Chapter 2
Where have you been?

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, Energy Magic, and Ideas

Frea stepped off the train at the station in Magnolia and sighed, the small twinge of discomfort in her stomach faded as she got off.

I don't know what it is, but I never feel right when I ride trains...

She shrugged the thought off and walked out of the station in silence. She was headed toward her home, so she could drop her things off before heading toward the Guild.

Stopping at the door of a one story tall house, she pulled out a key from her pocket and inserted it in the lock, unlocking the door. Opening the door she stepped inside the living room on the other side, two couches and a small coffee table were arranged on the hardwood floors. She closed the door behind her and went down a hallway to her left, passed two doors and stopped at the last one on the right. She opened the door to reveal a room with a queen sized bed with black comforter, a dresser and a desk in the corner. Windows lined the opposite wall and light shown through.

Frea's eye twitched a little to notice everything within her home was covered in dust, as to be expected when an entire year has gone by with no-one stepping inside. But at the moment, she really wasn't in any mood to clean, so instead she dropped her bag on her bed, and turned around, walking straight out of the house.

I'll clean later... She promised herself, locking the door on her way out, and heading toward the center of town, where she knew the Guild Hall would be.

In the year she had been gone, not many things had seemed to change, and she was a little happy for it. Being familiar with things was always nice, after you've been gone for so long, less hassle to get used to everything that way.

She continued down the streets of Magnolia in silence, several people greeted her as she passed through the busy streets, and she would only give them a smile and nod in return. She reminded herself that although the town hadn't changed much, she knew for a fact that the Guild Hall was going to be different. After the damage that Mira's letter had explained, she was expecting the Hall to have been completely rebuilt.

"Its new and improved!"

She sweatdropped a little to think of what Mira considered improved.

I hope they haven't changed it too much...

She slowly came to a stop right outside a large stone building and her eyes widened.

Who decided it needed to change so much?!

This version of the hall was nowhere near the image of its previous version. It was larger, made of stone besides the old wood it had previously been. A large wall spanned out in font if it, with a metal arch overhanging a path leading to the front doors, which were made of dark, heavy wood.

Frea sighed and shook her head, sweatdropping even more. If this is what it looked on the outside, she could imagine how much it must have changed in the inside. Though, she had preferred the old version, she had to admit that the Building had needed to be improved sooner or later.. The fight with Phantom Lord had become the perfect opportunity.

She continued to walk toward the doors, and she smiled a little to already hear the shouting and sounds of destruction coming from the inside, along with laughing and hearty shouts.

The doors swung open in front of her and she stopped in the doorway, letting the light from outside spill into the hall from behind her. The Hall had changed on the inside, even more than the outside. The bar was larger, and a stage was set in off to one side. Chairs and tables were spread all around, with benches pushed up against the walls on either side f the building. Banners bearing the Fairy Tail symbol hung over the railing on the second floor, and lights hung from the ceiling. The large window a all around the hall let in light, and she could tell there were hallways leading off to other, newer editions to the hall.

At the moment, chairs, tables, mugs, people... They were all flying through the at as the members of Fairy Tail brawled to their hearts content.

"Why doesn't this surprise me?" She murmured to herself with a smile, chuckling under her breath. "Some thing's never change.." She murmured, stepping out into the middle of the hall and ducking under the flying debris as they got near her. She was intending to head toward the bar, not stopping as she continued a steady pace through the destruction, easily tilting out of the way of whatever was thrown through the air toward her.

She stopped only once, as a table came toward her. Letting out a small sigh, she held out a hand, and silver Magic, or Energy as it was called, began to rise up in her palm. It was soft and glowed slightly, Frea hardly budged as the table met contact with her hand, and the Magic spread out over the wood, causing it to crumble to pieces on the floor in seconds.

However harmless her Magic had looked seconds before, it in reality was a very destructive and powerful force.

Her Magic disappeared and she glanced sideways, momentarily debating on whether or not she wanted to fight with whoever had sent it her way. Most of the people fighting weren't even hardly paying attention to the damage they were doing.

She could easily recognize about every one in the hall, apart from a few others she guessed were new members. As of yet, everyone was so wrapped up in their brawling and drinking, that her presence in the hall had gone unnoticed by all of them.

Almost unnoticed

"You're back!" Frea's attention snapped from the brawling Wizards when arms wrapped around her, and Mira hugged her.

"Hey Mira," Frea smiled as the white haired woman let go and put some space between them. "I got your letter a few days ago, from the sound of it, I missed quite a bit." She explained, "I don't want to miss anymore of the exciting stuff, so I decided I ought to come back."

