I do not own the rights to Fairy Tail or it's characters. This fan fiction is an original chain of events following the story of Gray and Juvia based within the time Natsu left for training with a slight change to Gray's past.

"We need to find help, fast! Gray said there was a village on this island. Do you know where it is?" Juvia asks Mirajane as she reaches over and places the back of her hand on Gray's cheek.

He continues to shiver and sweat from lack of magical energy flowing through his body. Gasping for air, the black markings of Gray's demon force fade from his body. Mirajane stutters and looks up at the collapsed ceiling to observe the layout of the rooms above.

"Um... yeah. The town is that way" she points. "It would be a fifteen minute walk from the outside. Do you need me to fly him there?" she asks, trying to be more helpful.

"Thanks, but no. Juvia needs to do this. You look for Hades and do... whatever it is you do to demon souls" Juvia responds.

Mirajane nods and both women stand up. Juvia wraps Gray's arm around her shoulder and carries him onto the ice rubble that once contained Deliora; the Demon of Destruction. Mirajane reverts out of her Satan Soul and wanders around looking for a sign of Precht who was assigned by Ur Milkovich to resurrect Lyon.

"Stay safe!" Juvia calls out to Mirajane.

"You too. You were really strong and scary just then" Mirajane replies.

Juvia looks straight up through the series of holes in the ceiling that once allowed the Moon Drip to enter the cavern under the temple. The water flooding the room form a platform under Juvia's feet and lifts both her and Gray above the arena until they surface above the temple exterior through the gaping hole in the top of the building. She looks in the direction Mirajane had instructed her to travel and notices a small circular village in the darkness of the night lit up with torches and fire surrounded by a high wooden wall. Juvia hurries down the side of the temple and carries Gray in the direction of help.

By the time Juvia reaches the village Gray is completely unconscious and motionless from exhaustion. She carries him to the edge of the village and stops before the high wooden wall that stands between her and the town. Looking around, Juvia spots silhouettes on the top of the wall of what could be village scouts or soldiers.

"Please, I need your help!" Juvia calls out.

"Hey! What are you doing here!?" one shouts as they all draw bows and arrows on her.

"I'm sorry, but I need your help now! We came from the temple..." Juvia explains before being interrupted.

"The temple? You came here with the other man, Precht? He came to release the demon. I heard the fight from here with the demon that was kept underground. If you are here then that means you defeated it?" the figure utters as they quickly descend the wooden wall from the inside.

"Please, that doesn't matter! We're in trouble! He will die without your help! Hurry!" she begins to cry.

She drops to her knees as Gray flops on the ground beside her. She grabs him by the hand and continues to sob. After a few moments Juvia hears bolts unlocking and the wall opens up to reveal a path leading through to the centre of a ring shaped village. Standing in the gateway into town is a slim man holding a spear wearing a helmet and unrefined slabs of metal armour.

The illusive man slowly emerges from the darkness cluching his weapon and steps closer to Juvia who is silently crying beside Gray. She looks up to the man and wipes her eyes to see he is horrifically disfigured. The man has short horns on his forehead and blue scales running down his cheeks and forearms. Her heart stops for a second in fear distracting her from Gray's condition, until she remembered what he had told her. Juvia recalls Gray mentioning a town of people on an island who were cursed and mutated by Zeref.

"T-t-th... That's..." the man stutters while staring down at Gray before dropping his weapon and sprinting back into the network of huts in the village.

"No!" Juvia screams. "Don't leave us!"

She collapses onto Gray as she rests her head on his chest. His skin is hot and sweaty, but Juvia still cuddles up to him. She is scared that he will never wake from his fever, but she will do anything to keep the love of her life from dying.

The night suddenly grows even darker and Juvia is quick to notice. She looks up to the sky to see the purple moon and all the stars have disappeared and been replaced with clouds that hang over the village. A gentle shower begins as the torches around town fight against the light rain.

