BlackLynx17: I really liked writing this chapter, so I hope you enjoy it too.

Falling, falling, it was all a dream, all a dream… she didn't feel like she was falling anymore; she wasn't. She was lying on something sturdy, something still. Did she finally land? Was she back in her bed? At home? Was Charlie sleeping right next to her? Or in the other room making tea? Wendy was afraid to wake up, she was afraid to open her eyes and find out where she was this time.

There was noises all around her though, extremely loud noises, noises that only Fairy Tail could make. There was a party maybe, a Fairy Tail party, celebrating finding her? Welcoming her back home? She was home? She was home! Wendy slowly started opening her eyes and met the wooden ceiling with lamps hanging down. She turned her head and found herself completely surrounded by her fellow guild members. Tears appeared in her eyes as she recognized all of them, but- wait… no, these people-

It was the same as when she first entered Magnolia. The streets were the same, but the buildings were different. Her friends, they were the friends she's grown to love and care for but, but- they all looked different.

They all stood huddling around her, yelling and arguing with each other, some of them fighting in the background over- over what Wendy couldn't tell with so many conversations going on all at once. So she was crazy. She was insane. So many people she recognized, but they weren't the friends she knew. Everyone looked different, shorter, smaller, almost- younger like. These people were Natsu and Erza and everyone else, no doubt about it, but they were also completely different from her friends.

Natsu looked almost her size, maybe even one inch or two shorter. His hair was less spiky than usual and his body didn't look fully mature yet, but that grin, those eyes, that laughter, that was all his. This man was-

"Natsu?" Wendy whispered.

Natsu blinked and turned to look at her with both eyebrows raised. He had responded to the name, he had responded when she called him. So he really was Natsu... or did he just have things in common with Natsu? Including the name? Or? Or? Or?

Wendy felt herself getting light headed again and laid back down on the… table she was on, curling up into a tight ball and covering her ears.

"Wake up, wake up, wake up," she mumbled to herself, trying to block out all the noise. She could still hear everyone around her though, she could still hear the conversations.

"What the- how the hell did she know my name?"

"I told you she's a member."

"None of us has ever seen her though, including Master!"

"Why does she have the guild mark then? We tried wiping it off, it's legit!"

"I don't know!"

"Who the heck is she?!"

"Why don't we just ask? It's obvious she's awake now!"

Everyone was everyone, but not everyone. Everyone was younger, so much younger. She noticed Erza's chest and just- something was wrong, something was very wrong. If everyone was younger, if that was the case, if that was the case then this was the exact opposite of what happened at Tenjuro Island! Yeah! Where everyone woke up seven years in the future to find Bisca and Marko and Romeo all older, this time Wendy woke up seven years in the past and sees everyone younger? But wait a second-

Seven years into the past would have meant that Tenjuro Island never happened so everybody should have been normal. Everyone was younger though, so did she fall back even further into the past then seven years? Eight? Nine? Ten? Was that even possible? She was frozen in time, but time itself was not frozen, so it kept moving forward until she work up seven years later. Time did not go backwards though, so there is no way she could have been frozen and time reversed, no-

The rabbit hole? Maybe? Just what type of magic or spell or curse was that hole? How could it have taken her back however many years into the past? How far back had she been taken anyway? Wendy leaned up and dropped her hands, finally addressed her… friends? That surrounded her.

"What year is this?!" She yelled out, practically begged to know.

Everyone flinched and jumped back from surprise of her voice and sudden movement. Someone called out the year.

"7XX!"

7XX, and if it was 7XX where she was at then… subtract the… carry the…

"Eleven years, eleven years back into the past. Oh my goodness, oh my-" Wendy placed a hand on her forehead as her air got thin.

"Calm down my dear, you're safe here. You have nothing to worry about."

Wendy looked up and paused from her panic attack to see Master walking over to her; at least that was one familiar face that didn't look like he changed a bit.

"Master," she cried, tears falling out her eyes.

