Ever, Ever, After

Chapter 4

The next day Happy finally managed to find Natsu and tell him what happened to Juvia. The young prince immediately set out to find her.

"Fear not Juvia I will rescue you!" He declared diving head first into the well.

"Yeah but who's gonna rescue me?!" Happy shouted following after him.

Upon reaching the bottom the two were then shot upward out of the manhole and into Magnolia where several construction men were working on the man hole.

"Whoa! Hey buddy!" One of the workers said.

"Silence!" Natsu said pulling a sword in him. "Your name peasant! Quickly!"

"Macao. Macao Conbolt."

"Are you in league with the wicked old hag who sent my poor Juvia to this foul place Macao?"

Before he could answer Happy popped right out from the manhole and landed in Natsu's hand.

"Well Happy is this man part of this evil plot?"

Happy tired to tell Natsu no but all that came out was...

"Meow!" He tried again to speak bur again all he could say was. "Meow! Meow! Meow!"

"Happy what happened to your voice? And where did your wings go?"

"Meow! Meow! Meow!"

"Huh...It would seem that this strange world has left Happy speechless." He then turned back to Macao. "So what say you sir? Don't try my patience."

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"I seek a beautiful girl."

"I'd like to find one of those too you know."

"Then keep a warey eye Macao. Come along Happy."

Natsu and his companion then set off to search for Juvia. Speaking of Juvia, she woke up to find herself in a very messy apartment. Dirty dishes, laundry, dusty furniture, bathrooms with mildew in the sink and bathtub, and trash everywhere.

"Oh my." She said. "What a mess. I never thought such nice people could live like this."

Suddenly Juvia got an idea. To thank Gray and Wendy for their hospitality she decided to clean up their apartment. But with a mess this big she was going to need some help. Opening the nearest window she let out a sing-song call that summoned various animals to the apartment. As soon as they heard her voice birds, squirrels, and rabbits came flying and running to her aid.

"Alright everyone let's tidy things up. Birds do the dishes and take out the trash, rabbits do the laundry and dust the furniture, squirrels clean the bathroom, and I'll sweep and scrub the floor."

Juvia and the animals began cleaning the apartment from top to bottom. Before long the entire apartment was spotless with every single area cleaned to perfection. Once the apartment was neat and clean Juvia decided to freshen up in the now clean bathroom. A couple minutes later Wendy woke up to get some breakfast but was shocked to find animals in her living room.

"Gray!" She shouted running to her brother's bedroom. His body was laying off the edge of his bed and he was only wearing pants. Wendy jumped into his bed and began hitting him with a pillow. "Gray wake up! Wake up!"