I thought I knew what hell looked like…in fact, I was almost positive I knew hell after what happened to our village…
I've never been more wrong in my entire life…
Hell didn't have claws or fangs; hell didn't roar or destroy towns or end lives…
No…hell wasn't even alive…
Instead it consisted of wheels, a metal body and ran on magic…
Hell was a moving train…and I was stuck on it…
~Gray POV~
It took us a full week to navigate our way out of mine and Lucy's home tundra, we didn't even know that Ur had that much territory until we left and had to walk through it.
Once we were finally out of our lands we walked into a small town which had a train station that would take us to our new home. Though, our first encounter with humans after Ur found us was -in a word- infuriating.
They feared us and we could tell…
Not that we could really blame them -given our appearances- but it didn't make their pointing, stares or whispers any less hurtful. Even Lucy stopped her animated talking with the pyro and climbed on my tail in an attempt to hide herself from the human's judgement.
We were human at one point too…
I could only grit my teeth and unfurl my wings some to hide her in hopes of helping her feel somewhat better. I could tell that the other dragons were just as put-off as we were but they seemed use to it already, well except for the little sky dragon, Wendy, she seemed to cling to Gajeel more to try and hide herself from the stares and the strange thing was he actually let her with no complaint at all when she hopped up on his tail just as Lucy had. Though I guess it shouldn't be too surprising, all us males seemed to be a bit over protective of both females, not that it was a bad thing. That hot head even walked closer to me when Lucy hopped up on my tail, I could hear him giving off low growls every now and then when a human would whisper about us.
They obviously didn't know we could hear them…
After that experience I was actually fearing going to this Fairy Tail now, what if they pass judgement on us just like these people were? What if they didn't want us there? That would break Lucy's heart if we were to be rejected by this so called family…
But…flip side to that…Makarov and Erza have not said a single bad thing about any of us dragons, not one. Even when I first made myself visible at the cave I never heard a bad comment from them, even with my melt down to protect Lucy I heard them saying they understood why I did it and even changed their positions to make me feel better.
I just hope that whatever awaits us will accept us just as these two have…
It didn't take us long following Makarov through the small town to reach the train station and I stood with the rest of the dragons while the old man and Erza bought all of our tickets to a town called Magnolia where I guess Fairy Tail was housed.
While we were waiting I had asked Gajeel what he thought about this so called guild and was actually surprised to find out that he didn't know any more than I did. In fact, all of the dragons had yet to actually see Fairy Tail, from what Makarov had told them he wanted to find all the dragon children first then bring us all back together. He had thought that it would be more comfortable for us if we walked in with a group of our own kind and that could only mean that he and Erza have been searching and gathering all of us for two full months, that old man has seriously surprised me.
When the train had finally arrived none of us had thought anything of it when we climb aboard and went to our own personal car, we were just glad to get away from the stares of disapproval and fear. The old man had said something about his 'brats' being destructive and a disturbance to other passengers so anytime a member of Fairy Tail boarded any train they would always get their own car far away from the other travelers.
That's convenient I suppose
All was good while we waited for the train to actually start moving, myself, Lucy and match stick were sitting in one seat with Makarov and Erza across in the other. Next to us was Gajeel and Wendy in one seat and Sting and Rogue in the other. I kept to myself while I listened in on everyone's conversations, Lu and pyro were talking about what they thought Fairy Tail would be like and how excited they were to get there. Makarov and Erza were talking about everything they might have to do once we did make it and the old man even cried about how much damage might have been done to the guild while he was away. Wendy had actually fallen asleep and was resting against Gajeel -who I noticed- had wrapped his tail around her to keep her safe while he, Sting and Rogue talked about our walk through the town. They were still pretty pissed and I didn't blame them one bit because I was a bit on edge about it too but there's nothing we can do about it now so I just tuned everyone out and looked out the window I was sitting next too.
Then the train started to move…
I wasn't sure what the hell had happened because one minuet I was perfectly fine and then all of a sudden my stomach was recoiling and trying to jump out of me. I slumped forward with my arms around my middle and let out a pitiful groan, "wh-what the h-hell…" I panted out, my skin felt cold and clammy as sweat started building up on my forehead.
