*7 years ago*

Gajeel ran through the castle hallway clutching his friends hand.

"Gajeel this is all your fault, they wouldn't have found us if you'd just kept your dumb mouth shut,"

"Come on shrimp we don't have time to bicker," He sprinted still dragging the girl behind him as they were pursued by a pink haired prince and white haired girl. They jumped into the library, hiding in the restricted section. Gajeel didn't spend much time in the library till he met the librarians daughter, Levy.

"Keep it down metal head," she pouted as he knocked over a set of books. Levy was not like the other children who were only nice because he was the prince, she had spunk, a real spitfire.

"We got you!" a voice called as the white haired girl landed on Levy's back.

"Ow, Lissana!" Levy acted annoyed while trying to simultaneously hold back her laughter. The cousin princes were now wrestling on the floor. The doors opened to reveal Gildarts in his usual torn armour, he was accompanied by a strong boy a few years older than Gajeel with black hair and a scar over his eye.

"Lily!" Levy called, snapping the boys out of their fighting trance.

The boys decided to continue their fight in the hall while the girls played with Gajeel's toddler sister Wendy and Lily's little sister Charla. Lily, Gajeel and Natsu continued their fight until they collapsed on the floor. The girls came out to find them passed out, grinning like idiots.

"So are you sure it'll be ok?" Levy asked.

"Yeah, my dad said I could bring a friend," Lissana chirped. Her dad was a merchant and was attending a festival in the neighbouring kingdom.

"Awesome," Levy clapped her hands. Virgo, the maid appeared.

"Dinner is ready," She smiled.

Gajeel grunted as Natsu kicked him under the table, staring down his younger cousin, instead of retaliating, since he was actually mature…and because Levy and Lily were on either side of him and their wrath was merciless. Their butler Capricorn walked into the dining room.

"Ladies the carriage is waiting,"

"Ok," Lissana hoped down from her stool. "Thank you for having us," Lissanna bowed to the king (Gajeel and Wendy's parent).

"Thank you very much for letting me go," Levy bowed. Her father was away for a year in the mountains so the king had offered to look after Levy. The girls skipped out to grab their stuff. The boys excused themselves and followed them.

"Here," Gajeel handed Levy a bag of her favourite butterscotch candies. "Get back soon ok, I prefer to have someone with brain cells around here to talk to, and Lily goes to the training camp tomorrow,"

"Come on, I'll be back next week, plus a summer with your cousin won't kill you," She hugged her friend. She joined Lissana in the carriage, smoothing out her yellow sun dress and trying to smooth out her mess of blue hair with her head band. They waved good bye….

Gajeel couldn't help but feel unsettled. "Natsu you awake?" He asked through the wall.

"Yeah,"

"Do you feel like-"

"Something's up?" Natsu finished his sentence.

"Yeah.." Gajeel tossed and turned all night. In the morning no-one would look him or Natsu in the eye. Thats when his father told him the news…

"Lissana and Levy's carriage crashed….. they, didn't survive,"

No-one saw the boys for a week. Gajeel couldn't believe he'd never see those small red reading gasses, the cute summer dresses, the yellow headband, or the girl with blue hair.

*present day*

"Levy!" Gajeel woke up in a cold sweat. "Blue hair…" He swung his legs of the bed and rested his head in his hands. "Of all times, why now," He looked out the window into the cold night air. "I could have really used your advice these past few days," He looked down from his balcony into the gardens and saw a familiar pink mess of hair infront of two grave stones. "So Lissana's on his mind. Levy what would you do if you were still here?" He was of coarse referring to the ball next week where he and Natsu would have to pick their future brides. "You'd have kicked my ass for giving in," A sad smile dawned his face as he looked up at the moon. "Good talk shrimp, good talk,"

Levy sprung up in bed, "Gajeel," She rubbed her eyes and moved a book off her lap. In the kitchen she found Lissana.

"Can't sleep, huh?"

"I guess it was just seeing them again," She huffed as Lissana handed her a mug. "Sometimes I wonder why we never went back,"

"We're needed here Lev," She hugged her, "One day we'll see them again,"

"But will they want to see us?" Levy murmured under her breath. She wandered back to the room she shared with Lucy, Juvia and Lissana. "Oh Lu," she laughed picking up her friends reading glasses and putting them on the table.

*7 years before*

Lissana dragged Levy out of the wreckage. "Levy wake up!" she shook her friend, their carriage was in flames, their driver dead, the horses run wild. Lissana saw a woman approach them.

"What is your name child?"

"Lissana miss,"

"I am Porlyusica, your friend is injured, follow me," Lissana followed the strange women into the forest until the reached a large cottage. Porlyusica took her in and nursed Levy.

In the morning the Levy was awake and well. Her and Lissana met the other girls in the house and soon befriended them. They found out they were part of a freedom fighting group called fairy tail. While many were young, they helped out starving villagers. Lissana and Levy became close and wanted to help. Unfortunately once they joined they would not be able to return.

Levy befriended a blonde girl in a pink dress.

"Hi I'm Lucy,"

"I'm Levy,"

"Hey both our names begin with L and end with Y," she giggled.

"Hey whats that," She peeked at the paper in the girls hands.

"I'm writing my own comic book," She showed her the pictures.

As the years rolled on Levy grew, but she never forgot him, his scars, his tall muscular build, his gruff personality, his kindness and fondness for cuddles (only with her and Lily). She loved helping people but she wanted to see him again….