{Flashback}

"You're a Dragon Slayer too?" The blue haired girl looked down at him.

Gajeel snapped his teeth at her, shooting to his feet. "What's it to you? Mind your own damn business, huh?"

"Hey! Don't you dare talk to Princess Juvia like that! You're lucky she doesn't drown you where you stand, metal boy!" A tiny, brown and cream colored Exceed snapped at him. The kitten was young, and wore a seafoam green shirt trimmed in white and a red bandana around his neck.

"Monmo! How many times must Juvia tell you, she is not a princess here! She has no kingdom to run anymore," The girl, who looked about Natsu's age, chided her feline companion before turning back to Gajeel. "If you want, you can stick with Juvia and Monmo. Juvia is trying to find a guild but-" She stopped, twirling her umbrella. "Juvia brings rain everywhere, and no one likes her,"

"What'd ya mean back there? When ya said 'too'?" The bluenette beamed at the question.

"Juvia is the Water Dragon Slayer, raised by her mother Sorgina! The Water Dragon!"

Against his better judgement, Gajeel agreed. It was the best mistake he ever made.

{Flashback End}

"Juvia- I don't like this, Gajeel," The 16 year old warned her best friend. "I can smell dragons surrounding Fairy Tail,"

They were walking, through the rain of course, about the town of Magnolia, scoping the place out for their mission.

Kidnap one Lucy Heartfilia and return her to her father.

The bluenette dropped her umbrella when Gajeel fell to his knees.

"Gajeel!" She and Monmo rushed to their friend, who's shoulders shook.

"Fairy Tail," He whispered, eyes blown wide. "Fairy Tail- Laxus is in- they- I'm an idiot," Gajeel seethed. "I knew it, I knew- I knew we should've escaped sooner-"

"Ga- You couldn't have known Jose would wage war on your family," Juvia said sternly. "We can still warn them-"

"No!" Monmo shook his head. "I was listening in on Jose- If you try and leave now he'll bring Hell down on Fairy Tail. I think he knows about the other slayers!"

"Dammit!" Gajeel punched the ground, his fist sinking into the Earth. Juvia chewed her lip, thinking, when her eyes brightened.

"Monmo, go to Fairy Tail! Warn them, tell them to prepare, and to hide! Tell them me and Gajeel do not want to hurt them, but we can't leave!"

"Princess-"

"Go!" Juvia ordered, and her Exceed zoomed off after a moment's hesitation.

"We're screwed aren't we?" Gajeel murmured, getting to his feet. Juvia shrugged, looping her left arm through his while the other picked up her discarded umbrella.

"I like to think that no matter how fucked over we are, we can just murder all of our problems," Juvia said brightly.

Gajeel snorted. "You're real messed up, you know that Rainwoman?"

"Please. You're the one that decided to be friends with me,"

"I stand by my kidnapped and enslaved claim," He retorted.

Juvia grinned, gripping his arm tighter. "Yep! And since you're Juvia's only friend, Juvia will never let you escape!"

"You're so weird!"

Levy snapped her head up, eyes wide, when the guild doors burst open.

"Run! You have to run, and hide!" Monmo, her sister's Exceed, exclaimed, eyes filled with tears.

"What are you on about?" Makarov asked, hopping down from the bar and taking a step forward when Levy threw herself in front of Monmo, growling.

The cat gasped. "L-Levy?"

"Monmo!"

"Belletokia!" The two hugged tightly. Mirajane took a step forward, staring at her nest mate with concern in her eyes.

"You know us, Levy. We won't harm him. But you have to let us know who he is," She said clearly, pulling rank by the tone of her voice.

Levy's growling ceased, and her scales disappeared back beneath her skin. "Monmo is my sister's Exceed. Juvia…"

The name snapped Monmo back into action. "And that's why you have to hide!"

"What do you mean, Monmo?" Makarov asked. The tiny Exceed gripped Belletokia's paw.

"Phantom Lord is planning to attack Fairy Tail. I dunno why, Juvia and Gajeel wouldn't tell me. But they don't want to! Gajeel and Juvia don't like Phantom Lord, but Jose won't let them leave because they're two of his strongest! We were scouting out Magnolia when Juvia said she could smell dragons, but they can't escape!" Monmo rushed out. "And if Juvia knew Levy was here she would never, ever let Jose get away with it! Gajeel's already trying to kill Jose, but that's for something else,"

"Gajeel? Gajeel Redfox?" Levy asked, snapping her wide eyes to Monmo. When he nodded, the Earth Dragon Slayer looked at the master. "That's one of the other Dragon Slayers. Sting, Rogue, Natsu, and Laxus know him- He would never attack of his own accord,"

"Jose is foolish to attack," Makarov said lowly. "War between guilds is forbade by the council,"

"We can't just sit here and hide!" Wakaba yelled, earning shouts of agreement.

"What can we do? Almost all our fighters are out on jobs and we don't know when they'll be back! Not to mention Phantom has strength in numbers, and if what we know is true, Juvia and Gajeel won't be able to do much to help. We know how Dark Guilds are- if they get caught trying to help us they could very well die," Mirajane spoke to the whole guild. She looked at the ground, fists clenched. "I- I'm not an asset to the guild- Not anymore. And I know we're all strong- impeccably so. Because we have each other! But even still, it's illegal. And considering our reputation, we can't afford a run in with the council," Fairy Tail was silenced by her words, knowing deep down that she was right.

"The basement," Levy said suddenly. "Even if they attack, the basement's like a panic room- completely solid and impossible to break. If or when they attack, they won't get to us there,"

"There's no point in stressing over everything now," Makarov sighed. "It's almost midnight. Go home, all of you! It's like you have no lives outside of this place…"