Fairy Curse
Chapter two- Hidden Fears and Forgotten Pride
Gajeel:

Gajeel ran for his life, he had never ran so fast for such a great purpose before, sure, his life had actually been in danger in the past, but even then he did not feel as unwaveringly desperate to go faster. He ran past Wendy, and picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder, but no matter how fast he ran, he still wished to go faster, he couldn't let Natsu die, Natsu had saved his life. What life would he have led if he had not joined the Fairy Tail guild? If he had died when Phantom Lord had attacked Fairy Tail, he would never have met Levy, or Panther-lily, as much as he hated to admit it, Fairy Tail was family.

As they entered the village, Gajeel set Wendy down and raced towards the nearest human being, which happened to be a very small, stocky man with glasses. As Gajeel approached him, the man dropped the pile of books he was holding and scampered away, narrowly missing Gajeel's outstretched hand.
"Oi! Where do you think you're going?!"Gajeel roared, clearly frustrated by the man's retreat. Meanwhile, Wendy cautiously approached an elderly woman with a bouquet of yellow flowers, who was casually making her way down the street.
"Excuse me miss! Please help us!"Wendy pleaded; the woman looked shocked by Wendy's words and hastily quickened her pace, knocking over a number of plant pots in her escape. Wendy paused in dismay.

"Why won't they help us?"Carla questioned. Gajeel had succeeded in driving all the villagers from the area and made his way back to the group.
"Argh!" he shrieked "We don't have time for this; Natsu could be dead already!" Wendy flinched at his rage and Panther-lily put a hand on Gajeel's shoulder, trying to calm him. Gajeel refused to listen and stalked over to a nearby window, he then punched through the oak shutters and grabbed a small, ginger boy that was hiding beneath the window, watching them. The boy struggled defiantly, twisting like a snake in Gajeel's arms, Gajeel shook the boy and lifted him to his face menacingly.
"Tell me, where is your doctor?" Gajeel was obviously trying to stay calm, but the boy only stuck his tongue out at the dragon-slayer and looked away, for Gajeel, this was the last straw. He swung the boy around in the air and he hit the ground with a thud, squealing in shock.
"Tell me." Gajeel growled, his fingernails grew into iron claws and scales emerged on his face. The boy screamed a high-pitched scream like he was being attacked by a monster.

"Gajeel! Gajeel stop! You are hurting him!"Wendy wailed, Panther-lily transformed and attempted to pull Gajeel off the boy, but to no avail, the fury in Gajeel's eyes bore into the very soul of the boy, he was petrified; unable to move or speak. He just stared into the Dragon-slayers blood red eyes and froze as he was shaken around violently.
"Gajeel! Stop! This isn't helping! Gajeel!"Wendy became more desperate. "Doing this won't save Natsu!"She shrieked. Gajeel froze, what was he doing? She was right, how could doing this to the boy help Natsu in any way? It would just make him even more reluctant to help them, he dropped the boy and staggered backwards, as his back touched the wall behind him he slid down into a crouching position and stared at the floor.

This whole situation just pushed Gajeel to the edge, no one, no matter how despicable, had attacked one of his friends from behind while they were tending to someone else's safety before. He had never seen Natsu in that helpless state, not once had he been so unable to protect anyone, and now the attackers had disappeared without a trace, and Gajeel had no idea why they targeted Natsu in the first place. Was it because he was the only one that managed to sense and stop the arrow? Were they just targeting the one that was immune to surprise attacks? Are they going to pick off all of his friends one by one in the same way?And him, too? All these questions surged through Gajeel's head, the shock of losing Natsu would be too great, the guild would never recover, and here he was worrying about his own safety.

A second later a furry fist came into contact with Gajeel's face; Gajeel felt the wall crumble behind him as his head collided with the bricks.
"Pull yourself together!"Panther-lily commanded, his fists were balled up and a look of irritation was planted firmly into his feline features. The world came to a halt, Gajeel cleared his throat and stood up, he looked over at Wendy and saw that she was talking to the boy calmly, who was still staring at Gajeel with distress.

Gajeel then turned back to Lily, who was looking at him strenuously, his furry eyebrows curving in with a frown. Gajeel inhaled; making himself look bigger, and returned Lily's glare.
"What?" He snapped, Lily looked at him sternly, a look that could force a lion to the ground. Gajeel shrunk back and looked away, pursing his lips
"Sorry."He mumbled, Lily cocked an eyebrow and Gajeel huffed, his dragon-slayer side would not allow him to apologise to a cat.
"I am sorry for freaking out." He reported to a nearby tree."Look, we don't have time for this, we have to find a doctor immediately, we might already be too late." Lily nodded at this and they simultaneously glanced over at Carla and Wendy, who didn't seem to be getting anywhere with the boy.
"What is your name?" Gajeel heard Wendy ask, the boy answered reluctantly.
"Yukine" Wendy looked relieved at his response, at least he was talking.
"Can you tell us where the doctor is?" Wendy asked. Yukine looked at her suspiciously.
"Why should I tell you?"He said "You guys are just monsters who have come to steal all of our valuables." This was why Gajeel hated kids, Wendy aside; they were all dishonest, stupid, immature little brats that had nothing better to do than make other people's lives harder. Gajeel exhaled, he needed to relax, and let Wendy handle the boy.