Marvok's eyes opened from that signature name and stared at the girl, "you know me child?"

Only his brats called him Master, others would refer to him as Master Marvok or just Marvok out of his guild.

"I do! Or, at least I will someday. Oh no, I can't believe this is actually happening to me."

"Believe what my dear? Care to explain why you passed out in front of our guild? And how you bare our mark even though I don't remember ever giving it to you? Who exactly are you child?"

Yes, finally, explanation time. Wendy was still a little bit fuzzy on the whole story herself, but maybe talking about it would help her get a better handle on things. Telling her… friends? Might help her as well, maybe one of them giving her some insight on something she missed. She took a deep breath and sighed out, calming her racing her heart.

"Hi everyone, you may not know me, but I sure do know a lot of you in here. My name is Wendy Marvell and I'm a member of Fairy Tail, just like all of you. The reason you don't recognize me though or even know who I am is because… is because, and now please believe me, but it's because I'm from the future."

It turned really quiet, everyone shocked speechless as they stared at the young blue haired girl with their guild mark on her shoulder. Wendy expected as much, but didn't stop her story. She continued on, giving examples to back her story up.

"You're Natsu Dragneel, a fire dragon slayer, and you have an exceed named Happy. You're part of Team Natsu along with Gray Fullbuster, you're an ice mage and like to strip, Erza Scarlet, you love short cake and have requip magic, and Luc-… Lucy?" Wendy whispered looking around.

She remembered though that Lucy was new to joining Fairy Tail just like she was. Eleven years into the past… she hasn't joined yet. Wendy froze for a second letting that sink in before she continued on her listing. She would see Lucy again, and Charlie, and Juvia, she would see everyone once she returned back to her time.

"You're Mirajane Strauss, you're little sister is Lisanna and your big brother is Elfman, you're Cana, you really like drinking, and you're-" Wendy started listening everyone she saw, pointing at them one at a time before she got to Mest. He was standing there right next to Master and she couldn't believe she over looked him before. He was staring right at her, a look of disbelief on his face; his eyebrows were raised just waiting his turn to be listened off. Wendy's eyes softened as she address him, a small sigh escaping her lips.

"Mest Gryder, you're Mest." She whispered lightly.

Mest blinked at her, was that all? Everyone else got twice as much, was all he got a name? "Is that all you know about me?"

Wendy giggled, "you have this weird habit of jumping in freezing cold lakes."

He started laughing alongside with her, wondering what in the world- how in the world did she know that about him? Everyone was pondering the same question and Wendy's laughs slowly turned into tears as she started missing her friends, her friends! She slowly brought her hands to her eyes and tried wiping them away, sniffing up snot.

"I want to go home! I don't know how any of this happened! I miss my friends, my guild!"

The mood suddenly went down fast as everyone stared at the crying girl. Erza smiled lightly as she started walking over, holding a plate in her hand.

"There, there little one, have some cake." Erza said sitting on the table next to her.

She handed her the cake before she started brushing Wendy's hair back, wrapping an arm around her shoulder as she made her lean against her shoulder. Wendy sniffed and picked up the fork, stabbing the strawberry and placing it in her mouth.

"It's good," she sniffed, feeling better.

Mirajane giggled as she went to get a cup of tea, walking back over and joining Erza and Wendy at the table.

"It's normal to cry and feel frustrated after everything you've been through, so it's completely fine to take a short break and collect your thoughts. You don't have anything to worry about, we all believe you. If we're going to be future friends then that must mean we're all friends now too. There's no way we aren't going to help you get back to your home, you're apart of our family. Let's take a small break from this questioning though and just relax and calm down. Guys? Would you mind giving our friend Wendy here some space? Please?" Mirajane asked.

Different looking, but exactly the same. Wendy leaned more into Erza and took a sip of her tea; exactly the same blend as always. No one moved from their spots, all of them wanting to know more about the mysterious time traveler from Fairy Tail. Mirajane sighed and shook her head while a vein appeared on Erza's.

