I sigh as I look out the window of the train. It was about a week and a half after I sent the posters and letter to the princesses and I have been going all over Equestria, to the major cities and even some of the smaller towns, setting up the job poster stations. I already talked to the post managers of Cloudsdale, Appleloosa, Las Pegasus and Dodge Junction and got permission to set up small sections in the post offices for setting up job requests for the guild. Not really hard when all I have to do is use some of my magic styles to make a small office areas connecting to the post offices. Of course the areas are currently hidden in some illusions until the guild is ready. I gave each of the managers the sheets I made for the contracts and explained how they are ranked, plus I gave each of them some glasses that were enchanted to see through illusions.
I look to my companions, Sonbā reading through a Daring Doo book he brought and Echo napping next to him. After I started teaching him how to use his new magic, he, Echo, Twilight, Spike and even Emerald have been helping me in getting everything set up. Spike was acting rather mature when helping out, being able to power through some of my test ideas, but not being stubborn enough to forget to ask for help and to point out mistakes. While Twilight was unsure about the first test I had in mind, she agreed that it could work to weed out those who will only look out for themselves and those who may end up hurting the guild.
Right now me and my friends are on the way to Manehatten to host an audience for potential employees for the guild. A couple days ago, the princesses sent out the job postings and set it up so we would be meeting in one of the amphitheater’s and offices on Main Street. Emerald already volunteered to work as the guilds financial director after hearing about what we have been doing, but said he would like an assistant if possible. We also need to find someone for cooking, serving and cleaning for the guild.
The train whistle blows, knocking me out of my thoughts as the train begin to slow. I look out and see as the station is coming up. I see as Sonbā puts his book into his suitcase and Echo wakes up with an adorable yawn. I just giggle at little at this and we get set to head out.
Once the train stops the three of us head out into the busy streets of Manehatten. I have been to Manhatten back on Earth for a vacation before so seeing the huge crowds, jumbotron, and all the stores weren’t too surprising. Of course our group of a human, a unicorn, and an flying cat did get more than a few curious glances. Twilight gave me a map of the city before we left so I was able to figure out where the amphitheatre was. Our group walks with and through the crowds and I notice it isn’t just ponies here, but Minotaurs, some Griffins, even a Diamond Dog or two. Though the last ones appeared a lot less savage looking than their cave dwelling brethren. After walking for about ten minutes we arrive at the location. A rather new building that, from the plaque up front, was only finished and opened a week ago so this would be the first event it is going to be rented out for.
I smile and walk in, finding a orange mare with a grey mane done in a bun at the front desk. She looks up at our group as we walk in and does a double take upon seeing me and Echo.
“The buck?” She mumbles and I just chuckle a little at her immediate response.
“Hey there. My name is Lex Justine. The princesses rented out part of this place for me to do interviews?” I ask and the mare checks some papers and nods.
“Ah yes. Here it is. Alright Miss Justine, you have one of the smaller stages and halls for use. Feel free to use it however you like, just make sure you don’t destroy anything and clean up after you are done. There are offices connected to the main room to use for one on one interviews.” The mare explains and hands me a map of the building, one of the stage areas being highlighted.
My group leaves and heads towards the room in question. Going in, it looks a bit like a lecture hall they have in college and university, with some tables stretching across the five lines of 20 seats. I look to the stage and see a projector screen and one of those speech plaques. I smile and get up on the stage and begin to plan how I want to do this. I have already planned a speech and explanation for what I am looking for in the guild, so I just needed to set it up to represent the guild.
Using my magic, I make a flag with the Fairy Tail symbol on the front and attach it to the podium and then I ask Sonbā to make some statues of the Fairy Tail symbol to go on stage. He has really gotten great with his control over his Maker Magic, so it was easy for him to make two purple crystal statues. While he is doing that Echo and I set up things in the office that is connected to the stage. It is rather simple looking, just a simple oak desk with one chair for the interviewer and three chairs on the other side. Looking closer I see there are two draws I can use for personnel files and for the finished application forms.
