When Jellal and Erza finished comforting their daughter they went back into the living room to talk to Mystogan about what happened the other night. He described the events to them the best way he could and he hoped that after hearing him they wouldn't think that he had lost his mind.
"So the oven, the toaster, the computer, the TV, and everything relating to that just came to life and attacked Wendy?" Jellal said after his brother told him the whole story. "Mystogan by any chance is what's going on with Dad genetic?"
"I know it sounds crazy but I swear that's what I saw and there was something else too. As she was being dragged into the oven I thought I saw something grab her and pull her from the machines and when the oven exploded something moved her to safety and shielded her. I think...I think someone saved her."
"Who?"
"I didn't see anyone."
"what do you mean you didn't see anyone?"
"I mean I didn't see anyone there except Wendy. What else could it mean? It was so weird. It was like some paranormal force was at work."
"That's ridiculous." Erza said. There's no such thing as paranormal forces. It was probably an extreme power outage."
"That locked me out of my own house? That doesn't make sense. No, that was no extreme power outage. I don't know what I saw but that wasn't it."
"Well it's definitely not some paranormal activity."
"That's what it looked like to me and Erza I'm surprised your so quick to dismiss that theory. I mean after all you kind of grew up with it."
But saying that was a mistake because in that moment Erza stood up in a quick manner that made her body go stiff. She opened her mouth to say something, then closed it, thought for a moment, and said something else instead.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
She went upstairs after that and Jellal looked at his brother with a glare.
"Mystogan you idiot! I told you never to mention that!"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset her. It just slipped out."
"You know how much that part of her life upsets her."
"Again I didn't say it to be cruel it's just that maybe she shouldn't be so closed minded to forces that can't be explained. With what she saw growing up-"
"Growing up she never saw anything paranormal Mystogan. That's the point. All she saw was her mother losing her mind until she had to be taken away."
"You know I never believed Irene was crazy. I thought that she could actually see them."
"She couldn't Mystogan. No one can. It's not possible and it broke Erza's heart when she finally accepted it." He got up from his chair. "Now if you'll excuse me I have to now comfort my wife because you open an old wound."
He left after that. Mystogan slumped into his chair and hung his head down in shame. Even though he was sure that he was right about what he saw, he had no intention of doing or saying anything that would hurt his sister in-law or anger his brother.
"What was that about?" A voice asked.
He turned to see Wendy coming down the stairway looking confused and worried.
"Hi sweetie." Mystogan said. "How much of that did you hear?"
"Only bits and pieces. Is everything okay?"
"It's nothing you need to worry about. your uncle here just did something really stupid."
"What did you do?"
"I said something to your mother that I shouldn't have and it upset her."
"What did you say? Did you insult her?"
"No. I didn't say it to upset her but I forgot how difficult the subject of my words are to her."
"What do you mean?"
He sighed.
"I'd like to tell you but I'm sure it would upset your mother further if I did."
"I don't understand."
"You will. That is if your parents ever decide to tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"I can't say anymore. In fact I should probably get going before Grandpa mistakes a lamp post for a rude hoodlum and starts shouting at it." He gave Wendy's forehead a kiss and grabbed his coat. "Bye honey. You be good okay?"
"Wait aren't you going to say goodbye to Mom and Dad?"
"I don't think they want to talk to me right now. But the next time you see them, tell them I'm sorry and that I never meant to upset them."
She watched go out the front door and drive away with her grandfather all while feeling very confused about everything that had happened. First she gets attacked and almost by paranormal forces then she comes home to find things tense between her uncle and parents which may or may not be due to a family secret. Was their a family secret? Were her parents keeping secrets from her? They wouldn't do that, would they? Then again she had been keeping secrets from them. Why shouldn't she suspect that they would do the same? But what secrets? Just what was going on?
"You sure you want to drink this stuff." Gray said to Natsu after they came back to the empty flat.
"Yeah this might do something really cool."
"Or freakishly disgusting. You really should drop that jug of voodoo."
"I swear sometimes you sound just like my brother except less gloomy."
"All I'm saying is you shouldn't drink something if you don't know exactly what it is or what it could do. For all we know it could make you explode in a million pieces." He thinks for moment and then grins at the idea. "On second thought go to town."
Natsu frowned at him then once again opened the bottle and looked at the blue liquid inside. He put the bottle edge to his mouth and swallowed some of the potion.
"How do you feel?" Gray asked.
"I don't feel any different. Do I look different?"
"You still look like a woman's worst nightmare to me."
"Ha-ha. Why don't you give it go?"
"No way. I'm not drinking that crap. I don't know what's in it or what it could do. Besides your backwash is probably toxic even to the dead."
"Chicken."
