Well, we're at Blue Pegasus with Meredy and Rina, this ought to be fun considering the Trimen just left the castle last week. :D Fun! Here we go!
Eve, Hibiki, and Ren were the only people at the guild at the moment, their master and Ichiyia were both upstairs in the office, discussing one thing or another, Jenny was shopping, and it seemed like the rest of the guild was off that day on missions.
"I swear, I'll never set foot in that castle again so long as I live!" Ren exclaimed, now that they were alone, they were able to speak freely about their escapades at Draconem Heart.
"Agreed. It was insane, and those stairs were unusually long. Getting pushed down unusually long stairs is no fun." Eve said, nodding.
Hibiki was spacing out.
"Um...earth land to Hibiki? Hibiki Lates, this is Blue Pegasus attempting to make contact!" Ren teased as Eve snapped his fingers in front of the archive mages face.
Hibiki started and blinked a few times, clearing his unfocused eyes.
"Oh. Sorry...I was just thinking." Hibiki murmured, already he was planning the date he was to have with Meredy. He'd go on a solo job just to get enough money to book the best and fanciest restaurant in the town. After that they'd walk down to the park that was by the canyon, the beauty of that place at night was beyond compare.
Only thing more gorgeous than the canyon's crystal rocks sparkling in the moonlight is her...her emerald green eyes, her porcelain skin, so soft and smooth...
"HIBIKI!"
The lovestruck man was startled out of his daydreams yet again by his wind mage friend.
"Sorry, I'm planning." Hibiki said quickly as the two other Trimen shot them strange looks.
"What's this big 'plan', you going somewhere?" Ren demanded, raising his eyebrows.
"Well, I, no, I, see-I...have a date."
Hibiki admitted finally, he hadn't told Eve and Ren about his time atop the tower with Meredy, but the amount of times he'd been caught spacing out over her were stacking up.
"Really? Who is it this time? Jenny?" Eve asked.
Hibiki gulped, "See...a little while after the Grand Magic Games...we decided, together that is, that we're better off as close friends, and nothing more."
"Really?" Ren asked, shocked.
Eve's eyes were wide.
"You ok, then?"
Hibiki shrugged, "We'd been more of friends than lovers for a while, more than six months before we decided to call it quits. Than...I met her again."
"Who's this her? Do we know her?"
Hibiki considered this, "You may not remember her by name."
He replied.
"Well, tell us!" Ren ordered, standing up and putting both palms on the table.
Eve looked at Hibiki with a wide, deceivingly innocent expression.
"Yeah, we won't tell anyone if you don't want us to."
Hibiki sighed.
"Alright, alright...it's Mer..."
That was when the door was kicked wide open, both sides of the glitzy double doored portal slamming into the side walls.
"MEREDY!?" Hibiki exclaimed in astonishment as Meredy entered the guildhall.
With a furious looking Rina right in front of her.
"Seriously, Snowy, this guild hall looks like a freaking unicorn threw up all over it. I swear, after this whole damn Shadowlogia thing is over I'm coming back here and redesigning the whole place!" The ice godslayer declared as the stormed into the hall.
"Rina! What the heck are you doing here? N-Not that I'm mad, but I thought we agreed I'd call you later this..."
She walked over the table and promptly seized Eve by the hand.
"Thought we agreed not to talk about that in front of other sentient beings. Now come on."
She turned and stormed right back out of the guild, this time with a sputtering, weakly protesting Eve tripping along behind her, being dragged along by the hand.
"Um..." Ren and Hibiki both stared after their kidnapped guild mate in confusion.
"Dragon attack. Your in danger. Come with us." Meredy summed it all up in three less than helpful explanations.
She turned to leave again and Hibiki instantly stood to follow.
Ren stared after than for a moment before letting out very, very drawn out sigh.
"Looks like we're going to the castle again."
Meanwhile, in Magnolia
The crowds gave the two imposing figures a wide berth, all recognizing them for when they'd strode these streets before, in a different time.
All of the people were studying their hate and worry creased faces, worry for some, hate for others, all of the subjects of these feelings found in the large building they were now staring up at.
One pushed up his brown headband and let out a breath.
"Been a while, huh?"
The other gripped his scarf tightly.
"Wish it could have been longer." Was his reply.
Finally, they stepped forward as one and kicked the large double doors of the Fairy Tail guild hall wide open.
Shocked and amazed faces stared out from very angle, all horrified at the two standing in the doorway.
Finally, one daring girl broke the silence.
"Natsu!"
The blonde celestial mage, Lucy Heartfilla, of course, leapt from her chair with the other members of what was formerly team Natsu, and wove her way past her frozen guild mates, flinging her arms around his neck.
Another unexpected form came flying suddenly from the side of the hall.
Book dropping to the floor behind her, Levy tackled Gajeel so hard Gajeel had to seize her around the waist and spin several times on his heel to keep his balance.
"Shrimp!" He choked out.
"Gajeel! I'm soooo glad to see you!" She shrieked gleefully.
"Uh...good ta see ya too, shrimp." Gajeel grumbled.
"Why are you here, guys?" Lucy questioned as several of the members who had nothing to fear from the dragonslayers, Cana, Romeo, and Mira, stepped up to them.
"As much as I wish we could have a touching reunion and all, bunny girl, we gotta move, pronto." Gajeel explained as he set Levy on the ground.
"Why?" Erza had arrived, standing suspiciously before her two former guild mates with Gray behind her.
Natsu rolled his eyes.
"Oh, your gonna loooooove this one."
Taking turned patching over each other and correcting each other, the two Draconem Heart members explained their reason for returning.
"So thats it. Shadowlogia's making a come back and we're here to save your sorry asses from becoming dragon chow."
Gajeel growled.
"We're really only here for Lucy, Cana, Mira, and Levy. You and icy prick could go to hell for all we care, but since we gotta follow Master's orders, looks like you get to come along too."
Natsu sighed.
"Ok...where do you wish for us to go?" Erza questioned, ignoring the sharp jabs of insults within each of the two's statements.
"Best place on earth to weather out a dragon storm, Draconem Heart guild hall itself."
"Wow! Really?" Romeo exclaimed in awe.
"Yup, but you ain't coming, pipsqueak."
Gajeel said with a light teasing tone in his voice to the younger mage.
"Aw, why not? I want to help you guys fight the dragon!" Romeo protested.
"A.K.A, he misses Wendy."
Lucy whispered into Natsu's ear.
A reckless grin spread across Natsu's face.
"I really don't see why the kid can't come along!" He said, just because he wished to be a troublemaker. He also wanted to bring Romeo along because, whether she'd admit it or not, Wendy was missing her old friend, only old friend her age, and he wanted them to see each other again.
"YES!" Romeo cheered, jumping up and pumping his fist.
"Wait a second, I just have..." Macao stepped up to protest back Romeo had already bolted towards the stairs to retrieve his backpack, same as the other trusting members of the group.
Erza and Gray eyed the dragonslayers warily when Master Makorov stepped up.
"I...do not think you would lie about a thing such as the tale you have just woven for us. So I give you leave to go, Erza, Gray." He spoke gravely.
Not exactly wanting to, but having no other choice, Erza and Gray went to collect their baggage, already both curious and fearful of what they would face when they arrived at the mysterious guild hall of Draconem Heart.
I am so sorry that took me forever! I was working on another project and than there's that ever distracting thing called life and so...excuses excuses excuses there now I feel better.
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