The Tree of Secrets

Chapter 2: The dangers of the mission.

After the group took a train to Ezferon and, Natsu had a terrible time with his motion sickness they finally arrived in the town of Ezferon. There were plenty of buildings and stores around. There was a magnificent towering church with ancient architecture and a castle at the top of the city. The most noticeable thing in the area was a giant tree that had pink leaves and a river flowing by it. The town was beautiful and had happiness to it.

After they saw the sights from the train they arrived to the train stop. Everyone got out and Natsu screams "I finally have my freedom from that horrible transportation."

Happy with a smirk on his face said "Natsu you're always getting car sick. It's sad."

Natsu then said with a little anger but, with banter intended "Happy, you know it's not my fault. If only Wendy was here. Then my motion sickness would have been gone."

Erza then said "I wish she could have come along but, she went on an assignment with Levy, and Gajeel."

Jellal then thought to himself "Erza is always thinking of others. She is so sweet."

Juvia then said "Juvia thinks it's good that Wendy isn't here. That means less competition for Gray's heart."

Lucy then said to Juvia with a confused look "I don't think she wants him anyway. In fact I think she is too young."

Juvia then says with a glare "Juvia will not let her guard down. You are my love rival for Gray's heart and I won't let you have him."

Lucy then says with a blank expression "Okay. Whatever you say Juvia."

Juvia then said to Lucy with a scary face "Juvia will not let her guard down." Then she says to Gray with puppy dog eyes "How did you like the train Gray."

Gray then said with a little blush "It was kind of stuffy but, I know I had a better time then Natsu."

Jellal then says "I think it's about time we made our departure into the city and meet the client."

Erza with a blush says "I couldn't agree more. We need to go to the castle and talk to the client."

Everyone then goes to the castle passing their temptations of going shopping or looking at the sites. They finally arrived at the castle that had a towering view of the whole city. It was as if they were at the top of the world. The wind was blowing and leaves were gliding along it. The view showed all the buildings, the river, the trees, and one mighty tree right next to the river. The view so beautiful you could stare at it forever and still not take in all its glory.

Natsu said as they walked to the door entrance "We're finally here!"

Gray then said with amazement "It's a giant castle."

Lucy then said with a smile "Looks like this guy can sure pay the reward."

Juvia hoping to get a reaction from Gray said "Juvia thinks this castle is big too." Sadly for Juvia Gray continued to look on at the sights.

Erza then says with a serious attitude "We need to talk to the client now."

Happy then says with excitement "Aye sir."

Jellal then says "Okay shall we go." He then proceeds to knock on the door.

A butler opens the door and says "Ahhh. You are the wizards that have come to take on the assignment. Please do come in the master is waiting in the living room."

Natsu then said with excitement "Alright."

They all went inside and went to the instructed room.

The client then said "Why hello. My name is Mayor Riffentel. I know. I know. It's a strange name but, let's just put that aside for now. Now you are indeed the mages that have accepted my assignment. Am I right?"

Erza taking charge said "Yes, we are the wizards you have hired to complete your task of guarding the Tree of Secrets."

Gray with curiosity asked "What exactly do you mean guard the Tree of Secrets."

Lucy then said with wonder "I'm curious about that too."

In reality they were all curious about the details of the mission.

Mayor Riffentel then says "That is understandable my dear children. As you can see I am the Mayor of this city. In this city we have a giant tree near the middle of the river. It may just seem like an old cherry blossom tree but, it's a magical tree. This tree forces everyone within a mile vicinity to reveal all their secrets on the blue moon. It is a ten minute duration so all your secrets will be revealed but, you're still able to hear everything that is said during that time. For example if my butler and I were under the tree we would both reveal our secrets by force of the tree's magic but, we would still be able to retain all the information that was given by the both of us. It is a double edged sword because although you can get the secrets or info out of someone you will also reveal your own. Not only that but, because of the duration if a criminal with nothing to hide or with no care brought a wealthy man to that tree they could give him the password to his vault or other important info could be revealed. We get many unwanted criminals around this time with hostages or other big plans up their sleeves. It is a very frightening power that this tree possesses. Luckily it only happens every ten years on the blue moon."

Erza then says with a polite but serious attitude "So, you want us to guard the area of a one mile radius around the tree to prevent criminals and other suspicious characters from obtaining info. As well as secure any hostages those criminals may have."

Mayor Riffentel then replies with his jolly attitude "That is correct my dear. Now the blue moon is in three days. Now I didn't want you to have to rush but, you must know that your secrets will also be revealed. That is why I called you here earlier that way you won't have to rush it. You now have three days to reveal all the secrets you have been hiding or you can wait till the mission and be forced to reveal it then. Until then you can sleep here, eat here, and go around town."

The butler comes into the room and says with his weird accent "Dinner is ready sir."

Mayor Riffentel then says "Jolly good let us be off now and enjoy the feast that awaits us."

The stunned, shocked, and jaw dropped faces of the mages follow the mayor and butler to the feast. They all sit down with their faces still shocked.

The mayor then says "Let us have a moment of silence in case any of you want to think about what's to come in the near future."

Natsu thinks "Three"

Lucy thinks "Days"

Erza thinks "To"

Jellal thinks "Reveal"

Juvia thinks "All"

Gray thinks "Our"

Happy thinks "Secrets."

Happy broke the awkward silence with "I'm hungry. Let's dig in!"

Everyone had lifted their stunned faces and was glad that the tension broke.

Natsu then said in a happy attitude "You said it Happy."

For the rest of the night everyone ate and then the butler guided them to their rooms so they could sleep. Everyone went to sleep but, they all knew even if they didn't want to that there secrets would be reveled soon.

Chapter End

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