That tower does not look like paradise.

Across the island from Captain Gray's ship, Indian Princess Erza was feeling extremely bored as well. And lost.

"Where in the world am I…?" she wondered aloud, glancing around. An Indian princess was not supposed to get lost. She was supposed to know the forest as well as the back of her own hand. Unfortunately for Erza, the island changed shape every day. So she had no idea where in the forest she was.

"Guess I'll just have to keep walking," she sighed. And so, she walked.

And walked.

And walked.

And walked.

For like, an hour.

Until Erza threw up her hands in exasperation. "HOW BIG IS THIS FOREST, ANYWAY?!"

"Keep going for about another five miles, then make a turn to the left," a bored-sounding voice called out. "That should get you where you need to go."

"Oh, thanks – WAIT, WHO JUST SPOKE?!"

"Um," the voice said. "Up here."

Erza looked up. "Oh. OH. Didn't see you there! Wait, who're you?"

She couldn't believe she hadn't noticed the gigantic tower in front of her. Approximately two hundred feet above, a boy with blue hair and a tattoo across his face let out a sigh.

"Welcome to the Tower of Paradise. Whoopee. You're our third visitor in ten years. Lucky you."

He didn't look like he thought it was lucky at all.

"Wait," Erza stated, trying to make sense of the fact that there was a boy living in a tower in the middle of nowhere who she just so happened to run into. "You live here?"

"Yes. But you'd better get out of here soon, Ultear'll be back any minute now."

"Ultear? Who in the world is Ultear?"

"Uh, she's the witch that – HIDE!"

His eyes suddenly grew so panicked, Erza dived behind a bush without even thinking about it. A woman stepped into view, arms folded.

"Oh, Jellal, dear!" she called sweetly. "Let down your hair!"

The boy just stared at her blankly. "What?"

"Oh." Ultear blinked, then sighed. "Wrong spell, sorry. Let down your air!"

"What?"

"Oh, that's wrong too? Hmm, let's see… Let down your pear!"

He facepalmed. "You want me to just throw down the ladder?"

"…yeah, you should probably just do that."

Shaking his head, the blue haired boy disappeared from view, and a ladder suddenly dropped from the window. Ultear grabbed hold and began to climb.

While she was distracted, Jellal shot Erza a look. The look said, Get out of here. Now.

She stared back. But I just got here!

He glared at her so fiercely, she nodded quickly and ran back into the forest, keeping her footsteps quick and light so that Ultear wouldn't catch her.

But in her heart, Erza knew that someday, somehow, she'd be back.

xXx

"This is Fairy Tail Island!" Natsu said cheerfully. Lucy looked around, eyes wide with wonder.

"It's beautiful," she breathed.

They were standing next to a waterfall that cascaded into a crystal clear lagoon. Behind them was a lush, green forest that Natsu told her housed the Indians.

"Erza's their princess," he added with a shudder. "She's terrifying."

"Indians? What other kinds of people do you have here?" Lucy asked, breathless with wonder.

"Hmm… Well, there are pirates," he pronounced the word like a proper lady would say the word fart, "And fairies, and mermaids – oh, there goes one now!" A purple tail splashed back down into the lagoon, much to Lucy's excitement. "And, of course, the Lost Boys."

"Lost Boys? Who're they?"

"Boys who've fallen out of their carriages when they were babies," was the prompt reply. "Somehow, someday, they find their way here to Fairy Tail Island. I don't really know how it works."

"No Lost Girls?" she asked.

"No. Girls are much too smart to fall out of their carriages. But here, I'll bet the Lost Boys are dying to meet you! BOYS! COME ON OUT! I BROUGHT SOMEONE FOR YOU TO MEET!"

Lucy hadn't even seen it happen, but out of nowhere, she and Natsu were surrounded by boys.

"Natsu! You're back!" one cried.

"Let's go kick some pirate butt!" another cheered.

"Natsu, who's she? Is she, like, your girlfriend?"

"Hey, guys, look! It's a girl!"

"A girl?"

"Who's the girl, Natsu?"

Natsu laughed and introduced her. "This is Lucy. She'll be staying here from now on!"

He turned to Lucy. "This is Slightly, Curly, Toodles, the Twins, and – oh, hey, there, Romeo… Why're you soaked? And late?"

"Oh – no reason!" the new Lost Boy squeaked. "No reason at all! It was kind of stormy around some parts of the island."

