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"...Ow…" Lucy sat up and rubbed her aching head. "Huh?" Lucy noticed something wet and prickly pressing hard against her hand. She opened her eyes, and saw her hand was in contact with the cold ground. A cold wind nipped at her neck and ear, causing her to shiver violently clasping her arms in an attempt to keep warm. She looked around. It was dark, and heavy fog surrounded her vision. Tall trees blocked her view of the cloudy sky above. "W-Where am I?" Lucy looked around a bit, before noticing something felt….different about her body. "Is it just me, or does my chest feel….lighter?" Lucy slowly looked down at her body, and screamed of shock. "KYAAAA! WHY IS MY CHEST SMALLER?! IS THIS SOME PRACTICAL JOKE?! Hold on, my hair's shorter too?!" Lucy stood up, her clothes sliding off her body. Lucy furiously grabbed them, trying to keep them on.
"Aw damn it!" Lucy whipped out a golden key and pointed it in front of her. "Open, Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" A shining glow came from the end of her key. When the glow faded, a pink haired maid stood in front of her, bowing. "You summoned prince-" Vigo lifted her head, and saw a little blond girl standing there with her key, a bit red from embarrassment from what was happening. "Princess, is that you?" Virgo asked, a bit surprised. "Yeah." Lucy replied, averting Virgo's gaze. "What happened princess?" Virgo asked, intrigued. "I don't know. I was in the guild, next thing I know, I'm here and in this state." Virgo bowed towards her master after she finished her explanation. "I shall deliver you clothes full haste." Virgo disappeared into the ground leaving a human sized hole. One second later, Virgo returned with clothes folded in hand. "Here we are princess." Lucy grabbed the clothes and hid behind the rock to get changed. When she emerged, she was dressed in a silk dress, decorated with stars and frilly sleeves. The chest area was laced, and a white fabric tucked behind the lace. Lucy's hair was done neatly in a high ponytail, her side fringe hanging down her face. Ears holding dangling earrings of silver stars. "You look splendid princess. Well then, I shall take my leave." Virgo took her bow, and left through the ground leaving a hole. "Well, at least I can still use magic." Lucy sighed, and looked around. "But the thing is, did my magic decrease due to the situation...Argh, I need to get out of this creepy forest!" Lucy scowled stomping into the fog.
"Natsu….Natsu!" Natsu slowly opened his eyes. A soft rub from his back was rocking him back to reality. Natsu pushed himself up, holding his head. "Gray….Gajeel…." Natsu looked at his head, looking at his two guild mates. "Hey, hold up! Why do you guys look so young?!" Natsu jolted up and pointed at them both, eyes popping out of his skull. "That's what we'd like to know." Gray shrugged and turned around hands behind his head. "That being said…" Gajeel cracked his his knuckles. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO US YOU DAMN IDIOT?!" Both of them punched Natsu in the face, probably knocking a tooth or two out. "Hey don't blame me! I didn't know what was going to happen!" Natsu yelled at them back, holding his swollen cheek. "We told you not to read that you idiot!" Gray snapped, clenching his fists. "I just wanted to help!" Natsu whined, flinging his face forward to Gray. "Well, next time don't Salamander!" Gajeel yelled back. "You bastard, are you saying I'm useless?!" Natsu asked Gajeel, raising an annoying eyebrow at him. "No, I'm saying STOP READING RANDOM SPELLS!' Natsu gritted his teeth, believing it confirmed his claim that Natsu was useless. "SO YOU ARE SAYING THAT!" "YOU WANNA FIGHT?!" Gajeel and Natsu banged their heads, growling at each other. "Alright you two, break it up." Gray sighed pushing their faces apart. "Anyway, we'd better get going. We need to find the others, thanks to Mr Flamebrain over here." Natsu turned a sharp look at Gray. "What did you say Ice Princess?!" Gray ignored Natsu's insult, but a visible vein was pulsing. "Anyway, let's go. This forest is giving me the creeps." Gray turned to the left and began to walk, Natsu and Gajeel following him into the cold night. Then they all tripped due to how big their clothes were. "Damn it…" Gajeel said, his voice muffled by the dirt.
"Lucy! Natsu!
"Gray! Gajeel!"
"Master! Happy!
"Lily! Charla!"
"..."
