Hello, and welcome to the new story...or rehash of an old story, I suppose. Either way, here it is! The reasons why it has been rebooted, and other important information is at the end of the chapter, so please read that after, or before, reading the chapter, whichever ya like, and yeah, enjoy!

Prologue

"Haaaah…Haaaah…Haaaaah..."

Breathing, was very difficult for the young man to do…no, the young boy.

His breathing livened up the coldness of the room itself.

He was strung up on a machine that had different sounds coming from it. Above him, looked like electrodes pointing downwards towards him, like they were going to shock him above anything else in the world, like they were to take his life.

"Are you liking it today Kazuya?"

A dark skinned man revealed in the fact that he was hurting this young boy.

The young boy himself looked distraught, yet with nearly no life.

He looked as if he was going to fall over, and return to nothingness.

Sweat pooled off him, and his mind went white each time he was shocked. He couldn't think straight, his blonde hair was drenched with his own sweat. His tears wouldn't even come out at this point, like they had dried up all together.

To be more accurate about this child, his hair colour is pale blonde, and his eyes are forest green. But the eyes that he had, didn't hold life…no, they barely held anything at all. It didn't even hold the premise of life right now, all it showed was anguish, and agony.

"Ah, Kazuya. You aren't answering today? Is something the matter child?"

The young boy, who couldn't be older than 7 years old, just stared blankly at the dark skinned man.

Not because he didn't want to say anything, but he couldn't say anything.

He learned that back chatting, resulted in harsher punishment, and that couldn't happen.

He simply didn't want to be in pain anymore, he had enough of pain, and anguish, and even fear. He, hated being afraid, alone. He, just couldn't stand it anymore, he wanted it to be over, he wanted this life to end now, he was ready to go…

"Oh Kazuya. It isn't good if you don't answer me. Okay, let us increase the output, and let's see what is happening with this child."

Once again, he felt the pain of the lightning travelling through his body, and his screams weren't existing anymore. They simply wouldn't ever come out of his mouth, like he didn't have a voice…which was almost certain at this point.

The person who shocked him was pure evil, that was never a doubt to that.

He was pure, evil.

And this boy should know about the evils of this world. As for as long as he could remember, he's always been in the midst of evil. Ever since he could remember, he's always been the subject of many discussions, within this place which he didn't even know about, a place where he wasn't sure of what was going to happen.

Though he didn't ever find out the name of the place he was in, he knew what word he would use for it…

Hell.

That's what he believes this place is.

It's a Hell on Earthland. Everyday here, he's afraid. He's afraid for himself, and he's afraid for his friend as well. His best friend in all of the world. No, it's more accurate to say that she's his only friend within this world, called Earthland.

Once the purple lightning danced over his body, and finished, Kazuya felt the contents of his stomach coming out violently through his mouth, spewing onto the floor. The dark skinned man though, just looked disgusted by the boys actions, swiping him across the face.

"You disgusting child."

Spitting it out rather harshly, Kazuya winced at the pain entering his cheek.

Though, because he had been subjected to many different experiences and experiments throughout his life, he was used to something like this happening. He had a high tolerance for pain, and knew how to bear with the pain, and go forward while without having to shed a tear, he wouldn't give the dark skinned man the satisfaction of doing something like that.

Seeing that he wasn't going to get a reaction, the man clicked his fingers as he turned away from Kazuya himself.

"You can take him back now."

Kazuya offered no resistance as he was strung down from his binds, and dragged away mercilessly.

It was cruel…

This child hadn't done anything to anyone, and was subjected to many different things in his life, and now he was put through the most gruelling of tasks, and put through pain that even adults wouldn't be able to stand.

His feet were bloody when being dragged against the hard unforgiving metal of the ground.

Especially when it came to the stairs, he felt each piece of metal hitting him…

However…

He was also doing something himself.

He was analysing his way of escape.

He was looking for anywhere that he could go, and how he was going to escape.

This was the only thing that the child ever dreamed of before.

Escaping was always on this child's mind, even at the tender age that he was, he was always thinking of how to escape, anything that he could do to make his life better. He wasn't a quitter, he was a survivor, and he was going to keep on surviving for as long as it was going to take, he wasn't going to back down from this.

When he got back to a certain space, his body was thrown into a cold looking room, his body bouncing off the floor and then just remained motionless. He heard the cold heavy door closing behind him, after the guards did their usual taunting of him.

He couldn't move however, he just couldn't do it.

He attempted to move, but it came out with his body just sticking there, to the ground.

He didn't have a concept of time, so he didn't know how long he was on the ground until he came to his senses.

His body wrecked with pain, but that didn't stop him from crawling over to his bed. The bed itself was barely classed as a bed. It was just a lump of metal that had a mattress that had seen better days on it.

Though inside of the mattress there was a single hole that was big enough for the young boys hand.

Despite the pain throbbing through him, he took out what appeared to be a picture of a building…

A place called Fairy Tail.

"One day…I will…fulfil my promise to you…Onii…Onii-sama…"

His little promise as he stared at the building.

Since it was a little worn, the picture was a little discoloured, but it could still be seen what was there.

On Earthland, there's a certain town his elder brother always talked about. He always said that within this town, existed a certain guild that would look after not only Kazuya, but him as well.

That town was called...

Magnolia.

This is a city that's located in the kingdom of Fiore, is what he was once told by his elder brother. He didn't know...where that actually was though.

He didn't know the outside world at all.

So, he didn't know if this Fairy Tail still existed, he didn't know if it was going to be there when he was going to get there, if there was a place.

His hand then went into the mattress again…but he suddenly, fell unconscious...

"Hey, Kazuya, Kazuya!"

The young boy was snapped awake by the voice, a voice he knew so well, yet rarely ever got to see the face attached to the voice.

He looked towards the corner of his room which wasn't that large at all, if it could be classed as something like that.

Inside of his room was a very special little hole.

It was big enough for an eye to be seen, and if they moved backwards, then a face too.

"Hmmmm?"

He replied, looking at the hole that he crawled over to, where his friend was inside, the girl that was called Ultear.

She's a girl of an average height for someone around his age, and has purple like hair, that was dark, almost black, and her eyes were brown. She, was a friend to Kazuya, and someone that he could depend on for being a friend to him, his only friend now.

"How long was I knocked out?"

Kazuya didn't even bother to give pleasantries, they didn't work like that, and only wanted to know what was what.

"Just over two hours." She answered, Kazuya's eyes flickering slightly. "Quite a while. Did they do the extra one today?"

"Yeah…Brain really didn't like how I didn't speak today…so, he gave me some extra…"

He felt it hit him like a dagger in the heart, how he was tortured, for not speaking, which he couldn't due to the circumstances.

The girl, Ultear's long eye looked into the room and saw Katsuya panting, clearly not over what had happened to his body. She could see many injuries on him, and was angry that she wasn't able to do anything to help him, since it seemed Brain, liked to do more experimentation on Katsuya, than anyone else.

"Hey Kazuya, can I ask you something?"

"You can ask me anything you want."

She let a soft smile spread all over her face, and faced him through the hole with a glint in her eyes.

"I was thinking, after we get out of here. Why don't we go and find your birth parents?"

"Eh? I thought that you wanted to find your Okaa-san?"

That's what she always told him.

She told him that she wanted to escape, and find her Mother...something he didn't know about. He wasn't sure if they were dead, or alive, or what. All he knew was this life now, and he wanted something better…he wanted to have a life for a change, and not be tied down by everything.

"Well, I do want to do that as well. But you must be curious as to who your parents are. I've been thinking about it, since I've been thinking about Okaa-san too. I was wondering that, we could go and find your parents too. Wouldn't that be good?"

"Not really." He replied, hugging his knees in this prison room. "I don't have any reason to be concerned about my parents. They left me here, where bad things happen. I don't want to think about those people, if they just left me here. But your Okaa-san didn't leave you here I'm sure. Even if she did, it wasn't by choice, I bet. I don't know what else to say though."

Kazuya wasn't sure if he was being cruel or kind right now.

He wanted to believe that Ultear's Mother wouldn't leave her, yet he didn't want to believe her Mother did just abandon her and left her to do something like that.

"Okaa-san...she didn't leave me...she couldn't of..."

Her voice was crackling, like she was being denied of existence.

Kazuya almost couldn't take the heartache that was going through him due to her tender sweet voice that felt like it was breaking down.

