AN: I don't know why but, i sort of struggled writing this chapter...

ANYWAY *clapping hands* I'm BACK! with a new chapter (^_^)/ and things...Like a new story on the side! If you need a dosage of Nalu fluffiness, it'll definitely be worth a peek! :3 i promise.

In other news...

The FIRST big fight is about to start next chapter, this chapter is all just build up anticipation. It'll DEFINITELY be a challenge writing fight scenes and things, visualizing the whole scenario. Look forward to it because i'll be doing my absolute best (i think...)

I hope no one is lost in the story just yet. Enjoy the read..because the fun is only just starting...*wink wink* ... :3

and thank you so much for the continued support *bows*

Really, nothing makes me happier than seeing continuous positive feedback and having you guys support this story *sniffles*

Now onto the chapter!

*Preview at the end (O.O)/ *

It's been two days and Lucy still hasn't woken up. Everyone was getting worried, checking on her every thirty minutes. Gray, Juvia, Wendy and Erza all took turns keeping watch on her. Her body was continuously burning up, leaving Gray exhausted, frustrated and almost out of magic. No one had a clue on what was happening to her. Erza, Mira and the guild master were finishing up with the evacuation orders while sharing opinions and ideas with another on how to proceed with the upcoming battle. It was something they can only wish to avoid but, considering who they're going to be dealing with, there was no other choice. Levy buried herself in the library, researching everything she can find on demon curses and dream realms. Anything that can help with Lucy's current situation.

Erza sat at the table, feeling irritated after going through Makarov's personal book collection and scrolls. "There has to be something, something we missed!" she seethed. Hands gripped tightly onto the scroll with E.N.D's picture while continuing to think. Mira placed her hand on the scarlet mage for comfort, she too was worried for Lucy and her guild mates. Causalities will happen. The white-haired mage turned to look at the guild doors when it suddenly opened. Three people walked in, a tall, blonde, broad shouldered male was in the center. On his left was a leaner male with long, green hair. On the right was a female with wings on her back, wearing rimmed glasses and held a fan to her face. Behind them was a man wearing a helm with an odd outfit. Floating above him was three wooden-faced dolls. "We're back! We're Back!" the dolls repeated. Mira smiled, "Laxus, everyone, Welcome back!" The blonde male looked at Mira, "What's going on around here, Mira?" Elfman shouted to them across the hall, "Freed, The guild master wants to see you! Move it, this is a man's job!" Freed nodded and walked towards the stairway. The female sighed, "Another crises coming this way i presume?" Mira nodded, "Unfortunately, We're clearing out the city because...Tartaros is coming" Her eyes were darker than usual, despite her smile. She didn't like involving people more than necessary but, He was one of their strongest fighters available.

Laxus walked over to a table and the masked person behind walked towards the bar, "Bixlow, where you going?" Under the guild light, Laxus's lightning scar became more visible. Mira stood by the blonde male, head hanging low. Bixlow waved his hand, "I can hear just fine, Laxus" Elfman looked over to the Fairy-looking female, "Welcome back, Evergreen" He nodded his head towards her. Evergreen raised an eyebrow and nodded back to show she acknowledged him. Despite liking his company, business always came first.

"Why would Tartaros bother coming all the way out here?" Laxus leaned back on his chair, feet propped on top of the table. While eyeing Mira, she stared right back at him. Any pleasant feeling she had before was completely gone now. "One of our guild mates...Is being targeted by them" Laxus scoffed, "What'd the poor fella' do to tick 'em off?" He shook his head and Bixlow dropped a mug of ale in front of Laxus. "This sounds like fun" Bixlow laughed, the wooden dolls hovered over Mira, "What'd they do? What'd they do?" the dolls said in unison.

Mira sat across from them, hands folded on the table and eyed them carefully, "It's not that they did something. She didn't do anything. It doesn't matter, right now it isn't just her we have to worry about. All of Magnolia will be in their path when they arrive. Laxus, will you please help us?" The blonde male spoke with a gruff voice, "Yeah, It's not like there's anything else interesting going on" He pulled his legs off the table and leaned forward, "Who's the girl they're after?" Mira smiled faintly, "Lucy is in the infirmary. She's been in hiding for a long time because of what happened to her in the past. It's important that they don't get her. It's the main reason we're fighting" Laxus held his hand to the side of his face, feeling bored, "Tch, So we get left with the clean up, again? How'd they even track her?" Mira glared, "How could you say that? She's one of us now, show some manners for once, Laxus! We believe the enemy has been tracking down anyone with her type of magic power, Celestial Magic. How much do you know about Tartaros?"

