Chapter 12

Speak No Evil

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's and Ideas

A few minutes.

She had only blacked out for a few minutes at best, only five or so... But she still felt like she was going to pass out again.

She didn't like blacking out, especially not around other people. It was a sign of weakness, and she didn't like feeling weak in any way.

But if there was ever a time she felt weak, it was now.

She was hurting, the pain from her wounds had begun to throb horribly, and the mental and physical strain she had put herself through was slowly taking its toll.

Not to mention the after affects of the World's Energy wavering as much as it was... And the backlash from Drenim Lenkarron.

Frea frowned down at her legs, eyes half-way closed and closing more every minute. She was slouching heavily in the seat next to Moon, in the very front of the MagicMobile, arms crossed over her stomach, shoulders hunched, chin resting on her chest and legs propped up on the guardrail in front of the drivers seat.

Moon was sitting beside her silently, paw resting on the control module for the car, armband securely around her arm, pale blue eyes fixed forward as the Exceed drove the MagicMobile back to Magnolia.

Moon had been the only one of their team to hardly use any Magic Energy at all, and so she had insisted to take the wheel so everyone could rest a little.

This was fairly ok with the rest of them. Lucy and Chase were tired, not wounded though.

Aisha, she was exhausted, and not without her own wounds.

Frea... Well, she was the worst off of all of them, to say the least.

Lucy, Aisha and Chase were inside the car, completely silent. Lucy had dozed off on one seat, while Aisha and Chase had dozed off on the opposite the blonde, Aisha leaning against Chase as she slept on peacefully.

Chase hadn't seemed to mind having Aisha sit with him, and Aisha likewise hadn't seemed to be so tense around him.

They were all tired, and Frea didn't blame any of them for falling asleep. She herself wouldn't mind falling asleep... But she couldn't.

Solana and Loke had gone back to the Celestial Spirit World, so they could rest there. Solana had been doing considerably well after the Balance was fixed, and the connections mended. The red-head had promised to come back fairly soon, Frea had no doubt the Sun Dragon Slayer wanted to talk with her sister.

Frea winced silently. She was still bleeding a little, but she hadn't let anyone worry about her before. All she needed was to go back to Magnolia and sleep... For a very long time.

Her arms hurt, her back hurt, her whole damn body hurt, inside and out. Her head was still pounding and she felt sick. It felt like she was going to throw up, and she was fairly certain she was going to end up staying home sick for a few days after this...

From the corner of her almost closed eyes, she noticed that Moon was giving her a very... Angry look?

"Frea." Moon murmured lowly, low enough not to wake anyone in the back up, but Frea did not miss the slight venom in the Exceed's voice as she spoke her name. She had noticed it before, but Moon was definitely angry with her for something, she just didn't know what.

She looked Moon's way from the corner of her eye. Moon didn't look at her, instead she kept her focus on where she was going.

"I cannot believe you even dared to consider using that Spell." Moon hissed, Frea blinked at the words.

Spell...?

Moon looked her way, eyes narrowed and glinting with barely controlled anger. Frea wasn't sure where... She stiffened once she realized, Moon... She must be talking about...

But how would she even...?

"Don't give me that look." Moon growled, Frea stayed silent. "If you had forgotten, I spent more than half of my life in a Dark Guild." Moon said lowly, her eyes narrowed more and Frea sweatdropped slightly.

"I know what Forbidden Magic looks like when I see it!" Moon snarled, voice still low.

Frea looked away quickly, suddenly unable to meet her Partner's gaze.

Fuck... I forgot about that... I suppose Chaitanya wouldn't be the only one mad at me then...

"Its dangerous to use it!" Moon went on. "It can kill you if your not strong enough to handle it!"

She dared a small glance at her Partner, but Moon had let her eyes closed, teeth gritted and paw grasped around the control tightly.

"No wizard, Dark or Light should ever use Forbidden Magic. It doesn't matter why you used it, you shouldn't have!" Moon hissed. "I am so ashamed of you! Do you even realize what its going to do to you?!"

