Aero nodded, smiling at the kid. "Flowers it is. Although, I heard a rogue group of bandits was seen up there lately." Bandits meant a fight, and he was just itching to have a reason to use his magic. As they headed out of the guild, he couldn't help but glance back , at the request board, and a certain mission.... Hargeon. They were going to fetch a woman named Charlotte. What he couldn't help but wonder was if it was the same Charlotte. Saint of The High Seas, and most feared Captain in all of Earth Land... He had met her once, all those years ago.... --- "Get down kid!!" Aero was just a little kid, well on his way to mastering ice magic. He had taken up a local resident's request to visit a nearby shrine and investigate what were reportedly "phantoms" destroying the local statue. He had headed out the next day, trekking across the tundra to where the shrine was located on the Eastern Sea. As he neared the shrine, something was easily amiss. The doors were blown off their hinges, and scorch marks and small fires littered the shrine and surrounding area. He approached warily, using his size to venture across the ice with silence. As he came upon the door, voices emanated from within. "I told you Rustell, the boss said his intel told him the book was here! It's supposed to be guarded by the spirits we just battled..." "Jaltaneo, I told you, it isn't here. My probe would have detected by now, and all I can detect is the remains of that Ghost Magic Spell. They must have moved it elsewhere and kept it a secret." "What are we gonna do? We destroyed Icitania looking for that weasel, and he gave us false information!" Aero couldn't help but gasp. He'd heard that Icitania had been leveled, and several of his friends had been there, and were now hurt or missing. He had to do something! He prepared the strongest spell he could muster, going into Ice-Make stance. He would have to fight them, and avenge Icitania. "Ice-Make Lanc-" "I wouldn't do that if I were you. They'll tear you to shreds before you could finish a second spell. Let me handle this. I've tracked them all the way from Icitania to here." Aero whirled around, coming face to face with the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. Tall, blonde, and with tattoos covering most of the skin he could see under her captain's outfit, she was very striking. He also noticed that she was missing a leg, and in it's place she wore a peg leg. This peg leg was made of iron, and had a weird shape to it, almost like that of a cannon... She was currently smiling, his surprise clearly entertaining her. "I'm Captain Charlotte, captain of the Fairy Fin, also known as the Saint of The High Seas. I've tracked these men from yonder Fiore all across Earthland, and I've finally found them. They're after a book that can never be allowed to fall into the wrong hands. Now, I'm going to siege them, and when I say get down, you get down, savvy?" Aero nodded, stunned almost into speechlessness. He'd never met anyone like her, but he could tell right away that she was who she said, and that she was also extremely powerful. "Will you be alright?" She smiled, and pulled a flintlock pistol from thin air, aiming it through the door. "Believe me, I'll be high and dry. Now.. Get down kid!!" Aero dove to the ground, just as she fired. The next few minutes were all a blur to him, as the side of the shrine exploded, and the wizards inside started to retaliate. When the dust cleared, the wizards were tied, and being hauled onto the biggest ship he'd ever seen. He slowly approached the Captain. "E-excuse me miss.. Where are you from?" He was shaking a bit, awed that she had the power to take on two dark wizards and defeat them, hands down. She smiled, and looked over at him. "I'm from the Guild of Fairy Tail, in Fiore. I hope that we meet again someday, Aero." With that, she cut the bottom of the rope she was holding, and launched onto the ship. "But how did you know my na-" Before he could finish, the ship was already moving, sailing out into the ice-riddled sea. --- As he approached the demolished shrine, he noticed a light coming from under some rubble. As he approached it, he could see a hand lying to the side. Frightened, he began to dig it out, revealing a small girl, about his age, with ice white hair. He couldn't tell why she was glowing, until he noticed a wing, sticking out beside her. "You're a sprite... Hey, what's your name?" The girl weakly looked over at him, and smiled. "I'm Elena..." "Don't you worry Elena, I'm going to take good care of you.. I'm Aero Hale, and I'm an ice wizard, just like you're an ice sprite. We're gonna be best friends, okay?" "Aero... Aero...." --- "Hey, Aero, you in there dork?" He snapped out of his flashback, to see Elena waving her arm in front of his face. "Uhh.. Yeah, sorry, what were you saying?" "I said, did you get everything you need from the house? I swear, you zone out at the weirdest times." "Yea, yea, I got it all. Now let's get going."