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Chapter 3

Day 1 of the Games, Begin!

For Amber and her teammates Laxus, Gajeel, Mira, and Jellal/Mystogan, the preliminaries went quickly and painlessly. Anyone they did run into was easily dealt with and their path through the maze was quick. The only thing that Amber had to deal with was Laxus's constant teases about her and Gray, which Gajeel latched onto as well and Mira? Well let's just say she started planning out their entire future, as well as what the babies would look like. The morning after the preliminaries, when the teams were being announced, the first team of Fairy Tail was shocked to see the strongest mages of the guild come out at second place. When Amber made eye contact with Gray, she winked, making him blush slightly. She walked up and held out her hand, and he grabbed it in a handshake.

"No matter what, don't hold back, okay Gray-chan?" she said with a smirk. He laughed, pulling her into a hug.

"Of course, Amber. Any battle we have will be a fierce one indeed." then he leaned in closer and whispered in her ear "Where did you go last night?" he asked quietly. Amber kissed him on the cheek and pulled away with a smile.

"I'll tell you when this is all over." He gave a nod, and that's when the team that came in first walked out, Sabertooth. Amber was ecstatic to see her brother again, and she gave a secret smile and a slight nod when they met eyes, he returned her smile slightly before looking ahead. Sting, although he didn't point it out for his friends sake, noticed the exchange and made a note to talk to this girl Amber at some point. And with that The announcers brought up the board with all the events on it. And thus the first event began. The teams selected their member for 'Hidden', Gray joined for Fairy Tail A when Lyon announced and seeing her two adoptive brother entering, Amber joined for Fairy Tail B.

The game quickly began, and Amber immediately formed a strategy. When the copies showed up, she analyzed their movements and blended into the crowd, watching for anyone using magic. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Rufus standing on top of one of the buildings, she figured he was up to something, so she kept on her way. She ran into Eve as he used his snow magic and she held her breath, realizing what she was doing. Lucky for her, her training with Ur kept her from feeling cold. After he had knocked his visible opponents down, she saw the mage from Raven Tail getting ready to attack, so she charged her ice magic in each palm and jumped in between as they were about to hit and knocked both of them down before she quickly ran into the crowd and disappeared again. She hid for a while and saw Rufus do a long ranged attack on everyone, excluding her. She saw the Raven Tail mage jump up and try and attack Rufus, but he was swiftly knocked down. They were in the last five minutes and most people were tied for the higher ranks, Amber being on the bottom of that. She jumped up and made her way to Rufus. He stood there waiting as she faced him before he finally spoke.

"You didn't get hit by my Memory Make. You are both good at hiding and hiding your true magic." Amber smirk with a light laugh before swirling her 'true magic' around her left fist. She met his eyes with a dark glare and jumped forward. She had been instructed not to go all out by both the first and third masters, so she only used the power she needed to stay on par with him. They fought for almost five minutes straight before someone tried to interrupt us. Rufus quickly knocked him down and I tried to attack him while his back was turned. I went through him and stopped myself from falling off the building, and as the last few seconds ticked by, Rufus held a sword tightly to my throat, making it bleed slightly, and as the last second ticked off, he rammed the butt of his sword into the back of my skull, knocking me out and taking a point, knocking me into second to last.

I woke up to the sound of the crowd bashing on Fairy Tail, more specifically, Gray. I slowly stood up with my hair covering my face as a dark aura surrounded me. Natsu froze as he noticed, and the rest of my guild mates backed off, knowing what was coming. I heard Makarov yelling at me to calm down, but it was too late. My magic burst across the field, knocking everyone on the ground, along with a few people in the stands, down to the ground. The arena went silent as my magic calmed down, and I faced the entirety of the masses as I yelled so everyone could hear.

