Chapter Eight

Thy Other Half

Natsu's Pov.

FlashBack:

After Destiny went after Sofi, we all decided to follow. When we got there we heard Sofi accusing Destiny.

"You killed Henko," shouted the angry fairy.

After that we were all deeply in toned to their conversation. After their very one sided argument, Destiny ran off. We thought it would be a good time to ask Sofi what was going on whoever this Henko is.

Present:

"Okay," she sighed. "Well you all know Destiny is a Time Dragon Slayer. She was trained by a the Time Dragon, Henko. I knew Destiny ever since we were little kids, and that was twenty years ago," she paused. She looked like she was looking back into her own memories.

"Did this dragon abounded her fourteen years ago," interrupted Rivet Face.

The fairy shook her no. "No, I saw Henko two weeks ago."

"What?" we all shouted in unison.

"Destiny has been with Aunty Henko for about," she started to count on her fingers. "Twenty two years."

"What," I shouted. "We were abandoned by our dragons sev-, I mean fourteen years ago."

"Henko, isn't apart of dragon society anymore," continued Sofi. Ignoring the things we just said. "She left dragon society twenty five years ago. She left because she and her mate, III-, something. It started with an 'i'. Oh well, she and her mate had twin dragon pups. But one day they were stolen, and they seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth."

After when Sofi said that, everyone, including me, felt a little sad. I mean losing your kids can be hard. She doesn't know if they're alive or not.

Sofi moved to a new subject. "Destiny, meet Henko three years after that and have been sharing a loving mother-daughter relationship ever since."

"Um, Sofi, does Destiny know her past before Henko?" asked little Wendy.

Sofi thought about how to answer that question for a moment and the let out a deep sigh. "She told me she remembers bits and pieces, but never told me about them," her voice was deep in regret. Suddenly Sofi went down on her knees. Tears were streaming down her face. She was screaming. "I can't (hic) believe I (hic) yelled at (hic) Destiny!"

We all took a step back from the crying fairy.

"I hit (hic) a tender (hic) area (hic) in her (hic) heart!"

Suddenly, Lucy went towards the crying fairy. Lucy kneeled down and took Sofi into a deep embrace. She rubbed Sofi's back and kept shushing to calm her down.

"Sofi, it will be okay. I have a feeling that Destiny will forgive you," Lucy said in a low, kind, and sincere voice.

"You think so?" asked the fairy whose tears seemed to slow down.

"Aye," chimed Happy.

Suddenly, Sofi was back on her feet wiping away the last few tears. "Okay! Lets find Des and all of us apologize to her!" She shouted with confidence.

"Hold up what do you mean by 'us'," asked Stripper.

"Well, since I spilled the fairy dust about Destiny's past 'cause you guys asked out of concern, you'll have to apologize too."

"That doesn't make sense! And it's spilled the beans, not spilled the fairy dust!" shouted Ice Princess.

"It is spilled the fairy dust for us fairies."

We were off. Scouring the forest for the Brilliant Blue Haired Dragon Slayer. I feel like I've seen that shade of blue, but where. I keep describing it as Brilliant. Maybe when we find her, I can ask I if I can call her that. I think I got the nickname 'Salamander,' 'cause of my hair color.

We got deeper and deeper into the forest. Finally, I spot the shade of brilliant blue in the corner of my eye.

"Guys, I found her!" I shouted back to the group.

We all rush towards the dragon slayer. When we reached her, she was asleep. But if you looked closer at her, you could silent tears running down her cheek and hitting the forest floor.

I was about to shake her awake when Sofi got in my way.

"Don't," she said in a stern tone.

"Why not?" I talked back at her.

"Destiny, is in a state where she is dreaming of her memories. If we wake her up, she could forget us."

"What are we suppose to do then," asked Pantherlily.

"Luckily, Henko prepared me for this. She gave me this spell, that if one of us read why we are holding hands we will get to see what is going on in her mind."

"Ok, let's do this then," said an enthusiastic Lucy.

"Aye," we all said.

We all joined hands and Sofi pulled out the spell.

"Okay ready?" asked the concerned fairy.

"Aye," we all respond.

"Okay, here we go." Sofi looked at the paper and started to chant. "Hitotsu wa hairu koto ga dekinai basho ni watashitachi o sōshin suru koto ga dekimasuga,. Watashitachi no yūjin wa, aru basho ni watashitachi o toru. Karera no kokoro ni watashitachi o sōshin shimasu."