Moon's eyes snapped open to set a deadly glare on Frea, who only stared back calmly, saying nothing. Moon narrowed her eyes at the Dragon Slayer,

"I saw you wince before, and it wasn't because of the wounds." Moon growled, "You better hope that the backlash isn't too bad, because I'm going to hurt you myself!"

Frea slightly flinched, Moon's tone was icy and filled with deep set anger. Apparently, Moon had a deep set hatred for anything Dark Magic related, understandable on all accounts... She had the feeling Moon wasn't going to let this to for a very long time.

Frea looked away, letting her eyes drop to her legs again and she could hear Moon let out a low hiss of irritation.

She returned her blue gaze to the road ahead. "This is going to be a stain on your being, on your Magic, one I doubt will ever go away." The Exceed went on, forcing herself to calm down slightly. "Please, don't ever use Forbidden Magic again." She muttered. "... If the backlash is very bad, please don't try to handle it alone. I don't want to risk you getting any more hurt than you are, or worse..." Moon added in after a moment.

Frea appreciated the fact the Moon was worried about her safety, something she assumed was the reason she had been so mad. She loved the Exceed for the compassion, and she would admit she would feel the same way of Moon had put herself in harms way as she had.

She understood why Moon was mad, accepted it... She just wasn't going to be happy about being scolded for a very long time to come.

Frea let her eyes fall closed, a wave of tiredness passing over her. She barely stopped herself from letting out a hiss of pain when a particularly large wave of it passed through her entire body.

For a split second, flashes of fire and blood appeared within her mind. Memories she didn't want to see, or experience...

Memories that were not her own.

No One POV

Moon glanced Frea's way again once the Dragon Slayer didn't say anything in return. She could had snapped at her Partner more than she had, but she knew no amount of yelling or scolding would have stopped Frea from what she did.

Why would she? Frea hadn't even been deterred from the idea that Chaitanya, a Dragon, would have been furious with her having used Forbidden Magic. If Frea wouldn't have stopped knowing that, nothing Moon could have said would have made a difference.

She sighed silently at the sight to her Partner, the blood that covered her. How wounded she was, how exhausted she was.

It didn't take an Energy Mage to know that Frea was void of any of her Magic Power right now, she had spent it all. How could she not have? Moon was fairly certain that they were bound to hear of the 'Second Magic Anomaly' by the time they made it back to Magnolia.

She looked away, Frea was going to have to explain everything now, there was no way she could get out of it at this point. People would want answers, the Guild... And the Magic Council.

She was fairly certain Frea would not want to speak with the Council, based on her history with them, and she didn't want to be around when she was forced to, it was not going to make her happy.

She was pushing the MagicMobile to go as fast as she could manage, wanting to get someone, preferably Wendy, to look Frea over and start to heal her wounds.

For the backlash from using the Forbidden Magic, no amount of Healing Magic was going to help Frea with it, something both Moon and the Dragon Slayer knew fairly well.

Moon flicked her ears a little, the silence seemingly heavy and she closed her eyes, before looking Frea's way again.

"Hmm..." She murmured, realizing for the first time since they had begun to make their way back, Frea had not said a single word.

Frea had her eyes closed now, and Moon looked away with a heavy sigh.

"... Speak No Evil then..?"

Frea sat on a stool behind the bar, hands resting on the seat in between her legs, and head hanging, shoulders hunched and eyes closed. Her bag had been dropped down beside her on the ground, and her hair pulled out of the ribbon, so it could fall around her shoulders loosley.

The entire Guild was fairly silent, apart from a few hushed whispers, all eyes turned toward her.

Her back was turned toward the rest of the Guild, shirt pulled up so Wendy could work on the very serious burns and wounds on the Energy Dragon Slayer's lower back.

Usually this would have been done in the infirmary, but Frea had not wanted to take another step, and had just opted for sitting down where she was, she was too tired to even think about walking to the infirmary.

Wendy had her eyes narrowed in concentration, but she could not hide her shock.

Hardly anyone could, they were speechless.

You would be to if you saw your Guild-Mate come back as wounded as Frea was.

