(A/N : *a piece of paper is thrown into a fire and the one who threw it speaks* Finally the first semester is over. I've been freed from my cage for a while. I must use this time wisely and give my packmates what they've been craving. *pulls out computer and starts typing* Another chapter to this book shall be born! Alright enough drama aside but I have got a break from school I'll try to get more chapters out. But in order to do that I'm watching Fairy Tail over and over and watching lore videos on YouTube about Skyrim. But finally the time has come to start the chapter. Come take this journey with me.)

Natsu stood in the moon temple and cracked his knuckles. He was going to destroy the columns on one side so that Deliora wouldn't be touched by Moon Drip.

'This will get me in Gray's good graces.'

Just the thought of Gray falling into his arms as thanks for stopping the demon´s revival made him all fired up. So he enveloped his fist with his dragon fire and started the demolition.

Gray and the rest of the team where running towards the temple when Lucy and Happy stopped. They had confused looks on their faces as they tilted their heads.

"Why is the temple all crooked now?"

Gray let out a small chuckle and his inner dragon purred and preened.

'He's actually being smart.'

"I think Natsu is trying to stop the moonlight from hitting Deliora. Pretty smart move."

Just then a large group of people from the other night emerged from behind the trees. They were all wearing mask like clothes over their faces to hide them. They all came at the group with spears made from sticks and rocks tied together.

The fight against the masked people was pretty easy if not tedious because it was like when one was brought down two more filled their place. Gray was getting aggravated at all the enemies that kept popping up.

But then Erza pushed Gray out of the way telling him to go on ahead. Gray hesitated at first but once Lucy and Happy said they were gonna stay and help Erza he ran off for the temple.

As he was running memories came flooding back. Back from when he went to try and kill Deliora. In the memories he was on the ground watching Ur and Isis fight the monster. Isis was in the sky making snow and hail rain down on the demon trying to incapacitate it.

But every time it looked like the demon was stopped it just broke the ice surrounding it. When Gray looked up at his mother he saw her panting and starting to lose altitude. She was exhausted from having to spent so much of her power.

Eclipse was held in his arms knocked out from using her power to shield both him and Lyon. The demon's mouth glowed and ready to fire but Isis bashed into the it. Once she did though Deliora swiped at her racking its claws down her side.

Isis gave a loud shriek as she plummeted to the ground digging a crevice in the already torn up earth. She slid to a stop and weakly lifted herself up on shaky legs. She was near the boys when she finally had enough of the monster darkening her child's life with its presence.

The air around her got colder and grew still. An ice blue glow emanated from her mouth. Gray starred wide eyed at her. She was going to do it. She was going to leave him to seal the monster that darkened his life.

But before the spell could complete itself Ur stopped her to seal the demon herself. When she was asked why by Gray she simply said she didn't want to see him grow up without a mother. The sentiment and care in her voice brought Gray to tears.

As the spell completed and the demon was sealed Gray ran to his mother and fell on her leg. She simple curled her body as best as she could around him to comfort him. After Gray was finished he looked to the sealed demon and thanked Ur for letting him still have his mother.

Isis also thanked her by letting out a roar to the sky. With her roar ribbons of all colors of ice filled the sky. It was like the heavens knew a great woman just sacrificed her own body to keep a family together just a while longer.

The next morning Lyon woke wondering where Ur was but when Gray told him she died Lyon raged. Isis stopped the fight by pushing Lyon with a gust of wind. She then took Gray holding a tired Eclipse to Skyrim. There they built a memorial to Ur in one of the many ice caves the province held in its northern most regions.

Gray shook his head to clear the memories of days far in the past. He had to hurry and tell Lyon to stop what he was wanting to do and find a better goal in life. He ran through the tilted temple till the smell of a burning fire filled his senses.

When he looked around he saw that a wall stood between him and the scent of Natsu. Putting his hand up to the wall he felt a familiar cold coming from it.

'Natsu and Lyon are fighting just behind this wall. Well the fastest way to any destination is a straight line.'

With that thought he let his power run through his fingers and palm and started to crack the wall. His magic surpassed Lyon's in strength and power so it crumbled easily. A hole big enough for him to walk through opened up.

Inside Natsu and Lyon looked over to it and saw Gray step into the ice covered room they occupied.

"Gray?"

Natsu didn't want Gray here. This was his fight, he was the dominant male. Gray just looked at the two males in front of him and stepped in front of Natsu coolly. When he looked back at Natsu he spoke.

"Let me handle this."

