"WHOA! REVE! What happened to you!?" Was Selene's first question as Reve was led into White Eclipse by Zalen and Jack.

"He fought Erza!" Luke replied.

"You fought Erza?" Selene raised an eyebrow, and then quickly shouted for Aira.

"Tch…I couldn't beat her…" Reve started walking on his own, sitting down on a chair.

"You lost…?" Selene stopped, sensing the sheer disappointment in Reve's voice.

"It was a draw!" Kuro exclaimed. "And he did amazing! Stop beating yourself up, Reve!"

"Tch…" Was Reve's only reply. "Where's Taya?"

"She's not here right now..." Selene replied, noticing the slightly upset tone in Reve's voice. "Did something happen...?"

"She wasn't there when I needed her to be," Reve replied, walking right into his room.

"She left during the battle..." Waiston replied. "Everyone else stayed put, I guess he really wanted her to be there."

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Lucy opened the door to Fairy Tail, placing Natsu in a chair, sighing. "Natsu…"

Cynthia was still buzzing about the fight, going over every detail, finishing with; "And that fight was the best one I've ever SEEN!"

Erza frowned as she walked in, limping just a little as she held her arm, thinking to herself how she wasn't able to defeat Reve. "Hn…"

"What's wrong, Erza-san…?" Wendy looked up at Erza with a slightly concerned expression.

"It's nothing, don't worry," Erza gave a false smile as she limped to a chair, sitting down.

Natsu finally started to wake up, rubbing his head. "O-Ow…my head…" He groaned, wincing when he tapped a particular spot on his head.

Gray couldn't help but muster a small laugh, "Finally away, eh?"

"What happened…?" Natsu looked around, his vision a little blurry.

"You got one hit ko'ed by Erza!" Cynthia started. "Then Reve stepped in and they had the MOST INTENSE BATTLE EVER!"

"Wait, what!? I got one hit ko'ed!?" Natsu groaned, and then perked his head back up at the mention of Reve. "Erza won, right!?"

"Well…actually…" Lucy started. "It was a tie…"

"WHAT!?" Natsu shouted in disbelief.

"Well, it's obvious who's stronger," Gray shrugged, smirking just slightly.

"YOU WANNA GO UNDERPANTS?!" Natsu glared over at Gray.

"Pssh, you wish you could take me, Squinty eyes!" And with Gray's comment, the two started to fight once again, only this time Natsu was at a disadvantage because of his head injury.

"There they go AGAIN…" Cynthia sighed.

"It gets old…fast…" Wendy sighed. "Oh! Cynthia!"

"Yes?" Cynthia looked over at Wendy with a small smile.

"Do you want to go on a job with me?" Wendy asked hopefully.

"A job? SURE!" Cynthia's face lit up with excitement. "It'll be my first one too…wow…I haven't been a good guild member, have I?"

"Nonsense!" Wendy led Cynthia over to the request board, looking at all the possible jobs. "You've been a great member! We just need to find something for you to do!" The two girls scanned the request board, at one point, they accidentally head-butted each other, squealing a little from the pain.

"P-Pain…" Cynthia groaned slightly, bringing her left hand up to hold her head.

"S-Sorry…" Wendy shook off the pain and noticed a job that caught her eye. "Huh?" Wendy pulled the paper from the request board and started to read it.

"What's it say?" Cynthia asked, peering over Wendy's shoulder.

"It says: DRAGON SLAYERS NEEDED, and to head to a town called Newmore…" Wendy nodded slowly.

"You think it could be something dangerous…?" Cynthia looked up at Wendy with a worried expression.

"If it is, I'm coming with you two," Carla interrupted, revealing that she was eavesdropping on the two the entire time.

"C-Carla!" Wendy jumped slightly from the exceed's sudden appearance.

"Wendy, if it's a dangerous job, I have to go with you," Carla responded.

"I can take care of Wendy just fine!" Cynthia nodded.

"It's my job to protect Wendy, Cynthia," Carla said as she turned to the female, shaking her head.

"You can take a break! C'mon, we can handle ourselves!" Cynthia nodded again; grinning, unaware of the fact Carla didn't trust her. Carla simply stayed silent as Wendy gave her an innocent look.

"Please, Carla?" Wendy asked with the cutest tone she could muster.

A minute passed before Carla released a defeated sigh. "Fine…"

"YAY!" The girls squealed from excitement in unison.

"Let's leave tomorrow, okay?" Wendy suggested.

"Fine with me!" Cynthia grinned.

"Mira-san!" Wendy walked up to the bar where Mirajane was, waving the request in front of her. "Cynthia and I are taking this job for tomorrow!"

"Alright, be safe, you two!" Mirajane nodded with a warm smile.

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The following morning, Wendy was standing outside Fairy Tail with her usual outfit in X791, while Cynthia was wearing a pair of blue jeans, a short sleeved shirt red shirt along with blue boots, and her black hair was tied back into a ponytail. "Where do we need to go first?" Cynthia asked, adjusting her ponytail as she looked over at Wendy.

"First we need to go to the train station," Wendy nodded, leading the way to the station

"Wait...trains…trains move…" Cynthia's faced turned pale at the thought of riding a train. "Can't we…walk…? Please…?" Cynthia pleaded.

"If you want to take four more hours than you should…" Wendy sighed.

"…That doesn't sound too bad…" Cynthia said to herself, preferring walking over riding any sort of transportation. After a bit of walking the two made their way to the train station, and hopped on the train that would lead them to Newmore. Wendy took her seat next to Cynthia, and the train departed. "Ugh…" Cynthia's face turned pale as the train started moving and she lay down, resting her head on Wendy's lap. "Make it stop, please…"

"I would cast Troia again…but you would eventually build up immunity to it…" Wendy sighed, frowning as she started regretting her decision to use Troia on Cynthia during the festival.

"WHAT!? It works like that!? NO FAIR!" Cynthia groaned, shifting around uncomfortably on Wendy's lap.

"I know…we're gonna be on this train for a few hours too…" Wendy placed her hand on Cynthia's stomach, starting to massage it, hopefully giving a little relief to Cynthia. "Is that helping…?"

"A little…Still feel horrible…" Cynthia groaned once more as the train departed.

Little did these girls know the true purpose of the job they so happily accepted. This job was the beginning of the end of Fairy Tail.