Slain Among Ice And Fire {Fairy Tail}

Chapter 20- Save Face

Chapter 20

Save Face

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Day One of the Grand Magic Games-

"Are they ok?!" Natsu snapped, the door slamming open as he pushed it in, moving without a care or moments pause inside the Infirmary room- Gray, Erza, Lucy, Lisanna and Elfman at his heels. He'd come running the minute he heard that Wendy and Carla had been found- and that they'd been knocked unconscious, and were now resting in the Colosseum Infirmary reserved to Fairy Tail.

Happy, and Porlyusica looked up and around when he came in, jumping slightly. "Natsu.." Happy mumbled,

"Where were they?" Gray grumbled, Happy raised a paw, his usual mirth and peppiness gone.

"Hora said she found them passed out in the Palace Gardens." Happy murmured softly, he blinked at the unfamiliar name along with Erza and Elfman.

"H-hora...?!" Lucy asked immediately,

"She told me she was gonna go look for them," Natsu murmured, "So she's the one who found them, huh?"

"Aye..." Happy mumbled,

"Wait- when did you talk with her?" Lucy asked Natsu instantly,

"Right before the Preliminary Round." He mumbled,

"Who is this 'Hora'?" Erza asked,

"Natsu, Lucy and I met her on that job we went to work before training for the Games." Happy told her, "... she's our friend, from another Guild....." Happy tapped his fingers together nervously, ".... and she told me we're not allowed to tell any of you guys which Guild she's from exactly." Natsu and Lucy grimaced slightly at that,

"She wouldn't tell Master Makarov either, when she came to the Tavern last night." Lisanna murmured, Gray, Elfman and Erza's eyes all narrowed slightly.

"Why would she not want us to know?" Gray grumbled lowly,

"... it's.... complicated, from what she said." Lucy mumbled softly, ".... I think she tried to explain it to me once.... it seems like her Master has some really strict rules about interacting with the Other Guilds... and she might get in trouble if he found out she'd been helping any of us." Erza and Gray blinked,

"That seems excessive." Elfman mumbled, Natsu stiffened slightly, his eyes landing on Wendy for a second, before he let them close.

"And I think I kinda get it, a little." He mumbled, "The way it looked like to me... they act differently in front of everyone, than they act when they're alone, right? That way everybody else seems them like their confident and above everyone else?"

".... yeah. That's about exactly it." Hora murmured, "... reputation means a lot to my Guild Master. The whole Guild has to follow his orders on how we portray ourselves to him, and the outside world." She stiffened, looking a little frantic she said that out loud. "B-but don't go spreading that around! Nobody's supposed to know that, everyone's supposed to think we're this big, proud, powerful Guild! A-and we are, but we're also seen as harsh, and ruthless... and oh I need to shut up.... please don't mention any of that to anyone else, please. Master'll be pissed if he hears anything about any of that..." He blinked, his eyes widening when he saw fear pass across her expression.

Fear

His fists clenched at his sides, sweatdropping.

"Regardless; if you consider her a friend, we should be thankful she found them, more so than worried about her secrecy," Erza murmured lowly, her attention moving to Porlyusica. "Are they alright?" she asked,