He watched on sceptically as Lisanna and Natsu decided to hatch the egg together. He suggested that they all eat it together, but was astonished when Natsu claimed the egg to be a dragon's egg as the marks on it were akin to those made by a dragon's claw. Gray was present when Natsu brought the egg from which Happy would later hatch to the guild. Gray was also present to welcome Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna into the guild, happily speaking with the latter two siblings who were able to fit in more readily than their older sister. Upon questioning her about why she was always alone, she replied that she preferred being alone, but Gray retorted that she wouldn't be crying if that was true. He became flustered and refused to battle her. That is, until the day he found her crying by the riverside. He would constantly challenge Erza to battles after that, but was defeated each time. Later, when Cana pointed out Erza's loner behaviour and how she ignored Cana's own conversation attempts, Gray went over to talk to her, giving the excuse that he didn't like it when new members of the guild didn't introduce themselves to 'Gray the Great', but ended up arguing with her. Gray was present when Erza entered the guild, having been told by Cana that that day would be lucky for him, though he regarded it as one of the worst days of his life, having lost his wallet and fallen in ditches. Makarov, however, told him that the only method that could possibly reverse it would kill Ur in the process as she lived on as the ice encasing Deliora. įollowing Ur's advice to find strong wizards in the west, Gray arrived at Fairy Tail and asked the master for a way to reverse the effects of the Iced Shell. He berated Gray for Ur's death and the two apprentices parted ways. The next day, Lyon woke up and discovered Deliora encased in ice and Ur's sacrifice. Before turning into ice, she made Gray promise to tell Lyon that she died and told him to step into the future, since she would seal his darkness. She then used Iced Shell which caused her body to be destroyed. She explained to Gray that Iced Shell was the only thing that would beat Deliora, and was surprised to know that Lyon had tried to do what she planned. Suddenly, Lyon woke up and tried to cast Iced Shell, but Ur stopped him by freezing him. Gray carried Lyon and saw that Ur had lost her leg and replaced it with ice. Gray collapsed from battling Deliora and woke up to see Ur battling it. When Gray heard of Deliora's current location, he decided to challenge it, ignoring Ur and Lyon's warnings. Gray also obtained the unusual habit of stripping unconsciously from Ur's training methods. Gray accepted the training in order to eventually avenge his deceased parents by killing Deliora using Ur's unorthodox methods. Ur took Gray in as her second student and taught him and Lyon Ice-Make Magic. Lyon, along with Ur, a powerful ice Mage who Jellal claimed could have been one of the Ten Wizard Saints, came investigating Deliora's destruction, and found Gray alive among the ruins. And his parents were killed in the incident as well. Gray he was born and raised from a village up in the North, but when he was eight years old, the entire village was destroyed by the Demon Deliora.