The following morning was very calm, nothing much happened but Gildarts nagging me to go on a job, and take the guild's hospitality. I didn't want it, to be honest. I didn't need them to wait and nag at me for being able to carry myself through a rough time.

Then a new wizard walked in.

He was pretty interesting, messy black hair in a spiky style on top of his head. "How'd the job go, Ice Princess?" Natsu called at him, causing them to literally butt heads. I jumped back in my seat, looking over at Lucy as she calmly finished her food. "Don't worry. They do this all the time."

"Fine, you pyro. It's not like you coulda' done any better."

"Is that a challenge, you ice cube?"

"Bring it on, Flame Brain!"

A fight broke out between the two, and soon enough, nearly everybody in the guild was hitting and hurting each other. Erza stood up and everyone froze in their place, the new wizard and Natsu clinging to each other in fear. "Is there a problem?" The redhead asked calmly, glad that her back was to me. That glare scared the Salamander? I thought he wasn't afraid of anything! "N-no, Erza. Everything's fine!" They both stuttered, faking a grin in fear.

I stifled a giggle and watched the scene fold out. Erza went back to sitting down, and finally, the new wizard glanced in my direction. "Who's that?" He inquired, coming over to get a closer look at me. I flashed a smile only to get a glare from a blue-haired woman on the other side of the room. "Juvia has found another love rival!" I heard her whisper, noting that she obviously had feelings for this wizard that I'd never met before.

"This is Cadence, she's new to Fairy Tail. She just joined a few days ago. And knocked Natsu out of my apartment window." Lucy replied for me, waving a hand in my direction. I simply waved and smiled again. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Cadence. I'm Gray." He greeted as he began to get undressed.

Yes, I'm serious. This crazy man remained in front of me in only his boxers.

I looked away, a bright pink blush appearing on my face. "Um, Gray? Clothes?" I asked quietly, glancing over at Lucy for help. She simply shrugged. "Get used to it." She informed me, nodding her head over to Juvia, who was greedily hoarding his clothes. "DAMN! Sorry, let me get them. Cadence, can I borrow your pants?" He asked sincerely, looking at me like he seriously needed my pants. "No!" I automatically replied, turning around and pushing him away.

After seeing the severity of my situation, I stood up and hid behind Lucy. "Lucy! Help me!" I whispered to the blonde. "Sorry. You're gonna get caught up in it now, just so you know." The blonde replied, sipping on her drink and shrugging in defeat. I squealed, continuing to clutch to her shoulders.

Natsu got up in Gray's face again. "God, stripper! You can't just ask for somebody's pants!" He yelled, fire appearing in his palms. "It's not my fault that she has pants and I don't!" He replied, his fists beginning to mist up like he was creating ice. Soon enough, they began tussling, and somehow, I was brought into it.

Bringing out the only arsenal I had to get me out of it, I summoned my bass tuba and let out a loud and deep note. Natsu, that had landed on my back after I had been thrown to the ground, was blasted into the sky and broke through the roof. Gray, who had been about to freeze Natsu, was thrown out a glass window. The tuba disappeared and I stood up, dusting my clothes off. "Anybody else want a turn?" I inquired, enjoying their surprised looks as I walked over to the bar and ordered another soft drink.

Gildarts sat down next to Lucy and I, and began bragging about his S-class-wizardry. Was he trying to impress me or something? There was no impressing that needed to be done, but I was curious about one thing. "Why did they have to split the city for you to come through? Can you just not find your way to the guild hall?" I inquired, watching his muscles tense and eyebrows furrow. "Is that a challenge, sweetheart?" He asked through gritted teeth. I shook my head and shrugged. "I was just curious, that's all. I didn't know you were going to be in town, much less that the city was going to split in half just a few minutes after I arrived." I replied.

He shrugged, nodding his head towards Grey and Natsu beating each other's brains out. "You can probably imagine how much repair costs are for them. Well, mine are triple-no, quadruple- on a good day. I don't think they want me touching something and destroying the city." He replied evenly, a surprised look on my face. I knew that Fairy Tail did do a lot of destructive actions, but I never imagined that they might touch a city wall and accidentally destroy it. Suddenly, I was more scared of Gildarts then honored by his presence.

"I found a job that you can take, if you want. If not, I might grab it up myself." He suggested, pointing towards the request board. I shrugged and walked over, reading the request. A wealthy man wanted us to guard his family while they were traveling across Fiore. I could see things and get paid for it? I was totally in! "Yeah, I'd love to take this job!" I called to the man, looking around for Master to get him to record that the job was taken.

After finding the white-haired man, I handed him the paper and promptly told him that I would like to go on the job. He furrowed his brows at the paper, and shook his head. "I'm sorry, Cadence. I can't allow you to go on this job. Even though it seems harmless, I doubt that it will be. They wouldn't be asking this much money if they thought that there wouldn't be any danger. Maybe you can ask around and see if somebody would like to accompany you? Perhaps Gildarts would help escort you. I know he's been waiting for you to take a job. He, as well as myself, want to see what you're capable of." He finished, placing the paper back in my hands. The smile melted off my face as I stifled a reply containing the word 'but', yet I knew that he would not accept such an excuse.

I heard a loud banging outside the door, Gildarts barging in. Of course the wizard had been eavesdropping. "Yeah, I can help the squirt out! Lemme go with her, and she'll be just fine!" The caped wizard grinned, taking the request out of my hands and placing it back down on Master's desk. Moments later, Lucy, Gray, Erza, and Natsu were also standing beside us. "There's no way we're leaving her and Gildarts on this one. Who knows what he's gonna do! Don't worry, Cadence, we've got you!" Lucy replied, determination deep in her brown eyes.

Although I found it very sweet that they wanted to help me, I was a bit disturbed. The reward was 100,000 jewels, and spread six ways, it was only going to be around 16,000 jewels each. It was definitely not enough to find a good apartment any time soon. Master grinned and wrote our names on the paper, stamping it with a red 'approved' before I had any time to protest. I sighed and simply nodded. "Can we leave tomorrow morning?" I asked weakly before the five of them dragged me away to pack and ask questions about the request that Team Natsu (as Lucy had told me they were called) hadn't read.

-Author's Note

Hey guys! Whaddya think? I wrote this because I am happy to say that I got sixty views on this story, and my next chapter will be out when I hit 100. Very pleased that people are reading this, but sadly, I have recieved no reviews, favorites, or followers. If you did like my story, any of these would make me extremely happy, as happy as that blue cat that will be introduced in the next part!

As always, I don't own anything in this story other than Cadence. Are you happy about the job that I chose for them? I wasn't sure what to do, but I brainstormed a bit and this was the one that I had the most ideas for. I hope that you all enjoy this and please review, favorite, and follow!

-BrielleXandY