Natsu leaned up against the wall once again. After all there wasn't much he could do in his cell. The only human interaction he had was with whoever came down to bring him food and water, and that was usually Erza and Gray. Natsu frowned.

The thought that Erza and Gray think he's a murderer is an outlandish idea all on its own, but the fact that they think he's E.N.D?

E.N.D...

Natsu thought back to his fight with him. He had been stupid enough to rush into a situation he had no chance of getting out of. When E.N.D had stabbed him the second time, he truly felt like he was going to die. His body had gone both numb and fully aware of his surroundings. He couldn't see, couldn't hear, couldn't breathe...no that's not true. The only thing he could hear was the sound of his friends' voices. Amidst the unbearable pain he was feeling, Natsu managed to focus in on one voice specifically.

Lucy...

Natsu closed his eyes and sighed. When he had told her and the rest of the gang to run, he meant it for their own good. He hated having to see them that way, and it broke his heart to see her crying like that. He needed her to live not only for him and the guild but for Nashi.

Natsu shook his head. The last thing he needed to be doing was sulking about his family. He needed to be thinking of a way to get out of the cell and back home.

Well, technically it was home but not his home. It sure as hell looked like it but didn't feel right the moment he woke up in the middle of the forest. Natsu thought back a few months to when he woke up.

E.N.D was nowhere to be found, but Natsu laid on the ground about to bleed to death. His head was pounding and he could barely see straight, but he managed to make out three figures running towards him moments before he past out again.

When he awoke again, he was sore but somehow healed. However now he was in cuffs up against a cold stone wall.

The first thing that came to mind when he woke up in the cell was Lucy. He had demanded to know where she was several times but was met with a swift kick to the face by a certain swords woman.

It didn't take him long to figure out that these weren't the Erza and Gray he knew and loved. For weeks they've harshly interrogated him about his information on Zeref, how he knew so much about the guild and any weaknesses Zeref, or his kingdom, had. Of course, Natsu knew just about nothing which didn't help his case. He told them what he could but it was already information they knew.

Even though he gave them information (though not helpful), Natsu was still confined to the small, cold dungeon cell in what he assumed was underneath the guild hall. He was only given food three to four times a week. Most of his time was spent alone in his thoughts, several of which involved how to escape. The cuffs canceled out any magic he used so that was out of the question. He tried telling them he wasn't E.N.D but there were too many physical similarities between them. Not to mention the guild must have learned by now that E.N.D is prone to lying in order to survive.

How am I going to get back home?

Natsu lifted his head up and peered down the dungeon hallway. Erza and Wendy turned the corner carrying a tray.

"Wendy! Finally someone besides that Ice-freak."

Erza's sword clanged up against the cell bars, serving as a warning to keep his mouth shut. She turned to Wendy and nodded.

Wendy knelt down low and carefully pushed be tray underneath the bars. When it was completely inside, she stepped back and made eye contact with Natsu. She didn't look scared, but more intrigued. Who wouldn't be? Zeref's most powerful demon was right in front of her completely at their mercy.

"Let's go." Erza laid her hand on Wendy's back and began walking out.

"How's Lucy?"

Erza halted and rushed back to his cell. "I thought I made it obvious for you to not talk."

Natsu shook his head. "Please. I haven't heard anything about her since I got here." Erza stepped closer, her expression turning cold.

"What makes you think you have the right to see her?"

Natsu remained silent for a moment, then opened his mouth as if he was going to say something, then closed it. They wouldn't believe anything he said anyways so why does it matter?

Erza took his silence as his answer. She stood up straight, absolutely terrifying and eyes menacing. "I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but we are in the middle of a war right now with Alvarez. You are an enemy of Fairy Tail and unfortunately our only way of defeating Zeref. However with your history, you can't be trusted. You almost killed Lucy about two years ago. What makes you think you get to see her when she probably wants nothing to do with you?"

"Because I know her a lot better than you think I do." Natsu sat up straight. "I'm not the one who attacked her."

Erza glared, obviously not wanting to deal with this conversation again. Glancing over her shoulder, she realized Wendy was still in the room and turned to follow her out once again.

Once they were out of view, Natsu gritted his teeth and banged the back of his head against the wall once.

"Dammit!"

