So guys, I was in a tragic accident today... There I was, staring down the model I had to build for my architecture class. I had one board left to cut, and the blade was in my hand. I thought everything was under control until the blade took hold of my body and decided it wanted to slice the tip of my dang finger off.

Sadly, this renders my middle finger useless. It's a real shame because I can not type with any kind of speed or accuracy. The good thing is that when people ask me what I did to my hand, I can just flip 'em the bird to flaunt my super sexy paper towel and tape bandaid.

Anywho, I just wanted to share that bit of info since I probably have grammatical errors out the roof tonight.

Enjoy my smack down in chapter ten where Ever and Mina throw down! Have a splendiferous day!

From Stone to Gem

Adamine wasn't sure that she would be able to get used to this every time she came back to Fairy Tail. She paused underneath the Fairy Tail sign, but her two escorts weren't having it. Bickslow tossed a playful arm around her shoulders, and Freed cast her an encouraging smile.

After a huff of hot air, Adamine stepped into the guild. As soon as she entered, Freed deflected a blast of fire that was barreling towards them. Once more, Adamine wanted to get riled up and join in the fray, but her shyness deterred her.

As soon as she entered the guild, a pink haired male jumped up towards her. "I don't know you." He took sniffs of her scent, and Adamine grinned. Ah. He was a slayer. "You smell funny."

"Same back at you." Adamine slipped from the shelter of Bickslow's arm to sniff at younger boy. "Fire, dragon, and ash with a hint of pure guy. Oh, yeah. You must be a dragon slayer?"

The male's eyes widened. He asked, "Do you know Igneel? He's a dragon and my dad! He-"

A table flipped on top of Natsu, and Adamine reared back when a red headed female roared, "My cake!" Adamine watched in astonishment when a blast of ice fired out to smack the currently aflame dragon slayer. She really wanted to join in when the red head came in to slice a massive blade through the ice crystals. Adamine could feel herself being drawn into the conflict like an addict until she caught sight of Evergreen.

The woman was eyeing her with a stone cold ferocity. The dragon in Adamine sat up and snarled at the obvious challenge in Evergreen's chocolaty eyes. Without realizing she was doing it, Adamine thrust her finger out towards Evergreen to howl, "Evergreen, it's time for me to kick your ass!"

Simultaneously to her statement, the entire guild went still. The blade wielding red head froze with two males cowering beneath her. A punk goth dressed girl with white hair stopped punching one guy in the face. A male with the arm of a beast froze to stare at the brunette challenging one of the most reclusive members of Fairy Tail. Makarov was only one still sitting calmly. He sipped from his beer mug at eight o' clock in the morning and just nodded in approval.

With a glower and grin combined Evergreen rose from her designated table at Fairy Tail. "Where are we going to do this at then, Stoner?"

"Anywhere you please," Adamine taunted back.

The guild broke out in whispers.

"Who's that girl?"

"Why does she want to fight Evergreen?"

"They'd better take it outside, or the guild's gunna turn to stone."

Makarov rose from his position to announce, "You will take it to the streets outside!"

Adamine grinned to the old man who beamed back at her. There was an unstated remark that flowed between them that said Makarov was betting against her. It didn't matter to Adamine. As she shuffled through bodies of Fairy Tail wizards, she knew that she would just show him how powerful Adamine Terra, Daughter of the Adamantine Dragon Firmalione, was.

Evergreen was all confidence when the two made it to the streets in front of the guild. A whole crowd from the guild was following them, and the pink haired guy was hollering something about getting fired up.

Not paying anyone but her prey any mind, Adamine zeroed in on her opponent. She knew that Laxus was a lightning dragon slayer. She knew that Bickslow was a Seith Mage. But, she had no clue was powers laid underneath the fairy before her. The woman could fly, and that was all Adam knew. It was all Adamine needed to know. She could knock her out of the sky with ease.

Once the women were centered in a crowd of curious onlookers and members of the guild, Makarov took his stand between the two. Out of the corner of Adamine's eyes, she noted some guild members placing bets. The odds were Adamine-5 and Evergreen-70.

