Suddenly Wendy's voice shouted out.

"I DON'T THINK SO! SKY DRAGON CLAW!" she yelled as she came plummeting down.

With one foot encaseed in a torrent of air she smacked her heel down into the snout of the dragon. It flinched and stumbled back roaring in outrage. As she came down she spun around allowing her other leg surrounded in air to kick the side of the dragon's snout. It roared again and this time it arched its neck and head back as it fixed its eyes on Wendy who was still mid-air. I could see the sparks ignited in its throat and as it roared thick molten hot flames came pouring out of its mouth coating Wendy.

"WENDY!" I screamed.

But then the stream of flames were shredded apart and I could see Wendy in the middle arms crossed in front of her face. I could see that she was controlling the air so that it thickened and spun around her encasing her in a protective orb. She uncrossed her arms and the protective orb of air dissipated. Slowly by commanding the wind Wendy lowered herself to the ground. I was entranced by Wendy as she descended downward. Shreds of fire were all around her as she descended setting her swaying dark hair alight. She looked fierce and bold as she touched the ground I had never seen Wendy like this before. Wendy had always been so shy but now here she was saving me standing proud and tall. As she touched the ground the dragon hissed at her letting its fork tongue slide between its teeth.

"SKY DRAGON ROAR!" she bellowed letting a hurricane of air encase the dragon.

It roared in pain as the air tore at its skin but I could tell it was far from being defeated. It broke apart from the attack and ran to the left to find some easier prey. As the dragon moved away I saw Wendy stagger a bit and fall to one knee.

"Wendy!" I exclaimed.

With a bit of effort I managed to push off the rubble that was on top of my leg and stagger up. Pain shot up my leg and I clenched my fist as I continued to limp forward till I made my way to Wendy. I kneeled in front of her examining her thankfully she wasn't baldy injured so I was relieved but her clothes were torn up and I could see a couple of small cuts. She just looked exhausted I could even sense that she was nearly reaching her limit her magical energy was nearly depleted.

"You ok?" I asked placing a hand on her shoulder.

She gripped my arm and nodded slightly laughing she must have been happy that she was able to fend off the dragon. But she gripped my arm a bit tighter as her eyes fell on my ankle.

"Romeo." She said softly.

"Don't worry it just a cut." I said trying to bring toward me but I winched.

"Let me see it." She said seriously.

I did as she said wincing as I dragged it out and adjusted myself so that I was propped up by my hands. As she examined it I nearly fainted at the sight of it I didn't realize how bad it really was. My pants at the start my ankle were torn and covered in blood that was still slowly oozing out. Pieces of flesh were hanging off from my ankle from when I was trying to yank it out and I could see a bit of the broken bone. Wendy frowned but she placed her hand above the wound and they began to glow a vibrant green. I realized what she was doing and I reached out and gripped her hand.

"Stop! You don't have enough magical energy left. I'm fine you don't need to heal me." I said curtly.

"Romeo don't be an idiot!" she retorted.

"I can manage just fine on my own!" I yelled back.

"Look if I can at least mend the bone then you can support some of your weight instead of putting it all on me. If you don't let me and I have to support almost all of your weight then we are never going to be able to outrun the dragons. You said my healing magic has helped Fairytail in one way or another so please let me do this!" she exclaimed angry tears forming in her eyes.

I bent my head down and nodded. Wendy smiled and busied herself tearing off some of the shredded cloth from my pants. I could feel her magic energy slowly regrowing my bone it was painful but I stayed silent. I could feel her fastening a piece of wood from the pile of rubble to my ankle and tying it with some of the cloth she tore off.

"There. The bone is still fragile but this makeshift slit should make it easier to move." She said after tying the last knot.

My head was still bowed and my bangs were covering my eyes I couldn't look at Wendy. Not when she was putting her own life at risk by wasting the little magical energy she had left trying to heal me. I could see through my strands of hair she was breathing hard, her face was slightly pale and sweat was beaded across her forehead. As she tried to stand up I grabbed her hand again.

"Thanks Wendy." I said softly looking at her.

She blushed again but smiled as she stood up and wiped the sweat off her forehead. Wendy then turned to me and leaned down extending her hand outward.

"Hey what are guild mates for?" she asked smiling at me.

