Author's Note:

I wasn't sure if I could actually finish it today. School started today and I got a lot of homework on the first day(still haven't finished). Now that school's started, I'm not sure if I can keep writing a chapter a week, but I'll try.

Chapter 6

He had to get out. The full moon was tonight and he was not in the mood to deal with demons, especially on an empty stomach. He was hungry, because he hadn't eaten anything besides water in two days. His body also ached from being sucked dry of magic. Yep, definitely not in the mood to deal with demons.

Gray leaned against the wall and sighed. At least his hands were bound in front of him instead of behind his back. Most of his magic had also returned, so he expected Amelia and Max to return to drain it again.

He didn't know how long he waited, but he must have dozed off eventually because he was woken up by someone dragging him by the arm. Blinking away sleep, Gray saw that it was Max who was dragging him.

"I can walk on my own," hissed Gray.

Max raised an eyebrow and suddenly dropped him. Gray crashed onto the floor and he groaned as he pushed himself up. Glaring at Max, Gray started taking shaky steps. He didn't get very far before someone shoved him from behind. Gray stumbled and almost fell again, but he managed to catch himself.

"Hurry it up," commanded Max.

Gray bit back a retort as he started walking again, this time taking more confident steps at a faster pace. Max walked behind the ice mage to keep an eye on him, but he got bored after a while and started looking at the carvings on the wall.

They were in some sort of temple, but there were no windows or openings to the outside that Gray could see. Instead the corridors were lit with glowing lacrima that were elaborately embedded within the carvings on the walls. They gave the place a slightly bluish tint.

They entered a large room with mouths to three other hallways, not including the one they just came out of. This room was better lit then the corridors and it was filled with carvings on the walls, ceiling, and floor. Max paused to look at them, so Gray had to stop too.

Gray gazed at the pictures. He could recognize pictures of a village and its villagers, as well as a huge bat like creature. He was about to continue to the hallway on the left, which he knew lead to the room with the magic sucking machine, but then he noticed that the hallway on the right had a slightly yellowish light coming from it.

It was very faint, but it was definitely different from the bluish glow the lacrimas gave off. Sunlight? Gray thought hopefully. He glanced back at Max who was currently staring at the picture of the bat thing.

Gray suddenly turned around. Max jerked his head back at the sudden movement and his eyes widened as he felt a foot connect with his stomach. He was sent flying into the wall where he slumped over, unconscious.

Gray stood there, panting slightly, before he started running down the hallway on the right. He knew that only Amelia had the key to the handcuffs, because the arrogant fool had shown it to him to tease him. He'd have to figure out how to get rid of them later.

The hallway was very short and ended with a flight of stairs. The light was shining down so he ran up the stairs, taking them two at a time. Finally reaching the top he saw a wide long hall with tall pillars on either side. Fancy drawings marked the floor, walls, and ceiling, but he didn't have time for sightseeing when he could see the exit.

He ran towards the exit and took in the sight in front of him. He was on a mountain, but he couldn't recognize which one. It wasn't tall enough for snow, but there were lots of plants and rocks and a couple of trees that got a lot denser into a forest farther down. He couldn't see any towns from here, which was unfortunate.

Sighing, the raven choose a direction and started running. It wouldn't be long before Amelia noticed that he was gone, so he had to put as much distance between them as possible.

"What's taking that idiot so long?" wondered Amelia out loud.

She was getting impatient. Deciding that it was definitely taking longer than it should, Amelia activated her magic eye. Saying that she did not like what she saw would be a huge understatement.

"That idiot," she said. She'd make sure to punish him later for being so annoying.

Gray was running through the forest. He had to get rid of these stupid handcuffs. Maybe he could pick the lock with something?

His thoughts were interrupted when two people teleported in front of him. Gray jumped back and took a defensive stance, slightly shocked. It's hardly been ten minutes! How'd they find me so fast?

"You look surprised, Gray," smirked Amelia. Max stood behind her with a scowl and a nice big bump on his head.

"How did you find me so fast?" asked Gray.

"Hmm. I never told you what my eye does, did I?" said Amelia, "With it I can see through things and really far away. I can also pinpoint the exact location of people or objects within a range."

Gray cursed under his breath and racked his brain, trying to find a way out.

"I'd advise you to just come back with us, so you don't get hurt," said Amelia.

"I already told you didn't I? I'm not doing anything you want," said Gray. He'd fight, even without magic.

"Why am I not surprised?" sighed Amelia, shooting a bolt of lightning towards Gray.

Gray dodged the lightning, but then Max appeared behind him. The blonde sent the raven flying a couple of feet and Gray landed on his side. He pushed himself onto his knees and tried to stand up again, but then lightning fell from the sky and hit the ice mage. Before Gray could recover, Max teleported behind him again.

"This is payback," he said before bringing his hand down on Gray's head.

The ice mage crumpled to the ground, unconscious.

"We better get back soon, if we want to finish collecting enough magic before night falls," said Amelia.

Max nodded and they teleported back to the temple, leaving almost no trace that they were ever there.

"This is it," said Lucy, looking up at the mountain in front of them.

"It's big," said Happy.

"Well what did you expect?" scoffed Carla.

"Let's split into teams and start searching," said Erza, "Wendy, Carla, you two come with me. Lucy, Happy, Natsu, you guys start searching over there. Signal if you find anything"

"Yes ma'am!" said everyone.

With that, the two teams started looking for their missing friend.

Author's Note:

I feel bad for Gray. He was so close, well not really, but kind of. I felt like he would at least try to escape at least once, but I can't have him escaping before the demon is revived.

IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE LATEST CHAPTER SKIP OVER THIS. OMG! Gray vs Invel! Go devil slayer and eat the ice! EAT THE ICE!

Anyways I hoped you liked this chapter and thank you to all my reviewers. They really made my day :) Please R&R, F&F.