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Not long after Jack's time with Wendy, the others returned to Fairy Tail to introduce Jack to the guild. He fit in pretty well, after using a snowstorm inside the guild itself to make himself seen. As crazy as it was, it had worked, and now, he had the interest of many other members. Few had seen a wizard like him, so it wasn't all that surprising. By the time the week had ended, their interest still hadn't quite died off and Jack was still found playing games with them at the guild. Lucy was beginning to wonder if he would ever take a job for once, but for some reason, the idea of that didn't sit well with her. It just didn't mix with her idea of who Jack Frost was, so maybe it was better that he was like this, only playing around with people within the guild rather than going out on jobs. He spent far more of his time going out with Wendy and playing with the children in Magnolia, and for some reason, Lucy decided it suited him quite well.

Currently, Lucy was sitting at the counter with Mira, watching over the guild members with a smile on her face. The winter spirit had made it snow in the guild hall for a bit yet again, ignoring the fact that if anyone outside saw this they'd think this guild was nuts. Once he was finished building up a decent pile of snow, the winter spirit smirked mischievously at the other members, making a snowball in his hand and tossing it casually into the air. "Well, he seems to be fitting in just fine." Mira commented, smiling over at Jack as he started a snowball fight with the guild members.

Lucy watched with amusement, seeing it quickly escalate into a battle involving almost everyone in the guild. Jack was laughing, throwing snow at everyone as he nimbly ran around the crowd. Elfman was trying to prove his manliness, throwing chairs as well as snow at guild members. Gray and Natsu were butting heads again, fighting each other before Erza came in and slammed them together, knocking both of them unconscious as she joined the fray. "Yeah, I guess he does. Did Master agree to let him join the guild?" Lucy asked, watching Mira begin to clean off some of the glasses behind the counter.

"Of course he did. Makarov is always happy to take in new members, you know that pretty well yourself." Mira stated, while Wendy joined them to avoid getting involved in the battle that had started. Lucy finally spotted Jack's guild mark now, on his ankle in a dark blue color just like Gray's. It fit him, but she wondered why he put it so close to his feet. Wouldn't his shoes cover the mark? Then again, Lucy had yet to see the guy wear any shoes, so maybe it was just fine.

"I'm really glad Jack is part of the guild now. He seems happy here." Wendy stated, smiling as she watched Jack laugh and play with the other guild members. Lucy realized that Jack was probably one of the few members close to her age now. Romeo was one of the only other kids here, so Wendy had very few people to relate with.

"Oh? He is kind of cute, isn't he? I think he might like you, Wendy." Mira commented, playing matchmaker once more. Lucy groaned, remembering the time Mira suggested that Natsu liked her. It had lead to dangerous daydreams, only for her to learn that Natsu really didn't see her as anything other than a friend. Maybe she had considered the possibility of a relationship like that once, but now Lucy knew it would never happen. Natsu was just not that type of guy, he didn't really see girls that way at all.

Wendy blushed slightly, shaking her head in disagreement. "No, I didn't mean it like that! I mean…he's a bit older than me….and I'm still too young…" she mumbled, clearly uncomfortable now. Lucy smiled over at her, wondering if Wendy really did like Jack. The two of them seemed to get along well, and even if she was young, Lucy could see them becoming a cute couple when they were older. For now, it would probably just be small things like holding hands and talking, but Lucy knew that it was amazing to watch small relationships like that grow into something more.

"Age isn't that big of an issue for you two. He's only two years older, considering the fact that he was frozen in ice for years. I'm sure you two would get along just fine." Lucy stated, only making Wendy's blush deepen. Maybe Lucy should stop pushing this, but after years of hearing everyone try and push her and Natsu together, she was happy to see someone else receiving this kind of attention. Lucy didn't want her love life to be the focus of the guild, not when it was supposed to be private.

"Please, I just want to be his friend. He's so sweet and fun to be around, I don't want him to be sad anymore." Wendy stated, trying to get out of this situation. Lucy understood her attempts all too well, so she decided to drop the subject. Mira would probably have more to say on it later, but at least one person would be here to change the subject for now.

"Alright, Wendy. Hey, Mira, do you know where Levy is? I wanted to ask her about something when we got back." Lucy asked, turning back to the bartender. The fight behind them was calming down slightly, as was the noise. Jack was one of the few left standing, his hair wet from snow that was now melting in the heat of the guild. Juvia was watching from the shadows, fawning over Gray as usual who was shirtless and running a hand through his hair to clear away any remaining snow. Apparently, he had recovered from Erza's hit as had Natsu, who was getting back up himself.

