Once Laxus and Arcadia made it back to the guildhall, they split up and headed to their groups of friends. Laxus went to the bar where Freed was chatting with Mirajane, while Arcadia headed to Eclipse.

"So, what happened while you were gone? You seem a bit happier than you were before. Well actually, a lot happier." Eclipse spoke up as soon as Arcadia made her way to the table she was seated at.

"Laxus and I talked. About my past and our past together. We also decided that we would work towards me falling back in love with him, in hopes that my memories will return one day." Arcadia responded with a smile on her face.

"That's amazing! I'm so happy for you! I hope things go well for the two of you!" Eclipse smiled at the girl and then got an idea. "Let's head to the bar to sit with Laxus and Freed. Maybe Freed has come up with something to help you."

"Alright." With that, the two girls did just as Eclipse suggested and headed to the bar.

"Hello Arcadia, I'm glad to see you've returned in better spirits." Freed addressed the redhead once they were close enough.

"I'm glad as well. So, do you have any ideas on how to bring back my memories? Or to remove this brand?" Arcadia wanted to know immediately if the man had found anything.

"Actually, I have come across something."

"What is it?" Laxus questioned immediately.

"I read in a book about a potion that could potentially cause Arcadia to regain her memories. However, the side effects are death or a psychedelic trip that could cause some interesting reactions."

"So she could either die or trip balls?" Eclipse bluntly stated, causing Freed to pause for a moment before nodding his head. "I can't let her dri-"

"I'll drink it!" Arcadia cut off Eclipse as she took a step towards Freed. Eclipse wanted to argue, but Freed got down from the seat he was on and smiled at Arcadia.

"Very well. Let's go retrieve the ingredients." Hearing Freed say that caused both Eclipse and Laxus to frown as they were worried about what could possibly happen to Arcadia. With that, the 4 of them headed out of the guildhall and ventured around town to collect the things that Freed needed to make the potion.

"Let's head to Arcadia's house in the forest. I have potion-making equipment there at her home." Eclipse suggested to the group as they wondered where they should go to make the potion.

"Why do you have potion-making equipment, and what exactly do you mean by that? What 'equipment' do you have?" Arcadia questioned instantly before anyone could agree with the girl.

"Just your average cauldron and various other things. I just bought them yesterday and this morning. I have a potion that I want to make." Eclipse didn't say why she wanted to make a potion for a reason, but Arcadia decided to push it.

"Why do you want to make a potion?"

"I want to make something to erase memories, to reset Nova and remake her into a better person like she used to be."

"Oh..." Arcadia just nodded her head, a little scared at the girl's explanation. "Well, let's get going." The others agreed and they headed to the little house in the forest where Adryn used to live. Arcadia was a little shocked at the house. She didn't expect it to be someplace where she used to live, but once she was in it, there was a feeling of familiarity. Instantly, Freed and Eclipse began to make the potion while Laxus and Arcadia sat on the couch together.

"It would be nice if this potion would work and your memories came back," Laxus stated as he looked at the girl next to him. She nodded her head and smiled at him.

"It would be great... but I'm nervous about the side effects that could happen. I don't really want to die and I'm not sure if I'd like to have a trip right now." Arcadia responded as the smile on her face faded.

"Don't worry. I'll protect you."

"From something only I can see? Or from death? Thanks though." Arcadia clearly didn't believe him, but she was glad about the man's want to protect her. For some reason, it still made her feel better.

"Hey Arcadia, the potion is done. Are you sure you want to drink it?" Eclipse spoke up from the kitchen where the potion making was happening.

"Well, you already made it, so I might as well drink it," Arcadia responded simply as she stood up from the couch. Laxus followed her into the kitchen and watched as Freed handed the redhead the potion in a simple beer mug.

"Are you sure about this?" Eclipse questions again before Arcadia can drink anything.

"I'm sure." With that, Arcadia drank the whole mug of the potion. "Oh god, that's fucking gross!" Arcadia nearly threw it back up before glaring at Freed and Eclipse. "You two never said that it would taste so terrible!"

"Sorry, I figured you really wouldn't drink it if you knew how bad it was going to taste. Don't even get me started on what's in it." Eclipse looked and sounded truly sorry, but that didn't make it all better. Arcadia was about to tell her something again, but everything around her began to change.

