A/N: Not much to say except the disclaimer. I do NOT own Fairy Tail and Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 25: Anticipation

Sting's POV 2 weeks later...

I'm tired! When is this stupid lion going to let me free!? I've been stuck locked inside my hotel room ever since the end of the GMG. My mate, Lunar Heartfilia aka Lucy, had ordered her little lion spirit to keep me captive for two weeks while she headed back to the guild with Rogue.

"Oi! Baka Stingy Bee! Hime-sama said you can head back now. See you later you pitiful dragon!" the lion guy winked with a smirk on his face before he disappeared away from my sight. Finally! I get...

"FREEDOM!" I scream and sprint out of the inn to the train station. Sadly, I got motion sick and had to haul myself off the train at my stop. After throwing up in the bushes my the side of the station, I slowly made my way to the guild. "Yo! I'm back!" I yelled and was met by silence. The guild was empty and there was a note on the job request board. I slunk my way and read the note:

Dear Sting Eucliffe,

You're probably wondering where the guild and I am right? Well, you won't be able to track any scents since I teleported us, but anyway. Don't worry about me, I'm fine and with Rogue and the exceeds. Orga should be there waiting for you with Lector. Until you remember what wrong you did me, you have NO right to see my face. I'll show a little sympathy though: the guild is partying at the beach. Of course, Rogue, Marisu, Frosch, and I are nowhere near them. I'll come to you in 4 months so until then, please be patient to baka Stingy Bee Eucliffe. Don't come looking for me. Look for Minerva, she has something for you.

Your mate,

~Lunar Valentine Heartfilia

I couldn't believe my eyes. Lucy had left me a note and at the end next to where her name was signed, was a little heart. At least she still loves me. I'll just have to wait for her. But where's Orga and Lector like she said? I looked behind me and saw the familiar green-haired man with my little red exceed.

"Sting-kun! Welcome back! Come on, we need to go join the rest of the guild!" Lector ran up to me and I hugged him in my arms.

"Yo, Sting. What happened between you and Lunar? She had a sadistic smile on her face the entire time she was writing that letter. Also, when she came back without you and with Rogue instead, she started barking orders at everybody and it was extremely scary." Orga sweatdropped as he recalled a memory that I was not willing to listen to.

"Stuff happened, but I'm back now. Let's go already!" I ran off with anticipation running through my veins. I couldn't wait until my mate came to me. I had a silly smile on my face when I suddenly froze at the edge of Sabertooth's city. I remembered my meeting with that one chick, Ayumi Chizuko. She had an overwhelming amount of magic power that amounted to Lucy's equally. I need to warn Lunar of the possible danger about fighting Ayumi!

"Orga! Where do Lunar and Rogue go?!" I yelled at the guy and he only shrugged. "Arrrgh! Hurry and take me to Minerva then! I HAVE to talks to her!" Orga sprinted off and I followed close behind. Eventually we reached the beach and everybody was playing beach volleyball in the sand, including Minerva.

"Oi! Minerva! Lunar said you had a letter for me!" I called the vicious female over and she grabbed it from her bag.

"Here Sting. I don't know what happened between you and Lu-chan, but I'll assume it's serious." She looked me in the eye and I nodded, taking the note from her hands.

Dear Sting Eucliffe,

If you are reading this then Loke must have set you free by now. Sorry, but I am out training with Rogue, Frosch, and Marisu. I'm getting ready for my fight against Ayumi Chizuko. Yes I know about the dangers of fighting her, I sensed it in the environment, her enourmous magic power just like me. I forgive you and I'll tell you what you did later. For now, please grant my request. You will get the request if you can figure out the location of the next letter:

Meet me somewhere sparkly yet dark with expensive flowers. I'm waiting near the Aegnl Mnutaios near a sparkling treasure. Guarded by five witches. My mission is the now repeated. Find the next note.

Good luck... Sting. And prove you can protect your mate. I'm waiting. Ayumi Chizuko is suspicious and has a secret plan. Help me. Remember this on your journey: shadows and ice will always help you, do not trust fire or water.

