Seraphina frowned looking out the window of the hut they had been offered to stay in, the moon was still perched high in the sky and glowing it's unusual but beautiful purple. "Destroy the moon…" shaking her head she looked back to her guildmates. "Haha, I know he said he was serious… but how does he expect us to do it?"

"I don't know…" Lucy muttered before her eyes narrowed. She walked over to the window and pulled the stick that was holding it up, slamming it closed.

"What's the big idea, Lucy?" Seraphina pouted. "I was looking out of it, meanie…"

"Well, I don't know about you, but I don't want to turn into some freaky monster!"

The lavendette shrugged her shoulders and sank down to lean against the wall. "Wasn't looking to do that," she then sighed, puffing her cheeks up childishly. "So does anyone have any ideas on how to destroy the moon?"

"Ideas?" Gray scoffed turning to Seraphina with an incredulous expression. "Here's one, we can't."

Natsu stared at his fist before a smirk fell upon his lips. "We could just beat it up, how many punches do you think it'll take?"

Seraphina laughed. "I think you could make do with about 50, maybe 25 if they're really strong." She giggled and a lazy smile grew upon seeing his reaction.

"Really?" He demanded before standing up. "What are we waiting for then? Let's go!"

"Don't be stupid man," Gray said before turning to Seraphina. "And you, don't feed his idiocy."

She just smiled innocently while Natsu looked about ready to pick a fight with Gray for calling him an idiot.

"Okay!" Lucy interrupted also feeling like the boys were about to start fighting. "We can't destroy the moon, but maybe we can investigate…"

"But that's so boring~" Seraphina whined. "I think trying to make the moon go kaboom is a lot more interesting!"

With the almost permanent smile still on her face Lucy couldn't determine if she was kidding or not. She opened her mouth to reply, but got hit in the face by a shirt. She pulled it off and frowned at Gray who had stripped down to his boxers.

"You kids can do what you want," Gray yawned, pulling his sock off. "But after the day I've had, I need some shut-eye."

"I'm not a kid!" Seraphina retorted as she crossed her arms pridefully. "And you're only like a year older than us anyway, Gray."

"Exactly," he replied, lips curled up in his usual smirk. "That year made me a lot smarter than you idiots."

"Call me an idiot all you want, but please don't take off anymore," Lucy begged, interrupting Seraphina who had meant to reply to Gray's statement.

"Alright, we'll explore the island tomorrow then!" Natsu declared before collapsing onto his cot. "Off to bed!"

"Sounds good to me," Gray sighed.

"Nighty night!" Seraphina said before jumping down onto her cot. She chose the one next to Gray since Natsu's snoring was unbearable and she knew she wouldn't be able to sleep with it right next to her ear.

"Okay," Lucy yawned, rubbing her eyes. "I'm sleepy too, goodnight."

A yawn escaped Seraphina's lips as she slowly became more and more accustomed to the light of the sun while blocking out the arguing of her teammates who were rightfully upset at Lucy waking them up so early. Apparently the blonde hadn't gotten a wink of sleep, but Seraphina seriously doubted that, no one was that pumped in the morning.

"But they were the ones snoring not me," the lavendette whined since Lucy had used that as an excuse to have their departure be so early. She turned back in the direction of the village and started walking back in a sleepy daze. "I'll catch up with you all later…"

"Oh, no, you don't!" Lucy declared grabbing her shoulder and pushing her forward to where the boys were trekking forward. "We're all sticking together, if we do we're bound to get this done a lot faster!"

"But I'm so tired…"

"Don't be lazy, this is no time for sleeping!" Lucy exclaimed with a confident smile. "Blaze forward! Open, Gate of the Clock Constellation: Horologium!"

Seraphina watched, halfheartedly, as a magic circle appeared in front of Lucy and one of her Celestial Spirits popped out. The flash mage was then reminded of when of the rewards for completing the job, one of the twelve golden zodiac keys. She snorted, that was why Lucy was so keen on getting the job done, the possibility of having another powerful key within her grasp.

"My sleep is more important…" She relayed childishly, not speaking to anyone in particular, but even she could see the fault in her words. She was by no means a Celestial Wizard, but if there were only twelve golden keys in existence they were, undoubtedly, incredibly important.

