Flame assured me over to Fairy Tail's request board. The request board was a large wooden board situated to the side of the guild hall, out of everyone's way. Lettered above at the top of the board were the words: 'Request Board.' To me, that seemed to be stating the obvious. Especially since the wooden board was covered in numerous job flyers. Each flyer was delicately pinned to the board. Flame reached forwards, ripping one of the jobs away from the board. I winced as The top of the paper tore. To me, that sound was just as bad as scratching a chalk board. I hated it. Flame thrust the Flyer into my hands. "Let's do this job Celica! It pays a lot of money!" I scanned the job over:

Wanted: Assistance from wizards. I need assistance collecting scales from a Wyvern (Blizzardvern) for medical usage. The reward is 500,000 jewel +1 zodiac key. More information will be explained later. If you wish to take the job, I live in Hargeon town. 777 Bramble street. Thank you.

Placed at the top of the flyer was what looked like a black and white picture of a dragon-like beast. Presumably a Blizzardvern, though I was already hooked when it was mentioned that one of the rewards was a golden zodiac key! "Let's do it," I smiled at Flame. My smile was returned warmly.

Hargeon wasn't too far from Magnolia, so we arrived there pretty soon. Hargeon wasn't a place for wizards like Magnolia, but was a port town. It turned out that our client's home was fairly close to the port, which allowed me to gaze out towards the mesmerizing deep cerulean ocean. Not to far from the port was what looked like a lighthouse. I wondered if it was still in use. How long had it been standing there, being beaten by the violent rough waves that were spread outside of Hargeon? Unfortunately, Flame wouldn't let me stare out towards the beautiful Hargeon sea today - we had a job to go on! Soon enough, we found 777 Bramble street. As soon as Flame tapped once on the door, someone had arrived to answer it. The door opened to reveal a beautiful young woman, around the age of 20. Her hair was long white and wavy and was tied back into two loose ponytails. Her eyes were a bright blue colour with a slight purple tint. The girl wore a pale lilac dress and white sandals. She smiled. "My name's Jenna!" She smiled happily, "Please do come on in!" We instantly did as she said. The way it looked... It reminded me a lot of Raigh and Rin... And in a strange way... Ewan...

"My Grandparents were Fairy Tail members," Jenna chatted on joyously, "But they ended up leaving the guild to start a family which was a shame, especially since they had lot's of relatives there. I've never met any of them though... I hope that someday I can! Anyway, I can use a little bit of magic myself! Transformation magic actually. Though, I'm also pretty good at healing - which is why you're here!" Jenna stared at the two of us, suddenly getting serious. "Let me get straight to the point. I need the two of you to go to mount Hakobe to collect some blizzardvern scales for me. Though many do not know this, but they're great in medicine." Flame nodded, which stopped Jenna from talking anymore. "Okay! We'd better go then right Celica?" I nodded.

"Did you say Celica?" Jenna asked. Flame and I turned to face the young woman who was no staring at the two of us with a worried expression. Our confused expressions prompted Jenna to carry on speaking. "It's just that, I heard a few shady men talking about a 'Celica Heartfilia'. Celica isn't really a common name so..." Flame glanced over at me, not sure what to make of all this.

"Don't worry about it!" Flame exclaimed, "I'm sure it'll all be fine!" I on the other hand, wasn't so sure...

We had to take the journey to mount Hakobe via a hired magic vehicle3

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- payed for by Jenna. At first I though that it would be good to have some time to get to know Flame a little better. It was just my look that she ended up having motion sickness. She hung out of the window all the way there. Since I was unable to talk with her, I ended up reading a little more of Iris's adventure. Now I was up to the part where Iris ended up going to another world to save her friends. Now that I though about it, one of Iris's closest companions suffered from motion sickness, just like Flame... Eventually we arrived at the foot of the mountain. After dragging Flame out of the cart, I asked the driver if he could wait here until we had finished the job. As soon as Flame had recovered, we began our trek through the mountains.

