What would happen if Natsu enters to the guild a year before Gray? What if Gray is three years younger than him? What is Gray's secret? What Gray hides to the guild? And... Why Natsu has that feeling of wanting to protect him to the end?

- It's semi AU, Gray is ooc for some reasons.

- It's Gray centric, and little Natsu x Gray (Natray ~) but if you don't want, you can don't see the love and simply enjoy the adventure ~

A black hair child was running aimlessly. His body ached, his head also. Behind he kept hearing the footsteps of the people who followed him, while they insulting him one and another time, with different insults.

Although of 'cursed child' was the most common insult.

Finally he came to a city and noticed how those people decided to stop following him. He allowed to rest for a moment and catch their breath before continuing on foot. Maybe and he had the hope, someone would give her something to eat.

He felt worse and worse, more and more tired and felt his vision obscured. He stopped in front of a giant building because their legs were no longer responding to him.

... And that was the best decision of his life.

Suddenly, a slightly higher child he left the building and looked at him with a big smile. The boy was surprised, because his hair was pink.

- "Hey! What are you doing here? Do you want to join Fairy Tail?" - He asked, animatedly.

- "...Fairy... Tail...?" -

- "Yes! Fairy Tail, the best guild of magicians! Do you want to join? Or were you just passing? - He said again, keeping her radiant smile.

- "I... I have nowhere to go ... or...back..."- The kid whispered in a low voice, surprising the other guy. When the pink-haired boy was going to ask him what he meant, he watched as the other boy's legs gave way and he was going to fall down, but luckily was able to catch him before he fell.

- "Hey! Talk! what's happening to you!?"- He started to scream, worried. He began to see the real child's condition: He had bruises all over his body, including a deep wound in his chest, which was bleeding.

- "Oi, Natsu, why are you sreaming?" - Suddenly asked a voice behind him that he acknowledged at the moment.

- "Grandpa, this child was before the guild, I asked if he wanted to join, but suddenly fainted!" - The guild master, Makarov, looked sadly at the child who was in Natsu's arms. He was very young, but his body was full of wounds and bruises. Then he noticed a detail in his neck.

That necklace... Was not it...?

Then he smiled. Apparently this boy was much more interesting than he appeared.

- "Can you carry him, Natsu?" - He asked still smiling and the pink hair boy nodded lively. - "Well, take him to the infirmary of the guild, his wounds must heal."

When began to notice how his consciousness slowly returned to him, he was surprised, since he could barely feel a slight pain in his body. Perhaps his body was too used to being hurt, or perhaps wasn't even alive.

The last thing he remembered was that it was exactly in front of a huge building and there was a guy with a strange... colour hair? he began to speak as if he knew of a lifetime.

He forced himself to open his eyes and the first thing he had deduced wasn't dead. Second, they had healed his wounds, because most of his body was bandaged. And third ... He had no idea where he was.

He sat with some difficulty and attempted to identify the site, but he couldn't. Suddenly he heard the door and entered the same boy he had known before he passing out.

- "Woah! Finally you're awake! I was starting to think that you never wake up!" - He commented with a cheerful innocent smile.-"Are you okay? Does it hurt much something?"- He asked as he approached with vitality to child's bed. The other boy just refused even too nervous to say anything more. Then he watched as the pink boy looked him up and down. - "Mmm ... How old are you? I seem that you're more smaller than me." -

- "Seven..."- The black hair boy replied in a whisper. Then the pink-haired boy smiled.

- "Then I'm actually older than you! I am 10 and my name is Natsu Dragneel! what's yours?"- Still he poked with a big smile. The other boy looked at him and even a small smile crept across his lips. For some reason, it felt good to have that hyperactive kid around.

- "...Gray. Gray Fullbuster."-

Natsu Dragneel woke strangely with good mood. Still he didn't know why, every time he dreamed with that recollection, he got up in a good mood. Eight years had passed since that day and Natsu already had eighteen years.

Many things had really happened in eight years. And the last important was that he had just taken a new girl to the guild and for some reason something told him that for she, he would have many adventures.

Luigi or so was his name.

They had decided to sleep in a hostel and then in the morning to get to the guild, because there were still two hours away. When they arrived, the girl, Lucy Heartfilia, was impressed. And not for good.

Chairs and tables started flying as she tried to dodge everything. Even Mirajane wasn't able to prevent a bottle hit her! She was thinking about running away and return when things calm down when suddenly Lucy saw him...

A black hair boy was reading quietly in one of the tables. She was surprised, thinking that in a crazy guild, there was still normal people. She walked briskly to greet and found that the boy was younger than she was, hhe was only 15 years. But strangely, he was very calm and intelligent, besides sharing his hobby of reading.

She was talking animatedly with Gray, when suddenly the master approached.

- "Gray, you have a new assignment of Fiore's Kings..."- Makarov reported, with a small smile. The younger boy took it and started to leave the guild.

- "I'm sorry, Lucy-san, we would continue talking. It was a pleasure meeting you".- He commented with a smile, before leaving. She was too shocked to say anything. A assignment of the kings of Fiore for someone so young and calm!?

- "Are you surprised?" - Natsu suddenly asked, who was sitting in Gray's seat. She nodded and then Natsu smiled with pride.- "He is one of the most powerful mages guild."-

- "Huh? But if he seems very quiet..."- Lucy commented, surprised.

- "That's it's because he doesn't like fighting. But he is really impressive!" - He said still smiling. - "I would both have a fight against him and measure my strength!" -

And Lucy Heartfilia realized then that Natsu Dragneel spoke with fondly about the boy, as if they had a special bond.

Then she shrugged, forgetting her thoughts about of them.

She had to find a house to live now that she was an official member of Fairy Tail!

I hope that you really like it. ^^

This every friday will have a update.

I know that Gray is a little strange, but he has his reasons... ~