Third Person POV

There were two beds in each room. The girls were fine and sound asleep. So were the boys but man did it take a lot to make Natsu and Gray sleep in one while Gajeel and the exceeds on the other cause no way would Gajeel sleep with with any of those two. Hane had taken the couch.

Gray moved to get comfortable but he bumped into Natsu. He looked back to see Natsu's butt up against his back as the rest of his body was in a weird and probably not safe position.

Gray groaned.

"Move you idiot! Your ass is in the way." Gray said.

Natsu turned to hit Gray in the face with his elbow.

"Shut up! You're just mad I got a better looking ass than you."

"WHAT THE HELL?!"

"SHHHH!" Gajeel and the exceeds hissed.

Gray and Natsu turned their backs to each other once again. Natsu was about to close his eyes but he noticed the couch was empty. He sat up and rubbed his eyes. After confirming that Hane wasn't there he shook Gray.

"What now?!"

"Hane isn't here. Gajeel. Wake up." Natsu said while extending an arm behind him to reach for Lucy's keys. He didn't feel them. He turned his head around and didn't see them at all.

"What's wrong?" Happy asked.

"Her keys. Gray! Give them back!" Natsu said and grabbed him by his chain.

"I didn't take them!" Gray said and shoved Natsu's face.

Gajeel rolled his eyes and began looking for the keys himself. The other joined in.

"Hane and the keys are gone." Gray said after a few minutes of looking.

"No. Really?" Gajeel said sarcastically.

Just then Hane came into the room as he ran his fingers through his burgundy colored hair tiredly. He dragged his hand down his face and sighed but raised an eyebrow as he noticed the others were looking at him.

"What?" He asked.

"Her keys. Where are they?" Natsu glared.

Hane blinked dumbfounded.

"Her- what are you talking about? I don't have the keys."

"You were gone and so are keys. Seems pretty weird to me." Gajeel said.

"I was downstairs? Getting breakfast?" Hane said as he held up a bag which had their breakfast.

Gray looked at the clock. 7 a.m. The sun would rise in a few minutes.

Natsu crossed his arms and walked over to Hane but while doing so he stepped on something. Everyone looked down to Natsu's foot and saw Lucy's keys, which were sticking out from under the bed, below it.

Natsu picked them up.

"We looked everywhere and didn't I leave the keys on the desk?"

"Yeah...you did. I'm not sure what happened."

"Well. Sorry about that." Happy said.

"You're fine. You have the right to suspect me. After all you haven't gotten to know me that well." Hane shrugged as he placed the food down on the table.

"Yeah." Gray said.

~~girl's room~~

"Hey. Where is my headband?" Levy asked.

"Here! Sorry! Juvia needed something to tie her hair back while brushing her teeth!" Juvia smiled as she took off Levy's headband.

"That's fine!"

"Mira-san? What's wrong?" Wendy asked as Erza brushed her hair.

"I was thinking where that other key could be." Mira pondered.

Carla's head began to hurt.

•○•vision•○•

"Illusion Create Magic."

Blood thirsty demons.

An injured Natsu falling to his knees.

Everyone on the ground barely conscious and injured.

•○•end of vision•○•

Carla gasped as her pupils began to return to their normal size.

"Carla! Are you okay?"

"Yes. Yes I'm okay." Carla waved off.

Levy gave her a skeptical look but decided not to push it.

•○•○•

"Are we there yet?" Natsu asked with his hands behind his head carelessly.

"Not yet." Hane sighed.

A few minutes past and Natsu grew impatient once again.

"Are we there yet?"

"Not.Yet." Hane said annoyed since Natsu has been doing this for quite a while now.

A few minutes pass again.

"Are we-"

"NO, NATSU. WE ARE NOT." Hane groans.

Erza shot Natsu a glare while the others smirked and laughed at him.

"Hmph...fine." Natsu pouts.

Hane adjusted his bag.

"So you have copy magic?" Gajeel asked.

"Yep. Pretty fun, huh?" Hane laughed.

"I've never really heard of someone having such magic. Guess it is useful." Happy commented.

"Want me to show you?" Hane asked.

"Aye!"

Gray walked up to Hane and whispered in his ear as softly as he could for Natsu not to hear.

"Copy Gajeel's and hit Natsu with it."

"You sure?" Hane asked out loud.

Gray smirked and nodded.

Hane touched Gajeel shoulder.

"Iron Dragon: Roar!" Hane said and hit Natsu directly.

Natsu was sent flying into a nearby tree.

"Oh dear." Mira giggled.

"Welcome to the Bully Natsu Club." Gajeel said as he fist bumped Hane.

Natsu shoved Gajeel with his shoulder.

"I'll show you iron bolt!"

"Is that the place?" Erza interrupted as she pointed to a cabin up ahead.

