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Oh yeah, this chappie is from Eevee's POV~

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Sometimes, Eevee herself wonders if it is worth it – being nice, and all.

Staring at the back of her partner, the less-than-sociable Arrow, she couldn't help but be confused by him. Confused by his every action, his personality, why in the name of Fiore that he did things the way that he did: it wasn't hard for her to be so disconcerted when it came to the Illusion mage, wrapped up in the sheer edge he had. It was this edge, Eevee supposed, that had led them to this situation – running away from their (dare she say it) friend.

Her friend that was, at this very moment in time, trapped inside a collapsing building. But the Fairy Tail mage should trust in her, in Jayne, as the woman should be strong enough to escape. Onibus Theatre wasn't as large as it should be, and it wouldn't be hard to get out of there like they had done. Even if they hadn't taken the typical way out, Jayne seemed like the type of person who wouldn't be trapped in such a thing.

And if Jayne was…

Then Jayne was, and there was nothing that anyone would be able to do to change that.

Arrow, suffice to say, wasn't what she was expecting when it came down to it. At first, back when they met in Alexandria, she felt like he was...misunderstood, if that was the right word for it. He felt cold and distant, like he didn't want anything to do with them even after he had been the one to follow them. The easiest way to say it was that he felt like Laxus - all angry words, and threatening gestures and heavy-handed judgements.

Despite this, Eevee admired Laxus, but that doesn't mean she was friends with him. After all, nobody is friends with Laxus, even if he is a part of Fairy Tail. Yet that was how he was, and no-one would be able to change that about the 'Thunder God'.

The pair of them were, at the moment, underground - using her magic to make travel easier for them, as they headed for their target. Even if the Earth mage thought should really be in the lead, as it was her magic they were using, Arrow demanded to be in the lead. Why he wanted that, she couldn't really say, but if it made him happy then she didn't mind. It's easier to fight your battles when there was a point to them, not when it was over something so trivial.

From the information that they had gathered from the terminal in the theatre, the next part of their mission would be in Narcisca – the 'City of Beauty'. Eevee had always wanted to go, but it was just so out of the way from Magnolia, and the youth had always been busy with missions, or with work, or with searching.

She didn't know what it was that she was searching for, but she felt she would find it soon.

Carving the earth was always an odd feeling to Eevee, but it certainly was helpful. It cut down on travelling expenses so there wasn't much that she could complain about. It also helped them with their current mission, which was not something that the brunette ever expected to do whilst a Fairy Tail mage. Stealing was a big 'no-no' (coining Mirajane's phrase), so her going around stealing objects was quite frankly surreal.

"So, whereabouts in Narcisca do we have to go?" Brought out of her musings by Arrow, she had to fumble for an answer to give him. She was entirely unprepared for the boy to start a question, as he had made his disdain known the last time she had tried to start a conversation.

"Well…" Trailing off, she tried to shrug off the attitude like any Fairy Tail mage should do, trying to remember where they had to go, "…I think we have to go to a shop there?" Not entirely sure, she gave him the safest answer that she could.

"So a shop?" She could tell that he wasn't happy with such a broad and vague statement, but she was too busy concentrating to focus on the conversation at hand.

"A shop." Repeating it, she hoped that he would get the picture without her having to spend too much time explaining. Eevee, sadly, was no Virgo, so she couldn't just drill through the Earth with ease – especially not when she is having a conversation. "In Narcisca."

"Any details on this particular shop?" Eevee wasn't oblivious, even if people thought she was. She could hear the sardonic tone of voice, and she could see just how tense his shoulders are, so she would have to explain quickly otherwise there would be a confrontation that would end badly.

She's had experiences with battles underground, and they never went well.

Never.

But, Eevee supposed, it came with the territory of fighting underground, and until she has mastery over the Earth like Jura, then she will never be able to make fighting underground perfectly safe. If she slacks for a moment, then it can end very badly. Hence why she is being so blunt with the boy, for she has to keep her concentration on what she is doing. She didn't want to end up crushed under her own stone whilst she was doing this, which she was warned countless times about.

"It's green." If she was in any other situation, then she would be mortified with how she was acting, but just this once she will let herself off. "And covered in moss."

"Thanks Sherlock. I wouldn't have been able to gather that from where we were heading. It's not as if Narcisca wasn't known for being covered in nature or anything." She could see the male turn towards her, patronising glint in his eyes, as he belittled her. She just remained silent, just like she already did, and focussed on the task at hand.