Natsu glanced suspiciously at the horizon. "The only storm I see is around Gray's ship…"

"What? What would I be doing at Gray's ship?" Romeo laughed nervously.

Natsu shrugged. "Yeah, you've got a point. Romeo, this is Lucy. She'll be staying with us from now on!"

"Cool! I'm Romeo, as you probably know by now. Hey, Natsu, how's she supposed to get into the hideout?"

"Eh, I'll whittle her a hole. Actually, I should go do that right now. Seeya, guys! C'mon, Lucy!"

"Whittle me a hole? What does that mean?" Lucy asked, running after him into the forest.

"Oh, we all have our special tree trunks that only fit our bodies. So there's one entrance for each of us. I'm gonna go make you one, so you can come in!"

"Oh!" Lucy brightened up. "Thank you!"

"No problem. Say, I wonder where Happy went… He's been disappearing a lot these days. Come to think of it, so has Romeo." Natsu shrugged. "Eh, probably nothing."

"Y-You're not even suspicious?"

"They deserve their little secrets. Plus, I don't really need to know or care." He flashed her a grin. "So now let's go make you that entrance!"

xXx

Juvia stared at the boy on the beach, wondering what in the world had possessed her to do such a thing.

Her father was going to kill her.

Captain Gray lay on the sand, dark hair messy, as usual, his clothes soaking wet. His hat lay beside him, since Juvia had thoughtfully saved that too.

He was unconscious, but at least he wasn't dead. Unlike Juvia.

Juvia buried her face in her hands. "Juvia is so dead."

According to mermaid law, mermaids were not supposed to help other species. They were to mind their own business, maybe watch a little, but never interfere. Juvia had definitely interfered in this occasion. And seeing as he had legs and couldn't swim, the excuse I thought he was a mermaid wasn't going to cut it.

But he was just so… Gray. She couldn't have let him die like that.

Should she run away? No, Jose would definitely find her again, and then where would she be? In even more hot water, that's what.

"What am I supposed to do?" she wailed.

Inspiration struck her in that instant. Why, sing, of course!

…Okay, maybe singing was kind of a weird thing to do in this kind of situation, but hey, it made her feel better, and she really needed to feel better now. So she sang.

"Look at this stuff

Isn't it neat

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the girl

Girl who has

Everything?

Look at this trove

Treasures untold

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Looking around here, you'd think

Yup, she's got everything…"

"CAP'N!"

Juvia squeaked in terror and dived into the waves right before Smee appeared over the rocks to her right, making a direct beeline to Gray.

"Cap'n, are you okay? Tell me you're not dead, Cap'n! You can't be dead!"

"Wha…?" Gray mumbled, much to Juvia's relief. "Whazz goin' on…?"

"Oh, cap'n!" Smee cried, throwing his arms around him. "You're alive! Wendy, look at this – he's alive!"

A young girl with long, dark blue hair appeared on the rocks, running toward Gray and Smee.

"Are you all right, Captain?" she asked worriedly. "When you fell overboard, everyone thought you'd drowned for sure!"

"No, no, I'm fine." Gray pushed Smee off him. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what, Captain?" Smee asked.

"That… That voice." Gray looked around, searching, Juvia realized with a happy thrill, for her.

"Didn't hear no voice, Cap'n. You sure you didn't hit your head too hard?"

"Of course not," Gray snapped irritably. "There was a girl. And she was singing." His voice took on a dreamy quality. "It was beautiful. She was beautiful."

Smee shook his head. "Wasn't no girl, Cap'n, just you. You see anyone, Wendy?"

"No, sir, I didn't."

"There, you see? You probably just swallowed too much seawater. Here, come on back to the ship so Wendy can take care of you…"

Gray allowed himself to be pulled to his feet and back to the ship, but he looked around one more time. Juvia ducked under the waves again, blushing furiously.

Seeing nothing, Gray let out a sigh. "Yeah, you're right. It was probably my imagination. Let's go."

Well, I don't normally reply to reviews, but this time, I thought I'd give it a shot.

Bookwormswillruletheworld: Here is your update. And yes, Gray is much cooler than Captain Hook.

Shugo Fairy 4eva: Well, I'm glad you think so! They did do the whole Big Hero 6 thing, which was kind of like anime, but you're right, it'd be totally cool if Disney and anime combined.

ForeverDreamer12: Yeah, I really like Disney and Fairy Tail, so this happened. Perfect…? Well, thank you! And here is some more!

Well, that's all, so

Water, out