So here is the gig with this lovely new story.. This will be a multi-chapter story, all one shots, based on songs that I have a strong feeling from. Like the kinds of songs that just SCREAM the OTP. Everyone has some songs like those; I just decided to let my imagination go when I hear them.

Like this first one, I heard it off a playlist off Spotify, while I was in the shower, and I just had to start getting it out. So by midnight, when I had to work at 8 the next morning, it was completely done.

ALL THE KING'S HORSES - KARMINA

Chapter One: All the King's Horse

Levy sat alone below the Magnolia tree. The sun was setting and there was a dusting of orange light over the buildings. But she did not notice it. She was lost in her thoughts, lost in the memories, lost in her person.

It had been six months since that night. Six months since she had found her way back to the guild hall that was no more. Six months since losing him.

That night kept replaying in her head.

Pitch dark, heavy rain clouds rolling in, and the chill bone deep. Gajeel, Pantherlily and herself were crossing a mountain path, and there was no way to find shelter, so they decided to keep trekking down the path.

They all could feel the heavy air, the promise of a huge storm.

"I don't like this," Lily said, covering his ears against the incoming thunder and lightning.

"Neither do I." Levy said, "Gajeel, is there way we could get off the top? Anything you see that can be of a shelter until this passes?"

"No," was the only response that was heard before the sky ripped open with multiple strikes of lightning at once. The rain came after that, a wall of water that knocking the three travelers back.

Levy was pushed back into Pantherlily, who even was scared shitless, knew Levy couldn't stand in this, so he was transformed into his battle mode to catch her. Gajeel clasped her wrist at the same time.

"DON'T LET GO OF EACH OTHER," Gajeel yelled over the storm. The others tightened their holds on each other in response.

Gajeel, even with his heightened senses, had trouble to see the path with all the water coming down around them. But he swore he knew where the path was. Just a little bit ahead. Then there was the bridge, and as much as he did not want to cross it right now, he knew that the opposite side of this range was the safest.

They just had to get over that bridge. And he prayed the Mavis, the first master, that they could cross safely.

Tugging on Levy, they all walked slowly on.

None of them knew how far they walked, but it honestly wasn't much longer to when lightning lit the sky up, and thunder rolled right above them. Pantherlily shuddered and Levy squeezed his hand. They were going to be fine. They would make it through this storm. They had gotten through the worse.

Once the sky went dark again, the earth started shake.

Shit! Gajeel thought. This isn't good at all!

"FASTER! AND STAY CLOSE!" he called over his shoulder.

The ground rolled again, and the sky lit up. Glancing above him, Gajeel saw his worst fear.

"MUDSLIDE!"

Gajeel grabbed Levy, and the now smaller Lily, and started to run to the bridge he saw with the last lightning strike.

Making a running leap, all Gajeel could think of was to get Levy on the bridge.

THERE IT IS!

Gajeel was able to latch onto the standing pole just as the ground below them dropped out. The amount of water was making this so much worse.

Gritting his teeth, he held on. He held onto the pole, he held onto his best friend, he held onto the small woman. Eyes closed tight, this man, who didn't believe in the higher beings, prayed that they would make it through the storm.

"LEVY TAKE HOLD OF THE POLE, AND TRY AND CLIMB ONTO THE BRIDGE!" he yelled, " HOLD TIGHT TO THE PLANKS AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY ACROSS THE BRIDGE! AND STAY FLAT! I DON'T WANT THE LIGHTNING TO GET YOU!"

"YOU ARE INSANE! I CAN'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE BRIDGE IN THIS!" Levy screamed back.

"DO IT!"

The waterlogged girl gritted her teeth and pulled with all her might to get onto the bridge. The wooden planks were soaks through and we're really really slippery, but somehow this little person held on.

"LILY GO! KEEP HER IN! I'LL BE RIGHT AFTER YOU TWO!"

The Exceed followed Levy onto the bridge.

The wind made it difficult to keep moving at a fast pace, but the two persons made slow progress.

Gajeel was watching them and as there was enough room for his larger frame, he followed. Rain pelted down, lightning made it seem like day, and the thunder made it impossible to hear anything, even one's own thoughts.

When Levy was about to the other side lightning struck the ground from where they came from. The cliff started to crumble.