"So we have to go north?" Seeing the faint nod in the gloom, she couldn't help but ask a question that had been on her mind for a while. "Umm…how are you making light?" It was a completely legitimate question in her eyes, as she didn't understand how he had managed to do it.

"Well, it's to do with this little trinket we picked up." Lifting the sabre, she still didn't see how it linked together. Seeing the clueless expression, the caustic teen only sighed before elaborating.

"It augments my magic."

"…but…" Blushing, she had to slow down the digging to formulate a response. "Well, umm…" Luckily, she didn't have to explain, as he seemed to sense what she wanted.

"This artefact, or weapon, or whatever it is supposed to be called, augments your magical abilities it seems." Gripping the pommel of the blade purposefully, he made exaggerated swings in the tightly confined space, punctuating his statement with each swing. "So this 'sabre' helps whomever with their magic."

How does that work? The question must have been written over her face, as her question was answered a moment later.

"I can't answer that." She couldn't help but sigh at that, slightly despondent that she wouldn't be able to get an answer to her question. "But I'll try to tell you when we leave."

Is that supposed to be an incentive? Regardless of whether it was or not, it gave her reason enough to push herself further, harder, faster. She may not show it often, but underneath the surface (the earthy, slightly-shy plain surface) she has a competitive streak a mile wide. It came with being a part of Fairy Tail, and you can't be a Fairy Tail mage without some sliver of competitiveness within you.

"If you get there in the next…" She could see him glance at his watch, "twenty or so minutes, then maybe I'll tell you. But I doubt that you'll be able to get there in time, so don't even bother." Even if he was the source of light, she couldn't help but feel as if it would be worth it to knock him unconscious and just drag him along. A thought that was becoming more and more common the longer she spent around the boy.

She should really practice the 'Three Cs' Jayne told her about (if only briefly). It would certainly help her be able to better manage her uncharacteristic emotions around the boy. He seemed to make her feel different, which wasn't necessarily a good thing. Or a bad thing. Only time will tell, if it was a good thing or a bad thing, and she may not usually be a pessimist, but she couldn't help but feel as if it would be a bad thing.

"Ok." Resolve in place, Eevee increased the radius of the magic circle in front of them, the pale yellow growing into a lustrous gold as she forced more magic into the spell. The Earth, as if responding to the spell, started to crumble - speeding past the duo as they rocketed through the ground at intense speeds. Eevee couldn't help but smile slightly as the reluctantly impressed boy lost his balance, unable to stand up at the high velocity that they were travelling at.

"...So you're taking this seriously then." Despite the high speeds, Eevee could still hear what he was saying, a slight blush on her face from both exertion and embarrassment. "I see. He was right after all."

He? Now that was curious. Eevee couldn't help but focus on that word, slightly intrigued by who it referred to. Could it have referred to Carbuncle (a notion that was quickly removed from her head when she realised that there was no prior meeting between the two) or someone that she knew from Fairy Tail? Feeling her mind coming up blank, there was little for her to do other than carry on pouring magic into the spell.

Maybe one day I'll meet this 'He'.

Pushing the conundrum out of her mind, if only for the time being, she carried on digging. It may not be a battle, but it was close enough in her eyes to count, so she may as well try her very best. Even if the thought of finding out who this 'He' was, it wasn't so important that she could turn her head away from what was currently going on to think about it. The fate of the world didn't hang on whether or not she found out about it, and she wasn't the type of person to actively hunt down everything about someone.

If they wanted to tell her about themselves, then they could. And she would listen, and help out if she could. For that was her life.

"I think we are…" Taking a deep breath, she put on one last bit off speed, breaking through the earth and out onto a rocky outcropping. Skyrocketing into the air, the duo could only share a single thought of 'oh-god-oh-god-oh-god-oh-god-HELP-ME' - even if they didn't outright state it, and fell to the ground in a style reminiscent to that of a pair of birds. A pair of birds that had forgotten how to fly, and subsequently they landed in an unceremonious heap on the floor.

Moaning in the crumpled heap they were in, Eevee just hoped that she hadn't destroyed something that cost a lot of money, as otherwise The Master would not be pleased. He already has to pay far too much from Natsu alone, and she didn't want to add to that by destroying some property or expensive junk that would cost the guild greatly. She had destroyed one thing once, a long time ago when she was first starting out, and has learnt to avoid doing so.

