The people of the Emerald City were very courteous to Juvia and her friends. They filled Glen up with some fresh brand new straw, they polished and oiled Gazel's body to perfection, they filled down Back's scales, spikes, and talons, and they brushed Juvia's and washed her face making it rosy and fair. The treatment felt great and refreshed. Once their treatments were finished they started for the throne room of the great wizard but we're startled to see something flying through the sky, giving off black smoke.

All eyes were on the flying figure and many of them did not know who or what the figure was. But Juvia knew who it was and she quickly grabbed Frosch to protect him. It was Kyoka flying on a broom stick.

"Who's her? Who's her?" Nack asked twice while trembling.

"It's the witch." Juvia said. "She's followed us here."

She was spelling out something in the sky with the black smoke. It was SURRENDER JUVIA. The people of the city and hurried toward the great hall to the wizard's throne room which was guarded by the very strict Gildarts.

"Here, here, here! Wait a minute! Stop! Stop!" He said trying to calm the crowd down. "It's alright! The wizard has everything under control! There's nothing to worry about! So you can all go home!"

Relieved the crowd dispersed and went home but Juvia and her friends weren't ready to leave yet.

"If you please sir." Juvia said politely. "We'd like to see the wizard, all four of us."

"The orders are that no one may see the great wizard. Not nobody, not nohow."

"But sir it's important that we do."

"Not nobody! Not nohow! He has much more important matters to attend to at the moment. Like dealing with that witch!"

"But you don't understand." Glen said. "That same witch is after Juvia. You can't leave us out here with that hag after us."

"Young lady is that true?" Gildarts asked Juvia.

"Yes sir." She said.

"Well that makes a difference. Wait here and I shall inform him of who you are and of your position in all this."

He went behind the gates.

"What a relief." Gazel said. "And here I thought we weren't going to get in."

"I'll be relieved when I can finally go home." Juvia said.

"I'm curious, what's your home like?" Glen asked.

"Magnolia? Oh well it's not as exciting as this place but it's very nice."

"What do they have there?" Gazel asked.

"It's just a small town that has shops and schools and houses and farms. I live on a farm with my aunt and uncle. But you know they don't have scarecrows that are alive or men made of iron or dragons."

"What?!" Her friends said in surprise.

"It's true and when I tell everyone about you guys they won't believe me I'm sure."

"Do you have any friends?" Nack asked her.

"Not counting Frosch, I have three wonderful friends. Gray, Gajeel, and Natsu they help my uncle on the farm and they're very sweet. You know it's interesting because you guys kind of remind me of them."

"We do?" Glen asked.

"I don't know how but you do and I'm starting to miss them so much. They must be so worried about me."

"Don't worry Juvia, you'll see them again soon." Glen assured her.

"I hope so. The last time I talked to them I said the most awful things to them. I didn't mean what I said, I was just so angry."

"What did they do to make you so mad?" Nack asked.

"It wasn't them I was really mad at. The truth is they didn't do anything wrong and what happened couldn't have been helped."

It wasn't until now that Juvia realized how truly horrible she felt about what happened the last time she was with her family and friends. That's why she had to get home, not just because she belonged there but because she had to make things right. She had to apologize to all the people she loved for the hurtful things she had said to them. Thank goodness that she would now be able to go home and fix her mistakes. But all hope of that was shattered when Gildarts came back a few minutes later to declare.

"He said to go away."

He then went back inside, slamming the gates in their faces.

"Go away?" The four of them said in disappointment.

"Looks like we can all this way for nothing." Glen said hanging his head.

"What a jerk." Nack said. "He can't just tell us to go away...But then again who I am to say what he can and can't do?"

Juvia's eyes started to overflow with tears. This meant that she couldn't go home and that she would never see her family or her friends again.

"And I was so happy." She sobbed bitterly. "I thought I was on my way home."

She started to cry and her friends went to comfort her. Gildarts was just about to tell them to go away again but he caught sight of Erza's kiss Mark which had been left on Juvia's forehead making him figure that if she had the favor of a good witch then maybe she was more important than he realized. So he decided that before sending away, he would listen in on their conversation and find out why they were here.

"Don't cry Juvia." Gazel told her gently. "We're gonna get you to the wizard."

"We certainly are." Glen said handing her a handkerchief. "We don't know how but someway we'll get him to see you. Even if we have to break down those gates."

They tried their best to comfort her but poor Juvia was inconsolable at the moment.

"Aunt Porlyuscia and Uncle Makarov were so good to me." She wept while dabbing her eyes with her handkerchief. "And I never appreciated them. Running away and hurting their feelings. Professor Fernandes said that Aunt Porlyuscia was sick, she maybe dying and it's all my fault."

As Gildarts listened to the words of the sad young girl he couldn't help but be moved to tears himself. He had never heard anything so sad in his entire life. Only a heartless monster would deny Juvia's wish after hearing her sad story.

"Oh I'll never forgive myself. Never, never, never." Juvia cried.

"Please don't cry anymore." Gildarts blubbered. "I'll get you into the wizard somehow! I had a dear Aunt myself once!"

He then closed the door and went back to speak with the wizard, asking him to see the four friends.

"I can't see anyone right now!" The loud yet unseen voice of the wizard spoke.

"But you don't understand." Gildarts said trying to dry his tears and regain his composure. "There's this poor girl who wants to go home so badly and if you just heard her story I know you'd want to help her."

He pulled out a tissue and blew his nose into it.

"I'm sympathetic Gildarts, I really am and if it was any other day I would help but I have more pressing matters to deal with right now."

"But great wizard she has the favor of the good witch "

"She has what?"

"Her forehead bears the kiss of the good witch of the North. She has her favor."

"So Erza sent her did she?" His voice becoming more quiet. "Perhaps this young girl posses some unique power that might prove useful in my situation and of course I've never been one to turn down a request from Erza. Send them in Gildarts."

"Yes oh great and powerful wizard."