DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail the honor belongs solely to Mr. Hiro Mashima-sama.

Ahem! Before you begin reading I would just like to say sorry to those who don't approve of Bixlow and Lisanna. But dangit, I don't see anyone in the guild that can make Lisanna lose her cool. So yeah he might not be prince charming, or as good looking as Natsu. But hey it's not like they're gonna get married or anything. Right? Hmmm.. I swear I shall strive not to put them in any compromising situations but in my advance defense I am the type of author who can easily be led by the stories I create.

Bixlow: GOOD!

LIssana drags Bixlow off somewhere. *Silence and then a scream.*

Lisanna: Let's just get on with the story. I can handle myself, thank you very much.

Bixlow: Man. You're a girl after my heart. For you, I can handle any magic even White Magic.

Here is a quote of Lissana to Lucy (in the manga) "Make sure you always stay close to Natsu. When the comrades he trusts are near him... Natsu gets even stronger." (Is this a spoiler?)

Bixlow: heh. You're too nice. But you can be who you really are with me.

Lisanna: Are you insinuating I'm fake?

Bixlow: Hell no. All I'm saying is you're too good. You were willing to stay in Edolas just to make sure your siblings there won't be sad. But babe, with me you can be selfish for once. I won't mind if you use me as ranting board, a tissue for your tears or scratch pad for your tiger form. No one can be that nice without getting hurt. And you've been hurt, that's why I won't mind if all you see in me is some pervert after some easy way of getting good time, if it makes you smile along the way.

Us: "….."

Bixlow: tch. I'm good.

Evil aura fills the room.

Me: Right. On with the show.

Chapter Six

Lia

(Levy's POV)

Staring at the dark colored pouch, I was struck by how ordinary it looked. I expected it to be made out of some gossamer silk with golden stitching on it. But it looked just like any other pouch in the world. Shaking my head, I wrote above the pouch 'reveal'. The word solidified for a minute from a golden color it changed into white and then black and disappeared.

Sensing the others inquisitive looks, I shrugged saying, "I expected it was just a form to fool people on thinking it was just an ordinary pouch. The pouch itself doesn't have any magic in it but something inside has been imbedded with magic though."

"What do you mean, Levy?" Erza asked me clearly interested.

"The golden hue in the word meant there were no illusions in its form. You all saw how it turned into white, which meant there is something in it that has magic. As for the black, it showed that there is more than one thing embedded in magic."

Nodding at the helpfulness of the spell they all stared at the pouch again.

Frowning, Natsu said "So what's in it?"

"I don't know flame breath maybe you should open it and take a look since she gave it to you after all."

"Shut up, ice pop!"

"You want to have a go, ash-brain?"

I shook my head at the two's quarrel. Glancing at Gajeel, I blushed. Ever since the S-class examinations, I've been looking for the best way to confess to him. Looking at Juvia who was trying to stop Gray from taking off his pants and Lucy was trying to restrain Natsu. Somehow the three of us, sure know how to pick them. Just then an arm I knew very well reached for the pouch. My hand swiftly came up to grip Gajeel's wrist effectively stopping him and everyone else from moving.

"What are you doing?" I asked him, the worry evident in my voice.

He looked at me and said "Well we all can't open the pouch at the same time. Plus if we wait for fire-breath here to do it, we'll be stuck here for another day." We ignored Natsu scream an affronted 'hey' at this.

Gajeel continued on as if no one spoke, "Also you didn't mention any spell placed on the pouch to stop us from checking out what's in it."

Hearing his logic, I let go of his wrist. "Okay, how about you open it and let the contents drop to the table just to be sure."

Smirking at me, Gajeel did as I instructed. It felt like we were all holding our breath as the objects fell to the surface of the table.

"What the heck." I heard Gray mutter.

On the surface were three unlikely items. An indigo diary, a set of keys on a blue gemmed leaf keychain and an old flat folded photograph holder.

