A/N: My second fanfic! Yay! It's mostly Grayza, with a little NaLu.
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the plot.
Erza Scarlet strode through Fairy Tail. She couldn't help but smile at the terror she struck. It was almost comical. She sat next to Lucy on one of the bar tables. At least the celestial mage didn't seem as scared of her.
Erza sighed. She just wanted to be accepted by everyone, even friends with them. But things just didn't work that way. She had to seem powerful, untouchable. If Erza wasn't close to anyone this time, no one would betray her.
There was only one person in Fairy Tail who had ever looked past her shield of armor, and made it to her heart. Gray Fullbuster.
Lost in thought, Erza didn't notice Lucy trying to get her attention.
"Erza!" Lucy exclaimed.
She buried her thoughts and answered Lucy. "Yes?"
"Natsu and Gray want to go on an S class mission. We need you to come along."
Erza rolled her eyes. "I would have came even if it wasn't S class."
Lucy let out a breath. "Recently, a group of hikers have disappeared in the mountains. Search parties went out, but only one person returned. He was traumatized by the events. We have to go investigate."
Erza raised an eyebrow. 'Well, this should be rather interesting', she thought.
"We'll leave tomorrow", Lucy commented.
Erza smiled. Good. Finally, a job that would cheer her up.
~A day later~
Erza walked into the train station, pulling a cart of luggage. Gray, Natsu, and Lucy were already there.
"Hey, Erza", Gray called.
"Are you ready for the job?" Asked Erza, making her way toward them.
"Of course!" Natsu yelled. "I'll kick their ass!"
"Aye", said Happy.
"Yeah, yeah", muttered Lucy, smiling.
The train pulled into the station. Natsu looked at it with absolute dread as he slowly climbed on.
The foursome (plus Happy) sat in their own compartment and began to discuss the mission.
"Where should we start looking first?" Asked Lucy. "I mean, the mountains are big, right?"
"We should probably split up to work faster. Gray and I will go in one direction, and the three of you will go in the other", Erza replied.
Natsu groaned.
Gray looked slightly scared. "I have to go with Erza?"
"Yes", Erza snapped.
~At the mountains~
"Good luck", Gray said to the retreating backs of Natsu, Lucy, and Happy.
"Same to you", Natsu grinned back.
They slowly got further and further away, until Gray and Erza were left alone.
"Lets start that way", Erza said, pointing in the opposite direction from the others.
Gray nodded.
The mountains sparkled, with the lightly falling snow reflecting light in all directions. It was a beautiful sight.
Gray and Erza walked along in silence for a good amount of time.
"What do you think could be causing all this", asks Gray.
"I don't know", replied Erza. She felt bad about lying to him, but if she was correct, the enemy was scarily powerful. She didn't want to burden him with the knowledge.
A roar resounded in the distance. "What's Natsu doing now?" Muttered Erza.
"It's actually pretty smart of him. He's probably trying to lure the enemy out." Gray told her.
Erza looked thoughtful. "Good plan. And while its focused on Natsu, we'll attack it."
Gray nodded. "We'll have to find them first."
Erza smiled. "I don't think that will be too hard."
They crept toward the sound of Natsu's voice, careful not to make a single sound. If the enemy located them, it would put the entire plan in jeopardy.
Gray and Erza soon found Natsu, Lucy, and Happy shouting at the top of their lungs. The two of them hid in a snow bank, so they wouldn't alert anyone to their presence.
The ground shook beneath Lucy and Natsu. Natsu collapsed, due to his motion sickness, so Happy quickly took flight, with him in tow. The snow rose, encasing Lucy completely.
With one roar, Natsu melted the snow around Lucy.
Gray and Erza tensed, ready to leap out and help if the need arose.
Behind the two, an enormous figure slowly rose from the snow.
"Wha-what is that?" Gray stuttered.
Erza covered his mouth. "Leave this to me."
"Erza-"
She silenced him again by requipping into her Heaven's Wheel armor.
Next to Lucy, another monstrous figure appeared. Natsu proceeded to blow flames at it, trying to make it melt.
Erza sliced the other monster up. She looked at the snow that used to be a monster as if doubting the fact that it was dead
Natsu had also managed to destroy his monster and looked back at us.
In that moment, five more rose up around Erza and collapsed, encasing her in snow.
Her scream pierced the air. Seconds later, all was silent.
Gray ran, faster than he had ever before, with Natsu and Lucy following close behind. He quickly destroyed the snow around her. The bits of snow fell to the ground in slow motion, as if in a dream. There was no sign of the red haired mage.
Lucy, Natsu, and Happy approached Gray with shocked expressions.
"Erza!" Gray screamed into the sky.
A/N: Cliffhanger...Wonder what happens next. :D
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