Rogue's POV

We walked in silence for about an hour. It would probably take about a day and a half to get to Rond town since we're walking. Lucy was walking with Plue in her arms.

"Hey Rogue? How did you meet Frosch?" she asked me. I smiled at the memory.

"Well I was walking to a town when I was small and I heard something crying, I followed it and it turned out to be Frosch. Apparently he was crying because he found out that he wasn't a frog. And that's when I got him his frog suit" I explained. She laughed.

"He really loves frogs" she stated whilst giggling.

"Yes, and he is terrified of worms" I told her. She looked at me shocked.

"He's afraid of worms? I didn't expect that" she said thoughtfully. I decided to tell her about how I found this out.

"I was walking in a field with long grass and Frosch was walking behind me. After a couple of minutes I realised that he wasn't behind me anymore and, of course, I panicked. I backtracked and found him stiff in fear. I saw what he was looking at and it was a caterpillar. He is absolutely terrified of any type of worm. The same happened when he saw an earthworm. Apparently this one was scarier because it 'had no head'" I told her. I was smiling at the memory of how long it took to calm him down.

We walked and spoke about various things, from her past to her fears to what she loves. I told her about how I met Sting and Lector and how we joined Sabertooth and made it the strongest guild along with Minerva, Rufus and Orga.

Before we knew it, it was night. We decided to stay at a roadside inn that was about a mile away. We walked on and suddenly Lucy stopped and looked around her.

"Lucy what's wrong?" I asked her. She looked around her some more before looking at me.

"Let's keep moving, I have a suspicious feeling" she said and grabbed my hand dragged me along.

I heard someone calling in the distance, I looked around me. In front of us, some distance away, there was a really odd looking guy. He carried a big shield and a lance. He also wore armour. Lucy saw him and froze. She then promptly hid behind me.

"Don't let him see me please" she begged. I am really confused. Is she scared of this guy? He looks like he is in a world of his own. He walked by us then suddenly stopped. I felt Lucy shiver behind me. I am really, very confused now.

"Is that you my Lulu-charma?" he asked. Lulu-charma? Who the hell is that? I felt Lucy freeze behind me. Is he talking about her?

"LULU-CHARMA, I love you! I missed you my love! This is a fated reunion that only proves that we are bound by fates red string! Now we can finally get married!" he was doing some strange poses.

"Don't call me that and leave me alone!" Lucy started to run away. What the hell is happening?

"Lu-pi, I should make you into my lovely ornament. Or maybe a strap?" he seemed to be thinking something over. He then looked like he had an idea. Before I could do anything Lucy wasn't there anymore. What? Where is she? I looked around but then heard her. I looked down, she was tiny. And even though she was tiny she looked furious. She then started to have a bit of a tantrum and who could blame her? I turned to the weirdo.

"Change her back." My voice was menacing and scary. He looked shocked.

"I will never give you my Lu-pi! How dare you get in the way of two star crossed lovers" he accused me. Star crossed lovers? What the hell? This guy was starting to piss me off.

"Shadow-dragons roar" a black stream of shadows went towards him. He lifted his shield and they bounced off. I was shocked. What in the world?

"Rogue, try to avoid hitting his shield! It repels all attacks" Lucy screamed from the ground. Since Plue was still there he shrunk also but he was so small I could hardly see him.

I turned into a shadow and hit him really hard in the back of the head. Probably a bit too hard but I was pissed off. Then I couldn't believe what happened next. He ran away with tears in his eyes shouting about how cruel fate was. I looked at Lucy for an explanation.

"DAN, turn me back right now!" she screamed at the retreating figure. But he did no such thing. She looked at me.

"What am I going to do now? I don't want to stay tiny, and how am I supposed to do the mission?" she asked no one in particular.

Lucy's POV

Well this is splendid. What am I going to do now?

"Lucy, should we go back to the guild and see if Wendy or Porlyusica to see if they can do anything. You can't do the mission in this state" rogue suggested. I sighed and nodded. I felt myself being picked up and I saw that Rogue had put me on his shoulder.

"Don't you dare laugh" I said. He was chuckling.

"What was that all about?" he asked. So I told him all about the nuisance known as Dan Straight. By the end of it he was laughing and I was pouting. We walked in the dark for a while.

"Aren't you tired Rogue?" I asked him. He shook his head.

"You can sleep if you want" he said. And before I knew it I fell asleep.

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I woke up to Rogue calling my name. It was morning and we were outside the guild. Rogue entered it. I bet I was going to get laughed at.

"Rogue? Have you completed the mission already? And where's Lucy?" Mira asked him.

"Well, we ran into a bit of trouble on the way there" he picked me up and showed me to Mira. She looked at me for a minute. She then squealed really loudly. The whole guild looked at us. Mira snatched me from Rogue and showed me to the guild.

"She's so cute!" she squealed some more. The rest of the guild started laughing at me. This was going to be a long day.