Erza walked into the guild with her mountain of luggage and a controlling look in her eyes. Nothing peculiar about that. Except…

Fairy Tail went silent. No whispers or yelling. No movement whatsoever. It was like, the minute her foot had crossed the door, she had stepped on an invisible button that had paused everything. She stopped and looked around, puzzled. There were different expressions plastered on all the faces, she knew so well. Disbelief, anger, happiness… But what worried her the most where the tears. In several eyes she saw the glittering drops, threatening to fall at any moment. Her hand clutched the strap of her wagon a little tighter. And after what felt like a millennium, a voice filled with so many emotions finally said it. Finally said, what everyone refused to believe, until it was muttered "Erza… You.. Are back" everyone's beloved father figure said, with so much disbelieving love, it made Erza crack a tiny smile at her masters words.

And then it exploded. Some began sobbing, as if she had just died, some began applauding and some… She could not register any more. She had been knocked down by a blonde, whose tears seemed to have no end, and through her Heartz Kreutz armor, she could feel the love Lucy held for her. "Erza!" was all she said, and Erza laid her arm around her "Hey Lucy.." Erza simply said and arose. Everyone was starring at her, and she started to feel uncomfortable.

Laxus had come down, when he felt it, and after the shock about her return, him and Gajeel had somehow ended up next to each other in the bar, and watched Erza while she calmly greeted everyone in the guild with a sincere smile. Laxus was successful in hiding how utterly happy he was about her return. He did not smile, but he felt as if his soul was on fire. It was disturbing had felt that kind of deprivation. He had grown more attached to her, than he ever would admit.

"Do you feel that?" Gajeel said suspiciously, his eyes never leaving Erza. Laxus nodded, although he did not think Gajeel would notice. "Feel what?" a sweet voice asked politely. Laxus turned around and was greeted with a warm smile. Mirajane took her eyes of Erza, and looked into his eyes. He gave her a small smile, and could see the feeling that had unfolded in his chest, was in her eyes too. She had missed Erza, and he suspected that everyone had for their own personal reasons. Erza was a special girl, a strict girl, a demon. She was scary and a rule rider, she was kind of annoying and she was serious. But she was everything any person could wish for in a friend. He had no doubt that she would gladly give up her own life to make sure, that everyone with the Fairy Tail mark, and any innocent person for that matter, would live to see the sun the next day.

Mirajane sighed. Not one of those annoyed sighs, or depressed sighs, but a sigh of relive. "She's finally back" she whispered again, for who knew which time, since Erza had stepped through the door. Laxus nodded again, and could not take his eyes of this snow colored demon girl, who in a distant past would have done anything to make sure Erza did not come back. But that was the past. Laxus could practically see all the bonds that were tied to Erza, and different persons. And Erza even had a bond with him, and a bond with Mirajane, even though it would be difficult for anyone to see it. Mirajanes features got serious, and her smile faded a bit, as she turned to Gajeel "What is it you two can feel?" she asked, a bit too seriously. Gajeel looked at her, no smile or anything happy in his eyes. "She has changed" he simply said. "How?" she asked, but before he could answer, the room got heated to an unbearable temperature, with an angry cherryhead yelling "WHY?"

Natsu could not say anything. From the minute she had walked through the door, his mouth had been shut. He wanted to yell her name. Demand that she fought him. Give her a big grin, and a pat on the back, but he just could not. He could not believe this, was this real? Had she finally come back? "Is it her?" he whispered grumpily, and Happy just answered, with tears in her eyes "It is. She is back!" he said smiling. Natsu looked at her face, and Happy had to be right. It was her face.. Her smell.. Her fiery red hair. The hair he had always adored, and kind of always wanted to eat. It looked like a flame to him, but red was the fire color, so it would only be natural for him to want to eat it. Erza was really here, so why didn't he welcome her?

Because of the anger. He was so angry at her. She had been gone for half a year. No letters, no 'I-am-okay's. No nothing. Like she had just vanished… Just left him.. Everyone she had said, she cared for. How could she go away so easily, without considering their feelings? He clenched his fist, and starred into the table, the anger getting the best of him. He felt his temperature rising, and eyes burning. It had been so painful, he had missed her so much. How could she?

His hand caught flames, and before he could even register what was happening, he had rose up, turned to stand with his front against her, and thrown a ball of fire in her direction, while he yelled from the top of his lungs "WHY?"

She had summoned the sword from her Flame Empress armor, faster than anyone could see, even Natsu had thought, that he had landed a clear hit. She looked into his eyes, he could feel it, even with the smoke in front of her face. "Oy…" somebody had said, probably Max or someone like that, but had stopped before saying anything more. One look at Natsu's face was enough to know, to shut up. His eyes looked like lava destroying everything in its path, on the way down an erupting volcano. And he just beamed of anger.

"It had to be that way" she simply said, trying to sound stern, and Natsu was about to aim everything he had at her, just for saying that. But as the smoke cleared, he saw the look in her eyes. It was… different. Not angry, as he would have expected, but hurt. Like a wound reopened. And he literally felt his anger simmer down. The flames in his hand died. "Sorry…" She said, filled with a melancholic passion, that made his heart cringe. And he swore he could hear everyone else's do the same. "… I will take my leave now" she said in a normal tone, and before anyone could protest, she had left the guild.

"Erza.." Natsu whispered and took a step forward, only to be stopped at Makarov's silent voice "Let her go for now. She must be tired" he said calmly, while his understanding eyes followed her out the door. No one protested, and people began talking again. Mostly about Erza. Natsu took a deep breath, and gasped. He quickly opened his eyes, and starred towards the door, where Erza had just left. How could he not have smelt it before? "Wow…" he breathed out in awe.

And in the corner of the guild, with a black hood covering his face, a wicked smile was seen.

Well... Hi ^^ Soooo... This is my first FT-fanfic, and I really hope you will like it... Thank you for reading the first chapter by the way! I'm so happy that you read it :D
Ehm... I'm not sure where this story is going, but it is on it's way somewhere xD, and english is not my native language, so I hope you will correct me if I am mistaken some places...
And I have to say that I am a huge Erza fangirl, and I like her with almost all males in the series, so I haven't decided the main pair of this story yet :c Sorry... But I will happily take suggestions ^^ And... And... A shoutout to all Fairy Tail fans! Wuhu!
So... now I will... Okay, a little comment. If you like my story, I would like you to write it, because it will give me confidence to continue.. It's always nice to know what people think ^^

Again thanks for reading! Goodbye you beautiful person!