His tone was firm and immovable, his stance ready for anything, but it was all calm and controlled. The dragon that made up Natsu's very being was growling. Sure it was happy Gray was here so it could show off to the submissive. But Gray wanted to fight and it didn't like that.

Gray looked at Lyon and spoke. He confessed that he was the reason Ur was no longer with them. But how Lyon was perverting her sacrifice for his own selfish ambitions. Gray wanted to end this once and for all. He started moving. His limbs moved graceful and fluid and power seemed to flow from him.

Lyon's eyes widened at the dance Gray seemed to be doing.

"No you wouldn't dare use that spell. Not after what your mother told you about it."

Natsu started at the mesmerizing dance Gray was doing but as the power of his magic built up the more worried he got. What he was doing seemed to be reaching dangerous levels of magic. And the way Lyon worded and sounded made his suspicions seem more valid.

Gray just huffed as the air around him started to condense into a light fog. Lyon back up with his arm in front of his face to shield it from the fierce winds that came from ice dragonslayer magic. Behind Gray a winter blue dragon spread crystalline wings. The webbing was slowly turning to crystal and the scales along the body started to crack.

"I know you won't do it Gray. You're not brave enough to risk your life."

"Then I guess you just don't know anything about ice dragons."

Gray's hair covered his eyes as he was about to release the magic he was tackled to the ground. Groaning he looked up and saw Natsu towering over him. Natsu did not look happy at all. The enraged face he made had Gray involuntarily trying to push himself into the ground.

"I don't know what that spell is, but I do know that you are not using it!"

Natsu didn't yell but the low growling voice mixed with his the face he was making said everything. When Natsu saw Gray's wide eyes and shocked face he pushed himself up and pulled Gray to his feet. But once on his feet Gray shook his head and turned to Natsu.

His voice was hard and surprised but all Natsu did was ask him why he felt obligated to risk his life when Natsu was the one still fighting Lyon. Gray was taken aback for a moment but quickly composed himself.

He grabbed Natsu by the scarf and started explaining to him.

"Listen Natsu you don't just take another dragon's prey. I've got to settle things with Lyon by myself and I'm willing to join Isis in Sovengarde!"

"I don't care if you're ready for this Sovengarde place or not I'm not letting you die yet if it's the last thing I do."

Gray let surprise wash over his mind as thoughts flood in after it. Was this Natsu saying that he didn't want Gray to die because they were destined mates or was it just on a friendship level. Gray couldn't figure it out because of all the stuff going through his head.

But just as he was about to respond the ground started shaking and leveled out. Frustrated and enraged that all his hard work was now undone Natsu started banging on the floor.

"Aww come on it took me so long just to tilt this damn place! Why is it level again!?"

Gray just sighed and faced Lyon. He knew that the moonlight could shine on Deliora now and continue to melt the ice. That's when a man wearing a red mask with dirty looking green fur flowing from the back came running in. He excused the interruption he made and stopped by Lyon.

Lyon spoke saying who he should have known it was the newcomer. They conversed for a minute but were stopped when Natsu started throwing a fit about how the man fixed the temple. The man just turned to them and laughed prompting Natsu to give chase.

But before he left he turned to Gray to give him some parting words.

"You won't lose. A dragon never loses. And after this whole ordeal I want to ask you something. So don't die either you got that frosty tail?!"

Gray gave a small jump at the nickname Natsu gave him but he just smiled and nodded to Natsu. Natsu gave him the big grin he was famous for and chased after the masked man in a rage.

With Natsu gone Lyon started to drone on to Gray about them as a pair when he said a few choice words.

"It almost seems like both of you are made for each other. Wouldn't it be funny if you were destined to mate with each other."

Gray's eyes widened slightly but he quickly stoned his features preparing for a fight.

"Tell me something. Were you counting on Natsu to stop me from turning us into ice?"

"You could say that. But in legends the Ice Dragon's Final Tomb spell says the ice can never be melted but what if it can by the Moon Drip. There are no official records to stat if what Isis told you about it is entirely true or false."

Gray just huffed and started at Lyon his eyes like cold stone. Hard and emotionless. He wouldn't say it out loud and dishonor his mother but he feared that what Lyon said was right. And that if he did seal Lyon and the ice could be melted it would just be a wasted effort.

"And if the ice could be melted it would have just been and inconvenience nothing more."

Gray's teeth gnawed on his lower lip making it swell and darken with the blood being drawn to the surface. His fists clench at his sides and he could feel his magic start to come to life and form claws over his fingernails. He didn't speak he didn't want to give Lyon the satisfaction of hearing him admit he wasn't thinking.

