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This is my second longest chapter so far. So presenting to you Chapter 2!

Chapter 2 :

"He's late." said Lucy while she was with Erza, Natsu and Happy, waiting at the station for Gray to arrive.

"He'll come." assured Erza.

"You sure?"

"Yes Lucy."

Erza waited patiently for Gray. Natsu was bickering about how he did not want to travel by train. He was getting sick just at the thought of it. After a while, Gray arrived and boy did he look beat up. His hair was messed up, he had dark patches surrounding his eyes and there was tiredness evident in his eyes.

"Gray should I even teach you how to be on time?" said Erza. Gray simply ignored her and the others and boarded the train.

"He sure looks tired. Maybe I shouldn't have forced him to come along...I hope he's fine." worried Lucy as her eyes search the ice mage.

"He's fine." Erza reassured her but was also worried about her fellow nakama.

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The train ride was silent. Most of them were asleep, except for Erza. Gray was sleeping soundly, his head resting on the window sill. Natsu was already passed out on Lucy's lap with Happy on him. Lucy too was asleep and slight snores could be heard from her.

Erza looked at Natsu and Lucy. She smiled. They had always made such a cute couple. She was happy seeing them together so content.

She turned to look at Gray who was seated next to her. She examined his face closely. It was true. Al those missions were tiring him out. What Erza did not understand was his cold and distant behavior. He seemed so detached and distant from the guild, especially her. Every time she tried to talk to him he would just walk away or ignore her. This pissed Erza real bad. Did I do something wrong? Why isn't he talking to me? Why does he avoid me? All these questions kept constantly storming in her mind. Gray was her best friend and now, his behavior towards her hurt her in every possible way even though she didn't really show it. She sighed, closed her eyes and tried to get some sleep. ' He will have to apologies to me.'

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After a while, Gray woke up. He had been trying to get some sleep but just couldn't. He took a minute to glance around. Everyone was asleep. It was a long ride and the others were tired too. They all had been on missions too, maybe not as much as him, but enough to tire them out.

Gray noticed Erza nodding. He hesitated for a while but then put his arms around her and gently rested her head on his shoulder. A faint blush appeared on his face. He gently brushed her hair with his fingers and tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear. He smiled warmly at her. He loved her. He had always loved her. Ever since the day he found her crying by the riverbank, he knew he had fallen for her and yes, he had fallen hard.

She loved another man and he knew it, but if she was happy he was willing to let go of anything for her.

'I'll always love you...My Titania.'

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"Finally! We have arrived!" said Lucy stretching her arms. "Aw... Natsu are you alright?"

"Much better! I'm all fired up!"

"Alright everyone let's get started. The mission is to defeat a minor dark guild that has been terrorizing a small town near the mountains. Let's first go check up on the town and see if we get any information on the dark guild and then we search for their base. Understood?" said Erza.

"Aye!"

On their way to the town, Natsu and Gray walked in front with Erza and Lucy behind them. Erza was lost in her thoughts. She just had to find what was wrong with Gray. She looked at him. 'He's grown taller' she thought. 'I was taller than him when we were young.'

Lost in her thoughts, she did not notice Gray stop in front of her. As a result she bumped into his back and came to a stop. She glared at his back.

"Why did you stop?"

"..." Gray didn't reply but just stood still.

"There's something wrong." Natsu spoke for him with a serious expression.

Erza studied her surrounding and realized that they had already reached the town. But as Natsu said, there was something wrong about the town.

It looked quite normal. But that was the problem. How is that a town being terrorized by a dark guild seem so normal? There were kids running around a water fountain, people normally and happily conversing with each other, carrying out their daily activities. It actually looked like a lively town. Erza was not able to take in the scenario before her. She was confused and so were the others.

"What the hell is happening over here?" asked a very, very confused Natsu.

"Maybe we should go question the people about this dark guild." suggested Lucy and Erza nodded. "She's right, let's go question them first and see if we can get anything out of them."

"No wait...It might be a trap." Gay said, closely examining the village.

"Are you crazy underwear ice princess? We have to find out what's happening here."

Gray glared at him. "Shut up fire breath." He once again examined the town. " I have a bad feeling about this."

"You can stay here and wait for us ice popsicle ." Natsu left with Lucy and Happy behind him.

"Natsu's right Gray." Erza said starting to walk towards the town. She looked back at Gray and then marched towards where Natsu and Lucy went.