Laxus sighed, leaned back into his chair, hands folded onto his chest. "Not that it matters much now. I know just as much as the next guy. They're just a small group of Dark mages, that's part of the Ballam Alliance. Whereabouts were never known until recently. I felt something dark coming this way. People in the nearby village were speaking about a giant cube hovering nearby" Mira turned her head around to see Master Makarov eyeing the room from the rails above. He jumps down and walks toward Mira's table, "Glad to see you here, Laxus. However, I'll have to correct you on that bit of information. Tartaros isn't just Dark mages, no...they're made up of Zeref's most powerful demons"

Laxus turned his gaze towards him, "Demons? That's what everyone is worried about? All the more reason to not hold back " Makarov hopped onto the nearby chair, "It won't be that simple Laxus. If it was Just Demons, i wouldn't need to go to such extreme measures" the old man spoke while holding a wooden mug. Laxus kept his arms crossed, listening, "Their leader is E.N.D, and he's the one that's behind Lucy's problems as we speak. We will not take this battle lightly, We will protect this city and Lucy at all costs. If they get her, It'll be a far worse problem for everyone" Laxus scoffed, "And if they get her?" Makarov's voice grew silent, "That's what I'm still trying to figure out. I'm hoping Lucy can tell us" Laxus stretched his arms into the air, yawning, "We don't have that much time to wait around for her to talk, The cube will be here in less than a day"

Makarov closed his eyes, calculating, "Mira, any news on Lucy?" Mira shook her head, "It's not looking good, Master" Evergreen started to fan herself, legs crossed in front of her, "What did happen to the poor girl?" Makarov spoke up, "unfortunately, Lucy has been enduring abnormal temperature spikes. She's also been pulled into unpredictable dream realms from her attacker, Leaving her unconscious at the moment" He sighed. Bixlow drank from his mug before speaking, "So Zeref's almighty demons are the unlucky fellows we'll be fighting?" The wooden dolls chimed in, "Unlucky, unlucky!" Makarov's face fell, "unfortunately so. I informed the council for some reinforcements but, judging time on Laxus's information. I'm afraid it'll be too late for them to help us."

Laxus shook his head with disbelief, "So that's why you evacuated the entire town? Tsk..Instead of wasting time, we could've used the girl to track them down before they even reached town. If they can track her that easily, we could've traced them back" He stands up, "But what do i know? At least now i finally got something to look forward to" He chuckles, "This would be the time to test out that new spell" Makarov glowered, "Laxus..." Laxus waved him off and walked back out of the guild doors, "I'll be ready when they arrive"

In the Infirmary...

Gray was nodding off slightly, sitting in the chair next to Lucy's bed. The blonde mage coughed a few times and Gray's eyes popped open. He stood up to look over her when he noticed she was starting to wake up.

Lucy's eyes fluttered open. The room was quiet and as bright as ever. She held her arm over her face only to see Gray staring down at her. Keeping the shirtless comment to herself she speaks, small white puffs of air left her lips, "Why's it so cold in here?" She can feel the cold air but, her body didn't feel cold, instead, She felt really warm inside. Lucy's eyes snapped wide open and her right hand raised to her left shoulder. Sighing with relief, the bandage was still on. She was afraid she'll have to explain about the bite mark. Not wanting anyone to see it just yet. 'What are you afraid of, Lucy?' Natsu's voice echoed in her head, 'I want the whole world to see who you belong to...' She shuddered as small flashes of the encounter replayed in her head, completely forgetting Gray was in the room with her. Panicked, he yells loudly, making Lucy's now sensitive ears ring. "Not so loud, Gray! That hurt.." she rubbed the side of her head.