His guild mates hated him and were only keeping him alive to use him as a weapon, E.N.D was probably out there having the time of his life while he suffered and he was continuously denied in seeing Lucy. He wanted nothing more than to beat the crap out of E.N.D right now.

Natsu closed his eyes for a moment, trying to relieve some of the frustration and anger he was feeling, but quickly looked up when he felt a very small tremor and dust from the ceiling fell on his face.

"The hell-"

Before he could finish his sentence he was knocked to the ground from a rock from the wall behind him. The ceiling collapsed and wooden planks splintered as they were blown apart. Rocks from the old stone walls were let loose and cracked when they hit the floor. The air was clouded with so much dust and debris that it was difficult to breath, or even open up your eyes.

Natsu grunted and shoved the wreckage off his back so he could sit up. Above him, he could see a light to what he assumed was the way out. Desperate to find out what was going on, Natsu stood up and took only a step forward before being yanked back. The wall may have been in ruins, but the place that held his chains was still in place.

"Dammit Gajeel!" Natsu yelled. He placed his feet on either side of what was left of the wall and counted to three before pulling as hard as he could. It wasn't budging.

"Alright! drastic measures." He picked up a near by rock and started smashing it up against the loop that held the chains. His heart was pounding from the adrenaline coursing through his whole body. Teeth gritted and shouting curse words to anybody that could possibly hear him, he finally succeeded in shattering the iron piece that held his chains in place. They were still at attached to his wrists but at least he could run now.

Quickly, he sprinted around what was left of the dungeon corner and followed his guildmates' scents.

What he found was much worse than he expected.

The guild hall no longer stood. Wreckage spread across the floor and devastatingly on several of the members. A few of them Natsu couldn't even tell if they were alive anymore. Only three of the walls remained, but there wasn't much of them left to even consider them walls. Blasts of varied magic flew across the air to the large open space on the east side of where he stood. He didn't recognize the three that stood where they were firing.

Natsu looked around, seething and absolutely furious. Words could not describe what he wanted to do to their attacker. His fingers dug into his palms so much that they drew a spot of blood, not that he cared. Given that he couldn't fight back because of the cuffs, he ran to the nearest person injured and helped them up as best he could. Several of the other members were helping the injured get out of the way by taking them outside the guild. Natsu managed to get three members out and was going back for his fourth when he saw Cana carrying someone with blonde hair.

Natsu sucked in a breath and he knew his eyes must have gotten bigger. Lucy was riding on Cana's back, her forehead buried into her shoulder and her arms folded around Cana's neck. She was definitely unconscious and he figured it had something to do with the stream of red running down from her hairline.

Throwing caution to the wind, he ran over to the two girls. "LUCY!"

Cana looked up in his direction and saw him running towards her. Once she glanced down at his cuffs, she immediately threw a dozen cards his way before yelling for him to get back. He yelled in frustration but easily dodged the attack. Cana kept running.

Natsu stepped forward to run again but was quickly knocked down. His arms were grabbed and yanked backwards so that his wrists rested on the base of his neck.

"Gray! What the hell?!" He was met with his hands pulled the chains farther down his back.

"Don't you dare go after one of my guild mates again! You got that?!" Natsu knew that voice. It was full of anger and resentment. In this world, he wasn't apart of Fairy Tail so, according to Gray, he didn't have the right to go after someone. He was just an enemy of the guild.

Natsu struggled against Grays hold. If he could use his magic he wouldn't have a problem getting free but the stupid cuffs were posing to be more annoying than when he was chained up in his cell. He cursed as he wriggled and struggled on the ground. When he looked up, he could see Cana laying Lucy down on the ground next to the other members who were injured. He scanned the crowd to see who else was hurt when he saw something that caught his eye. Some form of attack magic he wasn't familiar with was coming straight for him and Gray.

"Gray move!"

"Not a cha-" Gray didn't finish his sentence. He looked up to see a split second of the attack coming straight for them. He inadvertently loosened his grip on Natsu to shield himself, but when he didn't feel the attack come he lowered his arms.

He found Natsu kneeling with his back to him and his arms raised to his face. Slowly, Natsu lowered his arms. The attack had broken the cuffs, finally freeing him. Natsu breathed heavily and rotated his head halfway to face Gray. Gray didn't speak. His mouth was left slightly ajar and his eyes wide. Natsu smirked.

"Told yah to move asshole..." Natsu slumped forward without another word.