Hey everybody, this is the first chapter of my first ever fanfic. Hope you enjoy:)


Everyone in the guild was going about their normal business. A few were out on jobs, but many were hanging around in the hall due to the fact it was already dark outside and too late to leave for any job. By hanging around, that means that Ezra was eating her strawberry cake while both trying to protect it from getting knocked over and keeping a hawk's eye on the two boys who were inches away from starting a huge fight.

"What did you say, Flame Brain?!" yelled an angry Gray.

"I said, 'Put on some damn clothes for once!', you deaf stripper!" retorted Natsu, who was starting to have smoke coming out of his ears.

Ezra could see from her seat across the room. The poor celestial mage was massaging her temples, as her patience was growing shorter and shorter.

"Could you two guys just stop for once?" sighed Lucy, "Please?" As she finished speaking, the snow-white haired barmaid came up to her with a milkshake.

"Now, now, Lucy, if they didn't fight then there would be something wrong with them." said a very cheery Mirajane. Lucy sighed again.

"Yeah, I guess so." And with that, a small smile crept onto her lips.

"She liiiiiikes him!" chirped a flying Happy, who had moved away from the boys as the fight became more and more physical.

"I do not!" a blushing Lucy nearly screamed at him as Mirajane simply chuckled. 'I wonder who will confess their feelings first...'

"Don't worry about it Lu-chan," said her blue haired friend Levy. "Nobody takes anything Happy says serious–Eeek!" she squeaked as she was lifted into the air by a quite terrifying dragon slayer. "Gajeel, what the hell are you doing?"

Gajeel scoffed, "I'm getting you out of the way of those two idiots' path of destruction so you don't get trampled and become even shorter."

Levy huffed, crossed her arms, and allowed herself to be carried off because she had no good response for his short comment. Lucy hadn't even noticed how much worse their fight had become. Elfman had joined in, much against Evergreen's wishes, and was saying how fighting was manly. After Gajeel got Levy out of the way, he decided to participate and, unfortunately for him, knocked over Cana's barrel and she jumped in as well in order to get revenge. Shortly after Macao joined in, he was thrown across the guildhall and completely destroyed the table that Erza's cake was placed upon. Now, Ezra was involved and Lucy wasn't sure if she was trying stop the fight or claim the victory for herself and/or vengeance for the cake that was now on the floor.

"ENOUGH!" Shouted a booming voice. "YOU BRATS, SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" That was all that was needed to end the fight when it was spoken by a giant that towered over everyone in the room.

After that outburst, Master Makarov sat back down on his place on the railing of the second floor, wearing his orange and blue outfit that looked like one a jester would wear. For the most part, everyone followed those instructions. Ezra was making sure that Gray and Natsu weren't going to start another fight while Lucy, Levy, and Pantherlily were helping to put the tables back together. Gajeel went over to where Levy was, checking that she was okay whilst giving an evil eye to Jet and Droy that was reminding them about what would happen to them if anything happened to Levy.

Lucy sighed and looked out the window. 'Hm, I didn't notice it was raining…' All of a sudden there was a loud crash and lightning flashed as the guild doors were blown open, letting in a chilling air. Lucy hadn't had enough time to shield her eyes from the light and was able to see a dark figure's silhouette against the lightning's flash. The person walked into the guild as if they were a corpse and blood drops were seen on the floor as they walked by. Even after they moved into the light, the people in the guild could still not see the person's face because it was covered by the hood of the dark cloak they were wearing. Only those with the keen hearing of dragons could hear what was said.

"Finally…" The person grunted before collapsing onto the wooden floor.

The silence in the guildhall was deafening and was quickly broken when the Master spoke up. "This person is clearly in need of our help. Mirajane, get the infirmary ready. Carla, please fly to Porlyusica's and ask for her assistance. Gray and Natsu, go and bring this person into the infirmary." After a short pause, he shouted, "Now!"

Mirajane and Wendy ran quickly into the back room and started getting supplies they would need while Carla quickly went to one of the windows, only to be blown back by a strong gust of wind. Happy helped to keep her from falling and brought her back up to the window.

"Do you want me to go with you?" asked Happy with a hopeful smile on his face that was hiding his true worry.

"No," Carla deadpanned. "I will manage by myself." And with that last statement, she flew off into the stormy night with a flash of lightning to show her silhouette as she disappeared into the forest.

By this time, Erza had let Natsu and Gray out of her sight so they could go and help the person into the infirmary. They each had one of the person's arms over their shoulders. That was when Natsu noticed something odd.

"Hey Gray, do you think this guy might be sick?"

"What makes you say that?" asked a curious Gray as they started walking.

"Well," Natsu started, "To me, he feels really warm, and that normally means they have a fever." he paused, "Also I've never met anyone who has felt warm to the touch; my temperature is usually higher."

"Maybe you're right, he does feel unusually warm," said Gray, "That's just another reason we should get them to the infirmary quickly."

"Well, I would have been there already if you weren't slowing me down!" responded Natsu, who had completely forgotten that Ezra had turned back around was keeping an eye on him.

"What?!" shouted Gray, "You wouldn't have even been able to carry this guy if I wasn't helping you!" He hadn also forgotten about Ezra…

"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU AND CARRY THAT PERSON TO THE INFIRMARY BEFORE YOU MAKE ME COME OVER THERE!" shouted a very infuriated Erza. Gray and Natsu didn't need to be told twice as they sped towards the door that would be a barrier between them and the fearful Titania.

Safely on the other side, Natsu and Gray leaned against the wall trying to catch their breath. They hadn't even noticed the curious looks that were being given to them by Wendy and Mirajane, mostly because that wasn't really important to them right now.

"Natsu-san and Gray-san, please put the person down on this bed," instructed Wendy with a little more seriousness in her voice than usual. They both quickly followed her instructions and leaned in curiously to see the person's face as Mirajane pulled off the hood.

It was revealed to be a man who was about in his mid-twenties with hair that didn't quite reach his collar. The color of his hair was very striking. It looked as if it were the same color as the scales of an orange goldfish. Attention was immediately drawn away from his hair as he started coughing up more blood to go with what was already covering the front of his neck and cloak.

'How did I not smell his blood when we were carrying him?' thought Natsu, who was intrigued by the man and noticed he had a familiar scent. 'Have I met him before?'

A few moments of Wendy's blue glowing hands hovering over the man's torso that was moving up and down in ragged breathing passed.

"He has internal injuries," Wendy said. "I've got to wait for Grandi-aah, Porlyusica-san's help,"

As if on cue, she walked through the door and stopped when she saw the man lying on the bed. Her eyes opened wide in shock and a single word escaped her lips that could barely be heard.

"Igneel?"


I wonder what she means? Well, that is for me to know an you to find out :) I really hope you enjoyed it and I have lots of basic questions like 'Is this a good length?''Did I use okay words?''Not enough dialog?' I'm just starting, so I don't know about those kinds of things. Please comment, I am willing to accept constructive criticism. Thanks :)