"I'm sorry, Ultear. I didn't mean to make you feel upset. Don't listen to me, alright? I'm sure that she's out there for you. And she'll welcome you with open arms when she sees you again."

"N-No, it's alright. I was just thinking about Okaa-san, and that made me upset. But I'm okay now Kazuya. Don't worry about me, I'm a tough person."

Though she said it in a sad way, Kazuya didn't even seem to mind that she was sad…no, more accurately, he always thought that since they had one another, they wouldn't be sad.

"I'm sorry about that. But eventually, you'll see her again, chin up!"

"C-Chin up? Where does that come from exactly? Why would keeping your chin up be beneficial for anything?"

"Good question, and I don't have the answer Ultear. I think it's something to do with being positive, but I'm not that sure. I heard Onii-sama once say it to me when I was sad, so I think that it means being positive, right?"

That's what Kazuya thought it meant. If it did, or didn't, he didn't know, nor did he care that much either. He only wanted to make sure that Ultear actually felt better. His own happiness seemed to take a back seat from that.

"O-Oh, is that so? I didn't know that. Maybe I should keep my chin up hehe."

She laughed, but it was as hollow as they come. It wasn't a laugh that you'd think was endearing, or enchanting or anything to do with happiness. Ultear is suffering, day by day. Kazuya can see it in her eyes, in her very soul.

She's always in pain, mentally. Physically as well, but the pain of being away from her Mother must be unbearable.

To Kazuya, it didn't bother him not having parents, he didn't know the difference. But, Ultear did, and since that she did,

"Y-Yeah, keep your chin up..." Kazuya then heard sobbing from Ultear's room. It truly was heart breaking. "Ultear, please don't cry, I'm gonna get you back to your Okaa-san, okay? I-It is a promise from me to you, okay? I'll get you out of here and you can get back to your Okaa-san again, and be…a family with her."

In the end, it wasn't about pain or anguish. If one of them could be happy, Kazuya was content, if Ultear could be happy, then he was even more content.

He liked Ultear, due to what she had done for him, and how she had helped him learn to do basic things that any child of his age should be able to do naturally like reading, and writing.

Though they talked through a hole in the wall, thanking whoever was out there that no one ever found out that they did converse through a wall, it meant that they were good, strong friends. They had only seen one another's faces a handful of times, but during those times, it seemed to be extremely real.

"Hmm...I'm sorry Kazuya, you've got more problems than me. At least I know I have an Okaa-san. You don't even know if you have one or not, right?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Kazuya looked towards the large metal door, and contemplated his life now.

"I guess I would've had to have one because I didn't come from nowhere, right? But I don't know who that person is, and what they are doing now. It doesn't matter about my parents Ultear. We'll find your Okaa-san and then...erm...I'm not sure what happens next. Maybe I will go off or something..."

He hadn't thought about what I would do if he escaped here, besides joining Fairy Tail that is. But that takes a backseat to Ultear. First they'll find her Mother and he will make sure that she's alright before he continues with anything of his plans.

"Well, we'll live together duh! That's always been the plan with me! You're going to live with me of course dummy, don't even think that you are going anywhere other than with me."

"L-Live together!?"

At best, it came out as a harsh sounding voice. He didn't mean for it to sound like that, but he was suddenly overwhelmed by the statement that it came from him without his authorization.

Ultear wasn't deterred by it though, and she offered Kazuya a slight smile, despite being in pain from the previous experiments that she had gone through…it truly was cruel.

"Of course! You, me and Okaa-san will live together! Okaa-san wouldn't mind having a son, I'm sure! I've always had this plan, since the first day we met. I've always thought that once we leave, Kazuya, me and Okaa-san will live together as a big happy family. That means, we'll always be together. I wouldn't leave Aki alone, he's my best friend after all."

"Always be together..."

Always being with Ultear…

He thought that it wouldn't be so bad.

"Hehe, then I'd be the Onii-san, Imouto~"

She looked offended and lightly tapped me on the shoulder.

"I don't think so. I'm even older than you are so there~!"

Sticking out her tongue at him though he could barely see it through the hole, he couldn't help but think that they were making plans, for a future that seems bleak. In all honesty, how are two children supposed to escape from this place? He wasn't sure if he would ever be able to do something like that.

"Bleeh~ You're a big meanie Ultear~! At least allow me to fantasize~"

"You can if you like, at least I'm not that much of a fant...erm...fantasist...is that the world Kazuya? I-I mean the word Kazuya?"

Katsuya released a soft chortle.

"Eh...think so. Don't ask me, you're the older one around here I think~ You have to know what's what around here you know~? How am I meant to know something like that?"

"Meanie~! I might be older, but you're far more knowledgeable about things. It's hard to believe that you are even a child with your smarts~!"

"Why thank you Ultear. But you're quite intelligent as well. You know things that I don't."

"That's because I'm the older one~!"

We shared a laugh, and looked into each others eyes with kindness through the hole in the wall.

One day…

He knew that one day, he was going to do it.

He was going to reunite her, with her Mother. It was the least he could do after everything that she did for him, he had to repay that kindness.

"You know Ultear, I really care about-"

Before he could finish, he heard the door opening…

Not his door though.

It was the door to Ultear's room. Upon that realization, Kazuya couldn't stand it, and rushed towards his own door, banging on it for him to be released.

"No! N-Noooooooooo! Keep away from me! Stay away!"

"You leave her alone you idiots! Don't touch her!"

His voice…in the end wasn't heard.

No one was going to stop for a lonely and small orphan that no one cared about, that's how his life was going to be now.

"Grab her already!"

"Don't let her get away you useless idiots! She's a little girl, she can't be stronger than you are!"

The men's voices were guards Kazuya knew all too well, the same people that usually took him away as well, not that he liked hearing their voices. He had memorized them so much that he wasn't sure what was going on.

"Ultear! Ultear!"

No matter how he shouted, he couldn't get a reaction out of her, and only heard her screaming and crying as she was dragged away to somewhere else entirely.

He wasn't sure what was happening, his door didn't have a window so he couldn't see out of it.

He looked through the hole into her room, but he couldn't see anything there, he could only see a room that was lightly lit, and wasn't even any movement in their anymore…

"Ultear…"

His meek voice didn't reach any ears.

By the time he said anything, she was already gone.

Ultear was gone, and she wasn't going to be back for a while.

Destiny surely was cruel, that's how he believed it.

Grinding his teeth, tears of frustration flowed down his face as he went towards his bed.

He went into the hole in his bed, and pulled something out of it…

What he's holding is a key.

"Stupid experiments...I hate this place. Why does it…have to happen like this…? Ultear…"

Holding this golden key close to his chest, he sobbed to myself.

This key is a representation to his friend that died here. He gave Katsuya this key before he died. And he doesn't know what it is exactly, but he's going to keep it tightly within his hand.

He was always told that it was magical, and would help him in his time of need…but, did it?

No.

It never did help him. Though it was a beautiful key, it didn't do anything for him. It was like his brother had lied to him, about what was going on with the key, and its power. He wished that he knew what it did, or how to unlock its power.

But he didn't know how to do that.

No matter what he did, he never could make the key work, he never was able to make it work at all.

"Stupid key! Why don't you help me!?" He was prepared to launch it, but then stopped, and calmed himself. "No, I shouldn't let myself get worked up. Even if the key is useless, it doesn't mean that I have to be useless. This key is my only link to him, so I'm going to keep it forever and ever. I can't leave it to chance, maybe it will do something one day…"

This key though...if anything, it looks beautiful. He could admire the beauty of the key...but that isn't going to help Ultear right now. Even now, he knew she's in pain. She's all alone, and needs his help. Its not fair that she's the one that's getting hurt...why couldn't they have taken him instead?

That's how he honestly thought, but thinking never did anything good, if anything it just did a world of pain and trouble honestly.

"I wish you'd work, stupid key..."

Kazuya didn't like that he had no power.

To him, power meant everything, in this place.

The place that he so rightly called hell…

Because of his inability to do anything, he ended up crying.

His tears ended up falling onto the key, carrying his pain and anguish with them with each shedding that they did.

SHINE!