But when Lyon started to boast Gray cut him off.

"I've heard enough. Listen the truth is I don't want to fight. I just want to tell you something you should know."

"Oh and what would that be?"

"Ur is still alive. The Iced Shell doesn't kill its caster. It merely uses their body to make the ice. You see? If you continue you'll be killing Ur."

Lyon simply just stared at Gray and asked if a dragon would stoop so low to forgo its pride and beg for him to stop what he was doing. But what struck Gray in the heart is when Lyon laughed.

It was cruel. After his small fit of laughter Lyon went on to saying that he would continue to melt the ice and that Ur was already dead. After he finished speaking Gray snapped from unbridled rage at his old childhood friend.

But before he could enact on his rage Lyon was in front of him and cast his magic a point blank range. An ice tiger jumped through Gray and wounded him. The pain and shock made Gray fall to his knees. Lyon then turned around and started to walk away from what he thought was a downed Gray.

But after a few steps he felt a sudden harsh kick to his back that sent him crashing into the ice covered wall. Gray bared his sharp fangs as his breaths came through his clenched teeth. His face was pulled into the most vicious snarling beast that anyone could ever fear seeing.

Lyon was surprised he knew that Gray was quite resilient due to the intensity of his dragon magic but even he should have been badly wounded after what he did to him.

When Gray spoke his voice was made of gravel as a bit of the dragon language accent slipped into his voice. His eyes had a slit pupil and his teeth seemed sharper or was that just a faint illusion of the dragon housed in his soul peaking out to the surface.

It's true that while submissive ice dragons were extremely beautiful that beauty served as a mask of just how deadly they could be when put under massive amounts of stress. For example if they were angered or put in immense amounts of danger. They could easily hold their own against just about anything.

Gray was proving just how fierce an ice dragon could be. And in his rage he spoke in the dragon tounge.

"Zu'u lost bo wah save hi. Nuz nu zu'u mindol hi los too gut vod fah dii aak.(I was going to save you. But now I think you are too far gone for my help.)"

"Sorry I don't really understand what you're saying but whatever it is you can forget it. I'm going to fight Deliora soon and I'd like to save my magic energy for that."

"Fine by me so let's just fight with our fists instead."

"You want that kind of fight? Fine by me."

Gray ran up to Lyon hand in a claw ready to slash, but he was stopped by a punch to the gut. The two fought Lyon having the upper hand and besting Gray at almost every hit. When Gray was knocked onto his back a memory of a time in Skyrim surfaced.

He was on the ground just like he was now but the silhouette of a young woman stood blocking the sun. She looked to be around his age but not like him at all.

Her skin had a slight bronze color to it, her face had more sharp angles and was covered in purple war paint made in sweeping motions and dots across her cheek bones and nose, and her ears came to a point.

If you looked in her eyes ones where it would normally be white it was dark gray and her iris was black along with her pupil. Her other eye was pure white with a scar running down it hinting that she was blind in that eye. And her hair was a black color brushed back and braided strands in front of her ears.

She was covered in furs and had a unique bow slung across her back. When she spoke the words out of her mouth had and accent that was hard to describe.

"Oh come on. Are you done? By the nine divines that was too easy."

Gray just laid there looking at her as she placed her hands on her hips. It was his best friend Endoura Nightcandle a Wood Elf or Bosmer. Most people called her 'The WolfQueen'. She was the last pure Dragonborn that walked Tamriel.

They were in their favorite place to spar and catch up, Bloated Man's Grotto. But just as Endoura was about to walk away Gray got up ready to spar again.

"This fight isn't over. But this time I won't lose!"

Endoura just smiled and ran at Gray ready for continue sparing with her best friend. At the end of the match both were laying face up in the dirt looking at the sky from the open cave. Both were tired and panting but in the memory finished when Endoura spoke again a smile in her voice.

"Well you certainly didn't lose. But you didn't win. Maybe next time frostbite after some more training."

Coming back to the present Lyon was about to walk away from Gray but stopped in his tracks. Gray stood wiping the blood that ran down his jaw then ran up to Lyon clocking him right in the cheek sending him flying.

When the dust settled Lyon came flying at him. They fought harder with both landing hits on the other.

"I never gave up against Endoura and I won't against you."

With one final kick that knocked Lyon to the ground. The wind from it made the scale choker around Gray's jingle. They were like the final toll of a bell signally the end of battle or was it just the beginning?

Lyon leaned against the ice shaking and having trouble to stay on his feet. He spoke in a shaky voice riddled with exhaustion.

