Okay readers, so over spring break I will have trouble posting, so my updates will be later than usual. Any way…I don't own Fairy tail, enjoy

Laxus: Silver does not own Fairy tail, or whatever…

Chapter 11

(Shelby pov)

"Get up! We have been going over this for an hour!" Lissa yelled from the side of my bed.

I groaned rolling over. "Just a…few more…minutes…"

"No! Ice Dragon's Frost Punch!"

Wait a second!

A freezing cold punch knocked me in the shoulder and sent me into the wall. "Owwww!" I snapped, feeling the aching around my whole body.

Lissa removed the ice from her fist and crossed her arms. I could see the frustration mark pulsing on her forehead. "Get ready now. The more time we waste, the longer this job is going to take," she ordered.

I rolled my eyes and slipped down the wall, rubbing my shoulder. "Mother of Mavis, Lissa. Did you really need to punch me?" I complained, dragging myself over to the trunk at the foot of the bed.

"Well, you should have gotten up an hour ago," she scoffed.

I ignored her and stripped off my nightgown. When I found my clothes, I pulled on some cargo pants, (…all my shorts were dirty…) and a tank top. I shoved my hands into my tangled hair and tied it up two high pony tails like Miku. For my finishing touch, I slipped on a sea-foam green leather jacket and stuck my headphones around my neck.

Lissa turned from what she was doing and raised an eyebrow. "That's what you're wearing for our mission?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Lissa smirked. "Oh nothing *Cough* slut *Cough*."

I totally heard her, so I clenched my fists, restraining myself from swearing on Mavis's name. "Whatever. Where's Darcy?" I grumbled, trying to change the subject.

Lissa jerked her thumb at the door. "She and Claire went to go get breakfast. They are gonna' meet us at the park and we will head to the forest from there."

I nodded. Rosie flew up beside me with a smile I couldn't help but smile back to. "Hey, Rosie. Ready to kick some kidnapper ass?" I asked with an evil smirk.

Rosie pouted and shook her head. "No. Monsters are scary." She put her paws up, covering her mouth nervously.

I giggled and scratched behind her ear. "Don't worry, Ro. I'll protect you no matter what."

Rosie removed her shaky paws and smiled again. "Okay. As long as you protect me."

I scoffed. "Of course. Now let's head on out." I opened my arms wide and Rosie flew up to my chest so I could hold her. Once I clutched her tight, I headed to the door where Lissa was waiting impatiently.

"Ready?"

"Yep."

(Mira pov)

"Master~" I sang, knocking lightly on the door to his office.

"Come in," grumbled a voice from behind the door.

Putting a smile on my face, I pushed through the door and clicked over to his desk. Master sat criss-crossed atop the oak wood table with lots of red envelopes around him.

"Morning Master. How are you?" I asked kindly.

"Not so good, Mirajane," he sighed, pointing to the envelopes. "The council has gotten real annoyed with Fairy tail's behavior as of late. So much money…lost….because of the Dragon-Slayer-who-shall-not-be-named and his team."

I giggled, taking a seat in a nearby chair. "Well that's not uncommon, now is it?" I said, patting down the skirt of my dress.

Master nodded sadly. "Yes, indeed it is. *Groan* I'm getting too old for this."

"Oh Master," I sighed.

Master Makarov waved his hand as if to dismiss the topic, for which I was grateful. "Now, what is it you came to speak to me about?"

I frowned, clasping my hands in my lap. "I'm worried about Juvia. She hasn't come home in over a week. I looked all over Fairy Hills with no luck."

He rubbed his chin. "That's right. She ran off didn't she?"

I nodded. "Because of Gray and Lissa."

"Gray? Lissa? What did they do?"

"Just talked. But Juvia couldn't help it and got crazy jealous."

Makarov put his arms behind his back. "Ah, you youngins' and your love life. So much drama."

I pushed away all my excitement when he said that to focus on the problem. No Mira. Discuss your match making ways later.

"But Master, I know Juvia was upset and a little jealous, but she would come back. It's not like her to disappear. She's too in love with Gray to be away from him for so long anyway."