Moon, Chase, Aisha and Lucy sat on the same side of the bar, only they were facing the Guild, and a little ways away from where Frea and Wendy were behind them. Chase, Lucy and Aisha were slumped over and completely exhausted, the sleep they had gotten on the ride back had done them good, but they were still tired as hell.

Moon sat atop the counter, Master sitting next to her, both their eyes closed and arms crossed over their chests.

Natsu and Happy were hovering around Lucy, casting looks back and forth between the blonde and Frea, still trying to come up with what to say.

Many people had noticed Aisha at the bar, her arms crossed on top of the counter and head resting in her arms, purple eyes narrowed suspiciously at all of the Mages in front of her.

Carla was standing beside Wendy, eyes narrowed and a bead of sweat dripping down her face at the sight of Frea. The memory of the Dream still fresh on her mind. She had been assuming it was Frea who was in that dream, covered in blood... But looking toward the stranger in their midsts, who had completely silver hair... Her suspicions of it being Frea in the dream were beginning to fade.

Magnolia was glistening in the sunlight, the rain in the streets and on the buildings shimmering in the light. Though, the water paled to insignificance of the earlier sparks of the silver pieces that had fallen from the sky an hour or so earlier.

The townspeople, not including those hundred or so who had gotten hurt, were left relatively unscathed despite the damage some of the Buildings around town had taken.

Magnolia had all in all fallen back into a calm state, people beginning to repair what had been destroyed. It would take time to fix everything, and for everyone to heal, but things could have been much worse.

Several of Fairy Tail's members were tired, though since everything had calmed down, they had felt themselves grow a little stronger.

Mirajane had come up behind Wendy as she worked, a role of bandages in her hands as she gave the Energy Dragon Slayer a look over, worried frown pulling at her lips.

It was Mira who spoke first, eyes scanning over the wounds slowly, "How did all of this happen?" She asked lowly.

Frea's eyes opened at the voice, and she glanced over her shoulder at Mira slowly, and said nothing, but she did look toward Aisha, slight scowl pulling at her lips upon laying eyes on the silver-haired young woman.

Aisha seemed to sense Frea was scowling at her, and simply let her eyes fall closed with a huff.

Mira noticed the look Frea gave the stranger, as did several others, including Master who had opened one eye to look Frea's way when Mira asked the question.

Several eyes turned to Aisha, all of them burning to ask questions, but not doing so quite yet.

"Hmm..." Master sighed, "May I ask, who you are?" The Old Man said calmly as he looked to Aisha, who opened her eyes to look his way slowly. Master had his suspicions of who she was, but he wanted to hear it from her.

"I'm Aisha." She answered lowly. "Cosmic Soul for the moon." She added in a quieter voice, and Master nodded in understanding.

"Cosmic wha-?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Where did all you run off to?"

"What happened?"

Several questions were suddenly voiced after they had heard Aisha's name. They poured out all at once, Frea let her eyes fall closed again, hardly listening to them.

One voice in particular caught her attention though, being able to hear it clearly above most of the others. "Would you like to explain why your Magic was coming down from the sky?"

Laxus called the question out, he was leaning against the wall of the Guild, arms crossed over his chest and eyes directly locked on to Frea.

Several people stopped, eyes growing wide. They hadn't realized it before Laxus asked... But that was Frea's Magic! But... How could she had cast so much? And why?

Frea knew the question was directed at her, and she knew he was looking at her. Looking over her shoulder again, she blinked once.

Wendy had stopped what she was doing, the reality of the question stunning her.

Frea didn't answer though, and Laxus raised an eyebrow at her silence.

"She can't answer you." Moon spoke up suddenly, eyes opening to rest on Laxus. "At least not for a few days."

This caused a few people to gasp, and they all turned confused looks on both Moon and Frea, who had turned away again and let her eyes fall closed once more.

"And why the hell not?" Laxus asked.

Moon looked away and sighed, everyone looking to her for an explanation. Master Makarov was glancing at her from the corner of his eye, eyes narrowed.

"Side affect of using a certain type of Spell." Moon answered simply. "She won't be able to talk for a few days," the Exceed's eyes switched to Frea, "Or use any Magic." She added in, earning a small nod from Frea.

