The Valley of Fears

HE CALLED ME MIRAJANE

Mira wished she could say that today was a beautiful day with the warm sun beating down on the colourful flowers. The bees buzzing around and the birds singing and flying around cheerfully. A slight breeze breaking the heat.

But that was not the case...

It was the exact opposite. There were heavy dark clouds in the air and the sky was dark and foreboding, like an evil presence yet to be revealed. However, It was humid and the wind was like a gust from a storm. The bees retreated and the birds were gone.

Soon a storm will beat down on them as well as the unthinkable.

However, Mirajane didn't waver in her friendly facade. She couldn't help feeling like something bad was going to happen, but she didn't allow her uneasiness to display on her face. She only displayed her beautiful smile. A smile that could light up a whole room.

She was one of the first people to arrive at the guild and she positioned herself at her usual spot behind the bar. Cleaning glasses and preparing meals as she watched her guild mates pile into their proud guild hall one member at a time.

The only members missing now is their powerhouses and their troublemakers. She giggled as she saw an exhausted Lucy enter the guild hall behind an overactive Natsu and Happy. Her night terrors were probably worse than normal the night before. After them, Gray entered with Juvia stalking behind him. Next was the thunder legion, minus Laxus, with Evergreen butting heads with Erza.

Mira's siblings came with her so they were already there. Gajeel entered the guild hall followed by Lily. His eyes scanned the guild, but his face fell when his eyes didn't find Levy who was reading a book with Jet and Droy sitting next to her like every other morning. Mira noticed everyone's little habits as they came into the guild hall. Gajeel usually strolled into the guild hall, looked for levy then he would smirk and walk over to her to start teasing her.

Mira found it so cute how he pestered her relentlessly, but it did sometimes cause Jet and Droy to sulk in the corner. They couldn't do anything about Gajeel and they knew it, even if they teamed up against him he would still kick their asses easily. So they reverted to sulking because they knew their shot with Levy was getting slimmer by the day.

However, that routine was quickly broken when the team in Revona came back without Levy. Gajeel settled into a dark corner and crossed his arms as he leant against the wall. There was still tension between Gajeel and Natsu. Mira wondered what happened between them.

However, Mira giggled as she watched the lively guild in front of her. The guild that saved her. She didn't know what she would've done if she hadn't found fairy tail.

"Hi, Mira." A voice greeted her, pulling her out of her daydreaming.

"Oh hi, Freed." Mira said smiling warmly at him.

"Have you seen Laxus?" Freed asked in his formal voice.

So his groupie was looking for him... Mira sweat dropped mentally, Freed was like Juvia and Laxus were his Gray. Except Freed wasn't as aggressive as Juvia was. He worshipped Laxus too much to act like Juvia.

"I can't say that I have, I actually haven't seen him yet." Mira answered tapping her chin in thought.

"Oh okay, thank you, Mira." Freed said politely.

"I hope you find him." Mira replied as he walked off.

Well for Laxus's part she hoped Freed wouldn't find him, she knew he liked his solitude and once Freed found Laxus, he can forget about solitude. Once Freed found him he wouldn't leave his side until Laxus went home and locked his doors. Specifically to keep freed out.