It had been 10 years since the War Between Beasts and Legends as it came to be called and today was Ignus's sixteenth birthday. Ignus and Layla were on the way to the market side of the town of Magnolia for lunch when smoke was spotted. "Help! Please, somebody help!" A woman screamed as she ran out of a burning house. "My baby is trapped upstairs by the fire! Please somebody save my baby!" The woman was frantically crying and pleading for someone to save her baby but the crowd around didn't know what to do as the stairs had been blocked by burning debris.

"Let's go, Sis!" Ignus said grabbing his sister's hand and leaping into the burning building in front of them. Moments later, the fire was gone and the two dragon children jumped down from the top window with the baby safe and sound.

"Oh, children, thank you so much! But how did you get out of there unhurt and where did the fire go?" The woman asked.

"We're the Dragneel Halflings! Fire doesn't hurt and I can eat it." Ignus answered with a Dragneel smile.

"Of course. With a smile like that and two beautiful faces like yours, you could only be our King's and Queen's children. Thank you so much for saving my baby girl, Prince Ignus and Princess Layla. Here, have some ripe apples for free and tell Their Highnesses they are welcome to any of my wares at the store for free." She gave them a bag of apples and a coupon from her store as thanks.

"No Mrs. Thatcher, it's perfectly fine. We appreciate the offer but we would rather show our appreciation by purchasing your wares rather than accepting free gifts from you. And we've told you several times to please  just call us Ignus and Layla." Layla said to the woman with a smile.

"You kids are just too nice." She replied, clasping her hands together. "How about this? I will call you Ignus and Layla if you let me give you something for lunch?" She offered.

"Much appreciated, Mrs. Thatcher." Ignus replied, taking the basket of food handed to him. They thanked her again and flew to a nearby hill to eat their still hot lunch.

"Help!" A scream came from the woods outside of town. Two kids came running out like the devil himself was on their heels. The trees were parted and knocked around by a giant fifteen foot monster with long gray fur, rot-yellow tusks, razor sharp claws, and a body built like a troll. This troll-like monster came barreling out of the tree line after the two children snarling and running like a gorilla. This monster, a Vulcan as it was called, was a remnant of the monsters in the war ten years ago.

"Let's go, Iggy!" Layla exclaimed taking off towards the imperiled kids in a bee line with Ignus close behind.

"I'll stop the Vulcan; you go take the kids to safety!" Ignus said.

"On it!" She replied as she swooped in and grabbed the kid, taking them behind the town walls.

"Hey ugly! Pick on someone your own size!" Ignus yelled, getting the Vulcan's attention before going full speed and morphing into his dragon form mid air and plowing into the Vulcan. The Vulcan charged at Ignus who caught it by the tusks. He was pushed back but dug his feet into the ground creating two ruts before sucking in air and breathing out fire onto the Vulcan roasting it.

"Well that was fun." Ignus said as he brushed dust off of himself. Another Vulcan leaped from the tree line at Ignus but was quickly shot down by three arrows to the head and chest. Ignus looked at the dead Vulcan and then around until he spotted a silhouette on top of a tower inside the town holding a bow before it loosed another arrow with a rope tied to it into a nearby tree, tied it off, and rode the rope to the ground.

"A girl?" Ignus asked in disbelief.

"Not just any girl." The tall, long haired brunette retorted as she walked towards them with her hair flowing in the wind. "My name is Robyn. Best shot this side of the sea."

"Wait wouldn't that mean that you're the best shot on the continent?" Ignus narrowed his eyes thinking.

"Would you look at that? So the famous adventurer prince does have a brain!" Robyn laughed punching him playfully. She didn't look to be much younger than him at all if any.

"Famous you say?" Ignus smirked and ran a hand through his hair.

"Brother, I think if your head gets any bigger, we'll need a bigger crown when you get older." Layla said under her breath. "Also, Robyn, pardon our manners. We haven't introduced ourselves yet. I'm Princess Layla and this is my brother, Prince Ignus. But you already knew that by the looks of it. That was a mathematically improbable shot you made killing that Vulcan a minute ago. You certainly are skilled.

"Why thank you Princess Layla. Do you mind if I call you Layla? I'm not big on the whole formal thing." Robyn asked.

"We don't mind at all, do we, Ig?" Layla replied punching Ignus, who was occupied staring at Robyn, in the ribs.

"Huh? Oh. What she said." He answered.

"Brother.." Layla said in a low, frustrated tone. He smiled a sheepish smile. They heard fighting going on several hundred yards away and saw a boy around their age clad in chain mail and wielding a short sword doing battle with three Vulcans and a bear.

"Robyn, we have to go help him! Come on, Layla!" Ignus yelled as the three of them took off towards the battle. One Vulcan clawed downwards at the young boy who aimed his sword into the hand of the oncoming claw, piercing straight through the Vulcan hand. The Vulcan shrieked in pain and flailed its hand sending the boy into a tree, sword still stuck in the Vulcan's hand. He jumped to his feet and dove at his sword, yanking it free and spinning around to deliver a fatal blow to the creature's throat and slicing another's leg. Robyn fired three arrows into the wounded one killing it. Ignus dropped in behind the third and grabbed its arms, pulling them backwards while the young swordsman slashed across its abdomen disemboweling it. The bear grabbed both the young swordsman and Ignus in a bear hug ready to crush them when Layla targeted the bear's pressure points around the neck and back incapacitating it. Ignus and the swordsman got out from under the massive bear and brushed themselves off.

