Laxus

Gramps called everyone in Fairy Tail to the Guild for a meeting, which led to a lot of complaints as Mages walked in completely drenched and shivering. The rain was pouring down so heavily you could hardly see through the window with all of the water on the window. Thunder rumbled in the distance and I could've sworn that I spotted lightning flash across the sky.

It reminded me of the day I'd met the members of Howling Sun. Who chose that moment to barge into the Guildhall, minus a certain dragonslayer. Elisa's hair was a mess, Charlie was still in pajamas, and Rose wasn't flying so much as she was dropping and catching herself right before she crashed into the floor. Lynn looked exhausted and ready to pass out.

"Hey, you guys don't look so good. Why don't you sit down?" Lucy asked as she guided the four Mages to one of the benches.

"What is going on here?" Gramps came out from his office and walked over to where pretty much all of Fairy Tail had gathered around the three girls and their Exceed. "Lynn?"

"We can't find Page. She never came back from the mission she went on with Laxus and the Thunder Legion. We found this taped to our door," Lynn brought out a piece of parchment and handed it to Gramps. "It has to do with the Lunar Knights that I told you about."

I glanced over the short man's shoulder and read the note, noticing straight away that it had the same emblem Gramps had shown me regarding the incident with Blanco Canyon. The actual letter itself read the following:

Members of Howling Sun,

I feel great remorse to inform you that Page Hamato is in our possession. If she hadn't gotten involved in things that didn't concern her or told the world things that should have remained unsaid, we wouldn't have had to do this.

Since she made the terrible decision to do these things, we were forced to take drastic measures to keep our guild members safe.

Do not worry; you shall see her again soon. Whether she's alive or not is entirely up to you.

Ensure that the Lunar Knights are granted safe passage through Illumina Village, and we will forget any former plans we had on attacking Magnolia. For you see, Page saw something she was not meant to see. And I have a sneaking suspicion her guildmates know what that is.

As long as you talk to the law enforcement who govern Illumina and make sure no one gets in our way, we'll leave Page (alive) somewhere you can find her.

We'll know if you refuse if we are unable to leave in two days time.

Sincerely, the leader of the proud Lunar Knights

The entire guild was silent for a good five minutes before everyone tried to talk over one another. I only heard snippets here and there, most of which were hard to distinguish in the sea of voices that surrounded me.

"Her last name is Hamato?"

"Where the hell is Illumina Village?"

"What did Page see?"

"How does this have anything to do with Fairy Tail?"

That last one made my blood boil and I turned around to see who said it and possibly beat some sense into them but Gramps beat me to it. "This has everything to do with Fairy Tail. We may not have known the members of Howling Sun for that long, but they've been helping us since the moment we met them."

"What do you mean?" Wendy asked. Gramps pulled out the book Page had loaned us and handed it over to me. Of course, he was going to make me be the one the explain it.

"There's a Dark Guild that went dormant fourteen years ago. It was known for leaving their mark on a child's prized possession, their sick way of letting the town know what was gonna happen. Then a few days later, the Guild attacks and kills everyone. It had happened to a town recently, Blanco Canyon. And the girls in Howling Sun have been helping Gramps to look into it."

"Yes. And yesterday, Lynn informed us that Page had seen the mark of the Lunar Knights on Asuka's toy pistol. And after reading this letter, I have no doubt that they're here. They didn't have to tell us. They could have ignored the signs, left, or just dealt with it by themselves. Since they did not, we will do whatever we can to ensure that Page returns. Is that clear?" Gramps didn't always look serious, but when he did, you knew better than to argue.

I looked around the room to see if anyone had the nerve to argue. I spotted Bisca and Alzack analyzing Asuka's pistol with their daughter asleep in their laps. Wendy looked like she was close to tears. And the rest of the dragonslayers looked like they were ready to punch someone. Which they probably were.

Gramps hadn't lied when he said we hadn't known the group that long. But I knew that the dragonslayers stuck together. Loyal just like their adopted dragon parents probably were. So I knew they were down. The Thunder Region, for whatever reason, had taken a liking to Page. Especially Evergreen. And it was safe to assume that Lucy was all in, mostly because of her new friendship with Lynn.

Obviously, I was ready to fight whoever thought it was a good idea to take the pint-sized Mage. I was furious about the entire thing and just wanted to get the whole rescue done and over with. But as much as I would've loved to charge, fists flying, I knew I'd need more information if I didn't want to mess this up. Erza apparently had the same idea as she got out a pad of paper to write on.

"If there aren't any objections, then why don't you guys tell us everything you know about this group? Including why Page seems to know so much about all of this? Anything might help."

AN: Will Page be found? Why is Laxus so furious? And how do we know if the Lunar Knights will keep their word? These are questions you guys will have to ponder until next time. Hope you enjoyed!

- Kitkat Out!