The Sixteen Elemental Dragons

Interrogation Time and Apologies

~Thirty Minutes after Wendy returned in a back room within the guild~

"Gray, do it..." said Erza commandingly, causing the ice mage to pick up a bucket of ice water and pour it all onto Ellie.

Ellie coughed twice before speaking. "What the hell was that-" she started, stopping midway after realizing the situation she was in. Her arms and legs were completely tied to the arms and front legs of the chair, making escape nearly impossible.

Erza stepped forward and stood in the light, showing herself to Ellie. "You will not ask questions and you will answer any and all questions I ask you immediately and truthfully...do I make myself clear?" she said coldly.

"Yes ma'am..." mumbled Ellie.

"Good. Now, explain to me why you didn't keep updated on your job's status? From what the council has now told us, the job you took was cancelled about 2 weeks ago..." said the re-quip mage.

"I hadn't returned to my guild in around 3 weeks so I was never at the guild to hear about it..." Ellie answered quite swiftly.

"Nonsense! Not many people can go three weeks without any source of income and from what I can see, you look like you joined a guild only recently..." shouted Erza.

"..." Ellie remained silent.

"So...what was the real reason behind your attack..?" she asked.

"I...I wanted to see if my dragonslayer brethren were strong, but I guess I was too harsh and forgot about their own safety..." said the energy mage nearly in a hushed whisper.

Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus watched from the back wall far behind Erza. Wendy couldn't stand being in the same room as Ellie, though she heard everything due to her heightened senses.

Mira busted into the room, nearly turning the door into a pile of splinters, and yelled at the woman. "No shit you forgot about their safety! The injuries on Fuyu's arms are so serious that even Lady Porlyusica has spent the last day here to heal them to the point that they could eventually heal themselves, all the while as he writhed in pain! What do you have to say for yourself?!" she exclaimed.

"..." Ellie couldn't speak. Her eyes were wide with shock, "I almost ruined his life..." she thought to herself.

"Mira..." Erza said softly, but this only drew Mira's attention to her for a moment.

"NO WAY ERZA! I'm absolutely livid and not even you are going to stop me!" she yelled at the red head.

Ellie bowed her head in shame. "Please...let me say I'm sorry..." she begged feeling nothing but guilt.

Mira looked at the woman and irked before walking out. "Fuyu is awake, but he shouldn't speak. Don't expect me to forgive you immediately..." she said over her shoulder, heading to go get a broom to sweep up the mess she made.

"Thank you..." murmured Ellie before she stood up and looked at Erza for permission, which she nodded in approval. Ellie then walked out of the backroom towards the infirmary.

Fuyu laid in his bed, staring at the ceiling with Wendy in a chair on his right. "She is coming to apologize..." said the small girl which got Fuyu to nod in agreement.

A few seconds later, Ellie walked in and looked at the bandages that covered Fuyu's arms and chest. "I'm sorry for causing you so much pain and attacking for little to no good reason..." she muttered.

Fuyu looked at the woman for a long time then gave her a smile. "It's okay...as long as you said you're sorry, then I won't be mad, especially since you did do such a wonderful job of breaking my scales." he said earnestly.

Ellie looked at him in wonder. "How can he be so forgiving?! I almost took away his life, much less his future..." she thought to herself.

"Its because my dad taught me to forgive and forget as long as the other person was sorry." said the snow mage.

Ellie froze as he said this before walking next to him and bowing. "Thank you for forgiving me..." she said softly, shedding tears as she spoke.

Fuyu just raised his right arm slowly and gave her the Fairy Tail Hand Sign, replying with "You're welcome...anytime here at Fairy Tail..." while smirking.

Wendy smiled a little seeing her two fellow dragonslayers make up after their misunderstanding and walked off to go talk with Charle and the others.

End of Chapter 7

A/N: Seriously guys, don't be afraid to post a character. I REALLY need them so I can include them in future chapters.