Warnings: M - Violence, Drug abuse, Sexual Themes, And then some. (Pedophillia, Child abuse, Rape, Torture - You name it, this has probably got it.)
Pairing: Gray/Natsu
Notes: I don't condone any of that stuff in the warnings! NOTHING! But my mind scares the living hell out of me most the time by coming up with disturbing things. Inspiration for this fic? None. Maybe bio. I've just had an uncanny fascination with drugs and the sort (the fiction world only people. I did not just crawl out of rehab)
Upload Rate: Every month, I'm hoping.
Summary: Drowning in dept, Lucy and Natsu head off in search of a man's missing wife, only to find a ransacked village and secrets abound. Meanwhile, Erza and Gray tag team with Lyon to investigate the disappearances of citizens across Fiore. Both missions bare an uncanny resemblance to each other, and it traditional Fairy Tail fashion, things were not as simple as they appeared.
Prologue:
The mountain air was stained with white, haunting and cold and sweet. The shade hung like a morning fog and drifting lazily down the length of the cave. It clung to the walls like leeches, clustered around the ceiling like clouds, and buzzed around the heads of man like mosquitoes; their thirst for blood, contagious. The mist was made of poison, it brought pleasure before pain and left the strongest of men wanting.
In this cave the tiniest of humans crawled. Barely at the age of six, this young girl had the eyes of the dead. Her once vibrant green orbs were now the colour of stone and swamp water. Golden locks, that had once caught the sunlight within its tresses, hung limp and listless. Now its only use as it tumbled down her naked back was as a barrier between her porcelain skin and thirsty eyes.
"How much for it?" an aged voice growled, salaciously. Gnarled hands weaved in and out of each others grasp, writhing with temptation and greed. "Whatever the price, I'll pay."
Next to the man a feral grin bloomed in the darkness. "The price shall indeed be high."
It was a woman's voice that sounded, laced with false dreams and sugar sweet venom; it was this voice that tore away the clients lusty gaze.
"Whatever it takes."
The woman nodded curtly, spun on her heels, and exited the building.
"Follow me, Mr. Mahli. We shall be taking our negotiations elsewhere."
Man: used as a general term for human kind, not a grammatical mistake.
For example, "The Reign of Man"
A/N: CHAPTER 1 WILL BE UPLOAD IN TWO WEEKS. Unless I die. Then you're never get it. My reasoning: THIS IS SO FREAKING SHORT IT AIN'T FIT.
Sorry for the caps-lock abuse. I'm just trying to get my point across.
Giant thank you to the dear MiyuTanemura who Beta'd this for me. :) She's a doll.
R&R Please? 8'D Review's help the writing go faster and maybe I won't fall behind schedule.