A/N: Here's the next chapter for you guys. Enjoy.

Chapter 10: The S-Class Mission

-Lucy's House-

"Wait, what do you mean!?" Lucy shouted. "We're not supposed to go up to the second floor, right!?"

"I just took it," Happy explained.

"You thieving cat!" Lucy yelled.

"Wait…you just took it?" Pit questioned. "Why in the world would you do that!?"

"I thought you wanted to go on this mission?" Lucy questioned.

"I do, but Mira said we needed the old man's permission to do one, didn't she?" Pit reminded them.

"That's a great point Pit!" Lucy said. "Go put the job back right now!"

"Although, I can't bring myself to ignore a cry for help," Pit said.

"Make up your mind Pit!" Lucy yelled.

"Anyway, since it's our first job from the second floor, I chose the cheapest one," Natsu informed them. "It's still 7,000,000 Jewels."

"No!" Lucy said. "We're not qualified to do S-Class mission!"

"But if we succeed, gramps will surely approve of us, right?" Natsu reasoned.

"You're always so reckless," Lucy stated as she sat down. "At least try to follow the rules of your own guild."

"But then we'll never be able to go to the second floor," Natsu argued. "Aren't I right Pit?"

"Well…rules do exist for a reason," Pit stated.

"See, even Pit thinks…" Lucy started to say.

"But sometimes rules just get in the way of things," Pit finished.

"…That you're right…" Lucy said. "Whatever, I not going. You three can go."

"But it says 'save our island,'" Happy told them.

"Let's go," Natsu said.

"Island?" Lucy questioned.

"Is there something special about this island?" Pit asked.

"It's the Cursed Island, 'Galuna Island,'" Natsu told them with a creepy face.

"Cursed!" Lucy yelled. "No way I'm going there!"

"Will you come if I give you a fish?" Happy asked.

"That's not gonna convince me!" Lucy shouted. "We're not going to a cursed island! Right Pit?" She looked over at Pit, but was surprised when she saw a determined look on his face. "Pit?"

"A cursed island huh?" Pit asked. "That's just an even better reason to go and help them."

"See! Pit wants to go!" Natsu shouted excitedly. "But if you're not interested, let's head home Happy. You can come too if you wanna Pit."

"Aye," Happy agreed, following Natsu out the window.

"Sure, why not?" Pit said, following the two.

Lucy sighed, relieved that they had finally left. That is until she noticed something on the ground and saw the job flyer Happy had stolen. "What!? They forgot their paper!?" Lucy exclaimed. "No! Now it'll look like I stole it! What am I gonna do!?" Lucy then crouched down into a ball and continued to panic. But she saw something else on the flyer that came with the 7,000,000 Jewel reward, which was a golden gate key. "What!? You get a Golden Zodiac Key as well!?" Lucy continued to look at it until she left her house and went after the other three, telling them to wait up for her.

-Fairy Tail Guild Hall-

"Oh no!" Mirajane shouted as she ran down the stairs that led up to the second floor. "Master! One of the requests on the second floor is missing!" This news caused Makarov to spit out what he was drinking and surprised many of the guild members.

"Oh…yesterday, I saw a cat stealing one of the jobs," Laxus said from a chair on the second floor. "A cat with wings…yeah." All the guild members were very surprised, recognizing that Happy was the one who took the job flyer. "They just broke a principal rule. Hey geezer! When they return, they'll get expelled, right? But I doubt that they're coming back alive. I mean, taking on an S-Class job with their pathetic skill?" Laxus then laughed, thinking there was no way they would survive this job.

"Laxus! If you knew about this, why didn't you try to stop them!?" Mirajane shouted, scolding Laxus.

"I thought it was just a thieving cat running away with a piece of paper in its mouth," Laxus explained. "I had no idea it was Happy, and that Natsu would run off with the S-Class job." Laxus then looked up Mirajane, to see her glaring at him. "What? It's been a while since I've seen that face."

"This is bad…" Makarov stated. "Which job is missing?"

"The cursed Galuna Island job," Mirajane informed him.

"The Island of Demons!?" Makarov shouted in surprise, also surprising everyone else in the guild. "Laxus, bring them back!"

"Don't be ridiculous," Laxus said. "I have another job to take care of. Besides, there isn't a single mage that can't take care of his own stuff, right?"

"Who else but you can force Natsu to come back!?" Makarov yelled.

Gray then got up from his chair and said, "Gramps. That's an unforgivable insult. I'll bring then back myself."

-Hargeon Town-

"I haven't been here for a while," Lucy commented, looking over the town. "This is where we all first met, right?"

