Warning: This chapter contains a character death, and the torture of children containing blood and some gruesome descriptions that some people might not be comfortable with. If you don't like it, don't read this chapter but keep in mind that this also contains information relative to the plot, character development and just need to know stuff. You have been warned. Hope you enjoy reading, ~TJJProducitonsGirl

Chapter 6: Visions, An Egg, & Death

"Chris~~," called out a voice, "Chris, wake up you said you would go out on a job today." As Christopher opened his eyes, standing over him was Mirajane. Christopher sighed and covered his eyes with his blankets making sure that she didn't see his face turn red. After attaining S-Class he and Mirajane had been going out on the harder jobs together. The pay was better and by splitting it they could each provide for their siblings. Erza had taken to going on jobs alone so he ended up going with her more often than not.

"Mira, why are you in my room?" he asked still lying down.

"Natsu said that you were still asleep so I decided that hey if I wake you up you might be more determined to get out compared to when crybaby over there tries," she said pointing at Natsu who was watching from the door.

"Hey! I am not a crybaby!" shouted Natsu in indignation.

"Mira, don't be mean and could you get out of my room now?" he asked peeking out of his covers his face slightly pink.

"Aww you embarrassed?" she asked tauntingly. Christopher sighed once more and smirked.

"If you don't want me to be than fine," he said as he sat up his covers falling away from his upper body.

"Ah!" shouted Mirajane putting her hands up to shield her eyes, "Put a damn shirt on you ass!" she said as she began backing out of the room.

"I asked you to get out of my room you know." said Christopher shaking his head as she left saying, "At least you're awake now."

Christopher couldn't understand Mirajane sometimes. She was willing to flirt with a guy without care and yet seeing Christopher with his shirt off somehow embarrassed her? Girls were confusing. At least she wasn't Erza, sometimes he didn't even understand the logic that ran through that girl's head. Putting on a shirt and changing his bottoms he walked into the kitchen to find Mirajane threatening to snap Natsu's neck.

"Natsu, what did you do this time?" asked Christopher going back to his expressionless state.

"I didn't do anything!" he cried out terrified at the demon girl. Walking to the door Christopher opened it as Mirajane dropped Natsu onto the ground and walked out.

"Natsu, don't destroy anything, especially the house. Keep the fighting to a minimum and there are leftover grilled fish in the fridge. Okay bye." he finished with closing the door and the pair began making their way over to the guild hall to pick up a job.

The pair walked in total silence through the forest. Mirajane wondered what he was thinking about and what job the two would take. Christopher however suddenly stopped. This sometimes happened so Mirajane just kept walking, he would keep moving in a few seconds or so as always. When he didn't, without turning around, she decided to speak up.

"What's the holdup Chris?" she asked afraid he had fallen asleep while walking again. When she received no answer she turned around to find him awake but staring off blankly into space. Waving her hand in front of his face and getting no reaction she decided to try shaking him. As she did no she felt herself being pulled into some sort of dream.

Looking around she could see Christopher so she called out to him, "Hey Chris!" When once again he didn't respond when she finally reached him she gasped at the sight she saw.

In front of her was a black-haired little boy wrapped in chains. Mirajane was told many times that she was heartless and cruel but in this situation, her heart went out to the boy. He was crying, terrified of what fate would lead him to. He struggled and pulled on the chains that held him in place. Behind him, a dark shadow rose as he began to panic and scream. The child screamed in pain and began to struggle more hysterical then he did before. Mirajane looked away from the horrid sight at Christopher who seemed to be intently watching what was happening before him.

Mirajane looked back to see the dark shadow holding the boy down. It's claws tearing through the boy's skin on his shoulders as he attempted to fight back. And then before she thought all hope was lost there was another sob coming from somewhere else. It seemed to give the boy newfound strength, fighting the shadow back the boy fought his chains and began walking. Wiping the tears from his eyes he walked up to the other source of sobbing.

On her knees was a girl with scarlet red hair. There were chains holding her in place. The boy began to glow a yellow aura, it radiates warmth and gentleness. Holding the girls' hands and lifting up her chin to look him in the eyes he wiped away her tears as her chains faded. Next to them was another girl, this one had white hair and pale skin, almost exactly like Mirajane.

