Yea. I'm not getting any reviews. T_T. So, Imma stop doing the languages in case it ticks one of you guys off or something. I don't know anymore!

Err…I also decided not to do Dysis' backstory cause it doesn't relate to Fairytail, like at all.

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Tiger and the Start of the Mission

(Dysis' POV)

I opened my eyes as the sun just started coming out from behind the horizon. It was a beautiful sight. I sighed contently.

With a jolt, I realized that I was on the roof. What was I doing on the roof?! And why do I have a shirt around my shoulders?! And why are there arms around me?! And why am I holding someone's hand?! And why does he smell good?! And why was it a he?!

I kind of freaked out a bit. I slowly turned around to face the person who was holding onto me. They smelled, sort of like the wilderness and milk and …oranges? I shrieked quietly when I saw who it was and the memory of last night came back to me. I felt my cheeks go redder than Erza's hair.

Playboy was up in record time at my shriek, arms already lit up with Regalus. "What's wrong? Where's the enemy?" He looked around quickly, face guarded and then when he saw no one but me, his face showed confusion. "Tiger, why'd you scream?"

I stared at him.

Seriously, he doesn't find this situation weird?

"Um…well, we just woke up on the roof…"

"And…"

What's wrong with him? Doesn't he find this a little awkward or embarrassing?

"Oh." Realization seemed to dawn on him and he extinguished Regalus.

"Yea," Was all I could say. Aww sh*t, Ink's going to kill me.

"Well," He said as he sat down next to me. "I think that was the best sleep I've ever had." He grinned like an idiot. That caused me to blush and then punch him.

"Umph. Hey! What was that for?" He protested, rubbing his stomach.

"You being a jerk." I replied. God he was arrogant.

"How was I being a jerk? You're the one who just punched me!"

"Yea, but that's only because you didn't stop me from sleeping on the roof with you!"

"You could've stopped yourself! And if I remember correctly, it was you who curled up in my arms when were sleeping."

I blushed again and turned away from him. I was not going to speak to him for the rest of the mission. Scratch that, the rest of my life.

"Aww…come on Tiger, you got to admit, that was the best sleep you've ever have." It was one of the best sleeps I've ever had. No nightmares. But no way in h*ll was I ever going to tell him that.

I'm sorry.

…

Please forgive me.

…

I'll buy you flavored milk.

...

And I'll let you ride shot gun for this mission.

…Fine.

We just had a whole one sided mental conversation in which I get flavored milk and shot-gun for curling up in his arms when I fell asleep. How it ended up with him offering me milk for forgiveness I have no idea, but I was pretty happy with this deal.

I turned back around and faced him. He had lost his shirt some how and with another jolt, I realized I had it tied around my shoulders. He saw me looking. "Like what you see?"

I was prepared to punch him again but then he just had to say, "I was worried you might catch a cold, so I gave you my shirt."

"O-oh thanks. Um, here." I untied his shirt and handed it to him. "So, what do we do now?"

"We sit here and watch the sunrise." He said and put his arm around me. I punched him.

"Umph. Would you stop punching me?"

"Would you stop putting your arm around me?"

"Well, you didn't seem to mind last night when you were curled up in my arms."

"Umm…well…you…"

"Exactly," he smirked and snaked his arm around my shoulders again. I win.

As if. I'm only doing this because you were worried about me catching a cold last night. Next time I won't hold back.

Right, sure you are, Tiger.

"What's your story?"

"What?" He asked me a little surprised.

"You know, your story, everyone has one. What's yours?"

"Oh, it's a long story."

"We can always finish it another time." I cringed. Did I just say that? Cr*p.

"If you insist." He smirked and told his story. I alternated between looking at the sunrise and him. I noticed he his glasses on the floor a roof a few feet away from us and picked it up. Then I realized that he looked a lot more harmless and cute without them. Sh*t up me.

He was at the part where he had just met Lucy for the first time. "Lucy!" I jumped up.

"What?" He asked looking at me from his position on the ground.

"Lucy's going to be up soon, and so will the rest of the team. That means that Ink and Erza will both be up soon and they'll be wondering where we're at. If they find out then…" I trailed off and the look on his face told me that he filled out the rest of the sentence.

"What time is it?" I asked him.

"It looks like it's about 6…50ish."

"Shoot, Erza, Ink, Juvia, and Lucy would probably come get me at 7, so we got time, but we got to hurry."

"Right. Hey Dysis?"

"Hmm…what?"

"Did you know that we'll be in big trouble if anyone finds out we spent a night together under the roof?"

I grinned, I couldn't help it. "Yea, I knew."

With that, we parted ways, him climbing down one wall, me climbing down the other. I made it to my room in a minute flat. I dropped his glasses on the table, grabbed some clothes and was in and out of the shower in record time. I braided my hair in two minutes, which was a new record for me. Then I did all the daily routines. I also had to mess up the bed a little to look like I slept in it, pack my bag with the clothes I threw on the floor in my rush, and was dumping the pasta out the window when I heard a knock.

