This story is the new Never Trust Kittens. The previous author has given me permission to edit and post her chapters so let me know what you guys think about it and expect another Saviors and Troubles chapter soon.

The prison was in complete chaos. One of the more dangerous inmates had started a riot that drew the attention of a vast majority of the guards, but there were a few stragglers to keep the rest of them in check. Not enough to stop a certain inmate though- he still had his end of the bargain to keep up.

Ra'shard punched another guard in the face and kicked the one running up behind him in the stomach. He was fighting desperately to escape the prison, located on the southern tip of Fiore. He was so close- that if he could just get past these next few squads, then he would be able to it make to the window and jump to freedom- but they would still chase him unless he could get beyond that external wall, then he could use his magic.

Another two guards fell before Ra'shard charged forward with all of his might and jumped through the window.

"Freedom at last!" He shouted as he began his free fall back to earth. Even though he knew that he wasn't quite free.

"But I'm not sick!"

"Yes, you are Happy- you have a super high fever and that nasty cough. You don't need to be spending two weeks in the woods with your condition." Lucy sighed again. Happy tried to pipe up again to argue his case but Natsu cut him off first.

"She's right. You need to get better."

"But I'm fine!" Even though the two mages could barely understand him due to the cat's stuffed nose. Anyone could tell that he was sweating and had deep bags underneath his eyes from lack of sleep and exhaustion.

"Luce will take great care of you while I'm away- 'kay?"

"I'll make you your favorite foods for the whole two weeks and we'll have so much fun together Happy!" Lucy tried to convince him by hugging him tight and patting the back of his head gently. The blue cat continued to whine and complain but eventually fell asleep in the blonde woman's arms- the poor thing had been up all night with food poisoning from eating some bad fish. Then he developed a cold that seemed to be getting worse.

"Are you gonna be able to handle Happy all by yourself, Luce?"

"Of course!" Lucy said with confidence, "I can handle a sick cat." The pink headed Salamander nodded and downed another glass of juice. The two continued to talk for a bit longer about what Natsu and the other guys would be doing in the woods for the next two weeks.

Across the hall, Jellal and Erza were talking very quietly over their breakfasts. Titania convinced Jellal to spend some time at the guild while Crime Sorciere went their separate ways for a while. MacBeth and his team went to chase a lead of an old advisory of theirs and Meredy was following a tip of Ultear's location. He was left behind by himself. Erza had convinced him to go with the boys on their camping/training excursion so his small bag of clothes and supplies were sitting next to him in the booth, ready to go at noon.

Meanwhile, Levy and Juvia were trying to keep Gray and Gajeel from starting an all-out guild brawl at that moment. Gajeel had said that his iron would beat Gray's ice every day of the week or something and the two just started going at each other. Juvia was pleading with her Gray-sama to sit down and not to hurt himself while he was trying to insult Gajeel while simultaneously flabbergasted that she would think he would hurt himself fighting the 'punk-ass' Gajeel. Gajeel was trying to use iron dragon roar to blow him away but Levy was hanging on to his back like a monkey.

"Get off so I can beat this Ice-prick!"

"No way, Gajeel!"

The two sides continued on and on while others chuckled and relaxed in the friendly atmosphere of the guild hall. Everyone laughed harder when Elfman jumped into the mixed, yelling something about being a man. Evergreen was trying to keep her cool from next to Freed, Laxus, and Bixlow but everyone in the guild knew that the two of them had some sort of weird relationship, and that it's best not to get involved with that.

When the clock struck noon, Laxus announced that the boys going on the trip should get moving. Natsu and Lucy said their goodbyes and Happy was still sleeping in Lucy's arms but he looked a little bit better now. The pink haired man looked over to his right, seeing Levy summon pieces of iron using solid script for Gajeel. He was eating them and stuffing the smaller irons into his pockets- Pantherlily laughed from his spot on the ground next to Levy. He wasn't going with them, telling Gajeel he needed to be more social with the other boys in the guild. Natsu turned back to the left and saw Gray handing Juvia something while saying a few words. The blue haired girl had a worried expression on her face and clutched whatever had given to her close to her chest. Same old Juvia, always worried about the ice prick, Natsu thought.

Evergreen was sitting on the other side of the guild, being difficult as always while Elfman said goodbye to his sisters and started to leave the guild hall when all the other guys left as well.

Jellal was the final one to leave and the big oak doors slammed shut behind him.

The next morning, the forest was quiet. It always was. Under normal circumstances, it would be an ideal place to go and lay in peace- forgetting all life's troubles or soothing pounding headaches. Or to train and take a break from the girls of the guild.

But today, that wasn't the case. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Or just really unusual.

The pink mass was the first to move. Its tail flicking around and a large yawn escaping its maw. The emerald green eyes opened and looked around- taking in the clear blue skies and blades of grass on the edges of his vision. The sun was already high overheard and birds were circling past the treetops. As his eyes were taking in the sights above him and thick greenery around him, he could smell the soil beneath him and feel the coolness on his back. He remembered he was in the forest just outside of Magnolia, camping with the boys- Happy was sick so he had to stay behind. Had he caught whatever Happy had? Nah. But why did his head hurt so bad? They hadn't done any drinking the night before.

Something moved the right of Natsu. Gray. He had fallen asleep next to him on his mat. Natsu tried to roll over but quickly realized that something was off.. He should wake up that stupid ice prick. Suppressing another groan, Natsu tried to stand before realizing he couldn't feel his fingers. And something was heavy behind him. The mage looked down, eyes widening as he realized what the problem was. His breath hitched as he quickly scanned the rest of his pink, furry body before letting out a loud yowl. "I'M A CAT!"