All you guys, here's chapter 3! Edited and republished!

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail doesn't belong to me, but Elaina does.

Elaina took a deep breath and stretched as she got out of her bathtub. She hadn't had such a relaxing bath since she was a little girl.

With the help of Mira, Elaina managed to get a nice apartment not far from the guildhall. She did consider living in the girls' dorms, Fairy Hills, but at the price of 100,000 Jewel a month, Elaina decided that would be a last resort. She managed to find an apartment for 70,000 Jewel a month. To be honest, it was the apartment that Lucy was supposed to be living in. Everything was the same from the bedspread to the arrangement of the furniture to the decorating, only Elaina had put up pictures of her parents and other small things that she had found in the suitcase.

The suitcase...whatever anime god granted her wish had to be the one to send that suitcase with her for it was stored underneath her bed back at the orphanage. Not to mention a good majority of her clothes from the orphanage had been in there as well, plus a few articles of clothing that Elaina knew weren't hers.

Elaina sighed as she dried her hair, looking at herself in the mirror. Being thrown into another world obviously hadn't changed her appearance. Her brown hair was still straight and still ended at the middle of her back. Her skin was still fair, though a bit pale like always, and her green eyes were the same as ever. Elaina had always loved her eyes because she had inherited them from her mother. When she was a little girl, many had said that Elaina looked just like her mother, only with brown hair, which she had inherited from her father.

"Well, my guess is Natsu and Happy should be here by now," she said to herself. "I just hope they didn't make a mess." She made sure the towel around her was secured before walking into her bedroom. Not to her surprise, Natsu and Happy were there. The only good thing was that there wasn't much of a mess, like there had been in the show. Natsu just sat in her armchair, munching on a bag of potato chips, and Happy was sitting on her coffee table, eating a fish.

"Uh, hi," Elaina said to the wizard and his cat. "What're you guys doing here?" Natsu looked at her, noticing she was just in a towel, and his cheeks turned a bit pink, which confused the Dragon Slayer greatly.

Sure, when he first met her, he thought that Elaina was beautiful, though he never really gave it much thought. Now seeing her in a towel...well, let's just say it stirred up a fire in his belly that he had never felt before.

"Uh..." was all that came out of Natsu's mouth as his eyes trailed down her figure unconsciously. Elaina noticed what Natsu was doing and tried her best to cover herself while still keeping her towel around her body as her cheeks turned red.

"W-w-what are y-you guys d-d-doing here, N-Natsu?" Elaina stuttered. Natsu broke his stare from her, finally getting a grip on himself.

"I just came over to check out your new pad," he said, speaking clearly despite him checking her out just a second ago.

"Aye," Happy added.

"Well, as much as I appreciate the visit, you two, I'd appreciate it more if you didn't break in," Elaina said. "You guys could've walked in on me changing." Natsu's face turned a bit redder at the thought of walking in on Elaina changing.

"Nice place you got here," Happy said. Elaina was just surprised that Happy wasn't scratching his nails on the wall like he did with Lucy. Not that she was complaining really. She preferred having her apartment in one piece.

"Thanks. Now I'm gonna go change and—Natsu, don't look at that!" She grabbed the papers that Natsu had picked up from her desk out of his hand. She held them closely to her chest.

"Huh? What is it?" he asked

"I-it's nothing, okay?" Her cheeks turned red in embarrassment.

"So you're getting upset over nothing?" Elaina nodded.

"Yep. Now, please, don't touch anything while I go change." She put the papers back on the desk and grabbed some clothes before going back into the bathroom.

"Was it just me or was Natsu blushing?" she asked herself softly. Then she shook her head. "Nah, it was probably my imagination."

Now dressed in gray lounge pants and a baggy blue t-shirt with her hair left down, Elaina sat at her table with Natsu and Happy.

"Don't get me wrong, you guys, but a little warning next time would be nice," she said. "It's just...I've never had anyone want to come over to my house before."

"Really?" Natsu asked. Elaina nodded her head.