The girl was fighting her chains until the shadow approached her, the boy seemed alarmed and began to run towards her to help but he was too late, or so Mirajane thought. The shadow flew straight through the girl's chest causing her to collapse onto her knees. In front of her out of the magical residue was a grave. The white-haired girl no longer fought her chains instead she let them overtake her until they covered her torso. The boy walked up and placed his hand on her shoulder. Whispering inaudible words into her ear she stopped crying and her chains began to fade away. The boy however still had his chains. Both of the girls smiled and laughed with the boy as it seemed like they were having a great time.

The shadow, being the horrible creature that it was, began to pull on the boy's chains. He fought against it as the girls grabbed onto him trying to help. But the white world around them suddenly turned black and the girls were thrown back by an invisible force as the boy was thrown backward by the chains. The Shadow kept a possessive hold over the boy. The boy once again screamed in pain and burst into tears.

The chains pulled harder making his raw skin burst. He was dripping with blood. He coughed spitting up blood and began to shake, tears still streaming down his face. The shadow watched as the girls stood up and began to make their way to their friend. However, the shadow clearly didn't want this, letting out a deafening roar both girls were hit by an invisible force. The red-haired girl went flying but the white-haired girl seemed to only be pushed back.

She began to glow with the warm light that the boy had around him earlier. As she slowly made her way to the boy the shadow grew more agitated and fierce. Refusing to give up the girl managed to grab hold of the boy. She waved her hand over each and every one of his wounds as they began to heal. The boy reached for her as the shadow began to pull him away. The girl, however, wasn't having any of it. She hugged the boy whispering into his ear as he began to cry harder on her shoulder. The holy aura surrounding her began to expand slowly covering the boy.

The shadow also was affected, it began to expel the dark aura and when the dark aura the world around them turned once again to white as the once dark shadow seeped into the boys skin and his chains faded away the two began to walk hand in hand as the girl with red hair joined them smiling she tackled the pair in a hug as Mirajane felt herself being pulled from the dream.

Mirajane blinked as a bright light entered her eyes, "Ugh, what the hell just happened?" she said groggily as she felt someone help her sit up. Rubbing her eyes she saw Christopher next to her with his expressionless face but worry was clearly shown in his eyes.

"Mira, are you alright?" he asked.

"Yeah, I just feel like I was asleep. What happened to me?" she asked hoping that he would have the answer.

"It seems that when you made contact with me after I entered the vision that you were pulled in and were able to see it as well," he responded as he helped her up.

"Vision? Is something like that normal for you?" she asked as the two began to continue towards the guild hall.

"Yeah, it's a part of my altering magic. I can see the past, present and both possible or definite futures. It's not my favorite part, I do get visions like that one and it's not fun." he explained quickly as they approached the guild hall.

"I'd prefer it if you didn't tell anyone about this," he said as they approached the doors.

"Why?" she asked curious as to why he wouldn't tell anyone about visions like that.

"It's not a power that can be taken lightly, the fewer people that know the better. There are those who would love to have the ability to know other people's thoughts, pasts, and futures." Mirajane had to agree with what he said. There are people who would do anything for those things. However, leaving him alone to bear those horrible visions was something she could not agree with.

"Alright, I promise, as long as you don't keep all of those emotions from them bottled up. Seeing as I know you can at least tell me, right?" she said hopefully.

"Sure," he replied stoically. He opened the doors to the guild hall and the two walked up to the job board. As they were walking the master called out to Christopher.

"Chris, come here a moment will you?" Christopher walked up to the master wondering what the elder had to ask. He hoped it was nothing too ridiculous.

"Natsu has just found a strange egg in the forest. He and Lisanna are out back after she had built a tiny house for them. Natsu claims that it is a dragon's egg, while I am inclined to believe him the chances are not likely. While I understand that you and Mira want to go on a job I would prefer it if you could stay here instead and keep an eye on the two. If the egg isn't a dragon's egg it could be something dangerous and I don't want them hurt. From what I could sense it is only a day away from hatching." explained the master to the two teens.

"So you want him to babysit?" asked Mirajane a bit outraged that the master would ask Christopher to do such a stupid task.

"Essentially, yes. But with good reason." responded the elder. Christopher knew that Natsu was foolish but something like this was a bit extreme.

"Master, how tall was the egg?" asked Christopher.

"Chris you seriously don't believe that it's a dragon's egg, do you?!" cried Mirajane at her friend.

"Mira, you're forgetting that Natsu wasn't the only one in this guild raised by a dragon. I haven't seen the egg yet myself so I wouldn't know if it is or not. But the master has so if he tells me an estimated height I can tell if it is or not." said Christopher nodding for the master to tell him.