"Do you suppose something has happened to her?" Master asked, completely stern and serious.

"Yes," I said dreadfully. "Juvia is too kind, and a wonderful person. She would never abandon her nakama."

The old man's face kept calm and controlled, but I could see him clenching his fists from behind him. "Well if she's hurt, someone is gonna' pay for hurting my brat. Where is Team Natsu?"

I gave a sniff. "At Lucy's house helping her load up some things from her mansion she brought back. She dropped by the mansion on their way back from their mission with Gajeel and Pantherlily."

"I see." He set his hands on his knees, deep in thought. "I don't want to worry the guild. It could be nothing. But if it is, I want to find Juvia as soon as possible. Get Levy, Cana, and Gajeel to go look for her. Inform me of their progress while I work on these documents."

"Yes, Master." I stood up and exited the office, clutching my hands against my chest. Oh, Juvia. Don't worry. Help is on the way.

(Shelby pov)

"Hi!" Darcy exclaimed, waving us over where she and Claire sat on a bench eating. Lissa and I said a hello as we stood beside the bench. She threw us both a paper bag which I discovered was filled with delicious treats.

"OH MY MAVIS! You got me a white-chocolate muffin," I squealed like a little girl. I tore the muffin out of the bag and sunk my teeth into the chewy texture. The sweet flavor danced across my tongue, filling me with wonderful joy. "Best. Muffin. Ever."

I broke off a small piece and gave it to Rosie, who was now sitting on my head. Lissa drank about half of her iced late before speaking.

"Okay girls, and Skip. We need a strategy."

"Tch. I got a strategy. Run in and knock the socks off whoever took her," I explained proudly.

"That is an awful strategy. You need to stop hanging with Natsu," Lissa scolded.

"Hey," I cut in, taking another bite of my muffin, "tve guya iz rall smrt."

Darcy raised an eyebrow. "Eh?"

I sighed, swallowing my bite. "I said, the guy is really smart. Believe it or not."

Lissa and Darcy exchanged a doubtful look and continued. "Anyway. I think we should head to the section of the forest closest to her house and see if we can find any evidence. That way we aren't just running through the forest on a wild goose chase."

"Evidence like?"

"You know, foot prints and stuff."

Darcy nodded. "Sounds good, but what if we run into a threat?"

Lissa shrugged. "Our job is to find a lost kid. If something gets in the way of that we take it down. Easy-peasy."

We all nodded in agreement and finished our amazing breakfast. When we arrived at the edge of the forest, Lissa stopped us with a hand. "Wait," she sniffed the air, "I smell something."

I followed her observation and took a deep whiff. No doubt a strange earthy sense filled my nose, mixed with something else. "Me too. *sniff* Vulcan."

Darcy flinched. "A Vulcan? You sure?"

Lissa nodded. "Definitely. They have a distinct smell."

I took a step forward, summoning my magic to swirl around my arms. Lissa and Darcy did the same, calling their magic, just in case.

Lissa gave a nod and we entered the forest, pushing our way through thick trees. Darcy looked every which way for every single step she took. We were completely surrounded by trees. Above us were little specks where sunlight poured through the trees, other than that the darkness was absolute.

"Why would a little girl come to such a dark place?" I asked, tripping on a root that just happened to appear right in front of my foot. Damn you root! Do you know who I am?

Lissa's eyes flicked over every tree. "Don't know. Skip, see if there is a clearing up ahead."

Following her orders, the tiger exceed flew through the trees above, disappearing behind the leaves. We all stopped, awaiting his return. When he flew back down, he pointed a little paw to the left. "Right over there is a huge opening."

"Sounds good," Darcy said running ahead. Lissa and I followed suit, soon emerging from the maze of trees and into a huge field. Trees formed a circle shaped barrier around the little meadow. I strolled over to the center and met bunches upon bunches of beautiful flowers of ever color and shape.

I crouched down, running my hands over the delicate petals. "Seems right up May's alley," I joked.

Lissa nodded, walking around the barrier of trees. "Darcy, come over here. I'm trying to see if there is a pathway or opening somewhere around here."

