Mirajane was lucky Mortis couldn't drink. Everybody had gone home, but Mortis had stayed late. "Are you OK Mortis?" she asked. Mortis looked up from the table "huh?" "Natsu and Lucy went back to their house hours ago. Are you alright?" Mortis closed her eyes from exhaustion. "I said that the next thing we needed to do was fight, right?" she started. Mira looked confused and asked "you did. Mortis what's going on?"
Mortis closed her eyes from exhaustion and sighed. Suddenly her world turned dark again. "Mortis?" Mira asked concerned. Spirit walked from behind her into Mortis's view. "What is it?" Mortis spat. "I've come with a warning Mortis. Death leaks through this guild. Keliff will throw the final blow with no magic. Blood must be drawn and you must decide whose blood it will be." Before Mortis could ask any questions her sight went back to normal.
She was gripping the edge of the bar ad she had started to sweat with wide eyes. "What's wrong?" Mira asked. "So… Sorry. I have to go!" Mortis shouted. She ran out and ran all the way back to Natsu and Lucy's. She ran through the door, slammed it shut and leaned back on it breathless. Natsu appeared in the hall with Happy on his shoulder. "You ok?" he asked. She stared at him and didn't say anything. "What's wrong?" Happy asked.
Natsu suddenly got concerned. "Mortis what is wrong?" he asked, steeping closer. She suddenly hugged him tightly. He didn't know what to do. She had never hugged him before. He'd also never had been hugged before by a child, not even Romeo when he was younger. He looked at Happy who said "hug her back Natsu."
His arms wrapped themselves around Mortis's shoulder. "She is so small" Natsu thought. "I guess being young with so much power, does have its down sides." Mortis's legs suddenly stopped working. She had worried so much that she had worn her body out. Natsu caught her and said "easy, I got you." He carried her up to her room. "Is this what having your own blood related family is like?" he wondered.
Little did he know, Mortis was thinking the exact same thing. Yes, they had their father in their lives again, but their mother didn't want then, due to her own fear. When she escaped being hostage Ur was alive, so she could never actually touch her. Igneel was a dragon. She was so comfortable and warm she had fallen asleep in his arms.
Lucy walked out of her room and saw him with mortis. "Is she ok?" she asked. "Yeah, she's just tired" Natsu said. Lucy smiled as she said "look at you holding a child. You look all grown up." She kissed him on the cheek as she walked passed him to go down stairs. Natsu went into Mortis's room and put her to bed. Before he left he sat next to the bed and used his finger to move her hair away from her face. "You may be my sister" Natsu started. "But over the past couple of weeks I do see you as my own." He placed his forehead on hers and said "I'm so lucky to have you Mortis and I hope you feel the same." He kissed her forehead lightly and walked out of the room saying "I will die before I let anything happen to you." And that was Mortis's worst fear.