I AM BACK~ sorry it's been awhile since I've updated the story so here you go :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, I own Lia Katmist, Ui, etc.


Chapter 26

Still Ui's POV-

I squeeze my eyes shuts, even though I am already engulfed in darkness. "Wound~ound~und~und" I hear an echo. Once I start to regain consciousness, I will then slip out again, back and forth. "Eat~eat~eat" Another echo. "Name~name~" I notice the words don't have an echo as much as before.

"This is 500,000 jewels as promised on the job requests." I hear a deep croaky male voice say.
I can now feel my own body, the physical touch of my skin on a soft mattress.

"What's in the other bag?" A younger male voice says.

"Ahh, this bag contains a magic scroll. It is of no use in this house" says the old croaky voice again.

I slowly gain my senses, and with that come the pain. I moan, the pain searing up and down my body. I feel like I've been beaten up in a brutal fight, although I don't remember fighting too much with the Vulcan. 'Ugh my head hurts.'

I didn't think opening my eyes would be such a difficult thing to do. It took all the effort I could to get them open, and once they are, I blink and wait for the fuzziness to disappear. My eyes focus on a doorway straight ahead and I figured my eyes are functioning properly and try to look around. I have to turn my head slowly because my neck feels like I've strained the muscles.

"Mizu-chan!" I hear a familiar voice.

I see Lia-chan's face a few inches away from mine. Her small dark eyes look into mine with concern. "Li- Lia-chan." I manage to say. 'Gosh did I happen to swallow sand when I was fighting earlier?' I produce up some saliva and swallow them again, moistening my mouth. Then I tell her, "I was on an adventure Lia-chan, to look for a guild and I happened to walk passed by this village and got attack by a Vulcan. I think I was taken over and I couldn't do anything." I sniff, somehow disappointed with myself.

She brushes my hair to the side and comforts me, "Hey, it's ok. They took you by surprised, that's all. I had a hard time fighting them off."

I giggle. I knew she said that just to make me feel better and not beat myself up, but knowing Lia, I think she's exaggerating. 'We need to catch up with each other.' "How have you been Lia-chan?"

"I'm great actually! Oh, I forgot!" She gasps, turning around to a group of people standing behind her. She introduces them to me, "Mizu-chan, meet the Fairy Tail members!"

My eyes become wide, and I think they are bulging out and are about to fall off. She nods at me and giggles at the same time.

"Fa-fairy T-tail?" I stammer. 'Oh my god, this is a not a dream, is it?'

She stands up and points with a thumb at a petite girl with dark blue hair who I recognize as Wendy Marvell, the sky dragon-slayer. "This is Wendy."

"Hello! I'm Wendy. Nice to meet you!" She bows. 'She's soo cute!'

Then, Lia points at a white cat, "This is Charle. She is an Exceed and is Wendy's partner!" Charle nods and then points at blue cat, "That's Happy, also an Exceed and is Natsu's partner. The pinky-hair is Natsu." I giggle at her attitude.

"Yo!" Natsu holds up a hand. Lia points at a blonde woman with large breasts and a blue-haired woman standing between Natsu and a long red-haired woman. "That is Lucy", 'Lucy Heartfilia' I say her name in my head, "and Juvia." Again, I say the name in my head, 'Juvia Lockser'. I recognize them all, including the red-haired woman: Erza Scarlet.

"Hi there! Nice to meet you!" Lucy waves cheerfully while Juvia bows.
Next, she points at Erza and finally a black-haired guy, Gray Fullbuster, "That's Erza and black hair is Gray." They both nod and say hi.

"Uhh, n-nice to meet you!" I stutter, nervous. Lia laughs, knowing me too well.

She jumps up and down from excitement. "Guess what? Guess what?!" She practically screams with large eyes.

"W-whaatt?" I sit up, trying to read her face better. We have a conversation with just facial expressions, in which only Lia-chan and I understand because we grew up with that. She wiggles her eyebrows at me and grin. I narrow my eyes, trying to figure out what her big secret is. Then, she raises her eyebrows and my eyes bulge wide with my mouth open in the shape of an 'O'. Then the words come out, "Nnoooooo!" 'Noo shit she didn't do what I think she did, did she?'

She nods like a mad woman. "Yeesssss!" She twists her body around and pulls down the left side of her top to reveal the Fairy Tail guild mark.

I let out an uncontrollable embarrassing squeal and everyone chuckle at us. "I am soo joining you!" She laughs and nods. I turn to the rest and ask, "I can join Fairy Tail, right?" 'I could join Lia - that would be exciting!'

They look at each other and laugh. Erza says, "Of course you can!"

"Aye!" Happy confirms. We both squeal, giddy at the thought of being in the same guild.

We arrive at the guild. I scan the place; observe every crook and corners of the guild. Lia touches my hands and I look at her. She asks me, "Which guild are you planning to join?"

I let out a lifetime worth of squeals and bounce on the balls of my feet, nodding at the same time. "I DON'T KNOW YET AND I HAVE A LIST OF GUILDS I AM INTERESTED IN!" I reply excitedly. I admit I may have increased the volume of my voice slightly louder than necessary.

"Which are?"

"FAIRY TAIL, LAMIA SCALE, CALADRIUS, MERMAIDS HEEL, AND SABERTOOTH!"

"That's a lot!"

"I KNOW!" I scream. 'I think I'm going to pass out with this amount of excitement!'

"Lia! Let's check out your new reward!" Natsu exclaims, pulling her by the arm out of the guild.

"What reward? We got jewels!" La looks confused.

"Didn't you get some magic scrolls?" Lucy asks. We all follow them outside.

She looks up probably trying to recall something. Her face lights up and she takes out the scrolls from a bag. She unrolls it and read the title out loud: "Halcyon Reis".

"Wow. Halcyon Reis? It says here magic layers. Isn't that similar to Jellal's magic?" Gray asks.

"As I recall, he did some magic layers in the Grand Magic Games against Jura." Lucy says, tapping her chin.

"His magic is the Heavenly Body magic, which comes from the same root as your Celestial Magic, but this is not the same thing." Erza explains.

Lia read out loud. "The art of creating layers of magic is very difficult to achieve. This means one magic circle on top of another. It can go from two-layers of magic circle up to five layers. Most mages only achieve at least two to three layers, but not beyond that since it requires a long and complicated process of training. Those achieved five layers are considered to be extremely dedicated and strong mages. It is also one of the ancient magic which most people have forgotten about."

"Wow that is so cool!" Natsu exclaims.

"This is awesome! I'm gonna start training now!" She announces to the group. 'That is quite sudden'.


Oookkayyy until next time~ LK