"I can't believe that stupid arrest and trial was all for show…" Lucy whined her head hitting the table as she sulked. "All that worrying… for nothing!"

The Fairy Tail wizards had just spent the past day worrying about the fate of Natsu and Erza, as they had been subjected to a punishment by the magic council. Everyone was incredibly worried as they were sure a very severe punishment was to come, especially since Natsu butted in, however, that wasn't the case. The magic council had performed the trial for show, only imprisoning them when Natsu had broke in.

"Hmm," Gray said, hitting a fist against his open palm, eyes wide in realization. "So she wasn't a sacrificial lamb, but a scapegoat!"

Seraphina turned to the ice wizard, confused by what he meant by that. She thought about it for a while before she was able to come to a conclusion.

"Ohh, because they didn't…" She began before she burst out laughing, the joke wasn't really funny, it was more like she was too easily amused.

Lucy and Elfman stared at her in confusion, an aghast expression on both their faces, how could she laugh at something like that? The lavendette noticed and immediately ceased her laughter, though she was still giggling lightly.

"Yeah, yeah," She said dismissively, waving her hand to emphasize her point. "I'm an awful person for laughing or whatever"

"Man," Elfman murmured, the shocked expression still on his face. "You must be one heck of an ice wizard because even your jokes leave me cold."

He then turned to Seraphina and shivered. "And how could you laugh at that… you're no man!"

The lavendette shrugged her shoulders once again. "Hmm, you see there Elfman I would be offended, but I am not a man!"

"That's not the point…" Lucy muttered.

Gray didn't seem too bothered by what Elfman and Lucy said, his sense of humor was just slightly different from their own. Someone did seem to find it funny, he thought as he looked at Seraphina. Gray smiled a bit to himself, he always felt strangely proud whenever he could make Seraphina really laugh, though he wasn't able to pinpoint a reason why. But in his years of knowing her Gray had picked up pretty well as to when she was forcing a laugh or not. And for such a bright person Seraphina was quite the fan of dark humor, which Gray happened to think he was pretty decent at.

He glanced back at Seraphina to see that she was now tapping the edge of the table with her fingernails while staring into space. There were many moments like that, where she'd just stare into nothing with a blank expression on her face, usually bouncing her foot off the ground. It was always as if she was thinking about something important, but he could never determine what.

There was a small moment of silence before Elfman gasped, as if he had remembered something very important. The brawny man looked up with an excited grin on his face and Lucy turned to him wondering what he was about to say.

"Hey, Natsu," He called out, causing the pinkette to turn to him curiously. "You gonna finish going man to man with Erza?"

The Dragon Slayer grinned excitedly as he had almost completely forgotten about the fight that was interrupted by the magic council. He made his way to Erza while Lucy shook her head and let out a nervous 'uh oh'.

"So, what do you say?" He asked. "Want to pick up where we left off?"

"I'm not in the mood right now." Erza replied simply, and it would take a fool to not realize how upset the redhead truly was. Natsu didn't seem to have taken notice of this as he lit up his fist with fire as he charged towards her.

"I'm not letting you off the hook that easy!" He shouted laughing maniacally and Seraphina raised her eyebrows, did he really want to die that bad?

He then let out a choked grunt as Erza punched him in the stomach, hard. His fire fizzled out and he fell to the ground like a rock, hitting the floor with a loud thud.

Gray and Elfman laughed at Natsu and were soon joined by Seraphina who had attempted to stifle her giggles but couldn't hold back. Lucy and the rest of the guild were also amused, all except Master Makarov who had a more solemn look on his face.

"Sir, is something wrong?"

Mirajane looked to Master Makarov as the expression on his face worried her, he shook his head reassuringly before fixating his gaze on the door.

"I'm feeling sleepy…" He murmured, there were a few moments of silence before he spoke once again. "He's here."

Mirajane blinked confused before she collapsed to the ground as a sharp sense of drowsiness came over her, one that soon spread across the entire guild. Seraphina fell back, head leaning against one of the guild pillars as the sense of drowsiness overtook her as well. Her eyes were struggling to remain open, and the last thing she saw before darkness overtook her was the bodies of her guild mates falling around her.