"Where could they be….?" Levy looked around the dark forest, extremely worried about her comrades. "I don't know. It seems we all got separated. Gah! Whenever I see Natsu, he's going to get the scolding of his life from me!" Erza's eye glowing a red spark, drawing a sword by her side. Levy just sweatdropped and slowly slid a distance away from Erza. "I'm worried though. One moment we're in the guild, the next, we're in this horrible place." Wendy shivered. "Well, then I think it's safe to say that the words were the words to a spell." Mira hummed. "I don't like it here...And where's Charla and the others?!" Wendy exclaimed in a panic.
"Erza! Levy!" The girls turned around, them smiled seeing who it was. "Charla!" "Lily!" "Ha-" The girls then were struck with shock, white complexions and lightning striking behind them from the amount of shock given. "We're so glad you're alright!" Happy chipped, running up to them. "Um, Happy, Lily, Charla, why are you so tiny. Tinier than usual?" Erza pointed at them. "Huh? What are you talking about Er….za….?" Happy trailed off, as his eyes skimmed down his body. "...GAAAAAAAAH! WHY AM I BABY AGAIN?! LILY! CHARLA! WHY ARE WE SO SMALL?!" Happy flung his arms and legs around the place, panicking about the degrowth. "We've been trying to tell you that for the past ten minutes!" Lily said stubbornly, his arms folded. "Aww, you guys look so cute!" Wendy praised, hands clapped together.
"I believe this could be due to the spell earlier." Lily suspected, examining his new body. "Well at the moment, it's the only hypothesis we have. And will you knock it off?!" Charla yelled at Happy. He suddenly skidded to a halt and looked at the girls. "Wait, hold on. Why are you guys the same age?" Happy pointed at the others with his little baby arms. "Hmm, that I don't know." Erza hummed sternly. "Hold on, what do you think could have happened to the others? Do you think they could have been reverted to a younger state?" Levy pondered, her fingers supporting her petite chin. "It's definitely a possibility. For now, we should get moving and find the others." Erza sternly decided, walking away. "Aye sir!" Happy agreed, following Erza's footsteps.
"Oh and Lily, Happy, Charla, I think it's wise for now if you three acted like normal cats." "Why?" Happy asked curiously tilting his innocent head. "Because we're in an unknown location and don't know if we're still in Fiore. Therefore I think it's best to stay silent for now. And same with flying." Erza explained strictly, eyes darting left and right watching her surroundings. "Alright…." Happy sighed. "Lily? Charla?" Lily nodded, fully understanding the situation. "I agree with you on that Erza." Lily said gruffly. "Yes, I agree as well. Who knows where we are at the moment. Better safe than sorry." Charla said, keeping that dignified look. "Good." Erza smiled. "Now be on your guard. We don't know what's here." She said sternly eyes darting left and right. "Yes ma'am." Happy chirpped. Erza gave him a sharp look. Her 'What-did-I-just-say' look to be exact. "I-I mean…..meow?" Happy corrected.
CRUNCH!
Everyone sharply turned their heads behind them. A huge, bulky shadow moved slowly towards them, breathing heavily in the crisp white fog. Erza, Wendy, Mira and Levy took a fighting stance, as the shadow came closer. All Lily, Charla and Happy could do was watch with great worry. "Who's there?!" Erza yelled at the shadow. The crunch under the footsteps stopped, but the heavy breathing continued. Everyone gasped at the figure, as they saw his form in the dim moonlight.
"Argh! I feel like I've been walking for hours in this creepy place….I know!" Lucy whipped out a silver key, and began her chant. "Open gate of the-" CRACK! Lucy jumped at the sound, giving a deep gasp of fright. She looked around the thick cold fog. There were sounds of chirps and sharp winds. Lucy slowly put away the key, worried that the glow of her key would attract attention of those near her. There was suddenly a wolf howl which made Lucy turn sharply all around. She panted even sharper, her vision shaking with her sharp moving head. As she looked around, she saw a big black shadow from the fog. Lucy stopped her breath, as she watched the shadow become bigger with every crunch of leaves and twigs. Lucy could hear heavy breathing from the massive creature. She reached for her keys, but then she felt a block coming from her enchanted items. "What?! I can't use my keys anymore?!" Lucy looked back up at the figure. He came closer and closer, Lucy quivering at this creature. She staggered back a bit, then ran for her life.
