A/N: Thank you for your patience. Last year was a nightmare and this year wasn't much better. I also updated all previous chapters to make them flow better. The biggest change was in the last chapter. If you are a new reader welcome! You already got the edited version! For my returning readers you can, if you want too, go back and see where I edited to make things more colloquial, clearer and consistent. I promise all the chaos has a plan.

I also changed the language names from Sun - Helios (ancient Greek for Sun) and Preah short for Preah jan (which is a gorgeous word for moon in Khmer language of Cambodia). It won't change the overall direction of the story it was more for tone and to have a story with more meat. So any edits I make is to refine the overall product. I've gotten to a point, I would rather take my time with each chapter than to rush it and have to make tons of edits like I've been doing. For instance, it took me a week to rewrite this (note I say rewrite because the whole first version got deleted no thanks to fanfiction.) That's research, going back to previous chapters making sure this one lines up with the others. It's actually been a lot of work lol!

A/N: To my new favorites and followers and my ever increasing ghosters, thank you for being as awesome as you are.

A/N: I have seen many stories where the update chapter is just an author's note taking a hiatus, I swore to myself I wouldn't do that. If I post, I post legitimately with a chapter for you all. So you won't have to fret.

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Chapter 6

Memories: The First Night

Even after a long night of pillow fights and junk food, Natsu had a hard time falling asleep. He couldn't stop thinking about the spirit from earlier, finding it eerie it was at the academy. Many spirits come out at night, but very few can become corporal and the ones that have the ability are incredibly rare nowadays. So why at their place of study?

All these kinds of musings and more kept him staring at the ceiling in his black sleeping bag with red inlay on the floor. Almost out of habit his eyes caught the moon's glow creeping into the room and settle like a blanket over none other than Lucy. Ears sharper than a cat tuned in to what sounded like labored breath afterwards.

::**::

Space cradled every curve of her body as if she were a newborn babe; when she moved her head, soft ebony hair imprinted with stars shifted as if the cosmos were her tresses. Each step taken was supported by waves of galaxies rippling out underneath the balls of her toes. Approaching closer, the colors in the sky changed from blue to deep and vibrant hues of orange, pink, yellow, red and magenta smeared together. Her heart exploded with anticipation knowing who aided in creating such a spectacle.

Walking little by little was no longer an option and she broke into an all-out run while carrying deep purples, hushed pinks and the darkest blues of twilight in her wake.

Finally, at her destination she was greeted with the warm hands, tender kisses, strong arms and sensual touches. His voice sent a tingling wave down her neck and spine. Laughter filled her hearing, light blurred her vision, his caring administrations overwhelmed her body to a point where she could taste his eternal longing.

::**::

Through each paced inhale she exhaled with a name almost hidden in her breathing. "Helios..."

It took seconds for Natsu to be at her side. With a heady breath held her hand. "I'm here."

Elation turned into anxiety as her skin began to glow whiter than fresh fallen snow.

::**::

A mars black sky broken up by pure ethereal brilliance settled as the last of his rays disappeared for the next several hours in human time. Time passed differently for celestials than for mankind. Minutes for mortals translated into hours for them, hours for humans is days for them, days for mortals are weeks for them, weeks for mortals are months on their plane, months are years, years are decades, decades are eons so on and so forth. She wondered if humans could ever understand that with each passing cycle of twelve hours is a week and a half. That means her and Helios are unable to see each other for almost two weeks straight.

Letting her thoughts trail on him and their next passionate filled meeting, curled within the halos of ice crystals, which allowed her form fitting dress made with layers of sheer silk to cascade down to earth creating a reflection against the ocean, as if the sea were made of sparkling diamonds.

Her back arched comfortably as she stretched, when she caught sight of a human headed towards her. It wasn't unusual for man to seek her out and call upon her, as none other than the man in the moon. As stupid as they were, some did understand she wasn't a man; but most of her hope for the odd creatures diminished with each passing century.

With keen eyes only a celestial could have, followed the figure up to where her dress lay against the arctic waters, when a deep raspy voice belonging to someone no younger than forty spoke.

