Laxus entered the library and looked at the four. "Freed, come here for a second."

The green haired sat down the book and placed a piece of paper at the line he was at. He stood from the wooden chair and pushed it under the table. Without much haste, Laxus bickered him into the hallway that lead to Masterquaters, and away from the Guild's Hall. "Ironhead and the little girl found something. The spell was in old tongue, well Dragon's tongue."

"Igneel?" Freed questioned out loud. Everyone in the guild knew about Natsha's origin; specially since she searched for any signs of dragons about every week. They also knew that Igneel disappeared on her; leaving her behind without anyone to depend on. Even though those in the guild believe Igneel was a good father, as well as the parent dragons of the other two Dragonslayers, they felt he was also a bad father for leaving her without anything to survive on.

Laxus remembered the day that his grandfather walked through the doors with another orphan. Dirt and scratches covered her from head to toe as if she was scrambling through vines. Patches of brown, her dried blood, and black covered what was remaining of her clothes. When he first saw her, he just thought she was going to be like the others; but it turns out she was far more annoying. "Exactly. All of them have been looking in the wrong place. Now Natsha's farther out, and only I can get her back." He paused and stared at Freed. Above his eyebrow was a purple contusion from their later chat in the alleyway. "Where would Dragons be?"

"Don't you know how many times I have been asked by the Dragonslayers? Especially Natsha? No one knows." One of his antennas limped against the rest of his hair. "On that day when Igneel disappeared, they left all marks of their existence vanished from Fiore without a trace."

"Could they have traveled to other countries?" He paused while Freed considered the answer, but repiled with nothing. "Igneel's a Fire Dragon, so wouldn't that mean his nest would be in a lava pit?"

"Fiore doesn't have any active volcanoes, nor lava pits, but Desierto or Midi is often consumed with them. But the closest would be the one in Minstrel."

"Is there a likelihood she would be in either of those places?"

"Midi is often rumored to hold mysteries, which would be a good place for a grand dragon to resign in. Desierto has a small population from the temperature, but none dear to enter the center of it because of rouge wildlife. Minstrel only has two volcanoes, one of them active, I would doubt he would be in such a place. It is overpopulated from those running away from the mysteries of other countries."

"Get a map and mark the places down," Laxus commanded.

"I will have to go in town for one," the man replied. The blond only nodded, so Freed left him and the guild. Outside, the stars were overhead. He spent so much time inside that the night air was welcomed. The breeze pushed his hair back, and his jacket. His two antennas peaked back up as he shifted his jacket over his shoulders. He gave a small grin; maybe allowing Laxus to know was better than keeping all information withdraw.

His peace was interrupted by two others. Bickslow rotated his head around, and slapped the man on his shoulder. A tongue with a blue tattoo stuck out of his mask. He was having a jolly laugh from spooking the Rune Reader. "Did ya forget about us?"

Evergreen matched her pace along with the other two. Her fine groom hair brushed against her shoulders as the breeze flowed pass them. She shifted her glasses as Freed's grin disappeared. "What did Laxus-san want?"

So they knew Laxus called him out, even though the two weren't in the Guild Hall. He allowed his eyes to wonder in front of him, "He knows about Natsha's disappearance."

"You can never keep your mouth shut," Bickslow grinned with his tongue sticking to the side.

"Neither can you," Freed commented.

"Where is he sending you?" Evergreen questioned with her casual curiously.

He pointed ahead to a supply-goods store. "He wanted a map."

"Just a map?" she repeated.

He nodded. The green haired didn't want to explain Laxus' intentions with the map. It was bad enough he spilled the secret that Master told all to keep away from Laxus. But those two would follow them with or without information. Similar to him, they were loyal dogs as well, even though he was the most loyal, being the one that Laxus turned to; but this could also mean he's the weakest. He shook his head and continued his path to the store. He held the door as Evergreen went through first. Bickslow followed, and Freed could already tell this was going to be the most unruly trip than it was suppose to be.

The girl in the green dress disbanded from them and went to the post with glasses and mirrors. She tried on several pairs and looked into the mirror; luckily her powers didn't work exactly on her; sometimes.

Freed looked at the aisles till he found one with paper goods. In the middle of it was maps. He needed one that showed the countries and major landmarks. And a three others for the countries themselves. He found them all except for Midi.

"What's Laxus gonna do with those?" Bickslow questioned with an itch to his head.

"He just asked for me to get them," which was only half-truth.

Bickslow rose one side of his lip and shrugged. It was Laxus' business, which he would later question. "That's all? Cause this place is boring."

"Yes...can you get Evergreen?" Freed went to checkout and paid with his own money. It was cheap, since it was only a few maps. He glanced around and looked at the other two. Evergreen placed the glasses back on the rack and placed her own back on. Bickslow made a joke about her, laughed, and she slapped him across the face. Maybe it was a good thing they didn't know. "Come on," he motioned them to follow.

"Bossy much?" the blue wizard snorted.

"It's almost night time," Evergreen looked up. "I wonder just how long Natsha's gonna be gone. This is really starting to get tiring," she complained. But everyone, even her, was waiting for Natsha to return. She turned back to Freed, and gasped. "He's going to search for her! I knew it! Just as he hears, he wants to walk out and search after a wild goose."

'Shit,' Freed frowned. "Did you really expect him to stay while his crush is in harm's way?" Or better yet, protected by an dragon for a father.

"That's why no one told him!"

"He needed to know sometime."

She took a few breaths. "Does he have any leads, or is he just trying to find a needle in a haystack?"

