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Juvia woke up with a dry feeling in her throat. Still a little fazed from her sleep, she looked around trying to adjust her eyes to the bright light.

The sun shined directly on her face. She squinted her eyes, trying to make out her surroundings.

The Water mage found herself in a cell with nothing but a small desk and a window with iron bars. Her arms felt weak. She realized she was tied up with chains, leaning against the wall.

What woke her up wasn't the sun though but the noise coming behind the wooden door at the opposite of her. She quickly realized what had happened and rose to be ready for what was coming.

To her surprise the door was opened by two children.

One was around six years old and the other one about ten.

The smaller one was holding a tray with some water and food. The older was suspiciously eyeing the Water mage while the first one actually seemed like he was excited to be there.

"We brought you some snacks!" He smiled wildly.

"Oy Lolli, don't be nice to her. She is not a friend!" The other one scolded him.

"But Tony she looks nice", the small one pouted.

"Where am I?" Juvia managed to choke out.

"You're with your new family!" Lolli cheered what ended with Tonys eye rolling and a smack on Lollis head. "Mother didn't say she can join us!"

Juvia was still confused.

What where those boys doing here? They didn't look like dark mages nor like they're here to harm her.

"Anyway," the older coughed. "We brought you some food. Eat it. You are in our guild, Lost Tessera!" he said with a straight posture - he wanted to look more confident.

And with that Tony took his younger friend and shoved him out of the door, "She does resemble Mother, doesn't she? I like her!" Juvia could hear Lolli as they were locking up the door.

"Resemble who?" she thought.

It took Juvia a while to get to the food with the chains on her wrists. She drank the whole water in one sip. A nice feeling of refreshment filled her body.

The younger kid didn't lie, they had indeed brought snacks. Candy pieces, some chocolate and a bowl of fruit. Juvia wondered if this wasn't some kind of trick to win her trust.

As she was chewing a piece of apple she remembered what happened before she had lost her concioussness.

"Gray-sama!" Juvia gasped. A woman had appeared, she remembered.

Did she take them? What had become of Gray?

She stood up but couldn't reach the door.

"What have you done to Gray-sama? Where is he? Let Juvia out!" She was screaming and banging on the walls but no luck.

Her magic was cut off by the chains on her wrists, she couldn't do anything to free herself.

She tried to reach the window but she could only partly see what was outside. Clouds. This place was up in the air.

"That's right", she sighed.

Lost Tesseras guild was rumoured to be a flying ship.

Juvia sank defeated on the floor and leaned against the wall. She wanted to see Gray so badly, just wanted to be reassured that he was doing alright.

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