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Chapter 9
Lucy couldn't close her mouth, nor her eyes. The scenery before her was so beautiful. They were on a cliff, and below them there was a human town, a very beautiful one, with some big buildings and a lot of houses. There was a river too, and a big park with a lot of Sakura trees and other types of trees and plants. The river comes from in front of them and crossed all the town until the sea, that was beside them. On the other side of them was another cliff and a mountain.
"Welcome to Magnolia Lucy" said Natsu.
"This is where your pack is?" Lucy asked
"OUR pack is on that mountain over there, it's a special mountain, well, it's more like four mountains and in the middle there is a valley. That's where the Fairy Tail's pack is" Natsu said.
"It's also lovely Lucy, you will like it a lot. This river that you can see pass the valley too. And we also have a lake with a waterfall" Erza said.
"Let's go. We'll around the city to go to Fairy Tail" Natsu ordered. Lucy looked at him with a little sadness in her eyes. "Don't worry, after we relax in the pack and recover from the travel, we will go to the city to show it to you."
They started to go. Lucy wasn't travelling inside the basket anymore. Since that morning they were going slowly so she walked beside them. Lucy's stomach growled and Natsu looked at her. Then looked at Gray "Gray go to Fairy Tail and tell them about us arriving, and have some food prepared and everything in order."
"It's not dangerous to walk alone here?" Lucy asked.
"Usually not, this is our territory and a lot of packs knows about us and our power." Erza said.
"But... L-Levy's case..." Lucy whispered.
"Yeah, sometimes some stupid pack or werewolf thinks he can come here and do what they want. But like in Titan Nose, we show them the consequences. Don't worry, that's not going to happen to you, and Gray is not the type to be kidnapped, believe me." Natsu reassured her.
They were walking in the forest when they arrived to a cave. It was hidden by bushes. "This is one of the four entrances of the pack's, there is one in each of the cardinal points. This is the nearest to Magnolia. After you go inside you are finally in true Fairy Tail's territory. Are you nervous Lucy?" Erza asked.
"A lit-tle" she smiled but felt more secure when Erza smiled back. They started going inside the cave. It was dark at first, until some torches started to appear in the walls. And then, a light appeared on the other side of the way. They exit the cave and Lucy saw the valley with a lot of trees of different colors, most of the trees were really big so you couldn't see what's under them, but you could see on the other side of the valley a big waterfall. They were right, she will like this place, it was so lovely and… she didn't have words to describe it. She couldn't stop her eyes becoming watery.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail Lucy" Natsu said, nuzzling her head when he smelled the salty tears. He started to walk to where the camp was located. After some minutes he could smell Mira coming to them. She appeared between two violet trees in her human form.
"Lucy! Welcome to Fairy Tail! Welcome to your new home! And everyone else too, welcome back!" She smiled. "Gray said you were arriving, I prepared a lot of food for you to eat and rest, but before, I would like to take a look of Lucy. I want to make sure how her wounds are and if she can change to her human form."
"No, look at her after eating" Natsu said.
"Mm... I was planning to do it now so you can go talk with Makarov, he would like to know all the details of your travel, and he has some things to tell you too..."
"He will wait until I make sure Lucy eats and goes to rest in my cave."
"Ok then... I will tell him... Then let's go everyone is really excited to meet Lucy." Lucy looked at her with some fear in her eyes. "Don't worry, I also told them not to bother you too much, and you already know most of the betas in this pack, there are three more, but two of them are on a mission outside. So, you only need to know Makarov, and I'm sure you will like him" Mira reassured her.
"For the good of Makarov's health, I hope he doesn't become too perverted with Lucy" Natsu growled.
"Oh... Don't worry, he is my mate's grandfather, I will control him" Mira smiled.
Lucy was petrified. There were a lot of werewolves looking at her, some in their wolf form and others in their human form, but still, it was so difficult to move. All their eyes were looking directly to her. They had arrived to the camp where they lived some minutes before, and just when they were arriving a lot of the members started to come and go outside the tents and caves. There was a fire in the middle and food was being cooked. It smelled really good, but Lucy's stomach was starting to close with all the pressure.
"That's Natsu's mate? She is so small and cute", "she is a really man!", "you are crazy, how can Natsu's mate be a man?" some of them were whispering, or maybe not, they said it like nothing.
"Ok, enough, I'm sure you all have things to do. Go to work" Natsu growled. "Luce come" he went to the fire and took a piece of meat and sat down, putting it in front of Lucy, who went after him trying not to look to them, so she looked at her paws.
