Hi everyone! This story is already finished, and it is 7 chapters and the 8th one is epilogue. The story is mainly for Gray and Alicia, thought Lucy and Natsu are already together. Don't question why, they just are o.o and I might write a story for them too, or a one shot how they get together. I just love the thought of Natsu and Lucy together, I really hope for it too, but who knows? This is supposed to be right after Edolas where the long lost guild member returns.

Hopefully there will be interest in the story.

Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Ice Princess

3rd person point of view.

"Natsu!" Lucy called while falling down. She landed with a "thump" on top of him. "Oof," she said and looked around. Where the heck was Natsu?

"Lucy… can… you… please… get off… m-m-me." It sounded like he was right under her. Lucy looked down and squeaked. She was literally crushing him sitting almost on his neck part.

"Oh my goodness! I'm so sorry, Natsu!" Lucy hurried off of him and continued apologizing while he tried to say it was fine. What they did not notice, was the person approaching Fairy Tail. The person was wearing a dark blue cloak; it was dirty and shredded, and spilled blood on. The face was mainly covered with the hood, but under there it was a mask, only revealing a pair of ice blue eyes. The mask did not cover all of the face, only until the nose tip and the cheeks. You could also see the blood red lips since they were after all bleeding.

"What did you do up in that tree anyway, Luce?" Natsu asked in the distance.

The person kept on walking into the guild and went along the walls. No one noticed her except the master which looked up. Ice Princess, his thoughts said as he watched the person coming closer. Indeed it was Ice Princess, the mage that was truly the strongest mage in all of Fiore. She barely came to the guild, but when she did, she always took a lot of missions, even some hundred year quests which she was able to finish within a year or two. Even the magic council had her respect, and they did not dare to go against her. She stood in front of the master and dumped a big bag of jewels in front of him.

"This should keep the guild going for at least 10 years," her musical voice said. Her tone was cold and she left the master with wide eyes. She walked up the stairs to the SS-class quest board and the 100 year quest board.

Ice Princess was really something, her true name Alicia Amy Storm. She had been found by the sea as a baby, and a fisherman took her in, but when she became older he got afraid of her powers and dumped her off in the rain in front of Fairy Tail, where Makarov had taken her in. She was a lively girl, then when Gray joined they became great friends, but it seemed like something happened between them, and suddenly Alicia disappeared. She went training to get stronger, and she took on minor missions in the start, and went up and up eventually and really did become stronger (she had gotten several requests to be one of the Ten Wizard Saints and to join the Magic Council, but until now she had refused every time). She had gained a lot of money and not too far from the guild house, her own mansion was placed some few years back. People knew her from her skills and her generosity, a lot of the times she had not taken payment, of course depending on what kind of mission and how she fulfilled it. She was known by the name Ice Princess and she never showed her face to anyone. Only master and Mira knew who she really was. But Alicia was also bearing her own burden which came with her powers. And now in addition to this she had been quite injured on the latest mission.

Gray noticed something move in the corner of his eyes and he looked up, just to see a cloaked figure walk up the stairs. Juvia noticed that Gray was looking that way too and poked Erza and Lisanna in the side to sign and point towards the stairs. Through Lisanna it went through the guild and all got quiet, while Erza went after the cloaked person, followed by Gray.

"You! Stop there!" Erza said with her scary voice.

Alicia stood still, angered that someone had noticed her. When she turned her hood fell off, revealing ice blue eyes behind a mask that looked back at Erza with a fierce look, while her dark purple hair framed her face.

"You have no right to stop me, Erza Scarlet. I am also a Fairy Tail member after all," Alicia answered. She tried to stay calm, but it was so difficult, especially when people tried to stop her! And not to forget about her wound from the latest mission…

"That's right," Makarov said from the bar. "She is Ice princess." The whole guild looked to master with wide eyes, and Alicia saw Erza's eyes widen too.

"Eh, I'm s-s-sorry Ice Princess, p-pl-please accept my apology. I-I truly did not know, since you usually d-don't come here when we're around," Erza stuttered.

"Indeed," Alicia answered and turned around.

"Hey! Erza is talking to you!" Gray shouted annoyed with the Ice Princess' behavior.

"I am well aware that she does, but I truly could care less. I do help the guild a lot and I prefer to be respected with privacy, which you are not giving me. Instead you are conversing with me as if I am another one of your friends. Truly we are family after all but I personally like to be less social." Alicia decided to not take on a mission right away, it was not her earlier intention either, but she had been curious on what might have come in in her absence. She turned away from the board and walked past Gray and Erza which looked at her with wary eyes. She went down the first steps and walked into master's office and signaled for Mira to come too.

