Chapter 34

A Book?

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, Energy Magic and my Ideas

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As the next few days went by, everyone seemed to be in a great mood, well, that was until they were informed of the money problem.

Frea let out a heavy sigh when she realized she hadn't been paying rent in seven years, though it didn't matter much considering Fairy Tail had put that rent on hold.

Cana and Gildarts had left the day before along with Master Makarov, and Laxus had disappeared all together after the party in the hall. They had been visited by Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus they day after they came back.

Everybody had changed so much over the seven years, she had only found out yesterday that Bisca and Alzack had gotten married and they had a daughter. And Lucy had come back to the Guild to explain that her father had died while she had been missing, and Master had gone with Mira and Erza to knock some sense into Twilight Ogre's master.

She glanced sideways at the nearly empty request board, there weren't really any high paying jobs to do... Though she didn't need to go, she had enough Money saved up that rent was paid no problem, it was more of something to get moving. But the thought of leaving for a job made a sort of weight drop in her chest, she felt like there was something urging her not to leave Magnolia.

She blinked in surprise when she finally noticed that she hadn't seen Chase that morning, where is he?

"Hey Kinana." Frea murmured as the young waitress passed. Kinana stopped beside her,

"What is it?" She asked.

"Where's Chase?" She asked.

"Oh, I think he went on a job with Laki." Kinana replied. Frea nodded a little,

"Alright, thanks." She murmured and Kinana walked away. She crossed her arms over her chest and her eyes closed half-way, the Guild was fairly silent. It was a little early, so many people might not be here yet, but she suspected a few of them were out on jobs.

Cana and Gildarts, she was fairly sure those two were out on a job. And now she knew that Chase and Laki were gone too...

She listened quietly to Natsu talk with Lucy about some job at Balsamico Palace, where they would need to capture a criminal named Velveno. Macao glanced over as he heard the two talking and he stood up.

"That's where the Mage Ball is being held." Macao told them.

"Mage Ball?" Lucy and Natsu echoed.

"It's a special Ball held every seven years where only Wizards can attend." Macao explained. Lucy jumped a little and smiled widely,

"That's sounds fun! This will be a good job for us!" Lucy exclaimed as she grabbed onto Natsu's scarf and started pulling him out of the Guild Hall. "But if we're going to a Ball we'll need to practice dancing."

Frea smiled a little as she got to her feet and slowly followed the two out the front doors, this she had to see. Natsu learning to dance? That was sure to be funny.

She took a seat on some small wooden bleachers beside Romeo who had come out to watch too.

Lucy and Natsu locked their hands together and Frea heard Lucy telling Natsu what to do as they started moving back and forth. She smiled at the sight, Natsu didn't look very excited and she winced when e stepped on Lucy's foot and she chuckled a little.

"What is Lucy trying to teach Natsu?" Romeo asked and Frea glanced over to see he had asked the question of Kinana.

But she didn't bother to listen and she was only faintly aware of Mira walking over too. Her eyes fixed upon the two Mages dancing around in front of her. It wasn't too long before Erza joined in and stood Natsu from Lucy, where she started to spin him this way and that so fast he couldn't do anything about it.

Frea chuckled a little at the sight as more people started to join in on the dancing, and by the end of it Gajeel was dancing with Levy, Mira was being fought over by Wakaba and Macao. Freed was dancing with Erza while Elfman was dancing with Evergreen. Warren was dancing along with Wendy as Carla and Happy became dance partners too. Lisanna was dancing with Natsu and Capricorn appeared to dance with Lucy. The rest of the Guild who had decided to join in found partners as they began to dance around.

Frea leaned back in her seat and crossed her arms over her chest. She hadn't seen Jynx since the boat ride back to Hargeon Port, and she couldn't shake the feeling that something was seriously wrong. She had never seen Jynx so serious before, and she still couldn't wrap her head around the part where Jynx said she had been unconsciously dispelling Fairy Sphere for seven years straight.

There was no way in hell she had that much magic power!

She shook her head a little, Jynx couldn't have been serious... right? Frea silently hoped she had been wrong, or else she might end up being a danger to herself and her Guild, if that Magic Power ever got out of control for some reason.

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Frea walked away from the Guild Hall, trees arching over her head as the sun set behind her. Her arms were hooked behind her back as she walked along with her eyes closed and her senses open for anything around her. She had spent the rest of the day at the rather quiet Guild Hall once several of its members left with Natsu, Happy and Lucy to join them with their Job request.

