Author Note: So sorry everybody!! For not updating, in a while..a very long while...I was just so busy! *cries* so many excuses. forgive me! So, I made sure that this was a long chapter. Happy 4th of July. Enjoy!! The photo on top..has a certain 'someone' familiar connection with our little ocean dragon slayer..Interesting.

~*~*~*~*~*~*

The sky was light blue. Rays of sunlight beamed down on the forehead of a young girl as she rested peacefully atop the grassy hill. She stared lazily at the passing clouds as the wind continued to sweep her long blue hair against her face. Closing her eyes, she embraced every ounce of warmness the sun had to offer her. This chapter will now however, begins in a small village just on the outskirts of Mt. Hakobe.

"Do you honestly expect to do this all day?" came a voice from above.

The girl opened her eyes to see another girl with short, purple hair eyeing her impatiently. She grinned to herself as she studied the stern expression spread across the irritated girl's face.

"Hayden." she smirked, shutting her eyes once more, "Shouldn't you be at the churchyard?"

"You realize they're finally back after all these years." replied the purple-haired girl ignoring her friend's comment. There was a brief pause as another breeze passed through the hilltop. She sighed heavily, her impatient expression now more calm and relaxed. "You know what this means, don't you?"

The young girl sat up, narrowing her eyes as she scanned the horizon. She tucked the loose strands of her blue hair behind her ear and whispered:

"Fairy Tail, eh?"

~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Angie!"

.

.

"Angie! Wake up~!"

Angie Raiden awoke to the streams of morning sunlight shining through her bedroom window. She let out a soft groan as she turned over on her side, rolling away from the source of unwanted noise. Her eyelids still felt heavy from the previous late night, while the warmth of her bed prevented from making any sudden movements.

"Angie!" called the voice one more.

The Dragon Slayer forced her body to sit upright. As she slowly lowered the blanket from her face, she let out a well-needed yawn before choosing to identify whom the high-pitched voice belonged to. Angie's eyes widened at the sight of a small white cat staring straight at her. It was almost immediately that her peaceful expression dropped to one of annoyance and confusion.

"Geez, are you gonna' sleep all day!?" whined the cat whipping its tail back and forth. Just then, a lean boy with spiked blonde hair rose up from the foot of the mage's bed. He scratched his head sleepily.

"Hey Luna, what time is it?" he asked in between a yawn.

Angie blinked twice as she stared at the un-welcomed cat and blonde-headed mage. She grimaced angrily as she jerked the blanket back, causing the white cat Luna to be swept off her feet and collide straight with Logan's face.

"Hey! What'd ya' do that for?!" exclaimed the fire mage rather irritated. Angie glared at the boy fiercely, "How did you get inside my house?! It's not nice to sneak up on a lady!" she snapped back.

Logan shooed her away, "We tried to ask, but you were snorin' away!" he explained indifferently, "Besides, the window was wide open. So, we let ourselves in."

"Aye!" cheered Luna raising a paw.

"I don't snore!" exclaimed Angie clenching her teeth. "And that still doesn't give you two idiots permission to barge in!" she shouted. Logan ignored the angry outburst and jumped on the bed, "Hey, how about we go on a mission today?" he said beaming brightly. "I'm getting bored staying at the guild all day!"

"Aye!" repeated the white cat once more.

"Shut up ya' stupid cat!" barked Angie. She paused then looked off to the side. Stroking her chin slowly, she let out a sigh,"Well, I could use the extra money."

"Great!" exclaimed Logan grabbing her by the arm, "Let's go!"

"W-Wait!" panicked Angie as she tried to break free from his grasp. "I need to change first!...And shower!"

It was no use. The grip of Logan was far too strong and before she knew it, Angie was headed down the streets of Magnolia as Luna chased behind.

~*~*~*~*~*

Even from a distance, a loud commotion could be heard coming from the direction of the notorious guild. It happened to be so loud, that it seemed to echo far through the streets of Magnolia. Of course the guild of Fairy Tail was famously known for their loud ruckus, yet despite all that, the residents of the large town still seemed to grow constantly annoyed by it.

The guild hall was relatively 'normal' that afternoon. With the young waitress Mirajane serving everyone drinks, the local members eagerly caught up on the latest gossip caused by none other than the guild itself. Cana had already managed to finish her second 'keg' of booze while Elfman continued to lecture Jet and Droy about the true meaning of being a 'man'.

The doors flew open as Logan appeared in sight with his enlarged grin. Everyone turned to welcome their arrival with joyous waves and grins. A reluctant Angie followed close behind as the fire mage and Luna sprinted toward the request board, nearly knocking Kayla over in the process.

"Good morning, Angie." said Mirajane flashing her familiar sweet smile as the brown haired mage meandered her way over to the bar. Nashi eyed her, giggling softly at her unusual choice of outfit. "Did Logan wake you up this morning?"

Angie glanced over at Nashi next to her, rested her head on the palm of her hand and let out a heavy sigh. "That idiot Logan rushed me out so quick this morning. I didn't even get a chance to change!" she replied trying to contain her anger.

