Till Death Do Us Part?

A/N: It's my first story so please bear with it. I know my English sucks and I'm trying so hard to correct my grammar. I do not own Fairy Tail.


CHAPTER ONE: THE GHOST THAT WAS HAUNTED BY THE PAST

"Hey everyone, let's go to the haunted mansion in the forest tonight!" said little Natsu.

"But no one dares to enter that place. There's a rumor that spirits wander around the mansion and anyone who tries to go inside never comes out. It's not a good idea" It was Gray.

"Natsu, Gray's right. What if we get hurt there?" Lucy agreed.

"What? Are you scared Gray, Lucy? Don't worry, I'll never leave your side when a GHOST appears." They all laugh at the two.

"You people are such a wuss, that's not a manly thing to do!" Little elfman shouted.

Anger devoured Gray. "I'm not scared and I'll prove it to you!"

"Then you'll go first…After an hour, we'll go in. If you scream, you lose."

"Deal." It was a very stupid thing to do.

Erza, Mira and Lisanna came. Mira was glaring at Erza while they walk towards the others. Then their attention was switched to them.

"What's up? Are you guys planning to go the haunted mansion without us?"

"If Erza's coming, I'm coming." Mira smirked. "Let's see who's the scaredy cat, right Erza?"

Erza nodded.

"Aye Sir! The more the merrier!" Happy said.

By the time the moon raised up in the dark skies, everyone met up in front of the gate of the said haunted mansion. The gate is very rusty, leaves and vines are covering some letters, there's a sign board on it. 'Non entrare' that means no entry.

"Now, Gray… You go first." Natsu teased him with a smirk on his face. Everyone grinned at him. Their eyes followed Gray's direction as he entered the gate.

"So what should we do?" Lisanna asked.

"This is the right to time to play this!" Erza brought out a deck of cards and hand it to everyone. "I thought that it would be fun to play this while we wait until he screams." The group played the cards and for about 30 minutes, Gray was still inside.

The door creaked open when he pushed the entrance of the mansion. It was painted brownish red. Everything inside the mansion is dusty and full of cobwebs. There's a huge crystal chandelier on the top of the lobby and more paintings. Gray turned on his flashlight he kept inside his bag and points it to a large portrait, the biggest portrait, and stared at it for a while. A beautiful woman was sitting on a red chair. Her wavy blue hair flows perfectly on her side, tied with a floral design. The woman was half smiling and the creepy part is the woman looks like it's looking at Gray.

"What?" Gray stumbled as he walks backwards. The woman's eyes are following Gray. His flashlight flickered for a many seconds and the eyes of the fair maiden in the portrait went back to normal. It did scare the hell out of him but he controlled himself not to scream. He heard water rushing on the 2nd floor so he checked it out. By the time he climbed up the stairs, he felt a weird sensation on his back. The stairs are very odd because the half of it is nearly destroyed or going to collapse. If he carelessly stepped on a crappy part, he could fell or get hurt. The sound is still there, he still felt the weird sensation on his back and the cold air was touching his sweaty face.

"Why do I feel something…" a hand gripped Gray's shoulder. His eyes widened and wished that it was Natsu or the others. He could sense that the hand was very cold and the grip was very tight. He turned around to see someone but it was nothing. There's no one on his back. The tight grip disappeared. He was really scared and doesn't know what to do. Tears almost fell down from his eyes and he nearly screamed from shock.

"Are you okay?" a voice echoed in the whole mansion. It came from the second floor of the mansion. The sound of water disappeared. Gray sighed but confused.

"Yes. I'm fine. Ummmm… Do you live—." His reply was interrupted by a cry, the same voice earlier.

"Sorry.." the voice kept on repeating the same word while sobbing and sniffing.

"Umm… Please don't cry. You did nothing." Gray already forgotten about how many minutes he's still there. He kept on searching where the voice came from, opening many rooms inside the mansion and finally he got one right. He saw a lady about 18 years old crying. He went closer to her carefully, not to make any noises that could scare her. The room is very cold but there's no wind, this time, the room doesn't have any open windows. Furnitures were covered with white cloth and the whole room is pretty dusty. His attention to the lady almost disappeared.

"Are you dead?" he frantically asked. The girl turned her face away and for some reason, she began crying. Her dress was all dirty and ripped. Actually, the dress is a wedding gown from the looks from it. She wears a ripped white veil with wilted flowers on her hair. She was holding a mirror and around her were wilted flowers. She let out a big sigh and began to open her lips.

"I don't know. I can't remember. All I know is my groom left me alone here and someone stabbed my back. I really love him and I know he loves me back." The woman stood up and sat on the bed near her. "It's really lonely here. Please stay with me for a while."

He nodded and sat beside her. She was crying again and made him very sad. He could also felt that she needed company. One thing stucked on his mind, she's a ghost and a good one.

