Zeref Meets the Trix
Flora and Sayla just sat at the breakfast table eating in peace. Zeref and Flora set at the heads of the table. Sayla set to Flora's left with Lucy to her right. Natsu set to Zeref's left and Acnologia to his right. Natsu and Lucy set beside one another as did Sayla and Acnologia. Breakfast for everyone was the same as yesterday morning, two, sunny side up, eggs with a choice of three bacon strips or two sausage patties. Drinks were either milk or orange juice, or in Acnologia's case, whiskey.
The silence was nice and quiet with the only talking being Natsu and Lucy arguing over something that Flora didn't understand, nor did she want to. It was funny seeing how Lucy would hit him over the head over a rude comment, then for Sayla to try and defend her master only to be told to shut up by Lucy.
It was fun, until Natsu spoke. "Hey Flora, next time you see that Bloom chick, could you apologize for me."
"Natsu, what did you do now," Lucy exclaimed with exaggeration.
Natsu was hesitant to respond to the question. "Yesterday when you two left, I heard one of those girls witches say that Bloom could use fire magic. So I asked her if I could have some."
A look of dread hit Lucy and Sayla as Sayla asked, "master END, what did you do?"
"I thought I told you to stop calling me that when you first found out," Natsu asked.
"You did, but that feels highly disrespectful to you," she stated.
Natsu thought for a minute, trying to figure what would be disrespectful for her to just be friendly. "Anyways, I didn't do anything bad. I just ate her fire, and had to barf it back up because, it tasted like glitter and glue. Just plain disgusting, so I think I might have hurt her feelings by spitting it back out almost immediately after it got into my mouth." Natsu finished his explanation just as everyone finished eating.
It took a minute before Flora could say anything. She was never asked to apologize for someone not liking the taste of someone's fire before. "I will be glad too, as soon as I figure out how not to make the apology sound so strange." Flora finally decided to say, but whispered the last part. Natsu, however had heard what she said, but he didn't really care.
After breakfast, the rest of the morning was uneventful. Natsu and Lucy decided to head to the guild while the other four decided that they would just stay in. Zeref told the couple that if they see Darcy to tell her that she would see him tonight. Acnologia told them that if they see Icy to tell her that he would be fine if she wore something with scales that matched his dragon form. That earned a little growl from Natsu, but he complied.
The afternoon came and went with most of the time being spent with Flora asking the other three about their history. Zeref withheld the most information, obviously, while Sayla and Acnologia were alright with it. Flora found out that out of both of them Acnologia was the most nervous about his date with Icy.
"Why would that make you, of all people, nervous," Flora asked had him.
Acnologia hesitated for a moment, but Flora being much more like a mother figure than anything help ease that away. "Well it isn't like I am scared of her. I could kill her easily, but I haven't had the best luck with civil interactions with people. When I was a dragon slayer, people were afraid of dragons. And since someone unleashed dragons one year during some games, people are even more afraid of them now. I don't think Icy will be scared of me, but other people might be."
"Don't worry, people will always talk bad and be scared of what they don't understand. They will just need to see the real you." Flora said as she laid a comforting hand on his shoulder.
He raised an eyebrow at this, "I don't think that you understand. I am fine with them being scared of me. What I am not fine with is people being scared of me without knowing the reason why. Back centuries ago, people feared me, not because of my looks or the fact that I was a dragon, but because I destroyed everything that I saw. Now a days though, they are scared just because of my appearance in my human form. I mean look at me, I am a complete bad-ass and they think that is scary now."
"So them being scared of you doesn't bother you as much as them not knowing the reason behind it, and just being scared of your appearance?" Flora asked him, to which he nodded.
"Yes, and it is because of that that I hope the date doesn't get bombed out," Acnologia admitted.
"Okay, let me think for a minute," Flora requested.
"Why," he asked.
"Because this scenario never came up for me before. Usually nervousness for a date is fear of rejection, but this is just anger for people that don't know why they should be scared of you and making the date go bad as a result." Flora had to admit that she was completely boggled in this situation.
