I stared at the black haired, ruby eyed boy in front of me. "I was trained by a dragon and had a lacrima implanted inside of me." All I could do was stare at him. I had never met a 3rd generation dragon slayer before, only 0th,1st and 2nd. I wonder what would happen if a zero generation dragon slayer was trained by a dragon and had a lacrima implanted inside of them? Would they be the ultimate dragon slayer? I was pulled out of my thoughts by a realization. When Ryos had said he had killed his father, he had meant his dragon. I knew how much dragon foster parents meant to dragon slayers from Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel. Looking into Ryos's eyes, I could see the pain that the burden of killing his dragon had caused. Despite this, he didn't show it. He stayed strong. This boy was really something.

"What magic do you use then? And what are your names? And guilds?" I heard Ryos say snapping me out of my thoughts once again. "It's only fair if you tell me. I told you in the first place." Lana grinned bearing perfect white teeth.

"My name is Lana Shields, I'm 18 years old. I use solid script magic and I'm a member of Mermaid Heel - though I was formerly a member of Phantom Lord." Ryos squinted at Lana.

"I recognize you," he muttered, "You were in that team with that black haired air boy and the bright green haired gravity boy." Lana nodded, smiling even more. She smiled too much in my opinion. I guess that others would say that I frowned too much. Ryos turned to look at me. I felt every nerve in my body quiver, as if it were his ruby red eyes causing this. There was something about this boy, that I couldn't put my finger on. I forced the words out of my mouth. "I'm known as Haze," It felt wrong to lie, "I'm a zero generation fire dragon slayer from the Cait Shelter guild." Ryos stared at me, I could see wonder in his eyes. "You're a dragon slayer too?" I nodded.

"I've never heard of 'zero generation' dragon slayers before." That was my cue to explain all about zero generation dragon slayers etc. After I had finished I looked down to see Ryos staring straight at me. I was surprised for some reason. I should have expected it. He wanted to know.

"You still haven't told me," he spoke as the three of us walked up the streets of Oak town towards the Dark Abyss guild hall. I stared at him confused. "I'm 12 if that helps." he spoke. I hadn't told him my age. Lana had, even though he hadn't asked for it. "I'm 17." I spoke. Ryos's ruby eyes widened.

"I thought you were 14 or maybe even 15 or a small 16 year old!" I stared at the floor and pouted. I hated it when people made fun of my height. "No need humiliate me," I muttered, watching the stones go by under my bare, bandaged feet.

"I'm sorry," He muttered back, "I honestly thought that you were younger." I looked away, still irritated.

"We're here!" Lana called. I looked up towards the guild hall. It was dark and looming, casting a shadow of despair over the beautiful Oak town. "You shouldn't be so load," Ryos stated, "They'll hear us."

"I forgot to ask," Lana said, "Are you part of a guild Ryos?" The ruby eyed boy shook his black haired head.

"It had always been my dream to join your old guild. Phantom Lord. I idolized it. I looked up to Gajeel. I knew him. I couldn't wait for the day when I'd be able to become a member. That was until Phantom decided to start a war with Fairy Tail." I didn't approve of the malice as to which he spoke my guilds name in. "That despicable guild destroyed Phantom Lord. They destroyed my dream! Even worse, Gajeel ended up joining them! It doesn't make sense!" Ryos looked down. His fists clenched, anger and hatred for Fairy Tail flickering in his eyes. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Lana look at me. I thought I saw pity in her turquoise eyes.

I should hate the boy in front of me for talking about my guild in such a way. If he was an enemy of Fairy Tail, he was my enemy as well... I knelt down and put my hand on his shoulder. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't hate him. "Now isn't the time to think of the past," I spoke quietly, so that only he could hear. Ryos looked up at me with his ruby red eyes. He had made himself clear as Fairy Tail's enemy. I should hate Ryos Cheney. I wanted to. But I couldn't. "If you want to free your town, you have to forget about the past and move on. You have to embrace your feelings and use your power to help others. That way... You can save Oak town... Not only that but you can accomplish much more..." I trailed off - not knowing what to say next. I wasn't the best at comforting people. I always said the strangest of things. I closed my eyes. What I had just said... It sounded so stupid. I could have cried. I felt like crying. I didn't know how to feel. I should hate him, but I didn't. It was confusing me. This never happened. I felt to frustrated. I gritted my teeth. I couldn't cry. I couldn't. I won't. Suddenly, I felt someones head against mine. "Thank you," Ryos's voice whispered. As soon as he had spoken, he lifted his head from mine. I opened my eyes to find myself alone. "Come on Haze!" I turned to see Ryos now beside Lana who was looking the other way. She hadn't seen what had happened. "Let's go save Oak town!"

I didn't like him calling me 'Haze.' But that was who I had to be for this job. I walked up to Lana. "Any plans yet?"

"We're charging in and then splitting three different ways!" she smiled, "It was the best I could come up with!" Some part of me had a feeling that I should have made the plan. But another part of me was glad that I was able to comfort Ryos.

I kicked open the guild hall door with a flaming foot, leaving a scorch mark on the dark wood. I felt my foot sting a little from the impact. I may have hit the door a little too hard... Every face inside turned our way... I called out to the Dark Abyss guild members inside. "Come and fight us!" For some reason - a few of the wizards ran while the others stayed fixed in their seats. "Or are you all cowards?" I teased. With that, all of the wizards, including those who had ran, turned and charged towards us. "Their pride is too precious," Lana grinned. I let a quick smile cover my face before letting it fall and becoming serious. The guild members seemed to use all sorts of dark illegal magic... But they were too slow for all three of us. Flames licked my fists and feet as I punched and kicked the Dark Abyss guild members in sight, sending them flying back. Lana was good in hand to hand combat, but when she needed to she was able to use a variety of solid script spells. Ryos was able to become a shadow. I know how weird it sounds, but It was true. He was a shadow. Using this technique, he was able to sneak up on and attack the Dark Abyss members. "It's a rogue shadow!" I heard one of the members scream. Rogue... That suited him.

Soon, there was nothing left in the room accept for piles of defeated dark wizards. They would soon call for reinforcements. We had to use this opportunity to split up and attack the rest of their members, and eventually defeat their master. There were three passageways leading away from the main room. One for each of us - how convenient! I headed forwards. Lana headed right and Ryos headed left. We didn't need to discuss it. We all knew where we were meant to be. I ran down a dark stone corridor. It was lit with flaming torches. small, glass-less windows adorned the upper parts of the stone walls. This place reminded me of a dark and gloomy castle. I soon found myself at the foot of some stairs, that seemed to spiral upwards. I could only wonder where they lead to. I would have to climb them to find out...