Another thing then caught the attention of the flash mage, what had Lucy summoned that spirit for?

"Ohh, really?" She hummed glaring down at the blonde. "And you call me lazy?"

Natsu and Gray turned around before frowning at Lucy as well. The blonde was the one to wake them all up early and the one who encouraged them to get the job done, but she was sitting in a clock, not even doing something simple such as walking for herself.

"You should walk on your own," Natsu said, feeling slightly annoyed.

"Yeah," Gray added, agreeing with his 'rival' for once. "Do you just summon your spirits because you're lazy?"

"I think she does," Seraphina agreed with a vigorous nod of her head. "Now I know how she's able to be so energetic, you can just have a clock walk around for you… no fair~!"

Lucy gave them all a heated glare, she was a lot of things, but she sure as heck wasn't lazy.

"'Listen, this curse is freaking me out. We have no idea what we're up against and I'm scared,' she says nervously," Horologium replied for Lucy.

Seraphina quirked a brow. "Wow, your mood changed so fast, Lucy! Weren't you dead-set on finishing this job ten seconds ago?"

"I don't know why you're worried," Natsu exclaimed with a carefree attitude. "This is awesome! S-Class jobs rule!"

"Right?" Seraphina added. "I can't wait till we get to the dangerous part! Do you think we're gonna get to fight a moon monster?!"

"If we do I'll punch it so hard that it'll break the moon!" Natsu answered, a crazy grin taking over his features. "The monster is probably responsible for the curse, anyway."

"I can easily freeze the moon monster," Gray declared, joining the conversation. His usual confident smirk then made its appearance. "I can easily freeze that curse too."

"Let me blind the monster first," Seraphina giggled. "It's always funny seeing bigger things stumble around when they can't see anything, it always reminds me of how stupid Vulcans are."

Gray frowned. "When you say it like that I feel like all your blinding 'accidents' are on purpose,"

The flash mage raised her hands in mock surrender. "Well, if they're being stupid, and if it's Aru…"

Her ears then twitched, she could hear the distinct sound of footsteps, and very big ones at that. Something large was approaching them, and fast. A quick glance behind her immediately caused her jaw to go slack in shock.

A monstrously large creature had snuck up behind them. She sniffed the air and immediately the smell of cheese and ladies perfume filled her nostrils, quite an odd combination.

"Whoa, what the-!" Natsu cried out.

"It's huge!" Gray exclaimed.

"Is it the demon?!" Seraphina asked the prospect of a fight lighting an exciting glint in her eyes.

"'What are you waiting for?'" Horologium demanded in imitation of Lucy. "'Beat it up you three!' she yells frantically."

Gray immediately went on defensive, placing his fist in his open palm he prepared an Ice Make spell.

"Ice Make: Shield!"

The shield was essentially a waste since the gas the creature spat at them curled around it, so the cloying smell would meet all their noses. Seraphina took a small whiff before she felt lightheaded and collapsed to the ground. Her enhanced nose made the smell ten times worse, and she was sure the scent was bad enough without a freakishly good sense of smell.

Lucy's eyes widened as the large creature came out of the shadows. It turned out to be a teal-furred rat dressed in a maid's uniform?

"It's a rat!"

"Come on, Natsu, get up man!" Gray snapped seeing that the pinkette had collapsed to the floor. He looked to the side and saw that Seraphina was sprawled on the ground as well. "Seraphina!"

"The smell knocked them out," Happy noted.

"Gee, thanks cat," Lucy replied sarcastically, as that had been obvious to all of them. She frowned, she knew that Natsu had an ultra-sensitive nose, but why did Seraphina pass out?

Her thoughts were interrupted by the rat mouse...whatever, stepping closer as it cackled. Now would be a good time to wake up, you guys! Lucy thought frantically before, as if hearing her internal panic, Seraphina let out a pained groan and her eyes fluttered open. The horrible smell still lingering in her head.

Damn did it pack a punch, her vision doubled and she started seeing things. Specifically a giant silhouette of a rat looming over their group.

How silly, she thought dizzily, a giant ra-Wait...

She got up quickly upon realization, holding a hand over her nose to block the smell as she ran away.

"Let's go!" She shouted in unison with Natsu who had also just gotten up. She deduced that his dragon slayer senses made the smell far too much for him to handle as well.