He just deadpan at this, "seriously, what kind of school do you go to where everything is rainbows and kittens?"
"It isn't all rainbows and kittens, this is just not the type of advice I usually give to one of my friends." Flora tried to retort which led to him just laughing at the comment.
"Friends hugh, that's fine with me, but I never actually had a friend that was a girl before. So this situation with my nervousness, I was thinking that it probably had to do with me just having my first date, ever." Acnologia mused over her response to his statement of the term friends.
"That would make the most sense, but I can't help but feel like this was just a test to see if I would come out and say that we were friends." Flora mused herself with a little grin.
Again, he laughed at her response and had a grin of his own before responding. "You caught that did you, you have good ears on you for you to catch that. You don't get to live as long as me without having a way to at least find out if you have a good candidate for a friend. My only other friend is Zeref if that gives you an inkling on who I let be my friend."
"It doesn't," Flora simply stated.
"I thought it might not without an explanation. My friends have to be unique in order to put up with me. Where most people would try and uncover my insecurities, you accepted my response and even went so far as to help me find a solution to the problem. That in my opinion is true friendship material," Acnologia explained.
"Well thank you for explaining what you meant by that, and thank you again for letting me into your small but very good circle of friends," she thanked.
"Good, now I have to go and freshen up for my date with Icy. Feel free to help yourself to another book if you like." He offered with a grin as he got off the couch and left.
"Thank you for the offer but maybe one demon from a book for a friend is enough for now." Flora called out to him while he left. She looked over to the clock and saw that it was 6:50, so Zeref was probably on his way to where Darcy was staying right about now. She figured that she might as well fix supper for herself and Sayla, who was currently trying to make amends with the rest of Fairy Tail, and a little extra just in case Zeref's brother and his girlfriend came back and were hungry.
Now we come to Zeref on his way to the same hotel that he had taken the Trix to the first night they met. It didn't take him long to arrive at his destination where the time is now 6:59 and ten seconds to seven. Waiting patiently at the door for time to knock was fine, he planned this after all. The moment came and finally he knocked once in an interval of four. Ten seconds later Darcy opened the door to reveal herself in a very flattering black dress. It was of simple design and even simpler color. It came down to just above her knees, and was held up with a strap around her neck in an oval shape. The complete trim of the dress was gold and went well with his attire which was mentioned before. Her footwear were black, high heel, open toe shoes with her toenails painted black.
Zeref was the first to speak, "you look lovely this evening."
Darcy stuttered a little bit before composing herself. "t-t-Thank you, and you look nice as well."
Zeref stuck out his right arm for her to put her arm through. "Shall we go to our date spot?"
"I would love to," Darcy said before closing the door to the hotel room. Her and Zeref were walking out of the hotel when all of a sudden they stopped. "Why are we stopping?"
"Because our ride will be here in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." He said and when he finished, a man just appears in front of them making Darcy jump into a fighting stance while still had a hold of his arm. The man had on what looked to be some sort of uniform with white pants, gray shirt with a black ankh on it. A green jacket with a pink trim on it, with a white cloak. "Darcy, this is Mest Gryder, he will be taking us to our destination this evening," Zeref said.
"Pleasure I'm sure," Darcy said sarcastically.
"Just so we're clear Zeref, this is not something the council does for criminals. My name by the way is Doranbolt, I don't deserve the name I went by in Fairy Tail," the now known Doranbolt said.
"Either way can we go, not that this isn't entertaining, but we have a date to get to." Darcy said with an impatient tone, but got her wish. The guy grabs Zeref's shoulder and instantly they were on an island. The island looked to glow purple with the help of what looks like a purple moon. She looked around, and they appeared to be in a clearing with a table set up with a candlelit dinner in the middle of it. Dinner looked to be a steak, already cut up into bite sized pieces for her, and a glass of very good, and expensive wine. Looking around again, she found that she and Zeref were alone. Darcy assumed that the other guy teleported away.
"Here we are, and sorry if you feel any discomfort with the teleportation. Shall we sit and eat," Zeref said motioning to the table, and pulling out a chair for her. Darcy nodded and complied with the request, speechless for a moment while Zeref sit down.
