Hello Everyone! Well, he's a new pairing I decided to try out that really isn't loved enough. It's a pity, really. Oh well.

Anyway, this is kind of a what if story that deals with the end of the OVA, memory days, which for the people who don't know what that is, it's when Lucy, Gray, Erza, Natsu and Happy accidentally cast a spell that gets them sent back to when they were kids.

For this story everything that happened in that Ova, which is the third one, I believe, called Memory days, except Gray didn't end up getting sent back to their present time with the others. Another slight change is I made it so he's a demon slayer for the sole reason that I can and because I absolutely love his new power up. It's about time he got one, after.

Back on topic, just in case this isn't clear, this is a Laxus X Gray story and this chapter is just a test one. I want you guys opinions about whether I should continue it or not, personally I'm not too sure :P.

Enjoy~

"Great, just great…" Gray groaned, pacing back and forth in the alley beside the guild, "Shit… This can't be happening… No way in hell..."

But it was and the ice mage was completely and utterly out of luck. Not that he necessarily had all that much luck throughout his lifetime. Quite honestly he mused that he shouldn't be surprised that he was the unlucky one. His life was just one big misfortune after the other.

However, this took things to the next level. He was completely and royally screwed.

He was trapped in the past.

He groaned again and leaned back against the wall, the white and blue jacket on his back, which for once he was actually still wearing, snagged on the jutting edges of the brick as he slumped down to the ground, his head falling to rest in his hands

He had missed going back with the others by mere seconds. Just a few short seconds. How the hell did he miss it? He was right there, damn it. Right along side the scarlet and blonde, yet somehow he was the only one not to make it. Now he was stuck in the past with absolutely no idea how to get back.

The others he came here with, Lucy, Erza, and the flamebrain, they all disappeared in that flash, no doubt having returned to the present… Well, the present for him. For everyone else around him it was the future, which honestly frightened him. He should be around eleven right now, not almost nineteen, well if you counted the seven years lost on Tenrou Island, almost twenty six. Not that that really meant anything to him. He was still stuck in a time he shouldn't have been in at all.

He was completely and utterly lost.

Pale fingers ran through the blonde wig on his head and, not for the first time that day, it took all his strength not to yank the damn thing off and freeze it. It itched his head like crazy and the white headband keeping it in place did nothing to help ease the pressure on his scalp. While he wanted nothing more than that, besides getting back to his time line that is, he knew he couldn't, just like he couldn't strip. If he did than someone would notice that he looked just like the present day eleven year old Gray Fullbuster, and that was something he just could not risk.

Irritably, the ice mage yanked the annoying jacket off, careful to leave the black undershirt on, and tied the garment around his waist. The black design labeling him as a demon slayer stood out against his pale skin, but he didn't care. In this timeline his younger self didn't have this marking yet, so he didn't have to worry about that giving away who he really was. In fact, he figured it may even help him seem different. People tended to stay away from guys with apparent tattoos.

Well, who cares; he sure didn't. It was a hot summer evening and he was certain that he was going to boil if he had to keep that damn thing on any longer.

Heaving a sigh, he forced himself to stand up again before stalking out of the alley. Dark was falling over Magnolia and he needed to find a place to stay for the night. Luckily he had remembered to bring his wallet with him when he was rummaging through books with his team, so he had quite a bit of cash on him.

But it would only last him for so long. After that he would have to find a way to make money while also looking for a way to get back. He thought about the possibility of taking a job, only to be met with the grim reminder that he was, technically, not a certified member of Fairy Tail at the moment.

Well… Yes, he was, or rather, his younger self was, but there was no way he could go in there and tell them about what happened without messing up the timeline.

He considered the option of rejoining Fairy Tail as a different person, but that didn't seem to fit right with him either. Could he really do that? Rejoin Fairy Tail and pretend as though he didn't know any of them or even himself?

Hell if he knew. Then again, it wasn't like he really had any other option. Having been raised by Ur, he hadn't gone to school after his village was destroyed and then after he joined Fairy Tail he just started taking missions for an income. He knew enough to get by and even be considered cunning, but he definitely was not qualified to hold any kind of job. Besides, any other place would want his ID and the only one he had on him was dated seven years in the future and the other one he could possibly get labeled him as an eleven year old. Either way, he wasn't going to have any luck.

He jammed his hands into his pockets and shook his head, stepping out of the alley and… Straight into someone.

He blinked and stumbled back, prepared to mutter a quick apology to the stranger when suddenly he stilled, his mouth forming a small 'o'.

There, glancing at him with an annoyed look, was Laxus, or, more specifically, a young Laxus.

