Gray woke up again, only this time it was quiet, no one in his face yelling, and he had a huge pounding headache. He sat up and held his head in his hands. Then he felt a small sting of on the back of his neck. He reached up and rubbed where it was stinging.

"Someone knocked me out. Probably Lucy."

He looked up and around the room. It was dark and quite messy. Actually it looked like a girl's room. To add to it, it looked familiar...

Suddenly the door opened and the light flooded the room.

"Oh, your finally up." The voice was full of sweetness and care. He blocked the light and recognized the figure. "What the hell, Lucy?" She walked over and sat next to him. "I'm sorry, I had to..."

Gray watched her carefully then stood up.

"Don't do it again."

"But Gray-"

He headed to the door and walked out.

The dark hair boy walked down the hall and to some steps.

"Where am I? I feel like it's a..." Hotel.

"I didn't think this town had a hotel, just small apartments that you could rent." He said aloud. As he started down the stairs he got lost in thought.

"I feel weirdly different and not myself. What happened?"

As he reached the main floor, he heard someone calling his name. He turned around and saw the blonde coming towards him. She stopped and stared at him.

"Where are you going?"

"Back to the Guild. To see what I can find out about this whole situation."

"No! You can't!"

"Why not?"

"I've already looked." She turned her head away with a sadden look.

"Did you find anything?"

"...no..."

He spun on his heal and headed out the door. She could've easily mixed something up or looked over something. He was going himself and that was final.

The boy walked out into the sun and headed toward the Guild.

The ashes floated in the air around his feet. It was like walking through a softer and much depressing snow. The ashes were like little termites, clinging to his shoes as he walked. He stopped and looked down at them. Memories started to flood back...

"Oh yea?"

"Yea!"

"I could take you on any day!"

"Why not right now then! Huh?"

"Fine your on!"

"Boy's, knock it off! We're all family here! This Guild is not for fighting but to spend time with the family!"

They stopped in mid-punch, both already having bloody noses and cut lips. They stared at the dark haired ginger. The dark haired boy with fear in his eyes, but determination on his face. The red head, with irritation.

"This isn't your fight!"

"Yea so stay out of it!"

"..."

"Wait I didn't mean it!"

"Why can't we learn magic yet?"

"Because I said!"

The boy gave an irritated look.

"I want to get revenge on Deliora! That's why I have to learn magic now!"

"Tell Leon I died."

"No, I can't! Stop, Ul!"

The women crossed her arms and faced her palms down as an ice shell started to form around the beast. Her magic circle glowed an icy blue. Using her own body, she formed the ice shell to lock the beast away forever.

"Ul!"

He just stared the ashes. "So many memories lead up and happened in this place. So why, why burn it down? It couldn't have been Phantom. So who?" He shouted kicking up ashes.

He looked around with hatred. "I could tell you..."

He spun on his heel and looked towards the door, ready to attack.

The little girl jumped and looked down with a scared look on her face. Gray loosened up and walked over to her. He knelled down in front of her and gave a gentle look.

She wore a light pink dress that went down to her knees and was laced at the end. She had on white socks and black buckled shoes that was dusted lightly with gray ashes. Some strands of her light blonde hair were pulled back and pinned to her head as the rest of it laid on her back.

He put a hand lightly on her shoulder and gestured out with his other hand, "Could you tell me what happened?" He asked with a gentle tone. She looked up and nodded. Her eyes still showed some fear.

"It happened early this morning. I woke up and looked out my window to see what the sky looked like. But instead of seeing a beautiful blue sky, I saw..." she looked slightly down then back up at him, "flames. I hopped out of bed and headed down the stairs and out the door. My mamma called me to come back inside so I wouldn't get hurt or lost. And plus, I had my pj's on. But I ignored her and watched the fire. Then..." she got tears in her eyes.

"Then what?" Gray asked softly, too impatient.

"My mom started to pull me back into the house, but right before she shut the door, I saw some people running away from Fairy Tail, but they weren't from the Guild." Gray's face shadowed over.

"Do you know where they were from?"

The girl shook her head. His hand started to squeeze the girls shoulder.

"Mister, y-your hand is hurting me." She let out a small yelp. Gray let go and gave a frown. "Sorry." He hugged her then stood up. "Thank you, I appreciate your help." He gave a small smile then turned around and headed to the back of the Guild. The little girl stood there, watching him. Her lips creeped up into a smile and her eyes got dark.

"Your welcome, Gray Fullbuster."

She disappeared without another word.

"Dammit! I have no idea where to start looking. Maybe I should go back and talk to Lucy...No she probably hates me for leaving." He sighed and fell back on his bed putting his hands behind his head. Gray stared at the ceiling for a long time before he decided what he wanted to do.

He stood outside the door looking down. He was lucky that the doctors let him back into the hospital after what he did. He sighed and knocked on the door before opening it.

"Gray! Y-You came back?"

"Yeah. But I need to discuss something with you guys."

"What's that?"

"The Guild. I talked to a little girl about it."

"What'd she say?"

He walked over and sat down next to Natsu's bed as they waited for his answer. He took a deep breath and started to tell them what the little girl said.

After he finished, they sat in silence. "What did the little girl look like?" "She wore a pink dress with lace at the bottom with black shoes and white socks." "What did her hair look like?" He looked over at Lucy and stared at her as if she asked a dumb question.

"Like yours. Except their were some strands pinned to her back to her head and the rest was down."

Natsu bowed his head and started to shake. "Natsu what's wrong?"

"What color were her eyes?" He growled. Gray gave a confused look and was taken back by this question.

"Um, I think golden... but," "They were golden."

"Huuuh?" Lucy and Gray said at the same time. Natsu put his head up and there was hatred in his eyes.

"That girl. She...was part of the group."

"What group? What are you talking about Natsu!"

Gray looked over at Lucy. She had changed her clothes. Now she was wearing a plain yellow t-shirt and jean shorts. The shorts had some holes in them but not revealing holes. He looked back up at Natsu. "Natsu what are you talking about?"

Natsu shot a look at him. "She was part of the group that attacked us!" His hands were clenched into fists. Lucy put a hand on one of his and watched him carefully.

"Don't you remember Lucy?" Natsu looked over at her and she looked at Gray. Her face was a look on concentration. Finally her face brightened up and she opened her mouth. "Now I-"

"Excuse us, Mister Natsu needs to go to his physical treatment appointment." They all turned their heads to stare at a nurse. Gray nodded and stood up to help Natsu out of his bed. His legs weren't badly harmed. Just some burns, that's all. He let the nurse take over.

Lucy and Gray watched them leave then stood in silence.

"What's going on?"

Lucy perked up and looked at him. "I'll tell you my story..."