"No wait Erza...Damn!" Gray rubbed his forehead in annoyance and took off in an unknown direction.

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Natsu and Lucy closely followed behind Erza. Nobody in the town seemed to acknowledged their presence.

"I didn't know Gray was such a wimp." Natsu said casually. He spotted a man walking towards them. Let's just question that man over there about the dark guild." Erza turned towards his line of sight and walked towards the man.

"Excuse me."

The man did not reply.

Erza simply proceeded.

"We need to get information concerning a very important matter."

The man still did not reply.

Erza slanted her eyebrows.

"Listen we are mages from Fairy Tail." Erza said showing her insignia. Behind her, Lucy and Natsu were just gazing around.

No reaction from the man.

Erza decided to shake the man up. She tried to grab hold of the man's shoulder but when she did her hand just went through the man's shoulder. Erza quickly withdrew her hand. She was shocked. Natsu and Lucy were staring, mouth wide open, refusing to believe what happened.

At this moment Gray's words struck Erza like a million swords.

'No wait. It might be a trap.'

'Shit!'

"Natsu, Lucy get away quick! It's a trap!" Erza roared with anger and panic. But before they could make a move, the ground below them started to glow and before they knew it, they were trapped with invisible walls surrounding them. The town slowly started to disappear and was now replaced by barren land. The people of the town just vanished like they never existed in the first place. It was all just an illusion.

Natsu tried breaking the wall and breaking free but was immediately thrown back. He winced in pain.

"Damn! They sting." Natsu said rubbing his knuckles. He charged in again punching the wall with his magic. He got thrown back again. "Natsu stop!" Lucy cried.

"We have to break free." Natsu still charged at the wall but was held back by Erza. "It's no use Natsu."

A low rumble interrupted them.

"What was that?" Lucy started panicking. The ground started to shake lightly and they were covered by a huge shadow. Erza looked above her and her eyes visibly tensed at the sight.

"It's a ship. Looks more like Christina of Blue Pegasus." Natsu said.

"I don't think it's Blue Pegasus Natsu." Erza's eyes were still fixed on the ship.

It slowly began to land. When it did the door opened and out came a bunch of dark mages. But behind them came a short, bald man. His eyes were expressionless, cold and had a sort of dark gleam in them.

"Ah! How honored am I to be able to meet the salamander and the great Titania of Fairy Tail." The man said and smiled devilishly.

His smile sent shivers down Erza's spine. She did not have a good feeling about this.

"You do not know how it pleases me to see you all trapped. So...did you like our little trick?" He said with another devilish smile.

"Bastard!" Natsu roared with anger. Lucy behind him stood tall and proud like a true Fairy Tail wizard but fright was visible in her eyes.

"Today is the day when three Fairy Tail mages will be destroyed." He said with the same sly smile.

Erza was desperately thinking of a way to break free.' This is all my fault. If I had only listened to Gray. Wait...Gray! He's still out there and these people don't know about it.'

Erza felt a heavy load lift from her chest for a moment. She felt relieved and confident at the same time knowing that Gray was still out there.

"That's not going to happen. If anyone is going to be destroyed then it is you and your guild."

"You sure have some nerve red-head, speaking to master Isaac like that." A tall, bulky man with blonde hair replied.

"You're the master? Then you'll be the first one that I shall take down." said Erza taking a step forward, feeling more confident.

"Looks like I'll have to finish you off first Titania." Isaac smiled his signature smile and raised his right hand and pointed it towards Erza.

Erza felt pain shoot through her entire body. She was paralyzed. She could not move her hands or feet. She screamed in pain.

"Stop! Let Erza go!" Natsu roared, his eyes filled with anger but he knew he was helpless.

Erza screamed even more.

"Lost magic..." Lucy said. "He's using magic that afflicts pain on the enemy...without hurting them physically." Tears were rolling down her cheeks. "Please stop!"

"Let me reduce your suffering and just end this with one blow." Isaac narrowed his eyes and a look of disgust crept in on his face. "Die Fairy Tail Wizard!"

Erza felt uncontrollable pain. She tried to scream but her voice didn't give in. But then she felt...cold. She felt a familiar presence and the pain too was reducing. She opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was ice.

She smiled weakly.

'Gray.'

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Phew! Second chapter done! Good, bad , okay? Please do review. Your reviews mean a lot to me. Oh and sorry for grammatical errors. Well then stay tuned for the next chapter!

Happy reading- PF