Sorry this one took so long, I had to really rewatch the episodes to get it right. Thank you to the people who have followed, favorited, and especially reviewed this story, I hope I live up to your expectations!

I'll try to rewrite the events of this chapter from Meredy's perspective and do it right, but there's only so many times I can rewatch the GMG arc, so please forgive stuff I do wrong! That goes for the rest of the story as well. Anyway, this is getting long enough.

The part with Hidden is rather short. I hate watching that episode, mostly because I hate seeing Grey and Juvia destroyed like that. So I didn't write out most of it in detail.

On with the show!

Meredy was outraged, on Grey's behalf. Maybe she could get Ultear to "accidentally" throw this purple guy off a cliff. Seriously, what was with him? Was he even human? And who names their kid 'Nullpudding'? If he wasn't the reason Grey had -2 points, she almost would have felt sorry for him.

It had started off well enough, except for the expected Juvia drama. Meredy loved the girl, she really did. But there were some levels of hyper-obsession that Meredy could not condone, no matter how much she shipped it. Then again, she'd probably end up protecting the Water Mage from Gajeel and Laxus's never-ending complaining that was going to go down after this.

Then, she had noticed a strange phenomenon, which the rest of Fairy Tail had also obviously noticed. The Raven Tail member was going only for Grey, and it was obvious Grey was at a huge disadvantage. Meredy and the rest of the crowd, unlike the raven-haired teenager, could see the movement of all the other players participating in "Hidden". And Nullpudding had been close enough to destroy several other players, several times. But every time, he always ignored them in favor of chasing Grey around.

The worst thing was, it wasn't cheating, it was simply targeting a certain player to ensure they couldn't win, or even get anywhere close to a decently respectable amount of points. Meredy, while hating herself for doing so, was glad that at least he was going for mostly Grey and not Juvia. At least her team wouldn't be dead last.

Still, she thought sadly, Grey's going to beat himself up over this, and it won't even be his fault….Man, Ultear's going to be MAD when I go to report tonight, and Jellal's going to have to deal with her until then.

She winced. The blue-haired mage wasn't very good at dealing with Ultear on a regular basis. Contrary to what the Council seemed to think (probably from their former "partnership"), the two fought. A lot. Then again, that could also have something to do with the fact that they were the two adults in a group of three convicts. A.K.A., a free pass to the land of Being Overstressed. Meredy did her best to help, but unfortunately, moody teenagers are not that good at helping. Jellal dealing with a furious-at-the-world-in-general Ultear was going to be a disaster. She was going to have to think up some stories for falling meteors and mysteriously vanishing forests….

Gajeel flicking her in the head brought her back to reality once again. "Oi, Pinky, you there? You space out a lot, or hasn't anyone else noticed?"

She let out a tiny chuckle. "I am a bit spacy, you could say that…..Just thinking."

"About what? The contest?" Mirajane asked. "It's awful, isn't it? Not only did Juvia, well, um-"

"Be a lovesick idiot," Laxus supplied. Mirajane reluctantly nodded, "But Grey's Raven Tail's sole target, and they're not letting up at all."

"I have to wonder where the Sabertooth guy is, though," Meredy added, examining the lacrima screens. "With Sabertooth being the top guild and all you'd think he would be crushing some people out there." She was about to also ask where Cana was, but then thought for a second and logically concluded the brunette was at the bar. Apparently she didn't have to be here as long as she wasn't needed to fight.

The rest of her team nodded, as they watched Mermaid Heel's representative try and sneak attack Lyon, who easily dodged her carrot attack. That magic was some kind of interesting. What Meredy really wanted to know was whether you could eat the vegetables she created.

Maybe there was a candy variety out there. The Crime Sorciere member made a mental note to look into some magic books.

Suddenly, she heard Juvia mention a "punishment game" onscreen. Punishment game?

Grey looked distinctly outraged. From her teammates' snickering and his and the rest of A-Team's obvious confusion, it was evident that only B-Team had been informed of this punishment game. Meredy was with Grey here, as she hadn't known anything either. Wait, she wasn't going to have to do this too, right?

