Yo! So the Levy and Jellal related thing is from Celestial Mage Wanted by Chefbabe on Fanfiction! It's been awhile since I read the story, so I got confused. Sorry!

The turning into a dragon thing comes from Acnologia Is Not Your Father by Evilkitten3 on Fanfiction. If you like that one, I suggestion you also check out The Fiore Laws by Zorua101, also on Fanfiction. I found both extremely entertaining.

Also it's not fully explained, but IN CANON, Jellal is able to wield the four 'main' elements; he can cast Abyss Break, which can only be cast if all four elements (Earth, Air, Water and Fire) are present.

And, those of you from Ripples, I know you'll be upset to hear this, but Ame is dead. Sorry. Also, I'll be taking a break after this chapter, but when we get back, you guys get Dragon Slayers! (Like the ones through the gate, not the ones you have now).

Chapter Ten – A Conversation Among Kings

"Do you have some sort of anti-derangement medication? If so, you might wish to take it."
― Katie MacAlister, Dragon Fall

"Move," he said to the guard.

"Who are you?" the guard asked.

"Someone who could kill everyone in this city in five seconds flat. The fact that I haven't done so already proves that I'm in a good mood. Don't make it a bad one."

The guard gulped.

"Let him through!" a voice called, and they both turned to the girl running to the entrance.

"Hello, Acno," she said breathlessly, messing with her windswept hair and fluttering her eyes at him.

He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. I need to speak with the old man."

She nodded and lead him into a room where he sat down, and then the secretary sat at her desk and went through some papers.

Less than a minute later, Acnologia was not happy.

He banged on the counter top and the woman jumped. "Listen, Susan-"

"Stephanie."

"Whatever. I need to see him. Now."

"I'm sorry, sir, but you'll have to wait with everyone else," she said.

Acnologia leaned forward. "So help me, Sarah, if you do not get me to him immediately, I will turn into a dragon. Right. Now."

"But we're inside…" she protested. "You won't fit…"

"Exactly," Acnologia said, rolling his eyes and crossing his arms.

"I'm pretty sure that counts as terrorism," she muttered, picking up the phone.

"It is," Acno said blankly, staring her down.

She gulped and clutched the phone tighter. "I can't make it ring any faster, Acnologia!"

"I don't care," Acno said. "This makes you uncomfortable."

She glared at him before stiffening as she realized what she did and went back to cowering with the phone. Finally, someone on the other end picked up.

"A-Acnologia to see you, sir," she stammered.

"I understand," the voice said. "Send him up."

She turned to tell Acno but he was already leaving. "See you, Sophie."

"Stephanie," she muttered under her breath.

"I need some of your books," Acnologia said to the tiny man.

He sighed. "Follow me."

The short man (who was still actively shrinking with age) got up from the table and headed over to the family library. "Is there any reason why?"

"There's a girl who's Body-Linked through Stellar Magic, and I need to break it," Acnologia grunted. "Probably one of Neville's."

The smaller man nodded. "And you'll be reversing the Body Link?"

"Yes," Acnologia said. "I hope that damned Clock doesn't become a problem again."

"The Infinity Clock is real?"

"As real as the Eclipse Gate in the basement."

"Ah," the shorter man said. "So real but treated as myth."

"The less people who know, the better, yes."

They entered a large private library and the small man moved to a desk, opening a slot behind it and pulling out a few books. "These should do the trick. The real question is, will you be able to cast it?"

Acnologia grunted. "More like, 'Will my guild ever let me get a moment of rest when they find out that I can cast Stellar Magic?'"

"How long has it been?" the man asked as Acnologia started flipping through the book.

"Over four hundred years," Acnologia muttered, stopping. "Yes, this will work."

"Even though it's not technically from your line?"

Acno snorted. "Listen, Mato-"

"Toma. Please stop scrambling it."

"You know as well as I do that all of the Five Bloodlines are attuned to all types of Stellar Magic. I can cast this as well as a Heartfilia could. I might not be a part of your line, but I'll still be able to cast it, alright Toto?"

The smaller man sighed, muttering, "I think I preferred Mato."

"Daddy?" a small voice said, and a small green-headed girl peeked around the corner. "Who's this?"

The man tensed a bit, glancing between Acnologia and the child.

Acno glared at him. "The amount of trust you have in me is smaller than you."

The smaller man (who was still around five and a half feet, but would probably be somewhere around Makarov's size when he finished shrinking) looked away guiltily. "Hisui, this is a friend."

The little girl ran forward, and Acno got a better look at the girl. She was closer to four than three, her birthday probably in four or five months in late July or early August.

"Nice to meet you, Mister!" Hisui said happily, and then, to both men's complete horror, started chattering their ears off. As she continued to talk over everything, she also raised her arms to Acnologia, asking to be picked up.

Toma tensed up, but Acno ignored it and picked up Hisui, who giggled as she looked down at her father from Acno's shoulder.

