//------------------------------// // Dojo Fairy Tail // Story: Twilight Scarlet // by vincent789 //------------------------------// It's been another six months. Although Shagotte doesn't seen to realize it, but Twilight is aware of this new special send off protocol. And it made her smile, sadly that is. It made it all the more concrete. She is leaving whether she likes to or not. As she was watching the newer and older generation work together to prepare it. However during these six months, Shagotte's magical ability has skyrocket. Not only is she able to summon her second wing. But all the training with her, has allowed a massive increase in combat ability. So massive in fact, that she has started to garner some jealousy from the other newer generation members. And for Ann, enough is enough. Finally gathering the courage to approach the guild master, she heads towards Twilight. "Master?" Ann asked as she approached Twilight sitting on the bar. Again with Apple juice. "What is the matter, Child?" Twilight asked. "Can you also finally train us? I also want to receive some special training from you!" Ann asked hopeful. "Hm. So how should I go about doing that?" Twilight asked. She already had a potential idea on what to do, but was wondering Ann's input on the matter. "Perhaps you can teach us ways to improve ourselves. Nothing ground breaking. Just ways for us to train ourself in our downtime. And also, this castle has a dojo. But nobody ever uses it. Perhaps that would be the perfect classroom for these lessons." Ann suggested. "My child. I was aware of your desire to train from me. Do you really think I didn't notice the looks you guys were giving Shagotte?" Twilight asked with a knowing smile. This caused Ann and several other newer generation guild members to become embarrassed at the mention. Ann merely shook her head. While covering her now bright red face. Twilight merely laughed. She then walked over to the podium and made Shagotte raise the curtains. She looks serious over at the guild members. Meanwhile they gather below to await Twilight's input. "Listen up. I have two pieces of good news to explain this morning. Firstly, in about fifteen minutes from now, I will give special dojo lessons. I shall do this every Monday at seven O'clock in the morning. For two entire years. Anyone is welcome. You will meet me at the dojo." Twilight explain firstly, she smiled at the reaction from the guild. However her face then turns very serious. Causing everyone to look stiff. "I have another serious matter to state. I have been closely watching everyone's actions, abilities and strength. Their questing amounts and what they did in their downtime. And I have come to a single conclusion." Twilight stated. The older generation eyes widen at the mention, "And normally I would have loved to give this rank to more members. Only one member shall receive this new rank today. The S rank." She said. Causing everyone to gasp. "And that person shall be Shagotte. Congratulations, you deserve it. Not only is your strength very high, your ability capable and strengths under control. You have also spend all your downtime helping the guild and has achieved an amazing total of fifty thousand quest points in your short stay in our guild. And for that, you deserve S rank." Twilight explained. Everyone clapped at the explanation. While also congratulating Shagotte. "For those unaware. Although Fairy Tail doesn't use the quest point scale. I did use it for evaluation purposes. Easy quests give one point. Medium quests give five points. Hard quests give fifty points. And doing any of these solo adds an additional ten points." Twilight quickly explained at the quest point mention. Shagotte merely stood still. Stunned at the new piece of information. She then smiled humbly and nodded in thanks at Twilight. Everyone around her congratulated her by giving high fives and small hugs. "Now then. Anyone that wants to participate the lessons need to go to the dojo now. And Shagotte, I am afraid that you cannot participate. It has to be below S rank members. Instead please guard the bar. I need to place all my attention to the lesson." Twilight requested. "Alright. Leave it to me. And Twilight? Thank you so much." Shagotte said. "Yeah, yeah. Don't lose it now, ya hear?" Twilight said teasingly. Causing Shagotte to pout but smile afterwards. As Twilight and nearly the entire guild sat down at the dojo. Twilight gave the group the three rules to follow roughly the same as Shagotte. She did add that didn't need to do it as strict as Shagotte but that it will certainly help them grow. "Question! Is the whole meditating thing also meant train the person in awareness?" Wakaba asked curiously. Twilight smiled, "Yes. That is technically the main goal. But improving ones magic pool and mind is also equally important." she said. "Good. Any more questions?" Twilight asked. "What is the teaching material mostly going to be like?" Macao asked. "Meditate, hand to hand combat, reading lots of books. And a little extra at the end." Twilight stated. "Do we really need to read books?" Thomas whined. "Unless you wish to only learn how to meditate and hand to hand combat basics. Yes." Twilight said smiling. "What purpose do those books hold then?" Nab asked curiously. "Magical abilities and strengths. Combat technique, posture and move set. Strategy and foresight. And also an very important factor. Knowledge. If you know your enemy, you can abuse their weaknesses like a little bitch. All fair in love and war." Twilight explained, while giving everyone a toothy smile at the last sentence. "And once you know a move set. You need to practice it, while remembering the basics. Once you have a trained magic pool, you can start to improve existing spells and add more spells to your repertoire. The strategy and foresight allows you to prevent confusion during fights. It also makes you attack weaknesses easier. And knowledge allows for faster acceptance at the task at hand and adapt on the fly." Twilight explained further. "Meaning the books allow you to use more advanced stuff. While the basics are merely there to assist us. Correct?" Macao asked. "That is correct. If you think you are ready to learn more advanced stuff. Grab a book and read