No one needed to be told twice as they had already planned on doing just that. The rat followed them down the path spewing out more of the disgusting gas which the group did their damn best to avoid. This continued for a bit before Gray grit his teeth annoyed, all this running was stupid.

"Ice Make: Floor!"

The ice mage slammed his hands down onto the ground below and tendrils shot out blanketing the floor in a smooth sheet of ice. Safely behind the extent of the spell everyone paused to see what had become of the rat. It slipped on the ice as it was impossible to gain any traction which, in turn, caused it to fall on its behind.

"You should have done that sooner," Natsu commented.

"Shut-up, Natsu!" Gray snapped.

Seraphina sighed in relief before her face lit up in her signature grin. She fixed her long hair into a messy bun as she regarded the teal rat with a dangerous glint in her eye.

"Look, there's a building over there," Lucy called out, but she didn't notice that her teammates were paying her no attention, as all of it was fixed on the rat. "We should go hide while we have the chance!"

"No, we should kick its butt while we have the chance!"

The two boys and Seraphina all launched an assault on the rat, kicking and punching its head until it had begun crying pathetically, and continued even then. Fairy Tail's strongest team certainly had a temper issue.

Lucy sighed, sadly she expected this out of them. "Just give me a break..."

After the trio deemed the rats punishment acceptable they followed Lucy into the temple that she had mentioned previously, as it could be a good place to start investigating.

"This place is massive," Lucy muttered in awe and Seraphina nodded, there was no denying that fact.

She walked further into the temple tracing her hand over all the pillars and altars which all seemed to share one thing, the moon. It was adorned and showcased on everything within the temple.

Ah, such intricate carvings...I hate them. Seraphina thought bitterly.

For a few moments she stared at one of the pillars before she pursed her lips, it annoyed her. She began walking away from it before she turned back around and blasted the moon piece from it's spot.

"What was that for?!" Lucy demanded. Seraphina simply shrugged in response.

"There were too many moons, I had to destroy at least one…" She then grinned with a pumped fist. "That's one point for me over Aru!"

"Can you stop with this stupid rivalry thing?" Lucy demanded. "She isn't even here!" Her attention was then brought to Natsu who was stomping on the floor rather loudly. "And what are you doing?!"

"What? This place is a wreck," Natsu responded before jumping on the ground. "This floor doesn't even look good to walk on."

"Well, don't go stomping on it!"

The blondes warning came too late because just then the floor gave out from under them. Seraphina laughed as she soared down the floor, it was actually fun and she felt like she was flying. Her response contrasted greatly with her guildmates who were all screaming as they continued down the dark hole.

"Natsu, you idiot!" Gray snapped absolutely done with the stupidity of the Fire Dragon Slayer. "Look what you did!"

"We'll be fine, Gray!" Seraphina said as she stretched out her arms to go even faster. She guided herself closer to the edge of the shaft, while keeping a bit away to stay safe for the moment. When she could see the bottom she twisted around so that her feet were facing the edge, and as soon as she felt them touch it she used that and pushed off but from a safer distance. This allowed her to guide herself to a clear ground where she rolled over her shoulder before landing on her feet in a crouched position.

Standing up she swept off the bit of dust that had gotten on her pants and top. She then turned to her teammates and saw that they hadn't landed as easily as she had, quite the opposite actually.

All of them had landed on the rocks, except for Natsu who had the displeasure of being buried under them, but he was naturally resilient so he popped out as if it was nothing, and it probably was to him.

"You guys okay?!" Natsu asked.

"I would have been better if you hadn't knocked out the floor," Lucy retorted.

"Here's a thought," Gray snapped. "Maybe if you'd think before you act you wouldn't cause so much destruction!"

"Hehe, well, I'm okay," Seraphina commented haughtily as she walked over to the trio. "But you three, well four," she corrected taking a look at Happy who was flattened against the rocks surface, "Don't look the best."

"Considering this idiot knocked out the floor I think that's understandable," Gray shot back.

"Still, I managed to avoid landing on my b-GAH!" A large chunk of pillar had fallen off from the destruction and hit Seraphina straight on the head. Gray laughed as she rubbed the sore spot and he made a smart comment of that's what you get.