A man dressed in a robe and a mask covering his face walked into the guild cautiously making his way around the fallen guildmates. He stood at the job board pausing only momentarily to choose one that he wanted to do, making his way to the master as soon as he did.

"I shall return." He declared showing the job description to Master Makarov who was having a hard time remaining awake himself.

"No, wait," Makarov ordered. "Lift your sleeping spell first."

Mystogan turned around not giving much assurance that he had even heard Makarov's request, but as he walked off he began to countdown, signalling as to when the spell would be lifted.

"Five… four… three… two… one…"

As soon as he walked out the door and uttered the last number everyone in the guild awoke with a start, except for Natsu who was still asleep from having been knocked out, and Seraphina who was leaning snugly against a pillar.

Lucy sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes confused as to what had just happened. She looked around and saw that everyone else was waking up as well, actually… no. Seraphina was still asleep and so was Natsu.

She knew Natsu was passed out from the punch he took to the gut by Erza, but she wondered why Seraphina was still snoring away. She pointed to her and looked at Gray.

"Should we wake her up?"

Gray blinked and he waited for his vision to refocus before he looked at what Lucy was talking about. He looked to the side and saw that Seraphina was leaning against a pillar, still asleep and snoring softly. He sighed knowing that the lavendette loved to sleep and whenever Mystogan cast his spell she always seemed to continue sleeping even after he left.

"Yeah," He replied, yawning a bit as he got up, shaking his head at Lucy. "Don't worry I got it."

He kneeled down next to her and shook her shoulder, demanding in a soft, but stern voice that she should wake up. Lucy watched and just when it seemed that she wasn't gonna wake up Seraphina grimaced and swatted Gray's hand away.

"Agh, you never let me sleep, Gray." She whined blinking then squeezing her eyes shut as she attempted to get used to the lighting, she then realized that this wasn't her room and she certainly wasn't on her bed.

"Ohhhh, right," She realized as she stood up and stretched her arms out, yawning as she sat down and took her seat next to Lucy. "Mystogan came again didn't he?"

"Why else would you be passed out on the guild floor?" Gray asked and Seraphina shrugged.

"Haha, true, true," She laughed goodnaturedly. "I mean I appreciate sleep, but Mystogan does come at very unfortunate times."

After she said that Seraphina pursed her lips as she didn't really know what to make of Mystogan. The man was certainly secretive and mysterious, something that she didn't hold against him at all. Everyone had their secrets, including her fair share of them… but she felt that putting everyone to sleep and not allowing anyone to ever see his face was a bit much.

"Who's this Mystogan guy anyway?" Lucy asked, still wiping the sleep from her eyes as the last bit of lethargy began to fade away. The blonde was certain she had heard of Mystogan but she didn't know anything about him except that he put her and the rest of the guild to sleep, and that he was probably a member of Fairy Tail.

"Well, for one he's a contender for Fairy Tail's strongest wizard." Elfman replied and Seraphina was impressed that he admitted that without some 'real man' comment along with it.

"Wow, really?" Lucy asked curiously.

Yesterday before the fight between Erza and Natsu happened she had told Gray and Seraphina about how Mirajane told her that their team was the strongest in the guild. The pair scoffed at that and the blonde was informed that there were members of the guild far more powerful, but that Erza was at the top tier. Now that they were talking about this Mystogan maybe he was the strongest?

"Mhm!" Seraphina exclaimed and she immediately winced at how loud she was as her head was still a bit fuzzy from the unexpected nap she had just woken up from. "He's certainly way up there!"

Though she hadn't actually seen him in battle Seraphina knew that he was one of the strongest members of the guild, and not just because he was S-class, though that ranking was proof enough. She had heard a lot about Mystogan's power, and there was even a rumor that he took out an entire coalition of dark guilds on his own, impressive because they were like cockroaches, always scurrying back up.

