Lucy and Laxus paused as the doors shut behind them. At first no one noticed but soon all of Fairy Tail was staring quietly at the two blondes. It was the first time Lucy had ever heard Fairy Tail be so quiet and she had to hide a smile. Looking around she put names to faces, Evergreen sat with Freed and Bixlow but still close to Elfman who was at a table with Lissanna and Juvia. Close to them was Levy between Jet and Droy but Gajeel was at that same table with Lily. Mirajane was behind the bar with Cana on top and so it went around the room.
"Lucy?" Levy said and stood up. Wendy, Lucy saw, was sitting at the bar and trying not to laugh, Charlie was with her. Then suddenly Fairy Tail swarmed up the steps towards Lucy, but she just smiled and went walking across the room headed to the bar. Laxus kept pace with her and helped to keep the masses off.
"Mirajane," Lucy said when she reached the bar. "Where is Team Natsu?"
"Lucy, where have you been?" Mirajane asked and everyone froze so they could hear the answer. Lucy just smiled and asked again.
"Where is Team Natsu?" This time she put a little force behind the question.
"Huh, Oh. Well they are on a mission but should be back tomorrow sometime," Mirajane said and reached out a hand to touch Lucy who stepped back out of reach. "But Lucy..."
Lucy just nodded and turned to go, she stopped at the staircase leading up to the second floor and faced all of Fairy Tail that was there.
"If you had really wanted to know," she said. "You should have wondered and found out 6 months ago." Then Lucy went up the staircase where she found Laxus waiting for her.
"Nice," he said and Lucy nodded. "Will you answer my question?"
"Perhaps" Lucy smiled at him. "It depends on the question"
"Why is it that you trust only Master and I? Will you tell me?" Laxus asked and Lucy stopped walking and faced him. She studied his face to see if he was serious or not.
"Sure I'll answer you," she answered then waved to a table. They both sat down and Lucy looked around making sure that no one had followed them or was close enough to hear. The noise level downstairs was normal but Lucy still didn't want to take any chances that someone could hear so she summoned Aries. Like Loke, Aries was no longer the same. She was still small, had horns and wore pink but she was no longer fluffy instead wearing leather and she was not the sweet ram she used to be.
"I need a sound barrier" Lucy said and Aries nodded then she blew a bubble. Laxus watched as the bubble surrounded them then seemed to disappear; Aries left without saying anything.
"Ok" Lucy spoke. "First I will start with you as your answer is the shorter one. " Laxus nodded. "I trust you for two reasons. One you started a mission one month before I was taken that lasted until a couple of days before I was found, correct?" Laxus nodded again and Lucy continued. "Two, is the big one, you checked to make sure I was the real Lucy of Fairy Tail. If you were a part of the conspiracy then not only would you have been here to make sure everything went on schedule and so you could have an alibi, but you would not have had to check if I was the real one. My eyes kinda make that obvious." Lucy stopped to make sure Laxus was taking everything in.
"How come no one in Fairy Tail noticed your eyes and why Gramps?" Laxus asked and decided that he would think over everything later.
"I put a spell so no one would notice my eyes and well with Master it started 2 weeks after I was taken. To make it short and not have to tell you everything yet I discovered a new ability, I could talk to someone through the Fairy Tail mark. I had also realized by that time that some one had handed me..." Lucy paused then shook her head. "Nevermind, any ways I chose carefully and decided Master would be the one I talked to.
"So he has known the whole 6 months that you were kidnapped?" Laxus yelled and stood up. Lucy rolled her eyes and reached over to grab his arm.