Later that night Gray pulled Natsu and Erza into the drawing room where he informed them of the truth about Ultear and how dangerous she really was.

"A witch?" Erza said in disbelief when he told her this. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." Gray said. "And she is a force so evil, so powerful, that even now she reaches across the centuries to destroy me."

"I always knew there was something off about Ultear but a witch? It just seems impossible."

"You'll find the most things that seem impossible are in fact quite possible. She's as much as a real witch as I am a real vampire."

"I'm confused." Natsu said. "I thought witches were all old and ugly. She's pretty young."

"Believe me she's older than she looks. And a real witch doesn't have to be old or ugly she just has to be woman who practices the dark arts."

"Okay but what's her deal with you?"

"She's the very reason why I'm a vampire in the first place. She turned me into this damnable monstrosity!"

"But why?" Erza asked.

"Years ago both she and her mother were servants in my household. Her mother was the governess to me and my siblings while she was a maid. For as long as I've known her she's always had this delusional infatuation with me."

"Did you ever give her any indication that you returned her feelings?"

"Hell no! She pursued me aggressively and tried to seduce me God knows how many times but I always said no. How she had convinced herself in her deluded mind that I loved her I'll never know. But she thinks she loves me."

"Thinks?"

"If that woman really had any love for me she wouldn't have destroyed all the people I held dear!"

"She's killed people?" Natsu said.

"Yes she kills just like I do but unlike my targets, all hers were completely innocent and would never harm anyone! She's killed innocent men, women, even children! And it was all done without any pity or remorse! She even enjoyed some of it! I can still hear that horrible laugh she made when she killed Juliette!"

"Juliette?" Erza asked curiously. "I don't recall anyone in our family being named Juliette."

"She wasn't a member of our family. She was the woman I loved and was intending to marry. But Ultear was jealous of Juliette. Jealous of her wealth, her beauty, her sweetness, of that fact that I loved her. She wanted what Juliette had so she took great pleasure in using witchcraft to kill her."

"Dear God she sounds absolutely horrid." Erza said.

"She's the bloody devil."

"Will she try to harm any of us here? Or worse?"

"I wouldn't put it past her."

"Then we should all leave."

"No point she'd only follow us."

"You don't know that."

"I do know that. You think you can just run away and hide from an evil witch? That's like trying to run away and hide from Satan. No matter where we'd go, no matter what we did, she would find us."

"Then what do we do? How can we protect ourselves? It's not like they do witch trials anymore!"

"Yeah the one time those actually come in handy and nobody does them anymore." Natsu said.

"Don't panic. I will not allow her to touch anyone in this house." Gray assured them."I will do whatever it takes to stop her and so will her mother."

"Her mother?" Erza said.

"My governess. Ur Milkovich. Do you know anything about her?"

"I read somewhere that she was very loyal to your family. In fact it was said that she was your family's most loyal servant."

"She was. She was also a witch but a good one. She never sought to harm anyone but she knew nothing of her daughter's evil until it was too late."

"What happened to her?"

"According to my brother's journals Ur was horrified by what Ultear had done to me and my family. But she couldn't bring herself to destroy her own child so she banished her from this household. She was so hurt, betrayed, and guilt ridden by what had happened that she later she died of a broken heart. But sometimes when people die they don't exactly go away forever"

"What does that mean?"

"I mean that I believe Ur's spirit is protecting this house in the best way she can but there's only so much one can do when they're dead."

"Is there anything we can do?" Erza asked.

"I can handle Ultear on my own but listen very carefully to what I'm about to tell you. For your own safety don't ever let her in this house again and don't accept anything she gives you. Make sure no one else in the house accepts anything from her either. Never ever let Romeo out alone for any reason. She targets children especially because they're easily loved. And above all make sure that woman...No that creature never lays eyes on Juvia."

"Juvia?"

"Why would she want to hurt Juvia?" Natsu asked.

"I can't explain it right now just do as I say please!"

"Alright." Erza and Natsu both said.

Seeing Gray looking so scared like this was a definite sign of how much of a threat Ultear was. They were both becoming scared themselves so they did exactly what he said.

"She won't strike any time soon. She likes to lure people in a false sense of security before she attacks so be on your guard twenty-four seven." Gray warned. "For now I'll just focus on getting the business going again but I'll be completely aware of her. I promise you."

"I'm still not sure about all this." Erza said. "I mean I've spent my whole life thinking that vampires, witches, and ghosts were just the stuff of myths and legends and Natsu's stupid late night movies."

"Hey! Those movies are not stupid! They're classics!" Natsu argued.

"Oh please you don't really think those movies are really classics! And the only reason you watch those movies is because the hostess wears a dress that shows too much cleavage!"

"That's just a perk!"

"I'm sorry you guys lost me at late night movies. What is that? Some kind of nightly ritual?" Gray asked.

...

The next night Gray set up a meeting with the man who was in charge of prescribing all the trade routes for the shipping businesses held in Magnolia.

"Why the hell did you want me to meet you at this hour?" He asked Gray.

"I apologise for the unorthodox circumstances of this but I have a terrible allergy to sunlight. I burn quite easily."

"So what do you want from me?"

"I would like for you to prescribe all the best routes for my company."

"Your company?"

"The one established by my ancestor Silver Fullbuster."

"Isn't that bankrupt?"

"Yes but I plan to change that."

"Sorry but I'm under contract with the Milkovich shipping business."

"And what if I told you I could offer you a better contract? One that pays double what Miss Milkovich pays you?"

"Trust me buddy you can't pay me the way she does." He said raising his eyebrows.

Gray made a look of utter disgust when he realized what the man was hinting at.

"So that's her little game." He thought. He took in the man's appearance. He was by no means handsome. He was bald, potbellied, and clearly going through a mid-life crisis. "Seriously Ultear, I thought that you would at least have some standards."

"I see." Gray spoke. "I really didn't want to have to resort to this but alas you leave me no choice."

With some hypnotic persuasion he was able to get the man to prescribe all the best routes for his company. Once that was settled he sent out to hunt for his next meal. But his search was halted when he heard a haunting voice calling his name in the wind.

"Gray...Gray...Gray."

"Who's there?" He asked looking around.

At first he saw nothing but the misty night but then a figure in the distance caught his eye. Moving closer he saw that the figure was actually a little girl. A very familiar little girl with dark blue pigtails and an old fashioned dress. At once he realized right away who the little girl was.

"Wendy?" His voice along with the rest of him trembled. "Wendy is that you?"

It was her. His precious little sister was standing just a few feet across from him.

"You must stop Gray." She pleaded in her haunting voice. "You must not do this."

"Have you really come back?"

He started to walk toward her but she turned away from him and ran into the woods.

"No! Wendy! Wait! Don't leave me!" He chased after her but just like that she was gone again. "No Wendy! Please don't go away!"

He desperately looked all around in the woods for the child but she was no where to be seen.

"Wendy please come back! Please don't hate me!" He begged.

But no matter how much he begged and pleaded, Wendy did not show herself to him again that night. He felt his entire body become overwhelmed with the same sadness he felt when she died all over again and he fell to his knees sobbing.

"I cannot help myself!" He shouted in agony.