"Yeah, it's kinda hard to believe that the four of us met here," Pit said, a small smile on his face.

"You two sound like you haven't been here in years," Natsu said.

"Old lady Lucy and old man Pit," Happy laughed.

"Alright, first we have to find a ship that'll take us to Galuna Island," Lucy stated.

"Sounds like a good idea," Pit agreed.

"A ship!? No, that's impossible!" Natsu shouted. "We're swimming there!"

"That's even more impossible," Lucy said.

The group then started to go around and ask various sailors if they would take them to Galuna Island. But every person they asked rejected them, saying that the island was taboo.

"That's decided, swimming it is," Natsu stated with a smile.

"Swim? That's suicide, unless you're not afraid of those huge sharks," said one of the sailors they asked.

"Damn straight!" Natsu shouted. "I'm not scared! I'll fry them!"

"You can't use fire in the water," Lucy pointed out.

"Like that's going to stop him," Pit stated.

Lucy then sighed as she sat down, saying, "What to do?"

"Like I said, we're swimming," Natsu stated.

"Why are you so set on swimming?" Pit asked.

"Because transportation is the ultimate evil in this world!" Natsu shouted.

"Found ya," Gray said from behind the four, surprising them.

"Gray!?" Lucy shouted.

"Why are you here!?" Natsu shouted.

"And how did you find us!?" Pit yelled.

"Master ordered me to bring you back," Gray told them.

"What!?" Natsu yelled in surprise. "He already found out!?"

"If you come back now, you might still avoid expulsion," Gray explained.

"Expulsion!?" Lucy yelled in surprise.

"You mean, like getting kicked out of the guild?" Pit asked in disbelief.

"No way!" Natsu shouted. "I'm gonna do this S-Class job!"

"It's called S-Class because your skills suck!" Gray said. "If Erza finds out…you know…" Gray then got nervous.

"If Erza finds out!" Lucy shouted.

"So what if Erza finds out?" Pit stated, still calm. "Not like she can do much other than tell us to go with her, right?"

"How are you not afraid of Erza!?" Natsu shouted. "She's a monster in human skin! Do you have any idea what she can do!?"

"Not really," Pit answered. "But I've faced things a lot scary than her."

"What the hell is scarier than Erza!?" Natsu shouted.

"You don't wanna know…" Pit said, shivering a bit.

"Gray! Help me!" Happy cried, now hiding behind Gray. "I was forced to come!"

"Traitor!" Lucy shouted.

"I'll show Erza what I'm made of!" Natsu yelled. "No way I'm leaving now!"

"Master's orders!" Gray yelled back. "I'm bringing you back even if I have to use force! Don't whine if you get hurt!" Gray then activated his ice magic.

"What, you wanna fight!?" Natsu continued to yell, activating his fire magic.

"Wait you two!" Lucy yelled. "Pit! You try and stop them!"

"No way I'm getting between those two," Pit said.

"Magic?" the sailor from earlier said. "You guys…are mages?" he asked as Lucy stood between the two. "Are you…here to stop the curse?"

"Yeah!" Natsu shouted.

"Y-Yeah, kind sorta…" Lucy said uncertainly.

"Definitely!" Pit agreed.

"I won't let you!" Gray told them.

"Here, hope in," the sailor said, meaning his boat.

"Alright!" Natsu shouted.

"Whoa!" Lucy exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes! Galuna Island, here we come!" Pit yelled.

"What!?" Gray yelled in surprise.

Natsu then had a small gleam in his eyes as he jumped up and kicked Gray in his head, knocking him out and yelling, "Take that!" Natsu then started to drag Gray onto the boat, saying, "Make him depart!"

"Wait, why are we taking Gray with us!?" Lucy shouted,

"If he goes back to the guild, Ezra'll be next to come," Natsu said.

Lucy screamed in freight as Pit said, "I really don't get what's so scary about Erza."

"To the S-Class island!" Natsu shouted in excitement.

The team was now sailing through the ocean on the sailor's boat. But Natsu was not as excited as he was earlier, because he is now bent other the side of the boat, sick to his stomach.

"I'm getting this feeling…of anxiety," Lucy stated.

"You dragged me along and now you're talking like that?" Gray said irritated. "Hey old man, why did you let us on the boat after all?"

The sailor looked at them as he then said, "My name is Bobo, I once lived on that cursed island. But I escaped from that cursed place."

"What exactly makes his island so cursed?" Pit asked.

"Yeah, what kind of curse is it?" Happy also asked.

