The group was still in the cave, looking at Deliora intensely. Kallen knew that she and her friends had to stop the weird guys and the Cold Emperor from bringing the demon back, the question was just how? The weird people that were inside the cave earlier were mages. Kallen was sure of it since she could sense their magic through the earth and wind. It wasn't as strong as her own magic or even Natsu's, but it was there and it made her thinking of just how powerful the Cold Emperor would be.

"Deliora…" Gray growled as he kept glaring at the ice-block.

"You sure this is the demon your master sealed away?" Natsu asked the Ice-Make mage.

"There's no doubt about it…"

"I wonder why it was transported from the northern continent to Galuna Island," Happy said as he flew up and landed on Kallen's shoulder, like he used to do.

"You don't think this demon could have something to do with the Island's curse, do you?" Lucy asked them all, but mostly Gray and Kallen since they were the only ones with some information about the demon.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it did," said Gray.

"Me neither," Kallen voiced her opinion. "It may be isolated in ice…" she paused as she stared back at the demon once again. "But that thing's still alive inside."

"Sweet!" Natsu exclaimed as he winded up his arms, as if preparing to throw a punch any minute. "Give me a go at it, I ain't afraid of no stupid demon!" he said with a large grin.

"You know, brute force isn't the only way to solve a problem, Natsu," Lucy told her pink haired friend, also worried of what would happen if Deliora did come back to life, or rather got out of the trapping ice.

"A little fire outta do the trick!"

As soon as Natsu had said those words, Gray turned his dangerous glare towards him and socked him right on the jaw, making Natsu fly several feet.

"Gray!" Kallen yelled and ran to hold him back from continue to kick Natsu's ass, in the process of it Happy had fallen off her shoulder in shock.

"Gray just punched Natsu!" he screamed, showing his utter shock.

"Well, this wouldn't be the first time he's done that," Lucy shrugged, a bit more calm than everyone else since this happened all the time, but this time it was different.

"What's the deal?!" Natsu asked bewildered as he held his aching jaw. "What'd you hit me for, Gray?!"

"Yeah, it's not like you to lose your cool like that. Calm down, man," Kallen said calmly as she kept holding him back.

"I am calm!" Gray yelled and pulled his arms away from Kallen's grip, pushing her a bit in the process. "I just don't want you or your flames anywhere near it!" he glared at Natsu, who glared back. It wasn't their usual glares where they would hold a playful glint in them, now there's was nothing but rage in their glares. "If that ice melts and Deliora's revived, there's no way we'd be able to stop it…" Gray said, trying to calm himself down.

"C'mon!" Natsu whined. "Do you really think a huge chunk of ice would be that easy to melt?" he asked Gray, who looked up at him somewhat surprised.

"No…" he said after a while as he looked down at the ground.

Lucy walked up to him and put a soothing hand on his back. "Hey, are you okay?" she asked him in a concerned tone.

"I'M THE ONE WHO GOT HIT FOR NO GOOD REASON! WATCH YOUR TEMPER MAN!" Natsu yelled at the Ice-Make mage, in hope of getting him on a better mood and possibly brawl like usual, but Gray kept looking down at his feet in a depressed manor.

"Please, you're one to talk," Happy smirked at his Dragon Slayer friend.

"Many years ago my master, Ur, cast a spell called Iced Shell on this demon. Enclosing it in a form of ice that can't be melted," Gray explained to the group. "It's so strong that even the most powerful Flame spells has no effect on it. If they knew that the ice couldn't be melted, then why did they bring it here?" he asked.

"Well, maybe they found a way to melt it," Kallen suggested with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Or they didn't know. Maybe they brought it here to try and melt it somehow?" was Lucy's suggestion, which angered Gray.

"Why would they do that?!"

"Uhm…" Lucy whimpered under Gray's hard glare.

Kallen came up and brought her fist to the top of Gray's head, hard. "Cool it, Ice Boy," she told him as he rubbed at the now sore spot on his head. "I just don't get it," Kallen said as her eyes drifted over to the demon again. "Who would even bring Deliora here, and why?" she asked, then looked over to the group with a serious look. "We need answers…"

"Yeah," Natsu agreed. "Let's go and find those guys," he suggested and Kallen nodded as Lucy agreed as well.

"No," Gray said, which got everyone's attention. "We're gonna stay here and wait," he said determinedly.

"Wait for what?" Happy wondered as he stared at the Ice-Make mage.

"For the moon to come out."

"The moon?!" both Natsu and Kallen asked bewildered.