"What did you want to talk about?" Makarov said as they heard the guild go back to normal.

"Mira, how is my horse doing?" Alicia asked instead while taking her mask off. Revealing the ice blue Fairy Tail mark that was lying over her right cheekbone.

"He is truly splendid, though I am still afraid to try ride on him. He is quite the wild beast, but he is improving his jumping skill very well too!" Mira smiled and cocked her head to the side.

"Yes, he is such a beast sometimes, but he is also like the best teddy bear ever! After all he is truly a wild horse, and I intend to keep him that way. Though I did get surprised on our first meeting that he let me ride him," Alicia said and offered a smile. Her power animal whisperer helped a lot of course, but with her horse, Brownie, she had a special bond.

"Alicia, please do tell why you wanted us present in here right now," Makarov said, slightly annoyed.

"Well I have informed in most towns that Ice Princess will take some years of vacation and I will send out posters when I take on work again, since I get a lot of personal requests too. But I want to settle for some and live in my beautiful house and enjoy life." Alicia looked thoughtful for some before her eyes narrowed. "I will try to visit the guild often since I live so close, but with these prying eyes I cannot promise anything."

"Accepted!" Mira shouted and jumped in the air towards Alicia to hug her, but before she knew what was happening she was caught with air and kept on distance. Mira pouted and gave a little sniff to fake hurt. Alicia sighed and let Mira go, just to get tackled to the ground.

"Oof." The air was knocked out of her, and she could feel her wound open more and more. Dang it, she thought.

"Alicia, while you take a break, we will soon set the event where one wizard will be able to become and S-class mage, will you accept to be the final challenge?" Makarov said and smiled a creepy smile.

"What's up with that smile, master?" Mira asked worried.

"If someone will be able to beat her, which is not very likely, they will become and S-class mage and get a reputation as good as her."

"But I get to tell if they pass or not, correct?" Alicia asked.

"Of course!" Master started to laugh and it sounded creepy. As if this was the best plan ever to test his chosen one's ability against a quite strong opponent – this year.

Natsu and Lucy came to the guild and got the rumor that Ice Princess had come there and that she was still talking to Master Makarov and Mirajane in the office. Of course Natsu saw his opportunity to fight. He was about to bust in when the door opened and Mira walked out, followed by the cloaked Ice Princess and a smirking master.

"Natsuuuu… why is master looking so scary?" Happy complained.

Lucy didn't fail to notice the scary ice blue eyes looking at Natsu, and she went over to him and put a hand on his left shoulder, he needed to calm down or it would end badly, at least that's what was going on inside Lucy's head. She met the Ice Princess' eyes and noticed how they widened slightly before they closed and she fell into unconsciousness. Since Lucy saw this, she was fast to react and ran forward as the superior mage fell forward. Lucy caught her staring wide eyed at the person lying in her arms. The whole guild got quiet again, only Wendy reacted and ran towards Lucy's side.

"She might have been injured on her last mission!" Mira said suddenly realizing that Alicia had acted different than usual when coming to the guild. She never came in day time. She went to Alicia's side and opened the cloak revealing bloody clothes. "Take her to the infirmary. You'll treat her, right Wendy?"

"Aye!" Wendy answered and both Natsu and Gray offered to carry her. It ended with Elfman doing the job, because Natsu and Gray couldn't stop arguing about who was the best to be carrying her.

She was laid on a bed and Erza, Gray, Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Mira, Carla and Wendy was left with the Ice Princess.

"You guys turn around now!" Erza said strictly to the boys and they turned, fearing for their own lives. "Mira do you need help cutting off the clothes?" she then asked the white haired mage that had started with the top.

"This pair of clothing is wasted anyway, it cannot be saved, plus she will get treatment faster," Mira answered and let Erza summon a huge pair of scissors?! The clothing was gone in no time and the girls gasped over what they saw. From under the right breast on the side going over to her left hip it was a wide gash, from a claw, that was for sure, and it was a miracle she had managed this far without losing consciousness faster. But even the strongest of them all needed help now and then. What was running through their minds though, was that Ice Princess should already be unconscious because of her condition.

So strong! Lucy thought.

