A/N: Desna owns the Pradesh family, Mashima owns the canon characters. Sorry it took so long, just didn't have motivation to write .


I was angry.

The voice in my head wouldn't shut up about making me leave, and I just needed it to be silent for a little while, I couldn't even sleep. The only person I ever found solace with was Cristoff, and he had been tasked with a mission from the Knights so he wasn't even here.

I looked like shit, felt like shit and was so exhausted that I had started snapping at people, which I realized when I had snapped at Kali. The poor little girl knew I wasn't sleeping and hadn't held my sharp comments against me, and had told most of the house that it was just lack of sleep and frustration.

"Asher, can you come down to the kitchen?" Arman popped his head into my room and I nodded slowly at him before sliding off the comfy chair.

"Yeah, is it already dinner time?" I rubbed my eyes and gave him a small smile.

"No dear, we think we've found a solution for your lack of sleep" I nodded and followed him blindly down the hall to the kitchen. Not a lot of people were at the table, but Kaleb and Bixlow were. He started screeching again at the sight of the two people he disliked the most and I winced, which went noticed by the tall blond.

I plopped down in a seat at the far end of the table from the men and rested my head on my folded arms.

"So, what's with the impromptu meeting?"

"We think we can help, I know I'm not at Cristoff level sleep spells, but I can silence your mind a bit to help you sleep" I shook my head and gave him a small smile

"That's okay Kaleb, I'm fine, really, it's just a little insomnia" The dark circles I knew were under my eyes screamed that it was more then a little.

"We think it would be a good idea to try it, I have some concerns" Bixlow spoke up and I shifted my gaze to him.

"You have more then one soul" He stated bluntly and I tilted my head to the side.

"What does that mean? Aren't dragon slayers the only ones with two souls?"

"How do you know that" I stiffened and sat up straight at his slightly sharp tone

"I just do, what do you mean two souls?"

"You have a uh" he paused " Kind of like a hitch hiker" I could feel my eyes growing wide and I looked down at my chest.

"He's not supposed to be here?" I hissed and stood up quickly, knocking over my chair with a clatter.

"No, he's not" Kaleb had a calm face, so did the other two at the table.. how could they be so calm when I had something sucking on my soul!

"Can you get it out!? What is it! Oh gods, what will happen to me if you take it out?" I was backing slowly out of the room and the two younger of the trio had stood and started towards me slowly with their hands out.

"I can get it out, but you should be asleep for it" Bixlow wasn't wearing his helmet, his eyes were ever so slightly glowing but his magic had never bothered me. I snapped my eyes to Kaleb's and he gave me a slight smile but his face remained stoic.

GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT,

I brought my hands up to my ears, knowing they would be bleeding again at his yelling. I pulled them away and was slightly nauseated to see the pools of blood in my hands. I lifted my eyes up to meet pale lavender grey ones and my vision started blurring.

"Asher, Asher, it's okay" Black spots were dotting the edges of my vision and my head was pounding, I felt like there was someone sitting on my chest, and both of my arms started tingling.

"Help" I pushed the whisper out just as the dark took over my vision.


I felt...empty. It was the only way I could describe the lack of something in my chest. I didn't know if I was awake or still unconscious, everything was dark and I felt like I was only sort of floating, like I could still touch the ground if I wanted to. It was a weird sensation and I wasn't particularly fond of it.

I stretched my arms over my head before folding in on myself and waiting out the darkness.

When I opened my eyes again I knew I was really awake. The pain in my chest and head attested to that, and I could feel the bed solidly underneath me. It was dark in the room I was in, and I was thankful for that, but I could see a sliver of light underneath the door that led to the hallway. I was in my room back at the Pradesh Estate, and I don't think I've ever been happier to see the colourful tapestries and elegant pictures decorating the walls.

"You're awake!" an excited voice nearly screamed before I was jumped on roughly. I let out a groan of pain but wrapped my arms around the small girl that had her head buried in my neck sobbing.

"I thought you died, you were so pale and asleep for so long! Uncle Bix said that you were healing but you didn't look hurt" she had lifted her head up and through the tears running down her face was still talking. I gave her a small smile and shuffled over slightly to make room for her under the blankets.

"Come cuddle with me kid" I murmured and she obliged, kicking her shoes off and crawling under the blanket with me.

"What happened Ash" I pulled her closer to my side and curled around her.

"I don't know little love, I don't remember much. How long was I out?" I ran my fingers through her silky hair and smiled softly, she smelled like that flowery fruity shampoo that we had found the first night.

"You've been out for two weeks" she sniffed and my eyes widened. Two weeks, seriously? What the hell happened to me?

