The eleventh chapter is here… thanks for waiting and sorry for the late. I just finished my mid-term test, practice for art-and-culture project and then making a video for English task. That was a pretty busy week. Actually I can publish it faster than this (*maybe at Saturday or Sunday since I received the betaed file at Friday) but considering my school and all, well… this is the best I can do.
Thanks for Kairaita for betaing this chapter *bow* If you guys find some mistakes in my author note, blame me. I ain't English speaker. Okay, now for the review. Kyyaaa! Thanks so much! XD
Lost Canvas : Thank you… thank you for the review (n_n) *bow. And yeah, I won't stop. As long as this damn old PC still willingly to cooperate with me XC And for question number two, yeah. Master did know everything already. Just how genius he was, huh? =9 And for point number three, hu uh… sorry there… I also admit that it's too… plain ^^'
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Rewinsan : Aww… yeah, I just realized it that Little Gray's vision was same as Harry Potter, how silly of me XD But maybe I'm indirectly inspired by that part. If in the previous chapter I rained you all with mysteries, then in this chapter forward I'll slowly feed you with the resolutions, remember: Slowly. Hu uh… it must be really hard for a little kid to bear such an awful burden *nod nod* Here's the update and thanks for the review…
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Yin005 : Hehe… yeah, I also hate having a headache =9 But it will look cooler if someone suffer the pain every time they get something such as an important vision, khehehehe… XD It's my favorite part, too, the last part. Their high-ego sometimes looked so adorable. Enjoy this chapter too and review… X3
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***Fairy**Tail***
Rate: T+ (?) or semi-M for the violence in the end
Genre: Family, Supernatural, Drama, Angsty… what else?
Disclaimer
Fairy Tail and its characters are Hiro Mashima-sensei's, not me.
Chapter 11. Truth, Nightmare
…so, he's Gray Fullbuster…
***Fairy**Tail***
Natsu looked around, searching for the presence of a certain little boy. He couldn't find him in this big hall. How strange. The Dragon Slayer could still smell the boy's scent, so he should be inside the guild, right? He doubted that little Gray was outside—at his usual training place—this late at night. It wasn't like he cared… was it? Natsu always ignored the presence of the little boy, acting like he hated him. But deep down inside, he knew that he was—slowly—starting to care about little Gray, whether it was because of his similarities with his long-dead friend or because of another reason.
Just before he could ask Mirajane about where the little boy was, Erza's cough interrupted him.
"Natsu, are you even listening to me?" Erza cleared her throat exasperatedly. Natsu jumped, remembering that he was supposed to be discussing their mission for the day after tomorrow. While Erza was busy explaining her plan, he had been busy daydreaming instead. It pissed off the Titania. And pissing her off surely meant death.
'Damn that boy…' Natsu cursed inwardly.
"S-sorry, Erza," Natsu stuttered. Erza sighed tiredly and decided to not 'punish' Natsu. She was not in the mood.
"Like I said, this mission is to capture some human traffickers in the land of Vangle, outside of Fiore," Erza explained.
"We're going out of the country? That far?" Natsu's eyes widened in horror. A faraway place meant a long time in a vehicle. And a long time in a vehicle meant a long torture for Natsu Dragneel. "Er… Are we walking there?" he asked hesitantly. Erza's eyes widened in surprise.
"Are you crazy? It'll take months to walk there. No, we'll be going by train, and then by carriage. It will be much faster, and only take about a day," Erza stated, ignoring Natsu's pale face.
Natsu let out a whimper, but reluctantly agreed with the armored-woman.
"On another note, I have heard that these human traffickers are powerful mages. So although the both of us are S-class mages, we must be cautious," Erza warned, her tone and face both serious. But the salmon-haired man let out a smirk instead.
"Okay, okay, Erza, I'll be careful," he said. Erza nodded in reply.
"It's late already, let's discuss this tomorrow instead." Erza stood up as she massaged her temple tiredly.
Nastu nodded. "Sure." Erza then walked toward the bar, leaving Natsu alone at their table.
The Dragon Slayer sighed in boredom. Really, he had nothing to do now. There was no one he could challenge to a fight, and no brawl to join in on. He didn't even have someone fun to chat with. The guild was currently almost empty because most of the members had gone home. Natsu scanned the almost empty guild and saw only a few people like Cana, Laki, the three Strauss siblings, Erza, and some other mages at a table near the bar. He also saw Jet and Droy sulking at another table because Levy hadn't invited them on her mission with Lucy. But despite the few people, Natsu still couldn't find the raven-haired little boy anywhere. He started to worry a little—although he would never admit it out loud—because surely it was past the kid's bedtime.
