(So the fight scene kind of sucked. I'm not good at fight scenes. Plus I wanted to make it quick and get further into the story. So yeah…)

"Oi! Who's the pretty ladies?" A muscly man shouted, walking towards us.

The crowd of thieves guffawed as if it was hilarious.

I put on an innocent smile, "Um… We're kind of lost. I-If you could show us the way to Magnolia, we'd be grateful."

Levy was smiling at them too.

The man, who seemed to be the leader, had a confident smirk. The other thieves were emerging from tends and becoming a crowd around us.

"Well, Well. It wouldn't be courteous of us to not help pretty little things like you. How about you stay with us for a while, hmm?" The leader asked with a hearty laugh.

Levy giggled and I took a step closer to the leader, acting flirty as I hummed, "Want to know a secret?"

He leaned forward until his face was close to mine and I had to fight not to knee him in the gut. "Is it a flirty secret? Because if it is, I'm all ears."

I smirked and leaned back, "Well truth is, we're not lost. And we're not here looking to flirt. We're Fairy Tail wizards."

Immediately his expression changed and I spotted a guy to the right pulling out a sword. I turned quick as a snake and a blue magic circle appeared around my wrist as my right hand made a fist. Water swirled around my fist as I lunged forward and punched the guy hard, smashing him into the ground. Water Dragon's Storm Fist.

As all the thieves around us drew weapons I put a foot on the now unconscious guy's chest and decided it was time for backup.

"Jet! Now!" I yelled.

I saw a blur as Jet ran in, using his incredible speed to run past all the men and grab their weapons. The poor thieves looked confused and shocked.

Levy called out, "Droy, Now!"

Droy came into view and threw his magic seeds at the feet of the thieves, "Chain Plant!"

The seeds rapidly grew into vines that twirled around all the bandits, trapping them like rope.

The leader struggled, "Damn it!" He began to curse us out.

I looked at Levy, "Levy can you please…" I trailed off as she nodded.

She raised a hand and began writing the word, directing it at the thieves, "Silence!" All the thieves were moving their lips to yell and curse but nothing came out.

I breathed in relief, "Thanks."

Levy smiled, "Wow, that was easy." Thieves weren't really good fighters.

I nodded, "Now, we rummage the camp for anything they stole and give it to the mayor, get our reward from Ikki, and head on back to the guild. I look forward to seeing if Macao is back."

"There was a book stealing job on the board that I was thinking about, I hope it's still there when we get back." Levy told me.

Jet and Droy came to stand with us.

"But what do we do with these thieves?" Droy asked us.

I crossed my arms, looking over at the struggling thieves, "I say we give them over to the mayor and he can put them in the town jail to rot."

Jet glared at the thieves, "I say we leave them here to rot."

"Oh come on Jet, We can't just leave them here, that doesn't solve anything." Levy scolded him.

He sighed, "I guess you're right."

I was deep in thought. "How to get them to the mayor though… Hmm. Jet, do a quick search of the camp for stolen goods, please."

He nodded and went speeding through camp, and returned with a chest of gold. "Looks stolen to me."

I nodded.

Droy spoke up, "I could make a Holder Plant, it's a new spell I learned. We could carry the stolen gold and the thieves on it, and you could use your water to make the leaf move with us."

I looked at him, "Good idea. Okay Droy, Use your magic."

He threw a magic seed with poofed into a giant green leaf. I put out a hand and made a magic circle, "Water Wave." I murmured under my breath.

Water gushed out from the magic circle and went to move under the leaf, like soft wave that flowed in place and down to keep the leaf in place.

"Levy, would you?" I asked her. I could feel my magic slowly draining. It was like driving a car using magic, using an S-E plug. S-E plugs, otherwise known as Self Energy plugs, are things you put on your arm and they allow you to control the car using magic. You can make it go faster, slower, and control basically everything but you have to have that magic power.

Just like when I keep using a spell like this, it drains my power. But I should be okay.

"Right." Levy replied. She began writing her solid script and wrote, "Up!"

The thieves bounced up into the air. Slowly she used solid script to direct them and then plopped them down on the leaf. Jet dropped the chest beside them.

"Thanks guys. So first we stop at Ikki's house." I said. "Another job well done."

And so we went. Ikki had come out to meet us, she asked a few questions on how it went, she gave us our pay, and we left.

We next went to see the mayor of Magnolia. He dislikes Fairy Tail wizards sometimes because we tend to cause destruction (Which we didn't this time!). But today he thanked us, took the stolen gold and ordered the thieves to jail.

And so we made our way back to the guild hall. Of course by now Levy and I had changed back to normal clothes. Levy wore a yellow bikini top to show off her B-Cup, with a dark blue sleeveless vest. Levy wasn't flat chested but because everyone had bigger boobs than her, she was often seen as flat chested. She also wore white capris and a white shell necklace, with her normal orange hair tie in her wild blue hair. I had changed into a new outfit of a short sleeved red top that showed off my own chest, but it covered my Fairy Tail mark, and my short black skirt with my usual ankle boots. I had put a small dark red bow in my short brown hair, holding back my bangs.

