Erza understood Natsu's anger towards her. She was angry at herself too, and he had right to an explanation. She had literally just disappeared! On her way to Fairy Hills, she remembered back to that day..

It had been an ordinary day, no not quite, the weather was better than usual, which naturally had made her in a better mood. But as soon as she heard, things breaking, even before she had entered the guild, her mood drastically fell, and she became 'a demon', as people said. Actually she was just slightly annoyed, but when she had mentioned it to Natsu one time, he had just screamed "Demon!" in her face, and she had not bothered to change the impression since. She walked in, and people felt her gloomy aura immediately. Most stopped what they were doing, but she continued walking towards the scarf-wearing and the no-wearing boys. They had a good fight, and it was one of the more serious ones, Erza concluded. And Erza had admitted to herself that she actually liked Natsu and Gray's quarrels, it was.. calming.

"Natsu! Gray! Cease at once!" she said sternly, and at the sound of her voice, both boys laid an arm around each other, and lifted their other arm in unison, while they said "Best friends! Yup!" and shook, as though she had just presented them to their worst nightmares. She smiled, satisfied that they had made up, and she was the reason for it. She nodded shortly, before heading towards the bar, where the master sat, and just… looked at everything. She didn't understand it, but it was master's decision, so she had no right to question it. "Good morning master" she said politely, and he smiled warmly at her. She looked at Mira "Morning." Erza said and smiled a little "Do you…?". Mira just giggled shortly, and looked down on a plate already presented at the table. Erza sighed in delight "Thank you, Mira" she said, almost soft. That one piece of divine strawberrycake, was enough to save every day, the rest of her life.

While Erza devoured the delicious slice of cake, Mira greeted her "Good morning Erza. There is a request for you… specifically" Erza kept her eyes on the cake. It was not uncommon that people made requests for her help. "It says the reward is a new armor" Mira said, and this made Erza look up "Sounds interesting" Erza said, and Mira smiled "But it looks kind of… suspicious. It just said: I request a meeting alone with the mage Titania, in The Limp Forest at nightfall. Further information will be given then. Reward for this job: The armor of…." Mira's voice died, and Erza could see she was struggling with the word, but she just sat and waited patiently. The white haired girl squinted her eyes, and let out an annoyed sigh "The armor of… Tranquility?" she said questioning. Erza's eyes widened, and she stared at Mira almost in awe. *THE armor of tranquility?* Erza thought, and the Mira just smiled, trying not to laugh at Erza's foreign expression "I'm guessing you're interested… But promise me you will be careful, okay? I don't like it." Mira said with a hint of worry in her eyes. At the sight of that, Erzas features were set in a relaxed way, and she smiled calmingly at her old friend "Don't worry Mira. Nothing will happen." Erza said, and Mira nodded.

Erza had told some of the nearest friends – namely 'Team Natsu' about it, and there where very mixed opinions on that matter. "Do you think it is safe, Erza?" Lucy asked a bit worried, reminding Erza of Mira.
"Pff, what are you talking about, Lucy? Erza can handle it" Natsu said, leaning back. It was boring to talk about this.
"Yeah but…" Lucy said quietly
"I don't like it either. It sound like a trap. Let us go with you" a shirtless Gray said.
"Oy, Icebrain, didn't you hear what she said? The request was that she should come ALONE" Natsu said, in a-matter-of-fact-way.
Grey sneered "I believe your brain has finally melted, hothead. It could be an ambush, you idiot!"
This made Natsu stand up angrily "You want a piece of me, popsicle?!" he said, a flaming red aura arising around him.
Gray stood up as well and said "Bring it on, Tinderbox!" around him a chilly blue feeling gathered, reaching towards Natsu.
"Guys… Please…" Lucy reached her hands defensively in front of her, her palms facing towards them.
Behind her a deadly purple/black aura rose, and scarlet eyes stared towards the two boys. As soon as they felt Erza's glare, their competitive aura sunk back, and they smiled simultaneously, while they stuck a hand in the air, and said "Go for it!"
Erza sighed "You think so?" she said while the boys sat down.
"Yeah" Natsu said "You can always come back"
"True" Erza said "Well… Then I guess I should be on my way. It's nightfall soon. If I don't get time to say goodbye…. Take care" she said, granted them a small smile and left to pack her bags.

She stood in the edge of The Limp Forest, and starred into it. There was a lot of mist – too much mist to be normal. She squinted her eyes, all senses in high alert. Something were wrong, she could feel it. This was not good. She began listening and looked around, backing away, thinking it was a mistake to be here.

And then a dagger flew past her head.

She had just heard it in the last moment, and jumped back. She turned to where the dagger had come from, and summoned her Sea Empress sword. A silhouette began forming in the mist, and she clenched her hard harder around the shaft of the sword "Is it you, who have summoned me?" She asked, her voice the very definition of authority. She let the sword send moisture into the air, clinging to the small drops, which made the mist, causing the mist to slowly disappear, revealing the person.

Erza stared the person in the eyes, after she had concluded that the person did not have a weapon in one's hand. She could not see what gender the person was, but based on the body, she would say it was a male. The person was older than her, but he was still relatively young. He was wearing a knight-helmet, so you could only see his eyes, which was some of the clearest eyes she had ever seen, and he calmly responded her glare. He was wearing a robe, which was odd in her opinion. A knight's helmet and a robe? He finally spoke "Yes it is, Erza Scarlet. My name is Kōsen, Tuyr." he bowed respectfully.

She became confused. He had just thrown a knife at her, and now he bowed? She let the sword fade, as the mist was gone now, and made a quick bow, still convinced that he was not trustable in the moment. They stood up at the same time and looked at each other. "What is your request, Kōsen Tuyr?" she asked.
"It is not as much a request, as it is an offer, Titania. I would simply like to offer you the opportunity to become my apprentice" he said, eyes still on her.
She stared confused at the man. And then she realized something
"Tuyr… You are…"

"Yo" a voice cracked her flashback, and she looked at the person disturbing it. Gray's eyes looked into hers, with a whole bunch of emotions.

Author's commentary:

Hi again ^^ THANKS FOR READING UNTIL NOW!
I'll try to update quickly... Grr... And thank you the people who have reviewed! And favourited! :D

And I must warn you... there will be a couple of OC's, but the rest i Hiro Mashima's fantastic characters!
I don't know what to write... Ehm... Wuhu! xD