"Natsuuuu~!" shouted Happy as he flew towards his master. The latter looked up and saw his Exceed floating in midair. "Hoaa…" Happy yawned and landed on Natsu's head. "I'm so bored…"
"Yeah, I know…" Natsu agreed, yawning as well. "Nothing interesting's happening…"
"We're home~~" a slightly tired sounding female voice shouted. Natsu and Happy looked to where the voice had come from to find Lucy and Levy walking towards the bar. They looked tired but excited, and it seemed like they had enjoyed their mission.
"Welcome back," Mirajane said to the duo warmly. Natsu didn't pay much attention to the girls' conversation, since his eyes had landed on a little boy running downstairs from the second floor holding something. Wait, the second floor?
***Fairy**Tail***
'This Gray Fullbuster looks like me but he's older…' Little Gray thought as he examined the piece of paper in his hand, leaving the frame on the floor. He stood up and began to walk towards the stairs. When he was within sight of the guild's front doors, he immediately saw Lucy and Levy entering the guild and approaching the bar.
"That's Lucy-nee!" he exclaimed happily, unconsciously jumping in delight and running downstairs to welcome his foster sister. Gray was still holding the picture tightly when he rushed towards the blonde mage.
"Hello, Gray-chan… I'm home," Lucy giggled when little Gray jumped up, hugging her briefly.
"You're late!" the little boy accused, pouting after he released the hug and looked up at his sister-figure.
"Hehe… Sorry, Gray-chan. It's just that we found an awesome library in the city we were in and we didn't notice the time, so we missed the train. But fortunately we were able to catch the last train," Lucy told to both Gray and Mirajane. Levy was chuckling sheepishly behind her.
***Fairy**Tail***
That little boy approached Lucy and hugged her briefly, yet tightly. Lucy giggled at the action and continued to chat with the others as Natsu approached the blonde as well, intentionally walking behind the boy. As he drew closer, Natsu could hear little Gray talking enthusiastically.
"Hey, hey, Lucy-nee, guess what I fo—…" Gray stopped mid-sentence and mid-movement, looking like he had been about to take out the paper he had been holding from the beginning. For a second he froze and behind him, Natsu couldn't tear his gaze away from the piece of paper little Gray held behind his back. He wondered what it was.
"'Guess what', Gray-chan?" Lucy asked confusedly, staring at the still frozen kid along with the other women still around the bar—Mirajane, Levy, and Erza. As if being woken up from a trance, little Gray blinked.
"Um…" he mumbled, suddenly remembering that the people of Fairy Tail didn't want him to know about Gray Fullbuster. How could he tell them that he had been trying to investigate and discover more about this person?
"Err, n-nothing. I—…" Gray stuttered, abruptly trying to hide the paper in his back pocket. But to his surprise, the paper was suddenly grabbed from his hand in a flash. Gray quickly turned around to find none other than Natsu holding his paper and looking at the picture with several mixed expressions: surprise, rage, shock, unease, and longing.
"W-where did you find this? How did you find it!" Natsu roared angrily, loudly enough to make the entire guild fall into a deathly silence. The other members' attention was now turned to the suddenly raging Dragon Slayer, confused and wondering about what was happening. Lucy, Mirajane, Levy, and Erza stared at Natsu with their mouths slightly open. They were surprised and curious about Natsu's sudden outburst. Little Gray blinked in shock from the sudden anger, but soon gathered the courage to shout back.
"None of your business! Give it back, flame-brain!" Little Gray tried to jump forward and retrieve the paper, but he couldn't reach it.
"Tell me where you got this from!" Natsu demanded even more loudly, oblivious to the people staring at him.
"Natsu! What on earth are you talking about?" Lucy shouted worriedly, seeing the behavior of both boys. Natsu angrily handed her the paper. Lucy saw the contents of the paper as she took it and gasped in recognition. She covered her hand with her mouth as a shocked expression washed over her face. Little Gray's eyes widened again and he didn't know why, but guilt stabbed his heart when he saw tears forming in the blonde's eyes.
