Of Fire and Ice

C.67

Ari and I hung outside of Fairy Tail, it being rumoured Mystogan is coming back for a job.

Soon we saw a shadowy figure walking towards the guild, and everyone in the street was falling asleep. He was soon in front of me, and I was finding it hard to keep my eyes open.

I held out a hand to stop him, and he turned to look at me. "Don't..." I yawned, then reached up to pull my hair, a trick I learned when trying to stay awake. It helps the blood flow to your head. "Don't put me to sleep. I have a favour to ask of you." I yawned, and he straightened up. "Oh?" He asked and I felt myself becoming more awake.

"You're going in to get a job, right?" I asked and he nodded. "Would it be too much of me to ask you if I could come along? See, I need some money, and quite a bit of it. And none of the jobs that aren't S-class aren't really cutting it." I said and watched as he considered it. "Let's cut the price seventy thirty. I'll make do with thirty percent." I said and swore I saw his cheek lift in a smirk.

"I'm fine with fifty fifty. Let's take a look, shall we?" He said and I peeked in to see everyone asleep, except for the Master. We walked in and he lead me up to the second floor. I felt the Master's eyes on me.

We looked at three options and eventually chose one. We went back down and he showed it to the Master.

"Henley? You're going with him?" He asked and I nodded. "Mind keeping it a secret?" I asked and he nodded. "Sure. Might I ask why, though?" He said and I walked over to the board and pulled one off. "I like screwing with people. Here. This has been up on the board for a month. It's obvious no one is going to take it. Tell them I went and took it. Our little secret." I said and the Master nodded. The paper burst into flame in my hand as I smiled.

"Thanks, Master. See ya later." I said and Mystogan, Ari, and I walked out. "So what job did you choose?" She asked and Mystogan read it out. "Island filled with pirates holding some man's wife and daughters hostage for ransom, but he doesn't have the amount they want. If we get back his daughters and wife, he'll pay us fifty million. So we each get twenty five million jewel." He said and I nodded.

"Are we not bringing Salazar and Severus along?" Ari asked. "Are those your new dragons?" Mystogan asked and I nodded. "They're not coming because they're too young and I don't want them getting hurt. They can't handle themselves yet. I've only just started bringing them to the guild. I'm not about to start bringing them on missions." I said.

"Ready?" Mystogan asked and I gave a firm nod. "Yes I am."