Wide eyed, she worked her way a little faster.

Finally making it to the other side, she collapsed to the ground and watched as her friends continued to her side. Lily was close, and as soon as he made it, they were holding onto each other and using Lily's magic sword to keep them grounded.

Nervous and frightened, the pair watched as Gajeel fought to keep moving. The fact he was able to go across a wooden planks bridge in the middle of giant storm was a wonder.

The rain let up, and it was just the lightning. The other cliff was gone, mud and water running all the way down. The two poles that held the bridge up, one almost seemed to be gone, barely holding onto the tree root that was keeping it still. But within the next moment seemed to happen in slow motion. It was another lightning strike. Then another, then another, all in a small area: the poles, keeping the ropes up, keeping up the bridge.

In an instant they were on fire, and then another strike happened, and that side of the bridge was no more.

Which was bad news for the man still holding on.

As the bridge started to fall, it seemed like Levy watched her world freeze.

She thought she heard someone screaming.

"Gajeel!"

The ropes on their side started to fray a bit. Another lightning strike.

The sky lit up, with flashes of light to blind another.

"Gajeel!" Levy cried. Lily and the little mage rushed to the edge.

"GAAAJEEELL!" Levy screamed as the last of the bridge fell.

Lily had to hold her back from the edge.

"NO! LET ME GO! WE HAVE TO GO GET HIM!"

"LEVY STOP IT! WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW! WE NEED SHELTER FROM THE RAIN AND LIGHTNING!" The Exceed made sure she was securely in his arms. Moving away from the edge, to make sure that neither would fall, Pantherlily picked up the screaming mage and started to move to the visible treeline.

-.-.-.

By time the storm let up, the pair had been under the trees staring at the cliff for hours. As much as Levy wanted to go, Lily would not let her. Not until the rain stopped.

Once the dark clouds rolled away, and the blue sky and sun shone through, Lily took to the sky, and went into the ravine to search for the Iron Dragon Slayer.

Levy couldn't move from the treeline. Her face still damp from the rain and tears.

When Lily came back, she knew. She knew Gajeel was nowhere to be found. And her heart broke. She made a choking sound and dropped to the ground.

Lily landed next to her, and hugged her tight. "He must have been taken by the currents. I will keep looking. We will find him, Levy, I promise that."

It has been 6 months. Levy and Lily returned to Magnolia after hearing stories that Lucy, Natsu and Happy were on their way back to the home of the guild.

It was 6 months, and Levy still had nightmares. Lily tried to soothe her as much as he could, but he knew. He knew that she was lost. He knew what she had lost.

During the last two months, most of the old guild mates came home. Jet, Droy, Wendy, Carla, Erza, Max, Warren, Mira, Elfman, Lisanna and a few others came home. Natsu and Lucy were still looking for Gray, Juvia and the Maste. None of the family that came home were able to help Levy, but They knew what happened. Lily told them. Everyone was so lost about what to do. They tried their best though.

It was 6 months since that accident.

…

The dusting of orange light grew darker, sunset finally hitting the tops of the buildings. But Levy didn't notice. She did not notice the air growing cold. She didn't not notice two figures walking towards her.

She was lost in her thoughts. She was lost in her memories. She was lost.

And no one was able to save her.

Not yet.

The sun finally set below the buildings, halos seen above them.

The shadows were growing, and the girl did not realize it.

"You are going to catch your death out here," a familiar voice called out.

Levy didn't look up. She was used to this. Her head playing tricks on her. He wasn't here.

"Yo shrimp, did ya hear me?" The voice said again, "you are going to catch your death out here."

Only when a heavy weight fell on her shoulders, did Levy lookup.

This demanding man stood over her, shadows obscuring his face.

"Gihi. Don't look at me like that"

"G..Gaj..Gajeel..?"

"Gihi, yeah, shorty, it's me."

Tears welled up in the girl's eyes. Levy looked on as the man bent down and knelt in front of her. "It's me. It's me, Levy. I'm home."

"Gajeel!" Levy cried out, leaping from her place below the tree, and wrapping her arms around the returned-from-the-dead man. "You're home. You're home. You're home" she kept repeating…

Tears were freely flowing down both of their faces.

"I'm home." Gajeel whispered into his little mage hair, pulling her tighter into his embrace.