GrayLu Head Cannon: Six months after the renewal of Fairy Tail, Lucy gets a letter from Gray, who disbanded against the guild, asking to meet with her.
E.N.D.
"Gray! Gray!"
"No! Erza! I am not joining a guild with the likes of HIM!"
"Natsu! What's going on?!"
"I... I don't know...GRAY!? What is going on here?!"
"You! YOU shut up!"
"Gray..!"
"How!? How can you trust a traitor like this guy?!"
"How! Lucy? How?!"
E.N.D.
Chapter One: The Letter
"Nnhh…" Lucy moans, gripping the side of her groggy head. "… It's that dream again…"
"No..." Lucy says, "It's a nightmare, not a dream."
June 7
It's been nearly two years since the Tartorus Incident.
Two years since the destruction of Fairy Tail. Six months since its reconstruction.
And exactly five months since…
Since Gray's departure from the guild, from his family, from us.
January 7
Yes… January 7th is the exact day Gray Fullbuster had left.
"How! Lucy? How?!"
Those were his words. The words he had spat in her face. Those words, with a look of distain, gruntled sorrow in his eyes, teeth gritted, his palm up. It scared her. She was afraid, every ounce of anger the ice mage had, was directed towards her in the span of a millisecond.
But her heart broke that very moment as well… The sorrow in his eyes, the way his features faltered for a moment, pain accumulating up in his spine. She saw the way he turned his head, like a speared struck him in his deepest of nerves.
Without another word… he was gone. All she could do was watch as he sauntered off, a cold atmosphere to him… but… what was he hiding under that stoic attribute? She never knew…
Lucy shook her head, mind rid of the memories, she pushed it off for another day, another sleepless night perhaps. The celestial mage sighed, maneuvering through her satin sheets, taking careful steps as her feet kissed the carpet. The lone women sat on her bed, eyes filled with distant wondering as she stared the floor down. Her lips held a thin line of glum, trembling, throat caught.
"N-no…" Lucy choked, "N-no… You don't need to cry, L-Lucy. I-It's too late to cry… his already gone… He abandoned us… He abandoned you…"
Her voice quivered, eye sight blurring. Her lower lip bled as she attempted to contain the sobs of agony, anguish flowing through her veins. Nails dug into fabric like a last string of hope…
His gone, Lucy! He's gone! There's nothing you can do! He's changed and he's… scary!
Scary..? Lucy calmed her breathe, clenched eyes wide.
Scary. That was the word Happy used to describe Gray as he ripped a hole through the guilds family…
But… Gray was never scary…
Not once had Lucy thought of him as scary, intimidating, yes. But scary?
No. The only time Lucy has ever feared Gray was that day, but… why is it that when she thinks that way… it feels wrong?
The grip on the bed sheets became stronger, guilt being layed upon each crinkle.
Gray's not scary, Lucy… He's your friend… no matter what, right..?
"That's right!" She resigned, standing her ground as she stood. As Lucy stalked towards her bath, she ramble on.
"Gray is a nakama. He would never do anything to hurt us. He has reason for what he's doing, I know it."
Her eyes held determination, the way her reflection stared back at her through the mirror. She had bags under her eye lids, hair a mess from last nights tossing and turning. Her tummy grumbled from the lack of food in the morning, but still… she held determination.
"I will bring you back to Fairy Tail, Gray, just you wait."