"But it's in the middle of the afternoon!" Natsu continued to complain. "Forget that," he said as he waved his hand in a dismissive manner. "If I have to hang out here all day, I'll die of boredom," he chuckled.

"Wait, why does the moon matter?" Lucy asked Gray.

"I have a feeling that the curse on this island and Deliora are somehow connected to it. And I heard those guys we saw earlier say something about collecting moonlight," he said and never once got his eyes off the ice-block.

"Yeah, I heard it too. Moon Drip…" Kallen trailed off as she stared into distance in deep thought. "It's gotta be what weakened me in the first place," she whispered.

"I heard that too…" Lucy said. "I guess waiting until the night falls is the only way we're gonna find out what's going on," she finished and looked back up at the demon.

"I'm not waiting!" Natsu roared. "We got work to do!" After Natsu had yelled that, Kallen got irritated so with a twitching brow she punched him hard in the gut, knocking him out.

"Woah, looks like Kallen and Erza has the same technique there," Lucy commented as she looked at the unconscious Natsu on the ground.

"Aye."

Knocking Natsu out had resulted in him beginning to snore as if he really was just asleep, which kind of irritated Kallen further. Sure, she loved the kid like a brother, but boy could he really get on her nerves sometimes… Sometimes she didn't have to wonder why Laxus was constantly annoyed by the Dragon Slayer…

"Must be nice," Lucy sighed as she sat next to the now sleeping Dragon Slayer. "He doesn't need to worry about anything but eating, fighting and sleeping…" she said.

"Aye, that's Natsu for ya," Happy agreed with a nod.

"I gotta admit, I'm a little bit jealous," Lucy then said.

Kallen however didn't pay the two much attention since she stared in concern at Gray who was sitting further away from them, but closer to the frozen demon. She could only imagine how hard this was on him, since it was his master's Iced Shell after all. She knew very well what that meant, but didn't want to mention any of it to her other guild mates, afraid of what it might do to him. Instead she sighed and leaned back at a rock.

"Awe! I know I agreed to wait, but this is so boring!" Lucy complained and leaned back so she was against Kallen's side.

"Hey, Luce? Can't you just summon some spirit to entertain us?" Kallen suggested as she glanced at the blonde leaning against her. Right when Lucy had told her about her magic, Kallen was very keen on seeing the magic herself since she had never seen Celestial magic before.

"What a great idea, Kallen!" Lucy beamed and clasped her hands together in excitement as she sat up straight.

"Ooh! Take out that fishlady!" Happy smiled. "She'll entertain us by washing you away!"

"Not happening, cat!" Lucy snapped and she stood up, and then took out one of her keys from her belt. "Open! Gate of the harp constellation; Lyra!" she called out as she swung her key around in her hand. Puffy, pink smoke came out of the key and out of the smoke came a girl with a long dress, a bonnet, a pair of small wings and a harp on her back.

"Oh, wow!" the spirit exclaimed and waved at Lucy multiple times. "Haven't seen you in forever, Lucy!" she said.

"Hey, Lyra," the Celestial mage greeted her spirit.

"Say… How come you never call me anymore? It's not fair, I would love to help you out!" Lyra began with a pout, but that then changed into a dreamy look as stars sparkled around her and then it changed back to a pout as she said, "But you ignore me, meanie."

"Meanie, huh?" Lucy asked. "You're the one who told me you were only available three days a month," she said with her arms crossed over her chest.

Lyra seemed shocked over hearing that and stared at the mage with wide eyes. "Are you sure about that?" the spirit asked.

Happy sweat-dropped at the spirit. "Great… Another weirdo…" he muttered to himself. He then looked back up and saw that Kallen's attention was back on Gray. He flew over to her as Lucy and her spirit talked. "Hey, Kal? You okay?" he asked the blue haired girl as he landed on her shoulder.

"Mmhm," she hummed. "Just worried about Gray, is all," she then smiled at the cat while scratching his head in affection. Happy had missed the girl. She had always been nice to her and always smiled at him. When she was around, it was almost like having Lisanna back… Almost. "Don't worry 'bout me, Happy. Alright? I'm a strong little S-Class Fairy Tail mage," she assured him.

Happy smiled back and fell down to the girl's lap where he settled down in comfort. Just as he had found a nice spot on Kallen's lap, and she beginning to scratch his head again, Lyra had began to play her harp and sang along to the melody. It was definitely beautiful and Kallen could even see a content smile on sleeping Natsu's face. Her eyes then drifted back to Gray, who looked upset and angered. It wasn't until a tear slipped from his eye and down his cheek that she sprung into action. She carefully put the relaxing Happy on the ground before she walked quickly to Gray and hugged his form from behind. He was shaking from anger, but seemed to relax the slightest when he had his friend comforting him. He showed his appreciation by putting his hand over one of her arms.

