Visiting Hometown! [Private - Ezra/Hera]

Hera walked side by side with her teammate; arms crossed under her rack. Wrapped up by it's usual white bandages. Her white scarf flowed down over her open belly. She had on a short black and gold jacket as usual, and white booty shorts. Her long pink braid hung on her chest, but then behind her as they walked.

Stepping over a log gracefully, she held her arms out for balance playfully as they walked over a river. She hopped off. Looking over for Rose, but remembering she'd stayed behind to help Sorano with paperwork. A habit she got from back helping previous Masters as she always did. What a cat. She hopped over, looking back waiting for Ezra as they continued their journey. She'd never been this deep into the East Forest before. Even as a young girl. Random animals jumped out here and there, but usually made a lot of noise first. Especially to a Dragon Slayer and a Werewolf. So there weren't any real surprises, although the big animals sometimes mad more noise.

Mostly the sound of birds and beaming sunlight. And bitching. Ezra's constant bitching. She had on a relaxed face, as she got an inevitable cute smile slowly. Was he freaking out? Oh man, she was going to milk this. Nah, she'd be nice. It was her first time being invited to a Werewolf's Pack. Which was forbidden as hell she'd heard among some packs. But some made exceptions for mages, because they were born with abilities not like the rest of humans.

"Jeeeeezus, I never said I was telling anyone I was coming out here with you, ALONE!" she yelled obnoxiously. Emphasizing the last word just to prove the point that she wanted to keep this place a secret too for her own reasons, and not just for Ezra. She actually deep down wanted regular humans to accept magic creatures, but they were dangerous at times. Not in Fiore, but outside of it. Other nations if they heard of a village this big might freak out and then try to sneak into their home nation to destroy it. Pergrande and Bellum came or Bellum came to mind immediately.

"Ezra, let's just get something to eat when we get there O.K...calm down." she said putting a hand on his shoulder as they walked briefly, noticing he mutters to himself when he gets anxious or excited. Taking the opportunity, she slapped him right in the back of the head for no reason hard as a motherfucker and then took off running straight ahead, not knowing if it was the direction of the village; but knowing she'd slapped Ezra hard enough to piss him off. As she dipped through the forest, she hopped over logs and anything else in her way. Until she came to a huge grass cliff and skidded to a halt at the edge of it.

As Ezra explained that the village that she could now see up ahead was his own; she took it in. Everything seemed rather nice; it was deep within a valley; so naturally it was hard to find unless you walked right up on it. As she admired it, she was slapped in the back of the head playfully so hard she almost lost concentration and fell forward.

"ASS!" she said as she followed him, not interested in her karma being returned. As they made their way closer to the village; she wondered how long it had been for him since he'd been away. Now probably a famous mage, as a member of Fairy Tail; she wondered if word of his exploits had reached his village.

"So how long has it been since you've been around?" she, rested her hands on her head. Accentuating her hips as she walked; but as a tomboy of no equal, she barely noticed it. If even at all as she walked.

She started to smell different dinners, and hear different sounds as the natural forest noise died out; and gave way to more residential sounds. She gazed in awe at the different tribal symbols lining the houses as they came down a huge ridge towards the main gates. "Any reason in particular you decided now was a good time to visit..." she asked as they got closer. Her scarf flowed behind her, past her ass easily as they approached. The mage literally, was smelling all kinds of a feast. Up ahead were two guys; who looked built like Ezra in many ways. She raised an eyebrow to him as they approached. He was dressed more like a normal young man his age; where as these guys were dressed like hunters who lived off the land. But most didn't seem to be carrying weapons; if they were Ezra's kinfolk; then they didn't need to. Some seemed to be anyway though.

Hera literally raised her eyebrows in surprise when he said how long he'd been gone. Holy shit. That was a rather long time to be out of contact with everyone who knew you---well not anymore; as Ezra was a member of Fairy Tail now known throughout Fiore. But still, it shocked the heck out of Hera.

"Holy shit...eight years.....dude." is all she could say as she kept her hands on top of her head, during the interaction with the guards however she would move her eyes from person to person as they talked. When the conversation got aggressive, she would lower her hands slowly to her side. But that was all. One spoke, and clearly Ezra knew him by the way he addressed him.

She literally laughed a bit, drawing an eyebrow raise and a look that said "you be quiet" from the other werewolf guardsmen outside of town, although they were in human form now. Her magical senses were going bonkers around this place; since, unlike Mages; Supernatural Creatures just "gave off" magical energy. Neither of their magic energy felt as high as Ezra's though; even the younger one named Rufus was stronger than the other guardsmen, even though he seemed timid.