Mirajane seemed to read her thoughts, as usual. "Jellal, and especially you were sort of a last-minute introduction, so I don't think Master accounted for that. It was more just to get Gajeel, Laxus, and Juvia to participate."

More snickering was heard from Laxus's direction. "It worked, whatever he was trying. And I'd try your best, because knowing Gramps there's no guarantee he won't do his best to make you participate, too." Meredy wholeheartedly vowed to try her best. There was definitely a streak of evil in the Dreyar family. Then again, she doubted she was in much danger. If this "punishment game" hurt Meredy in any way, Ultear and probably Jellal too would revert back to evil mastermind mode.

"They're all almost on top of each other, and Raven Tail's still only going for Grey and Juvia, now, too. Except for the Sabert- oh, wait, there he is!" Mirajane was excitedly pointing to the way top of a building's spire, where a blonde haired man balanced, with a hand on his hat. He looked rather smug, and Meredy instantly knew something was off. He was incredibly exposed like that, away from all the clones, and it was obvious all the other mages there were also confused as to his position. Plus, that smirk of his was unnerving.

He said his next few words quietly enough, but Meredy heard the last part. "Memory-Make! Night of Falling Stars!"

Memory-Make? Meredy had extensively studied Lost Magic during her time in Grimoire Heart, and she was sure she'd heard that before. It looked like Lost Magic, too. The arena was immediately coated in darkness, causing a few seconds of panic, before Rufus unleashed his spell. Beams of golden light flew down from the sky at record speed, slamming everyone into the ground, right on target, and earning Sabertooth first place without any apparent effort at all.

No. Of course the damned Raven was the one that escaped. Meredy almost felt bad for cheering when he was also effortlessly disposed of, with merely a twitch of the Sabertooth mage's hat. Meredy HAD to get herself one of those.

She wasn't cheering, however, when Grey tried the same thing and was taken out, again, in the same manner. If anything, Rufus looked even more smug at taking down a fellow Maker Magic mage.

Forget the hat, she wanted to get her hands on Rufus. He did do a good job. Maybe she'd high-five him.

In the face.

With a chair.

Made of steel.

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"IT'S KARMA TIME!" Meredy shrieked excitedly as she watched Lucy nominated to battle none other then Flare Corona, of the Raven Tail guild. Lucy was definitely strong, especially after Ul had unlocked her Second Origin. Mirajane looked amused at her happy little dance.

"You certainly want to see Raven Tail decimated as much as we do, Mer- I mean, Suzaline? I think I'm just going to call you Lina. Speaking of which, that's a very interesting name you chose."

"It was the name of this awesome war-lady queen I read about in a magic book. She used Erza's magic, uh...what's it called again? Oh right, Requip: The Knight. Anyway, she took over a bunch of countries and burned and exploded all sorts of stuff. I hadn't really thought about an alias before, so that was the first thing that popped into my head. As for the last name," she added, catching Mirajane's question before she asked it, "That's Ul's last name."

Gajeel raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Isn't it sort of risky to use same last name as your convict foster mother for your very public appearances?"

"Hey, I said I was pressed for time! And anyway, Milkovich is a super-common last name in the north, and like I said before, we don't even think the Council knows I exist. And they definitely don't know of my relationship to Ultear. I'm not a total idiot!"

"Partial, now, that could be argued."

"I'm going to tell Juvia you said that, Gajeel. And where is she, anyway? I need to inform her of all the painful ways I'm gonna destroy that purple mushroom."

Mirajane let out the slightest laugh at Nulpudding being referred to as a "purple mushroom". Laxus, however, looked serious. "She didn't come back here after leaving the arena….do you think she went after Grey?"

Meredy thought for a second, and then closed her eyes, concentrating. One feature of her magic was that she seemed to form semi-permanent links with those she was especially close too or had strong feelings of any kind for. She would form a Sensory Link once, but it was like the feelings lingered. Jellal, Ultear, Juvia, probably Grey from her years of revenge mantra...if she focused, she could sense their emotional states at will.