"Watch where you're going." The blonde muttered, his arms crossing as he seemed to almost study the costumed Gray, "Why do you look so startled? You're the one that bumped into me."

"W-what?" Clearing his throat, the ice mage swallowed his surprise and shrugged slightly, pretending as though he had no idea what the other teen was talking about, "I mean, I'm not. Eh… Sorry, I wasn't paying attention…"

"Obviously." Black eyes looked at the slightly shorter teen with disinterest, that is, until they landed on the tattoo lining the creator mage's upper arm.

A slightly troubled look crossed the lightening slayer's face as he stared at the mark before he looked back up to meet the other blonde's eyes,

"What is that?"

"What? Oh.. It's… Ah…" He paused, "It's just a tattoo…"

His response was met with a distrustful look.

"You're a mage, aren't you? That mark proves that you are a wizard of some sort. What, are you here to join Fairy Tail or something?"

For some reason the ice mage suddenly felt self-conscious of the marking. Maybe letting others see it wasn't such a brilliant idea after all.

"Why do you think this is a wizard mark?" He tried to sound nonchalant, "There are such things as regular tattoos, you know."

"I'm not stupid, I can tell the difference between a normal tattoo and a wizard tattoo. I have one myself."

To the devil slayer's surprise, the head phoned teen actually lifted the bottom of his yellow and black shirt up so that the long series of black designs and the black Fairy Tail mark on his toned chest and abdomen were on show.

"Yours looks similar to mine." His eyes narrowed and he dropped the shirt back down, "Now, are you here to join Fairy Tail or are you an enemy, 'cause if you are the latter I'll dispose of you real quick."

"I'm not an enemy…" The raven muttered, his gaze lowering, "For now I'm just a free wizard…"

The fact that that was actually the truth made Gray's heart sink. Teen Gray in this time line had no friends, no family, no house and no life.

"So you are here to join then? Well we don't just take in anyone off the street you know."

It took all of the ice mage's self-control not to roll his eyes at the blonde's words. Even as a teen Laxus was obsessed with making sure Fairy Tail was a guild for only strong mages. Some people just didn't change.

"I never even said I wanted to join…" The creator magic mage muttered inwardly to himself, a hand coming up to absentmindedly rub the back of his head. How was he supposed to get out of this?

"Well, not that I wanted to join your guild or anything, but how would I get in?"

'Act normal Gray.' He mentally urged himself, 'act indifferent'.

"Show me what you can do. If you're weak you can't join, those are the rules."

Except it wasn't and the raven knew it, but he couldn't say anything about it without sounding suspicious.

"And how would I do that?"

Coal eyes flickered from the ice mage's face to his feet, seeming to almost check him out, silently determining his strength,

"Fight me. If you can last for five minutes without getting the crap beaten out of you, you can join Fairy Tail. Besides, with the day I've had I could use a punching bag."

"I knew the ice princess was stupid, but not this stupid!"

The pinkette mumbled, crossing his arms as he glanced around the guild, which seemed to be rather empty, though that wasn't much of a surprise. Most people were away on quests and the others who were in town were preparing to return home, ready to retire for the night.

Team Natsu, on the other hand, was faced with the dilemma of figuring out just where the hell the raven disappeared to.

"Could he have been brought to a different time?" Lucy inquired, purposely ignoring the complaining fire mage beside her.

Her question was met with a shake of the head,

"No, the spell casted was solely meant for that time period. I don't see any way it could have taken him to any other time besides this one..." The scarlet sighed and clamped her armored hands together, "It looks like he must have gotten stuck there... We have to find a way to get him back here before he can mess with the timeline, accidental or not."

"But how can we do that? The only way to get back was after Natsu remembered how he got his scar..."

"Just leave him there." The salamander helpfully offered.

"That's not nice, Natsu!" Happy piped up, walking along the table to stand beside his best friend's sitting form. "You know you'll miss having him around."

"Like hell I will... Psh, it'd be nice not to have that annoying ice block hanging around."

"You will miss him, because no matter how often you two fight you still likkkkkeeee each other."

"No way!"

Opting to just tune the now arguing cat and lizard out the two females spoke idly with one another, attempting to come up with ideas as to how to get their missing team mate back.

After nearly an hour with no progress the blonde groaned and sprawled back in her chair, on the verge of giving up. Time magic was foreign to them all and the idea of the spell they originally used working again was slim. They figured that even if they did attempt to use it again there was no guarantee that they would be brought back to the time in which they lost the raven.

Which meant they were completely out of ideas.

"Maybe Levy will know..."

Titania nodded,

"But I believe her and Gajeel just left to go on a mission... It will probably be several days before she returns..."

The slight hope that suddenly filled the blonde disappeared as swiftly as it came, causing her to feel deflated.