"Thank you for your help. My name is Rudy Smithson. Son of the greatest human smith in all the land. And who is it that I have to thank for coming to my aide?" Rudy asked.

"We are the Dragneel Hlaflings, Smithson. I am Layla, princess of the kingdom and this is my brother Ignus, next in line to the throne. We are accompanied by Robyn, the greatest shot in all the land. We had just rescued two children from some Vulcans when we heard you battling these Vulcans. What I don't understand is why you were fighting a bear as well." Layla replied cocking an eyebrow.

"Nice to meet you, Rudy. You are one skilled swordsman for someone so young.

"Likewise, son of Natsu. Wow I really can't believe I am meeting the famous adventurer prince and princess! This is amazing. I've always wanted to meet you two ever since tales of your heroics throughout the kingdom were told to me. Oh, please forgive me, princess. I was caught up in my excitement. I was searching for berries to eat but it seems I picked the wrong bush and this bear didn't take it well. As for the Vulcans, there's a very large group of them in the cave uphill through the woods. I was thinking about taking them on by myself but they seem to be too strong. They have been getting bolder and have been attacking the townspeople at night." He replied.

"How about we go and clear them out for the town?" Robyn suggested. "Magnolia would probably reward us with something nice anyways."

"For glory." Ignus said putting his hand out face down.

"For honor." Rudy put his hand on top of Ignus's.

"For treasure!" Robyn said excitedly and put her hand on top of the stack.

"For the town!" Layla said completing the stack.

And so it was agreed that they would all work together to clear out the cave of ferocious Vulcans for all the people of Magnolia.

"Here's the plan." Layla stated as everyone gathered in a small circle outside of the cave. "There's exactly forty Vulcans in there which we can handle given what I've seen of our combat skills. But there's only one way that we can take them all without getting seriously injured. Robyn, you're going to kill the first ten Vulcans by shooting them in the throat so they can't alert the others. Rudy, you're going to have to kill the next ten while Ig and I take care of the rest by knocking down the stalactites in the ceiling. If there are any Vulcans left standing, we take them down. They won't know what hit them." Layla had an evil smile on her face after she said this.

"Hey Ignus?" Rudy whispered. "Your sister is scary."

"Tell me about it. One second she's a sweet little girl the next minute she's a ruthless mastermind." Ignus replied.

"What was that?" Layla asked with her hands on her hips and a scowl on her face.

"Nothing!" Rudy and Ignus cried in unison holding their hands up in surrender.

"Okay!" She suddenly wore a sweet and innocent smile.

"Wow, Layla. You sure can be scary sometimes." Robyn told her nonchalantly. The two boys' jaws dropped at how casual she said it.

"I know. I take after my mother after all." Layla replied and laughed.

As they entered the cave, Robyn saw her ten targets and waited until Layla and the boys got into position. She then let loose ten arrows all finding their marks in the throats of her targets while Rudy blade danced between each of his ten targets, slicing, chopping, beheading and dismembering each one with extreme prejudice. Simultaneously, Layla and Ignus broke all of the stalactites on the ceiling making them crash down on top of the other twenty Vulcans. Five Vulcans had managed to escape doom and rushed at Ignus who coated his fist in fire and delivered a devastating upper cut sending one into the air. Robyn put two arrows into its chest and one in the head before moving on to the next ones. Layla stopped one's heart by attacking a series of pressure points in the chest and torso while Rudy finished it with a swift strike to the heart. Ignus charged the third one head on and rammed it into the wall beside Rudy who delivered a downward slash to its skull finishing it while Layla used her claws to wound a Vulcan who had sneaked behind Robyn who quickly dispatched it. They all looked at the final Vulcan and gave a knowing smirk to each other before charging it all together.

"Now that was fun!" Robyn said delightedly.

"It was." Rudy agreed.

"My little sister is a mastermind." Ignus said with pride.

"Thanks. We should probably tell the Magnolians that the area is safe." Layla replied.

"Yeah. You know, we make a really good team. How about we stay a team? We could protect the townspeople and make a name for ourselves. Maybe even get jobs from other towns across the kingdom." Ignus said.

"I'll do you one better." Rudy said. "What if we found others like us? Or trained others to be as skilled as us? We could protect the people of all the towns. We could go on adventures every single day and be together! My uncle is a great carpenter so he could build something like a guild hall."

"I like where you're going with this, Rudy. But there's only one problem. We don't have the money to hire your uncle. And even if we did, what would we name the guild?" Robyn asked.

"I know where we can get money. I just know my father would be proud of us if we set off to protect the kingdom where no one else could. He'll gladly pay for us." Ignus spoke up.

"Then it's settled! We'll create the kingdom's first adventurer's guild!" Layla cried.

Two months later, the guild had been completed in Magnolia just off the town square.

"So, guild leader. What'll we name it?" Rudy asked Layla.

"Me? Why am I the guild leader? I'm the youngest one out of the four of us!" She replied nervously.

"Well you are the smartest one out of the four of us. We could have gotten seriously hurt back at the cave two months ago. So what's the name?" Robyn asked.

"Hey Iggy? You remember those fairy tales Mom told us when we were much younger?" Layla asked.

"Yeah. What about them?" He answered.

"I want this guild to feel just like that. Except, I want it to feel like family and fun all the time and I want it to be one big adventure that never stops. Like chasing a fairy's tail." She said thoughtfully.

"Sounds good to me. Fairy Tail it is." Ignus replied.

"Fairy Tail!" Rudy exclaimed.

"Fairy Tail!" Robyn laughed.

"Fairy Tail! Ignus yelled.

"Fairy Tail." Layla beamed.

The End