"She should be around. Team Shadowgear hasn't picked up many jobs lately. I think they're jealous of Gajeel, he's been spending a lot of time with Levy lately." Mira gossiped, looking excited about the news. Lucy pictured Levy and Gajeel together in her mind, before shuddering at the idea of that relationship. Yes, there was some chemistry between the two, but the image was strange. Gajeel leaning against Levy, using her head as an armrest. It wasn't exactly the image of romance Lucy had in mind, regardless of how protective Gajeel had become of her friend.

"Gajeel, leave me alone for once! You don't need to follow me to the library, I can take care of myself, you know." Levy complained, walking into the guild with the iron dragon slayer behind her. Lucy smiled, watching Gajeel huff in response, his arms crossed over his chest as they joined everyone inside. It didn't seem like much had changed, Levy was still irritated with Gajeel who didn't understand how to express any emotions.

The solid script wizard walked away from the overbearing dragon slayer, smiling as she saw Lucy back in the guild. "Lucy, it's been so long since I've seen you! I see you're back from your job in Garnelia City, how'd it go?" Levy asked, joining Lucy and Wendy by the counter with Mira. The blue haired girl sat down next to Lucy, happy to catch up with her friend for the first time in a while. Gajeel scowled at them before sitting down at a table alone, pulling out some iron to snack on as conversations picked up once more within the guild hall.

"Fine, we brought back a new guild member even. You know the story of the Winter Spirit? Apparently, he's real and now he's a part of Fairy Tail." Lucy explained, watching Levy's eyes light up in amazement. This was one of the few people in the guild that Lucy thought was normal. Even if Levy loved books and learning, she wasn't that abnormal like the guy with a stripping habit or Natsu with his destructive nature.

"Really? I don't see anyone new…." Levy said after a few moments of gazing around the guild. Jack noticed her gaze and walked over to them, waving at Lucy as he joined them. With a smile, snow began to fall once more in the guild. While most of his friends didn't mind the drop in temperature, Cana let out a complaint that her booze was beginning to freeze over. Even so, Jack didn't stop until Levy's eyes lit up in surprise, seeing the white haired boy in front of her. "Wow, that's amazing! You really can only be seen in the winter then? I wonder just how that works…maybe some curse or blessing from ancient times….I need to research more on this!" she stated, looking excited to learn more about him.

"Uh…sure. Anyway, I'm Jack, the newest member of Fairy Tail." Jack told her, smiling and holding his hand out to shake hers. Levy did so, but Jack was distracted by a snowball hitting the back of his head. Cana was the thrower, this time looking forward to seeing another battle begin within the guild. "Looks like you guys wanna go again! I'm all in then, get ready for some real fun!" Jack yelled out, making snowballs on the ground in front of him to begin throwing at the guild members. Lucy laughed at the sight of everyone getting dragged into a snowball fight once more, just like before.

"I wanna play too! Charle, let's go!" Wendy said, smiling as she joined the snowball fight. As long as it didn't get too violent, Lucy thought she'd be fine. Lucy smiled at the sight of the kid actually getting the chance to play with others, something that rarely happened around the guild lately. It was normally fights, either for fun or to defend the guild. It was nice to see Wendy getting a chance to be a kid once more, smiling as she threw snow at Jack who laughed and began to prepare a counter attack.

"Yeah, about Jack….he told us that he was experimented on by the Bureau of Magical Development. We want to find them, to stop them from taking more children away from their homes. They are already after Jack again and they even threatened all of Fairy Tail if we got in their way." Lucy explained to Levy, who blinked in surprise. Even Lucy had heard of the group, even if it was only vague details. The organization was supposed to specialize in helping people develop their magic. If any issues happened with wizards, the Bureau could help fix them, cure any ailments that might have been caused by improper development of magical abilities.

Levy grew serious, staring over at Gajeel who had just been dragged into the snowball fight. He was ignoring the rules, using his dragon slaying magic to punch anyone who got too close and yelling at people who threw snow at him in anger. "This isn't good. There are quite a few powerful mages in the Bureau of Magical Development. I've heard rumors about these experiments happening…but this is the first time any of them have been confirmed. It would explain Jack's near invisibility, and his incredibly strong magical energy. I have a book on them back in my room, would you mind coming with me to get more details?" Levy asked, turning towards Lucy who nodded, her smile fading as she thought about the seriousness of this battle.

