A/N: Ahh! I'm sorry for the late reply… but here we gooooo! 8D

Edit: I made this one a tad bit longer than originally planned. Why? Because it's the Holiday Season, and this is my gift to you! 8D
Ehem. Please excuse my cheeseiness, and enjoy the story. (:

"Wendy! Where on Earth are you going?"

Wendy paled quickly as she turned to face her flying cat. "Oh, Charle… I thought that you were out with Happy…?"

Charle rolled her eyes, and looked at Wendy with a scrutinizing expression. "Ha, yeah right! I only agreed to leave with him for a week because you asked me to. Now, what are you doing?"

Wendy's mind raced with possible answers. I can't possibly tell her the truth though… She'd never let me go through with it! And besides, she'd probably rat us out to Master Makarov… oh… what to do, what to do?

"She's going on a mission with Juvia and me."

Wendy turned her head, to shoot her savior an appreciative stare. It was none other than Cana who looked like she had had a rough night of some sorts. "Oh. Good for you then Wendy-Chan. Always thinking ahead. So, what kind of mission are we going on this time?"

Cana forced herself to scoff. "We? No, no, no. This mission is strictly for a three-man squad only."

Charle stared at Cana as thought she didn't understand at all what she was saying. "But… I always go with Wendy-Chan…."

Both Cana and Wendy frowned. Neither of them wanted to hurt the cat's feelings, but they had to put the sake of the mission before that. Besides, it was just once…

"I'm sorry Charle-San, maybe next time?"

Wendy quickly grabbed Cana's hand, and marched her off to the direction of the bar. The rendezvous point for the team that had just been formed not too long ago. Soon enough, Juvia came.

The three just sat there for a moment, none of them sure what to do next. They hadn't discussed with Natsu whether he wanted them to leave quickly, or wait for him to arrive.

They had decided on the latter however, and were now making somewhat awkward conversation.

Not really knowing what to say, Wendy slowly turned to Juvia. "How's it going with Gray-Sama?"

She noticed Juvia's quick, intense blush, but since her back was turned to Cana, she didn't see the brunette pale increasingly and let her head slam against the table.

"Ah… Well-"

"GAHHHH!" Wendy and Juvia turned to face the direction of which the sound came from. Cana would've too, but she had slammed her head against the bar and was in her own little world now.

"N-Natsu, what's wrong?"

"You haven't left yet?"

"No, we thought we had to wait for you…"

"Yeah, and we have to get the mission from Mira."

Natsu's mouth formed the shape of a small o. "MIRAAAA!"

It took a while, but soon she appeared. "Yes?"

"Conihafabeeer?", Cana muttered. It had been a long time since she had experienced a hangover, and she found the only way to get rid of one was more alcohol.

Mira blinked. "What was that Cana?"

"Conihafabeer?"

Everyone gave Cana a curious look. She picked her head up off the counter and looked up at everyone with blurred eyes.

"Kfewaunfkj! Jiefalknveuawefkjlfeo!" She banged her head on the table again.

"Um… Maybe you should let Lisanna go on the mission instead of Cana…"

Natsu blinked. "I think that you have a point there Wendy…"

Mira handed the made-up mission to Lisanna. She had at first intended to just give them a random mission, but realized that if she did that, then they would need to focus on two missions at the same time, which would be extremely difficult. "Good luck Sis…"

Lisanna smiled, and turned to face the rest of her group. "Let's go!"

The trio walked out of the guild, and were halfway to the Train Station when. . .

"Wendy! Wendy wait!"

Wendy slowly turned, her face already pale at what was to come. "Yes?"

As she suspected, it was Charle. "I thought you said you were going with Cana and Juvia."

Wendy laughed nervously. "Haha… well you see…"

Lisanna stepped in front of the younger mage. "I was just pretending to be Cana so that Mira-San would let me go. Remember? I'm a transformation mage."

Charle looked at her skeptically. "Huh. Well, you sure had me fooled. I guess Wendy can go… just this once."

Wendy nodded slowly. "Yeah…"

"Ah! Juvia thinks we must go! If we do not leave now, those cows will have died from walking in their stinky poop for too long!"

Wendy and Lisanna laughed nervously, and while nodding, made their way over to the train station.

Charle watched them slowly. And to think I was going to secretly follow them with Pantherlily… forget that, I want to save my poor nostrils!

And with that, Charle flew back to the direction of Fairy Tail.