Your mate,

~Lunar Heartfilia Valentine

PS

Rip this and burn it the moment you are done. Or else I will be in danger.

And a little hint, Evangelion.

I stared at the note in disbelief and memorized my mate's instructions and directions. Then I ripped the paper to shreds until the writing was no longer legible and dropped it into the bonfire Minerva was starting.

"Oi Sting! What do you think you're doing!? Why would you burn her letter?" Minerva got all upset at me and I shook my head. She got the message and returned to the bonfire. I sat down somewhere nearby and thought hard.

Somewhere sparkle and dark, with expensive flowers, Aegnl Mnutaios? What the heck is that supposed to mean!? Five witches and her mission?! What the heck!? And what the heck is Evangelion?! I ran over Lucy's clues in my head and thought hard about her last clue.

Evangelion...Evangelion... Wait a sec. Isn't Ayian's alias Naiya Evangelion? Awesome! I am on a ROLL! I leaped up from my seat and searched for Ayian.

"Oi, Sting. What were you doing?" the Fuyuki sisters came over to me and I turned to them.

"I was thinking about something. Hey, have you three seen Ayian?" Ginger and Stargazer burst out laughing at my statement. I don't really know why.

"BWAHAHAHA! THE Sting Eucliffe is THINKING!? You have got to be kidding!?" Stargazer screamed with a stupid smirk on her face.

"Onee-chan! That's not nice!" Jasmine sweatdropped at her sisters' rudeness and was trying to calm them down.

"Oh look out everybody! Sting Eucliffe is thinking! Pigs are going to start flying so look out below!" Ginger bellowed and I was starting to get ticked. But Lunar was more important to me so I ignored the two older sisters.

"Jasmine. Have you seen Ayian anywhere? I urgently need to talk to him." I asked the younger sister and she nodded.

"Um, Nazomeita-san? I think he's with Yukino-chan. She went to the showers."

"Arigato Jasmine! And don't mind your sisters, I take no offense." I yelled over my shoulder as I sprinted to the showers. After running across the beach, I saw the two. They were both rinsing off under the water. "Yo! Ayian! I need to talk to you!" I grabbed the guy's wrist and pulled him to a secluded area.

"Wait! Sting! Where the heck are you taking me!?" the idiot didn't fight me back, but yelled back to Yukino. "Sorry Yu-chan. I'll be back."

"Ok Ayian. I got a note from Lunar and she gave your alias's last name as a hint. Do you know somewhere sparkly yet dark with expensive flowers? And five witched along with these weird thingy: Aegnl Mnutaios. She also said her 'mission is now repeated.' Do you know what this means?" I interrogated the guy with whispers and he sighed.

"Sting, you're such a baka. Unscramble that. What do you get? And why are we whispering?" he looked at me like I was crazy and I tried unscrambling the thing in my head.

"Oh! Angel Mountains? But where did five witches and her mission come from? Along with expensive flowers." I whispered fiercely back and he spilled it.

"I met Lucy at a cave that was full of diamond flowers in the Angel Mountains. I fought her and she won since I thought she was beautiful and went easy. Caves are normally dark right? But inside this specific cave was lit up by the light reflecting off the flowers. Diamond flowers are extremely rare and expensive. So the flowers are often guarded by five different witches: A water, Wind, Earth, Ice, and Fire witch. Do you get it now? But what is this for?" he whispered back and I smiled.

"Thanks a lot man! You helped me out! Now I'm off! I have an errand to do, specified my Lunar-chan. See you later!" I bolted off and ran to the Angel Mountains. Luckily, the Angel Mountains were in the East part of Fiore and we were currently at Akane Resort. So it only took me 5 hours to run to the mountains. I ran around every mountains looking for a cave full of flowers or witches. When I found it, I was met by the five witches Ayian had mentioned and I beat them quickly. Then I caught a whiff of Lunar's scent and it led me to the next note.

