Heeey...I'll probably only update this once I get an idea...you guys, feel free to suggest things too

Juvia awoke in Isvan's snowy village once more just in time to see Gray walk past her, a little girl following him and reaching out to try and grab hold of him. The boy stifled an irritated growl but it was clear on his face that he didn't want the company. His hands were shoved down tight in his pockets, his shoulders hunched and his eyes halfway cast to the ground as he walked.

The little girl had the same brown hair as Mika, but had Gray and Silver's dark blue eyes. Juvia immediately put her down as being Gray's little sister - the sibling he never wanted. "Gwey! Gwey wait!" the little girl called out to her brother before tripping and falling face first into the snow with a hard thud.

Gray stopped and looked over his shoulder - his parents would kill him for sure this time if he kept walking. He waited for his sister to get back up again and manage to latch onto his arm like she normally did, giggling and praising herself on a job well done at finally being able to get closer to her big brother. When she didn't move, he shuffled his position and then took a few steps toward her, growing sort of worried. "Isolda?" he called quietly. His worry grew when she didn't respond and he knelt down beside his sister and pulled her body into a light embrace. "Snow? C'mon Snow stop playing around, I gotta get going".

Isolda was his sister's true name, and the name he called her the most, but her nickname was Snow and it was rare that Gray would use it. His eyes flickered over her body frantically and before he knew it he was carrying her back home as quick as he could manage.

"You just had to do this on today of all days, didn't you? I swear Isolda, if you're faking this then you're gonna wish you weren't" Gray grumbled, mostly to himself, as he finally got home and knocked on the door as hard as he could. It wasn't long before Mika opened the door and as soon as she saw her daughter, she scooped up the little girl from her son's arms and hurried to get her next to the fire. Gray poked his head inside, jealousy beginning to boil in his stomach.

"Gray, tell me what happened". Mika commanded but worry made it sound less firm.

"She tripped and fell and wouldn't wake up".

"Where were you?"

"Outside".

"Gray, now is not the time, tell me where you were when this happened!"

"I was on my way to the forest, like I told you this morning".

"Where were you exactly?"

"What does it even matter where I was?" the boy half snapped.

Mika gave a heavy sigh and shook her head. Gray shrugged and took it as his cue to leave, thankful to whoever was letting him get away from his sibling this time.

"Honestly, what's the big deal anyway?"

Lucinda sighed. She was a friend of Gray's from when he'd run away from his lookout post one day and they'd met in the forest they were currently walking through now. Gray often came to see the raven-shapeshifter-girl more often nowadays since Takeru and Tama had moved away. "The big deal is that you have a new member to your family".

"And?"

"Didn't you say that your friend had a little sister?"

"Yeah but Tama wasn't that bad".

"Why are you so against having Snow around? I thought you'd of grown out of your jealousy by now".

"I'm not jealous!" Gray snapped.

Lucinda changed into her raven form and flew up to perch on a low tree branch. "Of course not because otherwise you wouldn't have snapped at me just then" she cackled lightly. "Tsk, tsk, where have your manners gone, hm?"

"Oh don't even try patronising me".

"Wow, that's a big word for your vocabulary, careful not to overheat your brain!"

"Lucinda cut it out!" Gray couldn't help but smile a little. Lucinda somehow had this way of making him happy when he didn't want to be. He waited to see if she would come down again but when she didn't make an effort to move from her perch, he climbed his way up to her. "Go on...give me the education of a lifetime" he sighed sarcastically.

Lucinda fluffed up her feathers before changing back into her human form and swung her legs from the branch. "How's your bully problem?"

"Dying down but not gone completely, why?"

"Just wondering. Are you still on lookout duty?"

"Yeah, why else would I be here right now?"

Lucinda shrugged and looked up through the trees. "Oh what I would give for the world to use magic for good... I mean, everyone should use their magic for good. And once you get your magic finally, I definitely wanna see it! I bet your magic will be just like you are, tough on the outside but you're able to break through to the real you".

"Like...ice?" the boy thought for a moment and shrugged. "Nah, ice magic seems pretty useless if you're in one of those guild places. And I bet those aren't much fun either".

Lucinda just giggled and the two spent the majority of the day together until Gray finally decided it was time he headed home if he wanted to be fed.

Gray trudged home as slowly as he could manage before the sky got too dark. For once he wasn't excited to see his parents when he got through the front door. They'd only be fussing over Isolda and he really didn't want to see that. He hated it. Juvia could feel strong dark vibes come from Gray's aura and to be quite honest, it scared her. She'd seen Gray be a little jealous before, like that one time he and Lyon had been turned back into kids and barely stopped arguing with each other, and she'd seen him have hatred in his eyes before, like when Natsu would get praised for something that didn't need praise but more of a scolding. She knew that after Ur and Lyon had found him his heart had been filled with an unsettling darkness but never before had the water mage felt it this strongly. She thought that perhaps overtime Gray had gotten used to it all, since he didn't seem to hold anything against Asuka back at Fairy Tail. But it was like he'd said to Lucinda earlier, his best friend had had a younger sister and he was fine with her because they weren't family. For the life of her, Juvia couldn't figure out what exactly made Gray so upset and annoyed by having a sibling.