Mirajane can be scary when she wanted to be.

"As I was trying to say…" Wondering why his voice caught in his throat, Eevee tried to find what had caught his attention, a feat that didn't appear to be too hard, given their current situation. They were surrounded.

Surrounded by, well, people.

Crawling up to her feet, Eevee could only blush, as the brutally shy teen felt the eyes of hundreds on her. They were on a plateau, in the middle of nowhere, in front of a locomotive. For once, Arrow didn't have anything rude to say, shocking Eevee immensely. Usually (one could only assume that he was always like this, and that it wasn't because of him-her-them-us-me) he would have something to say in this situation, but it seemed even he came up short when it came to what was currently going on.

A blush emblazoned on her face like a conspicuous medal, she could only stare at the ground in embarrassment and shame. Even if Eevee knew deep down that there was really no reason to be ashamed, she couldn't help herself. So all that could be done was for her to wait until something broke the atmosphere.

"...Hello." Surprisingly, the cordial greeting came from Arrow, who was now grinning awkwardly at the crowd. "I don't suppose you could tell us where we are? My friend here," He gestured to Eevee, whom didn't notice, "Eevee, made a mistake and we should really be getting to Narcisca really soon." Attention overpowering her natural instinct of hide, she let herself give a brief greeting before returning to her previous position. "As you can see, Eevee really isn't confident…" Eevee could feel the stares on her as he continued talking; growing steadily more self-conscious the further he went.

"Ohh…" A collective groan seemed to pass through them, as if they were expecting them to be something else. "So you aren't here to fix the engine." A male (or at least, what sounded like a male to her) spoke up, as the congregation dissipated when they realised that it wasn't who they were after.

"The engine?" Now that the spotlight was off them, Eevee marvelled at just how arbitrary people are, before turning her attention to the new morsel of information. "How long have you been here?" Now that there was time to actually think about it, just how long have they been there in the first place? She couldn't even think of it being longer than a few hours, but something just seemed to suggest that they had been there longer than they were supposed to.

"Yup. There was an issue with the engine, and ever since we've been waiting." Flicking a hand behind her head, Eevee could get a good look of the young girl.

Towering above her (though that wasn't a massive achievement, considering she herself was only Five foot One), the other female shared similarities to her that couldn't just be ignored - in her eyes. Long, mahogany tresses that mimicked the colour of hardwood and a figure that was quite like her own, but not quite - enough differences to make them unique, but enough similarities to make them look related. A primary difference was their skin colour, the taller girl's mocha skin completely different to her own, and the fact that the smiling girl was slightly thinner that her.

If she didn't know better, and was a few years younger, Eevee would have assumed they were sisters.

But she was old enough to not get her hopes up.

"And to answer your other question, we've been here for a few days." Laughing slightly, she threw a small smile at her, honey eyes twinkling slightly as she did so. "We've been waiting a few days for a maintenance team to come, but…" Downcast, the seemingly chirpy girl seemed to dim a little, before returning to her previous self a few moments later.

"So you've been here for a few days?" Startled, and slightly awed, Eevee was mentally derailed as she realised that they had been there for days. "How come you didn't try to walk there?" Even she would have tried to get to civilisation if she was stranded.

"Well...I would have left, but I don't know the way." Sheepish, something seemed to cross across the unknown girls face, culminating into some form of surprise, wide, round eyes seeming to smile. "I've not introduced myself, have I?" With a mock curtsy, she introduced herself to the two of them, who replied in kind.

"So your name is Jessica, right? Any last name." Arrow bit out, dropping the kind act now that no-one else was around. "Please say you have a last name and that you aren't gonna drown us in your sob-story." Exasperated, he did a complete shift, storming away from them and into the nearby foliage. "You do, don't you? That's it I'm gone."

"Sorry, but I...have to…" Unsure, and somewhat conflicted over what to do, she was given a small smile and a gentle 'go on' before following in his footsteps. It was almost, ironically, like a bunny chasing a big bad wolf, and if she was an outsider then she would have chuckled at the like-ness.

In fact, Jessica did chuckle, slowly falling into hysterics as the likeness hit her with the full-force of a freight train. Fingering her pack carefully, she slipped a petite hand into the cream hand-bag, daintily pulling out an opalescent Lacrima crystal. Flipping through the contents, a slight smile on her face, it seemed to grow in intensity when she came to a specific profile. Picking it, she didn't have to wait long for the owner to answer, a gruff voice following the dial.