Translation:Send us to a place where one can not enter, but can. Take us to a place where our friend lies. Send us into their mind.

Suddenly we were standing in a forest. It was different from the one we were standing in a second ago. It was daytime here, and it was night just a second ago. Urgh, I'm so confused.

Suddenly, a lady with purple hair walked by us. I couldn't see her eyes fairly well. I walked up to her to ask her where we were, when suddenly Sofi stops me.

"Don't try Natsu. They can't hear, see, smell, touch or taste us. It would be a waste. We are just here to watch."

I nodded in response. I went back towards the woman, I feel like I've seen her before.

Suddenly, two kids ran past us. One was a boy with pink hair he was shirtless and wearing yellow shorts. I feel a strange connection towards him, I feel like I've seen him before and also like he's a stranger. I couldn't see his eyes like the last woman.

The second child ran through my body. The second child had Destiny's color hair. Wait! That was Destiny! She was wearing a black tank top like she normally does, but she had plain shorts that were a sandy color. When she was a kid, you could definitely tell that she was a she!

I turned to everyone else, and ended up seeing that they all had the same expression on their faces as that was on mine. Even Sofi.

Lucy walked up to Sofi. "Sofi, is that Destiny?" asked the blonde.

"Yeah. I'm pretty shocked that she looks the same as when I met her, and that was when we were both five, and it looks like in this memory she is three."

"Shh!" interrupted Erza. "I'm trying to watch cute Destiny," she said while munching on popcorn? Does she keep popcorn in her weapons inventory or something? Everyone started to gather around Erza to also watch Destiny play around the purple haired lady with the pink haired boy. I stayed away from the popcorn.

As everyone was eating, I started looking at my surroundings. To my left were my friends, and to my right was a dragon, and in front of me-, wait! Did I just see a dragon? I turned to my right again. Yep. There was a dragon.

The dragon had dark blue scales that could be easily mistaken as black. Its underbelly had white scales that were as pure as freshly fallen snow. Going down her back, starting from its head to the tip of its tail, was a brilliant blue jagged spine. She also had horns that were the same shade of blue, so were its claws, and these three feathers at the tip of its tail. The dragon had sandy color eyes that could also be a light swampy green. (If you've ever read Dragon Slippers, Dragon Flight, or Dragon Spear by Jessica Day George. That's the shape of the dragons body is, but with a few modifcations.)

I turned towards Sofi. "Sofi!" I shouted.

"What-," she stopped when she saw the dragon. "It's Henko," she said with an unsteady voice.

I turned back at the dragon. That's Henko. Is she part of the past too? I'm guessing yes. It looks like she is studying the children from a distance where she can not be seen.

I focus my attention towards where the female dragon had hers. Suddenly, Destiny tripped over a root. She started to cry. The woman didn't even help her, instead the little pink haired boy came over to little Destiny.

"Wahh!" cried Destiny.

"Hey Sis, ya all right?" asked the concerned boy.

Wait, Sis! Destiny has a brother! I turned to see what the others thought, they had the same expressions on as before, and still inclueding Sofi.

The little girl sat up, rubbing away the on going tears.

"Brother," she choked on her words.

The little boy kneeled down in front of his sister and pulled her into a warm hug. Destiny crying slowed down.

"Don't worry Sis. Your brother is right here and will always will be. I will always protect my sister, but I don't like those tears," He said the last part in a muffled voice.

I agree with her brother, I don't like those tears either.

The boy continued. "So please, don't cry." He pulled her in tighter.

Destiny cried a few more minutes. While she was crying, I had trouble looking, so I look to see how everyone else was doing. The girls minus Carla and plus Happy were crying.

"So cute," they sobbed in unison.

Meanwhile Gajeel, Pantherlily, and Carla were looking away, trying to hide their tears. And Gray, urgh! He just stared at the scene blankly! Which kinda pissed me off! But I won't pick a fight now, I don't want to interrupt or Erza was gonna kill me.

I finally turned to Henko, she was crying too.

"So cute," she said in a voice a smooth as honey. It was also peaceful, and it feels like I heard it from a long, long ago.

Everyone turned when they heard the dragon's voice.