"I think... I think that I'm going to have a psychedelic trip now..." Arcadia muttered quietly as she turned away from the others. Everything around her slowly became neon colors that slowly began to swirl around her. Arcadia turned back to look at the others, only to see that they were now bright neon colors as well that were more like wavy monsters. Slowly growing louder was some type of soft music playing in the background, which served to horrify Arcadia.

The others watching just watched as Arcadia's eyes grew wide and her face turn into a horrified look. So, worried about what she was seeing, Eclipse reached out and touched Arcadia's shoulder. She slowly was able to see and hear everything that was going on in Arcadia's mind.

"Oh wow. You guys need to see this." Eclipse then reached out to touch Freed, who then touched Laxus. As they were now all connected, they were all able to see the same scene and hear the same music that Arcadia was seeing and hearing.

"I think she needs to sit down." Freed states, immediately worried for the girl. So, they slowly and carefully guided Arcadia to sit down on the couch where she just continued to look around her horrified.

"Guys, you're still there, right?" Arcadia questioned suddenly as she looked around her. She was no longer able to see them at all as they faded into the background of everything around her.

"We're still here," Laxus responded sounding normal to the other two, but to Arcadia, he sounded far away and he echoed a little bit. Before Arcadia could say another word, from behind the couch, gray, red and green little monsters crawled out.

"Hello, girl. Do you remember us?" The gray demon spoke up as the other two laughed.

"Um, no, should I?" Arcadia responded a little scared.

"Who are you talking to?" Freed questioned hoping that the girl could still hear him.

"There are these gray, red and green demon-like things that just appeared. They are nothing like the rest of the scenery around me."

"Gray, red and green demons? That sounds like the demons you once saw while we were on the train. You drank a potion then too and hallucinated them. Why would they appear here, now?"

"So you lost your memories? What a pathetic girl you are." The gray demon stated as the other two began to mock Arcadia.

"You truly don't deserve Laxus now, you wench." The red demon snapped at Arcadia.

"Wench? That's rude! Don't call me that!" Arcadia yelled back at the now laughing demon.

"You should just die since you don't even know who you are." The green demon whispered to her from right behind her.

"Shut up! It's not like you know me!"

"Like you know yourself?" The gray demon questioned mockingly.

"I... I might not know myself right now, but..."

"But what? Nothing! You should just drop dead!"

"What are the demons saying to you?" Laxus asked, bringing Arcadia out of her argument with the demons.

"They are telling me horrible things. Like that I should go die and that I'm pathetic." Arcadia responded with a frown on her face.

"Maybe you should go to sleep now. I think these hallucinations are going to hurt you, either mentally or physically." Eclipse suggested as she moved closer to Arcadia. The redhead just nodded her head and then slowly laid down on the couch. Eclipse grabbed a blanket from the chair and laid it on the girl. "We'll be right here the whole time, don't worry."

"Thank you..."

"Don't go to sleep now." The red demon spoke as it laughed at the redhead.

"You'll regret it." All three demons stated in unison. Arcadia ignored them and drifted off to sleep.

~

About a couple of hours later, Arcadia woke up with a start causing her to fall off the couch with a thud. Eclipse reached Arcadia first who was now on her knees crying.

"Arcadia, what's wrong?!" Eclipse was close to panicking now at the sight of the redhead sobbing.

"I remember..." Arcadia couldn't get it out as she cried.

"What's wrong?" Laxus demanded as he and Freed approached the two girls. Arcadia looked up at the two men and showed clear terror on her face. That alerted Laxus to what she'd remembered. "We should go, Freed." Before Freed could say anything, Laxus pulled him out of the house with him. "I'll return in the morning." With that, Laxus closed the door, leaving the two girls alone together.

"What did she remember?" Freed questioned completely confused.

"I believe she remembered the assault that Ivan caused her to go through." Laxus' thought was exactly right. While Freed and Laxus walked away, Arcadia explained to Eclipse the details of the assault and what she remembered.

"I'm so sorry that you had to remember that, but on the bright side, you remembered something." Eclipse was trying to be positive to the terrified girl. "How do you feel right now?"

"I feel a little better now that I realize that I'm awake and that was just a memory.

I feel bad that I reacted so scared to Laxus and Freed. I remember how in the beginning, I didn't trust men and I didn't want to be touched. However, for some reason, I don't feel like that anymore. Despite how scared I just was of Freed and Laxus." Arcadia explained to the pink-haired girl.