"What would Lucinda know anyway?" Gray grumbled, finishing a thought out loud "Everything was fine until Isolda came along! I was happy, I had friends, I had mum and dad's attention equally, I had everything and then she comes along and ruins it all!" He sighed. "I guess the only good thing that comes out of this is that I met Lucinda and that Natsu talks to me more often - even if it is just to see the brat".

Suddenly a flare went off in the sky and Gray stopped in his tracks with a soft growl. "Great, now I'm out after curfew too. Mum's gonna murder me when I get home...that is...if I even go home~" a wicked smirk made it's way onto the boy's face and he quickly ran towards the center of town, remembering a festival was supposed to be going on there. "If everyone's at the festival then I can slip home and grab what I need. This time I'm leaving and there's nobody to stop me. Not my parents, not Lucinda, nobody!"

Juvia followed him as he slunk around town, keeping to the shadows and stealing a few pieces here and there from the stalls that had been left open for the festival. He searched the crowd for his parents and saw them, his mother holding his sister and his father's arm round his mother's waist. They all looked so happy without him, as if he didn't exist anymore. It made him growl and he furrowed his brows as he made his way home, silently hoping nobody had spotted him.

Gray managed to climb into an open window to his house and landed on the floor with a soft thud. He looked around and scoffed. He didn't need this place, he was certain of it. He went straight to his room and found an old bag, shoving the stolen items in it before grabbing a few things from around his room. Juvia knew she was dreaming but part of surely couldn't believe that this had really happened. She also knew that nowadays he probably regretted not giving Isolda a chance before, now that Isvan was entirely gone.

Gray tied the bag up and looked around his room with soft, sad eyes before he shook his head and left the room. He shut his bedroom door and made his way downstairs only to stop dead when he saw that his father had come home. Silver looked at his son from the door, arms folded over his chest. "Gray..." the boy cowered slightly at his father's rough, firm tone. "Where have you been?"

"I went to the forest, like I usually do. I was only with Lucinda..."

"And how long have you been here?"

"About...10 minutes...?"

Silver said nothing, just uncrossed his arms and sighed. "Gray...about your sister-"

"Oh now what?" he muttered softly under his breath.

"-she's suffered from memory loss after the fall she had while with you".

Gray's eyes widened. "What? So she doesn't remember us?"

"She only remembers some things. Doctor said she might not ever remember some things, such as her brother. She has no clue you exist Gray".

"Well, then that's a good thing" Gray half spat. "Who'd want me anyway?"

Silver looked at his son more firmly before huffing - it was clear who Gray took after more. "Gray this has to stop. Either you accept the fact you have a younger sibling or you can go live with that friend of yours in the forest if you so please".

"Fine! I was planning to leave this stupid village anyway!" Gray's breathing quickened a small pace and he hopped down the last few steps of the stairs. "After all, who'd want someone like me around anyway?! It's not like anybody would care if I left!"

Silver's eyes narrowed. "Your family would care Gray. If you walk through that door then just think about how your mother would react".

"She didn't care earlier when I brought the little brat back home after the fall! You probably hear the things everyone around here says about me but you choose not to listen and pretend like everything's okay! Well it's not, and I can't take it anymore!" Gray hadn't noticed he'd let tears fall down his face until he rubbed furiously at his eyes. "I'm nothing but a demon child anyway..."

"Demon child? Gray, I thought you knew better than to believe what others say about you. How long has this been going on for?"

"What does it matter. It's true what they say, I can't do anything! I was meant to be village leader someday when I grow up, just like you! But instead I screwed up so badly that I got put on Lookout! And I couldn't even do that right!" Juvia felt her heart break. She knew how much Gray admired his father, it was clear as day. She also knew how Gray would turn out to be, the man she'd so helplessly fallen in love with, and that mended her heartbreak a little. Gray did live up to his name, he was strong and tough but if you got through to him enough then he was sweet and gentle.

Silver slowly took in his son's words before embracing the boy into a hug. "Be strong". The man knelt down to Gray's level and patted his shoulders gently. "You know who you truly are, Gray. You are none of the things they call you out there. And I believe, no, I know that you will become so much more than what you are now when you grow up. So what if you don't end up as villager leader like I am? That doesn't make you who you are. What matters is how you view yourself, and you should be proud of who you are. You have a young heart, make the most of it while you still can. I guarantee that one day your name will be known all around the world. You will make so many people proud of you, son. Promise me...promise me you won't listen to those accusations anymore".

Gray slightly nuzzled against his father's stomach and emitted a soft "I promise" from his mouth as Juvia's dream began to end. Silver was right. And Juvia promised to herself to help keep Gray's newfound legacy alive for as long as she lived.

So many more words than usual...so...many...ugh... *faints*