It took a while, but eventually they got there. Their hearts were pumping with excitement, but Juvia's pumped the fastest. It was really just her that was going to be screwed if they got caught.

"Ah, Juvia-San? Do you remember the signal?"

Juvia nodded slowly. "Yes. When it begins to rain, it means that Juvia is in trouble. Juvia will keep all the rain away from the prison until then."

Lisanna nodded. "Alright. Now that we're here, we have to get you in. I'm guessing that you'd prefer to be water that Jellal-Sama is supposed to drink, not his bathing water, correct?"

Juvia blushed. She opened her mouth (most likely to say something like "Juvia only wants to be Gray-Sama's bathing water!), but Wendy interrupted her.

"I'd probably go with the drinking water. Can you transform into bird or something to scan the area?" Lisanna nodded, and transformed into a majestic eagle. She took off, leaving Juvia and Wendy alone. "Okay, so here's the plan that Natsu wanted me to remind you of. You go in there as the water, get to Jellal's cell, and immediately show him your Fairy Tail mark so that he will show you. Talk to him for a bit, but don't let him know about the plan, and remember to take in all of your surroundings too."

Juvia nodded. "And if someone happens to discover Juvia, rain will pour. Lisanna will transform herself into a fly and see what the problem is… but wait. Can't she just come with me inside?"

Wendy smiled shyly. "She should, but Mira-san told her not to leave me alone since I'm the youngest. . ."

Juvia's mouth formed a small o. Before she could respond, Lisanna returned. "Okay, I know the location. Juvia, while you make the rain and turn yourself into it, I'll fly towards the water tower and land on it. You get in there, get to the bottom, and find your way to Jellal's cell. Wendy. . . Maybe you can make a fog of some sorts? Or maybe some kind of air shield? That way I don't have to leave you alone, and no one will notice you on my back."

Both Wendy and Juvia nodded. Lisanna changed herself into a different, larger bird, and let Wendy climb on top of her back. Juvia summoned a storm, and watched as Wendy and Lisanna (covered by a thick layer of a fog-like substance) made their way towards a high tower. Juvia grabbed onto Lisanna's tail, ignoring the yelp that escaped her lips.

Lisanna seemed to understand what Juvia meant by this, and soared higher. Juvia took a deep breath, and for a while let the soothing rain wash over her. Then she forced herself upwards, letting go of Lisanna's tail, and became the rain itself.

It was difficult to remain high in the air for a while, but it seemed like Wendy was using her air powers to keep Juvia high above and trailing them.

Eventually, Lisanna slowed, and merely hovered above the tower. Wendy forced Juvia higher into the air once more, and began streaming her to the direction of the entrance of the Water Tower. She probably would've put her in there too, but then they heard a voice. "What's a bird doing up there?"

Lisanna and Wendy's eyes widened, and they shot a quick glance at Juvia. If they didn't leave now, someone would probably end up calling Animal Control or something of the sort. Juvia returned their glance, and Lisanna quickly flew away.

It was difficult for Wendy to see through the pouring rain, but through her last effort, she was able to force Juvia through the entrance, and into the large supply of water that was being stored there.

Thank goodness. She thought as she made her way to the bottom of the tank. She would just have to wait a while until someone unlatched the hold and the water would pour through little by little. She would just have to wait until it was dinner time.

After long hours of pointless waiting, the latch opened up. Juvia's eyes widened because she had zoned out after all the lack of action. She swam quickly towards the opening, and while doing that, tried to compress her body into the smallest drop of liquid she could muster.

Then the latch began to close.

I'm not going to make it…

She closed her eyes tightly, and willed the water that was there to go in the opposite direction. She heard the men, probably the prison-guards or something of the sort, discussing this

"I think we're out of water."

"That's impossible, it just rained!"

"Maybe it didn't get through the filter."

"Open the latch wider, we only have half of a glass left to fill."

Juvia forced herself out, and let some of the accompanying water follow her. "See? I told you."

Juvia closed her eyes, and hoped that they would bring her to a cell that was at least close to where Jellal was being held.

"Let's start at the High-Security section today, eh? Those poor suckers. Angering the Council so much that they have to spend their entire lives locked up."

Juvia's heart raced. Surely that was where Jellal was being kept.

"You're too kind. They should go last for doing such a crime."

No, no, no, no, no, no, no! she wished she could cry out and make them go up to where Jellal was being placed, just so that the risk of her being caught wouldn't be so huge.

"I guess you're right. But I mean… it is the Holiday Season."

