A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first story that I have ever posted so please be nice! I got this idea from A) the song Guardian Angel and B) am I the only one to notice that Gray NEVER takes of that cross necklace? It bugged me to no end, and when I saw no stories like this one, I freaked. So I decided to post one Anyway, constructive criticism is welcomed but flames are not. If you don't like the story then why bother to review it? But if you do decide to flame, just be warned that they will be used to roast marshmallows ;)

Chapter 1

A cool autumn breeze swept through the town of Magnolia, making all the inhabitants outside shiver slightly. All except one. A young man was casually strolling down the streets, his hands in the pockets of his pants, eyes clouded with sadness.

He had never liked the beginning of autumn, especially after that fateful day. He fingered the hem of his coat absently, his mind deep in the catacombs of memories. He remembered how she always made him take ice-cold baths, train in the coldest of weather, bare with the exception of his underwear. Her warm and caring smile, that mischievous gleam in her eyes, how she made him who he is today.

The teen was snapped out of his memories when he felt something soft hit his leg. The raven-haired teen looked down and saw an orange ball rolling away from him. Cheerful laughter was heard off to his right and he glanced over to see a young boy, no more than seven, come running, eyes filled with innocence and glowing with delight. The ice mage bent down and picked the ball up, plastered a fake smile on his face and looked down at the small child. He held the ball out and after giggling a bit, the boy took the toy into his small hands.

"Thank you, mister!" he cried happily. Before the teen could reply, an older feminine voice called out.

"Koja!"

The boy turned around and cried out. He immediately started running towards the women, to which Gray assumed was his grandmother. She took Koja by the hand and started to lead him inside a house, but before they could fully go in, the little boy stopped, turned around, and waved at. Gray smiled, a true smile at the child's innocence, and waved back. Koja grinned before following his grandma into their house.

The ice mage stared a little longer then finally decided that he should start to head towards his destination once again. He could already see it, the building towering over all others, proudly bearing their name. The teen smirked at what was probably happening inside. He was half-surprised that he couldn't hear already all the ruckus that his "family" was most likely making.

As he walked through the iron gates and into the courtyard, he stopped and looked up at the symbol that connected everyone in his family.

Fairy Tail.

His place to come back to, his place to spend the day, his place to hang out with his friends. His home and family.

His sanctuary.

Gray didn't know what to do after Ur sacrificed herself to seal away that demon… He shook his head slightly, hair covering his eyes, trying to rid himself of those dark thoughts that were kept locked away in his mind.

He let a smirk flit across his face as he heard a crash from within his guild and pushed his way through the doors and into the guild hall, he almost fell over. Everything was either smashed beyond repair, burnt, or slashed to tiny pieces, spare a few tables and chairs that had somehow not been damaged. Yet.

He sighed but was amused at all the damage already done. He surrendered to what everybody always said about his guild, and admitted that his family did have destructive streak in them.

"Oi, what the he-" his yell was cut off as a one of the few tables that were not broken came flying towards his face, and effectively shutting him up as it made impact.

"Hahaha! Serves you right, Gray!" a victorious shout came from the middle of the scuffle. Gray stood up from where he had fallen on his rear when the table hit him. A vein was very visible on his forehead by the time he made his way over and into the fight. He immediately found who he was looking, being not that hard to find him. His body was on fire after all.

"What did you just say, squinty eyes!" Gray hissed as he butted heads with Fairy Tail's resident Salamander.

"Who're you calling names, droopy eyes!? Huh!" Natsu fired (I know, horrible pun) back.

As the two continued to fight, Lucy, off to the side, sweatdropped. 'Those guys will never grow up.' she thought.

"Gray, your clothes!" she called out. Plue, who she was holding, started to squirm, so she set him down on the floor. The celestial mage looked over at Happy, who was contentedly chewing on his fish that Mira had given him earlier. She envied that he could ignore the two mages' bickering.

"My my, it seems those two are fighting again!" a voice to her left stated cheerfully. Lucy turned and saw Mira coming towards her, three empty jugs of beer on a tray in her hand. Her smile that rarely left her face was there, accompanied by her vibrant blue eyes.

