A/N: Hey all, hope you're having a great day! Before we start I want to apologize for the reviews that were left unanswered. For some reason they are non-existent. I can't find them neither on the site nor on my e-mail. So yeah… sorry for the inconvenience. I hope the situation is fixed soon.

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Chapter Three

The Life I Chose

Years passed since that night. Now I'm eleven years old. I turned into a carefree person living with Inoreth. It was something that I always wanted. My personality really bloomed around him. I was never ment to be a lady or a normal person.

Throughout the passage of time I grew to love dad even more. We would always go flying at least once every week. We turned that one mountain peak into our training zone, where he would teach me how to use my magic. He was a very stern teacher. He was always loveable and cheerful but when it came down to teaching me magic, he was a different dragon altogether.

Once, he left on his own again like that one time, when he left me at the river. This time, as to not get bored, as he put it, he brought a huge boulder that was half his size and told me to break it until he returns or I would be fetching dinner on my own. I was very inexperienced with that at the time.

I just looked at him with a look that was screaming 'How in the world am I supposed to do that!?'

I guess it was pretty obvious, because he smirked and told me that he believes that I won't have any problem doing that. And that's how I was left staring at the giant rock in front of me, while he flew to god knows where. I was six years old at the time.

"So… it's just me and you rockie. I'm going to crush you to pieces and prove to dad that I am strong" I boasted.

"Here goes." I took a stance that dad was teaching me. "Arcane Dragon Twin Blast" I yelled extending my arms forward, one next to the other, towards the boulder. This was an improved version of the Arcane Dragon Blast, the first spell he ever taught me. Apparently the day he taught me, the spell was way weaker when I casted it because for me it was special, it was a twin blast. I learned that after I failed multiple times trying to cast the damn projectile until one day I was so pissed that I didn't even realise I created a twin to the first blast and threw them together. Dad was really impressed at the time. As I yelled the name of the spell, two lights started circling around both my hands. Circling over my right arm was a blue and white light that was twirling and rolling towards the end of it. On my left arm, a gentle violet and white light was dancing all over from the shoulder to the palm.

As my hands connected, the two lights started dancing around one another. Their colors were complimenting each other and were now forming an arrow-like shape. In an instant, the projectile started flying towards the huge mass in front of me. The lights never stopping to dance around each other. As they hit their target, the twin blast exploded, leaving a trail of violet and blue dust around it.

When the smoke cleared, I saw that I was able to take only a chunk of the whole thing.

I groaned. "Ughhhhh... At this rate, I will never finish before dad comes back." I was annoyed to say the least. I though that I was strong enough to wreck this boulder but I guess I wasn't that powerful after all.

That was it, I wasn't powerful enough, but if I could consume my element I would gain strength.

'But I can't create Arcania with my own magic. Dad said I can't consume my element if I was the one who created it' I sighed mentally. That option was out of the window.

"Well I guess I'll just have to do it the old fashion way." I readied myself again.

"Arcane Dragon Ethereal Chains" I shouted, pointing my right hand towards the boulder as everywhere around me, see-through, purplish chains started coming out of the ground and enveloped my target. As they did, they started to squeeze the huge rock, but to no avail. All they could do was make a dent in a line form around it.

"God dang it…" I muttered. Now I was getting irritated. This rock was giving me one hell of a fight and it wasn't even sentient. I was truly pathetic. But I was determined to destroy it. I don't want to chase my dinner after all. And believe me, dad would really make me chase my dinner if I didn't do as he asked…

I moved into my stance once again.

"Arcane Dragon Grand Impact" I screamed with all my might, both my hands pointing towards the huge boulder. As I did so, a magical circle appeared under the enormous mass in front of me. The circle was azure in color with hints of violet and white. In the center of it was a dragon head. As soon as the magical circle was under the rock, it exploded, leaving only the purplish-blue dust behind it. As it cleared, I saw that the explosion had made a few dents and that some chunks were flying in random directions but the rock was still standing tall.

I dropped on my knees. I was still inexperienced and even this small amount of casting was really exhausting.

"This is impossible…" I said in a hushed tone, speaking to the wind.

'Anora, I've know you since you were four and while I admit it's not much I know that you can do this. Everytime you set yourself an objective, you complete it without mistake. I am more than sure that you are up to the task. I believe in you.' The words of dad before he left echoed through my head.

I stood up, once again facing my foe.

"I will grind you to dust!" I yelled as I looked at the piece of stone, determination practically leaking from my eyes.

