Lisanna was in shock, what Bickslow said, it couldn't be true. The Council, the King, they wouldn't, would they? "How was it all possible?"

He gave her a sad look. "Just think about it Lis, the King likes control. He wants more power. Just look at all of these towns that he has over taxed, he spends more money on his military, but what do they really do?" He crossed his arms.

She felt the tears prickling at her eyes, she was in a place between absolute sadness and rage. Sadness for the people, who she took care of. The people that were forgotten by their King. Sadness for Remy and Ivan, who were forced to remain in the shadows. Rage over the lack of consideration for his people. Over the years lost between fathers and sons. Families ripped apart by famine and greed. She lost it, covering her face with her hands, forgetting the dirt and grime that covered them. She couldn't stop the flow of tears, her mind racing with betrayal. She didn't even know she had been pulled into his arms, but she did hear his comforting voice.

"It's going to be okay. We're going to do something about it." He whispered in her ear.

She turned her face up to meet his, tears still falling. "How?"

He smiled down at her. "We're going to take him down, all of us in Raven Tail." He let her go, standing up and looking up at the cloudless sky. "That's why I can't return to Fairy Tail, I'm needed here. I want to do this. I was born to do this."

Her tears began to fade and she gave him a sad smile. "I understand." She looked back down. "Does this mean we'll never see each other again after I leave?" She didn't want to even think about that.

She felt his hand on her chin, rising her face to look at his, their eyes locked. "Only if that's what you want." Her heart was pounding in her chest.

With a will she didn't know she possessed, she stood, her eyes still on his. "Never…I would never want that." She whispered.

He took a deep breath. "Lis, will you help me?"

She felt her eyes grow wide. "Help you?"

He gave her a small smile. "Yes, we have been talking about recruiting some of the villagers. You know more about the desolation in these areas than anyone else. With your info we could change things for the better."

She didn't know what to think. She looked down gathering her thoughts. It was true that she knew more about the smaller villages than most of Fiore, but did she want to turn against her guild. What about her family? Could she betray them? She was about to refuse when a single thought broke through her head. 'What about all of the people? Can I leave them knowing what I know?' She looked back up at him. "I don't know?"

She expected him to frown and get angry, but he still smiled down at her. "How about this, we finish working today. You think about it and answer me when you know your answer. I'm not fully trained yet, so were waiting till we have a larger fully trained guild."

She nodded and continued her work, still distracted by ultimatum she was given.

He was concerned as he got to his stop, he wondered were Jose was, the man left little to no evidence to where he had gone. He hoped whoever killed Bob had left anything behind for him.

As he left the train, he noticed that he town was adorned with black. Bob had to have been found. He made his way to the Blue Pegasus guild first, he would offer his condolences.

The streets were somber, not a soul was out and about. He guessed it would be like this.

Turning a corner he was met with the guild hall, adorned with flowers, he took slow steps forward. He and Bob had known each other for years, heck they were once on the same team. He took a deep breath before entering the guild hall. It was silent. Eyes followed him from the door as he walked in. A guild once filled with a rainbow of color was now a sea of black.

A young man he recognized from their alliance came forward, he believed his name was Hibiki. He nodded to the man and he gestured his arm out, pointing to the closed casket. He sighed sadly, he had lost Rob years ago, but even in his old age he expected to go before Bob.

He walked up to the casket, placing his hand on the wooden box, trying his hardest to hold back his tears. "Thank you. Thank you for being my friend. I promise, I will find the person who did this to you."

The sun was starting to fall and she still didn't have an answer for him. Bickslow and her continued in silence ever since he asked her for her help. She sighed to herself, knowing the day was coming to a close and he would be leaving soon.

She was about to turn around and tell him they were done for the day, when she slipped in the mud, landing with her hands on his chest. It was a lot harder than she expected, he was definitely training. She looked up at his face nervous, she was about to pull away, but realized she was locked in his arms, he had grabbed her to steady her fall. She didn't know what to do. It was certainly a comfortable place. She spoke unsteadily. "Umm… we're done for the day."

"Yeah." He just continued to look down at her.

She felt her body getting warm. "We…we need to back."

