* What if I could be a mage and a vampire? Then I wouldn't have to choose which one is my favorite! But either way, Vampire Knight or Fairy Tail, I don't own them or their characters.

Moon Dorm

GeneralPOV

Lucy, Gray and Hikaru stayed late in the Moon Dorm that night to avoid the Day Class students before heading to the school. Lucy had planned to just stay at the dorm with Gray but when Kaname alerted Head Master Cross to the new change in the situation he had insisted on meeting the ice mage as well. It was slow going to the school thanks to Gray's injuries, but they eventually reached the school and got to the Head Master's office where Kaname, Cross, Yuuki and Zero were waiting for them.

After an awkward introduction and Gray showing them a sample of his magic, making the Fairy Tail symbol out of ice in his hands, things quickly progressed.

"I'm relieved to see that you're alive Mr. Fullbuster. Lucy was quite upset when she heard about your apparent death," Cross said from behind his desk. "But I must ask, how did you come to be here? Was it in the same fashion as Lucy?"

"From what I heard from Natsu and Wendy, it sounds like the same method but it was different mages," Gray told him from his chair. "As for how I ended up in this specific world and in the same area as Lucy, I'm not completely sure but it might have to do with the fact that Lucy was already here."

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked him.

"From the research we did after you disappeared, we found out a lot about piercing the veil between worlds," Gray explained. "When you got sent here, it created a pin point tear that you came through. When I was sent through, I would have been drawn towards the spot where I could pass between worlds the easiest. So even though I didn't end up landing in the same place you did, from what you told me I still landed pretty close."

The blonde couldn't help but stare at her friend. "Just how much research did you guys do while I was gone?"

He gave her a slight smile before taking her hand and giving it a squeeze. "Levy and Freed were still looking into it the last time I was there, and Natsu actually started reading books to help find a way to bring you home. I will admit, after the 10 year mark, a lot of the guild gave in to the line of thinking that you were dead. I even started to believe it." Then his smile grew sad. "You wouldn't believe how angry Juvia got with me when I said that one time. She told me that she knew you weren't dead because her love-rival would not give up the fight so easily."

She giggled as she squeezed his hand back. "She's right, you know. I've never been one to give up, but I think that it's time I give in and let her win you," she winked at him.

Zero couldn't help but glare at Lucy and Gray's hands. They were touching each other so easily and from what Lucy was saying, the two of them might have even been in a relationship! At least she was talking about letting another woman have him.

He had been trying to sort himself out since hearing the news last night. When Lucy had first arrived he had tried to keep a bit of separation between them, knowing that she would eventually go back to her own world and he didn't want to get attached to her. Then he finds out that there might not be a way for her to go back at all. He hated to admit it, but he had felt some hope that she might stay and he would have a chance with her, even if it was just for a little while. He knew that he wouldn't normally risk such a thing, that her magic was drawing him in, but he almost didn't want to fight it. Then, before he could fully process all of this, her teammate shows up out of thin air. Even though Zero wasn't completely sure what that would mean, he had a feeling that he had lost her before he had a chance to keep her.

Then his idiot of a foster father asked the question that he did not what her to answer. "What does this mean for the two of you, Lucy?" Cross asked.

Gray answered instead. "It means that there's a chance that both of us can go home. Like I said, our guild has done a lot of research on ways to get Lucy back and now the same method applies for me. Our guild and allies are searching for the mage that sent me here as we speak. He opens up a portal and we should be able to jump through."

"In theory, at least," Lucy interjected. "You will have no problem jumping through the portal because he's the one that sent you here. Me on the other hand, my chances of the portal accepting me are 50-50 at best."

Gray's eyes became harder as he gave her hand another squeeze. "Don't say that. We all know how stubborn our friends are. If they are able to get me home, they'll find a way to get you home too."

She nodded in agreement but Gray didn't miss the hint of disappointment on her face. Right away, he knew what was wrong. While they had waited for nightfall, Gray hadn't missed the way she interacted with the students of the Night Class. Even though they were vampires and he didn't quite trust them, they treated her with the same kind of affection that Fairy Tail had always done. They had become her second family and she didn't want to leave them behind.

Also, while he had been talking to her, he couldn't help but notice how much he had changed since he had last seen her. They had talked a lot and it was great to see her again, but it was so different because of the fact that she was still a teenager while he was now 30 years old. He just knew it would be the same thing when they got back and she saw Natsu, Erza, Wendy, Juvia and everyone else.

He was about to say something when Hikaru took hold of Lucy's wrist, pulling her from her seat and out the door in an instant. Gray saw the silver haired teenager about to follow and held him back, he had a good idea what Hikaru was going to do. The guy glared at him but he stayed in the room.

"Um... what just happened?" Yuuki asked.

Gray shook his head. "I'm pretty sure that Hikaru is going to ask her to stay."