"Ow! Who did that?!" Seraphina jeered as she kicked the same piece of pillar over only to see it had the same moon decoration. Her eyes narrowed at the stone as if challenging it, "you."

She stomped on it several times, watching the moon crumble to dust beneath her feet, a satisfied smile taking form on her lips.

"Haha, that's what you get for hurting me! Aru really is silly thinking she could beat me like that… I'll get her good next time!"

"Okay, she's crazy…" Lucy muttered weakly seeing how the lavendette handled whatever that was. She frowned slightly, she really seemed to dislike Aru, was their rivalry kinda like Natsu and Gray's?

The blonde mulled in over before shaking her head, she could worry about that later. First they had to get out of the cave, and investigate further to break the curse on the island.

"Can you fly us out of here, Happy?" She asked hopefully, but she had a strong feeling the cat wouldn't be able to.

"No, sorry…" He replied confirming just that, Lucy pursed her lips, what were they gonna do?

"Ooo, I can use a boost to get me high in the air!" Seraphina suggested waving her arms theatrically. "If I use my strongest one I can definitely get to the top!"

"But you wouldn't be able to take all of us," Gray pointed out. "Even one at a time would be too hard." He glanced around the room before shrugging. "We should look around down here, see what we can find."

"YEAH!" Natsu cheered. "It's a secret cave let's go exploring!"

"Uh huh!" Seraphina agreed with a wide smile on her face as she followed Natsu down the hall, ignoring the warnings of Gray and Lucy.

The hall was pretty plain and monotonous, just jagged purplish black rock everywhere. Seraphina frowned, was there anything even here? She continued down the path along with Natsu before they came to a clearing, and the thing in front stopped both of them in their tracks.

"Woah…"

Lucy, Gray, and Happy then came up behind them, a little bit behind since they followed them later. The trio immediately noticed the stiff position both Seraphina and Natsu were in, as well as the shocked expression on both their faces.

Seraphina masked her surprise quickly, a carefree smile taking the place of her previously agape mouth. "Wow~, that thing is huge!"

The others followed the lavendettes gaze before gasping. In front of them was a large monstrous figure encased in a huge block of ice. It's face was contorted in that of rage, instilling a sense of uneasiness within Seraphina, as well a larger sense of fear within the other Fairy Tailer's.

"That's impossible,"

Seraphina turned to Gray who seemed shaken up, even more so than the others. His eyes were wide in shock, hands curling up into fists as his entire body shook.

"It's Deliora," he murmured walking forward to observe the demon more closely. "But how? How could this happen? What is it doing here… WHAT THE HELL IS IT DOING ON GALUNA ISLAND?!"

Lucy went over and touched Gray's shoulder reassuringly, trying to calm him down so he could explain everything he knew about the demon. Natsu and Happy shared the same look of worry as they observed Gray, they didn't see him lose his cool much, and seeing him explode like this was something new.

As they questioned him Seraphina stood a little bit off to the side, observing him. Based on his reaction she was certain that he had encountered the demon before, and by the way his body tensed up he probably wasn't fond of it either.

"It's Deliora," Gray finally answered with certainty, "the Demon of Destruction."

"Demon of Construction?" Natsu asked.

"Destruction," Happy corrected with a shake of his head, for someone who had such amazing ears Natsu misheard stuff quite a bit.

Gray took another shaky breath, still staring down the demon. "But why is it here? It doesn't make any sense!"

A scuff on the ground caught Seraphina's attention, she focused behind them and heard footsteps coming closer and closer, down the same tunnel that led them here. She glanced around the room quickly before finding a pile of rocks they could hide behind until they knew who the people were.

"Ahhh, we should go hide!" The lavendette said, gathering her guildmates and pushing them behind the rocks. "People are coming, we should hide so we can surprise them! Then, bang! Bang! Pop! We win!"

Lucy sweatdropped at the way Seraphina described her plan, but it made sense. The people coming could be responsible for the curse on the island. This in mind she peaked over the rocks carefully, only poking out enough to be able to get a visual at whoever was there.

Three people walked up to the spot where they had been standing before. One girl and two guys, one of whom seemed to have dog ears, dog's nose as well as a collar. Seraphina rose her brows, an interesting fashion choice. The other two had blue hair, but the girls was much lighter and strangely reflective, like a mirror or the surface of water.

