Chapter 3

The next day at the guild, Lucy decided that it was about time that she introduced herself to the new girl.

"Hey Mira, do you know where the girl is?" Lucy asked the white haired bar maid.

Mira smiled her usual smile.

"She's out on a job."

Lucy raised an eyebrow.

"But she only joined the guild yesterday. And wait! Don't tell me she went alone!"

"Well she went with her flying cat."

"…well...um…let me know if she when she gets back."

Lucy caught a glimpse of the job board.

'Perhaps Natsu and Happy would like to go on a job.' She thought. 'Where are those idiots anyway. They're probably back at my apartment.'
The blond wizard left the guild and headed towards the direction of her apartment. She hummed a melody as she was walking.

"Hey there girly."

Lucy whipped her head around to see a trio of guys with lust in their eyes. She grabbed hold of Loki`s key by instinct.

"Can I help you?"

"Why don't we hang out?"

"No thankyo-" 'What's this?! My magic energy is restrained! These thugs are wizards?!'

One of the guys grabbed hold of Lucy's arm.

"Let go of me!"

"Don't worry babe. It'll be fun."

"Hey! Leave her alone!" a voice from behind said sternly.

Lucy's ears perked up. 'I know that voice! It's the voice of that moon spirit!'

All of them turned around to see a teenage girl with long dark brown hair. Her hair was covering her eyes.

"You again?! We thought we ditched ya!" one of the thugs blurted out.

The girl smirked.

"There's one thing you should know about me."

Her hair lifted to reveal a pair of blood red eyes with a slit.

"My prey never slips through my hold."

The three thugs were petrified with fear as they bore they're eyes into the girl's chrisom orbs. One of the guys was blocking Lucy's view of the girl. She couldn't see why the guys were so scared.

The girl began to walk towards them. The guys let go of Lucy and ran for it. the girl disappeared and reappeared in front of them and took them all out in the blink of an eye. She cowered above them.

"I wont kill you three. You aren't worth the trouble. But never forget this."

Lucy made her way up to her. As soon as the girl noticed her, her eyes turned into a chocolate brown color. A purple cat with wings flew on top of the girl's head.

"Thank you." Lucy gratefully said.

"Don't mention it. I really don't deserve your thanks." She said in a sad tone.

Lucy noticed her sad expression.

"Well, I better bring these guys to my client and collect my reward."

"Do you want me to help you? It's the least I can do."

"That wont be necessary. Just go back to your apartment and kiss your boyfriend or something."

"I ins-…wait. What?"

"Your boyfriend Natsu Dragoneel is waiting for you back at your apartment with his blue exceed named Happy. And they're taking a nap in your bed again." The girl said emotionlessly.

"….."

The purple exceed sighed loudly.

"You did it again Marina. You seriously got to stop that. It really freaks people out."

"Its not my fault that my crystal magic is connected to my mind."

"Connected to your mind or not, you don't have to tell them what you see."

"Whatever." Marina said as she slung all three thugs over her shoulder at once.

"Lets go Chelsey."

The two walked away leaving a very confused Lucy.

'I wonder what all that was about.'

Lucy decided to go back to her apartment. When she got there, both Natsu and Happy were sleeping in her bed just as Marina predicted. Natsu woke up at the sound of Lucy yelling at him to get up.

"Hi Luce! Did you meet the new members of Fairy Tail?!" Natsu idiotically said to change the subject of Lucy lecturing him about sleeping in her bed.

"Aren't they nice? And what's awesome is that Marina is a dragon slayer too!"

'Marina? That was that girl's name.' then Lucy remembered Mira saying that she had a purple exceed with her.

"Yes actually. I did meet her. She was…interesting."

"By 'interesting' you mean 'great'. Right?"

"No. I mean totally weird."

"She's not weird. Oh, and get this! Her element is crystal!"

'Crystal? She mentioned something about crystal magic.'
Lucy dashed out the door and ignored Natsu yelling 'where are you going?!' She had to look this up. Lucy approached the library. When she went inside, she went up to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" the lady at the desk asked.

"I'm looking for a book on crystal magic."

The lady pointed to an aisle of books.

" It should be there under 'C' in the magic section."

Lucy thanked the woman and went over to the aisle.

'Let's see…here it is. 'the History of Crystal Magic.'

Lucy took it out and began to read it.

'Crystal magic is an ancient and very rare form of magic. It allows the wizard to see into the vortex of reality itself as well as wielding crystal for combat. Many whom have possessed this capability have been driven mad. Crystal magic can be very dangerous if used by the wrong people.'

Lucy stopped reading to take that information in.

'Vortex of reality? Does that mean the record of the past, present, and future?'

Lucy continued reading. The rest was mostly different stances and techniques you use while performing this magic. Lucy checked the book out and made her way back to her apartment.

'Natsu and Happy aren't here, they must of went out to go looking for me. Oh well. At least I can have some time alone.'

Lucy put on her pjs and went to bed after realizing how late it was.

'Its been a long day.'