"My fairest maiden...at last..."

Saying nothing listened, she was not called a man this time, even still figured this was one of those seeking enlightenment.

"Now, now, do not be so distant with me. I have come all this way for you, you know?"

This was not what was expected. He saw her. Even still, refused to give any implication she heard him and instead shifted the tides beneath the ice under the full moon.

"Alright, we will do this the hard way." From underneath his hooded robe made of brown hemp, a hand reached high above, holding the head of a golden serpentine staff imbued with turquoise eyes, making physical contact with the rainbow ribbon that belonged to the north.

Most journeyman came to this frozen wasteland testing their bravery or seek spirituality. The aurora borealis is what drew most here to the north, be it dragons, a glimpse of rumored Valkyrie, a promise by God, healthy childbirth or (her favorite) a sea spirits belonging to loved ones long since passed, peacefully flying through the sky.

None of those were true, the borealis was her wedding dress she wore when she married Helios. Instead of tossing the dress away, turned it into a blanket for all of mankind to gawk at in wonder. However, the most guarded secret had been that it was a bridge connecting her and Natsu to earth. It would open once every five-hundred years; but very select few were imbued with that knowledge and as far as she knew they were all dead.

Alright he got her attention. "Who dare comes before me enshrouded in mystery, demanding my attention. Reveal yourself at once."

Putting his hands in front of him in defense, backed away from the icy shore a bit. "I should have known your tempestuous nature would be first to greet me. I came here to talk." Taking his left hand reached to flip the covering away from his head revealing greasy black tresils, cracked eyeliner that stretched from underneath his eyes to his temples, his eyes so dark it was almost as if he didn't have any color except for the whites behind his irises and hollowed cheeks from hunger. "I am Serataph descendent of the school of Rekhmire. I am the last who holds the ancient knowledge beyond our old and dead deities."

Rekhmire. Now he was a madman. She held a secret wish, praying that out of all the ones who obtained such deep secrets, he would remain in his tomb along with his followers within his crypt of curses. Knowing he was that man's student, gave her no comfort. Everyone who followed him, fell victim to their own magic and were doomed for eternity.

::**::

Lucy broke into a sweat as fever set in. "مخه جزمة. (moxxu gazma.)"

He had to stare at her and at first silently laughed. From what it sounded; it was Arabic. What threw him off was what was said. Despite how terrible the situation was, he couldn't help but miss the insults she used to throw. And she was particularly fond of that one. Natsu realized it was what had been currently spoken in Egypt as modern Arabic, even though the origin was ancient Egyptian; but the meaning was still there. The only problem with this insult was Rekhmire had been the only one she would call "as low and as dirty as a shoe", even after the sorcerer's passing.

"Psst Happy, get over here!"

Happy came from under Natsu's blanket he'd been using and rubbed closed eyes with a tiny blue paw. "Hnnnn Natsuuu, what is it?" Flying upward inspected Lucy's forehead and forced a whisper as he pulled his paw away in shock. "Wah!"

Quickly covering the cat look-a-like's mouth with a large hand, took the other and used his index to shush the small creature with wings. "I need you in proximity for this one. I have to cast an enchantment to see what's going on inside that head of hers. But first..." He snapped his fingers to erase the invisibility spell. "I need that lowered; it's going to take a bit of power."

"Is it a one time use?"

Rubbing his hands together created a tiny flame that flittered ever so delicately, with a few quick movements reduced it to the tips of his index, middle and thumb. He balanced it with a precision you would expect from a surgeon onto her temples. "Nah, but I only have two uses left." Casting a side glance added, "I needed a being from our plane close so this would work. It takes up a lot of energy and magic. Despite me being me, this is one of those rare occasions I need you to be near." As he finished speaking the flames disappeared within the locations he touched.

"I've never seen you so...tender...it's almost creepy."

"Shut it. It's starting."

A little, yellow, triple centered circle with various patterns hovered over the sleeping girl's head, almost blending in with her hair and surroundings. It turned in various directions before the very center turned into a mirror as images shifted about forming a window.

Happy and Natsu peered into it.

