Third Person's P. O. V:
Thick plumes of black smoke drift into the sky from the bomb that had gone off on Racer's chest. Gray stares with numb shock from his spot up on the cliff. Both pain and denial pound loudly in his ears. Gray just couldn't quite wrap his mind around the fact that both of his friends, Lyon and Becky, were dead. He pushes the dark thoughts out of his mind. There was just no possible way they could be dead. They were stronger than that.
"Lyon... Becky..." Gray grits out through his teeth, feeling fear for his friend.
"No...! Is he... how could this happen...?!" Sherry mutters, mushed tears in her eyes.
Gray says determinedly, "They would never give up that easily. Let's find them!" He holds out a hand and creates an Ice Slide to get down to the ground. "Come on!" Gray slides down and begins frantically searching for his two friends.
Sherry remains up on the cliff, tears dripping down her face as she believes Lyon is gone forever. Her heart suddenly turns dark with those thoughts.
In that moment, a beam of black and white light shoots up into the sky, and everyone could see it.
As he searches for his missing friends, Gray barely notices a hate-filled Sherry behind him, hair tossing in the wind. Sherry then attacks Gray from behind, the roots wrapping tightly around him. Gray struggles in an attempt to get free, but Sherry's magic was too strong.
Sherry continues to squeeze Gray until he loses consciousness. Sherry releases Gray and he remains prostrate on the ground.
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Becky wanders through the woods, her brows furrowed, Anima Eyes activated and searching for her friends. After getting separated from Lyon when the bomb went off, she'd tried to find either him, Gray or Sherry but found none of them, so she decided to just keep walking until she found someone.
Becky soon sees familiar auras and hurries forward. She reaches a clearing with a river, where Lucy, Hibiki, Charlele, Happy and an unconscious Wendy are.
Becky's eyes widen when Gray shoots ice at Happy, who was heading for Natsu, collapsed on a raft Gray is standing on, his cheeks bulging with bile, and groaning, and he becomes encased in it, causing him to drop to the ground.
Becky rushes forward and calls, pulling her left arm back, "Needle Magic: Water Needle!" She thrusts her arm forward and slender needle of water flies straight for Gray, who easily dodges, and the needle lands in the water behind him.
Becky stands protectively beside a surprised Lucy, as she and the others exclaim, "Becky!"
She shifts her white eyes to the side and sees Natsu, collapsed on the raft, and Becky deadpans at him before returning her attention to Gray.
"Rebecca Stark," Gray says. "Gray has a lot of information about you. You belong to the infamous Stark family and is highly skilled at Anima Eyes. You're very shy and timid, and tend to stutter a lot. Gray thinks you'll be easy on the eyes when you're older."
Becky can't help but blush a little at that. She mutters, "E-Excuse me?"
"Oh? So she uses not only Eye Magic, but also Needle Magic and Lifestream Magic, along with Healing Magic. Interesting," Gray continues, smirking at Becky.
Gray suddenly throws an Ice Saucer at her. Hibiki summons a shield with his Archive Magic, and deflects Gray's attack.
Glancing at the honey-brown haired man, the blue haired girl mutters gratefully, "Thanks, Hibiki-san." She gives him a little smile.
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Book 1: Soul Seeker (Sting Eucliffe X OC)
FantasyRebecca Stark is a mage of the Fairy Tail guild. She isn't as strong as Erza or has powerful magic like Natsu Dragneel, but she dreams of becoming strong enough to protect her loved ones. She joins Team Natsu on their adventures and grows into her p...