People blinked, not fully able to understand. What kind of Spell would keep Frea from talking or using Magic for a little while? Let alone, what had she needed a Spell for anyway?!

Master Makarov's eyes narrowed more at the vague explanation, and he briefly set a stone cold glare on Frea, before looking away from her again.

Frea sighed upon sensing Master had glared at her, yay... Add Master Makarov to the list of people who will probably lecture me about using Drenim Lenkarron... Damn it...

"... Then would someone like to explain what happened?" Gajeel spoke up gruffly, taking into consideration Frea would not be explaining anything without argument.

Moon paused, not sure if it was her place to explain anything. She looked to Frea, who gave her a small nod, and Moon took in a breath.

"Alright; if I'm going to explain things, we're doing it my way." The Exceed explained, letting her eyes close and lifting a paw out in front of her. A golden Magic Circle appeared before her paw, and everyone blinked.

A few people jumped back when the floor of the Guild Hall fell away, leaving it to look like trees beneath them. With the floor seemingly gone, they did not fall, and people cast weary looks at Moon.

The walls of the Guild Hall were suddenly gone too, giving way to rolling hills and a deep night sky stretching out all around them. Looking to the left, the sight of Crocus could be seen, where many of its people were up late, drinking, laughing, celebrating.

Everyone looked to Moon, eyes widening once they realized what she was doing.

Chase glanced Moon's way, blinking a few times before looking toward Frea, who had her eyes closed. He looked away, knowing all to well that Frea would only be seeing the Guild Hall, not what the rest of them were seeing.

"This is the memory of the first night of the GMG." Moon explained. A few people nodded, others just looked around the sky they stood in.

Lily crossed his arms over his chest, everything within this memory was so detailed... Looking to Moon he smirked slightly, she definitely had a lot more skill and Magic Power than she had let on before.

"This is the night the first Magic Anomaly appeared."

The huge beam of silver light suddenly shot up into the sky, the Magic Circle stretching across the clouds and sky for hundreds upon hundreds of miles.

They all remembered seeing it, how could they not?

"Frea was the one to cause it." Moon went on, ignoring the shocked faces and gasps, "It was her Magic over half of Fiore saw, just because of the Magnitude of the Spell she was using." Moon's eyes opened to rest on them. "The same goes for what you saw today."

"... N... No way!"

"That's not possible! That thing was huge!"

"Why...? Would she have...?!"

Bewildered shouts were thrown out among the crowd of Fairy Tail Mages, all of them sweatdropping, shocked beyond belief at what they were hearing. Several of their gazes had turned to Frea, who they knew couldn't answer any of their questions.

Wendy had paused in her work and turned to see the memory too, eyes wide and arms pulled to her chest.

"Let me explain further." Moon told them, though, she didn't look as if she believed she should be the one explaining this. If anyone should, it should have been Frea, but she couldn't, not for a few days anyway and none of the Guild was going to wait.

Moon's swiped her paw to the side out in front of her, and the scenery changed again.

The roaring of crowds rose up around them, and they were left to see the very end of the Naval Battle of the GMG. They looked behind them to see all of their Memory-Selves standing there, and sweatdropped.

That was sort of weird.

"Sorry, but I won't let you touch my KeyHolder." An all too familiar voice reached their ears, and they looked toward the water to see a young woman with fiery red hair.

This caught Aisha's attention, and she opened her eyes to see the Memory of her sister.

"It seems Lucy had one last key still in her possession after all! Now one of her Spirits have come forth to protect their Master!" The announcer's voice rung out around them.

"What does Solana have to do with...?" Natsu murmured, looking toward Moon with a confused expression.

"Solana is the reason she caused the Magic Anomaly." Moon replied evenly. "It was Solana's life that Frea was saving, the Spell she used... It turned her into a Celestial Key."

"WHAT?!"

Shocked shouts and gasps echoed over everyone again, this time even louder at how incredibly unbelievable the words were.

That. Was. Impossible.

"That can't be right..."

"That can't even be possible...!"

