Somewhere in Magnolia at around sunset, Evergreen was roaming about seething with anger.

I mean seriously! She thought Who is dumb enough to lose a person who's tied up?

Answer: Elfman

Ughh! That idiot! All he had to do was make sure the tied up mages couldn't escape! But no, apparently that's too hard for that big idiot. And now a bunch of powerful mages, that even we had a hard time fighting, are free to cause havoc! And we were sent back because HE messed up!

She lost her train of thought as she accidentally bumped into a frantic Mirajane. She helped Mirajane up noticing the fear on her face.

"Have you seen Elfman? He didn't come home and he isn't at the guild!" Mira cried

"Did you check-"

"Yes! I checked every possible place he might be, but I can't find him!" She wailed

"Are you sure? What about his secret training spot?" Evergreen asked starting to worry

"Secret training spot?" Mira said confused "He never told me about a secret training spot"

"Then let's check there. That big idiot probably forgot what time it was or something" Ever said leading Mira into the forest.

"Umm, Evergreen?"

"Yes?"

"How do you know about Elfman's secret training spot?" Evergreen blushed

"I may or may not have followed your brother there." Evergreen quickly added "But only once!"

Sure, only once Mira thought shaking her head

After a couple of minutes of walking, they found an empty clearing with blood and a note stuck to a tree with a bloody dagger. The note read:

If you ever want to see the huge white haired mage again go to warehouse 7; it's beside the docks

Oh, and come alone or else

Evergreen spread her wings and was already flying through the sky to the location before Mira could say "I'm coming with you"

She was above the warehouse within minutes and was thinking of a plan when she heard a, rarely heard, manly scream.

Elfman! She thought barging through the roof and completely forgetting about making a plan

She looked around only to see a small lacrima on a chair showing a picture of a passed out Elfman with magic restraints on his wrists that are chained to a brick wall.

Before she could do anything Mira dropped in as her forbidden Halphas transformation, picked up the lacrima and flew out before she got caught in a huge bear trap.

"Evergreen! Follow me!" She shouted flying towards the guild

"How did you-"

"I'll explain on the way! Now hurry!"

While flying to the guild Mira explained, as promised, that she knew it was a trap. She said that it wouldn't make any sense for the enemy to capture Elfman; if they were looking for revenge they could have just killed him but instead they decided to take him hostage.

"So you're saying they were going to kill me and then him?!"

"Yes. And as long as they have Elfman, they just have to keep trying until you let your guard down." She said as they arrived in front of the guild and she turned back into her normal form.

Evergreen didn't say a word after that as she followed Mirajane to the table where Levy sat with Gajeel and Pantherlily.

"Levy, we need your help" Mira said with a serious face which caught the dragon slayer's attention

"Alright. What do you need? And did you find Elfman yet?" Levy asked concerned

"Actually, we need your help to find him." She said pulling out the lacrima. At the sight of the captured take over mage, the script mage, iron dragon and exceed's eyes widened "I think it's some sort of clue as to where he is. Do you think you can help us understand it?"

Levy put on a determined face "Don't worry! Just leave it to me!"

Mira handed Levy the lacrima and as soon as Levy touched it, the picture of Elfman disappeared and it started to glow very brightly and it grew larger and larger until it completely encased Levy. And while floating inside it, Levy was struggling to breathe but ultimately failing and passing out inside it. On the outside of the giant lacrima, Evergreen, Gajeel, Mira, Lily and all of the other mages currently in the guild watched as a magic circle formed under the lacrima, causing it to disappear into thin air with Levy still inside.

"Levy!" Gajeel shouted

What they didn't notice was a note on the ground saying

We warned you