I finish getting all my things set up in the office and head back to the main hall seeing Sonbā sitting behind stage, just waiting with his eyes closed. I smile and walk over to him before summoning three different headphones, one for each of us and go through my phone to find something to listen to before we begin. I look through it and find a good song to listen to to get us ready.
Golden Time Lover from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood English cover from AmaLee.
https://m.The three of us tune out to this song, just enjoying the beat and deciphering the meaning behind the lyrics. Once the song ends we look at the time and see that we have about five minutes or so before we are scheduled to begin. I look to Sonbā and Echo and nod, the duo nodding back and heading to the main lobby to direct the ones looking to join up. I knew that Echo was going to a curiousity to anyone who hasn’t been to Ponyville or the Crystal Empire lately, but this would be another type of test. To see how someone would react to a new sentient species being present.
I walk up and sit behind the podium with my eyes closed and wait. I soon hear the doors to the room opening and see as Echo is leading the group of ponies and a few other creatures in. I carefully hide my dark eye and use my Seith Magic to make sure there are no creatures using some illusions or something. Thus far I don’t see any that are, but I make sure to keep my eye open as the crowd filters in.
After a couple minutes the room is full, and I see that this might not take as long as I expected from the numbers. I see that many ponies are uncomfortable with some of the other creatures in the crowd. I see at least ten griffins and five Diamond Dogs yet the ponies still look at them like they were going to attack at any moment, so I already counted them out. I didn’t want any speciest jerks in a guild that will not only have ponies.
I stand up from behind the podium, getting the attention of everyone present in the room. I look over the crowd with a blank expression, slightly unnerving some of the younger or inexperienced creatures looking for a job. I nod and step up, making sure both my eyes are visible, both of them being deactivated for the moment.
“Welcome all of you and thanks you for attending. This meeting has been set up by Princess Celestia at my request to look for individuals to work for the soon to be opened Fairy Tail guild. I am the leader of the guild, Alexandria Justine.” I see many are curious and a few are worried.
“I am not going to beat around the bush here. The guild is not going to be only for ponies to join, so if any of you have a problem with those who are not equine, them please leave immediately. The guild members are to treat each other as family, not as though one species is above the other.” I look through the crowd and count at least twenty ponies who scoff, sneer, or flinch. I use my Telepathy to talk to Echo.
“Did anyone react poorly to your presence on the way here?” I ask. She subtly nods and thinks of seven ponies, five of them being unicorns, who looked to her with disgust or as though she were nothing more than an ant. I nod and look through the crowd, finding all the offending ponies as well as those I sensed were angered by my announcement. I use my Colours magic and each pony was covered by a red outline, much to the shock of the creatures.
“All of you who have been covered by the coloured magic, please leave.” I say with my arms crossed. Of course there was an immediate uproar from the offending ponies for calling them out. One I silenced immediately by summoning two weapons with my Requip magic and stabbing them into the ground. Both were scythes, but they were vastly different.
The first had a red pole and bandages around handle and it had three red blades along the end, one below the other, that seemed to glow with malevolence, connected with silver bands on the pole and what appeared to be a whip attached to the end. It was the triple bladed scythe that belong to Hidan the Immortal from Naruto.
The second one had a green, slightly bent pole with white cross with them points being bladed as well, connecting the pole to the blade. The blades themselves were black near the sharp edges, the rest being a dark pink. This one belong to The Graceful Assassin Marluxia, the scythe wielder of Organization XIII from Kingdom Hearts.
There was an immediate stunned silence as I summoned my scythes. The offending ponies began to shake in fear as they saw me lift both large weapons like they were nothing more than toys. I look to the crowd again, lighting up my golden eye.