"Dysis, you ready?" Phew made it. I walked over to where the door was and flung it open.

"Hey Erza, hi Lucy, hello Juvia, good morning Ink, let me go get my bag and we can go start the mission."

"Hey Dysis," Lucy said.

"No problem, we'll wait here." Erza said.

"Hello Dysis." Juvia replied.

"Say good morning to everybody Dysis." Ink scolded me.

"Good morning everyone," I mumbled.

I stepped aside and picked up my two bags; the smaller one that held stuff precious to me and the one for other stuff. I grabbed them and walked over to where I had placed my sword next to the table. Then I picked up Playboy's glasses which I forgot about until now and shoved them in my pocket hoping they didn't notice.

When I turned around they were talking and thankfully didn't notice. Thank goodness. I would've never heard the end of it if they saw the glasses.

"Let's go get some breakfast!" I said. They all agreed and we went to go eat breakfast.

(Lucy's POV)

I saw Dysis shove something into her pocket that looked suspiciously like Loke's glasses. I'll ask her about it later.

We were on the subject of books, one of my favorite subjects when… "Luce!"

I groaned inwardly. Sure I was happy to see him, but sometimes, he gets annoying. "What Natsu?"

"I got Mr. Eneaus to read your novel and he said it was one of the best stories he ever read!"

"Aye sir!" Happy agreed.

"You did what now?! Lucy Kick! How could you! That was for private eyes and here you go showing it to strangers! What's wrong with you Natsu?!"

He rolled around on the floor in pain. "Aww…come on Luce. I know how much you wanted to have someone read it, so I didn't think it was that big of a deal."

"Aye. Natsu was trying to do something good."

"Shut up cat." I was mad at both of them right now.

"Lucy, that was some story."

"W-w-wha-?" I blushed furiously.

"Good morning Mr. and Ms. Eneaus." All the girls said in unison.

"Call me Agalone." Mr. Eneuas said.

"Good morning girls." Marisol said.

"Now Lucy, your story was one of the best stories I have ever read. It's even better than mine." Mr. Eneaus chuckled.

"I-I-It is?" I was stuttering. Mr. Eneaus-Agalone thought my story was better than his.

"Yes, it is. If you would like, I can give you some tips. You should thank the young man over there for showing it to me." Marisol and Mr. Eneaus turned towards the dining hall. "Let's go, breakfast is waiting."

I turned to Natsu who was still on the floor, only now he was grinning up at me. "Thanks Natsu." I mumbled.

"Your welcome Luce." He beamed and jumped up, wrapping an arm around my neck. "Let's go eat food!"

"Aye." Everyone agreed.

Everyone was star-strucked at the dining hall. Well, everyone except Dysis and me. There was a huge chandelier hanging from the ceiling, rich plush carpet, parted silk curtains, and a long dining table with velvet chairs.

We all took a seat. Mr. and Ms. Eneaus sat at the ends of the table. Evania sat on the left of Mr. Eneaus with Loke, without his glasses, next to her and Gray, Juvia, and the twins on the left side of the table next to them. Erza sat across from Evania, Dysis next to her, me next to Dysis, Natsu next to me, Arnold next to Natsu and Elma at the end next to Marisol. Ink and Happy were seated in Arnold's and Elma's laps.

Sebastian brought the food over and set the plates in front of all of us; pancakes with fruit and eggs and bacon with tall glasses of orange juice, delicious. We all dug in with Natsu asking for seconds and thirds. I saw out of the corner of my eye Dysis reaching into her pocket and taking out what I now confirmed as Loke's glasses. She angled them away from view as she reached for the syrup, Loke reaching for it at the same time. Swiftly, she passed it to Loke and they would've gone unnoticed if not for…"Mr. Loke, what are taking from Ms. Dysis?" little Arnold asked.

Startled, Loke dropped his glasses in the middle of the table which caused everyone to look at them with their arms still stretched out. "Uhh…um…uhh…I was…these were…"

"Dysis was returning Loke's glasses. She took them from him yesterday because he was annoying her, but she felt bad that Loke can't see without them, so she was trying to return them to him before he grabbed the wrong syrup." I lied.

Thanks Lucy. Dysis said in my mind.

No problem Dysis. I thought in my head hoping she read it. She didn't seem too. Hmm…

"But why didn't you just give it to him?" Evania asked, suspicion laced in her question.

"I thought you would get the wrong idea." Dysis replied smoothly, he hand clenching into a fist.

"Well," Mr. Eneaus laughed. "Looks like everyone's done with breakfast and we can all start our trip."

Everyone stood up and followed him outside. There some stable hands were getting four carriages ready. They turned around and bowed to Mr. Eneaus.

