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So this is my second and probably last update of the day seeing as it's actually just gone midnight over here lol. As I've said, this story isn't actually my main priority until I catch up to the bits that I haven't written about which will make it worth everyone's time to start reading lol. Either way, I hope that you're all enjoying the rewrite so far!

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Guest 1: Nope, Natsu hasn't given Juvia the diary because he didn't get the chance to do so just yet!

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Secrets within magic

Chapter four

Juvia had been out of it for a while now and when she woke up, it took her a while to get her bearings straight. Her eyes were showing double when she woke up and she had never felt so weak before. If she was out for a long time, then obviously, she hadn't eaten in a while too. She noticed that she was on a cold and cobbled floor which had done nothing but pure damage to her back. She tried to sit up straight, but she was so stiff and needed help up.

She was panting when she finally sat up and she leaned her back against the wall, wincing in a great amount of pain. She could feel the magic ban handcuffs on her wrist and she sighed. How did she even end up this way? Actually, the real question was, why did she end up this way? She was pretty sure she had nothing anyone could ever want.

"Actually, the dragon library. If Juvia's memory is coming back to her bit by bit, then Juvia will have immense knowledge on things that should have been destroyed."

When she then opened her eyes, she found herself staring in the eyes of her kidnapper, her attacker. His orbs showed nothing but pure amusement, probably laughing silently at how pathetic she was looking right now, but she didn't care at all. Just what did they want with her and why should she remember him? It was a good thing she didn't remember him, after all, why would he say that then capture her and leave her with no food for Kami knows how many days?

"Why are you staring at Juvia? Aren't you going to try and kill Juvia now?"

He chuckled lowly and Juvia bit back a growl that was threatening to be released to show that she could probably still break out of the handcuffs. "Master wishes that you remain unharmed. Besides, I can't harm my good friend can i?"

Juvia let out a bitter laugh as she glared at him. "Juvia had no friends back then, until she met Gajeel-kun in Phantom Lord. You're just lying to Juvia."

He frowned at her and shook his head defiantly. "I think I would know who my best friend was. You were the dragon slayer girl that always made it rain whenever she was upset and your dragon parent was Mizu! But you forgot that as well didn't you? You forgot your own dragon's name. Soon, you'll remember why you became a dragon slayer too."

"Juvia already knows, it was to kill the dragons..." She had said it under her breath, but he had heard her anyway and was impressed that she was able to remember that. Maybe it would be easy for her to regain her memories after all!

"Yes, yes!"

Juvia shook her head head, ignoring the pain that was searing right through her as it threatened to rip her apart. That was the reason her and Natsu got in an argument in the first place! Plus, she doesn't want to kill a dragon, the only thing in the world that loved her at her birth! "NO! Juvia won't do it, you hear her? She won't! Now let Juvia go this instant! Juvia can't even remember it properly! She hasn't learnt any dragon slaying magic so Juvia has lost all basic knowledge! Juvia is useless to whatever you guys are trying to plan here! Why Juvia?" She started to sob gently, feeling angry with herself. At this point in time, she wanted nothing more than to be with her guild and sitting with Natsu and Happy. She didn't want this.

Him on the other hand just watched her crying as though it didn't affect him, because it didn't. "It's simple really. Your memories are coming back ever since 'the one' who was to help you remember things came into your life properly and soon enough, you'll be remembering everything else. You, you're the only human on this planet that knows about the secrets. The secrets behind magic, what it's truly here for and why it's here. Don't you want to find out?"

She shook her head, still sobbing as she had a resigned look on her face. She was tired and her body being in nothing but pain didn't help it this time. She looked up at the guy who was calling himself her best friend. "What is your name? You haven't told Juvia, even though we're supposed best friends."

"My name is Elric, and I will make sure I do everything in my power to remember me and your past. I want my friend back. Well anyway, sleep well, my sweet Juvia." He then walked away and shut out the lights and closed the door, leaving her in a cage in a room that was in a pit of darkness. Her tears didn't stop as she cried even harder. She thought about all her friends, about Natsu.

