often looked sad." Mira said. "Then, one day..."
One day, Natsu was in the East Forest, punching a picture of Aira and Erza on a tree when suddenly an egg fell out of the tree and hit him. It had strange markings on it which made Natsu think it was a dragon egg. He took it back to Fairy Tail, wanting to hatch it.
"An egg! I found an egg!" Natsu carries the egg over him, showing everybody what he found.
"Where on Earth did you get that?" Master Makarov asked.
"I found it in the East Forest!" Natsu replied.
"The East Forest?" Master Makarov repeated.
"Wow. That's pretty thoughtful, especially for you, Natsu. You're gonna let us all eat some?" Aira teasingly asked.
"Sounds good. I haven't eaten anything at all today." A young Gray added.
"Gray! Your clothes!" Cana reminded him. He freaks out, wondering where he left his clothes this time.
"Heck no! This is a dragon egg! I'm gonna hatch it!" Natsu hugs the egg tightly.
"A dragon?" Cana asked.
"Check out this weird pattern! It looks just like dragon claws!" Natsu pointed out.
"I dunno..." Aira examines the egg carefully.
"So, Gramps! Hatch this dragon for me with your magic!" Natsu said.
"Nonsense you fool!" Master Makarov refused. "There exists no magic in this world for defiling life! Life is born from love. No manner of magic can transcend that."
Natsu stares at the Master in confusion, not understanding him at all. "I don't understand a word you just said."
"I guess you're too young to understand..." Master Makarov sighed.
"In other words, if you want to hatch it, you have to work your very hardest to hatch it on your own." Erza easily explains to them. "All you normally do is destroy things, so this is a good opportunity to learn about bringing something into the world instead."
"I-I didn't hear you come in!" Aira nervously said.
"You're back, Erza?!" A teenage girl with a gothic look, shouted. "Let's pick up where we left off! Come on!"
"Another fight?" A little girl with short white hair, sitting at a table with a boy, asked.
"Now that you mention it, we never finished our fight, did we?" Erza smirked as she glares at her. "Mira!"
Present...
Lucy shrieks when she hears that Mira used to be rebellious and pick fights with Erza. "That was you?!"
"That's right." Mira replied.
"You were completely different! Plus, you, picking a fight with Erza...!" Lucy stated. Mira innocently smiles at her.
Past...
"You're going down, Erza!" Mira shouted, preparing her fist.
"I'm going to make you cry, Mirajane!" Erza shouted as she and Mira clash their fists together, making a mess inside the guild.
"Stubborn wench!" Mira kicks her.
"Navel-showing floozy!" Erza punches her back.
"Scum girl!" Mira clashes her head into Erza.
"Bony girl!" Erza tries to push her back with their fingers interlocked.
"Fatty!" Mira insulted.
"Four-eyes!" Erza insulted back.
"Talk about petty...!" Cana commented.
"Erza always tells us not to fight, so this is weirding me out..." Aira sweat dropped.
"Darn! Someday I'm gonna kick both Erza and Mira's butts together!" Natsu cracks his knuckles.
"Sheesh! Keep acting tough all the time and girls will never like you!" A young girl said, smiling at Natsu.
"Shut up, Lisanna!" Natsu coldly said.
"Hey, Natsu! Can I raise that egg too?" Lisanna asked.
"Oh! You're gonna help me?!" Natsu's mood changes quickly as Lisanna agrees to help him.
"Raising an egg sounds neat!" Lisanna said.
"I dunno if "raising" is the right word..." Aira commented.
"I wonder how we get it to hatch..." Natsu asked.
"We just need to warm it." Lisanna responded.
"Warm?! That's my specialty!" Natsu evilly grins as he uses his fire magic. He spits fire at the egg, nearly burning it.
"Are you an idiot?!" Aira kicks Natsu away, saving the egg from being burned.
"Urgh! Don't do that! It'll burn if we warm it that much!" Lisanna scolded Natsu.
"I-It will?" Natsu said.
"Leave this to me and my magic!" Lisanna uses her magic. "Take Over: Animal Soul!" She transforms into a giant bird.
"Whoa! You're a bird!" Natsu said.
"Good thinking!" Aira commented.
"How about warming it like this?" Lisanna shows a demonstration.
"Tsk." Elfman looks down at the table.
"What's the matter, Elfman?" Cana asked.
"Lisanna can do a full body Take Over, but I can't." Elfman replied. "Even though we're in the same team..."
"Oh, right! You guys use the same magic, huh?" Cana said.
"If only I could use it, I could turn into a bird and look for my parakeet." Elfman stated.
"Parakeet?" Cana questioned.
"I took such great care of it, but then it vanished..." Elfman remembers about his red parakeet. "I wish I had an egg like that too..."
Present...
"Wow. That's Elfman? He was actually cute!" Lucy said.
"Oh, but he hasn't changed very much!" Mira stated.
Past...
While in the South Gate Park, the egg started to move and jumps to Natsu. Lisanna said that the egg wanted Natsu to keep it warm and together the two built a secret base in order to watch over the egg and keep it safe. They took the egg into the shelter and Lisanna commented that they were like a family, with Natsu being the dad, her being the mom, and the egg being the baby.