"That's great!" Mira replied cheerfully, "Its true, a lot has happened lately, and I'm sure more will happen eventually." She murmured, Frea nodding in agreement. There was always something going on within this Guild, something both Frea and Mira had come to realize the years they had been a part of it.

"Everyone's missed you-" Mira was cut off by the sound of a shout of fury. Frea glanced over her shoulder to see someone get knocked away by one of Natsu's flaming fists, before the pinkette went back to fighting others.

The person Natsu had punched, was sent backward. He had a head of wild black hair, and Frea could easily see the metal piercings on his arms. But whoever it was, was knocked backward and bumped into her, she hardly budged though.

"Damn you Salamander!" He yelled out in a gruff voice and Frea quirked an eyebrow,

"I would watch where in the hell your going." Frea said evenly to his back.

The man whirled around and fixed her with a furious red stare, "What?! I'm fightin' here!" He shouted, his reaction a lot more wild than she anticipated.

"Gajeel-" Mira tried to warn him, but in the midst of his anger, he had not taken any notice of who he was yelling at, was actually someone he had never seen before.

In an instant, Gajeel's furious stare had given way to a very astonished look, as Frea's face darkened and she fixed him with a stare just as scary as one of the ones Titania had given him.

"Oh yeah?!" Frea snarled, clenching a fist and bringing it behind her, blazing with her Magic. This time however, it wasn't softly glowing around her hand, it was blazing brightly with cold power. "Now you have me to fight with!" Her fist made contact with the side of his face, and he was sent flying, crashing into a couple tables.

Frea stalked after him slowly, completely forgetting about Mira. Mira watched her to with a small, nervous smile. She couldn't say she hadn't tried to warn him.

Frea had just as much as a temper Gajeel did it would seem, considering they were both pretty quick to start sending punches each other's way.

Gajeel was growling to himself as he picked himself up off the floor, wiping his chin with the back of his hand as he eyed Frea dangerously. He hated the fact that this chick had hit him, and with such force. Who the hell did she think she was?!

But... That look, it was something he had never expected to see from anyone other than Titania, or the Old Man.

"Get up Black Steel..." Frea hissed dangerously, and Gajeel frowned, if this chick knew who he was, he was having a hard time believing she would be willing to fight with him. "I tried being nice, but a fight with you sounds more fun." She smirked slightly, the dangerous look in her eyes disappearing.

Gajeel quirked an eyebrow, sweatdropping slightly. She... she wasn't angry? He was used to hate filled looks from the other people in the Guild, and although she had been annoyed with him for snapping at her moments before... the look she was giving him now was nothing more than excitement, no anger, not hatred, instead she just looked excited to fight with him.

"Now that you're in the Guild, you better get used to having me kick your ass, because I'm not going anywhere anytime soon." She smirked more, her Magic spiraling up around her. "Maybe eventually you'll get close to beating me." She said and a teasing tone and he growled under his breath. She was challenging him, but even more so, she was trying to get a rise out of him.

"Who says I cant beat you know?!" He snapped back, and she smiled at him.

"Because you and Natsu are pretty evenly matched for strength and power." She answered immediately, tapping a finger under her eye. "I can tell, just by reading your Energy Signature, you're a lot like the Flame-Brain." She drew her finger away from her eye and clenched her fists. "And Natsu has never once beaten me, that'll hold true for you as well, I'm sure."

Gajeel blinked a few times, not sure what to make of what she said. Half of what she said confused him... "What the hell is an 'Energy Signature'? And who the hell are you?" Frea smirked at him,

"Name's Frea." She smirked. "I've been Fairy Tail's resident Energy Mage for years, and an Energy Signature, is what I see that describes you. A Magic ID in a way, I can see how strong you are, what Magic you use, and your Physical state." He blinked again, still not able to process what she said, but she wasn't going to get into it now, all she wanted was a fight. "Maybe I'll explain it later, for now, lets fight!" She smirked and he fell into a chain of action he was familiar with, never being one to try and figure things out every often.

"Gihee... Lets go!" He snickered. He rushed forward and Frea stood her ground, smirking.

By now, the Members of the Guild had realized she was back, and although she could tell they wanted to rush up and welcome her back, they were wisely staying back for now, not looking to be caught in the crossfire of her brawl with Gajeel.

"Iron Dragon's Club!" Gajeel yelled, his now metal arm streaming through the air toward her. Frea crossed her arms in front of her,

"Energy Shield." She said smoothly, a pure wall of silver Magic springing up in between her, and the oncoming metal club. Gajeel's metal club of an arm hit her shield with a loud thud, and her Magic cracked slightly around where it had been hit, but otherwise held. Gajeel's eyes grew wide, hardly able to believe his attack hadn't broken through her shield.

