Chapter 11 FINALLY! I now understand the pressure of all fanfiction writers everywhere. It takes so much imagination to write a single chapter unless you have a writing high. Almost to 10k words, YAY! I'm almost 100% none of the original characters will appear and have a big role anytime soon. Before that, I have to build stuff up and get at least to 15 chapters which seems really far away. Oh well, enjoy the chapter~

NOTE: This chapter has dreams in it, so don't worry about being confused. When a character is dreaming, you can tell by this font.

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing but the OCs and plot.

Everyone in the group was sleeping peacefully. All having different dreams or nightmares that made them squirm. Unfortunately, Astrid was the one haunted by nightmares.

Tick…..tock…..tick….tock….

The giant grandfather clock slowly ticked away her time.

She sat on the obsidian floor, on her knees and covering her face with her hands.

"Choose" boomed the male emotionless voice from above. She didn't move for a few moments but when she did, she simply stood up.

The tears started falling again. They made her eyes burn.

She finally lowered her hands and let them drop to her sides.

She saw the others, imprisoned.

Gray was imprisoned in an ice structure that wrapped around his limbs and entangled his limp body.

Minho was floating in a big blob of what looked to be purple slim.

Dia was literally in a pit of fire. The flames surrounding her seemed to touch her yet she had no burns.

Astrid looked up at what was supposed to be the sky. Instead of blue and clouds, she saw an inferno that she guessed what some alteration of the sun was.

"Choose" the voice repeated. She looked at the others before turning her head to the side and seeing the giant grandfather clock. It was stuck at 11:59 and was no longer functioning. But she still heard the ticks of it.

"Why do I have to deal with this?" she whispered to no one.

She trudged over to Gray's structure and looked at him blankly. Then repeated the process for the others.

"…..I….chose…." she muttered, staring at the ground. "…A...Aya….no…Ayano" she finished.

"As you wish" the voice said. The flames surrounding Dia suddenly went out, creating no smoke and leaving no traces of its existence.

Minho and Gray suddenly erupted in black flames yet they didn't scream or even squirm. They just stayed still as their bodies quickly turned into ashes.

Astrid collapsed to the ground and started sobbing, going into fetal position. "Why did I have to do this….why, why, why..?"

"How did it come to this?"

Astrid's eyes cracked open then instantly shut again. "Stupid sun" she grumbled as she sat up and rubbed her eyes.

She looked around, blinking blearily. Everyone seemed to still be asleep. She looked outside and saw the sun was well above the horizon, indicating they'd slept for quite a while.

She slowly stood up and stretched, feeling her stiff bones pop.

She walked over to Gray who was peacefully asleep. She kneeled down and lightly tapped his cheek. His eyebrows furrowed and his hand balled into a fist. After a moment he seemed to relax and resume sleeping.

Astrid heaved a sigh of relief and smiled.

'That's right, he's just sleeping this time….just sleeping" she thought.

She stood back up and walked outside, shielding her eyes.

After she lowered her hands, she saw the stone town in its full glory.

She'd been too tired to inspect her surroundings when she and the rest had first arrived.

Now she could clearly see the state of this town. It was in ruins.

Tall buildings had the top blown off and all of the windows blown out.

What she guessed used to be homes were blackened seemingly by fire. Most of the ceilings had caved in and windows blown out. Some houses were just mountains of rubble and glass.

There was a huge cross on a pile of wood, stone, and what appeared to be stained glass. 'Must've been a church' she thought sadly. All of the ruins had spatters of blood on them somewhere.

She took a few steps back and looked at the building she'd just walked out of. There were no windows or doors. She noted how many cracks there were in the walls and walked back inside.

'They've gotten enough sleep for now. Besides, we need to keep moving' she thought as she walked over to Dia.

Luckily for Astrid, Dia was sleeping on her back. Astrid squatted down and let her hand hover over Dia chest.

She let her hand drop onto her chest then squeezed. Dia's eyes shot open and as soon as she spotted Astrid, she squealed. Minho jumped up, half asleep but alert.

He spotted them and stared for several moments before covering his eyes with his hands.

Gray calmly sat up, rubbing his eyes. He gave a questioning grunt.

"Gray-kun help me-" she cut off suddenly and stared at said boy.

Astrid, noticing her sudden silence, looked at Gray too. She went slack jawed as her grip loosened.

The action of his rubbing his eyes made him look like a child…..a cute child.

She felt her face heat up and she quickly scrambled off of Dia. As soon as she was free, Dia glomped Gray affectionately. "You're so cute Gray-kun," she giggled, squeezing him close.

Gray blinked a few times before putting his arms around her, causing everyone in the room to freeze.

"Ayano" he muttered.

Yay another chapter completed~! I worked kinda hard multitasking this with school work, but still managed to finish this. I'm thinking about another possible story idea featuring Lucy for once. It'll be like a Clannad After Story (Saddest anime series I have ever seen)Fairy Tail parody. One of the stories that hasn't been updated in a few months was updated the other day! I fist pumped when I saw it. 8XxAnimexX8 SENPAI READ MY STORY?! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!

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