Natsu had invited her to come but she told him no, she couldn't shake the feeling that she needed to stay in Magnolia for the time being. But she didn't know why she felt that way, it was just... a feeling. She came to a slow stop under a large dark tree and opened her eyes for the first time since she had left the hall.

She glanced toward the ghost girl who had appeared in front of her calmly, and she blinked slowly.

"Hello Jynx." Frea murmured and Jynx nodded in return, gaze calm and expression serious. Frea stiffened a little when she felt the tenseness in the air and she was immediately alert.

"I think it's time I tell you what I meant to do before Fairy Sphere was cast." Jynx explained, and Frea nodded a little to show she was listening. "I believe I explained to you that things had started moving back in the Second Stage of the Exams?" Jynx asked and Frea nodded again. "I came in to possession of a book while you were on Tenrou Island. I believe that now is the time to hand the book over to you." Jynx told her quietly.

A book?

Jynx lifted a hand and let her open palm face the orange sky just above the trees branched over their heads. Dark Purple Magic began to spiral out around Jynx's hand as it spiraled up into the air, followed by a quick flash of the purple light.

A thick, heavy, large leather-bound book dropped into Jynx's hand slowly and Frea blinked in surprise. She slowly took the book from Jynx's hand as she handed it toward her and she held the heavy item in both her hands. The leather on the cover was old and in faded and chipped gold lettering the front cover bore the words,

"Enogora Magrea." Frea murmured the faded gold letters as she read them and Jynx nodded slightly.

"I assume you know what the title is, at least?" Jynx asked her and Frea nodded slightly, eyes growing wider at the sight.

"Its the Dragon Language... Chaitanya used to use it a little." Frea murmured, and her fingers slowly traced over the letters. "Even I use it in some of my spells, though I don't know a lot." Frea told her.

"I know, and I believe this book should be in the hands of an Energy Mage. It should also belong to someone who has past experience with Dragons." Jynx said. "That's why I have chosen to pass it along to you, Energy Dragon."

Frea looked up from the book to rest her eyes on Jynx, "Where did you get it from?" She asked and Jynx sighed.

"That book has spent years traveling in the fringes of time, space, magic, and the Sprit world." Jynx replied. "It took me some time to get a hold of it, but I needed to get it. Try to open it."

Frea looked back down at the book as her fingers gently brushed over the edge of the cover and she began to open it, at first it wouldn't open, but the book suddenly glowed with several golden and silver spiral markings and she was able to open up to the first page. The paper of the book looked to be a very old thick, musty smelling and yellowing parchment, something that wasn't used in Fiore for what she guessed must be decades. The entire book smelled musty and old, and the paper inside was fraying, ripped, stained, wrinkled and fading in some places.

The very first page had a Dragon head surrounded by a circle with spiraling branches outstretching from the ring around the creatures head, seeming to have been drawn in an already fading ink.

"That book will only open to a few." Jynx told her and she looked away from the book. "You will be able to read it, along with any others it chooses to let see the contents. I was only able to open it once, and even then I was only allowed to see one page." Jynx told her.

"What am I supposed to do with it?" Frea asked her.

"If I'm not mistaken, that book will be written entirely in the Dragon Language your Foster Mother sometimes used. I think only you will have a chance at figuring out what it reads..." Jynx trailed off. "... I believe that it might have made its presence aware to me so I may give it to you, though I'm not sure why." Jynx told her quietly.

Frea stiffened a little, this was a little much, and she was slightly confused. Jynx was talking as if this book had a mind of its own, but it was a book right?

Even so she was aware of the strange Magic presence coming from the book.

And she only knew very little of the Dragon Language, little snippets that she had heard Chaitanya use or the phrases she had learned for spells and attack and defense moves. If this book really was written in that strange ancient tongue... she wasn't sure she could read it at all, or otherwise if she did, it would take a long time to fully understand.

"You think there's something in this book I ought to know?" Frea asked and Jynx nodded.

"I do. But I have told you all I know of this book, its a mystery to even me and I believe only you will ever come close to understanding whatever secrets it may hold." Jynx told her. "You should try to understand it as best you can, I think, I'll be around to help you try and figure something out, if need be." Jynx told her as she began to fade and Frea closed the cover of the book, nodding to the small Spirit Mage.

"Alright, I'll take a look at it Jynx." She promised. "If I find anything interesting I'll be sure to tell you about it."

Jynx nodded one last time before she disappeared all together and the darkness started to spread over Magnolia as the sun set. Frea cast one look back at the cover and its faded title. 'Enogora Magrea'. In English it would read;

Energy Magic