I Do Not Own Fairy Tail.


BOOM!

Karissa whimpered at the sound of the booming thunder. She didn't know why, but she was afraid of tonight's thunder. She usually would sleep while it boomed. But, tonight was different, she couldn't help but be scared. She figured she missed her family's presence. She did just fine without them during her time at Ur's. So why was she scared now?

BOOM!

She clenched the pillow above her head. She whimpered again at the sound. She probably felt like she needed them now. It's possible that was the answer...

BOOM!

"Ngh...!" Karissa kept her eyes shut tightly. It didn't help that her bed was near the window. She quickly brought her pillow and blanket with her as she stumbled into the corner of the room. Her silent tears slide down her face as she kept her face in the pillow.

"Go away...Go away...Go away..." She said repeatedly in the corner.

BOOOM!

Whimper.

BOOOM!

Whimper.

BOOOOM!

"Go away!" She whimpered.

Then, she heard her door open. She didn't bother to look because she knew who it was. It was Laxus, why wouldn't it be him? His room was next to hers, and Makarov was next to Laxus'. So of course Laxus would be the one to hear her.

She felt a hand on her head. Then it tapped her shoulder.

When she looked up.

She was surprised.

Instead of Laxus, she saw the guild master's face. He gave her a small smile.

"Stand up..." He whispered softly.

She did as she was told. She let Makarov pull her by the hand. She abandoned her pillow and blanket and walked out of the room.

As she stepped out of her room. She squinted at the bright light in the hallway. As the elderly man guided her out of the room, she saw a sleepy looking Laxus waiting next to her door. He let out a heavy sigh and gave her his hand. Makarov gently pushed her towards his grandson.

"We can hear you from our rooms. There's no need to be scared anymore." The elderly told her gently while patting her head. "So don't cry."

BOOOOM!

Karissa squeaked and hugged Laxus. The younger Dreyar gave a nod to his grandfather before going back into his room. He picked up Karissa from under her arms, then placed her on his bed.

"No more crying alright?" He said while wiping away some remaining tears. She nodded and quietly slipped under the blanket. When he did too, she began curling up against him. The body heat radiating from him was nice, so she stuck to him like glue. She took his arm and placed it around her, she smiled enjoying the heat. But when he pulled away his arm, she scowled.

BOOOM!

No whimpering...

Just complete silence...

-XD-

Karissa walked with the two Dreyars on they way to the guild. She listened to music on the way there, with Laxus's magic headphones.

The walk was quiet between them. The only noise was the people around them. Karissa just looked at her surroundings, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere around them. Then she felt the headphones get pulled off her head.

"Laxus! I was enjoying that song!" Karissa whined.

"Gramps was talking to you, you couldn't hear him!"

"Ooooh...whoops. Sorry."

Makarov let out a small laugh. "It's alright. But as I was saying. Your family is coming home tonight you know?"

"Really?!"

Laxus smirked, "Yes! No more monster!"

"Oh please. You know you love me."

*Whack!*

Laxus whacked Karissa behind the head.

"Ow!"

Makarov sweat dropped at the sight. They began bickering, just like brother and sister, like always. The two of them stopped walking to bicker while Makarov just went on ahead.

-XD-

Karissa laughed with Lisanna as Cana made a joke. But then she heard name being called, "Karissa!" She jerked her head at the person who called her. It was Macao, he was waving next to Wakaba. She excused herself and went to see what was up.

"Hey mister Macao!"

"There's no need for 'mister'. Just call me by my name! Okay? We're practically family in this guild! Remember that okay?" He said as he ruffled her hair.

"Alright..!" She squirmed under his hand. Frowning as he messed up her hair, she began flattening her hair. "So what is it that you need?"

"Ah yes! Karissa, you remember my son? Romeo?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well, he's never seen an ice creation before. He really wants to see how nice it actually is. And since you're the only ice wizard around here, I was wondering if-"

Karissa shot him a look. "You have no idea what to give to Romeo, so you're asking me to make something. Then, on Romeo's birthday, you'll say 'I made this for you!' Am I correct?"

Macao paused for a moment. Then soon Wakaba and Macao laughed together. Karissa had a weird look on her face, what was so funny? Macao waved his hands in defense, "No! No! No! I already got him a gift! I just wanted to show him what an ice creation really looks like! That's all!"

"Ah! Oh...okay..." Karissa grinned sheepishly and rubbed he back of her head. She turned her head back to see if anything happened behind her. But as for as she could tell, there was just a boy talking with the master. Just a boy...

"Well okay, here." Karissa placed her fist in her open palm. And created a small little lion. It looked like it was yawning as it laid on its stomach.

