"Impressive,"Aatos admitted, holding his fingers up to his chin.
"Mai will surely be excited to hear about today's Games. It was very good, even from the Fairy Tail guild,"Floyd stated, walking out of the buzzing arena as night was beginning with a dimming sun.
"You have become quite fond of that girl,"Aatos spoke with a small sigh in the beginning.
"You have as well, she's traveled with us for awhile now, it's only natural."
Aatos huffed, looking away. Floyd grinned before halting as he felt something hit his arm.
"I'm so sorry!"a petite blue haired girl bowed her head in apology,"I should've been watching where I was going!"
"It is fine, no need for worries or apologies. Accidents always happen,"Floyd waved his hands in front of his face.
"Are you perhaps Levy McGarden of Fairy Tail?"Aatos asked.
"Yes, though how did you know?"Levy raised a brow.
"It is not hard to come across information like the names of the members in Fairy Tail," he explained.
"You are right, but may I know your names since you know mine?"she asked witj a small smile playing on her lips.
"I'm Floyd, the fun one. And this is my companion Aatos,"Floyd I trounced with a peck onto her delicate hand.
"Nice to meet you two,"she nodded
"Come on Floyd, we better get back to Mai,"Aatos pulled on his arm, wanting to leave.
"I knew you cared for her!"Floyd rejoiced, letting go of Levy's hand.
Aatos shook his head with a groan and began dragging him off, leaving a speechless Levy.
"Half pint!"a tall man with long dark spiky hair called out to the bluenette. Besides him was Fairy Tail A and Fairy Tail B team's that joined the Grand Magic Games, unexpectedly.
"Who were you speaking to?"Mira asked from interest.
"Um, they said their names were Floyd and Aatos,"Levy answered as the groups went over to where she stood.
Carla stared down the path the men had took as they went,"Carla?"Wendy called to her exceed in small worry.
"Those men are the two that I saw,"she admitted.
They turned with serious gazes,"For now we'll do nothing. We can't just assume of them being bad,"Erza stated.
"Let's get to the inn-"
"Gray is not here!"Juvia wailed before Lisanna could get her sentence out.
"He'll be joining us at the inn,"Happy stated.
"So let's go, tomorrow will be tougher than today do we must rest and get our strength,"Mira said.

~time skip~

Gray shoved his hands into his pocket with a sigh up to the dark sky.
His steps echoed from the tunnel barely lit by the moonlight, taking the long way back to the inn.
He stopped walking, his gaze rising to stare ahead. His eyes widened as he stepped back,"Lucy,"he gasped seeing a blonde women with a cloak just at the end of the tunnel looking up to the stars.
His feet slowly began walking towards her, his echoing steps alerting her attention. Her hazelnut eyes moving to looking to him.
"H-How? Y-You're dead.."he spoke, remembering seeing her limb body on a casket.
Her body turned towards him and began walking, her steps were faint as she got closer. But she didn't stop at any point, she continued to walk past him.
Gray turn quickly, but her body had disappeared. She was no longer present to him.
He shook his head and began walking to the Fairy Tail inn.

~~~

"Mai, we're back!"Floyd sang as he opened the door to the blonde's room.
"Welcome back,"she greeted kindly with a smile as she sat up in her bed,"Did you enjoy yourself there?"
"Very, tomorrow you'll join us and just see for yourself hoe much fun,"Floyd sat on her bed.
"I can't wait,"she beamed.

"Lucy,"a voice gasped.

Mai clutched her ears. She hadn't heard this voice previously.
"Mai?"Aatos questioned, leaning on the doorframe.

"H-How? Y-You're dead,"the new voice continued to speak.

Her nails dug to the sides of her head want the voice to be gone. It was if the words were an axe against her skull.
"Mai-"Floyd jumped as Mai began to scream and cry as the voice continued, repeating the words over and over.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!"she pleaded on Floyd's chest as he hugged her to calm her. Her hands pushed against her ears until they hurt, but they wouldn't hurt as much as the pounding against her skull as a new voice spoke. It was slamming onto her head even more than the previous voices.
Her throat turned dry and soar from the screaming and crying of pain, she eventually began to only breathe heavily.
"Rest,"Aatos spoke softly to her, resting a gently hand against her soft golden hair. Her eyes closed slowly as her body felt heavy with sleepiness, leaning against Floyd as she took a small breath before going unconscious.