When Lucy heard the signal from Erza, she took off running. Knocking over Dan on her way. He yelled out in surprise but she completely ignored him and took off down the hall and to the front doors. Behind her, Natsu, Gray, Michelle, Wendy, and Carla was behind her. Marie was right next to her. She smiled at them but then noticed Dan and Sammual after them. She thought Erza was going to handle it.

"I trapped that red haired maiden under some books if you're wondering Lulu pie!" Lucy made an uncomfortable expression as the nickname. It seemed Natsu was having the same reaction, he stuck out his tongue in disgust. She thought about going back for Erza but she knew Erza was fine. For some reason- these people didn't seem that bad. She made it out with the others close behind.

They came up with a quick plan and waited for Dan and Sammual to appear. Dan was first out and held up his sword up and pointed to Natsu. "You will give that book to me!" Natsu growled and clenched his fist. Just as he was about to charge at Dan, he shot him with his spear like sword. Natsu watched in shock as the world around him became bigger.

"What the hell?!" His tiny voice rang throughout the area.

"Natsu? Where did you go?" Happy called out. Unfortunately for Natsu, his footsteps were getting closer and much bigger. He only watched in horror as Happy's paw stomped right on him. He coughed and banged on Happy's paw.

"Let me up! I'm under you!" Happy squeaked and stepped back. He blinked down at the tiny Natsu and picked him up by the back of his vest. He held him in the air as Natsu flailed his arms violently. Lucy wanted to laugh, but she was preoccupied with gazing at the damage they all did to the mansion. She felt her bottom lip quiver slightly. She didn't know weather she was sad or angry, it was most likely both.

"Happy, how did you get so big?!" Small Natsu asked.

"I think you just shrunk." Happy deadpanned. Suddenly, Sammual appeared and lifted up Michelle's dress and retrieved the book. Everyone yelled out in anger as Michelle squeaked with surprise and most likely embarrassment. Lucy and Gray were ready to fight for the book when Dan was snatched up by Sammual. He read through it with incredible speed and threw it back to Lucy.

"We got what we want. Let's go." Dan, happy as ever, waved goodbye to Lucy.

"Goodbye Lucy my love! We should meet up again for a date!" Lucy groaned. Like that was ever going to happen.

"Hey!" Natsu screamed, but it Dan didn't seem to hear it. "Change me back right now! Where are you going!?" Happy placed Natsu on his head and flew up to everyone's eye level to try and help Natsu with communication. Erza appeared not even a minute later with torn clothing, but otherwise fine. She heaved and looked around. Then she turned to Gray.

"Where did they go?" Gray scowled.

"They figured out our plan and read the book. They're gone now." Once Erza heard of this, she yelled put and punched a hole through a nearby wall. Which happened to be the mansion's already unstable wall. Lucy ran up to Erza and tried to comfort her as best she could so she couldn't destroy any more of her property. Marie planted herself on Lucy's shoulder. She nudged her.

"What now?" She asked Lucy. Lucy frowned and sighed, looking up at the sky where their newest enemy left. Shaking her head, she replied.

"No idea. But before we kill my mansion any further, we should get back to the guild. We have to meet those guys again to get that book back and to change Natsu back. I'm not sure he really likes his new look." She chuckled.

"Damn right I don't like it! I'm smaller than Happy!" Carla and Marie shook their heads, but said nothing. They all started to walk back to the guild when they heard a loud crash come from behind them. Lucy flinched and felt her posture drop considerably.

"Just don't look back." She told herself and everyone with her. They nodded and stepped away from Lucy. Just in case she got angry. She wasn't all that angry anymore, just very disappointed. Now it's going to cost twice as much just to rebuild the place back up again. They made it back to the guild in only an hour. Everyone expected them to come back holding a book but raised a brow when everyone was empty handed.

"Sorry everyone. They read the book and know everything..." Wendy apologized meekly. Lucy rubbed Wendy's back in comfort and quietly told her it was going to be okay and that they were going to get the book back. Lucy leaned up against a table as the guild was discussing their next move. Lucy had some good news but she waited until everyone stopped talking. When it got quiet, she spoke up.

"Fortunately, we don't even really need the book," Everyone turned to her in shock. She went on. "I've read that story cover to cover ever millions of times when I lived there. I know it by heart." Lucy said as she skimmed through the book for a moment.

"So what is it about? What do we have to do?" Gray asked her. Lucy bit her lip and thought for a moment.

"The book is about a girl who wants to find all the clock pieces and bring them together. She was to finally be happy when the prices were brought together, but as she went on this journey, she brought misfortune for everyone else on the way. They would all pay the price for her happiness." Gray blinked.

"So where do we go then?"

