Phoenix

Dragons!

"Em, you're definitely a wizard."

"I don't believe you."

"I can prove it."

Sting cautiously walked over to Emi, careful to see if she would let him do anything in her irritable state. He carefully took her arms and held them above her head. Everyone started to blush and tried to look away at the fairly intimate position he had put her in.

"Now interlock your fingers and face your palms upwards," Sting explained as he guided her fingers into position.

Emi looked to her shoulder to where Sting had set his head. She went to ask him what he was doing, but was silenced when he started to whisper in her ear.

"Repeat after me: rupti sunt."

Emi shivered at their closeness before echoing the words that he said. Sting suddenly and quickly took a few steps back as Emi's hands started to glow. A quick burst of light shot out from her palms before it exploded in the sky.

"Fireworks?" Emi questioned.

"Holy shit! Emi can use magic!" Natsu shouted.

"It's one of you 'recreational spells' of whatever you call it."

"I can...use magic?"

Sting stepped in front of her before crossing his arms.

"Now I'll ask you again. Why didn't you do anything?"

Emi looked at her hands in astonishment before letting out an excited squeal.

"I can do magic! I'm a wizard! How did I not know that?!"

Sting sweatdropped as he looked at the pure shock that had taken over her.

"You really...didn't know?"

"Of course not! I totally would've been using tons of magic if I knew I could."

"So, Emi, does that mean that you could actually use magic the whole time you lived as a non-wizard?" Lucy asked.

"I guess so," Emi responded as she thought back. She quickly turned to Laxus and laughed, "Laxus, look! I can use magic!"

The lightning mage laughed as he pointed out that everyone could see. Emi turned to Sting and hugged him tightly. He could feel a few teardrops slip down his clothes.

"Hey," Sting whispered as he stroked the back of her head, "how come you're getting so worked up about this?"

Emi continued to cry and whispered back, "All these years I thought I was useless. That all I was good for was cooking and crafts, but it turns out that I'm a wizard. I've read countless books on magic in the hopes of being able to someday use it, but I could never get any of the spells to work. I can't believe I would forget something like that."

Sting squeezed Emi as they held each other. He hummed before releasing her.

"I could be your personal tutor then."

"What?"

"Well, Lector and I know most of your magic so we can help you remember more."

Sting and Lector looked at each other before they both turned to Emi and gave a pair of lopsided grins.

"Teach me another spell!"

Sting and Lector seemed to be thinking of another easy one to show her. Lector then looked like he had an idea and whispered it to Sting before they both gave each other a thumbs up. Sting pointed up to the moon.

"Hold your hands so that they block the moon from your sight. Next open your hands and form a triangle with your thumbs and index fingers."

Emi did as she was told before looking to Sting for further directions.

"Repeat after me: luna stillare iussi."

"Luna stillare iussi."

The moon began to turn a purplish color before a thick purple fog appeared above the group.

Lucy started, followed by Erza and Gray.

"No way."

"That looks like..."

"...the Moon Drip."

"You guys know the spell?"

Erza nodded to Elfman before explaining their time on Galuna Island and how the Moon Drip spell affected the demons on the island.

"It's a type of nullification magic, but the fog affects the demons."

Emi couldn't shift her eyes away from the magic circles that formed from the moon. The magic circles slowly disappeared and the fog lifted.

"Hey guys..."

Everyone turned to Emi curiously. She abruptly turned around and showed the stars in her eyes.

"I can do magic!"