"G-Gray-chan, where did you get this photo from?" Lucy asked shakily, looking like she was trying to hold in her tears. Erza and the other two women peeked over Lucy's shoulder to see the photo. Each of them had a different reaction after seeing it, but one impression was the same: shock.
Even though Natsu had asked him the same question just now, little Gray couldn't resist answering his Lucy-nee. "I found it in a room on the second floor."
"What were you doing up there?" Erza asked in a chilling tone, although she didn't mean to sound so harsh. However, the mood still made people shudder. Even Natsu, who a second ago had been in a rage.
"I-I was just exploring the guild and- and I didn't get to see the second floor yet!" Gray said quickly, giving the first excuse that came into his mind.
Erza didn't seem satisfied with the answer, but she took the photo from the still-shocked Lucy and knelt down to the boy's level, trying to act gentle and kind like Mirajane. "So then, what do you think of this picture?" she asked slowly yet seriously, referring to the photo she held. Little Gray bowed his head, too scared to look the Titania in the eye despite the fact that he was rather amazed at how gently she could act, not demanding like her usual self.
"Erm…" the little boy threw an uncomfortable look at everyone else who was watching them silently, wishing they would stop and go back to talking like usual. "I think it's a photo of you a long time ago. Because I think I know everyone in the picture except for that one guy and he looks a lot like me…" he said, trailing off and dared to look up. But he found that Erza wasn't even looking at him. Instead, the scarlet-haired lady had her eyes fixed on the photo she held, and a hint of longing was clear from her gaze.
For a minute, no one seemed willing to talk. It was complete silence.
"Who is he?" Little Gray asked finally. Though he thought he already knew, he felt the need to confirm it. However, no one answered him.
"Is he Gray Fullbuster?"
Those four simple words were enough to make everyone snap their heads up. Again, the little boy had shocked them.
"H-how do you know about… him?" Erza stuttered in shock.
"Um…" Little Gray mumbled, quickly trying to think of an excuse.
Behind him, Natsu gave an annoyed sigh. "Che."
This single word didn't go unnoticed by the Titania.
"Do you know something about this, Natsu?" she asked sharply. Natsu blinked in surprise and cleared his throat. But he didn't say a word, just desperately covered his hand with his mouth and avoided everyone's gaze.
"Natsu, say something!" Lucy demanded. The Salamander reluctantly glanced at the blonde before lifting his hand away to speak.
"He…" Natsu started exasperatedly, jabbing a finger at the little boy in front of him. "He found ice-freak's grave. Don't ask me why or how because I got no idea either!" Natsu continued, and their attention shifted back to little Gray.
"I wanted to know!" Gray said loudly, giving his reason. "I wanted to know why Natsu goes to the church everyday so this morning I followed him," the little boy explained in his childish tone. "And then I found him in front of a grave and he looked like he was crying, so I looked at it and it said Gray Fullbuster," Little Gray added innocently, making the salmon-haired man blush slightly in embarrassment at little Gray mentioning that it looked like he had been crying in front of his dead rival's grave. Natsu vaguely heard snickering voices from the crowd as well as Mirajane and Levy, and he turned even redder. But Lucy and Erza were too shocked to find it funny.
"You little brat!" Natsu hissed furiously, unconsciously stomping his foot in annoyance and in a childish way, making the snickering grow louder.
"What?" Gray retorted with the same level of annoyance, glaring at the Salamander. For a minute, they were involved in a glaring contest that in the end made a small smile break out even on Lucy and Erza's faces. The scene reminded them of old times.
"Hey, what the hell's going on here?" grunted a voice from the door. Laxus stood there, looking tired and exasperated as if he had had an exhausting day. People made way for him as he lazily walked towards the counter.
"Welcome back, Master Laxus. Where's Master Makarov?" Mirajane asked warmly, despite the previously tense situation. Laxus growled in reply and sat on the first stool he reached, not bothered by the fact that almost all the guild members were surrounding the bar watching a little boy and their resident fire mage in a staring contest.
"In a club on the east side of the city. His perverted side took over and he's playing around with those bitches," Laxus said, annoyance clear in his voice. Mirajane nodded, though her face had set itself into a disapproving pout.
"Make me a drink. Anything," Laxus ordered, and Mirajane disappeared into the kitchen at once. "So like I asked, what the hell's going on here?" he added loudly, making everyone's attention turn to him except for the duo who were still having their glaring contest.
