Hey everyone this is my first fanfic, all reviews are welcome.
Chapter 1:
Gajeel awakes in a cold sweat, breathing heavily from the horrible memories that had haunted his sleep once again, he's been having this dream every night since he joined Fairy Tail all those years ago. He stares blankly as he thinks back on his dream, he dreamed back to his days in Phantom Lord, the night he attacked Levy and her team. He remembered how he had enjoyed hurting them and pining the up on a tree like he had crucified them. The thought of him enjoying it sickened him, he was a monster back then and if it hadn't been for Makarov convincing him to join Fairy Tail he would still be that monster to this day. He had found his guiding light in none other than the small blue haired mage he had hurt long ago, Gajeel knew she had long forgiven him for his actions and so had the rest of the guild, but Gajeel would never forgive himself. He wanted to atone for what he had done to her by keeping her safe from harm and helping her to become stronger, never did he think he would fall in love with the girl. Gajeel lost his train of thought when he heard Lily come walking in, "Finally awake I see" the black cat said while jumping onto the bed next to Gajeel. "You look terrible, did you have that dream again?" Lily asks concerningly, "Don't worry about it Lil" Gajeel said as he got out of bed. "Alright then, get dressed already so we can head to the guild hall" Lily said while strapping his sword to his back, Gajeel walks off to get ready without saying a word.
Gajeel and Lily head over to the bar. "Hey Mira, can I get some iron over here" Gajeel says as they sit down. "Coming right up" Mira says cheerfully. When Gajeel got his meal him and Lily left the bar and sat together at a table away from the small group of members in the guild. Things have started to calm down after the war with Alvarez, but there was still much work to be done. Most of the guild members were out on jobs helping make repairs that were caused by the fighting. Gajeel looked around the guild not seeing Levy or the other members of team Shadow Gear around. "Must have gone on a job" he mumbled to himself. Suddenly he hears a soft voice calling from behind him, "Hey Gajeel, Lily", they turned around to see Levy walking into the guild hall.
"You guys want to go on a job together?" she asks the Dragon slayer and Exceed as she sits down across from them. "Sure shrimp, what job did you have in mind," Gajeel said as he finished off his iron. "There's this job I saw last night before heading home that offers a rare book as a reward, as well as 60 thousand jewel" Levy says excitedly. "What exactly is the job we are supposed to do?" Lily asks, "We'll from what the request said, there is a monster guarding some ancient tablets found at a dig site, our job is to slay the monster and get the tablets back safely, we will also get a bonus reward if we help with translating the tablets" Levy says while getting up. "I'll go accept the job, let's meet at the train station in an hour" she says then turns and walks away towards the request board.
After a 3 hour train ride Gajeel, Levy, and Lily finally arrive at their destination. "Well let's go meet with the client and find out what kind of monster I get to punch" Gajeel says with a smirk. "Not only that, we should also find out more about the tablets we need to retrieve and translate" Levy says, leading the way to the client. They arrive at an old log cabin 30 minutes from town, Levy knocks on the door, an old man opens the door just enough to look out and see who is there. "What do you want?" the old man says nervously, "We're from Fairy Tail, we are here for the job you posted" Levy says and holds out the request for the man to see, "Ah yes, please come in and have a seat, would you like something to drink" he says as he closes the door behind them. "No thank you" Levy says as they sit down, "We were wondering what kind of information you can give us on the monster we are supposed to fight, and the importance of the tablets?" Lily says. "Well, we don't know much about the tablets really, all we know is that they are from a long forgotten ancient civilization, we think they might contain myths and legends from this ancient culture" the old man says as he finally sits down across from them. "And what about the monster" Gajeel says, "We determined the monster is a rare kind of basilisk, it has snow white scales, glowing green eyes, and can spite a burning venom over large distances, it's the most terrifying thing I've ever laid my eyes on" the man says nervously. "Thank you for the information, we will take care of the monster tomorrow and get those tablets back for you" Levy said as they made their way to the door. Once outside Levy sighed heavily, "This job is going to be difficult", "Don't worry about shrimp, you just leave the basilisk to us and get those tablets out of there so we don't have to hold back from smashing stuff, now let's get back to town already I'm getting hungry", "yea, I'm getting a little hungry also" Levy said and smiles at Gajeel.
Later that night, Gajeel is laying in bed staring at the roof not able to fall asleep. His thoughts keep taking him back to his recurring dream. Lily wakes up and notices Gajeel is still awake, usually he would have been asleep by now. "Can't sleep?" Lily asks as he sits up, "yea, just caught up thinking is all" Gajeel says, "You know, you should talk to Levy about your dream, I think it might help you come to terms with the past and you'll be able to sleep better" Lily says concerningly. "Maybe when we finish this job" Gajeel says before yawning, the two wish each other goodnight and fall fast asleep.