Rogue's pov

I woke up to a bright light shining down on me and a cold breeze hitting my face. I gave out a loud groanbeforesitting up as fast as I could and looked around.

I was sitting in a bed in the Sabertooth inn infirmary with Sting sitting on the edge of another bed that was next to mine. Lector sat on Sting's bed while Frosch and Phoenix sat on my bed.

I noticed that Starlight wasn't in the room with made me sad but for some reason at the back of my mind I had the feelings of fear and anger andI felt pain in parts of my body that weren't bandaged. I knew this was Starlight's feelings but I didn't understand why she was feeling pain. I looked at Phoenix and asked "Where's Starlight?"

Phoenix looked up at me with sadness in her chocolate brown and ocean blue eyes and she had her ears down like she was sad. "Starlight went missing after your battle" she explained and I just started to fill up with anger. Whoever kidnapped Starlight was going to pay. Big time.

"How long ago was our battle" I asked hoping that I might be able to track Starlight and her kidnapper down before Starlight was hurt.

"Yesterday" Lector answered which shocked both me and Sting. "We were out for a day" Sting asked in a shocked tone. "Yes" Phoenix said with a hint of sadness in her voice "Fro thinks so too" Frosch added.

"Dammit" Igrowled punching the bed hard. "Well, we better get over to the meeting hall before we get shouted at even more then we already will" Sting sighed, standing up. 'Don't worry Starlight, where ever you are I will find you" I thought.

Sting and I stood in front of Master Jiemma's couch with our heads down not wanting to make eye contact with the master.

"Sting, Rogue, what was that supposed to be?!" he asked us, his voice filled with anger and he sounded really pissed off.

"We have no words. It was a complete failure. Natsu bathed himself in lightning and even without fire, he mustered up overwhelming power. His strength was far beyond what we imagined. Natsu Dragneel" Iexplained while clenching my fist. I didn'tlook at the master but I knew thatwhat I said wasa big mistake cause it just seemed to piss him off even more.

"Are those the words of a member of the strongest guild" the master asked flipping his table over and stood right in front of us, leaving a crack in the ground which was huge. "Who told you to go out there and embarrass us with that half-baked wizardry?! Who told you to go out and lose?!" He yelled angrily and extremely loud.

The master then let off a huge amount of magic power. "You have sullied the name of the world's strongest guild" the masteryelled even louder then beforeas Sting and I were thrown back a little by his magic power.

"You don't have the right to call yourselves Sabertooth" Masteryelled,punching Sting and thenkicking me, causing both of us to hit the wall. "Sting" Lector yelled running over to Sting "Rogue" Frosch called as he ran over to me closely followed by Phoenix.

"Remove it!!!! Remove your guild marks!!!! We need no weaklings in our guild!!!! We need no losers!!!! And take that pafetically weak Fairy with you!!!!" the master shouted.

Phoenix seemed to get really mad about what the master said about Starlight because her tail became bristly and was more spiky then it was fluffy before she flew up to the master and got into his face. "How dare you speak about Starlight that way, you good for nothing DICK. Not only to do you kick out those who lose but you insult them too, your FUCKING dispicable" Phoenix yelled, anger flaring in her normally calm eyes.

The master just looked at Phoenix before raising his hand and hit Phoenix hard as she went and crashed into the wall before screaming out in pain and clutched her left shoulder. "I don't listen to pathetic cats" he snarled at her before looking at the ground and stepping on the wooden bow and I heard the splintering sound that came from wood.

Suddenly Lector stepped forward and started to speak. "Now, now master, Sting and Rogue tried really hard. Maybe he lost this once, but I'm proud of Sting" Lectortold the masterwaving one paw up and down. "Lector" Sting whispered.

"I think that knowing what it is to lose can make a wizard strong. Sting has learned a lot going through this competition" Lector added.

