AN: AU-ish thing where Ultear kills Rogue in the Grand Magic Games arc I'm sure there was some alternate universe where she killed him instead of sacrificing herself
Summary: Gray breaks his promise in the worst way.
Genre(s): Angst
Rating: T
Pairings: None really, but Gruvia and Lyredy are hinted a bit?
Words: 751
Warnings: Character death.

Bonus Day 1-Cross My Heart

"Gray-sama, are you still injured?" Juvia asked worriedly, knowing that the boy had fought two fights consecutively.

"I'm fine Juvia, how about you?"

"Juvia is alright! She's quite worried about Erza-san though." The girl glanced over at the redhead, whose leg was clearly broken.

"Yeah, I'm sure she'll be fine though."

"She is very strong. Juvia is just worried. Ten thousand dragons? Our guild with three dragon slayers couldn't even take down one." Suddenly her hat was gone and there was a hand messing up her hair. "Wha- Gray-sama!"

"Don't worry about it. We've got this. The cannon will take out a bunch of 'em and injure the rest. The guilds just have to clean up the leftovers."

"Juvia still has a bad feeling about this…" Gray flattened down her hair and placed her hat back on her head.

"It will all be okay, I promise."

"Gray-sama, will you be okay?" Only then did Gray notice that tears were welling up in the girl's dark blue eyes.

"Yes Juvia, I promise that I'll get out of this alive. Cross my heart." He made an 'X' on his chest with a finger.

"Okay, Juvia will hold you to that."

XXX

Only seven dragons got through the gate, one of which, gave birth to baby dragons that the guilds were dealing with. The entire city of Crocus was a desolate warzone, the small dragons hiding around every corner of rubble.

Juvia herself would have been impaled by a beam, along with Meredy, if not for Gray. Gray was just about to tell her "something" when a shout interrupted him.

"Juvia!" Before the girl could even get mad or upset, she turned and was pushed to the ground. Everything happened instantaneously, the dragons, the beams, the blood, the screams. Countless tears fell from the water mage's eyes. She screamed as she watched the life of her love fade to dust.

Lyon shouted for Chelia, anyone who could save his brother, while Meredy cried, looking as if she wanted to comfort her blue haired friend, but unsure of how. Gray couldn't be saved, they all knew that, but Meredy was the only one who processed it.

"Juvia, we need to get out of here, the dragons we can't-" a laser grazed Meredy's shoulder and she hissed in pain. "You," she pointed at Lyon, "we need to get Juvia out of here. I need help." She wiped her tears away with her uninjured arm.

"What about Gray? His body?"

"We'll have to come back for him later. Juvia can't fight right now. We-we don't want to lose two people." Meredy's voice trembled at the thought of losing one of her best and only friends.

"Alright." The dragons sent more beams their way, directly at the grieving Juvia.

"Juvia!" Meredy screamed, just as a thick wall of water established itself between the girl and the beams, stopping them.

"Come on, we need to get her and go." Lyon ran over to Juvia, who was still protected by the wall. "Juvia we need to go."

"B-but Gray-sama, he b-broke his promise-"

"We'll come back for him later Juvia. My arm is hurt and Lyon can't support both of you."

"Juvia is fine! We need to take Gray-sama and bring him to Wendy before it's too late!" The girl sobbed out the words.

"Juvia we need to go-" Meredy stopped abruptly as a rotten feeling washed over her. She looked to the side and saw the small dragons fading away. A look of horror washed over her face.

"What's wrong?" Lyon asked, seeing her fearful face. "Isn't that a good thing? They're gone."

"No," Meredy's voice quivered, "it's far from 'good'."

XXX

Many lives were lost the day the dragons attacked, lives of fathers, best friends, and many loved ones. Guilds mourned their lost lives and injured mages were tended to in the days that followed.

Lyon Vastia had to inform the Fairy Tail guild of his brother's passing, knowing that Juvia would be unable to.

Levy McGarden lost both of her best friends while she was helping villagers escape the battle. She was inconsolable and sobbed for hours.

An independent guild lost a member, not from death, but from the guilt that consumed her. She left, giving the two remaining members a letter, and disappearing from the magic world.

The most peculiar case had to have been the guild master of Sabertooth, Sting Eucliffe, who lost all memories of that day and his best friend who died in the battle.