Firelight **DISCONTINUED**

A Talk

When Gray paled at the thought of Juvia getting on with him along with a whip to cause him some pain I went to talk to Wendy once again. We were discussing her first mission with Natsu and myself, a way for her to train her magic to be more offensive than support magic. Her brown eyes lit up a lot with the idea of being able to learn how to do more with her magic.

The mission is like a pretzel, firm on the out but soft and fluffy inside of it. We are going to an island that is being attacked by a giant mole, it apparently is the size of three tall houses. For the mission, she will need to use both her head and force, she wouldn't have too much of a hard time figuring out the plan of attack. It's the whole force part that concerns me. Wendy is a strong and brave girl, but I learned that people here tend to have a hard time holding back their power and ends up destroying most the area around them.

For example, when Natsu and I first met. He had it under control but he was careless on keeping his fire from almost burning down buildings. Then there is Gray and Juvia, I heard they nearly drowned a forest before freezing it. I want to teach Wendy control with her magic, but like fire, the wind isn't easy to control.

"So, we are leaving in tomorrow evening since the train is closed for a week," I said with my chin in the palm of my hand. "So, tomorrow we pack in the day, then let the master know of the mission."

"Not that we have to," Natsu grumped. He was drinking my smoothie as I stole his from him. "The old man will just try to get you to leave me behind so that I won't harm you all. As if I would harm my fucking mate."

I glared at him and stomped his foot. "Give Wendy twenty jewels for swearing."

Happy, Carla and Lisanna laughed at Natsu as he glared at the small blue-haired girl in front of him. I made a point that if we swore when Wendy is around the person who swore had to give her at least twenty jewels.

"You were serious," Natsu yelled at me, but he handed Wendy fifty jewels. Wendy blushed but she looked over the job request that was in the middle of the table. "Why don't you take the mouse with you instead?"

We all looked at him confused one thing on all of our minds. Who was this mouse? Seeing our confused faces Natsu glanced at Lisanna. When it had clicked Lisanna and Natsu began to argue about her being a mouse or not.

It was a funny sight, but I focused on Carla for a moment to tell her how Happy would be helping her with her transformation magic while we were on the way there. "Did you know that the key of the Maiden is part of the reward?"

I looked at the paper to see that Wendy was right and I began to squeal. "I need that key!"

The whole guild looked at me as I danced about the room with excitement. Slowly, I stopped with an embarrassed blush on my cheeks.

"Sorry, but I really want to collect all the gold keys, my mom almost did it but she passed away before that even happened."

Sadness filled me thinking about my mother, so I got my things so I could go home. Happy and Natsu tried to come along, but I asked to be alone for a few hours. Natsu looked away with a blank expression on his face before he brushed passed me to go on the second floor to the table he always sits at up there. Wendy and Carla kept Happy to give me time to myself.

It had been seven years since my mother had passed, in a few days, the anniversary of her death will be here. I hadn't been back to the place I once had called home for almost three months now, I wonder if my father will drink himself drunk this year. It had been hard for us, but I never understood why father continued to try and marry me off to a stranger. Not that he ever succeeded. I mean I understood why, but why did he not just talk to me.