After they had cleaned the wound they let Wendy use her magic, before they removed the rest of the clothing so they could clean her up. Lucy tried for sure not to blush when brushing the washcloth over the Ice Princess' breasts. Why did I have to get the job as breast cleaner? she thought. She looked over to Erza just to see that she was keeping a close eye on the boys, all of them shivering in fear under her stare. She suddenly heard someone moan as if in pain and her gaze fell down to the body in front of her. Ice Princess was obviously in pain even in her sleep.

They were done cleaning up and Ice Princess was now lying on another bed which was completely clean. Gray and Natsu had gotten the mission to get more blankets so she would not freeze.

"We need to take off her mask, Mira," Wendy mumbled. "Then I can get better access to her head so I can take some of the pain away." Mira gasped.

"I am sorry, but it cannot be done on my watch," Mira said and turned to leave. She's going to kill me! she thought panicked. "One of you got to do it, and I suggest that Gray should be the one doing it." Then she was out.

"Why does ice princess over here get to do the cool stuff?" Natsu asked annoyed and pointed towards Gray.

"What did you call me flame brain?!"

"You know what I said stripper! Where the heck is your clothes?!"

Gray automatically looked at himself. "Whaa…" Where did my clothes go?

"Stop it now!" Erza's voice rung out in the room and everyone gulped.

"A-aye!" Natsu and Gray answered scared as hell.

"First of all, the real Ice Princess is here now, so if you keep calling Gray that, Natsu, I will make sure that you will have a hard time living for the rest of your life! Second of all, Mira said that Gray should do it, so all of us should respect that, after all she knows this person much more than we do. Third and final, stop fighting!" She looked strictly over to Lucy who paled at once. "And you, get Natsu to stay calm. Gray! Put your clothes back on please."

"A-ay-aye sir!" All three shouted.

Sir? Erza thought darkly.

Gray walked over to the woman laying defenseless on one of the white beds. Her purple hair was spread around the pillow, but it looked like she was laying on most of it. Somehow the purple hair was familiar with him, but he couldn't pinpoint where he had seen it before. He let his hand slowly grab onto the tip on the left side before he pulled it completely off just to stand there completely shocked! The ice blue Fairy Tail mark on her right cheek said everything. The only mage that wanted her mark so visible when she was younger, something to match her eyes, she had once said.

"A-Al-Alicia!" Gray stuttered and stared wide eyed at the true beauty in front of him. Amy!

"Gray, I need to clean the blood off of her lips and to make it easier on her," Wendy whispered. She was standing carefully on his right side, trying to get his attention for some time now.

"Alicia?" Erza whispered in shock.

"You know her, Erza?" Lucy asked carefully.

"She disappeared when she was around ten years old. She never came back. She was a close friend, but most of all, closest to Gray. We searched all over for her for about a year before we gave up, but Gray never gave up though, he still believed that she was alive. And now I see that he was right, and that she was truly never missing. She's been with us for all this time." Erza sighed and smiled softly at Lucy with tears present in her eyes. "It's good to know she's back though." Then a dark look covered her happiness. "But when she wakes up I will personally kill her myself!" Her outburst made everyone stare at her with mouths hanging open.

"I will not let you," Gray muttered while closing his hands in anger. How could she say that? Gray stared with angry eyes at Erza, this time he was not scared of her, not when it mattered. He would fight for Alicia, and for once Erza backed up just to leave the rest with mouths hanging open in shock. He wiped tears away from the corner of his eyes. "She's finally back, and you want to hurt her? She's also the Ice Princess who has helped out the guild a lot! The magic council is afraid of her powers, why do you think we always get so easily away when destroying stuff? She saves us every time and we should be grateful. Of course I am mad that she never said anything. Not even good bye when she left, but I'm sure she got her own reason." The last part was barely heard as Gray sat down by Alicia's bed in defeat. He felt useless and sad. The reason he never returned Juvia's feelings was because of the very girl in front of him. He had always loved her, and he would still love her, as long as he was alive.

Later in the guild hall Juvia was looking for her precious Gray, and finally he came downstairs from the infirmary. At once she went over to him with adoring eyes. Gray stopped and looked over to her which resulted in a dark look that clouded his vision.

"Juvia," he said. Juvia herself thought she would faint just because she was getting addressed by him. "Please stop this. What you feel for me is merely a crush, it is not love. I'm sorry, but I do not return your feelings, and for that I truly am sorry. I never wanted to hurt your feelings, but you must stop." With that he walked out of the guild leaving behind a broken heart.