"What're those two doing?" he asked, and at the same time, Mirajane came back with a big mug for the current Fairy Tail master.
"Gray-chan announced that he found out about Gray's grave and that pissed off Natsu quite a bit, so it ended up like that," Mirajane told him casually, pointing at the duo. The crowd around them nodded at Laxus in agreement.
Much to everyone's surprise, Laxus let out a chuckle. "Ah, I see… So he finally started investigating it for himself, huh? That's good."
"What's so good about that, master? Didn't we agree that it'd be better for him not to know about this matter from the very beginning?" Lucy frowned.
But instead, the lightning mage raised an eyebrow. "And from the very beginning, I don't know why you were all keeping this a secret from him. I don't care what happens, but more importantly, I think the brat has the right to know." He lifted his mug and noticed that little Gray had been eavesdropping on the conversation for a while.
"So then, boy, what are you going to ask?" Laxus inquired bluntly. Gray turned around, staring at Laxus determinedly, and the older man unconsciously whistled in awe at the little boy's stare, appreciating the determination.
"I wanna know who this Gray Fullbuster is," Little Gray demanded. Everyone stared at him, yet no one was willing to give him the answer right away. Even Laxus just kept quiet while sipping his drink. Of course he wasn't going to tell the boy the answer. The decision was up to his guild members, since it had been their idea not to tell the boy.
"I don't get why you all keep it a secret from me! I'm a Fairy Tail mage too, right? So I should get to know everything about this guild too!" he shouted exasperatedly and demandingly. All of the adults exchanged glances except for Laxus, who hid his smirk behind his mug, and Natsu, who gritted his teeth furiously, hanging his head down.
"Just shut up and stop asking that damn question, brat! You don't need to know the answer!" Natsu shouted back, looking at the boy in annoyance.
"Natsu!" Erza warned, but Natsu ignored her.
"And how come I gotta stop asking, ash-for-brains? Don't say it has nothing to do with me! I need to know it. I have to! I saw that this Fullbuster guy looked a lot like me, so just tell me the answer!" Little Gray yelled impatiently. Natsu clenched his fist, taking a step towards the boy.
"Alright, stop it. It's late, and I hate it when it's this noisy on a quiet night," Laxus said, breaking up their argument by clapping his hands calmly. "You. Little boy. It's true that you have the right to know anything you want about Fairy Tail since this guild is also yours. And it's true that you have something to do with it," Laxus stated flatly.
"But I think it's up to them whether they want to tell you or not," he added, pointing at the members of what was once Team Natsu. The three of them gave him startled, disbelieving looks, as if they were asking he was serious. Laxus replied silently by mouthing the words 'tell him'. Well, he had been intending to tell the kid the truth from the start anyway.
"Fine!" Natsu roared angrily before stomping away from the bar, intending to leave the guild. "Just tell him or whatever, but don't ever expect me to say a word to him!" he spat, and disappeared through the front door.
"Natsu!" Happy cried out before flying outside as well, trying to catch up to his partner.
"My, my…" Mirajane sighed softly, a slight frown on her face.
"What's with him?" Little Gray pouted, eyebrows furrowing.
***Fairy**Tail***
In Lucy's dark bedroom, little Gray was lying on the bed alone, covered by a pink comforter. He was supposed to be sleeping right now, but his eyes refused to shut. He rolled over, trying to get in a more comfortable position. Lucy herself was in another room and Gray could see the light was on, so she must be writing. That was what Lucy had said. Little Gray knew that Lucy had another job as an author and didn't intend to bother her. But sometimes, Gray pitied and worried about her whenever she went to sleep so late, like tonight.
His onyx orbs wandered around the room before finally landing on the silhouette of a photo on Lucy's nightstand. It was another copy of the photo he had found that evening, and it was framed neatly and beautifully as if it was the most important and precious paper in the world. When they had gone home hours ago, Lucy had shown him that she had the same photo, hidden inside her drawer. Mumbling about how it was useless to hide it from the boy now, she had then put it on her nightstand again. Where it was supposed to be.
Gray Fullbuster. Now he knew a little more about the guy who had way too many similarities with him.
"He was our comrade who died years ago on one of our missions."
That was what Lucy told him. But a tiny piece of information like that could not satisfy the little boy. So then, Gray had demanded more information.
"How did he die?" asked the raven-haired boy curiously. Lucy sighed, but this time it was Erza who gave him the answer.
