Finally I write Fairy Tail fanfic.

I own nothing, of course.

How long has it been since I arrived in this place?

One month?

One year?

I had forgotten to count after the sixth month.

More like I don't want to remember how much I spent time in this cursed abomination place.

How much longer do I have to stay in this place?

Am I going to continue my life like this? Every day is nothing but torture and painful tests.

Still, most of all, I'm lonely.

Not because I'm alone, but because no one actually looked at me as a human being anymore. Everyone in this place is only second to the heartless devil.

Devil wearing human skin.

At the very least, please let me have someone to talk to… someone who looked at me as a human, but that someone will suffer the same fate as mine if they end up in this hellhole.

I don't want them to experience something that they did to me. I hate it, this place, every person in here, and absolutely the smell of blood!

Every day is just a repeating circle, I wake up, take the supplement, then process to take daily tests and medicine, then back to my room after the last test to read random books they provide me… usually, it's only magic books or some hard to read the manuscript.

It makes me sick… all of these throw my senses into disarray. How long has it been since I actually tasted something in my food or drink when these things touched my tongue, the proper smell of a glass of warm milk, and the feel when something make a contact with my skin?

It's all forgotten.

In the first place, why was I brought to this place?

Oh right. They told me I have something special inside my body that was why I brought here, and something about my magic power was too great that I without realizing it affected the surrounding people around me.

My ears catching a familiar sound coming from the other side of the door.

Then the moment I've waited come, exactly at the same time as yesterday and the day before. Someone who donned in a scientist robe with a gas mask covering their entire face opened the door of my room.

"No.008, come out."

That number is my name, now… and something I should not forget no matter what because it means there were seven other people who suffered because of these people. Since I've never seen a child other than me in this facility, it saves to say that they already long gone from this world; I don't how and why they were brought to this place, but I'm sure it was not pleasant ones.

The same miserable fate as me… it's either I joined their side and become a dead man, or I become powerful enough so I can avenge them.

I have no connection to them, nor I even I know them to have an obligation to calm their souls. I don't even know the name of other victims of this place, but the fact that we share the same fate that was caused by the same person is enough for me to swear, that I will send the ones who wronged them to the other side so they can rest peacefully.

It was the least I can do, like someone who can understand their pain. That's the case if I can survive from this hell, that is.

Rise from my bed, I follow the man to the usual room. The room brings nothing but pain to me, and yet I can't disobey them. The more I resist, the more pain they will inflict on me.

There was never a word that came out of his mouth every time we took this routine, simply took me from my room then continue to escort me, to make sure I'm not trying to run away from this cursed place.

I'm sure anyone would've thought I'm crazy for saying this, but the presence of other people is really something I need right now, even if that was coming from someone who brought pain to my being.

What a fucked way of thinking.

After a long walk from my room, we finally arrive at the front door of the lab and I was the lab rat. Out of all places in this building, I hate this room and the people who work here the most.

Knocking two times, the man waited for permission to enter the room.

"Enter."

At the sign, he open the door, and I see one person who was responsible for all the misfortune in my life, and I don't know why… even since the first time I see him, even before he brought me to this shit hole, I have a feeling that I might know him from somewhere, a weird and tangible feeling that I can't shake off no matter what.

An old man with white hair and a tan complexion.

His features were not memorable enough for me to remember him that well, but still this feeling… I know him and yet I can't remember him or why and how he was in my memories. What I can say with certainty is, I hate him with every fiber in my being and I will kill him with my own two hands, if I can free and go outside of this damnable place, that is.

"Brain-sama, I've brought him."

The goons said.

"Now, prepare for the experiment."

The person who called Brain ordered the other present people in the lab.

What kind of parent named their child by an organ's name?

While his underlings prepared the tools for the usual experiment, that organ man makes his way to me.

"How have you been 008?"

With a cruel smile masked in the warm smile, he greeted me, which I return with nothing but a glare, with a little hope my eyes can kill him. However, it was not affecting him in the slightest. This is not the first time he received this clear hostility from me. He only accepts this gesture as a good sign that he can still use me as a genuine pig.

"I'm glad you seem well, just so you know I just received some special item last day. I'm sure you will like it."

"Special" in this situation meant nothing but a crueler way of test for me, be it some dangerous drug or something nasty that he said will make my body and magic get stronger. I don't even know what he was trying to achieve by doing these things to me.

What's the benefit for him in making me stronger, anyway?

"No. If you may, can you take the seat peacefully?"

I have no choice but to comply with his words. I want no more unnecessary pain after all.

I hate him.

So for the next few minutes, I took a seat in this weird-looking chair with many wires attached to it, while the underlings bind my limbs to the chair and placed a helmet on my head.

Just get it done and over with, fast, and let me back to my room.

What is this? The body parts they tied were more than usual. In a normal situation, it will be only my hand and leg, but this time, not only my limb, abdomen, upper arm and leg, finger, and neck are being locked as well.

"Don't worry about this, it was all for your safety."

