Everyone, I'm so so so so so SO SORRY! D:

It's been how many months since I updated? Seven. SEVEN FUCKING MONTHS. SEVEN FUCKING MONTUAIHDU#2479I#^POIJW%#A32HN(WU #

FIRST OFF, before I get to the reasons why I haven't updated for so long, this story is NOT ON HIATUS! I'm still continuing this story, so don't worry!

Now the reasons why I haven't updated is because of school. I tried to write a little every now and then, but my brain just couldn't work with school going on and everything. It was extremely frustrating, and I couldn't think clearly.

The second reason is because of writer's block. For a while I got some ideas here and there, but wasn't able to put them all together. But today... Today, at the beginning of Summer break... I have written on index cards of what's going to happen for the next eight chapters. THE STORY DOESN'T END BY THEN!

I'm extremely proud of myself for this little achievement of mine, and again I'M SORRY, and I hope that you all enjoy this chapter! It took me about four hours to do all of this!

Enjoy!

I do not own Fairy Tail.

The Team Trio!

"How long has she been missing?" a woman gasped.

"For more than two months. A week after she took a job alone, they found out she suddenly disappeared! There was no trace of her left!" the man she was speaking to said, which she assumed was her boyfriend, due to how close they're sitting next to each other.

"Excuse me, if you don't mind me asking, who are you two talking about? I haven't heard of a mage being missing at all."

The man looks at her in shock, "You haven't heard? It's all over Crocus! A Celestial Spirit wizard from Sabertooth named Yukino Agria went missing two months ago!"...

Damn it, I'm turnin' soft...

"Lucy, child, I may be old, but I will always fight for Fairy Tail, no matter how old I am. Just like at Phantom Lord, I will fight, especially if my children have been taken away from me." he says...

Lucy is going to... die?...

LUCY'S POV

The Celestial Spirit mage in Sabertooth?... Yukino's missing?

I remember her, I'll never forget her. She's a Celestial Spirit mage who also cares for her spirits as friends and don't use them as tools, we both became instant friends when we learned that we shared the same magic, but due to Jiemma still being Master at the time, we couldn't talk as much.

What is going on? Is Yukino okay? Are her spirits safe? I need to find her once all of this is over... I have to help Sabertooth find her.

"Yo Blondie, what do we do now?" My thoughts were interrupted by the Lightning Dragon Slayer who was looking down at me with crossed arms. I look up to see that we were standing in the forest nearby the Heartfilia Konzern, a safe distance from being in range of attacks. Everyone was gathered up in a group, waiting for orders from the blonde who had created their plan along with some adjustments from others.

To answer his question, I pull out a silver key that held the symbol of a black shadowy wolf. I held it out in front of me and whisper, "Gate of the Wolf I open thee, Lupus." Silently, Lupus appeared from the shadows, having had known about the plan to save the three Fairy Tail members. "Wendy, everyone, this is Lupus, Lupus these are my friends and I'm sure you remember Gajeel and Pantherlily." I say with a soft smile.

Lupus nods and bows his head, "It's a pleasure to meet you all and it's good to see you again Gajeel-sama and Lily-sama." He says before lifting his head up to look at me.

"Alright, Gajeel, Wendy, touch Lupus. He'll take you into the shadows with him, so you can see everything, but stay hidden." I said as I pulled out a dog treat from the pouch of my combat belt and fed it to the wolf spirit.

The both of them nod and did as they were told, but Gajeel was stopped by Carla who flew up to his shoulder. She whispered something into his ear, but I wasn't able to hear. I wonder what she told him, was it important? That doesn't really matter right now...

Gajeel joined Wendy in the shadows when the white Exceed finished speaking to him, before Lupus sank into the shadows of the trees that concealed us and zoomed off to nearby shadows that led straight to the mansion.

I then ran my fingers across my keys that were held by a ring and stopped at the one that I needed. I slipped it off the ring before holding it out in front of me and muttered, "Gate of the Twins I open thee, Gemini." With a faint shimmer of golden light my favorite twins silently appeared in front of me.

A smile bloomed onto my face as they floated around me, whispering, "Piri, piri!" Before they floated off and out of the area. I had already talked to the both of them on the train, so there was no need for explanation of what I wanted them to do.

I looked over to Bickslow as I snapped Gemini's key back onto the ring of the others. "Alright, Bickslow! Time for your babies to go!"