Meanwhile, Macao and Wakaba were talking about Natsu and Lisanna and how they had gotten close until Mira busted the table that they were sitting at, mad that Natsu and Lisanna were getting close.
Natsu and Lisanna go to where he first found the egg, but they were ambushed by Gorian. Natsu gave the egg to Lisanna and told her that he would protect them. He fought the monster until he defeated it with a head-butt. Lisanna was thrilled that Natsu won, but said that he looked like a wreck. It began to rain, so Natsu and Lisanna headed back to their shelter. After some small talk about Lisanna and her family, Lisanna asked Natsu if she could be his bride in the future, which made Natsu blush, but she then told him that she was just joking. They fell asleep that night and a shadow approached.
When morning came, Natsu and Lisanna woke up to find the egg missing. They went to the guild to ask who stole the egg. "All right! Who stole it?!" Natsu angrily asked.
"The egg vanished?" Aira asked.
"Eggs don't just disappear like that..." Gray added.
"Don't look at me." Cana said. "Hey! Clothes!" She reminds Gray once more as he gets annoyed with himself.
"Laxus! Was it you?!" Natsu accuses Laxus.
"I don't care about it." Laxus simply replied.
"All right, Erza! Out with it!" Natsu goes to the request board where Erza is standing.
"Hold on. Don't you think you're jumping the gun a bit?" Erza sweat dropped.
"Have you seen the egg, Mira-nee?" Lisanna asked her sister.
"Nope." Mira replied. "You sure you didn't eat it yourself, Natsu?"
"Why, you...!" Natsu fights with Mira who crashes into Aira. "You're gonna get it now!"
"You wanna fight?!" Mira volunteered, arguing with Natsu.
"I won't hold back!" Natsu shouted.
"Hey, Natsu! You little...!" Aira crashes into the ground.
"Stop that, all of you!" Erza goes to stop the fight.
"They're at it again." Macao sighed.
"Talk about a terrible generation. I don't even wanna imagine how the guild's gonna end up in a few years." Wakaba stated.
"They repel each other because they acknowledge each other. They see themselves very clearly in each other." Master Makarov said. "There's nothing to worry about at all."
"What nonsense." Laxus sighed.
"My egg... Where did it go?!" Natsu whined, nearly breaking down into tears.
"Quit crying, Natsu. You're so cute." Mira teased.
"I am not crying!" Natsu yelled.
"That's enough, Mira!" Erza said. "And stop crying, Natsu!"
"I'm not crying!" Natsu shouted once more.
"Just give the egg back now!" Erza glares at Mira.
"I told you, I don't have it!" Mira glares back. "In fact, I bet you ate it!"
"What did you say?!" Erza almost breaks into a fight with Mira.
"The egg..." Lisanna said in disappointment.
"You're always overeating, Erza!" Mira argued in the background.
"You're in no position to talk!" Erza yelled back.
"Come to think of it, Elfman said he wished he had an egg like that..." Cana mentioned.
"Wha...?!" Lisanna shrieked.
"He ate it?!" Natsu accuses Elfman.
"No! I can't believe it!" Lisanna said.
"Natsu. Lisanna. I'm sorry." Elfman walks in.
"So it was you, Elfman?!" Natsu shouted. They all see him holding the egg.
"I didn't steal it. It gets cold at night, and you toss and turn in your sleep, so you always let go of the egg." Elfman grinned. "Yeah. I'm not very good at magic, so I warmed it myself in secret."
"Oh, that was why?!" Natsu said.
"Thank you!" Lisanna thanks her brother.
"You're a real man, Elfman!" Natsu receives the egg from Elfman.
"You seriously suspected me, didn't you?!" Mira turns to Erza.
"So? You suspected me, as well!" Erza spat back.
The egg starts to move around, making a crack which catches everyone's attention. A winged, blue cat hatches from the egg. "A cat?!" Macao and Wakaba shouted in a unison, surprised to see a cat instead of a dragon.
"It has wings! It's just like you, Cain!" Aira said to his partner as Cain just scoffed and looked away.
"I think it's a cat. A blue cat!" Cana pointed out. The cat flies down and rests on Natsu's head.
"Aye!" The blue cat cheerfully said.
"So cute!" Lisanna admires the blue cat along with everybody else.
A blue parakeet flies on Elfman's shoulder. "Oh? My parakeet..." He happily carries the parakeet, thinking that his parakeet came back. "My parakeet came back! Hurray!"
"I'm pretty sure his parakeet was red, actually." Mira stated, smiling at Erza.
"Look, Natsu! Everyone was worked up just a few minutes ago..." Lisanna pointed out. "...but now they look so happy!" She shows him that everyone is getting along. "It's like a bluebird that brings happiness!"
"Happiness, huh? In that case..." Natsu holds the blue cat in his hands. "...his name will be Happy!" Happy hears his name and replies "aye!" in agreement. "Happy the dragon!"
"It's not a dragon..." Aira commented.
"Guess I'll just paint it as a dragon." Reedus starts to paint the happy guild mates.
Present...
Lucy finally understands how Natsu and Happy met and why Happy is painted as a blue dragon in the picture. Master Makarov comes and asks Mira's help and Lucy looks at the picture again, wondering who Lisanna is and why she is not in the guild anymore.
Meanwhile, Natsu brings a lot of large fish to Happy; Happy starts to cry tears of joy and they make up.