Gray nodded, agreeing to what Seraphina had said. "Yeah, he sure is strong, but for some reason he doesn't want anyone to see his face." Lucy frowned at how suspicious that seemed, he didn't show his face ever? "So he casts a sleeping spell whenever he comes here."

"That's not weird at all…"

"Haha, yeah," Seraphina replied, smiling at the blonde as an attempt to reassure her. "Don't worry, I think Master Makarov has seen his face before, but I believe he's the only one."

"That's not true," A familiar voice from above said cockily and Seraphina sighed, why did he have to be back? "I've seen him before."

Seraphina gasped dramatically and looked at Laxus in mock awe. "Wow, that's so amazing! Do you want a cooki-oww!"

She turned to look at Gray who had jabbed her at the side, his glare signaling for her to remain quiet. She smiled at him and wanted to finish her statement, though she could understand his concern. Laxus was the definition of a brooding teenager, and he'd probably try to fry her for ruining his mood.

She stared up at Laxus a bit confused, he was never around the guild, especially since his personality changed drastically and he became even more of a cocky airhead. That was one of the reasons she disliked him so much, he was arrogant and believed that everything he did was right, though knowing him it would most likely be idiotic.

"Mystogan is just a little shy," Laxus continued with the same cocky smirk, one that Seraphina would pay money to see wiped off of him for good. "You should all respect his privacy."

The guild didn't really seem to be bothered by his words, not really eliciting any sort of reaction, however, Laxus talking seemed to have woken up Natsu who immediately jumped up.

"Alright, Laxus," Natsu shouted as he got to his feet and stared down the blond. "You and me- right now!"

Laxus didn't respond to Natsu's challenge, he just scoffed. The rest of the guild sweatdropped and Seraphina secretly cheered him on, wanting to see someone finally wipe the stupid smirk off his face.

"Maybe I should fight him myself…" The lavendette muttered and Gray turned to her after he had reprimanded Natsu for attempting to fight again after he just lost to Erza.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Gray snorted and Seraphina rolled her eyes.

"No faith in me, Gray?"

"No, not really," The ice mage replied honestly, which made Seraphina's jaw drop. "I mean you would be really disadvantaged against Laxus."

She frowned, but she supposed that he was right. Laxus and her magics were kinda similar, though his based on lightning rather than light, and he certainly held a more powerful punch than her, and was a bit faster as well.

"Whatever…" She muttered wondering in the back of her mind if maybe she had a better chance with her other magic, but she knew it was just speculation. She promised herself she'd never use it again, a promise that she couldn't afford to break.

"Hey look, I'd trust you to take down just about anyone else though," Gray continued, he turned to look at her and smirked, "You're definitely pretty tough."

"Hmm~" Seraphina hummed, feeling pretty happy with the compliment, "I guess I can let your comment slide now."

They both turned back to the situation in front of them as it was getting interesting again. Natsu was continuing to instigate Laxus, which riled the older teen up even more.

"Hah! Yeah, right pal," Laxus scoffed back at Natsu. "If you can't even beat the redhead don't try with me."

"What are you trying to say?" Erza demanded with a furious glare on her face, Gray nervously attempted to calm her down, but her rage didn't diminish.

"He's trying to say he's stronger than you," Seraphina whispered. "Fight him Erza! You can take him! You're not called Titania for nothing!"

"You are not helping!" Lucy hissed. "It's not like she can hear you whispering anyways!"

Seraphina grinned and shook her finger, taking the golden opportunity to mess with Lucy. She could see why Natsu and Happy liked it so much; Lucy's reactions were the funniest, "See that's where you're wrong. If I whisper then Erza will think it's her subconscious telling her that and not me. You gotta think big picture Lucy!"

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"

Erza's discontent was well deserved though as she was one of the strongest and most feared wizards in the Fairy Tail guild. Laxus just declaring he was stronger was just out of place, even if he was very powerful himself.

"Yeah, what are you trying to say, Laxus?" A new voice chimed in, very calm but hinted with a twinge of annoyance. "Because if Erza's so easy to scoff at then I suppose the rest of the guild is powerless."

