"It may seem that way but Stella is just strict, she makes herself the bad guy so she can produce the strongest soldiers out of the people given to her, she really is amazing though, and also she is like this way because she is different." Hibiki told them and Stella hit a bulls-eye, she aimed again and missed, she sighed and got focused and hit an inner ring, Ren and Eve looked at him confused and he looked surprised. "Wait you don't know?" He asked and they shook their heads, he sighed and called her over, she looked behind her and then put her bow down, took her hair out and went over to him. "Hey is it alright that I tell them about your parents?" Hibiki asked and she sat down on his lap and nodded, he chuckled and then looked at Eve and Ren seriously, Jura listening intently. "Well Stella isn't normal, she's actually a dragon's child, her parents are dragons, Igneel the fire dragon which taught Natsu his magic, and Natalia the poison ice dragon." Hibiki told them and their mouths dropped open, she giggled and asked if they wanted proof, they said yes very enthusiastically and she got up, took her gloves off, took her shoes and stockings off and stood in front of them.

Stella closed her eyes and concentrated on raising her magic power to create a whirlwind around her; she opened her eyes and released the power within her, her magic power became visible and it formed a dragon and her scales were coming through. She bent forward as her nails sharpened with her teeth; suddenly dragon wings sprouted from her back, a lovely crystal blue for the left wing, corresponding with her scales on her arms, a fiery red for the right, a roar had escaped her and she slowly straightened, her ears now were pointed and she had the hands and feet of a dragon. Stella opened her eyes and the men looked at her shocked, Hibiki stood up and went over to her, she glanced at him sadly and she reverted back to her normal form, he stuck out his arm and caught her as she fell forward, fatigued, he carried her to the couch and laid her down. She came to about 20 minutes later and sat up, Hibiki told her that the time after she transformed back was much shorter, she sighed and put her hand to her head and felt a pain in her back, she looked down and put her hand on her opposite shoulder, remembering the day her mother tried to kill her. Hibiki put his hand on her back and she let out a gasp of pain, he removed his hand and looked saddened, guessing that the wound still hurt, she nodded and stood up when a trainee came into the room. She looked over at him and he bowed to her, she stood up, taking her hair out and she went over to him, he held a letter for her and she opened it, reading the context, and then closed her eyes sighing as she closed the letter.

"Alright, I understand, please bring them here; I understand the urgency so I'll hear them out this once." Stella muttered quietly to him, he bowed and went out, then came back a few minutes later with Natsu and Gajeel. "So I hear you guys are in need of some training, no?" Stella said sarcastically facing them, they nodded and she smirked, she snapped her fingers and the room shifted, making it high-ceilinged and very open so they can train. "Alright, come at me, all at once." Stella challenged them and they didn't hesitate, she smirked and dodged their attacks and hit both of them with her signature attack, the claws of the poison ice fire dragon.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu yelled at the same time Gajeel did their dragon breaths, she looked shocked at the techniques merged and roared to her, she blocked it with her arms and screamed from the forced, she was flung backwards and she hit the wall.

"Ah!" She hit the wall with force and bounced off it and fell to the ground, she knelt there panting and looked up at them, "Well, well, looks like you two may not need my help after all." Stella smirked and coughed up blood, she wiped it with the back of her hand and stood up, she gathered her magic power and transformed again to her dragon form, or the form from before. "Well then, this'll be interesting, come at me Dragon Slayers." Stella mocked and flew upwards, she stayed there floating above the ground and they tried to attack her, she dodged swiftly and unleashed her poison ice fire dragon's roar. "Gah!" She got hit in the back, in the exact same spot and right on top of the old scar on her back but flipped the other way, she was screaming in pain, old pain, and new pain, she fell to her knees clutching her shoulders in pain.

"Stella!" Hibiki yelled and ran over to her, he knelt next to her and saw that the scars were reopened, and fresh wounds caused it from Gajeel, "Stella hang on, it'll be alright." Hibiki told her and she was shaking from the pain and painful memories, the two dragon slayers asked if she was alright and Stella's tears fell to the ground as the pain weakened her, she reverted back to normal and Hibiki caught her as she fell forward. "The pain must still be too unbearable for you, huh Stella?" Hibiki asked in a low voice and the parts of the wound over her scar were darkened when it healed and after a few minutes she was conscious again. "You're as impressive as ever, cut from 20 minutes earlier today, down to 4 or 5 minutes again a few hours later." Hibiki told her and she put her hand to her necklace and tears streamed down her face, he put his hand on her shoulder and she put her hands in her face and cried, Gajeel not knowing what to do, and Natsu knelt by her and she looked up at him when he told her it'd be alright. "Alright that's enough for today, you guys can go back, I'll take Stella back to her room, she'll resume training in a few days, so until then please don't visit her." Hibiki told them then helped her up, Ren, Eve, and Ichiya stayed close to her so nothing happened and Jura saw the two Fairy Tail members out.

"Back to work!" Stella yelled in the morning, she was irritated and angry today, it was getting close to her birthday and around her birthday she was always in a bad mood, some unknown person in a cloak would come to her with a present and try to convince her to join him, the last year he came she had cornered him and gotten a glimpse of what his face looked like. "I won't tolerate any slacking off! Now faster! If you mess up even once you are outta here!" Stella yelled angrily, she hadn't even bothered putting her hair up, Hibiki and his group watched from the break area and he sighed putting his face to his hand. "Five minute break everyone! If I come back and find you aren't training again, I will-" Stella yelled angrily and suddenly the door opened cutting her off mid-sentence, it was the man in the cloak, her breathing had caught in her throat and he was holding a box in his hands, he slowly moved towards her and she backed away from him, her entire body shaking in fear. "What do you want from me now!? Just… just stay away!" Stella yelled shakily, the trainees looked at her and she had fear written all over her face, Hibiki's eyes widened, recognizing him as the man that was haunting her every year on her birthday.

"Join me Stella… join me. Come on… join me Stella darling." He repeated over and over and she clutched her head screaming, he was drawing closer to her and then he finally reached her, he took hold of her and vanished, all Hibiki could do was watch in horror. "Stella…I've been watching over you for years, ever since I met you in the forest… come, become my bride Stella. Father really likes you; he wants us to be together…forever." The man said and took off his cloak, he revealed his face to her and she was knocked out, though she didn't know it, it was someone she had met many years ago, his name was Midnight.

"Mmm…where…am I?" Stella had woken up some time later; she put her hand to her head and looked around, it was a dark cave and she saw the man in the cloak sleeping in a corner, 5 other people in the cave with them, Midnight woke up and looked at her and then smiled devilishly.