"SHE SAID MOVE IT!"

That seemed to do the trick as everyone started scrabbling around and busy themselves with something else, everyone except for Master and surprisingly Mest, who couldn't take his eyes off the girl. First thing she did was scream at him, and then ask him a question like nothing ever happened, and now she was laughing and crying and telling everybody about themselves even though no one knew who she was at all and saying she's from the future?! What kind of junk was that?! Mest had heard a lot of lies and stories before, but this one took the cake. He was the one who found her and brought her here, so there was no way he was leaving without knowing what on Earthland she was talking about first.

"Thank you guys," Wendy said taking a deep breath.

She quietly ate her cake and drank her tea, Erza and Mirajane rubbing her head and hair while Marvok and Mest sat across from them. Wendy's eyes couldn't stop wandering around, looking at everybody in the guild. They acted the same, talked the same, laughed the same, but they were younger and it was so strange. She knew them, knew about them, but didn't know them now. She couldn't believe her eyes, yet this was all real. All of it… really real.

"Can one of you pinch me? I still think I'm dreaming." Wendy asked when she started feeling light headed from thinking about it so much.

Erza reached over and pinched her shoulder; Wendy jumped out and pouted as she rubbed that spot.

"Ow, okay. This isn't a dream, but I still don't understand what's happening or why this is happening. I don't know how this is even possible."

"Don't worry dear, we'll find out. Let's start from what you remember though? When was the last time you remembered being back- er- in your time?" Master asked.

"Well," Wendy swallowed, "I just came back from visiting Grandma Porly, before going back in time a lot of us-"

"Hold it! Try and not tell us too big of details please, just the smallest." Master interrupted her.

"Oh, um, okay. I was leaving Grandma Porly's house when I tripped on something, a root or a rock, while I was heading back to our guild and ended up falling down a hole! It wasn't just any hole though, this one was large enough to fit me in and deep! I was just falling for the longest time by myself, screaming for help, when all of a sudden it got colorful then super bright and then I woke up right back in the forest where I tripped at alone. I thought I was home, but when I went to Magnolia I didn't recognize the stores and shops and I tried to get to our guild to ask my friends what was going on when I ran into you guys."

"Actually you fainted outside of our guild and I carried you in; had no idea what was going on." Mest informed her.

"Oh, um, thank you for that. Seeing you just shocked me, from my time you look a lot… a lot different." Wendy mumbled, a small blush appearing on her face as she envisioned her Mest.

This Mest raised an eyebrow wondering why thinking about him made her react that way.

"How far in the future did you say you were in?" Erza asked.

"Eleven years, so you can imagine my surprise seeing you all this… young." Wendy said.

Mirajane and Erza gasped while Mest widened his eyes. Eleven years? That long? The girl looked to be eleven years old, she probably wasn't even born yet in their time! How could this be? Marvok closed his eyes and hummed lightly as he rubbed his chin, thinking this all over and muttering words under his breath. He's never heard of such a magic like this, but he was given one clue to this.

"Tell me, for Grandma Porly do you mean Porlyusica?"

"Yes, I do." Wendy nodded.

For the witch who hates humans to allow one to call her Grandma amazed him. Marvok nodded his head and stood up on the table.

"Alright then. I'll go check in with Porlyusica and see what she has to say about this. If this happened around her home then she must know what this is and how to fix it. Wendy, you said it was? Stay here at the guild with everybody else. I don't know much about time traveling, but I do know that it's not safe. We don't know what having you here might do to our time line; something you do here might change the future in a big way so it's best to not have you wandering around. Erza and Mirajane, you're in charge of watching her. Make sure she stays safe and make sure no one asks her questions about the future, and believe me these brats will. I'll be back shortly, it shouldn't take very long. I hope you enjoy your stay with us here until we can get you back to your time Wendy," Marvok smiled gently.

She understood what he was saying, she understood, "wait a second though. Would it be alright if I was the one asking questions? Because I mean I'm already from the future and well, I don't know this Fairy Tail." Wendy asked lightly.