Lucy looked to the front of the guild in confusion, as this voice was completely new to her. At the base of the entrance were two new figures, a girl and a guy, and they looked oddly similar, perhaps sister and brother?

She turned and looked over at the boy first, he had rich brown skin and thick black hair which was swept back lazily, but still managed to frame his face well. He wore simple, slightly distressed black pants and an olive green bomber jacket rolled up to his sleeves atop a plain black t-shirt, and on his left forearm was a Fairy Tail guild mark, golden in color. She studied his face closer and though he was handsome, the thing that stood out the most was the color of his eyes, a golden color that was almost blinding, like the sun.

The girl had the same rich brown skin and hair as the boy, but hers was much longer and flowed down in a thick black curtain. She wore a tight crimson peplum shirt with embroidered golden decals and crystal highlights, along with loose silk dhoti pants of the same pattern, on her feet were red flats, and much like the guy her guild mark was located on her forearm, this time on the right and in silver. Her face was a more feminine version of the boys, further reinforcing the idea that they were related. While looking at her she noticed her eyes were striking and unique as well. Rather than her brothers blinding golden ones hers were a bright reflective silver, and Lucy couldn't help but be reminded of the moon as she stared into them.

"Arjun!" Seraphina exclaimed, waving to the guy frantically. He smiled back at her, though he remained next to his sister as she glared at Laxus. The lavendette pouted when he didn't come over, but she supposed he wanted to stay near his sister in case Laxus actually did try to start a fight.

"They may as well be," Laxus shot back and everyone in the guild gave him the evil eye, though no one was foolish enough to actually go and fight him, well almost everyone.

"What'd you say?!" Natsu shouted, his eyes becoming comically white as he teemed with anger. "You think you're so tough! Come down here and prove it!"

"You come to me, little man!" Laxus said, his confident smirk growing wider.

"Natsu," The girl from the front of the room warned. "Don't let him bait you."

Lucy blinked because that was the first time a reasonable thing came out of a Fairy Tail wizard's mouth with that she felt hope, maybe all of them weren't insane.

Natsu didn't listen to her, which wasn't a surprise given the Dragon Slayers eagerness to become involved in any conflict. He leapt down from his table and began to run towards the bar, jumping over it to make his way to the steps that led to the second floor, but he was stopped short.

"Argh!" Natsu grunted as he was flattened under the master's hand, which had grown due to his use of Giant Magic. He looked at him from the corner of his eyes before speaking.

"You're not allowed on the second floor, Natsu," He began. "At least not yet."

"Party pooper." Seraphina muttered as she had been excited for Natsu to go up against Laxus, the Dragon Slayer would probably lose, but she'd rather he try than not at all.

Laxus snickered as he leaned over, placing his chin to rest in his palm as he looked down at Natsu, still regarding him with a cocky smirk.

"Think you made him grumpy."

"Shut-up." Natsu growled struggling under Master Makarov's giant fist, but to no avail as it was impossible for him to even move.

"Yes, please do," The girl from the front agreed and Lucy wondered who she was as she was the only one willing to stand up to Laxus, besides Natsu of course.

"Honestly, Laxus, why can't you ever just come in peace?" She demanded, her silver eyes narrowed dangerously. "All you do when you come is start some stupid problem, go take a job if you're that bored. Or is your life so pathetic that you really have nothing else to do?"

Lucy looked at her in awe as the rest of the guild remained silent, Laxus didn't like being talked back to, but she had done just that. She couldn't help but notice that Seraphina was frowning at the girl, but couldn't imagine why since she thought that she disliked Laxus as well.

"I'll do whatever I please," Laxus replied, though his gaze had turned a lot more threatening. "If you've got a problem with it, Aru, then you'd better hope you can back up your words."

"And how do you plan to back up yours?" Aru replied in a cool manner, her composure never faltering even with the threat Laxus had made.

Electricity began to spark around him and Lucy supposed that was the blonde's answer, the girl who she now learned was Aru responded in the same way, a bright silver aura surrounded her, and dark shadows began to pool at her feet.

