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34 | fairy hills

"I didn't know Tea lived on a mountain. This is so cool!"

Wendy looked around the mountain as she flew higher and higher.

"Are you sure we should be doing this?" Carla asked, as she flew Wendy towards the mountain.

"Yes, I needed to go get Tea and Wendy wanted to come along." Evergreen said, "Besides, Galatea's done three jobs in the past two days. She needs a break before she heads out on another job."

"I suppose so. It's unhealthy to do that much work in so little time." Carla said, "How far away from the house are we?"

"Not much longer." Evergreen said, "Her property is on the next cliffside."

"I wonder why she would want to live up here. Unless you can fly or teleport it's really difficult to get up."

"That's one of the main reasons she moved here." Evergreen explained, "It also meant that less people would come and bother her. Bisca told her about how Natsu and Gray would always break into Lucy's house, so I guess that also influenced her decision."

"She has some right sense. I doubt anyone would want someone breaking into their place." Carla said.

"Wait, but aren't we breaking into her place?" Wendy asked.

"No. I'm borrowing Freed's copy of her house key." Evergreen said, "Besides, she's probably doing some reading."

"I wonder what her house is like." Carla pondered, "I sure hope it's cleaner than Natsu's."

"Well, you can see for yourselves. Her house is right there."

The group made their descent onto the cliffside, landing softly on the front lawn of her house. Wendy looked at the house in awe.

"Wow, this is so pretty!" Wendy said. "It kinda reminds me of some of the cottages in Edolas."

"Yeah, it reminds me of Lucky and Marl's house." Carla commented as the group walked up to the front door.

Evergreen walked up, knocking on the door. The group could hear shuffling before the door swung open, minutes later. Galatea opened the door, clad in leggings and a cropped tank top; her hair pulled in a teetering top knot.

"Hey guys, what's up?" Galatea said, opening the door wider and ushering them inside.

"You are taking a day off." Evergreen said, as she took her shoes off.

Galatea sighed, "What are you planning?"

"Fairy Hills is having a beach party." Wendy said, "We wanted to invite you. Most of the female guild members are coming as well."

"Even the ones that don't live at Fairy Hills?"

"Yeah." Evergreen said, "Besides I got permission from Erza that you could spend the night."

Galatea nodded.

"All right, let me pack some things for the night." Galatea said, "Want to come help me pack?"

The three girls nodded, and Galatea lead them up to the second floor.

"So what were you doing before we got here?" Carla asked.

"Doing some work in my study." Galatea said, "I'm doing some research right now."

"On what?" Evergreen asked, as she took a seat on Galatea's bed.

"Phasing Magic." Galatea said, sliding her closet door open and filtering through her clothing. "I can do the basics of it, but I never tried to learn more of it."