”Leave. Now.” after I say that, there was a veritable stampede as the ponies I called out rush out the door to ‘safety’. I see that two of the griffins and one of the dogs also leave with slightly shaken expressions. I just chuckle a little bit at their need to escape. I dismiss my weapons and deactivate my eye and look over the crowd, many ponies looking to me with caution, the griffins with awe and respect and the Dogs looking just shocked.
“Apologies, but I just can’t tolerate creatures like them. Now that those I know would immediately cause problems are gone, let’s continue. I have some application forms for each of you to fill out. I am looking for creatures to work as cooks, barkeeps, servers, as well as keeping the guild hall itself clean. I am also looking for an assistant for the guilds financial director Emerald Blizzard. Once you are done please hand your sheet to the Exeed, Echo. I will call on each of you for a one on one interview after a third of you have finished writing.” I say and Echo begins to fly around with the application forms. I use my magic and summon some pencils for each creature to write with.
The creatures all begin to write in their info and I just look them over with my magic and get a minimum description of each of them based on their souls natural state, which shows their personalities. Of course, just ones personality doesn’t give me that much, but it does allow me to adjust myself to react to them. Though, while I was looking through them, one stallion stood out. His soul seemed almost...blank. Not in the sense that he lacked a soul, just that he seemed like a blank slate compared to those around him.
Each creatures souls are shaped by their past experiences, likes, dislikes, and hopes. This guys seems to lack the first three parts, merely only having his hopes. I deactivate my magic and look to him normally. He had a white coat with some black stripes along his arms and legs, a light blue wild looking mane with the ends highlighted red and his eyes were the same colour as his hair. He also had an odd blue triangle on the side of his face just below his cheek. I could be a tattoo, but why a triangle and why there? He was wearing a pair of grey jeans and a black t-shirt beneath an open white jacket. I also noticed his left hand was covered by a black glove, but his right wasn’t.
I don’t dwell on it for now and just scan over the crowd again and see that quite a few have finished their application forms, as seen by the stack Echo took to the office. Coming out of the office she looks to me and nods for me to start. I nod back to her and clap my hands a couple times, getting the crowds attention.
“Alright, enough of you have finished the application forms and I am going to begin the one on one interviews. When Sonbāsutā calls your name, please enter the office and take a seat and we will begin, those of you still filling out the forms, don’t rush, this next part may take a while so please be patient.” I say and head to the office and see that those that aren’t finished go back to it.
I take a seat on the desk and look to the first one filled out form and see it is a mare named Silk Song. She is an earth pony, nineteen, fresh out of Manehatten high. Cutie Mark: a roll of silk. Scarlet mane, pale pink almost white fur, green eyes. No prior experience, this being her first job interview, period.
“Sonbāsutā, can you please call in miss Silk Song?” I ask him and he nods. After about thirty seconds the young mare in question walks in. She is clearly nervous, taking a seat on the middle chair. I look through her application form a second time, seeing everything she filled out before looking her in the eye.
“Hello, nice to meet you miss Song.” I say, holding my hand out. She nods and hesitantly shakes my hand.
“Um, please call me Silk.” She says softly and I nod to her.
“So, which position would you be applying for in the guild?” I ask her, taking out a notepad of my own.
“Um, I would like to apply for one of the cleaning positions. Even though most would think I am a seamstress, my cutie mark represents my skill in keeping not just clothes silk soft and clean but also just my general skills in cleanliness. I haven’t had much of a chance to follow my talent aside from my parents laundromat. We clean all the clothes manually since my parents think the machines don’t get things as clean as they should be.” She says. I nod and write all this down in the notebook.
What she didn’t seem to realize is that during this interview I was looking at her soul and seeing her for who she is. A determined individual in terms of keeping things clean and wanting to make people happy with her work. Talking to her shows her shy nature but also her passion in making others happy and in cleaning of all things. I go through a few more questions with her before asking the main one.