Frea let her shield drop when Gajeel's arm returned to normal, and she brought her hand to her side, a small compact ball of silver Magic materializing in her palm. She smiled, and brought her arm back,

Several of the members watching the fight eye's went wide, and they backed away as much as they could, the long-time members easily recognizing what she was about to do.

"Energy Bomb." Frea said simply, bringing her arm forward as she hurled the ball of silver Gajeel's way. Whether or not Gajeel had heard what she said, he didn't move, instead he looked like he was going to try and block the thing. Frea shrugged a little, his mistake.

As soon as it make contact with Gajeel, the ball of Energy burst with an amazing amount of power and force. Air, rubble, and Gajeel were sent flying from the explosion with a resounding boom throughout the hall. Gajeel hit the ground hard, eyes spinning and completely dazed. The amount of power put into that one attack was nothing he had expected and he had paid for it by losing the fight.

"Did you not hear me say 'Energy Bomb'?" She asked, "Doesn't that mean it'll blow up if you let it touch you?" She said with a small smile, and she knew he wouldn't answer her. She could hear Natsu standing close by and laughing his ass off,

"What an idiot! He should have seen that coming!"

Frea glanced toward the pinkette with a small smirk, "You did the very same thing the first time, Natsu." She reminded and his laughing stopped short, he looked her way slowly. "And if I remember correctly, you were knocked out too." She smirked and he gave her a nervous smile, rubbing the back of his head.

"R-right.." he chuckled lowly. Frea shook her head at him and turned away from Gajeel to meet the smiling faces of the rest of the Guild.

"Welcome back!" The call echoed over the hall as everyone called out, and she smiled back at them.

"Good to be back!" She answered happily.

"Its good to see you, its been quite some time." Erza walked up to stand before her, smiling slightly. Frea nodded a little,

"Yeah, and I missed a lot of the action too." She replied. Gray and several other members walked up behind the red head, all smiling,

"Where have you been this whole time anyway?" The Ice-Mage asked, and Frea blinked,

"The uncharted territories to the west of Fiore." She answered, earning nods and surprised looks. "I was exploring, and honestly, I understand why not many people travel up that way. The amount of creatures willing to attack you are unbelievable, and natural disasters occur more often than you could imagine." She smiled, "Mira sent me a letter, and told me about everything that's happened, so I decided I should head back. Figure I'll stick around, just so I don't miss anything good." Her words were meant with yells of approval and happiness, everyone seemingly pleased to hear that she wouldn't be leaving again.

She herself was happy to be back, she had missed everyone in the Guild, it was always a bit of a downer to stay away from them so long.

She milled around for a few hours, visiting and catching up with everyone, constantly moving from one table to the next. She had missed a lot of everyone's personal life while she had been away, and not even Mira's letter could fill in the details of how everyone was doing individually. Frea had always been one of the few people in the Guild that paid attention to everyone, their lives, their feeling, worries. She was a good listener, and on good terms with everyone, well... most everyone anyway.

After a while, Gajeel woke up and she could feel him sending annoyed glares at her while she wasn't looking. Honestly, she didn't mind, and in fact, she was only amused by it. Give it a little, she was sure Gajeel will get over his anger for being beaten, everyone did given time.

Once she was done, she headed toward the bar where she spotted a young blonde girl with a pink Guild mark on the back of her left hand, a belt around her waist where several keys hung from a keychain. The young woman had her back to her as Frea approached, and she took a seat down beside her. "You're Lucy right?" Frea asked with a small smile, assuming so based on the number of Celestial Keys she had on her person.

The blonde jumped a little at her sudden appearance, blinking in shock. Frea smiled more, before Lucy nodded slowly. "Uh.. yeah! And you're Frea right?" She asked.

"Yep." She placed her elbows on the counter. "How long have you been here? From what Mira told me, you've gotten into a lot of trouble so far." She smirked a little at the embarrassed look Lucy gave her.

"Not very long, but.. yeah, our Team has gotten into some trouble, you're right." She smiled nervously and Frea nodded,

"With Lullaby, Eisenwald, Galuna, The Tower of Heaven, and even Phantom Lord." Frea smiled, looking out to the Guild as her eyes landed on Erza, Natsu, Gray, Happy, Gajeel, and a blue-haired Mage she had yet to speak with, Juvia. "I hate to have missed so much of the exciting stuff, and things that were so important.." She sighed. "Had I been here, I could have helped everyone out." She murmured. She didn't like she had been absent from so much, she hated that everyone had gotten hurt and been through so much without her here to help them. She hated it when her Guild-Mates got hurt and she hated not to have been able to do anything for them.

