-Master POV-

I could sense a very dark and very obvious magic oozing out from my office. I sucked in a breath. I recognized that magic. Memories surfaced but I pushed them down. It was good to know that she was still alive, but to be using such magic… Why Fairy Tail of all places? Why now? Especially after all this time...

Whoever was behind my door, and whatever action they took, I had to be ready. I opened the door.

Instantly jumped back, narrowly avoiding the knife aimed for my chest. A young girl with long blue-streaked blonde hair swore violently, dead-eyed, "Nimble old bastard, aren't you?"

"Magda," I said, my suspicions had been confirmed, "Why have you come back?"

"You will not take what's mine!" the girl hissed and came after me with the knife again. Her answer had made no sense, but now was not the time to consider that. Fortunately, it appeared that Magda had not improved in hand to hand combat over the years. I dodged again, this time jumping backwards, up onto the railing of the second floor. If I could just find the catalyst then her control would disappear.

There was a tight leather choker around the girl's neck. It had a glowing red stone in the front. Magda's magic was radiating off it in waves.

"Gramps, what's going on?" Laxus asked, apparently he had been leaning farther down on the railing when he'd noticed me jump. He couldn't see the girl from where he stood. Laxus's eyes widened a split second later, sensing the magic that was coming from the girl.

"Don't hurt her, just get the collar!" I ordered.

The girl lunged again, nearly hurtling herself over the railing as I dodged a third time. "You're too soft, old man. Who cares about this stupid girl?!"

-Laxus POV-

Gramps popped up on the railing next to me. He looked unusually serious. "Gramps, what's going on?" I asked. Then I noticed the dark magic rippling around the corner. Are we under attack? Not that it would be the first time...

"Don't hurt her, just get the collar!" Gramps barked at me.

I'll admit I was pretty confused. Why should I not attack someone if they were leaking that much dark magic with only their presence? And what collar?

Gramps jumped back off the railing, into the guild just in time to avoid a knife. The blade embedded itself in the railing as a blonde haired girl surged forward, trying to snatch him. "You're too soft, old man," she snarled after him, "Who cares about this stupid girl?"

Without using my magic I pushed her over the edge. She flipped over the railing with a snarl and landed on the table below. "How dare you harm this body!" she shouted, when she looked up and identified me as the one who'd pushed her her scowl darkened. "Men! Of course you'd hurt an innocent!" she hissed angrily. "You'll pay for that! You'll all pay!"

She lunged at the nearest male, who happened to be Elfman. She actually managed to get him in a headlock, but probably only because he was so surprised. The headlock didn't do much. It was impossible for anyone as small as the girl was to properly immobilize anyone as large and muscled as Elfman.

-Evergreen POV-

I don't know who she was or what she was doing here or why she attacked Elfman, but that bitch was going down! The only one allowed to attack Elfman is me!

"Wait, what?" Elfman seemed confused. In retrospect, he was probably confused about the girl attacking him, but at the moment I thought he'd somehow heard me.

"I didn't mean it like that!" I shouted, leaving my seat to help him. "Get off of Elfman!" I ordered the blonde, trying to distract from my previous statement. The girl danced away from my attack which instead narrowly missed Elfman. She landed on another table, feet up turning plates and kicking over mugs as she went. I stood, ready for a fight, the rest of the Raijinshuu beside me.

"Don't hurt the girl!" Master ordered from where he'd landed by Team Natsu. "We just need to get the collar off!"

The girl laughed, "You think you can do that without hurting me? The pathetic Fairy Tail I remember won't be able to do shit against me!"

"What did you say about Fairy Tail?" Natsu demanded, rising to his feet, fists already flaming and getting ready to charge.

Just then Laxus jumped from the second floor landing just behind the blonde. Before she could turn to face him he snatched the thin strip of leather from her neck.

-Lucy POV-

Laxus managed to get a hand around the necklace and rip it off. The blonde girl collapsed instantaneously, apparently unconscious.

"Agh!" Natsu yelled, instantly stopping his assault and flailing, "You killed her!"

Happy wasn't helping, "Agh! Laxus is a murderer!" They both started panicking and running in circles.

"I didn't kill her, you moron I just-" Laxus's face went completely slack in the middle of his sentence. I noticed mildly he was still holding the necklace.

"Um, Laxus?" I asked. "Are you… okay?"

He didn't answer. Instead he punched Bixlow in the face hard enough to send him flying backwards. Bixlow of all people, a member of Fairy Tail one of the Raijinshuu at that.

Laxus's face twisted into a creepy grin, but he didn't seem to be enjoying himself. It looked as though someone was pulling the muscles in his face, like they were one strings. The thought did not make Laxus's smile any less creepy.