As if reading my mind, he conciliates me. What a fucking two-faced bastard.

Before long, after all the false bullshit he spoke, now the experiment will begin as usual.

"Do you know what is this?"

He questioned me as he shows a large syringe with unusually red liquid inside it before my face.

How the fuck should I know what you have in that ragged brain of yours.

"Well, you already know what this is though. This thing is also Lacrima, just like the other I have injected to your body."

Lacrima, another familiar name that I can't remember just from where I have heard that name, no matter what.

"But this one is a little special than the other you tasted so far. It was so hard to get my hand on these things."

Bloody hell, how long is he planning to drag out this one-sided conversation?

"This is what they call with "Dragon lacrima" and it said anyone who has implanted this into their body will gain the lost magic, the Dragon Slayer magic, a magic that exists to slay the dragon, isn't that amazing?"

Yeah, just keep continuing with your shitty monologue, asshole.

"Sorry to bore you. Now let's start this experiment. I hope you survived this just like the other tests you had passed, unlike the other failures before you."

For the second time and the first time since he began his stupid story-telling, I, without realizing it give something that he was hoping for a reaction from me. Fuck, why am I so stupid? It's always like this whenever he mentioned the other victims of this place.

Glaring at him which only enlightened him, twisted sadist degenerate.

"That's right, at least resist me even without words. That might make it a little easier."

You talk like you actually have a doubt about doing this, and so he injects the syringe into my upper arm.

The first thing I feel when that liquid enter my body was pain, a pain that I never felt in my life before.

It's a creep to my entire body in an instant, rewriting my body into something that I don't want to imagine.

Hot.

Hot!

So hot, my body is burning from the inside.!

No, no, no. Stop, stop, please stop it!

Hurt, it's so hurt. The pain that my body had long forgotten, has come back and spread to my entire body. Why is this happening to me?

Mom, mom, MOM!

Ahh.

My throat hurt.

I couldn't breathe.

I heard someone screaming.

I realized, because my throat hurt so much, that I was the one who was screaming.

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Sit on the floor in my room while hugging my knees. I try to collect my mind of what my brain has gathered so far.

Now, I remember everything… well, not everything.

The details are fuzzy in scattered all places.

Call it a blessing in disguise or whatever you want to call it.

Thanks to last week's experiment, I don't if it is because of the Dragon Slayer magic that the lacrima gave me or is it because of the shock that triggered my brain into an extreme state, my life flashed before my eyes like a broken recording.

Well, it's not like I remember everything, but at least now I know the situation I live in and that's plenty for me, currently.

I am already dead once and this life… it's hard to believe, but this is my second life. Is something like reincarnation really plausible and on fiction world at that? Honestly, even after experiencing it myself, I still can't believe it.

Is something that I saw at that time really the memory of my past life or that was something I unconsciously made to escape this reality? Is this even real? Everything seems like a dream to me.

Even so, at least there is something that I can be clinging to other than my desire to rip these bastards' heads off. That is the fragment of previous life

My real name or any other specific information that related to my previous life was still clouded, no matter how I try to remember it. I really want to know it, who exactly I am, what I did for life, how I ended up being reincarnated, and… my family, I hope the answer comes sooner than I expected.

Nah, forget about my previous life for now. My name, home, or family in this world, and how did I end up in this place? I don't even know the answers to all of those questions yet.

*Creak*

The sudden sound of the opening door startled me and pulled me from my daze.

What about this time? I already did the test for today, and it was not the time to give the supplement. They deliver another new book for me, perhaps? I don't know.

After the door fully opened, it was not the underling like I thought, but the boss himself. It was rare for this trash to visit my room directly. What's the meaning of this.

Now I see what he brought with him and it was something that I never expected before… a little girl, a terrified little girl, roughly the same age as me, or probably younger… ahh, I see, so he yet again managed to catch another victim.

What a pitiful child.

"008, be grateful. I brought a roommate for you. Just like you, the magic this child posses in her body is extraordinary, that's why she will be kept in here for her own good. I hope you two will get along."

"For her own good" my ass, who are you trying to fool here with that shitty act.

Roughly, he pushed her to make her stumble at her step and fall toward me. By instinct, I move my body to catch her before she touches the floor.

That was close. I grab her body, the sudden added weight nearly causing me to fall. It would be bad for her if I were late, even for one second.

Looking at him, I only see a closed door. What do you expect from that two-legged pig? He doesn't even know how to treat a kid and girl at that.

Well, who cares about that cockroach in human form?

I have a more important problem here.

"Are you alri-"

Before I can finish my sentence, she holds my body close to hers, body trembling.

"Mama."

With a hoarse voice, she called for help, followed by that cry of silent sobs.

Quietly, she's crying in my chest and I can't blame her. It must have been a frightening experience for her.

What can I do in this situation other than soothing her by drawing a circle on her back? Nothing.

It will be okay? No, it will not.

Everything will be fine? No, it's not.

Don't worry, you will be alright? No, as long as you are in this place.