"Yeah. The downsides to living in an orphanage." She turned her gaze to the table, starting to feel a bit uncomfortable. Luckily, Natsu decided to change the subject.

"Hey, I know. Why don't you show me and Happy all those weird little key guys that you like to collect?" Elaina let out a light giggle.

"They're called celestial spirits, Natsu, and I don't collect them, I make contracts with them."

"How many of these celestial spirits do you have contracts with?" Happy asked.

"So far, I have six spirits that I have contracts with." Elaina held up her keyring. "I even have different types of them. You can find the silvers keys in the magic shops. So far I have Horologium the Clock, Crux the Southern Cross, and Lyra the Harp. The golden ones, though, they're the super rare ones. There are 12 of them and they open up the gates of the zodiac. I've only got three so far; Taurus the Golden Bull, Aquarius the Water Bearer, and Cancer the Giant Crab."

"Giant crab?!" Natsu said with a hungry look on his face. Happy had the same look on his face.

"Giant crab legs!" the blue cat said.

"Sorry, you two, but you can't eat my spirit. Oh, that reminds me. I need to make a contract with the key I bought in Hargeon." She got up from her seat. "You guys wanna see me make a contract with a celestial spirit?" That caught Natsu and Happy's attention.

"I hope it's not some grotty blood pact," Happy unsuccessfully whispered to Natsu.

"Well, it sounds like a pain in the butt to me," Natsu whispered back.

"I can hear you guys." Elaina took out her newest key. In reality, she was a bit nervous as this would be her first time making a contract. "Here goes." She took a deep breath and recited the words Lucy had said, "I call upon thee in the world of the celestial spirits. I beckon you to my side at once. Pass through the gate. Open, Gate of Canis Minor. Come, Nikora." The little dog spirit appeared.

"Nice try," Happy and Natsu said, thinking that Elaina failed into summoning the spirit.

"No, guys, that's the spirit." Elaina knelt down in front of the spirit and smiled. "Hello there. Aren't you the cutest?"

"You think so?" Natsu asked. Elaina looked at him.

"It doesn't take much magic to these little ones through the gate so a lot of wizards keep them as pets. Me, not so much. My spirits are my friends, not pets." She turned back to her spirit. "Anyway, let's get started with that contract." She grabbed a notepad and a pencil. "Are you free Mondays?" The spirit shook his head and Elaina wrote that down. "How about Tuesdays?" He nodded his head and Elaina kept writing. "Wednesdays?" This continued on as Natsu and Happy watched in boredom.

"Well, I think we're all done here," Elaina said, standing up from the floor once she was done.

"That was easy," Happy said.

"I guess it was, but contracts between celestial wizards and their spirits are important. It's like an unbreakable promise. And to be honest, I've never broken any promise I've made and I'm gonna continue keeping the promises I make." She turned back to the spirit. "Now all I gotta do is come up with a name for you, little guy."

"Isn't it Nikora?"

"No, that's the species." Elaina pretended to think long and hard about this when in reality, she was just going to name him Plue like Lucy because that name suited him. "I got it. I'm gonna name you Plue."

"Plue, huh?" Natsu and Happy said. Elaina smiled.

"Yeah. I think it suits him."

"Are you sure he's cool with that?" Natsu asked.

"I guess you have a point. So what do you think?" Elaina looked down at Plue.

"You think Plue is a good name?" Plue nodded. "See, he's okay with it."

"So even though his sign is the Little Dog, he doesn't bark?" Happy asked. "That's kinda weird."

"No offense, Happy, but you're a cat that doesn't meow." Plue started twirling and hopping from one foot to the next.

"Oh, man, you're right about that, Plue," Natsu said. Then he just stared at Elaina.

"Natsu, no offense and all, but you're being a bit creepy," she said as she backed away from him slightly.

"All right, then it's settled," he said. "You're both gonna be a part of our team."

"Go team!" Happy cheered.

"Your team?" Elaina questioned.

