Hi all! Thanks everyone for your reviews and comments! They have been really helpful and encouraging to me and I hope that you continue to enjoy the story. I made this chapter longer than the previous ones, do you like longer chapters or the current sized ones? The current normal chapter size is about 2k-2.5k words. This one kinda reached 4k words hehe… But I did try really hard on it and I hope you guys enjoy it!

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Megan woke up with a yawn. It was freezing! Megan tensed up and instinctually wrapped her blankets around her tighter. She was sitting in one of her tents, in one of her blankets… How did she even get here? Then she looked over her shoulder to see a blue haired girl lying next to her on the ground. She was snoring softly, while murmuring "Gray-sama"

Megan smiled and remembered. Then she thought more deeply of this Gray guy and lost a bit of her smile. While that guy was pretty cute she didn't think that he loved Juvia nearly as much as she loved him. After all, Megan was sure that Gray was pretty ready to kill Juvia as well as Megan. Gray was strong too, was Juvia as strong as Gray was? That was a scary thought. The ring mage knew that Juvia had mentioned being an S class mage when she was a part of Phantom Lord, and S class mages were super powerful.

"Juvia, you sure have interesting tastes… But I can't blame you since that means I must have interesting tastes too. He is certainly different than Taka was that's for sure." Taka was social, passionate and definitely a whole lot more welcoming than Gray seemed. Thinking of the man upset Megan slightly and made irritation flicker, after all she had only just broken up with him yesterday, and right after that she met Juvia.

Her clothes were still wet, eck she must have been put in the tent recently. Had it been raining then? Now that she tried to look outside through the near-transparent door of the tent she did see raindrops distorting the coloring slightly all around the tent. Her rings thank god were still on her fingers, she almost thought about tapping one for heat while sleeping but knew otherwise. Even a novice magician like her knew better than to use magic actively while sleeping, she could run out of magical energy in the middle of REM sleep or something and die without even noticing.

Megan thought about getting up and doing something, but then another cold breeze shook the tent and her exhaustion became apparent. The shelter of her bed seemed more and more welcoming than the cold winds outside, so she snuggled back into her blanket and fell back asleep.

Whatever ended up happening, it must be better than staying in that village with an ex-boyfriend and a traitorous twin sister.

Juvia opened her eyes and only saw the cloth ceiling of the tent. She stared at it in confusion before remembering the events of the previous night. Gray-sama, Juvia found you… Her eyes began watering with happiness. Juvia sat up and stretched. She looked around the tent with her dark blue eyes and saw Megan laying down next to her, she looked so peaceful. Her auburn orange hair was scattered over herself messily and her chest rose and fell slowly.

Juvia ran a hand through her own messy hair and shivered slightly; going through the forest in the middle of winter was horrible. Gray was lucky that the cold didn't bother him, but maybe it just bothered Juvia more since she was mostly water. Today they were heading toward Gray's new guild? The Hellfire Imps? But Gray still had the Fairy Tail mark on his chest, which meant he hasn't really left Fairy Tail yet. Juvia shivered slightly and stared at the other side of the tent. A dark guild, she was really going to become a dark mage with Gray… Gray was really a dark mage now.

Her original mission had been to track down the ice make mage and prove that he didn't betray Fairy Tail, but that was what had happened. Even if she could leave Gray she couldn't return home empty handed and admit that he had turned evil. But why? Why would Gray-sama betray Fairy Tail. Juvia doesn't understand! Gray-sama has always been extremely loyal to his friend and the guild. Has he really changed that much? Juvia thought of how Gray acted when she saw him again, he was ready to knock her out. He was poised to kill me and Megan, but he seemed to hang back, he was just trying to knock us out, not kill us.

Gray had also worn a mask over his personality; he appeared a lot more colder to Juvia than the indifference he had shown her back at Fairy Tail. When Juvia saw him, his eyes were cold and expressionless. But the defense of his emotional shield would slip and show the very same Gray that Juvia fell in love with. Juvia will make sure Gray-sama can smile and enjoy warmth again! No one takes precedence than Gray-sama's happiness!

"Stop steaming, its not a pretty sight to look up and see my friend pulling her hair out and fuming."

Juvia turned to Megan who was smiling teasingly at her with those spring green eyes of hers. Megan still appeared tired, with bags underneath her eyes. Megan let out a small chuckle.

"So what happened last night? All I remember is fighting your 'friend', healing myself after getting my ass handed to me, and falling unconscious," said Megan. The ring mage cocked her head to the side. "He seems to be an um… Nice? Guy Juvia, Gray I mean." Juvia could tell that Magen was trying to be nice about Gray attacking them, but ultimately failed.