However, often, when one was feeling a particularly strong emotion, she would also involuntarily sense that without any effort on her part. It was excellent for teasing Jellal against Erza, or cheering Ultear up when she sunk into atonement-depression. But now, she felt this overwhelming sense of anger, coupled with self-doubt….definitely from Grey and Juvia, although Ultear and even possibly Jellal were helping with the sensation of furiousness.

She had no idea where Grey would be, but knowing Juvia she would probably be merged with some body of water. "I'll be back in a few minutes, tell me how it goes, okay?"

The rest of her team looked mildly confused, but apparently assuming she was going to go track down Juvia, they waved her on.

She walked down the hallway beneath Domus Flau, thinking. Now, if I were a Juvia, where would I be? She definitely wasn't by Grey. Contrary to some people's belief, Juvia's every thought did not revolve around her Grey-sama. Knowing the blue-haired girl, Meredy was quite certain she would be somewhere, beating herself up over losing. It was currently Meredy's personal mission to put a stop to this.

She walked past the bar, noting a drunk Cana cheering at the bar's lacrima screens from on top of her pile of out drunk fellow mages. Meredy recognized a couple other Fairy Tail members too, though she didn't know most of their names. She was cheering pretty loud for…..Oh right! Lucy's fighting! Meredy mentally slapped herself. Peeking in the doorway for a second, she checked on the battle's status. Lucy was doing awesome! Especially because that red-haired girl was incredibly creepy. And coming from a girl who regularly battled Dark Guilds (who were the very definition of creepy), that was a strong statement.

She would have loved to watch more, but she still had a mission to carry out. She was, however, willing to pause for a second to grab a box of chocolates from the shop next to Cana's second home.

Continuing on her search, Meredy thanked the heavens that her magic was so wonderfully useful. It was a very small difference, but the closer she got to someone, the emotions she felt from them through a link or a semi-permanent one got incrementally stronger. She had figured out that this could work wonders for her guild if Jellal's telepathy was unavailable, and had quickly learned to feel the incremental differences. Now to use that to track down her friend…..Ah, figures. Seems she was hiding in a corner of the women's bath.

Entering, she scanned the water for any sign of a form floating in it. Nothing. Obviously, Juvia didn't want to be seen.

"Hey, Juvi-ia! Come out, I brought you chocolate and painful ways of killing assholes!"

A fully-clothed and perfectly dry head rose from the water. Meredy instantly felt the pain, even though Juvia's tears had been left in the bathwater. The water mage looked at her, her face brightening a little.

"You came to look for Juvia, Meredy?"

"Of course! We need a revenge scheme, after all! I'm sure I can get my hands on some molotovs, if you wanna go that route. Otherwise-"

Juvia held up a hand for her to stop. "Juvia isn't seeking revenge."

"Aw, c'mon! What that guy was doing was totally unfair, he would so have it coming."

The other girl shook her head. "It's okay, Meredy. Really. Besides, most of Juvia's points were lost through her own idiocy. Grey-sama was the one targeted most."

Meredy frowned, but let the matter drop. She, of all people, could tell Juvia was more angry at herself then anything else, something that Meredy had been expecting. "Yeah, they did go for Grey more. I wonder why? I mean, you're just as much a part of Fairy Tail as he is."

Juvia shrugged, slightly morosely, as she finally climbed out of the water to sit next to Meredy. Her friend wriggled the chocolate box by the side of her face, and Juvia smiled a bit, taking one. Chocolate is always the best medicine, Meredy thought, quite pleased with her idea.

"Maybe it was because Juvia is a girl?"

"They don't seem much the type to discern, as long as it's a fairy…."

Juvia nodded, deep in thought. "Juvia has no idea, then. Maybe Grey-sama was just closer in the first place. From what Juvia saw, she and Grey-sama were tragically separated for most of Hidden." Meredy giggled a little at the "tragically" addition.