"Arcane Dragon Spectacle" As I yelled the name of the spell I took a different stance. I stood firm, my legs away from one another. As I said the words I crossed my hands in an 'X' formation and stood still, suddenly I expanded my arms sideways, as if mimicing an explosion. A magical circle formed underneath me. As the spell was casted, lights started forming in the air around me and my target. They were around twenty or thirty of them, at least this was how many I could summon. As they took shape, that of a pointing arrow, they all flung towards the rock hitting it from all directions.

I stood there barely on my feet, my eyes looking at the ground while I was trying to catch my breath. When I looked up, I was shocked to say the least. The rock was damaged from every side but it still stood firm. It was half the size of dad and in my attempts I was only able to make it a few inches smaller.

I barely stood up again. '…I believe in you.' Dad's words were now all I could hear in my mind.

I was now shaking from having released so much magical energy but I wouldn't give up. I would succeed and make Inoreth proud.

Even though I had almost spent my entire reserve of magical energy, I could feel the flow of power through me that was being driven by my determination.

'…When casting spells, remember that the most important part is to use your emotions to make the spells more powerful. If your heart isn't in it, your power will be only half or even less of what it could be…' A memory of one of dad's teachings was now in my mind.

Now I stood tall, ready for the finale.

"Arcane Dragon Twin Blast" As I casted my speciality, the projectile flew towards it's destination but before it could hit I casted another spell.

"Arcane Dragon Amplification Circle" I screamed as I parted my hands toward the sides. A magical circle formed in front of the Twin blast, between the projectile and its target. This circle was different. It was still the same color but instead of the dragon head in the middle, it had a smaller circle with four lines coming from four directions as a 'X' sign that wasn't completed.

'…Anora, listen carefully, I will teach you a spell that I want you to promise that you will use only in dire situations as it is very costly.'

'I promise!'

'It is called Arcane Dragon Amplification Circle, it doubles the power of every spell that goes through it but I think it will have a special interaction with you Twin Blast. You see, since your unique spell is formed from two Arcane Blasts it will actually quadruple it's power…' The memory echoed through my mind as my Twin Blast went through the magical circle in front of it, seemingly becoming much larger and the lights starting to dance even faster around one another.

As the smoke from the impact cleared, all that was standing from the small rock was a pile of rubble. I was victorious. But in the process I had lost so much magical power and since it was directly connected to my life force, I felt so weak and just collapsed on the ground, fading into darkness.

Later that day I woke up in the cave, near dad. He explained, with a proud and worried look on his face, that he never though that I would be able to break that rock. Apparently, he actually had put a protective charm on the boulder, making it much tougher than it actually was.

I was shocked, did I really break through dad's enchantment?

Of course after I told him how I actually succeeded in doing so I got the scolding of the year for using the amplification circle. Well at least I wasn't going to chase my dinner around the woods. That was a positive thing and also the fact that I destroyed a boulder with dad's enchantment on it!

Life was more or less training and having fun with dad. By the time I was seven I already knew the whole forest as if it itself was my home. Well to be honest I did grow up in it so that's not too far away from the mark. Sometimes dad would surprise me with something new. Like a new way to have fun or a new spell that I didn't know.

Such a day was the day of my eight birthday. April 14th X774.

On that day he brought me to our training zone, the mountain peak which was kind of our special place. There were some differences there, like the fact that from the four peaks that were visible when I was four years old, now only two were standing tall. What can I say, dad was sometimes overdoing his demonstration…

When we reached the summit I hopped of off dad and asked him.

"So what are we doing today?" I asked cheerfully.

"Well since this is your eight birthday, I though I would make this training session a bit more interesting today." He said, forming his trademark grin.

"Today I will teach you how to use your Arcane Dragon Roar." He said smiling at me from ear to ear.

I was ecstatic. I would finally be able to roar like him. Throughout the years my body had fully changed. My lungs were now able to contain the breath of an Arcane Dragon and my skin had small scales that were not so visible until I started using my power. My skin was now resistant to cold and heat and I could take a lot more punishment than I could before even if I was only eight years old. My canines had grown a bit and my other teeth had become sharper.

I just looked at him with my wide green eyes, awaiting for him to show me how to do it.

"Now look at how a dragon roars Anora." He said as he found his target in the distance.

"Arcane Dragon Roar" He bellowed. As he did, a purplish-blue and white light started bursting out of his maw. It was huge and you could probably feel the power that his roar was emitting from the other side of the country. His roar found it's mark and hit the near mountain peak that was a few miles away from us.

A sweat drop formed on my head as I looked at him and he turned his head to look at me, grinning from ear to ear. "Another one bites the dust. You know, that's your third mountain peak that you've destroyed for four years…" I said, already used to that.

