[City of Magnolia]
When Ivan first found himself in the world of Fairy Tail he had always imagined himself becoming a mage, joining a guild, and traveling the world. Oddly enough never had he put any though into what magic he would wield.
Ivan sat in the meal hall of the guild, Gildarts sitting across from him, with Maco, and Wakaba to his left and right.
The guild was packed this morning, men and woman sat, ate, and talked, while a few grabbed job postings.
Ivan's eyes lingered on the job board.
"Give me my pancake back!"
Ivan sighed as his eyes turned back to the table.
In one hand Gildarts held Maco by the collar of his shirt while the in other he reached for the pancake in the kid's hand. Maco was eating Gildarts pancake, fast.
"BRAT! Stop eating!" Gildarts roared as he wrestled what remained of the pancake
Barely a quarter of it was left, Gildarts glared at Maco, he was chewing happily.
"Whaat?" crumbs flew at Gildarts face
Gildarts dropped the young mage onto the ground while Ivan laughed from the side.
He spoke as Gildarts began to dig into his good, "Ten more to go oaf, let the kid have a one at least."
Gildarts looked at him "I need food for our training; I want to be strong when we start taking jobs and with magic to back it all up."
Ivan nodded thinking for a moment "Good idea, get big enough and I'll be able to role you at our enemies. Think about it will be unstoppable! And that can be your maigc, food magic!"
Gildarts face turned "Not that big dummy! And how would I use food magic?"
Ivan rolled his eyes "Obviously you'd turn are enemies into food and eat them, duh."
Gildarts huffed at him before eating his food, Wakaba was laughing to Ivan sides, then he turned to Ivan.
His voice was light and innocent "Ivan, what magic are you gonna have?"
Ivan looked at the boy "I'm not sure yet to be honest, haven't been putting that much thought into magic yet," he looked at the boy, "What about you what magic you wanna learn?"
Wakaba's eyes lit up "Fire magic!"
Ivan face changed to one of surprise "Fire magic?"
Wakaba nodded "I saw gramps to it once; it looked so cool!"
Maco sat down next to Wakaba nodding his head in agreement "I want to learn fire magic too! Think about it Ivan one day me and Maco will be old enough to start taking jobs and will both be fire mages!"
Ivan nodded at Maco's words 'They will be mages one day, but only one is going to be a fire mage and the other a smoke if I remember correctly. Odd to think that I could change their entire lives if I give them any suggestions, should I? It would make the guild much stronger in the future would it not?' Ivan debated the question in his head; he didn't have time to finish the train of thought.
Makarov yelled from the counter "Brats! Get over here!"
Ivan and Gildarts stood, Gildarts just finished with the last of his food.
Makarov sat with a cup in one hand on the counter talking to another person, Ivan found his face to be familiar. He a thick eyebrow, with a thin mustache growing in, and short brown hair that graying at the sides.
Ivan did not remeber his name, but he was a member of the magic council or rather would one day become a member, if things went as planned in this world.
Makarov waved his hand and spoke "Brats I want to introduce you to an old friend of mine and former member of the guild, Yajima."
Yajima smiled warmly at the two "It's nice to meet such young men with such potential for magic," he looked at them fondly
"Why'd you leave?"
Ivan's eyebrows rose; Makarov gave Gildarts a disapproving look before opening is mouth, "Gildarts tha-"
Makarov was cut off by a wave of Yajimas hand, gramps paused looking to his old friend with an apologetic look.
Yajima did not notice, instead his fact morphed into one of surprise then to amusement, "Because I wanted to pursue my own dream, like Makarov said I was once a member of Fairy Tail and still hold deep love for my old guild, I wish to live a life of my own." his voice had been calm and his tone gentle.
Ivan wonder what his dream was 'Joining the council? Could be he was quiet though in the show, I don't remember him being a powerhouse, but he was knowledgeable about something. Well things that needed explanation, enemies were appearing outa nowhere at times.' that made even chuckle before realizing he had done it aloud.
Makarov raised his eyebrow at him while Yajima chuckled himself "I own a restaurant in the capital, though I am on a little travel now, I wanted to stop by and see an old friend though he now asked me to advise him on some students who are stepping into magic." he smiled at both Ivan and Gildarts
"Yajima will accompany you two into the library, I'll meet you in there later but for now have some reports I need to fill out," he grumbled at the last part and said something under his breath "...dam council."
Ivan listened to the last part but didn't say anything it wasn't his place. Instead, he and Gildarts followed Yajima as he walked towards the small library. Ivan didn't remember if the guild actually a library had back in the anime, though he doubted they had, most likely a quirk of this world he had assumed.
"So how much has Makarov taught you both about magic?" Yajima asked
Gildarts answered "A lot to be honest, the old man been cramming a ton of knowledge into both our heads."
Yajima nodded as Gildarts words, "Similar to how he learned magic I believe."
Ivan looked at Yajima for a second "Did you learn magic alongside gramps?"
Yajima chuckled "No, no, I'm afraid Makarov had quiet the teachers, his father Yuri was his first teacher then after his death the second guild leader became his teacher. Though at that point Makarov had already learned quite a bit from his father and on his own." Yajima looked nostalgically at the library door for a moment "It's funny since the library was constructed by the second guild leader."
Ivan nodded 'The second guild leader, huh. Precht or Hades, a real villain in the story, strong too, I wonder if he's the same man the anime portrayed him to be? In this world he could very well be a good guy, right?' Ivan had a lot of doubt but tried to be optimistic, somethings might just be destined.