"So, while we eat, you can tell me why you lied to my sister and me about having the Winx as our slaves." Darcy said with a smug, I found your secret, tone. "Oh, and don't worry I didn't tell them, and the reason I know is because the mind is my area of expertise." She finished while she started on her dinner.
All the while, Zeref never lost his cool because, of course, he anticipated something like this. "Very good, I expected someone to find out. My money was on you with your illusion magic, but Acnologia had money on Icy, what with her paranoia and all. I thought you would be mad at the fact that I lied to you, and basically denied your request while sabotaging it."
"Well, defeating the Winx and taking over the universe is more of Icy and Stormy's thing. I just didn't want to be left alone if I didn't go along with them. I know it sounds silly to you and Fairy Tail, but, with me and my sisters, that is what would have happened if I didn't go along with them." Darcy said with an amused to at the beginning, but became sad at the thought of being alone.
"I have been alone for most of my life, and when you factor in my age, that is a while. I do, however, get where you are coming from. I do understand the fear though, being alone with no family is terrifying to me as should know, though, that even though I haven't known them for a long time like you have, I am not sure that your sisters would have left you alone." Zeref said with the voice of a gentle friend in the eyes of Darcy.
"Maybe your right, but you never said why you lied," she pointed out.
"I did it because I didn't actually like the idea of your sisters being unopposed in their goal. I don't like to be ruled, least of all by someone that is weaker than me when it comes to strength of mind. You were able to tell what I did, mainly because of your mental powers, but I'm not complaining," he explained. "Also, I find it a waste that you all would try and reach such a goal that will ultimately end with your own destruction."
"Okay, what did you do with their boyfriends then, because I assume you didn't kill them," Darcy asked.
"I had Acnologia put them under a sleeping spell, and then create that illusion to show just how out matched ALL of you are if you decide to go against us." Zeref explained with emphasizing the all to include the Trix, Winx Club, and Specialists.
"Well thank you for showing us then," Darcy replied sarcastically. "Now, what is this island, and why does it look cursed."
"This is an island called Galuna, and it was once had a lens over it, which made the moon to appear purple. The reason was to revive a demon that I had created, then that demon was killed by an Ice wizard," he explained. "I thought, giving that purple appears to be your favorite color, I would return the island to that state. Just this once, the villagers agreed."
"Okay, now that I asked my questions, do you have any for me," Darcy asked.
"Yes, but I am going to wait until the date is over before I ask it," Zeref said. "Now, how is your steak?"
She took a bite of the steak and really liked it. "It is delicious, where did it come from?"
"A very rare cow, and the stake usually costs a fortune, but I know a guy in my former empire that owes me," he explained. "I fixed the steak myself, by the way." Darcy didn't say anything because she was in heaven eating the steak. For the rest of that night, they talked to each other, getting to know one another. Their past experiences, their true hopes and dreams, and plans for a second date.
With Acnologia when he went to pick up Icy
Acnologia was currently in front of Icy's door in his suit. His hair was washed, trimmed, and neatly put in a low ponytail. Knocking on the door, he waited for Icy to open it up. When she finally did, he was speechless and nervous. Icy was wearing a gorgeous skin tight dress that hugged her body, showing off her wonderful curves. The dress was backless, and went to her ankles with a slit on her right leg to show off some dress blue at the top and only got darker down the dress till it became black. She wore blue, high heel, open toed shoes with her toenails painted blue. All the blue matched the blue in his scales perfectly he noted. Her hair was actually down to frame her beautiful, flawless face.
"You look gorgeous tonight," Acnologia said after a few moments of staring.
"You look wonderful as well," Icy said while also staring at him. He made the same gesture as Zeref did to lock arms with him. She gladly accepted as she closed her door. "So, where are we going," she asked.
"A very exclusive restaurant with wonderful food and an even better atmosphere," he said in a happy and pleasant tone. The rest of the walk to the restaurant was in a little bit of an awkward silence, until.
"So, how did you become a dragon, I'd expect it to be due to a curse," Icy asked.