"Lucy, you're back!" Gray said with relief. Lucy shook her head, "Was i out long?" she didn't think she was gone that long, was she? Gray grimaced, "You been out for a little over two days, Lucy. Everyone was worried about you" A bunch of fast paced footsteps were made towards the door before it slammed open. Erza being the first one in there, then Wendy followed by Makarov and a face she hasn't seen before. Elfman was standing next to the chestnut-haired woman in glasses. "This is the little girl those vile things are after?" she said quietly while hiding half her face behind her small fan. Lucy averted her gaze and Gray placed a hand on her. "Still burning under there aren't you?" quickly pulling his hand back. Lucy shook her head at him, "I'm fine though. I honestly don't even feel it" Makarov cleared his throat as everyone crowded the bed, "Good to see you awake, Lucy" Lucy faintly smiled as she sat up entirely. Elfman nodded at her, "Of course she'll wake up, Strong-willed like a real man!" Evergreen scoffed at him, "Not everything has to be a man you know..." Elfman lowered his face to hers, "Don't worry, I'm the manliest man you'll ever meet" She smacked him over the head with her fan and Makarov shook his head before he continued to speak, "Anything happen while you were there, Lucy? I'm sure he's the reason you been out so long"

Lucy swallowed heavily, not sure which part to tell them. They've been worried over her for the past two days, it honestly felt like she was gone only a couple hours. She pulled her left arm closer, "He's getting closer, I can feel it" Erza walked near Lucy, "How can you be sure of that? Lucy, what happened while you were there?" Lucy shook her head, "It's not something i can explain. I just know...I know he's coming for me" Gray leaned in towards her, hands placed on the bed, "What'd Natsu do to you, Lucy? I know he did something, You didn't smoke at all this time. Instead you're a human furnace now" Lucy shrunk herself back, keeping her head low. "I-I dont..." Makarov jumped onto the bed to her feet. He placed a hand on her leg, "Lucy, You can tell us. We're here for you.." he said in a low, quiet voice.

She tilted her head up, a tear fell down her cheek. She smiled half-heartedly, "Me and Natsu..." she covered her face half-way, sobs threatening to come out, "He...connected us somehow..." Erza stiffened as well as Gray. Makarov let go of Lucy's leg as he slowly balled his fists, 'That about does it' he thought furiously, 'If the council gets wind of this, we're in trouble' He jumped off the bed and quickly left the room. Erza spoke a bit too loud, "What'd he do while you were there, Lucy. You have to give us something other than that!" Lucy shook her head, Wendy spoke with worry, "Erza, she's scared. Give her some time..." Erza fumed, "There is no time! Don't you see that? He almost has her, That demon is on his way here and there is nothing right now that can help us!" She smashed a hole through the wall with one of her magic swords. Gray stood up eyeing the scarlet woman, "And throwing your anger around isn't helping, Erza. Lucy will speak when she feels comfortable. What you're doing isn't helping" Erza glared at him and her shoulders fell, "I-I'm sorry, Lucy...I just.." Lucy shook her head slowly, "It's fine, Erza" Gray looked over to Lucy, "Is there anything you can tell us right now?"

Levy opened the door and ran in. "I heard Lu-Chan was awake!" Her eyes darted to the disheveled blonde. The short, blue-haired mage ran over to Lucy, nearly jumping at her. "Lucy! You're okay!" she squealed happily. Lucy grimaced and hugged Levy back, "I'm sorry for worrying you" Levy pulled back and crossed her arms, "You met with the demon again?" Lucy nodded and eyes fell to the bed. "I think i might've found something to stop his connection with you. Kind of like a brain barrier. Even though he's not a dream demon from what you guys told me. He was still walking through the dream realms to get to you" Lucy looked up to Levy, "He said..." voice growing quietly, expression pinched, "He said he created the realm, for me and him..." Levy shook her head, "It doesn't matter. We can stop that much at least" she said excitedly, Lucy looked at Levy and sighed, "It's too late though. He won't bother me again there" Levy's face fell, "what do you mean?" Gray and Wendy moved closer towards the bed while Elfman and Evergreen stayed by the wall watching. "..because he's almost here. Natsu won't need to use that place anymore.." Levy moved over to sit onto the bed. Placing her arm on Lucy, only flinching back holding her hand, "Lu-Chan..." the celestial mage sighed again and tried to walk out of the bed. Feeling weak in the legs, Gray assisted her to stand up. He grit his teeth harshly, the heat from her bare flesh was piercing through his iced hands. Lucy nodded to Gray and he quickly let go, slightly ashamed, "I'm sorry i can't help you much Lucy. I swear, if i come across that fire nuisance...I'm putting him and his underlings under a frozen wasteland" Balling his fists. Lucy lightly smiled before eyeing the window in the corner of the room.