"Are you sure those stupid voices came from here?" The girl asked as she yawned. "You could just be imagining it," she then gave a pointed look to the dogman. "Plus I'm not sure if I trust Toby's word on anything."

"THAT'S CRUEL!" He cried out indignantly.

"I heard them too," the guy with deeper blue hair and huge eyebrows added before smirking. "Besides, I'm sure Toby's hearing is great, with those dog ears and all."

The girl smirked as well. "Yeah, how'd you get them anyway? Moon drip change you up?"

"IT'S A FASHION CHOICE YOU JERKS!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," she said dismissively, "but can you shut up? We're trying to look for those voices you heard, remember?"

Toby whimpered, but didn't say anything more. Seraphina frowned upon hearing 'moon drip', was it some kind of spell? She bet Aru knew what it was, and the thought made her smile in challenge, she'd beat that stupid moon drip for sure.

As she was lost in her thoughts a fourth figure walked into the room, another girl. She had pink hair tied in pigtails and blue eyes that were widened, as well as a sad look on her face. What was wrong with her?

"Yuka, Kaya, Toby," she sniffled, "something terrible has happened!"

"What now Sherry?" Yuka asked and Toby growled in agreement.

"Did 'The Cold Emperor' reject your love proposal?" Kaya asked, placing a hand on the pinkettes shoulder. "It's okay, it was inevitable anyway."

"NO, how dare you suggest that?" Sherry demanded, seeming absolutely horrified at the possibility. "No… someone has hurt, Angelica!"

Sherry went on a tangent about how great her pet rat was, and how she was 'love'. The others seemed annoyed, but didn't stop her.

Seraphina smirked mischievously. "Ooo, she loves someone!" She whispered. "This Cold Emperor guy, I hope he likes rats dressed as maids."

"Shut up!" Lucy hissed.

Seraphina frowned, "you have a thing for rats, don't you?"

"Anyways," Kaya interjected, cutting Sherry off, "we're wasting time, I'll do a quick scan of the room here," she then glared at Toby and Yuka, "I hope you didn't wake me up for nothing."

A magic circle then appeared in front of her and a mirror formed. Seraphina frowned wondering what she planned to do until she saw it break into smaller pieces, each one showing a different angle of the room, and they were beginning to move.

She realized immediately what she planned to do, those mirrors would reflect everything around the room, and would reveal their hiding spot. She quickly motioned over to Happy and pointed to the hallway. The cat understood immediately and went off to draw the attention away.

A loud crack resonated in the hallway, and the quartet paused, confident grins on their faces as they looked in the direction of the tunnel.

"I definitely heard that," Kaya grinned with a snap of her fingers. The mirror shards moved back to where she was and were then redirected towards the hall. She and the others soon followed as well, and were soon well out of sight and earshot.

"Come onnn!" Natsu whined. "We should've grabbed them and beat some answers out of 'em!"

"Not yet," Lucy replied. "We need to do more investigating first."

"That is boring, but true," Seraphina conceded. "Like who is the Cold Emperor person?" She then snorted. "Who chose his name too," she giggled, "it's almost as funny as Bobo."

"Deliora," Gray muttered. "I still don't know what anyone would want with it! And how the hell were they able to find it?!"

"Was it hidden somewhere?" Lucy asked apprehensively, still a bit weary since Gray had been completely on edge just moments before.

"It was sealed away," Gray began, "in a glacier in the Northern Continent. A decade ago this immortal demon ravaged Isvan. Countless people lost their lives. The woman, who taught me to use my magic, my master Ur, sacrificed everything to seal it away. I don't know if it has anything to do with the curse on this island, but I do know that it doesn't belong here. This Cold Emperor, we have to find out who it is. If they tarnish my master's legacy, they're going to regret the day they were born!"

Everyone stayed quiet, each gauging Gray's response differently. Seraphina then whistled softly and walked over to the large demon.

"So, Deliora is Mr. Tough Guy, hmm" she commented airily, her smile still on display. "W-"

She stopped mid-sentence as she was interrupted by Gray, who was now glaring at her heatedly. His face was displaying a level of rage she hadn't seen in a long time.

