Friend or Foe? (Private: Rita and Indacat)

Just another ordinary day In Magnolia. The Fairy had nothing better to do seeing as everyone in the guild decided to attack the request board today. She could of gone with Lance or some one she supposed but she didn't have the motivation for a job anyway. "Ayy, Ghost. You doing alright?" She called to no one in particular, Or so it seemed. Out from the drawstring bag on her back poked up a pair of grey cat ears. "Why don't you take a look outside for a little bit seeing as you haven't gotten a good look at earthland yet." Rita offered kindly to the exceed. Her response was followed by the sound of the cat snoring. Ghost was taking another one of his cat naps. Rita's eye began to twitch and a vein throbbed on her forehead. She jammed the napping exceed back into the bag, muffling the sound of the cats snoring, and shut it with a sigh.


Rita was carrying something other than an exceed with her. In her left hand by her side was a bouquet of white roses. She was halfway across town by now, closing  in on her destination. Making it to the outskirts of town The Fairy had ended up somewhere around East Forest. She was looking for a certain cliff side. From what she remembered it was around here. Rita made her way through the forest steeping around vegetation and boulders scattered about the trail all until it gave way. Her sapphire eyes met a cliff side, the place she had been searching for. To her convenience there was an abandoned pathway that ascended the side of the land form. She took the route and reached the top. There Rita looked out to the sea, examining the movement of tide. Only now did Rita remember how high this cliff was. The fall could kill a person...The fall did kill a person. She set the bouquet of roses on the ground close to the edge of the cliff side. This place was morbid but beautiful all at the same time. She remembered not just one person but others she cared about were taken away from her at this place, All on that day. The shadow mage recalled the metallic but floral scent of blood of and rain. That was the past and It was and horrifying for her to even think about. She managed to ease her mind little by little as she looked out into the horizon. All of that was behind her, but was that the only thing behind The Fairy?

She was briefly startled by the voice. Rita turned around, back now facing the cliff edge. The voice indeed did belong to a cat. From what Rita had heard black cats were a sign of bad luck. It gave off a magic energy, Allot more than she would expect from such a small animal. Something wasn't right about this cat. Rita was about to speak but the feline beat her to it. The cat was curious as to why Rita was here and apparently he was aware that something awful happened here.

Rita still wasn't sure about the feline but she responded never the less"Y-Yes. Bad things did happen here." Rita said keeping her first response short. "Why I'm here?..." She echoed 'So, why did I come back to this place again?' She thought. Her gaze drifted to the bouquet she had left beside the cliff. Familiar images flashed through her mind, blurry and nearly undecipherable but clearly gruesome. It was so hard to find her words. It was all in the past but she still grieved that day and felt she could of done something different. The Fairy hesitated with her answer "I just come here to think..." She said quietly. Rita did in fact come here think but this area was more than a quiet spot for her to organize her thoughts. "Now It's your turn." She kneeling down to get a better look at the cat. "What exactly are you doing here?" She asked.

"It's alright I suppose." Rita said regaining her more positive setting. "So you're not a cat after all, That explains all of that power radiating out of you, I'm surprised your cat body can handle all of that magic without blowing up or something." Rita said letting out a small chuckle. "So you are looking for a Fairy Tail wizard, Eh?" She started. A smirk met her lips. "I might know one." Rita added, putting on her poker face. Rita in fact was a Fairy Tail wizard...but he did not know that, yet at least. Maybe she could get something out of this cat in exchange while she was at it.

Now that she took a good look at it...The animal was rather cute. Rita never had been this intrigued by a cat before. She slowly reached her hand to meet the cats head and gently scratched him behind the ears. His fur was just as soft as she thought it would be! A minute passed before she managed to snap out of the trance and cease petting the animal. Her face grew red as she brought her hand back to her knee and tried her best to regain her composure.

"Eh- Sorry about that." She muttered embarrassed.

"W-Well back to business..." She began. "I do know a Fairy Tail wizard, just answer a question for me and I might just let you talk to her." Rita bargained. "And about my question: Who exactly are you?..." Rita murmured more seriously, Her eyes narrowing and staring into the cats, ready to detect a lie if she needed to. Rita was expecting more than a name from this feline.

