Job: Bad Neighbour (Solo)

Victoria rose her head to the beautiful sky of Magnolia. It didn't have even a single cloud, and the weather was pretty warm. Victoria hung her scythe on her back, scaring some of the townsfolk, and tied up Leo's key around her neck. She had gotten pretty used to using the Key and the Scythe, leving her ice magic a bit apart. But hey. It's not like she had a lot of spells to use against. SHe looked back to the job request and looked to the building in front of her. Great, she was there. She entered the building and walked to her client's residence. She knocked on the door. In a minute, a guy with eyes showing insomnia and tired expression opened the door.
'' Are you the mage that came to help me?'' He asked. Victoria nodded, presented herself and showed her guildmark. The man, Oliver Heilstein was his name, invited her in and told her to sit down and poured some coffee to him and her. It was a really strong coffee, she noticed. He explained to her his problem in synopsis. A novice Satanist, huh? Man, she wouldn't even need her scythe.

Suddenly, some strange chant was heard from the other room. Victoria shot up at the instant, her scythe already out. After fixe minutes, she put it back in place and walked out of the room. Time to end this. She thought. She rose her hand and knocked on the door. The chanting didn't stop. She kncoked once again, still softly. Nope, they ignored her once again. Se was getting furious. She opened her hand and knocked on the door with more force. Once again, she was ignored. This time she knocked with much more forece than last time. This time the chant stopped and the door opened. A metallic smell came from inside. Blood. A guy with a black cape looked at her with hatred.
''How can I help you?'' He asked. His voice was cold, and his face showed that he clearly wanted to kill her.
''Could you please stop with the chanting? You're not letting me relax and concentrate.''
He closed the door in her face. Oh, this guy is going to die.

As the door slammed, Victoria took her scythe off her back and waited. She would see if the chant ceased, and, if not, she would bust in and beat the hell out of the guy. Did he know that he was talking to a mage, and not another satanist? Satanists could also perform magic, but couldn't do a lot of damage with it. While mages. Mages were a question apart. The chanting didn't cease, so Victoria tried to break through.
But in the moment in which she did a move, the door opened and the guy kicked her straight in the stomach. Victoria let out a fragile ''Ow'' and fell backwards. The guy closed the door and continued chanting, while Victoria was outside, laying on the ground, breathing hard. A little trail of blood was coming out of her mouth, so she quickly took it off and got up with some difficulties. She took her scythe and enlarged it a bit more. Her breathing slowly relaxed, but the chanting increased. This was getting a bit out of control. Victoria took out one of the pins she was wearing in her pocket just in case and waited for a perfect moment to open the door. And, it was, when the chanting was incredibly loud. This way nobody would notice.

Victoria quickly introduced the pin into the keyhole and began turning until she heard a low sound that meant the door's open. She peeked through the little entrance and took her scythe out. She opened the door and threw herself at the novice satanist. His hood fell off, and she was pretty much disgusted by what she saw. The guy had a scarlet red satan symbol on his right cheek and a lot of piercings. His skin seemed old and ripped, and his lips, dry. The image confused Victoria so much that she didn't even notice when he threw her off him and to the wall. Man, he had strength. She turned around and quickly got up, jumping at him once again, scythe in hand. He took her scythe and send it away to the far corner of the room. When he screamed in irritation and fury, he showed her his fake fangs. Then, he threw his fist towards her.

Victoria quickly summoned an ice shield. The Satanist's hand slammed on it, blocked. He didn't get to hit Victoria. Phew. She thought. Then she summoned ice eagles. The little creatures began a fast slight towards the Satanist, their beak and claws ready to attack. Meanwhile, Victoria recovered balance and went to get her scythe. By that time, the satanist had mysteriously eliminated the eagles, but the damage they did to him was pretty visible. He had claw marks all over his face and body. Victoria launched herself at him, this time more furious than before and tried to strike, but he moved away and she missed. He took out a book about Satanism and began chanting something. Victoria looked at him, wide-eyed, ready to block it. But nothing really happened. Victoria laughed and the Satanist threw himself at her, the book ready to strike her. Well, if it didn't serve for invocing satan, it might as well work for knocking a mage out. Maybe, that is.