"Who the FUCK are you" the master asked Lector which shocked the maroon and pink cat. "Oh, come on master! I'm a long time member of Sabertooth, with a mark and everything" Lectorreplied nervously as he turned around and lifted his waistcoat to show his light pink guild mark that was placed in the middle of his back.

"The mark of Sabertooth is a matchless mark of excellence! It is unfit for cats or dogs

BEGONE!!!!!"

Suddenly the master sent a wave of magic towards Lector and his last words were "Help me Sting" before he completely vanished into the bright light.

"Lector" Sting yelled, tears running down his face as he watched Lector disappear. "Aa...Aaaah...Lector...He's...Gone..." Froschcried, tears building up in his eyes. I quickly snatched up Frosch and Phoenix to keep them safe causing Phoenix to let out a quite cry of pain as she closed her eyes and placed her ears back while gritting his teeth.

Sting started to cry harder and placed his hands over his faceas the master looked over at him. "Oh, shut up Sting" Master said. ""What haveyou done...What the hell have you done..." Sting said as he stood up with his hands over his face as tears ran down his hands.

"Shut your mouth!!!! Quit yourdamm blubberingover one stupid cat. If you were smart you'd remove your guild marks before you join the fleabag" the master told us before Sting looked at him in anger and punched a hole through his stomach and he fell to the ground.

"That is enough" Minerva said but Sting ignored her. "How dare...you do that to Lector" Sting growled, his voice full of anger.

"That was well done" Minerva said with glee as she took a few steps forward. "Y-you..." Master Jeimma triedto say but failed.

"Let it be known that my father's region of terror has ended here. Since Sting's power has surpassed even that of my father's, he is a fitting candidate for the new master." Minerva announced. "Minerva you little... What are you saying" Master asked Minerva.

"Beaten dogs have no right to speak. It was a rule. Follow it" Minerva said with some sourness in her voice to the master before turning back to Sting. "Sting...Something you did not have that, that man 'Natsu' had was his 'power over emotion'."

"Power of emotion?" Sting questioned. "Unbeknownst to you, father's philosophy has influenced you. He told you 'we don't need friends' and 'power is everything'. However your nature proved that wrong. Your feelings for Lector gave you power. You have managed to obtain that power. Now you can surpass Natsu" Minerva explained to Sting.

"M'lady... I don't think I can..." Sting said looking down. "Be at ease. Lector is alive. I used my magic to transport him to another location" Minerva replied.

"I-is this true M'lady" Sting asked as a few tears fell down his face. I placed Frosch and Phoenix down as Frosch had a few tears of joy "Lector is alive..." Frosch said through his tears.

"Thank you!!! Thank you M'lady!! Now please bring Lector back to me... But really... sniff... Thank... You..." Sting said collapsing onto the ground with more tears as he wiped his eyes.

"Don't be childish!!!" Minervahissed, getting into Sting's face. "You will never see Lector again unless we win the grand magic games" Minervatold him,getting serious."What are you talking about M'lady...?! Please... Just give Lector back to me, and..." Sting asked with even more tears.

"I am not like father! However that does not change the fact that Sabertooth must be the greatest guild in the world! For that, you must prove that you have truly obtained this new power. You must display this power and win for all the people to see! I will not allow any foolish thoughts to persist in you! Know that Lector lives or dies on my whim!" Minerva told him.

I then just realized something, Minerva was covered in Starlight's scent but why. "M'lady, might I ask why your covered in Starlight's scent" I questioned. "Who, oh wait you mean that Fairy. I may have had a little fun with bathing her in her own blood, in fact there was quite a few interesting things I found out from it." she laughed beforelifting up her arm waved it past her and Starlight fell limply to the ground.

"Starlight" I yelled running over to her and holding her in my arms. She had bruises and cuts all over and her outfit was stained with dried up blood as well as some fresh blood coming from fresh wounds and the clothes were torn. Her hair now went up to her hips insteadoffpast her waistand her skin was now covered in the scales for healing .