The other man rolled his eyes. "Whatever. You head to the top of the tower, in the direction of the High Security Cells. I'll stay down here, and work my way through the Loosely Guarded ones. Then we'll meet at the middle of the tower, and continue to distribute."

A single spark of hope found its way into Juvia's soul. There was a chance that maybe… maybe she would be going with the man that was heading to the High Security Facility. She couldn't really tell, since being transformed to the state of water made her vision extremely limited.

She tried to gather what she knew about the two men so far to hopefully help her out deciding which direction she was headed. The man that was on his way to the high security seemed like a kinder man, and the other man just seemed bitter.

The person that was holding her glass right now just happened to be whistling the tune of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer".

Juvia let out a sigh of relief. Most likely, she was travelling in the right direction.

So far, she had travelled through countless corridors, and there was no sight of Jellal. This made her believe that he must be coming up soon.

Well, it made part of her believe.

There was still a part of her that was screaming "Juvia will never find him! Juvia will end up letting Gray-Sama down!"

That was the part of her that she wished would shut up.

Wendy sighed dramatically. "How long do you think it'll take her to get out?"

"Hopefully a long time."

Wendy, who had previously been lying down on her back looked up. "What?"

Lisanna, who had been leaning against a large tree, seemed to register the meaning of her words. "Ah no! I didn't mean it in a bad way. I just mean that we forgot to think up an Escape Strategy for after she finishes speaking to Jellal and surveying the area."

Wendy's mouth formed a small o, and she let her body fall back gently to the ground. "Right. I hope everything is running smoothly."

Lisanna simply nodded. "So do I."

Eventually, she was the last glass left for. Well, for this section at least. She still wasn't sure if the section she was currently in was High Security, or if it was the Loosely Guarded. Either way, there was still no sign of Jellal.

Juvia suddenly realized something that filled her with terror. Even if she did end up finding Jellal, she had no idea what he looked like. All she knew about him was that he was sentenced to stay in jail for the rest of his life, and that the Council detested him so there was no possible hope of his release.

The man who had been holding her talked into some kind of microphone that allowed him to speak with the other prison guard. "Yes, I'm about to drop off the last glass before I head to the Middle Area."

She willed him to say something more, something that could possibly give her closure that she was headed in the right direction. Or miraculously, something that would slightly describe Jellal so she could form a mental image. But he said nothing.

Juvia heard the jingling of keys, and knew he was opening the door now

Her heart was beating fast.

She was losing control of her powers.

There was about five more minutes before she would be out of energy for good. Her magic would have worn off, and she'd be back to her regular human self.

The prison-guard stopped pushing the cart and didn't bother to bring it into the cell. Well, he had been leaving it out in the corridor everytime before he entered a room. He picked up the glass that held Juvia, and a cold sandwich.

He placed it before a man, who was shackled to a wall. The prisoner brought his eyes up to look at the man. "Why do I even bother with this? I'd rather die."

Juvia wasn't sure whether she should feel hope or dread at this statement. She wasn't even sure what Jellal's personality was like, so she couldn't tell if she was in the right place or not. If it was possible, her heart started beating faster.

The jailer simply laughed. And Juvia was able to see him spit at the prisoner's feet. As it hit the ground, the dread began to settle in on Juvia. The nice man who had suggested to go to the High Security area first didn't seem like the type of person to do that.

Though her heart kept beating at an impossibly fast pace, she willed herself to think straight. Nonsense… he could've just been putting up a façade.

"If it were me, I would've disagreed with the Council." The prisoner gave the man a look of genuine confusion.

The prison-guard simply laughed some more. "That's right boy, you better be thankful. You may act like a big tough guy, but you're crime was so minor that it was easily overlooked. They're releasing you tomorrow."

She heard the prison-guard slam the door shut.

The sigh of relief come for the prisoner.

She willed herself to remain calm, to not panic.

She tried to imagine a route from this bottom floor, all the way up to one at the top, all while trying to maintain her illusion. The same one that was supposed to wear off in about two to three minutes.

She felt hot tears threatening to flow as she realized the hopelessness of her situation.

She was going to get caught.

She was stupid enough to have faith that the mission would run smoothly.

She hadn't thought that she might run out of magical energy, she wasn't able to summon the rain needed to call for Lisanna and Wendy's help.

She tried to fight it, she really did. But eventually, it overcame her.

Eventually, Juvia turned back into herself.

The last thing she saw was the shocked face of the prisoner. Messy blonde hair, and pale green eyes.

Then, she fainted.

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