"It all turned out alright though." Lucy said softly, the blonde smiling herself as she looked out over the Guild herself. "Everyone was able to band together and fix things, Fairy Tail seems to have a specialty for helping everyone." Frea nodded a little,

"That's true." She agreed, then blinked. " Oh, Lucy."

"Hmm?" The blonde looked her way, only to blink in surprise to see Frea smiling softly at her.

"I would like to thank you for saving Loke." She told her softly, and the blonde froze for a moment, "He and I became really good friends since he joined the Guild, and I was able to tell he was a Spirit from the beginning. He explained to me his situation, and however much I wanted to, I wasn't able to help him." She smiled, "But you were, and I thank you for saving one of my friends, where I couldn't." Frea said softly, and Lucy shook her head, looking flustered.

"Oh it wasn't anything special!" The blonde said nervously, and Frea shook her head, still smiling.

"You're way too modest, I hope you know that." Frea chuckled a little. "Either way, you still have my thanks."

"Uh... Oh, I forgot to ask! What kind of Magic do you use? You mentioned 'Energy Signatures' before?" Lucy asked, clearly looking to change the topic, and Frea obliged.

"I use Energy Magic." Frea answered, Lucy's head tilted slightly.

"I've never heard of it." She admitted and Frea nodded,

"I'm not surprised, according to Master Makarov, I'm the only Mage in all of Fiore who uses it." Frea explained, "Its actually something most people don't even know exist, there aren't any books or documents on it." Lucy smiled, looking awed as she clasped her hands together in front of her.

"That's so cool!" Lucy grinned. "So its like Dragon Slayer Magic? A Magic that's super rare?" Frea paused, before nodding a little.

"Uh.. sort of." She murmured. "Still slightly different seeing as there are more than one Dragon Slayer in Fiore, as opposed to me being the only Energy Mage." Frea smiled, "But you got the gist of it."

"So what is it exactly?" Lucy asked,

"A Magic that lets the user project their Magic Energy in it's purest form, and use it however they wish based on the user's strength and skill level." Their heads turned to the voice, and Frea smiled, while Lucy blinked in surprise.

"Hey Levy." Frea greeted the Script-Mage who had walked up to them,

"Levy..?" Lucy murmured, and Levy smiled back.

"Hey Lu!" Levy greeted. Frea smirked and tilted her head in Levy's direction,

"That's more or less what Energy Magic is, only missing a few small details." Frea explained.

Energy Magic was sort of like projecting your own very being in the form of Magic, actually. It was different based on who used it, and could be used for many different things.

"But.. Levy, how do you know so much? I thought it was something no one knows about?" Lucy asked, looking between Levy and Frea.

"I've had Frea explain it to me since she joined the Guild." Levy replied, "Its really fascinating, especially since none of my books have any information on it!" Lucy blinked, surprised.

"How long have you been in the Guild?" The blonde asked, suddenly wondering just how long Frea must have known the people within the Guild, especially to have been educating Levy on Energy Magic. Frea blinked, before tapping a finger to her chin.

"Oh... 14 or 15 years I think?" The silver-eyed Mage murmured, "I haven't been around for as long as Wakaba or Macao, but I was here before Cana, Erza, Natsu, Mira, Elfman, and Gray." She smiled at the surprised look Lucy wore, before nodding her head at Levy. "I also joined before Levy and the rest of her Team did."

Lucy stared, that was a long time to be in the Guild, and the thought of someone having joined before many of her friends had, seemed odd, especially considering Frea looked to be about Erza's age, and the fact that Frea hadn't actually been around since she had joined. How well would Frea have gotten to know everyone? Especially having grown up with them over the years?

Frea caught her attention once she had noticed the blonde had gone off into her own thoughts. "I wasn't finished explaining the Magic I use, actually." She said gently, and Lucy nodded. "If you are still interested, that is?" Frea asked with a smile and Lucy nodded.

"Of course!"

"Well then, besides Energy Magic, I also use Shadow Magic, and Light Magic." Frea explained, Lucy stared in utter amazement, that many Magics all at once?! She narrowed her eyes in confusion upon noticing that Frea had grown a little more serious, and Levy had fallen silent, her smile disappearing. "I use these other two Magics, because I'm actually a Demon." Frea said quietly, pulling a mug Mira had just set down for her closer, it looked like soda. "As part of that, it means I have two different personas within my body, A Black and White Shade if you will."