"It was a few inches shorter or equal to Natsu's height." said the master.

"That big!?" said Mirajane amazed that such an egg could exist.

"It's not a dragon's egg," said Christopher suddenly. Everyone who heard gasped at the boy. Macao, however, had the courage to ask what everyone was thinking.

"How are you so sure Chris? You haven't actually seen it yourself yet." said the older man.

"When I was still living with my dragon, Fiera, she took me to visit one of her friends who had her own children. One was a baby dragon and the other was still an egg. The egg was about a foot shorter than my current height. That's the smallest a dragon egg can be, Natsu is half the size of a dragon's egg so it couldn't possibly be one. Baby dragons aren't all that small." he explained as a gentle nostalgia filled his chest with warmth.

"That makes sense." said Wakaba releasing a puff of smoke, "The kid has actually seen one, so of course he'd know." the other guild members looked at Wakaba like he was crazy, however, Wakaba had a deep respect for the kid. All those who took the most recent S-Class exam did. He beat Gildarts, that was a feat that only he had accomplished.

"Master, if it would make you more comfortable than yes, I will watch over Natsu and Lisanna to keep them from whatever it is that is in that egg," he concluded leaving the guild all to go and find the pair of children.

Mirajane huffed and approached the job board, "Looks like I'll be going alone today." she mumbled annoyed. Although on the plus side she had Christopher looking after her little sister, which was something he was entirely capable of doing.

Christopher sat on a branch just outside of the little house that Lisanna had made for the egg. Sitting there reading his book is where he stayed until he fell asleep. When he woke up he glanced inside the house where Natsu and Lisanna were sleeping around their egg. Climbing back up into his tree Christopher watched as Elfman nervously went inside the house and came out carrying the egg. Christopher normally would have stopped him, that was until he heard Elfman mumble.

"Even if they yell at me, the two toss so much in their sleep they might accidentally break it." Christopher decided to leave the situation be until morning as he allowed himself to fall back asleep.

The next morning he watched as Natsu awoke and began to freak out. Knowing that the two were going to first search the guild hall Christopher decided to head there before them.

"So, how was last night?" asked Mirajane. Erza who happened to overhear her conversation felt a blush creep up on her face.

'They aren't talking about that, are they?' she wondered as she continued to listen in.

"It was fine, sleeping in a tree is actually a lot more comfortable than I thought it would be," he replied, much to Erza's joy when she realized that they weren't talking about that. Pretty soon Natsu and Lisanna entered the guild as Natsu began to accuse everybody of stealing the egg. Lisanna, however, looked heartbroken, while Christopher didn't care about Natsu accusing everybody falsely, Lisanna just wanted the egg to be safe. So, leaning down and whispering in her ear he said, "Don't worry so much. Relax it's in safe hands."

At this, her expression brightened and she looked at him with a hopeful look in her eye. Christopher took this as to she understood what he meant. Natsu was in the middle of accusing Mirajane when Elfman walked down the stairs.

"S-sorry, it's j-just that with the two of you...t-tossing and turning I was afraid that you might crush it. But I kept it warm all night!" he said sheepishly as he kept getting more confident towards the end.

CRACK! Everyone froze at the noise. All eyes went towards the egg as it began to hatch. Lisanna held her hands together with a large smile on her face that only kept growing. Natsu was shouting excitedly that it was hatching. Gray looked in both disbelief and amazement. Erza and Mirajane observed the sight of new birth. Christopher smirked without anyone noticing he was holding back a shout. Levy and Cana both leaned in to get a better look at the newborn creature.

With one final crack, the egg hatched and out came a blue flying kitten. Some people gasped, others shouted that it wasn't a dragon and some just beamed in joy as new life had just been born. It truly was a spectacular sight. The guild was filled with happiness, and Natsu did one of the most indestructible things he had ever done, he named the blue cat that landed on his head, Happy. Christopher was about to congratulate the two but as his gaze landed on Lisanna he found himself pulled into a vision.

There were two identical teenage girls. They each stood on one side of a barrier. One wore a red and light pink outfit with the Fairy Tail guild mark on her shoulder. The other wore a light purple and pink dress with a white Fairy Tail guild mark on her thigh. They both had short white hair, but there was one main difference between the two. The one with the mark on her thigh was covered in blood. The girls both were pulled to the other side of the barrier. There were four people, one was a woman with long white hair and the other a man with white hair and scars. Both pairs were crying, one began to cry of joy as the girl with no blood was forcefully pulled onto their side of the barrier. The pair hugged her and cried tears of joy as the teenage girl gazed on the other side to the pair who were crying tears of pain as they held the bloodied body of the other teen. Christopher wondered what it could meanwhile he could translate visions this was meant that during death there would be a switch, but he didn't recognize the girl. By the time he would, he was too late.