The guild began to perk up a bit with the possibility of a fight and Natsu struggled even more as he really wanted to see what was happening. Lucy looked a bit worried, from what she could assume both Aru and Laxus were really powerful, what would happen if they actually went at it?

Gray just looked at the two of them mildly interested, though he knew with the master here neither of them were going to be able to fight. He turned and noticed that Seraphina had her arms crossed and was glaring at Aru.

He rose her eyebrows at her wondering what could be the issue now, they didn't like each other, that much was certain, but nothing had happened between them at the moment. Seraphina took a second, but she realized that Gray was looking at her questionably and she leaned closer so that she could reply quietly.

"If Aru takes on Laxus she'll be better than me!" She whispered and Gray rolled his eyes, of course. "But at the same time I want someone to beat his face in… but not her, she probably can't beat him anyway."

Gray didn't reply as he assumed Seraphina's answer was going to be very petty. Though it did make him think. He'd say Aru was about as powerful as Erza, though if they were serious the redhead would most likely beat her. If she were to go at Laxus it probably would be in the blondes favor, but Aru was tactical, so it was possible that she could find a way to overpower him.

"That's enough, there will be no fighting today." Master Makarov ordered. Both Aru and Laxus glared at each other a bit more before heeding to the masters request, the magic surrounding them disappearing.

Laxus laughed cockily as he looked down at Makarov. "You're just scared that Aru is gonna be beaten, you know it too don't 'cha old man? The strongest one in the guild isn't some chick or hooded weirdo."

He looked down and saw the livid expressions on both Aru and Erza's faces, he grinned before he continued, jabbing a finger towards his chest as he made his next point.

"You want to know what the strongest wizard looks like? Well, you're looking right at him!"

Laxus stayed there for a few more moments, bathing in his supposed glory before he disappeared in a flash of lighting. As soon as he was gone the guild slowly began to go back to normal, a main topic of discussion being the arrogant lightning mage who had just left.

"What a jerk…" Lucy muttered after he had left, scared of saying anything before due to how scary Laxus seemed. "Does he always do this?"

"Pretty much." Gray replied simply, Seraphina nodded before going into more detail.

"Laxus is so arrogant, he thinks because he's S-Class and the Masters grandson that he knows everything and can do whatever." Seraphina continued.

"He definitely is arrogant, as well as just a major asshole." A voice next to Lucy agreed, the blonde turned to her right and she was greeted by a tanned muscular arm. She looked up and saw that the boy that was at the front before had come to their table. He blinked and looked down at Lucy before a smile spread across his face.

"Oh! Are you new?" He asked.

"Ahh, yes." Lucy replied.

"That's great!" He said earnestly and Lucy couldn't help but smile at how genuine he seemed. "Fairy Tail is a really fun place, I hope you like it!" He then stuck out his hand. "My name is Arjun!"

The blonde looked at his hand a bit confused, this was the first 'normal' greeting she had in awhile, but it was more than welcome. She shook his hand and smiled.

"Lucy."

"Well that asshole could beat you into tomorrow," A female voice suddenly said, and Lucy recognized it as the one who was talking back to Laxus. "So I'd choose your words carefully."

Arjun just rolled his eyes before looking at her with a small smile on his face. "Weren't you just the one about to fight him?"

"Well, yes," She replied. "But I suppose I could hold my own, I am S-Class am I not?"

"Don't have to rub it in…"

Lucy blinked in confusion wondering what this S-Class thing was. Maybe it was some sort of ranking… and the strongest wizards of the guild were part of it.

"So what?" Seraphina asked jumping up so that she could be closer to Aru, a large grin was on her face and Lucy couldn't help but feel she was gonna start something.

"I bet I could beat you right now!"

Lucy sighed, of course she was trying to fight. Was it possible for any of them to go a single day without getting into some stupid fight?

"Oh, you do?" The silver eyed mage asked, not even phased by Seraphina's proposition.

"Yup!" Seraphina grinned. "Want me to prove it to you?"

Aru raised her brow as if waiting for Seraphina to provoke her, but surprisingly the lavendette didn't say anything.

"Pretty good proof," Aru retorted mockingly.