"This won't melt." She carefully handed it to Macao.

He smiled at the small lion. "Ah, ice magic really is beautiful!"

Wakaba leaned over to see the small lion. "Ditto." He grinned.

"Thanks kiddo!" Macao ruffled her hair once again.

"No problem-! Just stop ruffling my hair!" She pouted.

"...It would be no different than killing your master."

The words of Makarov caught her attention. Karissa's eyes widened, she looked behind her to see who was he talking to. He looked like he was traveling because he had a bag packed with things. Plus, that clothing looked familiar...That white jacket, it looked like...

GRAY?!

Karissa slowly approached them.

Makarov sensed her footsteps and looked at Karissa. When he did, the boy did the same. Just like Karissa, his eyes had widened in shock.

"Gray?"

"Karissa?"

Karissa immediately ran towards him for a hug.

-XD-

"Ah, so this is your old classmate?" Makarov said with a thinking pose. Karissa nodded as she stood next to him. The elderly man eyed Gray, now the he found out the truth, he wouldn't say anything until the lad was ready to tell her himself. So instead, he gave them a happy smile.

"Why don't you guys catch up! Then we you're done, I'll give you the key to your house so you can drop his stuff there. I'm sure Maya and Rae wouldn't mind."

"Ah okay! Thanks Master!" She grabbed Gray's arm. He looked at her with a quirked eyebrow. "Come on! Let's go sit by the river!" She grinned and began pulling him. Makarov could hear him protesting on the way out.

"Hey, gramps?"

Makarov looked at his grandson from the corner of his eye. "Yes?"

"Who was that?" Laxus asked curiously. He wanted to know what was so special about that kid that made her smile so suddenly.

"An old classmate of Karissa. He is here because...their master..."

-XD-

While Karissa walked with Gray in Magnolia. The boy couldn't help but look at his surroundings.

"This place is so nice..." Gray said in amazement. The sight of Magnolia was a pretty nice place. It had a wonderful atmosphere that anyone with a right mind would love.

"I know right?"

Soon enough, they made it to the river the girl had talked about. They sat at the edge of it and looked at the water that reflected the sky.

Gray looked up at the sky. The sorrow from his master's death was not completely gone. But even so, he was able to manage without crying so far. A good thing right? He looked at Karissa, her face looked at peace just by sitting by the river. Her eyes were closed as she enjoyed to light breeze coming from the north. With a light smile on her lips.

He frowned for a moment. He knew sooner or later he would have to tell her about their master. And...about Lyon. He just had to figure out...when could he tell-

"So happened to Ur and Lyon? Why are you alone?" She asked curiously with a grin. Gray flinched, she had to ask that question? Why now...

"Um...well..." Gray sat up straight and looked at the ground. His face darkened at the memory. He bit his lip.

"...Gray?"

"Ur...Is gone."

"Well, yeah I can see she's not here."

"No... I meant... She's not here ANYMORE."

She didn't say anything.

"...Karissa...?"

"Can you tell me what happened?"

"You might hate me for it..."

Karissa played with her hands as she waited for him to tell her the story. "I won't..."

"O-Okay..."

-XD-

Karissa listened to Gray's story until the end. Hearing about her master's death pained her greatly, but didn't show it. But after hearing that Ur lived on as that ice that caged Deliora. It made her feel slightly better. But as for Lyon, she didn't know what to think.

Three students. One student leaves, two students remain. What happens when there is no master, and one of the pupils blames their master's death on the other?

"...And...It's my fault all of this happened...!" Gray whispered as he clenched his fists on his lap. Karissa noticed this and frowned.

"Ur is still that ice, but we can't see her anymore. Plus...Lyon got mad at me and just left..."

Gray told everything to Karissa. Every single detail of the story. Knowing telling her the whole thing, was what she wanted to hear.

-XD-

Gray waited for Karissa's final reaction as he summed everything up. All she did was stare down at the water that slowly went with the flow. Gray blinked and looked away to his side. 'She must hate me now...'

Waiting for something bad to happen, the boy shut his eyes closed.

But, Karissa didn't do anything.

All she did was jumped up to her feet. A bright smile places upon her lips. She gave out a hand to Gray, "Get up! We're going to get the key to my house!" She said with a happy voice, no sign of sadness or anger...

Gray had a weird look on his face. 'Did she just ignore what I said?' He thought in confusion, still he grabbed her hand and stood up. He stared at her smiling face with GREAT confusion.

She let him hold his hand until they reached the guild to fetch the key.