"I'm not a chicken."
Natsu put down the bottle and started to move like a chicken while making clucking noises.
"Fine but only to get you to stop."
He grabbed the bottle and looked at it skeptically. He hesitated for a moment or two but he eventually he drank some of it.
"Well?" Natsu asked.
"I don't feel any different either. It's like I thought, it doesn't work."
"Hmm...But I was sure that there would be some side effect at least. Oh wait there is!"
"What?"
"You!"
"What about me? Do I have a third eye?!"
"No but your tongue is blue."
"Oh. Well so is yours."
"This is probably isn't even a real potion. It's probably one of those booby trapped bottles of gunk Zeref sets up. He'll sometimes switch his potions with a bottle of colored water."
"To foil thieving slime like you I'm sure."
"Whatever. Hey you think I could get the girls to drink this?"
"Like they'd drink anything you give them. They still haven't forgotten that time you gave them margaritas with something in it that made them sneeze through their ears."
"Not if I got about it that right way."
"Why do you even wanna give it to them?"
"Because I think it would be funny to see their tongues turn blue."
"You're so juvenile."
"To each his own. Now conjure up some tea."
"Why?"
"Just do it."
Gray huffed in frustration but did as his friend requested. He snapped his fingers and made two cups of tea appear on a tray. Natsu then poured the rest of the potion into those two cups of tea. After that he placed a note on the tray and hid both himself and Gray when they heard the girls coming.
"I wonder why the boys haven't come back yet." Juvia said. "I'm sure they would have come home by now."
"Should we go look for them?" Lucy suggested.
"Let's wait a little longer. I don't feel good leaving Wendy right now. Not after that awful night."
"Hey what's that?" Lucy pointed over to the tray with tea. The two of them approached it and Lucy read the note on it. "Dear Juvia and Lucy, my mother made tea to calm my nerves. Thought you two would like a cup, enjoy. Love Wendy."
"Aw she's so sweet." Juvia said.
"Yeah but we can' really taste the tea."
"Well it's the thought that counts right."
Both girls each took a cup and drank every last drop of the liquid inside of it. They had just finished it when Wendy walked in.
"Oh hi Wendy. How are you feeling?" Lucy asked.
"A little better but I still don't want to go anywhere near an oven." She answered.
"Understandable." Juvia replied.
"What's that your drinking?"
"It's the tea you left for us."
"What are you talking about? I didn't leave any tea for you."
"Sure you did." Lucy said handing Wendy the note. "Says so right here."
"I didn't write this."
"You didn't?"
"No."
"Then who-"
"Lucy your tongue is blue." Juvia said.
"Huh?" The blonde stuck her tongue out and looked down to see that it had turned completely blue. "It did. And so did yours."
"Really?"
"Yes. How did that happen?"
They got their answer when Natsu burst out laughing thus revealing where he and Gray were hiding.
"Natsu you creep!" Lucy snapped. "I should have known!"
"I told him not to do it." Gray said.
"What the hell did you give us to drink?!"
"Relax babe all it does is give you a blue tongue." Natsu said.
"That's a lie! It's going to do something else isn't it?! Something gross and annoying like those stupid margaritas you gave us last time!"
"No it's not. I swear. I drank the stuff myself and I'm perfectly...Fine."
Suddenly Natsu found himself overcome by a very dizzy and sleepy feeling. His legs were getting wobbly and he could barley keep standing up.
"Hey...Does anyone else see a bright light?" He asked trying to stay awake.
"Bright light?" Gray said.
"Yeah because I...I think I'm about to...Move on."
"Move on?!"
"I'm coming Mama!" He said before collapsing to the floor.
"Natsu!" His friends gasped.
"Natsu are you..." Gray found it hard to talk as he too started to feel sleepy and dizzy. "Alright?"
He put his hand to his head and tried to keep standing. And it wasn't long before Juvia and Lucy did the same as they were overwhelmed by the same feelings.
"Everything is...Is spinning...I can't stand." Juvia said.
"I don't...I feel...I feel funny." Gray said.
"What...What was...In...That tea?" Lucy asked before she dropped down by Natsu's side.
"Wait a minute, what's happening to you all?" Wendy asked feeling afraid.
"Oh... It's going dark."
Gray fell straight to the floor and Juvia fainted on top of him, with her hand landing in his.
"Gray! Juvia! Natsu! Lucy!"
Wendy called out to her friends desperately but not one of them would respond at least until morning. The poor girl could only sit back and hope that everything would be okay. But it wasn't long before she found herself witnessing the most amazing thing. A flashing blue light came from their bodies which would leave them completely changed and during the process Juvia and Gray's fingers interlaced unconsciously.
