A month passed by and we still weren't the same. After we stopped using our magic Natsu would stop coming to our class. But one day while I was heading to class I heard some girls talking about Mystogan. With that I decided to ditch class.

I was sitting on the hill where Mystogan and I had our last conservation. Then I remembered when we first met. Let's be friends. His voice echoed in my head. My bangs covered my eyes and I started to cry. I was hurting so much! "Damn why do I have to remember this now?!" I said. A few minutes I heard an annoying voice coming my way.

That annoying voice was Natsu. "Hey, Gray! What are you doing here!?"

I didn't respond to him but I wiped away me tears.

"Hey ice freak, didn't you hear me?" Natsu yelled out again.

"What do you want?" I asked.

Natsu saw me and frowned a little. He sat next to me and looked up at the sky. "What's wrong, Gray?"

I looked at Natsu but he was still staring at the sky. "What's wrong?" I said in frustration. "I just lost one of my best friend's! And you ask me what's wrong! That's just a stupid question!"

"I know that you lost someone, but I didn't mean that." Natsu said now looking at me in a serious look. I didn't know what he meant so I just gave him a confused look.

"What do you mean?" I asked him.

"You guys stopped using your magic."

I just sighed. "How do you know?" I said.

"Easy. Yesterday I bumped into Laxus and he didn't strike me with lightning, he just said 'Sorry'. Also when I called you ice freak you didn't do anything but you usually tried to freeze me to death." Natsu chuckled at the last thing he said. I was surprised that Natsu figured that out.

"I have one more question though." Natsu said. "Why did you stop using your magic?"

I grinned my teeth together but then I let out a sigh. Natsu kept staring at me waiting for my answer. I let out another sigh and looked up at the clouds."What's the point of using magic? Huh? If I can't even protect my friends with it."

I looked over at Natsu then went on. "It doesn't matter anyways, because I'm already prepared to die."

That got Natsu mad because next thing I knew he got my shirt collar and he looked mad. "Since when does death end a battle? Huh! Isn't that running away?!"

Right after Natsu said that he got up and left. For a while I just sat there thinking what to do. A minute later I got up and ran to my classroom. When I got there, I opened the door in a rush. Laxus, Gajeel, and Mirajane just stared at me.

"What's wrong with you?" Laxus said.

I stood quiet just looking at them. Mirajane wasn't smiling, Gajeel wasn't eating iron, and Laxus just had his arms crossed. They weren't themselves anymore. They weren't the friends I had. I grinned my teeth together and realized we weren't the same and something had to change.

"Screw this, damn it!" I said and kicked a chair. They all just stared at me but didn't say anything. "We stopped using magic for a stupid reason...there's something more important weather or not there's magic."

"Oh, really?" Gajeel said. "Then what is it, Gray?!" Huh? What is it?"

"It's called living!" With that I smiled to myself. Gajeel smiled and did his usual laugh, Laxus just smiled, and Mirajane had her usual warm smile.

"This is the first time you said something that makes sense." Laxus said with a small laugh.

"Yeah. Everyone remember this moment." Gajeel said with a laugh and Mirajane then giggled.

"Shut up!" I said with a smile. I was glad they were happy. That they were now the friends I knew.

Then our door knob was turning. "About time Master, you're late." I said.

The door opened and it wasn't Makarov. It was a guy with blue hair, brown eyes, and a tattoo over his eye.

"Mystogan?"