When the tears stopped flowing, the guys released Levy and they headed to Fairy Hills in pleasant silence.

"Maybe we could visit her someday" Lily proposed as they were about to arrive at Fairy Hills

"Huh?" Levy and Gajeel said in unison

"Maybe we could visit your mother someday"

"I'd like that" She said smiling

The next day Levy woke up from her pleasant dream, about you-know-who, due to a gust of wind blowing her off of her desk chair where she fell asleep reading.

I could've sworn I closed my window She thought. However her window only had a few shards of glass still in the frame, the rest of it was shattered on the floor.

"What the-?" She watched as an arrow shot through the window and landing on her floor beside another arrow, both of them having a piece of paper stuck to them.

She opened the papers to find a job request and a note saying

I have your father's body

You should come get it.

Also, if you want your boyfriend to live, then make sure he doesn't follow you

The job request says that an air mage is wreaking havoc across the town of Tarnin, the mayor is asking for a mage that can create an enchantment of runes around the town to keep the mage out. The reward is 200,000 jewel.

To someone thinking rationally, it would look like an obvious trap, to an infuriated Levy however, it looked like it was time to kick some ass. She walked into the guild with the angriest face she had ever shown. She stormed out of Fairy Hills all the way to the Guild. She burst open the doors, walked up to the bar and showed Mirajane the job request.

"I'm going on this job" She said through clenched teeth

The barmaid nodded. Concerned for her friend, whom she's never seen get this worked up before, she asked "How come you look so angry Levy?"

But Mira was ignored as Levy picked up the flyer and headed out the door.

Gajeel watched her from his usual table with Pantherlily, wondering the same thing.

"Something is troubling Levy" Pantherlily said from his spot on Gajeel's head.

Gajeel grunted in agreement and added "I've never seen the Shrimp ignore anyone but me before - especially not the she-devil - and she looked about ready to blow a gasket if someone got too close"

"So we follow her?" He asked the once occupied seat

"Hurry up cat! We might lose her!" Gajeel yelled from the Guild doors

They flew through the sky following her scent to the train station when they spotted her.

"Oi!" Gajeel yelled trying to get her attention

"Gajeel, wait" Lily whispered "We should cautiously follow her instead of head on confrontation; we'll make sure she comes home safe but without her knowing"

Gajeel grumbled something about his cat always being right.

Levy goes alone, but Gajeel and Lily follow her

When she got to the town it was deserted except for three hooded men, two of them were expressionless but one had a malicious smile plastered on his face.

What do you want from me? And where's my father's body?!" She ground out getting angrier with each second of silence that passed.

None of them answered or moved, instead an almost unnoticeable wall of runes that smelled like flowers trapped her. Luckily, she disabled it just in time to escape before she lost consciousness.

So that's how they made me pass out She thought while writing the word SMOKESCREEN in the air. But it doesn't look like any of them cast it….so who?

She knocked out one of them with a swift kick to the gut which made the other fall for some odd reason, but the third one still stood, however his hood was knocked off showing his face.

"Elphonze?"

"Long time no see, little girl" he said still smiling

One of the knocked out men stood and the other followed suit. Both of their hoods fell off; one of them was Andrew Mcgarden who looked exactly the same as the last time they were together and the other man was most likely the necromancer that was controlling Andrew.

"Dad?! It's me! Levy!" Levy cried to her father as tears welled up in her eyes

Andrew didn't show any expression or movement at the sound of his daughter's name; instead he pulled out an iron long sword and swung at her. Levy dodged, putting some distance between her and Andrew.

"Why?" She whispered as her tears splashed on the ground

She was shaking as her tears fell and noticed Andrew's second attack too late. She braced herself for an attack that would never come. As she slowly opened her eyes she looked up to see Gajeel's back.

"It's tough finding someone small like you." She looked over his shoulder to find him chewing on Andrew's sword.

*Gulp*

"So don't leave my side"