-XD-

Karissa opened her bedroom door that she shared with C.J. They were currently alone in a big house that belonged to Karissa's relatives. Gray took off his winter looking jacket as he looked around. "Just drop your bag on the floor. I'll be right back!" She said with a small laugh and ran out of the room. Gray nodded as he did as he was told.

Why was that laugh odd?

Outside of the house, was a teenager. He was obviously waiting for Karissa to come out with Gray. He was told by his grandpa to wait for the kids outside.

"Why the hell can't I wait inside?!" Laxus growled. Then he felt a drop on his nose. Then two more drops fell on his cheeks. He uncrossed his arms angrily, he threw his arms up. "What the hell?! It's raining now?!" He exclaimed and looked at the sky.

He raised an eyebrow, it was bright sunny.

Then...what was that?

He felt another drop, this time on his forehead. He looked around, then he saw it.

Karissa was in the bathroom with the window open. Her head was outside the window. She was breathing in and out heavily as tears fell out of her eyes, slid down her cheeks and then dripped off of her chin. Realizing it wasn't rain, but tears of the child he was babysitting, his eyes widened.

She pulled her head back inside the bathroom.

Laxus narrowed his eyes at the window. He immediately began marching inside the house. He went up the stairs but then stopped at the corner. He could hear Karissa's sobs inside the bathroom, she thought she could have blocked out the sounds by let the water run in the sink. But her pain and sadness was able to beat the sound of running water.

Laxus frowned.

Footsteps.

That was the next thing Laxus had heard.


Gray placed his hand on the door. He heard Karissa's muffled cries from her room. He knew she was faking something...

He hesitantly raised his fist. He closed his eyes and knocked on the door twice. Her sobs abruptly stopped in an instant.

"...Karissa...?"

"Go away...!"

"I'm sorry! I know this is all my fault..."

"No, it's not your fault Ur's gone. It's mines..."

Gray and Laxus's eyes widened.

"What do you mean...?" Gray asked he tried twisting the doorknob. Karissa closed the faucet and opened the door, revealing her crying red face.
"If only I never existed, she would have never sacrificed herself!" She cried and fell down to her knees. Placing her hands on her face. Gray just stood there frozen like a statue. How could she blame herself?!

Gray dropped down onto one knee and placed his hands on her shoulders. "What are you saying?! You weren't there!"

"It wouldn't matter! I'm a cursed child! My entire existence is a curse to other people! Think about it! When I was born into the world, a few years later, my parents lost their lives! Now Ur's gone too! Who's next uncle Rae and aunty Maya?!"

"KARISSA!"

The said girl looked up at the young boy's face. He seemed to be REALLY angry about her little outburst. "Don't make up stupid things like you are a cursed child!" He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes tightly.

"But-!"

"Just because of what happened to your parents and Ur. Does NOT mean you are cursed! No one ever said that! So don't just randomly start blaming yourself with a stupid imaginary curse!" He spat and moved away from her after saying the last word of his sentence.

You see, for a while now. Karissa has been the troublemaker of the family along with her twin brother C.J. Well, between the duo, she's the devil. Her schemes usually end up with broken objects, angry people and unintentionally hurting people. She was so used to being the fault of every single thing that she thought Ur's sacrifice was her fault as well.

Complete silence between the two. Laxus was pretty much stuck, he didn't want them to know he was watching their little scene. So he waited patiently...

"I'm sorry..."

"...Just don't do it again..."

"I promise."

"I'll hold on to that promise..."

Laxus left the scene very quietly after watching them head back to Karissa's room to unpack Gray's things.

-XD-

It's been a year and a half since Gray joined Fairy Tail. Everything was okay, now that her friend was back in the picture. Laxus was still close with Karissa, sometimes when he heard Rae and Maya was leaving for a few days. He'd offer to babysit Karissa and her siblings if necessary. Karissa found out something really interesting and weird about Gray. She found out that, during the time of her absence, Gray had developed a stripping habit. At first it was freaking her out that it made her run away from him. But now, it was just plain hilarious.

During that year in a half, a newcomer came into the guild as well. Her name was Erza Scarlet.

She was a mystery...

And Karissa had to poke her nose in it...

She tried many times to speak with her. She first started with a simple introduction. But, she got no answer. Erza just sat there, alone, eating. Her twin brother got a little peeved that Erza never responded to his twin sister, she was just being nice! So, Tsuki and Yukio had to restrain him numerous of times. Soon, she decided it was best to leave Erza alone. So she could breathe, instead of seeing her face everyday.

