Everything started out normal, but that all changed. Natalia came faced with Kojishi, a mysterious ice wizard. Natalia screamed from the sight of the ice and that alerted the guild of her in trouble. Natsu and his friends hurried outside and came to face him, but Kojishi revealed that he was the one who placed the fear of ice magic in Natalia.

"You did that? You made her afraid of ice magic?" Erza said.

"In a way, I did. It all happened she was just a child." Kojishi said. "Just look at her." All of them took a look back at Natalia and she was shaking in fear as she held herself.

'I know Natalia and I hardly get along, but I hate seeing her like this.' Lucy thought. 'She looks like a poor scared little child.' "Hey. It's okay. Just try and relax."

"Just who is this guy?" Gray asked.

"I already said that my name is Kojishi. I'm a member of E.R." Kojishi said. Hearing he was a member of E.R. was a high alert to Natsu and the others.

"You're with E.R.? That's all I need to know." Natsu said as he had some flames around his fist and he went to attack. Natalia snapped out of it and saw what Natsu was doing.

"No! Don't fight him!" Natalia shouted, but it was too late. Natsu was about to strike him, but Kojishi was able to catch his fist and Natsu's arm began to freeze.

"Woo! That's real cold!" Natsu said as he pulled away, but his arm was frozen solid and he could barely feel it anymore.

"I would be careful if I were you." Kojishi said. "One wrong move and you could cause your entire arm to shatter into pieces."

"Have a taste of my ice!" Gray said. "Ice-Make: Saucer!" Gray formed a spinning blade and shot it straight at Kojishi. Kojishi didn't even flinch. He just simply jumped out of the way of the attack. Kojishi saw Erza attacked as she swung her sword at him, but he used his ice to block the attack.

"Did you get him, Erza?" Wendy said.

"Don't just stand around." Erza said to them while keeping her focus on Kojishi. "Chances are that he's not alone. Keep your guard up. The rest of his unit could be around."

"You don't need to worry." Kojishi said as he began to freeze the sword. Erza let go and moved away from him and they both hit the ground. Erza's sword was completely frozen and it easily shattered. If he could do that to a sword, some of them were nervous what he could do to them "I came here alone. It would have been easier for Natalia, but it's obvious you're not going to give her up. Natalia, be aware. E.R.7. will be on their way."

"E.R.7.?" Carla said.

"Natalia's old group was known as E.R.6. Does the number difference mean they're stronger or what?" Gray said.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Kojishi said. Kojishi exerted some of his magic and it created a mist that made it difficult for them to see. Wendy used some of her magic to clear away the mist, but Kojishi was already gone.

"What was that about?" Natsu questioned. Erza turned to Natalia and saw she was still uneasy, but she's the only one that holds answers as to what was going on.

…

Later

A while later, everyone was taking care of the damage that was done around the place. Mira gave Natalia some tea to warm her up and try to get her to calm down. However, Natalia really hasn't moved. She just sat at a table and was lost in thought.

'E.R.7 is really on its way here?' Natalia thought. 'This is bad. E.R.7 are all trained assassins. They're all ruthless. I guess I should have expected that. I left E.R. and joined an actual guild. Maybe it's for the best. Natsu and the others don't really want me here.' Natalia was so distracted that she didn't notice anyone until her shirt was pulled. She looked down and spotted little Asuka and she had a paper with her. "Oh! You're that kid that hangs around here."

"Uh-huh. My name is Asuka."

"So what do you want?" Natalia questioned. Asuka handed her the paper. Natalia took it and saw it was a drawing of her using her plant magic.

"You seemed so sad and Natsu's being mean to you for no reason." Asuka said. "I thought you might like it." Asuka didn't even wait for her to respond as she left. Natalia didn't even know what to think. No one has really done something like this for her before. Meanwhile, everyone else was talking about what just happened.

"How's your arm, Natsu?" Romeo asked.

"A lot better." Natsu said as he was able to thaw his arm out.

"This Kojishi sounds like a dangerous man." Makarov said as he moved around in his wheelchair.

"Yes. His use of ice magic was dangerous. If any of us were caught by it like Natsu, I shudder at what might have happened." Erza said.

"And you say it was Natalia who he was after?" Laxus questioned.

"Yeah." Lucy said. "This guy is in E.R. just like she was. Perhaps he was trying to get her back, but that doesn't really make sense. He said another unit is on their way and it didn't sound like it was the one he belongs to."

"Apparently, he's also the one who made Natalia afraid of ice magic." Carla said. "I wonder what could have happened in the past that could have caused it."

