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CHAPTER 1:
Gajeel stared blankly at the scene in front of his eyes. His heart felt like a ton in his chest and it was pressing on his lungs. He felt like he was choking. He felt people shoving past him and shouting things, he even felt at one point being shaken. He tore his red eyes from the tree to search for whom ever was shaking him. He realized through a fog it was Salamander. Not really interesting. So he turned his eyes back to her. And his heart shattered, his red eyes filling against his will. Finally sound came back and he could hear the commotion around him.
"Levy!"
"Get her down!"
"Someone summon Porlyushka. NOW!"
"Is she alive?" Gajeel gasped as his tears overflown, trying to get ready for the answer that would plunge him into the darkness. For, without her, his sunshine, his life would never see the light again. He held his breath.
"Barely…" Gajeel let out the air in his lungs, laughing slightly. She's alive…
"I can't… take these shackles off!" Gajeel lunged to the tree, yanking down whoever was on the ladder and hurrying on the narrow stairs.
"Don't you die on me, ya hear!?" Gajeel grabbed the shackles and yanked hard. Nothing happened.
"Gajeel, that won't work! Look at the runes on them, it's anti-magic. Master's on the way with Freed, he can take them off."
"She won't last that long, damn it! I'll… Take… THESE… OFF!" He pulled harder, his nails embedding in the tree trunk.
"It's no use, Gajeel!" He wasn't listening. With an animalistic yell, his powers surged, covering him in a purple mist. He crushed the tree around Levy's shackles, then, with a mighty pull, he lost his balance as the metal broke free. Before he fell on the ground, he grabbed Levy's limp body and pulled her to his chest, expecting him to feel the ground on his back as he closed his eyes and cradled Levy to him to cushion the impact. He felt nothing.
"I gotcha…" Wendy's strained voice could be heard as she used her magic to place them gentle on the ground. As soon as he was down, all hell broke loose. People started yelling, shouting hoorays, running around to get Jet and Droy off as well. Levy was yanked from his arms and placed on a stretcher, Wendy not wasting any time and activating her healing magic. He could breathe easily now. She was gonna make it. He'd make damn sure of it.
Suddenly, he realized he never really saw Levy's two lap dogs on the tree with her. How the fuck did that happen? He let his head fall, breathing heavily. His hands covered his face as the tears escaped again. He sobbed heavily, part from relief and happiness, part from guilt. It's my fault… He thought as Jose's cold voice filled his head.
"Gajeel… I need to ask you a favor…" Jose said in his dark, amused tone as he approached Gajeel, standing at the counter and enjoying a beer and a few metal wheels.
"Spit it out, Master." He was in no mood to talk thanks to his latest mission.
"I have another mission for you. It'll be more fun than anything you've had before." Gajeel's ears twitched. Good, he was interested. "I need you to destroy a guild from inside out. I want you to join the Fairy Tail guild." The red eyed man turned briefly and grinned with a nail between his teeth.
"Sounds interesting. Care to share more details?"
"Befriend them. Spill some emotional shit. Tell them your story. They'll lick your boots once they find out your dragon left you to fend for yourself at such a young age. Blah, blah, blah. I know you can do it. You can leave immediately." Jose turned away, feigning a blow kiss to the Dragon Slayer.
"What do I do with the guild mark?" Gajeel asked with his back to the Master.
"You can erase it temporarily. You know where the stamp is."
"Gehee." Gajeel was already forming a plan.
I will get along with those bastards and, when they least expect it… I will destroy it. Gajeel felt giddy just for that. He ached for a piece of Salamander ass ever since he found out he was a Fire Dragon Slayer. So he finished his beer in one gulp, grabbed a fistful of nails and shoved them in his pocket, punched an asshole who thought they could get away with charging him extra for the nails, then headed for the Master's office to take his guild mark off. Then he proceeded to his room to pack his belongings, which didn't account for much. Just a few spare clothes, his favorite gloves and a scale from Metallicana. He placed the small backpack on his right shoulder and left Phantom Lord.
That's what I thought when I arrived… My plan to destroy Fairy Tail from within… It was perfect… But, then, I met Master Makarov… Crazy old man accepted me in the guild, even though he knew I was in a dark guild. It was perfect, everything fell right into place, everything was going according to plan. I had my mind set to finishing the job.
Even more perfect was the fact that I started getting along with them, even though it made me throw up every time one of 'em started gushing out with that 'nakama is family, family is nakama, protect them blah, blah, blah'. I even felt I was doing the right thing, destroying them.
Until I met her…
Levy Mc'Garden.
A few days after I was accepted in the guild, I took a job. I needed the jewels, after all… So pummeling some idiots who thought they could act as bullies was easy enough. Never even realized I let my guard down, thinking they were too lame for me to use any magic. An asshole pulled a knife when I was having fun with three more. Had my back turned on him, too… I think he was aiming for my heart or something, but the idiot plunged it between my shoulder blades. It fucking hurt. Tried to cover myself in scales, but that little stunt prevented me from doing that. Half a dozen guys came out of nowhere and I really thought I was screwed for a moment. Just before they could attack, they were blown away by a word. A fucking word! And, between the orange flames, I saw the most beautiful thing ever. An angry face hugged by a flock of wild blue hair. Someone yanked the knife from by back and I swore loudly.
"Are you OK? Can you stand?" A straw hat. Really?
"Of course I can fucking stand! Get the fuck off me!"
"You're welcome… asshole…" The guy left a dust trail behind him as he flanked the blue haired girl's left side. I grinned as I let the scales cover my skin. Let the fun begin. I took my time with a couple of assholes and never bothered to look around for the three mages that came in the nick of time. As dust settled, I heard a beautiful voice.
"Ah! You're Fairy Tail!" And she turned, letting me see the guild mark on her left shoulder blade. "Us too! I'm Levy Mc'Garden." She extended a small hand for me to shake it. I didn't even register the two guys introducing themselves. All I got was Jet and Droy. I didn't shook her hand, I wasn't a fucking goody-goody.
"Gajeel Redfox."
"Oh! The Iron Dragon Slayer!" I snapped my eyes to her excited face. How could anyone be so happy to meet me? Everyone else trembled in fear. Her eyes fucking sparkled. What the fuck was that? "That makes three Dragon Slayers for our guild! Wow, don't you guys think this is amazing?" She turned to chat with the two guys, who were eating her every word. Pathetic.
But something in me told me I was doing the biggest mistake of my life. Destroying Fairy Tail.
Since that day, I knew I was wrong. Because I started feeling I was in the right place.
TBC
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