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Chapter TWENTY FOUR

Wendy chocked back a gasp of surprise when they stepped out of the swirl of black into Lucy's apartment. She was even more surprised when she saw Midnight sitting under the dining table, seemingly asleep. Jellal and Cobra looked up from where they had been sitting around said table, passing around pieces of paper.

Lucy gestured towards Wendy. "Guys, we brought her."

Jellal smiled. "Hello, Wendy." He said.

Wendy offered him a shy smile. "Hello, Jellal-san." She glanced around nervously, eyeing the former criminals. "Cobra-san." Cobra shot her a smirk.

She didn't know whether or not she should greet Midnight. He was asleep, right? On cue, Midnight opened his eyes.

"H-hello, Midnight-san." Midnight's eyes softened just a teeny tiny bit, and he gave her a small smile.

Lucy grinned, then gestured for Wend to sit on the couch. The others gathered around and Lucy summoned Darque.

Lucy took a deep breath, and absent mindedly noted that she took a deep breath every time she told someone Darque's story.

When Lucy finished the story, Wendy didn't say anything.

Finally, Wendy blinked, then glanced between the people in the room. "Oh." Was all she could say. "So you guys being let off the hook, Jellal coming back, and the quitting of the Twin Dragon slayers all had to do with this?" She asked.

Lucy nodded. "Yeah."

Wendy slowly nodded in understanding. "And, I was told this because..."

Lucy shot Jellal a glance, then turned back to the Sky Dragon slayer. "We would like you to join us." She said.

Wendy had asked for some time to think, which Lucy agreed to. She secretly opened a Black Hole at the corner of the guild and dropped Wendy off. Wendy promised that she'll reply in two days at the latest, as Lucy had told her that they had two weeks and three days until the full moon.

When Lucy stepped back into her living room, she collapsed face first onto the couch. "Gods." She whined.

Sting sat beside her, and reached out with his hand. Lucy quickly ducked out of the way, instinctively straightening her hair. "Don't mess up my hair." She said.

Sting smirked.

Darque stepped up to Sting and grabbed his hand when he reached out again. She leaned into him, then exploded into black smoke and mist. Sting yelped and jumped back a few feet. The mist linger for a few seconds reforming Darque's shape.

"Don't touch Lucy with your dirty hands." She snarled.

Sting opened his mouth, but Cobra interrupted him. He yawned. "Do you wanna know what the girl was thinking?"

"It's not nice to listen to people's thoughts." Sting said.

Cobra chuckled. "Say's the one that's dying to know the most."

Jellal sighed. Couldn't these two survive a minute without arguing?

Sting growled, then promptly looked away.

"So, what was she thinking?" Midnight asked.

"Apparently, she's noticed that Lucy was missing her guild mark." Cobra stated. "And she was slowly linking everything together." He said. "She want's to join us, but she also want to ask for a white cats opinion..."

Sting blinked. "White cat?"

Rogue glanced at his friends. "She's a Dragon slayer."

Sting clapped. "Oh yeah. Exceed."

Lucy nodded. "Carla."

Cobra shrug. "Well, yeah."

Jellal leaned back on his chair. "So she wants to join." He said. Cobra nodded. "That's nice to hear."

The next day, everyone was eating a late breakfast when they head a knock. Darque, who had just appeared to greet everyone good morning went to the door. She came back a few seconds later with Wendy and Carla in tow.

Lucy blinked in surprise. "Hello Wendy. Hi Carla."

Wendy smiled. Carla eyed the former criminals suspiciously, but nodded in greeting.

"I have thought over your offer and I have talked to Carla over it." Wendy said. "I would like to join, as long as Carla can come with us."

Just that instant, Lector and Frosch came trotting out of Lucy's bedroom. They blinked, and stared at Carla. Lucy inwardly cheered at their perfect timing.

Lucy smiled. "She can come with us." She confirmed. "These are Lector and Frosch, Sting and Rogue's exceeds." She said. "They are coming with us as well."

Wendy grinned. "Then I would like to join as well." She said.

"Are you sure?" Lucy asked.

Wendy leaned her head to one side in question.

"This choice will force you to leave the guild. You will have to lie to your team mates and family, as telling them will only endanger them." Lucy said.

Wendy nodded firmly. "I've made up my mind." She replied.

Lucy smiled. "Then we'll be glad to have you. Welcome, Wendy, and thank you."

Wendy smiled.

The white cat spoke up. "I've heard your story from Wendy." She said. "I have to say, I've heard that story before."

Darque sat up from where she had been sitting on the floor, leaning against Midnight. Emo and Goth Lolita. Lucy inwardly smiled.

"Really?" Darque asked.

Carla nodded. "I don't know where or how, but I've heard it before."

Darque nodded and relaxed against Midnight again, who hissed in annoyance. Darque grinned and stuck her tongue out at him.

"I know of your past." Carla said.

For a second, time seemed like it had frozen, then Darque was on her feet. Her eyes were wide and her usually well hidden emotions were clearly visible.

Fear

Darque was scared.

That instantly caught everyone's attention.

Lucy hesitantly spoke. "We do too. " She said. "The wish cycle's been going on for centuries and-"

Carla shook her head, interrupting her. "No, I mean the history from before Darque di Daemon became a Celestial Spirit."

POLL:

We've put up a poll to decide the Guild name. Thank you to those of you how gave us ideas. We've gotten many suggestions, but we've picked out a few we liked the most. We also mashed a few of the names together, and a few were our ideas.

Erebus Soul

Grim Requiem

Valkyrie Feather

Valkyrie Requiem

Serpent Chaos

We still accept suggestions, and if we like it, we might add it onto the list.

Vote at our profile. We accept votes through PMs and reviews as well. We need the name decided for two chapters time, which is in six days.

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Sorry if that was short, but we thought that was a good place to leave a cliffhanger.

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Oooooo, Darque was not always a spirit...

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