"Aye, even though everybody in the guild is allied to one another, some members that get along really well get together and form teams within the guild. That way, jobs that may be too hard for one person to take can get done by a team."

"Okay then. I'll be a part of your team." She and Natsu did a handshake.

"Cool, so you're gonna work with us?" the pink haired boy asked.

"Yep and that's a promise."

"Right on," Happy said, jumping up with Plue.

"Okay, team, then let's get to work," Natsu said. "I've got our first job right here." He held up a job flier. Elaina took the flier from him to get a better look.

"Okay, so it's in Shirotsume. Oh, wow, 200,000 Jewel just to take a book from some rich guy named Duke Everlue."

"Should be a piece of cake, right?" Then Elaina spotted a note on the flier.

"'Please note: Everlue's a dirty old man who's currently looking for maids with brown hair.'"

"We know a brown-haired girl, don't we?" Natsu said to Happy.

"Yep, and I bet we can find her a maid's uniform," the cat said. Elaina sighed.

"I'll admit that was pretty sneaky of you guys. You could've just asked instead of me finding out this way. I'd be more incline to do it. But a promise is a promise and I'm not gonna go back on it."

"Huh? I thought you'd complain about it." Elaina shrugged.

"What's the point? It'd be a waste of my energy and I already promised you guys that I'd be a part of your team and do this job with you. It wouldn't exactly be fair if I went back on it, would it?"

"All right," Natsu said. "Now try getting into character and address Happy here as your master." Elaina shook her head.

"No offense, Happy, but I'm not doing that." Then she blushed as she thought, It's bad enough I'll be wearing that maid's uniform.

Instead of mockingly calling Happy her master like Lucy had done, Elaina just stared out the window of the carriage. She was the quiet and sensitive type, not one for teasing people as she never had friends to actually tease and have fun with.

"Is something wrong, Elaina?" Happy asked while Natsu laid across in his seat, looking as sick as usual. The brunette looked at the blue cat.

"Nothing's wrong. Why? What's up?"

"You just seem down. Is it because Natsu and I tricked you into doing this job with us?" Elaina shook her head.

"No, it's not that, Happy. I promise. I guess...I was just thinking about my old life before I joined Fairy Tail."

"What was your life like before you joined the guild?" The question got Natsu's attention as he looked over at the girl.

"My parent's died in a house fire when I was eight and from then on I was living in an orphanage. Not much to tell really." She didn't tell them about being from a different world and that they were just characters from a series from where she was from. No, Elaina was enjoying her life for once, something she hadn't felt in nine years. She wasn't about to ruin that for her.

"I'm sorry about your parents," Happy said.

"It's all right, I guess. It's been nine years, but I'll admit the pain doesn't go away. It's just a dull ache." Elaina decided to change the subject while Happy munched on some fish. "Anyway, I've got a question for you, Natsu."

"What's up?" the Dragon Slayer asked.

"Well, I was wondering why you picked me to join your team."

"'Cause you seem like a nice person." Elaina blushed at the compliment while giving him a small smile.

"Thanks." Elaina went back to looking out the window the carriage.

I've never felt this happy before, she thought with that smile on her face. Not even when I was a kid with my parents. It feels like I really belong here, in Fairy Tail. It feels nice. Better than nice even. It's like I'm so giddy all the time and I wanna smile and laugh and not have a care in the world.

Once they reached their destination, Shirotsume Town, the three got out of the carriage and started to walk through town.

"That's the last time I'm riding in one of those," Natsu said, slouching forward.

"You say that every time," Happy pointed out.

"Man, I'm starving."

"I know you can eat fire, so can't you just eat the fire you produce with magic?" Elaina asked, though she already knew the answer. She just wanted to see if he would answer question the same way he answered Lucy.

"Oh, yeah, that's a great idea," he said to her in a grumpy, sarcastic tone. "Why don't you just eat Plue or your cow while we're at it?" Elaina bit her lip and looked down as they continued walking. She knew Natsu was just hungry and grumpy from the carriage ride, but that didn't mean his tone of voice hurt any less.