::**::

Serateph didn't appreciate her retort upon hearing who's house he belonged to. It was downright cruel, he respected his house, learned from his house, thrived on its sand, the brick... everything. He even raided the tomb of his father figure, believing that if he went far enough could become a deity himself. "I would watch what you say if I were you."

She had just about enough of this being. Fortunately, he didn't realize how late it had become, nor how soon her husband would be here. "Are you threatening me mortal?"

Brushing his ragged cloak off raised an eyebrow thinking this might be his chance. "On the contrary, I have an offer you cannot refuse."

This bothered her. He was able to touch the bridge testing to see if it was close to opening, put her on human time, demand he have her attention and now spoke with a threat. She needed to buy time till her husband arrived. "What is it you need?"

Ecstatic, pulled out several items: a strand of horse hair from the finest stallion in the wild, rice wine blessed by Buddhists, the last remains of stegosaurus skin, a rock that glowed crimson, he pulled the snow from where her gown barely reached shore, a bit of his own hair and slime from a rare exposit in the southern mountains. "My proposition is one night with me, and your secret about the bridge of lights will be kept."

::**::

Her memories of the past. Their past. Hearing that beast ask to sleep with Preah one night boiled him from the inside out. If it weren't for the fact he had guests and Lucy there, he would have burned everything; but as it stood emitting such a radiation, nobody in that room would have survived except for him and Happy.

::**::

The tone in Serateph's voice chilled her, as if an unwanted scorpion gently crawled up her leg. Careful not to show any emotion checked for dawn. A short breath of relief filled her. Her shift was almost over. That was no ordinary staff. "Where did you obtain that scepter? It was Rakhmire's, it was supposed to have been destroyed before he was mummified." Just a bit more and she would be free.

Proudly petting the gold snake with long iron teeth, hummed. "My teacher gave it to me. I was last of his students, so why should I not have it!" Delighted about telling the story began to ramble, going into every tiny detail on how he managed to obtain it from the seven-hundred-year-old sarcophagus.

Inwardly rubbing her temples moaned to herself without breaking the facade, humans were indeed idiots. There was a reason all the spirits said to destroy that very staff. Tuning him out glanced to her left, and there he was in all his wonderful warmth. Incidentally his presence forced the spell to be broken and put her back on celestial time.

"And I snatched it!" Just at the end of his story he noticed daylight. The burlap man panicked and frantically attempted to pick up his spell items before the sunrise could touch them. "You tricked me!" The utter betrayal was the most honest emotion he revealed the entire night. Glaring death at the sun, seethed with anger and hatred. With his hood back on retreated into the forest, leaving no sign of his presence ever being there.

"Preah?" What he didn't expect was to have her throw herself at him in an embrace. "What is going on?"

Straightening herself up within his arms announced. "I have decided to go visit the Highlands."

Chuckling put his hands on his hips and grinned. "Miss your monster pet, eh?"

Stuffing her nose up in the air, turned her back to him. "What would you know."

It turned him all sorts of directions when she decided to be difficult. "How about I give you a monster pet?" Earning him a punch to the face. "Man, I love those punches."

Spinning on her haunches, twisted and stuck her tongue out."You are what humans call a pervert. No special joining this morning."

Wanting to chase after her, but knowing in their positions couldn't, shouted at her retreating figure instead. "That is cruel! Forcing me to do without for a week and a half!"

::**::

His knee twitched in agitation. Her memories were returning, the only problem was the effect it could have on her psyche if they return too fast. Feeling her temperature again crossed his arms and sat on the end of the bed. Happy fell asleep before the magical window closed and to make sure he wasn't seen, Natsu snapped his finger to turn the invisibility spell back on, just in time for the morning sun to stream in.

The snap was loud enough to rouse Gray, who also noticed three sets of quilts on top of Lucy. "Why is she under all that?"

"Fever, an unusually high one."

Levy hearing the hushed tones and whispers, blinked her bleary eyes awake. "Who has a fever?" Finally having her eyes adjust saw the mound of fluff. "Hmn, Lu?" Investigating herself, walked over to feel her friend's forehead. "If it gets any higher, we take her to an E.R..."