"Finally! It is time he told her his true feelings," Erza mumbled to Lucy.

"Huh?"

"It's been going on long enough, and we do not need any more "love rivals" do we?"

"I-I g-guess you're right. But I've never been interested in Gray that way." The thought sending shivers down her spine. Sure he was handsome, but she always had her feelings somewhere else. "I always wanted to become friends with Juvia, but because she believe me to be her love rival it is quite difficult," Lucy said quietly.

"True. You got Natsu," Erza laughed. Lucy blushed and became as pink as Natsu's hair. "It's nothing to get embarrassed of. We all know you are together now, and it was seriously on time!"

"W-wh-what?!"

"Mmm… the cat's out of the bag ages ago Lucy," Lisanna said coming up behind Erza.

"Oh God!" Lucy groaned. Couldn't she just disappear right away?

"There's no need to get embarrassed Lucy, but the relationship between you and Natsu has always been clear to us. We could see it at once the day you came to the guild when you were much closer than usual. But we had to hear it from Mira to get to know the confession part." Erza nodded with Lisanna's words, confirming everything. Right then Natsu decided to make his appearance.

"Hey guys! What's going on?" he asked looking at the girls slightly confused.

"Don't hide the truth Natsu, they know," Lucy said embarrassed. Natsu's cheeks got covered with a pink color and he grinned.

"Great! No more sneaking around then!" He laughed and put an arm around Lucy.

"Sneaking around?" Erza asked raising an eyebrow.

"Well, not exactly sneaking around, but Lucy didn't want anyone to know for now or something like that," he mumbled to himself. The girls looked towards Lucy with a murderous stare.

"It wasn't the right time!" Lucy cried and hurried out the guild followed by Erza and Lisanna who were trying to get her back so they could "punish" her.

"I wonder what that was about," Natsu said to himself and shook his head before he went to look for Gray.

Gray came back later that night and went up to the infirmary. He sat by Alicia's bedside. He wouldn't leave her alone. The same question running through his head over and over again. Why had she left? But all he could do was to wait. Wait for her to wake up.

"My name is Alicia," the girl with the strange purple hair said with a smile. "Alicia Amy Storm."

"Gray. Gray Fullbuster," Gray answered looking down a tiny bit embarrassed.

"When did you join?" she asked. She stared at him with her piercing blue eyes. Finally someone her own age joined the guild!

"Some few days ago," he mumbled not looking up.

"Hey, look!" she said and he met her eyes again. "Let's be friends, alright?"

He nodded. "S-sure!"

"Then when we're together please call me Amy."

Gray smiled to himself. She had been one of a kind. She still was. Ice Princess, hmm? Well at least you did something useful while you were gone, right? he thought. He smiled softly at Alicia or Amy as she liked to be called back then. Personally he saw nothing wrong with Alicia, and it was only him that used to call her Amy, because of her wishes when they first met. He shook his head. We have grown up now. It's time to show it.

"Your secret is still safe with me," he whispered into her ear and kissed her Fairy Tail mark carefully.

A tray hit the floor. The sound ringing through the room. Startled Gray looked up. Mira was standing by the entrance looking at Gray with wide eyes before she smiled.

"Mira, what's up with that creepy smile?" Gray asked a tiny bit scared.

"Oh?" Mira answered with a sing song voice. "Nothing nothing. Don't worry about me, I was bringing up some food, but it seems like I disturbed a quiet moment, hm?" So cute! was running through her head.

"I-i-it's not wh-what you think!"

"Mhmm…sure. I'll be right up with a new tray. By the way I'm sorry for losing your food." She winked and disappeared as fast as she appeared.

"Dang it," Gray muttered and shook his head in defeat.

The mage in front of him moved and sighed. She was trying to turn, but she would be able to feel more pain if she did. Gray panicked and threw himself halfway over her. He held her carefully down so she couldn't move. The gasp from the entrance made him groan.

"Come on, it's not what it looks like, Mira!" he said annoyed. "She will get hurt if she moves."

"Ah, of course," Mira answered. With a smug smile she walked inside with a new tray.

I bet she told the whole guild already. Gray sighed.

"Thank you," he said when she left the tray with soup and bread on a little table on the other side of the bed.

"You're welcome. Hope it tastes good. But be careful to not get burned," she sang as she left him alone with Alicia. He groaned annoyed. Really?