Hey guys! I hope you guys liked the last chapter. I'm rushing to finish this chapter right now because I have a project due tomorrow and I've barely started. This chapter might be short, but I really have to finish.

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Mai suddenly jolts up. Her eyes dark green.

Her skin streaked with bright and neon colours.

In fact… She almost resembled…. The monster…

I'm stunned. I can't move.

"Gray, Rin get away from her!" I yell.

Neither of them move. I curse under my breath. I won't make it in time. Luckily, The Unknown reacts faster, and rushes over to them. He picks up Rin and Gray, and makes it back right before Mai starts going crazy.

I feel powerless. I can't move or even breath anymore.

No. This is not the time. She helped you when you needed her most, now you need to return that favour.

I somehow find the strength to move.

"You guys. Get behind me, please," I say.

"Nice try, Mai is our friend too. You can't help her all by yourself," Alex says.

"I know, but that's not it," I say. "She's charging up an attack and I can't let you guys die."

Everyone looked Mai. Her eyes were blank and her hands started to glow.

"Take cover!" I yell.

Everyone dives and she shoots a beam of bright light at where we were all recently standing. It incinerates everything.

I look at Mai and she looks like her body is slowly dying.

"Guys we need to help Mai," Erza says, apparently she's noticed too.

I resist the urge to yell out 'No really?' but instead say "Erza's right. Mai's body is deteriorating, if this keeps up she'll die."

Everyone looks at Mai and realization dawns upon their faces.

"Come on, can't we just attack it," Natsu complains.

"If we're too careless, then we could end up killing Mai," I say. "There's got to be another way."

I think furiously. How do we get the monster out.

"While you guys think, I'm going to go help Mai," Gray says and rushes off to help her.

"No Gray, don't be careless. Being over cautious may kill Mai, but not being cautious could get you killed," I say.

Gray doesn't appear to hear.

"Mai, listen to me," Gray says trying to approach her while dodging attacks. "I know you're still in there. Come back to us, please. Please, if you can hear me, fight this force. I know you're strong enough, so please try."

"Gray, don't you see. Mai's gone, she can't regain herself," I say. "We have to help her. Talking to her won't do anything."

I don't know if Gray just can't hear me or if he's ignoring me on purpose.

"I can hear you, you know, I just can't do anything right now," Mai says. It seems as though she has regained some control. "I want you to know if I don't make it, that I love you all. You guys have made me the person I am. I love you guys. So please, if I don't make it live on for me. Thank you."

The voice fades.

"No, we can't let it end like this. I will always protect my friends, even if I'm against the world. I don't care who I have to kill," Gray says.

"Gray…" I say. "Ok guys, if Gray's willing to go that far for Mai, then we have to give it our all."

"Sure," The Unknown says.

"Let's go!" Natsu yells, all riled up for battle.

"Yes, we must help our friend," Erza says.

"Get ready," The Unknown warned "I'm going to sever the connection between Mai and the dragon."

Without warning, The Unknown created a blade out of darkness and struck Mai before anyone could react. Much to everyone's surprise, the dragon separated from Mai. Mai fainted.

"MAI!" Gray yells and sprints to her.

"Rin, go with him and heal her," I say.

"Will do," Rin says and leaves to go help her.

I turn my attention to the monster, but it seems that Erza, Natsu and Alex have it covered.

I turn to The Unknown. "That sure was interesting,"

"Hm," He says.

"Say, can you teach me some more magic when we make it back?" I ask

"Sure," He says.

"Really?" I ask unable to hold back my excitement.

"Why not," He says.

YAYAYAYAYAYAYA. He's actually going to teach me!

I walk over to Mai to see how she's doing.

"Crystal.. Thank you," Mai says.

"Hey, no problem. Just think of it as returning a favour," I say.

Mai smiles. "Ok."

"You should rest before we get going," I say.

Before I even finish speaking though, she's asleep.

"Watch over her Gray," I say.

"Thank you for doing this, Rin," Gray says.

"It's not a problem for fellow guildmates," I hear Rin say as I walk off to pack supplies.

A few hours later, we wake up Mai and begin our walk back.

The walk is slow and boring, but we make our way back.

I slow down to walk next to the Unknown.

"Should we tell them?" I ask.

"About what?" The Unknown asks.

"About my training," I remind him.

"Nah, they'll make too big of a deal about it," The Unknown says.

"When are we leaving?" I ask.

"Tomorrow at sunrise, be ready," He says.

"Count on it," I say.

We make it back to the guild hall and Natsu falls asleep immediately.

I guess he must be tired, after all it is 11 pm

Me and The Unknown go to sleep and I only get about 5 hours of sleep.

I wake up, brush my teeth, tie my hair, and put on my usual outfit. My white t-shirt, leather jacket, black jeans, and black combat boots.

I pack a small bag with all my necessities in it.

I meet the Unknown at the front of the apartment building.

"You ready?" He asks.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I say. We leave that morning, and I silently pray that Rin and Alex will be ok.

However, that was 3 years ago…

Hey guys! I hope you liked that chapter! Troll ending. I'm still going to continue the story, but I needed to leave off at an interesting part. Thanks for reading! Byeee!