I, in no way shape or form, own Fairy Tail. Simply the plot of this fic.

So, happy Valentine's Day, alligators! I don't really celebrate this holiday because I personally believe it's stupid (yes), but that does not stop me from wishing you all the safest, happiest and warmest of days. This is a bit of something I've actually been working on for a while, so tell me how you like it, alright? Enjoy, my lovelies!

Kyouka sighed as she looked at the state of their beloved castle. Everything was going to need to be touched up if they were going to awaken the master somehow and return to Zeref. Their creator was sure to turn his nose up in disgust if he found their quarters to be less than livable.

It had been a few days since the attempt to activate Face. Tartaros had been unsuccessful due to the Face device being destroyed by Fairy Tail's Wendy, but a few good things had come of the ordeal. The first would be that a large number of Fairy Tail wizards had been captured or killed during the battle, increasing Tartaros' chances of continuing their search for a way to awaken their master. Another, was that Mirajane was still in Tartaros custody and could therefore be questioned about her TakeOver ability along with her siblings. The last, one that made Kyouka happy to think about, was the fact that Erza was still within her grasp. After being temporarily defeated by Minerva, Erza had been weakened enough that Kyouka could take her to a new chamber with stronger cuffs.

That was where the greenette was heading now as she strode through the halls of the Castle. She needed to let off a bit of frustration as none of the Etherious were able to go on missions, currently. Lamy needed time to rebuild the entire lab and even with fifteen of her, it was still a difficult task. With nothing else to do, Kyouka was left to either listen to Ezel and Franmalth attempt to overpower each other in terms of noise with Jackal's explosions joining in occasionally, or entertain herself with her new favorite toy.

A little down the hall, Seilah was just walking out of the library with another new book to read. She had needed to go through a few manual enhancements by Lamy in order to get her strength back up. It had been a much more painful process than the regeneration tanks, but Seilah would not want to be taken unawares if the prisoners somehow managed to break out of their cells to continue the fight. Her tail had been regrown in the process, a fact that was quite convenient as walking, even in her concealed form, was often difficult.

It had been a relief when she had been allowed to return to the library, though. Immersing herself in her stories after having her own plot go astray a bit was a nice comfort. She was certainly not afraid of the Strauss humans, but she had gained a new kind of respect for the family. Of course, this bit of information would have to be kept from the others, especially Mard Geer. Seilah was not Kyouka, after all. She could not withstand the pain of the vines digging into her skin.

Speaking of…

Seilah glanced up from her book, spotting her mate walking a little ahead of her. Small smile curling her lips, the brunette took quick steps to catch up to the greenette. "Kyouka-sama! How have you been? I have seen very little of you recently. Your plot has become a mystery-."

"I can't talk right now, Seilah," Kyouka murmured, not breaking stride. "I'm off to let off some steam."

"Perhaps I could help-." Once again, the older demon cut her off.

"No need for that. Erza will do just fine." Seilah stopped as Kyouka continued in the direction of the basement chambers. Expression falling into a frown, the gold-horned woman decided not to dwell on the matter for the moment. Kyouka was just going to do what she often did, after all. Seilah figured she would get bored with the human after a few weeks as she had done in the past. Continuing on her way, Seilah returned to reading her book, making for her chambers.

…

A few weeks went by and Seilah barely saw any sign of her love. She had begun to notice when she finally drifted off to sleep one night while reading and woke up freezing. It had always been easy for her to get cold at night, as the sun tended to offer more warmth for her. After she and Kyouka became close, the greenette always accompanied her to bed, holding her close to keep her warm.

Searching around the castle, Seilah often found no sign of her lover until she stopped to listen. Every time she did, she heard the unmistakable sound of someone screaming and deduced that Kyouka was torturing her toy. Of course, Seilah would never interrupt her mate while Kyouka was playing, so she often went to the library or the kitchens.

However, as the weeks drew on and Seilah found herself getting colder and colder at night, she began to miss her mate more often. The Etherious did not necessarily have to sleep as much as humans did, but Seilah wanted to be more prepared for a twist in her story now that it was proven there were humans like Fairy Tail in this century. Therefore, she would prefer going to sleep and waking more rested than she was the night before. This was quite difficult if the cold ravaged her body every night.

But each time she caught a glimpse of Kyouka, the greenette was on her way to the dungeons to play. Seilah was beginning to wonder if it would not suit her more to simply stop her and suggest they spend time together instead. She did not want to deprive Kyouka of using her curse power, especially since they had several humans to practice on down below, but she truly was beginning to miss her.

She would have a talk with her soon.

…

Seilah strode down the hall of cells, noting some of the remaining destruction from their battle with Fairy Tail. She passed several cages in which a majority of the remaining members of the guild were still imprisoned , but she was disinterested in them at the moment. Passing the imprisoned Strauss siblings, she cast a slight glance in their direction before continuing onward.

Coming to the room that Kyouka had reserved specifically for Erza, Seilah found the door open, screams of agony and delighted laughter spilling forth from inside. Kyouka-sama always was fond of allowing others to hear her fun. Seilah thought, striding closer. Perhaps it is to keep the others from bothering her.

Coming to the door, Seilah smiled at the sight of her lover's grin, Kyouka's eyes bright with glee as she circled her prey. Erza's body was covered in sweat, dribbling from every pore to pool in the small canal at the bottom. Kyouka's claws stroked and flicked over the pale skin every now and then, eliciting soft sobs as she slowly increased the pain level. Seilah watched intently, wondering what Kyouka would do next as a technique.

"Yakdoriga." Kyouka called, the frogtopus coming down to poise her tentacles around the heaving body. "Continue."

An agonized shriek lit the air as Erza's body arched in pain, auburn eyes wide. Seilah gazed at the redhead in distaste, not really seeing the appeal of torturing her, but her dear Kyouka seemed to enjoy it as she had been doing it for the past few months. Seilah sighed, shaking her head at the notion of actually understanding her love's odd infatuation with the humans. She chalked it up to Kyouka using her Curse for its purpose.

Just then, the horned woman felt a shift in the air and turned her attention to the greenette curiously. Kyouka was holding a ball of energy in her hands, one that Seilah knew too well. She had seen that same ball of energy herself the night she discovered her concealed form. Everything ground to a crawl as Seilah watched Kyouka lift the energy into the air.

"Reverse!" Kyouka shouted, throwing the energy at the screaming redhead. Seilah felt her heart sink to the floor as the ball seemed to glide on the air and connect to the heaving chest. All senses dulled, sounds muting out as white light filled the brunette's vision for what felt like hours. Kyouka, her mate, her love, had used a technique she had only ever used on Seilah on a human. She had used the reverse spell on a pathetic, disgusting, weak, quivering human.

Seilah's knees shook as she turned, a pale hand grasping desperately at the wall as the saddened demoness limped away, the other hand clutching her chest. Tears threatened to spill from the purple eyes as Seilah trudged through the halls of the Castle, fighting to even keep standing through the excruciating pain searing into every bone in her body.

Finally, unable to go any further, the black-haired demon found an unused room in the Castle and collapsed to the floor, her foot shooting out to shut the door behind her. Here, she could let the tears flow unashamed. How could this happen? Was this the reason Kyouka had kept away from her these past weeks? Was she… did she like the human more? Was Seilah no longer enough?

Curling into a ball, Seilah grasped her head, her eyes shutting tight. Perhaps, if she shut them tight enough, she would force herself to wake up from this nightmare.

I know. I'm trash, but you love me anyway! I hope you all enjoyed this first chapter. Drop me a review and tell me what you think, alright?