This story was inspired by a tumblr comic, with Mystogan walking into Fairy Tail Team B's headquarters and surprise, Meredy's inside! So I though: What if Crime Sorciere had done(in my mind)the logical thing, and sent Meredy instead? It started out as a one-shot, but eventually became a full-fledged story. This mostly stems from my desire to have Meredy fight people, and that's half the reason this fanfiction was written, so if I change some things so she can participate more, that's why. Do note that this is my first attempt at a story with an actual plot, so if you have constructive criticism I'm open.

Thank you, Dragon'sHost, for looking this over! You should read her stories. they're hilarious, especially if you're an avid crack-shipper(like yours truly.)

Fairy Tail Team B relaxed in their hotel room, waiting.

Well, "relaxed" wouldn't be the right word. Tension and anticipation were thick. Not only was the mysterious midnight deadline growing closer and closer, but it was 11:37, the sixth member of their team hadn't shown up yet, and no one wanted to drag a very drunk Cana to whatever was happening at said time. Being that he and his comrades were required to stay some distance from the city(just in case the Council came by), they expected him to be somewhat late, but this was cutting it very, very close.

Juvia was on her claimed cot, holding a Grey plushie and muttering something, probably more protests about her and Grey being on Team B and Team A, respectively. As we mentioned before, Cana was on the ground, passed out. Gajeel(who had Pantherlily on his shoulder) and Laxus were brooding on opposite sides of the small brick room, and Mirajane, the only one who didn't look a bit stressed, was lying on the floor also muttering to herself. Judging from what she had said earlier, it was obvious Happy(who had a guild-wide reputation as a little snitch) had told her Erza and the man who had yet to show up had some kind of thing going on. The Take-Over mage had instantly begun devising matchmaking schemes, over Laxus's protests that it was probably against her best interests to get involved in Titania's love life. God knows that's somewhere you probably don't want to go.

Juvia glanced up to look at the clock. 11:45. She looked around at her teammates, who were all lost in their own little worlds, and began to say, "Juvia thinks maybe we should..." There was a pair of green eyes at the window, peering in inquisitively. Juvia knew those eyes!

Her assumption was confirmed when the window, upon the eyes spotting Juvia, was thrust open and a pink-haired girl in a black minidress shot into the room.

Literally. She crashed into Laxus.

This definitely snapped everyone out of their stupor, considering he electrocuted the entire room. Cana woke up with a loud shriek.

While Mirajane rushed over to the irritated Dragonslayer, Juvia ran over to the pink-haired girl, who had gotten up and was brushing herself off. She seemed to realize that her entrance had resulted in an injury. Several, really. "Wow. Graceful much, Meredy?" she muttered to herself, before turning to Laxus. "Sorry! I just saw Juvia and got really, really, excited cause no one told me I was going to get to be on a team with her and so I wasn't paying attention and.." She stopped abruptly as Laxus got up and put a hand out.

"Wait. Who are you?" She looked surprised, and then realization seemed to hit her. "Oh, right! Only Juvia knows me! I'm Meredy, Jellal's guildmate in Crime Sorciere!"

Gajeel asked the logical question.

"Well, where is he?" Meredy grinned at him, not something people usually did the first time they saw Gajeel. "Not here, obviously!"

Gajeel groaned and Meredy snickered. "See, I pointed out that disguises could always come off, and then Jellal's cover would be blown, not to mention the fact that his(and Ultear's) magics are super-recognizable. And if that didn't happen, he'd do something stupid to impress Erza and that would be the end of us. Both agreed, one more reluctantly then the other. "

Mirajane's eyes widened to ridiculous lengths at that. Lily, however, was nodding a little. "Makes sense. We did have that infiltrator from the Council. He probably found out what happened to Mystogan."

Laxus finished the thought. "So you're here instead. Well, as long as you stop knocking me over, we should be fine. Don't hug me," he added, seeing Meredy's joyful expression at her apparent acceptance from what seemed to be the leader of this particular team. "And if you're friends with the Rain Woman, try and get her to shut up about the stripper. Gajeel does a terrible job."

Neither Gajeel or Juvia had time to retort, as that's when a giant pumpkin-man appeared in the sky, drawing all six of their attention.

"What is it?" came the first coherent thing out of Cana's mouth in over two hours. No one was able to respond, too busy paying attention to what it was saying.

"An elimination round?" Mirajane asked no one in particular, seeing the magic pathway begin to lay itself from their window to the circular pointy thing floating in the sky. "If we fall out of the labyrinth or get there after eight teams already have, we don't get to go on to the actual games!"

"That's a pain." Gajeel announced, watching as the pathway completed itself. "Let's get a move on, then. We've got an assignment to win, after all, eh?"

"Right!" was the collective consensus, as the five team member headed off up the pathway. Meredy grinned as she ran up the stones next to Juvia, who looked quite happy that she got to spend more time with her pink-haired friend. The Magic Council had no idea what she looked like(having not seen her for seven years) or what her magic was. Since she was hanging out with Fairy Tail for the duration of the games, there wasn't any need to wear a disguise. Jellal the Paranoid had attempted to insist she at least wear her cloak, but luckily, Ultear was there to argue with him as Meredy escaped. He would be going on about their conspiracy against him all night. Meredy suspected he was just trying to pretend he wasn't annoyed at not getting to spend time with Erza.

Now, all she had to do was think of a psuedonym...

And so they ran, with Laxus's parting call of, "Hey, Lily, make sure Cana doesn't get drunk again, alright?"

The Exceed did not look happy with that task. Understandable, considering that Cana had already grabbed another bottle of ale while waving a cheerful goodbye to the rest of her team.

Next Chapter: Sky Labyrinth: Team B Style!

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