She sniffed and channelled her magic to magic it rain outside, but more of a signal calling. Hopefully, Gajeel will be able to remember what she said about this rain. She then felt herself losing all her energy as she slumped and fell unconscious.

~x~

Natsu and Gajeel had been running from Fairy Tail to wherever the destination was. The guild had followed on behind them, but they soon lost the both of them when they got too fast. Instead, Wendy stayed with them to make sure that everyone knew where they would be going. The two dragons slayers couldn't afford to be throwing up and being weak when they got off the train to go and rescue Juvia.

"Salamander! We should slow down a little bit in order to make sure that the rest of the guild can catch up with us too! We don't know the strength of these people, we need the guild!"

Natsu ignored him as his emotions were now leading him and he wasn't thinking straight anymore. All he had on his mind was that Juvia needed to be saved and he was here, being the cause of her kidnapping. He was going to make sure that he got her back, even if it was the last thing he did.

Natsu ran on even harder and Gajeel cursed under his breath. "Come on flame brain, don't be like that!" Suddenly, the rain started pouring and it made them stop. Natsu looked down at his arms, where the rain was falling. It didn't start of with small droplets first, it just poured down heavily. He frowned as the water felt so familiar, like the water was apart of him or something.

"Is this Juvia?"

"Yeah, it's her distress signal that she told me about, though we never actually used it because we didn't need to. The closer we get to where she is, the hotter the water gets." Natsu nodded and made his walked a little to the left, feeling a difference in the water temperature.

"It got hotter over here."

"Then that's the way we go. Maybe they were trying to throw us off with some decoy and they didn't know that Juvia could do this. I hope Wendy catches on."

Back to Juvia

They had taken her to some weird room. There was a seat in the middle with some weird contraption and she knew immediately that they were going to tie her down to the chair and then make her remember everything. It was going to be no use though. If a DRAGON had sealed parts of her memory and magic away, why the hell would a HUMAN be able to retrieve it? They must be planning something else, but only Kami knows what.

"This is going to help us help you get your memories back, then you'll remember that we are indeed friends." Juvia wanted to fight him, to struggle against his grip, but she had no energy for that. She didn't even have the energy to walk by herself and he was literally dragging her across the floor as though she were a slave. Oh how far she had fallen. Things really weren't looking up in her life were they? It would be better for her if she just died to be honest.

He threw her into the chair and she hissed in pain, glaring at him once the pain became bearable. She was then chained to the seat and another man and a figure came in. Juvia started blinking multiple times, thinking her eyesight was now failing her. Was that woman...transparent?

"Hello Juvia, do you know who I am?"

Juvia knew that voice from somewhere, but from where? Voice...

"The voice from Juvia's head..."

The figure seemed to smile as she then felt something in her chest. Then she became a little more solid. "That is correct my darling Juvia. My name is Alice, your guardian angel if you wish. I'm here to help you get your powers back as well as help you get over the heartache that you call love. Trust me."

Juvia didn't like the way the woman was talking to her. Then she ran her finger down Juvia's cheek, almost as though she wanted those cheeks for herself...It reminded her of a little story she once overheard back in the orphanage of Hansel and Gretel. The way the old witch would prod and poke at the boy that she wanted to fatten in order to eat him. It was like that.

Alice then nodded at Elric. "Flip the switch."

Juvia started panicking and turned her head to look at Elric. She shook her head. "Please-"

Outside, the rain let up.

Gajeel and Natsu stopped as they stared up at the sky. This couldn't be happening, not now, not EVER! Natsu felt like dying there. The only trail that they had was gone. He looked at Gajeel so some sort of reassurance, that maybe this happens every ten minutes before it starts up again in order to save her magic. The other dragon's slayers face didn't seem to give him what he wanted.

