"Wake up! Wake up! We're- We need to go!" A rough hand shoved me sideways, out of bed, my face slamming heavily on the planked floor.

    "What the heck?" I exclaimed wearily, not paying attention to what the person was saying; I had had too many prank-calls in the past and took this as one.

    "Move your lazy-ars off of the floor, Fernandes!" Gray shoved me harder, threatening to kick and wind me.

     "What the heck you want, Gray?!"  I was starting to get worked up, and raised myself onto my knees, glaring directly into Gray's soul, scaring the lights out of him.

    Or so I thought.

    "You need to stop doing that," he snorted, and smirked lightly, an alarm ringing wildly in his eyes, "We need to go unless you'd like me to die for you. I've been trying to avoid that happening, actually."

    I huffed and accepted the hand he offered me, pulling on the shirt that I had long abandoned, left on top of my covers, "Well?"

    Gray seemed to be pissed, and almost picked me up, "My god, Fernandes! Don't you hear the alarms?!"

    "Huh?" Amidst my sleep, I had completely ignored secondary sounds, and I could suddenly hear a shrill whistle of what sounded like a school fire alarm.

    "Dude, you're scared of a fire? While we're living with Vampires?"

     At this point, Gray lifted me up, and began to run, making me yelp indignantly, "Since you've remembered we live with Vampires, dearest, you should understand that fire alarms aren't fire alarms."

    Now, this was the time that panic began to hit me.

    "WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY?!"

     "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FERNANDES, YOU-"

    "OH MY MAVIS, I'M TOO PRETTY TO DIE-"

    "WE ARE NOT ABOUT TO DIE, FERNANDES, SHUT-"

     "saVE ME!"

      A sharp slap on my face and I was normal again; Well, as normal as you can be after an incredibly embarrassing and unneeded panic attack.

    "Gray!"

    A rosy-haired man, a little shorter than me, dashed up to us, "Where have you guys been! Queen Belserion's using up her power to stop them, and you two are- uh, what are you guys doing?"

     Spluttering, I got out of Gray's arms, landing hard on the ground. "Nothing, um, lead the way." a small blush was spreading across the bridge of my nose, as I followed Natsu - who had a weird look on his face.

    What seemed like an earthquake struck the castle, leaving on the ground, debris all around me, as I struggled to breathe.

    Natsu seemed to be getting tenser and tenser, leaning against the wall, his chest heaving; onyx-green eyes widened with fear.

    "She's not going to last," he muttered ominously, "Erza, where are you. Our kingdom isn't going to last."

     I wiped my hands on my trousers, as sweat pooled up, "N-Natsu," I began nervously, "Who's- What's attacking us?"

    He stared back at me, before putting his face in his hands, and sliding onto the floor, as the floor began to shake more, "Acnologia."

    The fact that he had used the name shook me to the bone; this was serious. Incredibly serious.

    Gray and I exchanged a look before I went up to Natsu and hugged him. "We're going to save Queen Belserion, Natsu."

    He sobbed quietly into my chest; it was the first time I felt part of this family more than anything, even though I was an outsider.

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Boom!

    Natsu has finally got himself together and looked like he never cried in the first place. We were headed for the main hall, as everyone around evacuated.

    "Lucy!" Natsu was sprinting ahead of us, coughing occasionally, as the alarms blared in the background. The blonde-haired girl was red-eyed and seemed terrified, but her voice didn't shake as she spoke.

    "Natsu!" She shot up to him and hugged him. It seemed all of us were equally confused as she pulled away very fast, her face reddening further. 

    "Go, follow the other. Virgo!" Natsu ushered the pink-haired girl here, "Take her, keep her safe, we-we'll be back will Queen Belserion."

    They shared a solemn glance, and I could tell they understood that the situation was quickly getting out of control.

    A shiver shot up my spine, and I collapsed once again, as the ground shook violently; Gray stumbled and stared up at the roof.

    "Gargoyle!" he screamed, and Natsu dodged, huffing and staring urgently at Virgo, who nodded, bowed and disappeared along with Lucy.

    As we approached the main hall, a hole greeted us, where the massive bronze door used to be. Natsu, being the crazy idiot he was, rushed in, and was immediately blown back out.

    "I- It's him." He panted heavily, a shard of glass sticking out of his forearm, as another blast sent hurtling sound waves out of the large room.

     "He's got her." I peered into the room, my arms out to protect my face. It was almost impossible for us to get in, and even if we did, the blasts would completely tear us apart.

    Natsu seemed to be hyperventilating, but nevertheless, his hand blazed, "I'm going to stop him. He's going to kill Erza's mother!"

    I grabbed the Salamander just as another blast, followed by debris completely blew out the walls of the room, leaving us in plain sight.

     "So it's the prophecy humans," A cloaked man, of above-average height, growled, only his lips visible.

    "How's this?" he clutched Queen Belserion, who was decorated with cuts and burns all over her body and slit her throat.

    The last I saw was a blurry flame-haired woman appearing behind us, and letting loose a guttural war-cry, before being surrounded by a flurry of bats.

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A/N: Heyyyyyyyyyyy~, my procrastination life is over! ;)

It felt good writing again, I guess it's (kinda) good practice, as my End of Year exams are coming. 7 exams in 2 days, right after Eid-Break! ;D. I haven't started revision, rip.

I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I'll definitely be writing more, whenever I get sick of revising! <3

P.S: Can we have an F on how beautiful BTS's songs always are? The feels, o o f.