"So you're saying you turned into a ghost and met your old master?" Lucy asked as she unlocked the door to her and Natsu's house. "Yeah. It was almost like she killed my mind then brought it back" Grey explained. "I was shocked when you both suddenly bolted backwards" Lucy said. They all sat at the dining table waiting for Natsu and Mortis to come. "I just can't believe she is Natsu's real sister. She's been through everything he went through. What I want to know is why Igneel is leaving them alone" Grey explained. "I think that's something he would like to know too" Erza said.
Suddenly Mortis and Natsu walked in. "Wow this place is huge" Mortis said, looking around. "You kidding me. This place is tiny" Lucy said. "Bigger than the cave me and Igneel shared."
"Would you like anything Natsu?" she smiled. "Fire" he said. "Me too please if that's ok?" Mortis asked. "You eat fire too?" Grey asked. "And ice" she explained. Natsu and Grey couldn't figure out how her two magic abilities worked together. They were complete opposites and yet they work together. Lucy got a fire going in their fire place and Natsu picked up two logs and gave one to Mortis and they both sat at the table and started to eat their fires.
"So here's what we have" Erza began. "We have you. Mortis Dragneel, who claims to be a biological sister of Natsu Dragneel and was trained by Igneel, who Natsu was taught by. Then you also claim to have a curse of speaking to the dead. From which Ur came to you and trained you ice magic. But this is the issue we, the two magic abilities you have can't work together." Suddenly fire was circling around them and a small ice sword was created in the middle of the table. Everybody looked at Mortis to see she had her eyes closed. When she opened her eyes the fire and ice dissolved into the air. "You didn't even use your hands" Grey said, astonished. "All I have to do is picture the hand movements in my mind. They are practical the same thing" she explained.
"So what do we do now then?" Lucy asked. "I'm going to stay with Fairytail for a few weeks to see what guild life is like" Mortis explained. "You will love it. Choose your own jobs get paid great. Let's face it Fairytail is the best guild in the world" Natsu smiled. Mortis smirked and said "I'll find out for myself."
"So Mortis where are you staying?" Lucy asked. "Oh. I haven't really thought of that" she said. "Well stay with us until you decide if you will stay with Fairytail or not" Lucy suggested. "Are you sure?" Mortis asked. "Yeah, don't you think Natsu" Lucy asked. "That's not a bad idea. I'll get to know my little sister" he smiled. That smile quickly faded when he remembered he had a sister.
"Me and Grey need to get going. We will be at the guild in the morning" Erza said. "We'll see you there" Natsu said. When Grey an Erza were gone, Natsu showed Mortis the spare room they had. "You can sleep here. I know it's dusty, but we have never had any use for it until now. So it's all yours" he explained. "Thank you"" Mortis said, as she stepped inside.
Natsu left her alone to get used to her new life. He walked downstairs to find Lucy sat at the table worried. "What's wrong?" he asked. "It's just so weird. Two hours ago we were worried about having our lives taken from us, now you have a sister" she explained. Natsu leaned on the wall and put his hand on his head and scratched it. "What do I do? I barely even know her, yet I feel protective over her?" he asked. "I think it's because you believe she is your sister. Natsu do you remember anything before you met Igneel?" she asked. He stared at the wall for a while, before he answered "never really thought about it."
Suddenly the door flung open and Happy flew in and crashed on the sofa. "LOOK WHERE YOU'RE GOING YOU STUPID CAT!" Lucy roared. "I heard about your sister. That's so cool! How come you never told me!" happy asked. "I didn't know" Natsu said, as he sat at the dining table. "Where is she then?" he asked. "She's upstairs getting used to her new room" he explained.
Natsu started to remember some of the teaching Igneel taught him. "Remember Natsu, fire training with me will be difficult, I will teach you the ways of the fire and during our training your body will change. Are you sure you're ready?" Igneel asked. Natsu smiled and shouted "are you serious? I was born ready!" The dragon smiled as he started their first lesson.
Mortis leaned on the wall and stared out the window. This was the first time she will sleep in a house. She looked back in the room and couldn't get her head around that this was her room. It only had a bed. It didn't feel right. "What's wrong?" she tensed up as her vision darkened. She turned around to find a teenage boy with a glowing cut along his mouth. "What are you doing here?" she asked. "You know I will check up with you every day" he smirked. "Look no one else can see you like I can, you need to go before my brother enters the room" Mortis grunted.
Just as the door opened Mortis's vision lightened up and Natsu walked in. "Hi" he smiled. Mortis leaned on the wall again and said nothing. "Listen, me and Lucy were thinking about going out for dinner. Do you want to come?" he asked. "What kind of dinner?" she asked. "Food from all over the world and as much as you can eat" he explained. Mortis thought she might as well go out to dinner with them and get to know her brother. She nodded and said "ok."
He then put his arm around her and said "sweet! Let's go!" Mortis was so amazed at how energetic and funny her brother was, she almost smiled. They both walked down the stairs. Lucy smiled and said "you both ready?" "Oh yeah" Natsu laughed, while shaking Mortis. Mortis looked at him, when he let her go.
Natsu stared at her and asked "why don't you try smiling for change?" "Haven't seen the point since I got my curse" Mortis explained. "Yeah how did you get that anyway?" Lucy asked. Mortis stared at her and said "I don't want to talk about it."
Natsu and Lucy dropped the subject and they left for a restraint. When they arrived Mortis was amazed from the mount of food. They sat on a three man table. "Where's Happy?" Natsu asked. Happy suddenly landed on the table with a massive red fish in his mouth. "Mmm yummy" he said. Natsu laughed. A waiter came a brought them the food. Mortis had heard about food like this before, but she had never tasted it before. While they were eating she felt something was wrong. Natsu explained that it will get better, but she couldn't see how it could. Igneel explained that when Natsu learned about the guilds he couldn't wait to join one. But she just wanted to stay in the cave with her fire magic.
"So Mortis how long did it take you to get to Fairytail?" Happy asked. "Three days." "How did you get there so quickly? It took me two weeks to get to Fairytail" Natsu asked. "I took a short cut over sea's" she explained. "You mean you swam overseas?" Natsu asked. Happy and Lucy's mouths dropped. "No. Thanks to my ice magic, I kind of skated" she explained. "We so have to take job tomorrow and test out your skills" Lucy said. "We just got back from one. I have an idea. Me and Gray should fight you" Natsu suggested. "Are you…" Lucy was interrupted. "Bring it on" Mortis smirked while smashing her fired up fist on the table.