I'm very sorry for the delay of this chapter, but with the exams, sickness and a writer's block, I couldn't post this faster. I hope you enjoy it.

After getting all the sleep they could get, the "Exceed Squad", as Happy had affectionally called themselves, start walking through the farm stealthily in search of a piece of crucial information: What creatures inhabits this strange and non-magical dimension?

"What do you think people will be here?" whisper Happy. "Do you think they will also have great abilities or they will be just like Edolas?"

"I'm not sure. Maybe I was wrong and humans also exist here, but they're smaller" answer Carla. "There's anything certain about this. Are you sure we couldn't stay in that warehouse until the guys rescue us?" She wasn't very comfortable with this idea at all. After all, it's a whole new place.

"Very sure. If I remember what Gajeel told me, he was sent to a different place rather than landing near you did like it was supposed. That means that the portals open at random places" answer Lily "So, there would be very improbable that one of them opens at the same point. Plus, we still don't know what the locals are able to do or how the things work here. Maybe they are powerless or they have advanced machines. Maybe we landed in a place with slaves or near a kingdom like Edolas"

"Aye. Also, we need to eat" said Happy with a smile

"We don't know anything about here and you want to eat? Really?" asked an angry Carla. "We don't know even if we could eat something here. Maybe here fish doesn't exist"

At that moment, something inside the little Exceed broke apart. 'A world without fish'. Those words started repeating in his head constantly. He couldn't even say something or move an inch. He just managed to put himself in fetal position while staring at the nothingness.

"Uh, Carla. I think you shouldn't have said that. You know how Happy feel about fish" said a worried Lily. He tried to move him but he doesn't even answer

'Seriously? All this for fish?' thought with annoyance the white cat. 'Well, maybe I shouldn't say that. But how do I fix this? Wait...' "But it's true. We don't know anything about here. There's a possibility that fish doesn't exist but there's also a possibility that here fishes are bigger than those from Earthland" said while smirking. "but sadly, Happy doesn't want to know that so I think we shoul-

"I WANT BIG FISH" screamed with joy the blue Exceed while running. "WHAT ARE YOU WAITING? WE NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS PLACE"

The other two couldn't do anything but chuckle. It seems everything was all normal again. Or at least as normal as someone can be in this situation.

"Home. I'm coming home" said the little bunny. Because of not being able to come home as frequently as she wish, she always try to enjoy as much as she could this brief visits she made.

The scenery began showing big fields covered in every fruit and vegetable imaginable. The contrast with the blue sky and the yellow sun that began its rising to the zenith makes it looks like a painting made by the greatest paws in the world.

"I feel that everything will be perfect in this trip. OR at least that's what I felt when I woke up. Remind me how did we lose the train?"

"Well, I remember that somebunny didn't feel ready and spent 20 minutes extra" said Nick

"That wasn't my entire fault. Besides, if you remembered to refill the tank, we could've get in time to the station"

"Hey, don't try to make me look like the bad guy here. The plan was refill it on our way. We had plenty of time to it. Besides, we're still early, thanks to Flash's car and its powerful motor." commented the fox while smiling.

She couldn't deny that. How did Nick manage to convince Flash to borrow his car (and so fast by the way) was beyond her knowledge. Especially because he gave him various ticket for speeding.

"So Fluff, what are the plans for this weekend?" said her partner while checking his phone

"Well, first we need to accommodate in my parents' house. I'm glad that they manage to prepare a room for you. All my family will be reunited and-"

"Hold on a second. All your family? As in, also your grandfather?" said with an irritated tone of voice. He didn't like the way he referred to him as "the devil" and other things that he didn't want to remember. It was because of him that last year festival both of them retired prematurely and couldn't participate in the "Blueberry contest" he anxiously waited for.

"Well, almost all my family. I thought I told you that my grandpa couldn't attend the festival because of some problems he has. Weren't you paying me attention when I talked you back home?" she said angrily

"Oh. Yeah. Sorry. Maybe I was a little distracted" said the fox

"Dumb fox. Trying to make me feel bad" murmured Judy

"Let's go back to what are we going to do in these three days. Apart from the Blueberry Contest and the performance of your younger brothers, what would we be doing?" said the fox while trying to change subject

"Well, apart from the fair games and the family stands to sell their products, the festival also has a race to decide who's gonna be the King of the Festival and a dance at the end"

"A race? What are the prizes?" He knew that he was very fast. Heck, he even beat nearly all the guys in the Force. 'Nearly' being the key word. There was one mammal that beat him. Or to say more specifically, one bunny.