"Yeah, I should probably get you back." He smiled down at her, clearly uncomfortable. His arms receded from her and she pulled away, still in a daze.

They walked back in silence. Their hands occasionally touching as they walked. Every time she felt a spark of electricity go through her. On the third or forth time he stopped and took her hand. She turned to him confused and nervous. "I want to try something." She cocked an eyebrow at him.

His face jumbled up for a second, he seemed to be focusing on something. 'What's he doing?'

'That was easier than I thought.' Her eyes went wide as his voice went through her head.

"Ho..?" He held up his hand silencing her, pointing to her his head. She realized what he wanted. 'How?'

He smiled back. 'It's just something I picked up. Now I have a way of contacting you if I need to or if you want to talk to me.'

She giggled. 'Are you sure this is a good idea? What if I don't let you sleep?'

'Well you'll only be hurting yourself, now wouldn't you? If I'm not sleeping you're not sleeping.' He thought back, a smirk on his face.

She couldn't help but laugh at his logic. "I think I should get back to the center than, I got more work tomorrow."

"Tell me about it, I just hope I can get back to training tomorrow. Dad says I still need a partner for teleporting." He sighed.

"Pick out a night and I'll help you." She offered without thinking, going red after she realized what she had said.

He perked up immediately. "Really?"

"Yes." She squeaked out, as they got to the front of the center.

He looked down at her. "Well…ummm.." He looked nervous as they just looked at one another.

She smiled to herself, getting on her tiptoes and giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you for today." He turned red.

"Yea, uh…goodnight." She smiled before heading in the center, she turned back to find him gone, she giggled to herself. 'He must have teleported off.' She thought to herself.

'How did you know?' She heard his voice in her head and chuckled.

'Well I turned around and you were gone. Where are you?'

'Just outside of town, Dad just showed up so I guess we will talk later. I'm going to cut the line for now.'

She was getting funny looks from everyone, it must have looked funny with her reacting to his thoughts.

She climbed the stairs to her room and went to her bathroom, she need to get the mud and grime off of herself. She hummed to herself as she washed. 'I wonder when he's going to come again.' She thought to herself. She found herself excited. As she washed her back, her mind flashed back to the feeling she had when she landed on his hard chest. She blushed, she knew the truth there was no denying it. She had a crush on the Raven Tail mage. He was different. He wasn't vain. He could be kind but at the same time strange, for some that would be a turn off, but she liked strange, it was the reason she had liked Natsu in the past. He had a sense of humor much like her own. Heck, the idea of him fighting for his own ideals made her weak in the knees.

She began to sing to herself as she finished up her shower, drying herself off and dressing in her night clothes. She started humming again as she exited her bathroom only to find three people staring at her, Laxus, Freed, and Mira.

She stopped humming and blinked a couple of times confused, looking about her room. She was about to say something when her sister jumped her, giving her a massive hug.

"Oh Lisanna, I was so worried. You never answered my letters." She didn't answer her sister only looking to the serious looks on both Freed and Laxus's faces. She felt a chill go down her spine, they knew Bickslow was here.

"Mira, what are you doing out here?" She asked.

Freed stepped away from the wall. "Lisanna, have you seen anyone from Fairy Tail out here?"

She kept her face calm. "Besides you three, no" She crossed her arms. "I'm surprised you three even made it through town, didn't the smell make you cringe?" She walked over to a small table, pulling out a piece of paper. She started to write down the field data from her and Bickslow's work.

Suddenly the paper was pulled angrily from her hand, she looked up to find an angry Laxus standing above her. She felt scared for a second. 'Shit! What am I going to do?' She thought franticly.

"I wouldn't smart off right now." He said with a dark flash in his eyes. She looked away to find both Freed and her sister giving her the same look. "So answer Freed's question, was anyone from Fairy Tail here in town?"

Her fear almost over took her, but she remembered her promise. "No, I haven't seen anyone from Fairy Tail here, where would you get an idea like that?"

"Lisanna, William told us everything." Mira said, looking disappointed with her.

She felt angry. "Not that conceded asshole again. You really trust everything he says?"

"Even so a man like that would not lie about this." Mira pushed.

She stood from her chair, getting in her sister face. "Just because you picked him out for me doesn't make him perfect."