"Gray-sama is normally a lot nicer, but Juvia doesn't know why he is like that." Juvia replied sadly, her eyes glistened slightly as water built up in them. Magen shouldn't have to see this icy side of Gray that he was trying to show. Juvia looked down at the blanket that covered her legs and was lost in thoughts for a few moments.

A hand grabbing hers made the water mage look up. The auburn haired girl was smiling warmly and pulled Juvia to her feet. "Hey girlie but don't go being all depressed after both cheering me up and finding the guy I'm assuming you were looking for!" Juvia felt her spirits being lifted. At least Magen doesn't seem to dislike Gray-sama too much… She also doesn't seem to be a threat to my relationship with MY Gray-sama.

Juvia was pulled up with a slight tug on her hand and Magen gave her a reassuring hug. The ring mage's green eyes sparkled with sympathy. The blanket slid off Juvia's body, exposing her to the cold winter morning. She shivered slightly and noticed that Megan seemed a bit cold as well.

Megan let go of Juvia's hand and ungracefully walked to the side of the tent where the bag of supplies were. Magen grabbed a bundle of clothes out and blushed slightly to Juvia. Juvia quickly got the idea and turned around, although still keeping her peripheral vision on Magen. If she is so pretty Gray-sama might go after her!

The two girls chatted for a bit while they got themselves ready. When they finished Juvia had on her usual outfit and Megan was wearing a long sleeved aqua and yellow striped shirt and normal jeans. The clothes were extremely tight fit, which only added to Juvia's slight jealousy. But inwardly Juvia was glad to have Megan around; she would have been so lonely without the hopeful ring mage.

The two walked out of the tent and saw Gray sitting outside on the same rock as he was the night before. His clothes were on surprisingly but he would probably rip them off soon anyway. Juvia's mouth watered and her eyes widened. Juvia didn't notice that Megan was also staring at Gray with his shirt off, this was the first time she had seen him in open daylight and light.

"Oh Gray-sama!"

"Juvia, damn it." Gray cursed and spun around; he looked at the two girls staring at him and rolled his eyes. "Well, are you guys ready or what? We don't have all day and we have to be in Onibus town by sunset to stay at an inn. Also I need info too, so we will be stopping at the bar, you can come in helpful for that Megan." Gray ordered and he jumped off the rock. He landed on the ground with a soft whisper sound and gracefully head for the tent.

Juvia and Magen exchanged exasperated looks and got to work as well, within an hour they had put away all of their supplies and was continuing their trek through the forest. Gray was in the lead with Juvia at his shoulder, Megan just followed a few inches behind the two. She thought it would be best to give the two some space.

Megan however still felt slightly uncomfortable seeing her best friend around Gray, she didn't think she could fully trust the guy. She sped up a bit and tapped Juvia's shoulder, the water mage looked over her shoulder at Magen's wary face. "Can I ask you about something?" Megan whispered. Juvia nodded and the two fell back a small distance away from the ice mage.

"Are you sure that we can trust this guy?" Megan asked in the lowest tone she could manage and still have Juvia hear her.

"Of course! Gray-sama wouldn't harm us, Juvia knows it!" Juvia huffed.

"But… He nearly tried killing us last night."

"No he didn't. Juvia knows how Gray-sama looks and acts when he is serious and he wasn't, besides Gray-sama doesn't kill. He knows that life is too important! Do you not trust Juvia's word?"

At Juvia's icy ending she quickly shook her head, slightly scared. "No of course I trust you Juvia, you are the only person I have left to trust!" Megan nearly shouted, earning a curious look from the raven haired mage in front of them.

"Um… Do I even want to know?" Gray asked blankly. The two girls shook their heads quickly and Megan started sputtering for an answer.

"Uh… Uh… Uh… Juvia was just telling me how cute she thought you were! You know she has been constantly talking about you while we were trying to find you!"

Gray raised an eyebrow, but the two couldn't tell what he meant. Juvia's puzzled gaze bore into Megan and she shifted slightly. What kind of save was that for you and Juvia? The water mage thought. Gray just turned back and kept walking.

"Man, I could really use a snow cone or something, hell even ice cream would do," Gray muttered. He didn't notice Juvia perking up in the background at the sound of Gray doing something familiar to her. Of course she would take his love of snow cones and other icy things to an assurance he hadn't changed. Gray-sama is still Gray-sama, Juvia just knows it! Juvia thought determinedly.

Megan watched the two with observant eyes, she was a little fascinated by the two's relationship… Okay maybe more than a little… She pushed her long auburn hair behind her ears and enjoyed what meager sunlight that fell upon the earth hit her. It was weak against the cold breeze but it satisfied her.

"Hey Megan."