"I'm happy to see you back Natsu" said a small old man. "And everyone else too, Erza, I think you have some thinks you would like to explain."
"We are back Makarov, I'm sure Mira already told you, but we had a little more to do other than rescue Levy" Erza said looking at Makarov.
"Gray already told me some things, I'm happy that everything went well. More than well..." he said, looking at Lucy. "Hello there, dear, welcome to Fairy Tail, I'm really happy that Natsu has finally found his mate, now you only need to grow up and maybe then Natsu can settle down. But if when you grow up you don't like him anymore, you can call me-"
"Makarov" Natsu growled. "Are you tired of living? You stupid old hag."
"It was just a joke to help her relax!" Makarov quickly said.
"I'm not sure that will relax her" Gray whispered.
"I just hope Makarov and Gildarts don't joke about things like that too long, if not, I'm scared we will lose some Betas" Erza answered beside Gray.
"Ok everyone! Let's take Natsu's orders seriously and go to work. We have a lot of things to prepare, our companions need to eat and rest, so go!" Mira smiled "and Makarov... I need to have a little talk with you" she smiled more to him.
Everyone did go to work on their things, not before telling Makarov to rest in peace.
"So?" Makarov asked. "Gray told me most of the story about his childhood friend and Deliora. Did you really...?"
"Yeah, I killed him. One hunter less to worry" Natsu said. He was in the assembly tent, he wanted to go back to Lucy, she was in his cave being attended by Mira. He had to let Mira take her while he talked with the other Betas to catch up with everything. "And where is Laxus exactly?"
"I'm not really sure..." Makarov said. "We received some rumors and I had to talk to Blue Pegasus to confirm some things. There are some black packs moving Natsu, and that is never a good sign. So, I send Laxus with his Raijintsu to investigate. But I'm not sure where they are right now" Makarov answered.
"Evergreen is here" Erza stand out.
"Yeah, she stayed here because she is pregnant and Elfman wanted for here to stay here" Makarov said.
"WHAT? PRE-PREGNANT?" Erza stuttered.
"Yeah, in some months Lucy will have some other puppies to play" Makarov smiled.
"It's really good for the pack to get bigger, I'm sure Mira is really happy, she didn't tell us" Natsu said.
"She didn't have much time to think about it. She knew after she arrived and then she fainted." Makarov explained. "And going back to the problem, we should take care of it Natsu, even Blue Pegasus couldn't investigate too much about this black pack and you know they are the best by looking at information."
"Yeah, let's put more guards and stay on alert, just to be sure" Natsu said, getting up and going outside of the tent, back to his cave.
"But we are all a little busy with the prepara... he is really lost in love" Gray said looking how Natsu never listened to him.
"Mira told me a little about Lucy, is so good for her to be here, free. I'm sure her life has been so difficult until now" Makarov said.
"Yeah…" Erza said. "I'm happy for her, and for Natsu, he needed someone for him after his father…"
"Sometimes the stars make a difficult path for us, but if we keep going I'm sure the reward will be worth it" Makarov said. "That was something that Igneel told me."
Erza thought about her life, all the past moments with difficulties "I hope it's like that" Erza whispered remembering a blue wolf puppy.
"Mira also told me about Lucy's story with her original pack, I have told Laxus to tell the other packs we have an alliance with about the attack some years ago. Just in case they have heard about other attacks in other packs at that time. We will have to wait until Laxus' return with the news" Makarov told them.
Erza and Gray only nodded to him and went outside to do some of their chores.
When Natsu come inside of the cave, he was still in his wolf form, but Mira wasn't and neither was Lucy. Lucy was sitting in his bed, she was small for a 9 year old child. Her skin was pale, maybe because she was in her wolf form for a long time and her human skin didn't see the sun in long periods of time, her hair finished in her shoulders, and was a golden blonde like in her wolf form, an unusual color but from now his favorite one. She had the red hairpin he bought for her in that market, they went in Hargeon. She also had a violet shirt and a white short trousers, with white ballet flats. She looked at him and smiled a little before looking at her feet.
"Oh Natsu, did you finish your meeting?" Mira asked.
"Yeah. I see you can change to your human form now Lucy" Natsu said.
"She is fine now. But it's better if she doesn't change too much in a week, she has gained some strength, but it's still too soon to change a lot. And also, doesn't she looks cute? Until Erza can make her clothes with that silk you bought I lend her some clothes from when Lisanna was young. I also gave her a comfortable pajama too. I'm so happy I didn't throw anything away!" Mira smiled with stars in her eyes. "Well, I'm going now. I have a lot to cook and prepare. If you need something I'm sure I will be in the kitchen. Bye bye Lucy!"