However, something happened…

The key reacted to his tears somehow. Like, his tears were magical, activating the key and now it made a wide glow of golden that filled the room up and made Kazuya feel very frightened of what was going to happen next…

Within a cave, laid a large creature. It's body easily dwarfed humans by a large margin, so much so that ten humans stacked up against one another probably wouldn't of been tall enough to even reach the head of this large beast.

It was very large, and shrouded in black, in the darkness.

But that's how it liked to be kept.

It liked the darkness, and rarely ever stepped into the light.

However, it suddenly felt something, an alert.

Soon, a manic grin appeared on the things face as it stepped out into the light from the darkness, and what appeared was…a Dragon of darkness...

Elsewhere, within a forest area, stood a young woman, who was gathering herbs.

The rain fell from the sky, and doused her hair, making it cling to her face.

Though, it seemed like she didn't care about the rain, like it wasn't anything to her. Like, it was just another hindrance within her life that she didn't even care about.

The herbs were meant to spice food…

But she suddenly stopped picking herbs when she felt something go through her…

Intensity.

Even in the rain, she felt herself shivering, and her eyes widened as tears mixed with the rain that already was on her face.

"Kazuya…you're alive…this power…unmistakable…it's yours…Kazuya…"

Relief wasn't even the beginning for this woman's heart.

She truly…couldn't imagine it.

Instantly, she forgot her herb picking, and followed the essence that she felt. She, ran as fast as she could, even though she knew that she was miles, and miles apart. That, couldn't stop her now, nothing was going to get in her way of reaching her final destination.

"W-What in the hell!?"

Kazuya was shocked, the key lit up after so many times trying, and he felt himself getting weaker slightly...what was that?

"I didn't just...no way, I did not just perform magic...? I wasn't even concentrating then but my tears are...are these experiments doing something to me that is making me able to use magic? Are my tears magical…? W-What's happening…?"

He couldn't believe what just happened, to say he was shocked was a little less than what should have been conveyed.

Something shined on the ground, almost as if it's a magic circle and then a new entity had appeared within his room.

This entity was...a girl.

"A girl?"

A girl with pink hair, that's around shoulder length and it looked...fluffy. The lower end of her hair looked fluffy and her clothes...well, her clothes are very revealing. Those fluffy looking wool-like clothes are basically, exposing her body. She even looks like she has a collar of wool around her neck.

But what's on her head exactly...? From were he was, it looks like a pair of twisted horns.

"Eh...why does she have horns on her head? Is she some kind of monster? Is she a creature? Is this thing from the key? Did my Onii-sama ever see this creature before? Why didn't he tell me about it? This, isn't human…s-she can't be right…? B-But, who is she?"

Kazuya didn't get the answer he wanted right away, he didn't say anything, and just stared at her.

The girl looks around, a timid expression on her face, until her eyes land on me. She blinked once, twice, three times, before jumping back a little, as if she's afraid.

"W-Who are you!?"

She cried out, crossing her arms over her body as if to protect herself.

"If anything, I should be the one who is protecting themselves in here! D-Don't act like that!"

"I-I'm sorry!"

She didn't know what else to say and just bowed her again apologetically.

But then, she looked over Kazuya with a timid expression, and saw something within his hand…a golden key.

"Y...You summoned me, didn't you? I-I'm sorry for asking..."

Kazuya now felt awkward, since she seemed to be serious about something all of a sudden.

"N-No...erm...before I answer anything...could you tell me if this is real? Or is this really just a dream? My mind is messing with me because I'm so worried about Ultear. That's got to be it. People don't come from the keys and have horns on their heads and have such a…weird way of dressing."

"Y-Yes, this is real."

"So it's real. This isn't a dream."

Kazuya didn't know if he should be relieved, or stressed right now.

The dream and reality seemed to blend together sometimes, and now that this was real…could he withstand all of this?

"Erm...my last Master was a little boy as well...maybe a little older than you...but he died, so the contract was...nullified...erm...are you the person who retrieved my key?"

She's really shy, and doesn't seem to be sure of herself.

"...It was given to me. He was killed quite sometime ago, and I haven't been able to make this key work, until now. By the way, what is this key anyway? Some kind of magical item that summons things? Are you a real life person? Or is it some kind of ghost deal? Because, I am very scared right now…I just hide it well…"

She seemed to be genuinely confused by his question, and he couldn't help but see that she did a head tilt, looking at me with a mixture of a confused expression and a scared expression as well.

From that, he didn't know how to seem to her, so he relaxed his demeanour, and made his expression soft.

Seeing that, her face lightened up a little, and even though she seemed confused, she was more relaxed.

"You summoned me and don't know what I am? That's strange, I've never come across someone like that before... W-Wait, it was rude for me to say something like that. P-Please forgive me for asking. I didn't mean to cause trouble!"

Again, she apologized to Kazuya, and Kazuya wondered if she always apologized, even if it wasn't her fault.

"N-No, it's a reasonable question. There's no need to apologize to me, stranger-san. I just...erm...please tell me, what you are exactly? You aren't human, are you?"

The horns are a dead giveaway. And maybe the clothes as well. He hadn't seen anything like it before…though, to be fair, he was only kept in a cell for weeks on end, and had been moved to different areas of the world, only in a steel box though so he hadn't seen the world before, not really.

"N-No, I'm something called a Celestial Spirit. A Celestial Spirit is a Spirit from the Celestial Spirit World. The key you're holding is a rare one, as it's a golden key. O-Oh, my name is Aries! Please call me Aries if it isn't too much trouble! Thank you very much!"

Since Kazuya didn't know what that meant, he really couldn't tell what she was talking about.

"Eh? Does it matter? Gold is a beautiful colour and all, but is it really something that's important?"

She nods, and moves a little closer, bowing down slightly.

"The key you're holding is called a Zodiac key. My key is called the Ram key. But you already knew that since you summoned me. Isn't that the case?"

"N-No…I just cried, and your key reacted to it…"

"Y-You cried, and I was summoned? H-How is that again? I-I'm sorry for asking such intimate details of your life! Please forgive me!"

So, even Aries didn't know.

But, that seemed strange to Kazuya.

How wouldn't she know that?

If this was her key, how could she not know how it was opened? It seemed like she was telling the truth, so this girl wasn't lying, and genuinely didn't know how the key was activated, and that…he didn't know if he should be happy or terrified.

"I-I dunno! H-How do I know? Isn't this your key!?"

"S-Sorry...s-so yes, these keys are special as only 12 exist, and you happen to have one. S-So, goodie for you!"

"Y-Yeah I guess." Kazuya scratched the back of his head sheepishly, and gave a small smile despite the pain he was still. "So Aries-san, since there's 12 of them out there, does that mean there's 11 more you's? Or is it that there's different Spirits?"

He just realized how stupid that question was. Of course they aren't going to be the same as her. There's only one of everyone. Spirit or people like him. No matter how you flip it, there can only be one person...everyone is unique.

"O-Oh, different Spirits. Each Spirit is unique, so there's only one of me hehee~" She gave a nervous laugh, while looking down cutely. "And since you summoned me with the key, you're my new Master, and we should make a contract right away to get it out of the way. I-If that's okay with you of course."

"A contract...?"

He let the words slip out of his mouth, as if he was spewing them. It was a foreign concept to him.

She nods, and moves closer to him, her confidence seemingly raising.

"T-That's right. A contract between the Spirit, me. And the summoner, you. The contract is a bond between us."

"A bond between us...huh."

Aries didn't seem to hear what he said, and continued on regardless.

"A-And, depending on the Spirit, what the contract is, changes. For most though, the contract is usually centred on what days we are allowed to be summoned."

Kazuya was more confused than before.

Since he was a simple boy, he didn't know what was going on.

"Allowed to be summoned huh...ooh I get it! It's basically saying, that coming to an agreement to which the summoner, me in this case, and the Spirit, you in this case, which both of us are satisfied...I think? Or is the ball in your court? S-So, what days can I summon you?"

Aries put a finger to her chin and thought about it carefully.

"Erm...any day but Sunday? Is that okay...erm...M-Master?"

"M-My name is Kazuya...erm, no last name. Just call me Kazuya...okay? No Master please. I'm not anyone's Master and I never will be, least of all yours Aries-san. Please don't ever call me Master, I don't like things like that. Slaves…I don't want anyone to ever be enslaved, so don't think of yourself like that."

Kazuya was determined about this, since he was a young boy, that didn't like it…he didn't like being referred to as something like that. Especially with how he has been raised. He, didn't want to ever think of anyone as a servant…he couldn't.

