Heyo! I'm back fuckers! Anyways I ain't got much to say so let's just jump right in!

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The evening had been calm and surprisingly enjoyable for the Fairy Tail mages. The fish had been delicious and Zeref had entertained them all with, probably slightly exaggerated, stories about his and Natsu's adventures. To which they reciprocated with some of their own stories.

It was barely ever silent, what with their interchanging stories, jokes and Zeref's translations of all the vague gestures and facial expressions Natsu was using to express himself. The older boy seemed almost able to read the younger ones mind what with the way he easily understood everything the other was trying to say without any words.

The meal had been warm and welcoming, and nothing of what you'd expect of the future darkest mage in Fiore.

When they'd all finished Zeref had helped them get set up in their tents, giving them some spare blankets and pillows before bidding them good night and joining his brother in their tent.

But despite the warm soft blanket and the comfortable temperature in the tent, Lucy couldn't bring herself to sleep and a quick look to the side proved that her tentmate, Erza, was having similar issues.

"Something on your mind Lucy?" Erza asked calmly when she noticed the blond girl staring off into space.

"Ya, it's just. It was so weird seeing him like that, ya know? Natsu I mean. Well, Zeref as well but who knows what he'd been like as a child. I don't think I've ever seen Natsu like this. I mean are we even sure that's actually Natsu, what if it's just an ancestor of his or something?" She said as she turned on her side and looked over at the red head.

"Hmm, true. But I knew Natsu when he was around this age and that boy is the spitting image of him, I know Natsu and there's no doubt in my mind that that is him." Assured Erza.

"You know that's another thing that doesn't make sense. Natsu joined the guild when he was eight and before then he'd been raised from infancy by Igneel and taught Dragon Slayer magic. So what on earth is he doing here with his supposed older brother? Not to mention the fact that the timelines don't match up. The Dragon Slayers were brought to our time from three hundred years in the past, yet here we are four hundred years in the past and there Natsu is! Even if Igneel was here with him, that'd suggest they'd have had to make the trip to the future twice, once for Natsu and again for the others. Which would have been impossible. And even if that was true, why didn't Igneel wait until Natsu was older before he sent him to the future? I mean if they were all sent with the purpose of killing Acnologia why not spend more time training Natsu since he had an extra hundred years that the other Dragons didn't? Not to mention the fact that Dragon Slayer magic is still in the process of being perfected right now in this time period and is still a pretty new concept when it comes to magic. It just doesn't make sense. We must be missing something." She explained as she sat up with a hand on her chin, desperately trying to find the logic and the sense in all of this.

"I know Lucy, but staying up all night trying to figure it out will not get us anywhere. Now why don't you lie back down and try to get some rest." The older woman said as she too sat up and put a reassuring hand on the youngers shoulder, a calming smile on her lips.

It was true none of this made sense, but they'd figure it out.

"Ya, you're right." Lucy smiled sheepishly before lying back down along with the red haired knight.

They'd figure it out, they'd find out what was happening, but first they needed to sleep.

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In the other tent Gajeel and Gray were dead asleep and snoring loudly.

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Gajeel groaned a bit as he slowly woke up from his sleep. He'd slept incredibly well, despite having to share a tent with the stupid popsicle. He may not agree with Natsu on everything, but if there was one thing he could, it was that Gray was fucking cold. And Gajeel hates the cold. Luckily the blankets the little brat had given them were plenty warm.

The thought of the black haired teen made Gajeel scowl. Now, never, ever, would he even think about admitting this outloud and even barely in the confines of his own mind, but he'd come to think of the pink haired salamander as his own little brother. And seeing a much younger, much more vulnerable version of that little brother stirred all kinds of brotherly instincts he didn't even know existed. But seeing the little fire drake with his actual brother made him feel something that quite nearly gave him a heart attack when he realised what it was. He was jealous.

Now he knew that this was all the dragon in him talking, at least mostly, dragons were surprisingly social creatures amongst their own species. It was incredibly rare for a dragon to be an only child since dragon eggs were born in large clutches. And if they had no siblings they tended to see their close friends as their siblings and flock members. Dragon Slayers had all kinds of dragon instincts that they acquired from their parents, one of those was the desire to find a flock. And Gajeel had, quite surprisingly, found his amongst the little sky drake and the little fire drake, and even the light and darkness twins and lightning bastard, who while not a total Dragon Slayer, still had several of the instincts that came with the powers. He'd found his flock, and after Laxus, he was the oldest so of course he was going to be a little protective, and maybe a bit possessive, but that was just natural for dragons.

But he also knew that this little spit fire in this time, was not his, he wasn't even a Dragon Slayer yet. He knew he couldn't go all territorial big brother dragon on Zeref. Especially not when the teen seemed like he wasn't actually a half bad brother.

Gajeel sighed and sat up completely, Gray was long gone, Gajeel could smell him outside along with some of the others and what must be breakfast. Hmmm, smells good.

He still didn't really have a clue what was going on, but that shit smelled yummy so Gajeel didn't really care right now.

He stood up and left the tent, intent on getting some food into his belly.

So ya, I love Dragon Slayer siblings. Fight me. Also a little bit of Lucy explaining why this doesn't make sense, but then again she only has half the story. Anywho, let me know what you think in the reviews and if you have any questions or if you just want to chat feel free to PM me.

MotherfuckingDamianWayne over and out.