Find a Way

Epilogue Pt.2

I walked down the cold streets, my heels still clicking as I walked. I decided to pull my scarf out my bag, dropping my bag in the process. I wrapped the scarf around mt neck and went to grab my bag back, when another hand grabbed it instead. I looked up to see who I could only guess was Grey.

He picked up the bag and passes it me, a look on his face as if trying to figure if he's seen me before.

"You look familiar..." he stated awkwardly. 

"That would be because you know me, Grey." I said in a somewhat sassy tone,his face lighting up in realisation.

"Mio?!? Wow. You look...different." he semi - laughed, giving a quick hug.

"So have some of the others."I chuckled.  "I saw Wendy and Romeo a minute ago. Those kids sure have grown."

"Yeah. Although one kid certainly hasn't grown up."

"Natsu?" I giggled. "He never will. But I guess that's why everyone likes him. He's a lot of fun and is a one track mind."

"Yup. Well, I take it you wanna see everyone else? I'll walk you to the guild hall." He offered. "I'm on my way there anyway."

I gave a nod and followed him to the once small hall, which now resembled more of a small castle. I stood in shock at the large building before me.

"This is... amazing. You build this from scratch? Multiple times?" I questioned in awe.

"Yeah. Gets easier every time though. So it's not that bad." He shrugged. "Now let's go see everyone. Natsu and Lucy are probably inside."

I took a deep breath and followed inside behind him. The moment I did, everything seemed to go in slow motion. The opened and we stepped inside. Footsteps echoed against the wooden floor. Everyone's attention turned to see who was at the door. Natsu and Lucy turned and Natsu's face immediatly grew in shock, as did Lucy's. Both of them basically jumped off their stools and ran towards me. I ran back and we fell into a group hug.

"Mio!" Lucy yelled woth joy, as I felt my spine being crushed.

"Hey guys." I smiled,  my voice cracking. "I know you love me but you're breaking my back."

They let go, but kept one hand on my shoulder each.

"Sorry." Lucy giggled.

"It's fine. It's just that I got in a fight before I came here." I told them. "So I'm a little beat up."

"You get beaten up? I thought you said you knew how to fight without your magic." Natsu joked.

"Well I do, but I was tired in general so I couldn't fight that well." I laughed. "Lucy... you're hairs gotten really long."

"Huh?" She perked up, running a hand through her now waist long hair. "Thanks. I've been meaning to get it cut but never had the time. Natsu keeps dragging us on missions."
"Sounds like you're as busy as always." I chuckled.

"What about you?" The pink hair boy questioned me. "Been 7 years. Hearing nothing from you made me worried you'd gone again."

"I wouldn't leave without sending anything or anyone to tell you."

"Yup. If she had gone I would've flown back to tell ya." Hikari told them.

"So... did you find Ginga?" Natsu asked, causing the atmosphere to dull.
"I guess you could say that..." I sighed. "I ran into some trouble a while back, I seriously thought I was going to die. I couldn't move or even call for help. My eyes shut and I heard a loud yell and felt the motion of flying through the wind. My eyes cracked open and I saw purple glittering scales before my eyes closed again. Next thing I knew, I was awake in a hotel room and I my bag was basically filled with Dimension Lacrema."