Vampire Tail

The Murder and the Curious Writer

"Hey Natsu" Lucy said as she brought in two cups of coffee. "Hey" Natsu said as he took one of the cups. "Have you found anything?" Lucy asked, "not since you asked earlier" Natsu said as he took a sip of his coffee. He flinched and put it down "I'm sorry" Lucy said as she sat down in her chair "it's tiring not knowing whose killing all of these people" Lucy added as she drunk her coffee. "I know how you feel" Natsu said. "Don't worry, we will find this guy" Natsu added. "I hope you're right" Lucy said, "by the way you want to hear something funny?" Natsu asked, Lucy looked at him with an arched eyebrow "what is it Natsu?" Lucy asked "I had a dream I was naked in the forest last night." Natsu said, Lucy's cheeks turned red and she pushed at him "I don't want to hear that you idiot" Lucy snapped.

Natsu laughed "it's funny" Natsu said, "it sounds stupid" they both looked to see Gray in a tank top and shorts. "You look stupid. This isn't the beach" Natsu snapped standing getting ready to fight. "Squinty eyed bastard" Gray growled. "I'm not breaking this up" Lucy said on a sigh. "Cut it out you two" Captain Erza snapped walking out of her office. "Uhh... we weren't fighting" Gray said drapping his arm around Natsu. "Yeah we are the best of friends" Natsu said with the fakest smile. "Like brothers" they said in unison. Lucy shook her head with a sigh. "Hey Erza" Lucy said "We just got a call, a hiker found a body up on Fairy Hill" Erza said. "Not another one" Gray said shoving away from Natsu. Natsu shoved him back. "Would you two cut it out" Erza snapped at them. They quickly pulled together "what did they say about it?" Lucy asked, "the same as the others" Erza said. Lucy stood to her feet "come on guys" Lucy said as she grabbed her coat and car keys.

'The...' Mavis's fingers stopped at that. She grumbled and scratched her head scraping for what was once an idea she had. Nothing was found, "dammit!" Mavis exclaimed thrusting both of her elbows on the desk and cradling her head in her hands. "The is all I can think of right now!?" Mavis exclaimed in frustration.

Suddenly her skype calling notification began to buzz. Mavis answered it Zera was on the other end. "Mavis!" She and Juvia said brightly "hey Zera, hey Juvia" Mavis said brightly. Zera and Juvia were Mavis's best friends and not to mention her publisher and editor for the Vampire Lover books she wrote. "The sales for Vampire Kiss was amazing" Zera said "I so love Detective Gerald in the book" Juvia said dreamingly. "Thanks" Mavis said her earlier frustration long forgotten. "I was getting a new idea." "Cool! What is it about? Please tell me it's about Gerald" Juvia begged. Mavis laughed "no, it's about fairies and vampires" Mavis said. "Hm... sounds interesting have you started on the draft?" Zera asked "all I have is the" Mavis said. Zera laughed "aw well what do you expect? You write day in and day out." Zera said "uh... that's my job Zera" Mavis said. "I know but you are your own boss that means you write when you want to and take a break when you want to" Juvia said.

Mavis thought about that for a moment, maybe getting away from everything would help her come up with something. "You're right" Mavis said, maybe she could go home to Magnolia for a few days. "I should go home for a few days... check things out" Mavis said. Zera and Juvia went quiet suddenly Mavis wondered if they was still there. "Zera? Juvia?" "Mavis... it's dangerous there now" Zera said with worry. Mavis frowned "what do you mean?" Mavis asked "lately I have been hearing of strange killings there..." "define strange" Mavis said. She wrote about strange all of the time. "It's like a cannibal is on the loose there" Juvia said. This made Mavis all the more curious, "I will check it out" Mavis said. "No Mavis" Zera snapped "nothing will change my mind Zera" Mavis said firmly as she stood to her feet.

"Well if you are going then we are too" Zera said. "And I will bring my brother Gajeel along too... You know he used to be in the army" Juvia said. "You guys go not have to go through all of that... seriously" Mavis said. "No... no... if you have made up your mind so have we" Juvia said.