"Hmm, I see no harm in that. Remember your actions though, you could destroy your future as you know it if you reveal something. Watch your words carefully dear."

"SO SHE REALLY IS FROM THE FUTURE?!" Natsu yelled sneaking back over.

All attention was back on the time traveler and they all started gathering around Wendy, asking countless questions to her. Master shook his head and grew his hand into a giant, smacking everyone away from them.

"LISTEN WELL YOU BRATS! NO QUESTIONING WENDY UNTIL I GET BACK AND BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR FOR OUR GUEST!"

Everyone started complaining and Mirajane took this time to address Wendy in private, wrapping an arm around her shoulder.

"Wendy? Would you like to take a rest? After all you've been through I'm sure you need one." Mirajane asked lightly.

"Yeah, that would be good. Seeing all of you right now is just so weird, I'm sorry." Wendy squeaked.

Mirajane giggled, "I'm sure I would be reacting the same way seeing my younger family and friends. It's definitely weird, but it is going to get better. You can stay with me at my home until we figure your situation out, Fairy Hills is a really nice place with the sweetest landlord."

"Yeah, I live there, er well, oops! I shouldn't be talking about myself! Forget you heard that!" Wendy started saying.

Mirajane giggled, "already forgotten. Let's go then and sneak out before everyone's attention is back on you, cover our backs Erza?"

"Hold on a second, you heard Master. She shouldn't leave the guild because of the whole future whatever factor, besides Master said he'd be right back. We don't want her to be far away for when he comes back. She can stay in the infirmary for now, we have spare beds there. If her situation isn't figured out by tonight then she can go home with you Mira, with Master's permission of course. I can take her there." Mest said getting up.

Wendy's heart skipped a beat as she met his eyes again, those still bright and sparkling green eyes. Mirajane bit the bottom of her lip, but Erza placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Mest is right Mira, we don't want her messing anything up. Rest easy Wendy, we'll be sure to wake you up when Master returns." Erza said looking at her.

Wendy bowed lightly, "thanks you guys."

"Here we go," Mest said grabbing her hand that laid on the table.

Before Mirajane and Erza had a chance to reply back Mest teleported them right into the infirmary. Wendy gasped suddenly standing on her legs and blinked lightly.

"I forgot you could do that, it's been such a long time." She whispered holding onto her head.

Long time? Did he use to teleport them places? His future self? Were they partners together in the future? He couldn't understand why- well… she was pretty cute looking. Her magic must have been something good if he wanted her as a partner. Mest started walking around the room, pulling back curtains revealing a bed, opening the blinds and windows so she could have some sunlight and fresh air, and getting a glass of water from the faucet to place next to her bed just in case she woke up and was thirsty.

"Well… there you go. In case you're wondering the infirmary is located in the back of the guild on the first floor, I'm sure you know that though being apart of us."

"Actually I've never seen this guild bef- grrr. I need to start watching my words." Wendy growled, revealing now that they get a new guild. She's never had to watch her words before, this was going to be difficult.

Mest's ears twitched hearing some future rules and teleported back in front of her. Wendy blinked in surprised and looked up at him, smiling lightly. She used to be a giant standing next to her, but right now he was only a good inch above her. He must have been her age or around it; he was shorter than Natsu in this time line, but Wendy bet he would be surprised and happy to know he ends up being taller than almost everyone in the guild. There she was going again, staring at him and being happy… weird. She was seeing his future self, and not himself himself, and that bothered Mest a little bit. He quickly shook the thought of his head though as he asked.

"Listen Wendy, I know Master said not to tell anything about the future, but I just have to know mine! What do I become? Am I a great, strong, powerful wizard? The best there is?! Who am I? The coolest in the guild? Did Master name me the 4th Master? Eleven years is a long time, how much greatness have I achieved?"

