Family

"You know Lily, we don't really know much about you." Mira asked one late night in the guild. Most of the older wizards, and all of the younger one's had left for the day and all that remained was the nodding off guild master, and all the late teens and early twenty something year old's.

I blinked as Mira smiled before lifting a brow. "So, what do you wanna know?" I asked, slightly on edge. Being immortal meant I had numerous different lives. This was one of the worlds I didn't technically grow up in, since I could turn myself into a child and actually grow up around others. However, there was numerous things she could ask, and even more numerous ways I could answer.

"What was your family like?" I noted a slightly sad look in her eye, and quickly remembered Lisanna, the youngest of the Strauss siblings. I actually had to think on this one, my real family was deceased, my only living relative met with an unfortunate accident not long after I received my powers. However I usually make a family if I ever decide to change into a child.

"My birth family is dead, far as I know anyway." I said calmly as I took a sip of my wine, Mira's face turned into shock and horror. "However I was adopted." I smiled as Mira's face went back to normal. "What were they like?" Mira smiled as several other members joined us at the bar, including Loke, Elfman, and Cana. "My dad was a ninja." I said plainly, and smirked as a fire burst forth from Elfman's eyes as he cried out something about real men.

"So your father was a cool, calm, and lethal ninja and your mother was a fiery, amazing, and beautiful mage." Mira romanticized, having little heart floating off of her. I almost choked on my wine as I started laughing, I was laughing to hard that, if Loke hadn't have caught me, I would have fell off the bar stool. It took me a moment to calm down.

"I'm sorry, it's just that my father is about as cool and calm as a wildfire." I giggled as I wiped the tears from my eyes. "That man is hot headed, stubborn as an mule, and insane." I grinned, as they all got worried looks in their eyes. "I remember one time, he trapped a mother boar, took her kids away from her and gave them to three of his students and myself, before taking them away from us and setting the pissed off mother boar after us and had us running away, and called it speed training." I laughed, this had caught the attention of a couple other guild members who were more then content sitting and listening to my tales. The one's at the bar currently had a look on their face that wondered how I was alive and sane.

"What was your mother like?" Cana asked, hoping that she was more sane then her father. "She's a dragon." I said calmly as I took a sip of my wine, this bit of information however has caught the attention of a certain dragon slayer. "Your mother was a dragon!" Natsu yelled loud enough that it not only caught everyone's attention but also woke up poor Makarov who had nodded off. I sighed as I rubbed my temple. "I thought echo's were supposed to get quieter, not louder." I muttered and a couple of the guild mates chuckled.

I was quick to feel the static in the air as I glared at Natsu, apparently even Laxus had gotten interested in my back story now. "Yes Natsu, my mother is a dragon." Natsu quickly picked me up by my waist and spun me around before giving me a giant bear hug. "Dammit Natsu, put me down, just because you're taller then me doesn't mean you can pick me up." I struggled against Natsu's grip. Natsu chuckled before setting me back on the ground.

I huffed before retaking my spot on the stool, "what kind of dragon was your mother?" Natsu asked, looking for all the world like a small child. "My mother was the Golden Dragon, Novella. Though my dad affectionately called her Navi." I smiled as I remembered my parents and their insanity. "So what type of magic does the golden dragon use?" Loke asked, I smirked. "I could tell you, but it's more fun to show you. Hey Mira, do you have anything around that you wouldn't mind not seeing any more?" I grinned as Mira thought about it before running off and bringing back a dirty rag that had been used far beyond its intended purpose.

I smirked as my eyes flashed gold and I held out my hand and in a flash of golden light the rag and been turned into a small hunk of raw fire opal. "The golden dragon is known to be able to create gemstone and various metals, and craft them with her flames. Though she's temperamental and a treasure hoarder." I sniggered as everyone stared at the red gem. "So how do you get your power boost?" Natsu's eye raised. "I have to find a vein of precious or semi-precious gemstone or metal, or steal someone's jewelry." I smirked as I picked up and pocketed the gem.

"Hold on, how are you able to do all these things?" Happy frowned as he plopped down onto the bar. "You can use sound magic, fire magic, lightning magic, healing magic, and now dragon slayer magic, how?" Happy counted off all the things he knew I could do and I just smirked at him. "That's not really a story I'm supposed to tell, could get several people in big trouble." I grinned and everyone became even curiouser. "How about, as long as it never leaves this guild?" Laxus, surprisingly enough, bargained. "If it never leaves the guild?" I thought about it, honestly it didn't matter, there was nothing that could happen either way, I was just racking up suspense.

"Fine, I'll tell the story then." I shrugged and everyone cheered. "Let me thing now, It was when I was around six or seven years old. my parents and I all went out on a trip for a vacation, we were heading toward a small mountainous village that was well known for it's hot springs. We weren't expecting the ambush." I frowned as the memory came back to haunt me, "apparently some renegade ninja's had heard about the golden dragon and her abilities, and greed took over. The fight itself was a giant blur, mostly cause I got hit by a flying katana, it cut a giant hole in my side." I reached down and touched where the blade had hit, I had everyone's attention though, several of the girls had covered their mouths. "Mother noticed the blood immediately and wiped out the attackers in one breath. However the injury was large, and I was bleeding out, having already lost about half my blood. Mother did something she wasn't supposed to, she cauterized the wound with her flames, before transferring her own blood into my body to keep me alive."

I sighed as I remembered the incredibly worried look on my mothers face. "At first they were worried that the dragon's blood would reject me, or vice versa. Father had already sent someone for a medic to try and fix me." I grinned and gave a small laugh. "The blood actually took to me far better then anyone thought, I woke up from my daze when it felt like my entire body was going to burst into flames. When I came down from that I realized that I had almost bit off my fathers thumb." I sniggered at the memory and everyone was still amazed at the story. "Once when the medic showed up they managed to fully fix my side so there would be no scars and repair my fathers hand. Due to the dragon's blood burning in my body though I'm able to perform a multitude of magics, the hard part is balancing them. I'm not able to use two different magic styles at the same time, at least not yet." I smiled as everyone cheered at the happy story ending.

"Sounds like you might actually be worthy of a fight." Laxus cracked his knuckles. "Don't tell me you're going to follow Natsu's example and challenge me?" I smirked up at Laxus as he rested onto the railing, Laxus looked thoughtful for a moment before waving his hand. "Nah, even though you can use several different magic, I haven't seen you be any good at them other then healing, so no thanks, rather not beat on a weakling." I think Laxus was trying to piss me off, "shame Laxus, you'd be one of the few who would actually give me a decent fight." I shrugged as we glared at each other, our gaze was broken as I was lifted up by Bixlow and twirled while squealing obscenities at him.

At a time like this, as I was surrounded by a makeshift family, I couldn't help but recall a familiar movie quote. It was my favorite part of the movie, by far.

This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.