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The path was silent as Erza and Josef glared at each other, the electricity between the two of them able to be cut with a knife. Erza held out her hand and a sword formed in it but Josef seemed unimpressed.

"The infamous Erza Scarlet and her requipping abilities." Erza thrust her sword forward and it impaled Josef in the throat. Josef's face never changed as he suddenly melted into clay and seeped into the ground. Everyone looked around to try and locate Josef and Gray saw him in a tree, hands still in his pockets.

"Hole." Said Josef. They all looked at Josef strangely before they suddenly felt the ground beneath them began to crumble. Looking down, they saw the word HOLE written in the ground before a large whole formed from the loose earth and they all fell in. As they rose to their feet, Natsu was the first to speak his mind.

"What the hell?" written on the walls of the inside of the hole was the word FLOOD. In a matter of seconds, from the words gushed a powerful stream of water and it collided into all of them. The sunlight had suddenly been blocked out as a large rock formed over the hole and trapped them in as the water rapidly filled the hole. Erza gritted her teeth. Josef was good. He was very good.

"Enough of this!" Erza grabbed Natsu, who was now up to his neck in water. They both knew what to do and began to punch the rock as hard as they could. Gray quickly joined them but seemed to be getting nowhere for there was no way to strengthen the attacks. In an act of desperation, Erza requipped a large sword and swung with all of her might. The rock began to chip as the water completely covered them. Without waiting another second, Gray aimed his hands and screamed under water.

"Ice-make Lance!" the water almost froze as the ice slammed into the rock and shattered it. The water from the hole spilled out from the top and they all struggled out of the hole. Natsu leapt from the water, shivering from the ice dropping the water's temperature, and looked around for Josef. Josef was seen standing in the middle of the road about 200 feet from the hole, hands still in his pockets. Gray walked up to Natsu.

"He is a user of Solid Script." Said Natsu. Gray simply nodded.

"You take the right side and I will take the right side. He cannot deflect us both." Natsu grinned and flames burst from his body.

"COME ON!" yelled Natsu and they each charged from a different direction. Josef glanced at them before raising his hands out of his pockets. Written on each palm was the word SHOCKWAVE. Josef muttered something under his breath and suddenly a powerful shockwave blasted from each of Josef's palms. Natsu and Gray were hit full force and sent flying backwards before crashing to the ground next to Erza and Lucy. Happy rushed to Natsu's aid and he struggled back to his feet. Josef swung his arm and the word ACID formed in the air in deep purple letters. The word formed into a deep purple substance and flew at the group. Before anyone could react, a wall of black formed in front of them and suddenly turned into a stone wall. The acid connected with the stone wall and instantly was melted away by the strong substance. Everyone looked in the direction that the attack had come from and saw a woman around 19 years old with long blond hair. She had a thin paintbrush in her hand and she leapt down to Josef.

"Josef we told you to stay at the guild." Josef rolled his eyes at her and turned around, putting his hands back in his pockets. The blond woman turned to the group. "I am SO sorry. He really dislikes outsiders."

"Well we can see that," said Natsu. The blond woman smiled and drew with her paintbrush. The ink formed into a dog and it leapt into the woods after Josef, who had already vanished into the trees.

"My name is Bev. I am also from Innocentius. We would be happy to introduce you to our guild master." Erza let out a deep breath and everyone relaxed. Bev waved for them to follow her and everyone followed, rubbing their bruises and shivering in the cold breeze.

As they moved through the woods, Gray approached Bev and started up a conversation. He had been very curious about this guild he had never heard about before and intended to find out as much as he could.

"How long have you guys been around?" Bev gave off a quick smile.

"We have been around for probably six months now as a guild but we have known each other for years. Our master is the one who brought us together and gave us a home and taught us to use our powers effectively."

"Why didn't you guys go to other guilds when you found out you were mages? I'm sure that they would have taken you in."

"We were not aware that such a thing was possible. None of us were exactly educated when we were brought in. We just heard that our Master was taking in people who did not understand their powers and give them a place to live." Gray somewhat understood this. How these people didn't know about the acceptance of regular guilds astonished him but he wasn't going to argue the fact. He looked back to see Erza's complextion never changed. After a few minutes they all walk into a grove and see a large black ink portal. Bev turned around to them and smiled.

"Just hop in and we will be at the guild." Natsu was nervous but he took a deep breath and approached the black portal.

(Please review. It will start out slow but pick up once the plot is settled)