Chapter 3
I'm Stealing You!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, Energy Magic, and my Ideas

Three days passed since Frea had come back from the uncharted territories and she had settled back into the life of the Guild pretty well. Master Makarov has been away at a meeting, for the last week or so, therefore he hadn't learned on Frea's return thus far.

His absence had been noted the minute Frea had come back. She knew her return to Fiore had been recorded, there was no doubt in her mind that the Magic Council knew she was here, it was only a matter of time before something happened.

Frea shook her head slightly, she was seated at the bar, hands clasped together in front of her and resting on the counter, eyes closed. The Guild was already bustling with activity, everyone doing something, whether it was talking, laughing, or drinking. As it so happened, no brawls had started up just yet,

That was probably because Natsu and Gajeel were nowhere in sight within the hall, and she herself had not been in the mood to instigate one.

She let her eyes open to fall on the counter, she wasn't looking forward to what the Council would want with her, she wasn't sure she would have the patience...

"Hey Frea!"

Her head came up a little at the cheery voice, and she glanced sideways to catch Lucy sitting down beside her, looking rather happy and cheerful. Frea smiled back warmly, not wanting to let her own feeling show so easily.

"Hello Lucy." She answered softly.

"How are you today?" Lucy asked, smiling still as she caught Mira's attention, the barmaid bringing the blonde over a drink that looked like a smoothly shortly.

"I'm fine," Frea replied, letting her eyes fall closed again and smiling a little more. "How about-?"

"LUCY!"

Lucy jumped at the sudden shouts called out behind them, almost knocking her drink over in the process. Frea simply cut herself off, blinking a little, having immediately recognized the voices as-

Natsu and Happy appeared behind them in seconds, having run in without hesitation, and headed over immediately upon seeing the blonde in the Hall. Frea and Lucy turned toward them, Frea quirking an eyebrow, while Lucy sweatdropped, blinking rapidly in confusion.

"What's up guys?"

"We're going on a job! Come on!" Natsu said with a toothy grin. Lucy faltered slightly, caught off guard by the sudden announcement. Frea glanced her way, she could tell how uncomfortable Lucy had suddenly grown, and the small nervous smile she put on told her that Lucy wasn't exactly thrilled about going with Natsu right now.

She was assuming this was probably because Lucy did not want to destroy another town or city while working with the hyperactive Dragon Slayer. But Lucy was a little too nice to just tell Natsu straight out she didn't want to go with him,

Frea smirked slightly, "No can do, Natsu." She said, catching both his and Happy's attention. They blinked, and she waved a finger at them slightly. "Lucy can't go on a Mission with you today, she already promised to go on one with me!"

Natsu and Happy looked surprised, before giving in with small smiles, looking slightly disappointed though. "Oh, alright then, see you later guys!" Natsu told them as the duo turned and headed out the Guild Hall.

Lucy looked to Frea once the two were gone from the hall, blinking a few times. "I don't remember...?"

Frea smiled at her, "You didn't." She answered before Lucy finished her question. She leaned forward slightly, eyes shining and grinning widely. "But for today, I'm stealing you!" Lucy sweat dropped slightly, looking a little nervous. "Oh relax, it'll be fun!" Frea grinned, "Besides, I don't go over-board like Natsu, Erza and Gray do. So there'll be no paying for damages."

Lucy blinked, smiling a little at the comment. "Well I'm glad to hear there's someone on the Guild who knows how to tone it down." She giggled.

"See, that's the spirit." Frea smiled. "This'll be a good opportunity to get to know one another better, I'm excited to see how you fight!"

Lucy smiled back, warming up to the idea just by seeing the bright smile Frea wore. It made her smile to, and she couldn't help but feel going on a Job with Frea might actually be fun.

"Well, alright then." Lucy agreed, "I suppose it would be nice to get to know one another more."

"Great!" Frea exclaimed, climbing to her feet. "And I actually already got one planned out," she commented, her eyes moving toward the Request board on the other side of the room, Frea tapped a finger to her chin. "Yep, I think that one will do nicely!" She smiled.

Lucy looked back and forth between Frea and the board she was staring at. How could she possibly even see the papers from all the way over here? And how could she have picked one so fast?

