Update! :) I wasn't going to update this until Hire a Thief was complete but then i got an itch to write the next chapter! XD The chapter was longer but i thought i'd cut it off a bit and have that as the start of the next chapter, instead. That way the cut off point makes more sense?

Have people read Fairy Tail recently? OH MY! I love the extra chapters with all the NaLu goodness. I love Asuka! And WOO! I hope Hiro Mashima won't make Lucy weak and fail at saving everyone! She can do it! Right?

Haha, Anyways... Please enjoy! :)

"A merrow is a mermaid, so we need to go somewhere near the see. Do you have any land near the sea?" On second thought, I added. "Preferably near the Irish-sea because people call mermaids, merrow there."

"Hm… I have one in Anglesey Island."

"Then we start there."

"Right, Anglesey Island it is then!" Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?

"I really don't trust him."

"…"

"Lucy, he's suspicious!"

"… Be quiet Loki!"

"But Luuuucy."

"If you don't trust him, why are you eating the chocolates he offered you?"

"Just because we accepted the job, doesn't mean I have to trust him."

"Urgh! You told me to accept it!" I then lay flat on my bed, staring at the ceiling. "Besides we're a day late to Levy's… so far anyway. She will kill me when she see me!"

"You could just escape. Now."

"And what? Swim? Besides I can't leave, I accepted the cheque already because of someone rushing me."

It's been an hour since we had decided to go to Anglesey Island. Natsu said we'd arrive in another hour and we'll be staying in one of the houses over night. I'm feeling rather exhausted: seeing as I was arguing with Natsu for the first 40 minutes. I wanted to write a letter to my dear friend, Levy McGarden. I was going to inform her about the delay of my arrival at her estate. However, Natsu wouldn't allow me! He said: it would be a breach of our contract and that everything must be kept confidential. Apparently, that man Bora, was still after us and he wanted to claim the position of the dragon knight.

"Yes. We need money." I sat up to face Loki

"Is that all you care about?"

"Of course not, I'm a gentlemen! I care about my appearance too!"

"Even though you look like a cat?"

"I'm a lion! And I could be human, you know but-"

"I do and yes, you're a pain when you're in your human form."

"I was going to say, the ladies just flock to me. Jealous?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"AS IF!"

"It baffles me that you can talk to your cat." I jumped at Natsu's voice. He startled me there. When did he get there? He was leaning on the door to my cabin.

"Why? Do you think I'm crazy? And shouldn't you knock before entering a lady's room?" I glared at him whilst he chuckled.

"Of course not, I find it simply fascinating and I did knock. But I heard you shouting so I let myself in." He walked closer to me.

"Well… how charming." I said, sarcasm drenching my voice. He chuckled again. "What do you want, anyway?"

"Ah! I came to inform you of our arrival in a few minutes. So gather your things, we're leaving as soon as it stops." I huffed at his demanding voice. I stood up and placed my hands on my hips.

"Of course, Earl Dragoneel!" I said in an overly sweet voice, whilst rolling my eyes. He chuckled and left the cabin. I huffed as I gathered my things.

"You sure you want go through this?" Loki said.

"Well I did sign a contract, it's too late now."

"You have a chance to escape now."

"… I can't. I said I'd do the job and I don't break promises."

"Okay. You're so stubborn."

"Shut it!"

Off the boat (Anglesey Island)

Currently we're on a carriage towards a lodge that apparently belongs to the Dragoneel family. I found out something interesting on this journey though. We were about twenty minutes into the carriage ride until Natsu suddenly collapsed, groaning. I was certainly startled by this until Gray told me it was fine and it happens all the time. I frowned, thinking he had an illness of some sort, I wasn't completely wrong though. It turns out; the great Earl had motion sickness! Serves him right for tricking me and forgetting to take his medicine.

"Urghhh, p-please… h-h-help m-me." I giggled a little as Natsu weakly lifted a hand towards me.

"It serves you right." I said.

"L-Luce… urgh y-yo-you're… me-urgh-mean."

"Good." I suppose I do feel a little sorry for him. His face has become extremely pale and he's shaking. But… his puffed out cheeks just make me want to giggle.

"H-help!"

"Stop moaning!" Erza seemed to have had enough of Natsu's constant moaning and punched him in the stomach. He was immediately knocked out. Is it okay to harm your employer like that? … Oh well, moving on. "Lucy, where will we find the sword on the island?"

