A/N: Skylar I will put the directions at the bottom of this chapter for you. I know some of you are confused by some things and I decided that the next few chapters will be past only. That way it gets the past events caught up and hopefully clears up some of the confusion. As for the present scenes it was basically what was going on while Lucy was trying to escape and giving a feel on how everyone else felt. If anyone has any questions just let me know, I will try and put it into a chapter or at least explain it in the Author Note part. Sorry for the confusion and thank you for reading!
Celestial Dragon
By Hime Jigoku
Chapter Four
Lucy sat up on the bed resting her face in her hands; her head felt like it was going to explode. All the smells in the room was starting to get to her, since when has her nose been so go? She was trying to focus on what was going on around her, but it was getting harder as her headache slowly got worse. She knew everyone was looking at her now but she couldn't lift her head to look at them. She wasn't lying when she said her body felt like it had been put through meat grinder. Her whole body ached and it was hard for her to move and with the headache to even think straight.
Lucy felt someone place their hand on her shoulder and the smell of freshly falling rain hit her nose easing the headache. As the headache started to go away her mind started to tell her to bite the person. That shocked and confused her, what was going on with her body that would cause her to want to bite someone. She mentally stomped the urge down and looked at the owner of the hand, brown eyes met bluish grey. She felt lost in those eyes.
"Are you alright Blondie?" Laxus' voice filled her ears and snapped her out of her trance.
"Yes I'm fine. Just a headache but it starting to go away now," Lucy spoke softly, giving his a warm welcoming smile that caused his breath to catch. She felt the bed shift on the other side of her and the smell of metal filled her nose and the urge to bite weld up inside her again. She shook her head and tried to get it out of her head, but with the two scents being so close to her she was having a hard time.
"Are you sure Bunny?" Gajeel's voice reached her ear. She looked back and forth between the two dragon slayers before her.
"I don't mean to be rude or anything, but could you two stand on the other side of the room? It is getting hard for me to think straight with you guys being so close." Gajeel and Laxus shared a look but did as their intended mate asked of them.
Loke stood from the door way watching the three mages interact, coming to the conclusion that things on his part was about to get more difficult. The lion spirit let out a sigh before catching everyone's attention again. "So should I get started them Princess?" Loke put on a flirtatious smile wanting to ease the building tension in Lucy's body.
"Yes Loke. Thank you." Lucy's smile returned to her face.
"You're welcome princess. Now where to start…" Loke looked in thought for a moment while everyone waited patiently. "I guess I should start by dragons can take human form if they so choose." All the dragon slayers, except for Laxus, tensed up at this bit of information.
"What?! Are you saying our dragons could be out there walking around as a human?!"Natsu was shocked by this and this bit of information made him disappointed. If that was the case then that would make things more difficult in finding his lost father. No one was just going to report a random human walking down the street unless they did something wrong.
"Yes, but it is highly unlikely."
"Why do you think that?" Wendy's soft voice broke in.
"Because I have only ever known one dragon to take human form and that was for his lover. Those they can switch back and forth whenever they want, most dragons like their true for better. I think I should tell you his story so that things might become a little clearer on what is going on with you. If that is ok with you Princess." Loke gave Lucy a little smile as he looked at her shocked face. The dragon slayers seemed to relax their bodies after the words left Loke's mouth.
"If that would help make things clearer then please continue Loke," Lucy said after recovering from her shock. She returned Loke's smile with one of her own.
"Alright then, the dragons name was Ryuu, he is an actual descended of the celestial spirit Draco, and the last of the celestial dragons. He ended up getting into a major fight with some other dragons; he won but was left severely injured. Luckily for him a human woman came along, she showed no fear and actually tended to his wounds. She stayed with him until he was fully healed and in that time they grew to love one another. That was when Ryuu decided to take human form to be with the woman he loved. They were together for two years before a group of dark mages started to go after dragons and taking their powers. No one could figure out how they were doing it and to keep the celestial dragon bloodline going the spirit king had Ryuu come to the spirit world to be protected.
A couple of weeks after he left the woman found out that she was pregnant. The spirit king, already being about to since the dragon powers coming from it, wanted to take the baby once it was born to the celestial world so that it could be protected like it's father. They mother refused and she fought the spirit king for her child. In the end they came to an agreement, there was a spell he could cast that would hide the child's dragon magic and alter the scent that way it was harder to tell the child was half dragon. The spell would hold until the child's eighteenth birthday, that is when dragons reach their peak in power and the spell would no longer be able to hide it. Once the spell broke though then the kid was to be taken to the celestial world so that the bloodline could be preserved." Loke scratched the back of his head trying to find a way to think of how to tell the next part. It would not be easy for anyone to hear especial the blonde female mage still sitting on the bed.
"What happened to the child?" Lucy asked finally having enough of his silence. She wanted to know of the child made it to the celestial world safe and sound or if something happened before hand. She still did not get what this had to do with her, but she would let him finish his story before she pushed it off as just Leo the lion taking to many blows to the head during fights.
"I guess there is no beating around the bush." The lion spirits face turned serious as he looked at his princess. "Lucy, your father really wasn't your father. The person that Ryuu fell in love with was Layla Heartfilia."
Lucy saw everyone turn to her out of the corner of her eyes, but she was unable to look at them. Her eyes were wide, locked onto Loke's, and her mouth hung open in shock. She couldn't think straight, the words that Loke just said still ringing in her ears. Finally with her mind not being able to take it anymore, darkness started to fill her vision and her body started to fall.
Gajeel saw his mate's body starting to fall, snapping him out of his shock induced trance, and he ran to her. He had not responded fast enough to have time to catch her with his hands so he threw his body on the floor below her so that she would have a somewhat comfortable falling.
After finally snapping out of his shock Laxus stepped forward and collected the celestial mage off of Gajeel's chest. He held her close for a moment before placing her gently in the infirmary bed, while Gajeel got off the floor. He saw the blonde start to fall, but he was so shock that it felt like everything was going in slow motion. Everyone was shocked and no one knew what to say.
"Well that went better than what I thought," Loke said, breaking the silence. Once Loke spoke it snapped Natsu out of his shock and quickly he moved between Loke and Lucy's bed. He quickly got into his fighting stance and glared at the lion. Everyone gave Natsu a look like he had gone mad. It felt like days before the pink colored hair man said anything.
"I'm not letting you take her," Natsu said through clench teeth. That was when it dawned on everyone. They were so distracted with the news about who Lucy's father was they had temporarily forgot about the agreement that was made.
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