A/N: Period FanFic ~ Don't wanna hear how people aren't acting like themselves, okay?

"Lockdown The Building" The speaker screeched out at two o'clock in the morning. "Intruder Moving Toward Exit F4" Dave knew how close he was to that exit. He rushed toward the exit, going to be the one to stop this intruder from escaping. He seen someone in a black cloak and a black battle outfit. "There you are" Dave grit his teeth and drew his sword. "I'm not going to let you get past me alive!" The cloak person replied,"Are you going to kill me, General Strider?" The voice... That voice... He hadn't heard it in three years. Dave felt a stream of sadness and guilt wash over him,"W-Who are you?" The cloaked person pushed back the hood and, despite the tears on that face, she looked just like Erza.. His Erza. He felt like he had been punched in the center of his chest. No, Erza was dead. He quickly became enraged. How dare this person stand there and claim to be his fiancee?! "You.. What are you trying to prove?! Erza's dead and has been for three years!"

Four Days Ago...

"Commander Strider" King Amos said,"I'm putting you in charge of a very special mission, alright?" Dirk Strider nodded a bit, looking at his soon-to-be Father-In-Law. He was marrying his daughter, despite his lack of love for her. But when the kinf asks you to marry his daughter, you just don't say no. You can't unless you want to be executed. The kinf led him through a secret door where a redhead was in the center of the room in a water chamber. The first thing that came to Dirk's mind was the fact that it was Erza Scarlet. His brother's fiancee. His almost sister in law. Dirk looked at the king,"What do you want me to do?" The king looked at him,"Watch over her and make surenothing happens" They stared each other straight in the eyes. "Everything hangs on this, Commander... Everything"

Present:

The king smirked as he sat in his room. Everything was going according to plan. He was aware that Dirk would release his first fully fuctional Super Soldier ever, Erza Knightwalker. He looked on the security screen, watching Knightwalker try to fool Dave. Watching her play with his emotions like toys. If she could successfully pull that off, then everything would be smooth sailing and more Super Soldiers would be created. Then, just then, would he be able more Soldiers. After that, he'd make the stronger military in the world.. Then rule that said world.

"I missed you..." She tooked a few steps forward. "Stay BACK!" He yelled at her,"Just.. Don't come any closer" He potined his sword at her chest. She shoved it away,"I express my feelings and you point your sword at me?! How could you be so heartlesss and cruel to me after you haven't seen me in three years?!" Dave stared at her shocked,"There's no way you could be Erza.." The redhead's eyes grew wide. "Erza wouldn't say something like that..!" Dave stated and his look of shock turned into a glare. Knightwalker smirked and drew her sword,"You're smarter then you look.. Let's see if you could kill me, Strider!"

Karkat went to go check on Mirajane. He had no idea why, but something told him to go and make sure she was all right. He stopped outside her cell and seen her sleeping. He couldn't help but notice how pretty she was when she wasn't shooting him hateful glares and how cute she was when she wasn't thrwoing insults at him. He wasn't thinking that she should stay asleep forever but maybe if she were nicer and a little easier to handle...

Knightwalker looked at Dave pinned underneath her. "What do you really love, Dave? Is it her face? Or maybe it's her body? Did you really love her for her? Her personality? Her individuality? Her hard work or her strength?" She smirked and leaned in, her face a few inches from his. "I don't think so" She leaned in some more, their faces only centimeters apart now. "You know... You could have a piece of her back if you accept defeat and come with me" She had leaned in some more, their lips dangerously close. Rage filled Dave's eyes and, despite her crushing strength, he managed to shove her off, despite her crushing strength. "Fuck you!" He hissed,"You're nothing like the Erza I know! The Erza I know was beautiful and she was kind and caring. She was everything that another person could as for. That I could ask for. Then you stand here, wearing her face and talking in her voice... No, you may look like her, and you may sound like her, but god damnit, I know Erza and she'd never act like YOU" Knight walker smirked,"How cute.. Honestly.. How.. Mother... FUCKING.. Cute!" She went to swing her sword at him but her whole body froze. She stayed like that with wide eyes for about five more seconds before she turned on her heel and ran off somewhere.

The king sighed a bit, putting Knightwalker back in her chamber,"You're not completely finished yet.. But soon, oh, soon" A small smirk appeared on his greedy and evil face.

"Hey Cana!" Davesprite called to the girl behind the counter. Let's go into a little detail about Davesprite. He was a failed Dave clone made by the king. He was suppose to be a Super Soldier, this being done with small amounts of DNA from Dave Strider instead of several memories, DNA, and ect. He was failed because he, inevitably, gained his own personality aside from Dave and wasn't dedicated to doing what the king wanted. He was to be executed but a brown haired maid by the name of Cana Alberona helped him escaped. To make sure no one close to the king found out, Cana quit as a maid and started working as a bartender. Eventually, Davesprite's hair and eyes eventually turned orange, barely even recognizable to Dave Strider. Between that time, Davesprite and Cana have gotten exceedingly close to one another.

