One week later . . .

The day following the Grand Ball the wizard guilds travelled back to their respected towns.

The Fairy Tail members were back in Magnolia in a newly renovated guildhall. Ever since the Grand Magic Games, job requests have been pouring in, requesting specific wizards.

Jasmine and Raph happened to currently be away on a job requesting the duo.

This left Laxus at the guild and for the first time in his life, he missed someone terribly. But, being Laxus, he tried his very best not to show the fact that he missed his girlfriend.

And you know what they say: the older, the wiser.

"Laxus," Makarov called his grandson. Both men were sitting at the bar, having drinks. Laxus hummed in response to his name being called, not bothering to actually speak. "take this job." The older man slid a job request toward Laxus.

FIND AND DEFEAT AN EVIL WIZARD WHO USES CURSE MAGIC!

Location: Lovett

Reward: 1, 000, 000 jewels

"Why're you giving me this?" Laxus muttered, staring at the paper.

"I know you miss Jasmine," Makarov said, "and I'm tired of your constant moping around the guild." He took a sip of his drink. "Go and take your mind off of things. She should be here when you return."

Laxus looked at the job request and then at his grandfather and then back at the job request. "Thanks, old man." He said with a small smile.

And with that, Laxus gathered up his team (Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow) and headed to Lovett - a town not too far from Magnolia.

"Thank you all for coming." The mayor of Lovett said as the Fairy Tail mages entered his office. The wizards had arrived in the town around an hour ago, but stopped to eat first.

The mayor sat at his desk as Laxus, Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow sat on the long couch in the center of the room.

"So this wizard," the mayor begins, "her name is Vikki and she came to this town about six months ago. She uses Cure Magic and places curses on those who make her angry. All of the victims of her curse go missing, but only one has returned. The survivor said that he was able to break the curse. I ask of you to find and defeat Vikki. Hopefully defeating her will undo her magic, otherwise the others will be lost until they themselves can break the curse she put on them."

"Do you have any photo identification of this 'Vikki'?" Freed asked.

The mayor nodded and stood up, walked around to the front of his desk, and grabbed a photo from a manilla folder. After approaching the team, he held out the photo.

In that picture, there was a young woman who appeared to be in her twentys. She was looking over her shoulder at the camera, smirking wickedly. The image caught her white hair and piercing red eyes perfectly.

The team leaned in a little in order to get a good look at the picture, then they leaned back. The mayor took this action as a cue to put the photo away, which he did. "Please, stop this woman." He begged, bowing slightly.

"Don't worry, sir, we'll stop this wicked woman." Freed promised.

Upon exiting the mayor's office, Bickslow decided to ask Laxus if he had a plan of action.

"We should just get this over with." The blond said, "We'll find her, take her out, and call it a night. We can head back to Magnolia tomorrow."

"If you say so." Evergreen agreed.

The team split up into two groups: Laxus and Freed, and Bickslow and Evergreen. They searched every dark alley and abandoned building, but found no sign of Vikki. What they did not expect was for this evil and feared wizard to be out in plain sight.

After reuniting, the team decided to relax a bit at the local bar before searching some more. And that's then they encountered Vikki.

Walking into the bar, the Fairy Tail mages spotted the female instantly. It's not like she was hiding; she was sitting at the bar, facing the entrance with one leg crossed over the other.

It's like she knew that they were coming.

"You're the wizards that the mayor hired to take me out, aren't you?" She asked, already knowing the answer.

"I take it you're Vikki?" Laxus raised an eyebrow, folding his arms over his chest. "You're pretty confident. Enjoying yourself in plain sight."

"Please," Vikki scoffed, "everyone's too scared of me to do anything. I practically own this town."

"We aren't scared of you." Laxus stated.

"You aren't the first wizards that the mayor has hired to defeat me and you won't be the last. Many more will come and they'll all end up the same: trapped in a curse."

"It would be wise not to underestimate Fairy Tail wizards." Freed spoke up.

"Doesn't matter what guild you come from, you're all humans with emotions."

"But why are you doing this?" Evergreen asked, "Why trap innocent people in a curse?"

"That's for me to know and you not to." Vikki said bitterly, "Mind your business, four-eyes."

"What got her underwear twisted in a knot?" Bickslow mumbled.

"Look," Laxus glared at Vikki, clearly annoyed. "I don't what happened to you to make you like this, but why don't we get this over with. I'd like to finish this as soon as possible, so I can get back home. So, you can either surrender or I'll drag you to the mayor by force."

"I don't like your attitude, blondy." Vikki growled, standing up from her seat. The Thunder Legion got into defensive, battle stances. "You don't know who you're dealing with."

"I think I know exactly who I'm dealing with."

"Is that so?" Vikki cocked her head to the side, a devilish smirk on her face. "We'll see about that." She held up her right hand and a violet magic circle appeared as her eyes also glowed violet. "Let's see how long you last in this curse."

"Laxus." Freed warned.

"On it." Laxus replied, lightning sparking around him as he prepared to attack. He moved to lunge at his opponent, but it was too late.

"I curse you to live out your worst nightmare." Vikki smirked as she casted her curse upon Laxus. A flash of bright light covered the bar, making onlookers and the Fairy Tail mages cover and squint their eyes. Once the light was gone, Laxus and the Thunder Legion found themselves in an unfamiliar location.

"Where the heck are we?" Bickslow asked, looking around the building.

They were all in a room full of dozens of small desks and one large one at the front of the room.

"And what are we wearing!?" Evergreen exclaimed in horror.

The males looked down and noticed that they were wearing clothing that was more casual than they are used to wearing.

They weren't dressed like wizards who were ready for a fight at any moment, they were dressed like regular, nonmagical people.

A bell went off and other people started entering the room, people who were familiar to the team: Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lucy, Mirajane, Lisanna, Elfman, Cana, Levy, Gajeel, Jet, Droy, Juvia, Warren, Nab, and Kinana.

"What the-" Bickslow gasped, astonished just like his teammates. Where were they and what was going on?

Jasmine also entered the room, making a grin appear on Laxus' face. "Hey." He greeted with his charming smirk as she was walking in his direction.

"Hey." She greeted back, though the tone was not that inviting. Instead of hey how's it going, it was more like hey why is this guy talking to me. Laxus was confused as to why she was acting like this, but then her name was called.

"Jasmine!"

The tanned skinned female whipped her head around at the voice. Laxus turned his head in that direction and saw Cobra poking his head into the room. Of course, the blond definitely did not like the maroon haired male's appearance, but Jasmine did not seem to mind.

She wore a small smile as she walked over to Cobra who was grinning. The two exchanged words before Cobra leaned forward and planted a quick kiss on Jasmine's lips.

Laxus' eyes practically popped out of his head. Why is he kissing her? He screamed in his head. A mixture of emotions flooded his body, the most prominent being sadness.

He was about to discover just exactly what his greatest nightmare is.