"If you keep destroying the landscape like that people would have to make out their maps all over again." I said and he laughed.

"Come now, you know how I can go a bit overboard…" He said, mimicking me to try it myself.

'I know all too well' I smirked at my though.

I took a stance, ready and determined to make my roar be heard to at least a mile away.

"Arcane Dragon Roar" I bellowed, trying to imitate dad. But all that came out were a few blue and violet particles and a small yelp.

Dad just laughed and I was flustered.

"But that was pathetic." I groaned.

"If you keep practicing , you will be destroying mountains on your own in no time, I'm sure of it" Dad said, smiling.

I just laughed at his comment.

I practiced the roar on the summit the whole day while dad was just watching me and encouraging me. After a few hours of trying we practiced some of the old spells and finished with some meditation because that's how you could expand your magical energy. This wasn't your typical meditation though. This was rough. While sitting, legs crossed, you have to expel the energy in you until you are drained.

Every night after training dad would carry me back to the cave and we would eat and go to sleep.

Sometimes I still had nightmares but they weren't as bad for I knew that with dad around me, I was safe. I mean what in the world would be scarier than Inoreth when he is angry? I grew a habit of sleeping in his hand while he covered me with his wing. It was actually pretty comfortable and comforting in a way.

This is how my days went mostly. Sometimes I would be alone while dad went somewhere, he never told me about and I didn't pry. If he wanted he would have told me. I would take a stroll in the forest. Now that I knew how to wield magic I felt much more secure and dad even allowed me to do it as long as I was careful. Sometimes I would spend my days with dad, laughing and having fun and others we would dedicate all of our time to training. It was not a varied life but it was something that I enjoyed every second of.

Everything was going well until this fateful day. As I said, now I was eleven years old. This day started like any other. I woke up and as I stretched and made my bones crack, I woke up the big dragon that was sleeping next to me. Today was my turn to fetch us food so I quickly got up and chased a bunch of wild geese and boars for lunch. Today was a day off and we were planning of having lots of fun.

Our first stop was at the river, where we started fishing. Since I started using magic I hardly ever used a rod anymore, instead I would catch the fish with my magic.

Our next stop was the flying session. I could never get enough of that. Even if his tricks were not in abundance, I didn't really care. I loved the feeling of the wind in my long, blonde hair and the feeling of touching those puffy clouds. Of course some stunts were never out of the question. They made flying that much more exciting.

Next up was our special place, the mountain top. We landed with a loud THUMP on the summit and stood there in silence.

It was getting late already. Before we got here we made a competition of who would catch more boars in half an hour. The score was thirty seven to sixty three for him. I was outclassed to say the least. Of course we released them because we didn't want to kill them. We only kept a few for dinner.

While we stood there in silence I noticed that he wasn't smiling as usual. He was always so cheerful and his grin was always from ear to ear. But now he had only half a smile, the kind that people make when they remember fond moments before they part with them. I was really confused, I didn't know what was happening so I broke the silence.

"D…Dad? Is everything ok?" He just looked the other way.

"Yeah." He answered, turning towards me.

I felt a sudden change of the atmosphere, now it was gloomier. Saddening even. And then I remembered. I remembered the anime from my old life. The years were taking their tool and I was slowly forgetting some things ,of course, but I still remembered a large part of my life in the other world. The 7th of July X777. The day the dragons disappeared. Well they didn't actually disappear, they went inside their children to create antibodies to prevent them from turning into dragons from the magic that they are using. Was that fated day drawing near? Was that why he was sad? Because he had to leave.

Now that I think about it, I myself started to feel sadness at my core but I wanted to know for certain and not only speculate even though I knew that the answer was the one I didn't want to hear.

"Well… you kind of seem down lately. Usually your smile rivals that of a man that finds a crate of gold in front of his doorstep everyday." He chuckled at my association. "You sure everything is alright?"

He simply nodded not even saying a word. Now I was worried.

"D…dad… what day is it today." I asked in a hushed tone.

"It's the 6th of July X777 Anora, why do you ask?" He looked at me, as if suspicious of something.

"For no reason at all, the question just popped in my mind, that's all." I lied through my teeth, looking down at the ground so that he wouldn't see my face full of pain.

"I think that we should go back to the cave, it's getting late." He inquired, without his cheerful tone.

I just nodded and climb on his back. He spread his wings and we were off to our home. We ate dinner and were preparing to sleep. Today however, dad was not asleep when we finished dinner, he was still awake and waiting for me to finish with my night sight seeing as I looked out of the cave entrance. Usually I would come because the scenery was beautiful and it always calmed me before I went off to dream land but today, I just came because I didn't want him to see the small tears that were forming in my eyes.