Megan turned her head to the water mage. Juvia smiled and had a bit of a curious expression on her face. "Hmm?"

"Can Juvia ask you something?"

"Umm of course?"

Juvia didn't look at Megan, just kept walking next to the ring mage. "You said you were leaving the village forever but you didn't pack up any of the stuff other than a bunch of rings, clothes, and travel supplies. What are you doing with your cottage?" Juvia asked.

"Oh that silly house? It wasn't mine." Megan laughed. Juvia's eyes widened with surprise.

"Oh? Juvia is confused now…"

"It belonged to my boyfriend… I would have had to get out anyway since I was just staying with him and he broke up with me." Megan's head drooped shyly and she blushed a little in embarrassment. "Whoops?"

Juvia was so shocked she stumbled and landed on the ground back first. When she stumbled forward she had accidently reached out to Gray on instinct and grabbed his shoulder as she fell, pulling the ice make mage on top of her.

The two had fallen to the ground painfully, with dirt and dust shooting into the air from the compact. Juvia felt two warm things grabbing the mounds on her chest, her eyes shot up and saw Gray's hands gripping them tightly. Heat spread through her and her face turned red. Gray-sama! Juvia loves this! When Gray had started to fall he had turned towards Juvia's direction and stuck out his hands to stabilize himself, it backfired when he had accidently groped her boobs. Her dark blue eyes darted to his and he appeared panicked, his face also flushed with red.

"Gray-sama! Juvia likes this, but wishes that he wouldn't wait till her and Gray both fell down to do so," Juvia said cheerfully.

"No! I mean I didn't mean to do that, stop being ridiculous!" Gray snapped and disentangled himself from the water mage. He turned away coldly and continued walking. Juvia got up quickly and saw that Gray was still pretty flustered. He seemed to be trying not to care but failed a little miserably.

Juvia rushed to catch up to Gray, when she did she noticed the alert, wary look on his face. Did Juvia upset Gray-sama? The blue haired mage thought worriedly. No, Juvia hasn't, something else is on Gray-sama's mind. So many people thought that Juvia was oblivious to Gray's feelings, that everything about him was drowned beneath her displays of love, however she was able to read him quite well. She could understand him a bit better too, she spent enough time observing him to learn to do that.

They spent a few hours continuing to walk, Juvia on Gray's left, while Megan was on Gray's right. They almost appeared on a team except the hasty glances that Megan and Gray kept shooting at each other, Juvia noticed it but kept quiet about it. She silently hoped that they would eventually be able to trust each other, like Juvia ended up doing with Lucy. Juvia misses Lucy, Juvia misses all of Fairy Tail, but Juvia is very happy she still has Gray-sama and her new friend Megan.

When they reached the town they were quickly alerted to the news of a band of wizards in the local wizard bar. Gray frowned and muttered a curse that both Juvia and Megan heard. The ice mage turned around.

"Well since there are mages around I think that Megan should go," Gray said, looking at the auburn haired woman. She looked slightly startled, with wide eyes that were edged with disbelief and her mouth gaping.

"Me, why?" She asked in a puzzled tone.

"Because there are some wizards that we don't want to encounter, we are fairly close to where they might be as well, you are the only person they won't recognize and if we are found there will be trouble." Gray explained, exchanging a glance with Juvia, she nodded in understanding. He turned his direction back to Megan, who still looked unsure. "If you are going to work with us you have to get used to doing this for us, I trust you, don't you at least trust Juvia?" Gray inwardly didn't trust Megan all that much, but it was his best option.

"Please Megan, Juvia and Gray-sama really needs to stay hidden right now, we can't risk being found out about!" Juvia pleaded, she knew what Gray was talking about. Onibus was only a little ways north of Magnolia, home to their old guild. It would be easy to find mages of Fairy Tail at a town that close.

"Okay fine I will." Megan snapped and looked over towards the direction of the town. Juvia smiled at her and Gray just nodded in approval. Megan smiled uneasily. The three talked a little bit longer about what she had to do and that they would be arriving in the village later once her goals were finished.

"Good luck!" said the water mage. Megan waved a hand in the air as she said goodbye, the two watched her slim figure walk into the village, while Gray and Juvia moved a little bit deeper back into the forest.

So yeah this chapter is over like 3k words I think, maybe that is a little too big. If you guys want I can break up the chapter or just keep it this way. I can't guarantee that all chapters will be this long though, this one just has a lot of content lol. Next chapter is where you see Megan getting the supplies and who she is going to run into hehe. Sorry if the story is going a little slow, but this is the general pacing of the story. I was going to have a bit of Megan doing the stuff in town in this chapter but unless you wanted like... Over 4k then yeah...

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