"Ruby, Laxus, Erza, come over here," Makarov called. Ruby stood up from where she was in the middle of talking with Mira and made her way over, Erza doing the same. There was a crack of lightning, and Laxus was in front of him. Ruby rolled her eyes. Showoff.

"What's up, Grandpa?" Ruby asked.

"I have an important job for you. King Toma is to travel to Remnant for negotiations next week, and wants some members of Fairy Tail, as the guild that made first contact, with him alongside his royal guard. I want you three, at least, to go. If you want to bring the Thunder Legion, BSL and the strongest team, that's up to you. They're giving a substantial reward to each person who goes."

"Right," Ruby nodded.

"Looking forward to going back, Ruby?" Laxus said, tauntingly, "hell, maybe you can get rid of those three rookies that have been hanging off you. They certainly aren't going anywhere special."

"You don't know that," Ruby retorted, "though I am going to bring them along."

"And I'll bring my team," Erza said.

"You're both overreacting, they're a bunch of magicless weaklings, the three of us could crush anyone they throw at all, even all at once."

"Still, it's good for them to be brought home for a bit," Ruby said.

"Then get your gear and get on the train."

"Yep," Ruby said, raising a hand as she turned away, "Girls, get ready, we have a mission."

—

Weiss sat across from a (thankfully clothed) Gray, glancing over at where Lucy was sitting next to Blake, Natsu lying on the opposite bench looking like he might vomit any second. Laxus was leaning against the window, looking queasy himself.

Weiss went back to thinking about Lucy. She couldn't imagine leaving her position to permanently join the (admittedly talented from what she'd seen) raucous guild permanently. Being heiress was something she had been raised for from the moment Winter had been disowned. It was a major part of her identity.

And more than anything, she couldn't believe she felt jealous towards the other girl.

Pushing those thoughts aside, she focused on where Ruby sat, not just with Erza, but Mirajane as well. Weiss would admit, she had seen the white haired girl occasionally tending the bar, and assumed that was her job and she was allowed to get lazy with it, not that she was a full fledged S-rank Wizard herself.

Then she looked at the back of her own hand, where the Fairy Tail guild mark sat proudly.

She'd have to decide if she wanted to cover it or not before the negotiations. If her father saw it somehow…

—

Ruby led the procession towards the short, white haired man, bending the knee as she did, Laxus, Mirajane, Erza and the Strongest Team immediately following. After a rough cough, from Ruby, BSL followed suit, "My king."

"Ruby Rose," Toma said, "please stand, I tell you this every time we meet, I'm not one for prostration. I recognize Laxus Dreyer, Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss, who are the others?

"Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long," Ruby waved a hand over the three, "Three Remnantians that have been working as part of Fairy Tail as a sign of good faith from Vale."

"And Fairy Tail didn't see it fit to inform me?" Toma asked, "that is just like you people. May I ask if they've at least been treating you well, young ladies? I can't have my kingdom look bad."

"Very accommodating, sir," Weiss said, curtseying.

"And the other three are?"

"Natsu "Salamander" Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, and Lucy Heartfilia."

"Any relationship to the Heartfilia Konzern? Also, why is that young man stripping naked?"

"Oh, for crying out loud!"

"I'm the former heiress. Please, judge me on my own merits, my king."

"A kingly procession indeed," Toma said, "now, shall we enter the portal? You go first, my safety is, of course, of the utmost importance."

"Of course, if we don't come back in five minutes, assume it isn't safe," Ruby said stepping through the portal and looking around. There was now a fairly advanced camp built around the portal, Huntsmen guarding the area. Ruby poked her head back through, "It should be safe."

Toma entered with a procession of the royal guard. Tai walked up, "King Toma?"

"Yes."

"I'm Tai-Yang Xiao Long, I'm in charge of this camp. We have several bullheads waiting to bring you to Beacon, from there you'll take an airbus to Vytal for the negotiations."

"Is there any reason we're doing it there?" Toma asked.

"It holds immense value to us, it's where the treaty to end our Great War and disband our armies foe the huntsmen took place," Tai explained.

"As good a reason as any," Toma said, "though I sincerely hope you don't intend to trying to make us disband our army."

—

Pyrrha was walking around the field around the Vytal historical building, which was to see use for the first time in eighty years soon. Councilors from every country had arrived the last few days, and supposedly the king of the mysterious Fiore was to arrive later today. She stopped as she heard Jaune cry, "Snow Angel!"

Weiss Schnee, wearing a pair of white gloves, looked over at them, before nudging Yang and Blake. They spoke to a cloaked girl with tattoos on her neck, and she nodded, after which they broke off from the crowd.

"Hello, Pyrrha," Weiss said, talking right past Jaune without missing a beat or showing any shame as he deflated.

"Where have you all been?" Pyrrha asked, "all Professor Goodwitch would say is that you had been selected for a long term mission and how it was a great honor for first years."

"We've been working with Fairy Tail, a guild in Fiore," Weiss explained, while Blake looked around the area.

"It's like a mini Vytal Festival, huh?" She said.

"Yes, it does seem that way. It's not every day we make contact with a new nation."

"Why don't we wander around for a bit?" Weiss said, "try the food?"

"That sounds delicious," Pyrrha looked at the dark haired girl that's hair lightened to red, a woman with redder hair than even Pyrrha, and a White haired woman in an elegant dress followed by a salmon haired boy, a blonde with her hair in a side tail and a black haired one who was slowly stripping- "Gray? You're stripping again."

"Damnit!" He swore, pulling his clothes back on.

"These are Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster, Mirajane Strauss, Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, and my sister, Ruby Rose," Yang said

"Hi," Ruby said, "Now, how about we get that food?"