"Well… I do need more information about its whereabouts…"

"Ah! There was more stuff written on the coin!" Gray said as he took a folded piece of paper out of his pockets. They could have told me that sooner…. I took the paper and scanned the writing.

"Hm… It seems like it'll be in a castle… if it's merrow, a castle close to the sea."

"I believe Natsu owns land with a castle surrounded by the sea. The bottom is sunk into it though." Erza said. "There is a path leading towards it. So there is no problem getting there." She added.

"Right! That's the best place then."

Passing by green scenery and small brick houses, after a while, we arrived at the lodge. Natsu seemed to have sprung to life, like the sickness was just a mirage or illusion. A fairly tall man with light brown hair greeted us. He took Natsu and I to our rooms that were assigned to us.

"Thank you." Natsu said, flashing the man a grin.

"No problem my lord, what brings you here, I believe there isn't much on the island."

"I'm heading towards the castle, I've heard stories about mermaids living there."

"Mermaids? I haven't heard a thing." He seemed skeptical, making me frown.

"Oh. That's certainly a shame. I thought I could get my families sword back too…"

"I'm assuming you're the 'Earl' chasing after the Dragon sword?" The man replied. Natsu chuckled.

"And I assume many people have taken my identity to steal my family treasure?" The man scoffed at his rhetorical question.

"Right… And I assume you believe in the silly fairy stories? Only fools would believe in such myths!"

"They're not silly stories!" I said, adding my thoughts in after observing the two. The man just gave me an odd look.

"I give you my apologies, I must be a fool too then." Natsu said. I looked at him, my eyes widening a little. He winked at me. I looked away, a little flustered. Did he just help me? In the corner of my eye, I could see movement. I turned my head and saw a crowd of fairies bunched up in a corner.

"Brownies…" I whispered. Natsu must have heard me because he glanced in my direction before trying to see what I was looking at.

"Oh! N-no, I didn't mean that my Lord! I-I'll get a maid to get you some refreshments!" Natsu chuckled.

"Thank you!"

"Um… May I have a glass of water with a slice of lemon? I need to make a trail for the brownies, there are so many of them in the room. They do get lost easily." I asked. The man gave me an odd look again. Oh dear! I didn't need to blurt out the bit about the fairies.

"Would you be so kind to complete her request? It's just a game she likes to play." Natsu walked towards me, patting my head causing me to pout a little.

"Y-Yes! Right away!" I think Natsu just helped me again…

Meanwhile… McGarden Residence

A small bluenette girl was pacing back and forth in her home, muttering and cursing.

"Where is Lu? She should have been here by now… She better not be messing around with those fairies and forgot about our plans! Oh when I get my hands on her… Grrrr!"

"Pu puuun."

"Oh! Plue! Lu should be here soon! I hope so anyway." Plue is small snowman like animal. It even had a carrot, orange nose. Plue walked up to the blue haired and tugged at her dress. "What's wrong Plue?"

"Pu pu puun!" He pointed towards the door.

"Do you want me to leave?" He nodded his head. "Why?" He started frantically moving his arms and pointed at something yellow. "Um… Something to do with Lucy?"

"Puuun!" He nodded his head and pointed at himself.

"Um… did your spirit friends tell you something?" He nodded his head again. "Hm… Oh my god! Is Lucy in trouble?" Plue nodded his head again. "Right! I will quickly pack some essentials for Lucy and I. We will set out immediately!"

Back to Natsu and Lucy

"Luce? What are you doing?" I was currently holding the lemon slice and dripping drops of water in a line from the corner of the room leading towards the door. I dipped the lemon into the glass: every few drops.

"Making a trail for the brownies. They are small fairies that like to play pranks on humans but they are harmless. They often get lost and this helps them find their way back outside."

"Oh!" Natsu followed after me. He seemed curious "Hey… Can I try?" I stopped, looking at Natsu. Did he really just ask if he could help with something to do with fairies? I straightened myself and handed the glass and lemon to Natsu.

"Of course! Just make small droplets in a line, leading to outside the entrance." Natsu grinned at me and started dripping the water onto the floor.

"Are they following?"

"Yes." Natsu chuckled a little. He looked like a small child playing a brand new toy that had just been brought. And I thought he didn't believe in fairies? Watching him like this goes against what he preaches. After a few more drops of water the brownies had left the lodge and they waved to us. I waved back and Natsu furrowed his eyebrows seeming a little confused. "They said thank you." Natsu's eyes followed my hand as I pointed towards them.