"Its very possible." Moon continued. "Usually, you have to have a special gift in order to create a Celestial Key, be given permission by the highest power, the one who allows you to change a human soul, into that of a Spirit's."

The Exceed's blue gaze landed directly on Gray, Natsu, Happy and Erza. They all stiffened upon seeing her looking at them in particular.

Wendy cast a nervous glance at Frea, sweatdropping with wide worried eyes. She could not see the Energy Dragon Slayer's face, but she could feel the tenseness coming off of her.

It seemed like a chill had fallen over the area around Frea, and both Wendy and Mira shivered involuntarily upon feeling it from her.

"The ability to create Celestial Keys has been named as a very powerful form of Maker Magic." Moon went on, eyes narrowing.

Erza, Natsu, Gray and Happy visibly froze at the words, eyes growing wide and looking almost horrified.

They understood why Moon had been looking at them, understood why her words had such an impact. They had heard of a wizard like that, heard her voice, and worked against all hope to try and save their Guild-Mate from her grasp, trying to save Frea before she was killed.

Many other members were starting to piece together the information as well. The mention of it bringing them to a darker time of their lives, a time they had mourned the death of one of their Family members.

Sevaral people's eyes dropped to the ground, beyond shocked, their minds working sluggishly as they tried to fully understand what they were being told.

A few of the more perceptive members had turned their sights to Frea, and they could almost literally feel the cold sheet of frost that had fallen over the silent Dragon Slayer.

"Wizards who use this sort of Magic are called GateSentrys. They are chosen and given their Power by the Celestial Spirit King himself." Moon said, eyes falling away from the four.

"Frea... Used the Magic that... Kasumi...?" Natsu mumbled, voice low and barely audible. Unfortunately, even if he was speaking quietly, Frea could still hear him clear as day.

"Not entirely." Moon told him, chasing everyone to blink. "Her Magic is not inherently dark as Kasumi's was, and Frea is not a true GateSentry." Moon's voice dropped slightly as she said Kasumi's name, almost as if it was taboo to do so.

In all honesty, it might as well be taboo with Frea around, someone she knew all to well did not appreciate bringing the monstrous woman up for any sort of reason.

Moon looked to Frea, smiling sympathetically. "From what I understand, she was only able to use the Spell through sheer stubbornness alone."

The words caused a few people to smile a little bit, finding it slightly comforting that Frea was still so stubborn, she was able to break the rules of the Celestial Spirit King himself, and use a Spell so unique she would have never been able to use.

"Why did she need to save Solana's life?" Lisanna asked, head tilted.

"Because she went and decided to try and get my sister killed."

It would seem Aisha couldn't remain silent when the question was asked, and all eyes turned on her.

Aisha still had her head resting in her arms atop the counter, she was glaring daggers at Frea's back from the corner of her eye.

Many people sweatdropped at the amount of pure hostility in Aisha's gaze toward Frea, the Energy Dragon Slayer seemingly aware of the glare, but not bothering to move or react to it.

"Your... Sister...?" Natsu and Happy breathed, blinking rapidly at Aisha, completely thrown off guard by the statement. Master Makarov quirked an eyebrow at this, slightly confused as to why Solana wouldn't have mentioned her sister earlier... He would need to get the full story later.

"Teach did save her though." Chase reminded her softly, sitting up and rubbing the back of his neck, eyes closed.

"By turning her into a damn Spirit!" Aisha snapped up at him, gaze torn away from Frea.

Chase seemed to pause, and let his eyes open to rest on her, calm and completely neutral. "Would you rather she be dead?" He asked in an even tone, causing Aisha to stiffen a little.

"She wouldn't have needed to be saved, if she had just left Solana alone!" Aisha growled, not willing to back down. "She wouldn't have nearly died!"

Everyone cast nervous glances back and forth between Aisha and Chase, all of them very confused, not knowing all the details.

Moon sighed, letting her Magic drop once she realized she didn't have anyone's attentions any longer. The familiar walls and floors of the Guild Hall came back into view with a soft flash of Moon's golden Magic.

Chase set a steady and level gaze on the seething Cosmic Soul next to him. Aisha's temper was slowly rising, a temper that seemed to be considerably short.

