Quick A/N before we start on this quest. I'm writing from the stories, happenings and dialogues from the dubbed anime. Incase it gets confusing to some who've only read the manga or only watched the subbed version of the anime I just wanted to clear that out. Also, I own nothing but Kallen and a few other OC characters that will come into this story. I do not own Fairy Tail 'cause let's face it, I wouldn't sit here right now if I did...

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It was a new day at the Fairy Tail guild as one mage, Gray Fullbuster, walked in. However, something was different. There were no brawls or happy cheering, only murmurs about an S-Class request being gone from the second floor of the guild. Everyone was talking about it, saying that the one who took it was either strong or stupid.

"I know," a voice from the upper floor said. The guild looked up and saw Laxus sitting in a chair leaning on it's back in the most relaxing way. "A little blue cat flew up here and flipped it off the board," he smirked.

Mirajane turned to her fellow S-Class mage with a glare. "It was Happy?!" she asked worried. Again the murmurs began around the guild and countless members once again talked about the person being stupid. After all, founding out from Laxus that a blue cat had taken it, they all had a pretty good idea of who had it. Natsu… Gray thought bitterly. The flame-brain had gone too far this time, no doubt about it.

"That's a serious breach of the rules," Laxus continued speaking and glanced down at his grandfather, the master of the guild. "Hey, Gramps! Stunts like that gets you kicked out of the guild, am I right?" he asked him with another one of his smirks. "Not that it matters. It's not like those three losers are gonna make it back from an S-Class quest. One a certain little mage didn't even come back from…" he mumbled that last part a bit bitterly, hoping no one could detect his sudden change of mood.

"Laxus!" Mira scolded as she had gotten up on the second floor and stood now in front of him. "If you knew, why didn't you stop 'em?!" she asked him.

"Oh lighten up. All I saw was a blue cat flying off with a piece of paper in his mouth trying to get all sneaky. I had no idea it was Happy. Besides, Natsu's not clear for S-Class. I'd never dream that he'd break the rules," he said and looked up at the snow haired mage as she glared down at him with a dark look. Laxus chuckled as he saw it. "You haven't given me that look in a while," he smirked.

"This isn't good… Well, which job was it?" the master, Makarov, asked Mirajane. She seemed hesitant and a bit sad before she answered.

"For lifting the curse on…" she said, still hesitating the slightest. "Galuna Island…" Almost everyone in the guild gasped when she said that and many once again said that Natsu was a complete idiot. Gray's eyes searched the guild for a certain bluenette, but she didn't seem to be there at the time.

"Galuna Island?" Wakaba asked as he puffed out the smoke from his pipe. "Then does that mean that…?" He didn't have to finish since everybody already knew what he was talking about. He too seemed to search for the blue haired script mage, but couldn't see her either. Maybe it was good that she wasn't there. It would bring back memories, painful ones.

"Laxus!" Makarov yelled at his grandson. "Go and fetch them at once!" he ordered, but Laxus refused with a wave of his hand, saying he had better things going on and every Fairy Tail member can take care of themselves with a glint in his eyes. Though it was true, the remaining members of the guild couldn't help but to worry. If one of their S-Class mages couldn't come back from that mission, what were the chances that Natsu, Happy and Lucy would? Makarov muttered to himself after hearing what his grandson said. "I don't care how you feel about Natsu!" he yelled at Laxus. "The fact is you're the only one strong enough to bring him back by force!" Laxus didn't seem faced at all by the master's outburst. He kept sitting on his table on the upper floor with a smirk on his face.

"Sorry, master," Grays said calmly as he stood up from his seat. Makarov turned to look at him as he continued talking. "I'm afraid I gotta disagree with you," he said, volunteering to go and search for the flame-brain, blondie and the blue cat himself and get them home before they walk into trouble, or before Erza got back from her own mission and finding out of the news. That would be bad enough, and possibly painful, to everyone involved…

What they didn't know from Laxus was the real reason to why he didn't stop the cat from taking the request. It was because of the same reason everyone seemed to panic before… That was the request one of his closest friends had taken two years ago and never returned from. His best friend, actually. Basically, he wanted to know if said friend was alive and safe, or dead and six feet under… He needed to know, but he would never admit that. He would never admit that he was too afraid of finding out the truth himself… So he let the stupid cat and fire mage take the quest in hopes that they would find the friend, having them kicked out for it was just a bonus in Laxus' mind. That would at least get him on a better mood, knowing that the dragon slayer was gone from his sight…