Hey everyone! Day 4 submission for Grayza week! Kinda late XD I've been busy. Hope you enjoy!

Prompt: Past/Future

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

3rd Person's POV

Gray could clearly remember his past. He remembered how his parents were killed by Deliora, how he joined up with Ur and Lyon, how he left them to go fight Deliora himself, how Ur sacrificed herself. How she died because of his recklessness. And today was that day. The day Ur died.

He had woken up feeling depressed. He had glanced over at his wife, the Erza Scarlet, now Erza Fullbuster and silently rolled out of bed. Gray was lucky Erza was a heavy sleeper; she would've scolded him for being so incredibly depressed. She would've told him that Ur would've wanted him to stop moping around and enjoy life, but still remember her without being depressed. But Gray never got over it. Not really.

The raven haired man slid on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt with a hoodie. He tugged on his shoes and slipped out their bedroom door. Before he left however, he cracked open the door to their children's bedroom.

A little girl and a boy, about 6 years old, slept in the same bed against the wall. The girl's hair was black like Gray's and her eyes were a dark blue. The female replica of himself really. Her long hair fanned out onto her pillow. The boy had spiky red hair that reminded Gray too much of Natsu. He had Erza's brown eyes. They were twins, obviously not identical twins. The older twin, Ezra Quicksilver, their son, had his arm wrapped protectively over the younger girl, Silver Ur.

On the other side of the room was an older looking girl, about 9. She had long red hair and dark blue eyes and pale skin. This was Scarlet Azre Fullbuster, their oldest child and daughter. Against her bed was a crib, containing a baby boy with a tuft of raven hair and dark brown eyes. This was their youngest child and son, Uriah Ultearm. He was 2 years old.

Gray smiled softly at the sleeping children and shut the door. Ur would've loved them, he thought to himself.

She does love them. She's here, in your heart, Gray imagined Erza telling him.

He sighed inwardly and headed out the door.

~.~

Erza was standing in a dirty prison cell in her dream. It was a vaguely familiar, like a long, distant memory past.

"Erzy, I'm tired. My hands and feet hurt," a familiar, but childish voice, said.

She turned to see Milliana. As a child.

"Don't worry," Erza heard herself say. "Mine are the same too."

Milliana sighed. "I wish we could get out of here, meow. Cats don't like being trapped."

"I know, but we just have to bear through it until they let us go," Erza said softly.

"Erza!" a voice called.

She turned to see a blue haired boy. Jellal.

"Do you have a last name?" he asked idly as he approached. "What's your full name?"

"What's yours?" a voice chimed in.

It was a younger Simon.

"I'm Jellal Fernandes!" Jellal declared.

"I'm Simon Mikazuchi," Simon added.

The blue haired boy got closer to Erza. Simon twitched, but he didn't move.

"What's your name?" he asked casually.

The redhead shook her head. "I don't have one. It's just plain old Erza."

Jellal tilted his head at Erza. "You don't have one?"

"No. Sorry to disappoint," she replied.

Jellal moved to the back and picked up a strand of her hair.

"W-what are you doing?" she stuttered.

"Your hair's pretty," he commented. "Hey! I know. What about Scarlet? Erza Scarlet? That way if I forget your name, all I have to do is look at your pretty hair."

Erza felt herself blush shyly as she heard her two friends protest.

"Jellal! You can't make up someone's name!" Milliana giggled.

"Yeah!" Simon protested. "She should be free to choose whatever name she wants!"

Erza glanced up at Jellal, a faint blush coating her cheeks.

"Erza Scarlet," she tried out the name on her lips. "I like it."

Jellal beamed at her. "Great! Now I won't forget your name because of your pretty hair!"

Her dream suddenly shifted and it disappeared to form a new one.

A familiar blue haired boy with a red tattoo on his face appeared, chained to a column.

"Jellal!" Erza heard herself cry out.

She ran toward the chained boy and easily cut away his chains with her sword.

"C'mon Jellal! We can get out of here!"

Erza half dragged him out of the room. "We're free! We can leave! Hurry! The others are waiting for us!"

"There is no such thing as freedom."

Jellal's voice was cold and cruel.

"Huh?"

The scarlet haired girl turned to her companion.

"I said, there is no such thing as true freedom. We should stay and finish this, to please the great god and wizard Zeref," Jellal stated calmly.

A new glint had come into his eyes. One of insanity.

"No, Jellal!" Erza tugged at him. "This was your idea! You told us to stand up for ourselves! And we can leave now!"

"It was a foolish plan!" he bellowed, swiping at her, causing her to fly backwards into the rubble.

"I will stay and finish the tower. But you are free to leave, Erza. Only you. And you cannot tell anyone else. If you do, I will personally make sure that I kill everyone you care about," Jellal snarled cruelly.

He strode down to her and picked her up by the collar. "Do you understand? You cannot tell a single soul about what I'm doing here. Or else your friends will die."

"W-what's happened to you?" Erza whimpered.

"Understand?" Jellal growled.

"Yes."

"Good. Now, leave. And never return," the blue haired boy hissed forcefully. "You will never truly be free."

Erza woke up in a cold sweat. Even though Jellal was a good man now, the past still haunted her. She could still see the cruelness in her old friend's eyes. Erza shook her head, trying to get the images out. She took deep breaths to calm herself.

