"We made it back alive!"

This rather loud announcement caused a green eye to open before the owner of the eye opened their other blue one. The mismatched eyes belonged to a girl named Vanya Dawnheart. She sighed and shut her eyes hoping by a miracle to sleep and ignore the ruckus. That however didn't happen. Seconds later the table she was sleeping on was lifted and thrown by Natsu Dragneel.

"Natsu!" Vanya cried but was ignored as she gripped the side of the table when is landed face down, meaning her body was being squished between the floor and the table.

'That…THAT ASS!" Her body twitched violently.

She sighed, 'Maybe, just maybe I could sleep here without being pushed into the conflicted.'

Quite suddenly though the table was once again lifted by Natsu and used to try and attack Gray Fullbuster, her fiancée. Sadly, Vanya still gripped the sides of the table and was thrown by the force and hurled towards Gray. Gray, on his part, luckily ducked and she flew into the pillar behind him. Why oh why Natsu couldn't just have stayed out another few hours.

"Ah, it's so loud. So much for having a drink to relax." Cana Alberona sighed. Vanya couldn't agree more.

Vanya staggered onto her feet, after sliding down the pillar, just as Cana, Gray, Elfman, Loke and Natsu were summoning their magic, troublesome. They were interrupted by rather large foot that stomped.

"Would you fools stop bickering like children!" It was a statement rather than a question but everyone froze nonetheless.

The deep and ragged voice belonged to their guild master, Makarov Dreyar.

"I'm sorry; I didn't know you were still here Master." Mirajane smiled.

Natsu laughed, the idiot. "Man! Talk about a bunch of babies. I guess I win this round guys!" He was rewarded with a giant foot stepping on him. Vanya smirked.

A squeak was heard from a blonde haired girl that Vanya had just noticed that she'd never seen before. Seeing as this was also true for the Guild master he said, "Well, it seems we have a new recruit." That explains it. "Yes sir!"

Master Makarov breathed in a large huff, which caused the blonde haired girl to look like she was about to piss in her pants (or in this case skirt), and shrank into his original unusually short form.

He smiled, "Nice to meet cha!"

"He's tiny! " 'How observant' Vanya snorted. "This little guy is really in charge?" The blonde said now unworriedly.

Mirajane laughed, "Of course his is. Allow me to introduce the Fairy Tail Guild Master Makarov."

Said man jumped and flipped into the air backwards .He landed the wrong way and got back onto his feet on the railing of the Guild house's second floor. He coughed as everyone in the large room look apprehensively.

"You've gone and done it again, you bunch of clods." He said angrily, "Take a look at how much paperwork the Magic Council sent me this time, this is the biggest pile of complaints yet! Are you out of your minds? All you kids are good for is getting the higher ups mad at me!" He was trembling now and every member of the guild hung their heads.

Then suddenly the pile of papers started to burn, "However, I say to hell with the Magic Council." Makarov smirked and threw the now burning fire of paper down that Natsu caught like a fish with his mouth and slowly began to eat. "Now listen up! Any power that surpasses reason still comes from reason, right? Magic isn't some kind of miraculous power, it is a talent that only works when the flow of energy inside of us and the flow of the energy of the natural world are in perfect synergization. To perform magic one must have a strong mind and the ability to focus. It should take over your being and come pouring out of your soul. If all we do is worry about following the rules then our magic will never progress. Don't let those blow hearts on the Magic Council scare you, follow the path you believe in because that's what makes the Fairy Tail Guild #1!" He yelled and raised his hand with all the fingers closed except his index and thumb.

Vanya raised her hand too like her guild master did just as everyone did at the same time. Cheers from all around were heard and she smiled. She loved the master's speeches that left her whole body tingly with amazement every time and eyes lightly stinging.

Everything soon settled down and was back to normal or at least normal people normal. Vanya was sitting at the bar next to Elfman. In her line of view from drinking her beer she noticed the spot next to her fill.

"Hello," the blonde that she saw earlier said to her as she put her drink down," I'm Lucy."

"Vanya Dawnheart." This caused Lucy to stare for a second before she gasped as recognition passed threw her eyes.

"You're V- Vanya? THE Thunderbolt Vanya?!" Vanya shrugged and took a sip of her drink but nodded. Lucy opened her mouth to say something but both of their attention was captured by Romeo, Macao's son, yelling.

"-And he's been gone for over a week now!"

Makarov stared for a moment in thought before saying, "If I remember correctly he took the job on Mount Hakobe."

Romeo nodded, "That's right and it's not that far so why won't somebody go look for him?"

"Listen kid, your old man's a wizard and like every other wizard he can take care of himself! Now go home have some milk and cookies and wait!" Makarov earned a punch from the six year old Romeo who called him a jerk. He turned and ran, "I hate you all!" He cried.

"That's gotta be tough." Lucy said still staring at where Romeo had run out. Vanya only sighed and nodded, "Yeah, I imagine it would be."

"I know it sounds like the master doesn't care but he really is worried." No sooner had Mirajane who was cleaning a dish had said this did Natsu smash his fist into the request board.

"What do you think you're doing?! You almost broke the board Natsu!" Nab, a fellow guild mate exclaimed. Natsu ignored him and proceeded to stomp out with Happy in tow.

"Why did Natsu get so upset?" Lucy asked.

"Probably because he and Romeo have a lot in common. I think he sees himself in Romeo." Mirajane replied. "Just because we're members of Fairy Tail doesn't mean we don't have our own personal issues. We all have had our fair share of suffering and loss." Lucy only looked down in sadness and thought.

Mirajane continued, "Many years ago Natsu's father left and never came back." Lucy looked up. "Well technically it wasn't his real father but the one who raised him. He was actually a dragon."