I chuckled and accepted the hand as Wendy draped one my arms over her shoulder it wasn't too painful to walk. My bone was still pretty fragile so I couldn't put all my weight on it but with Wendy's help I was able to limp down. We quickly turned a corner and stayed close to any house that was still standing just in case we had to hide. Wendy was trying to get me outside the city where we had evacuated the civilians but as we limped along I heard a voice.

"ROMEO! ROMEO!" the voice shouted and it grew louder and louder.

We turned around and as we did I saw my dad rounding a corner as he spotted me he sped up. He ran up to me and pulled me into a hug which I didn't mind since I had been worried about him too.

"You ok?" he said looking me over and pointing to my leg.

"Better now Wendy healed me." I said looking over to Wendy.

My dad let me go and embraced Wendy who was a bit startled but let him as he muttered thank you. Wendy in fact looked happy as my father tried suffocating her with his bear hug. Suddenly I could hear Carla and as I looked up there she was flying toward us.

"Wendy! Laxus and the others need you straight away! Come on child this is no time for hugs!" she said urgently.

"Will you be ok?" Wendy said looking at me as my father stood by myside.

"Don't worry Wendy I'll take it from here." My dad said putting a hand on my shoulder.

Wendy didn't look convinced as she kept staring at me but I nodded back she was needed elsewhere. She ran off and jumped up as Carla grabbed onto her and carried her father into the sky and toward the center of the city. Soon she became a speck and my dad then grabbed me placing me on his back before running off. After that everything was a blur of running, dragons, fire and a strange vision of my dad dying. I still flinch thinking about it but one memory was clear in my mind when the sun rose that day. Everyone was celebrating the dragons disappearance including me I sat on a pile of rubble watching everyone gather up. Everyone was just enjoying the fact that they were still alive who could blame them really. As the sun painted the entire scene a light pink and orange I saw Wendy landing with Carla. They landed away from the rest of the party and Wendy made a bee line for where I was sitting. Meanwhile Carla was already being bombarded by Happy but in all honesty she didn't look that annoyed happy in fact. But I focused my attention on Wendy as she gave me a quick hug before bolting up with a vibrant blush even though I'm sure I had one as well. I looked her over she looked exhausted but luckily no major injuries other than some cuts.

"You ok?" she asked breathlessly.

"Thanks to you." I answered as she gave a small laugh.

"Alright lets heal this all up." She said bending down toward my ankle.

"Hold on! Are you sure you are ok?" I asked panicky.

"I am now." She said looking up with the brightest smile.

At this point I'm sure I turned a vibrant red so I turned away while Wendy worked on my leg. After a couple of seconds I turned to her and smiled.

"Thank you Wendy." I whispered.

"No problem Romeo." She answered back softly as she smiled.

From there it was a bit of a blur until the party at the castle to celebrate our victory I could remember the castle gleaming in the moonlight. Inside cheery music filed the air and everyone was laughing, talking and having a good time. I however was busing myself with the food finally enjoying the fact that Fairytail had won the Grand Magic Games. My ears pricked up as the music changed to a slower melody and I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around and dropped my mouth open in shock at Wendy who was draped in a gorgeous dress. It was a subtle purple color with lighter purple as the trim. The dress looked a bit snug at the top and puffed out as it came down. Her hair was done up in a half ponytail with her bangs to one side and some strands of vibrant blue hair in the front. She looked absolutely gorgeous and I must have been so stunned that I couldn't even close my mouth. As she pointed at me and laughed telling me to close my mouth since there was still bits of food in there. I nearly choked as I wheeled around and swallowed the entire mouthful of food.

"Would you like to dance after you finish choking?" she asked laughing.

I turned around in utter shock and saw Wendy extending her hand nudging her head toward the dance floor. Heat rushed to my face and I stuttered but I felt someone lean their back into me. Making me step forward and grab Wendy's hand as I turned around I saw it was Natsu who looked down at me and gave me a sly wink. Before I could stutter a word Wendy was dragging me to the dance floor this triggered my panic mode. All I could do was stutter like an idiot trying to remember the one conversation I had with my dad about dancing. I had danced once before with Wendy but with Natsu and Lucy as my guide now I was drawing a total blank. I was nearly having a heart attack trying to remember what my dad told me about dancing after that day.

Take her hand.