"Misfortune will befall you, if you go to that island," Bobo stated. "Can you guys really get rid of the curse? This demonic curse?" As Bobo asked this, he revealed his left arm to them, showing that it was covered in some sort of armor like skin. The appearance of this shocked all those that were paying attention.

"Old man…that arm…" Gray tried to say.

"The curse…you mean…" Lucy was also at a loss for words.

"Whoa…" Pit was only able to say that, more surprised than the others.

Bobo then looked out over the boat and noticed something, "There it is. Galuna Island."

Everyone else looked out over to the island. Lucy then said, "Hey…gramps…" But when she and the others looked back, Bobo was nowhere to found. "H-huh? Where is he?"

"Did he fall?" Gray asked, slightly worried.

Happy jumped into the water and looked around a bit. When Happy resurfaced, he yelled, "He's not here!"

"What!? What's going on!?" Lucy yelled.

"Something's not right…" Pit thought. "People don't just disappear like that…right?"

Natsu was still bent over the edge of the boat, but something caught his attention as he asked, "Wha-What's that sound?"

Everyone looked behind the boat, and everyone was surprised to see a gigantic tidal wave.

"We're getting sucked in!" Gray shouted.

"Happy! Lift this boat up and fly!" Lucy commanded

"That's impossible!" Happy yelled.

"Then Pit save us!" Lucy shouted.

"That's just as possible as Happy lifting this boat up!" Pit shouted.

"Hey! Hurry up and untie me!" Gray yelled. "I'm gonna die!"

The wave then engulfed the boat, taking all of its passengers with it.

-Galuna Island-

One the beach of the cursed Galuna Island, several figures had washed up on its shore. This group was none other than the Fairy Tail group. And the first one to regain consciousness was Lucy. She lifted her head up a bit and looked around, surprised to see where they ended up.

"This is…" Lucy said as she then started to stand up. "Is everyone okay!?" She looked over to see that the others had also washed up into the beach.

Pit was the next to regain consciousness as he rolled onto his back, thinking, "I wonder if that's what it would have been like if Poseidon closed the ocean on me…" Pit then stood up, stretching, and then said, "Man…hope that never happens again…"

"You and me both…" Lucy said

Natsu then shot up from where he was lying and said, "Wow! Are we there!? Are we on Galuna Island!?"

"I guess yesterday's tidal wave washed us ashore," Lucy stated. "But what was that anyway? That arm…that demonic curse? And the old man disappearing."

"Don't worry!" Natsu shouted. "Let's go explore! Explore!"

"Aye sir!" Happy agreed.

"Sounds good to me," Pit said, following the two.

"Shouldn't we be more concerned about it considering it's our job!?" Lucy asked. "There is supposed to be a village in this island. The mayor is our client for this job. We should go there first."

"Wait," Gray said as he stood up.

"What!? We've already come this far; you can't take us back!" Natsu shouted.

"No," Gray responded. "I'm coming with you guys." This surprised the others as he continued, "It'd irritate me if you guys get to the second floor first. And if you guys get expelled, then that'd be boring." The others smiled when Gray said that. "Let's go."

"Yeah!" Natsu shouted.

-Galuna Island Village-

The Fairy Tail group was standing in front of a large wooden gate, and on the other side of the gate is their destination.

"Keep out…" Gray said, reading the sign. "What kind of village is this?"

"Excuse us!" Lucy yelled. "Could you please open the gate!?"

"This sucks," Natsu commented.

"I wonder if anyone is even here," Pit said, looking around a bit.

"Let's break it," Natsu suggested.

"No!" Lucy yelled at him.

"Who's there?" asked a man that was on top of the wall.

"We're from the mage guild Fairy Tail," Lucy told them. "Erm…we saw your request…"

"Fairy Tail?" He asked. "We know nothing about you guys accepting our request."

"Well…erm…" Lucy tried to come up with an excuse, but couldn't.

"I think there was some confusion," Gray said. "If we can't get in, we'll leave."

"I'm not leaving!" Natsu shouted.

"Shut up," Happy whispered.

"Show me your symbols," he demanded. Everyone in the group proceeded to show him their Fairy Tail guild marks, proving that they were a part of the Fairy Tail guild. "They look real," he told the other guard.

"Hmm…" the other guard was thinking. "Strip the girl," he said, surprising his fellow guard.

"Why!? It has nothing to do with this! Hey! Don't take them off!" Lucy yelled as Natsu and Gray tried to undress Lucy.

"Geez…these guys are crazy," Pit commented.

"Sorry, I got carried away," said the guard. "Get in, I'll get the mayor."