Lucy gasped, "He was a WHAT?! Natsu was really raised by a dragon?"

Vanya nodded, "Yeah. I was too."

"You too?!"

"You see when Natsu was a little boy a dragon named Igneel found him wondering the forest and took him in. Igneel taught him all about language, culture and magic. But one day Igneel just disappeared."

"Natsu mentioned that he was searching for Igneel."

"Yeah, he lives to see Igneel and won't stop searching for him until he does. "

"It's kinda cute, don't you think?" Mirajane chuckled.

"Did the same happen to you Vanya?" Lucy questioned.

"Yep, my father's name was Eukar. He found me in the forest and he too taught me magic and language. But he left like Igneel."

"I see." Lucy seemed deep in thought and indecisive. "Do you think Natsu would mind if I go with him?"

Mirajane shook her head, "I don't think he'd be against it."

Lucy looked at Mirjane for a second before standing up determined, "I'm going to go with him. It was nice meeting you." With that she left.

After Lucy left the conversation they had made Vanya think of Eukar. He too disappeared the same day Natsu's father did, July 7. It was very suspicious and she always tried to ignore it because it could be coincidental. But there was a feeling that told her that it wasn't and against her better judgment ignored it.

Mirajane noticed Vanya's brooding aura so she interrupted her train of thought. "So, have you and Gray set a date for the wedding yet? I know you two have been having trouble deciding."

The question caused her to blush lightly and her heart skipped a beat at the mention of Gray and the wedding. "Yeah, we decided in the spring of next year, March 19th."

"Tell me how he proposed again?!" Mirajane beamed and leaned forward on her elbows on the bar. The action caused Vanya to lean backwards.

"Mirajane I've told you a thousand times!" Her only reply was a "so?" She sighed and recalled January 31st, AKA the day of Gray's proposal.

***Flash Back***

"Shit! It's cold!" Vanya exclaimed.

Beside her Gray smirked, "It's not that cold."

"Speak for yourself, you ice wizard! You got no right!" Gray just chuckled.

"So why'd you wake me up, you know I dislike being woken up."

"If I'd leave you to wake up yourself you'd never wake up."

Vanya smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of her head with a laugh, "I suppose so."

"Anyway, I want to show you something."

"Better be good…." She muttered darkly.

Gray just shook his head with a grin and took her hand in his own. Vanya allowed herself to be dragged and she recognized the path they were going on. Their own secret spot where they went to get away from everything. It was a cliff where they would sit with trees behind and beside them that overlooked Magnolia. They were almost there when Gray stopped them and turned to her.

"I need you to put this blind fold." Gray held out a black blind fold that Vanya looked at lazily as perverted thoughts enter her mind.

"Gray…Babe…. I don't think we could do that out here but if you want to experiment that's fine too." She said nonchalantly.

Gray blushed and stuttered, "T-that... I-I…J-just put it on! And get your mind out of the gutter." He blushed more as mental images entered his mind of their own*cough* last blind fold experience. Gray wrapped and tight it on Vanya's head. He lead her the rest of the way before he reached his destination.

"Okay don't move and don't take off the blind fold."

"Are you getting the hand cuffs?

"Vanya!"

"Just kidding," she laughed. She could hear that he was doing something with his magic and wonder what. She heard his footsteps as he approached and went around her to grab her from behind. He lead her a couple of steps before letting go of her and undid the blindfold. That's when she saw it in big bold ice letters created by Gray. 'Will you marry me?' It was night time and snowflakes were falling with the stars bright and the Magnolia city lights on behind the ice words. It was beautiful.

She turned to see Gray kneeling with a box in his hand opened. It held a simple silver ring with a single diamond.

"I know that we've only turned 18. Hell you've been 18 for only 2 days! It's just that I know with every fiber of my being that I DO want to spend the rest of my life with you. We've been going out for almost 3 years. We are wizards and something could happen anytime we go on a job. So, Vanya Althea Dawnheart, will you marry me?" Both their hearts were beating so fast.

Vanya opened her mouth only to find she couldn't speak. She was honestly surprised because even though she imagined herself and Gray being married she thought it'd take him until they were 30 to ask. He was the type of guy you would have to date forever and then marry. Or so she though. Apparently she was wrong.

To say Gray was scared was an understatement because he was frightened and Gray Fullbuster wasn't ever afraid! It seemed like an eternity before she whisper something that his ears could barely pick up but made him feel like he could fly.

"Yes." Vanya was suddenly kissed and swept off her feet. Her arms wrapped around Grays's neck and Gray had his around her torso. They kissed passionately before Gray let her down onto her feet again and slipped the ring on her left hand. Their foreheads were pressed together and for once they both smiled bright genuine ones.

Gray was the first to break the comfortable silence, "So, what'd you say about experimenting?"

Vanya only laughed and needless to say their experimenting caused her to catch a cold the next day.

***End of Flashback***

So deep into the thought of remembering that day Vanya failed to realize Mirajane was calling her name multiple times until she snapped her fingers in front of Vanya's face. "Sorry."

"Its fine, you're always out of it when I mention it."

Just as Vanya opened her mouth to respond a voice interrupted her, one that she knew very well. "Nagging Vanya about the proposal again Mirajane?" She turned and looked at Gray who spoke.

Mirajane just laughed, "I can't help it, it was so romantic. I didn't know you were a romantic Gray, I suppose only for Vanya, huh?"

Gray's cheeks tinted red and he coughed, "Ready to head home? I'm sure Alfus is missing us."

Vanya nodded, "Okay let's go, it's been a long day."

She said a quick bye to Mirajane before walking out with Gray and heading home together.