Mira said and walked outside of the cave with a smile. Natsu went near Lucy and sat in front of her.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"I-I'm fine, a little sleepy, but my body doesn't hurt any more. Mira said I only need to eat more."
"Mira is right, you need to eat a lot more. I have realised it with your wolf form, but you are really slim, but don't worry, now that you are here you will eat a lot of delicious food, and you will gain normal weight again before you realise" he climbed onto the bed and leaned on the cushions. "Come here, sleep a little, after an hour, more or less, I will show you the pack's camp officially, and tomorrow we will go to Magnolia."
Lucy crawled until she was in front of him and after receiving a nod, she reclined with her head on his fur and let Natsu's heart beat relax her until she fell asleep. Natsu didn't move, he looked at her before reclining his head in his front legs, they were at home now, they were safe, and Lucy will be with him from now on, forever. He smiled with his thoughts.
Laxus was lying down under a big tree, with his eyes closed. But he wasn't sleeping, even if it looked like it. He also wasn't resting. He was scenting the air, and listening to the surroundings. It wasn't his territory, so even if it was the territory of an ally pack, he still needed to be cautious. The birds were singing on the tree beside him, the rest of the forest was silent. Or almost silent. He could hear some paws walking on the floor, it was subtle but Laxus was a Beta, and one with a good hearing, more than the normal.
"You are late" Laxus said when the sound was near.
"This time wasn't my fault! I wanted to come before, but Freed insisted to stay a little more!" A big blue wolf said.
"I'm sorry Laxus-sama, it took me more to investigate than I thought. Obabaa-sama didn't know too much, but she said that maybe Jura-sama knew something, so I wanted to wait for him to return from his own mission" said a smaller green wolf.
"Did you at least get some interesting information?" Asked Laxus, looking at Freed and Bickslow.
"Not much, he knows that black packs are moving, but he doesn't know the reason. But he thinks that has to be something similar, or maybe the same, to what happened some years ago" Freed said.
"Are you talking about the attack to Love & Lucky? I heard it from Quatro Cerberus" Laxus asked.
"Yeah, but not only that. Jura thinks that it's related to the attacks to Suntown, Blue Skull and the Celestials packs too" Freed said with a serious voice.
Laxus looked at him, his face growing more suspicious. Suntown was a human town that had some solitary werewolves living with them, some years ago all the town's people were killed, or more like massacred. Nobody knew what happened or if there was any survivor. It was the same as Blue Skull. And something similar happened to the Celestials pack, they were also attacked, but nobody found their bodies, only the pack's camp was destroyed, while in others they were all dead. Today no one knows if they are still alive. But Laxus thought that they were, if he wasn't wrong, they were famous for their tactics, and survival instincts. But even if he believed that, since then nobody crossed paths with any of the members. Laxus got up and started walking to Blue Pegasus camp. Freed and Bickslow didn't say anything and went after him.
It wasn't a long time until someone from Blue Pegasus appeared before them. A little blonde wolf welcomed them to their pack's territory, and took them to their leader Bob.
"Thank you Eve for welcoming them!" Said Bob. "Hello Fairy Tail, I hope your stay here will be wonderful!"
"We are not here to have fun. My grandfather needs some information" Laxus said.
"Oh Laxus, you are always so cold and serious!" said Bob. "So what type of information do you need?"
Laxus looked at Bob, he was a pale werewolf, his fur was almost white, but with a little of cream color. He was small, like his grandfather, well, a little bit taller than Makarov, but he was to be feared. He was an Alpha after all, even if his usual attitude Is usually less dominant than normal.
"About the black pack's movements, and the big attacks from some years ago" Laxus said, Bob only nodded his head with a serious face, Laxus didn't need to explain more, it was uncommon for the black packs to attack formal packs, so when it happens all the packs heard and remember it.
"I had my assumptions that it was something like that. I heard that you have a new member in your pack that maybe it's related to some attacks..." Bob smiled. "That's why I took the liberty to ask Hibiki to come before hand."
Laxus looked at the brownish wolf behind Bob. He didn't look surprised that they know his motives to be there, and also the information about Natsu's supposed mate to be. Hibiki Lates, he was an expert in investigating, maybe the best werewolf in all the world. It was like a gift he has. Nobody knows how he does it, but what they all know is that his information is never wrong.
"Hello Laxus Dreyar, it's been a long time" Hibiki smiled. "What exactly do you want to know about those things?"
"Everything you know" Laxus said seriously.