Chapter 2: The Destroyed City

Lisanna's POV:

When Lucy and I opened the guild doors, we saw Natsu, Gray, Erza, and Happy waiting for us across the street. Erza was standing next to her wagon, which had a dozen suitcases and bags in it, Gray didn't have on any clothes again, and Natsu and Happy were talking to each other. I closed the doors while Lucy ran over to Natsu.

"Hey Natsu, I got Lisanna to come with us." she told him.

"Oh, cool." he said.

"So, what kind of job are we doing?" I asked.

"We're going to try to destroy a new dark guild." Lucy answered.

"Oh."

"Do we have any information on the guild?" Erza asked.

"No." Lucy admitted. "But, I was going to the library to do some research on dark guilds in Magnolia. There might be some useful information."

"Alright then. We're going to the library!" Erza declared.

~Time Skip~

"So, did you find anything?" I asked Lucy. We were at the library. Lucy had found six books about the dark guilds in Magnolia.

"Yeah, come here." she called us over.

"What did you find?" Gray asked her.

"Well, the dark guild that was formed most recently is called Shadow Phoenix. Nobody really knows about it. They don't commit crimes often either, and usually they're just minor crimes like petty theft. The book says that Shadow Phoenix has very powerful mages and their guild is in Silvila City."

"Silvila City? That city got destroyed years ago!" I exclaimed.

"How are we going to get there?" Gray asked.

"Well," Erza started. "we would have to take the train to the nearest city and then walk the rest of the way there."

"Do we have to go by train?" Natsu whined.

"Yes, we do." Erza said. Natsu started getting sick at the thought of him being on the train.

"Come on Natsu! It won't be a long ride." Happy said.

"Okay, fine." Natsu growled.

~Time Skip (on the train)~

Lucy's POV:

After about fifteen minuets of trying to get Natsu to go on the train, we finally made in inside. The first couple of minuets were uneventful. Like always, Natsu got sick and Erza had to knock him out so he would stay quiet. Happy was sitting on Natsu's lap, Gray was looking out of the window, and Lisanna was looking around. I was reading the books that I checked out of the library. I thought it would be a good idea if I read about Shadow Phoenix.

When I was halfway finished with the book, Lisanna called me.

"Lucy, are you okay? You've been stuck in that book ever since we left the library."

"Yeah, I'm fine." I responded. "It's just that the book says that the members are really dangerous. I think that we should be really careful while we're out."

"Don't worry, we'll be fine." she assured me. "We're from the strongest guild in Fiore and even if anything did go wrong, we have Natsu."

I looked over at Natsu. Sure, he could be an idiot at times but he was a really powerful mage. I smiled. "You're right Lisanna. There's nothing we should worry about."

"That's the spirit!" she exclaimed.

"Hey Lisanna, Lucy!" Erza suddenly called out. "We're getting off at the next stop."

"Really?" Natsu asked, jumping up in excitement.

"Noooo" Gray sarcastically replied.

"Oh shut up squinty eyes!" Natsu retorted. "Come on Happy, let's go!" he said, dragging Happy to the door.

"Natsu you idiot! Get back over here before you break something!" Gray called after him.

"Natsu! Gray! Calm yourselves before you get in another fight and destroy the train" Erza yelled.

Lisanna sighed at then looked at me. "Lucy, let's get out of here before they make a scene." she said.

"Good idea. Let's go!" I said and ran outside the train with her.

Time Skip(again)

"Lushee, are we there yet?" Happy whined. "I'm hungry."

"Not yet Happy." I answered.

"Awwww, we've been walking for hours." he groaned loudly.

"Technically, you haven't been walking. You have wings. Also we've only been out for about forty-five minuets." I stated.

"Smart ass." I heard Gray mutter.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Oh nothing." Gray smirked.

"So Lucy," Lisanna interrupted. "By any chance, is that place over there the city you were talking about?" she asked pointing in to the left of me. I looked over to see what she was talking about. Right where she was pointing was a broken sign. It said: Welcome to Silvila City. Beyond the sign was what looked like a dirt road with a bunch of old, broken down buildings on the side. The whole city looked abandoned and dirty. This was were Shadow Phoenix was hiding.

"Yeah, that's it!" I shouted excitedly while jumping up and down. "We're here!" I took off and ran into the destroyed city. Erza, Natsu, Lisanna, and Gray ran after me and followed close behind me. As I ran through the abandoned streets of the city I couldn't help thinking about the mission. This was going to be a piece of cake. After all, we were the strongest team in Fairy Tail. This guild would be destroyed in seconds and then I would get the 700,000 jewels. I'll pay the rent, have enough money to Natsu-proof the apartment, and maybe go shopping.

I was so busy daydreaming about what I could do with the money, that I was startled when Erza started yelling.

"WHAT WAS THAT?" she called out in surprise. I looked around to see what she was talking about, but there was nothing there.

"That's strange. I thought I saw something?"

"I saw it too! It went that way." Lisanna declared and ran to her left. We all followed her. She ran until we came to the end of the street and then stopped.

"Hmm, this is peculiar..." she thought but was then interrupted by a voice.

"Hello." it said. We turned around and saw a little girl standing in front of old building. She looked like she was about Wendy's age. She had long, sky blue hair that went past her waist and huge, round eyes that were the same color as her hair. She had on a sky blue tank top and a white miniskirt with silver flats. A pair of neon green headphones were around her neck. On her left arm she had a sky blue tattoo that looked like some sort of bird. "What do you want?"

"Oh, we're from a guild named Fairy Tail and are looking for another guild named Shadow Phoenix. Do you know where it is?" I asked

"Yes." she answered. "I do know where it is."

"Could you-" I started but was then cut off by her.

"Unfortunately, I'm afraid I can't let you go there. Please leave or face the consequences."

I was about to speak up but then Natsu pushed me out of the way and ran to the girl.

"No!" he shouted. "We're on a job and we are not going to leave until we destroy that guild."

The girl took a deep breath and sighed. "If you get hurt, don't say that I didn't warn you." she said and then send a blast of magical energy that sent Natsu flying backwards.

Hey peoples! I'm sorry I took so long to update. I had writer's block for a week and when I finally got over it and finished the chapter, my computer spazzed out. I need another computer. So anyway I hope you liked the chapter. It isn't the best, but it's something. Review or PM is you have any ideas for anything. I'll put chapter 3 up soon. Until that comes out, I'll see you guys later. BYYYEEEE :D