They left the chaos of the guild, walking towards Levy's room which was not too far away from the guild hall in the first place. Lucy walked inside, her eyes seeing the sight of a ton of bookshelves everywhere. Even where there were no shelves, books were scattered. On the desk by her bed, on the floor, on the chair by the desk, books could be seen. Even on the bed itself was a stack of them, one propped open that she had probably been reading before leaving to the library with Gajeel. "Sorry about the mess, I tend to sort through the books once a month to get rid of any obsolete information and replace it with newer titles. I was just starting today, which was why I was going to the library earlier." Levy explained, walking over to one of the shelves.

"I wish I had this many books. I don't have enough jewel to purchase so many, though." Lucy said, a bit wistfully. She was still working on writing her own novel, but reading was another passion of hers. Even if she wasn't as into learning as Levy, Lucy loved reading stories that took her to another world. She especially loved romance novels, though she wouldn't tell anyone else that. If anyone at the guild found out, she would be ridiculed for sure and if Mira found out….well, Lucy could already see how the white haired mage would react. Mira would be back in matchmaker mode, pushing Lucy off on any single wizard in the guild.

"Here it is, the Bureau of Magical Development. On the surface, they were known to help wizards recover from magical disorders and diseases, kind of like what Porlyusica does for us. They go a bit deeper into it than she does, though, researching diseases and disorders that even I have never heard of." Levy began, reading from one of the pages within. Lucy sat by her side, glancing at the book with curiosity. This was where Jack grew up, where he learned to use magic. As horrible as it was, Lucy was curious to know what it was like there. "They were actually founded by the Magic Council, in an attempt to understand more about magic and strengthen our abilities with it. It wasn't until later that they became known for their ability to help with curses and other things like that."

Levy read a few more pages, frowning as she got to the next passage. "Hmm…it says here that recently, they were heavily attacked. No name is given and all that it says is that many of their members died during the battle. There isn't much after that, just more details on what they research. It seems like they became much more secretive after that attack, like they don't want anyone knowing too much about them anymore." she explained.

"That doesn't make any sense. Why would a government facility try to keep so many secrets? I mean, I guess it makes sense after seeing Jack, but you'd think that someone else would notice this change in attitude." Lucy commented, frowning slightly. Levy nodded in agreement, staring up at Lucy instead of the book now that she had finished.

"That would be the case, if it was not for the fact that they have the Council backing them up. If you go after them, Lu, you'll likely be making yourself an enemy of theirs. Be careful and make sure you are able to prove that they're guilty of something before you go through with this." Levy explained, frowning slightly. "Remember, this place knows far more about magic than anyone else in the magical community. You have no idea what you might face if you and your friends are truly going up against them. I'd offer to help, but I really don't want to get blacklisted by the Council at the moment. It sounds a bit too crazy for me, but knowing your team, you'll end up going straight to their headquarters for battle."

Lucy nodded in agreement, aware that Natsu would drag her to the Bureau if necessary. Still, there was something else bothering her about this place. Levy stated that the children brought there had issues with their magical abilities, so that left one mystery unsolved. "Why were they interested in Jack, then? He said he was normal before he was taken, that he had a family too." Lucy said, remembering how distraught he had been over learning they were dead. He had seemed so sad, yet Wendy had managed to cheer him up. Lucy smiled, happy that he found at least one person to lean on for support. Wendy was always kind to others, she would be good for Jack here. Lucy could already see them becoming a team of sorts, just like she had become with Natsu when she first arrived.

Levy shrugged, turning the page once more as she continued skimming the book. "Who knows? As I said before, they really do keep a lot of secrets from the public. Little is known about them by anyone outside of the organization. Even their location is a mystery, I'm sorry but it isn't in here. I wish I could be more helpful, Lucy." Levy stated, looking a bit upset. Lucy sighed, patting Levy's shoulder gently to show she wasn't upset with Levy. This was getting complicated to deal with. If even Levy didn't know where these people were, how were they going to help Jack? Lucy didn't know, but she hoped the answer would come soon.

So, I'm not that good at writing fluff I realized...thus, this is what our next chapter became instead. I know a lot of you disliked the idea of Jack being in the guild, but I promise, his actions within the guild are not the focus of the story. I have a different plan in mind for the plot, he won't be going out on jobs with Team Natsu. What you see here is the most of what Jack will be doing as a member for this story. Thank you to those that have reviewed and read this story thus far.