After a few hours of hiking, we finally managed to reach the opening of this large cave, a cave that the local's call Death's Entrance. Despite having a couple of hours of thinking time, I still couldn't get over what Gajeel had said to me. His soft side? Was that even possible with a monster such as Gajeel Redfox? It didn't seem possible to me, but when I glanced into his eyes, I saw nothing more but truth and determination((Frisk?! How did you get in this fanfiction?!)). He was serious about this, and I had nothing more to do than wait and see what would happen.

The cave entrance itself was not even guarded. There were no traps, no hidden weapons, nothing. And that was incredibly strange to me. Gajeel didn't seem phased by it and walked straight in.

"Gajeel! You can't just walk straight into a dangerous place without checking for traps!" I scolded him.

He chuckled with his signature 'gihi' sound. "Ya know that there aren't any traps around here. Don't worry about me, Shrimp."

Crossing my arms, I pouted. "I am not worrying about you."

He didn't say anything after that, choosing instead to walk deeper into the dark cavern. Sighing, I followed him, using my solid script magic to write 'light' in the air, holding the word and using it as a torch for us.

"That's a pretty cool magic ya got there. So yer words. . .come to life?" Gajeel asked as we walked on.

I blushed. "Well, not exactly. But I guess that's pretty close. My magic isn't that powerful."

"Don't think like that, Levy. Yer powerful in your own way," Gajeel said rather softly, stopping in front of a large stone wall.

I blushed, forcing myself to not tear up in front of this iron monster. That was one of the sweetest, most encouraging things that anyone had ever said to me, but I didn't want him to know that.

Shaking my head to rid myself of thoughts, I observed the stone wall that was in front of us. The surface was swarmed with ancient writings, a language that I could luckily read.

"Can ya tell what it says?" Gajeel asked.

I nodded. "Yea, um. . .it's a story really, about an ancient tribe that use to live in this cave. They had magical abilities, the first humans to do so. In fact, it states that this was a form of how humans were able to learn and possess magic in the first place."

"Really?" Gajeel questioned.

"Yes. However, treasure hunters stumbled upon this site. They observed the tribe in secrecy, gaining the knowledge of magic themselves. They used this knowledge to wipe out this tribe. This. . ." my eyes widened at the realization of the next few paragraphs, "it says that the person who wrote this was the last survivor of the tribe. He pleads for someone to find his young son, whom he's hidden deep in the forest. He pleads for someone to find his son, Gajeel..."

I glanced back at Gajeel, who's eyes were very widened. "Gajeel, do you know about this?"

"I don't know a darn thing about this cave. I don't remember any of my childhood before Metalicana found me," he admitted.

Still in shock, I glanced back at the wall. "It says, I have fled, but my son will know where I am. Bring him to me, and I will give you the location of our tribe's greatest treasure. Arinille Redfox. The date that was signed was over four hundred years ago!! Maybe these are your ancestors?"

He shrugged, moving some of his hair from his eyes. "Who knows. Let's just look around and find this stupid treasure. I want more jewel!"

Rolling my eyes, I nodded and looked around, Gajeel doing the same. For hours we looked around the cave, even getting separated during the process. By sundown, I was highly exhausted, leaning against the wall in one of the tunnels that I was exploring. Suddenly, a shriek escaped my mouth when I fell backwards, falling on my back in a very darkened room. The only thing that lit the room was a single magic torch. And as I glanced around, I noticed that the floor was littered with various jewels and gold. A pedestal rested in the center, with a a large yet strange artifact resting on the mantle. It was in the shape of a staff, yet it was decorated in gold and fine jewelry. The top of the staff was a skull made out of a clear substance, perhaps a crystal or even diamond. It certainly appeared quite valuable, and I walked over towards it, not thinking about any potential dangers and picking the staff up. At first, nothing seemed to have been triggered, until I noticed that the room was getting more narrow by the second. With a gasp, I realized that the walls were closing in on me!

"Oh-oh no! Gajeel! Gajeel!!" I screeched out, whimpering as the walls closed in further on me.

Never in a million years would I expect to die like this. I was sure that it would have been by Gajeel himself than any other thing. But by stone walls? What a fine way to die!

"Gajeel!! Gajeel, where are you?! Please save me!!" I cried out, tears pouring from my eyes.

I could see the light of the area where I fell through, but it was much too high for me to climb or jump. I tried to climb, but it only resulted with me falling down.

Defeated, I collapsed on the ground, accepting the fact that I was going to die. I would never see Fairy Tail or my nakama again.

"Shrimp!" came the frantic cry of Gajeel.

It caused me to sit up, glancing up at the entrance where a panicking Gajeel was standing. "Gajeel, help me!"

"Hold on, Levy! Grab this!" he called out, actually using my name for once.

Suddenly, his arm hardened into a metal pillar, and it extended to reach my level. Quickly, I grabbed on, and Gajeel pulled me up just as the walls were smashed together. Sniffing, I immediately curled into Gajeel, crying in his chest. His arms wrapped around me tightly, his lips kissing the top of my head.

"I thought I lost ya, Shrimp. I thought I'd never be able to hold ya like this ever again. I'm sorry that I didn't get here sooner," Gajeel croaked out, burying his face in my blue hair.

Sighing, not able to lash out at him, I gave in to his emotions. "You saved me, Gajeel, and that's all that matters."

Picking me up, he carried me out of the tunnel and, eventually, out of the cave.

"Let's go home."