Lloyd

March 28th, X785

"Ice Dragon Roar!" I yelled as i roared a beam of ice toward the monster. The thing went down with one blow. Since the war a month ago, the dragon slayers, myself included, have created a team. Wendy, Natsu, Gajeel, and I were the members. Laxus turned down the offer and Julie still needed training. We'd been taking many missions because, even though the test had been delayed again, we all needed to qualify. As we walked down the mountain, celebrating "our" victory, a figure in the distance approached. We came ever closer to the figure as he came closer to us. As I walked, figuring he was just some mountain climber, I realized I was walking alone. I turned back to see my team on guard. I looked at the man. He had black hair and a dark blue robe with a white cloth tied around it. I turned to my team once more, "guys, if we don't get down the mountain, you'll freeze to death." However they stayed adamant. Natsu's hand caught fire and he began to advance.

"natsu...good to see you again..." Said the strange man. Natsu lunged toward the man with a fiery fist. He was blocked and thrown back into the snow, creating a hole in the snow. Gajeel and Wendy fired at the man with their new dragon force unison raid. They bombarded the man with their full power. When the smoke cleared, he was damn near unaffected. "...are you done?" The man said, a smile threatening to form at the corner of his mouth.

"What the hell guys?!" I asked in shock. I looked into the man's eyes and felt a chill before I saw Natsu jump at him again. His attack was dodged. The strange man charged a black magic blast toward Gajeel, who was on the brink of fainting from using so much power. I jumped in front of the blast and attempted to use an ice shield, but I was too late. The blast hit me square in the chest, knocking me back onto gajeel, causing him to faint. I got up, reeling from the pain. The man's eyes widened, along with wendy and natsu's.

"You...you didn't die..." He began to smile widely and walk toward me, tears streaming down his face. "You can...you can end it!"

"What?

"You can kill me!" I punched him when he got near me.

"Weirdo." I said blasting his face. He was once again unfazed.

"No, You're not strong enough either!" He yelled after a long pause He disappeared in a black flash.

"What the hell was that about?" I asked Natsu.

"That was Zeref."

Lloyd

"So. That was the dark wizard you're all scared of? Kinda disappointing." I said as we walked down the mountain.

"You're crazy, I wasn't scared!" Natsu yelled at me from a little higher up the mountain.

"I don't think you guys realize how weird this is. You survived death magic!" Said wendy.

"Yeah, how did you do that?" Gajeel asked.

"Uh, i don't know." I said nonchalantly. I acted as stumped as they were. "Anyway, let's just go get the money and go home."

Julie

I sat at the bar, bored as ever. "Hi Julie." Said the white haired girl running the bar.

"Hey, Lisanna, are you okay?" I asked, worried about her.

"Yeah, I'm coping. I'm definitely doing better than Elfman." Her face dropped. "Now I know how he and Mira felt. Except, i don't think mira's in edolas."

"Well, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here." I tried to cheer her up a bit.

"Anyway, what are you up to?" she asked, trying to change the subject.

"I've been looking for a job to do, you know, my half of the rent and stuff, but there are pretty much no jobs that appeal. Most are a few bucks to help an animal, or something that will get me killed." I sighed. "Plus, almost no one's in the guild."

"Why do you need someone else?" She asked, interested.

"I don't know. Company, mostly."

"Well if you want company, I can come." She said.

"Really? Cool." I said, surprised.

"Yeah." She then yelled, "Kinana, can you take over for me?"

Lloyd

As we went on our way to the guild we all refused to take the train. Every one of us said something along the lines of, "How far can it be?" Day one of our trek brought us past the magic council building.

"Good god," Gajeel said. "We're so far from the guild."

"Would you have liked to take the train?" I asked. He shut up after that.

"Well according to the map, we're at least going the right direction." Said Wendy."So, you know. Silver lining." She sounded exhausted.

"Let's camp here. We need as much energy as we can get." I said.

So i finally updated this story. As always, R&R.

-Gildarts Clive