Back at it again with another song. Poor Gray tho, am I right? Sting is a really upbeat dude, cHEERS to my boy. I apologize for any crappy writing and I hope you like the story!

This one is Satisfied, from act one. Lyrics are in italics. Some lyrics have been changed to fit the scene. THIS CHAPTER DOESN'T FOLLOW CANON! I mean the others don't really either, but all that takes place after the manga and all so… ha. This one switches up how Lucy met Natsu and Gray. Gotta follow the song, man.

-SATISFIED-

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!" Sting cried out, throwing up his glass of ale. It sloshed around and spilled onto the white table cover. He had on a face-splitting grin, eyes trained on his 'brother'. All the dragon slayers considered themselves siblings- with the exception of Cobra and Laxus. "THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT!" His eyes held a merry glint. Yukino sat by his side, laughing along joyously. "Now everyone give it up for the best man... GRAY FULLBUSTER!" Everyone clapped loud, smiling their own wide smiles. Gray stepped up, raising up his own glass.

"A toast to the groom!" Gray sent Natsu an earnest smile.

"To the groom, to the groom, to the groom!" they echoed.

"To the bride!" Another look, this time to Lucy.

"To the bride, to the bride, to the bride!"

"From your best friend," From your brother.

"Gray! Gray! Gray!"

"To your union," he winked, "and the hope that you provide."

"You provide, you provide."

"May you always," there was a soft echo of 'always', "be satisfied." He forced his grin to grow-

And then the scene shattered. Rewind… Suddenly, Gray was falling into a dark, black abyss. "Rewind!" he cried. Scenes of blinding white flashed by, dizzying him and making him cry out. "I remember that night, I just might- I remember that night, I just might- I remember that night, I remember that-" He closed his eyes harshly to ward off the offending lights.

Gray opened them a second later and found himself standing in the middle of a familiar room, swarming with soldiers. Some were dressed in their uniforms, others like him. He remembered this night. "I remember that night, I just might regret that night for the rest of my days," Gray swirled around, trying to find someone he definitely recognised. A small group of three or four men rushed by, all tipsy, eyes on the lookout for a woman. "I remember those soldier boys, tripping over themselves to win their praise," with a sigh, he rolled his eyes at them, "I remember that dreamlike candlelight, like a dream that you can't quite place."

A blonde, with golden curls he knew all too well appeared. "But Lucy, I'll never forget the first time I saw your face…" The woman turned to him, pools of chocolate meeting icy water. "I have never been the same, intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame. And when you said 'hi'-" Lucy mouthed the word, her voice sounding like it was underwater, "I forgot my dang name." He clenched his fist by his heart, longing to pull at it's strings. He averted his gaze. "Set my heart aflame, ev'ry part aflame! This is not a game!" he cried out.

Lucy spoke again, words clear. "You strike me as a man who has never been satisfied," she winked and circled around to his side.

"I'm sure I don't know what you mean," Gray countered, "you forget yourself."

"You're like me," she continued, "I've never been satisfied."

"Is that right?"

"I have never been satisfied," she repeated, shaking her head solemnly. He could tell it was somewhat fake, but he grinned nonetheless.

"My name's Gray Fullbuster."

"Lucy Heartfilia."

"Where's your family from?" he questioned. Lucy paled, her ghost-like figure quickly speaking again.

"Unimportant! There's a million things I haven't done," she said instead, "just you wait, just you wait!" With her dazzling smirk, the scene bled away, leaving Gray's stomach a mess of butterflies. He let out a girlish squeal- one that Natsu would mock him for if the pinkette heard it.

"So, so, so," he struggled to recompose himself, "so this is what it feels like to match wits, with someone at your level?" He'd never been able to find someone who matched him in intelligence. Natsu was as smart as a broken lightbulb, the other slayers were just dull. Sure, some of the female's he knew were smart- but either he couldn't compare to Levy, or the girls couldn't compare to him. "What the hell is the catch?" he wondered.

