"Rocks. Fucking rocks. Who even carries rocks anyway?" Levy sighed, kicking a rock through the woods.

Gajeel growled, "They wanted us to catch them. That's why they handed them over. It's like they were waiting for us to find them on Levy's map."

Lucy staggered on her feet, "But why? Why get caught then poof off the next two minutes?"

Gajeel fell silent, "I-I don't know. It could be for anything. They could've thought we wouldn't catch them and the rocks were a back up plan."

Lucy sighed, "Well, they're gone. We might as well get hurrying if you say multiple people know the location of this thing. How much further, Gajeel?"

"About ten minutes, if we don't run into anyone else that is. Levy, keep your map out to make sure those two idiots don't return. Lucy-" he tossed her a gun, "Make sure we aren't being followed."

Lucy nodded as Levy pulled up her map, she looked confused, "Well, they're gone. That's obvious and all, but Gajeel, why give Lucy a gun? Have you seen her head? She'd probably shoot a tree out of focus, not to mention has clumsy-"

"Alright, alright! I get it!" Lucy hissed. They looked at her, making her cross her arms, "I got it."

Eventually, they gave up trying to convince her to give Levy the gun and decided to head out to the stream. They did it in silence, so they didn't attract attention. Lucy was grateful for that, her headache hadn't left her completely. When they heard the stream ahead of them, they let out a sigh of relief. Levy cried out in joy, "Thank God! I thought my feet where going to fall off! You could've told us this was over a small mountain, Gajeel."

He didn't respond, just pointed at a large flat stone at the bottom of the stream, "It's under that one. Here's what's going to happen. Levy, you're going to stay up here, got it?"

She nodded.

"Good. Lucy, you're going to go inside the shelter and hand me up the bags of supplies, okay?"

"S-Sure!"

"Okay, I'll give the bags up to Levy. Once It's cleared, we get the hell out of here, got it?"

We nodded. Gajeel sighed, "Alright, let's do this."

He dove in, swam down to the rock and lifted it up. Once he was done, he gave Lucy a thumbs up. Taking a deep breath, she dove in. Seconds after she was swimming down, she fell into a small room. Hard. She stiffled a moan as she opened a door leading into another room. She took off her bags Levy had given her after she was done bandaging her head. A small wire like string was swinging. Pulling on it, a flicker of light lit the room. Packed shelves lined the walls with canned food, medicine, and what seemed like zipped up bags of clothes. Quickly, she packed the duffel bag with cans of food and medicine, before swimming all the way back up and handing it to Gajeel. He took it and gave it to Levy. Quickly swimming back down, Lucy continued the same routine over and over again. It was different the last time she did it though. By the time she was about to give Gajeel the last bag, not only did she see a flash of red hair talking to Gajeel and Levy, but when the rock fell back into place, it caught her foot.

She pulled on her leg, trying to jerk it free, but it was no luck. With the last of her might, she flung the bag towards the surface. Which took a lot of might, since she was still underwater. Shortly after that, her lungs burned, and her vision was starting to get blurry. Her ears popped painfully and her eyes started to close slowly.


"I-Is she alive? Erza! Is she alive?!" a voice called.

Lucy winced, making a couple sighs of relief surface. "Yes. She's alive."

Lucy's eyes flung open and she bolted upright, her head spinning. "Wh-What, what's going on?"

"You almost drowned." Gajeel explained, his arms crossed, "You weren't fucking kidding, Bunny-Girl. You are one clumsy little-"

"B-Bunny?" Lucy said confusedly. Levy nodded, "You look like a bunny when you sleep."

The heat rushed to Lucy's cheeks, "I-I do not!"

A laugh made Lucy jump. A red haired girl sat next to her, damp from head to toe. She was dressed in gray clothing. Lucy smiled, "Oh. I don't believe we've met. Are you the one who saved me?"

Levy nodded, "This is Erza. She grew up in the same orphanage with me and Gajeel."

Erza nodded, "That's true. I'm Erza."

Lucy smiled, "I'm Lucy. Nice to meet you. Thanks for saving me back there."

She nodded, "No problem. Although, I wasn't counting on meeting anyone here. Are you guy's in a Faction? On a run?"

Gajeel shook his head, "No. It's just the three of us."

Erza sighed, "Good. So you're not in a Faction with a pink and blue haired boy?"

Levy looked at her, "Natsu and Gray?"

"That's them. They broke into my Faction an hour ago. I was ordered by my master, Mirajane, to track them down. Have you seen them?"

Lucy nodded, "Yeah. They were following us through the woods. We got them, only to have them teleport away."

Erza cursed, "Of course. That's Fairies for you. Sneaky little-"

"So you're in a Faction, Erza?" Gajeel said. Levy sighed when she nodded, "Is there any way we can get in? We have supplies."

Erza smiled, "Of course. I'm the deputy of The Night's Breeze. The Second in Command, the second highest title other than Master."

Lucy sighed, holding her head, "Do you have a medic? If not, Levy I need your assistance."

Erza nodded, "We have three as we speak. Here, give me your devices. I'll enter the Faction's coordinates. We'll teleport there and get you fixed up."

They obeyed. After Erza gave them back, she picked up one of the many bags. "Alright, grab your bags. Let's get out of here."

Grabbing two heavy bags each, they teleported to Erza's Faction. The first minute they arrived, they where met by a white haired woman with big blue eyes. She smiled, "Welcome back, Erza. Hate to pester you, but who are they?"

Erza smiled, handing the bags to her. "Mira, these are some old friends who wish to join The Night Breeze. They even wish to contribute at once, offering what ever is in these bags."

Mira smiled, "Well, if they're friends of yours, I can make an exception. My name's Mira, founder of The Night Breeze. Welcome to the Faction."


a/n:

So yeah. That happened. So next chapter is going to be in Lucy's view and that was the last of the Prologue!

Can't wait to type the next chapter! I got some tricks up my sleeve :S