Lucy slowly walked towards the window, the sky was dark and small sounds of thunder echoed in the distance. She clutched her chest, feeling his magic inside her spiking. 'He's so close' she thought. Wendy walked behind Lucy, holding her brown pouch, "Miss Lucy, your keys.." Lucy turned to look down at the small sky dragon slayer and smiled, "Thank you, Wendy." She looks across towards her guild mates, "I guess it wouldn't hurt to call for some reinforcements..." She cleared her throat and eyed Leo's golden key. Last time she spoke to him, he was troubled by her words. Lucy wanted nothing more than to apologize to him. Feeling guilty from the way she left things. "Open, Gate of the Lion, Leo!" A bright golden light flashed, 'Least that works' she smiled as Leo slowly appeared behind the light.

Leo blinked a few times in confusion before turning his head around to see his blonde master smiling up at him. "Lucy" he breathed with a sigh of relief. "I haven't heard from you in awhile, is everything okay? Why was i summoned?" he looks around only to see his guild mates around. Lucy chuckled, "Two things actually Leo. One, I wanted to...properly apologize about before.."she bowed her head slightly, "I should've known better after all the things you went through" Lucy quietly sniffled, "I shouldn't hide things from you, i'm just scared..." Everyone watched quietly and Leo walked over to her. He held her tight into his arms and murmured, "You're alright now. It's fine, you have your reasons im sure." Lucy nodded, "I'm still sorry though. I hate seeing you upset, especially when im the cause of it.." Leo shook his head, still trying to hush her, "It's fine, now what's the other thing?" Lucy looked up at him, his face filled with relief and concern, "I'm going to need you here for when they come. Leo, E.N.D is coming here soon...i can feel him." Leo's brows furrowed, "What do you mean, you can feel him? How..." Lucy sighed to herself and spoke using her words carefully, "He...connected his magic to me. Every time i fell into that dream place...he always did something. Only this time, he said, he almost completed it. I don't know what he meant by that..." her voice trailed and Leo pulled back slightly. He only just now noticed the bandaged arm, his eyes narrowed. "What happened Lucy?" He touched her arm and Lucy flinched back. "It's nothing.." Wendy tilted her head, "She said she got hurt while she was out training" Lucy's breath hitched, silently cursing herself. Leo frowned, feeling irritated, "What training, Lucy? Did you do anything recently?" He didn't take his eyes off the offending cloth. Leo felt something dark coming from it but, doesn't know how to place it. Lucy bit her lip, "It's ..." squeezing her eyes shut. She promised she'd stop hiding things but now...not being able to take things at her own pace, she grew nervous. Afraid, about what her guild will think about it. 'I want the world to see who you belong to' Natsu's low voice echoed in her head again.

"Damn it" she breathed. Leo tilted Lucy's head towards him. "What's wrong Lucy?" Lucy was conflicted and his voice rang again, 'What is it you're afraid of, Lucy?' She pulled herself away from Leo and spoke quietly. "Promise me...Promise me you won't do anything crazy, Leo...everyone..." choking back tears, Leo nodded, "I promise, Lucy, You're scaring me. What happened?" She carefully unwrapped the bandage on her arm. Wendy flinched back, hand covering her mouth. Gray's eyes popped, more so with revulsion. "That fire bastard is going to pay..." the ice mage said between his gritting teeth. Elfman spoke quietly, "That's not manly at all..." Leo's face grew pale, silently falling to his knees. He held out one hand towards her arm. "So that's how..." Lucy's eyes grew red and puffy between tears. Her voice breaking into sobs, "When i first saw him, he scratched me. I didn't think nothing of it.." she said quietly, barely able to bring her words together. "...The second time, he grabbed my hand but, i didn't...see him do anything" she shook her head closing her eyes. "the third time...the third time he whispered something i couldn't understand..." She fell onto her knees in front of Leo. He held her arm as he only listened. "This last time...he..." she choked between words, " he bit me..saying its almost complete. That'll hell tell me later when its done.." Leo stared at the scaly patch on her arm. Two large teeth-marks were already starting to leave scars. Her arm looked like she was bitten by a dog with large canines" Leo's face was suddenly full of anger and despair. The one person he swore to protect and right under his nose, the demon got to her anyway. He punched the floor, making slight cracks and the walls rattled around them.

