Guest: thank you so much for that, I try. She seems too timid in canon, so I made her who I think she should be.
Ben113: I respect that, even though you won't read this. haha. However, thanks for reading so far, really appreciate it.
Enjoy! I do not own Fairy Tail.
When Levy got to Sabertooth, she was very intimidated by the giant build, it was much bigger than Fairy Tail's new one. The building was on a cliff and there were even gargoyles on the tips of each corner. Levy thought it looked more like a castle than anything else. She was with Thymos outside of the building, standing by the door thinking if she should go in.
Levy was staring down at her feet and wringing her hands, Thymos beside her, was picking at his fingernails. He figures she needs some time, but he was getting irritated that she wasn't going in yet. The sapphire-haired girl took a deep breath though her mouth and pushed open the doors, there were a few people in the guild hall but none of them looked over at her.
She peered around the place looking for Rogue of even Sting, but she didn't see either. Levy didn't tell them when she would be over, only that she would be here today. After her fight with Gajeel she wanted to be with other people and maybe find out how she can help Thymos.
She went to the bar and saw that the barmaid was Yukino and some other small girl with brown hair. When Levy got to the bar, it only came up to her chin, but she tried to get Yukino's attention. The white-haired mage turned her head and saw Levy's darkened skin and bright blue hair.
"Oh, hello. How can I help you?" she held a kind voice that made Levy smile softly at her, she reminded her of Lucy. Maybe her and Levy could be friends here.
Levy placed both of her hands on the counter, "Yeah, I was wondering if Sting or Rogue were here."
Yukino looked confused, "Are you joining the guild?" The mage set down the glass she was drying and leaned forward.
Levy sighed and shifted her feet, "Kinda, I've been talking with Rogue and –" She stopped talking when she heard a shriek from the short-haired girl in front of her.
"Oh, my gods! Are you the girl he keeps talking about? Are you Levy?" Yukino gasped, she is clenching her hands together.
"Uh, yeah. I'm Levy but I didn't know he talked about me." Her blush deepened when she thought about Ryos talking about her. Sting might talk about her but not Rogue.
"Well, it was mostly Sting making fun of him, but I heard your name a few times. You guys talk all the time." Yukino, held a finger to her chin and thought about their weird conversations. "Anyway, they are both here, in the office." She pointed upstairs towards a door next to the top of the stairs.
"Oh, thank you. There's not a rule about no S-class mages upstairs?" She asked before steeping away from the bar. Yukino shook her head at the question and smiled at her.
Levy walked up the stairs making sure that Thymos was following her, he has been very quiet lately, maybe he's just scooping out the place? She knocked on the door and waited until Rogue opened the door.
His smile grew, and she also smiled, "Hey, Lev. Come on in." The shadow mage stepped aside to show Sting at his desk, lounging with his feet on the desk.
"Shorty! Good to see you again." Sting yelled from his desk. Levy narrowed his eyes at the Sabertooth master but held a small smile to him.
"Do you even know my real name?" the solid script mage sat in the seat in front of his desk with her arms crossed. Rogue stood behind her, his hands on the back of the chair.
"Of course I do! It's shorty." The blonde-haired master looked like he didn't even know why he was being asked this question, but Levy let it go. She'll kick his ass later. "So, I heard you wanted to join our fancy guild." He leaned back in his chair, squeaking it in the process.
Levy glanced down to her lap, her fingers fidgeting with the string on her shorts, "Yeah, if I'm allowed." She asked quietly.
Sting tilted his head, "Why wouldn't you be allowed?" then he thought about his old master and what they had to go through, "Oh, no! We aren't like that anymore. Both of us want you here." He gestured to Rogue. Levy looked to her love interest and he gave her a small smile. "So, where would you like your guild mark?"
Her new master stood as he asked, she thought about putting it where she had her old one but that seemed like a bad idea. She could have it out in the open for everyone to see, like on her neck, or like on her shoulder like all badass mages. Levy looked down to her feet and had an idea.
"I want it on my ankle." Both slayers were shocked, why would she want it there? Sting just shrugged as Levy stuck her right foot on the desk.
"What color?" The blonde-haired master was switching between different colors on the dial. Red, green, blue, red, green, blue. Levy shifted her focus to Ryos, he was standing behind her with his hand still on her chair.
"White. It would contrast with my skin." She commented while Sting was switching to find the color she wanted as Levy smiled at the two of them.