"You could've just said you couldn't eat your own fire, Natsu," she said softly as they approached a restaurant.

"Whoa, let's stop and get a bite," the pink haired boy said in a much better mood.

"I'm all right, you guys," Elaina said as she walked away to put on the maid's uniform. "You two go ahead without me."

"What is it with her?" Natsu asked. "We should be eating together as a team."

"I think you hurt her feelings when you told her to go eat her spirits," Happy said. "You clearly don't anything about women."

"I didn't mean it."

"Doesn't mean it didn't bother her any less. You gotta watch how you say things, Natsu." Natsu frowned.

"Whatever. Let's just go eat."

"Make sure you save all the fat stuff for Elaina," Natsu said with a mouth full of food.

"Yeah, from the looks of her, she's a bit skinny," Happy said. Natsu stopped eating for a brief moment.

Now that Happy brought it up, he did notice that Elaina was a bit on the skinny side. Only it didn't look healthy. It looked like she was starving herself and as her guild and teammate, Natsu was a bit concerned. However, Elaina did say she lived in an orphanage before joining the guild. Perhaps there wasn't a lot of food to feed everyone.

"You think I'm skinny?" Elaina said as she walked up to the two. They stopped eating to look at her.

"Hey," Natsu said. "Elaina?" He saw that she was wearing the maid's uniform. It consisted of a white blouse with puffy sleeves and ruffle edges, black skirt with a ruffled edge that reached the middle of her thigh, a black waist coat, white apron, white thigh high stockings, black dress shoes, and a white ruffled head band. Elaina had pulled her hair back into a low ponytail and tied it together with a white bow.

"So what do you guys think?" Elaina asked quietly, her arms crossed behind her back. She felt insecure and self-conscious as the two stared at her.

"What do we do?" Happy whispered to Natsu. "We were joking about the costume, but she took it seriously."

"I guess we're just gonna have to go along with it. Don't say anything, okay?" Natsu whispered back, getting that feeling again in his stomach that he had felt before when he visited Elaina in her apartment. He looked down at her legs that were very visible thanks to the length of the skirt.

"I can hear you, you guys," Elaina said before she sighed. "Joke or no joke, I'm trying to get in as a maid. I might as well look the part. Now we should go see the client."

"My name's Kaby Melon," the client said to the trio who sat in front of him. "Pleased to meet you."

"He said Melon," Happy said, drool coming from his mouth.

"Oh man, you have a tasty name," Natsu said, drool also coming from his mouth.

"Guys, stop being rude," Elaina scolded the two. Mr. Melon laughed.

"Don't worry," he said. "I get that a lot. Well, first things first. Allow me to tell you about the job."

"Go on," Happy said.

"It's pretty straight forward, really. Duke Everlue has a book called "Daybreak" in his possession. I would like you to burn it for me."

"No prob," Natsu said, lighting the tip of his finger. "I'll burn down the whole place down if you want."

"He likes fire," Happy said.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," Elaina said. "I'd rather not go to jail for arson thank you very much." She turned to Mr. Melon. "However, may I ask why, sir?"

"For 200,000 Jewel, who the heck cares?" Natsu said.

"The reward has be raised to 2 million," Mr. Melon said.

"2 million?!" the trio said. Though Elaina knew about the reward being raised, that was still a lot of money.

"I'm sorry. I thought you were aware the amount had changed."

"2 million split three ways?" Natsu said, trying to make the calculations. "Wow! I stink at math, but that's a lot!"

"Wait, I got it!" Happy said. Elaina waited for him to say that she got nothing. "All three of us would get around 667,000 each." Elaina blinked in surprised that she was included in the cut. Lucy wasn't included in the series.

"Seems fair to me," Natsu said. Elaina nodded in agreement.

"Why'd you raise the reward anyway?" Elaina asked Mr. Melon.

