Chapter 13

A Wicked Smile

"Lucy?" Her head spun even more than before as she looked up to see an old friend. He seemed surprised to see her there, yet again. He then smiled a bit at her and reached out his hand. "What're you doing here?" She took his hand and was pulled up from the ground. The sudden movement made her a bit dizzy again and she couldn't stand properly. Terobilus had just stopped laughing and stared daggers at the new person as he caught Lucy again.

"And you are?" He asked as the new person looked over at him. He hadn't noticed him before now, and it was really pissing him off. He straightened his stance after helping Lucy up and smiled at the male.

"My name is Mystogan. You are..?" Even though he tried to be friendly, Terobilus couldn't help but feel insulted. This man had just come out of nowhere, touched his master and then insulted him. "I am Terobilus. Lucy's companion. That is who I am." Hinting him to step away from his female companion, but he didn't even budge. He nodded and turned back to Lucy. Now he was ignoring him."So, How's Fairy Tail been?" Lucy's smile faded and she avoided eye contact.

"Who knows.. They're probably causing trouble for the council again.." She laughed an empty laugh. Mystogan just looked at her, puzzled. Trying to figure out what she meant. Lucy noticed his confused look and gave him a smile. "I left the guild you see.. And then I met Tero, he's been really nice to me." Mystogan turned around to see the mocking eyes of Terobilus.

"I.. see.. I am sorry to hear that, and I apologize for my rudeness.. If you have nowhere to stay you can stay in the castle! We have a lot of guest rooms..-"

"No need, we're sleeping in the forest, Misitogen" He said as he walked toward Lucy. Lucy watched him, he was acting strange. "Mystogan. My name is Mystogan." Terobilus made a fake surprised face. "Ooh, really? I miss-pronounced that? I apologize!" Mystogan decided to ignore the other male and turned back to Lucy.

"You are still welcome." Lucy nodded and smiled a thank full smile. "Thank you, I know we didn't know each other too well, but we still came from the same guild. The same family. Me and Tero would love to live at the castle, but is it really ok? I mean, we're just unwanted immigrants!" Terobilus just noticed something. 'They just said 'castle', didn't they?' Mystogan smiled. "We're from the same family, of course you're welcome!"

'Damn, I don't know why, but I seriously miss-like this guy.' Terobilus glared at the blunette as he started growling, listening to what they were talking about. "I am truly grateful, Mystogan! Also, I apologize for my companion's behavior. He usually acts nicer. He's very protective over me..!" Mystogan nodded in understanding. "I see. So what are you two doing here? And how did you get here?"

"We're here to hide, there are people after Lucy's life. We are here also to train, and how we got here is a secret." Mystogan watched the other male explain their situation. He slowly started nodding, his face serious. "I see.. I guess that's the reason you ran away? Not wanting to involve your friends?" Lucy nodded, watching her boots as she was digging a little hole with the tip of her left boot.

"Then you'll have to live at the castle. There's no way you'll be safe in this forest. They may be following you, you should never underestimate an enemy." Lucy nodded, looking over to Terobilus. She had a pleading glint in her eyes, as if begging if they could go. Terobilus have under and gave a short nod. Lucy smiled and nodded enthusiastically to Mystogan, who smiled back at her.

"Let's go!" As Mystogan turned his back to them, leading them to the castle, he smiled a wicked smile. They, who was carrying their bags and talking did not notice, but Terobilus got a shiver. 'What.. was that?'

"I'm gonna hurl.." A green so called salamander said as they rode the train. Two other dragon slayers did not do as well either. Even with his face green and blue, Sting grinned at the as he let out a low chuckle. "You.. Look.. Pathetic.." He managed to say, doing his best not to vomit. Rouge did not look as bad, but it was visible how pale he looked.

"Now now you two. It wont be that long until we reach this town you were talking about. Are you sure that's where the scent leads you? It could be a trap.." Erza asked the twin-dragon slayers as they nodded. "There's no way.. We're.. Urgh.. Wrong.." Sting ensured her as he covered his mouth with his hands. "D-don't worry! W-we'll be there soon.. Hold out, Natsu-san, Sting-san, Rouge-san!" A happy and nervous Wendy ensured them, trying to cheer them on.

"Weendyy.. Help.. Me.." A pleading Natsu begged, trying to reach out his arm after her. "Sorry, Natsu-san! I can't.."

Besides, you'll have to spare it for the boat." Charla told them from the other side. Sting, Rouge and Natsu looked at the exceed. They already knew what that meant. This was going to be a long journey. They growled all three, almost hurling. "Hey, ash-brain. Don't go hurling over my pants!" Gray insulted as he jumped a but further away.

"Not like you'll.. Wear them.." Be threw back. This angered the ice mage. "What'd ya say, Shit flames?!" He shot up from his seat, a very sick, stumbling dragon slayer following his lead. "You wanna go.. Ice princess?!" He shouted, panting a lot. Erza grabbed their heads, knocking them together. They were out cold.

"Let's go through our plan once more before we reach our destination." Erza asked, more like demanded. The other friends nodding in agreement. "Juvia's gonna search the shore, Lisanna the air in bird form, Me, Gray and Wendy will go ask if anyone have seen her and the rest will be tracking the scent." They all nodded. "All passengers. We have now reached our next stop. Please, all passengers that are to reach stop 36, please step off the train. I repeat.." The train stopped and Natsu, Sting and Rouge jumped up, running off the train.

"We should hurry too, and we defiantly don't want to be left here." Lisanna said as she got her, Natsu's, Rouge and Sting's baggage. She carried it off the train. Soon the others left the train again and it departed. They then turned to look for the dragon slayers. "Those idiots.. They don't know the town." Erza massaged the bridge of her nose and sighed. "Wendy, can you find them?" The little dragon slayer nodded and let go of Charla whom she had been carrying.

"I can try." She sniffed the air for a while before finally catching something. "They're eating at a restaurant, south." Wendy said as she picked up her bag and Charla with it. "Let's go find them, eat a bit and then start looking."

"Yeah!"

It took them a while to find them all in the corner of a restaurant. When they entered they went straight to them, sat down and ordered food. "You knuckle heads! Do you know how much time we spent looking for you!" Natsu watched as a furious Erza grew bigger and bigger as her evil aura grew with her. "E-Erza.. we can explain." Erza sighed and ate her strawberry cake. "Explain, before I finish my cake." He swallowed and nodded.

"We were running around the town when we smelled food and-"

"Just stop. If you were hungry, you could have went back and retrieve us. We're hungry too." He shook his head. "No! We smelled the person we're looking for, we asked if she had been seen, but they couldn't tell us.. So we decided to eat a bit and see if we could distract the waitress.. But there was no openings.." Erza stared at them, thinking. Then she nodded. "I see, I apologize."

"So, she was here?" Juvia and Lisanna asked, getting a nod from Natsu, Sting and Rouge. "I think were onto something.." They all nodded. As they payed and left, they caught the smell again. It led them down to the shore, where a huge boat laid. Getting a closer look on the people preparing the ship, one person caught Gray's eyes. The captain.

1. SOOOOOOOOOOOORRYYYYYYY! I had problems with the new pc and had to look for the older.. Finally - a new (short..) chapter! 3

2. I wonder.. Who's the captain? xD

3. I promise.. I WILL update faster.. Gooood, I feel so evil..

-Nofir