A/N: OK, so I've been wanting to write a Chendy story for a while, but I wanted to wait until I finished the series to write one in the canon universe. So I'm doing AU, which I've never done before. I've also never written romance, so I don't know if that'll work. Anyway, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy it :)

"Today, we will begin our studies of Dragonslayers. Dragonslayers are wild, dangerous creatures. They are not exactly natural beings, in fact they were created by the world-renowned scientist, Zeref Dragneel. They are actually the result of combining human and dragon DNA. Dragneel put a strand of dragon DNA into an unborn human child. The child was then born, though it could hardly be called human. It died soon after birth. Dragneel tried to work out a more stable way of creating a human with the power of a dragon, each time testing it on unborn children of both species. Somehow, many of the Dragonslayers who survived the early stages of life escaped, and this is how they managed to create a home in the wild. Currently, we are still unable to remove them from there, due to their draconic abilities and territorial nature. However, some people have started to use them as slaves, for labour or guarding..."

Beyond this, Chelia had zoned out. She found the topic interesting, more so than a lot of things, but it was all so negative. They could at least give her a reason why she had to hate Dragonslayers. Wouldn't it be better if they could just be friends? Well, when she asked her cousin this, she had told her to grow up and that the world wasn't as perfect as it used to be. Sherry was a bit damp, if Chelia was completely honest.

Somebody tugged at one of her pink pigtails and she lifted her head to see her best friend, Romeo. She smacked his hand away and sat up.

"Class's over, let's get out of here," Romeo told her, pulling her to her feet. Chelia looked around the empty classroom.

"Oh. OK then."

They exited quickly and made their way onto the street. The sky was dark and gloomy but Chelia didn't care. It was always like that, so why worry about it?

"Those Dragonslayers sounded pretty nasty, huh?" Romeo commented.

"Kinda. I feel like there are some things that nobody's found out though. They can't all be bad, y'know?"

"What are you saying?"

"Well... What if we could help them fit in with us, rather than cast them out or enslave them like animals?"

"That kind of talk's gonna get you into some kind of therapy."

"Hey-"

"Y'know they do that, right? Anyone who tries to believe anything the higher-ups don't want them to, gets brainwashed until they forget it even happened," Romeo explained. Unfortunately, he had a point. In the world they lived in today, people just weren't allowed to have their own ideas. If someone even remotely went against the government, they would suddenly disappear, and maybe come back unrecognisable, if at all.

Chelia bit her lip. "We'd have to be careful. And smart."

"You'll struggle with both."

She ignored that comment. "If we could catch one, we could teach it to be more human-"

"What?" Romeo stared wide-eyed.

"I did my research. The thing about Dragonslayers, is that they're all different experiments, designed slightly differently. There's a chance that some of them are more human than we realise."

"A chance?" Romeo knew something was off. Chelia never just jumped into something this serious.

Chelia sighed. "You gotta promise to not tell anyone about this." Romeo nodded. "OK, I met-"

"You met a Dragonslayer?!"

"Shut the hell up, idiot!" Chelia shoved him in the chest.

"OK, sorry, but you met one of those things?"

"Two, actually. Anyway, I thought they were human at first, but then they told me."

"Where did you meet them?"

"In the woods. They live in a hidden area cause they aren't allowed in the city. Anyway, I'm sure they'd be up for trying to make a better name for the Dragonslayers."

"You can try."

"And I know you'll come with me."

"Someone's gotta keep you out of trouble." They grinned.

"I've got some spare time now. We could go straight away!"

"Let's drop our school stuff off first."

The two teenagers crept quietly through the Grimoire Woods. Nothing bad had ever happened in these woods, but there were always warnings of what could happen. They made it sound rather frightening. At last they reached a cave entrance, shrouded with tree roots, branches and mystery. Chelia walked in first.

"Hello? Guys, are you here?"

There were grunts and two sets of footsteps, until out of the shadows came two tall men, one with spiky, blond hair, and the other with even spikier, maroon hair. Both had a scar over their right eyes, although the blond's apparently hadn't damaged the eye itself.

"Oh, you are here. Hey, Laxus! Hey, Cobra!" Chelia waved and smiled at the first Dragonslayers either of the teens had ever seen.

Romeo looked them up and down. They didn't look particularly dragony. He guessed their more draconic traits weren't in their physical appearance. They did have fangs, though.

"Blendy." The blond one stated. "I see you've brought your boyfriend, too."

They both blushed. "N-n-no, I'm not her boyfriend, just her friend!" Romeo shouted.

"Y-yeah, I'm not even into boys!" Chelia protested.

Cobra laughed. "That idiot's just messing with you, don't get so worked up about it."

"Anyway, what are you kids doing here?"

"Well, I've decided I want to do something about this problem. The problem that involves Dragonslayers not getting the rights they deserve."

Laxus scoffed. "The people don't care about us. Why bother?"

"The people believe you're just a bunch of savage animals! If they saw you guys, they'd see that some are just like us."

"No way. I'm not walking through the town just to get blasted to pieces by an army."

"Please!"

"No." Laxus crossed his arms over his chest.

Chelia pouted. "Fine, I have another idea that doesn't involve you interacting with humans."

"What's that?" Cobra asked.

"Catch another Dragonslayer. I can teach it how to be human and then it can carry out the first plan instead of you."

"It'll take a while," Laxus warned.

"I'll come back at the end of the week. That should be plenty of time."

"It's gonna cost you."

"How much?"

"Bring us food for that day. We can't hunt for food if we're busy searching for Dragonslayers."

"Deal," Chelia beamed. "Come on, Romeo, let's go home!"

Romeo followed her out of the woods. Chelia was so excited. She hoped Laxus and Cobra would bring a friendly one.

A/N: OK, so, first chapter done. I'm kinda making this world up as I go, so if you're confused, then I'm sorry. Think of it kind of like in Harry Potter when Voldemort's guys corrupt the Ministry and also take over Hogwarts. The Dragonslayers are kind of like Muggle-borns, I guess... Anyway, tell me what you think, and don't worry, Wendy will appear soon.