When she was down, the Requip Mage turned to her other side. Gray was gone. Of course. It was the anniversary of Ur's death, the scarlet haired woman recalled. Gray needed time alone. She sighed wistfully, wishing Gray was here. She wanted to talk to someone, someone who understood her. But, she decided, she should leave him alone for the day. Maybe I should get some time alone too, Erza mused. I could call up Natsu and Lucy and ask them to bring Nashi and Igneel around. Yes, that sounds like a good idea.

Erza smiled to herself. Scarlet, Silver, and Ezra loved hanging out with the four Dragneel siblings.

Nashi Layla Dragneel was Scarlet's age; 9 years old. She had pink hair like her father and warm brown eyes like her mother.

Her younger brother, Igneel Jude Dragneel was a year older than the twins, being 7 years old. Igneel had Lucy's blonde hair and Natsu's onyx eyes.

Both siblings had their father's unusually sharpened canines.

Erza got out of bed and quickly changed into her white, high necked blouse and dark blue skirt. She picked up her phone and called the Dragneel house.

"H-hello?" someone answered blearily.

It was Lucy and she sounded like she just woke up.

"Lucy, it's Erza," the redhead replied.

"Oh! Hey Erza! What's up?" the blonde responded.

Erza ran a hand through her red hair. "I need you to come over and watch the kids for me. I…have business to attend to."

"I can do that! Nashi and Igneel have been wanting to go see the Scarlet, the twins, and Uriah for a while! How long do you want me to stay?" Lucy said cheerfully.

The Requip Mage fidgeted on the other side of the line.

"For a while," she decided. "At least, until I get back. You see, Gray took off again and I need to go find him."

"Oh no. What happened now?" Lucy grumbled.

"It's the anniversary of Ur's death," Erza whispered.

The Celestial Wizard was silent for a moment.

"Oh, I forgot," Lucy said softly. "Give him my condolences. And Natsu's as well."

"Will do, but can you get over here ASAP? I have to go," Erza pleaded.

"Alright, I'm up, I'm up. Give us about 15 minutes," the blonde replied exasperatedly.

"Thanks so much Lucy."

"No problem!"

Erza hung up and sighed in relief. Thank goodness for Lucy and Natsu.

Half an hour later…

"I thought you said 15 minutes!" Erza exploded as Lucy and Natsu herded Nashi and Igneel inside.

"Sorry," Lucy apologized. "Nashi lit something on fire and Igneel made his food explode everywhere. And Natsu was sleeping through the entire thing!"

She gave the pink haired man a significant look. Natsu shrugged and grinned.

"I need my sleep!" he protested.

"Well, thanks for coming. The twins are already up," Erza added.

"No problem!" Lucy said with a grin. "Now, go!"

Erza was out the door in a flash.

Gray put his hands in his pockets as he hiked down the lonely sidewalk. Snow began to drift down in little fluffs.

"Gray-sama?" a girlish voice said behind him.

The raven haired man turned to see a pretty blue haired girl. Juvia Lockser. Well, Juvia Vastia anyways. She had married Lyon a while ago.

"Oh, hi Juvia," he greeted.

"Are you okay?" she asked curiously.

"It's the day of —"

"Juvia knows," she interrupted. "Lyon-sama went wandering a while ago. Juvia is sorry for your loss, once again."

"Thanks Juvia," he muttered.

"Juvia will let you be alone once more," the bluenette announced before walking off.

"O-okay?" he sweatdropped awkwardly.

Gray watched as the rain woman strode away.

"Gray!" a familiar voice called out.

The Ice Make Mage whipped around to see a familiar Requip Mage hurrying towards him.

"Erza?" he gawked in disbelief.

The minute she reached him, slap. Erza had slapped him.

"Don't you dare run off like that again!" she hissed. "Do you know how worried I've been?"

"Sorry," Gray muttered.

Something suddenly clicked.

"Wait, where're the kids? Are they alright?" he asked in a worried tone.

Erza huffed. "Yes, they're fine. Natsu and Lucy are watching them. But how are you?"

"Thank goodness," Gray exhaled. "And I'm fine, thanks," he added gruffly.

The scarlet haired woman's eyes softened toward her husband.

"I know that tone of voice," she said softly, touching Gray's arm affectionately. "You are most certainly not okay."

Gray didn't meet her eyes. "You know me too well," he muttered softly.

"Yes, well enough to know that you still haven't gotten over Ur's death," Erza shot back.

"You were having the nightmares again?" Gray changed the subject abruptly.

The redhead huffed again, her eyes hardening a bit.

"Yes, but it doesn't matter," she said, waving it off. "I'll be fine, but you. You're like this every. Single. Year."

Erza clipped off every word.

"But it matters to me," Gray said, his hair hiding his eyes. "I have to make sure you're okay."

"Gray, I got past that a long time ago. It's you who hasn't moved on. You need to let it go. Your master Ur is at peace now. It's time you move on from the past and look toward the future," Erza said softly.

Gray lifted his head to meet his wife's.

"Yeah, I suppose you're right," he sighed in resignation.

"Like always," Erza teased with a wink.

"Since when?" he demanded.

"Like I said, since always Gray. Just accept it already!"

The two intertwined hands as they began walking back down to their apartment. Walking away from their past and going towards the future.

Holy mother Mavis FINALLY! I FINISHED THIS CHAPTER! You guys have no idea how long that took XD Probably because of school. But whatever. I have 3 more prompts to go, unless I choose to do the bonus day. Which I probably won't, because I have a tight schedule as it is XD.

Hoped everyone liked it! Reviews, comments, follows, favorites, reposts, etc. are greatly appreciated! Until next time!

~ SoulHorse