Darcy ran over to Lissa, inspecting the trees. I ignored them, still intrigued by the flowers. How beautiful…

I small fleck of blue caught my attention from inside a bunch of white roses. Slowly reaching my hand for the thing, my fingers grazed whatever it was. It was silky smooth, like cotton. I clutched the thing and pulled it from the thorns it was caught on. I spread it across my palms, taking a gulp. It was fabric. Fabric from clothes.

I leaned forward, taking a deep waft of the fabric. The scent held a familiar scent to May's house along with the floral scent of flowers. "Guys!" I called to my team. This is most definitely from May's clothes.

Footsteps pounded from behind me until I was met with the faces of Lissa and Darcy peering over my shoulders. "What's that?" asked a confused Darcy.

"Fabric from May's clothes. It was caught in the rose thorns," I answered, handing the fabric to her. Darcy ran her hands along the smooth texture. We all started to inspect the area around the flowers.

Soon enough, we found a huge footprint stamped into the dirt. Lissa crouched down, grabbing some dirt and rubbed it between her fingers. "Vulcan of course, just like we said."

Darcy grabbed her chin. "Don't you think May would have heard him coming with feet this big?"

I scratched my head, still observing the field. "She could have been crying. If so, she cries real freaking loud. Like, I-need-therapy loud."

Lissa jumped up and traced a trail of footprints around the field before coming to a broken stump. She smiled triumphantly and pointed towards the mass of trees.

"There. Everything is fitting together. The Vulcan came from that direction, approached the crying May who was by the roses, and grabbed her. The fabric of her clothes must have gotten caught on the thorns and ripped. You can tell by the way the fabric is torn, it's too forced. After grabbing May, he must've headed back towards his cave."

Darcy looked awestruck while I wasn't too convinced. Yeah right. It can't possibly be that simple.

I shook my head doubtfully. "Sorry, Lissa, but that can't possibly be what happened."

She frowned and crossed her arms. "And why not?"

"Because don't you think this was too easy? I mean come on. A huge footprint, torn fabric. It's like someone planned this," I explained exhausted.

Lissa 'hmphed'. "Well since you're the leader I guess you would know. Wait…nevermind, I am. And you are right, it was simple. Vulcans are extremely stupid, no wonder they left a lot of evidence. Now, we better hurry."

I rolled my eyes as Darcy and I headed towards her. There is no way we will find her this quickly. I hate to say you're wrong Lissa, but I'm not. You are wrong on this one.

We jumped through the destroyed opening and met a huge path of destroyed trees. Scattered limbs were everywhere and sticks littered the ground. After Lissa gave me a cocky smirk, we made our way down the convenient path of destruction.

"Do you think May is okay?" Darcy asked, hopping over a torn apart stump.

Lissa nodded. "Yeah. Vulcans are perverts, they don't hurt their victims, just tease them sexually."

The Levitation mage shuddered. "Creepy."

Tree upon tree we walked until a cave appeared at the far end of my vision. No way, was Lissa right?…Damn it! Well, there might not be a Vulcan in there.

The cold stone cave arched high above us, the inside blanketed in darkness. I trailed the purple music up my arm, getting a bad feeling. The electronic music that came off my magic, echoed through the cave. No response.

I chuckled. "Told you Li-"

"AAAAAHHHHH!"

(Genesis pov)

Damn that Laxus. Damn him to hell!

I mentally shouted over and over in my head as I strolled down the street of what I think is Magnolia.

How dare Darcy-sama blush at the mention of his name. She is mine!

I growled, punching a street light. It crashed to the ground, sending a flurry of sparks and glass everywhere, but I couldn't care less, I just kept walking without even a glance back.

I need to focus on my objective. Stop thinking about that bastard who stole your woman.

Running a hand through my hair, I backed into the nearest ally, hoping to surround myself in shadows as I threw on the hood of my cloak. Out of habit, I rubbed the yellow guild mark on my left forearm. It was a skull with a dagger sliced through the head.

What can I do to grab the attention of the Dragon Slayers, and show up my guild? Hmmm.

I scratched my chin, thinking hard. Which is hard because I hate thinking.