She ran as fast as she could, looking back making sure that the dark shadow wasn't following her. She ran and ran and ran as fast as her child legs could carry her. She continued to run, until she bumped into something. "AHH!" She cried, landing hard on her backside. "Owww…..Huh? Natsu! Gray! Gajeel!" Lucy cried, happy to see her friends. "Oww…" Natsu rubbed his sore head. "Huh, Lucy!" Natsu said surprised. "Boy am I glad to see you guys here!" Lucy exclaimed happily. "Hey hold on….You guys are kids too?!" Lucy pointed at the three, a little happy that she wasn't the only one. "Yeah, seems that way." Gray sighed with annoyance. "Well since we're all kids, I think it's safe to say that it could be a side effect of the spell." Lucy thought out loud, pondering to herself. She then gave a boys a smile and slowly walked over to Natsu. "Natsu…..WHAT DID YOU DO TO US?!" Lucy yelled as she punched him on the cheek. "SHUT UP! I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!" Natsu yelled back, again holding his injured cheek. Lucy grabbed him by the collar and shook him hard. "WELL YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES YOU IDIOT!" Lucy said shaking him even harder. SNAP! Lucy turned her head sharply behind her, the others jolting their heads up at Lucy's direction. The dark figure emerged in a shadowy blob, Lucy trembled in the monster's presence. She slowly stepped back until she was behind the boys. "Guys, we have to run!" Lucy pleaded, pulling their arms back. "Huh? Why? We can take him!" The boys smirked with Natsu at this statement. "Let's go!" Natsu commanded. "Yeah!" The boys ran forward and disappeared in the fog. "Oh no! Gray! Natsu! Gajeel!" Lucy cried, worried the monster got the best of them. It was silent for a while. Lucy was worried for her friends. She slowly stepped forward, the leaves and twigs softly crunching under her feet. She came closer and closer, until the fog came in hand reach. As she reached into the fog, a flying object came into her face. "KYA!" Lucy screamed as she tumbled back due to the force of the impact.
As she laid on the ground, she could feel something pressing against her lips. She slowly opened her eyes, and to a complete shock, saw Natsu's widened eye close to hers. 'Mph?!' Lucy violently pushed him off and both of them rolled over, throwing up onto the ground. "KEEP YOUR DAMN MOUTH TO YOURSELF YOU STUPID MORON!" Lucy yelled furiously to her companion, blushing extremely heavily. "SHUT UP!" Natsu exclaimed back, that equal heavy blush on his face. Next Gajeel came flying out of the fog, beaten up badly. "Gajeel!" Lucy and Natsu ran to his side at once, kneeling next to him. "Gajeel…" A female voice came out of the fog, sounding extremely annoyed. "Wait, that voice…" Lucy mumbled. As the fog cleared, Levy stood there annoyed. Not only that, but she stood there with a glowing red bump on the top of her head. "Oh no." Lucy thought. "HITTING ME ON THE HEAD OUT OF NOWHERE IS NOT OK!" Levy yelled furiously, growing bigger by the second. "When will Gajeel learn." Pantherlily sighed, examining the injured Gajeel. "Oh, Lucy!" Levy regained her normal composure once she saw Lucy. "Hang on, you're a kid too?!" Levy pointed to Lucy who was now smaller than Levy. "So it's not just the exceeds." Levy said in a state of surprise. "Hold on, Lily, Charla and Happy too?!" Lucy yelled out. "Aye!" Happy emerged behind Levy, a cute little creature he was. 'Happy!' Natsu smiled, and opened up his arms, grateful that his friend was safe. "Natsu!" Happy leapt from behind Levy's back and into Natsu's arms, snuggling up to him. Erza was the next to emerge, her eyes closed, keeping her same strict composure. "Well then. Now that punishing Natsu is out of my system." Erza opened her eyes and saw Lucy and Gajeel in the same state as Happy, Charla, Lily and Natsu. "So I guess it wasn't just the exceeds." Erza muttered under her breath. "Hold on, why aren't YOU guys kids too?!" Natsu pointed at the two girls, angry that they were prevented from being kids. "That I'm not sure of." Erza pondered, her chin resting on her fingers. "Hmmm." Levy folded her arms and closed her eyes , thinking. "Hold on, where's Gray?" Lucy looked around, wondering where Gray was.
