when she returned: ⟶ gray fan fiction ⟵

f o u r t e e n

     I eventually gave up and drifted into a semi deep sleep, caring less what he did to me. While I was sleeping he had carried me to a base somewhere. I woke up a short while later, still feeling sleep deprived from the previous night. I noticed I had heavy metal hand cuffs that kept my hands in front of me, my wrists ached from the added pressure. I sighed, and heavily, may I add. I glanced down at the excessively large cuffs holding my wrists together. The last time I had these on, I was almost tortured to death.

     A small part of me hoped Zeref would come and get me out of my situation, but I knew better. He was most likely behind this. He knows I'm terrified of these things. I thought to myself, as I tried to take deep breaths to calm down. He wouldn't actually hurt me...right?  Maybe it was the fact that he had used me before, or, maybe it was just that he had changed.

    I sat there helplessly, lost inside my brain, terrified by my own thoughts. Everything about this cramped room, brought up painful memories. And, I noticed how claustrophobic I was becoming. The walls looked as if they were caving in on me, trapping me for eternity while I eventually starved to death, or was crushed by the immense amount of force.

     I was distraught, but I quickly snapped out of it when the door slammed into the wall and a dark figure appeared before me. Zeref?
     "Well, hello there, little sister," he grinned at me, mockingly. I just sighed and tried my best to avoid any sort of contact with him.
     "No response huh? I thought you were better well behaved than this." He stated simply, becoming bored of my actions. He sighed and began to yawn.
"I guess I'll have to punish you then," he said, clearly aggravated with me. "Unless... you're willing to cooperate with me, then I will keep you unharmed, but for your sake only," He stated, "not for your boyfriend or your brother. Got it?"
I nodded my head, eager to hear him out if it meant I wasn't going to get hurt.

Gray's pov

Shit. She's always getting herself into these shitty situations and then we hand to go in and save her ass. Don't get me wrong, I'm worried sick. We have no trace of her whatsoever. Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy all have an amazing sense of smell, but they can't track her.
What the fuck Talia? "Atonement for your sins? What the hell are you trying to tell me..? Atonement. Sins. Shit. Talia you're in deep.

That's what you were saying.

She had talked all about living over 400 years ago, with Zeref. I get it now, him taking is you is your way of washing away some sins. Sins that caused many people death... she didn't know I knew this but, after all, she is a demon. She worked with Tartaros for a long time, hunting wizards, killing citizens, being apart of a dark guild got her some of the strength she has today.

Yes, she has had a very unfortunate past life, but, I will look past it and love her for who she is now. She's changed and I love her. And I'm scared I won't see her again, and that if I do, we'll be forced to kill each other. I know that if it came down to it, I wouldn't be able to. I can't say the same for her though, since she's been taken prisoner to Zeref.

Talia's pov

     "So what do you want from me?" I hissed at him, annoyed with just the very presence of him.
     "We're gonna drain you of magic energy, sound good?" He teased mockingly, as he swung the key to the cell in his left hand. My only response was a heavy sigh; I already felt drained, as if I needed to actually be stripped of magic. I could barley even lift my head up. He laughed and got all up in my face.
"What happened? Where's the fire in your eyes? It's not like you lost your sanity." He looked at me and grabbed my chin between his fingers, forcing me to look up at him.
"I'm tired," I whispered under my breath.
"You're delusional." He smirked jerking his hand making my eyes glance up at him for a brief moment.
"Please don't hurt me," i tried my best not to fall apart. The only thing I could think of was wrapping my arms around him, his body heat would surely heat me up, for I was cold to the touch.

He looked taken aback by my action, but I only nuzzled my head onto his shoulder.
"Talia stop..." he mumbled under his breath, dripping down to his knees, sitting there letting me hug him.

She had no clue, but he was really craving her touch, from the start he had hoped she would hug him. He thought she wouldn't give up as easily as she did, he had hoped he would smack some sense into him. But no, she merely embraced him, but that was exactly what he needed.