I could light their guild on fire…no too simple. I could egg a member…what am I five? It would be pretty funny though…hehe.

I looked out to the street. Nothing.

Damn it! Give me something, O' great universe! Great...now I'm talking to the universe. I wonder if it is nice? Why would I wonder that? Because your dumb! Shut up, Imaginary person in my head!...Yeah I need help.

And as if a stroke of luck appeared, I saw a busty bluenette trip and fall at the opening of the alley.

"Ow!" She cried, rubbing her thigh. And what was on her thigh? A Blue Fairy Tail Mark!

Looks like it's my lucky day. Thank you, Universe! I will talk again soon!

I grinned, what Darcy-sama would call a psychotic grin. Time to leave Fairy tail a little surprise.

"Oi, Ma'am. Are you alright?" I asked, putting on a huge act.

"Eh? Oh, Juvia is fine. Thank you Mr...?"

"Jim," I lied, giving her a hand up. Her cheeks were stained red and she sniveled a couple times.

"You look awful, Ms. Juvia, what happened?"

She went wide-eyed. "Juvia is lost. Gray-sama is in love with another and Juvia's heart is broken," she mumbled through sobs, that shook her curvy body.

Geeze, this woman is pathetic. Just get the information and kill her already, Genesis.

"So, you are a member of Fairy tail, huh?" I asked, ignoring her love comment and the facts she has been lost for, like, days.

Juvia nodded. "Juvia is."

I lifted a gray wisp from the ground and shot it into her body.

She stumbled back, completely surprised. "J-Jim-sama, what did you do to Juvia?"

A grin spread up my face. "Oh you'll find out soon enough. Theives' Magic: Internal Suffering."

With a snap of my fingers, the magic spread through her, taking over every inch of her body.

And that's when she screamed.

(Shelby pov)

A high-pitched scream echoed across the cave.

"Son of a bitch!" I cursed as we dashed into the cave.

Our footsteps pounded against the stone floor, echoing the sound all around us. The black swallowed me, completely shrouding my vision in darkness.

Ugh. I can't see anything!

Another scream shot through the air. I followed the voice unable to see my team mates. I continued down the cave for what felt like hours. When the screams got louder, the darkness started to fade into a bright light.

I reached the end of the cave and found a room with a burning fire in the center, flaming ablaze. Behind the fire, pinned against the wall by a boulder, was a tuft of pink. I took a step closer and recognized two pink pigtails connected to a small head.

May!

I dashed over to the boulder, looking all around it for the little girl being crushed against it.

A noise startled me, making me spin around and shoot a blast of music at the source. A blur of orange screamed, dodging my attack. Darcy?

"What the hell! Watch where you're shooting, baka!" she screamed, pointing to the huge chunk of cave that was now destroyed.

I ignored her complaining and waved her over. "Come on. We need to help May."

Darcy turned to the huge boulder and paled, running over. "Oh my Mavis," she murmured right beside me. "Is she okay?"

I gave her a are-you-freaking-blind look and shook my head.

Darcy gave an awkward chuckle, but then turned completely serious and shoved her arm out toward the boulder. "Okay, Shelby. As soon as the boulder is lifted, grab May and move out of the way."

I gave a quick nod in conformation while Darcy casted the spell. "Levitation Magic: Order!" The rock glowed a soft yellow and Darcy swam her arm upwards, clearing my path to the captive. I bolted forward, wrapping my arms around the dirty, limp girl. She moaned in pain and clenched my teeth.

Poor kid. This perverted monkey is gonna pay!

Now carrying May bridal style, I jumped away from the huge rock with a crashing sound behind me. I turned quickly to the boulder, now back on the ground before looking down to May. Her clothes were ripped and torn to shreds around her tan little body. Pink hair, clotted with mud and flower vines, trailed along her back and around her arms. I set her down gently against the stone floor as I slipped my leather jacket off and wrapped it around her.

She whimpered. I bit my lip and cradled her close.

Darcy approached me with shaking hands as she put the back of her pale hand to May's forehead. "She's burning up," she cried, ripping her hand away.

I jerked my chin toward the huge fire with a 'Why do you think?' look and Darcy giggled.