Lucy and the rest seemed to notice Gray's mood and grew concerned once again. "Gray? What's wrong?" Lucy asked.

"Nothing, I'm fine," he answered, but the shaking in his voice betrayed him. Kallen hugged him tighter while whispering to him that it was alright.

"You seem upset," Happy observed with a frown, one the cat rarely wore.

"Well, one of Lyra's talents is to sing what her audience is feeling," Lucy said with a frown of her own as she looked at her friend.

"Did her song make you cry?" Happy asked the Ice-Make mage who started to shake again.

"I-I wasn't crying…" he defended.

Kallen let go of him once Lucy and Lyra began talking about changing the song, but she interrupted them. "I think we should skip the song," Kallen said and the rest became quiet. "We need to stay quiet. I don't wanna know what they'll do to us if they find us…"

Like that everyone went back to what they were doing earlier. Kallen leaned against a rock, trying to relax. Lucy leaned against Kallen's side and muttered about how bored she was. Happy flew over and rested on Kallen's lap again while she scratched his head. Gray sat still by the rock and kept a close eye on the demon. And Natsu… Well, he was still snoring…

Soon enough, Lucy, Happy and Gray had all fallen asleep while Kallen stayed awake on high alert. She was still scratching Happy's head and also painted imaginary circles on Lucy's arm to help them both relax. It was weird, she knew the blonde for only a few hours but she still cared for her like a sister and wanted to comfort her. Maybe it was because she missed her own sister…

Eventually, after hours of relaxing, everyone woke up by a large shaking in the caves.

"What's that weird noise?" Lucy asked groggily as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes and sat up straight. Even Happy woke up and climbed off Kallen's lap so she could stand up.

"What happened?! Did Kallen knock me out?! Is it night yet?!" Natsu asked question after question when he sat straight up in a jolt after he had woken up.

Kallen looked up at ceiling and saw a purple magic circle forming right over the ice block. "The hell's that?" she asked as she stared at it.

"It's a beam of light!" Lucy screamed when she stared at it as well.

"Shining down from the ceiling," Natsu added.

"Why is it purple?" Gray asked. "Must be moonlight," he then added as he examined the light a little more, thinking of the color of the moon on the island.

"Does this mean that it's the Moon Drip spell?" Kallen asked herself in a whisper.

"What's going on? I'm scared, Kal," Happy whimpered and flew up on Kallen's shoulder and tried his best to hide behind her hair as everyone just stared at the light in shock since it shined right on Deliora, something that Gray pointed out.

"I don't think that's a coincidence," Natsu spoke in a serious tone that most people wouldn't believe he could do.

"Let's go! We have to find out where the light's coming from!" Gray told the others and they quickly ran up a couple of stairs to do just that. Gray and Natsu were the first ones up the stairs followed quickly by Kallen and then Lucy and Happy. "Why would someone cast a magic circle inside the temple?" Gray asked once everyone was gathered.

"Let's find out!" Natsu declared and the group started to run again to the source of the circle. They ended up outside on the roof of the temple where a group of cloaked people circled the light and chanted weird words Kallen never had heard of. The Fairy Tail mages quietly hid behind some ruins as they listened in. "What are they doing?" Natsu asked his friends in a whisper while he observed the cloaked, chanting people.

"It looks like they're chanting some kinda spell to collect the moonlight," Kallen answered him as she observed the people.

"And shine it one Deliora," Lucy added and glanced at Kallen who gave her a nod, as if to say that she was right. "But what for?" Lucy then asked.

"It's a spell called the Moon Drip," Lyra said out of nowhere. I knew it… Kallen thought as she glanced at the Celestial Spirit.

"What are you still doing here?!" Lucy whispered to her spirit in shock, since Lyra scared her with her sudden presence.

"I see… That's what they're trying to do," Lyra spoke like Lucy hadn't said a word.

"Okay, tease. Spill it," Kallen told the spirit as she stared at her.

"They're using the Moon Drip spell to melt the ice around that demon underground so they can resurrect it," Lyra told them as she continued to watch the people in front of them.

"Hm, so I was right after all…" Kallen mumbled to herself as she too looked back at the chanting people.

"What?! They can't!" Gray protested with an angry look that got Kallen's attention. "The ice used in Iced Shell can't be melted!" he said, but Kallen looked down at the ground in thought.