"Actually, I was once what is known as a dragon slayer," Acnologia began to explain. "After someone becomes a dragon, then the dragon slayer eventually becomes a dragon through continued use of their magic. I was the best, but after I killed so many dragons, I found that I was turning faster than was expected. So to help speed it up, I started to bath in the blood of the dragons that I kill. Once that was done, I became the strongest dragon ever."
"So because you were once human, you can change back and forth between the two forms at will?" She asked him, but was more of a statement than a question.
"Correct, and now I am the only dragon left in this world," he stated. "I killed most of them, but the ones I didn't, hid inside of five children to halt their turning. This caused their physical bodies to breakdown and only their spirits remained, until when they forced to come out. That day, I killed the last dragon that was a challenge, the rest faded away because they used up their time to defend the rest of humanity."
"Wow," was all Icy could say. They soon arrived at the restaurant where they were soon set down and ordered their meal. Icy ordered some very rare beef with a small salad, while Acnologia ate five pieces of the very rare beef. "How come you got so much," she asked.
"Being a dragon, or a dragon slayer, means that you have to consume a lot of calories a day. Otherwise your very own body could literally start to eat itself," he explained. The rest of the evening went just like any other date would have gone. A good deal was filled with laughter at some of Icy's stories.
Normally she wouldn't have been laughing at her own mistakes, but Acnologia pointed out that you should always be able to laugh at your own mistakes. When she asked him the reason behind it, he replied, "your past mistakes help you learn. The best time for laughter is to laugh at the past because it helped lead you to the here and now." In hindsight, she thought that he was right. After all, some of her own blunders were pretty funny, and stormy's were out right hysterical.
At the end of dinner was when Icy finally asked the question that nobody was expecting. "So, when were you going to tell me that the Winx were not under any control?" This caused her to grin in a knowing manner, until he started to laugh, then it dropped to confusion. She just caught him and Zeref in a lie, why would he be laughing at a time like this.
"Zeref owes me big time. I told him you would be the one to figure it out, and he thought it would be Darcy." Acnologia said after his laughing fit. "Listen, he may be part of a guild that do all sorts of different missions for money, but beating good people up for the bad ones is not one of those missions he can accept."
"Then why did he lie and say he would take the job if he wasn't going to actually do it," Icy asked curiously.
"Because he really wanted to finally get a date," he explained. "I don't actually get it, did you actually think that we would help people to actually take over the universe."
"Well I was kind of hoping you would, what has the universe done for you," she asked.
"It's not what the universe has ever done for us, it's the fact that your dream is ridiculous. You could at least have a more realistic goal like normal people. My goal is to live a peaceful life," Acnologia said.
"Why is trying to become empresses of the universe such an impossible goal," Icy asked.
"There is no way you could take over the universe, and by the way to do that, you would have to beat everyone who could possibly oppose you. You see where I am going with this right, challenge the whole universe," he said.
"Well if you two weren't in the universe then we could rule," she stated.
"You don't get it do you, the universe is big. Bigger than any of us could imagine, and that means that you would have to challenge the universe and risk running into much scarier things than us." Acnologia simply stated as if it was a fact, which it was, and Icy knew it.
"So, now that you have revealed that all our plans to conquer the universe are for nothing, what now?" Icy asked, finally accepting that what she was doing was futile.
"First off, since we are both done with our food, lets walk on home," he said as he paid for the food and left with Icy on his arm. "Second, you find something else to live for, something that doesn't require you to conquer anything that big or impossible. In order to do that, you need to talk to your sister before you go in." Acnologia said gesturing to what was in front of them as they stopped.
Zeref and Darcy were in front of them in a similar fashion to how Acnologia and Icy were walking. "Looks like I win the bet Acnologia," Zeref said which shocked both Icy and Acnologia.
"Wait, you mean that Darcy knew also," Icy said which caused both of the male wizards to curse inwardly. Icy saw this and asked, "what is wrong with you two?"
"Because neither of us one the bet," Acnologia said in a depressed manner.
"Wait, if neither of you two one, then who did," Darcy asked.
"Flora," they both said in unison.