Nashi smiled and placed her cup of tea down beside her. "Don't worry, I have some spares." she reassured with a wink.

Angie smiled in relief, "Thanks, Nashi."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

By that time Logan was already halfway done with scanning the request board. None of the missions listed however, appeared to even catch an ounce of his attention. He furrowed his eyebrows impatiently as Angie approached him from behind, now dressed in a short denim skirt and yellow tank top. It felt weird, she more used too wearing pants. Then, this.

"Find anything?" asked the Ocean mage placing her hands on her hips.

Luna lowered her head in defeat, "No.." she whined, "All the good requests must have been taken."

"This bites!' shouted Logan. He thrusted his fists in the air as he stomped in place angrily. "Just what am I supposed to do now?!"

"Oi!" called out a familiar voice from behind.

Angie, Logan, and Luna turned to see Sakura leaned up against the wall. She casually held up a piece of paper as a smirk appeared across her face. "I managed to already snag a request this morning." She replied cooly. "Take a look."

Logan walked over to the ice mage and leaned in closely to study the faded parchment. After several seconds, he raised his eyebrows as if completely unenthused, "Search for some ancient treasure? Pass."

Sakura twitched in annoyance and shoved the paper in closer to Logan's face, "Keep reading Flame Brain." She frowned.

Growing impatient, Angie pushed Logan aside and examined the request in further detail. As soon as she reached the bottom of the page, her eyes widened in shock. "Woah, the reward is 800,000 Jewel?!"

Almost immediately Logan jumped up in excitement, "800,000?!" he exclaimed. "'I'm getting fired up!"

"Aye! Let's go!" cheered Luna mimicking her good friend's actions. Sakura lowered the paper, "Just hold on a sec', there's one more thing you should know..."

.

.

.

Meanwhile in the corner lurked a spying Kayla. Bookworms. And their Eavesdropping. Her eyes, were fixed on the three mages as she remained hidden behind the wooden post. "Angie-san is going on another mission?" she said, "Wish I could go...for once!"

"Why don't you just tag along, Kayla?" suggested an another nosy and eavesdrop Mirajane. from behind.

Kayla blushed immensely, "H-Huh?! Me? On a mission, I can't do that!?"

"Sure, you can! It looks like your brother Zachary is goin' " reminded the barmaid with a smile. Kayla's head shot up in response to the Iron's Dragon Slayer's name. "Zachary?! He's going?!" She gritted her teeth in hesitation, "A-Am going as well!"

Back over at the request board, Zachary made his way over to them. Logan, Luna and Angie fell silence as they awaited a response from Sakura.

"What are guys, whispering about over here?" Said The Iron mage. The ice mage glanced over at the black hair mage, and guessed he was coming as well, she crossed her arms and looked up, "The request comes from a village called Aldmead."

"Aldmead?" repeated Logan completely lost.

Angie pretended to act clueless, and arched her eyebrow in interest."What does that mean?"

"It means the four of you knuckleheads WON'T be taking this request." interrupted a voice from above.

The four wizards looked up to see an extremely short, elderly man glaring down at them from the balcony. It was Fairy Tail's very own guild master, Makarov. He leaped over the railing, landing directly in front of Logan, Angie, Luna, Sakura, and Zachary. Crossing his hands behind his back, the small man shot them a look of anger.

"There's no way the four of you will be attending this request alone!" he snapped.

"But we've gone on a few of requests on our own before." replied Sakura slightly confused.

"C'mon Gramps! I'm pretty sure I can take on this request by myself!" added the blonde-haired fire mage. He seemed too over convinced.

"Absolutely not." replied Makarov bluntly. "Aldmead is a village far past the mountains of Mt. Hakobe. It would be impossible for the four-"

"Five." A voice interrupted the Makarov. A girl who was below the average height for a normal person or for just a teenage girl, with a petite body, has long black hair, was none another then. Kayla Redfox.

"-Five." Makarov corrected,"It would be impossible for the five of you to travel on such a dangerous path!"

"He forgot me..." whined Luna under her breath.

"Not only that," continued the master, "There's also said to be a dangerous monster that guards the outside gates of the village. Even if you manage to pass the mountains taking on that creature alone would be a complete act of suicide!"

Angie trembled as she held on tightly to Luna, "S-Suicide?"

"What about our parents, Master?" asked Sakura.

"Your parents are away on an S-Class mission at the moment." interrupted Mirajane, now appearing behind Makarov, "They won't be back for several days!"

Makarov stroked his mustache, "Come to think of it, Chikai's also away on a mission." he shook his head and frowned, "That settles it, you all are definitely not going!"

"Come-on!" whined Logan. Angie sighed in relief, she was hoping for that. Because, she don't want to do the risk to put anyone in danger, as Sakura crossed her arms behind her head, "Well that settles it..." replied the ice mage, "Looks like we won't be making that 800,000 Jewel."