"He...uh...overheard a conversation with the other two Dragonslayers-"

"They knew it the whole time? All that time we spent and they knew?" Bickslow grunted.

"...It seems as though their cat had a vision about it. And it has something to do with Dragon Tongue."

"He's going after Igneel..."

"Are we all caught to date?" Evergreen questioned with her arms crossed, as she glared at their so-called leader.

"Mostly. He's planning on visiting the other countries, which is why he wanted these maps."

...

The three of them walked down the hallway and halted in front of Laxus, who was leaning against the wood panels. He didn't remark about the other two, just held out his hand and bickered them farther down into the hallway. They entered a small room with a table and a bed; his bedroom. Freed laid down the maps on the table, Laxus held out a marker.

Freed thought back into time as he tried to remember the exact location of volcano in Minstrel. He marked one on the border of Desierto and added an x underneath; an inactive volcano. The other volcano was already marked. In Desierto, he drew a circle in the center, where no one other than tribes knew about; none dared to go deeper. In Midi, he circled the land away from the ocean and border. The other maps didn't need to be marked, because they were already marked or no need.

"I will be heading to the active one in Minstrel, then to Midi. Desierto once I explored that and head back to Fiore." Laxus took the maps and folded them nicely in a bundle. In the corner was a single bag that he already packed during the time Freed was gone.

"We're going with," Freed made that point clear.

He shrugged, "Do whatever you want, just don't get in my way." The three of them nodded but stayed inside of his room. He lifted his hand and covered his eyes while a roar filled the room, "But you can't stay."

Freed gulped and stepped out of his room. For a journey like this, he needed to start packing, as did the other two. But for them to enter Laxus' room was a great honor. They all turned and went down the same hallway, even a blue Furball.

...

Doranbolt and Master stayed in the room debating and rumbling all night. The two Dragonslayers stayed in their places watching the railing, but neither came out. Wendy's head dropped to the side as she tried to stay awake; the Dustman must have came and done his job on the small girl. Carla was pacing back and forth, trying to stay awake.

Gajeel could already sense it was midnight. The two girls were already pass their bedtime. Gajeel wasn't as affected as much as those two, but there were a few yanks to fall asleep. He closed his eyes slightly and was awaken by Mirajane. "Gajeel-san, Wendy-san, maybe it's time you two got to bed."

Wendy's form stayed in place as she breathed calmly. The Iron Dragonslayer opened his eyes and looked around. Mira was closing up the Guild as everyone, including Cana, has left. Every table was washed except theirs. "Maybe so," Gajeel calmly agreed. He glanced up one more time to the Master's Office. Light still shined out of it, and the talking continued. 'Dammit, Old Man,' he cursed in his mind. Next he glazed at Wendy. The poor girl was already in Dreamland. He sighed and went around to her side of the table, picking the small girl up in his arms.

"Bye," he stated as he opened the door. Mirajane replied and went on her way back to cleaning. The two exceed, being as tired as Gajeel and Wendy, walked slowly behind him. His eyebrows lowered, "Get on and stop slowing me down," he complained. Pantherlilly, who was trying to hid his slow pace, calmly obeyed Gajeel and placed himself on his shoulder.

"Come on, Carla," the black cat turned and gestured Carla to follow his lead.

The white cat turned and her lips puckered out, while a small blush filled her cheeks. She flew up and rested herself next to Wendy's head, on his other shoulder.

"Now we can get somewhere," Black Steel grumbled under his breath.

The four of them made a steadied path to Fairy Hills, with the help of Carla directing them. Once they came to the door, they were greeted by an old lady and Erza. Each of them were in their nightgowns, if Erza's counted as one. The fabric stopped at little away from her underwear. The part that covered her stomach was see-through. And the old lady worn a gown from centuries ago, with flower details sown into it. "It's bout time!" the old woman nagged.

Erza took the small girl from Gajeel. Carla jumped off of his shoulder and landed on the ground. The white cat glanced back, "Thank you."

He shrugged and turned around to exited the gate.

The four closed the door and went to their different rooms. Erza gently laid the small blue haired girl on her bed as Carla grabbed the blankets and covered Wendy. "Why were they out so long?" The Require mage questioned the small cat.

"There was something we wanted to ask Master...but he was busied with someone else," the cat told.

"Like?"

Carla looked down at Wendy. She knew that the Sky Dragonslayer trusted everyone in the guild, but the Exceed didn't feel this was her place to tell. But Wendy would welcome Erza to know. "They think that maybe the dragons have something to do with it."

"It could be a possibility," Erza agreed, "Master should know tomorrow morning at the latest." Carla rested her small body against Wendy's, and nodded to the Redhead's statement. The girl shifted and withdraws from the bedroom. "Goodnight the two of you," she closed the door.

The lights in Erza's room flickered off as she laid herself in the bed. Maybe today was more successful than others would have thought.

Outside her window a small shadow rode into the night.

Others are beginning to learn about Gajeel's and Wendy's chat, but it seems like the most important people, Master, has yet to learn for the support! You don't really see much love for Fem!NatsuxLaxus (since she's always paired up with Male!Lucy or Gray).

darkhuntressxir: They did kinda interrupted her when she was trying to give them the information; but it seems like they will get a chance tomorrow. .

Danizinhachan: They know the spell is in dragon language, but they don't know exactly what spell it is. It was hinted with Freed and Laxus, by the bruise the Green haired now has. Freed obeyed by telling him, but because Laxus had to go to him to find out, is why he got punished; since Freed should have told him before.

rinpup14: We're learning piece by piece, but most leads are pointing to Igneel; but is he, is a question that will be answered later on.