On Thin Ice (Fairy Tail fanfic)

Chapter 5

Standing on top of the building, Heather enjoys the warmth of the sun. Sleeping during the whole journey yesterday, Heather decided to take it easy for a while and relax. She loved going on missions, but considering what happened the past few days, she had been bedridden for almost a whole day. Even if she could go on missions, she'd have to sneak past Makarov, Mirajane, and Erza.

"Looks like Natsu and Erza are finally having a duel." Wilfred floats beside her and looks down to see what was happening. Heather smiles as she takes a seat at the edge of the roof.

"Mmm. Seems like he was more than eager to beat Erza." Heather giggles as she remembers what happened earlier this morning. "He even dragged me off my bed; saying how he was finally gonna show Erza who's stronger." She studies Natsu while the fight was about to begin. "He'll lose." Heather says blatantly and Wilfred agrees once Erza wears her Flame Empress Armor.

Her gaze slightly wanders off to a blue-haired mage who was currently mingling with his fellow guildmates. "Is it that obvious?" Heather mutters the question to herself. Hearing the question, Wilfred bursts out into laughter with tears forming at the edge of his eyes.

"Of course it is!" His friend blushes at his obnoxious laughter and she hugs her knees and buries her face between it. Wilfred's laughter was heard by some of the mages below them. They turn and call out to him, asking him if he wanted to place a bet, too. "I'll bet on Erza!" Wilfred shouts while waving his money in the air. He makes his way down to Cana and places a bet.

Heather takes a peak and her purple orbs stare right into his friend's dark orbs. When he noticed she was staring at him, too, he grinned widely, showing his sharp canines. "I'm gonna beat Erza! Just you watch!" Natsu laughs as he strikes his fists together. The once flustered girl smiles and shakes her head at the silliness of her friend.

"I wish you luck, Natsu." She whispers to the air, hoping the wind would blow it towards her friend.

The match starts as Makarov gives the signal and everyone is focused on cheering on who they thought was gonna win. Natsu delivers the first blow by throwing a punch at her, but she swiftly avoids it. She counters with a swing of her sword. Natsu ducks and tries to kick her away, but Erza dodges. They continue to exchange attacks until a frog appears and stops them.

"That's enough. Nobody move. I am a messenger of the council." The frog announces. When everyone realizes that he is from the council, they start to panic, wondering why a messenger of the council was there. That piqued the interest of Heather and she jumps down from the roof. Nobody pays attention to Heather's sudden appearance since they were busy listening to the messenger speaking

Just what are they planning now?

"Stemming from the recent Eisenwald incident, we hereby charge you with 11 counts of criminal property damage. Erza Scarlet, You are under arrest."Everyone just stares at the messenger in shock.

"This is absurd." Heather sighs and shakes her head.

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As the downhearted members wait inside the guild for the result of the trial, Heather is inside her room, making a written report. She often does this after every job, to keep track of what had happened. After writing the last words, she stretches her arm and looks out the window. She releases a small chuckle.

"Natsu'd probably try to save Erza." She gathers the papers together and hides them inside her drawer, along with the other reports she'd made before. With nothing left to do, she decides to give the gift to the master and talk to him.

Heather enters the guild and is immediately greeted by the heavy atmosphere. She looks around and was just in time to see Makarov blast the glass off the table. The lizard that looked like Natsu that was thrown off transformed into Macao. Heather raises her eyebrows at the unexpected scene.