"Do you think this is funny?" He asked calmly, but there was a very obvious undertone of anger. He then clenched his fists and raised his voice. "Do you think this is some game, some sort of joke?!"

Seraphina glanced at him and shrugged her shoulders. "Well, if I thought it was funny I'd laugh," she said.

Gray did not take well to this and stepped closer to her, hands clenched and trembling at his sides. He knew Seraphina wasn't a very serious person and probably didn't see anything wrong, but it still pissed him off. This was Ur that he was talking about, and he wasn't about to let anyone dismiss it so easily.

"Gray, calm down," Lucy demanded, grabbing a hold of his shoulder, gripping it in a way to add some sort of comfort. The ice mage glared at Seraphina, who didn't seem affected by his outburst, before focusing his attention back at the demon encased in ice in front of them.

"We need to figure out what they're doing with Deliora," he said after regaining his bearings, "this demon is dangerous, and I bet it may have something to do with the curse on the villagers."

"Yeah," Natsu agreed, taking it as an opportunity to start brawling. "Let's go find those guys!"

"I'm with you," Lucy agreed.

"Sounds like fun!" Seraphina added.

"No," Gray said sharply. "We're gonna stay here and wait."

Seraphina and the others looked at him in confusion, but the ice mage was too absorbed, staring up at Deliora.

"Wait for what?" Happy asked.

"For the moon to come out," Gray replied simply.

Seraphina raised a brow at that, what did the moon have to do with anything? She then thought it over, all the moon symbols and the entire temple dedicated to it. Another thing stuck out as well, the four people who came had said 'moon drip', and something about collecting moonlight. She frowned, the moon certainly was an important player, and she didn't like it all that much.

"The moon!?" Natsu demanded. "But it's the middle of the afternoon! Forget it, I'll die of boredom if I have to stand around here all day!"

"Why does the moon matter?" Lucy inquired, not giving Natsu's words any special attention. The pinkette frowned, he didn't like being ignored.

"I have a feeling the curse and Deliora are connected," Gray began. "And I heard those guys from before talking about moonlight."

"I heard that too…" Lucy muttered.

Seraphina pouted. "Yeah, so did I, but I'm with Natsu, I'll be so bored!"

"I'm sure you'll find something to entertain you," Gray replied icily as he walked over to the ledge closest to Deliora, his back turned to her and the others. "Since everything is so funny to you anyway."

Seraphina watched him for a couple seconds with an inscrutable expression before turning back to Lucy and the others with a smile. "We're in a dark cave, we can tell spooky stories!"

Lucy smiled lightly at the suggestion and then focused her attention on Gray before flickering her gaze to Seraphina who had already begun talking to Happy. She understood why Gray was upset at the Flash mage, since he had been talking about his old master and the demon Deliora and Seraphina kind of dismissed it as if it was nothing. The lavendette also didn't see anything wrong with her words and Lucy frowned at that, if it were her she'd probably apologize or ask what was bothering him. She looked towards her again, Seraphina was a little bit too carefree, maybe that's why she saw nothing wrong.

Everyone was sitting down doing various things to keep them busy, Lucy and Happy listened in to Seraphina's 'scary' story, and Gray sat on the edge of the cliff next to Deliora, seemingly lost in thought. Natsu just growled, he couldn't stand to wait around all day.

"Don't just sit on your butts!" He snapped. "We've got work to do!"

A loud snore echoed throughout the room and Seraphina paused in her scary story telling to take a look at Natsu who had passed out on the floor.

"That sure was quick," Lucy commented.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

Lucy sighed. "He's lucky, doesn't have to worry about anything but sleeping, fighting, and eating."

"Yeah, sure sounds nice," Seraphina nodded with an, unnoticeably, sad smile, "but instead there's a whole lot of other stuff, huh?"

Lucy turned to the lavendette with a raised brow. "No offense, but you don't seem to worry about much stuff either."

"Haha, what?" She asked playfully. "Of course I do! I worry about how many cinnamon rolls I can eat without turning into one!"

"That counts as eating," Lucy pointed out and Seraphina raised her finger before frowning, she was right.

