With no more mountain to climb, the three of them deceased down the mountain. After Carla's vision, the duststorm around them disappeared like magic. There was no other signs on the peak that Natsha, or even Grandeeeny was still there.

Carla took a hold of Wendy's shoulders and slowly flew her back down to the next cliff while Erza thrust her sword into the mountainside and climbed down from the peak. Wendy stood there on the cliff and looked up at the peak. A sigh escaped her lips as she looked down at the ground. She was so close to finding her foster mother, yet so far.

Erza's boots landed on the cliff. "We can still go down another one before the sun reaches the horizon," she plainly stated as she stood at the edge. Carla nodded and her wings appeared once more to carry Wendy down to the next cliff. Each cliff was far from each other that her wings needed to rest between each one, which gave enough time for Erza to climb down herself; not wanting to slow down their progress to wait for Carla to regrow her wings to carry her down to the next cliff as well.

"It's easier going down than up," the cat stated as she took hold of Wendy's shoulders once more.

"That's because I'm not slowing everyone down," the girl commented with her eyes on the ground. The two other ones could have gotten up the mountain without any halts, with Carla and her wings, and Erza and her climbing skills.

"If anyone slowing anyone down, that would be me," Erza's firm voice caused the young girl to lift her gaze from the ground and onto her. "I denied Carla's help twice. When we came up and going down."

"B-"

"Not everyone is fast," Carla also commented, "This is the world's highest mountain, for an average human, it would have taken weeks on end to reach the same point as we did."

The scarlet haired blinked as she remembered the bones laying at the top. Whose those were was still a mystery. "It has been past a week since Natsha's disappearance. We have to get back to the guild quickly as possibly to see if the others made any progress. It would be unwell if we haven't gathered any in case if this trail was false and we all wasted our time getting here."

Her head popped up as she was dragged over the edge, "But the dragon tongue!"

"No one knows what it even means."

She couldn't even resort as Carla flew her down the side of the mountain. She glanced upwards where Erza's sword entered the rock and she flung herself over the edge while holding a firm grip onto the handle.

...

Juvia's back was to the rock with the two boys resting on each side of her. Her water resources were drained from that fight with the mole. She barely had enough for herself, but she still gave them slips of her own.

This would have never happened in Fiore.

Juvia would never drain herself like this. Usually she was flooding others with her massive outputs of rain, but now when she needed it the most, she was out. She glanced down to her chest where she used to wear a necklace. To keep the rain away, but it failed its job. She always wondered if it was a charm, opposite from its job, that caused water to surround her.

How she wished she had that now. To bring all of the water in the world to protect her Gray-sama, as well as Sting-san.

She glanced over at the two guys. Each one of them were panting from the intense heat. Gray was never accustomed to such weather as he was raised in the cold. He was mostly likely chosen for this landmark because Master thought he would be able to cold them down; which wasn't something Gray could do when he was sweating out all of his water.

Sting on the other hand looked like he was about to slip out of his clothes from all of the sweat building up.

Juvia blushed at the thought. She only saw one man naked in her life and imagining someone else wasn't something she needed to think about at a time like this.

Neither one of them opened their eyes since the run-in with the giant mole, yet their chests still beat. The girl didn't know what she should do since she was the only one able to move.

She felt lost. "Oh Gray-sama..." she uttered with half-closed eyelids. She lifted her hand and placed it on his forearm. "Juvia-san will save us. Juvia-san won't leave either one of you behind." Her fist in the air slowly went down and she leaned back against the rock which gave each of them shade. Her eyelids fluttered, she felt like she was going to fall asleep in any moment.

Nothing changed when she reopened her eyes other than the sun was lowering down to the ground. She rubbed Gray's forearm, hoping he would wake soon. Her shoulders slumped as the boy stayed sleeping. She wanted to follow him to dreamland. She blinked again and clouds appeared over the sky. Each second it was getting colder and colder in this desert. She unrolled a blanket from her bundle and covered all three of them. It wasn't the nicest of beds, but it would be enough for a rest.

She closed her eyes and felt water against her dried skin. Her eyes widen as she looked above. The clouds that were overhead was now dripping with rain. A smile tugged on her lips as she raised both of her arms and lifting the boys' arms as well.

The water lathered her skin and she couldn't welcome it anymore than she did now. Water was her element, and being drained of it felt like a disaster.

It was a miracle!

Gray's eyelids fluttered as rain dripped down his face. "I-It's raining?" he uttered in a throaty voice.

"Sip, Gray-sama," she smiled as she held out her hands to gather the raindrops.

He obeyed as he say cross legged and held out his hands. The water filled his clasp hands and he lifted them to his mouth, sipping on the water.

Juvia knelt over the blonde and patted his shoulder, "Sting-san, please wake up." She tried shaking him harder and tilted her face to the side. Her smile disappeared. She didn't know how long this rain would last; if Sting didn't wake up he wouldn't have any.

The raven haired unscrewed a bottle and held it up to the sky, "We can save some for him for later."

She gave a slight nod and took out her bottle and his, holding them both up like Gray was doing.

...

Gajeel moaned as he stepped off the ship that carried them back over the sea. His face turned green as he searched for a nearby trashcan; feeling like he was about to unload his gut at any moment. Levy took a hold of his shoulder and tried to keep him balanced, but he dashed forward when he saw a blue bin. He didn't even wait as he hurled inside of it.