"Man. I'm losing my touch."

"What touch?" I asked, earning a glare from the Levitation mage.

Just at that moment, came in a panting Lissa. "Damn," she gasped, grabbing her knees, "I got lost in the darkness."

She jogged over pathetically and gasped when she saw May. "You found her!"

"No. Really?" I asked sarcastically.

With a murderous frown from Lissa, I continued. "Yeah. The big idiot trapped her behind a boulder. And judging by her appearance, he did some…things to her," I growled.

Darcy put hand to her mouth and went wide eyed in fear. "You don't think it…"

"No," I interrupted. "She wasn't."

Darcy and Lissa sighed in relief. "Okay," Lissa projected. "We have May, now let's go before-"

A loud roar echoed through the cave, startling all of us. "Shit!" I cursed, grabbing May protectively. I will not let this bastard ape touch her.

Lissa and Darcy jumped into fighting stances, readying their magic.

In a flash, a huge green and purple gorilla-thing emerged from the black opening, heading straight for Lissa. "Oh no you don't," she yelled, "Ice Dragon's Glacier Burst!"

Lissa reached up a fist, now glowing a teal color, and punched it into the ground. The Vulcan continued running, but was stopped by a huge glacier of ice, rocketing up from under him, sending him flying. Darcy took this as an opening, and swung the yellow glowing boulder (from before) right into him, leading the Vulcan crashing into the wall.

Inside I fist pumped in victory. But, that soon ended when the Vulcan peeled itself off the wall and turned towards me. "Woman!" he yelled, stomping angrily in my direction.

With one arm still around May, I lifted the other towards the fast approaching monster. "Music Dr-"

I was interrupted by a huge fist connecting with the side of my head.

With May still in my arms, I cried out in pain as I skidded across the floor. Pain swarmed through my skull, throbbing horribly. In the corner of my now blurry eyes, scarlet blood soaked the right side of my face. My back eventually hit the wall before I fell unconscious.

(Lisssa pov)

"Shelby!" I screamed as my bleeding friend slumped against the stone wall.

Darcy made her way over there and left me in charge of the Vulcan. "Oh, you really did it now!" I yelled, springing out to the monster in rage. The Vulcan met my eyes as it roared out.

It swung three punches at me, but I gracefully avoided each one. "Roar of the Ice Dargon!"

A blizzard of teal winds, mixed with ice crystals, pummeled the Vulcan. It grabbed his chest in pain. "Bad woman!" he shouted, beating his fists on the ground.

A second to late, the Vulcan socked me in the chest. All the air was knocked out of me as I choked, clutching my stomach.

"Damn you," I gasped as my chest ached and screamed. I thought the Vulcan would attack me again, but instead he headed over to Darcy and Shelby. Darcy's back was facing the Vulcan and Shelby was slightly coming into consciousness.

"Darcy, look out!" I yelled, panic shooting through me. Shelby was now completely awake and was clutching her head, cursing. But at hearing my scream, she directed her attention to the orangette with wide eyes. Darcy, confused, put a hand to Shelby's neck to see if she was okay.

However, just then the Vulcan wrapped a big meaty fist around my best friend. She started screaming and waved her hands around, though somehow Shelby's headphones were now in her hand. I guess the cord got tangled around her fingers when she put her hand to Shelby's neck.

With a home run winning serve, he threw Darcy across the cave. She screamed again and as she connected with the wall, a huge pounding echo wavered through the air. I heard a loud crack and Darcy whimper as she slid to the ground. Darcy crushed Shelby's headphones as she was in so much pain. A tear slid down her face when she crumpled to the ground.

"DARCY!"

"MY HEADPHONES!"

I wanted to nothing else but run over to my best friend and wrap my arms around her, telling her it would be okay. I got shakily to my feet, but collapsed, clutching my chest. I felt a pop and bit my lip hard to keep from crying out. Darcy…it's okay. I'm coming…

I pushed off my un-iced foot and fell again. Ugh. That pervert broke a rib.

