Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 100

"Yes, of course we knew", Rufus immediately harrumphed crossing his arms.

"Did you know, mama?" Felix asked looking at Freed.

"That's not important anymore", the rune mage said clearing his throat. "Anyway, it's good that there's more of us now."

"Are we going deeper in this lily pad forest?" Toby asked and he stared ahead in the forest, but it seemed like it was getting darker and darker the further he tried to see.

"We have to", Freed said and they started walking. "Stay alert."

They nodded and carefully they walked deeper and deeper in the forest.

Evergreen tisked as she moved away ferns and looked around. She was starting to get irritated because of this place. And where were everyone else?

"This is so annoying", she growled and once again a leaf hit her. The ground was uneven to walk on and her feet were hurting because her shoes weren't suitable for walking here.

Finally she managed to get out and could see around more. She was on mountains. That was just great. So how was she supposed to find the others from here?

Evergreen looked around more, trying to see any sort of movement even though it was slowly getting darker around. The stars were getting dimmer and the sky was getting darker so it could only mean it was nighttime now. It didn't really make things any better, moving around in this environment during night was not what she wanted to do. Sadly, it seemed like she couldn't avoid it.

Should she wait and see if others might find her? Truth to be told, that didn't really sound a likely scenario to happen... Perhaps it would be the best if she just continued walking and if it would get too dark, she could always rely on her fairies to give her light.

Evergreen slowly walked down, trying to avoid rocks and after a few hisses and curses she finally got down from the hill, but there was still a long way to go before she would be able to get down from this mountain.

She adjusted her glasses with a huff when once again she almost fell over because of the high heels – Freed would've already scolded her because of her shoes but this time it wasn't her fault! How could've she known she would end up in a place like this?! - and she brushed back her hair, dusting her green dress. She could only hope it wouldn't get cold during night.

Then suddenly she heard voices. Quickly she spun around towards a smaller cliff and now she could clearly hear someone talking behind it. There were two of them. She couldn't hear what was said but as the voices came closer, they got more clear.

"Wait", she said when she finally could recognize who were talking.

Evergreen hopped down a few bigger rocks until she got down and just in case she stopped behind the small cliff that was separating her from those who were talking. She cautiously peeked around the rocks and was instantly relieved.

"Mirajane and Lisanna", she said coming out, surprising the two women.

"Evergreen!" Lisanna beamed happily running closer. "We're so happy to see you're alright!"

"Well, I can't deny it isn't somewhat soothing to find someone from here", Evergreen said with a small smile. That was all she would admit.

"That is true", Mirajane chuckled. It was amusing to see Evergreen acting so proud and confident even if the situation was what it was. "Have you seen Elfman?"

"We don't know if he's around here too", Lisanna said and she was really worried. Their brother was... Not that good with directions.

"He's not here? Oh god, how on Earth are we going to find him from here?" Evergreen huffed annoyed, but now she was also a bit worried.

"We shouldn't worry too much", Mirajane assured trying to calm them down. "Elfman is strong and he knows how to take care of himself. I'm sure he will be just fine", she smiled. It would be a lie to claim she wasn't worried at all, but she also knew how strong their brother could be if he so wanted.

"Hey!"

Evergreen, Mirajane and Lisanna all turned around and they were surprised as they saw Cana standing on top of the cliff.

"I thought I heard familiar voices", she smirked.

"Cana, you're okay", Mirajane smiled. "Have you seen others?"

"Just Lyon", Cana said and they saw the white haired man stepping beside Cana.

"Good evening", Lyon nodded with a smile. "I'd say we're very lucky to stumble upon each other like this."

"Now it's starting to feel like we can actually find everyone", Lisanna smiled.

"Of course we can find everyone", Evergreen assured opening her fan. It was broken but that didn't matter. "So now we'll form Team Fairy Girls and our mission is to find the rest of our friends."

"Fairy what?" Lyon asked and he blinked.

"Shouldn't it then be Team Fairy Girls and Lyon?" Mirajane chuckled as Cana and Lyon hopped down.

"I like it better when it's just Team Fairy Girls", Cana snickered looking at Lyon who sighed.

"I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that", the man muttered.

"You better just learn to live with it, sweetheart."

"So then it's decided", Evergreen nodded.

"I wonder if we are all really here" Lisanna said, thinking about it. "I mean since Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Juvia, Wendy and Erza all went out just before those dragonflies surrounded us and we appeared here", she murmured and Evergreen glared at her when Erza's name was mentioned.

"Are you telling me that without them we can't do a thing?" she asked narrowing her eyes.

"No, no! I was just wondering if they might be here -"

"Listen up! Were they here or not, we don't need to rely on just them!" Evergreen snapped when pointing at Lisanna with her fan. "We aren't just some weak nobodies who can't save the world if needed! We can do just as much as they can", she guaranteed.

She chuckled and brushed a few strands from her face.

"And may I remind you, the Thunder Legion is here for sure", she said with a confident smirk. "And there's nothing we can't do."

"We believe you", Mirajane smiled. "Of course we will trust each other and we will all do our best so we can solve this situation."

"So what should be our next step?" Lyon asked.

"To find out where the kids are", Cana said. "They must be here too and we don't know if they're alone so we have to find them. We can't let Yuidose catch them."

"I agree", Lisanna said and they all agreed. If Yuidose would catch Felix, Chester and Vellanja, they would definitely be used as hostages.

"But finding them might not be that easy", Lyon said. "I got a good view of our surroundings and there are lots of mountains around here. We're not even sure what there's beyond them and how far we're all scattered."

Evergreen hummed and she thought about it. What would Freed do in a situation like this?

"I'll send out fairies", she decided after a moment of silence. "I'll make them scan the area as much as they can while we're moving. I think we should find our way down from these mountains."

"We should find out if there is any water around", Mirajane suggested. "We have no food or drink with us after all."

"So while searching for water, we'll scan the area the best we can and as wide as possible so we can find if there's anyone near us", Evergreen decided and they all agreed. "Then we should start moving, girls."

"And Lyon", Lisanna giggled.

"Thank you", Lyon huffed and after Evergreen had scattered dozens of her little fairies around, they could start walking to a direction they assumed might be the right direction to get down from these mountains.