"70,000 Jewel a month for your rent, right?" Frea asked, this time looking away from the board and toward the blonde. Lucy nodded in confirmation, "Well then, hold on a minute.." Frea's voice faded as the Energy Mage walked over toward the board and picked one off, before heading back over.

Lucy watched her go, smiling slightly at how enthused Frea looked. "Did Frea snag you for a job already?" Lucy glanced away from Frea, toward Mirajane who had circled around behind the bar. The barmaid smiled gently, and Lucy nodded.

"She did, but what do you mean 'snag'?" Lucy asked,

"Frea's always going on jobs with new members." Mira explained, picking up a mug to wipe it down. "It something she does, sort of a promise she's made herself. To go on a least one job with every member in the Guild, that way she can get to know everyone better." Mira told her and smiled, "There are several new members since she came back, and now she's picked you as her first victim."

They ceased talking once Frea made her way back over, she looked to Mira. "Master's still not back?" The Energy Mage asked and Mira shook her head.

"Not for another day or two I'm afraid." Mira replied quietly while Frea handed her the Job Request, and she quickly stamped it. "Have fun you two, and be careful." She smiled.

"No problem," Frea smirked, looking to Lucy as she got to her feet. "This'll be easy for Wizards like us."

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'Retrieve the stolen Magic Ring from a group of Bandit Wizards near The Sapphire Forest. REWARD: 140,000 Jewel.'

Lucy read the flier after Frea had handed it to her, and smiled. This was going to be super easy! She was already getting excited for it!

"Sound good?" Frea asked and Lucy nodded enthusiastically.

"Yeah!" She exclaimed, "It sounds easy!"

"I told you, two strong Wizards like the two of us will have no problem." Frea smirked.

They were sitting across from eachother on the train they had boarded not long ago to take them to a town that bordered the Sapphire forest. Lucy blushed slightly at the compliment,

"Hey Frea?" She asked,

"Hmm?"

"Well.. Thanks for helping me pay my rent, and I'm sure this mission will be fun." Lucy told her and Frea gave her a grin.

"Welcome, Lucy." She murmured.

"Do you think it'll be hard to get this ring back?" Lucy asked her and Frea gave her a reassuring smile.

"I don't think it'll be too hard, so I wouldn't worry about it too much." Frea said, "At most it'll be a dozen or so relatively weak wizards hiding out in some cave." Frea told her, sounding sure of what she was saying. Lucy blinked at the certainty,

"Do you usually go on missions with other people? Or do you prefer to go on your own?" Lucy asked, thinking of how Mira said the Energy Mage had made a habit of going on at least on job with everyone, Frea took a minute to think about her response.

"Well, I'm not sure to be honest. It's sort of random for me." She answered, "I have gone on more solo missions than I have with other people, but not too many more. I have no problem working with other people, and sometimes I prefer it that way. But sometimes it's better to go by myself, and sometimes I just have to." Frea said and Lucy tilted her head.

"What do you mean you 'have to'?" Lucy asked and Frea gave her a slighty sheepish smile.

"Well, sometimes I take missions that are just short of being S-Class missions," Frea mumbled, "When that happens I suddenly find that nobody wants to go with me..." Frea said and shrugged. "But I don't really mind, if they would rather stay safe I'm fine with that." Lucy stayed silent for a moment and Frea looked out the window.

Lucy blinked a few times, trying to let the words sink in as best they could. Just short of S-Class Missions? Her mind flashed to when Happy and Natsu had stolen an S-Class Mission from the upstairs. S-Class Missions were dangerous, one wrong move could get you killed... but what constituted as 'just short' of an S-Class Mission?

It must be an extremely difficult mission for regular members... wait, was Frea really that strong? She supposed she would find out eventually...

"I can understand that." Lucy murmured after awhile, managing to shake off her own questions and surprise. "Though I prefer to go with somebody else, that way if you get hurt, somebody's there to help."

Frea didn't look away from the window, and she let out a soft sigh. "That's true."

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After about an hour and a half, the train slowed to a stop in the MizuTown station. Frea lead Lucy off the train and suddenly grew more happy as soon as she was off the train.

"Yes! Off the train and ready to start the mission!" Frea chirped and Lucy giggled at her sudden enthusiasm.

"Don't like trains?" The Celestial Wizard asked and Frea glanced over her shoulder at Lucy.