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The next day after some sleep from yesterday, Levy was well rested. After the sapphire-haired girl got her guild mark, she met some of the guild members. Some of them had the same attitude from when Jiemma was around, some of them were extremely nice. Levy loved being there, it was different from Fairy Tail.
The guild was quieter, but people were still having fun and talking to each other. Levy found that Yukino was one of her favorite people, she reminded her a lot of Lucy but more reserved. She didn't shout as much and she wasn't so judgmental about whatever Sting was doing. Rouge was a much quieter version of Gajeel. He sat and observed people but didn't make snide comments afterward.
They talked about different things and topics, but no one ever commented on Levy's skin or how she was narrowing her eyes over her shoulder or at nothing at all. As for Levy, Thymos was making jokes and stupid remarks behind her back.
Now, Levy sat in the office once more with Sting and Rogue when she told them she needed their help. Thymos was in the corner watching them. "I need your help." Levy stated while crossing her arms.
Across from her, Sting leaned his elbows in the desk and tried to look serious, while Rogue was seated beside Levy. "What's up shorty?"
Levy shifted her head down, "Can you reveal yourself now?" she told Thymos who just rolled his eyes and reappeared in the corner. Sting saw the demon in the corner of his eyes and stood up, knocking his chair over. Rogue stood as well when she saw his partner looking very scared. Levy stayed in her seat, "Don't, he's what I need help with." She closed her eyes at the statement.
Thymos just smiled at the twin dragon slayers, Rogue felt uneasy about him and he felt bad for Levy, "Is he the one you've been talking to?" The sapphire-haired girl nodded but smiled that he knew she was in trouble
"It's not like I was bad company." The demon grumbled as he leaned against the wall in the far corner.
"You were enough company." Levy grumbled back.
"What do you need help with?" Sting hesitated, slowly sitting back down in his chair. Rogue leaned closer to Levy, she didn't notice.
Levy sighed, "He…he can't leave. He won't tell me why or how to get him back." She explained. She dropped a book on his desk, covered in chains with no lock. "He came from this book, but I can't get it open anymore."
"Have you asked him how to get back?" Rogue tried to make sense of all of this. Levy was worried about all of this, he probably wouldn't want to talk to her after all of this.
Thymos laughed behind them but Levy just ignored them, "He would only make a snarky comment and then laugh at me. So, I didn't ask anymore." Levy was very nervous, maybe they wouldn't help her, and this was just not worth trying. Just looking at their faces made her think this was a bad idea. "Look, you guys don't have -," she started but Sting interrupted her.
"I'll have Rufus look into it and you can go with him, seeing as you like researching and all that. Rogue and I will look at different guilds to see if they know anything, but I won't mention you by name. I could ask Crime Sorciere if they hear anything from the dark guilds." Sting was explaining as he was shifting papers around his desk trying to find a pen and paper.
Rogue reached over and pulled a pen out and threw it at his best friend. Sting smiled at him and started writing things down. Levy was slightly confused, she fidgeted in seat.
"So, You guys are going to help me?" she asked, gripping the bottom of her seat.
Sting looked up at her with a raised eyebrow, "Yeah, you're family. Of course, we're going to help." He simply stated.
Rogue softly chuckled at the two when Levy puffed her cheeks at him.
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After weeks and weeks of the three of the searching with Rufus and Yukino helping, they found what they were looking for. Levy and Rufus were in the library, looking through dozen upon dozens of books, losing tons of sleep and not eating for a few days at a time; Levy found it.
She was flipping through a book they had in the back of a bookcase, behind another book, it was a smaller book, that held maybe 10 pages, but it was in a different language. She knew the language, she's seen it before, in Thymos original book; that they couldn't open it still.
Orga tired just bashing it and electrocuting it, but it would just bounce off of it and hit someone behind him. It once it Sting, his blonde hair sticking up everywhere and he was laying on the floor not knowing what happened.
Thymos wasn't helping them at all, Levy had a theory that he couldn't, like it was some rule that he couldn't help anyone that tried to help him. Levy found him just sitting on top of the table they were using, only she could see him today. He choose when he wanted them to see him, they would start talking to him and ask questions and he didn't like that. Talking so casually to so many people scared him.
He could see that Levy was happier here then the only time she was in Fairy Tail with him. Everyone talked to her and even Rogue looked happier then he's seen him. Frosch and Lecter were even enjoying her company, Frosch stuck to her all the time when he wasn't with Rogue.