"Is there anyone else that could help...?"

Just as the red head opened her mouth to respond a familiar, friendly voice spoke up from beside the two, causing them both to glance up,

"I'm sorry for interrupting, but I couldn't help but eavesdrop. Gray didn't come back with the three of you earlier?"
Lucy shook her head tiredly,

"No, we haven't seen him since ."

"I don't really know much about time magic myself either," Mira admitted, shifting the tray of drinks in her hand slightly, "and the master is away on business, but I think Freed may know something about this. It may not be his main focus, but he's pretty well acquainted with all different kinds of magic and spells. Until Levy gets back he'll be your best bet."

Suddenly a smile brightened the celestial mage's face and she turned to look at Erza, who seemed to harvest a similar simper at the news,

"That's true, Mira, I didn't even think about that! But... er..." She looked around the bar, pausing. Near the front of the guild was Cana, Macao and Wakaba, who all seemed to be engaging in some sort of drinking competition, Jet and Droy were in the middle, complaining about how Levy left them behind, several other mages, whom she wasn't acquainted with, occupied a few other seats throughout the building and Laxus sat in the back, his arms crossed and an almost sour expression on his face. There was no sign of the Thunder Legion anywhere, and if they weren't near their leader, the blonde figured they weren't around the guild, "where is he...?"
The beautiful she-demon smiled sheepishly,

"Actually, I haven't seen him all day." She looked over towards the lightening mage in the corner, "Laxus will probably know."

"He looks to be in a bad mood... One that's worse than usual..."
Lucy gulped and raised a hand to her face as she looked uncertainly over at the dragon slayer again. Everyone in Fairy Tail knew better than to mess with the Master's grandson, especially when he looked annoyed, like right now... "I don't want to ask him..."
"Oh come on, Luce, don't be so scared, I'll ask him!" Grinning, the salamander jumped up from his seat and whirled on his heel to face the oblivious S class mage.

"Yo, Sparky!"

Immediately the blonde male tensed, an eyebrow twitching as Laxus irritably turned to see the pinkette,

"What do you want, kid?"

"Where's that green haired friend of yours?! Fried, or something? We have to ask him something!"

A low snicker came from the wizard as he rolled his eyes and tore his gaze away from the group of wizards,

"How should I know? I haven't seem'em."

"Laxus..." The white haired waitress warned, her voice low as she narrowed her eyes at the agitated thunder mage, "We need his help to find Gray."

A hollow chuckle sounded from Laxus as he closed his eyes, a slight smirk marring his features,

"You haven't used that tone on me in a while, Mira, but I still don't see why that has anything to do with me. You need Freed? Fine, go find him and talk to him, I'm his leader, not his fucking babysitter."

Silence dwindled within the guild for a few moments, the dragon slayer's conversation managing to capture the attention of everyone in the guild now.

" We will just find him ourselves." Angrily, the reequip mage slammed her hands on the table, her scarlet eyes narrowed dangerously at the blonde male, "We'll get Gray back to our time without your help."

"Back to our time?" This caught the thunder wizard's attention, "What are you talking about?"
Huffing, the red head crossed her arms and glared at him, an act of defiance that very few people had the nerve to commit,

"Earlier today Lucy, Natsu, Gray and I accidentally got sent back seven years in the past and when we finally managed to return Gray did not come back with us. We believe that he may have been left in the past and we require your teammate's help to get him back."

A look of disinterest passed by the S class mage's face before he suddenly stiffened, his expression changing to one of vague disbelief, however that too remained for only a moment,

"Did you just say seven years...?"

"Yeah, get your ears checked, blondie... Heh... Gray was a blonde today too." Natsu suddenly moaned, "But I didn't get to pick on him about it! We need to go back so I can insult him!"

"Blonde..."

With a loud clang the coated man pushed back from his table, the chair he was once occupying flying backwards,

"None of that matters to me. Do what you want and stop bugging me."

Before anyone could question Laxus's sudden behavior the thunder god was already out the door and stalking down the street, a distant, almost dream like memory from seven years prior haunting his mind, refusing to leave no matter how hard he tried to think of something else.

This was just a coincidence, surely. There was no way...

No.

He was being unrealistic.

He needed to forget about what happened during his teenage years. Their problems were of no concern to him.

But if that was true, why did he feel as though they were?

"Well..." Natsu huffed, breaking the quiet that had shocked the guild since the s class mage had left several minutes prior, "What's that idiot's problem?"

So, what do you guys think? Continue it or drop it?

Oh, and for those of you that have also read my 'To Thaw a Frozen Heart' story, it too will be updated within the next few days, I'm nearly done with the latest chapter ^.^

Thanks for reading!