"Yep. That's Aunty Henko. Whenever her emotions go haywire, she cries in the end," Sofi said with a small and sad giggle in her voice.

I turned back to the children, but there was only Destiny standing alone, crying.

"This must be a new memory, the scenes will keep changing as we keep going on," said Sofi with serious in her voice.

I turn to see Destiny crying still. "Brother," she cried while wiping away the tears. When she cried 'brother' it made me feel guilty.

Destiny started to wonder around crying. She suddenly bumped into Henko, who didn't notice the child was there at first. Little Destiny stared at the large dragon, and then started to speak.

I thought she was gonna scream, but no. Instead she said something else.

"Excuse me, have you seen my brother and mama," sobbed the little girl.

The dragon looked at the child in confusion, it was probably thinking 'this child isn't scared of me,' or something like that.

"I don't know how you got separated from your family but I will help you find them." Then the two were off.

The memories started to get faster. The two were always together. Destiny followed the dragon like a duckling. It was cute.

The memories slowed down again. This time, Destiny looked a little older. The two were sitting in a empty field. To me it look like training I think.

"Destiny tell me, what is today," asked the calm dragon.

"Well, today is July 7, X777. Am I right?"

The dragons tail whacked the childs head, which made me step back a little.

"Of it is July seventh! You don't need to ask if it's correct!" shouted Henko.

"Ouch! Mama that really hurt," said young Destiny while rubbing her head.

"Man up!"

"I can't! I'm a girl!"

The two continued to fight and her memories started to flash forward that I couldn't keep up. I saw glimpses of Sofi in some of them.

Suddenly the memories stopped. There was a fire, giant creatures roamed through it. Destiny had scars, blood, and tears all over her body. She tired to fight through it.

I turned to the others, some of them were crying. The rest had their heads held low. I, I had my hands in fist. I wanted to help her fight but I couldn't. Suddenly we were outside of her mind again.

Destiny's Pov.

I was cover in blood and scars. I was fighting who killed the dearest person to me. I hated it! I don't want to remember! Wake up! Wake up!

Suddenly, I was looking up at the stars through the tree canopy. I sat up. I buried my face in my hands. I couldn't take remembering anymore. I don't want to remember! I wish I could forget the painful parts. Maybe, it would be better if I never met her that day. Maybe, I wish I could have kept up with my brother.

I removed my hands from my face, and ended up seeing everyone looking down on me. I looked away from their stares. I continued crying. I couldn't hold in tears. It seemed like everyone wanted to cry as well. I wonder why?

Natsu started to walk up towards me, and suddenly, pulled me into a hug?

"Destiny, don't cry." he stroked my back. "We are sorry for you having to go through that. Going through pain can hurt, but you have us. Remember that."

I knew what he was talking about. I knew Sofi probably entered my mind and brought everyone with her. They saw part of the pain full memory. I don't want them to see the rest of it.

I was still in Natsu's embrace. It was warm. It was a familiar warmth. It was calm, trustworthy, soothing.

Behind Natsu, Sofi took a few steps forward.

"Destiny," she started to cry. "I'm so sorry. I said things I didn't mean. I shouldn't have said those things. Could you forgive me?" she sobbed harder.

Still in Natsu's hug, I giggled at the fairy. She looked up at me.

"Silly Sofi, I can never stay mad at my friend," I gave her a toothy grin.

I held out my hand, she slowly took it. I pulled her in hard, having her join the hug in her large form.

I looked up at everyone else, who all had small smiles on their faces.

"What are you guys standing for? Join the hug," I smiled at them. Everyone joined in, except Gajeel.

"What's going on here?" It was the Master, along with the rest of Fairy Tail. "You all ran off and-" he stopped when he saw our group hug.

I just stared at them. "What are you guys doing? This is a Fairy Tail group hug, join in," I motioned them forward.

Most of them joined in without a doubt, when some had to be dragged by others. Like Levy dragged Gajeel, but everyone was together.

I was in the center. It felt good to know there are and always will be people who care for me.

Hey Guys, I updated again. I'm sorry for grammar and spelling. I'm also if this chapter is sappy. The words flowed right out of me when I saw the Blue Exorcist Movie or Ao No Exorcist. I cried pretty badly when I saw it. I thought it was so sad and also so cute!

That's about all I have to say.

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