She winced and her nose wrinkled. She slowly came up behind him; the smell was breathtaking. Others were avoiding the both of them. Her hand slowly patted his back as he lifted his head out of the bin. He wiped his mouth of the remains with his forearm.

"You alright?" she asked in concern over his well being.

He looked into her eyes and say only one line before turning his back and walking off. "I hate that Pinky."

Pantherlily walked up to the blue haired girl as she watched Gajeel storming through the crowd. "He doesn't mean that...right?" Levy questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"He wouldn't have did the mission in the first place if he didn't." The cat answered with a paw out as he tried to recall everything, "And he did tell everyone about the dragon's trail."

She watched his back with a small blush on her cheeks, 'Would he do the same for me...?'

He took a step forward and glanced back at the bookworm, "Shall we continue?" He gave a slight nod to the direction that Gajeel stomped off to.

"Uh, yeah, of course," she nodded her head and tried to rid her thoughts as she walked next to the small black exceed.

...

The black haired boy stopped in his tracks as he looked up into the air. The sliver haired beauty walked into him, no watching her path. The two of them fell to the ground, tingled together. The cat in the frog suit stood over them with his head tilted to the side with a grin.

"Sorry about that," Mirajane apologized as she lifted herself from on top of him. She patted out her skirt and glanced back down where the boy was still laying. She held out her hand, but he didn't take it. Instead he was looking off into the night sky as if watching for something to happen. His hair blocked one size of his face but he brushed it back to look up. "Is something the matter?"

"It's coming."

"What's coming?"

His eyes did not move from the sky as a shadow appeared over them. As soon as it came, it disappeared. Her eyes widen in shock, "W-What was that?"

He lifted himself from the ground and Fro hopped onto his shoulder. He took a step forward, and without glancing back, he said, "A dragon."

...

Laxus moved through the fog with his hands out in front of him. Three hands were pulling on his shirt and backpack, but none of them slowed down his progress through the fog. His hands were reaching out to feel what was in front of him. He was hoping he would soon find a cat's head between his hands for a certain deed that has been done.

He felt everything but that.

His mind played tricks on him, imaging things that weren't even there. When he grabbed onto a vine, he was certain it was about to wrap around his arm and sink its teeth into him; like a snake would.

The others shared the same thoughts as him. Each time that Evergreen felt something, she would squealed out in freight and walk closer to him; which caused Bickslow to laugh at her misery. Freed was holding onto Laxus' sleeve, not going any lower, while his other arm was stretched out in the same manner that Laxus did.

Bickslow wasn't so smart; he ran into a tree multiple times since he wasn't watching, feeling, his path in front of him like the two others. Ever did not have to do such deed since she followed Laxus' steps closely while she walked behind him.

"Happy!" they called out into the fog; still searching for their missing friend, or how Laxus would describe him, the brat who only wanted to make his life harder than needed. The cat may have learned about Laxus' crush recently, but the exceed always made time within the guild to bug him. Sometimes the blonde was stuck watching over the cat while Natsha was doing errands, or the cat had a habit of napping on top of his head.

A shadow appeared over them.

It went by so fast, but all of the fog that was hovering over them disappeared from the thing's, that created the shadow in the first place, speed.

Each one of them took a step back as they tried following the thing but the fog clouded their vision. They only saw that thing's backside, but it was enough to leave them each standing still.

"That was..." Freed uttered as his hand dropped from Laxus' shoulder.

"It couldn't be," Evergreen mumbled in disbelief. She raised her hands to her glasses and tried to whip them clean. There was no way they actually saw that.

Bickslow's laugh uttered throughout the clearing. "It sure is!" He wanted to cheer. They finally found their lead. "A dragon!"

Laxus, on the other hand, dashed forward. He followed the dragon's direction as he took off through the mist. Where ever that thing was headed was right where Natsha would be; that he needed to be.

"Laxus!" Freed's voice called after him, but he didn't turned around. Like lighting, he moved through the fog in a zap; leaving the others behind in confusion. He didn't have any second thoughts of it; not when he found a trail after all of this searching.

'I'm coming for you, Natsha.'

Took me a while, but the story is actually going. Also, after this story is over with, I'm thinking about making a story where Sting and Laxus are brothers, as well as princes, while Natsha is a princess (king can't decide which son should be the heir to the throne so he makes a rule, whoever Natsha marries will become the next king). Kinda like Three Dates, but with random events in royal fashion (I have been playing too many dating sims). Since I haven't made a story with Sting as the main lead, except in Three Dates (but I'm not making another ending), plus we need Laxus to have a real love rival (since it's mentioned in here Sting has a crush but we all know that won't happen). So yeah, watch out for that story. If you have any ideas for events, tell me because I really want to write a story like this.

rinpup14: She's trying to be at least. It's hard being a child between two mature people (well, one of them is a cat).

darkhuntressxir: Isn't that how Levy got Gajeel? By Pantherlily? Well, that vision was actually happening to them at that moment (before the butt-grabbing scene). But it does mean that that's only the start of the trouble ahead of them.

Danizinhachan: All is forgiven XD Don't worry, I'm not banishing you any time soon XD She may appear, but not before Wendy. Fro's used to spending time with Lector and Sting (if you can't tell...without Fro around him...I don't have much to write about him...heck, in half of this story, I have been forgetting about the exceed until the last minute). Could be either of them. We know Happy has it out for Laxus, while Freed...he's just Freed. Though, i wouldn't think he would go that far out of random...unless it's an accident and he doesn't want to fuss up. I just love writing cute scenes :D Thanks for the review!