Ch.19

It was the next day, and everyone was working together to clean up the guild. A battle followed by a party really took a toll on the building.

Natsu picked up a chair and placed it under a table. He thought back to everything that had happened. Mira was still confused. She didn't have any memories from the whole time she was under Lilith's possession. Juvia and Gray were inseparable as they picked up broken furniture. The shadowhunters were trying to help by cleaning the second floor. Lucy. Lucy was at home. She was still quite sore from the battle, and had wanted to rest for a bit. Wendy had gone to see her.

He glanced around the guild hall and smiled, it was almost clean. He went upstairs, "Hey guys." He waved. The shadow hunters were gathered around the S-Class job board.

"Are these the jobs you go on?" Jace asked, looking over his shoulder.

"Eh… sort of. We can only take them if we're S-Class." Natsu explained. He didn't want to get in the Galuna Island story. "I had a question I wanted to ask you." He said, before they could question him more on S-Class quests.

"Yeah? What's up?" Simon turned around to face him.

"Where did you get your seraph blades from? And what's that box you trapped Lilith in?" These questions had been plaguing his mind all night.

"The round guy, Reedus." Isabelle said, flicking her hair, "He made them for us."

Natsu grinned, "Reedus, eh? He can create your angel weapons?"

The shadowhunters nodded, "I didn't think it was possible, but your magic in Earthland seems to have no limits." Jace stated, "And the pyxis is just a box. It traps demon energies. We keep it bound with angelic runes so they can't escape. As long as we have Lilith trapped in there, she can't get out."

Natsu let out a breath, "So she's trapped? She won't be coming back?" He was positive he never wanted to deal with her again.

"Not if we can help it." Clary grinned.

"One more thing." Natsu said, "Freid is going to try making the portal to send you home. He's almost got it. So let's go." He turned around and waved at them to follow him.

Lucy was standing at the bottom of the stairs, "Hi, guys." She smiled.

"Lucy! Are you feeling better?!" Isabelle and Clary wrapped her in a gentle hug.

"I'm still pretty sore, but I'll be okay. Wendy stopped by to tell me Freid almost had the portal ready. I wanted to say good-bye." She smiled, "And also, I couldn't send Clary home with her hair looking like that."

Clary frowned at her while her friends laughed, "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Thank goodness you haven't looked in a mirror." Lucy laughed, "Natsu singed your hair pretty bad the first day you were here."

Clary slapped Jace's arm, "Ow! What was that for?" He grumbled.

"Thanks for telling me my hair looked like crap!" She glared.

"I didn't notice. You're always beautiful to me." He smoothly replied.

"OPEN! GATE OF THE CRAB! CANCER!" Lucy slashed her golden key through the air. Cancer appeared before her, "Hi, Cancer. Can you fix Clary's hair?" Lucy asked. Cancer turned his gaze on Clary. Within seconds, he had her in a chair and was washing her hair.

"I have no idea how he can do this without water." Clary giggled and he rinsed and conditioned her hair, all without water.

"I really need a spirit like that." Isabelle gazed longingly at Clary's hair.

"He can do your hair to if you want." Lucy offered.

It took close to half an hour, but Cancer had managed to regrow and recurl Clary's hair, and Isabelle had him create several different styles on her before settling on longer hair with a slight curl.

"Excuse me," Freid stepped out of the library, "I don't mean to interrupt, but this portal takes quite a bit of magic. I'd appreciate it if you could join me in here." He looked grumpy and tired and a bit scary.

"Sorry, Freid!" Lucy apologized.

Erza walked up to the group, followed by the rest of Fairy Tail. "It was an honor to meet you all." She said, "Since you are not mages and of our world, you cannot formally be made members of Fairy Tail. All of that aside, you have proven yourselves true members. On behalf of Fairy Tail, I would like to welcome you as honorary Fairy Tail Guild Members!" She announced. The guild cheered and clapped.

Natsu grinned and ran to stand next to Erza. Gray appeared at her other side.

"As members of Fairy Tail, before you leave, we have three rules you must follow at all times!" Erza glowed, and requipped into her ceremony armor.

"Rule number 1. You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long as you live. Rule number 2. You must never contact clients met through the guild for personal gain. Rule number 3. Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all of your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends who loved you."

Jace, Clary, Isabelle and Simon stared in awe as Natsu, Gray and Lucy shot fireworks, into the air, using their respective magic.

"Thank you so much." Clary looked away. Tears stung her eyes. They were so touched.

"No. Thank you." Makarov made his way to the front of the group, "Because of you, not only is our guild safe, but so is our world." He smiled at the shadow hunters in front of him, "I have a gift for you, to thank you." He held out a box, "Be well, children. We'll never forget what you did for Fairy Tail."

Jace accepted the gift for the group, "Thank you, Master Makarov."

Freid looked angrily at the group, "If you don't get in here in the next 10 seconds, I will not send you home!" He snapped.

The shadowhunters shook Makarov's hand, and entered the library.

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Magnus shot up from his place on the couch, "Alec!" He yelled, "ALEC! Where's the book?! Where's the white book?!" He yelled, throwing spell books and paper off the table next to him.

Alec appeared in the door way, "Right there," He pointed to the book that was laying open beside the pentagram they had drawn earlier, "Why? Do you feel that surge in magic?! Could it be them!?''

"Yes, yes, now shut up!" He threw himself down on the floor, and began chanting as fast as he could.