"Put me down you big oaf!" A childish yell came from behind the trees. "Woah now, stop squirming lil' guy!" A deeper, rougher voice calmly told him. A big man with long curly hair and a thick beard came out of the shadows, carrying Gray by the wrist. "And it's really chilly tonight, why are you only wearing your underwear?" The man asked curiously. "SHUT UP YOU OLD GEEZER!" Gray countered furiously trying to squirm his way out of the man's grasp. "Old geezer?" The man repeated replied, sounding a bit hurt. "LET ME GO ALREADY!" Gray squirmed, trying to kick him, but to no avail as the man's big, long arms kept him at a safe distance from Gray. "Alright, but don't attack me or run away from me, alright?" The man sternly told him. He slowly put Gray on the ground, bending over due to his big body. After Gray was placed on the ground, he dusted himself, and was suddenly pushed back from his big bulky clothes being thrown at him by Erza. "Put some clothes on Gray." Gray sat up pouting, pushing the clothes out of his face. "But these clothes don't fit me anymore!" Gray complained. "Put. Them. On!" Erza gritted and scowled at him. "Y-Yes Ma'am!" Gray shrieked, hastily putting his clothes on.
"Well, isn't she a charmer." The man said sarcastically turning his head to Lucy, who was sighing at the events. "And by the way, how can you run in a dress like tha'? Tha' was really fast for someone wearing that." The man asked Lucy, looking down on her head. Lucy snapped to the man with surprised eyes. "Hold on, you were the one following me?" Lucy pointed to the giant man, eyes widened. "Oh yeah. I ran into an old man near my house. He told me that uh, his children weren't with him. So I told him I'd go find you all. Your father seems very worried about you all." Hagrid told Lucy. This caught everyone's attention. "Hold on, you found our Master?" Erza asked the man. "Master? I though' he was your father by the way he talked." Erza looked the rest of her team. "That definitely sounds like Master." Erza said sternly to her team. She swiftly turned back to the man, the moonlight catching her scarlet red hair. She bowed graciously to the man. "Thank you for all your finding all of us, uh, Hagrid?" Erza asked, making sure she got his name right. Hagrid smiled at her, and put his hand up as an 'It's-alright' sign. "It's no problem Miss Scarlett, Miss McGarden." Erza smiled and stood up straight. "There you guys are!" Wendy and Mira ran out of the fog, and up to her companions. "So sorry Mister Hagrid, I was distracted!" Wendy cried. "It's alright Wendy. At least you had Miss Strauss with you." Hagrid comforted, pointing at Mira, who just smiled. "Anyway, best we get goin'. There are lots of dangerous creatures in the forest. We don't want to get hurt, now do we." Hagrid turned around and signaled them to follow him.
"Hey Erza, you sure we can trust this guy? I mean we only just met him." Lucy whispered to her as they were following Hagrid. "Yeah, I don't know if we can trust him." Natsu whispered to Erza on the other side. "We don't need to worry. Levy, Mira, Wendy and I were traveling with him for a while before we found you. He's a nice man. It will be fine." Erza smiled, then walked faster keeping up with Hagrid. "Alright, if you say so…" Natsu muttered.
Soon, the group were at the edge of the forest. Lucy reached down and touched her keys. "They're no longer blocked." Lucy sighed happily, relieved that everything was alright now. "Maybe it had something to do with that forest…" Lucy looked back at the dark forest. She stared at the dark environment for a while. Soft whispers crept into her ear, as if trying to pull her back in. "Oi Lucy!" A call from Natsu made her snap out of her trance and turn around. "Look at this place!" He yelled at her. Lucy stepped out of the forest into an open green hill. Her gaze kept on going up, and up, and up. Until her eyes bulged at what was in front of her. "WOAH!" Lucy gasped.
A beautiful ancient like castle stood proud and tall on the hill. Specks of orange lit up the magnificent structure, and windows lit up every tower and corridor. "Hagrid, is THIS your house?!" Gray pointed to the huge monument, eyes widened at the building. "Tha'? No, that's not my house." Hagrid pointed to the left, everyone followed his finger. At the end was a tiny hut, lights dimly lit inside. "T-that's your house?" Levy asked again, pointing at the hut. "Yep." Hagrid stomped toward the hut, everyone else staying put looking at the castle. "Then who lives in that castle?" Wendy asked curiously. "In there? Uhhh…." Hagrid had to think a bit before answering. After all, he didn't know who they were. They could be muggles that somehow wandered into the Enchanted Forest. He rattled his brain for an excuse, trying to think of a what to tell them before he could make the judgement of telling them what the castle really was. "It's the home of some nobles. That's all." Hagrid plainly said. Well he wasn't wrong, since the castle was filled with hire-ups and important people living there. "Oh, and can I ask you not to go in there?" Hagrid asked them all. "Why? Mira asked. "You could get arrested on the spo' if you do." Hagrid explained as he unlocked his door. "Come on in. I'll fix you some tea." Hagrid opened the door wide open, inviting them into his home. "Tea? That sounds lovely." Charla smiled, walking to the hut.