"Do you think the others are there by now?"

"Who knows? It's not like they had something to follow, they were going blindly." They had Wendy with them and she would be able to sniff Juvia out.

"But Gajeel, the rain would have washed Juvia's scent away!" Gajeel rolled his eyes.

"Get it right volcano man, that was Juvia that caused the rain, meaning that her scent was written all over the drops of water. Wendy can follow that hot head." Natsu sighed with relief. Whoever these people were, they were going to need all the help they could get to take them down.

~x~

The next time that Juvia woke up, she was in a bed. She looked up at the ceiling, not really wanting to get up, so she just laid there. What exactly had just happened? Was she on a job that had knocked her out for a long time or something? She didn't know. All she knew was that she wanted to see her friends.

She sat up slowly in her bed before groaning lightly and gingerly touching her head. "Juvia feels like she's got a hangover." She swung her legs off of the side of the bed slowly as she used the water at her fingertips to massage the temples of her head. Then she heard the door open.

"What is Elric doing here?"

He grinned at her, obviously happy that she was now addressing him like they were good friends. "You fell down pretty hard on our last job through the mountains. Came in to see if you're okay."

"He's lying."

Juvia didn't know where she had heard that voice from before and she ignored it. He probably wasn't, after all, why would her best friend need to lie to her? She shrugged and gave him a slight smile. "Juvia thanks Elric so much."

"That's okay, that's what friends are for! Anyway, we just need to know how much you can remember so that we know that you don't have any memory loss."

"Juvia can remember our home town, Alyia. Juvia is a water slayer and trained under the water dragon named Mizu. Juvia also lived under the lake in a cave with Mizu. And obviously, you're Elric, son of the town's blacksmith. Elric took the blow for Juvia when they wanted to hurt her." She looked up at him, a warm look settling in her eyes. "Juvia never got to thank Elric for that because she went running off."

He shrugged at her. "Hey, it's okay. It was years ago and we're friends because of it. That's more than enough for a thank you."

"Juvia, don't fall for their trap."

It was suddenly like she had been awoken from some sort of haze when she realised that she had been put under some sort of spell. The sweeter sounding voice was back in her head as she felt it soothing her and stopping her from being manipulated. She glanced outside and she remembered that she was supposed to have a signal up.

"Elric? How long has Juvia been out for?"

"About...6 hours."

Juvia cursed inwards. She had gone 6 hours without giving the guild a signal. They must have given up or at least stopped somewhere the night. There was no way they would blindly go looking for someone who barely mattered in the guild without some sort of lead on how to find her. He then clapped his hands, making her jump out of her thoughts as he grinned at her.

"Well, I gotta get going! If you've forgotten, you're part of Snakecove! Come down to the rest of the guild when you're done changing." He pointed at the clothes he had left for her before he kissed her cheek and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.

Juvia rubbed at her cheek, desperate to get the feel of his lips off of her. She only had eyes for one person only and that was Natsu. She stared out into the rain, wondering if he could feel her magic coursing through it. Hopefully he would. There was obviously something more to that rune. Was it a way to unseal her remaining magic? Why was she falling in love so quickly with Natsu when she had only just made the decision on letting go of her love for Gray? Did it have something to do with the rune as well?

As she got changed into her new outfit, she saw that her Fairy Tail mark was still on her thigh, making her sigh in relief. There was a possibility that they had not seen it, they had forgotten about it or they just didn't care about the significance of guild insignias. Either way, it was better for her.

The outfit that had been given to her was the same as Edolas Lucy's one, but only in navy blue. She put her foot into the boots and when she quickly glanced in the mirror, it made her do a double take. She stared at her shoulder and noticed a green snake twisting around a cave. Her eyes widened. "No, no, no, no! They can't have given Juvia a new mark! What is this?"

