It was three weeks before Alya woke up and Uta allowed no one to be near her during that time. He stayed in his human form, never leaving Alya's side, and used this form to administer some strange medicine. Occasionally Alya would begin to transform again and Uta would stop it just as he did before, but each time this happened Alya's condition worsened, and this only made the rest of the guild more interested in the newest member of Fairy Tail. Master Makarov forbid anyone to go near the hospital wing with out emergency after Uta almost killed a third person who tried to sneak a peek at the unconscious Dragon Slayer, and when that didn't work he had guild members who showed no interest in the matter stand guard at the door. It was midnight exactly when Alya's eyes fluttered open, knowing what had happened three weeks ago, she sat up slowly and looked around, seeing the room with her ears. Uta was sleeping in a chair to her right, his breathing was calm and his heart rate was equally calm. To Alya's surprise Uta was still in his human form, Uta hated being in that form. The window was open about an inch so there was a slight breeze moving the curtains. There were two separate heartbeats and the sound of two men breathing just out side the door. Alya made sure that there was no tubes or wires connected to her, walked over to the window, and pushed it open all the way. The slight breeze pushed her long hair away from her face and she smiled, it was going to rain and Alya loved the rain. The sound of some one moving in the room made Alya turn.

"Mistress you're awake."

"No need to sound so surprised."

"Of course"

Uta said instantly, his loyalty unwavering.

"So how far did I go this time?"

"Almost all the way until I was able to muster enough magical power to help."

"How long was I out?"

"Three weeks."

"Three weeks! Jeez, that's the longest one yet."

"Indeed, you are quite the subject of interest in the guild now."

Uta had come up right in front of Alya and took her arm to lead her back to the bed.

"What a great way to start out my time in the guild, transform into a monster at the party welcoming me."

Uta did not comment to the sadness in Alya's voice, but it did worry him.

"Lay down mistress, you need to rest."

"Uta I was out for three weeks, I don't need rest." Uta said nothing but Alya heard him sigh. "Uta come on let me stay by the...Ahhh!" Alya cried out as Uta picked her up. "Uta put me down."

"Of course mistress." Uta carefully lowered Alya on to the bed, and just to show that he was not human pulled the blankets over Alya in an instant. "There I put you down."

"You are a jerk! You know that's not what I meant!"

Uta laughed and with a small pop returned to his lizard form.

"I don't care what you meant. I swore to my master, your father, that I would take care of you. Now you are going to rest until I say other wise." Uta crawled up besides Alya. "Understand?" Alya didn't answer. "Understand Alya?"

"Yeah I understand...I'm not sleeping though."

"All I ask is that you rest. You can sleep or you can sit here and wait for the rain to start."

"Oh how well he knows me."

Alya thought as she stared at the still open window, straining her hearing trying to pinpoint the tell tale winds that always came before a rain.

Even after Alya was awake Uta didn't let anyone come near her, he feared a relapse, but Alya wanted to get out of the small room and explore the city and meet new people. This caused an understandable tension between them, which lead to many fights, most of which shook the enter guild due to the fact that both Alya and Uta used sound based magic. While some of the older generation worried what would become of the guild now that they had another dragon slayer, one that could turn in to a monster and had the ability to shake walls with her yells, most people just said it'll just be like having a second Natsu. Natsu himself couldn't wait to fight Alya, and Gajeel seemed to agree with him. Lucy of course stayed out of these conversations, she didn't care how strong Alya was or what she could turn in to, Lucy was just worried about the newest guild member.

"Doesn't any one find it strange that Uta wont let any one in to see Alya? I mean it's been three and a half weeks since the incident." This is what everyone called Alya's transformation. "And she's awake, so why wont Uta let her out?"

Lucy asked the girls at Fairy Hill one night after Erza had invited her over for a party.

"My question is, Uta calls Alya 'Mistress' and 'Ma'am' like he's her servant or something, but Alya seems to follow Uta's orders. Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

"You're right! I hadn't even notices that! That is weird." Bisca said putting down her very large snake so that she could scratch her head, this action cause most of the girls to sequel in panic. "Don't worry he's not poisonous."