"Fairy Tail has lost it's touch over the years, I'll admit that. But it's strongest mages are back, so we will show every single damn one of you," she said pointing to the guilds "That we're still as strong, and even stronger than we were seven years ago. So, if anyone of you has issues with my guild and wish to complain, come find me, and I'll show you the true power of a Fairy Tail mage!" she yelled as she held out her left are, charging a lot of her magic into the spinning storm, starting to bring dust and paper towards it. All of a sudden, it stopped. And Amber walked towards the doors that led out of the arena and left. After the crowd started slowly talking again, she returned unnoticed by the outsiders to her guild mates. As the battle were announced and Lucy was brought out to fight in the first battle, Amber walked over and gave her a huge hug and whispered in her ear.

"Give them hell, after all, you are Fairy Tail's true light." I gave her a small smile as I pulled away and stood next to the masters. When she hopped down and Amber heard the crowd belittling her. She felt her anger begin to rise again, but the Makarov grabbed her hand and shook his head. She let out a sigh and headed towards the exit "I can't handle this right now…" She muttered before she was finally gone. She found a park and sat down at the swings, closing her eyes and calming herself. When she heard a rustling, she opened her eyes to see the sun setting and Rogue standing in front of her with a worried look. He sat down on the swing next to her.

"Are you alright, Amber?" he asked quietly. I shook my head silently. "That was quite a show out there, I didn't know you had so much magic. I remember you being powerful as children, but I never expected you to become that powerful." he said with a small laugh.

"Trust me, that was only a part of my magic." he lost his balance on the swing and fell backwards. As he recover, he met my eyes with his shocked ones.

"...What?" he questioned.

"I'm the third or fourth strongest mage in the guild. The first of course being Makarov, then Gildarts, although he could probably beat the Master. But I've never fought him so I just assume he's stronger, and then when I was younger, before I was taken again, me and Erza were almost really close to being the same level, me being slightly stronger, so I have no idea now." I finished looking up towards the sky

"Damn." she looked back to see Sting looking at her shocked. Amber sent him a glare and he quickly hide behind Rogue.

"What are you doing here." She growled

"The guild was wondering where he was, and they asked me to go find him. I figured he'd be with you anyway so I made sure no one else went searching." My glare quickly disappeared and I gave him a warm smile.

"Well thank you for that. I'm Amber by the way. Amber Cheney." She said holding out her hand. He slowly walked forward and shook her hand.

"I'm Sting Eucliffe."

"Well it's a pleasure to actually meet you. Ryos told me a little about you." he gave her a small smile before turning towards his friend.

"We should be getting back, you know how they are." Rogue gave a solemn nod before turning to Amber and giving her a smile. She ran forward and jumped into his hug and her caught her and spun her around a few times, making her laugh. "Hopefully when this is all over, we'll be able to spend some more time together." He said, she gave a quick nod before pushing him towards Sting.

"Well you guys should get going, I don't want you guys to get in trouble." they both gave a nod and turned around to leave, before they got too far she yelled

"Hey Sting!" he turned around with a questioning look. "For the rest of the games you better take care of my little brother, got that?" He let out a loud laugh before he nodded with a huge smile. Then they turned around and left. Amber went and sat on the swings again and though back to earlier that day, when she had woken up and heard what the crowd had been saying. She new Gray, and she knew what was probably going through his head right now, and it tore her apart. They had known eachother for years now, and she didn't know quite when, but somewhere along the road she had admitted that she was absolutely in love with him. She looked up towards the sky, smiling as she sang a little part of a song she knew.

I'll think of you, when I dream.

So when it's dark, you'll be with me.

And no matter where we are, we can look up to the stars,

And I will think of you as I dream….

She looked back down and saw Gray standing in front of her with a slight smile. "That's the song I taught you when we were little." he said. I gave a nod and patted the swing next to me.

"Do you want to sing it together for old time's sake?" I asked. He took a seat on the swing and nodded.

I'll think of you as I go

So when I leave, you're not alone

And no matter where we are, we will never be that far

'Cause I will think of you as I go

She started with a smile holding out her hand and they swung together, he grabbed it and continued.

I'll think of you as I dream

So when it's dark, you'll be with me.

And no matter where we are, we can look up to the stars.

And I will think of you as I dream.

He continued on letting go of her hand and jumping off the swing, motioning for her to join him.

Oh, it's a long and winding road

But you don't have to walk alone.

