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Cristoff was starring at Lucy who was still asleep after passing out from the news that Zen had delivered. He was still shocked that something like this would come from Draco and that the dragon traditions were really that fucking insane. They had figured out a place in which only the dragon slayers, and one demon slayer, would be holed up so they wouldn't impregnate the majority of Pelerno. Then they ticked off the list of every slayer couple that was pregnant or had a child within the last eighteen months. Natus and Xally were currently pregnant, Emzadi and Laxus were hooped, Gajeel and Levy had their young twins as well as Sting and Yukino, no one knew about Gray and Juvia so that was a wild card, Cobra and Kinana were pregnant, Rogue and Lisanna were shit out of luck, they weren't sure about Ayala since to the majority of people there she didn't know who her mate was, and then there was Wendy. No one dared broach that subject with the newly matured dragon slayer and had unanimously decided that Lucy would be the best one to tell the blunette.
He looked upon the peaceful face of his mate, brushing a stray strand of her hair away. He was more than ready to mate with Lucy, but to do so in front of so many people was not ideal and neither of them wanted an audience for their first time together. Zen had made it perfectly clear to Cristoff that they would be able to enjoy each other's company and partake in oral sex, as long as the urge to mate could be kept at bay. Which was going to be a slight problem when Sunday rolled around and the full moon filled the night sky. Lucy had yet to witness one of his moon drunk stages and was interested to see how she would handle it, once he wasn't drunk and could recall what happened.
The group had also decided that everyone needed a break from everything that had been occurring lately and decided to head to a club tomorrow night. Which was still two days away from the full moon so his powers would still be under wraps, but there would still be some escaping and would more than likely cause above average grinding against one another. Cristoffwas just happy to be able to spend some time with Lucy and away from the craziness her life had become. After the full moon, they were going to look for the remaining Alpha keys and then tackle the dilemma of the fact that Kurino has a dragon egg. Kaleb was going to stay behind and work on the plan that Lucy had formulated and once it was soundproof would go over it with everyone.
"Cris," Lucy's groggy voice pulled him away from his musings. "I had the strangest dream."
"Care to share?"
"I had a dream that we were all dressed up in rabbit costumes in a huge theatre where Gajeel was performing and that the crowd actually enjoyed his singing!" Lucy looked slightly horrified before the two of them burst out laughing, tears escaping Lucy's eyes from laughing so hard. Once she calmed down enough to breath she crawled into Cristoff's lap and cuddled the large man. Lucy smiled when he wrapped his arms around her frame and kissed the top of her head. She was safe, happy and had the love of the most amazing man she had ever met. She was cursing herself for being completely and utterly stupid before and trying to keep this man at arm's reach. Bickslow's words had resonated with her so much and she was more than willing to accept she had screwed up.
"I'm sorry Cris."
"Sorry for what Lucy?"
"Honestly . . . Everything," she pulled away from the warmth on his broad chest to gaze into his beautiful eyes. "I was stupid to think that I could protect everyone on my own and that I didn't need anyone's help. I am especially sorry for all of the hurt I have caused you due to my selfish actions. I promise that from here on out that I will share everything that I am able to with you. I love you Cristoff Rendevere Pradesh." Lucy pulled the dark haired mage in for a kiss that he was all too willing to receive from the beautiful blonde in his lap.
"Let's go down and eat before you get swept away by our crazy families who'll want to take you out shopping for an outfit for the club we are heading to tonight."
"Dancing!" Lucy's eyes sparkled at the thought of being on the dancefloor. She had taken ballroom dancing her entire life and after the Grand Magic Games, she had been practicing dances such as the tango with Bickslow. She clapped her hands together at the thought of being able to dance with the seith mage again, then pecked Cristoff on the cheek and grabbed some clothes to change into after her shower. Cristoff watched her walk away, the sway of her hips the way her underwear hugged her round ass and all the way down her bare legs. Cristoff ran a hand down his face, sexually frustrated, but hopeful that Lucy would want to have some fun tonight.