"Well I'm back now, and I don't think I'll be sleeping that long again" I buried my face in her hair and breathed in the sweet smell of the little girl I'd grown to love.

"Good, I missed your big snuggles" I chuckled and wrapped my legs around hers and pulled her as close as I could, encasing her in my embrace.

"Good! I love giving you big snuggles" I peppered the side of her face and neck with sloppy kisses and gave a big grin at her giggling.

A knock on the door startled me out of my kisses and I turned my head to look at Kaleb and Bixlow standing in the door way. Bixlow had a relieved look on his face and Kaleb looked to be in a deep concentration.

"I am, I'm checking for residue in your mind" I jumped a little when he answered the comment from my head.

"So what was it" I looked down at Kali who was watching the two boys with rapt interest.

"We're not 100% sure, but we think it hitched a ride from your old world" I frowned, I didn't know of anything that could do that from Earth.

"Could it be a dragon? Or something that could have come through with the dragons?" Bixlow shook his head

"Nah, I've heard dragon souls from Cristoff and Laxus, they're nothing like that"

"I have no idea then, that was my only guess" I shrugged "Why have I been out so long?"

Bixlow looked a bit upset at that question and I shot him a look

"Well, it took a long time for me to get it out of your soul, I mean a really long time, it had so many barbs in you that I had to do four or five dives to get everything." I blinked at him and rested my head back against the pillow.

"Thank you Bixlow, I know you didn't have to do that for me, but thank you so much" I was slightly terrified of what could have happened if he didn't get it out.

"You're more then welcome Asher, my magic was originally made to help and I like to be able to do that" I gave him a watery smile and my mind went back to the 'what if' scenarios.

"Asher stop" I lifted my eyes to Kaleb's and raised an eyebrow

"You aren't in danger anymore, you can't dwell on the 'what if's' you have to focus on keeping positive, it's going to be a bumpy road to actual recovery, you have a lot of trauma left over from the hitch hiker and it's going to bring up a lot of unpleasant memories" I nodded and rubbed my sore chest.

"We can have someone come to talk to you, to help you deal with things" I nodded and gave him a small smile.

"Thanks, really, both of you" I yawned "But I think I need a nap"

Kali laughed and gave me a kiss on the cheek before hopping out of bed and grabbing both boys by the hand and dragging them out of the room with requests to play. I pulled the blankets back around me and smiled to myself.

"Positive thoughts" I whispered. Finding Kali okay when I woke up here, Grant, Cristoff, the whole Pradesh family. My family back home. I felt tears fall down the side of my face and I rubbed them off with my pillow.

I could do this, I could get better. I had so much emotional crap to deal with, and now that I was safe, which in all honesty was a foreign concept to me now, I had the time to deal with everything I'd seen back home, and everything I'd been hearing in my head.


Kali spent most of her time with me for the next week, she had told me she was scared I was going to fall back to sleep and go away again. I promised her every time I took a nap that I would come back, but still, the only time she left my side was for my appointments.

Dr. Guhl was basically a counsellor, but had a doctorate and could prescribe medication... like a psychiatrist back on earth. She had a bit of a secret weapon though, she had her magic. Paige, as she told me to call her constantly, had telepathy magic of some sort. She could delve into the mind as easily as Kaleb could, but where his had offensive capabilities, the good doctor's did not.

The first appointment was mostly asking questions about my childhood, my parents, the typical stuff. The second though, I felt like I had run a marathon after that meeting, the questions mostly revolved around what had happened with the dragons and how I had found my family in the wreckage. I slept for six hours after that one, and the post therapy session nap became a thing. We would talk about my life back on earth and she would ask me really hard questions, not actually hard ones, just hard to talk about.

"Asher, can you tell me about Grant? You've mentioned him a lot the past few days and I would like you to elaborate" the woman sitting at the end of my bed asked with a sweet smile. Honestly, I kind of wanted to smush her face when she asked about the people I left behind.

"Grant was my best friend," I smiled "He was my Moon-Moon, he was a dopey lovable wonderful man. He was ex army and he found me broken at the bottom of a cliff and took care of me.

"He loved to fish, it was his favourite thing to do when we weren't constantly on the move. He would find the food and I would cook it, well try to cook it. It's hard to make food taste good when it's all you've had for months on end.

"He was stupidly clumsy for an ex army man, would trip over his feet all the time, and when he did he made these faces, like he didn't know why he was falling over. He promised to come find me here, but I don't know if he made it or not" I shook my head and leaned back further into the head board.

"I think that's enough for today" Paige closed her notebook and stood up, "I'll see you in two days" I smiled and thanked her.

I sighed deeply once she had left the room and slid my body down enough that I got sort of comfortable. Nap time.