"Danny?" "Lucy?" " ?" "Dysis?" Four of us said at the same time. I ran up to hug Danny and Dysis went up to hug "Mr. Scary."

The four of us started out a conversation with each other.

"Uhh…" Everyone else said looking on.

"Oh, I'm sorry, this is Danny, my old stable hand at Heartfillia mansion."

"Nice to meet all of your acquaintances." He tipped his hat revealing some blond hair.

"Hi."

"Nice to meet you."

"Hello."

"What were you to Lucy?" The last question came from Natsu.

"Natsu!" I protested but Danny just laughed.

"Is this your boyfriend Lucy? Don't worry, I was just the stable boy who took care of the horses."

"He's not my boyfriend. And you were also one of my friends." I told Danny.

"If you day so Lucy, but I didn't think Mr. Heartfillia approved of our friendship."

"Which of course made you my friend. How's Analine?" I asked while everyone laughed.

"She's good. She's going to stay here at the mansion this trip."

"It's good to see you too doing so well." Dysis said.

I blinked. "You too knew each other?"

"Yea, we met a year or two ago. He, Analine, and I were all looking for a job and we all ended up getting a job taking care of horses at the circus." Dysis said. "I quit and we lost touch."

"It's good to see you two again." He said. "You too, Ink."

"Oh yea, this is Mr. Scary." Dysis said looking up at the tall, dark, silent man standing next to her. "I call him Mr. Scary, but his name is Yale. He helped me out when I was in a fix and taught me some basic Spanish too."

"That's nice of you." Erza said.

"It's nice to me you." Gray said holding out a hand.

"Hello." He replied in a thick accent.

"Yo, why does Dysis call you Mr. Scary?" Natsu asked

Dysis and Yale smiled. "Because he's scary strong."

"Well, this little reunion is nice and all, but we should get moving." Loke said eyeing Yale and Danny.

"Loke's right, I don't want to be late for my dress fitting." Evania chipped in clinging onto Loke's arm.

"We should catch up later on." I told them.

Mr. Eneaus and Marisol got in the first carriage and insisted on putting most of their luggage in with them. Sebastian and a woman, who I assumed was a maid joined them. Arnold hopped in the back with me.

"Mr. Natsu, why don't you ride with me and Ms. Lucy?" He called out to Natsu who was walking besides us.

"He has motion sickness." I whispered to him.

"Oh."

The twins hopped into their carriage with two servants. Gray and Juvia joined them inside the carriage. Erza, Happy, and Ink, who decided to join them, all hopped into the biggest carriage with the rest of the luggages and crew which included two cooks, another maid, a stable hand, Danny, and Yale.

Now we were just waiting for Evania. She refuses to get into the carriage without Loke. Loke doesn't want to get in without Dysis, and Dysis is trying to prompt Elma to get in too.

"Loke," I called out. "Just get in the carriage."

"Fine, only if Tiger comes with."

"But I don't want her to come."

"Elma, why don't you go in the carriage?" Dysis ignored the two and asked the little girl who was hiding behind a tree.

"My sister and her husband died when their carriage went off the cliff. Elma was the only one who survived because she left to pick flowers. She really likes flowers." Marisol said, sadly looking out. "But, she's never been in a carriage since."

Dysis must've heard us with her sharp hearing because she cocked her head to one side. "Hey Elma, how 'bout me and you sit in the back of the carriage?"

Elma, in her cute blue dress, shook her head.

"How 'bout me and you walk along side the carriage? You can teach me about flowers." Dysis held out her hand.

Elma hesitated but took Dysis' hand. "Ok." She said in a soft voice.

"Is everybody ready?" Mr. Eneaus called out.

"No. Loke refuses to get into the carriage with me." Evania called out, close to tears.

Loke cocked his head to a side also and it seemed like he was having a conversation about something, but no one, besides Evania was saying anything.

"Ok, Ivy, I'll ride in the carriage with you."

"Yay!" Evania, Ivy, squealed. She grabbed Loke's hand and literally dragged him into the carriage. Her two maids followed after looking at each other and shrugging. I giggled at that.

"Hey Luce," Natsu asked looking up at me, "Wanna walk with me?"

I blushed. Was he asking me out, like walking on a date? No, no, no. I shook my head. He was just asking me to walk with him. That's it. "Sure Natsu, Arnold, wanna come?"

"Ok. Knights and wizards have to build up body strength."

"Your right they do." Natsu agreed grinning.

"Don't forget endurance." I poked Arnold and Natsu gently on the stomach. They both laughed.

Then we were off! After about an hour, Arnold looked like he was ready to drop, but every time he looked at Natsu, he would stand up straight again and keep walking. He really was adorable.

"Hey Arnold," I said slowing down to walk at his pace.

"Hmm."

"Do you wanna take a break? I'm beat."

