Year X778
A year had passed since our first job and Natsu Dragneel had joined the guild. Makarov had allowed us to take jobs as long as we weren't with any other generation zero dragon slayers. Lilias took on jobs with Cana and Miriza took on many jobs with Erza, though she did take on a few jobs with Natsu from time to time. Xavier went on jobs with Gray from time to time but mainly went alone. Lokni went on a job with Laxus once, but they've never been on a job together since. Ever since my first big job, I'd never been on a team with anyone else. To me it seemed wrong to take on jobs with other guild mates rather that our team mates. I guess I'd wait the 7 years, well 6 now before we could go on job together. Whenever we weren't on jobs we were either lounging around the guildhall or training with our magic. Makarov forbid us from practicing in Magnolia so we had to go all the way to the forest surrounding the city to train.
One day, Makarov brought in three white haired kid around our age, each one with blue eyes. For some reason they seemed familiar... "Everybody!" Makarov announced, "These three are our newest members to the guild: Mirajane, Elfman and Lisanna." I looked over each one in turn. The youngest was a small girl, closest to our age with short white hair and large light blue eyes. Next was her brother who had the same white hair in a bowl cot along with tan skin. Finally the oldest was a girl wearing a black cloak along with wavy white hair along with dark blue eyes. Before long, The youngest two were chatting with the rest of us kids. I was sitting at the same table so was listening to the conversation. The youngest girl was Lisanna and the boy was Elfman. "What sort of magic do you use?" Miriza asked, specifically staring at Lisanna. "We haven't learnt any yet," the small white haired girl spoke.
They told the rest of us about what had happened to them throughout their life and how they ended up here. When they were little, their parents had died and recently their older sister Mirajane had defeated a demon which had taken over the church. Ever since then, the people of the village feared Mirajane and her family so they eventually left and stumbled across Fairy Tail. As soon as they had finished I asked myself the question: Why does everyone here have such a sad past? I looked over at Xavier who wasn't his usual joyful self. He seemed rather sorrowful. I thought I saw a tear slip down his cheek. I listened in on the conversation. "What's your last name?" I heard Lokni ask Lisanna and Elfman, "Whenever we've met someone else we've always been told their second name."
"Our second name is Strauss," I heard Elfman say quietly. 'Strauss?' That second name sounded familiar. Wasn't Xavier's last name Strauss? I turned towards Xavier (along with the others) and suddenly realized how much of an idiot I'd been!
When all the generation zero dragon slayers had first met, we had told each other what our lives had been like before. Xavier had mentioned that he used to live with his parents and baby sister before his magic was discovered and he was sealed inside a lacrima. He also mentioned that his baby sister was named Mirajane... It couldn't be a coincidence that this girl now sitting miserably at the bar had the exact same name as Xavier's little sister... Xavier was supposed to be around 19 at the moment and was 6 when Mirajane was a baby. If I was correct, she should be around 13 now. For the first time I spoke up and asked a question. "How old are all of you?"
Lisanna answered my question. "I'm 11, Elfman's 12 and Mira's 13." That answered mt theory perfectly. I thanked Lisanna and began to think again. Xavier for the last five years that he would have a family somewhere, but he never mentioned this and never tried to find them. After Lisanna and Elfman had confirmed that their parents were dead... That would also mean that Xavier's parents were dead. He didn't get to see his baby sister grow up or ever get to meet his younger siblings and then his parents would have died. I felt sorry for Xavier. I had a feeling that all this time Xavier missed his family, even if he didn't show it...
I stood up quietly and walked a few steps towards Xavier. I gently placed my hand on his arm and whispered in his ear. "Xavier, let's go outside for a bit." He nodded with relief and followed be outside our beloved guild hall. I turned towards him. "Why haven't you told them the truth?" I asked as gently as I could. Xavier sighed.
"It's hard," he muttered tears forming in his blue eyes, "It's too much to process! First my long lost baby sister, all grown up, joins the guild along with two other siblings I had no idea existed! Then I found out that my parents died and my family had to suffer because of a demon and townspeople who judged them because they saved their lives! I wasn't there for Mira! Or Lisanna and Elfman! How can I tell them who I am when I've let them all down!" Xavier began to sob harder. I thought back to when I comforted Miriza 5 years ago back in the forest. Why was I always the one who had to comfort people? "Back in that guild hall their is a 13 year old guild who feels isolated by society because of her magic. Are you just going to sob about the situation or go do something about it!? Go tell Mirajane who you are along with Elfman and Lisanna so you can help them all! Be strong! Be the real man I know you are!" I went back over the speech I'd just improvised. Be the real man? What was I thinking! That was one of the ideas for comforting Miriza! What did I just do!? Xavier wiped away his tears and nodded. "I can't just abandon my family like a coward. You're right Faya, I really need to toughen up and help them!" I smiled the brightest smile I'd smiled for a long while now. It felt great knowing that Xavier was going to make things right. With that, we walked back into the guildhall so Xavier could introduce himself to his siblings!
Authors note:
Since the story is now on the year X778, the exceed eggs are going to arrive from edolas into earth land. Since the 5 main characters in the story are dragon slayers, they're all going to have an exceed. Sadly, I have no clue what I'm going to do for these exceeds. Therefore, I'm going to be taking suggestions from the readers of the story. If you have any exceed ideas, please share them with me so they can have a chance of becoming part of the story! Do not be disheartened if your exceed is not chosen and I hope you enjoy the story :)