"Well, Laxus helped you through your trauma and issues. He'd been slow with you and you only had begun sleeping in the same bed after you moved in together."

"I see... Now I feel even worse for acting so scared of him. Though, I guess it's fine. From what I understand of Laxus, he is kind and gentle, so he'll forgive me for my fears."

"Laxus... Kind and gentle? I guess with you he was." Eclipse laughed at the thought of Laxus being so different with Arcadia. "So, are you tired? It's late now. We should probably go to bed"

"I guess I could sleep a little more." Arcadia agreed with a shrug of her shoulders. "Let's share the bed. It's big enough for us. I don't particularly want to sleep on the couch again and I don't want you to either."

"That's fine by me." Eclipse nodded her head and then the two began to get ready for bed. Once ready, the two climbed into the bed and Arcadia quickly fell to sleep. Eclipse didn't sleep instantly, as she had trouble falling to sleep and staying asleep. So, she laid there for a little while before finally falling to sleep.

~

Arcadia awoke with a jolt causing Eclipse to shoot up in bed as well.

"What's happening?!" Eclipse was starting to panic as she looked to Arcadia only to see the girl crying. "Are you alright?!"

"I... I remembered something else." Arcadia sniffled as she wiped away her tears.

"What did you remember?" Eclipse was no longer panicking, after hearing that nothing was completely wrong currently.

"I was on a job when a whole group of men and Ivan surrounded me. They all attacked me and I was overpowered and taken away. The next thing I knew, I was waking up in chains somewhere I didn't recognize."

"That must have been when Ivan kidnapped you from the job you were working on. He kept you there with him for, I think you said, 5 years." Eclipse simply explained as she looked out the window. "It's still dark outside, let's go back to sleep." With that, Eclipse laid down facing away from Arcadia. She was soon asleep this time while Arcadia stayed awake for a few minutes thinking over what she remembered. Soon though, she laid back down and fell to sleep. This time, Arcadia had another dream about Ivan, but it was more of a domestic part of their life rather than anything bad, so when Arcadia woke up, she didn't wake up in a panic like the last 2 times.

"Hey, Eclipse?" Arcadia began as the two were eating breakfast in the morning.

"What's up?"

"When we went back to sleep, I had a dream of Ivan again. This time, he and I were eating breakfast. We were talking about what we were going to do that day. From how I sounded, it seems like I had given up on my life and just accepted that I was going to be with him for the rest of my life. All because I thought I was protecting Nova, right? The dream ended with Ivan patting me on the head telling me how much of a 'girl good' I was." Arcadia grimaced at the thought of Ivan putting his hands on her. It disgusted her completely.

"I'm sorry that you are remembering things that you probably wouldn't want to remember, but it's good, right? That means Freed's potion worked."

"Yeah, I guess it's good." Arcadia frowned and was about to say something else when there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it." Arcadia hurried to the door and opened it, to see Laxus standing there.

"Morning," Laxus muttered, clearly sounding like he'd just woken up.

"Good morning. Come on in, we were just having breakfast. Want some?" Arcadia led him to the kitchen where he accepted the offer for food, as he hadn't eaten anything quite yet. As he ate, Arcadia explained to him the two dreams that she'd had that night. He seemed to be just as disgusted with the second dream as Arcadia was. Once they were done with breakfast, they headed to the guildhall. Immediately, they headed over to Freed to fill him in on what Arcadia was going through.

"So, you're slowly remembering things in your dreams?" Freed responded after Arcadia was done telling him what was going on.

"Yeah. Things are slowly coming back to me." Arcadia nodded her head as she spoke.

"You'll most likely remember everything at your own pace. I'm glad."

"Hey guys, Master wants to see the Thunder Legion, Laxus, Arcadia and Eclipse. He has a job request for you 6." Mirajane stated as she approached the group.

"Alright, we're coming," Eclipse responded simply as the 6 of them began to make their way over to where Master Makarov was seated.

"Hello, children. A job has come in pertaining to Raven Tail. I figured I would ask you all if you wanted it before putting it on the job board." Master Makarov spoke up as soon as all 6 of them were standing by him.

"What is the job?" Arcadia asked the question that the others were thinking of.

"You are to search for the remaining members of Raven Tail in a town not too far from here."

"We'll take the job," Laxus stated before anyone else could agree to take it. "Let's head out now."

"Right." The other 5 agreed instantly. They then headed to their homes to get ready for the trip.