Chase did nothing to react, he didn't even blink. He was not seemingly bothered with her anger in the slightest, instead he just soaked it in silently.

"Your not entirely angry." He said simply, the words causing Aisha to blink, recoiling from him slightly, eyes wide. Whatever it was about him saying that, it had hit Aisha in a whole different way than what she had been expecting.

Chase smiled slightly, "You know I'm right." He told her, looking away and letting his eyes close. "I can feel your emotions you know." He pointed out gently.

Aisha frowned at him, not really looking so much angry now as she looked annoyed at what he had said.

"You... You little-!" She growled, her head lifting up from her arms.

"Alright, that's enough!"

Aisha froze at the voice instantly, not ever believing she would hear her say anything in such a tone, a very angry tone.

In a shimmer of yellow and orange, Solana appeared just behind Aisha, hands on her hips and scowling profusely. She was glaring at Aisha with an angry look, something she wouldn't have used on her recently found alive sister had Aisha's hate-filled words had not been relentlessly tearing at Frea.

She was done with Aisha constantly snapping at Frea, tired of her sister taking her anger and hurt out on the Energy Dragon Slayer.

"You and I, need to talk!" Solana snapped, grabbing on to the back of Aisha's shirt and dragging her from her seat, toward the back doors of the Guild Hall. Crackling orange light was flickering around her body out of pure agitation and anger,

Aisha wasn't able to do anything other than let herself be dragged outside by Solana, for once, looking relatively scared.

Solana seemed to hold an authority over Aisha they had not seen earlier.

Frea POV

Frea smirked a little; she was under the impression the mood swings Solana was prone too, was something Aisha had actually come to fear.

Through her travels with Solana, she had become aware of just how fast the red-head's attitude could change from one thing, to something entirely different the next moment. Solana could be scary if the moment was right for it, and she couldn't say she wasn't happy that Aisha might actually get hounded by the extremely pissed and almost demonic personality of an angry Solana.

"Moon, you have my memories, continue one with explaining while we talk, won't you?" Solana called behind her in an almost sickly sweet voice, causing said Exceed to sweatdrop.

"Alright..."

The back doors slammed shut behind the two sisters, leaving the rest of them in a stunned silence.

Frea let her eyes fall closed after a moment when the doors were slammed shut. Moon hesitated a moment before continuing on with the explanation, telling everyone how Solana had been being chased by the Magic Council, and Black Chimera all at once. How Frea herself had decided to help her, while Solana helped her train for the GMG, and all the things that happened after with the battle.

She didn't listen to her Partner's words though, and she was faintly aware of Moon's Magic enveloping everyone as she replayed Solana's memories one after the other, explaining things as she went along.

She did not hear the voices of the memory, and she would not see the memory were she to open her eyes.

Moon's Magic would not work on her under any circumstance, so she was left to search out the voice of Solana and Aisha in relative silence.

She silently thanked Moon, glad the Exceed was willing to explain everything in her place, though it may not be as detailed. She was sure to have to answer in more detail once her voice came back, and she felt considerably better...

For whatever reason, she sort of felt it was better this way, to have Moon explaining it all.

She hadn't been looking forward to it.

"... S... Solana..." Aisha's voice stammered from somewhere outside, Frea having to strain her ears just to hear her.

"You need to stop." Solana growled. "Stop blaming Frea for everything, if you hadn't noticed, she did save my life, she did fix everything, she mended the Balance!"

"You wouldn't have almost died if she hadn't helped you to try and fight Black Chimera." Aisha said lowly, "I was going to handle it."

"How?" Solana asked. "Aisha, I haven't seen you in years; I thought you were dead..." She paused for a minute. "What happened to you?" Solana asked quietly. "What happened to make you like this? You are not the Aisha I remember."

"People change." Aisha murmured.

"Why?" Solana pressed.

Silence.

"... I'd rather not go into it." Aisha said after a very long time.

"You don't need to tell me all of it." Solana told her, "I only want to know some... Just help me understand... Lets start with why I never knew you could use Magic?"

