You lean out the window of the train, your face blue and feeling sick. Groaning, you throw up again.

"Why couldn't... I have the... window?" Natsu whines, his cheeks puffing up as he tries not to puke all over the train floor. You just glare at him and barf again in response. Erza is sitting next to you, rubbing your back and trying to soothe you (which doesn't help because you are just waiting for her to kill you).

"Natsu, she's a Dragonslayer too. Besides, she gets a lot more sick than you and ladies first." Erza scolds. Natsu sighs and groans, covering his mouth with his hands. You close your eyes, resting your head on the window sill and clutching your stomach.

"You don't look so good, Y/N." Gray notices. You glare at him.

"You think...?" You grumble. But that makes you feel sick again. You retch, leaning out the window.

"Almost there guys. We'll be off this train before you know it!" Lucy attempts to cheer you and Natsu up. Both of you just groan in response.

"I can always just knock you out!" Erza offers cheerfully, holding up her fist.

"N-no..... Th-that's ok-kay Erz...a..." You force out, sick and creeped out at the same time. Erza sighs sadly.

"If you insist." She laments. You dry barf out the window again, because there's nothing left to come up. Natsu looks over at you.

"Y-Y/N.... C'm-mon pl-lease... Trade m-me s.....spots..." He hoarsely pleads. You nod, leaning forward and collapsing off your seat to the floor.

"Y/N!" Erza, Gray, Lucy and Happy exclaim worriedly. Someone tries to lift you up, but you stop them with a wave of your hand. Natsu crawls slowly over Lucy and Erza, sliding next to the window. After the switch, he leans out the window for a good five minutes, making awful reaching noises. Finally, after what seems like an eternity, the train stops. Already starting to feel better, you push yourself up slowly from the ground. You stick your head out the window, and inhale deeply. Feeling refreshed, you grin.

"FREEEEEDOOOOM!!!!!" You cheer, running quickly for the exit. You burst through the door, running as far as possible from the train while still in the station. You glance around in awe, taking in Crocus. Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza and Happy exit the train shortly after you. They look around with the same awed expression that you assumed you'd had.

"So this is Crocus." Erza nods appreciatively. Gray whistles.

"Ah, so you've finally made it." You whip around, and see Master Makarov there with some of your other guild mates. Desert, your small, gray exceed who likes to wear gamer-style clothes and, oddly, is deaf, flies up to you. You smile and embrace her in a hug.

"Gramps!" You and Natsu grin.

     "You better show everyone just how strong Fairy Tail is!" Master commands. Standing in the street, spectators begin to whisper and laugh.

"Hey, who's laughing?!" Natsu exclaims angrily.

"Calm down Natsu." Erza threatens calmly. People continue to talk, and Natsu begins to get very pissed off. You take deep breaths so you don't end up punching someone in the face because you hate when people insult Fairy Tail.

"If anyone wants to laugh, let them laugh." Makarov suggests calmly. Happy begins to laugh, but you give him your death glare and he shuts up.

"So, what's going to happen in the Games?" Lucy asks.

"I don't know. They change the events every year." The Master shrugs. He hands Erza a giant book.

"This contains all the rules for this year's Grand Magic Games. Read it, and explain to everyone the rules." Master says. Erza stared at the book.

"This is too big for me to read in one night!" She complains. Levy steps up and gently takes the book from Erza.

"Here, let me." She says. Putting on her wind reading glasses, Levy kneels down and quickly flips through the book.

"Well, it looks like the main rules are the guild master can't participate, anyone without the guild emblem can't participate for the team, and they won't be telling us the event until it's starting." Levy explains.

"Sounds easy enough." Erza shrugs.

"Wait. There's one more thing. Everyone must be back in their designated inn by midnight." Levy reads.

"Midnight? That's odd." You mention. By the look on her face, Erza is thinking the same thing.

"C'mon, let's go explore! It's not everyday we get to visit a big city like this!" Natsu suggests. Lucy, Natsu and Happy run off down the street.

"Be at the inn by midnight!" Erza calls after them. You giggle.

"I'll make sure they're back." You smile. You wave and run off in another direction, Desert flying by your shoulder.

"Time to explore!" You sign to your exceed, and you two run off in search of something exciting.

*****

You've been wandering around with Desert for a good hour and a half now, and you decide to head back to the main square. Up ahead, you can see a big crowd gathering around the square.

"What's going on?" Desert signs to you.

"Don't know." You reply. The two of you decide to go check it out. On your way there, you run into Natsu, Lucy and Happy.

"What's this about?" Lucy asks.

"I was wondering the same thing." You tell her. People are cheering and shouting, but they're so loud that you can't really tell what they're saying.

"We gotta see what's going on!" Natsu tries to peek over the crowd, but he can't see what's happening. He gets down on his hands and knees and begins to crawl through the crowd while you and Lucy shove through the crowd of people.

"What's going on?" Natsu asks. Arriving at the edge of the crowd, you see two men, both tall and one with spiky blonde hair while the other has emo-ish dark hair, standing there and a bunch of guys laying around on the ground. They look like they've been beaten pretty bad.

"Is that...?" The blonde guy begins.

"Natsu Dragneel." The black haired guy finishes.

"Yeah, that's me. But who're you?" Natsu questions. People murmur amongst each other, whispering back and forth.

"He seriously doesn't know Sting and Rogue, the twin Dragonslayers of Sabertooth?!" A guy in the crowd exclaims.

"How do you know who I am?" Natsu asks the blonde boy, who you figure, from the shouts of the crowd, must be Sting. He seems familiar, but you can't put your finger on what it is.

"Oh, I know who you are. You're the so called Dragonslayer who couldn't-" Sting pauses mid-sentence, sniffing the air and looking around.

"It couldn't be..." You hear him mutter under his breath. You feel the sudden urge to get out of here as fast as possible. You reach up and snatch Desert out of the air. Feeling sick and breathing hard, you quickly shove back through the crowd. You finally reach the outside edge of the crowd, and decide to head back to the inn early.

After wandering through the streets for a while, you finally arrive at the inn where the Fairy Tail team is staying. You slip quietly through the door, and decide to take a bath. Holding Desert under one arm, you tiptoe into the bathroom, careful not to disturb Erza, who is watching a show on a lacrima. You shut the door and quickly lock it.

"Turn on the water for me?" You sign to Desert. She nods and goes to turn on the tap while you undress. After the tub is full, you add in lots of bubbles and slide into the warm water. You pull your knees up to your chest and close your eyes. Who was that guy? Sting was his name... A Dragonslayer... Hmm... He seems so familiar. But what made him familiar? Uuuughhhh. You slide fully into the water, holding your breath and closing your eyes. Still underwater, you bury your face in your hands and exhale. Finally, you pop back up and take a deep breath. You run your hand through your hair and sigh.

"Would you get me a towel, please?" You sign to Desert and she gives you a smile and nods, flying over to the shelf to grab a fluffy towel. You stand up and unplug the drain with your toes as you wrap your body in the soft, white towel. You dry off and change into your pajamas, a loose, gray t-shirt that hangs off one shoulder and fuzzy, black short shorts. You throw your hair into a messy bun (if it's long enough) and finally exit the bathroom. Erza is sitting on the bed with her arms crossed, scolding the others. You glance at the clock. 11:57. Cringing, you realize that they came back really late. You sigh and slump into a chair, ready for the Games to begin.

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Hey guys! Sorry it took me so long to update... But I got it out finally! Hope you liked it! Just so you know, this fanfic isn't really about the GMG, so I'm going to skip most of it. Sorry :) Hope you like it anyway!