"Ah! Here's the thing, I did beat you!" Seraphina insisted with a twisted grin, "in the silent game!"

The silver-eyed mage curled her nose in disdain, of course.

"You should play more often, it's pretty peaceful when you aren't squawking out about some nonsense,"

Aru started to make her way to the front of the guild, as she had to discuss something with Master Makarov, but she noticed a new face seated at the table where Arjun and Seraphina had sat down at. Aru met the brown eyes of this new individual and quickly glanced her over, pausing momentarily, before briskly making her way across the hall to get to talk to the master.

"Aru's a meanie." Seraphina declared with a pout as she slid back into her seat with her arms crossed, whereas Lucy was staring at the retreating form of Aru feeling strange. When Aru met her eyes Lucy felt strangely vulnerable. Aru's reflective silver eyes shined knowingly and with finality, like one look was all she needed to figure Lucy out.

Turning to Arjun she grinned, quite eager to change the subject. "So, how did this job go?"

"Oh," He said, he ran a hand through his hair, one of his nervous habits and she immediately knew that something had gone wrong. "I mean we finished it… but I kinda messed up a bit."

"You're no man!" Elfman declared and Arjun laughed and shrugged his shoulders not really looking to deny his claim.

"We were sent to stop a slave trade business," Arjun began turning to Lucy as then blonde looked lost, and some context about the job would be helpful. "This group of wizards kidnap girls from Fiore and sell them into slavery overseas, usually in Bosco, but sometimes Caelum as well."

"Really," Lucy muttered remembering her first encounter with Natsu and what had almost happened to her. Bora had thrown away her keys, and was planning on taking her and a bunch of other girls to Bosco in order to sell them. She shivered uncomfortably at what would have happened if Natsu wasn't there.

Arjun blinked and looked at her as he studied her expression, it looked like she was remembering something. He smiled before continuing.

"I'm guessing you have experience with something like that?" He asked.

"Haha, yeah actually," Lucy replied. "I was almost taken to Bosco actually, but I managed to get away."

"Wow, really?" Gray asked, as he didn't remember that happening ever since she had been in the guild. "When?"

"Actually, right before I joined Fairy Tail."

"Ooh, ooh, let me guess!" Seraphina interrupted with an excited grin on her face. "You defeated them all with your pinky finger! Like you did to those Vulcans! Dang Lucy, you really need to teach me your skill, you know what, let's go on a job together!"

"You defeated Vulcans with just your pinky finger?" Arjun asked, mouth wide in awe. "Wow, and I thought Erza was strong."

"What a man…" Elfman said, nodding approvingly.

Lucy shook her head at her guildmates, wondering what she had to do to convince them she actually wasn't that strong. But, she guessed it was better to be viewed as that rather than weak.

"I didn't really," She still insisted. "But Natsu actually saved me. He crashed onto the boat and defeated the wizard who was running everything."

Seraphina was somewhat listening to her story, but what really caught her attention was the words 'boat' and "defeating the wizard'. She frowned as those two phrases plus Natsu's motion sickness didn't seem to equate to him winning.

"Oh…" Arjun hummed. "Wait, was that why half of Harujion's port was destroyed?"

"Oh, that's what it was?" Seraphina asked, remembering the long list of complaints the magic council had for Fairy Tail the first day Lucy was at the guild. She wouldn't have guessed that it was the effect of him protecting Lucy, but at the same time that made perfect sense.

"Yeah…" Lucy muttered remembering the damage that Natsu had caused. "But because of that I get to be in Fairy Tail!"

"Which is totally worth a destroyed port! Maybe even two!" Seraphina added.

"That's a bit much…" Arjun muttered. "Oh wait! I didn't finish, so anyway we were infiltrating, I was supposed to be like selling Aru and stuff since they were selling girls into slavery that was our best bet. But I accidentally said she was my sister, and then everything went downhill from there."

"So what did you have to do?"

"Take them down, but in the true Fairy Tail fashion," Arjun grinned. "We defeated most of them, but a couple managed to escape… so Aru was pissed. We couldn't find them, so we didn't even get paid."

