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??? pov

Ahh yes everyone was going to be so surprised when I get there. I gently walked to the hotel Team Lucy was staying at and walked gingerly up to the front desk. "Hello? I need a key for room 234 please." The receptionist nodded as she sees my face. I took the key and walk up the stairs to the room, checking the time as I pass a clock in the hall. '6:32' I'm good, everyone will be asleep.

Lucy pov

My eyes slowly blink open, I was facing the balcony door as the light shone in, I pushed myself upright and stare blankly out the doors. My mind gradually wakes up as I slide out of my comfy haven. I walk out into the kitchen, dining room where I see the boys room from across our girls' room. Glancing around the kitchen I spot Levy and... Mira?!? "Mira!" I exclaim in shock, my mouth hanging open. "What are you doing here?" I walk up to the bar and sit down in one of the stools. She was at the stove cooking something good, by the smell of it. She giggles lightly as she places whatever she was cooking onto a plate. Yum pancakes, I glanced back up at her and I smiled. "I was just so bored waiting at the guild, and I couldn't stand how everyone was talking badly about you so I just came to join you." I grin. One more person to join the team. "Well it's nice to have you, Mira," I suddenly hear a large thump by the boy's room and I looked over. Laxus and Gajeel were on the floor halfway through the door when I hear them murmur "Foooooood." I laugh so hard at their little antics and fall off my stool. "Dragon smell sure is handy," I say while still laughing. The rest of the previously sleeping girls were coming out of the girls' room and began laughing the moment they came out. "Oh Gajeel-kun your so funny!" Juvia laughs more. "Wendy come on get up!" I say. She too was on the floor, mumbling about food. I still love my team. Wendy begins to get up off the floor and zombie walks to the stool I was previously sitting on. I go to sit on the stool beside her as Mira places a small stack of pancakes in front of us. I grabbed some utensils and hand them out to everyone who has already gotten a plate. The next hour or so passed by quickly. And before we know it we have to contact princess Hisui about the job, so I took out a large communication lacrima and dialled her private number.

"Hello team Lucy, " a voice from the other side of the lacrima calls out. "Hello princess Hisui," we call. "So you're calling about the job details. Am I right?" she asks us and she nods from across the lacrima. "The job is simple. Break into the Veronica royal palace, take the diamond sword they keep who knows where, and make it out alive. Do not forget to deliver it directly to me. When you are finished head back to Fiore and come to me directly. Do not give it to any servants or anything. Me only." We all nod.

"Roger that Hime." I say in a mock salute, she nodded back and ends the call. "Well we have our mission guys, go get ready and be out here in the living room by nine. That's one hour. GO!" I yell and everyone dashes to their area of the room in our little condo thing and began to get ready. I casually walk into the girls' room and see everyone beginning to get ready. I took my little basket of shower items and a towel and went over to the baths, quickly washing myself I throw on my job clothes and pull my hair into pigtails. I always used to put my hair in pigtails. I decide to be different and put my hair instead into a high ponytail. I walked out of the baths and I see Laxus and the Raijinshuu waiting already, on the floor gnawing on some nails is Gajeel and Juvia beside him.

"Mira! Wendy! Romeo!" I call. ", you coming?!?" I see Wendy and Mira dashing out of the girls' room while Romeo and Happy run out of the boys' room. "Are you sure Happy you want to come?" I ask him, picking him up off the floor. "A'ye! I'm fine," he says smiling up at me. I can feel the depression radiating off of him but I just give him a little squeeze and he squeezes me in return. "Alright guys, we have to start planning so what are your ideas. Storm the place or secret infiltration." I turn my head to each and every one of my Team's face and they all look to be contemplating. "I think secretly infiltrating would be the best way," Mira pipes up, breaking the silence. ", if we storm the palace by force and if we were captured then it would look bad for Fiore, and for Fairy Tail." She looked at everyone else and they all nodded. "I say we dedicate today to information gathering. Go in three-man squads and we'll report back here at say, 6 tonight." I suggest. We all agree and head out. By team it's; Romeo, Wendy, Happy; Bixlow, Freed, Laxus; Gajeel, Juvia, and Lily; Me Mira, and Evergreen.

