Gajeel looked at his little sister, Wendy, as she twirled her thumbs nervously in her hands, his cousin Natsu drummed his knuckles on the side of the carriage, irritated in the confined space. His face was the slightest tint of green with motion sickness, Gajeel too suffered from motion sickness but, like Natsu's older brother Laxus, like hell he let Natsu know. They were on their way to Gajeel's uncle - Natsu's fathers castle. They were returning from a near by kingdom after attending a grand ball, Wendy had never been to a ball before and got so nervous she fainted in the palace gardens. Gajeel and Wendy's mother had died when Wendy was still a baby and their father had died at war 7 years ago. Since then they lived with their cousins, Laxus and Natsu and their uncle, King Makarov Dreyer. He sighed and looked out the window, he wishes his best friend Lily was here, Lily was the son of a palace guard and was training to be a knight. As kids they'd found some swords they decided to play with that lead to Lily getting a scar over his eye and Gajeel getting a few on his arm. Lily's little sister Charla was good friends with Wendy. Sometimes he felt sorry for Wendy, being around so much testosterone. The only girls she really hung out with were Mirajane and Charla. Mirajane was head maid at his uncles castle. He brother, Elfmen tends the grounds, they used to have another sister who used to play with Natsu but she was in a carriage accident a long time ago. After Lissana died Natsu sent most of his time with his friends Happy and Gray or training with Gildarts, one of the most powerful knights as the kind disposal. Gajeel himself loved fighting, he and Lily often spared with Erza another powerful Knight.

He jolted as the carriage hit a bump and stopped.

"Reedas whats going on?" Natsu partially jumped out of his seat. Gajeel followed his cousin out of the carriage.

"Wendy stay here," He told his sister, she nodded and sat down. When they got out their driver Reedas was in a frenzy. A young lady with blonde hair wearing a blue cloak under the wheel of the carriage.

"Hey lady, you ok?" Natsu prodded her.

"Don't poke her like a dead animal flame brain," Gajeel shouted. He heard a squeal from the carriage.

"Wendy?!" Natsu shouted, he and Gajeel turned only to have their feet were swept away and they fell on the floor. The blonde girl who looked about 17 had a pink mask covering her face, they looked around to see they were surrounded by people on horses. Gajeel got up and suppressed his will to fight to check on his sister only to be hit in the chest a girl in a white cloak and orange mask landed on top of him, her hands filled with their sacks of gold. She jumped off his chest and ran off. He grabbed the bak of her hood only to catch a glimpse of Blue hair before Natsu stumbled into him. A girl in a pink cloak and gold mask laughed as she grabbed a sack of food before they took off. They sat there dumbfounded their escorts had been taken out, but Wendy was ok.

*Wendy's POV*

Gavel and Natsu told me so stay, so I did. I felt a breeze and turned to see a girl white cloak and orange mask, she placed her finger to her lips and smiled. The smile was not malicious or evil but one that looked genuinely kind. I let out a squeak as he grabbed a sack of gold.

"Wendy!" I heard my brother and cousin call.

"We'll meet again princess," She smiled behind her mask and chucked something into my lap the then used the doorway to pull herself out, hitting Gajeel in the stomach somehow knocking him over. I felt paralysed, I looked down into my lap and saw a butterscotch candy.

*Third POV*

Gajeel looked at Wendy, she was pretty shaken up. She kept looking down at her hands.

"Whats that you got there?" Natsu asked.

"Oh the bandit gave it to me," She showed them the butterscotch candy. Gavel looked at the candy, it had the royal seal, these were only allowed for those in the palace and they hadn't had any in the carriage, where had the mysterious bandits gotten them?

Levy laughed when they got back to their hide out in the enchanted forest. Cana, Lucy, Lisanna and Juvia removed their masks and cloaks bringing in their spoils. "We're back Kinana," Lissana called.

"How about some drinks!" Cana called.

"Mavis we're back," Levy and Lucy went over to their blonde friend.

"Thats wonderful! How'd it go?"

"Great, we got enough to last us a good few months,"