Alright I said in my mind as I grabbed Wendy's hand and raised it up.

Then her waist.

Waist I said mentally I moved my other hand toward her waist but stopped when I saw Gajeel sneering at me from behind Wendy. He was leering at me with his arms crossed while Levy was clinging on to him trying desperately to pull him away. But Gajeel wouldn't budge he continued to leer at me while possibly counting the many ways he could slaughter me. My sweat dropped Gajeel was always like a big brother to Wendy so maybe grabbing her waist was a bit too much for him. So I put my hand slightly further up so instead of her waist was I grabbing more of her back.

Then just sort of sway around like your drunk and that's how you dance.

I spun her around trying to keep in step with the music as we moved around the dance floor. It seemed to be working she was smiling and I could finally breathe again. Why was I so nervous this isn't so bad I said to myself.

" Wow I didn't know you could dance." Wendy said smiling.

"She complimented me!"

"What do I say?!"

"Do I say I like her dress?!"

"Maybe her hair!"

"WELL SAY SOMETHING!"

All these thoughts went flying through my head but it failed to actually come out of my mouth. It wasn't until a few seconds late was I finally able to at least begin to move my mouth.

"T-Thanks you too. I think you look really pretty tonight." I said nearly turning completely red.

I wondered why talking to her when she was nearly dying or in a warzone was so much easier then right now. But the iron grip on my heart loosened when she smiled and thanked me. The rest of dance went well and I was able to have a real conversation with Wendy. I looked at her as she laughed at my jokes seeing her so happy I felt like I finally found something I didn't even know was lost. I felt oddly complete I honestly wondered what was going on. I had heard about falling in love but I never honestly believed it happened like the way they would explain in stories. But right here right now seeing every little thing of Wendy and loving every tiny thing. Her smile, the way she talked about the world, the way her eyes saw things, just every tiny detail.

Was I falling in love with Wendy Marvell?

Not that I had much time to ponder that question or to even talk to Wendy about it because ten seconds later Natsu arrived. Natsu of course had to make an entrance dressed as a king everything went downhill from there. The journey home I wasn't able to get anywhere near Wendy and even after my dad kept me busy with all his jobs I could barely see her. But when I did I felt that same feeling I had felt back in the castle. I would catch myself staring at her at odd moments when she was walking down the streets with bags. When was she was eating, reading a book, talking with Carla and every time I did I couldn't help but feel happy. But happiness doesn't ever last long does it that's when the war with Tartaros started and the whole guild was thrown in war mode. Everything fell apart right at the seams our city turned into a war zone and Fairytail had disbanded. Even though we had won the fight Fairytail had disbanded I can remember feeling that same sinking feeling the day Wendy left for Tenroe island. Everything was chaos after we disbanded I tried to find Wendy before I took off but Gajeel told me she had already left with Carla. I didn't blame her though nobody wanted to stay here if Fairytail wasn't around. For the next year it would be me and my dad not much of a change just without everyone else. I was fourteen now go figure for the most part me and my dad were a pretty good team and life was alright. But at night Wendy popped into my mind as I turned over in my cot I pulled out a letter from under my pillow. It was from Wendy she had sent it awhile go we had been sending letters to each other but as of late we hadn't been in contact. Last I heard she was in Cheryl's guild with Carla in all honestly it was too painful to talk to each other without Fairytail. But this letter in particular I carried with me where ever I went. I only opened the letter slightly and read the words on the bottom of the page. In her neat script were the words:

I miss you

I had sent the same thing to her and that was the last I had from Wendy Marvell in the past six months. Since then I felt that same empty pain in my chest that I did the last time she was gone. I hated it so much. But me and my dad kept working it was our way of keeping sane but one day I letter came it was from Lucy. I had never seen my dad so excited we packed up the horses and rode back to our old guild hall. I had never been happier seeing everyone together again after a year and across the crowd of people I saw Wendy. I might have knocked over a few people but I didn't care I ran up to Wendy. She didn't even bother with hello as I bear hugged and she gripped me tightly. As I held her close and buried my head into her shoulder I thought to myself "This time I am never letting you go."

But happiness doesn't last very long does it?

Another chapter and our love birds are reunited! but it wont stay that way for very long! I will try to post the next chapter soon! thanks again for all the support