I'm powerless, and it left nothing but a bitter taste to my heart.

"Big bro!"

!?

What, what was that image? And who was that voice? Don't tell me, that was part of my past memories?

I want to think more about this but now is not the right time. I have a crying child in my arm and I need to calm her.

It took quite some time, but I finally managed her to calm down a little and stop crying. The two of us did not sit on the floor while resting our backs on the bed. She would sniffle from time to time. Her eyes become red from crying.

This is awkward. What should I say in this situation?

"Now, you calming down, can I ask for your name?"

That was not a terrible start, right?

"M-my name-"

With a sniffle, she's trying to talk. These bastards, can they bring a drink for her, reaching for the glass I used before, I use my water magic to fill it. Thanks to these fuckers, I can use various types of magic, even if it was only the basic.

Water from magic is drinkable, right? It's not dirty, right? Well, what can I do in this situation? A rough problem requires a rough solution.

"Here, drink it slowly."

"Thank you," she accepts it with a trembling hand.

"My-my name is Ultear Milkovich."

After taking a little sip, she gave me her name in a weak and narrow voice.

Hmm… now, where have I heard that name?

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Few months have passed since Tear came to this place and we have been bonded really well if I can say so myself. We would talk before going to bed to sleep together and always ready to cheer up whenever one of us feeling down, just like now, as she held my body in her embrace like I was some sort of big doll.

My days were not changing in any way from before she came here. Simply the same hellish schedule, just one thing. She was here with me every time we tried our utmost to survive the tests.

Honestly, it always felt wrong every time we sleep together since I'm practically an adult in child body, my morale as a grow up wasn't allow me to sleep beside her, but I guess I'm still also a child, so it's not really a crime… doesn't it?

Oh, right, just a few days ago, I remembered how the previous me died. The fragments were so fast, so it's hard to deduce it, from what I can tell is I see an adult man, a very tired man, slipped on the stairs and died.

What a lame way to die.

If that man really me, then… then what? Nothing I can do even if I know that. What useless info.

Tch… calm down, myself. No need to be hasty. Just take your time.

You should save energy to focus on the current situation and how to escape from this shit excuse for a building and make sure Tear is saved.

Thanks to her, it was not very lonely in here, this place has become a little bearable in her presence.

I hold her as she soundly sleeping beside me. After talking with her all this time, I gradually remember what was her role in the story.

One of the most pitiful antagonists in the series, the former or future leader, should I say? Of the seven kin or something like that. Just for a little stupid misunderstanding, she jumped to the conclusion and assumed the worst of the worst.

What a stupid child, but it's not like I can blame her, from her eyes it must have looked like her mother abandoned her to take other children, if only she would talk to her, she wouldn't suffer all the misfortune she brought upon herself.

Gently, I caressing her face.

"Don't worry, I will protect you. With all my power, I will not let you walk into the darkness… Tear."

I don't care if it will change the flow of the story to the worst, someone who I deeply care about will choose the biggest mistake in her life as if I can pretend I didn't see anything and let her bungee jumping into the well of misfortune.

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I did it.

I did it!

I did it!

No.

We did it!

"Run!"

We finally get out of that shit excuse for building!

Now, all we have to do is just run. We will be free, we will live!

"Run…"

That word echoes beyond the black horizon that engulfed our sight. The flashes of white hues from the moon often fleeting from the gaps of the trees in this dark forest we are in.

How long have we been running? I don't know and I will not stop for counting it.

The lacrima bombs that Tear found were more than a godsend to us. Thanks to them our power was significantly kept growing too strong that they can't restrain with limit anymore.

All we need to do was just use basic fire magic with maximum power and we managed to escape, but I can't satisfy and let my guard down yet. What if they manage to track our track? The underlings bottom fodder is no problem for us, but that shit Brain is one thing. I don't think even the two of us can defeat him, even if we face him together.

Whatever.

Now I just have to run, fled from this hell.

"Ah!"

Looking back, I see my partner in crime tripped on a hidden branch, its snowy land after all, maybe because of the adrenaline, my body can't feel the cold at all. Catching her hand before she falls to the ground, I hold it tightly to mine.

"Let's go, together!"

It was our chance to go back and live a normal life.

"Yeah!" she's smiling.

That was the biggest smile I ever see on her face, it deliver a warm feeling to my heart.

Hold my hand and never let it go from yours. Let's run away together, to the better tomorrow.

-TBC-

Well, it shit, but I did my best… just because I did my best doesn't mean it will turn out well, though.

Anyway, this is probably the story that I want to write the most from all the ideas I have in my imagination. I have this idea like from the last year.

I want to include the moment of their interactions and how they bonded, but I'm too lazy.

Just information, Dragon Slayer will not be 008 main magic, I already have other magic for him. I mean, it doesn't have to be just one magic for one person, for example Makarov can use a various kind of spells.

I legit don't have a name yet for him.

Since Ultear's age was never revealed, I will make her like 2 or 3 years older than Gray in here.