"B-But, that would be highly disrespectful and you are my Master, since you have my key, meaning you are the person that I am...can't I call you Mas-Master instead? I-I'm sorry if that was rude! I-I just don't feel comfortable with referring to you by name...erm...Kazuya-sama would be...acceptable...but I would prefer Master...but Kazuya-sama is accepted."

He slapped himself in the head, and gave an inclination.

"Yeah, Kazuya-sama is fine...for now. So, I can summon you on any day but Sunday...is there a reason for that?"

"J-Just personal preference. Sundays are...erm, a time that I...erm do certain things...that's all. But any other day is fine with me." She answered with a smile, and bent her neck. "Is there anything you'd like to know Kazuya-sama?"

He was already regretting letting her call him that. It doesn't sound right, at all.

Being "Kazuya-sama!" doesn't appeal to him in the slightest. No, in fact that is to say that I hate it actually.

However, until she seems to be...less frightened of him, he really can't really say anything to her about it.

"Lets see...I know what you are...I know what this key is...erm...so, can you stay here indefinitely?"

That way, he would always have a friend, another one.

But Aries shook her head.

"Essentially, Spirits like myself are immortal. But, staying in this world for too long will kill us. However, staying for a day or so wouldn't be so terrible, but then I would have to go back."

"O-Oh, is that the case? Its alright I guess. As long as you don't die or anything, it's okay if you stay for a little while?"

"Y-Yes, like I said, staying for a day or so would be fine. It would be impossible for me to stay a week though. I would really die if that happened..."

"And I don't want my new Spirit-san to die! I can't believe that I made a new friend!"

"F-Friend?"

She seemed puzzled by his statement, as he took her hand lightly.

"Of course, you're my friend now. I don't know how it usually works with summoner's and your kind, but I don't want much besides your friendship. If I have that, then I know I'm doing alright."

"...Hehehe..." She released a little giggle, putting a hand to her mouth. "I've never had such a Master before. Kazuya-sama, you're a strange boy."

"So I've been told."

He laughed right back, giving a sense of happiness.

Aries suddenly became interested in something, and she took in our surrounding's, cocking her head to the side.

"S-So Kazuya-sama, if I may ask...where are we exactly?"

He froze instantly.

Just for a brief second, for a second, he forgot where he was.

Even just a second, and he's now back in reality...

Dashing and fleeting dreams. His mind was brought back here.

Brought back to reality.

"...Hell...that's where we are right now..."

He could only give such a mumbling, before he started tearing up.

Soon after that, tears flowed from his eyes, thinking about this place and why he was truly here. This place is the equivalent to Hell for him anyway. He just wants to find a place that would accept him as home...

"Ka-Kazuya-sama! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to make you cry! Please forgive me Kazuya-sama! P-Please, is there anything I can do!?"

"N-No. It's okay Aries-san." He wiped his face and let a small smile crawl onto his face. "It wasn't you Aries-san. This is a place where...you should abandon all dreams and hopes...is what I keep telling myself. But if y-you're my Spirit girl thingy, can't you help me escape? Y-Yeah, you must have some cool magical powers, right!?"

He hoped and prayed within himself that she had some awesome magic power! And if she's right, in saying that he's her Master now, then she should know about how to use magic, and help Ultear and him escape.

"Erm...my magic is Wool Magic...it isn't much in the destructive department. B-But, if its Kazuya-sama asking me, then I would help in anyway that I could."

"S-So, you'll really help me escape?"

His voice was the pinnacle of hope right now, he wasn't going to have anything other than this hope laid out before him.

"O-Of course, since you're the one who's asking me."

She's going to help me because its me...maybe its because he's her 'Master' or whatever. But he wants to believe its because she likes him as well.

"Thank you. Now erm...I need you to go away." She seemed down by it, but he stroked her hand slightly. "I didn't mean it in a bad way. It's just my friend is going to be here soon, rather in the room next door, and the guards will be bringing her. If they see you, then they might try and take you away from me. But if you aren't here, then they wont know anything...I'm hoping they didn't sense or see me use magic. I, haven't done it before, so I am nervous if they did or not…"

"I-I understand Kazuya-sama! Yes, that makes sense. Okay Kazuya-sama, I shall take my leave now. To do that, we both have to agree to the closer of the Gate. To summon me, just say "Open the Gate of the Ram! Aries!" like…wait, you didn't and use some magic power as well. Erm…magic power is something that you can do, right? Oh, maybe…I don't know…"

Its all well and good her saying that, but he didn't a clue on how to use magic. She just came here, when he cried for something deep within his heart. He felt his energies change slightly, as if he had been drained when she was summoned here. But he doesn't know how to activate that at will.

"B-But I don't know how I used magic in the first place."

"T-Then...just try your best to think of summoning me. It worked for you before...yes? I mean, subconsciously, you must've wished for something to happen through your tears and such, yes?" Kazuya nodded though he wasn't truly sure and she hugged him tightly, startling him. "I'm so sorry but you're really a nice Master!"

"Hehe, thank you, Aries-san. Now can you erm...go?"

She nodded and bowed her head. A few seconds later, she lit up and disappeared from this place.

[Later]

"Get in there!"

The young boy didn't know how long it was since Aries disappeared, but eventually Ultear was thrown into the room next door, looking exhausted from what Kazuya could understand. Her body was sweat covered, and her eyes were glazed over with slight fear.

The guards that threw her into the room sneered, and closed the door again with a thudding sound, meant to make the bones chill. Since they did that, they didn't see or sense him doing magic before.

Good.

That means they wont know when they make their escape.

Kazuya had already decided that they were going to be able to make an escape soon. As long as Ultear is fine, because in all honesty, he didn't think he would be able to carry her all that way.

"Ultear, are you alright?"

She didn't answer him, and her eyes were closed. He could see her chest going up and down, so she wasn't dead. She must be asleep. If that's the case, then she should conserve her strength, is what he thought would be for the best anyway.

Since he didn't get an answer, he took a piece of string that he kept, and a pen, tying the string to the pen. With ingenuity, he threw the pen towards her, through the small opening of the hole, but it didn't land against her.

"Ultear! Wake up!"

She didn't answer.

Sighing loudly, Kazuya pulled the pen back with the string, and then threw it again…

This time, he managed to hit her in the forehead, thankfully not enough to actually kill her.

It stirred her awake this time.

The slightest touch was allowed to open her eyes.

She looked around weakly, her eyes fluttering and saw that she was back in her room.

Since she was back in her room, she felt the coldness of the floor, and looked around at what was going on. She groaned as Kazuya called "Ultear! Over here!" which allowed her to realize that she was awake.

Looking towards the hole, she saw Kazuya's eye looking towards her, crawling towards the hole as best as she could.

"Ka…Kazuya..."

"Its okay, you're okay Ultear. Just save your strength now."

She reached out with her finger, which he did too. Her finger intertwined with his own, and she moved her head closer to my own against the wall. Though he couldn't see it, she had a smile sprawling across her face.

"It, wasn't so bad this time…."

"Hehe that's a good girl. If they see fear, they get off on it. They love seeing us afraid, in pain. As long as you didn't show any fear. They might be more, you know. But Ultear, you don't have to go through anymore experiments now."

Her eyes turned cloudy, and there was hope. She could most likely hear the happiness in his voice, and in turn that sparked something within her. She knows that he wouldn't lie to her about things like this.

"W-What are you saying?"

"I'm saying, we're going to go and find your Okaa-san, tonight."

She covered her mouth, and she cried heavy tears while squeezing his finger with her own through the hole. Her face was totally in disbelief. She was confused by it, but even she realized that he wasn't lying to her.

"Y-You aren't kidding?"

"No, I'm not kidding. Tonight, we're going and we are going to see your Okaa-san, just like you wanted. I'm not messing around anymore. I'm not staying here because of them. We're escaping, and we're going tonight."

"B-But how?"

He went into my rags, and produced the key, showing it her through the hole.

Seeing it, she moved her head to the side in a perplexed manner.

"This key, I'm able to make it work now. You don't even know what happened. This girl..."

He started explaining everything about Aries and what his plan is, and how she would be able to help too, since she at least knew some places on the world, as he didn't ever go outside, and she at least had been outside before, so she knew the way.

