A pink-haired fire mage anxiously waited for her teammate to pick their mission for the day. Her name is Nasha Dragneel, the daughter of Lucy and Natsu Dragneel. Soon enough a figure with bright scarlet hair came back holding a piece of paper. His name is Reiki Fernandez, the eldest son of Erza and Jellal Fernandez.

"We can do this one."

The mission has been relatively simple. Beat up a monster that's been terrorizing Oak Town. The pay is also good.

"We can finish this in under a day."

"Oak Town. huh?" Nasha turned over to the figure beside her. His navy blue hair is hidden underneath the white hoodie he's wearing. His name is Griege Fullbuster, the eldest son of Juvia and Gray Fullbuster.

"It's settled then, we're taking this job!!"

After the preparations, the group rode a train to their destination.

The ride has a comfortable silence to it. Reiki is looking through the additional information about the mission that Mirajane gave them, and Nasha's falling asleep.

Greige unconsciously tapped his fingers in a rhythmic manner for his own amusement. Then, a sudden weight fell on his shoulder. It's Nasha, peacefully sleeping. Greige sighed and adjusted his position to make himself comfortable while the girl sat her head on his shoulder.

Moments later, the group arrived in Oak Town and Greige is quite familiar with the place, he picked a good inn for the group to stay in. After placing their belongings in their room, they proceeded over to city hall, to meet their client, the mayor.

"The monster attacks at night, we've noticed a pattern actually. It strikes, from 9:00 to midnight. It attacks anyone in its way and is very hungry, the town is always a mess when morning comes." The mayor explained.

"Can we have a description of this monster?" Reiki asked, and the mayor nodded.

"It's a really big hound dog with sharp teeth and two sets of horns. These horns are special as it shoots magic out of them."

Reiki nodded and shook hands with the mayor before the group went back to the inn and discussed strategy as they waited for the night to fall.

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Around 9:30 the group is patrolling the area where the monster is usually spotted. Nasha heard growling in the distance and prepared herself for an attack. She saw a pair of eyes appear in the distance. She engulfed her fists with flames and waited for the perfect opportunity to strike. The beast then leaped towards the fire mage. She quickly dodged it and launched her first attack.

"Amber Hell Burst!!!"

The beast was knocked over but immediately went back up. The beast growled and shot a sort of laser attack from its horns, which Nasha quickly dodged. She chanted another spell, but it didn't work as well as she expected.

"Rain Impact!!"

A stream of water droplets hit the beast with incredible speed.

"Greige!!"

Greige and Reiki approached the teen as the beast stood back up.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, but this thing won't budge at all."

"We need to be careful, remember what the mayor said, it's a creature that teaches itself how to deal with certain attacks, and who knows how many times it's been hit," Reiki said.

The beast growled and hit the group with the same laser attack from before.

"Ice-make: Wall!!"

The laser attack made an impact and dented the thick layer of ice. Reiki requiped a sword and jumped on top of the ice wall Greige made. Growling can be heard in the distance once again. Nasha looked around and saw multiple pairs of eyes staring down at them.

"There's more of them??!!"

The group tensed up and prepared for battle. A moment later, the monsters started their attacks. They fought them off. Some are weaker than others and are easy to deal with, but some a ridiculously stubborn. 

Nasha took a deep breath and cast another spell "HELL WAVE!!!" A circle of fire surrounded her, and waved forward, incinerating the creatures in its path. Reiki used his sword to fight the creatures; he's doing a much better job out of all three of them so far.

After a few rounds, there are only a few of the beasts left. But everyone is already at their limit.

"I don't think I can go on for much longer." Greige panted.

"Then, we'll just have to deal with them all at once," Reiki said. "You guys ready?"

Nasha and Greige nodded.

Reiki requiped a different sword. It's a long curved blade with a short handle. Nasha engulfed her fists with flames and the sky turned dark.

The group charged up the remaining magic power they had left.

The trio charged with all their might.

"Delirious Cresent Blade"

"Water Dance"

"Explosion Assualt"

"TRINITY ATTACK, MISTY EXPLOSION SHATTER!!"

The smoke cleared and the remaining monsters were down and no longer standing.

The sun slowly rises above.

"Well, why'd look at that." Nasha chuckled as she watched the sunrise.

