Ohiya! Sorry I updated kinda late… I… uh… got writers block. And to tell you the truth, when I started writing this 'ere chapter, I had no idea where I was going with it! I'm also mighty proud of it too! It turned out good! Please leave a review and favorite! Farewell and Enjoy!

-Let there be midnight

ME NO OWN FAIRY TAIL!

The Sleeping Candle

The guild was silent as everyone had already left for the day; only Mira, Master, and Natsu were left in the guild. They had wanted Natsu to stay in the infirmary until he regained his memories. Natsu didn't protest at all when they told him of this, he was just being a bit shy, which was something the members of Fairy Tail would have never even thought of him as, nevertheless to even say it.

Mira stood next to Natsu as he slept peacefully on the infirmary bed beside the window; the moon's light illuminating his face delicately as his lips twitched slightly up in his sleep. Mira wanted to check on Natsu before she left for the night, wanting to see if everything was alright. At first she protested against Master saying that she needed to stay here to make sure nothing wrong happened to Natsu, but the old man finally wore her down enough when he promised to stay with Natsu during the night while she goes home to her siblings. The Master even promised her he would stay in the room with him after he finished up some paperwork for the night, the white haired barmaid hesitantly agreeing.

Mira was about to blow out the last candle beside Natsu's bed when she heard a strange creaking sound. Mira furrowed her eyebrows together as she narrowed the sound down to someone walking on hard wood floors outside of the infirmary and was drawing very close. Thinking it was the Master, Mira turned around with the candle in her hand, the soft light the only thing in the room as she shined it towards the door to see better.

"Master?" Mira called loud enough where she didn't wake Natsu up and the Master could still hear her from outside the door. The creaking stopped right in front of the door, silence falling once again in the room. When Mira didn't see the door opening, she got confused and started to make her way slowly to the door, the candle still outstretched before her. "Master?" she asked again, hoping for an answer this time. When she got no answer, Mira started to get suspicious. If it was the Master, he would've answered her and walked into the room and shoved her out saying to get along, but that didn't happen. Instead, the room remained a deathly silent except for Natsu soft breathing and for the occasional shuffle of blankets as he softly turned in his sleep.

Mira now stood in front of the door, the candle the only thing in-between her and the wood. She got an unsettling feeling in the pits of her stomach as she laid her hand softly on the cool metal of the door knob and twisted… darkness filling her vision as she opened the door.

The only thing that could be heard in the room was Natsu's peaceful breathing, the occasional rustle of blankets as he turned softly in his sleep, Mira dropping to the floor unconscious, and the candle hitting the wooden floor with a loud 'clank', engulfing the room in liquid darkness. Before the candle fully extinguished itself, a cloaked figure softly slithered its way into the room and to Natsu's bedside. The room was dark before anything else could be seen.

~Morning~

"Mira… Mira…!" a voice softly called from her thick slumber. Mira shifted a little as she furrowed her eyebrows, wanting to stay in the darkness longer than she should.

"Lisanna why don't you just try dumping cold water on her?" asked another voice, deeper and more masculine than the other.

"Gray! I would never do that to my sister!" came the sharp offensive reply followed by the thump of a body hitting wood floor.

"I was just trying to help…" the second voice muttered softly, almost ashamed of himself. Mira opened her eyes groggily, seeing the two figures above her in blurry shapes.

"Lisanna…?" she asked groggily as she tried to focus in on the blurry shape of her sister. She saw the image snap her head in her direction, leaning in closer just as Mira's vision cleared to see the worry blue eyes of her dear younger sister.

"Mira!" Lisanna cried in relief as she drew the older sister in a hug. Mira reluctantly hugged her back, feeling confusion overwhelm her.

"What happened?" she asked as the two sisters pulled apart. Lisanna sat back down in her chair beside Mira's bed as the girl sat up and looked at her expectantly.

"Well, Master found you unconscious by the infirmary's door last night and couldn't get you to wake up. So he put you on one of the beds and infirmed us once we got to the guild this morning." Lisanna explained. Mira's eyes widened as she felt panic blossom in her chest.

"Where's Natsu?! Is he okay? Tell me!" Mira shouted in a hurry, surprising both Gray and Lisanna. Mira looked at both of them in hopes that one would answer her.

"Flame-brain's alright. But he won't wake up no matter what we do, other than that, he's fine." Gray answered her. Mira's gaze snapped to him, not liking the answer she was given.

"Oh no…" she whispered breathlessly, confusing the two even more.

"What's wrong Mira? Is Natsu not alright?" Lisanna asked. Mira looked at the end of the bed she laid in, the sickening feeling blooming in the pit of her stomach once more.

"Last night," Mira started with an intake of breath. "before I fell unconscious, I saw a man enter the room and stand beside Natsu's bed. His aura… it felt… pure evil…" she replied. Without another word uttered, Gray instantly went over to the other bed on the other side of the room where the Dragon Slayer laid sound asleep, looking as if he wasn't going to wake up any time soon. Mira and Lisanna joined him as Gray shook Natsu's shoulders and opened his eyelids to see if he would get any responds.

"Gray?" Lisanna asked cautiously as she saw Gray freeze and take a small step back. "What's wrong?" She sounded even more concerned because she knew by the way Gray was acting, that whatever it was was not good.

"Natsu… he's in a magic-induce coma!"