"Do you think that we'll come across any trouble on our job?" Arcadia suddenly asked Laxus as they were in the bedroom of his apartment getting ready.

"Most likely. Why, are you worried?" Laxus stopped packing his bad to look at the girl who was staring at the tank top in her hands.

"I'm... nervous to fight. I have no memory of how to use my dragon slaying magic anymore so I only have my pain magic. I feel pathetic to even admit that..."

"It's alright, Arcadia. No matter what happens, I'll protect you." That brought a smile to Arcadia's face. She turned to look at the man and smiled at him.

"Alright, I'll rely on you. You better not fail me." Arcadia smirked at the man. She was clearly teasing him, which brought a smile to his face as well. The rest of the time they spent getting ready was in silence. Once they were ready, they headed out and met up with the others at the train station. They then boarded the train and began their journey.

While on the train, Arcadia began to feel sick, so she decided to fall asleep, leaning against the window as she did. Unfortunately for her, she had another dream. This time, the dream was of the first time Ivan ever had her kill someone. It was the first time she'd ever killed a person in general. The woman screamed and cried as she used her pain magic on the woman. The woman begged for her life, but she still ended up dying a painful death.

Seeing the woman take one last breath as she cried out, caused Arcadia to wake up in shock. She was breathing heavily which worried the others around her.

"What's wrong? Did you have another dream?" Eclipse questioned instantly as she looked to her shocked friend.

"Yeah, but I'd rather not talk about it. Please don't look into my mind either." Arcadia responded as she turned to look back out the window. The rest of the trip, Arcadia remained awake and suffering from motion sickness, all the while she remained completely silent. The others could tell that something was bothering her, but no one dared to ask her about it, as she clearly didn't want to speak of her dream.

"Do you think she'll be alright?" Evergreen whispered to Laxus who had been watching Arcadia since they got off the train a few moments before.

"She'll be fine," Laxus responded simply, even though he wasn't too sure about that.

"Okay, so I think we should go this way. I have a feeling that the people we are looking for are over here." Eclipse pointed in the direction of the middle of town. It seemed a good enough place to start, so they followed Eclipse as they walked to the middle of town.

Once they began to get closer, Eclipse was able to sense evil intent coming from someone or some people from the middle of the town where there was a little park. So, after warning the others, they headed there, only to find a little group of people there, with Nova standing in front of them as if they had been waiting for the 6 of them to arrive.

"Hello, everyone. It's been a while." Nova smirked at the group as they all looked to her with anger. "You were stupid to approach us. You will die here now."

"You are quite overconfident for someone who's plans haven't worked out up to now." Arcadia snapped at the lilac-haired girl.

"Oh?"

"My memories are returning. I'm starting to remember some things about my past."

"Have you remembered Serenity yet, or no?" Nova smiled as Arcadia's eyes widened. At the name 'Serenity', there were little flashes in Arcadia's mind. They were of a little girl with white hair and golden eyes, just like Arcadia. However, there was no recollection of who this mystery child was, but it sure infuriated Arcadia.

"Who the hell is Serenity?" Arcadia demanded as she stepped forward, only to freeze in place. The other 5 realized that they couldn't move either.

"You will die now, so who cares who Serenity is." Nova laughed as she pulled out a dagger and began to approach Arcadia. She then paused and began to walk over to Laxus. "Maybe I'll kill him first."

"No, you won't!" Before Nova could fully get out of Arcadia's sight, the redhead began to use her pain magic on Nova, causing Nova to collapse to the ground. Her paralysis on the 6 was then released and they instantly began to fight with the group of people that had surrounded them now.

Magic was thrown everywhere, along with various weapons and even bodies. However, once the dust cleared, Nova was nowhere to be seen. There were the bodies of the Raven Tail members laying on the ground, either unconscious or wishing they were, but

no Nova.

"Where did she go?!" Arcadia yelled out in frustration as she fell to her knees. She was exhausted from using her pain magic so much on various people.

"Who the hell was Nova talking about? Who is 'Serenity'?" Eclipse questioned making Arcadia think about those flashes of a little girl. However, Arcadia quickly pushed those thoughts out of her mind and stood back up.

"Let's get the Magic Council to take these people away." Was all Arcadia muttered as she walked to a bench and sat down. She let the rest of them restrain the Raven Tail members while Laxus called for the Magic Council.

