Chapter 1

Hello! This is my first ever fanfiction! And in case you didn't notice, I will be writing lots of Fairy Tail fanfics. I would love if you try this fic out. I've posted one fic online but it was not good so I got rid of it and started a new fic. I write a lot in my notebooks so I have lot's of ideas for fanfiction. So that's all for now and enjoy this chapter. Thank you!

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Fairy Tail.

In a dream or flashback

Normal talking

Yelling or screaming

IT HURTS TO PROTECT

He was running. He was very tired and wanted to stop and catch his breath but he knew if he did he would regret it. It was his 6th birthday and this was the present he got! "Get back here you little freak!" Shouted one of the people chasing him. What did he do to deserve this! It all started when he overheard his parents talking.

" What are we going to do? We need to pay them back but we don't have any money!" His mother told his father. " I know, but we both lost our jobs and now we don't have any money. The guild is going to hunt us down if we don't give them the money by tomorrow the latest." His father answers back. " What if- What if we run away? Leave this place once and forall. We only liked this place before that guild came, do you still like it now?" His father thought about it for a minute." Why would we run away from home?" The boy had finally got out of his hiding place.

His mother and father both looked surprised to see their son listening to their conversation. "Oh don't worry. It's nothi-" His mother started but was then cut off from the front door slamming open. The person that was now in their house was no other than the guild master. "So you don't have my money? What a surprise." He started. He then looked at all three of them in the eye. " Son, you need to run." The boy's father whispered to him. The boy heard the voice his father was using. It wasn't one of his calm voices, it was a serious voice. It told the boy that it was an order. " Oh now little boy, stay here with us. You won't want to miss the fun." The guild master told the boy. He then took a step closer.

That's when the boy turned on his heels and ran as fast as he could. He could hear that the guild master was ordering people to run after him but he didn't pay attention. He only ran. Then a powerful force hit his back sending him to the ground. The last thing he saw was people from his town's guild coming up to him with a mean smirk on their faces.

The next time he woke he noticed his arms were chained to the ceiling above him. He also noticed that his back was very sore. Then all the memories came flooding back to his head. " Well well well, look who has woken up." The boy looked up to see the guild master looking at him with a very mean smirk on his face. " Where-Where am I?" The boy asked in a quiet little voice. " Your at my guild kid." The master answered back. " Now, I bet you're wondering why you are here. Well, you are here because you parents didn't pay me my money, and because of that you will now be my guild's, lets call it, punching bag. You see my guild gets angry very easily, but they don't have anything to take their anger out on. So I've decided that they can now take their anger out on you. But before that, I would like you to tell me your name." The boy gulped. If anything could have happened when he woke up, this was not something he had thought of. " My name?" He asked nervously. " Yes boy, your name." The master answered. " Gr-Gra-Gray." He stuttered. " Gray, what a nice name. Well that's all I had to ask. I'll be on my way now. Now good bye Gray, my guild will be coming down whenever they like." Right after he left, people came down. And one by one, they started attacking Gray.

Gray woke up with a jump. 'That memory again' he thought to himself. He noticed he was sweating a lot and decided to take a shower. 'It's been twelve years since that day' he thought. Well, 19 if you counted the seven year time difference on Tenrou Island. He wondered what triggered that memory because he only got it around his birthday. ' My birthday is in four months though.' Who cares.

He then decided to head to the guild. When he was right down the street from where the guild was he started hearing things crashing to the ground. He then saw a flame from one of the windows and knew it was Natsu picking a fight with someone. He opened the guild doors and was met with a nice greeting. If a nice greeting was a chair flying at your face. " You're finally here ice princess." Natsu yelled. "It's not that late fire brain." Gray replied back."What did you just call me stripper!" Natsu yelled back. "You heard me flamehead!" "Fight me!" And then the two started a fight which eventually ended up bringing Gajeel, Elfman, Jet and Droy in the fight. Then Natsu threw a chair at Gray, Gray dodged it and it ended up hitting Erza's cake. Then everyone froze. Natsu and Gray started clinging on to each other. "You knocked over my CAKE!" Erza screamed. Then punched Gray and Natsu into a wall.

She then ordered another cake and sat next to Gray who joined at a table with Lucy and now Natsu. "Can we go on a job." Natsu whinned. "Yeah my rent is almost due." Lucy answered back. "Sure thing, Natsu go pick a job." Erza said.

Just then Master Makarov's door opened. While he was sorting through the new jobs he found one that was outlined in gold, which meant do right away. It asked for to strong mages. They both had to be strong and stealthy.

One of them also had to be a dragon slayer. He thought Natsu and Erza right away. But then remembered they had to be stealthy, and that was one thing Natsu wasn't good at. Neither was Gajeel so that meant Laxus would have to go. He then remembered Erza was requested for another job so she couldn't go.

He then heard Gray laughing and looked up. "You picked a job with a train ride of 8 hours. I thought you hated trains?"Gray said smirking. "Wait the train ride is 8 HOURS! I'm picking a new job." Natsu replied already turning green. "Oh no you already chose this one." Gray replied laughing. While Makarov was watching he was thinking. Gray could go on this job. He was stealthy, strong and he knew how to deal with Laxus because they used to go on jobs all the time when they were younger. So the two people would be Gray and Laxus.

He first went to confront Laxus. "Hey gramps." Laxus said when Makarov walked up to him. "Hi Laxus, I wanted to know if you could meet me up in my office for a second." "Sure gramps, see you up there." Laxus replied getting up and going to his office.

Now he had to confront Gray. "Gray my boy," He started. Gray heard his name being called and looked up. "Yeah gramps." "I need you to meet me up in my office for a second."Makarov told him. "Ok I'm coming." Gray answered. He then followed Makarov up the stairs and into his office.

IN MAKAROV'S OFFICE

"I bet you're wondering why you've been called in here." Makarov started. Both Gray and Laxus looked at each other.

"Well it's because I have chosen you two to do a mission. It said that we needed two strong and stealthy mages and I knew you two would work out. Erza wasn't chosen because someone has already requested her. I have already gotten you two tickets for a train that will leave tomorrow at 8:p.m. so be ready. Be careful and be safe." He finished. "You two are now dismissed."

When Laxus and Gray got out of the room they started talking. "So us two are going on a mission again, huh." Laxus started. "Yeah I guess we are. It's been a long time with just us two." Gray answered back. "Well I'm going to head home to pack." Gray said. "Yeah same." Laxus replied. "See you tomorrow." Gray said. "Yep see ya." Laxus said. Gray wasn't a morning person so when he got home he packed, went out to buy new clothes because he lost most of his, made and ate dinner, then went to bed early. He could already tell tomorrow was going to be a long day.

So…. How was it? I know I'm a really bad writer but please don't make fun of me. I'll try to add a chapter each week on hopefully a Thursday, but I might not be able to do so because of school. Please follow, Favorite, and I would love reviews to see how I'm doing! Thank you so much!