"Over there! Looks like a clearing," Lily shouted to his friends from the top of the skull. Gajeel looked to where he was pointing and nodded.
"Lets get going then...after we get our stuff together." Gajeel looked jokingly at Levy.

"What?" she looked at him confused.

"I thought you were in trouble little missy. I would have everything packed if you didn't scare me," he crossed his arms looking down at her.

She put her hands on her hips for a moment, puffed out her cheeks but then relaxed. "You...you were scared for me?" she blushed, looking down at the ground, shuffling her feet.

He blushed, "Well," he started to scratch his head, "you are small and a lot of mean people would take advantage of that."

She looked up at him happy and started to head back to camp. "You know, I can take care of myself." She made iron out of her magic that popped up in front of Gajeel. He smiled and grabbed it out of the air, began eating, and followed.

Come on, just get married already! Lily thought as he began to fly toward his friends.

Once everything was packed and the fire was put out, they began walking toward the clearing Lily saw. As they passed the dragon skeleton and Gajeel could hear the sound of a waterfall. A chill went through him. He did not want to go there. The group continued on.

Once in the clearing, a group of archeologist greeted them with huge smiles on their faces. "I can't believe it! Mages from Fairy Tail! Wow, you are Gajeel! You were amazing in the magic games! Oh Levy! You helped us a lot on our last dig. Your translations are amazing!" They went on and on, making the team feel uncomfortable.

"OH LEVY!" A man came from a rebuilt hut with open arms coming right toward Levy. He was dressed in a dirty white shirt, suspenders that were frayed, brown shorts covered with mud. His tiny legs looked like they could barely hold him up. His glasses were almost as big as his skinny, long face. He reminded Gajeel of one of his friends from Phantom Lord, Sol. The archeological team made him a path straight to the small mage. "It has been so long!" The man went for a hug till Gajeel put his hand on his head, stopping him in his tracks. The man screamed and scuttled backward away from the slayer, eyes wide. "Who...who...who is your friend?" he asked Levy.

Levy started laughing. She laughed so hard, she began to hold her sides. "Haha...that...haha...is Gajeel. He...he...he came to help me...haha!" Once she was finished, she stood and wiped a tear from her eye. "He can read the writings of the tribe."

The man gasped, "WHAT! No way! No one has been able to read it for 400 years. How is that even possible? I'm Archie Nova. Archeologist." He shook Gajeel's hand, almost shaking him.

Levy took out the book she brought with her and turned to the page with Gajeel's family. "I don't know how it is possible myself, but this is him. Somehow he either traveled through time or just doesn't age past this point."

Archie studied the page, then looked at Gajeel, then back at the page. "WHAAA?! That is you! That is him!" he showed the page to the other archeologists. They were in shock as well. Gajeel crossed his arms and scanned what was left of his village after all this time.

It looked like most of the huts were rebuilt to how they were when he was a child, at least these guys got that right. He looked to his left and was saddened. Where his hut would have been was nothing more then a place for diggers to put their food table. Archie and Levy began to chat back and forth, ignoring the slayer. Lily had spotted some kiwis on the food table and was already half way through one. Gajeel walked around the table and kneeled down. Here, he thought. He began to brush dirt away.

Archie saw what Gajeel was doing and slowly crept up behind him. Levy looked over Gajeel's shoulder as he seemed to be lost in thought. Something was being reviled as he dug and he pulled it out. "Found you," was all Gajeel said.

Archie gasped and snatched it out of Gajeel's hand. "Unbelievable! I didn't know there was anything here! It's so beautiful!"

Gajeel snatched it back, "Not yours!" He was very angry, making Archie scuttle away again. "This...," he looked down at what he dug up, "this necklace was my mother's. My father gave it to her when they were married." He brushed the dirt off of the blue and black stone. As he brushed off more of the dirt, the beauty of the necklace became more apparent. The joining of the Iron and the Blue Flame tribes was easily seen in the beautiful metal work. The metal plates carved carefully, thick, almost like a collar for a human, similar to Egyptian necklaces, the stone shining bright in the center.

Levy gasped, "It's so beautiful."

Gajeel smiled and looked at her. "It is, isn't it. Father made it."

"Acnologia made that!" Levy was in shock. The archeologist were shocked as well.

"Acnologia!" they all screamed. They all looked at Levy's book and back to Gajeel. "This...this is Acnologia?" Archie finally blurted out.

Gajeel stood and walked to a nearby stream, washing the rest of the dirt off of the necklace. Sadness apparent on his face. Levy stopped the archeologist from following him. "Please, leave him alone. Just for a moment." They all nodded and went back to work.

Later that night, Lily had set up their tent, waiting for his friend to come back. "Gajeel. I hope you are okay being back here."

Gajeel sat by the stream, thinking. He was back home yet he felt so lost. He thought he would get answers once he came here, but nothing is coming back. Just what was in the book and his memories of his parents that were part of his dreams. What happened to his sister? Was she Wendy or did she even make it? Wendy is young, but not 8 years younger then him, right? She was the same age as Rouge and Sting before Tenrou Island. Gajeel growled in confusion and laid down. His mother's necklace still in his hand as he brought his hand up to lay on his forehead. Please tell me something tonight, dreams.

"Gajeel," Levy sat beside him, watching the stream in the moon light. He grunted in response. "Let's go to bed. It's been a hard day for you." He sat up for a moment, watching the stream with her and stood. After dusting the dirt off his pants, he held out his hand to help her up. She took his hand and stood. "You know, these digs are really dirty. I can't wait to get home and have a nice long bath."

Gajeel chuckled, "I know where some hot springs are around here. I can take you there, only if you come in with me." He winked, knowing her face was now bright red.

"GAJEEL!" was all she said before returning to her tent. He slowly shook his head and followed.

Author's Note: A lot of things have been going on lately and I am sorry I haven't been writing as much. Doctor's are driving me crazy. I hope you enjoy this. I'm hoping to get more of Gajeel's parents into the next one. Remember, any suggestions are greatly appreciated! ^_^