The Seith mage's tongue lolled out as he grinned in glee. "Babies, you know what to do!" There was an immediate response. His babies repeated his name three times before zooming off into the sky so the mages that were guarding the area outside of the mansion wouldn't be able to see the dolls.

"Freed, Levy, go to the grave and put runes around it. If you go north by the forest's border, then you'll be unseen, but there will be a gap of an open area that you will have to cross to get to the next part of the forest and finish the rest of the way there. Be careful." I reminded them and they both nodded silently before rushing off to do what they were ordered. I sigh uneasily as I looked at a group of my nakama that is part of the groups that split up in different sections of the forest to see that they were either stretching, preparing their weapons, resting, or unable to stay still due to their excitement for a good fight.

"Now... We wait."

TEAM LUPUS, GAJEEL, AND WENDY

Wendy looked at their surroundings warily. She couldn't even contain the shiver that ran down her back. She was expecting that being in a shadow would just give her the point of view of a shadow and allow her to see people normally without being noticed. What she wasn't expecting was the ominous chills that constantly went through her, the feeling of her body submerged in pure darkness. She wasn't sure if she felt safe or uncomfortable, but she didn't really like it.

Everything around her, even Gajeel who didn't seem to care about these sensations, was black and white. It was all so dull and bland, that it bothered her to no end. She realized that she wasn't in a shadow. She was a part of it.

"Tch, this mansion is like a maze!" Gajeel whispered harshly in irritation.

Lupus's bright eyes glance back at the wizards through the shadows as they continued to dart through each shadow of the mages guarding the halls. "We have covered all three floors of the mansion. All that is left is the basement."

"That must be where they are! It has to be!" The Sky Dragon Slayer says in excitement of getting to see her friends again.

"We also have to keep an eye out for the Celestial Spirit wizard as well, Gajeel-sama and Wendy-sama." The wolf reminded them.

Wendy nods as a worried expression crossed her face. "Right. I hope they're all okay..." She frowned.

The son of Metallicana sensed the concern in her voice and sighed. "Don't worry too much. They're strong."

These reassuring words were enough to diminish any of Wendy's fear of her nakama's well-being. They were Fairy Tail, and they never gave up. With that thought in mind, she silently promised herself to save her friends no matter what as her, Gajeel, and Lupus, entered the dark depths of the basement that looked less than a basement and more like a dungeon.

TEAM GEMINI

Gemini slipped through the entrance doors of the mansion, giving a nod to the guards that stood guard in front of them. They were currently disguised as the first mage they had seen when they left the forest. All of their enemies wore either cloaks, or something that had a hood to conceal their face. They had chosen one with a cloak, but it was clear to them that the man they had disguised as had long black hair.

If they were alone, they would have taken off their cloak to search for a guild mark, but that wouldn't be too subtle when every turn they took, cloaked figures guarded the halls. So far, they didn't pick up much information from them at all, though they heard a couple of guards talking about how Fairy Tail are on their way.

It seems like they don't know that we're here already, Gem!

That's a relief!

"Oi, you!"

The spirit abruptly stopped and calmly looked over their shoulder to see a tall cloaked individual walk up to them. Gemini turns around and remained emotionless as they spoke. "Yes?"

The mage stopped in front of the spirit and narrowed his eyes at them. It was clear as night and day that he was suspicious of them walking down the halls unlike the others who were staying at one place to wait for the arrival and battle with Fairy Tail. "Where's your post at?"

"My... post?" Gemini said with a tilt of their head.

A tick mark appeared on their forehead as he growled out in annoyance, "Yeah, your post! Are you stupid? Where were you ordered to stand guard at? The shitty Fairies are gonna come here any minute now!"

"Ah, Master ordered for me to check the hallways to make sure that the scum didn't some how sneak in, though I doubt that were possible due to how heavily the mansion is guarded." The spirit lied smoothly.

"Tch, whatever, do what ya have to do." The mage replied shortly before turning around and walking back over to where he had previously stood.

Gemini continued their way down the hallway after all of the eyes that were drilling into their head looked away. They were quite happy with their encounter with the mage. Why? Their hand held the guild mark of their enemy.

They had never seen the mark before. Was it a new guild? It looked sort of like an eye with only two bottom eye lashes. It also looked as if it had two tails on the bottom that swirled and were faced away from each other. Something told them that this was enough information that they needed, so they slipped into a nearby room that was a storage room without anyone noticing, and changed back to their original form before disappearing with a shimmer of gold light.