I logged my head up to witness a scary sight. Shelby stood, fists clenched at her sides and blood coating one side of her face like a mask. That wasn't too scary, she looks like that all the time. What did scare me was how her silver, angelic eyes were a burning crimson red. Of course it was just the reflection of the fire, but still, it's creepy.

"Look what you did," she growled at the unlucky monster in front of her.

It cocked its head and scratched its cheek confused. "Uh. Woman?"

I heard hard rock music emerge from the purple ribbons of light, now swirling up Shelby's arms. "I said. Look. What. You. Did!" she yelled, pointing towards the limp Darcy and the pile of broken headphone remains.

"You broke my headphones. I loved those headphones….." Anime tears appeared in Shelby's eyes.

I would've sweat dropped not given the intense circumstances. What about Darcy? Is she really that nuts about her headphones?

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! MY HEADPHONES SHALL BE AVENGED!"

Yep, she's nuts.

"And Darcy too…, BUT MAINLY MY HEADPHONES!" Shelby screamed.

I blinked slowly three times.

Shelby's magic was swirling around her wildly, the music growing louder and louder. She kicked off her back foot, letting out a battle cry as she pounded attack after attack into the Vulcan, finishing him off with a Music Dragon's Roar.

The screeching guitar riff shot into my ears. I still have to cover my ears when she uses that move.

After the final attack the Vulcan fell onto the floor with a loud thud. Besides Shelby's panting, everything was quiet.

I closed my eyes attempting to stand up, but was lifted with ease by two arms being slipped through mine. Shelby stood behind me with a smirk. "Sup, Lissa. Where have you been?"

"Shut up," I snapped as a smile spread across my face. "You are pretty cocky you know that?"

She shrugged. "Can't be awesome all the time. Now let's help shorty."

Shelby wrapped my arm around her shoulders as she dragged me over to Darcy. Once I was close enough, I ripped out of Shelby's hold and hung on to Darcy for dear life. "Darcy…"

I felt a small arm wrap around my waist. I flinched and looked down to meet a pair of lavender doe eyes. "Hi, Lissa. Good morning."

"It's night, baka," I said through a smile.

We wrapped each other in a hug, never wanting to let go. I pet her soft hair while she dug her face into my neck. After a while, I heard someone clear their throat. Turning, I saw Shelby giving an annoyed look.

"If you two are done acting like a bunch of love-sick lesbians, I would like to finish this job and go home."

We unwrapped from each other, suddenly horrified. I put a hand over my mouth to keep from gagging.

Ohmygawd. No. Just. NO. Ugh. I'm gonna have nightmares for weeks.

"I am not lesbian!" Darcy shouted. She glanced towards me then turned green.

"Prove it," Shelby said with a dangerous smirk.

Darcy shook her head. "How can I be lesbian if I've had a crush on Laxus since I was eleven-Oh Crap! You did not hear that!"

Shelby and stared at Darcy, unblinking.

What?! She likes Laxus Dreyar? The hunky S-Class grandson of Master Makarov? I knew she always liked him, but I never would have guessed she "liked" him.

"Whoa…" was all Shelby said as Darcy's cheeks burned more red than Titania's hair.

"S-shut up. And do not tell him! I would die of embarrassment…" she mumbled, putting her hands on her burning cheeks.

"Okay~~~," Shelby said, stretching that word out as long as humanly possible. "We should get going."

With a nod of agreement, we all painfully made our way over to May. Since Darcy and I were leaning on each other for support, Shelby had to carry her.

Before we left, Darcy found a stick and made a torch from the fire so we wouldn't be walking in the pitch black again. Thank. God.

I also froze the Vulcan solid and put out the fire. He won't be causing trouble in a very, very long time.

Once the shadows were swallowed away by the night sky, we caught our exceeds calmly sitting on a log.

"What are you guys doing out here?" I yelled.

Rosie chewed on her paw nervously and muttered, "I got scared in the dark so I came back out."

I flashed my eyes to Claire and Skip. "So why are you guys out here?"

They scoffed. "Do you honestly think we would leave her alone in the woods, at night?" Claire snapped.

"Right." A warm smile crept up my face. "Good job you guys. Now let's go give May back. There's a little boy waiting for her."

And a guild waiting for us.