She blocked him and threw the book away to a far corner, ripping it in the impact. His kick flew towards her, but she made a quick cartwheel and escaped it. She summoned an ice fox and sent it at the guy. It stuck its claws in his leg, making him scream. He fell to the ground. Victoria went to him, but by then he was already up. She was surprised: The dude got two animal types' claws stuck in either his face or leg, and then again, he was still up. Impressive, really. She swung her scythe, and hit him, sending him backwards. The guy flew backwards, agains the wall. But there was a problem. There was a torch there. He took it, alongside a lighter, and, before Victoria could realise what happened, he threw it at her.She screamed in surprise and rose a hand, her eyes wide.

The torch reached for Victoria's shoulder and burned her. She screamed in pain and reached to touch her shoulder. It was just a bit burnt, but, as an ice mage, it affected her a lot more. She growled and put on a thin layer of ice on it just to cool it down. She was really pissed off now. She took her scythe in hand and walked to the guy. A single kick in the stomach was enough to mantain him down. She put her scythe against his neck.
''A single move, and you're a goner. Nuff said.'' She took out Leo's key. '' Open, door of the Lion, Leo!'' The orange haired celestial spirit appeared.
'' Sup?'' He asked.
'' I'm gonna go get the police, hold him down, would ya?'' He grinned at her and put his foot on the Satanist's chest. Victoria ran out of the building to the police office, where she declared all that happened and returned to the building with two police men. They took the guy and led him to the police station. Leo got back to the spirit world and Victoria went to Heilstein's residence.

Victoria knocked on the door. Mr. Oliver opened it, with a scared face.
'' You didn't succeed, right?'' He asked. Victoria rose her hand to her face and pretended ofended, but then just put her scythe back in place.
'' Please. We, mages of Fairy Tail, never give up on a mission.'' He sighed in relief and let the young Ice Mage in. She sat and threw a quick glance at her hurt area. Oliver offered her some more coffee, but she politely said no. She like coffe, but she wasn't keen on drinking too many coffee, and, on top of that, that the coffee is strong like hell. She just took the tea instead. The man asked her to explain to him what happened, since he heard yells and hits and things falling. Victoria explained to him the fight she had gotten into and how she won over the guy and how the police took him away. Oliver thanked her, quickly gave her her money and she got out, happy. She began walking to the place she needed to go: The Infirmary. She needed to get the burnt area and the few kicks and hits all fixed.

The iInfirmary was crowded in People, as usual. Victoria made her way to her doctor's cabinet. When she entered, doctor Uhari looked at her from head to toe and let out a sigh. Victoria just grinned. She removed the ice and let doctor Uhari heal whatever damage the guy did to her. She said that the kick in the stomach was possibly the most serious of all, but that wouldn't stop her from doing jobs. Victoria smiled at that, utterly happy, since her C Rank Exams were soon. Then, The Satanist entered in the cabinet. He was just as Victoria had left him: Beaten up. He gave the mage a dirty look and sat down, waiting for treatment. When Victoria was finished, doctor Uhari moved to the Satanist. Before leaving, Victoria's childish side took the better of her, she turned around and stuck her tongue out to the Satanist. He watched her, unbelief in his eyes, but then looked away, furious. Meanwhile, Victoria headed to Fairy Tail with a smile on her face.

Victoria stepped inside Fairy Tail, a smile plastered on her face, and walked to the bar. She had her shoulder bandaged, but everything else was fine. She sat in front of the bargirl and ordered a drink, as usual. The girl gave her the drink and asked Victoria about the mission. The Ice Mage explained it all, meanwhile drinking. Soon, she jumped in euphoria. She had just remembered that she had done all the jobs she needed to become a C Class. Now all she needed is to do the exam. How Easy! The bargirl watched Victoria, not understanding the sudden bust of happiness of the Ice Mage. Victoria sat down and ordered another drink, while explaining her happiness. When finishing, the bar girl gave her an ear-to-ear smile. Victoria finished off her drink and began walking away to go to her house and train a bit before the exam.
'' It's on.'' She said, as she took her scythe off of her back and began practicing, slicing against the old tree in her garden.