(the girls and Angelina's apartment is the one to the right of Lucy's)
*Angelina's POV*
I sit in the living room of the girls and my apartment house, it's a nice sized house, very large, it even has a bay window! It has two floors, on the first floor is a spacious kitchen and living room with a small a bathroom, fit with working indoor plumbing! Upstairs there are three bedrooms and a small reading nook. The bay window seating is in the reading nook, right in between Yami and Eve's room and my room. The third room we decided would be a guest room since Yami and Eve want to stay together. Which I think is a very good idea keeping that room as a guest room, considering a certain pyro and his cat love to constantly invade my personal space. They were in my room all the time at the guild, half the time it was him sneaking into my bed since as he told me once, 'my bed is more comfortable than his bed,' I giggle at the memory. Now that I'm thinking about it though, Gray and Erza aren't really that innocent either, I've found Gray practically naked in my room a few times, and Erza would randomly appear as well thankfully with her clothes on though. Those guys have no sense of personal privacy unless it's their own privacy.
I'm waiting a little bit to go to the guild, I heard from Mira yesterday that Natsu, Gray, Erza, Happy, and some Lucy chick got home, but they haven't seen the guild hall yet. So, her and I came up with a plan, Yami and Eve will go ahead of me and introduce themselves first since Yami's been so excited to meet Natsu, Gray, and Erza, and Eve wants to meet Happy. Then while those two are distracting the others I'll sneak in behind them and TACKLE EM ALL TO THE GROUND! Their reactions are going to be great!
*Yami's POV*
I walk in the guild nervously Eve sitting on my shoulder, all around me people are talking, laughing, drinking, and hanging up decorations for tomorrow's contest. I heard Angelina is entering that one, but she told me I couldn't since I'm too young and she doesn't want any perverted guys talking to me. "Hey Yami! Get over here!" hearing Master Makarov's gruff voice call out to me I quickly run over to the short old man, beside him is a tall lady with blue hair and blue eyes, well, she looks tall to me. "Yami, Eve, this is our newest recruit Juvia, I'm going to introduce her along with you two to the others," he explains, I look to Juvia as she watches me with a big grin.
"It's lovely to make your acquaintance," she smiles, wow, I'm surprised she didn't freak out about Eve, usually most people do, even some of the people in the guild did when Eve started flying.
"It's nice meeting you too," I reply, gripping my dress nervously, curse my nervousness when I meet new people, it's my one weakness, well, nervousness and motion sickness.
"Follow me," we follow the Master over to a small group of people looking around, there's a blonde, brown-eyed, big breasted girl, another girl with red hair, brown eyes, and she's wearing armor. A boy with dark navy blue hair and navy blue eyes that radiates coldness, like it feels 10 degrees lower by him. Finally, there's a pink haired guy with onyx eyes and a black and white scarf, he looks unhappy. Are these the people Ange-sama was talking about? I look over at Eve unsure only to see her looking at something wide-eyed. Tracing her line of vision I see she's staring at a blue and white cat with a green backpack who has yet to notice Eve, is that the cat Ange-sama was talking about? What was his name again? Happy right? "Well, I'm glad you dunderheads made it back safely."
"Master!," the red-haired lady calls out all three look over at us surprised, suddenly I wanna shrink.
"I'd like you to meet Fairy Tail's newest members Juvia, Yami, and Eve, aren't they cuties?" he grins. I look at master surprised, why did he call us cuties? He's weird.
"I can't wait to work with you!," Juvia smiles lifting her dress and bowing slightly.
"Hey, you're a cat like me!" gasps Happy running over to meet Eve, Eve jumps off of my shoulder and stands in front of Happy.
"This is so cool! I can't believe you're really real! I couldn't believe it when I heard there's another cat that can fly and speak!" exclaims Eve spreading her wings. The pink haired guy looks down at Eve with a little surprise, but otherwise, keeps his glowering expression.
Once the other three are finished talking to Juvia they turn towards me, the red headed woman is the first to speak, "hello there, I'm Erza, and these are my companions, Gray," she points to the navy blue haired guy, "Lucy," the blonde, "Happy," the cat, guessed that one right, "and Natsu," the upset pinkie. Wait! Natsu! He's the other dragon slayer!
Trying to hide my surprise when she introduced Natsu I introduce myself, "I'm Yami," I say quietly.
"And I'm Eve!," Eve proudly announces, the three look at her astonished.
"Another talking cat?!," freaks Lucy.
"Hey, what's wrong with talking cats?!," scowls Eve, uh oh.
"She's just surprised, we don't really see a lot of you guys," Gray quickly explains to her. Eve only nods still scowling, I look back at Natsu for a moment with silent admiration, I have to talk to him! When he's in a better mood of course.
"We've also added another new member to the guild, someone you might recognize," chimes in Master. They all turn to look who it is.
"I wonder who it is," Happy wonders aloud. They all gasp stopping dead seeing a man with long black hair and piercing red eyes sitting at a table by himself, the man glares at them.
"What?! Him?! Are you kidding me?!," Gray exclaims in surprise.
"Gajeel!," growls Natsu as him and Gray both get into fighting stances.
"Why did you let him in here gramps?!," questions Gray angrily glaring at Gajeel. Why do they hate Gajeel so much? Did he do something to them? Is he a big meanie like that Seth guy? Juvia quickly gets in between the boys to try to calm them down, saying she asked him to join so he could find work.
