🐺These chapters are so irregular in length aren't they? Sorry about that.🐺

      "Rogue, look. He's breathing. Just..." Sting whispers to his friend as END (Natsu) stands there in shock. The demon glances at Gray sharply in hearing the two Dragon slayers, seeing the shallow, laboured rise and fall of the Ice Wizard's bare chest. The few people brace or stupid enough to have stayed gasped as they noticed the almost naked body. Sting, Rogue and Doranbolt don't appear phased. After all it wasn't that unusual for Gray to strip. He was probably naked long before whatever forced him into the ice.

END looked directly at Doranbolt, the red eyes of the demon bore into his own. Doranbolt takes a few hesitant steps back, away from the ice dome. In a deep, scratching voice, the monster tells him to listen.

"Mest.. he needs water. NOW!" The monstrous beast snarls out. Doranbolt is too scared to move, not really registering the name the demon used. All he could think was that END was spitting fire at him for investigating a ball of ice. The heat from the monster's fire had burnt his skin, and it hadn't even touched him.

"MEST!" The demon growls again, forcing Doranbolt to move with another softly spat flame. The monstrous beast had called him mest. Only fairy tail members and la-harr called him that. Was END an associate of Fairy tail then? But weren't Fairy Tail the ones responsible for END and Zeref's death in the first place? Doranbolt decided to do as asked, hurrying away towards a nearby shop on the outskirts that he hoped would have water.

         Sting and Rogue nod politely to the demon, neither saying a word to the monster, afraid to say something lest they give away the fact that they knew this particular monster personally. END likewise kept quiet, aware of the few stupidly brave souls still watching him.

        Doranbolt hurried back through the crowd, a pitcher of water and a cup in hand. Sting snatches the pitcher and cup from the Council member and hands both to END carefully, much to Doranbolt's surprise.

        END holds the pitcher awkwardly, the long claws getting in his way until Rogue boldly takes the items from the demon and pours a cup of water from the pitcher for him. The demon takes the cup from Rogue, carefully, so as not to scratch the shadow dragon slayer. Gently, the demon crouches over the fallen Ice Wizard, dribbling the water slowly into the unconscious wizard's mouth, massaging Gray's throat with his tail gently to encourage the unconscious man to swallow. Doranbolt watches END warily as the demon gets the young man to swallow reflexively. Gray remains unconscious.

"Who...who are you?"Doranbolt asks the demon warily, almost expecting the answer as the demon crouches down protectively over the Fairy Tail Wizard.

"Zeref's little brother."

"Wait, So you're related to Zeref? Wouldn't that make you...." Sting exclaimed, despite knowing half the story already.

     "There's not really time to explain. I'm Zeref's brother, resurrected as a fire demon with draconic powers. Anyway Let me help the Fairy, mest. He needs help." END rumbled softly, moving next to Gray, crouching to allow the Sabertooth guildmaster to carefully lift the unconscious Gray onto his back. Once the ice wizard was safely on board the demon's back, END flexed his wings and took off, flying at a speed too quick to follow.