Gray did notice Lyon's presence in the room, it was more like he didn't want to do anything about it. All he could think of was his friends faces. Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Happy, Mira, Elfman, Lissanna, Laxus, Freed, Bickslow, Evergreen, Juvia, Cana, Gildarts, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, Levy, Pantherlilly and Master Makarov. When was the last time he had done something for them ? When was... It didn't matter... They were gone now...

What about Ultear ? What had become of her ? He remembered fighting her but did she get off the island in time ? The Ice Mage hoped she had, but there wasn't much hope in his heart right now. Part of him didn't want to accept the possibility of them being dead, but part of him knew that it was inevitable. There was no way they could have survived that dragon- but he did, somehow. Was his feelings somewhat stronger then the others, and it had somehow allowed him to survive ?.

He shifted his head and noticed the once glimmering glass of water that Lyon had brought him, was now a frozen ice cube. Had he let his magic slip ? That hadn't happened since.. He lost everything back then. He had again now. Sure enough, soon the whole cabin would freeze, and that probably meant nobody could get in or out, that would worry people, but Gray didn't care. He felt like nothing mattered anymore, anything he did have and cared about was now gone, lost in the endless ocean. It must have really hated him. The ocean that is.

The endless blue seemed to take everything away from him. First Ur, now his guildmates. What would it take next ? Him ? Or everything around him ? Either way, the sadness and grief was too painful for him, agonizing in fact. It felt like dying was the only way to stop the pain, but he wouldn't let himself go that far, he wouldn't throw his life away for his guild's sake, he would also betray Ur in a way too. He promised he would become the best Mage he could. But how could he if his comrades were gone ? There was nobody to support him.

Who or what could he believe in ? He used to believe in god, but that faith died along with his family. If there was a god, Why did good people die ? Was it part of some sacrifice ? If so, Why them ? Why always the people he cared about ? The cross that rested on his chest suddenly felt like a heavy burden. Why did he have it ? Some remnant of the faith he had lost ? It didn't matter. Everything would move on after a while, and nothing would change, no faith could bring them back. To him, it was pointless. What was even the point anymore ?

The knock at the door snapped him out of his thoughts. But still he didn't respond. There was no way they could get in anyway. The whole door was frozen over.

"Gray, It's me..." Lyon's voice. The ice on the door thawed slightly, of course he would be able to thaw it. He was also an ice mage after all. The guy entered calmly, with a plate in his hand and held it out. "You should eat, Keep up your strength." He said, not really expecting a response.

"Why ? It's not like it will change things if I do." Lyon almost jumped back when he heard his voice, it was neither hostile, or a light voice, it was a plain, monotone, empty voice. Almost as if he was broken. He probably was inside. Lifeless, even.

Lyon remembered when he wad dead inside too, insanity, crazy for revenge and the desire to surpass his late master, It had never done him good, he was willing to hurt anything any anyone to get what he wanted, he didn't care if it was humane or not. He did want to revive a demon from the books of Zeref after all. He honestly thought he could play god on the demon. It was something he would probably regret for the rest of his life, but his stupid pride probably wouldn't let him admit that. At times, he felt like he wasn't even human. He had no way to atone for what he had done...

"Gray... your guild- they still care you know ? There are people waiting for you still, think about it, They love you and miss you, I know this sounds like some crazy, stupid crap and I'm the last person you would expect to hear it from but-" He didn't get to finish what he was going to say, Gray's glare said enough, to shut up and leave him alone, because he didn't want to hear what Lyon had to say. "Fine, but you're going to have to face it sometime." He just walked out and shut the door behind him.

He wasn't getting through to Gray. How could he ? It wasn't like they were kids anymore where they could fight away their problems, though that was how Fairy Tail solved their problems. To Lyon, it was almost like Gray was back to being the broken boy from back the. The guilt of what Lyon had said to Gray when Ur had died. He had hated him and blamed him for what happened, He wanted Gray to die even.

Did Gray still need some closure from what had happened ? Lyon felt like part of what had happened still wasn't complete. Things needed to be said and done, so that their souls and minds could be put to rest on the matter. Maybe... Maybe he should help him. He knew soon enough, depression and anger would consume Gray, then a senselessness sight for revenge would appear. Lyon could not allow Gray to go down the same path that he did. Overwise, who know what he could do ? Only bad could come out of it.

Looking back on the door, Lyon pondered on what Gray was thinking, but he swore he could hear crying coming from the room.

Review Response:

I apologise for not responding before, I keep on forgetting to respond !

Kyogre

Gray did get seperated when the Fairy Sphere, though I can't explain much without giving away much ! I try to update as quickly as possible ! You're one of my favourite writer's so I'm so happy you review !

PokeTail

Aha ! Thank you ! I really love the fact that you are enjoying my story and I'm so glad you are looking forward to the updates !

Viperhat

Aha, I always wondered why there was not one where Gray survives so I made one ^-^

Gray won't get over ths for a while, he has lost friends after all ! You are actually very close to what I have planned ! Feel free to predict as I love reading that kind of stuff !

Thank you so much for the criticism ! I tried to aim for 1,000 words on this chapter and I reached 1,011 words so thank you !

I cencored the language, since I'm very reluctant to use it as younger ages could be reading this and I don't want them getting in trouble because of my writing...

I'm so gald I could add a twist to the story ! Also thank you for the bonus points XD

Thank you all for reading !