If I knew how cold it was going to be - I would have dressed differently. A simple T-shirt and skirt simply weren't enough. Of course it was going to be cold, it was a snowy mountain! Flame, however, appeared to be unaffected. It must have to do with her being a fire dragon slayer or something... I could feel the chill in my bones. I shivered silently as we walked on. "Where do you find blizzardverns anyway?" Flame asked as we shuffled through the layers upon layers of snow. It really was cold out here. Just at that moment we hard a large roar. The mountain shook. Unlike any normal sane person, Flame ran towards the terrifying sound. I face-palmed and ran after here. I didn't really want to get lost on a mountain like this! I could see Flame just ahead of me. Unexpectedly, she darted out of view past a higher cliff of rock. I followed without even thinking. I stopped beside Flame who was looking upwards towards something. Cautiously, I followed her gaze. Towering above us was a large silvery white dragon-like beast. across it's back were large pointed dark grey spikes. This must have been the blizzardvern that Jenna had mentioned. "So how are we supposed to collect it's scales again?" Flame asked me.

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW!?"

We stared up at the blizzardvern, beating it's large leathery wings. The wind tugged my hair back away from my face, giving me a clear view of the blizzard. I guessed we had to defeat it first. Unfortunately I was rooted to the spot. Of all the times to be paralyzed with fear! Flame on the other hand... I glanced towards her but she was nowhere in sight. glancing up towards the blizzardvern only to see Flame attacking it. The blizzardvern appeared to be loosing. There was a loud crash as it landed town towards the ground and started to vigorously attack Flame, but she wasn't giving up without a fight. I couldn't tell who was winning anymore. It was just a blur of fire, snow and claws... Wait, shouldn't I be helping Flame fight? I reached into my bag and pulled out my Fleuve d'étoiles. As quickly as I could manage, I dashed towards the blizzardvern. The closer I got, the bigger it appeared. Wait wasn't the Fleuve d'étoiles an extendable whip? That meant I could fight from a distance. I lashed out at the blizzardvern with the whip of starlight. I watched at the whip wrapped itself around the leg of the blizzardvern. I grinned pleased with myself. Just at that moment, the blizzardvern took off again. Since, I was holding onto the Fleuve d'étoiles which was wrapped around the blizzardvern's leg... I found myself hanging on for dear life as the blizzardvern flew. It wasn't too high. The first thing that caught my attention was the stunning view. A landscape of clean white snow, like a blanket spread across high a high mountain top... Then I realised that I was seriously in danger. "Help!" I instinctively called out though I knew that nobody heard me. Just at that moment, a large ball of fire struck the blizzardvern. Flame had come to rescue me!

The Blizzardvern landed back onto the ground. Now I was able to let go of the blizzrardvern's leg, setting me free. "Don't be reckless." Flame spoke coldly walking past me, "Stay out of this fight." I knew what she meant. I was inexperienced. Too much so to handle this. I hated being useless. I watched at Flame fought the blizzardvern, though I was much closer than I was last time. A century seemed to fly right by. The fight was going nowhere. Flame would attack the blizzardvern... The blizzardvern would attack Flame... Suddenly, I heard a high pitched scream. I watched at the blizzardvern crushed one of Flame's legs. Surely all the bones in her leg would be shattered by now! I couldn't just stand and watch now, Flame couldn't fight like this! I ran forwards pulling out my Fleuve d'étoiles once again. "Leave her alone!" I yelled. I could faintly hear Flame's cries of pain. Though... I was too concentrated on fighting the blizzardvern to notice. Anger bubbled inside me. Even though I had only really known Flame for about a day, she was still the best friend that had ever been blessed upon me. Apart from my spirits, I had never really had any friends. I certainly wasn't going to let one of my friends suffer like this. We would collect the blizzardvern scales fro Jenna. If we took Flame back there Jenna would be able to heal her! I felt magic power run through my veins. The power of my friends, my spirits, my guild, everything that was coming into my life, everything I held dear... The light within me. I had found a new strength from inside!