Chapter 1

Lost and Found

It was snowing and the scarf Juvia gave him was surprisingly warm. He had no clue that Juvia could knit. His name was Gray Fullbuster, and he never really wore a shirt. That was because thanks to his deceased master he had a stripping habit. Lost in thought, he didn't notice the girl approach him.

"Excuse me mister, I'm lost could you tell me where we are," The girl asked him in a shaky voice.

He snapped himself out of his thoughts and looked at the girl. She was about 10 years old and had aqua-green eyes and wore a black tanktop with a blue smaller one over it and shorts. The girl had black knee-high socks and blue converses that went below her knee. He couldn't see her hair because she wore a black beanie that she put her hair into. He thought the girl must be freezing and decided that he would take her back to his apartment.

"Excuse me sir are you still here," She mumbled.

"Yeah I am, you must be freezing come back to my apartment with me so you can get warm," He told her.

"No no I couldn't do that, I wouldn't want to intrude," She hurriedly declined.

"I live by myself it's fine, now come with me," He assured her.

"O-okay sir," She whispered.

"You can call me Gray, okay," He told her.

"Okay, Gray," She whispered with a slight smile.

"Good, now come on," Gray beckoned to her," oh wait I forgot to ask, what's your name kid?"

The girl froze up. She didn't move an inch, it was like she was a statue. The girl slowly turned around to face him.

"Can you tell me your name kid," Gray asked again.

"I-I don't trust you," She quickly whispered.

"Okay well then, come on," He shrugged.

When they got to his apartment, Gray unlocked the door and stepped inside. He ushered the girl over to the couch and made her sit down.

"Stay right here I'll go get some blankets, you must be freezing," Gray said as he ushered her over to the couch,"do you want any soup kid?"

"Um soup would be nice," She admitted,"honestly I can't remember the last time I ate real food."

"What do you mean by 'real food'," He asked, confused.

The girl froze up again. She didn't answer him, just bowed her head and stared at her lap.

"Gray, can I trust you with my name, identity and a secret only my drag err mom knows," She timidly asked.

"Of course, but why would you trust me, you just met me about 30 minutes ago," He questioned her.

"Because, I have a good feeling about you," She replied.

"Okay then," Gray said.

"My name is Amara Icema and I'm the ice dragon slayer. I was raised by Glaciem the ice dragon, but she disappeared 7 years ago when I was 3. Since then I've lived however I could in Spring, Summer, and Fall. In Winter, I could eat the ice because I'm the ice dragon slayer. I don't get cold, but in Summer I overheat easily. My deepest secret is that I'm- you know it would just be better to show you," She confided," promise you won't judge me?"

"I promise," Gray said.

"Close your eyes please," She asked him.

He closed his eyes and waited for Amara to say he could open them. It didn't take long though.

"You can open your eyes now Gray," She said slightly scared.

So Gray opened his eyes and almost fainted at what he saw. Amara had silver hair that shined when the light from the fire hit it. But the most surprising thing about her was that she had the ears and tail of an arctic fox.

When he didn't respond, her tail cowered between her legs and she covered her eyes crying.

"I knew that you wouldn't accept me, why was I so stupid to trust somebody I just met!" She cried.

Seeing this, Gray shook himself out of his thoughts and quickly sat beside the girl and wrapped his arms around her.

"Amara listen, I won't judge you, okay? In the magic guild that I'm in there are 4 dragon slayers. As for the ears and tail, I won't judge you for something that you can't control. I have a question for you, why did you put your hair in your hat too?" Gray asked her.

"Because someone once hurt me for having silver hair, they thought I was a freak," She admitted.

Gray was stunned. How could someone hurt a kid just because of their hair color! It was outrageous!

He finally snapped out of his thoughts and told the girl, "Well they were wrong okay, you are not a freak just because you're different. And if you want to meet the guild, I know that they wouldn't care about the ears and tail, or your hair color. Do you want me to tell you about the dragon slayers?"

"Yeah I'd like to know what they're like," Amara said," and maybe tomorrow I could meet them, if that'd be okay with you of course."

"That's fine I think they'd like to meet you too. Their names are Laxus Dreyar, Natsu Dragneel, Gajeel Redfox, & Wendy Marvell. Laxus is the lighting dragon slayer. He wasn't trained by a dragon, instead he had a lacrima implanted in him by his father he's about 22 I think. Natsu is the fire dragon slayer. Unlike Laxus, Natsu was trained by Igneel, the fire dragon and is 16 like me. Gajeel is the metal dragon slayer and was trained by Metalcana the metal dragon, he is 16 too. And then there's Wendy, Wendy is your age and is the air dragon slayer. She was trained by Grandeeney the air dragon. Just like yours all the other dragons disappeared 7 years ago. Do you want to meet them at the guild or do you want me to ask them to come over here?" Gray finished.

"Um I'd like to meet them over here, I'm not ready to meet the guild yet," Amara told him.

"Okay, tomorrow I'll go over to the guild and ask them to come over here because I want to show them something, does that sound good," Gray proposed.

"That sounds perfect," Amara said with a yawn. She leaned back on the couch and fell asleep after of course about 10 bowls of soup.