"So you're the one they call Titania I presume." The dark blue haired woman said in a soft but vicious tone, it made every inch of the scarlet haired warrior's skin crawl. Bound by the chains that held her wrists in place over her head, the sadistic woman inched closer. She continued to speak, "Normally we just extract magic from large groups painlessly, but you were such an inconvenience." Her fingers grasped Erza's chin, the knight wanted more than anything to slap her hand away, but the chains held her back and were blocking her from using any type of magic. The dark eyes of the lady in front of her felt as if they pierced her chest. "Don't worry Erza scarlet, I'll make this as painful as possible." And the screams began...

Erza flinched as the flashback rang in her mind, she still had the scars from the torture. "Are you okay...?" She heard the blue exceed ask, he was carrying her to another floating island. "Yes I'm fine, just a painful memory that's all." She replied, Happy glimpsed down for a quick second and that was enough time to notice the pained expression on the warrior's face. "If you need anything or you aren't feeling okay, don't be afraid to talk to us. Your closest friends." She smiled at Happy's offer, she didn't even know he could spit out that many words. She looked over her shoulder at Carla and her passenger, it was Jellal and he so happened to be staring at her. When he discovered her eyes on him, he turned away; trying to hide his flustered look. She smiled, she never seen Jellal act this way. Maybe he noticed my little reaction a few minutes ago... She thought to herself, she really hoped he hadn't.

"And here you are!" Happy exclaimed as he dropped the scarlet haired woman off, she let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding when her feet touched the ground. She began to scan her surroundings, this island was almost identical to the one they just came from but with minor differences. Jellal thanked Carla as she dropped him off, since he and Erza were the first ones here that means they would have to wait for the others to arrive.

We're alone...together. Even though its only for about ten minutes, and what about that almost kiss incident we shared? Did he even want to...? Erza's thoughts began to race, she knew she shouldn't be thinking about such things. She was warrior for crying out loud! Even Titania queen of faires had the mind of a regular nineteen year old, she sighed as she attempted to calm herself down, between horrible flashbacks and her emotions around Jellal she was beginning to feel almost overwhelmed. "Are you alright?" She heard Jellal ask from behind her. She looked over her shoulder to respond, "Yeah I'm okay." He looked at her with concern, her answer wasn't enough to convince him.

"Gray...I totally saw up Erza's skirt when she was flying." Natsu said, laughing pervertedly. The ice mage sighed, "You're such a pervert, you shit for brains wizard." He retorted. Natsu's left eye twitched. "What did you say popsicle prick?" He snapped. Gray crossed his arms, "You heard me dragon breath." Carla sighed and fought the urge to drop the ice wizard. "Can both of you stop your annoying bickering?" She yelled, Happy almost flinched at her tone. Gray and almost said something when- "I have the power to drop you." She added, he shut right up.

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"Great you're all here. I'd like thank you Happy, Carla, for transporting all of us here." Jellal announced as Happy and Carla dropped off the last of the group which happened to be Meredy. The exceeds grew tired so they started to take one at a time. Erza stood beside Jellal, arms crossed and began speaking. "We will all have a break, so we can devise a more secure plan and decide everyone's roles. And to also let the exceeds rest." She said loudly before turning and wandering off.

She walked several yards before leaning behind a tree trunk, more flashbacks began to race through her mind.

The scarlet haired woman's head drooped down, she was breathing heavily. The pain was unbearable. "Oh come on Scarlet, I hadn't had any fun yet. Let's see how much more pain you can withstand before losing consciousness. Erza was zapped with electricity again, this time for far longer than the last. She screamed at the top of her lungs, the pain was excruciating. With each blow, her magic was being stripped from her. After about forty-five seconds, the zapping stopped. She was now completely drained of her magic, she couldn't even move. "Run out of magic already?" The woman taunted, "Don't worry, you can still feel pain. I'm not done yet..."

Erza gripped one of the tree's roots, its like the pain still lingered. She was breathing heavy and she used the back of her palm to wipe the sweat off of her forehead. She didn't even notice that she was sitting on the ground, back against the tree trunk and her knees brought to her chest. "I knew you weren't fine." Her head immediately turned to the familiar sounding voice, she was so distracted she didn't even notice his presence until he said something.

Jellal walked up and sat beside her, he understood her suffering. "Flashbacks?" He asked, she nodded to confirm he was correct. "I don't need to know what happened to you to figure out it was unbearable, but you have to let go of the past and try to move forward." He exclaimed, she wrapped her arms around her knees. "I'm trying so hard..." Erza said, she just couldn't figure out how to make them go away; she thought focusing on this plan would help but it didn't. Jellal turned his head towards her, "Focus on something that brings you happiness, that's how you can move on. Build on that and you will easily be able to move forward." He responded. Find something that brings me happiness huh? She immediately thought of her friends and the bonds she shared with them, but she still felt as if something was missing.

She smiled at him, a real genuine smile. "Thank you Jellal, I'll take your advice on focusing on something that brings me happiness." She replied, she just didn't know what that was just yet.

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Well there's chapter seven! Sorry that took so long, I make make a few more edits because I was forced to rush writing this chapter because of my brother. And I did change my username...again. My old one was Nii yugito