"Man, this blows." snapped Logan throwing himself in one of the seats of the small table.

"Maybe it's for the best." commented Angie still sounding relieved. She took a seat beside the fire mage as Sakura pulled up a chair from behind. Zachary and Kayla pulled up a chair in front of them.

"It probably would have been worth all that money though." Kayla added.

"Aye..." agreed the small white cat.

Just then a drunken Cana leaned over to the whispering mages, "You know..." she hiccuped, "If you guys really wanna go, I know a shortcut to getting there."

"Really?!" replied Logan, growing more excited by the second. Angie's face seemed to drop as Sakura raised her eyebrow rather intrigued. Cana nodded and grinned. "There's a small cave entrance on the side of Mt. Hakobe. It leads you completely through the mountains and into the forest."

Logan jumped up and clenched his fists. "Seriously?!" he exclaimed.

"Sounds dangerous..." mumbled Angie

"I gotta' warn you kids," began Cana, "That forest is no walk in the park. The walk alone is about three days, and with that being said, there's no telling when you'll run into that crazy monster."

Fire began to radiate off Logan's fist as a determined grin formed across his face.

"I'm all fired up!"

"Guess there's no other choice." added Zachary with a smirk. Looking at his little sister, who grinned from ear to ear. You can tell, she's excited for this as well.

"W-Wait a second!" stuttered a nervous Angie, "Didn't Master say it would be complete suicide?!"

"Oh! Come on! Stop being so scared!" grinned Logan eyeing Luna.

"Aye!"

Angie sighed heavily as she sunk lower into her chair. "This is going to end badly." she whimpered under her breath. Logan shot up from his seat, "Well c'mon!" he exclaimed. "Let's g-" Just before the fire mage could finish his sentence, Sakura rushed over to him and covered his mouth.

"What are you stupid?!" scolded the ice mage, "Do you want Gramps to hear you?"

Logan's eyebrows twitched in annoyance as he swatted Sakura's hand away. "You wanna' start somethin', ice freak?!" snapped Logan as fire began to radiate off his body.

Sakura scowled, "What was that, ya' Flame Brain retard?!"

"Ya both are retards! So, shut up!"Growled Zachary.

Angie, Luna, and Kayla watched tiredly as the three mages continued to exchange cliche insults at each other. After several moments, Logan clenched his fists impatiently, "That's it!" he shouted, "Let's go already!"

"W-Wait, we're going now?!" exclaimed Angie. Yet before she could obtain an answer, Logan sprinted off toward the front door with Luna following close behind. "C'mon Luna!" he called.

Sakura gritted her teeth, "You won't win, Logan!" She shouted quickly running after the fire mage.

"I ain't done with you yet!" Zachary says running out the door after the two mages.

Angie and Kayla blinked as they was now left standing in the guild hall alone. Angie shook her head and quickly chased after her comrades.

Kayla gasped, "Hey! Don't leave me!" She went after them.

~*~*~*~*~*~*

The sound of heavy boots echoed through the dark, empty corridor. A man with an impressively large stature made his way down the wide hall and toward a solid iron door. His eyes were hidden behind a pair of round, dark sunglasses, while his untamed hair covered parts of his stolid face. As he approached the door, he adjusted his glasses once more and slowly stepped inside.

The room was filled mainly with plain, worn-out furniture. Two couches sat across from each other and a sturdy desk rested directly in the center.

"Nice of you to join us, Priest." came the gruff voice of a shadowed figure. It emerged out of the darkness to reveal an older looking man with jet-black hair. He walked over to the desk and positioned himself firmly in the cushioned chair.

"You're looking pleasant." he smirked, a slightly amused tone present in his voice.

The man known as Priest remained silent, still holding a frustrated, angry expression across his face. After a moment of hesitation, he finally spoke, "Is there a reason you've called me here?"

"Always in a rush, eh Priest?" came another voice from behind.

Priest closed his eyes and frowned, "I should have known you'd be here." he replied sternly.

"If you boys are both finished getting reacquainted..." interrupted the black-haired man, "I'd like to talk to you about your mission."

"Mission?" repeated the younger boy, still cloaked by the shadows.

"You'll be collecting an ancient treasure said to possess incredible magic power. It's also known to be extremely valuable." explained the man. He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a slip of paper. "No questions. Here is the location."

Priest eyed the paper as the veiled figure surfaced from behind. It was revealed to be another man, yet much younger and of slight 'taller-than-average' height. He approached the desk and retrieved the slip of paper. His eyes widened as he studied the small print, "Why here?" he asked slightly off guard.

"Is there a problem?" inquired the man at the desk. He folded his hands and leaned in as tension quickly filled the room.

"No."

"Good. Arina will also be accompanying you two..." said the man with a mischievous grin tugging at his lips. "Now, with that being said..." He turned his attention over to the taller man, "I'll expect nothing less from you, Priest." With a pause he turned back over to the younger-looking one and smirked, "You as well...-"

"...Hunter-chan."