"I hate to say it, but that's not entirely true," Lyra said. "While the Iced Shell is strong…"

"I can be melted with the moon's energy," Kallen chimed in while still looking at the ground. "Therefor the Moon Drip spell," she finished.

Lyra nodded at her. "That's right. Focused moon energy can break any magical spell," she told the Fairy Tail mages.

"Oh, wow! Is that why you're so strong, Kal?" Natsu asked his friend, who looked up at him and shrugged with a hint of a smile.

"I guess. I told you before that the moon's power is incredible, Natsu," she said and gave him a smile before she adverted her attention on the magic circles in the sky up to the moon.

"Idiots!" Gray exclaimed, ignoring Natsu's and Kallen's short conversation. "They've never witnessed the wrath of Deliora!"

"I think what the islanders believes is a curse against them, may actually be side effects of the Moon Drip," the Celestial Spirit continued. "Concentrated moon energy can contaminate your body. I'm afraid those poor islanders has been exposed to way too much of it," she explained, making both Kallen and Natsu grit their teeth.

"I'll make them pay…" they both growled lowly with determination as they glared ahead.

Lucy knocked down Natsu as she noticed something. "Someone's coming this way," she informed her friends so they'd keep hiding. Kallen had been far too angry to have noticed the presence of others before Lucy pointed it out. She looked up and saw what seemed to be a man covered in armor and a cape. His helmet, which was also used as some kind of mask, wore horns which made him look more intimidating, but Kallen didn't care. All she saw was her kicking that guy's ass in a near future.

"What a waste," a familiar voice said. Kallen looked past the armored guy to see a trio of two guys and one girl walking behind. "I lost so much precious sleep for nothing," the voice continued which belonged to the guy with massive eyebrows. Kallen recognized his voice from earlier in the cave. "We searched all day for the intruders but couldn't find a trace of them."

"Maybe there wasn't anything!" the guy that ironically looked a lot like a dog barked at eyebrow-man.

"I'm afraid I have some sad news, Cold Emperor," the girl said, which perked Kallen's interest. This is the guy? "We thought we had intruders during the day, but it seems they got away somehow," the pink haired girl told the Cold Emperor. "I cannot speak of love in this situation~"

"Seriously…?" Kallen sweat-dropped at the mention of love. She recognized that too from the cave.

"Intruders?" the Cold Emperor finally spoke and it had the Fairy Tail mages on high alert.

"So that guy's their leader?" Natsu asked his friends.

"He's trying to act all high and might wearing that stupid looking mask," Lucy said, acting like the man didn't scare her, which he actually did.

"I don't know, I think it looks kinda cool!" Happy said as he stared at the mask covering the Cold Emperor's face.

"Has Deliora been awakened yet?" the Cold Emperor asked the pink haired girl next to him.

"It should be later tonight or tomorrow," she informed him.

"WHICH ONE, GIRL?!" the dog-guy snapped again, but no one seemed to react.

"The time has come…" the Cold Emperor told his henchmen in a low tone. "If you see those intruders again, kill them. I don't want anyone getting in my way," he ordered.

"They must've been villagers. They're the only other people on this island," the girl said

"Then destroy the village!" the Cold Emperor demanded, which had Kallen's blood boiling. The weird trio agreed to his order which made Kallen even angrier.

"What?!" Natsu asked, just as angered as the bluenette next to him.

"But the villagers didn't have anything to do with it!" Lucy said in a more worried tone, rather than the angered one Natsu was bearing.

"Yeah, we gotta stop 'em," Natsu declared and glanced at Kallen who nodded in agreement.

"It's a shame there has to be bloodshed," the Cold Emperor then spoke which had the mages listening again.

"That voice," Gray suddenly said in shock, making Kallen advert her attention towards him. "No… It can't be…!"

Oblivious to Gray's panic, Natsu stood up on the ruin to get the enemies' attention. "I've had enough of this sneaking around business!" he yelled and his friends stared at him with wide eyes. Suddenly Natsu's cheeks swelled and Kallen had a pretty good idea of what was about to happen next. Like she predicted, Natsu breathed out fire into the sky as he kept yelling at the enemies. "It's not the villagers! We're the intruders you're after!"

"We're dead…" Kallen cried with a defeated look on her face.

The weird and the Cold Emperor looked to Natsu's way in shock. Natsu grinned at them, liking that he now had their attention.

Lucy just sighed at her friend and picked up one of her keys. "Jeez… I guess there's no turning back now, huh?" she said, determined to help fight.

"I wanna help too! Want me to sing?" Lyra asked from Lucy's left, which had the mage sighing again, but this time in irritation.