Eventually, they came and took the Raven Tail members away to a jail to rot or whatever. Arcadia didn't care one bit. She was too focused on who that little girl was, but she didn't want Eclipse to read her mind and hear about what she remembered about Serenity. So, Arcadia didn't think about it for too much at one time.

"Let's go get some food before we do anything else," Bickslow stated after the Magic Council was gone. His babies, much to Arcadia's annoyance (though she didn't understand why it was so annoying), repeated, "Food! Food!"

"I agree. We should also go somewhere to formulate a plan on how we are going to capture Nova before she does anyone else damage." Freed agreed with his friend. That settled it, they all began to wander around town before finding a tavern. They quickly went inside and ordered their food and drinks.

"Arcadia, you shouldn't drink too much," Laxus told the redhead as she began to sip at her beer.

"Alright." Arcadia agreed, for now. "So, about getting Nova?"

"I believe we should split into 2 groups and search for her. She couldn't have gone very far, and I believe she would stay close by to mess with us again somehow." Freed began as they all ate and drank.

"I think that's a good plan. So you, the Thunder Legion, go as one group. While Eclipse, Laxus and I will go as another." Arcadia cut in before Freed could say what groups they would go in. Freed just nodded his head, showing that it also was going to be his idea to go in those specific groups.

"We should start tomorrow."

"What, why? She might leave by then!" Eclipse was a little outraged at this comment by Freed.

"The train ride and fight took a lot out of us. Should we go against her now, I fear we would lose. Especially if we were in our groups of 3." To this, Eclipse grumbled something incoherent but ultimately nodded her head. So began their drinking, eating and more drinking for the girls. The men, however, didn't drink as much as the girls did. Eventually, all three girls ended up passing out together, despite Laxus telling Arcadia to not drink too much.

"Did she drink more than she should out of spite?" Bickslow questioned Laxus who nodded his head. His babies then echoed, "Spite! Spite!"

"I believe so." Laxus nodded his head in agreement, which ended up shaking Arcadia.

"I don't... like doing... what I'm told..." Arcadia muttered drunkenly from her place leaning against Laxus.

"Let's head to an inn." Freed suddenly spoke up, seeing how it was clearly time for them to put the girls to bed. Evergreen was holding onto her chair like it was her lover, while Eclipse was muttering to herself about wiping someone's memory and remaking them. It was honestly a little concerning. Not to mention Arcadia, who was holding onto Laxus with her head against his shoulder. Laxus didn't seem to mind that though.

"Alright, I'll carry Arcadia," Laxus spoke up as he scooped up the redhead. Freed picked up Evergreen while Bickslow picked up Eclipse. The pink-haired girl fought him a little bit but eventually allowed him to peacefully carry her to a close-by inn. Once there, Freed got them 2 rooms with 3 beds each. The girls got one room while the men shared the other.

That night, after being put to bed by Laxus, Arcadia fell into a deep drunken sleep with no dream. She then woke up in the morning feeling like complete shit.

"Fuck, this sucks. Why did I drink that much?" Arcadia whispered to herself as she held her head. It was throbbing with pain as she felt sick to her stomach.

"Why are you yelling?" Eclipse's voice caused Arcadia to jolt and quickly move to look at her friend. However, that caused Arcadia to feel even worse than before.

"I don't believe I was yelling, but I'm sorry if I woke you up."

"Nah, I was already up. I feel like shit. You too, right?"

"Yeah."

"Me too." Both girls whipped over to where Evergreen laid with her eyes still closed. Evergreen slowly sat up and looked to the two other girls. "We shouldn't have gotten so drunk" Before either Eclipse or Arcadia could respond, there was a knock at their door. "How do they always know when we are awake?"

"I'll get it," Arcadia muttered as she climbed out of bed and stumbled to the door. She slowly opened it to reveal Freed standing there with a large bottle in his hand. "Hello, Freed. What is it and how did you know we were awake?"

"This is a potion for hangovers. This should help you three get back on your feet." Freed didn't even bother explaining how they knew that the girls were awake. He just turned around and headed back to his own room.

"I guess we're supposed to drink some of this?"

"Guess so," Eclipse muttered as she took the bottle from Arcadia's hands. She took a few sips of it to taste it. Once she determined that it wasn't as gross as it looked, she drank a little more. After that, the other two drank some of it until it was gone. Its effects were nearly immediate. The girls began to feel a lot better and were soon getting ready for the day.