I am so SORRY! Forgive me for not posting any new chapters for a month!

I kinda had a writers block so I wrote a bit every now and then...

Anyway here's the new chapter! Enjoy!

Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail and all its characters! I only own this story's plot!

Let the magic begin~

Lucy POV

I headed to the villages mayor to confirm that I had arrived and to get some information about the mission. It wasn't hard to find the mayor's house, or mansion would be a better word. It was the biggest of them all. Even bigger than the church! I walked up to the huge front door and knocked. Soon a butler was standing in the opening. He was about in his mid-fifties and had graying hair close to his temples. Otherwise his hair was black.

"And who might you be?" He wondered with a warm smile. I straightened up.

"I am Lucy of Fairy Tail and I'm here about the mission." I said, standing straight and proud over my reputation as a Fairy Tail mage. The butler smiled again.

"I see. I'll take you to my master." He said and signalized for me to get inside.

The mansion was decorated beautifully with paintings of landscapes in bright colors on a creamy white wall. The floor was black and shiny, it was probably recently cleaned. In the hall there wasn't very many furniture, just a table with a big flower-vase and a floor clock with golden details. 'This guy is rich' I thought while following the butler down another corridor with even more paintings. One painting catch my interest, it was a brightly colored painting with a big tower, on the highest floor stood a princess with long, blond hair and a pink princess dress. In front of the tower it was a red dragon, it was standing on its back-legs on the ground and had its front-legs on the tower. The dragon reached its nose to touch the princess while the princess held out her hand far enough to touch the dragon. It got a weird déjà vu feeling to it.

"Who is the artist to that painting?" I asked the butler when we passed by it. The butler stopped and gave me a slight but warm smile. 'I like this guy.'

"I see that it got you interested Lucy-san." He said. "The artist who painted this is dead since a long time but I still remember her name." He continued, I got more interested since he looked up with a dreamy face. "Her name was Lena Heartfilia." I stared dumb-founded at him. Lena Heartfilia? My grandmother? He smiled again before he turned and started to walk again. I gave the painting a last glance before I hurried after him.

We got to some big mahogany doors with a beautiful flower pattern on both doors. The handle where made of real gold! 'Just how rich is this guy?!' I wondered while walking in as the butler held one of the doors open for me to enter. The room was gigantic! It must have been at least 3 times bigger than my dad's office. The walls where covered in bookshelf's that reached all the way up to the roof (which by the way was about 20 feet high…) I was amazed and excited about all the books that where in the room. 'Levy would sure love this room!' I thought while scanning the rest of the room. In the back of the room in front of the gigantic window were an office desk and a big red chair facing away from us.

"Master, the mage from Fairy tail you hired is here!" The butler said to the chair where the supposed mayor was sitting. The chair spun around and a surprisingly young man where sitting there in a very proper attire.

"I see. Thank you for bringing her here Bernard." The man said.

"Then I'll excuse myself" Bernard said before walking out of the office, leaving me alone with the mayor. When I turned around to face the mayor I got pretty startled. He had undone the five highest buttons on his button-up shirt, he had taken his jacket of and had his legs on the desk. He took a cigarette and started smoking.

"Take a seat, woman." He said, totally skipping all formalities. I slowly walked over and sat down in one of the three chairs that were in front of the desk. I glanced at him. He scanned me from top to toe and his eyes stopped at my boobs. I felt very conscious of myself so I decided to start a conversation.

"So Mayor-san, could you please tell me more about the spirit that have been terrorizing the vi-" This was far too big for being a village. "-city? When did it appear? Have anything out of the ordinary happened before or after the spirit came?" I rambled up some questions to get his attention. He faced me now and looked me straight in the eyes. I appreciated that behavior. Even if he had gone from lazy to serious and the other way around in the matter of minutes. He took a notepad and a pencil and started to scribble.

"The spirit is actually part demon." He started explaining. "About a month ago my grandfather, who is also the real mayor, were abducted by someone or something." He looked up and looked me in the eyes. "The spirit as we like to call it appeared some days after grandfather were abducted. It started appear under the nights and would destroy houses and stores. Five more people, including one child, have been abducted since then." He said and continued scribbling. I stared at him. The mission was far more difficult than the request had said.

"Can I have the names and ages of all of the abducted people? Including your grandfather?" I asked. He ripped out the paper he had been scribbling on and started writing on the paper that were under. After a while he ripped out that paper too and gave both papers to me. The first paper that he had was actually a drawing. 'This guy really can't draw.' I thought while I inspected the figure. The head looked like a lion… or maybe a sun? (A/N see what I did there:D) It had an angry face with white eyes and big, pointy fangs. The body was of a spider, with eight long legs and a big, round body. The end of the feet was as pointy as nails and looked dangerous. The creature had a tail of a dragon, long with many spikes. The end of the tail had a big, pointy hook that had steam around the pointy part.

"Why is it steam around the tails end?" I asked the mayor.

"The end of the tail I scalding hot. The spirit uses it to impale the victim and burning him at the same time." The mayor said with a grim look. I shivered at the thought and switched papers. The second paper had six names written down on it. The mayor's handwriting where probably supposed to be cursive writing but his letters were big and messy. It took a while before I could read it.

On the paper

1. Emanuel Osburger (Mayor) 67 years old

2. Juliette Gran 35 years old

3. Kaspur Mends 23 years old

4. Alma McPhee 79 years old

5. Hannes Burg 49 years old

6. Liam Jonn 6 years old

I stared in disbelief at the paper. None of the people were connected in any way. Furthermore, they were all in different ages and genders. I folded the papers and put them in my skirts pocket. I noticed that the 'real' mayor's grandson had followed my every move. "When does the spirit usually come out?" I asked in hope of getting a plan. The mayor's grandson thought for a bit.

"It usually comes out around 5 or 6 am." He said. I nodded and stood up. I wiped some invisible dust off my skirt and then gave the mayor's grandson a short nod.

"Then I'm off to find a room for the night." I said and turned around. I heard the guy stand up abruptly.

"Why don't you sleep here? In the mansion I mean." He said. I glanced at him. "I mean…" He turned his head a bit with a flushed face. "Since my grandfather disappeared I have felt a bit lonely in this big mansion. You know… it's too many rooms for me and a few of the staff." I knew exactly what he meant by that. In my old mansion I had felt really lonely at nights especially since most of the staff had their own homes and families to be with at night. Been there done that you know. I understood his feelings. I fully turned around and faced him. He glanced at me. I gave him the biggest smile I could offer.

"Treat me well!" I said.

Done~ Hope you enjoyed it!

I'll try to write faster next time so bear with me!

~FCoAL~