As she continued talking, Acno looked at the shorter man. "She has more than you."

"Magic?" Toma asked. "Yes. I am unsure, as I have not spent much time with any others of the Bloodlines lately, so I do not know if the newest of their generation are that strong. But I believe that something is coming."

Acnologia sighed. "Yes. It is. And they are."

Hisui had quieted down. "Are you leaving, Mister?"

"Acnologia," Acno said. "You can call me Acno. The kids in my guild tend to call me Uncle. And yes, I will be returning to my guild sometime soon."

She pouted as Acno lowered her to the ground. "Bye, Uncle Acno! It was nice meeting you."

"It was nice meeting you to, Jadia," Acno said, ruffling her hair.

Acnologia sighed. "Thank you, Toma."

The King nodded, and Acno let himself out.

"What's Jay-dee-ah?" the little girl asked behind him.

"It's another form of Jade," her father said as he watched the dragon leave. "The translation for your name."

"Um, Mr. Acnologia…"

Acno slammed his mug down on the bar, upset that his break from studying was interrupted. "Damn, kid, just call me Uncle Acno like the rest of them."

Jellal Fernandez shifted uncomfortably in the dragon's presence. "You sure? You don't seem to like me very much…"

Acnologia sighed and picked up his coffee. "Sit, kid."

Still nervous, Jellal sat down on the stool next to him.

Acno continued to make him anxious by taking a long drink from his mug. "It's not necessarily you…you just bring up memories I'd rather forget. Since you're a Stellar Wizard."

"Uh…" Jellal's gaze moved over to Elle, who was doing something on a table.

Acno would say it was dancing, but that's only because he'd seen a Rigby dance before.

No one else would call it that.

"Rigby get your ass off the table!" Acnologia bellowed. "No one wants to see you dance."

"That's dancing?" Laxus asked in horror.

"You're supposed to be on my side, asshole!" Elle yelled, tackling her mate.

Acno sighed.

"You don't seem to bothered as much by Elle," Jellal pointed out. "Or Levy."

"Levy isn't the Heir," Acno grunted. "And Rigby's crazy enough that it doesn't affect me as much."

Though, since crazy is a Rigby trait, it still brought out some memories - but it still wasn't the same, since they didn't do the same things.

"Heir?" Jellal asked. "Does that have anything to do with Levy missing the clan mark on her face?"

Acnologia nodded.

"What do you mean by that?" Jellal asked.

Acnologia sighed. He should've known better. There was no such thing as peace in this guild.

"Oi, brats!" he roared.

Everything stopped.

Acno inwardly smirked as he took another sip of his coffee, letting everyone tense up. He let out a sigh of contentment and put the mug back on the bar. "If you want to know more about Stellar Wizards, you should come here. I'm not going to explain it more than once."

The kids all shifted closer, but it didn't seem to matter. The guild was quiet, and everyone was staring at him.

He sighed.

"Alright, so let me explain something. Not everyone from a Stellar Bloodline practices their bloodline's magic as this primary magic. Hell, even Miss Medusa here is likely descended from the Fernandez and Rigby line, but she's still a Celestial Mage."

Cubellios hissed from Erik's shoulder.

"But…the first born is almost always guaranteed to specialize in that magic. There's a spell on the lines that demand it. So the firstborn child will almost always look the same. In some cases, like the Heartfilia branch, they're also always female, which is why they became matriarchal. When I described what people of the bloodline generally look like, I mean the ones that practice their own magic, because they become easily identifiable. For instance…Laxus. Rigby."

"Yeah?" Laxus asked. Elle was still half on top of him, having frozen from trying to...rip out his hair? Scratch out his eyes? Frozen from doing something she probably shouldn't, when Acno had pulled everything to a halt.

"Your first kid is gonna look exactly like Elle, though it's gender is still up for grabs."

The two of them turned extremely red, and Elle fell off of the dragon slayer. She popped back up and stood next to him, and they avoided each other's eyes.

Freed hissed, "Wench," from somewhere unseen.

"They'll also have Planetary Magic as their primary. After your firstborn, though, the magic and genes are up for grabs. They could be blonde or dragon slayers or whatever. Now, there is a chance – it's a small chance though – that your first child might have a different primary magic. Even if that's true though, as the firstborn, they'll still have all of the Rigby traits; the dark hair and shiny eyes. In that case, the second born will have all the Rigby traits as well, and Planetary Magic. That only happens once a century, though, so you shouldn't worry too much about it…"

His gaze moved to Jellal. "You're considered the 'First Born' of the Fernandez Clan. While Levy is related to you, it's through a sister branch, so while she can probably get Heavenly Body Magic as her secondary, she won't specialize in it (though every once in awhile, you do have a mage who does). The clan mark on your face; that sigil declares you as the Heir. All Bloodlines had one, though as far as I know, yours is the still one that actively does it. And another thing; it proves you didn't go crazy of your own will."