"That sucks," Seraphina declared with her arms crossed, she then smiled smugly. "But if you're with Aru something is bound to go wrong."

"Don't let her hear you." Arjun warned gently, sure that his sister would be done explaining to Master Makarov soon enough.

"Haha, that would matter if I cared." Seraphina said, ignoring the slightly pleading look Arjun was giving her. He hated how she and Aru didn't get along since she was his best friend and Aru was his sister. He was always attempting to keep peace, and wasn't successful most of the time, but then again it's always the effort that matters the most.

The group then fell into a comfortable silence, which Seraphina dealt with before she slumped over, incredibly bored. Trailing her gaze around the guild hall she looked for something interesting, before she looked at the request board. She felt like she wanted a job, but at the same time she didn't. The jobs were all beginning to seem so similar, and weren't as appealing anymore. She sighed and rolled over in her seat, causing Gray to turn at her with an eyebrow raised while Arjun held her shoulder, a somewhat worried look on his face.

"You all good?" He asked.

"Yeahhh," She answered apathetically as she rolled back to her original spot. Placing her head in the palms of her hands she pursed her lips and a childish pout overtook her features. "I'm just bored."

Gray looked over at her. "Then go on a job." He said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Yeah," She replied. "But all the normal guild jobs are boring… I want to do something more… something different."


A couple days had now passed since Laxus had shown up, declaring that he was the strongest. Ever since then the guild had more or less gone back to normal, everyone getting back to the daily grind of work, or just screwing around, as usual.

Seraphina Yuna was walking towards the Fairy Tail guild, having done the former of the two and was currently returning from a job, planning to take up another as soon as she reached the guild. The one she was returning from was fun, she supposed, but fairly basic. Defeating a group of bandits, though it was more than she usually took on, so it definitely wasn't as easy.

"I've been so bored though…" She muttered as she voiced her thoughts to herself. "Maybe I should go defeat a volcano demon?"

As she was planning her next job she reached the guild hall doors, she pushed them open with a smile, but she was prepared to punch anything in case a barrel was thrown at her again. Thankfully no flying objects were sailing across the guild, but for Fairy Tail that was weird.

As she came inside the guild she immediately noticed the somber mood, and she wondered what had happened that changed it from its usual cheery self to how it was now.

"Laxus!" Master Makarov shouted, and Seraphina frowned, so he had started something again? "Go and fetch them at once!"

Now Seraphina was really confused, who was Master Makarov referring to when he said that? She silently walked across the guild hall before she reached the table where Cana was.

"Haha, so what's going on?"

The card mage looked at her blankly as she took another swig from her liquor. "Natsu, Happy, and his girlfriend Lucy all went on a S-Class quest."

"Wait, what?" Seraphina muttered trying to sound surprised, though knowing the dragon slayer it didn't seem to be the most unlikely of possibilities.

"Yeah, right," Laxus scoffed, looking down at Makarov from where he was seated on the second floor. "I've got better things to do, Gramps. And besides, everyone in Fairy Tail is supposed to take care of themselves, right?"

Seraphina raised an eyebrow at Laxus's statement, he seemed to be very contradictory. Just days ago he was saying that everyone in the guild was powerless, but now he says that they'll be fine by themselves.

"I don't care how you feel about Natsu!" Makarov snapped. "Erza and Aru aren't here, so you're the only one strong enough to bring him back by force."

"Wait a sec!" Seraphina exclaimed, jumping up from her seat. She felt everyones eyes turn towards her and she smiled confidently. "You don't need Aru, I can go and get those three back myself."

"You're not the only one strong enough to bring them back," Another voice declared. Seraphina turned her head towards Gray who looked at Master Makarov. "We can go get them back."

As she looked at the master for confirmation Seraphina noticed a hint of hesitation in his eyes. She knew that he was debating whether or not they'd be enough to bring all three of them back, but the flash mage knew it was certainly possible. Not even waiting for his nod of approval Seraphina went to the front and grabbed Gray's arm pulling him towards the door. She looked behind and waved, a grin on her face as she slammed the door closed behind them.


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