So...I should be working on existing stories. Really. I should. But I'm not. I don't think too many of you are horrible put out, are you?

Oh, and this is based of the manga because it's way farther along than the anime. I adore both.

I don't own Fairy Tail.

~MM~

It didn't take a genius and it didn't take an idiot, but if it had to take one or the other, it would probably be the latter. Because a genius would say that it wouldn't work and the idiot would say "why not?".

Unfortunately, Jellal – or well, this is the first chapter, so Seigrain as he was known then – was a psychotic mastermind – somewhere between a genius and an idiot, so he didn't quite fit. But he was looking for something interesting to do because the council was utterly, abysmally, so terrifyingly boring that he just couldn't stand it. He hoped that someone would make some trouble. Or maybe he could go make his own; introducing himself to Erza once more was sure to cause a stir, and right now, though it didn't really fit well into he carefully crafted schedule, going to find Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail was one of the best options he could come up with. Time table or not. Zeref could probably deal with being woken up a little earlier than previously agreed upon.

But on second thought...those fairies really weren't even ready to put a fight up against him. Not even close. A fight with them right now would prove to be twice as boring – twice as utterly, abysmally, terrifyingly boring as waiting for his plans to catch up to him. Couldn't Fairy Tail manage something on their own? Some sort of nuisance to deal with? It'd take the edge off his seemingly menial existence for a while. It was always fun to listen to the council members rant on and on about how horrid Fairy Tail was, and how quickly it needed to be shut down, how they were going to go and do something about it right now. The only thing funnier was the fact that they never did do anything. Such is the power of fame, Seigrain supposed, with it, Fairy Tail really couldn't be put down.

"Councilors! Councilors! Urgent message from the commander of the army in Sector 8!"

Ah, see? Now this was interesting.

"Well, get on with it then, boy!" Seigrain had to hide a smirk behind a well placed cough. Already so suspicious of everyone's favorite guild and no one even knew what the message was yet. Pretentious old fools.

"Most esteemed council members, I regret to inform you of a disturbance that was brought to our attention was resolved out of our control," the man on the lacrima screen swallowed roughly, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow as the destruction of Hargeon Port was spread out behind him, "it would seem, sirs, that Salamander of Fairy Tail was involved in the incident.

"Unfortunately, it would also appear that he's taken out a wanted criminal, so I'm uncertain as to what kind of repercussions may follow – if any are allowed by law." The large man winced, and Seigrain wondered if he could see his ranking drop – if not his entire career – for such a remark. He knew that he could, superficial idiots that the councilors were.

"The only filming of this event that was captured was by the many bystanders, this being one of the more popular ones. Sirs, it would seem that Fairy Tail has a new mage."

The picture popped up, and at first all Seigrain could see was Salamander. Of course, how obvious, he had been said to be involved, but the head of blond next to him was new. Definitely new. And although Seigrain wasn't completely up on the inner workings of The Salamnder Natsu Dragneel's mind, he knew that not just anyone would be hand picked by the poster child of Fairy Tail to be dragged off to join the guild.

He had to admit, she was rather pretty, not in a mature, Erza kind of way – which he preferred, but would tell absolutely no one; he did have a reputation to uphold – but in a softer way. No hard edges, more like tough callouses and slightly worn skin. She absolutely reeked of optimism and almost shone with delight. Not so much a Titania as she was the gem on one's head.

But, perhaps, Seigrain thought to himself as he leaned back in his chair, reveling in the chaos and opposite-boredom that had erupted around him, that was why Fairy Tail's dragon held on to her hand so tightly, and made sure that she didn't run from him to another's lair. She'd surely be brought back to his own, the mastermind mused, brought back to the lair of all those mythical beasts in guise of humans. He wondered though if it was possible that out of all the gems the dragon had gathered, if there was one that was particularly favored. He'd have to keep an eye on them.

Seigrain smiled, making sure to commit everything he thought to memory. One could never be too careful when dealing with Fairy Tail, and one could never be bored. Yes, at least he was no longer bored.

~MM~

Well, there's that. None of these are going to be very long, but there will be a lot of them. Like, one for every chapter is my goal. I should turn these out pretty fast, so you won't have to wait long for updates.

I am now going to go write another one, I think. I've had the second one planned for a while. Then I should probably get back to preexisting stories. Yeah, that sounds good.

R&R and watch out for the next installment of 101 Reasons. GaLe has just started up, now that I'm done with NaLu.

Ciao.