"Not exactly." Frea replied, "Come on, lets go find the Requester." They left to meet the woman who had filed the request. Once they had found the woman who made the Request, they met her in her home, and Frea and Lucy sat down on a couch together while their employer sat across from them in an armchair.

"Hello, so you are the Fairy Tail wizards sent to take out the Wizard Bandits and retrieve my stolen Magic Ring?" The woman asked and they both nodded, smiling a little.

"I'm Frea,"

"And I'm Lucy."

"Its greatly appreciated that you took this job, my name is Sumi. I assume you have questions?" Sumi asked and Lucy and Frea exchanged a glance before Frea spoke.

"Well yes, it is assumed that these Bandits are taking refuge in the Sapphire Forest correct?" Frea asked and the woman nodded. "Would you happen to know how many there are? And maybe a description of your stolen ring would also help." Frea told her and the Sumi nodded.

"I don't know how many Bandits there are unfortunately, but my ring is a very rare Light Magic ring. It's gold and studded with yellow stones." Sumi informed them and Frea nodded. Once they had spent another few minutes discussing the job and all the details they would need, they began to move.

"Alright, Thank you for your time, we'll get your ring back and take out the Bandits." Frea promised and got to her feet, Lucy followed her lead and they exited the house.

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"So, do you have any clue where to start looking?" Lucy asked and Frea cast her silver gaze across the landscape. Sapphire Forest was a thick, luscious and very large forest that stretched out for miles before them. As per its name, in the sunlight the trees seemed to have an almost bluish hue.

"Well..." Frea murmured, her silver gaze sweeping over the trees. "I can use Energy Sense to see if I can locate them." Frea said and Lucy walked up to stand at her shoulder.

"What's Energy Sense?" Lucy asked and Frea smiled.

"It's a Spell I know, I can cast my senses out and see any Energy Signatures in the area. Do you remember what I told Gajeel an Energy Signature is?" Frea paused.

"Yes I think so..."

"What I told Gajeel is more or less what an Energy Signature is, a basic over-view if you will." Frea explained, "An Energy Signature, is what I see that describes you. A Magic ID in a way, I can see how strong you are, what Magic you use, and your Physical state. But it's a bit more than that," She paused, "I can also get a sense of your... mm... self in a way? I can more or less sense if you're 'evil' or 'good' if you will. I can also sense your emotions, and if you're human, Celestial Spirit, animal, etc."

"Woah.." Lucy breathed, looking astonished. "That's amazing Frea!"

"It's nothing considerably special..." Frea mumbled, and this time she was the one being modest. Lucy smiled at it,

"So if those Bandits are around, you'll be able to find them?" Lucy said and Frea nodded.

"Yes, I can usually tell where things are just by feeling their Energy Signatures around me, but they aren't close so Energy Sense will help."

"Sounds like this job is gonna be super easy!" Lucy exclaimed and Frea smiled.

"I told you." Frea murmured and closed her eyes as she clasped her hands together in front of her. "Energy Sense." She said and her eyes opened, for a split second they were full of Silver Light before it vanished and her eyes looked normal. Frea stayed silent as she glanced around the area, streams of her Magic spiraling up around her feet.

"See anything?" Lucy asked after a period of silence and Frea let her hands drop to her sides and she smiled at Lucy.

"Yep, there's about a dozen Mage-like Energy signatures in that direction." Frea explained, pointing into the trees to her right. Lucy smiled and clenched her fist in excitement.

"Ok! Lets go beat up some bad guys!" Lucy squealed and Frea chuckled. Frea gave her one last look before turning away and leading Lucy through the trees toward their target. They walked through the trees for at least ten minutes before Frea stopped and they were facing a cave.

"A dozen weak Bandits in a cave. What did I tell you?" Frea said in triumph and Lucy giggled.

"You were really spot on Frea." Lucy told her and she grinned. Lucy was impressed already, and she hadn't even seen Frea fight for real just yet.

"Ready to collect some Jewel?" Frea asked and Lucy nodded. They stepped toward the entrance to the cave in unison and stood at the entrance. The men looked up and glared at them.

"Who are you?!" One of them demanded.

"Fairy Tail Wizards coming to take back what you stole!" Lucy told him and Frea smirked as they got to their feet.

"What? Two little ladies think they can beat us?" A short man laughed and was thrown against the back wall of the cave as a blast of silver Energy shot out of Frea's hand, the Energy Mage smirked at the astounded looks of his comrades.

