Demons

Month 5 of Juvia's pregnancy and Month 2 of Gray and Juvia's engagement

He could still feel his Mother's shaky embrace, the warmth of her tears and her hoarse scared voice as she prayed; his Father was helping his neighbours recover others from the rubble but never returned home, this continued for days on end, hiding from the demon Deliora. But the day finally came when Deliora stumbled upon their house, knocking half of the house on its side revealing the hidden Mother and son inside, their screams where silent to the demon, its foot raised above them coming down with great force, he closed his eyes knowing the end was near, he could still hear her prayers. But the next thing he knew she threw him out of range with the last of her strength and blacked out when he hit a wall.

When he awoke it was already night fall, he could make out that his house was destroyed, he crawled to the rubble hoping to find his Mother but all the was left was her bloodied necklace with the silver cross, she was gone and he laid in the rubble crying, he was alone now and his Father was presumed dead. He was alone and scared, not sure if he could still run.

Then he heard the unmistakable yells of his Father calling out for his family, with the last bit of hope he ran into the darkness in hope to find his Father but bumped into something large. Once the clouds cleared from the sky, the moons rays uncovered the demon towering over him; it looked down at him and raised a hand to strike as he looked on with fear.

In that last minute, his Father pushed him out of the way, taking his place in death. Gray looked in horror as he watched his Father take a blow to the head and flew into the ruins of a house; he ran to his Father's side and took his hand.

Silver was struggling to breathe and Gray could feel his blood go cold, Silver looked at him, his eyes already starting to look dead "Run, Gray...run..." he whispered in his last breath as Gray felt his hand go limp. Gray kneeled there, unable to move out of fear, Deliora still towered over him, his growl startled Gray and he remembered his father's last words 'run, Gray...run...'. Before the demon could even touch him, bolted away, not turning around to see the body of his dead Father.

He was running through the cloud of debris and tripping over rubble of what was once a village, he ran from its shadow but it seemed to tower over a vast distance. Its shadow was darker than the night's sky itself and its red eyes brighter than the moon, its roar brought the scared to their knees and its stomps made the earth tremble. He ran faster but the shadow cast further and further, he couldn't escape, he couldn't hide and he couldn't see, nothing but black.

Gray woke up in cold sweat and panting, tears were rolling down his face. He wiped his tears 'Damn nightmares' he thought to himself. He looked down to see a worried face "Gray-sama?" she whispered, reaching a hand to his face but turned and faced away "I'm fine" he mumbled "Just a bad dream" he looked at her with a calm sad expression. "What to tell Juvia about it?" she asked, sitting up against her pilliow and subconsciously placed a hand on her very noticeable baby bump.

They had just finished moving into their new house, it was big enough for a family of seven and was just a few blocks away from the guild and who knew Lyon had a good taste in houses, this house was not only big, it was quite stylish too and was selling at a cheap price. But ever since they moved Gray had been waking up from nightmares of his childhood.

Gray sat up beside her and wrapped an arm around her keeping her warm, they did not bother to turn on the light knowing they'll go back to sleep, he looked at her, she leaned into him and took his hand. He knew if he didn't tell her she would worry more so he decided to tell her "I've been having nightmares about... Deliora...and my mom and dad" he said in a quiet whisper.

She knew about his past but understood how he could still be scarred by the horrific experience. "Juvia is sorry but Juvia wouldn't understand your hardship" she said sadly not knowing what to say to cheer him up "its ok Juvia, it's all in the past and I can move on with my growing family" he said placing a hand on the baby bump.

Then it came to him, what about her parents? I've never met them and she never talks about them. He hesitated unsure if he should bring up such a sensitive topic. "Gray-sama, what's wrong?" she question at see him stiffen, his eyes widen in panic knowing he can't avoid the question.

He hesitated before answering which made Juvia know it was something serious "J-juvia, how come you never...talk about your parents..." he stammered, her eyes widened then softened understanding to why he was curious, it was only natural to think about why you haven't met your girlfriends parents but damn he was so stupid for not thinking about it sooner.

She sadly smiled at him "Juvia never knew her parents..." he felt guilty for asking now but he had to know more about her past "Y-your an orphan, A foster kid? Adopted?" she took a deep breath, ready to tell her story "Juvia's uncle told Juvia about how her parents died" she whispered, remembering her uncle's words "It was raining, Mother went into labour and Father was driving the magic mobile to the hospital when it rained all of a sudden... they magic mobile lost control and crashed into a tree where Mother and Father died instantly..." he looked at her in confusion, how was she still alive when her Mother died when she was still pregnant?

"Uncle doesn't know how Juvia survived... during the funeral everyone heard a baby crying in Mother's coffin, when they opened it they found Juvia under Mother's dress still alive" Gray's eyes widened, that quite a story he thought "After that everyone thought Juvia was cursed, bringing rain everywhere Juvia went and for being the cause of Mother and Father's deaths, then eventually Uncle's death when Juvia was 9 when uncle drowned in the bath..." he was starting to feel guilty for making her tell him her tragic back story, he knew that she lived as an orphan with other children who rejected her and bullied her all because of rain 'those damn demons' he thought.

He could see that she was beginning to cry, not because of hormones but because her memories still hurt her as his memories hurt him, he embraced her as she cried "Juvia, I'm sorry for bringing up a sensitive topic" he whispered apologetically into her hair, she looked up at him and smiled "It's ok Gray-sama, Juvia needed to get all the sadness out of her heart" she said wiping her tears.

"But Juvia is happy now, she has Gray-sama who showed Juvia the sun and bright future ahead" she looked happily at him and held his hand to her tummy, they both gasped when they finally felt the first kick of their child, he smiled, it's a bright future indeed. "Now that Juvia and Gray-sama have each other, no demons may haunt us again" she said sleepily, resting her head on his chest. He kissed her forehead "sweet dreams, Juvia" he whispered to her as he lay back down in need of sleep 'Better rest up, I'll be working extra hours tomorrow' he said cuddling into his fiancée with a loving hand resting upon her swollen tummy.

He wished a life without demons for his child as his Father did, who fought demons in secrecy. That night he slept without the demon Deliora hauting his dreams, instead he dreamt of his Mother Mika, his Father Silver, his master Ur , Ultear, that annoying bastered Lyon, Juvia and their baby, all looking proudly at him along with the rest of his family, Fairytail.