But then, when Gray tried to talk to her. She didn't respond, so he kicked the table she was eating at. Then, when she called him a pervert because of the lack of clothes, she made him angry. And that's when Gray began challenging Erza many times.


Macao and Wakaba laughed at Gray as he declared he would defeat Erza today.

"AHHRGH! Fine! I'LL PROVE TO YOU GUYS I'LL BEAT HER! I'LL HAVE A WITNESS!" Gray yelled as he furiously began searching the guild hall. The moment he saw the person he searched for, he immediately ran towards her.

Karissa was busy sharing a chocolate cake with her twin C.J. Right when she was about to take another bite out of her cake. A humanoid tornado grabbed her from her seat. Leaving her fork flying in the air. C.J caught her fork with ease, his fork was in his mouth. He blinked in confusion, he jerked his head back at the sight of smoke that was left from a 'stampede'.

"GRAY! YOU CAN'T JUST STEAL MY SISTER LIKE THAT!"

"G-Gray! What are you doing..?!" She asked nearly tripping over her own feet as he dragged her along.

"We need to find Erza! I'm going to beat her today!" He said confidentially with a huge grin on his face. Karissa frowned as he declared that. She stopped running, causing Gray to stop as well.

"What is it?" He asked curiously. Their hands had switched roles, before, Gray was holding her wrist. But now, Karissa was holding his wrist.

"Gray. Stop challenging her, every time you do, you end up with injuries that I have to place MY ice on."

"I am going to beat her today! And you said you didn't mind helping me...when I got hurt..!"

"I don't really! I actually like helping you as I laugh in my head!"

"Oh, wait- WHAT?!"

"Nothing! Let's find Erza!"

-XD-

"Let's go check by the river!" Gray said as he ran off in the direction he pointed at. Karissa sighed tiredly as she caught up with her childhood friend, "Gray! It's already four in the afternoon! Plus I DIDN'T FINISH MY CHOCOLATE CAKE!" She whined annoyingly. She stopped running and crossed her arms.

Gray abruptly stopped in his tracks as he heard her stop. He turned to find her pouting with her arms crossed. He sighed and approached her, he placed his right hand on top of her head and then rubbed it. "If you keep following me to witness me defeat Erza...I'll buy you a new cake..."

Karissa's eyes sparkled, "Really?!"

"Yeeesss really..."

"Then let's find Er- Wait...isn't that..." She stopped talking to see who was there sitting by the river. She squinted her eyes to see better. Gray gave her a funny look, curious to see what she was seeing, he turned around. And he found his target sitting by the river. He grinned, "Can't hide from me, you red headed freak."

Gray instantly ran down to the river. "Alright Erza! Bring it on! You're the one that's going down this time!"

The second Erza turned around to see who called her name. Gray stopped running and froze in place. Karissa was equally surprised to see her face. They saw tears coming out from her visible eye.

Erza stood up and wiped her eyes, "It's you again...What is it with you? Haven't you learned your lesson?!" Once her tears were all wiped away, she turned to face Gray. "...Alright...Give me your best shot!"

"...Oh...well uh..."

"What's the matter? You're not chickening out are you?"

Karissa went down closer to the river to see what would happen next. Would Gray retaliate?

"Tell me something, how come you're alone all the time?" He asked.

Erza did a small gasp as that question was asked. She looked down, "I just prefer to be alone...cause I get nervous around other people..."

"...Oh yeah? Well, you're alone now so why are you cryin'?"

Erza looked back at Gray with her eye who widened. As she gave no answer to his question, he slowly walked over to her. Then sat next to her.

"So you're not going to fight me today?"

"I can't fight a girl who is cryin'!"

Karissa did a small laugh as he said that. Gray must have heard her since he turned back to look at her. She could see that his face was red, he motioned to her with his head to sit next to him. She closed her eyes and smiled, when she opened them again she began walking towards them. The moment she sat down next to Gray, she whispered "You still owe me a chocolate cake."


That's what happened so far. She had a new friend named Erza.

-XD-

"Don't you ever put some distance?" Mirajane asked with a scowl. She was talking to Karissa and C.J.

Whenever the twins were together. They always held hands.

The twins looked through the corner of their eyes. Once they recognized who was talking to them, they turned to face that person. And in sync they asked: "Who are you talking to?"

"To both of you!"

Knowing full well what Mirajane meant, the two twins looked at their left and right. Then back at the oldest Strauss, "There's no one here named 'Both of you'." They said together.

"YOU TWO!" She yelled in frustration.

"HEY!"

The twins cackled together as they hid behind their big sister. Who began marching towards Mirajane. Tsuki looked at Mira with a scary look, "Don't yell at the twins!"

