A/N:
WARNING: SINCERE AND DEEP FATHER TO SON CONVERSATION AHEAD, COULD POSSIBL CAUSE TEARS
"So he just fainted?"
Silence
"And he said Igneel was here?"
"Yes, he also claimed that Acnologia was here. To me it makes no sense."
After that remark there was a long pause. Acnologia carefully opened her eyes. The small infirmary now held ten people, including her, few faces she recognized, while others she had not seen before. Yet strangely they felt so familiar. A woman with scarlet hair was the first to notice her. She had deep brown eyes. She wore a silver chest plate and a simple blue skirt. She smiled at the fledgling.
"I see you've woken up. Did you rest well?" Acnologia blinked. How long did she sleep? And who are these people? Why do they all feel so familiar? Millions of questions raced through her head.
"My name is Erza Scarlet and these are my friends, Gray, Lucy, Happy, Wendy, Lisanna and Natsu." the last person was a pink haired man sleeping in the bed next to her. Funny he feels familiar.
"From what I hear you claim to be Acnologia?" The woman named Erza questioned. A frightening look on her face scared the small dragon. Acnologia squeaked under the force of the powerful gaze. Her body felt cold making her shiver.
"Oi! Erza you're scaring her to death!" The blonde known as Lucy yelled quite loudly at her friend. This realization threw the red head into a fit of depression and self-hatred.
"Am I really that terrifyingly amazing?" She questioned.
"Yay totally! You can take down enemies with a single glare!" Said the blue exceed in a way to cheery voice.
"SHUT UP YOU STUPID CAT!" Yelled Lucy.
"You screaming isn't gonna be any help." The dark haired man retorted, who had previously been referred to as Gray.
"Um guys," said Wendy, but no one was really paying attention.
"ALL OF YOU!" said the very frustrated master. This caused even more nonsense.
Acnologia couldn't take it the noise was too much. She felt like the world was closing in. Out of desperation to hide she wrapped her arms around her legs and her face. In attempts to block out sound the frightened dragon-child wrapped her wings around her tiny body. Loud noises are scary. And she decided very quick she DID NOT like scary things.
xXx
Natsu opened his eyes to find himself in a completely strange place. Yet it was so familiar. Smiling at the memories, the pink haired man slowly stood up.
''This is the place where Igneel found me all those years ago..."
"INDEED IT IS CHILD." Natsu froze.
'That voice…' "Igneel?" He whispered. Turning around just in time to see his father land beside him. The large dragon chuckled.
"YES, IT IS ME. NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MUST BE QUITE THE SHOCK, BUT I HAVE LITTLE TIME AND MANY THINGS TO SAY. "Natsu was speechless. He had so many questions but he couldn't find the breath to speak.
"RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ASLEEP AT FAIRY TAIL, BUT YOU ARE NOT ALONE. ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ARE THERE AND SO IS A LITTLE STRANGER. I CAME INTO YOUR DREAM TO TELL YOU THIS: THAT STRANGER IS THE GREAT DRAGON ACNOLOGIA. BUT AS FAR MY KNOWELEDGE GOES SHE DOSENT REMEMBER MUCH. BUT OF COURSE HER BEING IN THIS SITUATION IS MY FAULT. I LET MY EMOTIONS BLIND MY JUDGEMENT, AND NOW I ASK OF YOU TO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF HER. TEACH HER THE WONDERS OF LIFE AND THE MEANING OF NAKAMA."
Natsu was still silent, but the dragon didn't blame him. It was a lot to take in at once, not to mention that Natsu can be very dense. Soon the silence grew longer. Igneel began to worry.
"NATSU THEIR ARE MANY DARK AND DANGEROUS THREATS IN THE HUMAN WORLD. 14 YEARS AGO I WHERE FORCED TO RETURN TO THE LAND OF THE DRAGONS. IT WAS A LAW AND ANY WHO DISOBEYED WHERE TO BE DESTROYED. EVEN WORSE I WAS FORBIDDON FROM TELLING YOU. THE SAME GOES FOR GRANIDINE AND METALICANA. IT PAINED US DEEPLY TO LEAVE. BUT WE HAD NO OTHER CHOISE. IF NOT, YOUR VERY LIVES COULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED." Natsu sighed; his father had a good reason for leaving. At least he had the satisfaction of knowing why. He knew what he had to do. Sensing his son's determination. Igneel smiled.
'If only I could if been there to watch you grow up, Natsu.'
"I won't let you down, Father." Said Natsu. His famous grin plastered on his face. The sight brought tears to the old dragon's eyes. This made Natsu laugh.
"Don't be going all soft on me old man." He joked softly punching the red dragons arm. The two sat there and watched the dream-sun set over the horizon. Natsu didn't know exactly what he was supposed to do. As if the dragon could read his thoughts-which Natsu was pretty sure he could- Igneel spoke again.