'Cause no matter where we are, I will keep you in my heart

And I will think of you as I go.

Their voices blended together as She jumped off and grabbed both of his hands.

I'll think of you when I'm down

When my heart is on the ground

And I will never lose my way even if the skies are grey

'Cause I will think of you when I'm down

Oh, it's a long and winding road

But you don't have to walk alone.

'Cause no matter where we are, I will keep you in my heart

And I will think of you as I go.

Oh, it's a long and winding road

But you don't have to walk alone.

'Cause no matter where we are, I will keep you in my heart

And I will think of you as I go.

We sang the last three parts together, slowly getting closer and closer until we were chest to chest as the last word rang out. She met his eyes and saw the sadness still wandering around his eyes. Amber gave a smile and pulled him into a hug. She whispered in his ear as she felt strong feelings of love wash over her.

"I want to tell you something, Gray, but you have to promise me that you won't say anything." she whispered. They were standing under a tree and Amber tapped his eyelid lightly, and he closed his eyes. She took a breath before she stepped on her tip toes, wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. He stood there shocked slightly, before he pulled her closer, making her gasp and he took the opportunity, pushing his tongue into her mouth as well as pushing her against the tree. He overpowered her easily, which she enjoyed. They like to mess around as kids, and she had always loved it when he showed that he was a man, even if she was older than him, she loved him showing power over her. Lyon was the only person she had ever told about her feelings for Gray, and they both agreed that she would most likely be the dominant one in public, but when it came to their private, intimate moments, he would show her who was really dominant. They were right. They broke apart gasping, and she knew what was coming. He was upset with what happened earlier and he thought he was weak, so he would reject her for 'her own good'. When he started to speak, she put a finger against his lips, holding back her tears.

"I know what you're going to say, Gray...you don't have to say anything." and with that she ducked under his arm and dashed towards where she was staying with the guild and locked herself in the room she was sharing with Lucy. She fell against the door and fell to the floor, the tears finally coming. Lucy rushed over and pulled her into a hug, asking what was wrong. After a few minutes of Amber crying on Lucy's shoulder, she finally spoke up.

"You know, when me, Lyon, and Gray were training together, Lyon promised he would walk me down the aisle when I got married, he would always talk about it in front of Gray and he would push us together. Back then, I always thought it was an accident when he pushed one of us into the other, but when I looked back, I realised he was screwing with us. I always had nightmares when I was younger, and I would always go to one of them when I couldn't fall back asleep. And when ever I would go find Lyon, we would get closer and closer. I eventually told him about my feelings for Gray…" Lucy gasped and Amber gave a small smile. "I've loved him for so long..." She whispered. "I was sitting in the park and he found me. He taught me this song when we were young say that no matter where we were we would always be together because we would always keep each other in our hearts. We would always sing it together, and that's what we did...and we just kept getting closer and closer. After we were done, I kissed him, and he kissed back. When we pulled away, I told him I loved him and then ran…" She held her head in her hands. "He would never accept me with what happened today, I know how he thinks, he thinks he's week so even if he did love me back, he would think he was too weak to take care of me…" She cried harder and Lucy pulled her into a tight hug.

"It'll be okay sweetie, I bet you'll just have to give him a few days and then he'll come up to you and kiss you infront of everyone." Amber let out a laugh before she shyly asked "Could you stay with me tonight? I don't have anyone else to go to…" She said softly.

Lucy gave her a sweet smile and pulled me up, pulling her to the bed where she laid down and rested Amber's head on her chest, she started humming a song and she quickly fell asleep. As Amber's breath evened out, Lucy thought to herself

She's so strong and she maybe be on the older side of our age, but she must not have been able to act like a child when she was that age. I guess everyone need someone to take care of them sometimes, no matter how strong or old they are.

She smiled as she continued humming a little long, slightly stroking Amber's hair as she saw her face loose years, her face suddenly seeming like a child's.

"You are one of the most amazing people I have ever met, Amber." Lucy laid down next to her friend, still hugging her, and fell asleep, dreaming of a certain pink haired dragon slayer.