okay. god damn it. time for the dumbest contribution i've ever made to the fairy tail fandom, including all that fanart from when i was 14.
i call her: the blue pegasus!jellal au (aka lahar's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad life)
it all starts the day before the nirvana incident finally gets resolved. lahar is dragged to a party by his fellow rune knights and, being a lightweight motherfucker, accidentally gets blackout from two (2) beers. hence, he wakes up the morning that he's going to arrest the oracion seis Very Hungover
the consequences are: lahar is wearing sunglasses to block out the light of the forest. and as such he manages to successfully arrest richard, but fails to notice jellal lurking in the shadows as the man is wont to do.
(none of his subordinate knights dare point out the blue haired pretty boy who looks suspiciously like a known domestic terrorist chilling behind a nearby boulder. they figure that if that man were truly jellal fernandez, lahar would have absolutely arrested him by now)
the rune knights have left. everyone is loitering in the forest. smash cut to gray, who nods towards jellal and asks, "seriously, though, who is that guy? another blue pegasus pretty boy?"
natsu, being a little shit, makes a split second decision. "oh yeah," he says, struggling to contain his laughter. "this guy? he wants to join blue pegasus, alright. he- ha! he was so desperate that he stalked ichiya and the gang all the way here so he could ask 'em"
after all, natsu thinks, jellal did still make erza cry once, even if they were cool now. served him right to look like a little bit of a loser.
gray turns to jellal. "come on, man; fairy tail is way better than those posers. join us instead!"
"nah, he seemed pretty insistent about it," happy chimes in in perfect sync with The Bit natsu is running and also not ready to let erza hang out 24/7 with jellal at their guild. "besides, he looks suuuuuper weak. i bet natsu could beat him with one hand tied behind his back."
natsu gives a snickering happy a high five. "right on, little buddy! let him go to blue pegasus. he'd be better off with ichiya and master bob and the rest of those weirdos anyway!"
at this point, jellal and wendy both go to protest. they're cut off by erza humming thoughtfully.
"actually," erza says, "that might just work."
natsu and happy both go "wait, WHAT" in perfect unison. erza ignores them and continues on.
"the best route to atonement is rehabilitation. i'm certain masters makarov and bob would agree. and what the magic council doesn't know, well....."
she straightens up. "right. everyone, time for some introductions. jellal, these are the members of blue pegasus, cait shelter, and fairy tail. everyone else, this man here is jellal.... indigo."
a beat as the members of fairy tail stare at erza with wide eyes.
"uh," she tacks on awkwardly. "no relation."
"erza, you can't mean-!!"
erza glares her teammates down. "i said, no relation. jellal fernandez has been dead for months. now, let's let mr indigo here talk to his prospective guildmates in peace, hm?"
everyone slinks back, nodding in fearful agreement. the silence is only broken by a dry, unpracticed laugh.
"you know," jellal says to erza, smile dancing in his eyes, "i think you might be a little colourblind."
he reaches for a lock of his hair. "if anything, it's closer to azure. presuming that's what you were referring to, i mean."
erza eyebrow's furrow for a moment – then shoot up. "you remember?"
"not everything. but i told you i wouldn't forget that."
anyways. jellal joins blue pegasus by pretending he is not wanted criminal jellal fernandez but is in fact totally innocent and utterly unrelated dude jellal indigo au PLEASE play with me in this space