"They need to separate from each other before they end up getting married!" Mira took a step forward.

"When did you become their boss?! HUH?!" Tsuki yelled at pointed at her.

"Shut up you stupid witch!" Mirajane raised up her fist.

C.J and Karissa looked at each other in amusement. They ran over to their big brother who was currently talking with Cana. He was getting his fortune told, and by the way he curled up on the floor. It probably wasn't good...

"Hey! Yukio!~"

"Wh...What...?"

C.J pulled him up and made him sit up. While Karissa grabbed his cheeks and turned his head so he could see his sister and Mirajane fighting. During the time they spent in Fairy Tail, somehow, Tsuki began developing a scary personality. Somehow similar to Mira and Erza, minus to gothic attire. But at home, she's like an angel that came down from heaven. So now there is three monsters in Fairy Tail.

Mirajane Strauss.

Erza Scarlet.

And Tsuki Sinclair.

"Is big sis fighting with Tsuki again?" Lisanna asked from behind. The twins spun around and grinned with their cheeks pressed against each other. They gave her a peace sign, "Yup!" Elfman who was next to Lisanna sweat dropped.

Lisanna sighed and place her hand on her forehead.

"Karissa?"

The said girl blinked as her name was called. She looked around to find the person who called her name. After her eyes scanned the place, she saw the person (in his underwear) holding up a box. He was waving at her with his other hand, once he saw that she saw him, he used his hand to tell her to come over. Karissa gasped and smiled and started jumping up and down. "Is that what I think it is?!"

Karissa immediately ran over to Gray who was now sitting at a wooden table. "G-Gray...! Is that?!"

He scowled and handed her the box. "Just look inside."

Karissa slowly started opening the box. And indeed, it was a chocolate cake!

Karissa's eyes sparkled at the sight of the sweet food. Finally after three weeks, he finally got her cake! The young girl clapped her hands together. She looked at Gray and launched herself at him. "Ack-! HEY!"

"Thank you so much Gray!"

"Well I knew if I didn't get you one you'd rip off my head..."

"Well still thank you!" Karissa hugged him tighter. Gray began waving his hands in the air since he was starting to lose oxygen. Soon enough, she let him go, then she instantly sat down and began to eat her cake happily.

Gray sighed as he watched her eat her cake. He pulled out his wallet and looked inside. He groaned. "...And I have only 10% of my allowance left..."

Karissa froze and let her mouth drop open. Letting some of her chocolate cake to fall out of her mouth. Her eyes slowly looked at Gray in shock. Gray didn't understand to the reason for her sudden shock. He was going to shove his wallet back into his pocket, until she grabbed his wallet. He let out a shout as he tried to snatch it back, but she only moved it away from him. Karissa looked inside his wallet with wide eyes.

"Seriously?!"

"W-What...?"

"THIS CAKE...OH MY GOD..." She dropped his wallet on the floor. She immediately tackled Yukio, "Yukio give me some of your allowance!"

"What?!"

"I NEED TO PAY BACK GRAY!"

Gray pulled Karissa off of Yukio and made her sit back down in front of her cake. "It's okay! I got this for you because you asked for it!"

"SO IF I ASKED YOU TO BUY ME A MANSION YOU WOULD DO IT?! NO, I DON'T THINK SO!" Karissa yelled and dropped her head on the table.

Gray sweat dropped. "I feel bad, you spent so much jewels for this...!" Karissa looked at him, with tears that began forming in her eyes. Gray looked around for help, but everyone just laughed and turned away. 'Traitors..!' The ice wizard thought angrily.

"Fine...uh...Oh! I got it!" Gray grinned, he sat next to her and pulled out a fork. "I'll eat it with you! That way my allowance would be spent for something I'M going to eat!"

"...Yeah...but-!"

"If you eat this with me, it will be enough to pay me back." Gray sighed and patted her head.

Karissa was going to say something else. But when Gray glared at her, she pouted and shoved her fork in her cake. "Fine..."

Gray grinned. "Hehe!"

Right before Gray was going to take a bite. Someone with Karissa's face, except a little more masculine crept behind Gray. He watched him shove his fork in the chocolate cake and ate happily with his twin sister. He poked Gray on the cheek, the little ice make mags turned his head with a scowl.

"Whwut?"

"Can I have some?"

"NO!" Gray and Karissa yelled together as they moved away their cake to another table.


Sorry I haven't updated in a while. In December I was working on this chapter, then my mom told me that we were traveling (plane). She said we were packing right when I was almost done with this chapter...

So while I was away on my vacation...I did 2 chapters!

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