Returning Home

Magnolia looked different somehow, here and there were new building and the gate that August just passed under seemed to be a new construction as well. But that shouldn't be so strange after all in traveling around the world for the past three years didn't mean the time stopped at his hometown. And knowing his guilds track record of destruction it really wasn't that much of a surprise that there were new buildings.

'My, my… three years I was gone from Fairy Tail and I somehow got the feeling that the guild hasn't changed at all' he said to himself with an anime sweat drop on the back of his head, while he looked at a merchant that tried to repair the door to his shop. However nothing made August happier then walking to the streets of the town that he would call home.

August would walk down the streets until the tip of Fairy Tail's roof would appear, with banners that contained the guild's crest fluttering in the wind. Along the way he heard various chatters from Magnolia's citizens. Most of if was about the guild, and it's mages. From it he could pick up some new names, and surprisingly some old ones as well.
'Have you seen the thunder dragon's new photoshoot!'
'Yeah! Isn't that Heero dreamy!'
'No wonder! He is number 4 on Sorcerer Magainze most eligible wizards list after all'

'Those mages have done it again! This time they have interrupted a wedding!
'The audacity!! They really should learn some manners!
'Indeed'

'Woah, your roof is looking good man'
'Yeah I had some youngster from the guild to get it fixed'

August couldn't help but smile a bit, the guild really kept causing ruckus every now and then. Only one thing had him worried tho, it seemed that someone had made it to the cover of Sorcerer Magazine.
'As if he wasn't vain enough...'

A few minutes later August had finally reached the front of the guild, and was once again looking at the familiar wooden doors with the guild logo and name hanging above it.
'Well let's see how those troublemakers are doing'
He said as he opened the door and slipped inside.

Lance was chasing after the run away Lea around the guild hall so she wouldn't cause anymore trouble. The guild hall was quite noisy that day and it didn't help him at all. As Lance was chasing after Lea she started running into a huge crowd of people. The people saw this and parted. Then, CRASH! Lea had ran into a guy the people were surrounding. Stars appeared comically above Lea's head as Lance ran over to her and grabbed her.

Lance looked up and the man with a nervous laugh as he rubbed the back of his head "Sorry about that..." he said as he extended his hand "My names Lance, who might you be?" He questioned as Lea ran and hid behind Lance in fear of the man.

"Dad I am scared of that man..." Lea muttered as she shivered and Lance smiled a little as he pulled Lea over to a empty table and sat her down so he could talk to the man.
When he returned to the man he had a smile on his face "Again, I really am sorry about her... She can be a bit crazy..."

"That's the one from the clover incident right? Kaligos's ears burned lightly as he returned back to magnolia. It had been a few days since he had demolished clover station in trying to clear out a blockade set up by two rather dumb creatures. What was more unlike his teammate had purposed Kaligos hadn't stayed in clover to help them rebuild it. Rather a set of rune nights had started moving in on clover, and Kaligos had high tailed it across the mountains. Four days he had spent lost in the maze that was the canyons, and mountains around clover. It had been pretty much agony and had he been anyone else he was sure he would have ended up dead. Still it was far better then being arrested.

"That's Fairy tails new dragon slayer? Isn't he a little bit reckless... I mean he's not gonna destroy our city too is he?"

Walking up too the guild hall Kaligos looked rather plain. He had gone home after his long journey showered and changed, he had a new vest, and pants, all of which he made sure was cleaned and well pressed. His blue hair was tangled and tied back in a messy pony tail as usual, and his violet eyes were ready. Walking up to the guild hall he opened the door. "Where is that copy cat mage! After what he pulled I should put him six feet under how dare he try and stick me with the bill!"

Once Kaligos had let out all the frustration he had been holding after the four day walk back to Oshibana station and the train ride from there to Magnolia. He breathed scanning the room but finding no actual signs of the copy cat who had tried to hand him over to the rune knights. Walking instead to the barkeep he did notice a few more members he didn't know, including one who was currently being swarmed with people, and another chasing after a little girl, but Kaligos was still new to the guild so it made sense that he didn't really know anyone. "Can I get some cranberry juice." He said putting down some gill from the last job. Regardless of his destructive habbits, no one could argue that the Barricade hadn't been removed.

And troublemakers they were, as August entered the guild he was being greeted by the same festive yet loud noise he'd left all those years ago. All across the guildhall were people drinking, laughing and having a blast. But a majority of them all seemed to have crowded around one table in particular.

As August made his way through the crowd by pushing some people aside he could hear a familiar voice raise above the shouts of the many mages. That was immediately followed up the sound of wood being cracked apart. Wondering what that could be August shoved one more person aside so that he would stare upon a rather crazy, yet strangely normal sight.
On the ground between the remnants of a wooden table was a rather large guy laying unconsciously on the ground. With a silly and comically face.
Next to him stood a young man with blue hair, who was rubbing the back of his head while uttering some sort of apology. Well not really an apology, it was more a statement that he overestimated his own strength a bit and throw to much power into their competition of strength.

This was Heero Reyold, Fairy Tails top ace and one of those famed dragon slayers. Back then he was already strong but it appeared that in the last 3 years his power became ever greater. His personality was a bit questionable at times, but so was August's.

But while August was watching the spectacle with a fox like smile Heero already had taken notice of him. And had thrown his arm around him while he lead August away from the crowd and towards the bar. "You'd better have brought me back some @#$% from wherever you've been!"
Yet even before August could answer him he was thrown upon a bar stool and all of the guild's attention was being pointed at him. In the most typical way that was so familiar to Fairy Tail.
"Oi! Get him as drunk as possible! He's keeping secrets about his journies from the Guild!"

Before long, the mages of Fairy Tail grouped around him and started a flood of question, most of them were new mages curious on who he was and how he knew Heero. Others where from some of the older members who sounded more pissed and asked question like:
'Why the hell haven't we heard from ya huh?!'
'You think your being cool! being all mysterious and stuff!!'

'Well, if you must know I was traveling around Earthland' replied August a bit conceited 'Trying to learn foreign techniques on restoration. There are a lot to other countries out there with an entirely different view on medicine and healing. Compared to them, our seems a bit out dated.. oh hey/'
In the middle of his own sentence a young girl bumped into him, and following her was a young mage with a face that August didn't recognize.
'Oh don't worry about it, anyway you are one of the new mages that joined the guild while I was away right? Well you can call my August'
'So lance, Heero. Did I miss anything these last years?'

'My my, haven't you grown up'
replied August with a fox like smile. It was true, when August had left the guild to travel around the continent the young woman that stood in front of him was nothing more then a preteen girl.
But her attitude from back then had changed as well, no longer it was the behavior of some child. No she was more mature now, more powerful. She had seen things.

Well not that August hadn't seen things as well on his travels, but he delved himself so much in studies on restoration and healing that he had forgotten to take care of his own magical abilities. In matter of fact he hadn't grown one bit. His body was still weak, and would still fail him if it was put under to much pressure.

'I hope these guys behavior haven't rubbed off on you to much?'