"Oh. No problem!" Natsu shouted as he waved awkwardly to them with a grin. I closed the door and we made our way back to the room. As we walked inside: a blue ball suddenly attacked Natsu.

"Eeek! What is that?" I screeched as I pointed to the furry ball. Honestly! It was a weird furry blue thing that moves!

"Hey buddy! Luce, meet Happy!" He held the ball in his arms, turning him towards me, revealing the blue cat.

"Oh, it's a cat. How cuuute! Hello Happy!" I patted his head.

"Happy, this is Lucy! She's a fairy doctor and she's weird!"

"I'm not weird!" Happy was staring at me. Um… The cat is a little creepy. Why is it staring at me? Can cats even stare at people?

"You're right Natsu, she's weeeeird!" Happy said. I blinked a few times. D-did that cat just…?

"I told you!" Natsu replied, patting the cat's head.

"Y-your cat just talked!" I shouted, pointing at the cat. "That isn't possible, cat's can't talk!" Happy and Natsu stared at me with, what looked like, amusement whilst I was pacing the room.

"Says the person that talks to her cat." I ignored him and continued pacing from wall to wall. A cat just talked… Maybe I'm loosing my mind? Or… Yes! Of course! I just imagined it. I glanced towards the blue cat and I noticed him snickering. Okay… Maybe I didn't. I suddenly froze and turned to face them.

"Oh. Right… You're a fairy aren't you?" I asked, a triumphant look on my face. I walked closer to the two and picked Happy up.

"Aye! I'm an exceed!" Yes! I'm not crazy!

"Thought so!"

"Of course you diiiid!"

"I did!"

"Luce, you're such a weirdo!"

"Be quiet! And I am not weird!"

"Lushy, you are weird!"

"See! Happy agrees with me!" I looked stunned for a moment.

"Natsu, I thought you didn't have your ancestors powers?"

"I don't."

"How comes you are talking to Happy then?"

"I sometimes can hear voices… it's probably nothing though."

"No! You are most definitely hearing fairies! Maybe you did inherit a little of the powers. Enough that you can communicate with them, at least… Or…" I paused for a moment, thinking about what things, apart from fairies, that could cause the voices "You're just crazy." I stared at Natsu as he raised his eyebrow looking at me like I'm the crazy one.

"… Anyway, where were you buddy? I didn't see you earlier." I glared at Natsu for ignoring me. How rude! And he said he was a gentleman.

"I went to get fish!"

…

I finally escaped the annoying, rude duo. I was positively seething in anger listening to the cat and pinkette treating me like a fool and calling me names. How ungentlemanly! If I weren't a lady, I would have kicked them. But ladies don't do that, nor do they show the skin on their legs. It would certainly be inappropriate for an unmarried woman to show a man whom isn't their partner, their skin. Hm… this reminds me… where has that Loki gone off to now? Moving on… I ran into Erza and Gray by the corridor and we're currently discussing the schedule for tomorrow.

"How will we get to the castle? It's on an island on it's own…"

"By boat of course!" Gray replied. He must think I'm a fool by the look he was giving me.

"Gray!" Erza growled. "Watch your tone."

"Y-yes ma'am!"

"It's alright!"

"We will be staying in a small house, owned by the Earl, once we cross to the island." I nodded my head in understanding. "We'll stay there for the night before we start the task of finding the sword."

"Okay." I wonder why we'll have to stay the night, if the castle is only a short distance away? As if reading my mind, Gray answered.

"The castle is big and full of traps and secret passages, we'll need to be prepared and well-rested." I nodded my head.

"It's staring to get late Miss Lucy-"

"Lucy!" Erza gave me an odd look. "I've said it before, just Lucy." She nodded and gave me a small smile.

"Well M- Lucy, you should get some rest before we leave tomorrow morning."

"Alright. Goodnight Erza, Gray."

"Night!"

"Goodnight." I said as I walked out the room.

I walked down the hallways and reached the last door. I opened the door.

"Eeeeeeek!" The figure in front of me quickly swooped behind me and brought my body to his. He clamped his hand over my mouth and wrapped his arms around me, so I couldn't move.

"Geez, Lucy you're loud!"

