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Lucy frowned as two people entered the guild hall.

They were very well dressed, and looked upon her guild mates with disdain. They didn't look like they wanted to be here.

So why were they?

The woman locked eyes with her, and seemed to sigh…in relief?

She nudged her companion, before the duo walked towards Lucy gracefully.

"May I help you?" the blonde asked, wanting to establish control of the conversation.

"I hope so." The woman said. "We would like to request a mage to do a job for us."

"Why not go through the proper procedures?" Lucy asked immediately, narrowing her eyes.

The man frowned. "Proper procedures?"

"Yes. Potential clients fill out an application to the Magic Council, who then rank and distribute the job requests to the legal guilds." Lucy explained. "Going directly to a guild with a request is highly unusual."

The duo shifted uneasily.

"Well, surely you can make an exception!" the woman said desperately. "We can pay very handsomely."

Lucy frowned. She was seventeen. Why did these two think that she was in charge?

"If you'll follow me, I will lead you to our guild master's office." She turned and began walking, confident that the pair would follow her. "I don't have the authority to do what you are asking of me."


The two blinked in shock. This girl wasn't the guild master?

She was young, of proper marrying age. Really, she should be looking for a husband and preparing to raise children at her age instead of running around playing with magic.

Still, she had appeared to be the most normal person in the room when she walked in, which was why they had assumed that she was their guild's master.

They could tell from her posture and etiquette that she had been raised in a wealthy home.

Why someone like that would give it all up for this, they would never know.


*An hour later*

Lucy scowled.

These two were just like her father!

Well, like he had been before she threatened him and he got some sense knocked back into him, at least.

What was this job that the duo wanted Fairy Tail to complete?

Bring their daughter, who had run away, back to them.

By any means necessary.

The sense of déjà vu struck not only Lucy, but Macao, who knew enough about what caused the war with Phantom Lord to see the similarities.

Knowing how much Lucy had been affected by her father's own actions and not wanting to cause another young girl to go through the same thing, the guild master had 'respectfully' declined.

The Bei Fong couple left disappointed and not a bit disgruntled.

"You know they're just going to go to someone else." Lucy said conversationally.

Macao sighed, before nodding. It had been a good decision asking the blonde to stay for the meeting, apparently.

"We should warn their daughter." Macao agreed. "Would you—"

"I'll have grandpa Crux try and locate her for me." Lucy cut him off, accepting his request before he even verbalized it.

"Don't go alone." Macao warned her. "We don't know who else the Bei Fongs are going to try and get help from. They might go to a dark guild."

Lucy nodded in acquiescence.


"I don't need your help!" Toph, the Bei Fong heiress, shouted angrily. She raised her arms to get ready to attack.

"We aren't saying that you do." Lucy assured her.

"We're only trying to warn you." Jellal agreed, eyeing the girl's stance thoughtfully.

The girl paused for a long moment.

Unbeknownst to the two Fairy Tail mages, Toph was also a mage, capable of using Earth in its pure elemental form, much like Juvia used Water as opposed to Water Magic. Her magic enabled her to sense vibrations through the Earth, and a person's heartbeat always gave some sort of tell that gave them away when they were lying.

Their heartbeats stayed steady.

After a moment, Toph yanked off her sunglasses, and the other two were shocked to see the glazed, milky green orbs.

She was blind?

The girl sat down crisscross, and the two looked at each other and shrugged before also sitting down.

"This isn't the first time they've tried to kidnap me." She said bluntly, ignoring the surprise that she could feel coming from them.

Thankfully, they didn't comment on her supposed handicap.

Lucy frowned. "No luck persuading them to leave you alone, huh?"

Only the blonde's tone stopped Toph from snapping at her again. Instead, the Earth user paused.

"Daddy issues?" she guessed sarcastically.

Granted, she almost always spoke sarcastically, so she wasn't trying to be particularly insulting.

"Of a sort." Lucy agreed, resting her head on her hand. "Let's just say I can empathize with you. My dad eventually gave up. I did have to threaten him, though."

Jellal glanced at his surrogate sister in surprise. Threats weren't really her style, but he supposed that if her father had been persistent enough…

"With what?" Toph asked with a smirk. Maybe the other girl wasn't as soft as she had originally thought.

"My guild's wrath." Lucy answered. "We're kind of known for avenging the people we care about when they need it."

Jellal grimaced. Since his memory from his time when he was possessed had come back, he could vouch for that.

"And it worked?" Toph asked thoughtfully.

"Well, yeah." Lucy blinked in surprise. "Like I said, we have a reputation."

The two Fairy Tail mages nearly fell over in shock at the girl's next question.

"Well then, I don't suppose your guild could use a new member?"


Three months later, and Toph was fitting in really well with the other crazy, violent Fairy Tail mages. She rather appreciated the fact that there were daily guild brawls. Their reactions to her abilities closely resembled their shock and then excitement they had when Wendy had joined the guild.

Eventually Toph's situation with her parents came to a head when they did indeed send a few dark mages after her.

Luckily, Lucy's claim had held up. The moment the Bei Fong couple were confronted with the angry Fairy Tail mages, ready to fight to the death for Toph's freedom, they ran away with their tails between their legs.

In the end, Toph decided to stick around the guild, despite having only joined for the aforementioned purpose.


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Toph and Lucy's situations are rather similar. Rich, sheltered, their parents/father wanted them to be a porcelain doll with no independence, etc. Main difference is that Lucy left of her own accord, while Toph had to be talked into it by Aang, Sokka, and Katara.

Yes, Toph being able to tell whether or not people are lying is canon. For those of you familiar with A:TLA, that's why she believed Zuko when he said that he wanted to help them, even though she had never met them, unlike the others who didn't believe him at first.