"What the hell Laxus?" Natsu demanded, stomping up to him. Apparently he'd forgotten about the older mage being a 'murderer'. "Why would your punch-?" Natsu's sentence was abruptly cut off as a fist went into his face. Natsu went flying backwards the same way Bixlow had. He collided with a wall and fell to the floor. "Laxus! Fight me!" he shouted. I had to resist the urge to facepalm at his stupidity. Doesn't he realize that Laxus has been possessed? I thought. Natsu charged forward, flaming fist raised. No. Apparently he does not.

Realizing what the problem was, I ran forward, shouting, "Grey! Toss me your shirt!"

"Why?" he demanded. Apparently he didn't see the genius in my plan.

"Since when do you need a reason to strip? Give me the damn shirt!" I ordered doing my best Erza impression. He gave me the shirt.

My plan- which was brilliant by the way- was to use the shirt to grab the necklace. That way I wouldn't touch it and (hopefully) wouldn't get possessed. My plan would have worked too, if it weren't for the fact that I was trying to charge Laxus. Before I could do anything he punched me in the gut and sent me flying backwards. I crashed into someone and lost consciousness. My last thought before I passed out was: Well that didn't work.

-Erza POV-

I quickly realized what Lucy's plan had been. It was likely that the necklace could only possess people through actual physical contact on skin. That would explain Master's insistence not to hurt the girl, who was currently passed out on the floor, and to instead remove the necklace. I was suddenly glad to be wearing gauntlets.

During our exchange, I couldn't help but notice that Laxus's hand to hand combat abilities had decreased remarkably. I also surmised that whoever was possessing him couldn't use his magic or I would have been electrocuted by now. Either that or they didn't understand how his magic worked.

Laxus let out an alarmingly feminine giggle. I have heard a lot of evil laughs over the years, but none of them were quite as creepy as the one currently coming from Laxus. I landed a relatively gentle blow to Laxus's body's chest and he actually stumbled back. On the real Laxus, he would have barely even felt that.

"That's it Red, you've lost your charm!" Laxus screeched at me in what was once again a disturbingly feminine voice. "I'll rip you to shreds!"

I decided that I was finished testing the fake-Laxus's limits. It was time to take this seriously. I kicked the fake-Laxus in the knee and he immediately started jumping on one foot. "Metal shoes are out of fashion!" he informed me loudly and quite aggressively and shrilly. I took advantage of his distraction and grabbed his right hand, twisting it. He cried out and dropped the necklace.

Levy, who I hadn't noticed had been behind him, scrambled back to avoid being crushed as he fell. Unfortunately she tripped over the blonde girl's unconscious body.

-Wendy POV-

I might have had no idea what was going on, but once Erza had settled the matter I realized that there were two unconscious people lying in the middle of the guildhall. I ran over, starting with Laxus.

His heartbeat was steady and there appeared to be nothing physically wrong with him. Experimentally I pressed against his arm muscles. It felt like they'd somehow managed to tie themselves in knots. He'd be in a lot of pain when he woke up and he was magically exhausted, but he wasn't injured. "Somebody please move him to the infirmary," I requested. As Freed and Bixlow, who had apparently recovered from being face punched across the room, approached me I quickly reassured them, "There's nothing pressingly wrong with him."

My other patient, the mysterious blonde girl from before, wasn't in such good condition. Her ribs were cracked and she'd twisted her ankle. It was swollen and bruised to a painful looking purple-blue-black. There were bruises up and down her arms and legs in various stages of healing. Her long blond hair reached down past her hips and was tangled. I noticed two blue streaks in it. She was short, taller than me but not by much, closest in height to Levy. Her eyes were closed and she looked pale. Her breathing was heavier than I would have liked.

I realized Lucy was kneeling next to me. "Help me flip her," I ordered, "I need to see her back." Pulling back her hoodie I saw it was covered with bruises too. I winced. "She's not in great shape," I muttered. "Someone help me move her. Put her in a bed next to Laxus."

"I go it," Gray said, picking her up and carrying her bridal style towards the infirmary.

"Master, I'll need to speak to you while I work," I said.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked, concerned.

I looked up at him. "You could say that."

"Wait, Wendy," Charle protested, "You're not seriously going to heal that girl are you? She attacked the guild! There's no need for you to tire yourself out on someone like that."

"But Charle-"

"That girl did nothing wrong and she's been injured," Erza said, cutting me off assertively. "We cannot turn our backs on someone in that condition." I realized that she must have seen the bruises. "Wendy, do what you can, but don't overwork yourself."

"I'll be fine," I promised, "I'm more worried about those two."

-Master POV-

Wendy had said that she had to talk to me. I could only assume that she had bad news about the girl. I couldn't help but wonder why Magda had chosen to attack now of all times. It had been seventeen years since I'd seen her. I had assumed something horrible had happened to her or she ran away. I wondered who the girl was and why Magda had chosen her to use, assuming that she had a reason. I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. That girl was in trouble, and Fairy Tail had already been dragged into it, whether we were prepared or not.