"Every year is something different. But if you think you'll win that then you are as dumb as usual" said with a big grin.

"Yeah, sure. As if someone could beat me. Besides, I still have the Blueberry contest and I prefer that over any other competition". All the blueberries he can eat while participating, a prize money of 500 dollars and 3 months of free blueberries from the farm. It was a gift from the gods.

"Ha. Remember who is the actual champion"

"I couldn't participate last year because buffalo butt wanted us early and you know it" said very frustrated. Last year was supposed to be his first attempt and he couldn't even participate. But that was different this year. Anything will make him returned early

"Well, if you want so bad to be beaten by a little bunny, then you'll have your wish granted" said Judy

"It's on, Carrots. By the way, we're near your house. Did you tell your parents that we lost the train so they wouldn't need to wait for us on the station?"

"Sweet cheese and crackers, how could I forget that?" she exclaimed while frantically searching her phone

'At least this trip started with the right paw' thought the fox.

'I'm too old for this' thought the sixth Master of Fairy Tail, Makarov Dreyar. After receiving the news from Mirajane about the situation of the Exceeds and the Dragon Slayers, he started to think about a plan to bring them back.

One of his first thoughts was to call the Magic Council for help, but there was two big problems that prevent him from doing that: The first one was that the actual Magic Council wasn't on friendly terms with Fairy Tail so there was a possibility that thy wouldn't help them. And second, they could decree that the project of the Professor is too dangerous and must be destroyed immediately, leaving them with no chance of recovering the Exceeds ever. The odds were against them, so he decided to make a team for the retrieving of the three cats consisting on:

Gray Fullbuster, a muscular guy with spiky black hair that wears a necklace, which resembles a sword with a stone in it, a metal bracelet and a chain which is attached to the belt loops on the right side of his pants. His dark blue guild mark is located in his right pectoral. He's specialized in Ice-Make Magic which is going to be useful since he can create most of the things that they would require in case they need it

Juvia Lockser, a slender, teenage girl with azure blue hair, midnight blue eyes, snow skin complexion and a curvaceous figure. She wears a knee-high dark dress coat which is garnished with fur trimmings around her sleeve cuffs and neck and a matching, dark, Russian-style hat, stylized with a light-colored butterfly clip, which, in itself, is attached to the fur trimming garnishing her hat. Juvia completes her outfit by fastening a light brown belt around her waist and wearing complimenting, dark brown, thigh-high boots. Her blue guild mark is located in her left thigh. She's a mage specialized in Water Magic. Despite not being included by Master Makarov, she insisted on coming for the sole purpose of "being with Gray", which was later take in consideration for being a strong member.

Lucy Heartfilia, a white, curvaceous girl with shoulder-length blonde hair that is tied by a pink ribbon in a small ponytail to the right side of her head with the rest of the hair loose. She wears a blue, sleeveless top, a white skirt and brown knee-length boots. Her pink guild mark was located in the back of her right hand. She's a mage specialized in Celestial Spirit Magic; because of this, she was brought in case there was a way to connect her magic with the Anima.

Levy McGarden, a rather young, petite teenage girl of a slender build who stands at a rather below-average height for her age. Her shoulder-length blue hair, which has eyebrow-length bangs, is normally tied up with a colorful bandana around her head. She was wearing an orange dress that reveals her white guild mark in her left shoulder blade. She's a mage specialized in Solid Script Magic. Being the smartest in the whole guild, it was important that she was present in this mission

Lisanna Strauss, a young petite girl with short, white hair and blue eyes. She wears pink spaghetti shirt with a ribbon in the middle and long jeans with flower patterns on it. Her white guild mark is located in her left thigh. She's a mage specialized in Take Over Magic, more specifically Animal Soul. She was brought in because her abilities to calm the animals and blend in if necessary, something useful if they want to recover their friends.

