A/N:

Sup. I'm going to anger my fellow readers of my other stories and start a new one. *wink*

Hrm. After some horrible "WEBPAGE EXPIRED", I have to rewrite the entire thing. *sigh* This is most certainly because I'm writing this directly onto Fanfiction. Pretty stupid eh?

I suppose that's all that's needed to be said-now it's SHOWTIME!


Disclaimer: I, NyantasDragon, hereby proclaim Fairy Tail to be mi- *gets smacked by Lucy* Lucy: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? *sigh* Nyantas: Reading this part about copyright... let's see... oops. Wrong book... heh heh... Lucy: I'll do it. NyantasDragon DOES NOT own Fairy Tail, and WILL NEVER DO SO. Nyantas: Yeah right. Lucy: When you do, I'll treat you to anything you want.


Chapter 1: Holding Back

"NO! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?"

Plop.

"WAIT! NO! H-HE'S STILL ALIVE I KNOW IT!"

Plop. Plop.

"NO! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"

Plop. Plop. Shwaaaaaaaa.

"H-HEY! W-WAIT! WAIT I SAY!"

"Natsu."

"YEAH LUCY? I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR NONSENSE RIGHT NOW."

"He won't like it if you're not... man enough to hold back."

"I-Lucy... but he's still alive, I know it."

"It's time to go back."

"Yeah, Lucy's right."

"Erza?"

"He's sleeping, don't wake him up."

"Erza, it's not fair."

"Natsu."

"Gray?"

"Let's go back in. It's raining."

"No."

"NATSU!"

"Lucy?"

"The funera- it's over. Let's go back and leave Lisanna and Mirajane here by themselves."

"Bu- fine."

I should've known that Elfman's passing was the first of the series to come. It was strange. We were being completely destroyed. We were being eliminated. We were helpless. We were like little ants that conveniently come by only to be crushed after being so useful to the queen.

Those fun, great, carefree days had passed.

We held back our tears and waited. For someone. For someone to come and save us.

Fairy Tail. My...our home and family... were slowly being eaten away by some unknown force.

Natsu, he too, felt lost. I'm sure. No. The entire guild felt lost and without soul.

I trudged to the bar. "Mirajane. My rent. I need a job for it," I mumbled, completely weak and feeling heavy.

There was no reply.

"Lucy, I'll come too." I jumped. Natsu? Turning my head around with whatever little strength I had left, I saw a smiling Natsu. Though that smile was fake. He, too, was not "fired up", and ready to go. "Lisanna... would've wanted me to come too. We don't know whatever's out there."

"I... okay," I whispered. "But I don't know what kind of job to ge-"

Natsu's eyes widened. He gaped at something behind me. I whipped my head around, and screamed.

Mirajane... dead... She had, as the most likely conclusion, killed herself to the death of her siblings, and friends. "M-Mirajane?" A knife. It was more than enough to kill her weak heart. Natsu ran to help her. Gray and Erza leaped up from their seats and dashed to the scene. It was clearly suicide. Mirajane's hand had been carefully wrapped around the knife, and her face was dry from tears. No one else came to help. The master was out on a meeting.

She was dead... like her siblings. The Strauss were all gone. The manly Elfman, the playful Lisanna, and the kind Mirajane. I fell to my knees, and screamed, letting out all of my pain and suffering at once. It wasn't enough though, to release my sadness, and helplessness. I wanted to die.

I realized then, no one would come to save us.

And then everything turned black.


Closing Words:

Um. So I'm hoping this first "chapter" had impact. Frankly, this felt more like the prologue than anything else and stuff.

Anyway, this chapter was INCREDIBLY short. So, as a small token of apology I'm going to publish CHAPTER 2 as well later on in the day.

Reviews:

Praise will be loved and cherished.

Criticism will be welcomed with wide open arms.

And

Flamers will be murdered, *eye glint*.

~Nyantas