"We'll need teams to go and search the areas for the clock pieces. They emit a large portion of magic energy so they shouldn't be too hard to find." Everyone nodded, agreeing with her. Erza stood front and center.

"I shall pick the teams who will go to these places and retrieve the clock pieces. While I'm doing that, Lucy," she turned towards the blonde. "I want you to draw out different maps for each piece so we can locate them. If you need any help, Warren would be happy to." Lucy smiled and went to grab several pieces of paper. Erza split part of the guild up into teams. Team one was Lucy, Natsu, Happy, Marie, and Romeo. The second team was Erza, Cana, Wendy, and Carla.

The third team consisted of Pantherlilly, Gajeel, Levy, Jet, and Droy. The fourth was only two people, Juvia and Gray. Everyone laughed at the uncomfortable face Gray made when his team was announced. They were sure he was going to get back at Erza for that later. The fifth and final team was the Strauss siblings. Lucy smiled and handed each map to the respected team.

"We should head put quickly. I suspect the Legion Platoon already know plenty about the story and are on their way now." Lucy announced. Makarova and the rest of Fairy Tail waved the five teams goodbye. Team three went behind the guild and started to climb a steep hillside, making Lucy raise a brow but she never questioned Lilly's judgment. Team one and two went in opposite directions, two headed for grassy plains and one to the docks. Gray and juvia went forward into the woods while the Strauss siblings also went up a rocky hill.

Lucy sighed upon looking up at the large ship that was supposed to get them to their destination. She could already feel her stomach curl at how the waves rocked the boat. She could tell Natsu was feeling the same as his face was full of sweat. They climbed aboard and let Romeo and Michelle take over, Natsu and Lucy crumbling to the floorboards. Happy shook his head in disappointment and watched as they held their stomach with a pained expression.

"You guys are so pathetic." Romeo came down about a minute later and said the same thing while Michelle just offered to help them in any way she could. Lucy thought that was sweet at least. Romeo and Happy were just being insensitive jerks. The boat started to get farther away from the dock, the waves becoming fuller as they drifted off into sea. Lucy planted herself on a nearby chair and picked Natsu up and put him on the table beside her.

"Where are we going anyways?" Romeo asked Lucy. She rubbed her eyes and opened her mouth to speak. Unfortunately, the mouth was the only gateway to puke so she closed her mouth quickly and shook her head. Romeo groaned and rolled his eyes. Lucy pointed to Michelle. Romeo turned the the other girl.

Michelle sat there blank for a moment but snapped out of her daze and explained to Romeo. "Well, one of the clock pieces are in an old Cathedral." Romeo nodded and sat down next to Lucy. Happy sighed and shook his head.

"This team so so flawed. We have a little kid, a crybaby, a bimbo, and the strongest member of our team is so small I could crush him. The only one that can pull this team is me." Lucy growled and slammed her fist down on the arm chair.

"Don't call me that you stupid cat! I'm just as strong as Natsu!" Happy just eyed her.

"Yeah? Tell me that when you're not about to puke your guts up on this boat."

...

"Pantherlilly, where are we going?" Levy asked the small cat as they climbed the hill. She knew that Gajeel was supposed to join their team but why would he be up here? And what would he be doing? From behind, she heard Droy pant heavily. Jet shook his head and looked back at him.

"Really man? It's not even that steep. I could've ran up and down this mountain twice already." Droy put his hands on his knees and took a large breath.

"Yeah well I'm not fast like you. You should try being me."

"I don't have to be you because the only reason you're like this is because you eat like a pig." The heavier man glared up at Jet. Levy rubbed her temples as they began to fight. She still waited on Lilly for her answer and thank Mavis, he replied.

"Gajeel is up here training. Since Erza set him up with us, he can't say no." The cat smiled triumphantly. Levy couldn't help but join him when she saw how happy he looked. Levy knew just how much pantherlilly really like Gajeel. They made it to the top and witnessed Gajeel under a heavy waterfall, sitting in a criss-crossed position and closing his eyes. Lilly covered his small ears at the loud sound, but spoke up to Gajeel.

"We need your help!" Levy announced over the water. Gajeel, with his particularly sensitive hearing, heard her and opened one eye. He would of joined them if Jet and Droy weren't on the team with them. He found them loud, obnoxious, and incredibly annoying. He scoffed and closed his eye again.

"Go away shorty. I ain't helpin' ya." Pantherlilly shook with fear and let his mouth quiver over the loud noise.

"Gajeel, Erza sent us to get you so you could join us and helping Lucy find the clock pieces together." At this, Gajeel perked up slightly. He didn't like how Erza treated him, but if he said anything about it, he would probably get beat up. He supposed he would help out the bunny girl- not like he cared for her or anything.

"Hm. Fine."