"It's the feeling of freedom, of seein' the light! It's Ben Franklin with a key and a kite? You see it, right?" he said aloud. No one answered, all sounds and scenes gone. "The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes! Everything we said in total agreement, it's a dream and it's a bit of a dance. A bit of a posture," he began moving around the dark space, movements fluid and swift. He could've sworn hearts appeared in the air, while his own felt as if it was going to burst. "It's a bit of a stance. She's a bit of a flirt, but I'm 'a give her a chance. I asked about his family, did you see his answer? Her hands started fidgeting, she looked askance. Maybe penniless?" he guessed, (boy, was he wrong), "she might be flying by the seat of her pants?" He waved off his questions. "Beautiful, boy, does she know it. Blonde hair, how fast can she grow it? I wanna take her far away from this place, then I turn and I see my brother's face-"

Natsu appeared out of thin air, another scene exploding to life. All sounds were watered down, but Gray's eyes grew wide. He was lovestruck, sharing the same face Gray had just seconds before.

"-and he is-"

"Helpless!" Natsu's melodic- yet gravelly- voice burned with passion, eyes locked on the same golden haired maiden that had both their hearts aburst.

"-and I know he is-"

"Helpless!"

"-and his eyes are just-"

Natsu cheers one final time, "Helpless!"

"-and I realize three fundamental truths at the exact same time. I'm a boy in a word in which my main job is to get rich. My father is gone so I'm the one who has to social climb for it. Cause I'm the oldest," out of him and his blood brother, Lyon, he was. (Natsu wasn't his blood brother, yet at the same time, he was more of a brother than Lyon could ever dream of being.) "And the wittiest and the gossip in New York City is insidious. And Lucy is penniless," he was sticking to that theory, "Ha! That doesn't mean I want her any less." His last statement echoed through the room as the world faded to black. He reached out to grasp Natsu's arm before he disappeared, only for his arm to flounder about it the air.

"She's after me 'cause I'm a Fairy Tail mage," he guessed again, "that elevates her status, I'd have to be naive to set that aside. Maybe that is why I introduce her to Natsu, now she's his bride." Natsu and Lucy, both glowing in perfect radiance and clad in white, appeared. They were hand in hand, smiling upon Gray. "Nice going, Gray, she was right.. You will never be satisfied."

I will never be satisfied.

I will never be satisfied.

His hand went up to comb through his hair as he tried desperately to calm himself. "I know my brother like I know my own mind! You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind!" he cried. The couple faded again, and Natsu popped back up. He looked the same as he did from the ball, face pained but smile wide. "If I tell him that I love her, he'd be silently resigned. She'd be mine. He would say 'I'm fine', but he'd be lying!" A lone tear slipped down the pinkette's face, as he mouthed 'I'm fine'. Gray waved it aside, and turned to see Lucy in front of him.

"But when I fantasize at night, it's Lucy's eyes. As I romanticize what might of been," Lucy grabbed his hands and he twirled her around. Her laugh twinkled like stars in the night sky and he swooned. "If I hadn't sized him up so quickly. At least my dear Natsu is her husband… At least I keep her eyes in my life…"

The darkness dripped away, and he blinked before coming back to reality. He blinked back tears and threw the biggest smile he could bear onto his face. "A toast to the groom!"

Just like before, the crowd cheered and echoed his words.

"To the bride! From your b-best friend, who is always by your side! To your union and the hope that you provide! May you always be satisfied!" Natsu ran up to Gray and glomped him. Gray returned the hug, ignoring the way the abyss assaulted his eyes and flickered at the edge of his vision. He held onto his brother tighter.

"And I know," he voiced soundlessly, "he'll be happy as her husband… And I know, she will never be satisfied," he sighed, "I will never be satisfied." He let his tears fall, praying the people around him would think it was just out of happiness.

Because yes, he was happy.

But, he felt as if he just lost a part of himself.

He didn't know if he'd ever get it back.

-END-

Oh meh lord these are so short. I apologize for any mistakes or ect. And WOAH did we go through one without Lucy-bashing? YAY! Because for real, Lucy is a super cool character and really strong too. So, Lucy actually is rich in this fic! (Because of her dad and all, but Lucy's a rebel.) Gray doesn't know that because she wants to keep it a secret. (Don't ask me why he doesn't say anything about her being a Heartfilia. I don't know.)

Anyways, these are super fun to write! I'm not sure which song I'll do next, but it might be the Schuyler Sisters. Or really whatever I feel like doing. I don't know when the next update will be out either.

Well, bye bye! Don't forget to review. Go ahead and yell at me if you feel like it. (((Actually pls don't I'm fragile)))