“Alright, one last question for you Silk.” I lean on the desk and fold my hands. “The guild isn’t located here in Manehatten. It is going to be located on the edge of the town of Ponyville. As someone who is charged with keeping the guild clean, you will likely have to move to Ponyville unless you want to take a two hour long train ride every day. Are you ok with this?” I ask her. Silk looks to the side and rubs a bracelet that is on her right wrist.
“You shouldn’t rush a decision like this. I know from experience how jarring moving somewhere new can be.” She looks to me before looking to her bracelet and sighing.
“I know that working elsewhere will be jarring, but I have always wanted to leave this city and see the country. I have heard how Ponyville can be so going there wouldn’t be too bad I don’t think. I just have to make sure to keep in contact with my parents.” She says before looking me in the eyes and gaining a confidence I had not seen up to this point.
“I would be fine with moving to Ponyville as long as I could visit my parents or they visit me.” I look to her and hear her determined voice. I smile and nod to her before holding my hand out for her to shake again.
“Thank you Silk, for this interview. Once I have interviewed the rest of the creatures here I am going to be announcing who got the jobs and who didn’t, so feel free to take a nap or something.” I tell her. She nods and shakes my hand before leaving and likely returning to her seat. I smile and look at my notes again, in particular a checkbox I put on the side of her info. I put a check mark in it.
I look to the next sheet and ask Sonbā to have them come in. The next couple of creatures to come in were nothing special and most seemed to only want to work at the guild for the money or to be the first to work in a wizards guild. After five come and go I look to the next sheet and see it is one of the griffins. A female hen named Floral Talons. She is 21, half tiger half hawk with orange tips of her brown feathers and black stripes along the sides of her face as well as her feline half.
For some reason I had a good feeling about this hen. I ask for Sonbā to call her in, the hen walking in a couple seconds later. She was wearing a green hoodie over a blue tank top and brown jogging pants. She takes a seat and seemed very excited.
“Hello miss Talon.” I say and she just giggles a little.
“Please drop the formalities. My name is Flora. Nice to meet you too, miss Justine.” She says shaking my hand. I already like this griffin.
“In that case, call me Lex.” I say before taking out her file and my notebook. We begin the interview and Flora is full of energy and seems rather naive, but as a griffoness she wasn’t squeamish. Good thing too since she was wanting to join as one of the cooks for the omnivorous and carnivorous members of the guild. After I finish all but the last question I get another serious look on my face, one Flora sees and calms down.
“Now then, for your last question. The guild isn’t located here, but on the outskirts of Ponyville. Are you ok with moving there?” I ask. Flora remains silent for a moment before laughing a little.
“Of course! I am not sure if you have been here before, but griffins are not really liked here in Manehatten. We are accepted, but not really respected. Moving to a smaller town in the country doesn’t sound all that bad.” She says and I smile at her. I shake her talons again and she heads back to the main room. I look to her file and place a checkmark on her box.
After her were two more griffins who appeared to just wants big wages, then a couple of ponies who didn’t want to move to Ponyville. After them I looked and saw the first Diamond Dog was next. Zen Quartz. Interesting name. 22 years old, brown fur coat with darker brown hair done in a wind blown style, one brown and one grey eye. I notice in a area I asked for prior fighting experience it reads he was self trained. Interesting. I also saw his only living relative is a younger brother.
“Hey Sonbā. Please call in Zen Quartz next.” He nods and goes out to call the dog. He walks in and I see he is wearing a green vest with some black jogging pants. He seems rather confident with his stance. I look through his file again and nod.
“Hello Mr. Quartz, or can I call you Zen?” I ask, holding out my hand. He nods and shakes my hand.
“Call me Zen, please.” He says. I begin the interview like I have done before and learn Zen would like one of the barkeeper positions. But while I am going through it, I can sense an odd aura around this guy. Not that he is planning something, but like he is distracted about something, he just hides it really well. We finish up almost all the questions before I get a serious expression.
“Zen. The guild isn’t located here in Manehattan. It is located in Ponyville, a two hour train ride away. Every employee of the guild is also going to be a member, so are you willing to move there, even temporarily?” I ask him. I can see that he is lost in thought and that whatever has been on his mind the whole time has come to the forefront.