"I enjoyed listening to her screams of pain but it took a while which proves she's tough so if she is fit enough to fight tomorrow then she will take Orga's place because I think she'll be very helpful especially with her knowledge of the weaknesses of all the members of Fairy Tail" Minerva laughed with a smile before realizing something.

"Oh and I found this when some of her hair was cut off" she smirked and through what looked like a small key and a wooden box next to me. The box had a dragon design carved onto it which spread across the wood. Blood was splashed onto the wood, staining the otherwise beautiful design.

My blood boiled but I decided not to retaliate since it wouldn't be very wise and I might end up like Lector or Jiemma. I slowly picked Starlight up bridal style and carried her to the inn's infirmary closely followed by Frosch who had picked up the key and boxand Phoenix who had picked up her bow in her right paw and was now carrying it with her.

I sat in a chair next to Starlight's bed. She was still out cold but the doctor said she'd be fine and that the only things she'd be left with would be some scars from reallydeep cuts.

I was extremely pissed at both the master and Minerva since they had hurt my new family. Phoenix had broken her arm when she had hit the wall and had to get a cast on her arm and have it in a sling till it was healed.

At this point Phoenix was looking at her now broken bow and had tears running down her face. "Why are you sad" I asked a little confused. "I'm upset because that DICKHEAD broke my bow and this bow means a lot to me" she replied with her tears still running down her fur.

"Can't you just buy a new bow" I asked still confused. "I could but this bow is really precious to me since it was given to me by my parents and little brother and sister as a gift for my first day on the army in Extalia" she replied.

"Then can't you go see them and ask them for a new one" I asked again. "No because they were killed 10 years ago" Phoenixreplied her ears down. "What happened" I asked a little stunned.

"Their was an Exceed who was a psycho and liked to watch the pain of others so he went around and killedotherExceeds. I was on a mission to find him when me and my team got a notice that he was in my neighbourhood. I ran over as fast as I could but by the time I got to my house, I was too late. The... T-the Exceed... Killed my parents and younger siblings" Phoenix explained as more tears fell down her face.

I quickly pulled her into a hug to comfort her and Frosch joined in since he was also crying cause he listened to the whole story and I knew Frosch was very emotional.

I then placed her down as she gave a small wince of pain before looking at the box and key. I picked it up and placed the bronze key into the lock. I turned the key and opened the lid and looked inside. I saw a few items such as a small plush version of what looked like an iron dragon. There were a couple of pictures of her and Gajeel and in a few off them there were the two cats. There was also a few papers with writing on them and even a couple of white scales.

I looked at the items in the box confused before hearing a groaning sound coming from the bed. I looked up to see that Starlight was awake and had already sat up and was rubbing her head. "Where am I" she asked looking around the room. "Your safe, your in the infirmary" I answered as Starlight looked at me and her face lit up before she gave me a hug.

"Rogue your ok I'm so glad" shesmiled before letting go. Frosch leaped out of my arms and into Starlight's arms and rubbed his head against her stomach as she gave a small grunt of pain at this before picking the small Exceed up in her arms and kissed Frosch on the top of his head before giving him a hug.

She then looked up and saw Phoenix with the cast on her left arm. "Oh my Mavis, Phoenix what happened to you" she asked placing Frosch onto her lap and placed her hands over her mouth. "Master Jeimma hit me into a wall and I broke my arm before he stepped on my bow and broke it" Phoenix replied with a frown.

Starlight then got up and asked "can we go back to the room?" I quietly nodded and the four of us headed back to my room. I had quickly put the box in my hand, hidden under my cape as we headed back. When we arrived, I quickly slipped he box into the top drawer of the bedside cabinet.

I took my clothes off and hung them on the back of a chair and as did Starlight before the four of us got ready for bed and laid down in the bed and Iquickly fell asleep with Starlight's scent surrounding me.

Little did I know that something very major was going to happen.