"PROTECT HER. THERE ARE MANY DARK THREATS IN YOUR WORLD THAT VALUE DRAGON MAGIC HIGHLY. NOW WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND, SHE RELISES WHO YOU ARE, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY SHE COULD BE AFRAID OF YOU. AND NATSU..." The dragon trailed off.
"Hmm?" The boy asked.
"DO YOU THINK YOU COULD APOLOGISE TO HER FOR ME, TELL HER THAT I WAS WRONG AND DID NOT MEAN HARM." Natsu smiled. After 14 years of not seeing his father, and not knowing any reasons why the dragon disappeared, even if it was just a dream. The pink-haired boy had made his decision.
The world around them became blurry. And it was harder to hear his voice.
"I BELIEVE YOU ARE WAKING UP CHILD, GO ON AND CARRY THIS MESSAGE WITH YOU: IT IS YOUR DUTY AS A FLAME DRAGON TO PROTECT ACNOLOGIA AND TEACH HER THE WONDERS OF LIFE. I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT MY SON." With that the dream faded.
xXx
Natsu awoke in Fairy tails infirmary. A very load infirmary. He was happy to see all his friends where there, but for some reason they were all fighting. (Typical Fairy tail)
Over in the bed next to him was a black haired girl who clearly did not like the noise. What surprised him the most where the black dragon wings with light blue marks all over.
'This must be Acnologia...' He thought, remembering the conversation with his father. The fire dragon slayer slowly got up and approached the small child. Gently he placed a hand on her shoulder. As expected she flinched at the sudden touch.
Acnologia was terrified. She had no clue what to do but hide and wait for the loud noises to end. Suddenly she felt some one place a hand on her shoulder. She visibly flinched hoping this action would cause the hand to move. When the hand stayed the small dragon couldn't help her new found curiosity. Ever so slowly she lifted her head to be greeted by a pink haired man. Natsu, was it? She couldn't remember.
"Sorry about them. Fairy tail can get a little out of hand quite often, and being in your position I can understand that you're scared." He had a toothy grin plastered on his face. Funny all these people feel familiar. Especially this one.
Then it hit her.
"Igneel." It was a soft whisper. But Natsu heard it nonetheless. The smile on Natsu's face grew.
"Igneel is my father; he taught me dragon slayer magic." His smile suddenly dropped." He wanted me to tell you that he's sorry." This confused the little dragon. Apologize? But didn't she do wrong? Isn't the fault hers? For whatever it was that she did. The fledgling's memories where still vague. Seeing her dismay Natsu continued.
"Any ways it's my job to protect you and teach you about the world. Does that sound like fun?" The smile was back and bigger this time.
Thinking about the loud noises and comparing that to the world the she-dragon was reluctant. Her curious side said yes, but her survival instincts said no.
"The world sounds scary..." She said shaking a little at the thought. This only made Natsu laugh.
"I guess it does, but you'll never know unless you get out there and see. So what so you say?" By now most of the fighting had stopped and now all eyes were on the two dragons.
"Do you promise, promise to protect me?"
"On my life, a dragon's honor." This brought tears to the black dragon's eyes. As far as she could remember no one had ever been so warm and kind to her. A single tear slipped down her cheek. By this time Lucy had come to stand besides Natsu. Gently she wiped the tear away and said.
"We'll take care of you as well, all of us. Consider yourself part of the family." Acnologia couldn't help but smile. She hardly knew these people-or rather hardly remembered them- yet despite the past they accept her and treat her as family.
"Sorry to ruin the moment but we've got a slight problem..." The attention turned to Gray.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked. Worry slightly written on her face.
"Well I think it would be illogical to walk around calling her Acnologia, I think she should pick another name. Just for safety." The black-haired man reasoned. And he was right. It could stir up a whole deal of trouble if they called her by her name. Thus for the next few minutes where spent coming up with names. All of them where turned down.
"How about 'Annilise'? Sounds sweet and simple to remember. "suggested Mirajane.
"I like that one, feels right." The newly named girl stated. This seemed to go unanimously agreed upon.
"Then it's settled. You're now Annilise Dragneel. My little sister!" Cheered Natsu. Smiling his famous toothy grin, causing the others to laugh. And leaving the pink haired mage confused.
"What?"
Authors note:
I want to say thanks to all of the people who have left reviews so far, it means a lot to me so again thank you! Also sorry this chapter is really long (7 pages on Microsoft word!) and the others are short. See I write this story as one big fic on my phone and send different parts to my laptop and upload them from there. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's really sweet and deep…wow I really just said that… oh well I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible! I just have to type it first.