It had been almost three and a half years since Happy had been born. Erza and Mirajane had both earned the title of S-Class and their own respected titles as well. Erza was known as Erza Titania Queen of the Fairies. Mirajane due to her satan's soul had earned the title The Demoness of Fairy Tail. Christopher had also earned a title, he was known as Dragon King of Fairy Tail. A title he earned by being a dragon slayer that could alter everything.

Happy and Natsu had an argument which Lisanna solved before the take over siblings went on a job. The job was an S-Class that Mirajane had asked help with. While on that job a horrible incident had occurred. Christopher had been away on another job at the time. By the time he found out, he was too late. After being informed of the incident he found Mirajane weeping over where Lisanna and Natsu had created their house for Happy when he was still an egg. It was one of Lisanna's favorite spots to watch the sunset. She was weeping nonstop.

"Mira…" said Christopher placing his hand on her shoulder. The teen refused to look at him.

"Mira….I'm not going to apologize," he said, Mirajane stopped crying. That was all she had been getting, "Sorry for your loss", "I must apologize for your pain." it was all she and Elfman had been getting. And then Christopher, one of her closest friends, deliberately said that he wasn't going to apologize. She wanted to scream at him, why wasn't he sorry, what on earth would make him say that but she couldn't the only thing she could do was stop crying even if it was only for a little bit.

"Everyone is telling you, but that isn't what you need. I'm not going around claiming what you need either. But if you can't admit to yourself that Lisanna is gone then you can't ease the pain." Mirajane pondered at his words, ease the pain? What was that supposed to mean?

"What d-do you mean e-ease the p-pain don't you mean m-move on?" she managed to ask.

"No, you will never move on. She is your sister, the pain of losing her will forever be with you. You will always remember her in your heart to move on would mean that you forget her completely. But doing so is an insult to her memory." he explained allowing a tiny bit of emotion in his voice. Mirajane considered his words and found herself agreeing, turning her head she managed a small giggle.

"H-how is it that you always know what to say?" she said remembering how he convinced her that she wasn't a monster and that staying at the guild would be good for her and her siblings.

"I don't, I just tell the truth," he said as he wrapped his arms around her.

"Mirajane, nothing can replace your sister. That pain will always remain with you. You can't forget her but you can live for her. If there was one thing that I remember about her was that there was always a smile plastered on her face, that she was kind and sweet to everyone. And that she always seemed to be happy. Chances are she would want her siblings to be happy, same with everyone else in the guild. So live for her, allow yourself to be happy for her. So that as she watches you from the afterlife she can smile and say that she was glad that you could still live a happy life full of love and laughter." he finished as he let the white-haired teen go.

Smiling Mirajane looked up at him with a smile on her face, "I think that I will. I will be happy for Lisanna. And so will Elfman," she and Christopher stood up, "We can live for her, it will hurt but...I think that she would be happy for us."

Christopher couldn't help but smile as he watched Mirajane walk back to the guild to find Elfman. As he began walking he found his smile fading. Eventually, he found himself at the Kardia Cathedral. As he stood there looking at the grave the rain began to fall harder.

Christopher had always been in control of his emotions, the last time he allowed himself to truly feel was when his parents died. For the first time since Fiera found him, he cried. He allowed them to flow freely. He wasn't sorry that she died, no that wasn't it. Death was a natural occurrence. No, he felt like a complete failure. He knew what was going to happen, he knew that she was going to die. He knew for years. And yet he never told her, he didn't save her when he could.

He knew that the guilt would forever remain with him, no matter how much he could have ever tried to atone it would never bring her back. He accepted that he couldn't fix it. It was something he had to live with. He stood up and looked at her grave. He couldn't bring himself to apologize, he knew it would do no good.

"Lisanna...I failed to protect you. I failed to save you when I knew what would happen. I saw your death the day Happy was brought into this world. But I promise you, that I will protect Mirajane and Elfman. That I will help them out as much as possible and as much as they will allow me to. I don't matter, nothing I do can bring you back. But this promise is something I can keep. So please watch over them. As I protect them from the shadows, of their happy lives."