Mira's face flashed between anger and shock. "Well excuse me, I was only trying to make you happy!"

She couldn't help but laugh. "By sticking me with garbage."

"Those men had plenty of wealth and status!"

"Like that doesn't make them garbage!" He screamed back at her sister. "If you don't know what I like then stay out of my love life!"

Mira's eyes filled with tears and her sister covered her mouth. Laxus gave her a dirty look as he comforted Mira. Freed gave her the same look.

'Okay, I got everything sorted out, how's your night going?' Her face froze in shock. She was given funny looks by the three others.

She thought fast. 'We have a problem.' "I'm going to go downstairs, does anyone want anything to drink." Not waiting for an answer, she turned to leave only to be caught by Freed.

'What's going on?' She heard his voice in her head.

'Freed, Mira, and Laxus are here.' She heard him curse back through the link.

"Lisanna, you are not leaving till we get to the bottom of this. Was Bickslow here or not?" Freed snipped.

She looked in the green hair mages eyes and lied. "No." She pulled herself from his grasp, her arm was slightly numb from the pressure he had used. With that she tore out of her room. 'Where do I go?' She thought franticly.

'Lis, change forms, make yourself small and get out of the building.' She complied, changing into a mouse and climbing in a crack in the floor. She waited as she heard footsteps above her. Remembering the rest of what he had told her, she crept through the building. As she reached a small opening to the outside she could hear them walking about, yelling her name.

She froze in terror. She didn't want to be found. 'Lis, go back up.'

'What?' She thought panicked.

'Got to the roof, become a bird and fly north. Go at least 20 miles out. I will meet you there.'

'Okay, I'll try.' She thought back, climbing back through the building, staying as quite as possible as she jumped off of pipes and boards. She soon found the attic and a small window, she quickly transformed into a human and opened it, before changing into a bat and flew out into the night sky. She didn't look down, she heard them calling, but refused to look back.

Once she was a good 5 miles out she began to feel safer. She felt bad about lying to her sister, and she really shouldn't have been terrified of her own guild members, but she had promised to keep his secret. She couldn't betray him. She looked up at the stars as she continued north. They calmed her nerves, she knew where she was headed. The arrival of her sister had made her decision for her. She would give Bickslow and Raven Tail the information they needed.

She reached her destination, only to find no one around. 'Where are you?'

Silence. She sighed to herself. Wondering if she made the right decision by listening to him.

She jumped when she was greeted with a flash, three men stood about 4 feet way from her. She couldn't help the smile that came to her face as she jumped Bickslow, her eyes filled with tears as she cried into him. She didn't want to let go, she finally felt completely safe.

"Lis, are you okay?" He said, rubbing her back.

She didn't know how to answer. "Yes...No...I don't know. Everything I know has been turned upside down."

He pulled away slightly to look down at her face, and wipe her tears away. "Tell me, what happened."

"After I got back, they were waiting in my room, apparently William told them you were seen in the village I was working at, so they came by to question me." She hiccupped, her tears had slowed, but she was still a wreck.

He went to pull one of her arms away and she hissed. He gave her a funny look as pulled it away softer, she had a massive bruise from were Freed had grabbed her. She was in too much of a panic that she didn't realize how badly she had hurt herself.

He looked at the mark in anger. "Who did this?" His eyes flashed.

"Freed, he tried to hold me down. They were mad because I refused to tell them anything about you." She was on the verge of tears again.

"Shh…calm down." He held her tighter, she didn't realize that she had been shaking. "Dad, can you help me real quick." She turned her face to find the man known as Remy, standing next to them and watched as he looked over her arm. His eyes changing pink. She almost went into shock as she saw the mark disappear.

"How?"

The man smirked. "Just something I can do."

She jumped when the third man shouted. "I know it's a beautiful night, but I think it would be wise if we went back to the guild." She knew his voice. It was Ivan Dreyar.

She turned her face back up to Bickslow. He smiled down at her. "Ready?"

She nodded up at him. She saw Remy and Ivan place their hands on Bickslow back and with a flash they were gone.

To Be Continued….

Authors Note

So Lisanna is going to Raven Tail. What will happen? Will Makarov find Jose? Will Laxus get his answers?