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"Awww, you have to go on a work trip on my birthday?" the ten year old boy had been looking forward to spending his birthday with his dad, he felt like crying when he told him he couldn't come, he forced back his tears, after all he was becoming a 'man'.

SILVERS POV

He felt terrible for having to leave Gray, and on his birthday too. 'Maybe I could put it off 'till next week...but we need the money for food.' That's when he saw Gray holding back his tears like a real man 'we have enough money to last a week, I can put it off, today is a big day for Gray.' "You know what kiddo, I'm gonna do it next week!" He said with a big smile on his face "so what do you wanna do? Anything you want?"

GRAYS POV

His heart filled with joy as he heard his dad say that he could stay. The biggest smile spread across his tiny face, "Let's go to the park! I wanna try one of those new sweets they're selling at the new bakery!"

(Short skip)

He walked down the cobble street towards the sweet stand he'd been wanting to go to with his father since it had been opened. It seemed like everything was perfect with the world, he could hear the beautiful music of a street performer, he could smell the blooming flowers that were growing around the path way, and could see the stand just ahead of the.

All of a sudden the ground started to shake under him, he looked up and saw his dad's face 'He looks surprised even kinda scared..'.

"Dad, what is it?" He said as he turned around looking for the source of the rumbling. He felt his dad's arms wrap around him, as he turned his head and saw it... the monster that ruined his life, the thing that took his father and mother away fromhi.

Grays eyes grew huge, tears formed in the corners, he was horrified, his whole body started to shake, he could feel his father trembling. All he could hear were screams, crying, and the loud pound of feet of people trying to escape. His father was huddling over him now, he could feel his father's heart racing. In this moment he felt the weakest he ever felt, he couldn't move, not one bit, tears were spilling out of his eyes, then he heard it, the deafening scream from...his father.

Gray looked at his father's face, he saw the tears on his cheeks, the fear in his eyes, and the blood spilling from his mouth. "DAAAAAADDDDYYYYYY!" It seemed like everything went slow motion, his father's bleeding body fell to the ground covering the cobblestone with thick warm blood.

"Daddy, no daddy, daddy get up" he sobbed "Please dad you can't leave me!", his tiny body collapsed next to his father's, everything went black, but he could still feel the tears run down his face, and the screams from all around him..

[Present day]

"What do you think you're doing, fire eater!" Gray yelled "What're ya' talking about, you're the one that hit me, ice freak!" Natsu yelled back at him.

It was a regular day at the guild hall, Juvia fawning over Gray, Natsu starting a brawl, Erza resisting but eventually joining in, Lucy being hit on by Loke, Gajeel poking fun at Levy, Happy eating his fish, everything was just like it was everyday, so they thought..

[Ill try to keep updating, it's kinda hard with school though. Anyway I hope you enjoyed and remember to please leave a review! Thx for reading!]