AN: Hey guys, sorry this chapter is so short, I'm still trying to outline ideas for how I should go about this. But thanks for keeping up, I'll update a lot sooner.

Sprinting full speed toward the train station, Lucy and Natsu both saw the ice and armor mages waiting for them near the tracks. Lucy's eyes widened at the amount of luggage the red-head had decided to bring for their three day mission. She didn't question it however.

"Right on time." Erza calmly said as the pinkette and the blonde walked up in front of her. The train was to arrive at the station in 5 minutes. While they were waiting, Lucy couldn't take her eyes off of Erza, admiring the strength and poised beauty that radiated from her. She smiled and fiddled with her keys, realizing the extent of her gaze was becoming too long.

Lucy looked up at Natsu, who was still holding her hand. He displayed a bored expression,

"Natsu."

The said mage looked down to see what the little blonde wanted. Lucy looked up at him with a smile, "You hate trains right?"

Natsu groaned at the reminder, it seemed that was what he was trying to put out of his mind. "Yes Lucy."

Like the topic of the conversation was a call, the train soon pulled into the station, with the conductor's voice booming over the speakers. "All aboard! Next stop: Abrecia!" Erza commenced walking forward, signaling the rest of the team to follow.

Natsu slowly walked toward the train, awaiting the three hour ride. It was definitely one of the longer rides he has taken. They boarded the train promptly, taking a seat at the first open cart they saw.

The train steadily began pulling forward, the wheels spinning against the tracks. Lucy looked out the window along with Erza, while Gray had fallen asleep, and Natsu held his stomach in discomfort. Lucy turned to look at Natsu and frowned.

Her brown eyes were met with his onyx ones, and she stood up. "Let's go outside, yeah?" Natsu eagerly nodded his head and took her hand; the two exited the box car. They entered the space between the two moving cars and Natsu immediately slumped over the railing.

He watched the ground turn into a blur as the train traveled a fixed 90 miles per hour.

"Thank you for taking care of me…" Her voice came across meekly, especially with the roar of the speeding train filling the air. Natsu turned to look at her and weakly smiled, "No problem Luce. We are, partners after all."

Lucy smiled and walked up to him, tugging on his vest gently. The small mage motioned him to get down to her level, which he promptly did. She softly planted a kiss on his cheek and blushed sheepishly. A faint red tinted Natsu's cheek as his motion sickness evaporated into thin air. He touched his cheek and looked at his partner with a stunned expression.

Before the moment could last however, he flew himself over railing once more, covering his mouth which filled with his lunch.

Three hours passed, the train soon came to a screeching halt. Team Natsu departed from the train and gathered their luggage (more specifically, Erza gathered her luggage).

Abrecia was a rundown town, with dilapidated buildings and derelict walkways. Erza led the way to the address that had been written on the request. Lucy rode on Natsu's shoulders the entire way.

They arrived at a small house, broken windows and shambled roofing were the two things that stuck out most about the structure. Natsu felt Lucy begin to softly tremble against him; the building in front of them gave off an eerie aura.

The pinkette put his hands on Lucy's ankles and looked up at her; giving his characteristic smile to reassure her that everything was going to be okay. They walked into the building together and scanned the house.

It was a two story edifice, with wooden floors that had rotted ever so slightly. The stairs looked unstable and the railing had parts missing to it. Lucy shook even more at the condition it was in. The inside looked worse than the outside.

"Hello!? Anyone home?!" Natsu called out to the seemingly empty house. Gray immediately readied himself for any type of attack that might occur. "We're here from Fairy Tail." Erza said sternly.

"I don't like the looks of this…" Gray muttered under his breath. They began walking cautiously through the living room, making sure their steps didn't trigger any traps. Lucy wrapped her arms around Natsu's forehead and buried her head into his pinkish locks.

"Yes, hello Fairy Tail Mages."

Team Natsu immediately turned around and jumped at the voice behind them. They were ready to strike before stopping at the old man standing in front of them. "Are you the one that sent us the request?" Gray asked.

"Ohoho, yes I am. A dark guild has stolen our town's sacred bracelet."

Team Natsu all scowled at the old man,

"You never said anything about a dark guild." Erza said solemnly, darkly gazing at the elder.

The older man's expression shifted, staring at the ground with sorrow.

He was silent, contemplating what his answer was going to be.

"Due to the presence of a dark guild, this mission just became S-class." Gray added, magically losing his shirt.

Lucy looked at the ice mage and frowned, she knew why they couldn't do a mission of that caliber. Natsu squeezed his partner's ankles and looked up at her. "I think we can handle some weak dark guild, don't you?"

The blonde smiled brightly, and nodded her head.

"I'm sorry… I didn't think anyone would come if it was marked as a higher mission, we've just suffered so much, and the most we can offer is 4,000,000 jewels…" The old man didn't take his stare off the floor.

"You make it sound like 4,000,000 jewels isn't a lot… What exactly are we up against?"

The old man's scowl grew deeper. "If they are able to use the magic from the sacred bracelet, ten monsters from the book of Zeref will be resurrected…"

"Then we don't have time to waste then, huh?" Natsu smiled widely, pounding his fist into his open palm.