Wendy had been wandering around the White Sea guild looking for any of her brothers, but it was like they had all vanished. She knew for a fact that they were avoiding her after hearing the end of a conversation with Thane and Kaleb. What she didn't yet know why, but she was determined to figure it out. Being the youngest slayer, and a female at that had caused her no amount of trouble. Her brothers all saw her as the one that needed protecting and all the boys she would have liked to date were terrified of what would happen if they hurt her, which wasn't likely to happen after she had hit her growth spurt. Wendy had entered her first heat cycle while Lucy had been away and entered dragon maturity, which had been a weird couple weeks as her body adjusted to the changes.
Wendy now had a decent sized rack, had grown several inches, and had opened her second origin. She had spent time training with Gajeel as well and had honed her hand to hand combat skills, not that she was near the level any of the other slayers were but it was a good start. Her healing abilities had been revved up as well and that took more time to figure out that she was happy with. She had been thinking about asking Cristoff or Xally to help her learn more about her healing abilities, but they with all the commotion lately she just hadn't been able to ask.
She had missed Lucy so much during everything though because she was the only that seemed to not treat her like she was still eight years old. Lucy answered every question to the best of her ability, especially when Lucy thought she was dying but found out it was just her period. There were some things she talked to Erza about such as fighting, training, or cake however she was just more comfortable talking to Lucy when it involved feelings, boys, sex, and anything else. Lucy never judged or told her 'you're too young to know' or 'we'll tell you when you're older.' Her philosophy was that if Wendy was asking about it when she was ready to learn about it. Lucy did have the sex talk with her when she turned fifteen and boys were actually interesting, add everything she had learned from Porlyusica and being around for several guild births and it didn't phase her.
Now she wasn't nervous when it came to talking about sex, she had an entire guild that was pervy and had spent some time with Cana whose mind literally built a mansion in the gutter and could dish it out as good as anyone. No, what she was freaking about was actually having sex with someone and it had been amplified by being in Bosco. Sex wasn't taboo like it was in Fiore and respected the openness of it, but being a virgin and having no experience she was afraid that whoever she ended up mating wouldn't be satisfied, or worse that she wouldn't be enough for their relationship. This had been weighing heavily on her mind and is what had spurred her to try to find her celestial sister.
"YOU WHAT!" Wendy turned her head towards Kaleb's office where she could feel Lucy's power escalating and watched as everyone cowered. They had all heard the stories of how the blonde bombshell thwarted their enemies and no one had any desire to get on her bad side.
"NONE OF YOU HAD THE BALLS TO SAY ANYTHING TO HER?" Wendy suddenly pitied whoever she was yelling at, but was happy she wasn't on the receiving end. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WOULD ALL IGNORE YOUR SISTER LIKE THAT. I AM ASHAMED OF ALL YOU FOR HOW YOU HAVE BEEN TREATING A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY." Wendy watched as Lucy stormed out of the office and down the stairs to the main floor where she was given a wide berth. Lucy was glowing gold, but the magic around her was harsh and jagged in response to her anger. The blunette watched as Lucy's eyes landed on her and her magic instantly returned to the normal calm stage it was at 99% of the time.
"Hi, Lucy!" Wendy smiled at the blonde, knowing that her anger was directed at herself.
"Just the young woman I was looking for." Lucy grinned at the young slayer. "Kaleb told me you needed to talk with me, which is good because I also need to talk with you. How about we go into town for a meal and then get some shopping in before tonight's festivities?"
"Over my dead body is squirt coming with us!" Gajeel yelled from Kaleb's doorway, glaring at the celestial mage. The temperature dropped several degrees as Lucy spun to lock eyes with the iron slayer.
"That can be arranged Gajeel! Levy would even be on my side and you know it!" Lucy watched as the other members in the office peaked their heads out, but she honestly didn't give two shits about them right now so she grabbed Wendy and reacting on instinct the two mages disappeared.
"What the ever loving fuck did bunny just do?"
"I think she just teleported . . ." Laxus said running a hand over his face. A pissed off Lucy was never a good thing, but if she told any of their mates that would all be royally fucked.
