Basics

Dragons, and even the dragon slayers, when it came to mating, mated for life. Dragons were separated into two groups when it came to mating, Dominants and Submissives. The dominants were the ones to mark their mates, to claim them. They protected their mates during battles, giving anything to make sure they were okay. All submissives, both male(which was rare) and female, were carriers, meaning they could bare children. They cared for the young, and were marked and claimed by their dominants.

When a submissive is marked, it ensures that they have a mate, but they're not completely claimed. Most dragons and slayers respect this, but a select few refuse to lose a submissive to another dominant. When a submissive is claimed, it means they have performed sexual intercourse, and their dominant had released inside of them. The submissive has final say in a relationship, they have the right to say no. Both the submissive and the dominant must both have their whole heart in their relationship, or the their magic will not bond properly, and the sub will not be claimed entirely, despite any sexual acts they partake in.

During mating season, the sub will release a strong, mesmerizing aroma that attracts possible mates to them, while doms only release an aroused aroma. Several weeks before mating season subs with strong magic elements, unknown to the doms, choose to partake in fights to choose a mate stronger than themselves. To subs with weaker magic elements, during mating season, doms will fight with each other to impress a sub.

This all also applies to dragon slayers.

Changes

Differences between the two were that a dragon slayer could also fall for a human sub/dom who was not a dragon slayer. When non-dragon slayers were constantly around dragon slayers they could also go into a form of heat, caused by the proximity. Humans who were not dragon slayers, after being around one/many could also learn to sense whether they would be considered dominant or submissive. While females were rarely dominant, males were rarely submissive, making both rare and quickly targeted during the season.

When a male dragon slayer is a submissive, with a strong magic element, they often go through drastic personality changes during the season. This is typically to attract more attention, giving the sub more of a variety to choose from. These changes could go from being loud, obnoxious, and annoying; to cute, innocent, and shy. They would easily get flustered, and blush brightly. Unlike the doms they are only lightly aroused when in heat. Dominant male dragons and slayers are like horny dogs during season, and would be willing to do anything to get their sub in a bed.

Problems

If a submissive is forced into a sexual act prior to the season, they are not entirely claimed, although in most cases are left mate-less. Dominant males take pride in clutching the virginity of their mate, making the sub all the more attractive in their eyes. When that innocence in taken away it will end one of three ways: A dominant will take pity on the sub and claim them anyway, they will not have a mate, or the one responsible will also force the sub to be their mate.

When subs are forced to be another's mate, they become depressed, and their magic could end up taking over, killing them. A sub can never be happy unless they are with the dom they love, and the dom that loves them and treats them well in return.

*Click*

I sighed scanning down the email from Gajeel. I had asked him to send me some info on mating season, since Igneel refused to talk about it in better detail. My face was red, reading about this was so embarrassing. I found out at age 12 that I was a submissive, though thinking about it, Igneel said something about appearance being a hint, and my hair is pink, so...

I knew I would end up with a male, but the thought terrified me. I did NOT want to be dominated by ANYONE. Well, maybe that's not entirely true, I do kinda like someone. But I know there is NO WAY he would ever like me back, he's straight...I think. I'm pretty sure he like Juvia anyway.

I sighed again. Thanks to Gajeel, I'm going into heat 2 YEARS EARLY! I'm 16 years old(the youngest one out of EVERYONE!), he's 18. Gray, who I kinda have a crush on, is also 18; almost. He's turning 18 the day before all of us go into season. By all of us I mean all of us dragon slayers, and probably some of our guild mates, this whole thing has got me shitting bricks. Gajeel has tried to explain that it's for our happiness, but he doesn't understand, he's a dominant. He's also got Levy. I'm the only sub out of all of us dragon slayers. Rogue is BI which means he shares both tendencies. But what about the people in the guild who end up affected? Who will be what? I have a feeling Erza is a dominant female, SCARY!

What am I going to do? What if I so something really stupid when I'm in heat? I'm going to embarrass the shit out of my self. WAH! What if I get pregnant?

I passed out at the thought...