It's been about 1 year since I joined Fairy Tail. Master came back that day after talking to my parents, they said it was fine that I joined the guild and that if that's what made me happy, then it was fine with them. I had my suspicions that Master wasn't telling the full truth.

Within that year, my hair had finally grown back down to my waist. I had then decided to keep the end of it tied up so it wouldn't get in the way as much. I had also started carrying around a sword which helped me with my rune magic. Laxus had introduced me to a type of eye magic that deals with runes, so I started learning it right away. I haven't gotten the hang of it quite yet.

I spent the first month living with Laxus. I didn't want to be a burden anymore so I started taking small jobs to earn money to rent an apartment and eventually moved into one not that far from the guild hall. I had to get master to convince the landlord to let me rent there, since I was only 10.

Today, Laxus and I were leaving town on a job. The reward was 10,000 jewel, which we were splitting. Apparently, there were two young wizards who were causing a panic in a nearby town by turning them to stone or controlling people's souls.

"Are you ready Freed?" Laxus asked with a small grin.

"Yes, sir! Lead the way!" I said happily. Sometime in the past year, I had started calling Laxus that, but he didn't seem to mind.

We boarded the train and sat in silence. After a few minutes, I spoke up.

"So, Laxus, what's the plan?" I asked. "How do you intend to stop these young wizards?"

Laxus stared out the window. "Hmm...if at all possible...I'd rather not hurt them. I feel like they strayed from their path and need help finding it again." He smiled a little, looking at me. "I want to help them find it again."

"Then I shall do everything in my power to help you do that Laxus."

Laxus turned back to the window, smiling still.

After about another half hour or so, we arrived in the town of Hargeon, which was not very far away from Magnolia. We got off the train and set out to find the person who sent the job request.

Laxus looked at the address on the paper in his hand and signaled me to follow him. I grabbed my bag along with his and followed his lead.

Before long, we reached a small house. Laxus knocked on the door, waiting for an answer. There was scuffling inside as the door slowly opened.

"W-we're from Fairy Tail," I said, holding up my left hand, showing off my guild mark. "We're here to deal with the request about 2 young wizards causing trouble."

"I see." the man said. "But aren't you two a bit young to deal with a job like this?"

Laxus huffed. "My gramps said we'd be more than enough for this job. And my gramps is never wrong buddy."

A look of recognition swept across the man's face. "So you're Fairy Tail's master's grandson are ya? Well why didn't you say so, come in you two!"

Laxus sighed and went in, and I followed.

We were told to take a seat at the table while he made some tea. When he came back, he sat a cup in front of Laxus and one in front of me, then took a seat himself.

"So," Laxus said, picking up his cup, "care to explain the situation in depth now? The poster really didn't say any specific things about them."

"Right, well, for the past 2 weeks or so, two young wizards have been terrorizing the citizens of this town. Turning them to stone or controlling them. It's horrible." The man paused. "The one with the "stone eyes" magic is a little girl who calls herself "Ever" and the soul controlling one is a young man who calls himself "Bixslow". I have not seen them face to face so I cannot tell you what they look like first hand."

Laxus placed his cup down and stood up. "I see. That's more than enough. Have any idea of their last whereabouts?"

"Last I heard, they were around the woods."

Laxus popped his knuckles. "Time for a little fun." He looked at me. "Freed, I need you to set up an enchantment around that area...no, the entire town if possible. Make it to where no magic can reach it. And while you're at it, can you make a rule that anyone who has been turned to stone shall change back to normal?"

I stood up and put my right hand over my chest. "If it were anyone else, I'd say that'd be too much for me, but I shall do as you ask Laxus."

"Great, let's go."