I sighed as I sat down at the bar beside Gray. Master Makarov sat on the bar in front of us. Mirajane was walking around picking up dishes while Team Shadow Gear went to check the job board.

"Ugh, Darn. Did somebody already take that book stealing gig? That one paid 200,000." Levy sounded disappointed.

Mira stopped with plates in her hands, looking apologetically at the team. "Sorry. I guess Natsu and Lucy got to it first."

Levy sighed, "I really could have used that money."

We had split the money for the two jobs we just did. But Levy lived in Fairy Hills, which was the Fairy Tail guild for girls, and it had the same money needed each month as my house did. I didn't know where Jet and Droy lived but they had rent to pay too. Because of the low pay of the jobs we did, and having to split it, we didn't get all that much individually.

But knowing Levy, she wasn't worried about rent, she probably had some old expensive book she wanted to buy that she's saving up for. I would lend her the jewels but she didn't like charity. I didn't blame her, I don't like Charity either.

With his eyes closed, Gramps spoke up. "Well don't despair, it's probably for the best, Levy. It's changed."

That didn't sound good. I looked at him, frowning, "What do you mean?"

"I was just contacted with the client, concerning the job." Gramps told us.

Mirajane looked at him in surprise, "Oh, did they cancel it?"

Gramps had a dark look. "No. Quite the opposite. In fact, the reward has been increased. It's now two million."

Levy's eyes widened, along with Jet and Droy's, and all three of them had their mouths wide open. Two million jewel wasn't a big deal for me, I'd seen S-Class missions for much higher than that, but it still surprised me enough to widen my eyes.

"Two Million Jewel?!" Levy exclaimed.

"They paid that much for some stupid book?!" Droy asked in shock.

"That's almost like fighting monsters kind of pay!" Jet said.

Team Shadow Gear moved away to discuss finding a new gig. Mirajane had begun picking up dishes more at a nearby table so she could still be a part of our conversation.

I spoke up, putting my right hand flat down on the bar, "Did they give any reason why?"

The Master just smoked from his pipe and didn't answer, but his silence meant no.

Gray looked up from a glass of water and ice that was in front of him. He had an almost 'I have a plan' look. "Sounds like this job just got interesting."

I turned my head to look at him, since he was sitting next to me. My gaze caught on his skivvies. I smirked as I said, "By the way, Gray, Nice Skivvies."

He looked up at me in surprise before jumping up from his seat, yelling in shock from realizing he had stripped down to his underwear. He ran off to change.

I looked at Gramps, and crossed my arms. "You know, higher pay means it's probably more dangerous. Jet was right, Two million jewel is monster fighting pay. They could be in danger."

He stopped smoking his pipe, "Don't you think I know that? I wouldn't dwell on it too much, Mona. Natsu is a dragon slayer, like you are, and I'm sure Lucy can fight and handle herself. They will be fine, have faith in them."

I sighed and nodded, "Yes Sir."

He got up and headed to the second floor. Mirajane walked over behind the bar with the dishes, setting them down

"So Macao is back? That means Natsu and Lucy's mission went well?" I asked her.

She smiled at me and nodded. "Yes. And then this morning Natsu came into the guild and grabbed the job request for stealing that book, saying him and Lucy would handle it. Macao took another mission as well, a simple one in town so he'll be done by tonight."

"That's good. It's good to be back, but I might take a mission tomorrow." I told her.

"Remember, Erza should be back soon, maybe even by tomorrow." Mira reminded me.

I grinned, "Great! Anyway it's been a long day, I'm heading home. I'll see you tomorrow, Mira."

"Have a good night, Mona!" She called as I walked out of the guild. Several goodbyes followed me, and Levy-Chan waved.

I took a deep breath of the fresh air as I made my way home.

I was extremely glad that Erza was coming back from her mission. Erza was one of my closer friends in Fairy Tail. She's the only other S-Class girl, despite me. And she's the strongest girl in Fairy Tail.

Sure, I beat her to become S-Class, but she had just came back from a long mission and was already halfway magic depleted, plus I think she let me win because of a favor I had done her long ago that she had never repaid. Erza never forgot favors, and I was a special case.

Not only that, but Erza has been teaching me requip so I could use it to hold personal items. I wasn't big on armor or weapons but I did want that ability. But it's really hard to learn a second magic type, much less more than one, and I already know Water Dragon Slayer Magic, regular Water Magic, Thought Projection, and Transformation Magic. But Erza had her moments when she was kind and patient, even though she didn't always show it.

Somehow me and Erza just got along well. We respected each other, and that was that. She was feared by the guild because she was strict and would enforce rules even when the Master wouldn't. And I tended to break rules sometimes, but even so we got along just fine.

Between her, Mirajane, and Levy, I had begun to fit back in really well with Fairy Tail.

I intended to make up for the years I had lost.

And someday I hoped I would feel like I deserve to be in Fairy Tail.