"Lucy?" at first I didn't register that Gajeel had even spoken until I realized something i turned to Gajeel

"did you just call me Lucy?" I asked a smile beginning to form on my face Gajeel turned his head slightly

"no, come on bunny girl" and he turned and began to walk away I ran up to him,

"you just called me Lucy" I laughed "wow."

Gajeel glared over a me "do you want me to call you bunny girl the whole mission"

I shrugged "I don't know I was kinda getting used to it. but please call me Lucy" I smiled up at him, before he turned away from me I caught a hint of a smile which only made mine grow.

"so when do you think were going to find this key or whatever?" I asked

Gajeel shrugged, we walked in silence for a bit

"I have a question"

"shoot" Gajeel said as he walked with his hands behind his head

"why do you think that i would know where to find this key?"

Gajeel thought about it for a while "well you are a celestial spirit wizard right? so I would think that you could sense where it could be" Gajeel looked over at me "there aren't many mages like you out there anymore"

I stared up at him "I guess"

I looked down at the ground, I did feel a sense of power around me as I walked further into the woods, there was something off about it though it didn't just feel powerful it felt different but I couldn't place it. We continued to walk along the pathway when we hit a fork in it.

Gajeel sighed "so which way?" he asked I stepped forward feeling an enormous amount of power from both ways.

I sighed "I don't know" I stomped off and sat on the ground "this is ridiculous!" I pouted

Gajeel stood there looking out at the left of the trail "I guess we can camp her tonight" he said as he placed his bag on the ground, and grabbing a bottle from his bag

"what? out here? in the spooky forest?" I asked.

Gajeel nodded "yep, we need to rest and eat its about 5 o'clock so it should get dark soon, plus there's a stream a couple yards away" Gajeel raised his eyebrow "unless you want to keep going?"

I quickly shook my head "alright then, I'll get the water, you get the wood"

"wait were separating?" Gajeel nodded as he began to walk down the right side of the trail "just look around the area, don't go too far"

I sighed and set my bag down on the ground, Gajeel had disappeared and i was all alone.

I placed the last piece of wood on the ground, I had also collected big rocks and made a circle beside our bags, Gajeel still wasn't back so I started drawing in the dirt, I made smiley faces, flowers, and clouds. I got bored halfway through drawing a something that in my opinion looked like Gajeel. I looked up in the direction that Gajeel had gone. he still hadn't come back, should I go look for him? I got up off my log and walked toward the place I last saw Gajeel.

"Gajeel?" I called, no answer.

I sighed I really didn't want to walk through the woods alone, I decided to wait 10 minutes and if Gajeel wasn't back i'd go look for him. I walked back to my log and sat down, I was starting to get cold, I looked over at the wood, how the hell was i suppose to start a fire. I was about to go through Gajeel's bag to look for anything useful when he walked out of the brush,

I sighed "where the fuck have you been? its getting dark and I've been sitting here for an hour!" I yelled

Gajeel just walked past me as he placed a handful of food on his bag, and a bottle of water

I went to get food"

I looked him up and down his hair was wet "did you go swimming?"

Gajeel nodded I stared at him my mouth hanging open "bring me to the steam." i ordered

"its getting dark you can clean up in the morning and its more of a pond, lake thingy" I pouted and mumbled something about him being a jerk,

Gajeel sat down next to his bag "did we move?"

I sighed as I sat down "yeah I moved some of the things so that we can sleep under this tree so that we have some protection from the wind or something" I sighed "can you light the fire I'm freezing" I rubbed my arms Gajeel went into his bag and grabbed a lighter as he began to attempt at making a fire

after his third attempt Gajeel finally started the fire I moved closer to it as I put my hands in front of the flames

"so what did you get for food?" I asked as I grabbed the water Gajeel offered me

"I found a wild strawberry patch and a few berries, and I went fishing"

Gajeel brought out a fish my mouth began to water I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and I was starving,

"fish for tonight and berries in the morning" Gajeel said as he began to cook the fish

"sounds good" we sat in silence as Gajeel cooked the fish, I looked up at the sky I couldn't believe it had almost been an entire day since we left the guild. It felt like ages.

"hey did you hear me?" I looked at Gajeel shaking my head

"no sorry. What?"

"do you want some?" Gajeel held out the cooked fish

we took turns taking a bite of the fish until it was gone, I took a sip of water and handed it to Gajeel,

"hopefully tomorrow we can find that key" I said as I lay down using my bag as a pillow Gajeel placed another piece of wood on the fire

"yeah hopefully"

I yawned and closed my eyes falling asleep to the crackling of the fire

and another chapter! I really never thought that my story would have this many favorites, or follows like ever so I just want to say thank you to everybody who did! really makes my day and boosts my confidence to continue writing this story :D 3