How did it even work if you had two guild insignias? Sure that wasn't allowed! Will the magic council be after her soon enough? She didn't know how she was going to explain this to anyone and right now, her only main concern was getting a signal back to the others. She walked up to her window and channelled her anger yet again. This time, she had many reasons as to be angry. She wiped her cheek again where Elric had kissed her, still feeling his cold lips on her skin. "Ugh, so disgusting." She counted her lucky stars as to the fact that he hadn't attempted to kissing her lips. That was reserved strictly for someone else. Her face fell as she looked over the balcony.

"Natsu...Are you even worrying about Juvia?"

"Guys, hurry the fuck up, I'm worried about Juvia!"

Natsu was trying to make everyone get off the train quickly so that they can go and find the one girl who loved him. The rest of the guild looked tired, as though they had been on a blind goose chase the whole time and the train journey had made them tired. Lucy frowned at her partner.

"Hey, we're all worried too okay Natsu? Juvia is nakama as well, but we're just so tired."

"Okay I'm sorry. Let's start heading North anyway. That's where the rain starts getting hotter again. We should be able to find her there somewhere." He started walking slowly this time, knowing that Juvia was okay. Plus, they were all probably going to end up fighting, there was no use in getting there with a tired guild.

"How long do you think it will take us Master?"

Makarov shrugged as the dragon slayers were the ones leading the way now. He looked to Levy. "Maybe an hour tops with the way that Natsu has calmed down. No one kidnaps one of my brats!"

~x~

The guild master to Snake cove sat in his chair, a smirk lingering on his face as Alive stood next to his chair. Elric walked in and bowed to the both of them. "Master, Juvia has settled in nicely and she has regained all of her memories. Before we know it, she should be reciting every spell that we need in order to surpass Zeref and his own dark magic." Alice was the one to smirk. Zeref, a being that she had not seen in many centuries now. She couldn't wait to make her name more well known than his own.

"Excellent Elric. As usual, you never fail to please us. Now, all we need to do is get rid of those annoying faires."

His master showed him the crystal ball that he was looking into. Elric frowned as he saw the whole guild making their way to theirs. "Master, should we stop them?" The man waved his hands.

"They're falling right into our trap anyway. This is a perfect time to use Juvia against them. She better have every bit of knowledge about her magic!" Elric nodded. "Great. Everyone should be in the hall soon. Tell them to get ready for a fight."

Elric bowed once again and walked out.

"You're really doing well with them. Very soon, we shall be seeing who the strongest mages are around here." The master chuckled along with Alice as her body became more solid once more. Not long left until she was fully human again.

Juvia was walking around her room. She was bored and for some reason, she felt weak. "When are they going to call Juvia already? Why is Juvia even needed anyway?" She could hear someone walking up the stairs to her room and she waited silently.

"Oi, you in there?" Juvia rolled her eyes at the rude voice. It was a female.

"Wait, Juvia is coming out!" She stuck her foot into the thick black boots and made her way out. There was a girl her age with red hair like a lion's mane. She also wore a black long sleeved shirt and a red skirt on top of black leggings that were torn as well as black boots.

Her green cat like eyes scanned over Juvia over before she looked away, almost as though she were disgusted to be looking at her. "Is that it? There's nothing remotely special about you. I'm not impressed. Let's go." She walked away as her chains on her skirt clanged together. Juvia rolled her eyes as she walked behind her.

"And you are...?" Juvia's head snapped up.

"Juvia Loxar. Water mage and water dragon slayer." The girl snorted, as though to finally understand what Juvia's purpose was in her guild.

"That's why you're so important huh? You're a dragon slayer. They're so overrated." Juvia mimicked her behind her back before responding.

"Well, Juvia is an ex S-class mage and she didn't even know she was a dragon slayer. Surely that counts for something."

By then, the other girl had already ignored her, and was walking way ahead of her. Juvia had to hold back a growl that was threatening to come out of her throat. She was not going to get on with this messy looking girl at all and already she wanted to fight her. Now she understood the rivalry between most guys at Fairy Tail. This girl was practically begging for a fight from her!