Thymos was in front of her on the table when he gasped and stood up. Her eyes down to the page in the book when Rogue and Rufus stared up at her. "I found it!" She yelled.
"What did you find?" Rogue inquired.
Levy couldn't talk, she was excited, she started pointing to the pages, but no one could see it, so Rogue took the book from her to look at the page himself.
"I can't read this." The dragon slayer commented, giving the book to Rufus.
Rufus shook his head and took the book from him, it was very flimsy, his eyes glanced around the page when they widened at a certain phrase. "Is this true?" he glanced back to Levy who shrugged.
"I don't know, we have to find out!" the sapphire-haired girl stated.
"What does it say?" the only one left out of the loop, Rogue questioned, still sitting down.
"It says that we have to find his home town and bury the book with his spirit, and I will go back to normal he gets to go home." Levy explained while pointing to Thymos but to them it was an empty space.
"Okay, well where is his hometown?" Rogue questioned picking up all of the books to put them back.
Levy looked to the demon in question, his red hair falling in his eyes as he looked at all of them. He appeared to all of them, "in the next country. I really don't want to go back but I guess if we have to."
The small mage looked at him, "Can't you just be invisible?"
He just sighed at her but didn't say anything else. The three of them went to go talk to Sting and telling him everything they found. Rogue opened the door but stopped short, Rufus also just stared wide eyed at the scene in front of them. Levy was to small to see what was happening, but she heard a small squeak.
"Hey! Get the hell out!" Sting yelled but Rogue moved so Levy could what was happening. The small sapphire-haired mage started giggling.
The three mages found their master in a very pernicious position with their resident celestial mage. Levy saw Yukino sitting on Sting's lap, facing him with her hands around his neck while Sting had his hands on her waist.
"Um, is there something you guys need?" Yukino squeaked out, trying to hide her blush.
Rufus was the first one to speak, "Uh, Master –"
"I told you not to call me that, it just feels weird." Sting told the memory mage while pulling Yukino closer to him on his lap. She was trying to get up and stand with them, but he wasn't having it. Levy sat in the chair in front of them, Rogue sat in the chair next to Levy and Rufus stood behind the two of them.
"Okay, Sting, we found what we need to do. To get Thymos back home and Levy back to normal." Rufus finished.
"Really?" The blonde mage looked relieved and content as Yukino laid her head on his shoulder. Levy thought they were super cute, and they looked very happy. She smiled softly at the two as Rogue explained to his partner what to do.
"So, what I've been told, is that we have to go to his home town with the chained book and bury it in his grave or something like that. Then he will get back home, and Levy will turn back to normal." The shadow dragon slayer explained with a smile.
Sting sat up a little, shifting Yukino in his lap, "Oh shit. Really?" All three of them nodded, "Well, we can get there in two days. A day to pack and plan then we can set out. Rufus are you coming with us?" Sting was aligning things in his mind.
The memory mage shook his, moving his hand to his hat, shifting it up and down. "No, I'll stay here and resume Master duties until you get back."
Sting nodded, thinking that made sense. "Okay! We will be back here in two days! Now, Break!" Sting joked as he clapped in front of Yukino's face.
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Two days later the group of four were walking in the forest with the demon following behind them, he was not looking forward to this because he had some unfinished business there. Levy and Yukino were talking together joking and smiling. The twin dragon slayers were walking behind them silently talking, they were holding their bags since they knew it would take a while to get to the next country.
The group was going to walk as far as they can then take the train to his hometown, Levy looked back at the demon that took over her mind. He was looking in the far right, his face looked very bored and also tense.
"So, when did you get with Yukino and when were you going to tell me?" Rogue questioned his so-called best friend.
Sting pushed him in the arm, "I was going to tell you, but she didn't want anyone to know."
Rogue didn't look convinced, "Yeah and how long were you guys together?"
"Um, almost a year?" Rogue about killed him, how did he keep it from him for that long. The shadow dragon slayer punched his twin in the arm. Sting in turn punched him in the chest, that had started a huge fight behind the two girls.
Levy glanced behind her and gasped, Yukino turned as well, she just started laughing. "Should we stop them?" Levy asked the white-haired mage, but all she did was shake her head. Over in the corner the solid script mage saw Thymos leaning by a tree looking down to his feet.
Thank you guys so much for reading, I know that it may seem rushed because it is. Sorry. Hope you enjoy, until next time!