After explaining, Ultear hugged herself with her free arm, wishing that she would be able to do something like that with Kazuya himself.

"I can't wait to see Okaa-san again."

"Don't worry, it wont be long now. Save your strength. We're going to be running for a while, I expect. If they somehow let us go, then we wont have to worry about anything. We can only run as fast as we can."

"Y-Yes, I understand. Kazuya, sleep as well. We both need to be on top performance if we're to escape this place. I, believe in you Kazuya."

"Exactly. Get some sleep Ultear and I will do the same. Just don't worry about anything else now."

Agreeing with her, he went over to his bed, and collapsed on it, snuggling into the pillow that's as hard as a brick. He threw over the sheet, covering his body barely. Its so thin that it might as well not be there. But it's comforting, at least.

He closed his eyes and rested said eyes.

He couldn't fall asleep though, as his mind was racing. And his heart was beating so fast.

The prospect of escaping this place is huge. If they were able to escape, they can finally start out lives right. Ultear can be happy with her Mother and he can be happy knowing that Ultear is happy, and he can go and join Fairy Tail, so he can have what my elder brother, and he wanted...

He can have a family.

But the sinking feeling of being caught kept playing within his mind...why didn't they feel when he used magic? Wasn't the whole point of this place to use magic and strengthen that?

Something tells him that they know about it and either don't care, or they are biding their time. Whatever it is, he's going to have to be careful. If they do decide to come in, he will summon Aries to use her Wool Magic to do something against the enemies…

"Mavis-san, why is it that I always dream of you?"

Kazuya's voice travelled around the area they were in.

From the looks of it, the sun had a smiley face, the grass was luscious, and green. A field of beautiful flowers seemed to be decorating the land, and Kazuya himself, was on a spinning play equipment, called a merry go round, sitting on a plastic horse, together with a young girl that had long blonde hair that looked wavy, having green eyes that stared right back at him.

"It's because you loooove me~"

Kazuya didn't share Mavis' playful look to her face, even in her attitude too.

"Funny, I don't even understand this though...each time you tell me, it doesn't make sense...why, do I dream about you...and know it is a dream too? I was told by Onii-sama that you rarely know you're dreaming, yet each time I sleep, I know that it is a dream, so how can that be?"

The young girl waves her head as she takes a lung full of air, answering him kindly.

"I told you, it is because we have a special connection, is all. We've had it for a long time, and you know it is a dream, because you do~ There's not much to it really~"

"Ah...but, I don't know if you're real, Mavis-san."

Suddenly, out of the blue, Mavis' green eyes light up under the blazing sun with tears forming there.

"H-How could you say that I am not real...t-that's a cruel destiny..."

"I-I'm sorry! B-But, if I've never met you outside of my dream, how can I say that you are or not?"

As if she had a change of heart, she suddenly became back to...whatever normal was, again.

"Okay, that's a fair point. But, how can you say that love is real or not? You can't see it with your eyes, but you know it exists, right?"

"W-Well, I suppose..."

"So, why couldn't I be real? I am real, of course~ I'm outside in the big bright world, waiting for you to come and see me~ I'm sure that we'll have plenty of fun when you get out of...wherever it is that you are."

"S-Speaking of that...Mavis-san, I got that key working."

Mavis' ears perked as she listened.

"You did?"

"Y-Yes, and a spirit named, Aries-san came out! S-She's going to help me escape when I wake back up!"

"...So, that's what I sensed before..."

Mavis had a serious expression, confusing Kazuya.

"Mavis-san?"

"Ooh! It's nothing at all~ Don't worry~ Hey, if you're getting out, I'll find you, and prove that I am real~ I couldn't find you because...heck, even I don't know! It is like you're non-existent or something, but this time, I did...I did sense you...hey, there also might be another girl out there, looking for you, Kazu."

Only Mavis called him 'Kazu' and sometimes 'Kazu-kun' too, yet he didn't know why, nor much did he care either.

That didn't matter though, since he was more concerned that someone was looking for him.

"Another girl?"

"That's right, she'll be looking for you too. Though, she wouldn't harm you, don't worry."

"I-I see...s-so, what does she want?"

"Hmmmm, even I don't know that. You'd have to ask her when you meet her."

She explained, but that didn't really answer his question.

"What does she look like?"

"Ooh, you'll know her when you see her, trust me. But for now, I love this~! It's really going fast~"

"Hehehe~ Indeed...b-by the way, what is this called?"

Pointing towards the merry go round, he was confused, since he hadn't ever seen one before.

"Oh right, you wouldn't know...this is called a merry go round Kazu~ It's supposed to be ridden like this for enjoyment~"

"Oh...enjoyment huh..."

That just seemed distant to the young man, he hadn't really ever considered anything enjoyable in his young life before.

"Yup, enjoyment! Don't worry~ Once I find you, we'll go on one for real~"

"Hehe yea-"

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CRASH! BANG! BANG! BANG!

"W-What's going on!?"

Kazuya didn't know how long it had been, but he fell asleep, and was startled awake by the sensation of something, truly going off, exploding, cutting off his dream.

The entire room he was in shook greatly, and he could hear screaming going off outside of the room.

"Kazuya! Kazuya!"

Ultear called from the hole in the wall.

Kazuya gasped as he took everything that he needed from his secret hideaway, even his special key, and rushed over, peaking through the hole to see Ultear looking on in worry.

"Kazuya! What's going on!? Everyone is screaming, and the entire building is shaking! W-What's happening!?"

"I don't know! I just woke up! This hasn't happened before! A-Are we under attack or something!?"

"I don't know, but we have to get out of here! Kazuya, we have to use that plan of yours now! C-Can you get the spirit girl out, and we can escape!? Because, I don't want to be around here if there's something going on!"

"Right, hold on! I'm gonna do my best to summon her now!"

Kazuya took in a deep breath, and took out the key.

He didn't know if it would work, but he didn't have another leg to stand on.

He didn't have anything else to stand on now…

Something was going on, and that wasn't a good thing. Whatever was going on, they needed to get out of there.

Concentrating the best that he could, he allowed his thoughts to transcend what he was going through. The magical power within his body, the power that he had been experimented on for years now, and all of the strengths that he had, also made him feel like he was going to fall over…but, this time, he did his best to channel those energies.

While putting the key out, it slowly began gathering lights, magical power forming around the key itself.

"Open the Gate of the Ram! Aries!"

A sound rang out, and the key glowed.

Appearing before him, was Aries who smiled when seeing Kazuya.

"Aah! Kazuya-sama! A-Are we leaving n-" Before she could finish, the building shook again, Aries, and Kazuya falling down to the ground. "Eeeh!? Kazuya-sama!? What's going on?! I don't understand what's happening!"

"I think this building is under attack! But, I don't have time for this! C-Can you break down the door?"

Aries looked at the heavy looking door, then looked back to Kazuya.

"Y-Yes, I can do that."

"Then please!"

He yelled over the roaring sound of the thunderous bellowing's of pain outside.

Aries went towards the door, and thrusted her fist forward. Kazuya was surprised by her strength, as the door came off its hinges.

Seeing his free doorway out of there, he ran forward as Aries followed after him.

As soon as he stepped outside, he saw that some guards with spears happened to be running past, and looked towards Katsuya and Aries, the former having sharp eyes, and the latter looking a little frightened.

"Don't let him escape!"

"Brain-sama will surely become angry if he goes!"

They charged for Kazuya while stabbing the spears forward.

"I don't think so!"

Surprising Aries, Kazuya jumped as the spears stabbed downwards, and kicked with a sweeping kick, slamming it across their faces. Due to the shock, they pulled backwards, and some fell down to the ground, dropping their spears.

Landing on the ground, Kazuya kicked up one of the spears to his hand, and twirled it, slamming it against one of the incoming attackers. Due to the strength he had, and how fast he swung, the body smashed against the steel wall, and he hit his head, knocking him out.

"Kazuya-sama…"

Aries was surprised as she thrusted her own fist forward, knocking someone down that was going to attack Kazuya.

Kazuya smiled as he took care of the rest of the guards with Aries help, using his spear to hit them either in the face, or their stomachs. He was just glad that they were not using magic to stop him in his tracks.

Once they had been finished off, Kazuya dropped the spear as it was nearly broken anyway, but kept the sharp end just in case he was going to be needing to stab someone, in particular Brain himself.

"Kazuya-sama, I didn't know you could fight?"