"In the Tower?" Jellal asked quietly.

Acnologia nodded. "If you had truly lost it, the clan mark would've faded; passed on to the next person, which would probably be Levy. The fact that it's still there is proof that it wasn't your fault."

He looked down.

"I had a mark?" Elle asked softly.

His gaze moved back to the girl who (while still redder than Laxus), was slowly turning her normal color.

Acnologia nodded. "Your line did, in the past, but you won't. The only one who can place it on the Heir (which is the only one it can be placed on, actually) would be a person of higher statue or a parent. For instance, with Jellal, he was probably marked by the Heir of the previous generation, or the one before that if he was still in power and strong enough. If neither were there, it was probably done by his mother."

"It was my mom," Jellal said quietly. "It was only the two of us. She said that she was estranged from her sister at some point..."

"Which was probably Levy's mother," Acno finished up. "Then there's Neville's family line."

Cubellios hissed, and Acnologia ignored her, and continued. "The branch that Cubellios is a part of came from a Fernandez kid that married a Rigby; they aren't really even considered 'Fernandez' or 'Rigby's anymore, but rather completely split off into their own branch, almost. You can date back their ancestry, yeah, and match it with yours and Elle's, but that's all that you share. Well, that and Stellar Magic."

Acno took another deep sip from his coffee, sighing in contentment. "Then there's also the closeness of lines."

"What do you mean by that?" Levy asked.

"I might have mentioned it before, by the Agurias were really close to the Heartfilias, and the Rigby's were very close with the Fernandez. Which is why it's easy for some of them to learn each other's magics. For instance, that's one reason why Levy is so skilled in Solid Script Magic. She can easily form different elements because of the connection with Planetary Magic. If Jellal was to try, he could easily learn how to control the elements."

"So I could learn Heavenly Body Magic?" Elle asked.

Acnologia nodded. "Though I highly doubt you'd need it. The advanced levels of all Stellar Magic are versatile as hell."

But Anna was the only one he'd ever seen hit that level for Celestial Spirit Magic.

"I'm not gonna," Elle said, shaking her head. "I just think it's interesting..."

"You should focus on mastering your own magic," Acno rolled his eyes. "You still have a long ways to go, before you're done with Planetary Spells. Now..." he stood up, leaving his cup on the table. "I'm leaving."

He turned and made his way out the door, hearing Jellal call, "Thanks, Uncle Acno!" on his way out.

He ignored the way his heart clenched painfully and took to the sky, transforming into his dragon shape.

He needed to think.

There had been a few things that Acno hadn't mentioned while explaining.

The Fiore Royal Family specialized in Sun Spells. Since all of the five Bloodlines come from certain people in particular, some are closer to some bloodlines than others – that was true. For instance, the Rigby and Fernandez clans are both linked, though they're so separately related that the two could reproduce together, which was how Neville's line was born. Heartfilias and Agurias were also close, and the Agurias turned to Celestial Spirits when their magic became Lost, as their magic (which got it's power from the moon) already reflected the sun, which is a star, anyway. As for the Royal Family – they helped bridge the two. While they nowadays used Celestial Spirits, just as the Heartfilias and Agurias, they also used Sun Spells; magic that specializes in the sun as the way the Agurias specialize in the moon. The Fiorans were closer linked to Heavenly Body Magic, with the way that Sun Spells are used.

But the thing that struck him out was the firstborn.

Generally, both the Heartfilias and Agurias Heirs are born female. The Fernandez Heir is generally male.

But then there was the Royal Family – which was a toss up, and the Rigby's.

That's what really worried him.

The Rigby's were well known for having a set of twins as their Heirs, one twin generally specializing in half of the elements while the other one complemented them.

Eleanor was alone – as far as he could tell, she didn't necessarily 'specialize' (jack of all trades, master of none…); he hadn't seen or sensed any real precision when it came to one element over the others, just a normal level of control for a Rigby Mage. But if she did turn out to specialize…

Just where was her twin?

He sighed, turning his thoughts to the girl turned snake.

After a week of practicing, he had gotten closer and closer to finally mastering the spell for Cubellios, after practicing Stellar Magic again after four hundred years. But it was difficult.

Four hundred years ago...

Doing the spell brought up harsh memories.

Four hundred years ago, it was just the five of them; well...

Technically six, but Veratis was always busy, ruling the kingdom, and all.

But the five of them…Anna, Him, Tsukino, and Connor and Dior.

This all brought back memories he'd rather forget.

And it wasn't just that he was about to use Stellar Magic again, it was that there was a Rigby and two of the Fernandez Clan running around outside, and that a few cities away, a Celestial Mage laid in wait.

Everyone's identifying features didn't change. They never changed. Which is why all of the kids look so similar to their ancestors, so many years ago.

It's why it hurt so much.

And then...then Jellal had called him 'Uncle Acno'.

And that's probably what hurt the worst.

Because if he had never been expelled from the clan, that's what he would've been, too.