Third pov

Team Lucy (A/N team Lucy now indicates to Lucy, Mira, and Evergreen) decides to go to the bars first, lots of information can be slipped and bargained for down there. Walking down the streets of Veronica, Team Lucy spots a small squadron of drunk soldiers and quickly run into the nearest bar. Peeking over at the soldiers who just coincidentally walked into the same bar as them, coincidentally sit down at the table beside them. "Hahaha ya and squad captain was like 'There's this team from Fairy Tail coming to take that diamond sword they keep down in that vault' or somethin' like that," he trails off in a laughing fit. "Well it seems bars really are the best place to get info," Mira whispers to Lucy and Evergreen and then giggled a little. Raising her hand, Evergreen waves over a bartender and ordered a couple light beers. "We have to get more information than just that," she states. She scooches her chair a little more in the direction of the drunken soldiers and listens for more. For a while longer Team Lucy continues to listen and hears little tidbits like "Fairy Tail team," and "takeover girl," and many other things that were probably supposed to be disclosed. "Hey, have you heard? All the squad captains are gonna be on guard at that vault thing down in the catacombs." the soldiers continue to drink, not having a care in the world. "Time to go, girls," I say slapping down a one hundred jewel bill.

"Hey, where do you think we should go, Wendy?" Romeo asks walking down the market. "I don't know Romeo it's not like we can just go into a bar like all the other teams can." Wendy puffs out her cheeks, despite her age she can get some information. Count on it! "Let's just hang around the market and see what we hear." Happy says while flying from above. Team Wendy nods and makes their way slowly, weaving through the crowd of the morning market.

"So? Where are we going to go?" Laxus asks Freed. Freed was leading Team Laxus up a small incline to what looked like a deserted part of the town. The air seemed grey and people were sitting outside their homes giving the Team suspicious stares. "We're going to an information broker if you haven't noticed," Bixlow speaks up and his little dolls keep repeating, "Information," or "Broker," Bixlow waves a hand at them and they become silent. Freed took a turn around an alley and knocks on the door to a worn brick building. The door slowly creaks open and an old man, probably in his late forties peeks through the crack. "How can I help you?" he scans the Team and looks back at Freed. "I'm here to call in a favour. Name; Michel," the man's eyes widen and he ushers Team Laxus through the doorway. "Ah yes Freed-sama how might I aid you?" he rubs his hands together, as though he were praying."I need information on the castle guards schedules, their strengths, and any magic squadrons." Freed states and the man scuttles behind the counter and through a door. "Who's Michel?" Bixlow asks as soon as he's gone. Freed side glances him and replied coldly. "No one you need to know." His tone sounded final and so they waited in silence.

"Juvia can't find anything." She whines. Team Gajeel was at the library looking for anything on the history of this Diamond sword. "Juvia we've only been here for nearly three hours, and you've been looking in the Fairy Tale section thinking this sword was something like Excalibur." Gajeel states looking back down at his book. "And Lily your help too, I didn't buy you that kiwi juice for nothing. Lily lands on the table beside Juvia and looks at the book he had picked up earlier that day.

Time skip 6 hours

"Oh i'm so tired," Wendy exhales flopping on the couch. "We couldn't find anything," Romeo sat down on the couch beside her. "It's alright Team Wendy, We all got some pretty good stuff," Lucy says sitting down on the floor in front of the coffee table. "Ok, so I picked up some information from a single bar a couple drunken soldiers were at. First, they know about Mira, they were saying something about a takeover girl. Second, they know about the team because they were saying something about a Fairy Tail team. Third, all their squadron captains protecting a vault, containing 'some magical diamond sword'." Lucy finishes relaying her information while jotting it all down. "Team Gajeel what did you get?" Gajeel shrugged his shoulders and I move my eyes to the next Team. "Laxus what did you get?" She looks at Freed, as he throws down a stack of papers. "Castle guard rotation shifts... Positions... Magic squadrons" He listed off all the titles of the pages and Lucy gasps in amazement. "Freed where did you get these?" Lucy says, wide-eyed. "Information broker," Bixlow says sticking his tongue out. Freed elbows him in the gut, causing him to double over in pain and Lucy decides not to push it. "Ok we can work with this," Mira walks over and grabs some of Freed's papers and looks them through. "Ok I can do some transformation magic and make myself look like a guard but I don't know how we can get you all into the castle," Mira suggests and Lucy acknowledges her. "So long as they don't see our faces we can do anything we want," Evergreen then goes on. ", what if we just wore hoods. After Mira infiltrates the palace she can open the gates and we can storm the castle. We just wouldn't show our faces." Evergreen looks at Lucy again and she nods. "We can just purchase some cheap cloaks. But we still want to be as discreet as possible." Bixlow adds. And Slowly throughout the night. The plan falls into place. Piece by piece.

And that's the chappy! Vote, comment, add to your reading list. and Follow for the rest of this adventure! by the way is the title of this chapter 'The Plan' too cheesy? Comment down what I should call it.

Chapter published: November, 19, 2017