We all exchange looks of disbelief at the simplicity of the objects. For despite their simple looks it was quite obvious that they were pretty old. Maybe older than Master Makarov.

~0~X~0~X~0~

(Lisanna's POV)

"What the. That's it?" Bixlow asked the doll in front of him. The doll grew quiet as if it was listening to someone and nodded that yes that was it.

"Shesh. I expected at least that there would be a locket or pendant. Maybe even a letter or a map. Right, Lisanna?"

I stared at Bixlow, annoyed. I could still remember him stating a while ago about how the outer wasn't that important. Perhaps sensing my annoyance at him, Bixlow opened his mouth and said, "Oh, sorry babe. Do you want some of this fondant?"

I restrain myself from banging my head again. Staring at the gauze pads that hid the claw marks I left on him, I wonder if maybe he might have bled too much. While I was pondering this, he somehow manages to take a piece of his cake to my mouth. As I felt the warm gooey chocolate, I realized that he was giving me the best part of the fondant. I opened my mouth eating the piece and feeling my face warm up.

"Bixlow, what are you doing?" A soft voice suddenly says out of nowhere.

Looking up, I saw my older sister giving off an obviously familiar dark aura. As the seith mage tried to explain his actions, I look on to Natsu who was staring at Lucy with an incredulous expression. He used to only take missions with Happy but now he can't bear to go on one without Lucy and the others. I wonder if he has realized how much he has changed. I licked the chocolate off of my lips and smiled thinking I should help out Bixlow.

Just then Cana passed our table. Bixlow stopped his long winding excuses to stare at Cana's chest. At this, Mira-nee pulled him off to somewhere. I took the remains of the fondant and ate it.

"Serves him right." I muttered.

"That's right!" The three dolls left at the table said. Now grinning, I proceeded on listening on to the team's conversation while looking at them less discreetly now. Honestly, they haven't noticed the doll floating above their heads all this time so I doubt they'll notice me.

~0~X~0~X~0~

(Lucy's POV)

I looked at Levy's surprised look and grasped the keys. At this everyone in the table burst into action. Erza gripped her sword. Gray and Juvia stared at the keys as if waiting for it to do something. The Exceeds were staring at me as if I was an idiot. Levy took hold of the diary as Gajeel went for the thin box.

Natsu was looking at me incredulously. Snapping to attention he screamed at me, "What the heck are you doing? What if there some booby trap spells on it?"

I rolled my eyes at him, "If there were then I would have noticed that by now. Natsu have you forgotten I have keys of my own plus I would have known if there were spells on it."

"How's that Lucy-san?" Juvia asked me.

I grinned at her, "In order to tell the difference between fake stellar keys my teacher taught me to distinguish the magic embedded on a key."

"So how come you couldn't tell if the pouch didn't have any magic in it or not in the first place, bunny girl?"

I gritted my teeth, "How come you didn't know there were metal keys in it, Gajeel?"

The dragon slayer smirked at me. Wendy and the Exceeds were looking on puzzled.

"I don't get it."

"For once ash-brain, I know how you feel."

Before another fight could ensue Erza cleared her throat and said, "Levy's magic showed that the pouch was indeed a pouch and that there were items in it that had magic. I think that would be the standard answer if anyone else tried figuring out the pouch."

Erza took the pouch and flipped it inside out. Seeing the dark blue satin inside, we saw that there were runes written all over it. Levy reached for it and examined it.

"Amazing. The runes created a barrier over the objects. It's not a barrier that would protect it though from being stolen though. Its use is to confuse anyone trying to figure out if what's within it was dangerous or not. The barrier itself is another pouch. My magic only took to account the physical pouch not the barrier one."

"So it's not dangerous?" Natsu asked now even more confused.

"They aren't dangerous Natsu, the barrier only makes anyone think that they might be dangerous." Looking at Levy running her hands over the pouch, Lucy could see the admiration the mage had for the one who created the barrier.