Laxus's calm demeanor was directed at Adamine. Bickslow looked like a bandit about to cash in on a huge bounty. They obviously had bet on Adam. Now, she just wondered who the other three were that were on her side.

No matter, Evergreen was still brimming with that air of confidence. It was one that Adam was gunna punch right out of her glasses wearing face.

"Are you ready?" Makarov wondered to the two women. Adamine gave a nod. Evergreen gave a flip of her hair. "Alright then! In the name of Fairy Tail, I say duel!" A flag with the Fairy Tail insignia flew down, and both women leapt into battle.

All finesse Evergreen launched skyward with her wings. Adamine on the other hand called out, "Roar of the Adamantine Dragon!" Her gasp creating blast had members of the guild whispering of her talents, but Adamine watched in complete surprise when Evergreen was only skimmed by the blow.

"Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun!"

Adamine slipped underneath a wave of light infused needles. Her grin was unmistakable as she launched into the sky. She called, "Secret Slayer Art: Gemstone Pillar Heavenwards!" A large pillar of stone erupted from the ground. It shattered the street of Magnolia, and Adamine delivered a punishing roundhouse kick to Evergreen's torso.

Saliva burst gracelessly from Evergreen's lips, but she wasn't done yet. Using her wings to stop her, Evergreen swept inwards. She pulled down her glasses to cry out, "Stone Eyes!"

Adamine waited for something, but nothing happened. Confused, she looked to see why onlookers were surprised. Instead of seeing a reason, Adamine solely saw her diamond skin shimmering. She gave up trying to figure out what was getting them riled up and took a quick launch towards Evergreen.

Her fist kissed the skin of Evergreen's face. Just when Adamine thought the woman was going to be down for the count, Evergreen returned the martial arts combat. Her knee jabbed upwards and into Adamine's diamond gut. Even as she howled in pain from the blow, Adamine snickered. "Giving up, school girl?"

"Not quite yet!" With barely any distance between the two of them, Evergreen commanded, "Fairy Bomb: Gremlin!"

With nowhere to escape to, Adamine thrust her hands up in front of her face. The blow shot Adamine backwards. She fell to the ground with her back making a trench. To stop herself she snapped, "Spines of the Adamantine Dragon." Instantly, spines erupted from Adamine's back. They shred through her clothing to grip into the dirt.

Once she was seated firmly in place, Adamine shot back forward. With her adamantine body elongating to form dual blades on the backs of both forearms, Adam launched back into a series of attacks. She delivered a blow down onto Evergreen, and as soon as Adamine pressed her gemstone shimmering blade into a final blow, Makarov called, "And Match!"

Shock surrounded the entire crowd, but it was Bickslow's manic laughter that had everyone turning towards him. "I told you, Freed! All you suckers owe me!" His babies cried, "Owe me!"

With a snicker slipping from Adam's lips, she retracted her blades. In the chaos of mages paying Laxus and Bickslow, Adamine reached down to Evergreen. The woman cast her a pained but kind smile. "How did you not freeze with my Stone Eyes?"

Adam tapped on her now silky flesh. "All of my skin cells have a diamond backing. When I change into my slayer form, the cells flip over. When you used your Stone Eyes, it summoned the stone cells to flip instead of turning me to stone. I guess you can't turn stone into stone whether it's a gem or not," Adam laughed. "Oh. Are you okay?"

"Been through worse. You know what they say, diamonds are a girl's best friend," Evergreen teased. The two of them beamed at each other like they'd pulled off some kind of coup.

It wasn't until Freed came up with a job flyer that the two stopped giggling and laughing like little girls. "I just found a job that talks about portals," he explained. "The master said that he would give you a temporary pass to take on Fairy Tail jobs as long as you wore this." Freed extended his hand to show a temporary tattoo on a sticker.

Woo! First mission with Mina! Oh, if you have ideas on how the mission should go, tell me in a review! Thank you all for reading!