"Gajeel said they serve dragons right?" Lucy said. "So maybe Uta doesn't serve Alya, maybe he serves the dragon who raised her, and maybe he's just staying with with Alya because of something that Kenja told him to do."

The girls all fell silent.

"Lucy, how do you think of things like that?"

Levy asked.

"I don't know."

"That would make sense. Dragling's don't typically follow humans around like Uta follows Alya. Maybe he's with her due to an order that Kenja gave him."

Erza said, rubbing her chin.

"You know, I think I'll try to find out."

Lucy said suddenly.

"How?"

"I think that Uta is going to allow people to bring food in to the room soon. And when he does, I am going to be there ready to ask the questions that we want answered."

It was another week before Uta allowed people to deliver food in to the room, and just like Lucy said she was the first one to volunteer.

"Uta? Is it alright if I stay?"

Uta wasn't allowed to answer because Alya stuffed a pillow on top of him.

"Of course you can stay Lucy."

Lucy was surprised when Alya said her name.

"How do you..."

"Know your name? Well I can hear..."

"Not another word!" Uta had crawled out from underneath the pillow. "Not a single word, Alya. You swore on your very blood that you wouldn't tell anyone."

Alya stared at Uta with a blank look on her face.

"I know. But I'm starting to wish I hadn't"

"Ummm, will some one please tell what you two are talking about?"

"I'm sorry miss but we can't. You'll just have to except that Alya knows things about others with out them telling her."

Uta said.

"Okay, Uh before I go I want to ask you guys something."

"What?"

Uta had to ask this because Alya's mouth was full.

"Okay so Gajeel said that dragling's only serve dragons, so Uta why do you do what Alya tells you to do, she's not a dragon."

Uta looked over to Alya, who was currently working her way through the third bowl of soup.

"This girl has more of an appetite then Natsu!"

Lucy thought.

"Uta you can tell them you know. We didn't swear on our blood about this...and even if we did what happened four weeks ago kinda exposed it."

"This is true." Uta turned to Lucy. "You saw what happened to my mistress four weeks ago, correct?" Lucy nodded. "Then you also saw what I did."

"Not really I mean I just saw you standing behind her with your hand out stretched."

"Well to properly explain this we must go back to before Alya ever met my master and myself, and keep in mind that I can not tell you everything." Lucy nodded again. "This all began 20 years ago in a small port town about twenty miles south of Hargeon. There was a young bar maid who was beautiful and kind, every available man wanted her hand. But it was not just humans who wanted her but also a monster that could disguise itself as human, every day this monster would got to where the young woman worked and try to woo her, and every day the woman denied him. Soon the monster became angered by her constant denial and so he struck a deal with a local dark guild. He would do their bidding if they would bring the woman to him so that he might have her. The dark guild, over filled with happiness at the simplicity of the deal, attacked the town, they burned every building and killed every person aside from the woman. They took the woman to the cave where the monster was staying and handed the woman over to him. Not soon after that the dark guild was completely destroyed, but it was another eight months before the woman was seen again, she showed up in Hargeon seven months pregnant. The woman carried to term and, after two days of labor, she gave birth to a girl. The woman knew that she didn't have long to live, she could feel her life force fading away, so she placed a necklace around her child's neck and said.

"You may not see me but know that I will always be with you, as long as you wear this necklace."

The woman kissed her daughter and with her last breath she named her, Alya Salu." Lucy glanced at Alya, her shoulders were tight and her fingernails were dinging so deeply into her arm that there were streams of blood running down on to the blankets. "Now the woman had left instructions on what should be done if she died, and at first the towns people followed them to the letter. But one her first birthday Alya started exhibiting...ability's."

"Like when she knew my name?"

"Yes. At first the people that Alya was placed with didn't mind it, but after her second birthday, when the ability's began to become more aggressive, they decided that she was to much trouble to keep. They left her in a forest known for monsters and bandits. Alya survived for a year, her powers protecting her with out her consent, but on her third birthday the monsters decided to attack her all at once. The next day I was patrolling the forest when I came upon a small child covered in blood, her powers tried to push me away, I have never felt such power in a human. And that power pushed me and attacked me but Alya was already on deaths door, so soon the power faded. I took her to my master, and you know the rest."