"... My Powers developed after our Village was attacked." Aisha said. "When I had gained my abilities, I had fought my way out of captivity with Phoenix Tear." Aisha's voice dropped a little. "I'm guessing my Powers only emerged when the previous Cosmic Soul for the moon died."

"Alright... You were a prisoner to Phoenix Tear?" Solana asked, "How... How long..?"

"A month or two." Aisha answered simply, not seemingly willing to go in to detail about her time with the former Dark Guild.

"After that, I've been traveling and collecting information. Making connections with several different places and people... As an Independent Mage."

Frea sighed a little, so Aisha was working along the same lines as Jellal, being Independent... Only not with other people, she was all on her own.

But she couldn't be all alone, she had said she had made ties and connections.. That meant she had other people helping her from time to time.

"Keeping tabs on people close to you." Solana murmured. "Why didn't you ever come to me, if you knew I was alive?"

"... I never thought I should." Aisha replied quietly, so quite that Frea had a hard time hearing her. "Things... They were complicated after Pheonix Tear... I had my own things to worry about... You had your own things to worry about... I would have just gotten in the way..."

She was faintly aware of Chase taking over the explanation about the Balance Shifts.

"I didn't let you know I was alive because... Because things can never go back to the way they were before we were separated." Aisha's voice suddenly got a lot stronger. "Like you said, I'm not the same as I was before, and I never will be again. I couldn't give you hope things would go back to normal, they can't. I'm not who I was before, and I didn't want you to be crushed in hoping for things that can't happen. So, I stayed away."

Frea let her eyes open, and she stared down at the floor.

She'd give Aisha a little credit, she was definitely a lot more concerned for Solana than she had originally thought.

How painful could of have been? Forcing yourself to stay away from your sister for years on end? Just because you were the one thing that might hurt her?

She cast a glance behind her once Wendy went to work healing her wounds again, before turning her attention back to Solana and Aisha.

"... Aisha..." Solana murmured, not seeming to know what to say in response.

"You wanted an answer, that's it." Aisha went on. "Before you ask, I know your going to want to know how I planed to take care of Black Chimera."

"Well... Yeah..."

"One of my connections was inside of Black Chimera, a spy who had infiltrated their ranks." Aisha explained. "He fed me information, information I in turn fed to the Council."

Frea stiffened a little at the words, this just got a whole lot more confusing.

Black Chimera had a mole in the Council...

And the Council had a mole in Black Chimera...?

She was surprised the two hadn't caught each other at some point along the way.

Wait, who was Aisha giving information to within the Magic Council?

"I work as an Information Broker to the Council." Aisha explained. "They don't know my name, they don't know who I am, they have never seen me. Instead I work under a fake name and in the shadows, merely passing along what I have learned." Aisha sighed. "My plan had been to get enough information on Black Chimera, all their illegal business and actions, gaining the Council's attention so they would act."

"You and Frea took matters into your own hands before I could finish."

Frea sighed a little; it would seem she had also finished Aisha's job unintentionally by giving the book of records on Black Chimera to DoranBolt, exposing all their activity, and even the few choice details of a mole within the Council.

But; Aisha's plan had been more or less solid, despite the fact she probably had not been aware there was a mole within the Council for Black Chimera itself.

Well damn... It looks like the Council is just a bit more sneaky than I thought it was... Who would have thought?

"I was never sure why I had such a hard time clearing your name." Aisha admitted. "I never figured it out until I found out that there had actually been a spy for Black Chimera within the Council..." Aisha trailed off. "... It would seem that Frea... Exposed that spy..." Her words sounded as if they had been said through gritted teeth, like she hated to admit that Frea had actually outdone her in her own territory, so to speak.

Frea couldn't help but feel like she had earned a point against Aisha in that instant.

Frea +1 - Aisha 0

"What are you going to do now...?" Solana asked.

After a few more moments of listening, Frea found herself scowling once the end of the two sister's conversation came to a close, and she ground her fangs down on one another in annoyance and slight anger.

That point she had won? Well Solana just gave Aisha two more to trump her.

Frea 1 - Aisha +2

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