Author's Note: Finally I managed to include some Stella/Laxus scenes. (Not in a romantic way of course. She's 11 years old.)
And sorry if my English is a bit crappy. It's just my first attempt to write a longer story in English and my vocabulary isn't that big… So I've got lots of repetitions…


Stella already heard what Leticia said. Right when she said 'now' she activated her magic.
A magic circle appeared right under Laxus' feets and he fell to his knees.
He looked shocked in Stella's direction.

"Right now, Stella uses her magical pressure to hold your magic down. Though she is filtering. She will just allow you to create positive charged lightning.
It can take days, weeks, months, maybe even years. But this is the most effective way of learning it.
She won't stop until you succeed or get tired from the training." Leticia explained to her son.

She knew that Stella has a great magic, but don't know how to use it. It is also training for her.
Still, this wasn't even the girls full power. And that was impressive, because Laxus was strong and has strong magical power. But the girl let him fall to his knees like he would be just a kid.
Leticia smiled at Stella who returned it.

"How am I supposed to do it?"
"I-ma-gi-na-tion." was Stella's answer as she emphasizes every syllable. She knew the methods of Leticia well. And right now she was in full control and she felt, that she could crush Laxus to the ground if she uses full power.
"What?" he asked confused.
"You have to imagine it in your mind. The first step is to create the positive charge in your head. And then you try to form it through your magic."
"Are you kidding me?"
"No. Well you could always hope I run out of magic, but that won't happen so soon."
She was over-confident and Stella knew it herself. But to get Laxus to really try fighting her magic by produce positive charged lightning she has to act cocky. Even if it wasn't her usual style and she just doesn't felt right.

Laxus didn't say anything anymore. If he wanted to succeed, he had to follow the instructions.
And it would be a shame if he would lose against Stella. For Mavis' sake, that girl was eleven years old!

He tried to do what she said. Imagine how he creates positive charged lightning. He felt like the magical energy, butright at the moment where he want to release it, the energy was pushed back.
Stella didn't allow it to form lightning.
He tried again… and again. But every time Stella pushed his energy back.
He got a little tired of that. It felt like a fight and right now this girl was winning.

Then he rethought about the 'imagine' part. And it hit him.

Laxus changed his position and sat now cross-legged on the ground. He started to blend out everything: noises, scents, and feeling. Just everything.
Now he started to concentrate, he tried to remember how it looked like when his mother used the positive charged lightning. How it felt like.
Once he clearly remembered the feeling he started to imagine how it would be like, when he would use it.
He imagined how he produces the positive charged lightning.
And then he started to gather his magical energy.
The feeling was positive. He didn't felt Stella's magic pushing against his energy.
So he let it out and created lightning.
Slowly he let the surroundings again into his mind.
The noises. He heard the cracking of the lightning.
The feeling. The light breeze on his skin.
And finally he re-opened his eyes and saw Stella and his mother smiling.
He realized that it took him way longer than he felt.
It felt for him like it was just some moments, maybe about five minutes.
But he had to realize that the sun already is about to go down and the sky has a light shade of pink and orange.

"Great job", Leticia said. Stella gave him thumbs up and grinned.
"Nice job. But I have to admit it was tough to hold your magic down."
"Let's get inside. I already made dinner."
Right in that moment Laxus' and Stella's stomach's growled and all three laughed.

At the dining table the three talked about everything and nothing. Like a family.
And realization hit Laxus. This could be his real family. Of course Fairy Tail was his family; he spent his whole life in this guild.
But this was different. He sat here with his mother at one table, talking and laughing and he felt really relaxed.
And Stella, she was kind of like a little sister. He hadn't much time to get to know her, his training was absorbing all of it. But he would let her in his life, if she wished for.
"What are you thinking about?" Leticia suddenly asked and brought him back to reality.
"About family. Fairy Tail is my family. But there is also another I have now. And I'm sitting right here with them. You and Stella."
She smiled at his answer. And also Stella was happy.
"Soo…", she began, "I can call you O-nii-san now?" Both Leticia and Laxus laughed and he agreed.

Why not? He found a family he deep in his heart longed for.
It wasn't perfect, but it was enough for him.


Author's Note: Yeah, second A/N on this chapter, but I have to say it. This story is gonna end soon. I won't lie to you. Laxus practically absolved his training so I don't have much to say anymore.
Anyway, a continuation to that is haunting my imagination.
It's basically an alternative timeline to the Grand Magic Games. Leticia and Stella will appear and change some… things. So you wanna read something like that?

Oh, btw, don't you think this chapter ending is a bit cheesy? I kind of have the feeling it is…

Oh and don't worry, Stella is not overpowered. I will explain her magic on the next chapter.