Gray stretched allowing his back to crack in several places. "I second that."

"No way in hell am I moving her. She stays here...with me." There were three things they didn't understand about why she was having a fever. Her magic was beginning to awaken, he was the only one in the universe that could make sure her mortal body could withstand it and she had a typical cold. "Look moving her could make it worse."

Levy sighed. "We're staying too then, but if this lasts more than a couple of days, we're taking her. No arguments."

Still a bit groggy Gray scratched his head yawning then emphasized her point. "Yeah. Don't care, if it means her safety, I'll murder you."

Natsu grumbled. " Oi, like hell I would put her life at risk..."

The other two in the room looked back and forth to each other as if having a silent conversation. In truth Levy and Gray have known each other for quite some time and both would protect their little blondie, even if it costed them their lives.

"Oi…Are you two just gonna stare at each other or what...?"

Levy sighed. "Give us a minute Natsu, I need to speak with Gray." With that she pulled said man out of the room.

In retort he just looked away and huffed after he watched Gray unceremoniously stumble about as his arm had been practically yanked off by a tiny girl. Breathing deeply blew out a little flame.

Keeping his powers under control had been no easy feat. He noticed it was easier if he let off the excess in his magic here and there. The parlor tricks, as he called them, like the invisibility spell for Happy, concealing some features of his appearance, memory altering and a bit of influence; like when he had to calm Levy down before she tried to beat him; all those were more akin to spells rather than his raw nature. Since he was Helios, breathing exercises over the past three months helped keep his fire under check. Mostly. If anyone looked behind his enormous entertainment system, they would notice a lot of scorching. Which is ninety percent why he had such a set up. Under his bed was the worst of it, any more uncontrolled power releases and he's going to end up crashing through the floor down to the next level.

He was already on his fifth bed.

::**::

They ended up inside Gray's dorm room.

"Listen Gray, I have a feeling we should convince our dear principal to let us have a co-ed dorm."

"Ah, I was actually thinking along the same lines." Shoving his hands in his pockets leaned against his door frame and closed his eyes deep in thought. " Especially after last year..." Trailing off made another note. "He's highly protective of our Lucy." He glanced over to Levy, who was standing in front of him, to see what she thought on the matter. "Do you think he's dangerous?"

Blue grey eyes made direct contact to his. "I think he likes her. More like love, it feels deep to me. That's where the protection comes from, I think we should monitor him a bit more before making a final decision."

"You've been looking into him for a while now. Find anything?"

Tired of standing, opted to sit on his bed that had been placed as far from the window as possible. The frame squeaked as she adjusted herself to a more comfortable position. "That's the weird part, it's like he doesn't exist outside our school. I've looked through countless databases, hacked into the police files, went as far as to think maybe he was foreign born away from our continent. Nothing outside of Dormhan, it's like he popped out from nowhere."

He thought about her report, it further increased his uneasiness. "Is she in danger from him?" Asking the second time, he needed to hear a firmer answer. Sure, he had loved Lucy, even had bubbling feelings for her at one point. Though he soon realized they were the least compatible of a pair, platonic as family as they may be, he'd rather eat dog shit than let anything happen to her.

"That day he picked her up from her dorm, I sensed no ill will from him and was comfortable enough to leave them alone. If we really didn't trust him, why did we leave those two alone?"

"You're saying without noticing it, we've already formed a deep bond with him..." He moved next to Levy on the bed.

"I think so yes. I think the truth about him will reveal itself in time. I believe our trio formed into four."

Laying back behind Levy on the soft surface covered in an ice themed bed set, stretched a bit again. The hard floor caused his back to ache a bit. "So now what?"

She opted to follow suit and placed herself next to Gray. "I think us four being apart is a bad idea."

"After a nap we head over to Markarov?

Slipping under the covers she agreed. "I think Natsu can take care of Lucy."

With that Gray made the call. "Yo, Natsu. Levy and I will be back in about..." Staring at his cell phone clock, calculated the nap plus the visit to Markarov and making sure Levy could grab more things from her dorm for a couple more days at Natsu's. "...Four and half hours, keep our girl alive, will you?" He had to pull the phone away from his ear as Natsu shouted insults at him for insinuating he'd let anything happen to her. With that Grey hung up, situating himself so he and Levy were back to back.