The blonde then sighed. "I know I agreed to wait, but this is so boring~"

"Yeah…" Seraphina trailed off, there wasn't much to do in this barren cave. She looked at Natsu who was passed out on the floor and then to Gray who was sitting near Deliora, most likely lost in his thoughts regarding the demon.

I'm sure you'll find a way to entertain yourself, since everything is funny to you anyway.

She frowned hearing Gray's words replay in her head. She didn't find everything funny, and she didn't understand what made him upset at her in the first place. Maybe it was the way she spoke, but that didn't really make sense since she was always like that.

She tapped her nails against the ground, the impact echoing softly in the hollow cave. She did try to brush things off as a joke, but some things weren't funny, she surely understood that. Staring at Gray she narrowed her eyes softly, it didn't matter to her. She'd rather him and everyone else believe she was happy and carefree than the true alternative.

Lucy heaved another loud sigh, bored out of her mind. She slumped over with her head in her hand before she jumped up in excitement. "Ooo, I know!"

Seraphina turned to the blonde curiously watching as she pulled out a silver gate key, what was she gonna do now?

"Open: Gate of the Harp Constellation- Lyra!"

An overly happy celestial spirit arrived, reminding Seraphina of herself based on how cheery she seemed. She had on a blue and pink dress that seemed like something a person a nursery rhyme would wear, like Little Bo Peep or something. But on her back were small angelic wings and she carried a large blue harp.

"Oh wow~" she exclaimed, "I haven't seen you in forever, Lucy!"

"Hey, Lyra!" Lucy greeted her cheerfully.

"Say, how come you never call me anymore?" Lyra demanded with a childish pout. "It's not fair~! I'd love to help you out, but you ignore me- meanie!"

Seraphina blinked, this girl acted exactly like her, even down to the meanie.

"Meanie, huh?" Lucy asked, stealing a glance at a certain lavendette who used that word often. "You're the one who told me you're available only 3 days a month."

"Are you sure?" Lyra asked while frowning. "That doesn't sound right!"

"Great," Happy muttered, "another weirdo."

"So what do you want me to sing? Any requests?"

"Nope," Lucy replied, leaning as comfortably as she could on her rock. "Whatever you want."

"Do you know any songs about fish?" Happy asked hopefully.

"Hmm, or about cinnamon rolls?" Seraphina added dreamily.

"Kay!" Lyra shouted with a thumbs up and Seraphina frowned wondering what she meant, was she going to combine a song about fish and cinnamon rolls?

"I've got a song you're gonna love, Lucy!"

"Lyra has the most beautiful singing voice," Lucy commented with a smile. "Anything she sings is amazing!"

Happy didn't seem convinced. "Mira's a singer too you know, and she sings songs about fish for me."

Lyra just smiled widely, placing her head on the rim of the harp her fingers strummed the instrument, and soon words formed a beautiful melody.

Seraphina frowned at first, this song was most definitely not about fish or cinnamon rolls, but she had to admit; Lyra had a wonderful singing voice.

The melody was soft and the lyrics were beautiful. Oddly enough Seraphina couldn't help but relate Lyra's words to a memory so long ago. She allowed her eyes to flutter shut as her mind guided her thoughts to the past.


Fairy Tail.

Seraphina stared up at the words trying to take it all in… she was finally here. She made it.

She'd been traveling almost aimlessly for a couple of months until an overheard conversation gave her purpose.

The best guild in all of Fiore. Filled with the most powerful wizards, who did their best to do the right thing and help people— that's what Seraphina wanted to be a part of.

However, now that she was here a bubble of nervousness peaked within. Her stomach was churning and she was wondering if there actually were butterflies fluttering around in there.

What if they didn't like her? What if they didn't want her?

What if they knew who she was.. what she had done?

Seraphina frowned and quickly put that suspicion to rest. There was no way. She had spent her days travelling on the keen lookout for any news that could relate to her and her former company. She also worked tirelessly to master her Flash Magic.

She would be fine. This is what she needed, this would be her fresh start.

"Why are you just standing there?"

A voice rang out behind her and Seraphina turned around to see a boy about her age. He had his arms crossed and was looking at her oddly.

Seraphina giggled, "well, why do you have your shirt off?"

The boy then freaked out and ran around looking for his shirt. Seraphina found this entertaining, how did someone just lose their shirt and not even realize?

