The next day we said our farewells to our client and collected our 150,000 jewel reward. We weren't planning to take a ride home - but instead we'd be walking. We all agreed to that plan. Before we set off back we went to check on the herbs. They all seemed perfectly fine now - just like they were when we'd first found them. I couldn't help but wonder what had happened. My fingers still ached slightly. I guess that the healing affects from the herbs weren't as strong since it was one of the herbs which had attacked (is that the right word?) me. That morning I had read a little bit about those plants. According to the book they were conscious beings. That was all I was able to find out. I still was pondering over how a plant could be conscious...

After a few miles or so of walking, we were able to pick up a few voices. More accurately, we could hear crying... The sobs sounded like a young girl. We rushed nearer to the sound. We stumbled upon a clearing. The crying sound was nearer now. We could now see where it was coming from. There in the clearing was a village. In the center furthest away from us was what looked like a guild hall. I knew it was a guild hall as I read the words 'Cait Shelter' across the front. Though, it was a rather small guild hall compared to Fairy Tail's back in Magnolia. The source of the crying was, in fact, a young girl just as I had suspected. She was knelt down on the stone floor. Tears were falling from her brown eyes. Her hair was long and dark blue in colour. Additionally, she wore a pretty green dress and sandals. Not too far behind her was a white cat. She also seemed to be crying as well. I looked behind her. There I could see a few familiar faces: Fairy Tail's strongest team. Though they were all dressed in... Unusual clothing similar to the young girl's. There were also three other wizards I didn't recognize in clothes of a similar fashion. There were also three young men in black suits as well as a small older man in a white one. I immediately recognized one of the black suited men as Hibiki Lates - He looked much older than he had in the past. I knew he was a member of the Blue Pegasus guild... But I didn't know that he was a member of the Trimens. Were all of the guys in suits Miriza's friends or something?

"This must be the alliance..." Bluebell whispered in my ear. I nodded. I couldn't help but wonder as to why the young girl was crying. Just then I noticed Erza walk forwards towards the young girl. She knelt down and placed her hand on her shoulder. We were just near enough to hear what she had to say: "Bury the pain of losing your loved ones... into the arms of your friends." The girl looked up towards Erza. "Come. To Fairy Tail." We were amazed at what we had just heard. After she was able to stop crying, the young girl wiped her eyes and nodded. "Shouldn't we go down there?" Lilias asked.

"Yeah, I guess we kind of have to... Otherwise they'll think we're stalkers or something..." Xavier muttered.

"Alright, let's go then!" Lokni spoke, though he didn't sound as enthusiastic as he usually did...

"Are you ready Miriza?" Melody asked turning to her best friend. I would have expected Miriza to be exited since that was how she felt about going on the mission. But now she was still crouched behind the bushes. "Why don't we stay here for a while... We can maybe... wait a little bit..." That was not at all what I was expecting.

"I knew you were going to say something like that..." Melody sighed, "I guess we'll all just have to go out there without you..."

"Wait what!?" Miriza exclaimed - but Melody was already flying out of the cover of the bushes. We followed Melody out of the bushes. Only Miriza stayed hidden. I could only wonder what had gotten into her.

"It's good to see you!" Melody called. Everyone turned towards us. Lucy waved. "Hello!" she called back. The other guild members didn't seem to recognize us, Though the Blue Pegasus members recognized Melody and Hibiki eventually recognized the rest of us. "It's good to see you," He said walking over. "Faya, Lilias... You two look even more beautiful than the last time we met..."

"It's good to know that you haven't changed..." He muttered. Xavier walked over to one of the other wizards with spiky pale blue hair and began to speak to him. Meanwhile, Lokni kept a close eye on Hibiki. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed one of the Blue Pegasus members in a black suit walk over to Melody. He had blonde hair and a pair of dark green eyes. I noticed that he seemed younger than anyone else in his guild who was there. "Do you know where Miriza is?" he asked.

"She's hiding in that bush," Melody replied pointing to the bush where we had been hiding ourselves, "I suggest you go and get her." He nodded and walked towards the bush. I was about to watch what would happen over there when I was tapped on the shoulder. "How has life been for you lately?" I turned to see Hibiki. again.

"Fine I guess..." I muttered. I looked over to see Bluebell talking to Happy. Altair wasn't taking to anyone. Viper was with Xavier. Candy was with Lilias who was talking to Lucy. Melody was watching what was happening back with Miriza. "It is good to see you again you know..." Hibiki smiled.

"Um... thanks?" was all I could say.

"Tell me," He began, "You seem rather sad... Let me know what's bothering you." I sighed.

"I'm always like this." I replied. I really wasn't in the mood to have a conversation with Hibiki. Soon he was able to pick that up and left me alone. That was how things always ended up with me.

Later that day, The young girl showed us where the food was kept. After that we all sat inside one of the buildings and had something to eat. That was when I leaned everyone's names. The boy with spiky pale blue hair was Lyon Vastia. Apparently he was taught his magic by the same master as Gray so they knew each other that way. The girl with the dark wavy pink hair was Sherry Blendy. The bald man was apparently the wizard saint Jura Neekis! Also known as iron rock Jura! These 3 wizards were from Lamia Scale. The small man in the white suit was Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki. The tall young man with tan skin and black hair was Ren Akatsuki. The blonde haired boy who was now happily chatting with Miriza was Eve Tearm. Along with Hibiki, these wizards were all from Blue Pegasus. Finally, the blue haired girl was Wendy Marvell and the white cat was Carla. They were both formerly members of Cait Shelter - which apparently didn't exist. I couldn't help but feel sorry for Wendy and Carla. Apparently, Wendy was a Sky dragon slayer. Just like Miriza - but 1st generation. Recently, after the battle of Fairy Tail, we had found out that Laxus was a lightning dragon slayer. A 2nd generation lightning dragon slayer as he wasn't born with his magic or taught by a dragon. Instead he had a lacrima implanted inside of him. According to Natsu, a member of the Oración Seis - Cobra - was a second generation poison dragon slayer. Was it just me, or were more dragon slayers popping up...

After we had eaten, it was time for all of us to part ways. We ended up ditching the plan of walking back home and instead we decided that we'd take the boat back with the others. Honestly, I preferred the plan where we walked back. When we were saying our farewells, I wanted to leave as soon as possible. The Lamia Scale members were alright... But the members of Blue Pegasus were all starting to annoy me. Especially Ichiya, we was really starting to creep me out... Finally, we were able to leave. Miriza seemed reluctant to do so though... I assumed it was because we had a long boat ride ahead of us. Who's idea was it though for us to go on the boat? I was fine with us walking!


Authors note

My friends suggested that this song would describe Levy in this story. If you imagine her singing it when she's travelling to Fairy Tail and singing it to Aki:

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I would have put this note up earlier but I never just never came round to it... I hope that you're enjoying the story! If you have any questions or ideas, please let me know! ;)