"Yeah, yeah I'm comin." she walked between the guys, and rested her hands on her head as she walked past them. "Boys." she taunted as she passed between them---winking at Rufus seductively and biting her lip and him just to get a rise out of him---as his skin would have a cherry effect from top to bottom turning red comically as the other guardsmen just sweatdropped as Hera and Ezra entered the village proper. Gorgeous as it was. "You OK?" she said putting a hand out on his shoulder. "You can drop the tough guy act if you're home...." she encouraged this to not further any personal goals; but so they could visit some landmarks of his, and maybe he'd actually get some tears out. Igneel always said.

"Emotion is what gives us power, and focus. In any sport, any fight, any art, or any thought." that Dragon was always telling her that fire was fueled by emotion, that it was a good thing; not something to run from.

"So where too?"

It was a busy place. Kids ran by, giving off weak magical signatures naturally. The thing was, all their magic powers which were different usually among mages. Felt like Ezra's. However, NONE so far were as strong as he was up close at least. She sensed a few powerful ones scattered here and there, but none as strong as his---and one that scared the shit out of her; because it was as strong as hers nearby. She imagined most of the Dads were significantly strong, because she imagined that choosing a mate was based on strength in Werewolf society. As she stood there pondering this, she really did wonder if Ezra would make it through this. She had been away from Magnolia from time to time, sure there wee painful memories for her there. Like the sight of her father being stomped by a giant Black Dragon; literally into a bloody mess. But she always dealt with home; even when she left for years at a time with Igneel and Lady Eris of Grim Heresy. She kept in contact with most people if she could somehow. Ezra's expression and others' reaction to his return; told her a different story.

He really had been gone for eight years.

"So um.....there's probably a lot of new houses and buildings since you've been gone yeah?" she looked around at some of the towering huts built into trees; some houses made of brick, some of raw materials like straw. There were open fields where she heard combat like cheers; and even a huge lake where she saw a bunch of girls sitting around it. Half naked. Deciding it was girl time, she walked over to join them....ignoring Ezra. With her hands on her head, scarf flowing behind her---she drew looks of awe as she walked through the village as people literally called her a "Human!" and were in awe of a visitor from that race of all races here. Sure, other magical creatures were probably common visitors. Orcs, Vulcans, and the like. But a human? Probably not so much.

When she got to the lake, she stopped behind a group of girls with a "Excuse me.......hey yal." she would lower her hands and put one on her hip as they started talking amongst one another instantly, eyeing her up and down; but mostly smiling as if they couldn't even believe what they were seeing. A human female?!.

"You can DEFINITELY swim with us! We've never seen a body like this up close....a human girl...are they really just like our House Forms?" she called her human form a "house form" which her blinked at, as she smiled and blushed. After Hera made her rounds and introduced herself to the crowd of girls, they all jumped on her at once; pinning her to the ground. She protested, but her clothes were ripped off---then in a flash of sparkles, smoke and laughter; she was laying on the ground...dressed like them.

Her skirt was now made of leaves, and up top she had on nothing except a bra made of leaves as well.

"YOU GUYS SWIM IN THIS?!" she covered herself habitually, blushing for a moment---but then realizing it was just like a normal bathing suit. "It's actually kind of cute...." she ran her finger up the lining of her new leaf bikini's bra shoulder strap; giving her rack an impressive jiggle as she let it go with a snap back on her shoulder. As a lot of them laughed. Hera checked out their bodies, as more of them swam to her from across the lake. Some had bodies like hers, some skinnier, some thicker and heavier set. Now with about 20 Lycan girls around her in the lake swimming right in front of her; she'd back up away from the lake---and then go running towards it.

Leaping into the lake; she noticed a huge waterfall was there as well way up ahead on the other side of the lake. But when she came back up from her leap in, she was surrounded. Her long braid now wet, and pink spiky hair now around her face, she would tread water as she talked with the lycan females. She asked them pretty much everything, about Lycan boys one could imagine. They asked her why they felt magic from her like one of their own kind, even though she smelled like a human. Realizing that none of them or few of them had ever left the village---she explained. When the subject came up about how she'd even gotten here---she would spin around in the water toward all the girls. As all the talking stopped when she said the following.

"Oh, remember how I told you how mages make big packs kinda like yours called guilds? Well, someone from my guild is actually a member of your pack! So we came back!" she said as she leaned back now, floating on the water perfectly in her leaf bikini. "I came here with Ezra."

The noise that followed could only be described as a squeal, as they shouted.

"EZRA IS HERE?!?!??!?!?!!" as soon as they spotted him outside of the lake; a HUGE TSUNAMI of lycan girls bumrushed Ezra's location in leaf bikini's. Hera could only sit there in the lake; swimming with "O_o" this face, as the dripping wet girls literally leaped all over Ezra. Walking out of the lake eventually and to the huge crowd of werwolf girls who now had their attention on Ezra. Hera just stood outside of the crowd as the chicks literally swooned over him. "Oh my he's grown!" just then, they started talking about him being a future Alpha; and Hera got bad vibes.