Rita let out a sigh. She hadn't gotten the concrete answers she was expecting.  She want happy, but she would not force herself to choke answers out of this cat mage. At least she had something to call him now, Indar. Now that she thought about it she recalled that name, but she couldn't figure out where she had heard it. Perhaps it was just an innocent  coincidence, for now that was all the Fairy could go on. She was curious what guild this Indar belonged too. According to him the ground between it and Fairy Tail was not that stable. Maybe Sabertooth? After all Rita did get into that fight with that Sabertooth chick back at the meeting hall for freaking out on Heero like some sort of barbaric animal, She would leave it there. As for her deal, She was not one to go out on a promise. Rita would allow Indar to talk to her friend from Fairy Tail.

"Alrighty, A deal is a deal. I'll go get my friend." Rita said, Trailing off in a joking tone. She stood back up to her full height. Rita conducted a 360 degree spin, pivoting on her heels. Her hair swayed behind her and fell back behind her ear as she turned back to face Indar, giving him a clear view of her throat. Branded on the right side of her neck was the crest of Fairy Tail itself, black as charcoal. "Well, I've never been great with introductions but I'm Rita. I heard you were looking for a Fairy Tail wizard, Right?" Rita chuckled as she scratched the back of her head nervously.

To her surprise the cat, Indar, Began to glow all off the sudden there was a blinding light. When it vanished and Rita's sight came back. There was a some one a little older than herself standing before her. He was a decent looking guy with light hair and eyes like emeralds. Something else caught her attention...There was something branded in green on the side of his throat.

Realization struck her like a bullet, Painfully tearing through her. There was no doubt about it. The insignia on his neck was the mark of Savage Skull, and if that was not enough Indar confirmed it himself.That name.... Only now did she realize where she had heard it before. Indar Blackshield, a wizard from the dark guild Savage Skull who was wanted for numerous felonies including murder.

Rita felt her heart pound like a drum, she wouldn't be surprised if he could hear it beating in her chest from where he stood. Her eyes flickered. Was he really there? There was no way that this was really happening. Her eyes had not fooled her, he was still standing before her and the mark on his neck was as real as ever.

Rita cautiously tried to inch back but the noise off loose gravel tumbling off of the cliff behind her reminded The Fairy that it was a long way down. Rita had encountered dark mages here on this cliff before, That was years ago. Rita glanced back down at he roses she had left, her heart still hammering. It was not an overstatement to say that she was now terrified of Indar. She slowly reached for something hanging onto the belt on her waist. Her fingers inched closer to what appeared to be a thin cylinder capsule. She stared at Indar like scared prey, not sure if she was prepared to draw this weapon. This guy said that he was looking for a wizard from Fairy Tail...What were his intentions. Rita spoke, Trying her best not to appear afraid of him and failing miserably:

"W-What do you want with m-my guild?..."

Rita fell silent for a minute, taking in everything that Indar had said. According to him he was not a threat to her or her guild...His reasoning did hardly a thing to settle her discomfort. Anyone could say what to hat he was saying...  

"So then...Your'e looking for one of my guild members." Rita murmured avoiding his gaze. A painful expression met her face. The Fairy had no reason to help him...especially if it meant giving out information to a Savage Skull member about one of her members. That was an accident waiting to happen. "T-Thug or not why should I trust you?! Y-You are probably lying to me!" She exclaimed.

Rita abandoned her first choice and decided to not draw her sheathed weapon. The Fairy let go of the item on her belt and rose her hand up in front of her. A shadowy glow emitted from the palm of her hand and the dark aura quickly took the shape of a short sword. Rita aimed the point of the sword at Indar, blade trembling in her grasp. Still fearful, Rita knew that she couldn't win against him. The magic energy he gave off was far greater than her own, But that couldn't stop her from fighting back. "I d-don't believe you." She said painfully

"I cant....I j-just cant help you find who you are looking for- You're a threat, Indar!" She shouted with an uncertain aggression as she grimaced. Rita's fear had caused her to abandon her own rationality, she was to scared of Indar's own capabilities to even think. Convinced that she would have to fight, she waited for his response.