The Fairy Tail team entered the village, and noticed that all the houses and building were made from branches and leaves. They then encountered a large group of people, all of whom were wearing robes.

The one in the front of the crowd, more than likely the mayor, spoke up, saying "Thank you for coming here mages."

Pit on the other hand, was thinking about something, looking around as he thought, "This village…no…this whole island, something's wrong with it, but what? Does it have something to do with the curse?"

"I'm sorry if this seems sudden, but please look at this," said the mayor. "Everyone, take off your robes." Everyone in the village then took off the robes they were wearing, revealing that they all had some sort of demonic body part.

"I knew it," Gray said.

"Whoa…the whole village…" Pit said in shock.

"Awesome sideburns!" Natsu yelled, noticing the man's very long sideburns.

"Well…I actually wanted to show you this hand," he said, holding up his right arm which was covered in armor like skin, very similar to Bobo's. "Did it surprise you? Everyone on this island, even the dogs and birds, are affected by this curse."

"It's not like I'm questioning you, but what makes you think that there's a 'curse' on this island?" Gray asked. "Can't it be some kind of disease?"

"I've shown this to many doctors," the mayor said. "But they all said there's no such disease. Also, the moon's 'magical power' has something to do with how we look."

"The moon's magical power?" Lucy questioned.

"What exactly makes the moon magic?" Pit asked.

"Ever since ancient times, this island has accumulated moonlight," the mayor explained. "This makes the island beautiful that it shined like a moon. But a few years ago, the moonlight suddenly started to turn purple."

"Purple? I've never seen a moon like that," Natsu commented.

"Nope," Lucy agreed.

"People from the mainland all say that," the mayor said. "But in reality…the moon did turn purple on this island. After the purple moon showed up, our bodies started to change." After he finished explaining, the clouds parted, revealing the moon.

"The moon is up!" Happy said, pointing up to the sky.

"It's true…it's purple…" Lucy said in shock.

"The moon…is creepy," Gray commented.

"How in the world did the moon turn purple?" Pit asked.

"This is the curse of the moon's magical power," the mayor stated. Suddenly, all the villagers yelled in pain. When they were done screaming, it was revealed that the villagers had all transformed, and now looked completely like demons. "Sorry if we scared you," the mayor apologized. "When the purple moon is out, our bodies change into these ugly demons. If this isn't a curse, than what is it?" Many of the villagers were ashamed of how they looked, and some of the children were even crying. "Once it becomes morning, everyone will turn back to their original forms…But… recently there were some people who didn't change back and lost their soul."

"It can't be…" Lucy said.

"We decided to kill anyone who'd lost their soul and turned into a real demon," the mayor explained.

"Even if there's a chance that they might change back to their original form!?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah! There must be some other option other than killing them!" Pit said.

"If we'd let them live, others might get killed by those demons," the mayor continued to explain. "And even if we locked them up, they'd just break out and escape." The mayor then took out a picture that had a very familiar face on it. "That's why…I had to kill my son as well. My son, whose soul became evil…" On the photo was a picture of the sailor that brought the Fairy Tail team to the island, Bobo.

"But…yesterday we…" Lucy tried to say, but was shushed by Gray.

"I guess we know now why he just vanished," Gray said. "I'm sure…he can't rest in peace like that."

"A ghost!" Lucy thought to herself, and it was clear the others had reached the same conclusion.

"I acknowledge you as famous mages. Please save our island…" the mayor pleaded. "If this keeps going…everyone…will lose their soul…and turn into demons…"

"I won't let that happen!" Natsu shouted.

"We'll save all of you!" Pit yelled. "So no one else has to die!"

"There is only one way to get rid of this curse," the mayor said. "Please destroy the moon." Everyone on the Fairy Tail team was taken off guard at their request.

"What!?" Lucy shouted.

A/N: 10 Chapters, this is a sort of milestone in a way. I mean, without the support of you guys, the readers, who knows if I would have had the confidence to continue this. I mean, I'm writing this for my own enjoyment as much as I'm writing it for you guys', but without you guys, it wouldn't have as much meaning as it does now. So I say thank you. Thank you to everyone who has Favorited, Followed, left a Review, or are just reading it. Thank you again. I may just do one or two other fanfiction ideas that I had. One in particular that I like, but that wouldn't be for a while. Now, onto other stuff. The group is on Galuna Island what do you think will happen? You'll just have to wait and see. And to the Guest who called himself "will," that is a great idea, I may use that. That's all I have to say, leave a Review on your thoughts, Favorite and/or Follow if you haven't already. Seeya later.