Name: Melting Hearts

Paring: Gruvia, Gruvion in later chapters. + an oc.

The rain was pouring. Or was it hail ? The young girl couldn't really tell with all of the tears in her eyes, threatening to fall. Recalling recent events, a few of her tears slipped past her defense and hit the bed sheets with a very quiet 'pat'.

Did anyone in this world care at all ? Or was it all simply in her head ? She couldn't even tell the difference between fantasy and reality anymore.

The other kids that were around her, always laughed and pointed at every single mistake and flaw that she had shown. There was no warmth spared for her. Never was and never will be.

Paper scattered on the floor, covering most of it, was scrunched up and burnt from where someone had attempted to burn what she had wrote and drawn. Nobody believed her. But she knew it was the truth.

Memories and voices swept around her head as she tried to gather her thoughts into one place, but failing, she gripped the sheets with anger and betrayal of those who were meant to support her.

She was about to cry and sob but a knock at the door stopped her from letting out any kind of human emotion and noise. At the door, it was simply the old woman who had come to tell her that dinner was ready and she was expected downstairs in two minuets.

She didn't want to go. She knew what would happen if she did.

Unwilling, her feet touched the cold Wooden floor of the room, she wiped her tears and slowly walked towards the door.

The dark-haired girl opened the door to hear the shouts and laughs of happiness from downstairs in the dining room, none of which she would ever experience.

Stairs creaked as small cold pale feet walked down them helplessly. Hand on the dining room knob, she wanted nothing more then to race back up stairs and hide under her quilt in her sanctuary.

The door opened and many stares turned her way and some chuckled at the girl who lowered her head and quickly walked to a chair which someone put their leg around so she could not sit down.

Instead she stepped back and stood there waiting for what she knew what would come. Her grayish blue eyes ready to release tears.

'Why is she still here ? It's not like she makes anyone happy !' The first.

'She needs to go, she doesn't belong here !' The second.

'She's weird, we shouldn't mix with weirdos like her.' The third.

They kept coming and coming till the young girl could no longer take it. She cried out tears and the rain or hail became heavier and heavier till all you could hear was a mix of the voices and the weather.

She could no longer take it. The girl ran up stairs back into her 'sanctuary'. No. It wasn't a sanctuary. It was hell no matter where she went, it was all the same.

Dark hair spun at the sudden movements she made. She grabbed her backpack, grabbed the only toy she owned, grabbed her coat, put on her shoes and scarf and gloves.

Running as fast as she could, she ran down stairs and out the door into quite cold rain. Quite ? What was she thinking ? It was freezing.

The snow, being attacked by the rain, crunched as the small feet ran as fact as she could to get away from the place she was forced to call home for so many years.

Soon her lungs hurt so much she couldn't breathe. She was cold. Hungry. And who knows what else. She needed some kind of shelter to rest under for the night without freezing to death.

She saw an alleyway, that was her only option, she waddled her way towards the alleyway and sat against the wall, pulling out her only blanket and toy and used them for any warmth she could get.

Soon, the rain stopped she fell asleep because of her extreme exhaustion…

Meanwhile, a blue haired girl was trying to explain how she hadn't caused the recent rain.

"Gray-Sama ! Juvia did not cause the rain earlier !" She huffed slightly angry at the ice mage's accusation, with blue eyes glaring annoyed. "And she cannot stop it because she did not cause it !"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever you say…" The darker haired man said with a slight smile on his face and his eyes looking gently at the rain woman.

"Juvia thinks that-" Juvia cut herself off when something caught her gaze. In the dark alleyway, she could see a bit of a blue blanket sticking out. By instinct, she went over and saw that a young child, maybe 5 or 6, was resting in the alleyway, asleep and showing signs of a developing fever.

"Gray-Sama !" She shouted to her friend worriedly. The ice Mage ran over and looked at the small girl, who as also covered in a small later of snow. "She'll get a fever soon of we don't do anything !" The water Mage said with a worried tone.

"Yeah, you're right, let's take her with us." Gray got Juvia to lift the girl gently onto his back, trying not to wake her, which she stirred slightly but did not wake.

They then walked carefully through the snow, back to their home.

Later that evening, the young girl was laying in a bed with a flannel on her forehead, coughing and wheezing. "She's going to be alright." Juvia sighed before checking her temperature to make sure she really was okay. "She could get a cold, but she'll be like this all night…"

"Okay. But, Juvia ? Where do you think she came from ? I can sense a magical presence coming from her, but it's the same as the rain and hail earlier… Do you think she caused it ?" The ice mage asked looking at the girl carefully. Juvia nodded.

"Yes, because it's almost exactly the same from what Juvia was like from before Fairy tail…" The water mage trailed off. "Except, It's not just rain. It's hail. She must be very lonely, just like Juvia was when she was her age…" After a few moments had passed, Juvia got into the same bed that the girl was in and hugged her slightly to share her warmth.

The demon slayer furrowed his eyebrows and turned to walk out the door and into his own room. All night, for some reason, he couldn't get to sleep as the little girl was in his mind. And it was bugging him, why was he so familiar ? He would figure it out in the morning…