"Get back here Lyon!" I yelled. "Get back here and face me you coward!"

Gray took a hold of my shoulders. "Erica, calm down!"

I struggled under Gray's grasp.

"No! He has to pay! He has to! It wasn't your fault!" Gray shook my shoulders. "Erica! Snap out of it!"

I looked into Gray's eyes. "But he….he-" I said as tears began to fill my eyes. I was at a loss for words.

Gray wrapped his arms around me. "I know," He said. I stood there in his arms as I let the anger float away.

"But right now," He said, "We've got to get back and help the villagers."

We silently made our way back to the village gates. From the top of the gates we heard someone shout, "Someone's coming!" Just then, the gate opened and we were met by all of the villagers with Lucy, Natsu, and Happy standing in front. All three were waving their hands in front of their faces,shouting, "No! Stop!"

I stopped and looked down to see a suspicious pile of grass. Obviously a lame attempt for a trap. "No one's going to fall for that." I said.

"What's with the grass?" Said Gray stepping on the pile of grass. And sure enough, he fell through. "Gyaa!" and landed with a thud.

"He actually fell for it." I said shaking my head.

"OOOW! Seriously! What's the big idea?"

"Sorry," Said Lucy, "That was meant for the enemy."

Gray emerged from the trap holding his wound. It looked like it had reopened. Gray put another layer of ice over it.

"Are you guys alright?" Said Happy, "You look terrible."

"We've been better." Said Gray.

"Are you sure?" Said Lucy. "That looks like an awful wound."

Gray shrugged his shoulders, "Eh, I'll live. Anyways, That trap's not going to work."

"Why, you fell for it." Said Natsu.

"No,"I said, shaking my head. "the trap's not going to work because they're going to be flying in from a giant-" I was interrupted when a villager pointed to a flying blue thing in the sky.

"What is that thing?!"

"Oh no," I said.

"They're here." said Gray.

The giant blue rat hovered above the village holding a large bucket. In one swift movement,the rat dumped the the green contents of the bucket over the village.

Whatever that green stuff was, it couldn't be good. The villagers began to panic.

"What is that?!"

"What are we going to do?!"

"Natsu," I said. "When I tell you to, I want you to blast that green stuff.

"But-" He began to protest.

"Just do it!" I said. I ran to the center of the village. "Ice Dragon…..Frozen Blast!" A blast of ice shot through my hand and froze the green stuff mid-air.

"Now Natsu!" I shouted.

"Alright! Fire Dragon's…..Brilliant Flame! A ball of fire hit the frozen green jelly, dissolving it into thin air.

The giant rat came down and Yuka and the dog-boy dismounted.

"We tried to be nice by making your deaths swift." Said Yuka, "But now you're just going to have to suffer."

"Not unless we stop you first." Said Lucy.

"Ha!" I highly doubt that." Said Yuka.

Natsu's fist lit up in flames. "Me and Lucy will take on eyebrows here,you and Gray can take on dog-boy."

"I have a name you know!" said dog-boy.

"Alright then," I said, "Let's hear it."

"It's Toby."

Suddenly, the giant rat began to take off.

"They're getting away!" Said Gray.

"I'll get them!" Said Lucy preparing to go after the rat and the pink haired girl.

"No." Natsu held a hand out in front of Lucy to stop her. "We need to stay here and protect the villagers."

"But-"

"We can fight them later," I said. "But our main priority is taking care of these guys."

"We'll just see about that." Said Toby, retracting his long green nails. "My nails are infused with jellyfish poison! One scratch and you won't be able to move!" Toby swung his claws at me.

"Thanks for the tip!" I said dodging his claws.

This is too easy I thought.

"Huh?" Said Toby confused, which by the looks of it was pretty normal for him.

"Oh, and by the way," I said, pointing to my forehead, "you have something on your face."

"Who do you take me for?" Said Toby. "I'm not stupid enough to fall for a trick like that!" He swung his claws at me over and over but I kept dodging.

"Aw," I said with fake disappointment. "But you might fall for this! Ice Dragon…...Roar!"

Toby was knocked down unconscious. Way Too easy.

"You could have at least let me in on the fight." Said Gray, arms crossed.

I scratched the back of my head. "Sorry,I got a little carried away." I looked over at Natsu and Lucy who looked pretty victorious. I noticed that Yuka was Knocked out too, with a very ugly bruise on his face. Natsu's doing obviously.

"Natsu wouldn't even let me in on the fight." Said Lucy walking over to us.

"I know the feeling." Said Gray stealing a glance at me.

"Sorry," Said Natsu, "I got a little carried away."

"Funny,that's what I said."

"Well, I am going to find that pink-haired girl." Said Lucy Walking in the direction of the temple. That was where Lyon probably was and was I worried that they would cross paths.

As if Gray had read my mind, he put a hand on my shoulder. "Don't worry," He said, "Lucy can take care of herself. I nodded my head. Gray was right. Lucy was strong enough to handle things on her own.

After Lucy left, Gray went to the medicine supplies tent and got some bandages for his wound. We came back to the hut where we waited for Lucy to return. We waited all night but she didn't come back which only made me worry more.