No sooner did she feel this, did a huge crowd of Werewolves come walking up; some of them in pure wolf form. Some snatching away who undoubtedly were their wives away from Ezra.

One of them asked Ezra "what the meaning" of him coming here with Hera was and to "stay away from their wives." Hera looked around, as some of the girls from before looked at the ground ashamed. While some just continued to eye Ezra. Hera also noticed, the giant magic power she felt about on her level wasn't here. So there was an Alpha but he wasn't around. She tried not to laugh at all the other boys girls getting pulled by Ezra; but she didn't want to laugh in their faces and make it into a fight....although it was tempting.

She'd just let Ezra handle this situation.

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As Hera decided too leave Ezra all alone with his crowd of fangirls, she smirked to herself. Hopefully he'd be tortured at the bottom of the pile or worse. With a swing of her braid, she hopped back into the lake; dipping down into it. She was satisfied with how much she'd made her teammates life a living hell. Sparkling as she had both arms in a recliner position on the edge of the lake near some rocks; she looked around, the sound of the large waterfall; plus Ezra's complaining cries at the flock of fangirls were soothing to her.

Dipping down, and almost even falling asleep briefly in the waters, she was then suddenly knocked out of her relaxing trance by the sound of someone jumping into the water---it was Ezra. Eyebrow twitching a bit at his arrival, she merely watched him cross the water toward her...aggressively.

With one look; she reminded him that punching him was not out of the option as an "angry" mark began to pulse over her head as she arrived. Still sitting down in the water.

"You're interrupting my me time...." she said, closing her eyes again and smiling smugly as he continued to berate her; his discomfort only increased her comfort level. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I left you alone you've got plenty of girls to deal with already-----WHAT ARE YOU DOING GET OFF OF ME NOW!!!" she yelled as he pulled her out of the lake with his height and strength alone. One leg instinctively wrapped around him so as not to drop down as she was pulled out of the water still in her leaf bikini. Time stood still with her one leg raised at his side, as she literally fumed; shaking her head at him close range. But as her dripping wet braid, and body was shown, she realized her leg was up and just started to blush---rather than let go.

When he did, after she was sure something...else happened, she stood there with a plain face as her blush faded. Water dripping around her rack, down her belly button, and her legs as she would turn without saying anything; finding her clothes folded by the lake. As she stepped back into them, she would eventually finish; tying her rack up in fighting bandages finally as she tapped her sandals on the ground and began to wring out her braid with both hands. Sitting on a rock near the lake now.

When she had wrung it out fully, she would lean back onto the rock with both hands and watch the thundering waterfall ahead of her. Smiling at it. She wondered how often Ezra came here as a kid to watch this same waterfall. It was nice after all. She thought on how what she'd done must've been irritating to him, and laughed at how he pulled her out of the water grabbing down into the lake like some kind of fool. Smirking to herself with a snicker she would scratch her nose. He was her partner, and she was beginning to think of him as more. Although she'd never let him know that personally.

She stood up as he approached after she was dressed.

"Hey." she said hopping down off the rock with a brief balance and tip toe before hopping down with a quick balance and skip from one rock to another near the lake. As she landed on the ground near him, she would rub the back of her head. Pressing on the bandaid on her cheek briefly by habit. Crossing her arms on her chest, her scarf fluffed up by her motion as she looked to the side. "Sorry about before....but all I really did was mention you.....I did enjoy that though." she said looking up and smiling at the last part. The Fairy Tail mage would look deeply into his eyes briefly before turning away. Why did she keep looking at him like that....maybe she was nuts after all. "Anyway....I sense a huge magic power in this village. One I've never felt before....it's scary strong." indeed, the magic level she felt was on par with, she, Elyx, and Eris master of Grim Heresy. The three strongest mages in Earthland to her knowledge. Someone, or something with this much power that had gone under the radar for so long intrigued her naturally since she could be one of the first people from outside to meet this person. "Is it...the leader of the pack I'm sensing?"

She wondered how used to it these lycans were. Being around his powerful prescence. Perhaps it was comforting. Feeling that amazing magic power every morning or wherever you went in the village. A monstrous level of power such as that probably made everyone here feel safe. Still, Ezra seemed stronger than the other males. Perhaps the Alpha would see him as a rival. She wouldn't let him lay one hand or paw on him. She looked at him, raising an eyebrow with her arms crossed as her scarf blew in a huge breeze once that seemed to come from nowhere, shaking the leaves in the trees a bit.