Hey guys! Long time no see. You probably want more LoZ: OoT Genderswapped and possibly more Instigator but right now I want to introduce you to one of my new fandoms, and don't worry Linka will be back soon. And as far as some of Gray's magic goes well, I had some fun making up new attacks and defenses.

Gray sighed and took out the box. It was made of blue velvet with a lining of cream colored silk. Inside was a glittering blue diamond ring with colorless sapphires around the cobalt gem. The diamond winked at him, as if to say, 'Don't worry! I know she'll say yes!'

"But what if she doesn't?" he said aloud, his voice echoing throughout the cavern.

Lucy didn't even know that he loved her like he did. He looked about and slipped the box back into his pants pocket. This was an S-class job that he had taken alone. He couldn't afford to slack off. Both Natsu and Erza had volunteered to help him, but if he was accompanied someone might catch onto his plan for Lucy and him.

The task itself, was simple. All he had to do was retrieve a sentient sword from an ice dragon. A loud, growling snore wafted from the dragon's den.

"20 million jewel for this? Child's play."

The cold didn't bother him (I mean, why would it?). He laughed slightly to himself, picturing Natsu in this place. Not even his fire could keep someone warm in this. Gray stepped into the cave, and his smirk dropped right off his face.

The dragon could be only described with two words. Big. And scary. It slumbered peacefully atop a mountain of diamonds and sticking out of the pile haphazardly was a sword.

"Ice make, fox!" he whispered, his fingers alight with sparkling frost.

A shining, iridescent fox appeared, its lilac eyes staring up at him, inquisitively, waiting for orders. Gray grinned, living creatures were hard to make out of ice. He pointed to the sword amidst the diamonds. The fox trotted to the horde, paws making little to no noise. It picked up the sword, barely disturbing the hill of gems and walked back to where Gray waited expectantly. It dropped the sword, sat down and began to pant. Gray smiled and picked up the sword.

"OH THANK YOU, KIND SIR! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR SAVING ME!" cried the overjoyed sword.

"Shut up!" hissed the mage, watching the dragon apprehensively.

The great snake opened one eye lazily and scanned the room for the source of the disruption. Gray pressed his back against the cold wall, eyes wide, heart beating fast. The slit pupil swept across the room, , passing over Gray. He still held his breath, and for good reason too.

The dragon did a double take and stared right into the ice wizard's eyes. It sod up, towering fifty feet high, claws scrabbling loud over diamond. The fox whimpered and cowered behind Gray's legs. The beast threw back its head and roared a chilling blast of frigid air and daggers of dry ice.

"Ice make," he yelled "shield!"

A lotus shaped shield of white ice blossomed from the ground, preventing the mage from being pierced by his own element.

The dragon growled in contempt, razor sharp claws making deep gouges in the thick ice. He could see now that the worm could slice his shield in half with just a small scratch.

Gritting his teeth, Gray ran about the room jumping over and dodging under the dragon's incessant attacks. The fox ran beside him, yapping fearfully at his heels. The wizard stopped and whirled around. The dragon huffed, staring him down. He took a deep breath and stood his ground.

"Ice make, reaper!"

The cold hooded figure rose up, wielding a great scythe. Gray controlled it with his own movements. Following his master's command the reaper attacked. Ice against ice. The scales and head proved immune to Gray's great dismay. Seeing an opening Gray and the reaper thrusted the scythe into it's underbelly and ripped. The dragon let out an earsplitting roar of agony and fell to the ground, clawing at Gray, in dire hope of killing what would soon kill him. One of the talons tore a hole at his knee, blood dripping.

The emotionless, reptilian eyes glazed over and the spasms stopped.

"I…I killed a dragon," said Gray, staring at it.

"Right you did, good sir! Admittedly, this dragon isn't or should I say wasn't, very bright. No dragon it its right mind would leave their one weakspot totally defenseless!" congratulated the sword.

The ice wizard looked at the sword, and then at the claw stained by his own blood. Red ice. He took the sentient sword and raised it over his head, bringing it down sharply on the talon, severing it.

"Ow! That hurt!" objected the blade.

Gray dropped it and hefted the claw. He held it tightly in his hands, willing the red ice to grow around his wrist. And there it was. A scythe of red ice. The ringbox pressed against his leg. He took it out and examined the ring. Unharmed. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who's the lucky girl?" asked the sword.

"Lucy. Lucy Heartfilia."

All the lights, save one, were off at Fairy Tail. The bedraggled mage stumbled along, wondering if someone was waiting for him. It was probably Juvia. He rolled his eyes. He was not in the mood for her right now. He reached for the door, just as a loud BANG sounded, the sharp sound echoing across Magnolia. His heartbeat skyrocketed and he ran in ready to face the shooter. No one was there. He looked around. No one.

"Gray…" croaked a voice from the floor.