"Let's see if we can find out. Natalia, could you please come over here." Makarov said. Natalia got up from her spot and walked right over to them. "Natalia, is what that man told us true? Is he the reason you're afraid of ice magic?"

"Yes." Natalia said. "It happened back when I was just a child. The experience was so terrifying, but that could scar anyone."

"What happened?" Mirajane asked, but Natalia appeared to be withdrawing herself as she was holding herself.

"I don't really want to talk about it." Natalia said. "You all have much bigger things to worry about. Kojishi told you that E.R.7 will be on their way here and they'll be coming for me. I guess I should have known this was bound to happen."

"Yeah. You should have." Gray said as he was starting to act cold towards her again. "Of course your old friends would come here and attack us because you're here."

"They're not my friends." Natalia said.

"Whoever they are doesn't matter." Gray said as he got right in front of her. "The point is that this is all happening because of you. We only helped you against that guy because he was causing trouble, but trouble seems to be what you bring and we don't tolerate people that bring trouble to our guild."

"Gray, that's enough!" Makarov said.

"Yeah. You're being a little unfair." Laxus said, but Gray wasn't really listening.

"Just face it, Natalia. You don't belong here and we don't want you here. So why don't you just make it easy on everyone and just turn yourself in to the Magic Council." Gray said and walked past her with him bumping his shoulder against her. Hearing Gray say those things actually caused Natalia to shake as if she was in pain.

"My darling shot her down. That will teach her to be with my man." Juvia said with some creepy smile.

"You are aware that she's afraid of ice magic?! So I doubt she flirt with Gray! Not to mention she's into my Natsu!" Lucy said. Makarov didn't approve of what Gray just said to Natalia and he is going to put an end to this behavior.

…

The Train Station

Meanwhile, the station in Magnolia went on as if everything was usual. Some dark clouds were starting to come in like the trains themselves. The train workers continued on with their business, but they noticed a strange train coming in. It was jet black and had only a few carts with the engine pulling in. It was strange for they never saw that train pull in before. It opened up and four people came out.

"So this is Magnolia?"

"Yes. It would seem so. That means the guild that she's in is close."

"Excuse me, but who are you?" An employee said.

"Just get out of the way." After saying that, everything turned to calamity in the station.

…

The Guild

"Don't you guys think Gray was a little harsh to Natalia?" Wendy asked.

"I guess that could have gone better." Lucy said. "Natalia just went through something traumatic to her, but Gray just talked to her like he didn't care how she was feeling. That was a little uncalled for."

"Yeah, but you can see his point." Natsu said.

"Perhaps he's right." Natalia said. "Maybe I should just leave for a while. I'm the one E.R.7. will be after. Perhaps if I leave, they'll leave the guild alone."

"Absolutely not." Makarov said with a strong and stern voice.

"Yeah. How else are we suppose to fight these guy?" Natsu said.

"Not what I meant." Makarov said. "In fact, this is a good opportunity because I don't approve of how you all have been treating poor Natalia lately." He turned his attention towards Natalia and all of them were paying attention. "Natalia, we have a few friends that use to be our enemies. Some are even right here in this guild. You knew that when you joined the guild. It doesn't matter who you are or where you came from. Your past no longer matters the moment you placed that emblem on you. You're a proud member of Fairy Tail now. You're one of my Fairy Tail children and I will die before I let anyone take you away." It reminded Natsu and the others how things were with their old enemies turned friends and it made them feel bad about how they treated Natalia. Natalia was touched by those words, but it doesn't really change how she thought. "Erza, could you please go get Gray so I can scold him for his behavior?"

"Of course." Erza said and was on her way out to get Gray. As for Natalia, she returned to the tables.

'Foolish old man. You don't know a thing about my past.' Natalia thought. After hearing what Makarov just said, Natsu and the others felt bad for how they treated her.

"I guess we have been a little unfair to Natalia." Lucy said.

"Yeah. I guess we haven't really given Natalia a chance just like we did with Gajeel and Juvia." Happy said.

"I never I thought I would forgive Jellal for making Erza cry, but I guess at one point I did." Natsu said. "Besides, she didn't really do anything bad like those other guys did. Maybe she's not really all that bad."

"It's never too late to apologize." Wendy said.

"Wendy's right. Let's do that right now." Lucy said and they were in agreement, but just before they could, the doors to the guild blew open.

"Whoa! What was that?" Gajeel said.

"Hang on. Someone's there." Laxus said. The dust was clearing away and showed three people were standing there. Natalia noticed them and she was quite shocked with what she saw.

"Oh no! It's them." Natalia said. Few in the actual numbers, but it would appear that E.R.7. has arrived to take Natalia away from Fairy Tail.