The Cold Truth (Sting x OC)

Chapter 3

General POV
"It's been a week since they both disappeared!" Natsu yells angrily.

"Natsu, calm down." Lucy says.

"I can't calm down! We haven't picked up on a scent, we have no clues besides there phones, and we know of no one who would want to harm the two! All we know is they somehow managed to get them to let down their guard!" Natsu growls.

"So how do we find them?" Sting asks.

"You... won't have...too." Crystal says before she falls down, fainted.

Sting and Rogue run to her when they look up to to see Gray, almost as badly damaged, but not as bad as Crystal.

Crystal had several burns and large gashes, her left eye was cut deeply but had started to scar. She has a gash deep enough to show a hint of bone, but it was frozen over. She also had bruises on every part of her body and long bruises that look as though they were made by a whip.  Gray was similar, minus the cut eye and deep gash on his side.

"Wendy get over here!" Natsu yells as he runs to catch Gray who  falls.

Wendy runs over to Gray and begins to heal him, but he stops her. "Crystal...heal...Cris..." He says.

Wendy looks at Natsu who nods hesitantly. Wendy runs over to Crystal an begins to heal her. "Call Shelia!" Wendy yells.

Erza nods and grabs Wendy's phone and calls Shelia. With in thirty minutes she's here. By then both Crystal and Gray are in the infirmary with Sting and Aurora pacing around in front of the door. Shelia runs into the infirmary and begins to heal Gray.

An hour later the two are healed. Crystal is even awake. Wendy and Shelia walk out, giving the two a nod. Crystal is looking over at Gray with tears in her eyes, she's shaking as well.

Sting slowly walks up to her, when he goes to touch her, she jumps back and an ice knife forms in her hand. Sting raises his hands, "Cris, it's just me... It's ok it's just me. I'm not going to hurt you." He says calmly.

The knife disappears and Crystal relaxes a little before hugging Sting tightly. "H-he said ..it's all m-my fault!" She cries.

"Who? Who said what was all your fault?" Sting asks.

"Our dad..." Gray says as he slowly sits up.

"I thought he was dead?" Sting asks as he looks at Gray.

"So did we " he sighs.

"He said...it was my fault she is dead!" Crystal cries into Stings arms.

"Wait. Did he do this?!" Sting yells, causing Crystal to jump and tense up. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to yell." He says softly Ashe strokes her hair.

"Yeah, you might want be careful with her. She was tortured severely and yelled at the entire time. He only ever stopped so she wouldn't die. Although he would have preferred it." Gray says in an angry yet sad tone. "So try not to raise your voice at her."

Sting hugs Crystal tighter and kisses the top of her head. "So not only is your dad alive, but he tortured you guys, and tried to kill Cris?" Sting says quietly but in a bitter tone.

"She's asleep." Gray says calmly as he slowly stands up, clearly avoiding the question.

"Shouldn't you be resting?" Sting says.

"I need some air." He says as he walks out.

Sting sighs and lays Crystal's head on his lap. He continues to gently stroke her hair until he smells the smell of vanilla. He smiles with a slight chuckle. "You can come in Aurora." He says quietly.

Aurora slowly flies in and lands next to Crystal. "Is she going to be ok?" She asks quietly.

"She's going to be fine, she may suffer from a little PTSD for a while, but we'll take care of her, right little rose?" He says softly.

Aurora giggles and hugs Sting. "Yeah!" She smiles.

Sting smiles and gently pets Aurora. "Hey Sting?" She asks.

He looks down at her, "hm?"

"What are we going to do about whoever did this to her?" Aurora asks.

Sting sighs, "as much as I'd love to rip this guy apart.. there's nothing we can do. Not until he brings the fight to us. Which... He most likely will."

"I'm scared..." Aurora frowns.

Sting smiles softly at the exceed. "Don't worry, Cris and I, along with both guilds will protect you." He says which makes Aurora smile, "now, get some sleep." He chuckles.

Aurora lays down next to Crystal, Sting moves her head off of his lap and lays her head on the pillow. He then tucks the two in before walking out to the dinning hall of the guild. He's greeted by Rogue who is visibly worried, to Sting at least.

"She's better, although she's going to suffer from PTSD for a while..." Sting frowns.

"Do you know who did it?" Rogue questions.

"Yeah, their father" he says coldly.

"I thought he was dead?!"

"You and me both. But trust me, by the time I'm done with him... he's going to wish he was." Sting growls as he cracks his knuckles.

~with Gray and Juvia~
"Gray, my love, everything ok?" Juvia asks, "Juvia is worried about Gray-sama..."

"I'm fine Juvia..." He lies.

"Juvia doesn't believe Gray."

Gray sighs, "my dad...he blames Crystal for what happened to Mom...just like Lyon blamed me for what happened to Ur...."

"Is that really what is bothering Gray-sama?" Juvia asks raising an eyebrow.

"No...it's just I'm mad at myself that I couldn't protect her. She's only 15! He tortured her daily in front of me, yelling at he that it's her fault... And then when he beat me he'd call me a coward fro keeping her alive..." He frowns, "he had so much hatred in his eyes...yet Cris just begged him to stop, saying she was sorry...." Grays voice begins to crack, "she kept saying she would trade her life for our mother if she could...then whenever he finished, she'd look at me and smile...." He begins to cry.

Juvia hugs Gray tightly and he rests his head on her bust as he cries. "Juvia thinks Crystal-san might blame herself for her mother's death...but Gray-sama mustn't blame himself for what has happened to his sister. It was not his fault, but it was Silver's fault for doing such horrible things to Gray-sama and Crystal-san..."

"It's my fault Juvia...I'm the one that challenged Deliora. It's my fault our mother died yet she gets blamed..." Gray cries.

"What does Gray-sama mean?"  Juvia asks.

"When I was younger, about 11, I was mad at my mom and Ur, they both said I was to weak to fight on my own so I thought if I could beat Deliora I could prove them wrong. I went to his cave and woke him up from his eternal slumber and he attacked my home town. Crystal was about 7 at the time and when she saw the beast she froze from fear. Deliora went to attack her but mom blocked it. I pulled Crystal out of the way and mom died right there...it was my fault Deliora awoke in the first place. And two weeks later Ur had to use her magic to seal him away" Gray cries.

"Gray-sama was young, that happened almost 8 years ago...he didn't know better. Gray-sama cannot beat himself up over his mistake as a child." Juvia says.

Gray stays silent after that, he doesn't speak, he just cries. And as he cries, it begins to snow.
Juvia frowns and gently hugs Gray.

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A/N: as of right now Gray is 19, Crystal is 15, the same age as Wendy. (In this Story the whole seven year gap thing didn't happen so Crystal and Wendy are the same age :D