A.N. - Before we get started, let me just give you a small piece of interesting. I am ore an artist than writer, and I usually draw concept art and base the stories off of what I doodle.

BONUS. I post the concept art for the story (Characters within it like the characters Lux and Felix in this particular story) on tumblr. My concept blog is conceptualconceptness (dot tumblr dot com). You may like it if you are a visual person.

On we go

CHAPTER ONE

The sun was shining just as bright as it usually does in Magnolia town. It was a warm day, not too terribly hot or too terribly humid. One of those perfect days that were all too common in this quaint, small city.

And on that day, it so happened that one pink haired mage was walking along the central path of the city, right by the cathedral. From there it was only a short walking distance to the guild hall, his destination. However, he was in no special hurry that morning with the weather so pleasant and the day so beautiful.

The people around him seemed to be equally enjoying this morning. They would walk along their paths doing whatever they pleased with the same content smile spread across their cheeks.

It was… quaint.

But, nothing picturesque lasts forever. Or at least that was how that morning went when Natsu walked past a little bistro and herd a woman scream. It was one of those ugly screams women make when they are utterly afraid or panicking.

He turned instantly to the location the noise came from. Everyone was standing and responding to the fear and panic as a tall man in dark clothes began running away and down the central road. Another figure stood out, a dirty blonde haired man pointing towards him with a long outstretched arm. He was yelling incoherently yet loudly to stop him.

The morning was already underway for Natsu. It was barely ten and action was already taking place.

This should be easy enough. The man was probably a pick pocket who stole a woman's purse. He could complete this easily, little effort, maybe even get a reward for returning whatever the guy stole.

So Natsu began running after the man down the street, around the curve as he bolted into a small alley between two brick buildings. He was gaining on the dark figure who he could now see with greater detail. He wore a long dark trench coat and his hair was short and black.

But then, out of nowhere, the man falls. An ungraceful face plant onto the cobble stone road.

It was odd to see a thief fall because you would think they'd be coordinated.

Natsu came to a stop because he then realized why the man fell. A woman was standing there, appearing out of nowhere. She had short white hair and a red shirt with long square coattails that reached down behind her knees. She also wore short black shorts and grey leggings underneath as well as sturdy black boots.

But these observations were sudden as the man stood to attack the woman. Everything was happening so fast that Natsu could not even respond readily. An unusually tense atmosphere surrounded the small alley accompanied by a severely unsettling feeling. He wanted to protect the innocent woman, but it soon became clear just how wrong he was.

Just then, the man on the ground leaned up, planting one knee on the ground, ready to attack. And, as the dark figure he came up to punch her, she tactfully grabbed his forearm and kicked his ankle so he was airborne. Then, with vicious power, she flipped him.

He landed hard on his back, enough to knock more than the breath out of him. It looked dreadfully painful.

Then with a grin, she pressed her foot down on his chest. A sign of victory.

Natsu just watched the young woman. She had taken down someone twice her size with incredible ease and he began to see that she must not be a regular woman.

Was it not clear from the start?

"Hey!" he yelled at her, "Who are you?"

She turned to face him, her foot still on the man's chest keeping him in place. He could now see her better than from before. Her hair was white, but shoulder length and flipped up at the end. She seemed to be about twenty of so and stood at average height. She had light skin accented with freckles across her cheeks and nose. However, her most striking aspect was her golden eyes that seemed to radiate.

But just as she was about to answer, a voice called out to her from around the corner. He called out the name "Lux" and she responded.

It ended up being the same man with dirty blonde hair that had called out for the criminal (now defeated on the ground).

"I got him-" she responded tapping her toe on his chest to signal his defeat, "Easy."

He came to a stop, laughing triumphantly at their catch. They were both well dressed in a fashion more conservative than that found in Fiore. He wore long pants and nicer shoes with a brown buttoned vest and green collared shirt. He was a sturdily build man, muscular, with a handsome face and well kept sandy locks.

The woman then knelt down and looked at him in the face before he disappeared suddenly. It appeared like his legs began to disappear first and his head last, almost as if a wall of invisibility was sliding down his body. And then, he was completely gone.

Natsu could only watch with utter confusion. He had never seen something like that happen to a person. Sure, weapons and armor came and went similarly like Erza commonly showed. But never had he seen or heard of magic that allowed a human be stored away like one of Erza's swords. "Wait!" yelled Natsu running forward, "Who are you people? What did you do? Where did he go?"

Lux looked to Natsu with matching confusion. She did not know who he was either, so each interrogating question seemed unimportant. Should she have to answer to him at all? However, he seemed like a local, which she was clearly not, and decided to answer.

"My name is Lux and this is my partner Felix," she said gesturing to the young man by her side. She rested her hands on her hips, "We are members of the crime fighting guild Septagram and thas man is a wanted criminal from the Capitol City, Crocus. His case reached a dead end and we were hired to solve it."

Natsu stood, dumbfounded. She was so frank and right to the point, something admirable and sophisticated. Everything she said was articulated and professional. She was clearly from no rag tag guild, but rather a serious organization.

Natsu crossed his arms. "Where did that man go?"

"The labyrinth," responded Felix with a matter-of-fact tone as if was rudimentary knowledge. As if he was supposed to know what that meant. He had the same professional and serious attitude as Lux, but to a slightly less intense degree.

"It is a dimension I portalled him to. An inescapable labyrinth I constructed that will keep the criminal in until we return him to Crocus officials."

Natsu just smirked. She seemed extremely legitimate, or at least came across as such. They were clearly foreigners, but from where? Septagram? A crime fighting guild? What did that mean?

He had never heard of that.

TBC

A.N. - This is going to be a complete story. I already have the whole arc planned. The story is a 100% original and plausible arc that takes place in the Fairy Tail Universe.

The only issue is finding out when to write it up.