I've never felt like this before, what the hell is wrong with me?!
I managed to move my head slightly to get a peek at Lucy, she looked perfectly fine but next to her, Natsu was doubled over and moaning out in pain just as I was. I looked past him at Sting, Rogue, Gajeel and Wendy and was surprised to find that all us males were green in the face and clutching our stomachs. Wendy hadn't even stirred from her slumber, "brother?! Natsu?! You guys, are you alright?!" Lucy's panicked voice rang in my ears making my head hurt even more, "L-Lu…not so loud…p-please" I stuttered, "uuuhhh…make it s-stoooop…" Natsu moaned before rolling off the seat and landed with a thud on the car floor, I wanted to laugh, I really did but I was afraid that whatever I had in my stomach would come flying out the moment I opened my mouth, "hum…it would seem that you five are suffering from motion sickness." I heard Makarov's voice but didn't dare look up, "m-motion sickness? T-the hell is t-that?!" I heard Gajeel try to yell out, "it's actually a pretty common thing. For some reason your brains can't process the fact that while you're not physically moving, the train is and because of that your balance or equilibrium has been thrown off resulting in how you are feeling right now." Erza explained and she received painful moans from all of us.
I slowly lifted my head to try and look at Makarov and Erza but had to quickly slap a hand over my mouth to keep from throwing up all over the floor, "h-how come…h-h-how come the g-girls aren't s-sick?" Sting's voice was muffled from having his hand over his mouth too, "that I cannot tell you, it could be because they are not old enough for their brains to try and comprehend the change in movement or it could very well be because they are female that they are not sick." the old man answered
Oh that's not fair…
"I am sorry kids; you will just have to bear with it until we make it to our destination." Makarov voice was laced with pity.
So not fair…
~Normal POV~
An hour into the boy's utter torture Wendy had awoken only to be completely shocked once she finally seen the state the males were in. Luckily for them she was the daughter of the sky dragon and practiced healing and support magic…unluckily for them -however- Wendy was neither old enough nor strong enough to cast the specific spell that would rid all of them of their motion sickness, "I-I'm s-s-soooorrrrryyyyy!" Wendy wailed, large tears rolling down her chubby cheeks as the boys continued to groan and moan out in pain, "it's ok Wendy, big brother understands and I'm sure everyone else does too." Lucy flashed the younger dragon a bright fanged grin to try and calm her down while she continued to rub her brothers back, Natsu was still curled up on the floor crying out for help. Wendy just continued to cry causing Lucy's grin to drop into a frown and she wondered what she could do to help her feel better.
Erza took pity on the younger dragon and sighed as she unwrapped the metal tail still tightly wrapped around her body and lifted the sobbing girl up into her arms, Gajeel attempted to let out a growl but it came out more as a pitiful whimper than anything, "relax Gajeel, I'm not going to hurt her," she looked down at the sobbing dragon now in her arms and cradled her close to her chest, Wendy's tail had come up and loosely wrapped itself around Erza's arm, "don't be sorry Wendy. You're still very young to have magic in the first place, we will just have to train you when we get home so your magic is stronger for next time." Erza smiled down at the dragon in her arms when her tears finally halted and she was left hiccuping and sniffling, "d-do you really mean it? Will you help me get stronger s-so I can help big brothers when they get sick?" she looked up at Erza with big glossy eyes tears were slowly building back up, Erza dropped a hand on her head, "of course Wendy, everyone at Fairy Tail would be more than willing to help you train and grow." Erza gently moved her fingers through Wendy's soft blue hair calming the girl almost instantly.
"Erza is right my dear," Wendy lifted her head up slightly to look towards the master, even Lucy focused her attentions on the old man, "everyone at Fairy Tail is considered family and we help our family. You are no exception, we will help you and your fellow kin grow into fine young dragons that your parents can and will be proud of this I promise you." Makarov smiled at the girl earning him one in return.