Juvia hears whispers and notices she is being watched by dozens of residents of the village hiding in shadows and behind corners from inside the wall.

"Please, can't anyone help him? I need medicine and clean water. Does anyone know healing magic?" she shouts with tears running down her face. She is no longer as scared for Gray as she is angry and desperate for assistance.

"Of course we can help!" the deep voice of an older man calls out from the whispers.

A short man with pointy ears and large horns emerges from the distance within the walls. He waddles over to Gray and Juvia using a walking stick and is followed by other villagers. The short man has purple skin and long white sideburns that flow halfway down the length of his body.

"Forgive us if we frighten you, dear. We are the demon villagers of Galuna Island, and you are always welcome for removing Deliora from our home" the old man assures her.

Juvia looks up in confusion. The croud of villagers all look intimidating with their horns, tails and claws but Juvia doesn't allow her fear to show. The old man crouches beside Gray and places his skinny purple hand on Gray's forehead. The purple demon's eyes light up suddenly.

"So it's true, Gray has returned to us..." he smiles enthusiastically.

Thunder cracks in the storm clouds as the rain continues to pour even heavier. Juvia raises her head and looks up to the sky then down to the old man. Her hair curls up in tight locks from being wet by the rain.

"Who are you?" she stutters.

The villagers behind the man all begin quietly muttering Gray's name. They approach Gray and lift him from underneath Juvia. She begins to panic, reaching for Gray's hand.

"Please, we must do what we can to help him. What happened in the temple?" the purple man asks.

"He has a fever from losing too much magic..." she replies, hesitantly letting go of Gray. The villagers carry him into the walls of the demon village while the old man remains with Juvia.

"Gray and I fought with the demon under the temple. We were supposed to protect Hades..." she explains to the old man.

"He is safe here. I will explain everything. I am Moka; chief of the Friendly Demons. We have met Gray once before. He is the Demon Savior!" Moka claims.

Juvia immediately finds the irony in a Demon Slayer being called the Demon Saviour. As the villagers carry Gray inside the village walls the rain suddenly becomes less intense as he is finally receiving attention. Juvia is curious to learn about how a village of demons came to know Gray as a savior. Moka; the old man, looks up to the rain clouds and sighs.

"Eight years ago on the southern coast of Fiore we first met Gray. He was investigating why we all transformed into demons..." he explains.

"So, you were all once human?" Juvia asks.

"Yes" Moka sighs. "We were being mutated by an ancient relic kept in a vault underground where we once lived our lives. Gray destroyed it and rescued us from changing any further" he continues, looking back down to Juvia. "We were saved because of Gray and the council."

"The old council? I'm sorry to say, but they've been..." Juvia says before choking up.

"I heard from Precht when he came here only days ago. The Magic Council were all killed by demons. I promise you, we are not like that. We are peaceful We still have our humanity. The council moved us so we would not be targeted for our differences back on Fiore, but also so the Moon Drip could cure us. It has been eight years, but there are signs the Moon Drip is working. Our scales are disappearing, and we have bred the mutation out" Moka smiles as his eyes begin to tear up. "My grandchildren can live a normal life, because Gray stopped the curse back then. Now he has saved us again by stopping Deliora!"

"How do you know about Deliora?" Juvia asks.

"The demon was brought here by Lady Milkovich four years ago. As you would know, Deliora is not the same as the rest of us demon refugees. Deliora is the embodiment of raw destruction, and a real demon. I was told that eighteen years ago Deliora was sealed in a tomb of ice by a young boy who sacrificed his body and soul to protect his master."

"So that was Lyon..." Juvia mumbles, looking toward the temple.

"Correct, and his master was none other than Lady Milkovich; the ice mage who brought Deliora here. Precht's purpose was to melt the ice containing Deliora and revive the boy from the water that remained. I suppose he must have been pretty important to risk bringing Deliora back. Anyway..." he grunts as he uses the walking stick to stand himself up. "Welcome to the Isle of Friendly Demons. We will do everything we can to bring Gray back to full health. It's the least we could do to repay him."