::**::

After being hung up on Natsu grumbled. "What in the hell could take them four and a half hours?!" Snapping his fingers released Happy's invisibility spell as he paced back and forth. "Happy wake up."

Happy uncurled from Lucy's feet and flew groggily towards his master. "Why are you so grumpy..."

"See if you can find ginger."

Happy looked down slightly crestfallen. "Can I have fish?"

Natsu then reflected how sharp he may have sounded; acting more like a pharaoh to a servant than a friend. He rubbed in between his eyes uncharacteristically, "I'm sorry Happy." He rummaged through his freezer from the mini fridge and pulled out a small frozen fish for Happy to chew on while he went on his hunt. "Take this fish with you," Next he pulled out his pouch full of tikkers and pulled out three blue pieces and two red pieces. "Bring these with you in case you can't find the root in the wild."

"Yay fish!" He eyeballed the strange pieces of blue and red. "Huh? What are these?"

"Ah shit, I never explained them to you. It's the currency here, blue is five pieces and red is ten pieces."

Tiny blue paws held the red one up to the sun. It reminded him of stain glass windows. "They're pretty! Do we have to spend it?"

"Only if you can't find ginger in the wild."

Flying on his back ogled at the ten-piece tikker. "If I don't use one of the red ones, can I keep it?"

Hearing that the red one was his companions favorite, warmed his heart. "Yes, you can keep a red one."

Unbeknownst to either of them, Lucy saw the flying blue cat through a feverish fog and quickly fell back to sleep.

::**::

Two hours later their alarm went off. Gray found himself with Levy snuggled next to him, he picked up his phone and squinted at the screen. "Hey, time to get up."

She grumbled and smacked him with a pillow.

"Don't give me that, I'm hungry and we got shit to do."

Rolling on her back, gave her friend a mock glare. "Ugh fine I'll get dressed and then we'll see Markarov."

"Hurry up."

Getting out of bed walked out the door and waved him off. "Yes, yes."

It was forty minutes later when Levy returned. She had gone to her dorm to shower, change and pick up more clothes for her and Lucy. It was in these cases where she appreciated the walk to men's dorm being only ten minutes. "Alright let's go."

::**::

Gray took off his sweater. "It's always so hot, even in autumn."

"All I ask is you don't walk into Markarov's office naked." She gave him a once over at his state of dress. "If it weren't for me you would have lost your scarf, your jacket and your outer sweater."

He casually took off his last shirt.

"Damn it Gray... I'm NOT your hamper."

He patted her on the head with a grin. "I can't help it, I'm hot even when it's cold."

"Hmph, it could be below zero and you would still say it's warm...while the rest of us die from hyperthermia."

"I think that's the only time when I'm comfortable..."

"You can't be normal."

::**::

Markarov bobbed his head up and down while in his wheelchair when his door slammed open as a snot bubble popped; causing him to hit his forehead in the middle of a nod at the sudden bang. Looking up to see what caused the disturbance witnessed a blurred version of two of his students: one practically naked and the other tugging at him to retreat with all her might.

"Gray...you have nothing on except boxers! Get back here..." Her strength gave out and she fumbled backwards. "Ooowww...I said NOT to go in naked..."

Glancing back at her motioned. "I'm not. See? Boxers."

Rubbing her head rolled her eyes and threw his clothes at his back, they slid off him and landed into an unkempt pile.

Markarov was already annoyed at the display but expected no less from these two. "Gray, Levy what do I owe you the pleasure?"

Walking up crossed his arms with confidence. "We want to share a dorm room."

Old wrinkled eyes stared, then continued to stare, looked away for a second only to blink and stare again. Sighing used weather worn hands to pick-up old-fashioned glasses with silver frames, cleaned them using the corner of his green shawl draped over his lap, then placed them on his face to see better. Leaning forward folded his hands together and settled them on an old cherry wooden desk. "And why should I allow this?"