Lucy turned to look at her spirit. Feeling entirely guilty and in pain watching her friends reactions. This is what she feared most. Not what was happening to her but, the effects it had on her family and friends. "Leo..." she whispered, trying to reach out towards him. Leo flinched from her touch and started trembling, "I promised her, Lucy. I promised you, Layla and yet i failed." Lucy sniffled and shook her head at him with disagreement. "No you haven't. I'm still here, you can still protect me, Leo" She stretches her arms out towards him. Leo squeezed his eyes shut, "Lucy..."

Lucy sobbed between words, "Mom said she believed in you, I believe in you. You have to believe in yourself too...Leo" Gray spoke in a low voice, "She has a point ya know, Loke. Even if the damn pyro-demon found her, You can still stand and fight for Lucy. Not all hope is lost until we're all down" Gray slams both his fists together, some icy air was radiating from him, his face grinning, "I'm sure as hell not going down without a fight" Elfman bellowed loudly, "Yes! Real men fight for what they care about and die trying with all their might!" Evergreen rolled her eyes, "Sadly, they're both right" Wendy twiddled with her fingers and spoke nervously, "...and I'll do whatever i can to help everyone.." Lucy looked at them with tears filling her eyes. In such a short amount of time, she can feel the bond everyone shared, looking out for one another no matter what happens. "Thanks guys..." she turned to look at Leo who finally stopped trembling and was whispering something. "...forgive me Lucy, i shouldn't have said things like that.." Lucy patted his head and smiled at him, "It's ok, Leo. Now where's the usual protective attitude of yours hiding. This princess is in need of protection" Leo chuckled and helped her up, "At your service, My lady" he bows.

The door slammed opened once again to the infirmary, "THE CUBE IS HERE!" yells a man with a pipe in his mouth. A man in white coat followed behind, dark hair and a long necklace with an S pendant. "The guild master ordered all able-body fighters to be at their stations" and they ran back out. Lucy turned to look around out the window. Lightning was flashing in the distance as thunder continued to echo loudly in the night sky. Lucy felt the sudden sharp pain in her chest again. She swallowed thickly, throat feeling tighter. Her body temperature rose and it started to hum as her breathing was getting heavier. Leo put a hand onto her shoulder, "What's wrong princess? Relax, be strong. We'll always be here to protect you no matter what. I'll be here for as long as i can too" Lucy spoke quietly, "I feel him" She points to the large dark shadow in the distance. "He's there" She turns to look at Leo, her eyes were glowing slightly, making her brown eyes seem lighter. "E.N.D is here.."

While in Tartaros...

E.N.D stared into the giant lacrima inside his throne room. Fairy Tail was centered in the orb, flashing different faces from one to another until Lucy's face showed up. He paused the view and a grin spreads across his face. "There you are..." he whispers to himself while leaning his elbow onto the gold armrest. He was holding a dark, leather-lined book in his other hand with the letters, E.N.D, etched onto it. Hearing footsteps behind him, he growled quietly, "Keyes, have you found Silver yet?" The Necromancer came into view from the back door, he spoke in a monotonous tone, "No, I have not summoned him here. Do you need him?" E.N.D continued to stare into the giant orb and sneered, "No. I'm curious to see what he does..." He hopped out of his throne, cackling loudly, "It seems our little city has already prepared a welcoming party. I should thank Lucy later.." Clapping his hands high into the air, "We got to prepare ourselves" The necromancer turns to leave and the demon lord goes through the other door.

Walking quickly down the halls, he came across Mard Geer. E.N.D only clicked his fingers at him, getting the other demon's attention, "Dismiss the other dark guilds search parties. We have our own to attend to" he said calmly, hiding his enthusiasm from before. Mard gave a dark smile, "Already done, my lord. We'll be directly over the city in ten minutes" The demon lord continued walking down the dark corridors until he came to the entrance of his castle. He whistled a high pitch sound and suddenly the rest of the demons appeared one at a time. He pushed opened the large doors in front of him as the thunder roared loudly outside. E.N.D smiled darkly, baring his teeth at the guild below him. "I've come for you, Luce..." The other demons walked ahead of him and Mard stood at his side. "Your orders, sir?" E.N.D closed his eyes and spoke as lightning flashed brightly in front of them, "Stall them. You get her for me, If i have to come down there, there will be nothing left behind. That i promise" He snapped his eyes open. His eyes were a bright red, the scales on his face stretched a bit past his cheeks. His horns thinned out farther than before and his wings spread out behind him. E.N.D stretched his claws as he looked down at them, "Nothing is going to get in my way..." he whispered. Mard snickered and the demons left him behind as they descended below to Fairy Tail.