"He was trapped in the enemy's magic. Unfortunately, the magic killed him…"
"What magic?" Little Gray asked again, amazed. But Erza remained quiet.
Seeing as they would not answer, little Gray changed his question. "What magic did this Gray Fullbuster used to have?" Erza and Lucy briefly exchanged glances before Erza nodded.
"He was once a caster-type mage of molding magic. And his element was ice. Ice elemental molding magic." The Titania glanced at the surprised little boy before adding, "Just like you."
"Eh?" Gray blinked as another piece of information was given to him. "How come he's so much like me?" he asked. 'Or, maybe I'm the one who's so much like him?"
"We don't know about these similarities either. Maybe it was just a coincidence?" Lucy answered, reassuring and soothing at the same time. Her expression showed that what she said was true. Nevertheless, little Gray could smell the lie there.
After that, Lucy and Erza refused to let the boy ask any more questions. Giving the excuse that it was late already, they said that it was time for him to go to bed.
So then, here Gray was now, being forced to go to sleep. He moved his gaze away from the framed photo as his memory of the evening came to an end. Maybe that was the reason why everyone treated him differently, and why Natsu treated him so coldly. It was because he looked so damn much like their dead friend.
The thoughts never stopped running across his mind. He was only a five-year-old-kid and he didn't get why people would react so much to the similarities, but at least now he knew why they were treating him a bit strangely. It was because his face looked like their dead friend's. So there was no one to blame for the Fairy Tail members' reactions, and how Natsu acted towards the boy was understood by them. And Gray could not be blamed for having such a face. But yet, the little boy felt like he had been cheated a bit. Why had everyone in the guild hidden something so important from him? He was part of the guild now as well. And plus, it turned out this thing absolutely had something to do with him.
Sighing, he shook the negative thoughts from his mind and tucked the covers around his body before drifting off to sleep.
***Fairy**Tail***
'…uh oh, it's dark again…'
'…I think it's that dream, where everything's black and scary and tight like it's gonna choke me.'
'…But hey! No need to be worried, Gray.'
'This darkness won't last long, right?'
''Cause like usual I'll wake up soon and then I'll be sleeping next to Lucy-nee…'
'So yeah, no need to be worried…'
'But- wait! What's this feeling?'
'I feel like… I'm being tied tightly to something… with something…'
'Both my arms, and also my legs.'
'I try to blink,'
'And suddenly it's not as dark anymore. There's only some kinda dark red light. I can see things more clearly now.'
'I look around and it's all empty. I don't see the walls. Or the ground. Or the roof. Um… am I even standing on anything?'
'I look at my left hand and it's stretched out and tied on some kinda wooden block.'
'Hey! Is it just me, or did I get bigger?'
'I blink again and look down. My legs are longer too, and they're also tied up.'
'Also I'm not wearing a shirt! How come I'm not wearing a shirt? I have pants, but the only other thing I'm wearing is a silver necklace. It feels cold, but like I'm used to it.'
'Did I somehow grow in my dream?'
'Dream…'
'Yeah, of course. It's just a dream. So it's not that weird if I suddenly grow bigger.'
'It's just… a dream.'
"Well then, boy. You sounded so arrogant there. It seems that uncle Furcasso has to teach you some lessons."
'There's a voice. I blink and, I dunno why, but it makes me shiver when I hear it. It sounds so mean and scary, but like it's trying to act nice, and that makes it even scarier. I lift my head up and I find that the room or whatever I'm in now is full of mirrors all of a sudden. My eyes widen as I see a man with messy black hair staring at me. I think he's surprised like I am too. He's not wearing a shirt, so I can see a dark-colored Fairy Tail tattoo on his chest and a silver necklace hanging around his neck. He's sweating, like he's afraid or worried about something. He's tied up on a big cross with a silver chain.'
'I know him! Because I saw his picture just two hours ago.'
'He's Gray Fullbuster!'
'What's he doing here?'
'I open my mouth to say something and he opens his mouth too. Is he gonna say something? I close my mouth to let him talk first, but he does the same thing like before. This is annoying! I try to move my hand around as much as I can, but the Gray Fullbuster guy in front of me is doing the same thing again.'
'I blink as I realize something. There's only a mirror in front of me, so it should show me, right? But it's not me. It's Gray Fullbuster… No, could it be…? I'm Gray Fullbuster? No way! But it's just a dream, so maybe I'm seeing what the Gray Fullbuster guy saw? That makes more sense, but how come?'
