As I approached the river, I sighed. I kept thinking about Charle's vision. It was only a couple days ago when Charle told us her vision. Although we know that Juvia may not have to kill the little girl or Gray, it is for sure certain and set in stone that she'll switch sides and be our enemy in the near future. That reminds me of when she was in Phantom Lord and when she just joined Fairy Tail. I could tell from the beginning that she didn't like me very much. I think it had to do with something that happened at her and Gray's fight. However, we are closer than we were before. She doesn't hate me being near Gray as much anymore and I don't have to worry about her cold merciless eyes casting a menacing shadow upon me every time I'm in the guild. I just feel bad for her. I highly doubt it will be her fault if she turns evil. I just know it in my heart.

I sighed again, pushing a strand of my blonde hair out of my face. I sit at the edge of the same river we fought Piper. It was so weird though. Piper seemed to be able to control a lot of things and organisms such as the kids and the water-not forgetting the mouse,of course. I wonder why he couldn't just take possession of our bodies. Maybe the living organisms that he controls have to be a certain size? But what about the mouse? It was momentous. Larger than any mice I've ever seen.

Thinking back on what Natsu said about the entire guild being inspired by fairy tales, I'll admit that that would be cool. I can just imagine some of my childhood tales' characters being personified. To be honest, I feel like Cinderella might be the prettiest. She was always my favorite. I remember growing up, after my mother died, reading about her and envying her. Although her mother died, her father still loved her unconditionally regardless of whether he was reminded of her or not. Ella grew up graceful and elegant, unlike me. She had horses she could ride on to escape the confinements of her home and be free. She was independent and managed to care for her father even when he married that bitch of a stepmother. If I were in her shoes.

Ha! Get it? Her shoes? 'Cause she's Cinderella.

Well, if I were in her shoes, I'd probably would've been the one barking orders and being rude if my stepmother and sisters were cruel like that.

"Hey, Luce? You okay?"

I slightly jumped at the sudden intruder of my thoughts.

"Yeah I'm fine," I smiled.

"Oh okay good, 'cause you were grinning like an idiot just a second ago."

"Shut it Natsu!"

"What? You're the one being a weirdo!" he retorted, adding a sly, "As usual," under his breath.

"Why're you even here Natsu?" I sighed, clearly annoyed.

"That weird leprechaun guy attacked here last time. He might do it again, so I decided to follow you."

I smiled. He can be cute in his own ways, especially when he gets worried about m-everyone.

"First, he looked like a jester. Second, I'd be fine even if he attacked again. I have Aquarius and my other celestial spirits to help me." I don't know what caused me to say this but I asked him, "Why are you so worried? Don't you think I can handle myself?" I think I said it ruder than I intended to because he looked a bit shocked and a tad bit saddened by my question.

"No, it's just that it's better for us to all stick together, right?" He flashed a big toothy grin at me and I grinned back.

"Yeah, we're Team Natsu after all," I replied.

"I think we should combat this guild head on and find out what they're capable of," Jet suggested.

We were all having a discussion about how we were going to continue in response to Piper's attack. Erza suggested that we survey the area in groups again like we did last time to cover more ground and find out more about the guild. Levy suggested that we actually do our studies on fairy tales, saying that knowing about their stories might help us predict their powers and strength. She hypothesized that maybe the more well-known a fairy tale might be, the higher their strength would be. That makes logical sense considering that Pied Piper was somewhere around averagely strong and amazingly strong. He has a pretty well-known storyline.

"I feel like we could always just go with everyone's ideas," Droy said. Everyone looked at him confused. "We could do our research on as many fairy tales as we can find books for and then split into groups of three instead of two." I feel like he said three, not for the purpose of "strength in numbers" but for the purpose of getting him, Levy, and Jet in one group. "If we do meet one of the guild members, that'll gives more of an idea of what some of them are capable of."

"That's actually a really good plan Droy," Levy complimented him.

Erza got up and asked Augustine if the village had a library. She shook her head and said that there was a library in the town. Erza looked back to us and said we would head to town, so we need to get a couple bags to place the books into.

"I brought a couple bags." I got up and went to the living quarters. I pulled my suitcase out from under my bed and grabbed a couple of the bags I brought out. I emptied them and walked back outside to see everyone ready to go. Well, everyone but Natsu. He was already holding his stomach with a sick expression on his face and saliva was already slipping out of his mouth. Gross. Wendy and Gajeel were looking slightly sick themselves, but they held better than Natsu did.

"Let's go!" Erza said, slapping Natsu's back. Natsu groaned and fell straight down. Happy started laughing hysterically.

"Happy, you're truly cruel," I told him.