After he put his shirt on he looked at Seraphina with narrowed eyes while the latter just smiled.

"So?"

"So what?"

"So, you never answered my question, why are you just standing there?"

"Hmm," Seraphina looked up to the building and felt her heart race. She gripped the straps of her backpack even tighter and looked back at the boy sheepishly, "I guess I'm waiting for the right time to go in."

"If I can even go in."

The boy frowned, "don't be weird, of course you can go in."

Seraphina grinned, "well aren't you welcoming! First it was the no shirts and now you're calling people you don't even know weird? Ah ah ah, that's just plain rude."

He blushed fiercely and looked down to make sure he still had his shirt on before looking up again, "I'm not being rude! Plus, we've been talking for a couple minutes, so we basically know each other now."

"I guess you're right," Seraphina concurred before smiling widely, "but now the only way I can forgive you for being rude is if you walk in with me."

"Yeah, okay," he responded while looking the girl over. She was the same height as him and was still smiling brightly. Her outfit was simple and hanging off her shoulders was a backpack that seemed pretty heavy. "I still think you're weird though."

Seraphina stuck her tongue out playfully, "and you're still being rude! So~, when are we gonna go inside!"

"Whenever you want to," he replied, before looking off with the slightest twinge of red in his cheeks,"uh, do you want me to carry your backpack or something, it looks kinda heavy."

Seraphina felt her face soften before she smiled again, genuinely this time. That was really kind of him to offer. She fought the urge to narrow her eyes suspiciously, there was nothing he would gain from carrying her backpack. He was just being… nice.

As if on cue her back again to ache from the constant pressure her very heavy pack caused and she made her decision.

"Um, actually… yeah, I would love that."

She took off her backpack and handed it to the boy who staggered over from the sudden weight imbalance. Seraphina breathed a bit easier after literally having all that baggage taken off her.

"Jeez!" He exclaimed, "how long have you been carrying this!"

"A while…" Seraphina said wistfully while getting sad for a moment, she then perked up. There was no need to dwell, as soon as she passed these doors her life would have that fresh, clean page she craved for so long.

"Hehe thank you! I guess I can't call you rude anymore," she continued before sticking her hand out,"I'm Seraphina, by the way... Seraphina Yuna."

The boy looked down at her hand with a raised eyebrow, she was weird who shook hands at their age anyways? He just sighed and shook her hand before smirking.

"I'm Gray Fullbuster," he said while pushing the doors to the guild open, "Well, this is it, welcome to Fairy Tail, Seraphina."

Her mouth was agape in awe while taking her first step inside. The lights of the Guild Hall seemed to welcome her, and Seraphina hoped all the wizards within would want her there as well.

And as she looked to the boy that guided her in and called her weird she grinned and knew that, eventually, she'd make friends too.


A small smile ghosted the edges of Seraphina's lips as the song and her flashback came to an end. It was crazy to think how much her life had changed in the 4 years she had been at Fairy Tail. To think she had been scared to walk in on the first day to now… where she'd walk in like she owned the place.

Then a great sense of guilt settled in. She turned to the person who had taken her inside the guild for the first time and felt awful. Gray was hurting pretty bad right now, even if he didn't want anyone to know.

Seraphina didn't even think she had made that inappropriate of a joke, but the more she thought about it the more Gray's anger made sense. His master died sealing away that demon, and now someone, who knew Ur as well, was trying to undo it all.

She supposed she'd be pretty upset as well, no matter how 'funny' she found everything.

Lyra was still singing and Seraphina decided to focus on that, eyes trailing around the cave as she tried to find something to watch. However, as Lyra hummed the last verse everything came to a screeching halt.

The dark cave around her disappeared and all she could see was the interior of a home. One that seemed warm and cozy, but that couldn't be far from the truth.

Screams filled the halls of the home, and an image that Seraphina tried so many times to erase from her mind was on display.

She shot up immediately from her previously relaxed position on the caves floor. Her heart was pumping and she looked around the room apprehensively, drinking in the fact that she was in fact still there.

A shaky breath escaped her lips as she realized how close she was to reliving one of her most hated memories. One that she wished she could forget.

But as Seraphina stared down at her hands which were now painted a deep crimson a murmur rang out in her head.

She would never, ever, be allowed to forget.