In the far distance behind Fairy Tail's Guild...

Silver was watching the view of the storm clouds closing in on Magnolia city. His eyes narrowed to the cube, "Tartaros..." he uttered coldly under his breath. He balled his fists tightly as cold air began to emanate from him. "You'll regret coming here, you demon scum" Ice started to coat the ground as he walked towards the guild, "No one is going to take my son's family away...again"

*small flashback*

'It's dark, cold...' he slowly tilted his head up, hardly able to move. Silver saw his wife dead beside him. Coughing up blood he can see in the distance, his son, Gray Fullbuster crying...screaming for him and his mother. Barely able to raise his arm, spots started to block his vision, 'Someone, help him...please...anyone...' Silver's vision was fading, hearing his heart thump slower. 'Someone...protect my son...' He felt his hand brush the hair of his wife. The cold air around him chilled him to the bone, everything did. He couldn't feel anything anymore. The harsh roars echoed in the distance from Deliora. After about ten minutes, Silver finally blacked out entirely onto the snow covered ground, his last breath faded into the cold air.

"What do we have here?..." a solemn voice echoed quietly. "A lost soul it seems, Keyes-Sama...Not able to find peace from the looks of it..." a higher voice cackled. "It seems i may have found an interesting specimen. Franmalth, pull him back in, then we must get going." Strange words were uttered and about a few moments later, Silver's eyes blinked open. "Look, look, hes alive!" says the one-eyed demon. Silver's head throbbed painfully, unable to feel anything else, "Where am i? What's going on...?", his voice hoarse and dry. Franmalth jumped in front of the black haired man, "You owe your life to him.." slowly pointing to the tall, skeletal like being in front of them. "He doesn't owe me anything. It's merely to watch. We must get going" with his flat, un-amused tone he started walking away. Silver stared at the ground, "Why am i not dead?..." The small cyclops shrugged and followed the necromancer, "Who cares, you're alive now. Can you remember your name?" Franmalth flashed the man a sly smile, "Silver...i remember everything" Cold air started to emanate from him. With sudden frustration he felt for failing to protect his family, dark pink ice scattered across the ground reaching up to Franmalth's feet. Locking the one-eyed demon in place he screamed, "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS, YOU RUNT!" Keyes turned his attention to the loud things behind him. He stared, watching the man pool out his anger towards the small demon. He smiled darkly, "It seems you developed an usual power from what you had before, Silver..." Silver froze and the ice stopped moving. The brilliant pink ice shattered around Franmalth, releasing the small demon. The cyclops demon growled, "That's going to cost you a lot, you -" The necromancer raised his staff to block the cyclops, "No, you will do nothing. Come, we're wasting time"

Silver watched the retreating figures leave, "What the hell is this...my ice..." He looked at the ground under him. It was different from his dark ice. He flexed his hands and realized he had no breath. Silver looked beside him and saw his wife's lifeless body. He got up slowly and began preparing her funeral.

After he was done, he stared down at the wooden cross, gently placing down snow-white flowers. 'I'm sorry...i couldn't protect anyone...our son...' he started thinking to himself, 'I will devote the life that I've been given, to killing every last one of those demons. I promise...my beloved, Mika. I pray that our son is still alive out there.' Silver turns around, walking towards the bleak and snowy night without another glance back.

*End of small flashback*

Silver hid in the shadows as people from the Fairy Tail guild started to move out. 'I'll have to wait here until the time comes' From the corner of his eye, he watched something familiar running out of the guild. A shirtless boy with raven-black hair was setting up ice cannons and ammunition. Silver watched intently, eyeing the boys moves. 'Glad to see you again, Gray'. He jumped to the top of the trees, watching the view below, 'Once i finish my business here, my power, will be yours...'

Additional AN: And now for the preview:

*~ Natsu raised his arm and caught the spirit into his grasp. "Oh, it's you" he hissed between his teeth. Natsu leaned in towards Leo's ear, speaking loud enough so only the spirit hears him, "Layla sends her regards" and he threw Leo across the room. Leo smashed into several objects until his back finally hit the wall. Wheezing, he barely got himself up and glared harshly at the demon, "YOU! YOU WERE THE ONE!" Leo yelled. Lucy's eyes darted between them, terrified... ~*

See you next chapter ;)