On Thin Ice (Fairy Tail fanfic)

Chapter 2

"Erza!" Gray rushes in to where Erza was. Erza looks up to see Gray carrying Heather. Her eyes widens and immediately drops the man she was holding. She stands to see Heather.

"What happened to Heather!?" Erza asks, concerned for her comrade after seeing the large scratches all over her body.

"It looks like she tried to break the barrier." Gray explains with the conclusion he came up with earlier when he saw where Heather had fell from. "But there was no fatal wounds."

Erza sighs, relief taking over her body, but it disappears once she noticed something. "Gray? You're not with Natsu?" She asks, wondering where the other troublemaker was at.

"We split up." Gray answers, then remembers why he went searching for Erza. "Never mind that now! Eisenwald's real objective is the town down the line from here!"

"What?" Erza asks, surprised.

"It's the place where the old men are having their meeting! They plan on using the lullaby there!" Gray points to the exit, letting go of Heather. He noticed that he had suddenly let go of Heather so he immediately placed his arm back. "That was close."

Erza, reaching the end of her rope, is filled with a menacing aura as she turns back to the man she was holding. "So that's what you're planning?" The man she holds shrieks in horror, afraid of the woman in front of her. "But this station is surrounded by a magic wind wall." She says, trying to think of a way out. Gray goes down to meet with Erza.

"Yeah, I saw it earlier." Gray mentions, recalling the wind barrier he saw earlier. "You'll be minced meat if you force your way out." He stops in front of Erza. "Heather must have tried to force her way out by using her magic, but failed and ended up hurt."

Erza summons something as she speaks. "I'm well aware of that." Heather's blue cloak appeared and she places it on the ground. "But first we have to make sure Heather doesn't have any major injuries." Gray nods and lays Heather down on top of the cloak. Erza sees that Wilfred is also unconscious. "Is Wilfred okay?"

Gray nods. "Yeah, He's just cold from Heather's ice skin." Gray informed Erza of what might have happened before Heather and Wilfred had fallen.

"I see..." Erza nods and proceeds on checking Heather. Erza raises Heather's shirt and scans it for any deep wounds. Seeing only a few scratches, she goes to raise the shirt more, but Gray blushes and stops her.

"Y-you shouldn't do that here, Erza...!" Gray says in a flustered manner.

"I guess you're right, then let's just check her back." Gray turns Heather carefully and raises her shirt again. This time, what they saw had shocked them both. A huge bruise was forming on Heather's upper back. It had a light violet shade, quite large in size, but it didn't seem that bad. "Falling from the top of the station would build up a lot of pressure on her back as she hits every floor. It's surprising it's not that worse."

"She was wearing a protective layer of ice." Gray says, giving Erza a sample of it. "It looks fragile, but it's really hard to break."

Erza takes it and throws it on the wall with great strength. It simply bounces off the wall, not even getting chipped. "You're right." She says and stands; Gray notices Erza's arm.

"Erza, your arm..." Gray points out, worried for her.

"It's nothing." Erza dismisses it as she holds her right arm. "But while we're sitting here, Erigor gets ever closer to where the Guild Masters are." Then she remembers something. "Oh, yes... There should be someone they call "Kage" in Eisenwald." He faces Gray with a determined face "He was the only one that was able to dispel lullaby's seal."