it. Is basically the basics of it. I shall teach you basic hand to hand combat. I also teach meditation for allowing you to train your magic pool. The rest is left up to books." Twilight admits. "I see. So master? What will we learn today?" Ann asked. "First matter of business. Let me show you how to meditate. Then I shall give everyone some downtime homework regarding hand to hand combat. And a book on basic combat move sets." Twilight explained. Twilight then firstly showcased the mediation stance. She then asked if the guild members would mimic it. After a while of correcting everyone's stance. She began explaining the basic hand to hand moves. "While everyone here understands the basics of basics. Like punch, kick, and the like. What my basics are like is different. To me, hand to hand is more of an alternative to your ordinary move set. Think searching for tools to kick ass with as well. In order words. You have been disarmed. Then use your surroundings to also kick ass with. Hand to hand combat in this case also includes your feet and body. You are a gun magic user, so learn how to make an temporary gun using only a stick and your body as catalyst." Twilight explained. "Same could be said about other magics of course. However that is something you should experiment yourself with. All I will do is give you a bunch of sticks. And try to cast your spells through these ordinary sticks. Instead of using your normal catalyst. Also in front of you is a basics of basics book. Read that in your free time. That will be all for this week. Next week I will teach you how to cast using pieces of rock. Which is harder by the way. I also start teaching more advanced forms of mediation. And a book about your respective magics. Good luck." Twilight explained before leaving the dojo. As Twilight teleported to her office. She used her Friendship orb to quietly watch over her guild members training. It became immediately clear that the older generation was already skilled in it. But the newer generation was also pretty good. They had talent. And although Thomas was still grumbling about the books. He did read it. After several weeks of more sessions. And the older generation immediately stopped participating after the first lesson. In favor of questing. Of which even Nab surprisingly did one. The newer generation saw a surprising growth. And as Twilight suggested, they weren't keeping it very strict. However they did learn plenty from it. Another interesting development was the fact that each member of the newer generation started doing more solo quests besides their group quests. Which came to a total of five quests done each day, each group member. Making them gain a whopping 25 quests a day maximally done. Which was crazy. In response to their incredible work. The guild got a massive inflow of new quests. So much in fact that the quest board was overflowing. Giving Twilight finally the excuse to make a proper room for all the quests. The guild gained three quest boards instead of one. Which was now being sorted by type. The left one was reserved for killing monsters and capturing them. The center one for major quests, these quests had high rewards. The right one was reserved for pacifist quests. Which was quite a bit more of than Twilight expected, however something told her, that she is the reason why there was so many. Some of these quests came from other guilds, something she knew is definitely because of her. Another surprising turn of events was when Nab and Reedus formed a small team. They began to do mostly harmless quests. Their questing rate each day was at the maximum five a day. Which was average. But more quests than Nab has done the entire time he has been at Fairy Tail. While the main team started to prioritize high reward quests. These quests tended to take longer. Meaning that some days they could get two done a day. While other times only two a week was possible. Not to mention, they made the guild the most money. Despite breaking the occasional house here and there, they were in the green. By about fifty million jewels a month of profit to the guild. While they themselves made about five times that amount each month. Making it very rewarding work. Meanwhile Shagotte participated with the group or solo hunted monsters. She has thus far refused to do any S rank quests. Shagotte herself lived with Twilight inside the guild hall. They had separate rooms but would sometimes share the bed. Her personal room was starting to fill up with trophies and general rewards. Though hunting monsters wasn't as rewarding as the high reward work, she gained quite a title with all the hunting she has done. And also quite a famous status. Making certain rewards increase in worth. For example, she once gained a quest in which she had to kill a local demon that had been terrorizing the local town. The reward was going to be five million jewels. After she successfully slayed it, the town recognized the slayer. And instead of giving her five million jewels, she gained ten times that amount. And that is besides the celebration party and the trophy she gained. Not to mention all the additional positive press that followed. Certain days Shagotte refused to do any quests. While other days she would do fifteen quests in a single day. And that is besides the group quests. Including the group quests would be 35 quests in a single day. Which was beyond abnormal. It should be downright impossible. However she is S rank. Meaning she is a lot more capable than the ordinary guild member. The reason why guild members were able to do way more quests than normal was due to a little something Twilight set up. As the guild knew, her magic is unique. However a unique spell she has in her arsenal was teleportation magic. So she set up a teleportation portal in the guild and sold return scroll in the gift shop. When a guild member took a quest, they were allowed to use the portal. However if they wished to return, they either needed to walk back or use the return scroll. It became clear that everyone used them in mass. So much so that Twilight set up a scroll shop besides the gift shop. These scrolls had no combat ability, however they were used as support spells. Like the return scroll and scan scrolls. These all had