"Get em'!" The men charged. Frea ducked under the swing of a blade that one of the men had requiped. Lucy did her signature 'Lucy Kick' that sent one of the men staggering away in pain.

"Holder Magic: Light Beam!" The tallest of the men shouted and a beam of Light was sent Lucy's way.

"Energy Shield!" Frea growled,suddenly appearing in front of Lucy with her arms crossed before her, silver Magic appeared before her to form a shield, blocking the blast.

"Thanks!" Lucy smiled and Frea nodded, Lucy turned away from her and grabbed a key that was hooked to her belt. "Open! Gate of the Lion: Leo!" Lucy did the motions and Loke appeared in front of her.

"What do you need my LO-" Loke began but Lucy cut him off.

"Not now! Would you mind taking care of these three for me?" Lucy asked as she pointed to the three bandits that faced her. Loke looked them over and smirked.

"Of course." Loke told her.

Frea sent about five of the men backward where they smashed into the back of the cave with a resounding boom of the Energy Bomb she had tossed their way. She was blowing through these guys with little issue, it was almost boring. Though, she had specifically chosen a job that was way below her normal level, simply because though she knew Lucy was strong in her own right, she hadn't wanted to drag the blonde into something too difficult.

Besides, this was a good distraction from waiting for the Magic Council to do something stupid.

"I'll admit, you're stronger than those other two." Frea came to a pause after knocking another man out cold with a hard punch to the face, she looked to the tall man that stood in front of her he had managed to avoid getting hit already, and landed a hit of his own on her, "But you're not strong enough to take me, and have the very thing we came for." Frea told him, he was wearing the rare Light Ring they had been hired to retrieve. He smirked and pointed the ring at her,

"Let's see how strong you are after this; Holder Magic: Destructive Light!" He yelled and a huge beam of light shot toward Frea, she crossed both arms in front of her, eyes narrowing.

"Energy Shield!" She growled and the shield appeared. She flinched slightly as the blast hit her shield. It was more powerful than she expected of a ring, but it wasn't strong enough to even break or crack her shield, and she let her Magic fade once the attack was over. He looked astonished that she was still standing there. "Nice try." She told flatly and rushed forward, slipping behind him. "You need to stop stealing from the townspeople!" Frea hissed in his ear.

She wrapped her silver Energy around her hand and punched him the center of his back, her Energy making the hit ten times stronger so he was thrown into the wall and fell unconscious to the floor. Frea flicked her hand and her Energy disappeared as she walked over and slipped the Magic Ring from the man's finger.

"Regulas Beam!" Frea turned around and saw Loke finish off the last bandit, she walked over and smiled at the look of surprise on his face.

"Frea? When did you get back?" Loke asked in surprise.

"A few days ago." she replied and showed the ring to Lucy, "Found the ring." She looked back at Loke. "So how you been?"

"Great," Loke replied and cast a smile at Lucy, "Thanks to Lucy."

"Yeah, I heard she stood up to the Celestial Spirit King and saved your ass." Frea told him with a mischievous smile and Loke smiled back.

"Yeah." He smiled, "She really is quite something." He chuckled while Lucy blushed furiously, Loke glanced past her at the mass of bandits that had been downed by the Energy Mage alone. "It looks like you haven't gone soft since leaving," He commented.

"What did you expect?" Frea smirked, "I'll never go soft, you should know me better by now." Loke smiled at the words,

"I suppose I should." He murmured, looking to both of them before vanishing. "See ya!" his voiced echoed. Frea turned to Lucy once he was gone, still smiling.

"So? Did you have fun?" The Energy Mage asked and Lucy smiled.

"Yeah!" The blonde replied enthusiastically, she couldn't remember the last time she had gone on a job this easy, it was invigorating. And it was also educational, she had paused in her won fighting to see Frea work, and she was impressed with how easily the Energy Mage took down the number of bandits she had, even if they were weak already.

"Well, let's go give Sumi her ring back, then we can head back to the Guild." Frea told her and Lucy nodded.

"Sounds like a plan."

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A/N: Alrighty! This Chappy has been revised, but I'll the rest and revise them later, I don't really have a lot of time right now! Hope you enjoyed it, please comment, vote, and follow if you can! Thanks!

~EnergyMageFrea