Feeling dainty hands on his shoulder told him to let her speak.

"Principal Markarov, we feel it would be for our benefit that the girls and guys stay together in one dorm."

His long white beard and mustache moved to a frown in disapprovement, his eyes said it all. "You know the rules. There are reasons why men and women are separate. I simply cannot allow it."

Levy took a different approach thinking she might be able to get what they wanted if she expressed if it was for safety.

"Sir, with all due respect we feel it would be in our benefit since Lucy was attacked last night by something. We feel if it was us four: Lucy, Natsu, Grey and me with maybe three others of our choosing, we would be much safer. We fear a repeat of last year." It was an unspoken rule at the academy. Nobody talks about the disappearances, unless one feels it's happening again.

Markarov rested his eyes in thought. He knew about the attack, Mest informed him. They were in the beginning of October. Maybe it would be for the best since a student was already targeted. "I see..." Most of the students here have no family to speak of, or their guardians aren't in any position to take care of them. The academy was meant for students with excellent grades and who had no place to go. Wheeling from his desk to one of the book cases that aligned the giant office, pulled on a maroon spine to the far right, off a shelf mounted next to the door. It was on the academy, the first principal, the state and all the rules. "I know without even opening this, there has never been a co-ed dorm. For good reason I might add."

Levy and Gray saw disappointment settle within the other.

Watching the two again with a raised eyebrow added, "But..." Which earned him perked ears. "I don't see why we can't get approval this year. This is our most dangerous time after all. How many students went missing last year?"

Gray answered with a morbid tone to his voice. "Seven. Seven students."

Nodding in approval for the attentive answer, nudged further. "And tell me; what happened before each student went missing?"

Seeing as how Levy felt uncomfortable with this topic, again it was Gray who responded. "Sir you know more than-"

With a more authoritative tone interrupted him. "What happened?"

Not wanting to relive last year, let out an exasperated breath. "Each one reported an attack and then went missing within the same week of their individual report. Four females, three males. Students stopped going missing after the end of October. A year ago."

Shifting his glasses up on a large nose, sniffed. "Correct. The first two happened within a day of each other on Thursday and Friday during the first week of October. During the third week, we had one go missing on Monday, then Thursday and finally on Sunday. The last week of October two more students vanished on the twenty- ninth on Monday and the thirty-first on Wednesday. There's a predator around these parts, though the bodies were never found I feel that they are out there somewhere."

Levy finally spoke. "What does all this have to do with our request."

"Everything." Opening the book, he grabbed, flipped through nearly half the pages before finding the condition he was looking for. "Per this Academy's rules and having to abide by the laws of our district: the only time a co-ed dorm is permitted, is when our students' lives are in danger. It says here that the conditions for terms of endangerment are: If only one student faces such endangerment; it shall not be permitted and instead sent back to his/her family. If it is two students in a relationship, they may be not only denied but expelled if accusations are found to be false; if accusations are proven true, they shall also be sent home. If three students come forward with such endangerment; it shall not be permitted, instead they shall be removed from the premises till the claimed report has been investigated. If the report has been proven false, they shall be expelled. If it is multiple students exceeding the amount with similar reports of both male and female gender following a previous claim; then a co-ed dormitory is allowed."

The two gawked at the lengthy amount of conditions. "Even if three students came forward they wouldn't be allowed?"

Markarov studied Levy at her inquiry. "If three students came forward with a problem, and the problem is deemed baseless it won't be allowed. If three students come forward with a problem and it has been proven false, wanting to do it for selfish reasons; it will be denied, and they could be expelled for falsifying a report. If three students come forward with a problem and the problem has merit, then our district will send them home instead till the danger has passed."

Gray now dressed in his clothes with his jacket and sweater around his waist prodded. "So how does that give us a chance?"

He rolled back to his desk while grinning ear to ear. "It gives you a chance...because it's an eerily similar situation and you're proposing to find students who have been attacked. It's too big and I've already sent four other students home due to claims of an attack by a mysterious figure." During his report, he rotated his wheelchair over to the window with deep wooden blinds and pulled the string to let light in. "At this rate if something isn't done to protect our students, we'll have to shut down the academy for good."