Good Job Stingy Bee. Though I'm pretty sure Ayian had to spell everything out for you huh? You should seriously grow your own brain. Find the next three notes and you'll find me. hurry, you have a time limit Stingy Bee. Here's your next clue:

Search in a white city for a big pink building worth 70,000 jewel. Near the most pathetic guild ever, you'll find the next note in my favorite book.

Good Luck and hope to see you soon! Make sure to burn this one too.

I memorized the instructions once again and ripped it to shreds. Then I used my magic to attempt to start a fire and instead burnt it by using the intense heat of my light. This hint was a little easier. Heh, Magnolia is a type of white flower and Lucy's previous apartment was pink and worth 70,000 jewel for rent. Fairy Tail is the worst guild ever. The one that stumped me was her favorite book. I didn't know what her favorite book was, but I guess I'll find out.

I chose to take the train for once since Magnolia was pretty far away and I hauled myself off just in time despite my terrible motion sickness. I found Lucy's old apartment in no time and snuck in through the window. I crept to her bedroom and saw a manuscript and book sitting on her desk. The book that was sitting there was Key of the Starry Heavens and I smelled Lucy's familiar scent tainting both pieces. I flipped through her manuscript and noticed it was completed. At the very back was one note. It said:

Baka! Why would I put it somewhere as obivious as this! Levy would have found it then! Look again!

I sighed and flipped the the other book. Again at the very book it had a note:

Ugh, how stupid can you get!? Use your nose!

I took her advice and was led to her bookshelf. I also noticed one hot pink book that stood out against all the other brown books. The pink one smelled strongly of Lucy and I found a note inside the spiral.

Finally! Good Job. Here's the next clue:

Refer to the first's advice. Think hard and if you forgot, you are the stupidest mate alive...

Oh! This one was easy! In the first note she gave me, Lu-chan had said 'shadows and ice will always help you, do not trust fire or water.' I darted out of her apartment and looked around. The river canal in front of her house was flowing with water to the right, away from the direction of the Fairy Tail guild so I ran towards the stupid guild. Halfway there, I saw a shadow on the ground that showed an arrow pointed down an alley. I changed direction and saw an ice sculpture of a cat. The ice cat was pointing towards an abandoned building and I ran to the front door. On the door was another shadow, but eerier, and it pointed down. I looked down and saw the doormat. I lifted the doormat up and saw the next note there laying there.

Good Job Stingy Bee. I guess you are decent after all! One more note and you'll find me. Figure this out:

It's gone. The kitty no longer exists. An old guardian that lived for 400 years. An illusion that faded in year X784.

Find the location Sting. I'm in the woods.

I burned the note once again and ran to the bookstore Lucy used to always go too: Book Land. I'm not normally one to read, but insane research was necessary at the moment. When I walked in, I was met by a woman who I assumed was the clerk here.

"Welcome to Book Land! Are you looking for a specific book?" the lady had blonde hair like Lucy's, but it was longer and had highlights. She wore a simple white blouse that hung off her shoulders and black skinny jeans that hugged her curves. She walked up to me and stuck out her curves. It was obvious she was trying to get my attention, but I was on an urgent mission.

"Yes, I'm looking for a book about a cat that was an illusion in year X784. It lived for 400 hundred years as a guardian of something. Do you have one about something like that?" I described Lucy's clues to her and she looked at me like I was crazy. She pulled away and walked over to the back of the store.

"Follow me. I'm guessing you're talking about Cait Shelter right?" she stopped at a certain shelf that was labeled 'Guilds.' Cait Shelter? What the heck is that? That was a guild?

"Um, I don't know what you're talking about..." she picked a book off the shelf and showed it to me. The cover had an insignis type shape on the cover and their insignia showed the silhouette of a cat and some strange squiggly thing. I took the book from her anyways.