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"Ahh~." Greige sighed as he sinks his body into the hot water of the bath the mayor invited them to. "Nothing beats a good old bath after a job."

Greige closed his eyes and turned his body into water and became one with the hot spring.

"GREIGE!! DON'T DO THAT!!" Reiki shouted.

"Why not?" Greige asked, popping his head on the surface.

"Because it's disgusting!!"

"Come on, lighten up a bit!" Greige sinks down again, ignoring Reiki's protests.

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At the Fairy Tail Guild

"I'm bored." A woman with blue hair whined.

"I don't care, whine someplace else, I'm reading and you're incredibly distracting." The person sitting next to her said.

"But we're the only ones here." The woman added, looking at the guildhall where the familiar faces of the rambunctious kids are nowhere to be seen.

Until the guild doors opened.

"We're back!!!"

Nasha, Greige, and Reiki arrived at the guild.

A bluenette chewed her gum as she looked down at the scene from the guild's second floor and smiled.

"I'll go down and greet Nasha and the others." She smiled at the person next to her.

"Yeah, go ahead." He nodded, his attention pasted on the book he was reading.

The bluenette happily walked downstairs to greet the pinkette who had just arrived.

"Welcome back, Nasha~." She ran towards the pinkette and gave her a hug.

"Shutora-chan." Nasha smiled and hugged the bluenette.

"Finally, you're back, I have someone to talk to. My brother is no fun at all." Shutora whined.

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"If those two drag me to another mission again, just kill me Yaje." Greige groaned and sat in front of the bluenette who was currently reading a book.

"If Reiki wants to go, I don't think you can stop him." The bluenette named Yaje replied.

Greige sighed. "You got a point there."

Yaje Redfox and her sister are the oldest among them, often the ones who set an example for everyone. Yaje is a very social person; he participates in guild brawls all the time, but he wants to be left alone whenever he's reading a book. The only person he doesn't mind being around during his readings is Greige. Mainly because he just sits there with him, and often hums a soft tune that Yaje enjoys.

Yaje soon finished a chapter and placed the bookmark on the page he stopped on and closed the book.

"Finished reading." Yaje heard Greige's voice, but he's behind him, this time, holding a sandwich, and a Caramade frank. Greige placed the sandwich in front of him and unwrapped the Carmade Frank and took a big bite.

"Thanks," Yaje said, but Greige's mouth is too full to speak, so he just gives him, a thumbs up.

Yaje took the sandwich and took a bite. Delicious, as expected.

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Shutora tinkered through the nuts and bolts of the vehicle. Nasha stood beside her to help.

"I didn't mean to trouble you, but you're the best mechanic I know." A middle-aged man said.

"It's fine, I have nothing else better to do anyway." Shutora smiled. "Nasha, can you pass me the screwdriver."

Nasha nodded and gave her the item.

"You're Salamander's daughter, Nancy right?"

"It's Nasha, actually."

"Oh sorry, my bad." The guy apologized.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it."

"Well, I'll leave you two here, just call me if you need anything."

Shutora took notice of Nasha's change of mood.

"You'll get there," Shutora said.

Nasha has constantly been compared to and identified with her father. Nasha loves her father, and she loves her family, but it's just hard to live under someone's shadow.

"How did you do it Tora?" Nasha asked.

Shutora sighed. "It's never easy, given how popular our parents are, all you gotta do is find something in yourself that makes you unique, you may be your father's daughter but you are your own person."

"Easier said than done." Nasha lowered her head.

"What do you think is the reason why your brother uses Requip magic?" Shutora asked.

Nasha has a big brother, his name is Luke, and he's considered The Dragneel's black sheep. He uses Requip magic and has an arsenal of different weapons at his disposal. One look at his fighting style, and you'll never guess that he's a Dragneel.

"Luke is really adaptable, he's very fascinated with different weaponry for as long as I can remember, that's his thing and he used that to make a name for himself," Shutora explained. "You get what I mean?"

Nasha nodded.

"Don't be so down about it, it takes time and patience. You're still young, there's no need to rush."

"You're so wise." Nasha smiled.

Shutora laughed. "You make me feel old."

"But you are old."

"I just turned 20!! I'm not that old."

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My very first FT Next Gen fic... I thought of writing this for months now and I can confidently say that it's finally here...

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