"But Mr. Natsu is still walking."

"That's because he's older than you and has more endurance."

"But I want to be like him." He stood up taller and puffed out his chest. I giggled lightly at that.

"True, but you need to have energy later so in case we got in trouble, you can help him fight."

"Ok then." I helped him up into the bench on the outside of the carriage.

"Oh yea, I almost forgot, Arnold, do you know how to use magic?"

"I dunno. I hope I do. Then I can be a wizard like Mr. Natsu."

"Hmm…do you want to find out?"

"Yes! Can you help me Ms. Lucy?" He ginned up at me eagerly with puppy dog eyes.

"Alright, how about, at the next town we stop at, me and Natsu will take you to a magic store. Then we can see if anything appeals to you."

"Yay! You and Mr. Natsu are the best."

"Thank you, Arnold. Do you want me to explain the basics of being a wizard?"

"Yes please."

"Alrighty then. Natsu, help me explain to Arnold about magic."

"What Luce?"

"Help me explain to Arnold about magic and being a wizard."

"Oh, sure." Natsu and Arnold both looked equally happy. I started telling them about the two different styles of magic and all the different types. Then we explained guilds and about Fairytail. We were talking about some of our old missions when Arnold yawned.

"Do you want to take a nap?"

"Would you mind Ms. Lucy?"

"Not at all."

"Ok then."

He fell asleep as soon as his head hit my lap. I smiled at him and started petting his hair. Natsu handed his shirt up and I blushed. He was shirtless.

"H-here, in case he catches a cold." He said looking the other way.

"Of course." I smiled at him.

"Are you three doing ok?" Marisol asked outside the window.

"Yea. We're fine. Arnold fell asleep though." Natsu called back.

I heard her chuckled. "More time for you two love birds to spend together."

"We're not-" Me and him stated at the same time, but we were cut off but the sound of the window closing. We looked at each other and blushed pink. Then we looked the other way.

(Marisol's POV)

I giggled at Agalone when the window closed. "Do you remember when we were like that?"

He smiled. "Oh course, best of friends, roaming the countryside taking on missions."

I smiled sadly now. "We both denied that we were in love with each other and drifted farther away. Then you met her and married her."

"Yes, but we're together now, and you're the only one I love." He took my hand and I leaned into him."

"Silly, you forgot the kids."

"Of course. You and the kids are the only ones I love."

"You know what Aga."

"What Mari?"

"We need to help them out."

"Who?"

"Lucy and Natsu," I stated. "And that poor girl Juvia although I suspect the twins already got that under control."

"Yes, your right. Don't want them to realize their love too late. We were lucky we got a second chance."

I smiled up at him, his face still holding traces of that prankster teenager so long ago. "I most worried about Loke and Dysis. Especially with Evania there."

"They'll be fine. The girl looks like she won't take cr*p from Evania and the only reason she is, is because it might hurt her pay.

"Yea, I suppose your right." I leaned forward and told the coachman to stop. "We should however, still help them out."

I opened the carriage door and stepped out in my thin green dress. Agalone, Sebastian, and Angela stepped out after me. The rest of the carriages slowly opened their doors, and everyone spilled out wondering why we were stopping.

"Me and Agalone decided to meet some friends on this trip, so our carriage will be separating from everyone and we'll meet up at the dress fitting in 10 days."

"Mama, if we're splitting up," Alice spoke up, "Can we go to that spa we wanted to visit. We promise we'll be quick."

I looked at her, she winked and then I looked at my husband also winking. He spoke, "Well, I don't see why not? Erza is it?"

"Yes?"

"There's a nice bakery with delicious strawberry cake a few towns over, it's not in our route, but we left a bit early, so the trip won't take that long. You can stop by if you would like."

"That leaves your group Evania, would you guys like to continue on the original path?"

"Yes. I have a couple, dress fitting I need to attend to."

"Alright, then it's all settled. Everyone meet up in 10 days in Pandidy at the Lady's Finery Dress Shop." With that, our plan was in motion and I stepped back into the carriage.

"Mari, you really are the matchmaker aren't you?" Aga asked me grinning from ear to ear.

"Of course, what fun would the trip be without any romance?"

I hoped everything goes according to plan.

(Normal POV)

Natsu and Lucy, went along with Mr. and Ms. Eneaus wondering about this sudden change in direction. They shrugged but kept on a conversation about nothing in particular.

Gray was looking at the twins and Juvia was looking at him. The twins had their heads bent together whispering and occasionally glancing at Gray and Juvia.

Erza's group had already left in search for the cake shop.

Shy, little Elma suggested a picnic when they reach the Oak forest. Dysis agreed, and both of them climbed onto the back of the carriage to tell Loke and Ivy. Loke agreed and Ivy only agreed because Loke agreed.

This is going to be a long journey for each team.

Phew! 3,801 words. That's a record for me. :)

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