"I have trained myself. Self taught, but handy. Either way, please get Ultear out of there, and then we can get out of here, okay?"

Aries nodded strongly, and ran towards the door.

"Erm…please step back!"

[Kazuya? Is that you?]

Ultear called from the other side of the door, Kazuya rushing there too, while looking around in case someone tries something.

"Please do as she says Ultear! Please get out of the way of the door! It will be fine, trust me!"

He didn't hear a reply, but presumed that she did.

They waited for a few moments, before, Aries put her fist out, gathering her strength, and slammed it against the door, knocking it down. It fell with a clanging sound, and inside, it revealed Ultear who looked completely dazzled as the building continued to shake.

"Ultear! Ultear!"

"Kazuya!"

Ultear ran out of the room, and hugged Kazuya around the neck.

Kazuya hugged her back as Aries got teary eyed.

"T-True friendship indeed…"

It was rare for her to see such things, and now that she did, she was very happy at seeing the pair like they were.

Ultear herself was shedding some tears, clinging to Kazuya for dear life. He did the same, since he hadn't been able to hold someone else like this for months on end. He truly didn't know how long it was, but he didn't care right now, and loved the feeling of her body being against his own one.

"Ultear, we have to get out of here now. We can't stick around, we've got to go."

"R-Right, let's go."

Nodding at one another, and at Aries, Kazuya knew where to go, since he mapped the place out so many times in his mind and took the three of them on a winding journey towards the exit.

Each time he had been tortured, each time he was dragged around to different areas, it kept with him.

It was always in his mind, and how and where he needed to go. And thanks to Aries, she was able to knock the people out with either her wool, or her fists, thankfully allowing Kazuya and Ultear to save their strength.

Once reaching down at the end, and at the exit, they literally didn't have far to go now.

"Kazuya! There! Let's go!"

"R-Right, let's get going!"

Nodding at one another, they rushed the door, however a guard suddenly came out of the shadows, and grabbed Ultear.

"You're not getting away!"

The guard pulled back Ultear, fully intending to hurt her, but Kazuya wasn't going to have that.

"You leave her alone jerk!"

Like a bullet, Kazuya flung himself for the guard, jumping up, and kicked him across the face.

He wasn't expecting it, and went down with a thud.

Landing on the ground, Kazuya withdrew the piece of metal he got from the spear, and held it to the mans neck.

"Now, be a good guard, and be knocked out, or I am going to slice you, ear to ear."

When he needed to be, and with unforgivable people like this, he was willing to take a life, though he didn't like the idea of becoming a monster like these people.

The man gulped, feeling the coldness of the steel on his neck.

"N-No, please..."

"Well, since you are one of the people that have hurt me and killed so many of the people that I love, tortured Ultear to the point that it makes her cry very heavily, and the feeling of death overcomes her, I could just kill you anyway with a very slow, and painful method, or..." His eyes travelled down the mans body, stopping at his hips. "...I could make you less of a man in an instant, if you get my drift."

The guard was paralyzed with fear, and didn't know what to do.

His eyes glazed over with fear, and he even leaved some tears, attempting to move his hands. But Kazuya didn't allow that, and pressed the steel against his neck even more, the man whimpering at this point.

"Please..."

BANG!

Kazuya slammed his hand against the mans face, knocking him out, and stood up strongly.

"Seems like you're at my mercy now, huh."

"Kazuya, that was freaking awesome!" Ultear cheered, hugging onto her friend. "B-But, we have to go now, remember? Even though I wanna kill these people too, we can't fight all of them right now, and need to make a retreat. Let's get going."

Kazuya knew she was right. As much as he wanted to go and kill Brain, he simply wasn't strong enough right now.

"Aries-san, please get the door out of the way, and we'll go."

"Y-Yes Kazuya-sama! Please leave it to me!"

Aries went forward, slamming her palm into the metal door with some kind of monster strength (in their eyes at least that seemed to be the case), and took it off its hinges.

Relief came to both of them as they ran out of the door…

That's when Kazuya felt it…

The ground.

He had never felt ground before.

Dirt, earth.

It was a foreign sensation on his feet, yet it felt so…good.

It felt like it was something amazing.

He even felt so much overwhelming emotions that he couldn't control them and tears fell down his face.

It was strange, it was weird…but this was it.

His new life.

It was starting right now, his new life started with his first step into the real world.

"W-What's that!?"

Ultear made a cry as she looked upwards.

Since he didn't know what she was referring too, he looked up with Aries…and saw it.

In the sky, was a huge black Dragon! It has large wings, and marks over its body, but there was no mistaken that it was a Dragon! It was a huge Dragon that breathed out some kind of energy attacks. Its large claws cleaved through the metal of the building, and it had humans begging at its mercy.

Kazuya…was paralyzed with fear.

Of course he was.

What was this Dragon? Why was it there? And why was it attacking?

In some way, he hoped that it was Brain that the Dragon was sent to kill.

But it seemed to be killing indiscriminately, just tanking every attack sent at it, and ripping to shreds anything that came before it.

"P-Please come this way Kazuya-sama!"

Kazuya didn't move, even on Aries' call.

He was just enthralled by the Dragon.

He didn't know why, he didn't know how, but he felt something…

Something weird within himself.

He wasn't sure what it could be, or what it would entail.

But the Dragon itself just seemed to stir something within his body, and until he knew what that was, he wasn't sure if he would be able to stop…

"C-Come on!"

Ultear, since he wasn't moving, grabbed Kazuya's hand, and ran with him as fast as he could.

Though the screams behind them were deafening, and even scary, it wasn't a concern for the young boy himself, just forever watching the Dragon in the sky, which didn't notice them running across the ground.

When making it to the other side of the large desert like area, and saw a forest, Ultear pointed forward.

"If we go this way, we'll get away from that huge Dragon, for sure!"

Kazuya snapped back to his senses, and looked at the girl, nodding his head.

"Right, let's get going."

Nodding at one another, they ran off into the forest together with Aries.

Taking one last look, Kazuya finally caught the eyes of evil…

He saw Brain one last time, stood on top of the misshapen building.

Their eyes met, under the heavy destruction, and Brain knew that Kazuya had somehow caused this and wished he had done something beforehand.

Kazuya made a declaration to himself right there and then…

He was going to kill Brain.

He didn't have anything other than hate in his eyes for this man, and his heart was set on it.

One day, he was going to take Brain's life for what he had done to both him, Ultear, his elder brother, and everyone else that he had hated for so long.

He, was going to take this persons life. He, was going to kill him.

With that, Kazuya turned, and ran away so the Dragon didn't capture him or the others with him.

Making it to the place that Kazuya was once in, stood a woman where she saw the torn area of the place.

She saw dead bodies, she saw how the building had been torn to shreds, and how many holes were in it.

She could feel much magical power within the air, and around the facility that had a different funny shape to it.

"Kazuya…"

She looked around, but she, couldn't feel him anymore.

Her eyes went around, and she wasn't concerned about the dead right now, she seemed to be on a mission to find Kazuya.

"You're not here…Kazuya, where did you go…?"

Looking around and sighing, she thrusted her hand to the sky, and murmured "I'll find you…" as she felt a surge of magic coming from the left hand side.

Humming to herself, she felt like if she went that way…she could find the one that she was searching for.

Ultear and Kazuya had been walking for...I don't know how long it was. Their minds and hearts were in tatters. They were tired and hungry. They could barely walk, but Ultear kept moving.

She kept moving towards this place, covered in some white substance. Kazuya had never seen it before, but he suspected that its snow. The cold substance kept making his feet sting each time he stepped onto it.

His body was freezing, and his eyes were getting heavier and heavier. Each time he tried to stop, Ultear told him to get up and keep moving. She must want to see her Mother again, even if he felt like he was going to fall down at the same time.

Walking past some trees, snow fell behind them. But even then, that didn't stop Ultear.

They continued walking, her mind being only of one thought: Seeing her Mother again.

That's her mission now, and no one is going to stop her, not even Kazuya can make her stop now. Even if she's in pain from the snow, and is cold to the touch. She's not going to stop until she finally sees her Mother again.

"Okaa-san...Okaa-san..."

She was crying that out the whole time they walked. Her voice became so strained that she was literally wheezing it out.

By the time they had arrived at a certain place, Kazuya could see that Ultear was ready to collapse at any second.