TEAM BABIES

The five possessed dolls named Pappa, Peppe, Pippi, Poppo, and Puppu split to different parts of the mansion in hopes of finding anything interesting and anything that came to use. Poppo and Pappa floated around by the windows at the back of the mansion, Puppu and Pippi took the liberty of taking the sides of the mansion, and Peppe was left with the roof and top floor of the mansion.

They all were able to hear conversations of the enemies that patrolled the halls, but they were either all unrelated to the situation at hand, or of things that they all already knew. It was a little frustrating for the dolls, due to the fact that they wanted to make Bickslow proud of them and to help his friends. They were also well aware that it was a matter of time before Warren sends out the signal to start the battle.

Peppe zoomed past each window that he saw that either were held by a dark and empty room, or to a hallway full of guards. He was about to see how his companions were doing after passing so many windows, but there was one that he saw that made him back pedal.

The doll settled himself on the corner of the ledge to watch and listen to the exchange in the room. The room looked like an office, a huge one in fact, that had many bookshelves. In front of the window was a desk most likely used to write paperwork. He was unable to see who sat on the chair behind the desk, but he was able to see who stood in front of it. It was another cloaked person, but their cloak was a dark purple, indicating that he was different from the other mages that patrolled the hallways. Peppe was annoyed that he was unable to see either of their faces, but he was pleased that he most likely found something very important for Fairy Tail.

"I'm assuming that the girl is like Lucy?" The cloaked figure questioned.

The mystery person that sat in the chair, seems to have nodded at the question before speaking, "Yes. They're the only ones that have them."

"I see... What do you plan on doing with her then? What about Lucy once we capture her?"

"We kill them when we're finished. It's as simple as that." The person, who was obviously a male, in the chair stated. "I do not want you to fail on capturing her this time."

They scoffed at the man's demand. "Fail? Of course we won't fail! We're stronger than we had ever been before! We're already rising to the Ballam Alliance to take the place of Oración Seis. By completing this mission, we'll definitely take our place there."

"Good. Now get that girl out of my office." He waved to some where out of view of where Pepe settled on the corner of the window's ledge.

The cloaked figure silently went over to where he had gestured at. There was some rustling and clanking of chains, before he came into view with a girl sporting tattered clothes and messy white hair thrown over his shoulder. On her wrists were a pair of handcuffs, and when he had turned around to exit the room, Pepe caught sight of another pair of cuffs on her ankles connected with some chain.

With the sight of the man spinning around his chair to face the window, Pepe zoomed off to meet up with his companions so they can tell Bickslow and Lucy what they had found out.

NO ONE'S POV

"Ugh, what does this all mean?!" Lucy hissed to herself in frustration as she gripped her blonde hair in her hands.

The first to send back what they had found out was Gemini. They had found out that they were unaware of their presence in and outside of the mansion, but they were all still on guard throughout all of the halls. They had even described the guild mark, but after Warren had used his telepathy to ask if anyone knows it, they had all came to the conclusion that it was a new guild with Makarov being the final voice for it.

Next were the babies. They were all excited for finding information for them all, and each of them spoke out what they had gathered. Of course, Pepe's was the most important out of them all. Her father didn't just want her, no he needed her for something and wants to kill her after it all. Including Yukino. Warren also shared this to the other groups of course and they weren't pleased at all.

The situation just became much more serious than it previously was.

Why does he want to kill me? What is he trying to do? Who's this guild? Why do they need Yukino? What does he want?! These questions zoomed past her mind a mile a minute. She felt heartbroken that her own father wanted to kill her of course, she felt anger for him endangering her nakama and getting them involved, and most of all, she felt dread. She knew that Fairy Tail will push through and win no matter the circumstances when it comes to saving their family, but for some reason she felt dread.

"Lucy-sama, Warren-sama, we found Natsu-sama, Gray-sama, and Erza-sama!" Lucy's and Warren's eyes widen at the voice that crashed through their minds.

"Lupus! Where are they?!" The blonde asks, immediately catching the attention of the rest of the group she was a part of.

"They're each in three different places at the basement. Erza-sama is at the bottom of the stairs at the far left of the mansion, Natsu-sama is at the bottom of the stairs at the middle, and Gray-sama is at the bottom of the stairs at the far right! The top of the stairs are heavily guarded!"

The blonde spun around to face the Telepathy mage. "You heard him, Warren! It's time!"

Warren nods and placed two fingers on the side of his head as he closed his eyes.

"Everyone, it's time to get our power houses back!"