The sun peeked in through the drawn curtains, the light making its way through the room and landing on the pale form sprawled across the bed. The form twitched slightly before sitting up and stretching. Yawning dramatically, Crystal forced herself to her feet, the thin blanket hugging onto her bare form for a moment before falling to the floor.

A flick of her wrist, and the blanket returned to the bed, making it neat and flat, and clean. She glanced at it, smiled sleepily, and strode across the room while she brushed her hair through her fingers. She grabbed some papers and seated herself at a small desk and flipped through them cheerfully. She found the page she was looking for and set the others down.

Smiling evilly to herself, she stood up and headed to the bathroom on the opposite side of the room. Taking a quick shower, she then dried her long blue hair, before inspecting herself in the mirror. She smiled as she shook her head quickly, using some magic to shorten the length from about knee length to shoulder length. Sorting out the bangs, Crystal returned her attention to the page.

While walking across the room, she scanned the paper. As she moved her clothes appeared, a silver shirt and black pants with a silver detail. Black heeled boots, and a silver crescent completed the appearance, and the girl looked out the window grinning proudly.

"The morning air as my plan unfolds. I look forward to it."

She made her way back to her desk where she glanced at the time as she gathered up the remaining papers. The clock read 1:49pm. Crystal narrowed her eyes at the numbers before sighing.

"Alright. The afternoon air then." She exited the room and headed out of her home.

The streets of Magnolia were bustling, and the mood was cheerful. Smiling strangers walked by as the blue haired girl made her way across town to the Fairy Tail guild.

Arriving at the large wooden doors, Crystal placed her hand on the surface, preparing herself for the coming events. Pushing the door open slightly, she was greeted with a cheerfully fighting crowd. Shouts of excitement as a small fight broke out and quickly ended moments later. Chairs were thrown and shots of magic were fired, narrowly missing those sitting out of the scuffles. A loud pink haired boy ran around spitting fire seemingly at random, and a strong looking red haired girl snagged him by the scarf, forcing him to stop his destruction.

"What a wild bunch." Crystal muttered.

"Ah, welcome to Fairy Tail. How can I help you?" A sweet looking girl greeted her. "I'm Mirajane by the way."

"Hello, I'm Crystal, I'm looking for someone, if they're here by chance?" She responded, smiling innocently. "His name is Laxus. Do you know if he's here today?"

Mira's eyes widened slightly, but she smiled warmly at the girl before her, "Of course, he's upstairs in the Master's office right now. I'll go and get him for you."

"Would you, dear? Thank you so much."

"Have a seat at the bar, I'll be back with him shortly." Mira rushed off across the room and up the stairs to find the blonde.

While she waited, Crystal seated herself at the bar next to a small girl with dark blue hair that was talking to a white cat. "Is it alright if I sit here?"

The small girl turned to regard the stranger, smiling happily, "Of course, I'm Wendy, are you new to the guild?"

She shook her head, "No I'm only here to see somebody."

"Miss Crystal?" Mira called, walking down the stairs, with a tall blond trailing behind.

Standing up, she turned to Wendy, smiling "It was nice meeting you Wendy." After receiving a quiet 'you too' she headed over to speak to the blonde.

"You're the one from last night. How are you feeling?" Laxus greeted.

"Much better, thanks to you. I wanted to thank you again for saving me." She smiled up at him.

"It was no problem. I wasn't about to leave you when you're in trouble like that." He scratched the back of his head, enjoying the grateful words. "What brings you to the guild? Just here to thank me?"

"Oh no, no, there's were some other things that brought me here, but you were a main part of it."

The pair continued to talk merrily as Wendy and the rest of the guild watched them. "There's something about her I don't like." Wendy whispered.

"What do you mean?" Carla asked as she sipped at some milk.

"There's something about her scent that seems familiar and a little scary."

"She seems nice enough." Carla glanced at her dear friend. "You said she smells familiar, how so?"

"I'm not sure, but she smells like someone I've come across back when I was traveling with Jellal. But that person wasn't a sweet woman like this one."

"That was over fourteen years ago, so it couldn't be the same woman." Gajeel added as he sat down next to the small dragon slayer. "But I know what you mean, there's something about her that seems familiar."

"You too Gajeel?"

He nodded, but otherwise stayed silent. The group watched their guild mate and the visitor interact for a time before dismissing their concerns and returning their attention to their previous conversations, sure in their belief that they were being too jumpy recently and that it was making them too suspicious of others.

(To be continued...)

Only Crystal is my character, All other named characters are property of Hiro Mashima from his series, Fairy Tail.

This is meant to be a fan fiction, written by a fan (Shey), for entertainment purposes only.

Sorry for such a long gap between updates! I've been very busy with work and home and health stuff that I hadn't had time to do much other than sleep! Will try to fall back into the weekly updates shortly, although i can admit this is winding down already.

Also! Thank you so much for all your reviews and comments, I have been thinking on those as I work on this project and I just adore the wide variety of input I receive! Thank you all again!