"Are you the ….who touched me earlier?" He said to the girl. She replied with a nod. "Hey, don't cry." He searched a handkerchief from his bag and handed it to her. Giving a handkerchief to a ghost? Well, that's stupid. She mumbled a thank you.

"Yes... I'm so sorry… I didn't mean to scare you earlier. I just thought that you were lost." The girl played with her hair.

"That's okay. You did scare me out there. By the way, I'm Gray Fullbuster. My friends are outside waiting for me to scream. How about you? What's your name?"

"Ju-Juvia Lockser… I'm the owner of this house… I think I'm a lost ghost. The portrait you saw earlier... Well… It's me." She blushed. Ghost aren't supposed to blush, right?

"GRAAAAAYYY!" a shout from outside scares them out. It was Erza's voice. "COME OUT!"

Gray didn't move a bit from the bed. He knew that when Erza gets angry, he'll be dead meat. He held the woman's hands instead. The ghost was shocked that he could touch her hands.

"Well, I have to go later. I'll come back here when I have time. I'll bring some flowers and candles for you and also some toys to play with." Gray said. "I promise I'll come back, okay?"

"You shouldn't promise things that you won't keep, Gray." She smiled at him. Her pure white skin was glowing that night.

"Hey, do you know what? Please don't cry. It will make me sad too."

"But it's so painful to remember the things from my past." Tears were forming again in her eyes.

"I'll come back tomorrow!" he arranged his things inside his bag and stood up.

"GRAAAAYYYYYY!" a violent yell surprised him. Erza was standing in front of the room where he was. The others were there too. Gray became stiff and followed Erza. The ghost was nowhere in sight. They all went out. Gray turned around to see the mansion again. He noticed that there was a girl standing on the roof and looking at him. That was his new friend.

The next day, Natsu and the others boast about how they got in and survived the haunted mansion until the end of the day. Gray was all quiet, still thinking about the girl in the mansion. He was staring at outside the whole day of their class. After they all got dismissed, Gray headed to the town to buy some things then secretly went to the haunted mansion. The gates creaked open like everything's normal. He crept into the mansion and looked for his friend.

"Juvia-saaaaaan. I'm back!" his voice echoed in the lobby. The sun was setting. The light from inside were beginning to fade.

"I'm here." A voice answered. She was wearing a tiara with little red roses on it. He was glad that she's there because it made it creepier if she's not there. Isn't it creepier if there is a ghost?

"I brought something for you." He pulls out some flowers from the plastic bag he was holding. "My mother take good care of this flowers, it's pretty. Ummm… sorry that I this is the only thing I can bring."

"I appreciate it, Gray." She hurriedly jumped off from the second floor to reach where Gray is. Gray gave the flowers to her and smiled.

"Ummm.. I sorta have a huge problem. My family is moving to Magnolia the next day after tomorrow. I just figured it out last night, my mom told me. I don't know if I could still visit you." She felt very hopeless when she heard the news. She gathered all her strength (imagine that she has) and smiled at him.

"We could still play right?" It's obvious that she was crying again. Her voice trembled that made Gray worried.

The two played until it was 9 pm. Gray had a lot of fun with Juvia.

"Don't be sad okay. Someday, I'll come back." After long hours of their happiness, Juvia cried. She can't help it.

"When will you come back?"

"I don't know… about a year? 3 or 4… I don't know. Magnolia is far from here. Don't cry." He kept on saying those words 'don't cry' that he as well was crying. "You know what, when I come back, I'll marry you."

That idea came from nowhere. Maybe it was because of Juvia's pain inside or he doesn't know how to comfort her. Juvia was surprised yet very happy about his proposal. Well, Gray was 11 years old that time so he doesn't really know what he's saying.

"Yes. I'll wait for your return." Juvia laughed heartily and her (habit) crying face was swapped with a gentle one. She no longer looked gloomy. She was very excited that night and flew around the crystal chandelier.

"I should go now, see you again Juvia!" He smiled at her again (she's still flying around the chandelier).

Few years have passed….

"Stop making me go back there, mom. I don't want to see anybody in the past. I have a new life here and I'm happy with it." A tall black-haired man said to his mother, Ul.

"It's just a vacation. I'm sure your friends missed you. What was their name again? N-Natsu, Edna? Naaaahh.. Forget about the names but I'm sure they missed this little brat here." Ul patted Gray's hair to ruin his hairstyle.

"Mom, my hair! It took me hours to make it!" Gray whined. Ul smirked at him and went up the stairs to pick up Gray's luggage. She then threw it downstairs.

"My stuffs!" Gray has a huge frown on his face.

"You're going back to your homeland. Visit them at Fairy Tail. Here's your ticket and money expense. If you come back here and the summer is still not over, I'll massacre your sculptures and guitars.. Oh and .DEAD." Ul ordered him.

Such an old hag.


A/N: It's over. My life is doomed.

Chapter 2 will be out next week. You have to wait.

Please RnR~