"I don't mind Juvia, but he's the one responsible for destroying our guild hall!," snaps Erza a murderous look on her face. What?! I quickly pick up Eve fear, seeping into my body, why would he do that to the guild? He must be a really mean bad guy! I shake a little holding Eve close, I want Ange-sama now, she told me there were no bad guys in Fairy Tail, was she lying? Or did she not know? Gajeel just looks away from us seemingly annoyed.
"Now, now, what have I taught you? Yesterday's enemy can be today's friend, right?" Master states clearly reminding them of his lesson. But, why would this scary guy want to be a friend to the guild if he's hurt it before? Not wanting to be around the scary guy Gajeel anymore I go sit at a random table cuddling Eve.
"He seems scary," mumbles Eve as we watch the others argue about Gajeel. Gajeel and Natsu get in each other's faces growling like dogs. Eventually, Gajeel storms off and Natsu goes to walk away when the lights suddenly go out.
*Angelina's POV* (Sorry I keep switching POV's)
I walk in the guild making sure to be really quiet while entering, shutting the door gently behind me. The lights are all off in the guild except for a single spotlight on the stage where Mira is singing gently while playing the guitar, I smile watching her for a moment before focusing on the task at hand. Looking around the Guild everyone is listening to Mira's music with a peaceful look on their faces. Perfect distraction! Now no one can give away my position! Being as sneaky as humanly possible, since I'm not a freaking ninja, unfortunately.
I find my friends table where they are sitting. My heart swells seeing their faces as they watch Mira, Erza's eyes are closed as she listens with a peaceful look on her face, are those bandages on her body? I wonder what happened, must have been from their last job. Gray is sitting next to her just watching Mira with his usual cool guy look, he seems a little different than when last I saw him, I wonder why? It's like he's changed a little somehow. Next to him is Natsu, a sour look on his face as he sips his drink, I can guess why he's so upset, Natsu has never been one to take change lightly.
It's perfect that they're all sitting on a single side of the table, that just means I can get them easier! The only weird thing is there's some blonde chick sitting across from them with her eyes shut as she listens to the music, Happy sitting next to her on the table enjoying a fish. Magic along the lines of a celestial wizard's hums from the blonde's body, curious, I've never met a celestial wizard before. If she is one though Yami will be really happy considering how much she is fascinated by the magic.
Taking slow careful steps I stay low to the ground as I sneak towards my three friends, a couple other members of the guild spot me, but keep quiet as we exchange knowing looks with one another. I manage to make it behind Gray and freeze, he's in the middle between Natsu and Erza so it's the perfect place to stop.
A very slight temperature drop surrounds Gray's form as he sits in front of me, it's almost comforting feeling the temperature change in a way. Gray has always had this coldness around him due to his magic, so being in the cold or having a fan on around me always reminded me of my best friend. I think it's fun, he has a slightly cold personality, uses ice magic, and even the air around him is a little colder, but, he's actually very warm, he was always there for me when I needed help and comforted me whenever I needed it the most. I
Of course I was there for him in return. Not without an argument though, he always acted so tough. Like nothing was bothering him, but would be very on edge with everyone and would never allow anyone to get close to him those days. Whenever those days happened I always made him talk to me or gave him a hug if needed.
Mira's song ends and cheers erupt in the guild, yes! Taking the moment as my time to act since there are only a few minutes in between performances usually, I pounce. "GRAY!," I squeal jumping up and wrapping my arms around him tightly.
"HUH?!," all 5 people at the table chorus, Gray turns around shocked, along with Natsu and Erza. Soon though, their shock turns to bright, happy smiles.
"Angelina," Gray laughs turning around fully and embracing me back. "Man, I thought I wouldn't see your face again for a lot longer!"
"I managed to come back early, and I'm a lot stronger!," I cheer.
Gray lets me go and Erza pulls me into one of her strong, strangling hugs, I smile doing my best to not show how hard it is to breathe as she hugs me. "I'm just glad you made it home safely, now that you're back we can go on plenty adventures together," grins Erza, I nod excitedly as she lets me go.
"So you've gotten stronger huh?," smirks Natsu standing up, "well then why don't you fight me?!," his fist engulfs in flames as he gives me a challenging stare. As I go to give my answer the stage lights suddenly come on again revealing a guy in a white tux with black hair and a guitar on his lap. Everyone turns away from me and looks at the man in shock, booing filling the room. Gosh, usually we support each other in the guild, why would they boo? Unless IS THAT IS BLACK STEEL GAJEEL?! Gajeel announces the name of his song, which is apparently, 'Best Friend,' and starts rocking out. WOW, HE'S NOT HALF BAD! I cheer along with a few of the others who are cheering as Gray looks at me as if I'm nuts.
"What?! He's pretty good!'Shooby do ba~" I sing along slightly, giggling.
"This is terrible!," exclaims Natsu covering his ears, he's probably not even listening to it, he's most likely just basing his opinion of the song on the performer himself and not the actual music. As I go to argue with him Gajeel throws his guitar in his face, infuriating Natsu. They jump for each other and start brawling, damaging the guild hall in the process making everything else turn into a frenzy.
"Cut it out you two!," yells Gray turning towards the two, he knocks me hard into my shoulder making me take a step back and knock into Erza, who was eating her strawberry cake and she dropped it! CRAP I'M SO DEAD! Right as I go running Elfy takes her attention off of me by stepping on her cake, making her snap and attack him. Soon everyone is fighting everyone, I block a punch as it's thrown my way, and dodge a kick as I deliver a low blow to a random male member of the guild, grinning like mad while doing so. I missed this so much! This truly is home now that my best friends are here.