Winter set in across Fiore, Laxus and Juvia had settled into living together but it was not always easy. Juvia's mood swings continued to throw Laxus for a loop but he had realized that she was sick and moody the most when she was under a lot of stress, so now if he saw the signs he knew to look for the trigger causing it. What became the bigger issue for Laxus was ignoring Gray's continued criticism and comments, and now what seemed like outright flirting with Juvia. He had barely kept himself from giving the ice made a lightning bolt to the face numerous times. Balancing missions with a home life had proven to be a challenge at first, but Juvia's working part time in the guild helped reduce the need for him to be gone all the time.

Juvia sat in the guild one chilly afternoon while Laxus was out of town on a team mission, she had just finished putting end reports from the recently finished missions into their files when Cana received an alert on her cards, within seconds Warren perked up with is own mental alert and the guild's communication lacrima began to ring. Juvia nervously looked on as messages were received and she tried her hardest to remember who all was out on jobs at the moment. A heavy worry sank into her heart as Mira turned glancing her way while taking the lacrima call. "Please not Laxus, please not Laxus, please not Laxus," she began chanting under her breath, Mira had tears in her eyes as she, Cana, and Warren made their way into Makarov's office to report the messages they had received. Juvia lifted from her seat and glided across the room arriving at the office door without even realizing she had moved, she waited just outside the doorway with a slowly building crowd of members behind her.

After what seemed like an eternity Makarov opened the door and spoke, "Children, we have received messages from three members of a four person team, due to the distance and bad weather through which they are trying to contact us, the messages are choppy and incomplete. From what we have pieced together the Thunder Legion has been involved in a blizzard and avalanche on the far side of the mountains. We have transmissions from Freed, Evergreen, and Bixlow, but have yet to hear from Laxus. Juvia stood frozen as he continued to speak, "There was a battle causing the avalanche, and the three members in contact have all used different forms of communication but none seem to be getting great reception, when they check in later they will be sending someone to a nearby town to get a clearer message back to us. I will be sending teams out to aid in the search efforts as well." Juvia paled and wavered on her feet and two strong hands held her steady. Gajeel led her to a seat before taking both of her hands in his, "We will find him Ameonna, count on it," Juvia began to hyperventilate and Levy rubbed her back, Lily spoke softly and as gently as he could as not to further upset the crying mage, "Miss Juvia, I need you to take a deep breath and calm down as best you can, no one will be able to leave if you can not control your rain, in these temperatures you are causing a blizzard." Juvia glanced out the closest window to see thick flurries circling in a wild storm.

Gray approached with a cocky smirk on his face, "I have stopped the rain once, I can do it again." He took Juvia's hands in from Gajeel's and held them, Juvia stiffened, the storm did not calm and tears once again began to flow as Juvia broke her silence, "Please, find him." She fell limply to the side causing alarm until Cana said, "I induced sleep with this card," she spun it in her fingers, "it's slowing the storm already."

Gajeel looked angry but suppressed it and tried to keep his composure understanding the need for the storm to stop, "lets just get out there and find him so we don't have to keep her sedated."

So coldLaxus thought to himself, every inch of his body hurt, aching from the piercing cold, he tried to open his eyes but snow and ice pushed against his eyelids. Fuck. He was stuck, nothing would move, he couldn't muster enough energy to shoot of a bolt or use any magic, but he didn't even know which way was up at this point. I messed up bad. The darkness engulfed him

Juvia awoke in the guild infirmary with Mira close by, "Mira?" she questioned, "what are you doing here?"

"Master sent out teams to help in the search, and there are so few left here at the guild I thought I would sit with you in case you woke up."

"Oh, thank you," Juvia looked out the window to see the storm had stopped, "I didn't mean to cause a blizzard, it just happened."

"I know, but you care about him, and you're worried and scared."

"Yea," she fiddled with the edge of the blanket," I am glad you are not mad at me for the storm."

"No Juvia," Mira's eyes glistened, " I understand quite well actually, Freed is out there and although we know where he is, he continues to put himself at risk but that is what we do for our friends.

"Wait? Freed?" Juvia asked.

"Yes, we're together, and I am worried but I also want him to help find Laxus, so I am going to be worried for a while too," a single tear slid down her cheek.

"Oh, Mira, I am so sorry."

"Let's just hope everyone returns safely, there a lot to pray for tonight."

The two sat in silence for a long time before they heard the guild's video lacrima ring. Rising they rushed down the hall and Juvia watched as Mira answered, "Hello?" they waited while the video came into focus.

Warren stood in a building against a wooden wall, "Hey Mira, I am calling to check in."

"Hey, Warren. How are things there?"

"The teams made it here quickly, we have a rotation going so a team will come in to rest as another goes out to search."

"That's very smart," Mira said nodding.

"I haven't been able to get a telepathic connection with Laxus yet, but he could be mentally closed off or …" he trailed off but the word still rang out in Juvia's head unconscious.

"Keep us posted, Warren," Mira said.

"I'll be in touch," he said giving a nod.

Before the call could be ended on either side Juvia quickly interjected, "How is Freed?"

"Freed? He's fine, he has taken a leadership role here and has proven to be a real asset for the search."

"Thanks." Juvia said as Mira reached over and ended the call.

"Thank you for that Juvia."

"I think it makes us both feel better for you to know he is safe." Juvia began to cry as she hugged Mira. "I hope they find Laxus soon."

"Me too, Juvia, Me too."