"No, I want you to go back!" she told her spirit who was sad by it but did as she was told.

"I know that mark," the pink haired girl said as she stared at Natsu's upper arm, where he had his guild mark. "They're from Fairy Tail!" she said.

"Interesting. Those villagers must've gone to the magical guilds for help," eyebrow-man said.

"Don't worry about them," the Cold Emperor told his henchmen. "Go eradicate the village," he ordered.

"WHAT?!" Kallen demanded angrily by Natsu's side as wind picked up around her, now by her control.

"But, why?" Natsu asked the Cold Emperor.

"Anyone who stands in my way, deliberately or not, is my enemy."

"SAY WHAT?!" Natsu and Kallen snapped at him loudly before charging at the Cold Emperor, but stopped when Gray charged past them.

"Stop this crazy ceremony right now!" he ordered as he used his Ice-Make Glacier to make spikes of ice appear from the ground and making their way towards the weird trio and the Cold Emperor. They jumped out of the way to dodge the attack and while in the air the Cold Emperor himself built up magic to attack the Fairy Tail mages. They all got shocked however when they saw that he was an ice mage as well. The two forces of ice spikes met and both shattered at impact.

"He's an ice wizard, too?!" Happy asked as he watched the scene along with Lucy.

"Lyon!" Gray growled at the Cold Emperor and Kallen's eyes grew wide at the mention of him as she recalled the day Gray told her about his childhood.

Deliora had destroyed my town and killed my family. I was all alone. That was when I got into the care of a woman named Ur. She was already a teacher for another boy, Lyon, so she taught us both about ice magic. She became our master. That was all she had heard of the other boy, but she remembered it clearly so it was enough to shock her.

"Lyon…?" she asked no one in particular.

"How could you?!" Gray growled at him. "Do you have any idea what you're doing?!"

"Oh, Gray," Lyon mused. "It's been quite a while, hasn't it?" he asked. Gray's friends, except for Kallen, gasped when they heard that. Kallen however just stood frozen while gritting her teeth. What is he doing? She thought to herself as she watched the staredown between the two former friends. Does he even know about Ur?

"Why would you revive Deliora?!" Gray yelled at Lyon.

"To think that you were one of the wizards called to this island to help those poor villagers," Lyon said, as if mocking Gray in a way. "Did you come knowing you would find me?" I was bound onto a boat, so no, Gray thought bitterly as he stared at the other ice mage. "Or is this just a mere coincidence? Not that it makes much difference to me."

"An acquaintance of yours, Cold Emperor?" eyebrow-man asked.

Lyon however didn't answer his question; instead he just barked an order. "Do as you were ordered. I can handle the intruders on my own," he said which had Kallen gritting her teeth even harder in anger and frustration as she glared at the ice wizard.

"Hey - Wai - Come back here!" Natsu fumbled as he tried to see where the hell those three spun away to. Then he just decided to try and charge at Lyon instead.

"No, Natsu! Don't go near him!" Gray yelled a warning to the Dragon Slayer. Before anyone knew it, Lyon cast some kind of spell that made Natsu become trapped in a ball of ice.

"Natsu!" Kallen called and tried running to her friend, but the spell somehow hit her as well. She blinked down in confusion at her now trapped body. "Eh?" she asked before the wind picked up and she ended up rolling down a hill. "DAMN YOU WIND!" she cursed as she rolled. She tried working up some fire magic to melt the ice, but she was still a bit weak on magic power from the moon and the little flame she managed to get out didn't even make the ice sweat. She still tried though but to no avail, so she ended up right where she started the day, back in the clearing… Where she once again passed out because of her low energy and magic...

Hey guys, just gonna quickly say a few things.
First of all, before ANYONE asks; No, Kallen and Gray does not have feelings for each other or any of the sorts. They just have a great friendship and they basically see each other as siblings.
Second; I finally got a computer to write on now! Happy girl over here! However, there has been some problems, like for starters the charger isn't working... So I need to get it into reparation...
Third; I've made some alteration on the first chapter. Nothing major, just the part when Lucy remember her conversation with Levy about Kallen.
And finally to the fourth one that isn't that major, but I wanted to include it either way; I'm working on a cover for the story so you don't have to see Coconut-head everytime you click on this story... Sorry about that... But yeah, a cover is coming! Just need to do some alterations on that as well.

Also! Love that you guys review and I absolutely love that you like the story! So from now on I will answer to your reviews at the end of every chapter (or at least most of them), so if you have any questions or just something you wanna tell me, the review away and I will answer to it!

Until next time!