"The Cold Emperor bested in battle by a submissive dragon? No I won't . . . I can't stand for it!"

"Then get back here and fight."

Lyon whipped his head towards Gray rage stamped across his face. He faced Gray and activated his magic making the serpentine dragon.

"Ice Make : Snow Dragon!"

The creation roared and lunged at Gray. Grabbing him around the waist. But Gray just bent down and bit into the ice. It was changed into white magic power that flooded into Gray's mouth increasing his magic to what it was before he attempted one of the forbidden spells.

He was dropped on the ground ending in a roll landing against the ice wall holding his previous wound. He clutched it and growled at Lyon.

"We agreed on using no magic."

"It doesn't matter Deliora will be revived and I will defeat it."

"I will stop you!"

"It won't matter Zalty will be starting the Moon Drip ceremony now by then which will make it too late."

Lyon tore off his cape with a satisfied grin on his face. Gray just spoke under his breath that Natsu would stop it and he has complete faith in the spitfire dragonslayer.

But just a few seconds after the ground shook. Lyon smirked stating that the ice containing Deliora was on the verge of being completely melted. Gray's mind pasted to Ur but was turned back to Lyon and how he explained how his plan came to fruition.

He sent his ice eagles toward Gray which he barely dodged. Lyon continued with his small tale as Gray deflected the ice birds with a quickly made barrier of ice to shield his body. But when Lyon revealed how long it took Gray had to ask.

"You worked on this stupidly selfish plan for three years?"

"Stupidly selfish? Says the man who spent the last ten in a land behind the times with a dragon! How dare you say that."

Lyon shrieked as a single ice bird much larger than the others came crashing down. Gray jumped out of the way and spoke his remark.

"Skyrim isn't behind. Besides it has magic that is different from around here. And has such a deep and rich culture that has been passed down on through the generations. It's traditional and helps bring focus to what's important in life.

So I let Isis bring me there and I met one of the best people you could find. I found out how to do things the hard way and bring myself into balance. And I found the most beautiful and untapped wilderness that you get lost in. And I literally found beings and went places that no one would believe.

Skyrim is a place full of magic and wonder that Fiore just doesn't have and I love it there. It's were Isis was born and were I feel is a second home for me."

Gray and Lyon stood facing each other. Gray's face was cast in shadow and his voice was stone cold.

"I cherished the time Ur gave me with Isis. But you would just kill her without a second thought. You make me sick."

"Say what you will. I don't care. My whole life lead up to this moment and Ur is long dead. If I am to prove I have surpassed her what can I do in her absence?"

Lyon formed a tiger on his fist and started to hack and slash at Gray telling him what the only way in his mind of surpassing his master was in his mind. Gray gave his opinion as he dodged. But then he crushed the ice surrounding Lyon's hand with raised ice scales along his arms.

He made to slash at Lyon but it just cut into a copy made from ice. Gray started looking around for the real one when Lyon attacked from behind.

"Ice Make : Snow Tiger!"

Gray quickly back flipped and trapped the tiger in a large formation that looked like dragon claws around the tiger.

"Ice Dragon : Snare!"

Gray landed on top of the claws looking down at Lyon as he explained.

"This is what you are now. A beast that's trapped and lashing out at the unknown."

"Utter nonsense. I'll make short work of your spell."

The tiger started slamming and clawing at the dragon claws encasing it but they stayed pristine with no marks from the claws of the tiger.

"Single handed spell casting is unbalanced. What you create will always let you down when you need it most. That's what Ur taught you."

Gray reared his head back closing his eyes then took in a deep breath. A pale blue glow showed under the skin of his throat and in his mouth. The air became visible from the cold coming from Gray and showed that it was being sucked into his mouth.

Gray then gulped it down. When his head returned he opened his eyes and stared straight into Lyon's soul. His pupils were slit and gave an ethereal blue glow. Behind him the image of a big majestic dragon bent down in a crouch ready to finish off her prey.

"Ice Dragon : Roar!"

A steam of white condensed air came rushing out of his mouth with shards of sharp ice formed in it in a spiral formation. As he breathed the spell so did the image of the dragon.

Lyon could do nothing but scream as the wind and ice rushed his way. The breath attack was so strong that it tore through the stone wall of the temple behind Lyon leaving a hole.

Lyon then fainted. Gray just sighed but then felt a stab of pain coming from his abdomen. He quickly formed a patch of an icy scale hide over the wound to seal it. And cursed himself for his stupidity of not doing it earlier.

