"C'mon guys were almost there" Natsu yelled over his shoulder. He was leading the group to the large structure that would hold the Grand Magic Games. All of them were running their fastest to the grand building.

The reason for the mad dash was because when they came out of the Arc of Time a letter stuck on a tree from Meredy informed them they had 15 minutes to get to the Grand Magic Games or suffer not being able to participate.

If the time wasn't enough to make them run faster than the sight of the doors to the building closing certainly did.

"WAIT!" they all exclaimed. The guards paid no attention to them and continued pulling the doors.

Before Natsu could start yelling he felt himself being picked up and start accelerating to the doors.

Before the motion sickness could kick in, he managed to look behind him. To his amazement he saw they were all being carried by wind, and as he looked closer at it he saw the words 'speed' in small print all over the wind. The grins on Levy's and Wendy's face were enough to tell everyone who was accomplishing this amazing feat.

With a flick of her wrist Wendy manipulated the wind to thin out. The mages gave out a yelp as they were forced upwards as the wind went vertical. They barely fitted through the closing gap of the door and when they were fully inside, the wind vanished. With several shrieks and exclaims they landed unceremoniously on the floor. Natsu landed first and grunted several times as his fellow guild members landed on him in a large dog pile. Charle and Happy viewed the comical sight from above.

"Sorry guys I guess I have to work on my landings." Wendy said with a shy smile.

"Don't apologize; it was their own fault for not landing on their feet." Charle corrected Wendy. "I also recommend you all get up. There are powerful mages here and you guys aren't making a very good impression."

With that said, the mages quickly got to their feet until only Natsu was left on the floor. Wendy, Lucy,Charle, and Happy and Erza quickly went to the boy's side. While that group tried to ease Natsu out of his wind motion sickness Gray started to strip and Juvia began muttering nonsense in the background.

Seeing that her friends were all fine, Levy separated herself from the group. She walked around the coliseum and felt that she was a character in one of the stories she read. All around her, mages from different guilds were grouped together eyeing their competitions.

She tried to find Fairy Tail but her lack of height was giving her a disadvantage. Cursing her shortness she was about to turn and walk back to her group, when she saw him.

Her heart started to beat furiously as she quickly walked through the crowd. The smell of metal was overwhelming and allowed her to easily track the retreating figure. Thank goodness too because the crowd was thick and none of the people were willing to open a path for her.

When she finally got through the crowd she saw her target was heading to one of tunnels of the coliseum. Not wanting to lose him again she sprinted to him and yelled out "Gajeel!"

Her yell certainly got a reaction from the dragon slayer. He quickly turned around at the voice and confusion was etched on his face. Levy was sure she added more confusion when she threw herself at him. Her arms wrapped around Gajeel's torso and though he was wearing a long coat she was able to feel the rock hard muscles on his stomach.

'I'm so glad he continued training. I was so afraid he would stop and try to find me after I didn't return for three months.' Levy thought.

She felt a heavy hand, go through her hair and stop at the base of her neck. She pressed herself closer to him and made their embrace tighter.

"Levy were you hurt at all" Gajeel asked, his voice low and serious. He pushed her back and quickly glanced down her body to see for any injuries.

Levy looked up and for the first time since her visit to the Celestial World she got to look at Gajeel. She saw that he was now thicker as in muscle mass and four new metal piercings were along each side of his neck. His red eyes were piercing into hers and with a slightly shaking voice she said " It only hurt for a few moments, but it paid o-"

"That fucking bastard hurt you!" Gajeel snarled. His hold on her tightened and Levy felt fear when she saw the pure anger on the metal dragon slayer's face.

"No Meredy-San told us about the pain beforehand. We all fully agreed th-"

"Meredy?" Gajeel interrupted again. "No did Ivan hurt you!"

"'The master of Raven tail? What does he have to do with me getting hurt.

"The three months you were gone!" Gajeel now yelled at her. Levy caught the panic in his voice and confusion and desperation was expressed on his face. She decided to quickly tell what happen because she hated to see desperation on Gajeel. It was unnatural.

"Natsu, Happy, Lucy,Erza, Gray, Juvia, Wendy, Charle and I took a visit to the Celestial World for one day. But being there for one day equals three months in our world. We were all sad because we wasted so much time not training. So when we got back Meredy offered to help us and we took the offer." Levy took a breath after her long explanation. Though she just gained her breath back, Gajeel's face drew her breath away.

Disappointment and sadness was plastered on Gajeel's face and with a small face he asked " So Ivan never captured you guys? He never hurt you? He never had you?"

A small chuckle came from him and he raised his hand to cover it over his eyes. "So the pain you guys were in...you agreed to it...and it helped you guys?"

"Yes." Levy said quietly.

"He tricked us" Gajeel muttered.

"What do you mean? Gajeel what are you talking about. "

"Ivan tricked us, he tricked the entire guild." Gajeel muttered more to himself.

Levy was now getting worried for Gajeel. She grabbed his arm and looked around for the rest of the Fairy Tail guild. "C'mon let's go to the rest of the guild and we will figure everything out ok."

Before Levy could take one step, Gajeel pulled his arm out of her grip. "I can't go over there Levy. A lot of things have happened since you guys were gone."

Levy felt her stomach drop and with a shaking voice she asked "What do you mean"

With a serious tone he said "A few days after you guys left, Ivan came to the guild. He said that he had you guys and if we didn't meet his demands he would hurt each of you."

"What were his demands" Levy asked. She wished that she didn't have to. She feared the answer too much.

"He needed some new members." Gajeel said without any emotion. "He needed at least three." As he spoke he began removing his jacket.

Levy began shaking her head as the conclusion became clear to her. She closed her eyes and kept them shut even when she heard the jacket hit the floor.

"Due to some previous circumstances I was the first one to become a Raven tail member."

Levy opened her eyes and her eyes filled with tears when she saw Gajeel. The raven tail symbol was covering his chest and stared at Levy mockingly.

Tears began to stream down her face and Levy watched as Gajeel pulled something out of his pocket. A shinigami was pulled out and with a fold of its head, screams began to fill the air. Levy recognized one of the screams as her own and everyone elses when they entered the Arc of time.

"Ivan gave this to me a few days later and said that if I was competing against a Fairy Tail member and I faltered...well he would give me another shinigami...this time with new pain."

"So what I'm telling you is that I'm not allowed over in the Fairy Tail section because I'm a Raven Tail member now."

As he said this, Levy saw two more figures emerging from the tunnel. She felt her throat tighten and she was aware that more of her guild members were now behind her.

The group was silent behind her and she too was lost for words. In front of her Gajeel, Pantherlily (in his large form) and Laxus stood next to each other. Each one now having the Raven Tail symbol brandished on them.

Before any of the group members could question the trio, Ivan came between the two groups and said with a wide smile. "Gajeel-chan what took you so long, hurry now we have to get ready for the games."

Gajeel took one last look at Levy before turning around and following his new guild master.

Before Levy could explain to the others she felt a hand on her shoulder. Natsu offered her a small smile and said "Don't worry we will get them back. I promise."

Ok so this is just what came to my mind after reading 263. After seeing the RavenTail and how few members they had this plot started to thicken.

I hope you guys enjoyed reading and please leave a review :3