Fairy Tail; The Sequel

Chapter Thirteen ; The Past

Everything was ready. Finally, Varian could cast the Mirror spell, but there was one problem. He refused on doing the spell without Rain there and no one could find the silver eyed girl. The Mirror Mage was starting to get worried because all of her things were gone and she wasn't at their apartment. The poor man fell onto his seat with a 'thump.' He rested his head in his arms,"Where are you, Rain...?" His throat tightened as tears threatened to fall.

Mira sat next to the man and rubbed his back,"I'm sure we'll find her." She whispered. Varian wanted to speak, but he was worried that if he said anything, tears would fall.

"I-I..." He choked out. A single tear slipped down his cheek,"I can't lose her." He muttered as he stood up abruptly. "I'm going to find her." He wiped the tear from his cheek. "The Anima will have to wait."

"Wait, Varian!" Mira grabbed his wrist. "You're a part of Fairy Tail now and so is Rain. We'll do this together." The people, gathered around them, smiled.

"Come on. Let's go find our friend." Lucy smiled as Mira separated the people into groups. "Varian..." Lucy sat down next to the man with Natsu. "You know her best, where could she be?"

The silver-haired man rubbed his chin. "She's probably trying to get out of town, but I know she's going to stop at..." He choked, not wanting to say the word. "this place... I can lead one of the groups there."

Natsu gripped his shoulder,"Hey, don't worry, man. Even if she is mean-" the boy pouted,"we'll find her, she's a part of our family now." Varian smiled softly and nodded.

"Varian, you'll lead this group to the place you were talking about," Mira said as she pointed to a group of wizards consisting of Erza, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Wendy, Juvia, Gajeel, Pantherlily, Happy, and Carla. "Levy will lead the second team," This team was made up of  Lisanna, Cana, Alzack, Bisca, Asuka, and Freed. "You will be searching the Magnolia and a bit of outside Magnolia. Lastly, Laki will lead the third team, which will go and check every hotel for signs of Rain." Mira had the remaining wizards stay in the guild hall, just in case Rain came back.

The first and second groups grabbed the packs they had put together for their trip to Edolas and got ready to leave. Varian sighed deeply as he swung the bag around his shoulder,"Let's go." He instructed as he opened the repaired glass doors. The group followed behind him,"I'll warn you right now, this trip isn't going to be short. I doubt even Rain has gotten there yet."

Erza stopped Varian by gripping his shoulder,"I should tell Mira that, one second." The scarlet-haired mage ran into the guild hall and spoke with Mira. The transformation mage nodded and pointed at a bag which held camping supplies. Erza came back out to the group,"The group is being reduced to Team Natsu and Varian. Anyone else is being put into other groups."

Juvia held Gray's waist,"No! I want to be in Gray-sama's group!" She cried with hearts in her eyes.

"Juvia." groaned Gray,"I'll be back soon."

The water mage sniffled and nodded, heading back into the guild with Gajeel. Varian started walking again, except now it was silent. Even Natsu wasn't talking, but that was because Lucy had her hand on his mouth. The group walked up a hill, so that Varian could look around. "Hey... Varian?" Gray spoke up.

"Hm...?" Varian hummed as he studied the surrounding area.

"Can you tell us about you... and Rain?" Gray asked the man hesitantly. Varian's eyes widened slightly.

"Are you asking for our background?" The silver-haired man asked quietly, walking down a different side of the hill. The terrain became rocky as they walked farther and farther from people.