"Ahm. Guys." A soft voice said.

Before I could look for the source of the voice, Levy was talking again "Amazing. It's a barrier that both hides and influences people. The runes itself are ancient. Maybe older than the ones Freed uses."

"GUYS!"

We all snapped our heads to Wendy who had shouted. But she and the Exceeds were all looking at something with fear in their eyes.

"What the fuck?" Gajeel muttered.

Right in front of Wendy was the diary that Levy was previously holding. It was opened wide. We looked on as words started appearing on the clean pages. It felt like we were looking on as the story literally wrote itself.

"Na-natsu is it a a gh-ghost?" Happy choked out.

Gulping, Natsu hesitantly replied "I don't think it's a ghost." He then looked at Levy pleadingly.

Levy in turn stared at the diary. "Nope. I think it's just a spell. But why did it activate just now, that I don't know."

In a few minutes, the writing had cease. The ink was gleaming on the pages. We all looked at Levy expecting her to read it but it seems even the bookworm was thinking twice on doing it. So Erza reached for it saying simply that she wished to read herself. No one uttered a word as we listened with bated breath.

Dearest Lia,

I know that if you were reading this now it would all sound like a silly romantic cliché but bear with me for this is how I saw our fateful meeting. Autumn was just starting to fall in Dark Cove when you arrived. I can still see it as if it were yesterday. There you were in the forest. Amidst the softly falling leaves you were dancing and laughing. You would keep on urging me to dance with you and to enjoy the artistic beauty of nature.

Finally, I relented at the childish act. As we danced there in the middle of the silent forest. For once I was able to see it not as a desolate place that it always was for me but of the wonderland it was in your eyes.

But I wonder if you realized that you were far more beautiful than trees or the fluttering amber leaves. You with your long straight ebony hair, with your silver eyes and your porcelain skin amidst the sea of brown and yellow you were blue and silver. You were wearing a blue empire dress then, don't you remember? If I could compare you to anything in this world, I would compare you to a beautifully cut sapphire.

Did you know that sapphires are known for their healing qualities? If so, I would like you to know that at that moment in time. As we danced our clumsy rendition of the waltz, you were slowly healing my broken heart and soul.

You're ever faithful,

James

Erza dropped the book. We all looked at each other tingling in shock.

Wendy then uttered the question that was haunting everyone, "Did he really use to live in Dark Cove?"

~0~X~0~X~0~

(Lisanna's POV)

"Lisanna, I've never been one to believe in coincidences." Bixlow said quietly.

"Neither do I." A voice said. Looking around we saw Master Makarov, on his shoulder was a totem doll.

"Tch. Maybe you should postpone the test, old man."

I silently agreed to what Bixlow was saying. But the Master shook his head. Looking at the Bixlow, I was surprised to see that his five dolls were all clumped together as if they were trying to hide from something.

"Mirajane, I hope the pairing would go according to plan."

"Of course, Master." Nee-san said, smiling happily.

For once I was glad that Nee-san was now such a dedicated matchmaker. We all knew she would make sure that everyone would be paired off with the best people they ought to have as a partner.

"I just hope nothing bad will happen to ruin your pairings, Mira." Bixlow muttered.

"He's right, nee-san."

"Don't worry Lisanna. All would go according to plan."

"Heh. Does that mean Evergreen is gonna get paired off with Elfman and I'm going get to be with Lisanna?"

At this Master Makarov, left the table muttering about "foolish men with suicidal tendencies."

I sweat dropped as I watch my sister gripping Bixlow by his helmet. I could have sworn I just heard the metal creak.

I think Mirajane seriously hates the thunder tribe by now. LoL I mean what with Evergreen & Elfman saying they were gonna get married during the S-class examination and now Bixlow hitting on her younger sister. Oh and let's not forget about Freed.

Freed: Huh? What did I do?

Me: Nevermind.( Fairy Tail everyone is a bit dense here, aren't they?)