Lucy's heart seemed to skip a beat, and she faltered. A.. Demon..?

"What do you mean..?" Lucy asked lowly, trying to keep herself calm and collected upon hearing the slightly disturbing news. Frea took a sip of her drink, eyes fixing on the counter instead of Lucy herself.

"My regular self is what I call my 'Silver Shade'. The true form of myself that uses Energy Magic." Her eyes switched back to Lucy. "The other two are Shadow, my Black Shade, who uses Shadow Magic. And Winter, my White Shade, who uses Light Magic." She smiled softly and apologetically. "It's a little confusing, I'm aware, but hopefully you'll never have to see either of my other personas as long as you're here. I don't usually change into them and for good reason." Lucy blinked at the slightly amused smirk Frea gave her, "I wont eat you, I promise, you can relax." Frea said and chuckled slightly, taking another drink.

Levy gave her a reassuring smile, "Don't worry Lu, despite Frea's differences, she's actually a very trusted and liked member here in the Guild. Your in safe hands, she wouldn't ever hurt anyone here in Fairy Tail." Lucy noticed that Frea paused slightly at Levy's words, before drinking again, eyes closed. "Well, other than brawling with the guys I suppose." Levy added cheerfully. She nodded to her friend, and looked back to Frea.

"I hope you don't mind if I ask..?" Lucy began and Frea looked to her,

"Go right ahead." The Energy Mage waved her on,

"How did you become a... Demon?" Lucy asked, feeling like she was invading a little. "Were you born that way, or..?"

"Ah, that's a very good question." Frea smiled, "One I don't have an answer to unfortunately." She explained, while Levy nodded, pulling up a stool to sit beside the two, content to sit and listen.

"What?" Lucy asked, confused, and not for the first time.

Frea smirked a little, "Ya see, I don't remember anything just before joining the Guild." She replied, "Master found me running around in the rain when I was younger, confused, alone, and without a single memory of what happened to me, or who I was before that very first day, the day I joined Fairy Tail. So, I really don't know how I became a Demon, or why, I just knew that I was, and that was about it. Besides my name, of course."

"Your memory loss hasn't ever bothered you?" Lucy asked in surprise, and Frea shook her head.

"It's never affected me, so I never really had any reason to look for answers." She smiled softly, eyes closing. "I don't need to know, the Guild is my home, it's my Family. I belong here, the Memories I've made since joining have made up for the ones I don't have, and then some."

Lucy smiled at the words, feeling the same way as Frea did, despite the things that had happened before joining the Guild, and even what had happened while she had been here. It was all worth it belong in the Family Fairy Tail was.

"Hey Frea?" Lucy asked,

"Hmm?"

"Why were you exploring the uncharted territories?" Lucy asked and Frea opened her eyes to look toward her, sweatdropping slightly. "Was it a mission you took?"

"Uh... actually, no." Frea said slowly, "I left in order to give Master a break from having to fight the Council on my behalf." She explained a little moodily. Lucy tilted her head,

"Due to Frea being a Demon, her presence within Fiore, and her membership within the Guild has been frowned upon by the Magic Council from the very beginning." Levy clarified before Lucy could ask anything.

"They see me as some sort of national threat, like they think I'll go crazy and begin a massacre." Frea's voice dropped to a hiss suddenly, and Lucy saw her fists clench around her drink. "They have wanted me locked up from the start, and Master has been kind enough to keep them from arresting me all these years. By leaving the territories within Fiore itself, I wasn't part of their control anymore, and therefore they wouldn't have any right to come after me, and Master could be left at peace."

"That is so unfair!" Lucy exclaimed, her own anger rising suddenly. She herself wasn't really so much of a fan of the Magic Council after what happened with the Tower of Heaven Incident, but what they were doing to Frea was completely outrageous, and it made her blood boil.

Frea looked her way slowly, a little surprised to see how angry the blonde had become with her situation... But she smiled, Lucy cared, that was for sure, and she appreciated it. Frea took in a breath, calming herself enough that her grip on her mug loosened.

"None-the-less, that's just how things are." Frea told her, giving the blonde a smile, voice calm and smooth. "Seeing as how we can't change it, you shouldn't let it bother you too much Lucy. I've learned to live with it, and I'm fine with it, I promise." She told the blonde calmly, and Lucy simmered down slightly at Frea's acceptance, but none-the-less, Frea could still tell the blonde was angry.

"Alright... I suppose..."


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