Alec watched him. He always enjoyed watching Magnus do magic. The pentagram glowed white and then started it to form a hole.

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"Good bye, you guys. Take care!" Lucy hugged them all while Freid started chanting. Natsu nodded and waved. He was never one for good-byes.

"Bye Lucy! Bye Natsu!" The portal opened before them, "Magnus!" Isabelle could see her future brother in law on the other side. With a final wave she jumped in. Clary and Jace jumped after her, leaving Simon.

He turned around at the last minute, "I know you're faking." He said, "And take it from me, Natsu. Make a move before someone else does!"

Natsu grinned and gave him a thumbs up, "Good luck with Izzy!" He yelled. He had a feeling Simon would need it. That girl was crazy.

The portal closed, leaving them and Freid. He placed his book down, "Well, I'm glad that's over." He ripped the page out of the book, "Natsu, burn this for me." He shoved the spell into Natsu's hand as he walked by, "I'm going to rest."

"I'm glad that's over to." Lucy sighed happily and threw herself down into an overstuffed armchair. She caught Natsu looking at her, "What?" she asked.

"Well, Simon just gave me some good advice." He grinned. He made his way over to Lucy.

"What are you doing Natsu?!" She pressed herself further back into the chair.

"Making a move of course." His face was inches from her own.

Her heart was pounding. This was it. She closed her eyes and tilted her head upwards. The door banged open, scaring them apart.

"I KNEW IT!" Mira cried, "Everyone said you couldn't possibly be together!" The couple blushed as Mira pulled them out of the room.

"We are not together!" Lucy cried. Natsu nodded fervently next to her.

"If you're not together, then why were you about to kiss?" Mira challenged gleefully.

"If you hadn't barged in, we might have kissed, which might have meant we might have got together. But you ruined it." Lucy stated.

Mira's face fell, "What?"

"Yep, Mira," Natsu joined in, "Because of you, Lucy and I aren't together."

Mira shoved them back into the room, "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" She slammed the door, leaving the couple alone, once again.

"Well, I'd say the moments ruined." Lucy crossed her arms and giggled softly.

Natsu grabbed her hand, "I wouldn't say that." He spun her towards him, "I say we make our own moment." This time, Mira guarded the door, ensuring no one would disturb the couple behind it.

"Big sister, was that really necessary?" Lisanna shook her head with a grin.

"Of course it was!" Mira smiled, "This way, I still have a perfect record of getting people together!"

"What about Gray and Juvia?" Cana asked, joining the two, "You really didn't have anything to do with that."

"Technically, I did." Mira's smile grew bigger, "If I hadn't been possessed, who knows how long it would have taken for them!" The girls laughed

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Jace stumbled through the portal, landing in Magnus's living room. He barely had time to right himself when he felt a sharp blow to the back of his head, "Ow! What the hell?!"

Alec glared at him, "That's for leaving me behind!" he then brushed the dust off of Jace's jacket, "I'm glad you guys made it back safely." He said quietly. Jace was then taken out by Clary as she stumbled through second, and then Simon followed.

"That's everyone? No extras? Okay!" Magnus closed the portal, and ripped the page out of the book. In a flash of blue sparks, it was reduced to a fine layer of ash. "It's for the best." He said, looking at the group of shadow hunters. They nodded in agreement.

"So what happened? Where did you guys go?" Alec questioned.

Magnus summoned coffee for everyone, and they all sat down. They took turns explaining what happened at Pandemonium, followed by what happened in Earthland. They spoke about the kinds of magic they had experienced, and the battle with Lilith.

"You guys did all that in less than 24 hours?" Alec's jaw dropped.

Jace shook his head, "Time flows differently there. Lucy and Natsu were here three days, but in their world, they'd been gone over a week."

"And the paint guy, he created seraph blades?"

"Yea, it was so cool!" Simon pulled out the seraph blades from his pocket, "See?"

Alec looked at them carefully, "Ariel." The blade activated, "No way." His eyes grew wide.

"Not only that, he also created a pyxis box." Simon pulled the box out of his pocket, "We trapped Lilith in it. She can't get out to cause any more damage." Alec stared at the box in shock.

"I can't believe I missed it." Was all he said.

"Oh! I almost forgot," Jace held out the box Makarov had given him, "They also gave us a gift before we left."

"No way. Is it magic? What is it?" Alec eyed the box, trying to cover his excitement.

"My x-ray vision seems to be having trouble. I guess we'll have to open it to find out." Jace rolled his eyes.

They all leaned forward to see what the mage's had given them.

"What's that?" Isabelle reached into the box first. The box contained Fairy Tail merchandise. Some jewellery, some shirts, and even action figures of Team Natsu.

Isabelle laughed in delight at the mini versions of their friends.

"They gave you shirts for saving the guild?" Alec stared in disbelief.

"They also made us honorary members." Clary reminded him. She picked up a shining necklace and hung it around her neck. The clothes she was wearing turned blue. And then pink. And then orange. "No way!" She cried out, "Magic necklace!" Isabelle dropped the Lucy doll on the floor and grabbed a necklace as well. Sure enough, her clothes changed to.

"Never mind. I take it back." Alec hastily said. Magnus grinned at the group as they all dove into the box, looking at the different items. This was a side of magic he rarely saw. The ability to put a smile on a shadowhunters face with magic was a rare thing.

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The end! I hope everyone who was reading enjoyed