He may look like him, no, not even really. Her Mest was charming, intelligent, calming, and mature. This Mest, even though they shared the scar and the eyes and hair and even earring, she remembered that the way he acted- he acted- Wendy couldn't help but start laughing. Mest's face fell, taking that as a bad thing. She was laughing at him, he was laughable in the future… Mest lowered his head in defeat.

"I'm sorry! Hahaha, I'm sorry! But Mest, you, Mest- hahaha, I'm sorry. The Mest I know is completely different from you. He's not so… it's just so weird seeing him! You, just acting so carefree and eccentric and funny! I've never seen this side of him before, I didn't even know he acted this way when he was younger. How old are you right now?" Wendy asked.

She was trying to make him feel better, but she made him sound like a boring adult in the future still making him sulk, "I'm fourteen right now. So are you telling me that in the future I'm not funny? Or cool? Or awesome? Or the best? At anything?"

"I'm not saying-… your future self-… I'm sorry, I can't reveal, I don't think I should-… I'm sorry," Wendy pouted, looking the other way.

Mest sighed, nodding his head, "understandable. Well then Wendy I'll leave you to yourself now, if you need anything though we're right outside of this door."

What could she tell him? That he was cool? Amazing? How she saved her life and all of her friends? How- how… he was a spy for the Magic Council and was trying to destroy Fairy Tail… even though… how did that make sense if he was apart of Fairy Tail right now unless?! Unless! Wendy's eyes widened as she reached out for Mest's shirt, holding him back.

"Wait a second Mest! Um, have you- have you always been a part of Fairy Tail? First? Or, or… I don't really know a lot about you, so are you a member first?" Wendy asked, not trying to reveal anything, but wanting him to know she knew the truth about him if he wasn't.

"What type of weird question is that, of course I am. First and only, Fairy Tail for life!" Mest grinned pulling back his shirt.

He revealed the mark to Wendy and she sighed out, believing in him. So he was a member of Fairy Tail first… what must have happened though to make him betray them though? If she- no, no. It wasn't her place to interfere. Mest continued to stare with a weird expression as Wendy shook her head, sighing out.

"Sorry, that's all I wanted to know. Thanks for answering me."

Mest started chuckling, "weirdo. Get some rest, alright?" He called back heading towards the door.

Wendy smiled and nodded her head, "um, Mest?"

"Hmm? Need anything else?" Mest asked peeking behind the door.

"You grow up to be really amazing and end up saving my life, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. You're really cool." She grinned brightly at him.

Mest blinked and started blushing, "ho-how-how old did you say you were?"

"Twelve, why?"

"No reason, thanks for that." Mest said closing the door behind him.

Twelve. She was twelve meaning that when he met her he must be… Twenty-five. How unlucky. There's no way he would date a younger girl, he meant he would, but by that long? He didn't know if his older self would, but he knew he must have had some problem refusing her if he did because Wendy was exactly his type. Sweet, gorgeous, beautiful smile, flowing long hair, that toothy grin of hers making his heart soar. She was a wizard and a part of Fairy Tail, his favorite guild, and she was just… perfect. 10 out of 10, everything he would ever search for in a girl…

Maybe… she was only two years younger than him in this time, so maybe…

No, she would have to return back into the future. She couldn't stay here and be his. Mest sighed as he placed his hands behind his head. If that was the case then he couldn't wait to meet her finally in the future and figure out exactly why he hasn't done anything with her yet, hell, maybe even convince himself that age was only a number. Wendy Marvell was a dream come true, practically love at first sight it seemed.

While Mest thought of his future with her, Wendy recalled her past with him and went to lay down on the bed. She made herself comfortable and took a deep breath, lying on her side.

"He was Fairy Tail first, not the council. Maybe he wasn't trying to betray us, but instead… undercover? Another spy? Oh, I don't know, but there's no way he would betray Fairy Tail," Wendy whispered to herself.

She closed her eyes and saw his childish smile behind her eyelids.

"His smile was too bright for someone who hated Fairy Tail."