Hey guys I told you that I would have something posted that would be a little less stressful for me to write! It's my first story that isn't about NaLu even though it is mentioned. This story is mainly about Gray but the other characters will be involved. Just to let you know there will not be any Gray x OC since as you will find out if he did date the OC it would be awkward in more than one way. Enjoy!
~Fairy Tail Until The End
*Update 12/4/2014 - I have added some very minor edits to some mistakes that I overlooked. Hopefully this will make the story a little better. I might edit more in the future so feel free to point out and spelling, grammar, or punctuation errors you see. Thanks!
Chapter #1 - The Lost Girl
Gray's POV
I was sitting at the bar, alone, as usual. Mira served me a beer and I downed it in one go. Today was the day that my family was killed by Deliora . I looked down at the five empty glasses that were sitting in front of me. I put my head in my hand and sobbed.
"How are you Gray?" I heard Lucy come up behind me. I turned around and looked at her. My cheeks were moist with tears and my eyes were bloodshot from lack of sleep and over since our last mission I've been like this. We had ran into one of Deliora's minions and it reminded me of my loss.
"Yes Lucy… I'm fine." I said as I raised my hand into the air slightly signaling Mira that I wanted another drink.
"Gray… I know what today is so don't act like nothing is going on." She commented, sitting down next to me. She asked Mira to bring her a strawberry milkshake, her favorite.
"Yeah… I just wish I had something to remember my family by… I wish I still had my family…" I said before drinking the beer that Mira had just given to me.
"Gray you really shouldn't drink so much. I understand Cana but you're gonna get sick." Lucy told me, I knew that she was right but I just wanted to get away from the pain.
"Yeah I guess… but…" I started but before I could finish I was cut off by the guild door slamming open. Erza ran in carrying someone in her arms.
"Someone get Wendy!" She said as she ran into the guild.
"What happened to her?" I asked running up to Erza, worried about the girl in her arms.
"I don't know I just found her covered in dirt and blood a street away from the guild." She told me as I looked at the girl. She had hair just like mine, dark blue that looked black unless you were paying close attention. It ran down to the lower part of her back and her long bangs were covering her face. Erza laid her down on the table and I pushed the bangs off her face revealing fresh cuts and old scars along with dirt and mud. She didn't look much older than 7 years old. A little young to be out by herself. It was strange beneath all that she had the same facial structure as I did.
"Okay I'm here what can I do?" Wendy said as she ran up to the table with the girl on it.
Can you heal any of her wounds?" Erza asked pointing to the girl on the table.
"Yes I can heal some but she is still going to need proper medical help. This should take her off her deathbed." She said as she started using her magic to heal some of the girl's wounds. I looked at her clothes. They were like like clothing that a slave would wear and it was all ripped and bloody. Around her neck was a cross necklace just like mine.
I was so confused, 'Why did she look so much like me?', 'Why did she appear today?', these questions, and many more like them, were bouncing around in my head.
"All done. Make sure you get her up to the infirmary as soon as possible though." Wendy said as she sat down wiping the sweat from her brow. She always overworked herself to make sure that everyone was safe and healthy. I picked up the girl and carried her into the infirmary and sat her on the bed that Mira had provided,
"Wow, Gray she looks alot like you." Mira told me as she looked at the girl, "She even has the same necklace. I wonder why."
"Mira do you know when she is going to wake up?" I asked wanting to know when I could ask her what happened and why she looked so much like me.
"Sometime to night probably but she won't be able to leave." She told me and I nodded and as I started to leave she asked me something, "Can you go get Lucy? I need her to help me with the medicine." I nodded and went to go find Lucy.
Lucy's POV
Gray had told me that Mira needed help taking care of the girl they found and I agreed, although I didn't like leaving Gray alone in his current state. Before going up to help Mira I walked over to Natsu.
"Hey can you watch over Gray? He's really depressed and I am worried about him." I asked the fire mage. He nodded smiling at me as I went upstairs.
"Hey Lucy! Since I'm doing this for you I'm gonna need some reward tonight!" He called after me I turned around and smiled. I nodded and blew him a kiss before going into the infirmary.
"Hey Mira, Gray told me that you needed some help." I told her as I walked over to the bed to see the girl that Erza had found.
"Yeah. Lucy could you help me undress her? I know it's weird but we need better access to her wounds." She asked me and I nodded knowing that it was necessary to help her. I held up the small girl as Mira undressed her. I gasped when I saw all the scars and fresh cuts on her body.
"Oh my god… Mira… What happened to her?" I asked shocked at her condition.
"Well from the clothes she was wearing I would assume that she was a prisoner or slave somewhere." Mira said thinking about what the young girl was wearing. "These clothes are really similar to what Erza was wearing when she came to the guild."
"That would probably be a good assumption." Erza said as she walked into the room.
"Oh Erza! Sorry I didn't mean to bring that up." Mira said worried about Erza. I couldn't believe that they used to be rivals.
"It's fine." Erza said as walked over and looked down at the girl. She then looked at the girl's clothes that were sitting on the bedside table. "You're right though. Those clothes are very similar to what I was wearing when I first came to the guild."
"Erza what do you think about her wounds?" I asked looking at the bruises and cuts that were scattered around her body along with scars.
"She obviously wasn't there by her own free will." Mira said pointing to the bruises on the wrists of the young girl. "These show that there was some sort of restraint on her,"
"Erza look at her necklace." I interjected, holding the girl's necklace in my hand.
"It's just like Gray's" Mira said confirming my thoughts, "I talked to Gray about it and if you hadn't noticed she has the same facial structure and hair color as Gray too."
"Don't you think it's weird…" Erza murmured to herself but it was just loud enough for us to hear.
"What is Erza? Is it just about their appearances?" I questioned, my eyes remaining on the child.
"No… When I found her she was lying in the street like she had been running. When I found her I had heard a quiet 'uster.' I didn't know what she was talking about since she could only get those two syllables out." As she spoke she looked at the girl with a look of worry on her face, "I now wonder if she was trying to say 'Fullbuster,' Gray's last name." My eyes widened in shock at this new information. I watched as Mira quickly looked at the bottom of the girl's feet.
"Well she was definitely running… but from what?" She pondered as she pointed to the many cuts on the bottom of her feet. Erza was about to make a guess but was interrupted by the infirmary door bursting open.
Gray ran into the room, his eyes filled with worry, "There are some people here looking for a runaway girl!"
I hope you liked it. Feel free to critique my work. :D Love you guys! Idk when the next chapter will be up but I will try to get it up asap. Thanks for reading! Byez!
~Fairy Tail Until The End