"Well, because it means that much to me," he said. "That book must be destroyed, no matter the cost." Then Natsu's head caught on fire.

"Oh yeah!" the pink haired Dragon Slayer exclaimed. "I am fired up now." He grabbed Elaina's wrist and dragged her out of the mansion with Happy following them. "Let's do this, Elaina."

"Slow down, Natsu!" Elaina said, trying to get Natsu to slow down his pace.

Soon Elaina found herself in front of Duke Everlue's mansion. Natsu and Happy were hiding behind a tree.

"Excuse me," Elaina said loudly. "I heard you had an opening for a maid position. Hello?"

"Don't screw up, okay?" Natsu whispered to her.

"Break a leg," Happy said with encouragement. Then a hole opened up next to Elaina, causing her to back up, and an extremely large woman with pink hair pulled back into pigtails, wearing a maid's uniform, jumped out and landed in front of the brunette.

"So you're a maid?" the woman said in a deep voice.

"Yes," Elaina squeaked out. To be honest, she was practically one back in the orphanage as she was given the most chores.

"I assume you're here 'cause you saw the ad that the master placed in the paper."

"Boyoyoyo," a voice said as a man jumped out of the hole. "Did I hear someone say 'master'?" Elaina tried not to grimace as she looked at the man, Duke Everlue, and his mustache that was coming out of his nose. "Let's see here." Elaina bit her lip and tried not to fidget as she felt somewhat violated by his intense stare. "I'll pass. Now scram, ugly." That was a stab at Elaina's already low self-esteem. The maid picked up Elaina.

"You heard the man," she said. "Get going, ugly." Another stab at Elaina's self-esteem.

"Sorry, but a man of my standing has certain standards to uphold." Four more maids, all not being the most attractive women, came up from the ground. "That's why I only hire the fairest of the fair."

This guy's standing on fair is really messed up, Elaina thought as the maids praised the man. The maid tossed Elaina to the side and the girl went back to Natsu and Happy, slumping to the ground.

"Just couldn't do it, could you?" Natsu said.

"I tried," Elaina said quietly as she hugged her knees to her chest. "I really did."

"I'm sure you did," Happy said reassuringly. Natsu brought his fist to the palm of his other hand.

"Okay, I guess we'll have to resort to old Plan T," the Dragon Slayer said.

"Huh? Plan T? What's that?" Elaina asked.

"Take 'em by storm," Happy said.

"Can't say that's much of a plan." She sighed and grabbed the spare clothes she brought along. "I'm gonna change quickly." She went to go behind a tree to change, but paused briefly. "Natsu, you don't think I'm ugly, do you?" The pink haired boy looked at her.

"Huh?" he said in confusion. "Where'd that come from?"

"It's nothing. Just...Everlue called me that...and I wanted to know if it was true." Normally a comment like that wouldn't bother her since she was called worse by Miss Riley, the orphanage caretaker, but for whatever reason, the insult rubbed her the wrong way. Natsu scoffed.

"Don't listen to what that guy says. You're pretty." While he said it nonchalantly, Natsu's cheeks started to turn a slight pink. Elaina turned around and looked at him, giving him a small, closed eye smile.

"Thanks, Natsu." Then she turned around and went to change.

"Whoopsie daisy," Happy said as he let Elaina, now dressed in gray capris, a red t-shirt, a belt that held her whip and her keys, hair left down and black sandals, down on her feet.

"Thanks, Happy," she said as she steadied herself. The three were now on the roof of the mansion. Natsu had already melted the glass of a windowpane so they could get inside. Happy landed next to her.

"Aye."

"Geez," Natsu said, turning to look at the brunette. "This isn't really taking 'em by storm, you know. I think we should've just busted right in through the front door." Elaina sighed.

"If we did that, we'd probably go to jail," she said.

"Yeah, but I thought you'd like to get revenge on this guy."

"Not really. I know that it's his opinion of what he thinks of me and I shouldn't let it bother me. It's all about what I think of myself that matters. So let's just get the book and burn it."

