''Alright, Listen up you brats!''

The master's voice bellowed and echoed around that hall, causing all the members below him to stop talking and stare up at their master.

''Today an incident occurred, and a heavily injured woman is now in our care. For now all I can tell you is that she is stable and it will take some time before we can get answers from her. I ask you all to respect my wishes and leave her to heal. I know some of you brats will be curious of who she is, and what has happened, but I ask all of you to live like normal until she is healed, then once I have spoken with her I will answer any questions you may have. Until then you must NOT mention anything about her to anyone outside of this room. Natsu that means you as well, no sprouting off and no trying to fight her once she wakes! Things are about to become a bit chaotic but we will prevail why? Because we are Fairy Tail!''

And with that being said Makarov retreated back into his study, closing the door behind him before he could be harassed. Laxus, however was not happy with what was said and makes his way to his grandfathers office hoping to gain more information, and proceeds to knock.

Sigh '' Enter'' Came the muffled reply

Laxus opened the door and strolled into the office with his arms crossed over his chest.

''Old man, do you really believe that what you said was enough to calm that lot out there? How can you be so calm over something like this?'' His anger was starting to show ''How can you be sure that she wont cause the destruction of this guild? According to Gray she was being chased by 10 highly powerful wizards, She is going to lead them right onto our doorstep and you act like its NOTHING!''

''Laxus my boy, calm down''

With another heavy sigh from Makarov, Laxus takes a deep breath and sit down in the chair opposite his grandfather, ready to listen to what he has to say.

''Many years ago, I met a small child who believe she was owned by another mage. I spoke with her whilst she watched the guild. I asked her what she thought of the sight of the guild being their usual rabble, do you know what she said to me? She said it was beautiful, can you believe that?''

He looks at his grandson to gage his reaction. Laxus sighed and uncrossed his arms

''She thought was owned?''

A look of shock and anger passed over Laxus as his grandfather continued

''Yes my boy, she was scarred by a dark guild who had twisted her mind into believing she was owned. Her name was, or well currently is still, Tala. It is an old Icelandic name that means number. I can only hope she freed herself from their clutches and I am assuming that it was the dark guild mages that were chasing her. That girl has had more darkness in her life than any child should experience. That is all I can say until she wakes. Do you understand now my boy?''

Laxus clenched his hands into fists so tightly that his nails were digging into the flesh of his palm so much that it drew blood. He could only imagine what it must have been like growing up in a dark guild. How bad must she have had it to believe she was owned? What sick , twisted fuck would do that to a child? Even the hell Ivan put me through as a kid doesn't seem as bad as the hell she has gone through

''I understand, but old man, if she brings trouble to the door we better be ready to fight it, we will keep her safe.''

Laxus had matured a lot over the years and Makarov could not help but feel pride for his grandson with how he was handling the situation. He could tell that Laxus was incredibly angry with what he had been told, but the pride came from the fact he was not acting on that anger and was willing to help protect the girl who was currently lying at death's door in their infirmary.

''Thank-you my boy, but you cannot tell anyone what I have told you. everyone must wait until I have had a chance to get answers from her.''

Laxus said nothing and just gave a firm nod of his head before he left the office and walked back up to his team on the upper floor of the guild hall. He proceeded to sit down at his usual table and placed his sound pods in, ignoring the curious and expected gazes of his team mates. If the old man says no=one can be told then i guess i will have to obey that wish and keep it to myself for now.

Meanwhile

Gray understood what the master was saying, after all he had spent over an hour talking with him about the days events, however Natsu was a different matter entirely.

''What did gramps mean, we can't know anything about her? I wanna know who she is, i mean come one she could be an awesomely strong fighter if what Gray said was true, She was holding her own against 10 guys, Man I wanna fight her. ''

''Natsu, you heard what the master said you cannot fight her, no-one outside of us present are even allowed to know who she is. So just shut up already will you?'' Lucy replied to the pink haired slayer, but she knew he wouldn't listen and sweat dropped when Erza walked up to him and punched him in the head knocking him out cold.

''That's enough out of you, Natsu, You heard what Master said. Not that I fully understand what is going on since I have yet to be fully filled in, Gray care to explain?''

Gray just looked at Erza with a blank stare, Man Erza is scary when she want's to be, And he proceeded to fill Erza in on what had happened with him and Loke.

At the mention of the spirits name, Lucy looks up and gasps

''Oh god, Loke, I should tel him she's stable.''

But before she could reach for her keys, there was a soft golden light before Leo the lion appeared before them, dressed in a clean black suit and his trademark gasses.

''It's okay Lucy, I heard what the master said, I have been keeping an ear out in the spirit realm, do you think the master will let me see her?''

He directed his question towards team Natsu when Mira popped up from behind the bar,

''Loke, you are looking a bit better now, how are you feeling?''

''Oh, I'm alright thanks Mira, just a bit shuck up after everything, a nice hot shower helped me clear my head.''

He sent the bar maid a small smile to show that he really was alright.

''I don't know if master will let you see her just yet but I have just been up there to help Porlyusica clean the poor girl and dress her in clean clothes, she is doing okay Loke so no need to worry''

''Thanks Mira, I think I'm still going to ask him, I just . . . I need to see her for my self to know she's okay. After begging her to stay awake, I just, I don't know ...''

His voice starts to quieten and trails off at the end of his sentence and his eyes water and go glazed. Lucy's heart ached at seeing her spirit look so down. She didn't know what to do to make him feel better. Just as she opened her mouth to say something to the lion, Gray spoke up beating her to it

''Hey man, don't be like that. How about we both go and see the Master, We can ask to see her together and hopefully he will let us, after all you are the reason she got here in time to be healed. It seems only fair that you get to see her.''

Natsu had woken up just as Loke had appeared, but rather than jumping up and getting all energetic at Erza for knocking him out, he remained calm and silent just watching how Loke and Gray were acting. He could tell whatever had happened was really affecting them, he did not like seeing his Nakama so hurt but he didn't know how to make it all better. What people at the guild tended to notice about Natsu was his hyper like energy and goofiness but truth be told Natsu was a very smart person, he just acted childish and goofy to keep everyone smiling. But now as he sat there watching and listening (being rather still for Natsu) he was thinking of how to make his friends smile again and failed to notice that his unusual behaviour had been noticed by a few other observers of the guild. Laxus, Gajeel, and Cana were all looking at Natsu in shock as this was the first time in a long time that they had seen Natsu sit so still for so long. If it was not for the fact of his eyes being open they would have sworn that he was still unconscious.

What the hell is going on today?