"Why don't you go back to sleep; we still have about another hour before we reach Magnolia." Wendy nodded her head resting against Erza's chest and closed her eyes.
Lucy waited until she was sure that Wendy was fast asleep before she decided to question the two, "did you really mean what you said?" she looked at Makarov and Erza, her uncharacteristically hardened gaze pierced into theirs and they stared back at her with confused looks, "about Fairy Tail. Did you really mean it? Would everyone really be so willing to help us grow and learn more?" Lucy tilted her head at them as she waited for their answers, Gray had moved so his head was resting on her lap -positioned so his horns would not hurt her- while she was unconsciously running her claws through his hair lulling him to a peaceful sleep, "of course we did Lucy. You and your kin have nothing to worry about, we will provide for you not only a home but a family as well." Makarov smiled at the young dragon but it immediately dropped to a frown upon seeing her face.
Lucy had furrowed her brows and looked down at Gray's head in her lap, her lips had pinched together while she thought about what the older male said, "…I may be young compared to everyone else -besides Wendy, of course- and there are still a lot of things I don't understand about the world but I am smart for my age, mama Ur had told me plenty of times. I know she didn't just go off on a small trip like brother said, I know he's keeping more from me. I don't think I will ever completely understand why mama Ur had to leave us but I do understand that what brother did was to protect me from the heartache and pain of being left alone again." she looked back up at Makarov and Erza, "…I am afraid-" her gaze had softened while she continued to speak, "-I am afraid that Fairy Tail isn't going to be like you have described it to us. Our walk through that town and even waiting for this train only terrified me more…brother, Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, Rogue, Wendy and myself…we may have been human at one point-" she lifted her hand up and looked at it, what once was the pale flesh of a human now instead was the fully formed paw of a dragon as she studied the white and lite blue scales and dark blue claws she now had, "-but we are not anymore nor can we ever be again…" she lowered her claw to place it back on her brothers head and continued stroking his hair, "and that walk only proved to us that we will never be entirely accepted among you humans again."
Makarov and Erza shared a saddened look before eyeing the girl in front of them again, "Lucy- "Makarov started but she cut him off, "I understand what regret and acceptance is and I do not regret my decision…to become Ur's daughter…to become a dragon…in fact if I had to go through all the pain of transformation or be human again I would gladly choose dragon. I am proud to be Ur's daughter, I am proud to be an ice dragon and I know brother is too and whether or not humans accept us we will not change ourselves." she gave the two a soft smile, "my name is Lucy Frostborne, sister to Gray Frostborne and daughter to Ur Frostborne the ice dragon, if humanity cannot accept us for who we are then me and my fellow kin will simply go back into the wilderness."
Makarov and Erza stared at the girl with wide eyes before Makarov's softened and he chuckled, "spoken words and understandings well beyond your years my dear," Lucy smiled at them again, "I cannot guarantee you complete and total acceptance for who you are, people…people are easily frightened by what they can't understand and you are something they don't understand. With time I believe that some people will learn and accept and there will be some that will never accept you, that is -unfortunately- just how things are in the world. However, what I can guarantee you is the complete and total acceptance of your kin at Fairy Tail. We do not judge others based on their appearances, we are a family and the only thing we ask for is your help protecting others around you and helping others grow as they will for you."
Lucy nodded her head once, "I can accept that."
Gray lifted his head slightly, "same…" he croaked before plopping his head back down on his sister's lap
Natsu lifted his hand up waving it once, "me…t-too" he stuttered
Gajeel grunted letting them know he heard and agreed with them as he continued to lay along the bench.
Sting and Rogue both lifted hands in the air before they quickly flopped back down on their faces, "a-aye…"
Wendy even lifted a claw up and gently placed it on Erza's cheek, "I agree with big sister." she stated while looking into Erza's eyes.
Erza smiled down at her, "we will take care of all of you and that's a promise."
~AN~
I feel like this was a really sentimental chapter filled with feelings and what not lol
I think it turned out pretty good though but you'll have to let me know how I did XD
Until next time…
Much love from a tkitty!