Lucy POV

I wasn't being dragged away, that wasn't the right term for what Hikaru was doing with me. 'Forcefully escorted' would probably be a most appropriate description for what was going on. He wasn't hurting me and he kept a pace that I could easily keep up with, but his firm grip on my arm and quick pace told me that we wouldn't stop until we got where he wanted us to be. And where he wanted us to be was an empty classroom that was away from everyone's sensitive hearing.

He released my arm as soon as we stepped inside and then he closed the door behind us.

"Lucy, what I'm about to say is selfish and I have no right to say it, but I'm going to anyway because a lot of others wish that they could say it too. So please hear me out."

I may not have known him for long, but I knew the brunette well enough to know that he didn't talk a lot unless he felt that it was something that he needed to say. So I nodded as I leaned against a desk.

"I don't want you to leave," he told me. "A lot of us don't want you to leave but they won't say anything because they know how much it means to you to go home. You've only been here a couple weeks but you've made an impact on a lot of people here. It might not seem like much to you; but to vampires, a change like what you've made isn't something that happens often if it happens at all.

"And you're like... sunlight that doesn't burn and it draws everyone in. You smile so easily, and even yesterday when you were upset and scary, you still drew everyone to you because all they could think of is helping you. You are kind and forgiving in a way that vampires are not used to and that just makes us want to keep you even more.

"I could go on about the reasons for you to stay here instead of going back; like it will be difficult to adjust to your friends aging 15 to 16 years, you might not be able to go back at all, or you'll leave behind people here who need you. There's so many things that I want to say and would if I thought it would keep you here. But it's your choice and no one will stop you if or when that portal opens, but you should know that they want to."

I had a feeling that this is what Hikaru was going to say when he brought me here, and it was hard not to break down crying or bite my lip so hard that it would bleed. I was so torn by what was happening, I almost wished that the choice would be taken away from me so I wouldn't feel like I was abandoning one family for another.

Unable to reply, I walked over to him and wrapped my arms tightly around his torso, burying my face in his chest to try and hide my tears. I felt his body tense for a moment before he hugged me back.

Why does this have to be so hard? Why couldn't I have gone home before I got attached to anyone here? Or why did everyone in Fairy Tail have to age so much since I've been gone? I just know that I won't get out of this without hurting people that I care about. Either way I just want this to be over.

We stayed like that for a little while. It was like... so long as we stayed still and didn't say anything, we could pretend that nothing would change. If Hikaru had meant anything romantic by what he said or the way he held me, it might have been different; but he didn't see me that way and I didn't see him that way either. We were just comfortable with each other, and that made it easier to forget that I probably only had a few hours before everything would come apart.

Meanwhile in the Northeast Area of Fiore

General POV

"Water Slicer!"

"Memory Make, Frozen Black Thunder Sword!"

"Solid Script, Net!"

"Iron Dragon Club!"

"Shadow Dragon Roar!"

Clint was ready to collapse from exhaustion. He'd heard that the guilds were coming after him, but he had thought it was just the usual bounty on his head for stealing and attacking travelers. He didn't think that so many different guilds were actually hunting him.

He'd ran into two mages from the Sabertooth guild in passing, they had taken one look at his face and come after him like the world depended on it. He had attempted to use his magic, but every time he did the mage with the feathered hat would "memorize" his magic and then "forget" which made it impossible to cast the same spell again. The dark one turned out to be the shadow dragon slayer, not a mage that he ever wanted to go up against.

If that wasn't bad enough, three more mages came out of nowhere to help them. The iron dragon slayer, his mate, and a water mage... He could have sworn that the Devil had flashed across the water woman's face the moment she saw him, and for some reason she looked familiar.

He had made an attempt to run, but they cut him off at every turn. No matter what he did, he couldn't escape and he couldn't use his magic. He would have been terrified if he hadn't noticed that despite doing everything they could to subdue him, they weren't trying to kill him.

Keeping that in mind, he decided to use one last spell to attempt an escape. If it could surprise everyone, he might have a chance to escape. Clint jumped up, his magic pulsing around him.

"Forces rise and forces fall, transport to the end of existence."

"He's doing that spell again!" The water woman yelled, her expression becoming panicked.

"Forever lost, never found..."

The spell came short as a blinding light came out of nowhere and threw him back. He didn't know what he hit when he landed, but it hurt and it didn't end there. Someone jumped on top of him and hit him over the head hard enough to knock him unconscious.

When he came back to himself, Clint wasn't sure what had happened and it took him a minute to figure out his position. His arms and legs were, best he could describe, riveted to a large word "boulder." There were now seven mages glaring at him. He recognized one of the new comers as the Sabertooth headmaster, the light dragon slayer, Sting Eucliffe. The other was the last known celestial mage in all Fiore, Yukino Cheney.

The water woman stepped away from the others, her expression was as close to a killing expression as he had ever seen. "Do you recognize me?" She asked him.

He tried to shrug, but the rivets kept him from moving his body. "You look familiar, but I don't know who you are. I didn't knock you up during a one night-"

His words were cut off when someone rushed forward and punched his jaw. It surprised him even more when he saw it was the guy with the feathered hat that did it. He hadn't seemed like the type to scuff up his hands by trading punches.