After it was sealed an ear rupturing roar shook the ground. It was the sound that haunted Gray's nightmares. A sound that could never be forgotten. It was the roar of Deliora.

"No."

"Oh yes. Deliora has been revived."

Gray quickly ran down to the underground cave where Deliora was housed. He had to stop it. That thing needed to be stopped at all costs. The only thing he could think of was one thing and that was resealing the demon. He had to use Ice Dragon's Final Tomb.

When Gray entered the chamber Deliora was completely free of ice and moving freely. He just stood there watching as it continued to roar. The shock wore off as Gray lifted some of the water that now flowed to the ocean. He felt sadness but he knew it was inevitable. As the water flowed from his hand all he could say was thank you to an amazingly strong woman.

Natsu's voice broke Gray from his revere and he looked up at the pink haired spitfire.

"There's only one thing that can be done. We have to take it down."

The sound of something being dragged made them turn to see Lyon crawling across the rock towards the demon. He spoke in a wispy voice about how he was going to defeat it. Natsu commented on the obviously pathetic state Lyon was currently in.

Lyon kept talking about how he was going to defeat Deliora and surpass Ur until Gray simply tapped him on the back of the neck. Lyon crumpled to the ground. Gray walked past him towards the demon. He would take responsibility for what Lyon had done.

Ice dragons give their lives for those they consider family. It was their curse. The moon that shone bright and the stars that always twinkled symbolized an ice dragon that sacrificed itself. They were put in the sky so they could forever watch over those they would protect.

Gray started to do the dance that signified the build up of power needed to use one of the forbidden ice dragon spells. The wind picked up around him and scales started to form all across his body. And started to speak the incantation.

"Zu'u call nau fin moons ahrk fin stars, fah fin onikaan ahrk suleyk do fin jud do iiz. Let ek suleyk bo zeim dovah ahrk seal away what threatens enook zu'u care do. Ol zu'u tinvaak ek name dii aal seal hold ulse. Iizstrunkun!(I call upon the moons and the stars, for the wisdom and power of the queen of ice. Let her power flow through me and seal away what threatens all I care about. As I speak her name may this seal hold for eternity. Ice Storm Light!)"

With the incantation the winds grew stronger and a thick fog started to condense around his feet. Lyon was yelling at him to stop. But Gray held firm letting his power grow and grow. He ignored Lyon's pleads for him to stop knowing that if he spoke he'd have to say the incantation again.

But then Natsu stood in front of him. Gray's eyes widened. He didn't speak but Natsu did.

"I don't know what you're doing but you did the same dance when you came for Lyon so I'm thinking this is the same spell as last time. Just so you know this is stupid."

Natsu then turned to face Gray seeing how he didn't speak. But when Natsu looked into his eyes he could see the one question they asked clear as day.

Why? Why are you standing in the line of fire? Why are you preventing me from doing this? Why?

"I'm not going to let you throw your life away. Not after I just met you. I feel a strong pull to you. I want to know you and have you in my future."

Natsu stepped forward into the freezing vortex of wind and grabbed Gray's arms. The actions made Gray's eyes widen and a soft intake of breath to enter his lungs. Natsu's eyes held a fire, strength, and passion that wasn't backing down.

"I want you in my life Gray. I want a future with you. But to do that you have to stay with me."

Natsu leaned in and connected his lips with Gray. Gray's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates but slowly closed as he accepted the kiss. The magic around them then started to flow into Natsu and was let out in a burst of blue flames that quickly froze.

Once they froze they exploded and all the shards speared Deliora. The demon froze again but it then shattered. The ice fragments shattered and came down in a gentle rain creating a beautiful sight.

A beam of moonlight shined on Natsu and Gray still kissing. Both had their eyes closed. Gray had his arms wrapped around Natsu's neck. Natsu had his wrapped around Gray's waist. When they parted they looked in each others eyes and saw a whole world just for them.

"Gray will you be my mate for the rest of our lives?"

The silence was thick and heavy. Natsu waited with baited breathe for the answer he hoped he would receive. It came on a whisper but it was the sweetest music to his ears.

"Yes."

(A/N : Man this is long. But I had to do this. I hope you all like the ending and no this is not the end. We still have to get to Skyrim and I know what the answer to this is but I have to ask. Do you guys want me to write a chapter of Natsu mating Gray? Also about what happened with the whole blue flames. It's a headcannon of mine that dragon and dragonslayers can absorb magic from their mates and do a kind of Unison Raid. And just a heads up this is where I'm going to screw with the timeline. And you all enjoyed this super long chapter. Consider it an apology for not updating.)