uses, however they were mage only. This due to the fact that you need to use magic to power them. Also this meant that Twilight and in turn the guild gained a lot of money. Because at some point other mage guilds also requested their own return scroll. And only in very rare occasions would Twilight grant these guilds their wish. One such special guilds was Blue Pegasus. Since they were helping Twilight in keeping an eye on Tenrou island. Thanks to all the positive actions. The guild flourished. And in turn so did Magnolia. Magnolia grew larger and better. Not only was Magnolia now building a port themselves. They were also connecting their lake to the ocean. Also the festivals were bigger and grander. Magnolia started to improve their trade, which in turn improved all the guilds that has helped Fairy Tail thus far. And although Fairy Tail wasn't directly helping the town. One thing became clear, Twilight Sparkle was the reason for all the improvements. And she knew it. But what she was unsure about was when she would leave. 'Would there be a way for me to force these changes to be permanent? I need to investigate time magic once more.' Twilight thought. That's when a idea struck her, 'What if I use that magic type? One of the few magics that is near damn impossible to train? Friendship magic?' she suddenly thought. 'Or more specifically, Elements of Harmony magic?' she added to her thoughts. Twilight then decided to do something reckless. She began casting a powerful spell. One that hasn't been created before. A spell the size of time itself. 'A time protection spell. Perma time!' She thought as she spoke the words for the future spell. Her orbs began hovering around her and started to assist by putting their respective magics into the spell. Celestial magic, Friendship Magic, Fighter Magic, Mage Magic, Super magic. And her own magics, Dark, night, light, day, holy, solar, demon, evil, true, false, etc. Thousands of magics were being combined to make a super spell. Twilight's unique spell, and most powerful spell in existence. Perma Time. Something that would be one of a kind and unique. A way to preserve time, or stop it from being reverted. Past the point of casting. Something that she knew, the time gods will hate her for. But something she needed to do, for the better of this world. The trigger would be automatic. Once Twilight is gone and time tries to revert it. The spell activates, preventing any changes from being reverted. And preventing anyone from forgetting her existence. This would be the ultimate sacrifice. Since this would cost all her magic. And she sincerely hoped that it didn't get to that. She wasn't sure if she would survive such an action. Since she is born from magic, without that magic it is possible she might fade into nothingness. But atleast she won't be forgotten. To her that was more important than living. Even if that is terrible for both her official family and her adoptive family. 'And more importantly, if my seal makes me fight for it. Then so be it.' Twilight thought as she continued to create the new spell. Meanwhile she watched over her family using her Friendship orb without fail. She watched their growth, their failures. But she was primarily watching to keep an eye out on any dark guilds. Because with growth comes unwanted attention. Because of this, Twilight has secretly been taking anti-dark guild quests in an attempt to slow them down. She received these quests from the magic council. However that wasn't the only reason. While going out and about. She has slowly but surely been searching for a certain super weapon. And placing spells on them. These spells won't destroy them, but slow them down. Giving the dragon slayer plenty of time to atleast destroy one of them. And giving another fella some much needed time to save said dragon slayer. But more than that, and she would do irreversible damage to the timeline. Something that her spell would do anyways. Atleast the spell does so in a controlled manner. Unless, the time god finds the location of the spell that is. Then... all preparation is for nothing. Regardless, the outcome of that event will be shown in due time. Not today, no right now Twilight had put enough magic into the spell. As it was Monday and nearing seven O'clock. Today was going to be a special day. She was going to showcase that little extra thing she had been secretly preparing for a while now. As Twilight was heading down, she expected most of the guild in the guild hall. And she was correct. Even the older generation is there at the moment. Shagotte too. "Twilight? Is the lesson going to start soon?" Ann asked. "Yes. Can the older generation and Shagotte please join me on this one? This is going to be a bit special of a lesson. One I have been preparing longer that all the others." Twilight requested. Everyone nodded, while Shagotte also nodded albeit a bit surprised. As Twilight and the entire guild entered the dojo, they automatically took a seat on the ground awaiting Twilight's speech. Twilight meanwhile hovered away all the training sticks and stones, quite literally. And made her way onto the small podium in the dojo. "Today I am not going to teach anything. The real reason today is not going to be one of those days, is because my time in this world is quickly ending. So instead, I shall recap my whole life including what little I remember of my previous life. The reason for this, is to learn from my mistakes. To not take life and the world at face value. And to grow. Like I had no choice but to do." Twilight admitted serious. As Twilight probed for reactions, she saw a whole range of them. From shocked from the older generations. To pleased from Macao, Wakaba and Shagotte. To empathy from the newer generations. Among a lot more emotions. However everyone settled in on seriousness. "Okay. This is going to take several hours. So settle in, this is going take a while." Twilight stated. People took a more comfortable seating position and nodded in acceptance. "It all happened when younger me, thought it was a good idea to use a not yet master teleportation spell...." Twilight said as she started to explain her whole life up until this point to everyone in the dojo. In fact Lahar was also listening in, in secret of course.