Cana looked up from the glass she was watching,"What's up?" Davesprite looked at her,"You're in the 'Know' and stuff right?" Cana shrugged a bit,"I guess so" Davesprite looked at her,"Do you know someone who was in the army by the name of Erza Scarlet?" Cana nodded,"Erza Scarlet aka Scarlet Knight, Titania, Fairy Queen, and Dancing Demon. She was one of the Ten Great Commanders of the military. The only woman Commander and the strongest at the time before she was put to death for treason" Davesprite nodded a bit,"Yeah, that sounds like her. Do you know anything about any relationship between her and Dave?" Cana looked at him,"Strider?" Davesprite nodded. A slight smile appeared on her face,"Now, there's an amusing story..."

Dave Strider, along with his friend Karkat Vantas, just graduated from the Royal Knight Academy. They had no real idea why they had decided on this career path but they did. Something about Fate you could say. Anyways, they were assigned together, which was rather comforting then being separated. A redhaired woman stepped up to them on their first day. She looked at them with a stoic face,"So you're the ones who I have to watch over for the next few weeks, huh?" She looked them over once for a moment. "I'm Erza Scarlet.. Or Commander Scarlet, if you prefer" Karkat nodded and addressed his name and such. Dave said nothing but he just looked over the girl. For a knight, she was dressed... Well.. Trampy. "Address your name in front of a superior! Honestly! Didn't you learn some common manners?!" Dave kept his face stoic and said nothing. She snatched his shades off his face,"You'll get these back when you learn so goddamn manners and start addressing me properly!" Dave attempted to retrieve his shades from her. Erza kept them from him with ease,"If you want 'em back so much, you'll haveta fight for 'em!" Dave glared at her,"Fine"

They sparred and, sure enough, Commander Scarlet won. She smirked,"Guess these are mine till you learn some manners" Dave rolled his eyes at her. This was, by far, the worst first day in exsistance.

Days Later..

Erza walked over to the blonde boy after seeing him sitting alonoe. "What are you doing out here by yourself?" She asked with curiousity and a bit of concern. "Thinking" He replied. Erza nodded a bit and dropped his shades in his lap. He looked up at her as she started walking away,"Be ready early tomorrow.. You're in for some extra training from that ass beating you got the other day"

Cana nodded,"They sparred all day the next day. Him, Karkat, and her. In the weeks that she trained, tutored, and tortured them, they had all become friends. She knew when they went on missions and vice versa. They'd have long conversations and catch up whenever they happened to meet. But there was a secret that one was keeping. Something was stirring and rising in that Strider's heart"

Karkat stared at his friend with wide eyes,"Are you CRAZY?!" Dave shook his head a bit,"No" Karkat blinked,"We're bros so I have to ask you this.. What if you end up dying instead of getting promoted?" Dave just shrugged,"I have to do this for me" Karkat knew exactly why he was doing this. It was for Erza. A lot of the things that Dave started doing was for that redheaded woman they called friend. Karkat knew all about Dave's feelings for her and he knew all about his intentions to marry Erza. He could guess that Dave was doing this to show her how much he's improved and maybe get the nerve to confess to her.

Months Before..

"By yourself again?" Erza raised an eyebrow as she approached him. She plopped down beside him without approval or even asking for it. "Yeah" Dave replied. Erza looked at him,"You think a lot, don't you?" Dave shrugged a bit. There was a long silence between them. "Whatever you're thinking about.. I hope its something that will make you happy for the rest of your days" Dave felt her lips touch his cheek. She pulled away and when he went to look at her she was already on her feet. She started walking away,"I'll be seeing ya"

Cana nodded a bit with a ghost of a smilee,"Yeah, that's the beginning.. But every beginning is and has an ending. That was the beginning og their lives together as fiancees but the end of them being 'just friends' but before we get to the sour and depressing stuff let's get into this..."

Dave ran through the halls of the castle. He opened the door where Jade usually taught her archery class to the future Knights, when she wasn't practicing her gunning with Bisca and Alzack that is. "Jade! Have you seen Erza?" Jade shook her head a bit,"Nope. Sorry" Dave nodded and thanked her before running out to the fields. "Tavros! Have you seen Erza?" Tavros shook his head a bit,"Can't say I have" The blonde continued running, looking for the redhead. He ran over to Terezi and Natsu, who were having a conversation about dragons and hunting and stuff. "Have you seen.. Er.. Smelled Erza around?" He asked. Terezi grinned at him,"I can smell her delicious red hair anywhere!" Natsu nodded a bit,"Yeah, she went out to the training grounds with Aradia and Lucy. Dave paused for a moment, wondering why'd they be together; Aradia: a scholar, Lucy: A princess, and Erza: a knight. But then again, Erza was really easy to make friends with after you got past her tough exterior. He shrugged it off and rushed to the training grounds...