Natsu and Happy looked at her with surprised looks on their faces. If anyone called them names, they would for sure want some sort of revenge. Natsu had to give Elaina some credit about keeping her cool. He turned his attention to the window and opened it, allowing the three to go inside.

"Oh wow," Elaina said, looking around the room they entered. "Must be a storage room or something."

"Rawr!" Happy said, popping out in front of her with a skull on his head. Elaina squeaked in surprised, bringing her hands to her chest like that would keep her heart from jumping out of it. "Check me out!"

"Yeah," Natsu said with a smile. "You're looking fierce, Happy."

"Let's just go look for that book," Elaina said, finally calming down.

And so they search...and came up with nothing. They couldn't find that book.

"Are we gonna have to search every room in this whole stinking place?" Natsu asked as they crept along.

"More than likely," Elaina said.

"I think we should take a hostage and force them to tell us where the book is."

"Aye," Happy agreed, still wearing that skull.

"We're trying not to get caught, you guys," Elaina said. "You gotta be stealthy, like a ninja."

"Like a real ninja," Natsu said, getting this spaced out look on his face. All of a sudden, the four maids from before came out from the floor.

"Intruder alert, Virgo!" they said.

"Let's crush 'em, girls," the giant maid said.

"Ah!" Happy shouted, scaring the four maids.

"Ninja power!" Natsu shouted, punching the four away with a fiery fist.

"Flying Virgo Attack!" the giant maid said before belly flopping on Natsu.

"Oh no!" Happy and Elaina said before the girl turned to the blue cat.

"You can take that mask off now, Happy," she said. Natsu managed to stand up, holding the maid above, before delivering a flaming kick at her. The pink haired Dragon Slayer landed on his feet with his scarf wrapped around his head like a ninja's mask.

"We mustn't let ourselves be discovered," he said in a "ninja" voice with his hands doing this weird gesture. "We are ninja."

"Ninja," Happy repeated from his spot on Natsu's shoulder, the mask off now.

"Ninjas are quiet, you two, and you're being the exact opposite," Elaina said with a sigh before the three continued to look for the book.

Just their luck they happened to have come across the library.

"Whoa, there are many books in this library," Natsu said, still doing the ninja pose and voice.

"Aye, there are, indeed," Happy agreed, copying him.

"Oh wow," Elaina said, eyes shining as she looked at the books. "Who would've thought that Everlue was such a bookworm?"

"Let's start looking," Natsu said, scarf now around his neck and voice back to what it was before.

"Aye sir," Happy said. They went to the book shelfs and started their search. Elaina groaned from her position on the ladder as she looked at one of the higher shelves.

"How are we gonna find that book when there's so many?" she asked herself before looking down at Natsu and Happy, who go distracted by the different books they found. Elaina couldn't help herself, she giggled.

"Check out this one!" Natsu exclaimed, holding up a book that sparkled and had a golden cover. "It's sparkly." Elaina took a look at the book in his hand and gasped.

"That's 'Daybreak'," she exclaimed.

"Have we been here that long?" Happy asked.

"No, that's the book we've been looking for!"

"Natsu found it."

"I did?" pink haired wizard in question asked. "Let's spark it up." Natsu's fist was on fire.

"That was so easy."

"Hold on," Elaina said, taking the book from Natsu, remembering that the book wasn't burned at all. Noticing the looks she was getting from Natsu and Happy, she quickly stuttered the line Lucy used, hoping they would believe it, "I didn't realize this was written by Kemu Zaleon."

"Zale-what?" Natsu questioned.

"Zaleon. He was a great wizard and a fantastic writer. I really like his work." During what little spare time she had to herself so far, Elaina had read a novel of his that she found in that mysterious suitcase of hers and found the book to be quite enjoyable. Looking down at the book, she said, "This must be an unpublished novel of his."

"Oh yeah?" Natsu lit the tip of his finger. "Who cares? It all burns the same to me." Elaina hugged the book to her chest.