"Have they begun the battles?"

"Oh yeah!" Meredy exclaimed. "Lucy's fighting the slasher-smile chick from Raven Tail! Karma's gonna pay them a visit!"

Juvia nodded, although Meredy could sense hesitancy. "Juvia has faith in Lucy….but what if Raven Tail does something during the battle….."

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Turns out, Juvia could see the future.

She had told Meredy, upon the pink-haired witch leaving, that she wanted to stay here for a little longer. Meredy knew that meant that Juvia just wanted to be alone, but she left the chocolates.

When she had returned to the surface, she was just in time to see Orga destroy Warcry in one hit. Apparently, Blue Pegasus had defeated Mermaid Heel in battle. The rest of Fairy Tail seemed startled at Warcry's inevitable defeat, but Meredy wasn't that surprised. She had witnessed Sabertooth's rise to the top during the last three, explosive years. Sabertooth had destroyed its competition in X888 and only kept winning from there, and she had seen the Lightning Godslayer's power before.

Meredy had taken personal pride in the fact that the first year Orga competed, she was the only one who apparently recognized his magic as Godslaying, even Ultear hadn't connected it at first. She also noted that if Zancrow and Orga were any indication, Godslayers were jerks by nature.

But now, she was seething. Laxus had informed her, grimly, that Raven Tail had cheated in two separate instances and not only took Asuka as a hostage(Meredy was already going to kill them by that point, the little child was adorable and sweet, she actually had an intention of going and talking to the five-year-old after the day was over), but had also canceled out Lucy's magic, presumably in the same way Raven Tail had damaged Wendy.

Oh, if Meredy got her hands on any of them, Grimoire Heart-Meredy might make a reappearance. Even without the fact that they had hurt people she considered friends, it was the unfairness of it all. Honestly, how did no one catch anything! You would think the Magic Council would be slightly competent for once and sense the fact that Lucy's magic had just died. If she had actually lost control, considering that she was casting an extremely powerful spell, it would have visibly backfired.

Meredy should know. Ultear, and especially Jellal liked teaching themselves incredibly strong new spells. And when they failed to learn them on the first try...well, let's just say that Meredy tended to back at least three miles away, and no, those mountains did not naturally cave in.

And the craters dotting the Saranda Forest were not aliens, either. Sema had turned out a lot more powerful than Jellal anticipated.

Whatever the case, it was now time for the fourth and final battle of the day.

"We're up now, right? Since all the other teams have gone?"

"Well, almost all. Lamia's still left, so we'll be fighting them."

Lamia Scale? That was Lyon's guild. She looked over. Besides the other Ice-Make Mage, there was a dog-like man, someone with ridiculously huge eyebrows(wasn't his name Yuka or something? She had definitely seen him compete before.), a girl who looked closer to Wendy's age, maybe fourteen or fifteen, and the Wizard Saint, Jura Neekis.

"So one of us is going to be battling one of them." Meredy set out.

Gajeel nodded. Knowing how they're working it this year, it's a really good thing I ended up coming instead of Jellal. Like I said before, either Mystogan's magic would fail and he'd be forced to use his own, or he'd do something stupid to impress Erza. She smiled mischievously. The second one is definitely more likely.

They were announcing the battle now, so Meredy turned her attention to the announcers.

"Fairy Tail Team B's Suzaline Milkovich! Versus!"

Wait, she was battling!? She was going to have to try really hard to win this one. At least she was pretty confident she could beat all the Lamia Scale people except for-

"Lamia Scale's Jura Neekis!"

-who she probably didn't have a prayer against.

Joy. Just joy.

Next Chapter- Meredy vs. Yeah, The Freaking Wizard Saint

Meredy's going to have fun with this next one, eh? Obviously, Jura's going to defeat Meredy, I think we all know that. However, I want to write an awesome battle, and I've got all sorts of strategies for Meredy to use so it seems somewhat believable.

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