Hi! I'm super excited to write this and I'm really enjoying it. Sorry if it seems a bit slow but I promise it will kick off, I'm just trying to take my time to write it in detail so it's not too confusing. I hope I get the characters characteristics correct and please leave me any tips, opinions and/or grammatical errors.

Thanks.

Chapter 1 - Codes and Letters

Levy stared intently at the letter Lucy had placed down in front of her mere seconds ago. She had read the letter three times and she couldn't make sense of it. It wasn't because there was some complicated code or spell on it - simply because it didn't make sense.

"Your downfall is born from pieces separated,

Place Αριάδνη together once more or reap the failures of your end"

"Anything?" Lucy asked, fascination in her voice. One of Lucy's most prominent traits was curiosity and it often got the better of her - which didn't always end well.

"Well I know that this" Levy pointed to the second word on the second line "is a greek name. In english its spelt A-R-I-A-D-N-E and pronounced Ari-ad-nee. She's a part of Greek mythology" Levy informed, racking her brains for the story.

"Do you know what part? Maybe it will give us a clue" Lucy said urgently before knocking Natsu around the head, stopping him from starting a fish eating contest with Happy.

"Yes, I remember the story now. Ariadne was the daughter of King Minos of Crete, the man who created the Minotaur's Labyrinth. She fell in love with Theseus, who was a man trapped in the maze. She helped Theseus to escape from the Minotaur's labyrinth by giving him a ball of thread, which he unraveled as he went in and used to trace his way out again after killing the Minotaur. She later fell out of love with him and left him" Levy recited the story.

"So what exactly does all this mean?" Natsu asked, finally taking an interest in the discussion going on around him.

"Maybe you need to save someone from a Labyrinth" Happy suggested, padding across the table.

"Maybe. But that doesn't really apply to the letter" Levy interjected, looking back down at the paper.

"The person who hired us for the job didn't give a number. Mira said that it came with a letter saying that when the job was done a letter with the money in it would be delivered" Lucy informed the rest of the team.

"If its so confusing, why are we taking the stupid job in the first place" Natsu interrupted casually.

"Because dimwit - the payment is two million jewels!" Lucy blurted to the pink haired boy, who had the brains to at least look stunned.

"Woah" he murmured in sync with Happy.

"It says to put Ariadne back together. So you need to put something back together? A weapon or key?" Levy mutters to herself with Lucy listening intently.

"Nothing goods ever come of us putting things together. If its a weapon then we'll have to pull out of the job" Lucy sighed, sinking into her seat.

"Well, what does it say on the flyer?" Levy asked, holding her hand out for the flyer Lucy retrieved from her bag.

"It says the location of this job is a place called Aradolta. I think you'd best start there. If I work anything else out, I'll contact you" Levy said while handing the flyer back to Lucy. Lucy sighed

"Well. lets get going" she said to Natsu and Happy.

"Wait a minute" Happy calls, yanking the flyer from Lucy's hand.

"It says that this mission could be dangerous. It's not S-Class but I think we should bring the rest of the team along. 2 million jewels will still be a lot no matter how many people we spilt it between" for once, the little blue cat was the voice of reason. Lucy sighed again.

"I guess you're right" she mutters, moving to retrieve the other members of their usual team.

"Hey Gray, you haven't got a job on at the moment have you?" Lucy asked as she approached the navy haired mage who was lounging on a chair, talking to Cana.

"Not right now. Why? You got a job for us?" he replied, moving to stand up. Lucy thrust the flyer at him while she scanned the room for Erza and Wendy. Natsu had already approached Wendy and she was gathering Carla.

"Don't bother looking for Erza, she's out on an S-Class mission. Won't be back for a few days" Gray informed her as he handed the flyer back to her. Lucy nodded in understanding and the two made their way back to Natsu and Wendy,

"This knucklehead isn't coming is he?" Natsu glared at Gray who looked back with equal venom in his eyes.

"Don't even start boys. Let's just get going. Aradolta is a few hours from here and we don't want to have to come back in the dark" Lucy commanded the two boys before she strolled out of the door and into the sun splashed streets of Magnolia.