"Hi, Nikita, could you contact him please?" Fiddling with a strand of hair, she twirled it in her hands, rapidly becoming bored with the procedure.

"Him? Why?"

"More mages have appeared. We managed to record that red-headed mage and his friend, the blonde one. Though it is doubtful they survived, since all of them went off the plateau." A short burst of laughter followed, the man on the other side finding the entire thing to be amusing.

"Any information we should pass on?"

"Let's just say that, one of them is related to our needs." Jessica could hear the question in his voice, and resigned herself to explain to her slightly less intelligent best friend.

"How so…"

For Eevee, running wasn't exactly the greatest thing in the world, but she could run when needed.

But that didn't mean she had to like it.

...the child seems to be rubbing off on me...Hoping that she wouldn't pick up anymore traits from the team - she wouldn't know what to do with herself if she picked up Jayne's optimism, or Blaine's cool temperament, or Mavis forbid Carbuncle's Bitchiness (which probably could think for itself, it was that much of a thing) - she focused on the task set before her.

Following Arrow.

It was blatantly obvious to her that he wasn't trying to hide where he was going, almost making it seem like he wanted her to follow him. Dashing through foliage like a small yet determined rabbit in the big wide forest, Eevee was determined to find him. She wanted to know why he had left so abruptly, why he was so angry, and most importantly he was acting so mercurial. Leaping over branches, piercing barriers of leaves and dodging errant branches, Eevee was honestly surprised that she hadn't been hit yet by any barricades.

It wasn't long until she arrived; spotting the slightly hunched figure of Arrow, seemingly out of place surrounded by the natural wildlife. Cascades of water, starting their long journey to the sea, plummeted off the side of the mountain, streaks of cobalt veiling the craggy rock below. A short expanse of green, almost as vivid as her own prized pendant, blanketed the ground, lilac wildflowers blooming and flourishing in the green bed. With one step forward, she slowly took it all in, making her way toward the immobile figure of Arrow.

"Pretty isn't it?" Stressing the word 'pretty', Arrow gestured the girl towards him, to sit by his side as he watched the world below. Seeing no reason not to, she stepped towards the boy, crouching down by his side - but not too close to the edge. She was afraid of heights, and she didn't want to embarrass herself more than she has done already.

"I suppose." Awkward, she really tried to keep the conversation going, but she couldn't really think of anything to say. Well, anything nice to say. To her, the earth seemed fake - as if it was trying to pretend to be something it wasn't, and the green grass didn't feel like grass and the water just seemed far too blue.

It unnerved her.

It, she supposed, fitted Arrow - the boy who seems to have far too many secrets and a name that wasn't a name.

"So what do you think of the rest of them?" She must have said 'them' out loud, because he explained what he meant a moment later. "You know the rest of 'Crystallux' - or whatever you call yourselves." Letting out an 'oh', she realised what he meant after that.

"I don't know?" She saw him raise an eyebrow speculatively, as if he didn't believe what she was saying. "I really don't know what to think of them, to be honest." Eevee was surprised that she didn't stutter. Normally she does that when she has to talk about herself.

"You don't know? How do you not know?" Feeling the antagonism, she started to shrink into herself, not exactly finding the atmosphere pleasant. "Fine then. If you don't know, you don't know. Whaddya' feel about this mission anyway?" The sabre was pushed towards her, plain pommel looking tantalising to touch as it drew near. Snaking a hand towards it, she picked up the weapon, looking into the reflective surface of the blade.

Eevee let out a high-pitched scream as a lance of white-hot pain coursed through her body as a result. Hearing the clatter of steel on earth, she cradled the injured arm, whimpering as she tried to stop the pain. Letting out a strangled curse, she was reduced to hyperventilating until it faded away, dying down into some tiny, irritating sliver that would remain.

"W-What was that?" Staring betrayed, Eevee was unprepared for the tiny smirk on his face. He was looking at her, re-evaluating her with his eyes, the orbs categorising her in his head. "W-Why are you staring like that?" She was becoming unnerved at the intent stare, unused to such a stare being thrown at her.

"You felt it didn't you?" Eevee nodded, thinking he was referring to the broken artefact. "I see. It seems that it only affects people with magic." With his experimental hypothesis in hand, he returned the artefact to where he was storing it.