The taller of the two friends groaned out of frustration and rubbed the back of his black haired head. "Old man, what do you want us to do."

Levy punched his arm in a scolding manner. "Gray..."

Markarov just grumbled. "After the serial kidnappings last year, I built a dorm two stories high. The only way in is the first floor. The second floor is where the rooms, bathrooms and kitchen are. The ones who live here will walk to school together, walk to the dorm together and are not allowed to stay out at school past five and will be locked in the dorm with a policeman standing at guard no later than seven. Due to the curfew all outside activities will be finished by that time. If a student fails to do so, it will be their first warning of three. After three not only is that student banned from the dorm, but depending on the number of students left, everyone else will either relocate to their original dorm or depending on severity be sent home. Everything you will need, shall be provided. Think of this like protective custody."

Levy and Gray felt winded, but it was Gray who spoke first. "Let me get this straight, our roommates have to be ones that have been attacked?"

Their principal nodded in affirmative. "Yes. Though Lucy and Natsu described a homeless man, the previous reports of last year were not so different. Be it they didn't know how to describe the attack, or so little was seen that it was the only thing they could think of. This year the reports are random but for safety we sent the other four students' home. Lucy and Natsu were both there last night, so they will be the first to move into the dorm. Since it was you two who proposed the idea, you two will be moving in next. I need three more students. If you can find three more students, I will get everything started. I will designate a dorm leader of my choosing."

It was Levy who spoke, almost afraid of the answer. "And... who is our dorm leader."

A wicked gleam sparked in Markarov's eyes. It felt as if they shrunk, while he became ten times bigger, filling the entire office. His voice boomed overwhelming their hearts with dread and anxiety as he laughed. "Erza Scarlett."

::**::

Grey was the first to freak after leaving Markarov's office. "Erza...we're gonna die!"

Levy did her best to calm him down. "It... might not be so bad..."

Shuddering as if the devil himself had been after him retorted. "It's Erza we're talking here. She's going to feed me to some beast for breakfast. Forget the serial killer, we'll be killed before the first day is done."

Rolling her eyes at his antics looked to the sky. "Let's go tell Natsu and Lu-chan."

::**::

The info dump they gave him, was not what Natsu expected. Serial kidnappings, how they got the dorm etc. It was so much information he had to pause to process. "When I first got here... why did nobody mention there was something like that going on? Not even Lucy said anything, I thought this was a pretty peaceful place." In the middle of feeling slighted a small cough broke through bitter thoughts. Blocking the others view kneeled in front of Lucy to steal some of the heat from her fever by using his fingertips; till a familiar warm luminescence flowed into them, signaling that he was successful.

He pondered on where Happy could be with that ginger. It had been sometime. After his ministrations finally commented. "We have to deal with this Erza?"

Levy spoke informatively. "Yes. We used the version you two gave to Mest so we could get the approval."

After thinking about their story with reports from the previous year Gray smacked his fist into his palm. "All the reports that were heard before they disappeared varied from homeless man, to man in a hood, a mugger, a pedophile...they were always different." Fixing his gaze to Levy noted that she had a similar conclusion.

"That they could all have been this, whatever it was that attacked Lu?"

Frowning, Natsu turned to shake his head at them. "I think our situation, and their situation is...unrelated."

Levy moved over to where Natsu had been kneeling in order to gage why he thought so. "What's your basis?"

"I'm twenty percent positive that these serial vanishings you speak of are human done. If mine and theirs are related...just trust me when I say we are in for a world of hurt."

The answer caught Levy and Gray by surprise. This wasn't the first time he acted like he knew more than he let on.

Right before Gray decided to beat Natsu senseless for withholding information, Happy came in through the open window. "NATSSUUUU! I FOUND ITTTT!"

That's when it dawned on Natsu that he forgot to put the invisibility spell back on.

Mezatron: I'm so happy you love it so much lol! I'm sorry it took so long to update. But this is a heafty 6,060 chapter that took a week to write lololol I hope you guys enjoy it :D