I knew why he was so sad today. It's the same reason I was sad. He was going to disappear tomorrow. I will wake up and he will be gone. I came out to dry my eyes out before I went inside. Dragons had heightened senses like smell, hearing and vision. I found that out when he first taught me Dragon Slayer Magic. With the change of my physique their also came changes to my senses of smell, hearing and vision. I started to smell the faintest of scents, I was able to hear a great distance away and I could see further than I could ever be able to in both my lives.

So I came here to dry myself of the tears so that he couldn't be able to smell or see them. It was easier to hide them in the dark cave but I'm pretty sure he noticed that I had been sobbing a bit when I neared him. He didn't say anything about it though.

He just extended his hand, beckoning me to lay in it. I did as he wanted and nested myself comfortably in his hand. It was still larger than my body even after seven years. As I did so he pulled me closer to him and covered me with his wing.

We stayed like that for a moment. I could feel the heat he was radiating. He was so warm. And then he spoke.

"Anora, you know that I will always be there for you, right?" He asked me.

Instead of confusion I felt even sadder. He really was going to be gone by tomorrow.

I didn't say anything, afraid that my voice would crack and I wouldn't be able to hold back my tears. I just stood there, curled in a ball in his palm. He though that I was already asleep when I didn't answer him.

He sighed heavily. "…Know that I will always be with you no matter what you think, my daughter. If you ever need me just look deep inside of yourself and you will find me in your heart." He said, not hiding the pain in his voice. This was probably as hard for him as it was for me. Now I was fighting an internal battle with myself so as to not start the waterworks.

"My sweet Anora…" He continued. "You have grown so much both in length and in spirit. I am proud of you, don't ever forget that." He said as he lay his head on the hard ground finally falling asleep probably with a heavy heart.

A few moments after he was gone to dream land I couldn't hold myself anymore and I cried myself to sleep.

In the morning I woke up, alone, on the hard ground, my back hurting from sleeping on the floor. Today was that blasted day… the 7th of July X777. I though I had ran out of tears but as soon as I saw the empty cave I couldn't hold them back. I cried my heart out.

After about twenty minutes I regained my composure and started preparing for my journey. It was decided. I would join Fairy Tail. I had the skill and the mastery over magic that was required to enter a guild and now that my goal was set, nothing could stop me.

With a heavy heart I started packing what little goods I had with me. I had one cyan bag with a dragon emblem on it. I packed some of my dresses that were given to me from dad while I put my favourite one on. The violet-blue one with the hints of white. My first ever dress from Inoreth. I had some jewelry from when I helped a group of explorers, that were lost, go through the forest while dad was gone one day. To thank me, they paid me 200.000 jewels and I've kept them since then. Those were all my belongings from here. Once I packed everything in my blue bag I got out of the cave and walked towards the nearest village.

While I was just out of the cave I looked back at it and I remembered all the fond memories that I created here. A small smile crept its way on my lips. Then I turned my back and started my long journey. Even though I knew this forest like the palm of my hand I didn't know much else. I didn't know in which part of the country I was so the most logical thing to do was go to the nearest village and ask for directions.

That would certainly be interesting because I've live for seven years alone, with dad, in the forest, away from civilization. And even if I had eighteen years of experience behind my back it didn't matter much. With my time with dad I had changed my ways entirely. I was no longer the shy girl I was. I was carefree for once and I wasn't afraid to stand my ground. One tends to forget about civilization when such a life is presented to them.

With that in mind my course was set to the nearest village which was at the very least fifty miles through the forest. It was a fairly huge forest after all and I didn't have any problems going through it all when I was on the back of dad, but now I was alone and I was keeping a steady pace with which I would probably reach civilization by nightfall.

I sighed mentally, knowing that searching for Inoreth would be fruitless. He was right after all. All I needed to do was look inside my heart and I would find him there. Literally. I knew from the anime that the dragons used some kind of spell to get inside our bodies but that didn't make the pain go away. I still felt alone and vulnerable. The sadness was still here and even if all logic said that I would meet him again in time, that this sadness was pointless, my heart would say the exact opposite.

So I marched forward, my new goal in sight, my original goal – join Fairy Tail.

A/N: I hope everyone had as much fun reading this chapter as i had writing it. The fun of having to create Anora's spells plus the feels at the end made this chapter really interesting to do.

Also don't worry if you find some ninjas, cutting onions in the back of your room, I hired them!

Next chapter should be up in about two or three days, if there aren't any complications.

I will see you guys in the next chapter.