"Like you're any better," He replied sassily. Ugh! One day I will have that cat's head!

"Come on Salamander," Gajeel said, picking him up.

Natsu groaned in reply and proceeded to pass out as Gajeel began to shake him back and forth.

"Just pathetic," Gajeel said, dropping Natsu back on the ground.

"Gajeel! Don't be so rough!" Levy reprimanded him.

Gajeel replied with a "tch" which made Levy slapped him in the back of his head.

*Insert diagram of Gajeel and Levy's height differences*

Everyone's mouths gaped for a couple seconds.

"You make it seem like you're any stronger than he is when it comes to transportation," Levy shot at him.

Damn.

"She's right. None of can really handle transportation," Wendy added to support her.

Gajeel pretty much was defeated at this point.

"Come on guys, let's just go," Gray said, breaking the argument.

Everyone eased down and we all quickly drove to the town. Once there, we searched started to search for the library.

"We probably should've asked her where the library actually was," Droy stated, saying the obvious.

"Oh! Guys, there it is!" Levy exclaimed, pointing at a small building lined with all of the others. Personally, I thought the library would be bigger comparing it to the one back home, but then again all libraries are different.

Upon walking in, we realized this library may not exactly hold enough books, let alone space, for all of us.

"Oi! Do you have any book on fairy tales in this place?" Gajeel asked the man standing behind the main desk.

The man looked up from the book he was reading and nearly fell out of his chair in surprise. I can't blame him; Gajeel tends to come off as very intimidating and rude(both of which he is). Thankfully Levy was there next to him.

"Sorry for my friend's rude greeting, but do you happen to have any books on fairy tales? We really need them," Levy pleaded with her innocent brown eyes.

The man blushed and quickly made his way from behind the counter and grabbed a ladder. He rushed to the far right section of the library and grabbed about 10 books and handed them to Levy, who smiled and thanked him.

Levy spread the books out and there were actually 11. Eh. I was close enough. The titles were The Frog Prince, Cinderella, A Collection of Fairy Tales, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, The Snow Queen, Rapunzel: The Girl of the Tower, Snow White: The Truth, Snow White and Red Rose, The Prisoner: The Tale of Beauty and the Beast, and lastly, The Lamp, the Thief, and the Princess.

"Ooo Cinderella. Can I read this one?" I asked eagerly. Levy slid the book towards me and I picked it up, admiring the cover picture.

It was of Cinderella, except in two halves. One of the halves showed her in her dusty, maid-like outfit and tears streaming down her face. Her stepmother and stepsisters were silhouettes behind her with white malevolent smiles. Her mother and father's graves standing next to her. The other half, however, featured her smiling in radiance. Her eyes shone with newfound happiness and joy. Her parents' graves were replaced with the two glass slippers. Her stepmother and sisters were replaced by her dashing prince and her fairy godmother. I almost started crying. I never realized the paralleled differences of Cinderella's life. In one, her parents were dead, her life was miserable, and she had no true happiness, but in another, her life was better. She wasn't a slave; she was a princess...queen? I don't know to be honest, but she just wasn't stuck in an unhappy life. She found happiness in her prince. It may seem superficial, but at least she was happy.

"Sir, are there any other places around to find books?" Erza asked the man.

"No. I'm sorry. The closest place to find books in a the next town or two," he explained.

"Hmmm. We're going to need more information than this. I suggest we split into two groups. One will stay here and another will head over to the next town to try and find more books," Erza stated. She looked around at everyone and made her final decision. "Jet, Droy, Gray, Levy, and Juvia. You guys will go to the town over." Jet and Droy got excited at their new group assignment. Juvia was freaking out too. Whatever she and Gray talked about a couple days ago made her bounce back. Gray was probably the only one that wasn't 100% fine with their group assignments. I can't blame him.

"So what's the next town over?" Levy asked.

"I believe it's Clover," the man answered.

Oh. Why there?

The man sensed our clear disappointment and asked what was wrong.

"Well, you see, Fairy Tail isn't exactly best friends with the city after we defeated this dark magic instrument, Lullaby," Levy explained.

The man laughed. "So you guys are part of the notorious guild Fairy Tail. You're rather famous here you know?"

"Well, we are the best guild in the nation after all," Natsu smirked.

"So I've heard. Well good luck on your mission then." He smiled at us and went back to reading.

"Well, we'll be on our way," Gray said, waving us off.

It's weird. I'm actually excited for this whole mission. I love fairy tales.

This is really important to the story. I know there are different version of different fairy tales. For example, most people know of the Disney Snow White, but for this story, I'm using the Grimm brothers' version.