A/N: This is my first one-shot of GaLe that I have ever written. It's like Levy's train of thought about what the two wars, the one against Phantom Lord and the Fairy Tail war, and how she saw Gajeel throughout those wars. This is set During the Fairy Tail war arc. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is not mine, it belongs to Hiro Mashima. I only own my interpretation of Levy's thoughts and my own fan girlish fantasies.


War


There were two wars that had the most meaning to Levy McGarden. The first was the war against Phantom Lord; the second was the Fairy Tail war – where the guild members had all fought each other.

Let me explain why these two, terrible wars in particular are so important to the small bookworm.

The first had meaning, because it was the war in which she and Gajeel Redfox had met. No, it hadn't been under the best of circumstances: opposing sides, a bloody fight, and then being shackled to a tree for all of Magnolia to see. She couldn't help but have terrifying nightmares about the sadistic grin on his face of metal, or how he'd been one huge force of unbeatable evil. But as the second war rolled around, and Gajeel joined the guild, Levy began to do the unthinkable.

She began to trust him.

The second war – the Fairy Tail war. Then, what had started off as a celebration had turned into a catastrophe as Laxus and the Raijinshū turned the city upside down in a quest for power. Levy had been a stone statue, courtesy of Evergreen, for nearly the entire first half of the war. When Erza had defeated Evergreen, the spell had disappeared. The world was in front of Levy again, and then she'd been met with a challenge that only she could surpass. A wall of runes constructed by Fried, and two dragon-slayers to deal with while she had to concentrate.

Natsu? Not a big deal. Sure, he was loud and destructive, (understatement of the year.) But he wasn't as much of a hindrance to her as Gajeel was.

Gajeel wasn't as noisy or overly-done as Natsu. While the fire dragon-slayer would only mess up her work by physical disruption, the iron dragon-slayer affected Levy mentally. Before all of the craziness had started, Jet and Droy had gone up against him. Stupid, yes. Productive…no. Gajeel had stood there as her comrades attacked, not bothering to dodge or fight back. Insults were thrown more frequently than blows by her childhood friends.

Then, when it seemed as if Jet and Droy were tiring of Gajeel not responding to anything, and Levy would just be able to go home, read a good book, and relax: Laxus had appeared.

Ruthless, angry, and crazed, Laxus Dreyar had punctuated hits and kicks with sharp bolts of lightning, all the while in a rage about how weak Fairy Tail was. He called them trash, worthless, weak – Jet and Droy had tried to step in. There was no pride in beating a mage that did not fight back. (This is why they themselves had stopped attacking Gajeel.) This only served to make Laxus more enraged. His attacks became even wilder, and the lightning mage was so upset and outraged that he sent one searing lightning bolt straight at Levy.

Electricity is deadly – to humans and mages alike; it kills, and it'd only be worse for someone as small as Levy. She could remember throwing both of her arms up in an attempt to protect herself, and then a figure had blocked the surge of magic – the raw power.

The look on Levy's face must've been priceless. Because the one who'd taken the hit had been Gajeel.

After taking numerous blows from an S-class mage, he'd taken another…for her. Why? Levy couldn't fathom. Because he wanted to fit in a bit more? Because he wanted to repent? Whatever the reason, she was grateful.

And now, Levy smiled to herself. She dispelled the runes and wished with all her heart that the two dragon-slayers would be able to take on the master's grandson. She heard Gajeel laugh that peculiar laugh of his, 'Gihee!' And take a different route than Natsu.

'Maybe Gajeel isn't as bad as he likes people to think he is.' Levy thought as the two mages disappeared around separate corners. 'No…not so bad after all.'


A/N: Please leave a review! I've decided based on your awesome reviews that this will be a drabble series. Unconnected unless I mention it's a continuation. What do you think? Please, check out my other fanfics, I really hope you enjoyed this one!