Lucy Heartphilia never thought she would ever get into a situation like this. For God's sake, she was arguing with a necklace!

"Oh, boo-hoo, my life is horrible because someone gave me a silver necklace. I wanted gold! Good God, you're disgusting."

"And you're mean!" She retaliated, pouting.

"Tell me something I don't know, Sweetheart. Now, what do you need this time? I was taking a nap."

"There's a request about fighting some monsters in the forest in the east. Do you know about any of the things there?"

"Hmm… Bring the dragon slayer with you. Most of the uglies there are fire based. The East is hot there so I guess you can wear your slutty outfits."

"Shut up!" Lucy didn't bother saying thanks and twisted the green jewel on the silver chain, causing it to stop glowing and his retort to cut off mid-sentence. "Man, I just… I hate him!" She quickly grabbed her purse and walked off, going to the guild. She hadn't told anyone about her talking necklace. It wasn't that she thought it was embarrassing (it was), but it was because he was so rude. Honestly, she had never heard anything nice come from the necklace once.

When the blonde went inside Fairy Tail, there was already a guild-wide brawl happening. Somehow, she made it to where Mirajane was without getting hit. She could feel her necklace getting warm and turning a dark green. He was trying to make contact, not doubt to make fun of her and her guild. 'Why doesn't she just get rid of the necklace?' you might ask. Well, it was because the lady who sold it to her in the creepy magic shop said that it was powerful and could save her life in the future. Honestly, though, how can a piece of jewelry save her life?

"Oh, Lucy, you're here!" Mirajane smiled at the girl, brushing a strand of white hair behind her shoulder, "I was just talking with Natsu about the dark guilds."

"Dark guilds?" Lucy asked and shivered after hearing the explanation. "There are guilds like that? That's horrible…" She felt the necklace growing hotter and turning a dark green and nearly yelped when her skin started turning red. He really needed to talk to her.

As soon as she went to a secluded place in the guild hall, she twisted the jewel, "What? Did you have to burn me?"

"You wouldn't answer me the first time. Look, do you know a guild called Eisenwald?"

"Eisenwa-" Before she could get the word out, Loke ran in screaming that Erza was back. She quickly cut the connection as she went to see what was going on, barely catching his huff of annoyance. She didn't have a name for him, really, because he never gave one. Lucy was starting to think he didn't have one. She could probably just call him Argent. She read that it meant 'silver' in French from one of her books. He probably wouldn't mind the name (much).

"What's going on?" She went back to standing next to Mirajane, who was watching everyone freak out. "Who's Erza? Everyone seems so terrified of her..."

"She's one of Fairy Tail's strongest female wizards," Mirajane went to continue but loud footsteps could be heard coming closer to the doors.

A woman with long red hair walked in carrying a large horn decorated with jewels at the base. She wore silver armor with the guild mark on the left side of the breastplate. Her gaze was scary as she looked at everyone, who was suddenly tense and quiet. "I have returned," She looked at Mirajane. "Is the master here?"

The barista smiled apologetically, "You just missed him. He went to his meeting in Clover."

"I see," Erza set the horn down, the object making a loud noise that seemed to echo in the guild hall.

"H-Hey, Erza," Someone spoke up nervously, eying the horn. "What'cha got there?"

"This is the horn of a monster I slew. Do you have a problem with it?"

"Eep! No, ma'am!"

The armored woman nodded before looking at everyone coldly, "You all have been causing trouble again."

Lucy laughed nervously as the woman started chewing everyone out, "Wow, she's really tearing into everyone."

"That's Erza for you," Mirajane said happily. "Oh, Erza, what did you need from the master?"

"Right," The redhead turned to Natsu and Gray, who looked nervous as they slung their arms over each other's shoulders. "I need your help. I heard some rather distressing news while I was out on a job and I want you to come with me to investigate. You are the most powerful wizards I know."

Natsu and Gray looked surprised while Mirajane muttered, "Erza, Natsu, and Gray on the same team? This might be the strongest team Fairy Tail has ever seen!"

As people starting talking amongst themselves, Lucy could feel her necklace heat up and went to a secluded place. She turned the gem and whispered, "What?"

"Go with them. There's something I need to see and I can't exactly do that here. Go join them, girl."

"Fine," She turned the gem. "A "please" would be nice…" She went up to Mirajane, who turned to her.

"Oh, Lucy! Can you go with Erza, Natsu, and Gray? Maybe you can keep the boys from fighting."

"Uh, sure," The blonde smiled nervously. 'That was easier than I thought…'


"This is fucking bullshit," A man muttered as he paced a tiny, dark room. There was no light in there besides a small candle that looked ready to go out. "I can't believe this is happening to me. Dammit, I have the worst luck. Stupid witch and her stupid fucking curses…" There was a rumble and the floor seemed to shake. The man fell to his knees as the gravity around him seemed to intense, "Shit!" He could hear his bones straining and the pain building up, "I can't… You won't win, you bitch! You won't win!"

There was more rumbling and all that could be heard was a bloodcurdling scream.