"Here, Cait Shelter used to be a legal guild, but it disappeared in year X784. At the same time legal guilds had formed an alliance. Cait Shelter's insignia had a cat on it and it disappeared because the guild master was actually an ancestor of the Nirvit 400 years ago. He had used his magic to create the illusion of a guild all for a little girl named Wendy Marvel." the lady pointed to the book in my hands. "Just read that,it should have all the history about the guild from X784. You'll find what you need." she walked away just like that and I did as she said and opened the book.

Cait Shelter: Guild Master Roubaul.

I turned to the page about the guild master.

Roubaul was a very powerful mage who created Nirvana and used incredibly high-leveled Illusion magic. Nirvana was what he created 400 years ago in order to stop wars among the Nirvit tribe. Instead, the dark magic had a reversed effect and ended up being the death of everyone. Roubaul was the only survivor, but eventually died from old age. However, he lived on as a spirit to watch over Nirvana, waiting for someone to destroy it. According to reports from the Light Team who fought Oracion Seis, they say that Roubaul acted as the guild master of Cait Shelter in order to create a home for a small little girl, Wendy Marvel, when she was carrie dhere by a little boy with blue hair and a red tattoo. When Oracion Seis was defeated and Nirvana was destroyed by the Light Team, Roubaul revealed the truth and disappeared along with the rest of the so-called Cait Shelter members who were created with his magic. The guild disappeared in year X784.

I was amazed by this information and flipped the page. There I saw a picture of Cait shelter's guild building. It was in the form of a cat and underneath, it showed it disappeared in sparkles. I also noticed that it was surrounded by woods. Lucy's words rang through my head.

It's gone. The kitty no longer exists. An old guardian that lived for 400 years. An illusion that faded in year X784...I'm in the woods.

Cait Shelter's guild was a kitty and the master acted as a guardian for Nirvana over the course of 400 years. The entire guild was an illusion though and it was set in the woods! I pieced two and two together to come to a conclusion.

Lu-chan is waiting in the woods surrounding where Cait Shelter used to be!

I searched the book for the placement of Cait Shelter's guild: Near the Worth Woodsea by a mountain range.

I threw the book back on the shelf and raced up further north. I took a train to Oshibana and ran past the Hakobe Mountains. I reached the edge of some woods and found a clearing there. In the middle of the clearing was a boulder with a piece of paper attached to it. I smiled and picked up the next note.

Nice Job Stingy. You should do more research once in awhile. Now this is where you must keep my advice in mind and use your nose. I'm in the woods with Rogue, Frosch and Marisu. Follow the shadows and not the stream. ~L

For the last time, I hope, I burned Lu-chan's note and followed her instructions, starting with the river. I looked and saw it flowed down south, so I went the opposite direction and headed up North. After a while, the stream changed direction and I looked for something else to follow. To my right I saw all of the trees and plants surrounding me were pointing one direction, northwest. I ran and followed the way the shadows were pointing. After maybe about 30 minutes of running, I was out of breath and met by a wall of greenery. I looked behind me and no doubt, all the shadows or any boulders, bushes, flowers and trees were directing me to the wall of leaves before me. I was confused and tried blasting the leaves away, but my attack was stopped by some sort of forcefield. Another note came floating down and I snatched it out of the air.

What are my names? Who are you? State your answers out loud.

I smirked and easily answered, "Lucy Heartfilia, Vanessa Valentine and Lunar. I am Sting Eucliffe, the white dragon slayer and a Sabertooth mage."

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Nothing happened. My eyebrows scrunched in confusion and I used my 'Roar of the White Dragon' to blast the leaves away. They didn't budge. I tried doing Lucy's weird magic thing and concentrated all my magic into a whirlpool around me. Dust rose and leaves flew, circling me, and my magic encased me. I watched as the leaves shifted and a hand poked through them. Keeping my magic around me, I reached out to it and got pulled past the barrier. My body burned with anticipation as I passed through and my magic disappeared.

A/N: Haha! Cliffy! Sorry it's late. I meant to post it last Friday, but some things happened and I was busy! I also need to update my other stories so I'm quite busy. Well, hope you liked this chapter and Review!