An old man sat on a stool close to the table silently drinking a cup of tea. His head turned sharply to the door as it opened. Hagrid looked at him, nodding his head. "How you holdin' up?" Hagrid asked, walking to the kettle over the fire. "I'm alright. Did you find my brats?" The old man asked, an extremely worried look on his face. As soon as he finished his sentence, a red haired woman ran into the room and hugged him tightly. "MASTER!" She cried happily, hugging him even tighter. "E-Erza! You're alright!" Makarov gasped, trying to breathed. "Master!" Wendy exclaimed happily, running up to him. "Gramps, you're alright!" Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray ran up to him after Erza set Makarov down, extremely happy to see that he was alright. "Of course he's alright. He's the Master after all." Lucy was the next to enter the house, smiling at the master. "You should have contacted us somehow to let us know you were safe Master!" Mira scolded. Makarov stood there for a good while. He stared at four of his brats, to which he realized….were kids. His jaw dropped to the ground, eyes white from shock. "WHY ARE FOUR OF YOU KIDS?!" Makarov shouted in surprise. "We don't know!" The four of them said crying, quite fed up with all this magical nonsense. "Wait, you guys are kids?! I didn't even know!" Wendy blurted out gasping. "How could you not know? We're the same height and age now. I think there would be some kind of feature changes!" Gajeel growled. "I'm sorry for not noticing!" Wendy bowed apologetically.
"Wait a minute…" Hagrid glided his finger across the five pre-teens. "You're not kids?" He asked greatly concerned. "No, they're actually about seventeen, but for some reason transformed into children. Except Wendy. She's the normal age." Makarov explained, scanning their new bodies. 'Yeah, and for some reason, Erza, Mira, and Levy aren't kids!' Happy complained to the master, snuggling his head out of Natsu's arms. Levy, Wendy, Charla, Lily, and Erza swiftly turned their heads towards Happy, slicing their hands across their throats signaling to silence him. Happy immediately realised what he did and covered his mouth with his paws. "D-Did your cat just talk?" Hagrid pointed to the blue cat, eyes widened by surprise. "Happy? Of course-" "He can't talk, he's as cat! You must've imagined it Mr Hagrid!" Erza finished, covering Natsu's mouth with her hand. Natsu slapped Erza's hand away, quite confused and passive aggressive at her actions. "What are you talking about Erza! You know Happy-" "Cannot talk! Because he is a normal cat! That fell in a tub of blue dye!" Erza smiled, interrupting Natsu again, but gritted her teeth to tell Natsu that they were trying to keep Happy, Charla and Lily a secret from being Exceeds. "Why are you acting all weird all of a sudden?" Natsu muttered, sweat dropping. Hagrid stood at his guests for a while, then jolted the thought out of his head as he turned to the fire, watching the water boil. "Anyway, I know a few people who can help you. About your child problem. I'll take you to them in the morning." Hagrid said comfortably poking the fire with a rod. "Really?! Thank you Hagrid!" Lucy said gleefully clapping her hands together.
"Hey Levy, what's that hanging from your pocket?" Levy looked at her pocket that Natsu pointed at. She stared at a hanging chain flopping out of her pocket. She pulled it out, and pulled out the beautiful Fairy Tail Phoenix pendant. "The necklace!" Erza exclaimed in surprise. Levy stared at it for a while, captivated by its dazzling beauty. Levy suddenly snapped out of her trance, and turned to her master. "Here Master Makarov." Levy smiled, handing the necklace back to Makarov. "Thank you Levy." Makarov smiled, placing the necklace around his neck.
Hagrid stood dead in his tracks, carrying the cups in his hands. "Makarov?" Hagrid whispered to himself. "Are you Makarov Dreyar?" Hagrid asked very stern, pointing his fat finger at him. "Yes, that is me." Makarov nodded. Hagrid placed the cups down immediately and hustled towards the door. "Come with me." Hagrid said in a strict matter. "What?" Gray tilted his head at the sudden change in this man.
"Come with me now!"