“Bit for your thought?” I ask. He looks to me before sighing.
“You know the only reason I am applying here is because I need a little help supporting me and my brother.” He says and I motion for him to continue.
“My parents passed away when I was ten and my bro was eight. Even though it was tough, I had a bunch of friends in the slums on the edge of town who helped take care of us and taught me how to take care of the both of us. But with the recent tax increase I am having some problems making ends meet. I am not trying to get pity points or anything, but I really need to find a better paying job. I am just worried about my bro. He hasn’t been having the best luck finding a job after an accident at his last workplace, and it doesn’t help ponies naturally distrust predators like dogs or griffins. I don’t really want to leave him because I got a job in another town.” He explains. I nod to him gathering all this.
His twenty year old brother was having trouble helping with gaining money for them, plus employers are biased against predators. I think for a moment before looking at him again.
“What is your brothers name?” I ask. Zen pauses for a second.
“Nate.” He says and I can’t help but find his brother has a rather human sounding name compared to practically every other creature I have met here in Equestria. I think for a second before chuckling to myself. Zen looks to me with a raised brow.
“Sorry, its just that, I have a little sister who’s name is Natali or Nat.” I explain and he chuckles with me at the connecting between us. I sigh before looking back to me.
“Listen Zen. I am going to tell only you this, but once the guild is opened I am going to have the potential members go through a type of initiation. If you are worried about leaving your brother alone, then have him come to the guild during the event and he may end up joining as well. If that were to happen you and your brother would be more than welcome to stay in the guilds barracks together, plus both of you would have jobs as guild members.” I tell him. Zen look down in thought before nodding and standing up. I smile and shake his paw as he heads back to the main room. I double check his file and place a checkmark on his box with a smile.
I check the next sheet and see it is a unicorn stallion named Hot Spark. 23 years old, red fur with auburn mane and orange eyes. Cutie mark is lighter. Took martial arts classes when he was younger and worked at a couple of food carts before this. I guess those are Equestria’s equivalent to food trucks. I nod and ask Sonbā to call him in. The stallion walked in and I see he is wearing a pair of black jeans and a white dress shirt beneath a black open jacket. Rather professional looking.
“Hey there Mr. Spark.” I say and offer my hand. He smiles and shakes my hand with a firm grip.
“Just Spark please.” He says with a grin and I can just feel the confidence from him. We go through the interview and I can tell this guy is quite the joker, many of his puns and jokes getting a laugh out of me. He was looking for a job as one of the cooks for those with herbivorous diets. I smile at the end and ask the moving question. He actually looks excited.
“Honestly, I am tired of the big city. Moving to a small town, even if it is on the edge of the Everfree, would be a nice change of pace in my opinion.” He says. I smile and shake his hand as he heads back to the main room. I look over my notes and his application and smile, placing a check in his box.
After Spark was a pegasus mare named Swift Service. 21 years old icy blue fur, cerulean mane and purple eyes. Cutie mark is a receipt. Took self defence classes in her teens and worked as a waitress in at two other restaurants before this. I ask for Sonbā to call the mare in next. After a minute she walks in, wearing a rather nice black dress and holding a white hand bag.
“Hello miss Service.” I say, shaking her hand.
“Please, just call me Swift.” She says with a smile. I smile back at her and begin her interview. She was a rather outgoing individual, wanting to be a server/waitress for the guild because she wants to meet other creatures and to just help others, be it delivering food on time or buying some food to give to the homeless shelter she volunteers at. I smile at her answers for the questions I ask. I ask the last question and she pauses for a second before smiling.
“I know there are some in Manehatten that will miss me, but I would like to move to a new place to meet new creatures and see if I could help more people than I am now. I may be just a random pegasus, but I know each individual can save a life. I mean, look at the Elements of Harmony themselves.” She says and I just smile at her response. I shake her hand as she heads back to the room. I look at her file and place a check mark in her box.