Moka begins to slowly walk through the gate to the village, leading Juvia inside the walls. Juvia follows Moka down the wide path leading into the ring shaped village. Torches light the path ahead under the darkness of night and continue to flicker against the sudden wet weather.

"I'm sorry about the rain" Juvia apologises as why wipes her nose with her sleeve and sniffles. "I haven't felt like this for a very long time. Gray means everything to me..."

Moka stops in the middle of the village and bows his head.

"Gray is in the building there" he continues, pointing to a small wooden structure with a tall straw roof.

The building Gray is in has a number of demon villagers walking in and out with water and blankets. Moka reaches up and places his frail hand on Juvia's shoulder.

"The best you and I can do for him now is meditate" he suggests.

"What do you mean?" Juvia responds.

"Gray is lacking magical energy. Enough of us meditating will draw in Ethernano from the environment, and create a pocket of magical power over the village. This should help cure Gray's fever" he smiles.

She looks Moka in the eyes and nods. The old man shakes as he lowers himself to the ground in a cross legged position. He puts his cane down beside him, closes his eyes and places his hands in his lap. Juvia looks around then sits down also. Facing Moka, she straightens her back and closes her eyes.

Both Juvia and Moka sit cross legged meditating in the light rain. After what feels like only a few minutes Juvia's thoughts are entirely drowned out by the sound of the rain around her. She is anchored to the weather produced by her emotions and lets herself slip deeper into meditation while all other sounds disappear.

She begins to remember the memories the rain had given her. The downpour had only given her pain and exclusion in the past. Throughout her life only Gray was able to stop the rain. She looked up to him as the sunshine in her life. Juvia felt warm around the ice mage.

As she thinks about this, the rain had slowly died down until it had stopped faster than Juvia could notice. She opens one eye to see around thirty other villagers had already joining in the meditation to help Gray. They were all immersed in deep thought working together to gather Ethernano. The sky was cloudy still, but the rain had stopped.

Juvia closed her eyes once more and focuses on Gray. She had made so many memories with him, but suddenly...

Juvia saw Gray from new eyes. She remembers Gray and Ur together, but Gray is only a child. These are not her memories of love. She feels cold and angry as Gray and Ur look to Juvia and smile. The three of them are on a mountain taking their clothes off. This memory doesn't make any sense. Juvia had never seen Ur before tonight. Her eyes twitch beneath her eyelids as she feels an overwhelming chill. Juvia starts to panic before hearing a voice in her head.

"Juvia is the water" a voice whispers, echoing around her in the silence.

She opens her eyes and looks around to see the most bizarre thing. There is snow falling from the clouds above the island instead of rain.

What was with the vision she just saw? Juvia looks down to her hands and sees her fingertips are becoming blue around her fingernails. Why is she so cold all of the sudden? She gets up among the crowd of meditating demons and runs over to the building where Gray is resting. Moka opens his eyes after hearing her move and looks over to Juvia as she runs away.

Juvia stands at the doorway of the building with a tall straw roof and sees Gray shirtless and alone wrapped in a thick blanket in a bed. There are is a bucket beside the bed with a wet sponge floating in it.

She crawls onto the same bed with her hands and knees propped on either side of Gray before flopping onto her side and landing beside him. Not wanting to make him cold, she wraps her arm around Gray but keeps herself from sneaking under the blanket with him. It seemed unfair to lay beside Gray without his consent, but she loves him and there is nowhere she would rather be. It was the first time she had ever spent the night with the real Gray, and not just a plush or pillow shaped like him. Juvia rests her head once more on Gray's chest and tightly squeezes him in his sleep. Her body suddenly began to warm up again beside Gray. She smiles and closes her eyes.

What suddenly caused the snow outside? Why was she suddenly so cold? She reflects on these memories as she drifts into sleep. Who's life was she remembering? What connection do they have with Gray?