"Correct!" Hane nodded.

"Gray-sama! Remember when Juvia and Gray-sama went on vacation to the mountains?" Juvia said she hugged his arm.

"No cause it never happened. Let me go!"

"Then I'll make it happen." Mira whispered to herself and smiled mischievously.

Wendy sweat dropped.

Hane ran up to the front of the cabin and knocked on the door.

There was no response. He groaned and looked back at the team.

"This is normal. Hold on. MEJI!" Hane yelled and the team jumped back.

An old man opened the door. He was wearing a robe that matched his dark green hair which was now turning grey.

"Hane! My! How you have grown! I haven't seen you since you were 14! What a nice young man you've become!" Meji said and hugged Hane.

"Hey pops! This is Fairy Tail. We kinda need your help on something." Hane smiled and placed his hands on his hips.

"Hey old man!" Natsu laughed.

"Natsu-san, I think you should be a little more polite." Wendy said softly.

"That's Natsu for ya."

"Come in, come in."

Hane and the team walked in. The place was trashed even more than Natsu's and that's saying something.

'How is this even possible?!' Levy thought.

Wendy noticed a sock was beginning to move so she quickly catched up with the others to where she felt more safe.

Meji looked at Wendy and softly chuckled.

"Don't worry child! That's just one of my friends!" Meji said.

"The...sock?" Wendy said.

Meji whistled and 4 rats came to his side and traveled up to his shoulders.

"A, B, C, and D." Meji named the rats.

Wendy hid behind Mira who's face was trying to hide the disgust she felt. Natsu's and Gray's eyes were twitching. Gajeel didn't even noticed cause he was looking around. Levy was holding on to his arm the exceeds had their jaws down to the floor while Erza was the unbothered queen she was.

"So. What do you guys need me to do?" Meji asked, letting the rats go which all went in Wendy's direction.

Wendy held her breath in while shaking.

"We need you to locate a key. The 13th Zodiac key. Can you do it?" Hane asked.

"Meji can do that?" Juvia asked.

"He has location magic." Hane explained.

"That's convenient." Gajeel said just now coming back to reality.

"Can you, sir?" Mira asked hopefully.

"What do you need the 13th key for?" Meji asked.

"To bring back Lucy Heartfilia. She still has a chance at life. It wasn't her time to die yet. So please. Can you help us get Lu-chan?" Levy asked.

Wendy had begun to breath faster. The rats just wouldn't leave her alone and she was about to lose it.

"Very well." Meji walked over behind all of them and the rats followed him.

Wendy let out a sigh of relief.

Meji took out a book from his bookshelf and walked back over to them.

"Could you hold this?" Meji asked Natsu.

Natsu grabbed the book but was immediately pulled down by it. He fell face flat on the ground.

Natsu attempted to pick the book back up but wasn't able to.

"WHY IS IT SO HEAVY?!" He groaned.

Meji shook his head and easily picked up the book leaving the others, except Hane, surprised. Meji placed the book on the kitchen table instead and placed his hand over it.

He began to murmur something not even the dragon slayers could hear. His hand began to be covered by white symbols. The team had to squint their eyes a little at the light.

After a few more seconds, the light disappeared along with the symbols. Meji took his hand off and the book opened about two-thirds in. There was a small lacrima inside. Meji took it and gave it to Levy.

"Here's the map to the key. Now I'll go to sleep." Meji said before waving and leaving to his room.

"What's up with him?" Gray asked.

"Meji is quite old now. It took a lot from him to locate the key. Come on. We've got a key to find!" Hane said and walked towards the door where Natsu was already at.

Once outside, Levy opened the lacrima and it showed a map in front of everyone.

They all gasped.

"The key is in STELLA?!"

"Then let's catch some trains!" Gray said.

"Gray-sama, Juvia doesn't think Natsu is going to enjoy this very much." She giggled.

"I'll use my Troia spell, don't worry, Natsu-san." Wendy reassured.

"Wait a minute how long will it take us to get there?!" Gajeel asked.

"Loke, how long will it take us to get there??"

"15 days by train."

"15 days..." Natsu answered Gajeel's question as his soul left his body.

"Then let's get moving." Mira said as she picked up Levy, and Erza and transformed into her Satan soul.

Happy picked up Natsu who had Wendy in his arms.

Lily picked up Gajeel who had Hane by the back of his shirt.

Carla was flying Gray who was forcefully carrying Juvia bridal style.

They all headed towards the train station. They payed for their tickets and off they were.

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12-10-2020

Hey! I made this quick chapter which probably wasn't as good as I wanted it to be.

But anyways, I promise I will update with more chapters next week!

I still have my finals :(

So yeah! Hope y'all are okay with that :3

Also...freak you, Carla! Why do you have to keep quiet about that kind of stuff???