Over a certain cliff, they observed a woman.

A woman with short chin-length dark purple hair who is wearing a tan jacket, a red tank top that's showing her midriff, and jeans. The woman clicked her fingers, and an ice rose was made within her hand.

"W-Wow, that was Ice Magic...no, maybe it was Ice Make...maybe? I know that its one of the two...erm, I think its Ice Make..."

Kazuya didn't know what it was, only having vague knowledge on magic itself. Though even he could see that it was something to do with ice, as it looked like the hard snow.

Upon seeing this woman, Ultear eyes leaked with so many tears, and a big fat smile plastered itself all over her face.

"Ultear, is that woman..."

He trailed off, guessing on who that was.

Ultear confirms it with a very strong nod of her head.

"That's right. Kazuya, that's my Okaa-san! She's right there, Kazuya! What should I go and do? Should I go and say "Hello!" or something? I'm so nervous Kazuya! Its just so nerve wrecking."

She's a nervous wreck alright. He didn't think that Ultear could be like this. Then again, this is the Mother she cried about when she went to sleep, and talked about all of the time. In regards on what he would do...He's not that sure.

"Erm...maybe you should just go and say hello normally? I'm sure that she'll love seeing you, Ultear-san. Yes, no doubt she will welcome you with open arms. Go on Ultear, go and see her."

She nodded childlike and just stayed still, not taking his advice.

It must be overwhelming for her, to see her Mother. While he hasn't known such a feeling, he can tell from her face that it's so overwhelming that she's frozen in time. Her hands are shaking, and her eyes are brimming with such happiness.

"I've never seen Ultear-san have such happiness before. Is this what its like to have an Okaa-san? To see your Okaa-san? Ultear-san...are you extremely happy right now? Is it overwhelming for you?" Since his thoughts weren't going to tell him, he asked her directly. "Ultear-san, lets go and say hello. You can't stay here forever and ever you know? We'll freeze at this rate."

She turned to him, and nodded with a bright smile.

"Yes! Let's go Kazuya! She's..."

She trailed off, and a sad face appeared on hers as she looked at her Mother again.

Why is she suddenly upset? Has something suddenly happened? Did she get cold feet, as they say?

He didn't know, she just seemed like she had been through something terrible, and how weird it was for her to do something like that…

"Ultear...?"

"S...She's..."

She wasn't speaking any sense. She just kept looking at her Mother direction. She wasn't even answering him if she was alright. That's truly strange. He's never seen her like that before.

Deciding to find out what was happening, he decided to see what was going on.

When he followed her gaze...he instantly saw the reason.

Two little children who are barely clothed are with her. One was a white haired child and the other had black, maybe very dark blue hair. He couldn't tell from this distance. They were laughing with one another. They were having a good time from the looks of things, and seemed to be practicing ice type magic, or ice make, or something along those lines.

But looking at them, and at Ultear, he didn't know how to feel. He could tell that Ultear was distressed about it, but even he didn't know what to do. She's his friend and he can't say anything to make her feel...better.

"Ultear I..."

Ultear collapsed to the ground, and looked devastated. Like her whole life has just come crumbling down around her. Her eyes became teary, which soon made her release them from her eyes, streaming down her face, and hitting the ground.

"S...She's replaced me...she's...abandoned me..."

"H-Hey, that might not be true..."

Ultear looked at him, and instantly, he knew something was different. She didn't even have a single ounce of happiness in her eyes, and her fears became anger. She's very angry right now, and it didn't even seem to be just directed at her Mother…but other people too.

"Look...she's happy...she's forgotten about me...she's...never forgive..."

"Never forgive...?"

"Never…"

Ultear seemed resolute about something, and looked like she was going to do something.

"U-Ultear, hold on. If she's happy, wont she be more happy if you turn up? She's right there. Just go and see what happens. The worst that can happen is she doesn't recognize you. But I'm sure that wouldn't..."

Ultear, ignoring him, stood up and turned around. Without looking back, she started walking away.

That direction is the same one they just came from...she couldn't be thinking about going back...could she?

Before he could think straight, Ultear had ran at a fast pace, running down towards the place we had come from.

"She can't go back! Is she deluded!? We just escaped! She can't go back to that hell! I wont allow her to go back!" Shouting within his mind didn't solve anything, he turned it to his voice. "W-Wait a second!"

He rushed to catch her.

He ran for about half a minute before he caught up with her.

She was running faster than when she was running for her Mother.

But he somehow was able to keep up with her.

Taking her by the shoulders, he looked deeply into her eyes.

"W-Where are you going? Are you thinking about going back towards that awful place? The place you cried at everyday?"

She glared at him, and he felt cold inside. No emotions are within her eyes at all. He's never seen such eyes before, at least when it was on Ultear herself.

"I'm going back. I'm going to get more magic power, and take revenge on my Okaa-san."

"Y-You can't go back! Maybe this is just a mistake or something? I don't know about families, but this isn't something that you have to do! You don't have to go back, we're free now! We're free of everything! Going back there is suicide! You saw your Okaa-san-"

"She was happy without me!" She spat, pushing him away from her. "She didn't think about me! She gained new children! She doesn't want me anymore Kazuya! She just forgot about me and moved on!"

The hurt in her voice was overwhelming. She didn't even show this amount of hurt when she was experimented on. Has she really broken because she saw something like that?

"T-That might not be true! She might just be raising them and wants to introduce them to you as your siblings or something! You can't go back to that place! Don't you remember how we escaped with our hearts full of feelings of wanting to be free? And that big creature is back there, it's too dangerous! You wanted your Okaa-san, right? She's right back there, waiting for you! I don't know what it's like to have an Okaa-san, but from what I've read, a good parent wouldn't ever abandon a child. And she hasn't..."

Before he could continue, Ultear moved closer to me, getting in his face. This was intimidating, seeing Ultear showing such...nothing. Nothing is there, it's like someone has ripped out Ultear and replaced her with a look alike, this wasn't the Ultear that he knew.

"You said a good parent, right?" He nodded at her coldness. She showed a slight sinister smile. "She, isn't a good parent. She, left me and made a new family. One, I'm not apart of. That's why, I'm going to go back, and get stronger."

"You said a family. Lets make a family together! Me and you together! We can go off on our own! We don't need to get more power! We don't need to take revenge on your Okaa-san! If anything, we need to take revenge on that horrible man Brain. Going back there is going to either kill you, or twist you into something you're not. You're my best friend...you're my family! I don't want you to go! I wont let you go! I can't have you go back there, you'll definitely die if you head back there!"

He spilled my heart out, crying.

He wanted her to know that he would take care of her. To him, he didn't know anyone else, Ultear was his family. His family was Ultear, he didn't have anyone else, he couldn't let her go away and just be subjected to something that she shouldn't have to be.

"I'm... Kazuya, you're my family as well...but I can't let her get away with what she's done. You don't have to come with me...I know that you hated that place as well. But what I need to do, doesn't concern you. Just go, and live your life. Forget about me now. Go, and be happy…at least one of us could be happy now."

"I'm not letting you go, even if I have to stop you myself."

He threatened lightly, hoping she would see sense.

But she didn't at all. Her breathing became rapid.

"Don't Kazuya. Don't push me Kazuya!"

"Then stop this foolishness! Just stop it! Or I will be forced to summon Aries-san and she will stop you! I-I don't want to do this! Please, just stop this nonsense, and we'll go and see your Okaa-san right now, and hear it from her mouth!"

He was about to get out his key, when something in the air changed.

It became noticeably less cold and the wind started to circulate Ultear. An aura also shaped itself around her...it's magic. She's actually using magic right now, and he didn't know what he was going to do.

He was suspicious, then he saw her power building up. It was uncontrollable, it was wild. It was a power that if touched by someone, would kill them, and that included Kazuya at the same time too, Kazuya couldn't allow it to happen.

"Stop Ultear! You're going to do something dangerous! It might even hurt you! Please just listen to me!"

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!

When he shouted, an explosion of power erupted from her, flinging him back, with him having a collision with a tree! Intense pain coursed throughout his body, his eyes were leaking tears and his body was shaking.

Ultear attacked him...

She actually attacked him...

He couldn't believe it. His best friend, his only family attacked him for a reason to go back and be experimented on. Why does she want to subjugate herself to that kind of torture...?

Is she insane...?