"Whatever. You're probably wondering who I am. My name's Tempest and I am the best re-equip mage you will ever meet, just keep that in mind." Juvia smirked behind her back. This girl seemed really easy to annoy and she already knew a way to push her button. All she had to do was try and look innocent while saying so.

"Oh? Juvia thought that the Titania was the best re-equip mage. Honestly, Juvia had never even heard of Tempest before."

Tempest lashed out at her, lightning at her hand as Juvia ducked and her hand smashed into the wall behind her. The girl was even angrier by the minute. "You better watch yourself, dragon. I might just hurt you and you won't be so lucky as to dodge that one."

Juvia couldn't help it as her smirk grew. This side of her was never apparent and she was blaming it on her dragon slayer instincts. She was feeling dareful and she wanted to push her luck by pushing all of her buttons. It would be funny. "Sorry, Juvia can't watch herself, there isn't a mirror nearby."

This time, Tempest sent another punch to Juvia, but this one wasn't lightning filled. Juvia just stood there, letting Tempest think that she got the best of her until Juvia didn't flinch and Tempest's hand went right through her. "Juvia doesn't really like Tempest's attitude and she doesn't care about what she has against Juvia. Now, if Tempest could be so kind as to remove her hand from Juvia's body, that would be nice."

Tempest stood there, surprise in her eyes as she retracted her hand from Juvia's water body. No one had told her of that and it was a huge surprise. Juvia wasn't joking when she said she was an S class-mage. She could literally walk away from a fight with minimal injuries. That didn't make her respect Juvia in the slightest. If anything, it made her hate her even more.

Tempest pushed open the door to the guild hall and already Juvia could hear the screaming and the shouting. As soon as she got a glance inside, she couldn't help but reminded of Fairy Tail. The swearing and cursing, the shouting and fighting, the magic flying and the drinking! It almost made her tear up as she wanted to do nothing more than be with her original guild, but she couldn't show any signs of weakness, or the fact that she remembers being in Fairy Tail.

She noticed Elric coming in through another door and she noticed Tempest straighten up when she noticed him too. Juvia smirked. It was so obvious that Tempest liked Elric. It was probably why she was so jealous of her as well then. She probably thought that she was here to take Elric away from her. "Well Juvia doesn't love Elric."

"HEY EVERYONE! GET READY, MASTER SAYS WE HAVE A FIGHT!"

That seemed to get everyone's attention as they all stopped what they were doing and started looking at Elric who obviously came bearing good news for them all. "That's right! We have a fight coming to us in a few minutes and it would be best if you all save your magic!"

Juvia noticed that Tempest had gone off to a corner of girls as they were all giggling at the obvious good news. She saw the redhead then speak up. "Oh? And what guild may this be, Elric?" Juvia wanted to puke at her seductive tone that Elric seemed to not pick up on.

"I heard it's Fairy hunting season..."

The whole guild was in an uproar as they were excited. It was finally time for the fight of their lives! Elric made his way over to Juvia who was just standing there, not cheering. He raised an eyebrow at her. "Why aren't you excited? This is fight of our lives!"

Juvia was ready to sell herself out and tell him that she hasn't forgotten where she came from and what he did to her, but she couldn't. They will try even harder until she really does forget. "Sorry, Juvia doesn't know who Fairy Tail is." She could see Tempest glaring at her from the corner of her eye as she was talking to some girls about something. Elric have her a weird look before grabbing her around her waist.

"Yes! Fairy Tail is the guild that we're going to be destroying."

Juvia gave him a weak smile, pushing her first up into the air a bit halfheartedly. That wasn't what she wanted at all.

So how was that for you guys? Things are getting a bit intense now huh? Lol naaah, not really right? Or maybe they are? Well you'll have to wait for my next update to find that out lol. Well, whenever I update that is tehee.

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