Sorry for the slight delay, I had a research paper to do. I do not own Fairy Tail.

Lucy's POV

Happy was curled up against my side when I woke up. His tail brushing up against my stomach, slightly tickling me. I cautiously sat up from my sleeping mat on the floor, a room in Chief's giant hut.

Dinner had gone well, the children were curious to see what I could do. I summoned Plue and as soon as he came out the both of them jumped at him, wanting to get a closer look.

Loki had then decided to pop out, surprising them all, including myself. He said that they were in very good hands. Very much bragging that I was the best for this job, confusing me about the events that had occurred last evening.

Before I could even talk to him, he left. A good thing that came out of this was that this left Chief and his wife, Diana, while Chief would rather be called Chief, feeling very much relieved.

Afterwards we were showed to this room, immediately passing out from exhaustion as soon as I changed into my pajamas.

The quiet was too much, evidence of Natsu not being being here. Changing into the appropriate clothing for more hiking and fighting, I selected my boots, white V-neck and tanned shorts. I picked up my keys and whip, walking over to get Happy ready to leave.

Once Again Hiking, Searching

Happy was searching high above, looking ahead if there was anything in the area. He was satisfied at breakfast, eating his weight in fish. While I ate light, so my stomach wouldn't be weighed down while searching, a small pack of food in a satchel, provided by Diana.

We set of in the direction the villagers said the beasts were coming from, the ocean bluffs. (A/N: For those of you who don't have access to a dictionary, bluffs are steep cliffs) When we found them I would need to somehow lure them out near the water. Aquarius would easily defeat them.

I continued following Happy, the sun beating down on me. Out of nowhere, my feet stumbled, making me trip onto the ground. I grunted upon impact, sitting up and dusting myself off. "First water, now dirt. What next air?" Why do these things always happen to me?

I looked over at the ground to see what had tripped me. If it was a twig I am going to be very disappointed in myself. I saw dried mud, with a gigantic imprint. Leaning closer I saw footprints of what looked to be some sort of lizard, a very big one.

As I scooted closer a thought popped up from the back of my mind, the villagers had said that the beasts were definitely mammals, or what they could only describe them being. I looked at the tracks and saw that by the direction, it was headed farther into the woods.

Picking myself up, I started off in that direction. Whatever it was it was careful at not leaving any other traces besides those prints. There were no snapped branches, trampled vegetation, or (thankfully) droppings.

I was so focused on following the trail that I wasn't watching were I was going, almost falling into the ocean. I caught myself right before I took another step. I let out a breath, slowly backing away from the cliff's edge.

I saw that the prints seemed to just end there, as if it wasn't paying attention to where it was going either. Or maybe it had intentionally walked in that direction and jumped off. Maybe it was some kind of aquatic-lizard.

"Lucy!" I turned, seeing Happy flying towards me. "I think I found something," he said, turning to lead me. Before I did, I took one last glance backwards, wondering if that wasn't the beast we were tracking, then what was it?

I shook my head, clearing my thoughts, and chased after Happy.

Neither of us knowing that against his findings, we were lucky enough to have defeated three, let alone the other four.

You might want to remember that last line and those footprints.