The last of the group was Porlyusica, a slim and tall elderly woman with pink hair, tied in a bun on the back of her head by two large pins with crescent moon-shaped edges, and with two bangs of hair left framing her face. She has reddish eyes, and a beauty mark located below her mouth, on the left side of her face. Her attire consists of a dark green blouse with a tie around the collar, paired with a long matching skirt and simple shoes. Over this, she sports a crimson-colored cape, with a wide collar decorated by massive Dragon horn-like decorations protruding outwards, and edges adorned by white, arch-like motifs. She's Fairy Tail's Medical Advisor but, more important, she was a previous Edolas citizen. Her help was required principally because she could understand the language from her previous world, which means she could translate the notes of the Professor.

Other people wanted to go with them but the Master was very specific. If too much people go with them, others could noted this and start rumoring about their whereabouts. This could lead to the Magic Council to take notice in this and start searching for answers. So, only the people mentioned by Makarov (and Juvia) went to help the Dragon Slayers.

After reaching the catacombs, they started to analyze the information from the blueprints. As Makarov suspected, the information about the purpose of the staves and how to use them were written in the Edolas language.

"I can't understand all this technicalities, Makarov. But I'll give it a try" said the healer

"Please, do what you can do" asked the Master

While this was happening, the mages were trying to obtain information from other sources. Sadly, the people didn't notice anything weird about what was happening over the Catacombs. Even the animals couldn't tell a thing about the experiments of the Edolas scientist when they were asked by Lisanna, so they conduct their search to their prisoner in hopes of obtaining answers. Unfortunately, even with the threatening of letting Natsu continuing his work, they couldn't extract any word from him.

Speaking of Natsu, it appears that his behavior has changed drastically. Usually, he would be challenging Gray or Gajeel, or even making fun of Lucy, but now he was distant. He only was present when the Team come and, after that, he decided to go to the forest while trying to avoid his friends. Especially, a certain white-haired mage, as noticed by his rival.

"Why the hell are you avoiding us, Natsu?" stated the Ice mage

He didn't move out of the tree he was sitting.

"Even Gajeel and Wendy are trying to help us with this problem. Stop feeling bad and move your ass"

Still, no answer

"Ok, that's it. Choose. You'll tell me what's happening or I'll extract the answers with my fists" said Gray while putting together his fist with his other hand.

"Go away". Those was the only words the Dragon slayer managed to say

"After you start acting normal. Ice-make:-"

He couldn't even finish the spell as Natsu punch him in the gut, making him lose his consciousness. After that, he kicked him with enough force to push him away from the forest

"I said, 'Go away'" stated Natsu, while returning to the forest

After managing to travel to two different dimensions, being trapped for six years and battled dragons that came from 400 years in the past, they thought nothing could impressed them. They were wrong

"Is that a bunny and a sheep talking and walking in two feet?" said Happy

As the blue Exceed stated, they were walking like normal people and even wearing clothes! But not only them. There were various animals, from rams to bulls and even foxes. They couldn't believe this. It was illogical and weird. Which was kind of ironic for them to think that because they were talking cats.

"It seems like an alternate version of Extalia with more animals and even new species native from this dimension. The only difference being that Magic wasn't involved whatsoever." commented Lily

"I can't believe it, but I must admit that this is convenient" said Carla. "For a moment I thought that we couldn't blend in and we could've been spotted easily, but, with this new information, we could pass like normal citizens"

"But wait, there is a problem right now. Everyone here uses clothes while Happy don't" suggested the former Captain of Edolas. True to his words, Happy usually does not wear clothes; only for special occasions and, ironically, when going to the beach. "If we want to pass unnoticed, we need to get him clothes"

"And how are we going to get clothes? I don't want to steal anything" said Happy

"We don't have a choice. We need to get you clothes fast and silently" stated Carla. "I think I can see a house over there. Maybe they have clothes racks making our job easier. Let's go"

So the three Exceeds started their little mission in this new world

I actually wanted this chapter be longer, but with two weeks out of schedule, I decided to post it. Sorry for saying this but it's probably that the next chapter will take a while. The subjects in the university are getting more difficult each month and other personal problems take me a lot of time. I'll try to post it in three weeks min.. Please, review and make opinions. They allow me to improve my weak points. Also, if you want to send me a fanpic of my story, feel free to do it and I'll probably choose it as the official image of this fic. Well, until then, goodbye and have a good day.