Lucy was happy to be away from all of her pigheaded kin, even if she was confused as to how she ended up in the bazaar with Wendy but she'd call Capricorn or Leo out later to discuss it. She was furious that every single male slayer from Fairy Tail had been avoiding Wendy so that they didn't have to tell her what they all already knew and when she was informed how they volunteered her to be the one to inform the youngest slayer she was pissed. However, the icing on the cake was the when Gajeel told her that Wendy didn't need to be included because this was for adults only. She had kept her mouth shut and her calm demeanor until then, afterward she just exploded.
Now she was away from all the testosterone and moronic men that were in her life and could concentrate on just Wendy. Lucy wasn't happy with what Zen had informed them about, however, there wasn't anything she could do about it except make sure their mating was far away from civilization. Lucy and Wendy walked in comfortable silence until they reached the small Ministrellan bistro that had the spicy noodles she had fallen in love with. Lucy found a seat for them and when the waiter came around she ordered two meals with two fizzy strawberry drinks. Then she launched into the what had all transpired in the office in regards to her own mating and what would happen to everyone else around her.
"If you hadn't reached maturity yet then we wouldn't be having this conversation, however, that isn't the case. You will need to find someone you trust to be with when the time comes, unless you have found your mate here in Bosco," Lucy had carefully watched the blunette with curiosity and was happy that she understood what was to happen, however the moment Lucy mentioned Wendy finding someone to be with or a mate her cheeks flushed bright red. She wasn't sure what the reason for the blush was, but she knew she was going to find out.
"Lucy I've . . . I've never had sex! What if I'm awful? What if I do something wrong? What if my mate doesn't like me or sex? What if . . ."
"Breath Wendy," Lucy smiled while grabbing the sky slayer's hands in her own. "I know it's scary and I know that you are not emotionally ready for this, but don't forget you have some time. I still have to find the remaining Alpha keys in order to summon Draco and be able to mate with Cristoff. If you are that nervous I could ask Kaleb about getting you a Suddepah." Wendy shook her head no. "What about if you sat in on another female's lesson, then you could observe and learn that way?"
"Well," Wendy was going over the idea in her head. She'd be nervous no matter what happened, but maybe if she was educated in the pleasures sex could bring she wouldn't be AS nervous. "Can we talk to Kaleb together? Will you sit with me during the first one, if someone agrees to it?"
"Absolutely!" Lucy smiled as they finished up their noodles and continued on to find a shop where they could find outfits for the night. "Wendy do you know who your mate is?" Wendy immediately became wide-eyed and immediately found the ground to be quite interesting while squeaking out a yes. "I thought you'd be happy to know who your mate is? It's what all dragon slayers strive for."
"I am happy, but Lucy he's . . . he's just stupidly good looking!" Wendy whined to the older mage. "Men shouldn't be allowed to look that good! He's been so polite to me as well, he's several years older than me and definitely experienced in more than just sex. I just feel so . . . so childish compared to him. It's intimidating." Wendy followed Lucy into a store that had beautifully made clothes.
"Are you going to tell me who he is?" Wendy looked around the shop before whispering the name of her mate into Lucy's ear. Lucy's eyes widened considerably when she was told the name and could understand all of Wendy's fears and reservations. "Well how about we work on finding you some clothes that fit your age and show just how mature you have become, then we'll worry about that man?" Wendy instantly perked up and hugged Lucy.
"Thank you!"
"In the meantime, I will talk to Kaleb as well as Cristoff and Xally to help train you, then we can put your mind at ease and keep you occupied. Hmmmm?"
"You are the best Lucy!" Wendy beamed at the blonde and felt lighter than she had in a while.
"I know some others from the guild should be joining us shortly, so I just want to let you know that you can come to me about anything. And one day when you are ready I want to hear all about how you realized he was your mate."
"Deal! Oh look it's Mira, Levy, Erza, and Cana."
"I'm sure the rest of the crew will be here shortly, so no more worrying about the future. For now, we will focus on the present and all these gorgeous clothes." The two women giggled before greeting the other mages from Fairy Tail.