'I look around the mirror room some more. There really are a lot of mirrors and I can see all my reflections from all the angles everywhere. And then I saw that there's another reflection besides me in the mirrors. A weird-looking man is standing in front of me, a little lower than I am, so I guess I'm kind of floating on this cross-shaped wood.'
'I look at his face and it makes me feel sick when I hear his voice again. He looks like he's trying to look kind but he doesn't and it's weird because he also looks mad and freaky. I feel like I'm gonna puke. He's too scary.'
"First lesson…"
'That man hisses something I barely hear but suddenly a big whip appears by his side from nowhere, floating. I gulp. I have a bad feeling about this.'
"Respect your elders."
'He smiles devilishly and at once, that whip flies toward me. In a flash, I feel it hit my arm.
"ARGH!"
'I can't help but cry out because it really really hurts, and the voice that comes out isn't mine. But before I can realize what's actually happening, it hits again. On my legs, then my other arm, then my face, then my middle. It hurts so badly and I can't stop crying. I don't care right now though even though I never cry no matter what happens, but I have to because it hurts and hurts and hurts.
'Why am I getting whipped? Or rather… why is this Gray Fullbuster being whipped?'
'And why I can feel the pain? It's just a dream… right?'
"Second lesson,"
'I realize that the whipping's over, but I can't stop whimpering in agony because it still really hurts, it hurts everywhere. And I think I'm bleeding too.'
"Learn that I'm the God of this world. I control everything here, even the time. Surrender, my toy…"
'I dare myself to look up toward the mirrored-ceiling. Immediately I know that this suffering won't over soon.'
'Far upward, I see hundreds of sharp things. Like, some kind of small wooden-spikes and shiny needles. Thank God I don't see something more dangerous like daggers or even swords that must be much sharper than those spikes.'
"Relax… I'm not going to kill you for now. I'm just… ah, going to play around with you. Let you die slowly and painfully. Oh… I just love seeing people suffer."
'I shudder hearing that. How could he say that with such a happy face? What's that about being God? What's with the world? And the most important, why does he want to kill me in such a painful way? Is he crazy? Well actually, that's obvious. But still, why?'
'The sound of sharp things tearing through the air distracts me from my thoughts. In horror, I see all those dangerous things raining down on me and quickly shut my eyes tight, but I can still feel the pain when those things rip my skin and stick everywhere. I can feel a line of warm liquid stream down my legs, my arms. It's blood. I scream this time, as loudly as I can. It hurts. It hurts so much.'
"GAAAAAAHH!"
'I don't know how long I scream, or how long those spikes keep raining down on me. But when I feel things stop falling upon me, when I don't feel anything else hit me from above, and when I stop screaming, I open my eyes. The first thing I see is the guy who calls himself Fu-… Fur… Whatever! That guy is standing with a satisfied smile playing across his face. I'm panting hard, dripping blood and cold sweat, and my sight is blurry as I look at him. I bet I look really bad right now. When I look in the mirror again, I'm right; I see a bleeding man in the worst shape I've ever seen staring back at me. But that other crazy and horrible man doesn't show any sympathy. Instead, he looks satisfied and triumphant, like he did a good job on something.'
'Why's he doing this to me… Or rather, to this Gray?'
'I can't ask him properly because my voice feels locked up in my throat and I have no idea why. Besides, I feel too tired to say anything.'
"Now, your third and last lesson…" the man chanted, a thin and sharp blade appearing in his stretched out hand.
''Oh God…' I curse inwardly. What now? When is this dream going to be over?'
'I swallow hard as that man charges at a ridiculous speed toward me with his blade.'
"Prepare to die!"
'Then, I feel the worst pain ever across my chest as that crazy man slashes his sharp blade at me. I scream again, extremely loudly. My vision gets blurry, and I can only catch a glimpse of red, lots of red before everything starts fading to black. Lots of red… my blood.'
***Fairy**Tail***
Since I start writing this story, I always wanted to write that dream part so I can tell you the cause of Gray's death. (*he died in a cruel and torturous way, yeah, indeed, I know it ==") Do you think the dream part was too violence? Tee hee… sorry for making you shudder if it's possible.
Please leave a review and forgive me for any mistakes…. *bow*
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