"Mira-san!" Lucy replied, not really shocked her sudden appearance.

"Anything I can get you?" Mira asked politely as she set the tray down and met Lucy's gaze.

Lucy pondered for a moment and remembered that it was chilly outside, so she ordered hot chocolate. Mira just smiled once again, but before she could go and make some, a tiny voice called out from next to Lucy.

"Mira! I want another fish!" Happy stated, still swallowing the last one. Mira turned and looked at him before she frowned a little and scolded Happy.

"Happy! That's already your sixth one!" The take-over mage explained. Happy's eyes widened dramatically before crying out.

"Wah! I don't want to get fat like Lucy!"

Lucy's eyes narrowed and a dark aura started to emit from her.

"What did you just say, cat?!" Lucy asked in a threatening voice. Happy's eyes gathered fake tears and he sprouted his wings and flew off into the direction of Natsu.

"Natsu! Save me! Lucy is trying to eat me!" the blue cat cried out. Lucy's glare intensified and her fist shook at the temptation to just punch that stupid cat into next week. Mira just chuckled and went to go get Lucy's hot chocolate.

Lucy sat back down at the bar and rested her head in her hands. She sighed and suddenly she wished that everyone would just shut up and be quiet. She couldn't think with this noise. Just as she was about to turn around and give Natsu and Gray a piece of her mind, she heard a triumphant shout behind her.

She turned around to see what the shout was about, and was shocked. Gray was on the floor with an ecstatic Natsu standing over him, spewing fire out of his mouth and doing a victory dance. As she looked more closely, she saw that Gray had a little burn mark on his shoulder and she gasped.

Not once since she had joined Fairy Tail had she ever seen Natsu hurt Gray with his fire. Sure they had fought with fists, but she had never used their magic. And even if they started, someone would always intervene or interrupt them. She looked once again at the ice mage and saw that he looked like he was in a trance or something.

She shook her head and looked towards Natsu, who was still chanting about his victory over the stripper even as he made his way over to the request board.

Happy was on his head, and looked to be trying to convince the salmon-haired wizard that one of those request that they were looking at would get them lots of food money. The celestial wizard could almost see the happiness flowing off of the cat, and the confusion from Natsu.

Finally, realization dawned on the fire wizard and his eyes lit up as they ran off through the guild doors, the teen throwing a quick "bye" over his shoulder. Lucy shook her head, a sweatdrop forming.

The rest of the guild was back up to their regular antics and the blonde smiled. This was why she loved Fairy Tail. She turned to see Erza sitting at a table chatting with Wendy and Charle.

Ever since they had come back from Edolas, Charle had taken every chance to try and tell the future. Much to Lucy's amusement, though she would never dare speak this aloud, Erza was awed by this talent. So much that she had even asked if she would have a boyfriend soon. The white Exceed had simply replied with a shrug of her shoulders and said that she couldn't see that far into the future.

Erza had taken that the wrong way and assumed that that meant that she would never have one, and became depressed for the rest of the day. Lucy swept her gaze and noted that Levy was talking to Gajeel, and the remaining members of Team Shadowgear were staring at them hatefully. Lucy chuckled at the awkwardness.

Feeling like she was forgetting something somewhat important, she turned and saw that Gray was still on the floor. His eyes were wide with shock, confusion, and….wait, what? Sadness? 'Why would Gray be sad?' Lucy pondered as she made her way over.

Gray on the other hand, was on a completely different train of thought. He didn't believe it. He couldn't and he wouldn't.

"Gray? Are you okay?" a voice asked him but he ignored it. The cross necklace that he always wore was burning him, and he was quick to snatch hold of it. He realized that his hands were shaking badly and he tried to control them but they wouldn't stop. Just like the memories wouldn't stop.

"Gray?" This time the voice was a little more urgent. He still ignored it and only focused on what just happened.

He had heard her voice.

And that concludes the first chapter! Please leave a review for a first-time author! I should update within the next 2 weeks if I get some reviews ;) And if you find any mistakes, please let me know!~