The next few creatures to come in were not really all that great, the griffins just wanting bits, the dogs not wanting to go by the Everfree, but there was one dog that came in that was a little different from the rest. I check the file and see it is for a female named Raine Jewel. 20 years old, snow white coat with silver hair and yellow eyes. No prior job experience, only living relative is her aunt. I am starting to see a pattern with the Diamond Dogs missing parents, she is the third out of the four that I checked.
“Sonbā, next one is Raine Jewel please.” I say and he nods, calling out to the canine. After a couple second she walks in. She was wearing a blue tank top over a black sports bra and grey cargo pants. She also had a blue ribbon in her hair and a black bracelet. She walks in and takes a seat silently. I can tell she is a little shy so I start again.
“Hello miss Jewel.” I say offering my hand. She nods silently and shakes my hand.
“Um, just Raine please.” She says and I nod to her. We begin and Raine eventually opens up, being a pretty normal girl. At least by human standards. She was homeschooled by her aunt after her parents disappeared when she was three and lived a relatively closed off life. Her only real friends are her neighbors kids, and even then their parents didn’t one hundred percent trust her since she is a Diamond Dog. The past two years she’s wanted to learn about things outside of Manehatten, so she spends most of her time at the public libraries. She was thinking of being a server at the guild so she can move out and learn more about other places and to make some friends.
“So you want to learn more about thing outside of Manehatten. Then I suppose it is a good thing for you that the guild is located outside of Ponyville. I won’t stop you from wanting to move, but here’s some advice. Keep in contact with your aunt. Trust me when I say you will miss her.” I tell her and Raine nods. I smile and shake her paw before she heads out. Another checkmark down.
After Raine was the last of the griffins and a couple of ponies before I reach the stallion I sensed was off earlier. Legacy Tracer. 24 years old, cutie mark is a mirror with a spell seal....and that is it. Aside from the physical description, a majority of the sheet is blank, like prior fighting experience, family status, past work experience, all of it! I had a bad feeling I knew why. I stand and head to the door, Sonbā looking confused by me.
“Legacy Tracer, you’re next!” I call out before returning to my seat. After a minute the stallion walk in with a slightly nervous expression. He sees his application form and gulps, taking a seat.
“Mr.Tracer.” I greet simply.
“Um, just Trace if that’s ok.” He says, rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish grin. I look to him for a second before sighing.
“Look Trace, I am not even going to beat around the bush here. Why is your application form almost completely blank?” I ask him. Trace scratches his face with his gloved hand and I barely see some black going past the glove. I make a mental note of that.
“I-I don’t remember my past.” He says and I just raise a brow at him, sensing there is more to it than that. Trace sighs again and gets into a more comfortable position.
“I woke up in the hospital a little over two months ago. The only things I could remember clearly was my name and age. The doctors there said I was part of some kind of dark magic ritual which backfired, destroying a house in the slums. I couldn’t make it out clearly, but I remember a group of ponies laughing and something about ‘the tyrants of the eclipse’. I asked about it and one of the doctors mentioned an old cult called ‘The Eclipsed Ones’. Apparently I was supposed to be a sacrifice of some kind for a ritual. As I said, it backfire, but as a result, most of my memories have been completely erased. After asking if there was information on me in general, they found that I wasn’t in any of their files. After making sure I wasn’t a changling, they theorized I was kidnapped when I was a newborn and indoctrinated into the cult. I have been living in the pony homeless shelter since then, trying to figure out what I am supposed to do.”
I look to the stallion with a blank expression on the outside, but inside I was freaking the hell out.
‘This guy was likely a former cult member that had his memories and personality erased?! And here I thought Sonbā had it rough!’ I sigh and take out the question form I have been using for the rest of the creatures up to this point. I look to Trace and nod with a smile.