"If it only affects people with magic, then why did we find it in a non-magic antique shop?" Everything about their chosen mission had gone smoothly, up until they had headed to the theatre in Onibus. "Wouldn't it be more at home in a magic shop or something?"

"Probably, but it make sense that it was there as well." Staring out into the horizon, a deep expanse of black, he seemed thoughtful about something. "No-one else there seemed to have been effected when they touched this thing, so it must of wound up there as they weren't harmed trying to carrying it."

"Makes sense…" She was being completely truthful when she said that, as when you think about it, no mage would be able to use it if it hurt them from use. The only one who seemed to be resistant to it was Arrow, which really didn't make sense to her. "But why are you able to use it."

"I imagine it real. My magic, enhanced by this, makes it stronger, so in essence I am tricking the artefact into thinking it is complete when in all actual fact it isn't." Eevee was going to be honest when she says that she doesn't really understand just how it works, but was just going to nod her head and say yes.

She doesn't want to look like a complete idiot, after all.

"Ok…" Changing the subject, she was reminded of the deal they made before. "How did you create light before, whilst we were underground?" As the victor, she earned her answer.

"I used illusion magic. And the artefact. Which made it possible." Smug smirk in place, he answered the question without actually answering it, making her pout in dismay. "Are you...pouting?" Eliciting a rough bark from him, she was surprised to hear anything other but grunts and moans from him.

"...Yes." Depressed, she tried to change the subject once more; however, Arrow wasn't letting that happen, repeating annoying statements over and over again in an attempt to rile her temper for his cruel enjoyment. "Stop bullying me." She was 'confident' and independent, so if he wanted a fight…

He'll get a fight.

"But it's too fun." The phrase may have meant to sound like whiny child, it just came out threatening when said by him. A short lived silence followed that statement, before he stood from his spot. Following his every move with her eyes, she waited until he was at the exit of the glade before following. It was when she arrived, that he dropped a bombshell on her.

"Her name was Rydia. Rydia 'Jessica' Skywalker. I'm looking for her." Walking into the gloom, she was left alone at the border, left to think about who this person was to him.

"Rydia Skywalker huh…" It was farfetched that the Jessica they met was the same one, but it would explain why he was so old to the other one. Moving forward, she picked up the pace, running after the distancing boy.

She was looking for someone too.

"Hey wait…" Seeing him come to a stop, she slowed down until she was face to face with him, the male now curious as to why the normally withdrawn teen was so desperate for his attention.

"I-I am looking for somebody too...we could look together?" She proposed to him, reaching out to touch his arm as she did so, reminiscent of how they first met. Getting no other response, other than him tearing himself away from her grip, leaving her behind once more as he moved, walking deeper into the foliage.

"What music do you like?" To say that she was bewildered would be an understatement.

"Trimens. And why would you ask that?"

"Aren't we supposed to get to know each-other if we are doing this travelling thing?" Unsure if she heard correctly, Eevee asked him to repeat himself, smile plastered on her face as he nodded.

Guess like they were in it for the long haul then, him and her, Arrow and Eevee, until they find the truth.

"So...about the Trimens…" The wince on his face was painfully obvious as he said their name.

"What?" One minute he was there, the next minute he wasn't, a faint after-image refracting light as he ran away. "H-Hey, don't leave me."

So Eevee ran, following an image that both was and wasn't there.

...Why did she get the feeling that this would be common?

Chapter 8, Fin~

This chapter lacks humour, and I'm so sorry about that T.T. Next chapter will be from Carbuncle, so we'll get the return of sarcasm. And OMG There is only two chapters left until we get into the Sapphire Arc, and I haz plans for that~

You might get some answers for once, instead of questions~

And Styles don't worry your OC will be here soon - next chappie if my notes are correct~

Anyway, I'm sorry that this chapter isn't good, and I hope you can forgive me for being bad at stories T.T

Welp, this is the OC table~

OC Table:

Ocs introduced:

The Lazy Bitch's: Zimi

QueenKazza's: Jayne

Hikari-Angel143's: Eevee

motordog's: Blaine

Arcobaleno-Lover's: 'Arrow'

Cute-Kawaii-Girl's: Hale

Hollow-Kyuubi's: Iname Kagero

Apostle of Regeneration's: ? - (Spoilers~)

LyricsgirlR5's: Jessica

Oc's mentioned:

Saiyan-Styles': ? - (Hidden to avoid spoilers :D)

Arcobaleno-lover's: Rydia

LyricsgirlR5's: Nikita

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