"You can't. This book...you just can't burn it, Natsu."

"But what about our mission?" Happy asked. Elaina bit her lip. She just couldn't tell them why the book needed to be unscathed so she would just have to say something without giving anything away.

"Just trust me, you guys, please," she begged, holding the book tighter. "It's important that we don't burn this book."

"And how do you know that?" Natsu asked.

"I-I-I can't tell you that, not yet at least." She looked Natsu in the eye and he could see that she was serious about not burning the book. She said softly, "You just have to trust on this, please."

"Well, well, what do we have here?" Duke Everlue's voice rang out, interrupting their conversation. He came up through the floor behind Happy and Natsu. "So you thieves are looking to pilfer 'Daybreak' from me, are you? Boyoyo."

"See, slowpoke, this is all your fault," Natsu said, pointing at Everlue.

"I'm sorry," Elaina said quietly, shying back a bit.

"Don't you think it'd been way easier just to come through the door?" Happy asked.

"I knew all you lowlife wizard types were coming around here to take something of mine," Everlue said. "I never would have guessed it was that stupid book."

"Stupid?" Natsu repeated. Elaina clutched the book so tight her knuckles were turning white. She knew just how important this book was, what its true contents were, and she was determined to give the client this last remaining item of his father's.

"Well, if the book is so stupid, then you wouldn't mind if we just took it," she said in a shaky voice.

"It's mine!" Everlue exclaimed in protest. "You can't have it so get your grubby hands off!"

"Would you hand over that book and let me get this over with?" Natsu said, lighting his hand on fire again.

"Just trust me on this, Natsu," the brunette said to him. "In the end, you'll be glad you didn't burn this book."

"And how do you know that?" he demanded, raising his voice a bit at her. Natsu was getting annoyed at her vague reasoning for not burning the book and completing their job.

"I can't tell you that." Elaina raised her voice too. "Not yet, so you're gonna just have to suck it up." Natsu was taken back by her words as they were out of character for the shy girl.

"I've had enough," Everlue said, interrupting their conversation. "How dare you put your filthy hands on my possessions. Now, come forth, Vanish Brothers." Two bookcases split open, showing two men.

"You called upon us, sir?" the shorter of the two asked.

"Can you believe that these little punks are from the Fairy Tail Guild?" the other one said. "Talk about a bunch of runts."

"That sign means they're from the Southern Wolves," Happy said, looking at the guild symbol on their armbands. "It's a mercenary guild."

"So you got bodyguards, do you?" Natsu said, cracking his knuckles. All while this was going on, Elaina decided to take a peek at the book in her hands.

"Boyoyoyo, the Southern Wolves are always hungry for fresh game," Everlue said, twisting his mustache between his finger and thumb. "Say your prayers, thieves."

"Natsu, try and hold them off for a while," Elaina said, looking at the Dragon Slayer. "I was right about this book being important. It's got some sort of secret and I'm just starting to piece it together more clearly." That last part was really a lie, but if it got her more time, then so be it.

"Right," Natsu said before the girl took off.

Natsu, I know I can't give you the answers you want, but I'm glad you trust me enough to let me do is. That's why I put my trust and belief in you to win your fight against those two.

Elaina managed to find her way down to the sewers below the mansion. She hunkered down and pulled out her Gale-Force Reading Glasses, another item she found in the suitcase. With those glasses on, she quickly managed to read through the book.

"Oh, wow," Elaina said to herself. "I knew a bit about what this book held, but I never paid attention to the detail. This is incredible." Just then, Everlue busted through the wall Elaina was leaning against, holding her arms behind her back.

"Well then, please share," he said. "Secrets don't make friends, you know."

"No way in hell am I telling you. You doesn't deserve to know what it is." Elaina grimaced in pain as Everlue pulled on her arms more, hurting not only her arms, but her shoulders a bit as well.

Natsu, please hurry.

And there you have it! Chapter 3! I hope you guys enjoyed and leave a review please! I wanna know what you guys have to say!