"Mphh, mmm"

"What?" I wriggled in his grasp to tell him to let me go. "Oh! Sorry Luce." He released me and I turned to face him.

"Natsu! May I ask: what are you doing here?" He grinned.

"I wanted to ask you something but you weren't in your room, so I thought I'd wait for you here."

"Do you realize what time it is?"

"Nope! But it's dark, so late?"

"Right. And it couldn't wait until morning?"

"… Er, no?"

"Natsu! It is quite improper for a man to visit a woman's room this late. Especially one whom is not your spouse." He reached for my hand and held it near his lips.

"But my lady, I assure you my intentions are pure." His placed a gentle kiss on the palm of my hand causing my cheeks to heat up. I snatched my hand away and took a few steps back. For I felt he was too close for comfort.

"I-I-I will not be tricked like other women!" He chuckled.

"And again, I assure you of no trickery in my actions."

R-r-right, s-so what is it, that you want?" I cursed myself for stuttering in front of such a frivolous man. He chuckled again.

"Well, I wanted to know why you don't ask any questions?"

"Excuse me?" I was confused by what he asked.

"I mean…" He scratched his cheek awkwardly, "why you don't ask about this job you accepted. About why you don't ask about my past or intentions or why you trust me?" There was silence for a while, whilst I carefully thought of the answers.

"Well… to put it simply: I needed money. You are the only person whom needs a fairy doctor in this age and it is none of my concern or my business to know about my employer. I just need to abide by your orders that bind me by the contract." I paused for a moment. "I never said I trusted you. You are my employer and that is all there is to it." Natsu had a series of different expressions. But the one that stood out most was hurt… but how could that be? We have only known each other for three days. Maybe I am just mistaken.

"So…" He started. I was suddenly trapped against the wall, his arms on either side of my head: his body and face too close to mine for comfort. He placed a little weight on me, so I was trapped.

"W-wha-"

"So you simply abide by my orders? That's it?"

"What are you implying?"

"I am still a man before anything else."

"R-release me at once!"

"No." One hand gently lifted a bit of my hair. The pieces of blonde slid through his fingers and he placed a kiss to them. My cheeks heated up. And I certainly am cursing myself for feeling like this, no matter how unlady-like cursing is.

"W-w-what a-are you d-doing?" My voice became a whisper. "Natsu?" His head rested on my shoulder. I could feel his breath tickling my neck as he started whispering into my ear. My head started to feel light as I felt too many new sensations.

"A lady such as yourself, shouldn't be so defenseless." He chuckled as I tensed. "You'll be eaten by a wolf… or should I say… dragon, if you let your guard down too much." I found myself trying to gasp for air. My legs felt like they were weakening, turning into goo. What is this man doing to me? He nipped my ear, causing me to snap out of my trance. I brought my hands to his chest pushed him back. I placed my hands on my cheeks, hoping they would cool them down. I glared at the man before me as he laughed… probably at my beet red face.

"You… you womanizer!" I took a deep breath as I placed my hands back down to my sides. "You shouldn't treat woman like toys! You… you… JERK!" I screamed. He just laughed more.

"Haha, sorry Luce! I just couldn't help it! You looked so cute a defenseless!"

"Shut up!"

"You're not very lady-like are you?"

"Well you're an idiot!"

"You should have seen your face! Haha" Suddenly a second laugh joined.

"Lushie! You-hahaha-you look like a fish!" How rude!

"I do not!"

"Pfft! You do!"

"Stupid-cat!"

"Natsu, I told you Lucy would do a stupid face if you did that!"

"That was a good prank! Good idea Happy!" … Prank?

"Lucy is weird, after all." So… it was just a prank was it… ?

"I know, buddy!" Getting me worked up for no reason. I glared at the laughing pair. So… a prank. Those inconsiderate jerks! The laughing abruptly stopped as they noticed the dark aura surrounding Lucy.

"Er… Natsu?"

"Y-yeah?"

"Lucy looks scary."

"I know buddy…" I held onto the sides of my skirt. Stuff being a lady! Stuff etiquette! I've been through enough humiliation to outweigh that!

"Lu… cy… KICK!" My leg crashed into the side of Natsu's head, hitting his cheek, causing him and Happy to crash into the wall. I took a few deep breaths calming my self before brushing the invisible dust on my hands and dress. Sigh "I feel much better." I dragged the two bodies out of my room and shut and locked the door. I didn't even shoot them a second glance. That should teach them.

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