Back at the guild once again Blue and her friends were greeted by their comrades. It turns out that Master Makarov was gone for a guild master's meeting so Lucy, Natsu and Gray were all thrilled to not be punished yet. Blue was itching to get back to Fairy Hills and take a hot shower so she said her pleasantries and left.
Blue scrubbed her body from head to toe then bandaged her wounds over again. "So much better…"
She walked into the common room to see Evergreen sitting there with a magazine.
"Evergreen." She said with surprise, "Is your whole team back?"
She smirked from behind her glasses and said, "The thunder god tribe is back in town but Laxus is off again, you just missed him."
"I-uh-I wasn't wondering a-about him." She denied and flushed.
The older mage laughed, "Oh to be ignorant again, ho ho ho!"
"Ignorant?" She asked and sat down next to her.
"Of course, to your own feelings." Evergreen explained, "Though you'll have to accept that Laxus will never return your feelings. Why would he when he has me?"
Blue shook her head, "No-no I don't like Laxus like that! He just taught me magic, I respect him is all. I look up to him."
Evergreen continued to tease her relentlessly, "That's what they all say." She winked.
Bisca came down from her room to find out what all the commotion was. Evergreen exclaimed, "Here's another one denying her romantic feelings."
Bisca's usually calm demeanor changed to panicked and then ran back up the stairs. Evergeen laughed, "Own those feelings girl!"
Later that evening Blue was practicing throwing her knives behind the dormitories when Levy called her back inside. She followed Levy back to the common room where Lucy and Cana were sitting as well.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Well, it's been a while since we've all had some girl time and now we've got a new girl so I invited Lucy here for a slumber party!" Levy explained. "And you've just met Lucy right? We should use this time to catch up on everything!"
"Oh okay, what about Bisca and Laki?" Blue asked.
"Bisca won't leave her room and Laki's on a mission. Also Erza is still at the Guild." Cana explained. "She was making my head hurt with all of her yelling."
Levvy smiled, "Are you sure it's not the alcohol?"
Cana flipped her off and smiled, "I guess y'all won't want these then?"
She passed around shot glasses and poured some in each, holding it up she said, "To underage drinking!"
"To new friends!" Lucy smiled.
"To wonderful adventures!" Levvy added.
"And to Fairy Tail!" Blue added. They all drank and chatted through the night. Eventually Erza came back and yelled at the group for being in the common room past curfew. Lucy stayed in Blue's room for the night.
"Hey Lucy." Blue said.
"Mm yeah?" She replied.
"I had fun tonight, thanks for staying over." Blue said and smiled.
Lucy hugged her and shut her eyes. "No, thank you. You girls have really done so much to make me feel welcomed."
"Good night."
In the next week Blue accompanied Shadowgear on a mission to rid the south forest of disease-ridden Vulcans. The pay was great but split between four ways she figured she would need to take another request soon.
Blue stood next to Nab at the board, "So what looks good over here Nab?"
"Hm, I was thinking about this one." He pointed to one of the flyers. "The woman is a chef and for every ingredient you bring her, she pays retail price."
"Ooh that's a good one, thanks Nab!" She said and grabbed the flyer.
"Wait, what if I was gunna do that one!" He cried.
She stuck out her tongue and smiled playfully, "If I were you I'd probably just keep staring at that request board."
MiraJane accepted her request and she was off to collect the ingredients. The giant eel fish was easy enough, and she knew where to get the purple muster mushrooms even though it was a day's journey, but getting the green bay sap and jundu roots was a bit harder. Blue got paid for both the fish and mushrooms before going after the more difficult ingredients.
She took a caravan to a town far west. In a forest just east of the town both the sap and root could be found there, if she looked hard enough.
Blue stayed at a cheap inn while she searched. In the process she met some fellow wizards on mission like her. After the 16 year old finally completed the mission she relaxed at the inn with the boys.
There was a boy her age that used plant magic and another boy who was a couple years old who used tarot cards. They were chatting over drinks when Blue noticed someone familiar enter the inn.
"Mystogen?" She said.
The mysterious wizard caught her eyes and she felt her head get fuzzy. "Mystogen- no…Its not…"
Her eyelids drooped and her head hit the table along with the mages she was with and everyone else in the tavern. When they all came to Reed asked, "Who the hell was that?"
"You said Mystogen right?" Griffith asked, he was glancing through his cards, "I've heard of him, he's one of your guilds wizards but he never lets anyone get a good glimpse of him."
"What an arrogant jerk." Reed noted.
Blue shrugged, "I'm sure he has his reasons to be so private, I just wish he knew that his guild mates can be trusted."
"I dunno if I'd be a part of a guild if I couldn't trust 'em. The guys at Poisen Vineyard are like my family." Reed nodded and crossed his arms. "But I guess we all gotta make money somehow."
"Oh, by the way; How's that Heartfilia girl?" Griffith asked. "She's in your guild right?"
"Who?" Blue asked.
Griffith took out a folded piece of paper and slid it across the table. "Her Father is willing to pay quite the amount of jewel to get her back. But none of the guilds we've run into would even think of betraying a guild like Fairy Tail."
Blue unfolded the paper to see a photo of Lucy and a reward beneath it. Her eyes widened and she stood suddenly. Throwing some jewel on the table she exclaimed, "I need to keep this, thank you so much!"
Blue ran out of the tavern and called for a caravan.
"I need to get to magnolia as fast as you can go!" She exclaimed and started off. "Lucy, please be okay!"