“Well, lets get started shall we?” I say and he gets what I am doing. We go through the interview like the others, Trace actually answering things like his preferences and dislikes pretty easily. Probably because he turned into someone entirely different after the accident. He said that he is pretty good with numbers and was offering to work as Emeralds assistant. I smile as we finish up, Trace saying he would actually like to move to Ponyville to make a new life for himself.
I smile as we finish up the questions and I look to Trace who is very happy with the result. I then gain a rather serious expression on my face, one he looks concerned about.
“Um, miss Justine? Is something wrong?” He asks with worry. I look to him before looking at his hand.
“Your hand. The one in the glove. Can I see it?” I ask him. He looks at his gloved palm for a second before sighing and nodding. He carefully takes off his glove and I gasp at it. His left hand is black like coal all the way down to his wrist and just past it, the tips of his finger being sharpened into what looked like claws. I look at it in shock, carefully taking his hand into my own. I focus my magic onto it and sense that this is a physical side effect of the corrupted magic in the ritual he was a part of. I nod and release his hand before smiling at him.
“You know, you are really similar to my friend here. You both came in contact with corrupted magic. Your hand will likely stay like this, but I don’t think it will cause you any problems on its own.” I tell him. Trace nods and smiles at me before heading back to the room. I look at his file and then to the notes I took about him. I smile and place a checkmark on it.
I look at the pile of sheets and see that Trace was actually the last one in the crowd to have an interview. I look through the finished interview sheets and application forms again, taking out the files that I placed a checkmark on, showing they got the jobs. I smile and place all the sheets away before walking out of the office and locking the door before walking up to the stage and getting the attention of every creature present. I look over the crowd and clear my throat.
“I thank all of you for coming here and for your time. Now, I will begin with the bad news.” I see a large majority looking worried.
“While there have been almost eighty of you I have interviewed, I have selected only seven creatures to be hired for the guild.” Several of the creatures groan, thinking they didn’t get in.
“Now then, while I have selected them, for the safety of the individuals, I won’t be saying them out loud. All of you are free to go about your day and I will be contacting each person I have selected. I thank all of you again for your time in this. Even if you are not selected for this chance, you can use me as a reference for any other job interviews you may have and I will give an honest comment about you.” I say. Several of the creatures smile at my offer and the crowd begins to filter out.
After Sonbā, Echo and I finish putting everything away, Sonbāsuta destroying his statues and me putting all the info I gathered into a book bag I brought and fixing the stage where I stabbed my scythes in, the three of us head back out, waving to the mare at the front desk. We all walk in silence to the main park by the harbour before I sit down by a tree, cross legged and focus on my Telepathy magic. After searching the city for a bit I find the ones I am looking for.
“Hello! Can you guys hear me?” I think through my magic, getting seven different yelps and surprised sounds.
“What the heck? Lex?” Zen asks aloud, and I could tell he was looking around himself.
”Calm down you guys. I am using long range telepathy to talk to all of you right now.” I tell them, getting several noises of understanding.
”Ok, what’s going on Lex?” Flora asks through thought. I smile at the fact she was the first to calm down and figure out to think instead of talking aloud.
”Well, I did tell you guys that I would be contacting the ones who I chose to work at the guild without saying who they were.” I think with a smirk. I hear as the girls gasp and I can tell the guys eyes widen in surprise.
”You mean...” Raine begins.
I just laugh a little, my noise being sent through the connection. ”Welcome to Fairy Tail you guys!” I say and get a bunch of mental cheers.
”Awesome! So, what do we do now?” Trace asks, getting the others to quiet down.
”My friends and I are at the park by the harbour. Come over here and I can go over what you can do for when the guild is open.” I tell them getting seven affirmatives before I cut the connection. I smile and relax against the tree I am under, Echo flying up to a branch to do the same thing and Sonbā breaking out his book again. The three of us just relax for a couple minutes before I head someone calling out to me.