Is she mental...?

Why would she...

"Kazuya...I'm sorry." Ultear appeared in front of the downed him. "I didn't mean to attack you...but I can't go anywhere other than back there. One day...one day I hope we meet again. Because...Kazuya...you're...I love you...you're my best friend...I, just can't be with you now…we have, different roads to go down…and my road, and your road, won't meet…"

"Ultear please...I love you...don't go..."

She leaned down, and gave him a kiss on the forehead.

"I'm glad, that you were there with me for this long. I don't think I could've smiled while at that place without you. Thank you, Kazuya. I hope that you find your parents, and they welcome you with open arms, unlike mine. One day, lets meet again. Don't follow me, because I don't want you to be hurt anymore. Become a Wizard, become a strong one as well. And also, please don't forget me. Because you'll always be in my heart. I know…I did something terrible to you after everything you had done for me, but I will always think of you, and you will have that place within my heart, inside of my heart, no where else, I promise you."

For the instant she said that until she stopped, tears flowed from her eyes. She was crying, her eyes out for him.

"Ultear...don't..."

"Goodbye, Kazuya."

He could barely see by the time he had seen her disappear...

She's gone...she's gone back to him...

And his eyes…too heavy for him to even keep open at this point…

When he regained his senses, his eyes felt cold, as did his body.

He could barely keep his eyes open, it was just too cold for him.

His body was even covered in snow, so he didn't know how long he had been there, and if he was going to lose anything since of the sheer cold. His body literally felt like ice, and felt numb too. It was different from the pain of lightning through his body.

He attempted to recall what had happened…

Then he did remember.

Ultear.

Ultear attacked him, and flung him away with a sudden burst of magic…

And it got to him.

Tears came from his eyes at the thought of his friend attacking him, and then seemingly leaving him alone…

"Ugh…Ultear…"

He called like a meek lamb, as that's all he could do…

But he couldn't do anything but just lay there, his body was too cold.

No one came when he called, and it just seemed like he was on his own.

Looking at the sky, he saw how dark it was coming, the sun had disappeared, and stars could be seen in the sky. The sun went away, and the twinkling of the night sky looked so far away. A golden star, what looked like that, was on the ground before him.

Carefully inspecting it, he saw that it was the key itself.

It was the key of the Ram, of Aries.

He didn't know how it got there, but presumed that it got loose when he was blasted away with magical power. Since it was suddenly strong enough to do something like that, it wasn't out of the realm of impossibilities that it came loose, and fell out of his rags.

As his body felt frozen, he barely could move.

But he willed himself to do it…

He moved his hand the best that he could, wanting to pick up the key.

He had to pick up the key so he could get the key and get himself out of the snow, as he couldn't do it himself.

"C-Come on…"

His hand fell against the snow, not near the key.

He whined and groaned as he moved his hand through the snow, no longer having the strength to lift his hand.

He pushed, and pushed and pushed against adversities, and the snow itself, worming his way to the snow covered key.

Finally, with pain and other things, he took the key itself, and relief came over him.

Now, he channelled the power that he had inside of him, into the key itself.

"O-Open…t-the gate of the…ram…Aries…"

Summoning what strength he could, and wished for her to come to him, and the key responded.

The key glowed, and summoned Aries herself.

"K-Kazuya-sama…?"

Aries didn't seem all that bothered by the cold, and looked around.

She didn't see him on the ground at first, but when he called "Aries-san…" she caught the voice, and looked down, seeing him laying in the snow.

"Kazuya-sama!? W-What happened!?"

She immediately pulled him from the snow, and held him as she made her wool cling to his body, keeping him warm. His body temperature was going up, thanks to Aries' wool, but even then, he still felt immensely cold.

"Aries-san…w-we…h-have to go…"

"Kazuya-sama…" She looked around, and couldn't see Ultear. "W-Where is your friend?" At that, Kazuya teared up, and shed tear upon tear, Aries' eyes widening. "K-Kazuya-sama, h-has she gone away…? D-Did she die…?"

"S-She left me…Aries-san…a-and I don't k-know where w-we are…I-I don't even r-remember the w-way to the f-facility…i-it's so cold…a-and I…d-do you k-know w-where this is…?"

Aries looked around, though she wasn't aware much of the human world.

It seemed just like a forest to her, nothing was telling her where it was.

She was confused, and concerned that something was going to happen if she didn't leave with Kazuya soon, seeing how his skin was so cold, and he was shivering immensely. Even his eyes looked like they were lifeless now, and was losing a battle.

"Kazuya-sama…I-I don't know where we a-are…but, I will get you to humans…a-and g-get you warmer than this…"

"Humans…"

Those words seemed so distant, like they shouldn't be there.

"Y-Yes, Kazuya-sama, your own kind."

"My own kind…these humans…did this…to me…w-what kind of humans…w-would do this…? I…don't like this…I…Aries-san…I just…want to…disappear now…I, don't w-want to be…around humans anymore…t-they just…betray you…and leave…a-and hurt…pain…torture others…there's, nothing good about…humans…"

"Kazuya-sama…"

Though she didn't know Kazuya well, she could see that his faith in humanity was practically non-existent right now. And, it did make sense, since from what she knew, he had only ever seen the dark part of the humans, and hadn't seen the good side of humans either.

"Aries-san…please…take me…somewhere…where, I can…live…without these…humans…I just, want to live a good life…"

"Kazuya-sama…okay. Kazuya-sama, w-we should go now."

Nodding at her, Aries stood up with Kazuya in her arms, and walked away, his faith in humanity, broken from years of torture, loss, pain, misery, and now, his only friend in the world…abandoned him. He, truly didn't know if humans could ever be good people.

End chapter!

Yup, this is the end of the chapter!

First of all, why I decided to do a reboot. Honestly, I didn't like where the other story was going. It wasn't really planned out that much (which, this one thoroughly is) and there were some plot holes/errors, and such, and generally, I didn't like it. So, I thought about doing it again. I loved the concept of the last story, just not where it was going and too much to fix, so this is gonna be different, though have some of the same plot points, just so you know are aware of.

Now, as you can tell, this chapter was pretty much similar to the first chapter of the first story of Fairy Tail of mine as many plot points, lines, and such are quite similar, and yeah, that's true. Though, this has key differences which will play a role later on, too. Like, why is the large dragon after him? Who that woman was, things like that.

Now, for his pairing, it is gonna be a harem, and the ones in it right now are, Aries, Fem Zeref, Mavis, Mirajane and Lucy/Lisanna. For the last one, that one is up to you guys and girls.

While I am impartial to both Natsu/Lucy, or Natsu/Lisanna (though I am actually in the Natsu/Lisanna more than Natsu/Lucy, though I don't mind it, and enjoy it from time to time), one of them is gonna be with Natsu, and the other is gonna be with Kazuya. So, please decide! Would you guys and girls like the Strauss siblings to both be with Kazuya, or have Lisanna with Natsu, and have Lucy with Kazuya. Either way, they both will have big plot contributions in this story, but different directions depending who is with who.

Of course, suggestions are always welcome too~

Now, for his magic. Originally, I was gonna keep it at Light Devil Slayer Magic. But, since this is a new story, technically, just with some of the old ones plot points, so I thought that he could have some different Magic too, something either not really used in canon, or pretty much not at all (as far as I am aware anyway). So, here's the choices!

Gold Dragon Slayer.

Diamond Dragon Slayer.

Water Dragon Slayer.

Earth Dragon Slayer.

Wood Dragon Slayer.

Ice Dragon Slayer.

Snow Dragon Slayer.

Gravity Dragon Slayer.

Lightning Dragon Slayer.

Hybrid Theory, similar to God Serena, though not as many as eight of them, maybe like Earth and Water together just as an example, or three or something.

And yeah, that's it. Those are ones that I thought of, I'm sure others probably have thought of similar things too in the past.

Very Dragon themed, I know. But, there is a reason for that. It might be overused (I'm not actually sure, I haven't read many Fairy Tail fic's) there is a significant reason why they are all as that, one of them being that he is being chased by a huge Dragon and would need to fight it off in the future, somehow. Of course, he's gonna be using Celestial spirit Magic too, Aries, and possibly Virgo, also. If Hybrid Theory is the winner, I'll post the possible candidate magic for it, which will also include the ones above too.

So, please cast your votes on both, and until next time, thanks for reading!