"Do not dare to utter such deplorable things to her again," he said as he glared behind his mask.

The woman cleared her throat, getting Clint's attention again. "You fought against Juvia and another mage close to five years ago. You used that spell to send Gray-sama to another world. Juvia was so distraught that you escaped."

"Right," he grinned at her. "You two were pretending to be travelers and tried to trap me. I'll admit, it was a good act. You had me fooled until I saw your feet start to dissolve to water when he kissed you. He must be the best kisser around to turn you to water like that, but I bet I could make you fall completely ap-"

Clint saw the punch to his stomach coming and knew he probably deserved it, but it was in his nature to antagonize people. It took a minute to get his breath back so he could give feather man a decent glare.

"So that's what this is about? Revenge for killing your Gray-sama? It's a little late for that," he sneered.

"Your wrong on both accounts," Yukino Cheney told him. "Gray is alive in another world and this is not revenge, it's a rescue mission."

That confused him. By all accounts, the people he had used that spell on disappeared and might as well be dead since they never came back. "How do you know that he's in another world or that he's even alive?"

"Another one of our mages was already in the world you sent him to. She found him and was able to get word back to us," said the iron dragon slayer's mate. "You are going to bring him back."

He chuckled. "And what makes you think I even know how to do that? I only send them away, I've never brought anyone back."

"Oh, that's not a problem," she grinned. "We've had all the books and research needed to do that for the past 15 years, the only thing missing was a mage that sent the person to that other world. And now we have you."

"And what makes you think that I'll help you?"

Suddenly, the water woman was so close to him that their breath mingled. "You have made Juvia live in misery for five years," she said in a low voice. The power pulsing off of her was enough to force him to suppress a shudder. "You will help retrieve Gray-sama or Juvia will steal you away from those who would protect you and force ten years of torture and misery on you. If you don't believe Juvia, take a good at her and decide if she is lying."

There were very few times that Clint was scared but he was man enough to admit that this was one of those times. The woman in front of him, he could tell that he had taken the most precious person in the world away from her. She had nothing else to loose and she was more than willing to take everything out on him if he didn't bring her Gray-sama back.

Swallowing his pride, and smart enough to not ask what was in it for him, he nodded. "I'll help, but you guys have to keep that crazy woman away from me. And if it's not possible to bring him back, you can't kill me."

Back at Cross Academy

General POV

Everyone was back in the Night Class classroom, Lucy was taking the night off talking to the class so Gray could talk about his own experiences. She could tell whenever he got stressed or started talking about a sensitive subject, because he would start to strip. This was pretty entertaining since the girls of the Night Class felt the same pull to him that the men of the Night Class felt towards Lucy. To keep things civil, she stayed at the front with him and handed him his clothes whenever he threw them off.

Since Lucy had already gone over the major points of Earthland; Gray went into detail about the area he was from, why he got into magic, how his magic worked and how he ended up at Fairy Tail. Aidou had the most questions about his magic since the two of them had the same ability. After a while, they got into a debate on what was more important; the speed in with the ice is created or what was actually created.

When the entire room dropped in temperature, a lot of people got nervous. None of them wanted to get between the two after seeing what Lucy and Aidou could do when they fought. The two only stopped when Lucy stepped between them.

"You better not cause trouble," she said in a low voice. "This is not the time or place for a fight and I am not in the mood to deal with the fallout."

Gray and Aidou both cringed. After dealing with Demon Lucy first hand the day before, the vampire was not looking to repeat the experience so soon. And although it had been over a decade since the last time Gray had dealt with Lucy when she got into a mood, the memory of it was more than enough to get him to back off.

Before anything else could be done, there was a flash of gold light, announcing the arrival of Loke. He looked at the two mages and grinned. "They found him! Juvia was able to convince him to help bring you back and their transporting him back to Fairy Tail right now.!"

Their eyes went wide as Gray approached the spirit. "How much time do we have?"

"It's a week travel back and the guild is setting up for the spell right now, so it won't be long," he told them.

"So, we have a half hour to get ready," Lucy said, the truth of the matter still sinking in.

"That's why I'm here," Loke continued. "I was told to let you know that it's coming and to get to a large space. They're not sure how large the portal will be and they don't want to risk anyone else getting pulled in by accident."

"Where should we go?" Gray asked her.

"I would recommend the gymnasium," Head Master Cross said as he approached them. "It's large enough that it should support the portal but secluded enough to not draw the attention of the Day Class students."

Before anything else could be said, Loke had taken hold of Lucy's hand and started pulling her in the direction of the gymnasium. They were followed quickly by Gray and most of the Night Class.

A half an hour... I only have a half an hour to say goodbye to my friends before I go back to Fairy Tail. I hope I can keep myself from crying for that long.

A/N: I'm not going to go into details on the spell or how the portal will be formed. So just bear with me and just agree that Fairy Tail has had enough time over the years to make the spell work.