“Hey Lex!” I open my eyes and see as Trace, Flora and Raine walk up. I smile and lift myself off the ground, Echo jumping off the tree and onto my head. I smile and look past them, seeing Swift, Silk and Spark coming up behind them.
“Hey guys, took you long enough.” I say with a smirk, the three ponies walking up to us. I look them over and see the ragtag-ness of our group. A human, three unicorns, a pegasus, an earth pony, a griffoness, an Exeed and soon to be two diamond dogs.
“So what do we need to do now?” Silk asks. I go to answer before looking past us and seeing Zen running up with another dog. He looked just like Zen but with long hair and two brown eyes. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a grey t-shirt. I guess that is Nate.
“Hey guys! Sorry, I just made it back to my apartment and decided to grab my bro.” Zen says. I nod and walk up to the duo before looking at Nate.
“Hey there, you must be Nate. I’m Lex, nice to meet you.” I say offering, my hand. Nate seems to relax and shakes my hand.
“Alright, now that all of you are here, I can go over some things with each of you.” I say, taking a seat beneath the tree again, motioning the others to do so as well. The gathered creatures all sit around in a circle, eager to hear what I have to say.
“Alright, first things first, there is going to be a couple of tests each potential member must go through to join the guild. That includes each of you. But I have no doubt you seven will pass. The tests are designed to eliminate those who might harm the guild. The greedy, the selfish, the wrathful, those who only look out for themselves and not their guild mates. I could tell thanks to the interviews that each of you will look out for one another.” I say. The group look to one another and smile at each other.
“Next, when the guild is finished there is going to be a second level and a basement. The second floor is going to be off limits to those who have not reached a certain rank as that is where I am going to be posting the S class and above quests, which are some of the most difficult and dangerous quests. The only exception to this rule is going to be Silk Song and any other cleaners I may hire as they have to clean up there as well. The basement will be closed off to everyone but me as that is where we will be storing any dangerous artifacts we may find.” I say, the group nodding in understanding, Raine actually taking notes. I look to Silk.
“I am placing a lot of trust in you Silk. I don’t want to learn that you took an S class quest behind my back because you could get seriously hurt and even die if you aren’t careful.” I tell her. Silk shakes a little before taking a breath and nodding to me.
“I won’t let you down Lex.” She says resolutely. I nod back to her with a smile. I go through my bag and take out a stack of cards.
“Finally I wanted to give each of you these.” I say handing each of them two cards each. One had an image of me with two fingers against my head, the stance of using Telepathy magic, the other one having an image of the guild. Each creature look confused about these cards.
“The first card is a long range Telepathy card. My Telepathy can only reach so far on its own unless I have something to strengthen the connection. These cards can make it so I can talk to each of you with my telepathy, even if I am on the other side of the country. If you are ever in any trouble, just call and I will try to either get there as fast as I can or I will contact the others to get you help.” I explain. The group all look to the telepathy card with awe and a little excitement.
“The second card is just a card to let you know when the guild is going to be opened. The day before the guild is finished, I will activate it and you guys will know you can come to Ponyville and get adjusted.” I tell them and the group all smile, putting their cards into their respective pockets or purses.
I take out seven blank cards and focus my magic. The cards begin to glow brightly for a few seconds. Once they stop each card now has an image of each of the others. I smile and the others look a little confused.
“These are just my connection cards. Now I will know who is calling so I don’t end up messing up who is who.” I say with a grin. The others laugh a little at the thought. I check my watch and see I have maybe fifteen minutes before I have to meet with the post manager for Manehatten.
“Well, my friends and I have to head to the post office to set up the contract station. You guys are more than welcome to come with if you want. The guild probably won’t be done for another month or so, so you guys can go back to your regular lives.” I say, making sure I have everything with me. Our group separates, Zen, Nate, Silk, Spark and Swift all leaving to go back to their homes while Trace, Flora and Raine follow us to the post office, curious about how we will set up the stations.
I look to my cards in my hand and smile. Looks like things are almost ready.