-7 Years Later-


The giant serpent hiss and snapped towards Juvia, she flinched, knowing the serpent was to quick for her to dodge. A high pitched voice called to her, "I got you, Juvia!" A girl with bright blue eyes swooped in on a broom snagging Juvia from the inside of the serpents jaw's clutches.

Dropping Juvia off on her feet, "Let's do this, Naomi!" She began conjuring up storm clouds and it began to rain. "Drip, drip, drop."

The girl stood on her broom, eyes glowing a piercing lime green, "Hellstorm!" Bright lime green lightning began to assault the large snake as it began to hiss in pain. The snake stayed still, paralyzed.

Leviathan landed with a smirk, "I will devour you." His hands began to glow as he touched the demon.

The demon dispersed into shining glitter and the sun began to come out. Naomi landed next to Leviathan and Juvia ran up and high-fived both of them at the same time, "Go team!"

Leviathan smiled at Naomi, "Good job… You're much stronger now, little sister."

Juvia smiled at Naomi, "Let's collect the reward and get back for girls night!" Naomi nodded and ran off with Juvia, Leviathan grinned and dispersed into a cloud of black feathers.


They ran up to the group of girls waiting outside the mansion. "Hey guys!"

Lucy smiled, "Have fun?"

Naomi grinned, "We finally perfected Hellstorm!"

Erza nodded approvingly, "Well done."

Juvia smiled half heartedly as Gray walked passed them all. "Forget him! Worry about the one behind you!" Mira shrieked in delight.

Juvia turned around to be met with a bright yellow tulip. She glanced up to be met with a pair of soft scarlet eyes. "Oh… Ariestdos, you frightened me." He smiled and handed her the flower, and left without another word into the mansion.

She admired the flower. "He always gives me these flowers and never says anything… What do you make of that?"

Levy smiled and dismissed a book, "Oh! Please! You seriously don't know?!" She summoned another book, "The Language of Flowers." She opened the pages and began speed reading, "Yellow Tulip: Hopeless Love, and last time it was, Honeysuckles in a bouquet with Forget-me-nots! Come on Juvia! Honeysuckle's mean: bonds of love and Forget-Me-Nots stand for true love! And then the time before that! Violets and Primroses! With a single Lilac! White lilac no less! Helllloooo! Young and faithful love! And the lilac? First emotions of love, them being white means they're pure emotions!"

The girls all gasped at a new bright red Juvia. "Oh! My! Juvia has a Demonic Prince fawning over her! How cute!"

Juvia watched Ariestdos, "How?! What?!"

Erza smirked and nudged her towards him, "Go talk to him… We'll wait."

She stumbled forwards and slowly approached him, "Um. Ariestdos?"

"Ari… You can call me Ari." He never turned around to look at her.

She sighed and took a deep breath, "Thank you… For all the flowers… They're wonderful. I like them…" She shifted a glance at Gray then back at him who'd turned to look at her, "And I like their meanings." She blushed violently. He nodded slowly and turned to look back out the window. "Is there a specific reason you give them to me?"

He never moved, "I don't know how to ask a girl out."

She smiled and giggled slightly, sitting next to him, "I like your style. Sorry, it took me a little bit to figure it out." He shrugged apathetically. She rolled her eyes playfully and kissed his cheek, "Maybe we can talk about this when I get back tomorrow?" He hid his face and nodded quickly. She grinned smugly as she looked at the tips of his elf-like ears to see them a deep red.

Gray watched her skip away from the demonic Prince and giggle loudly with the other girls as they left. Jellal smiled watching the kids run around the hall, "Looks like someone else appreciates what you do not…"


Ultear sat studying the chess board, eyes narrowed and focused. She moved her piece. She glanced up at the other girl who was also studying the board carefully, her red eyes lit up and she moved another piece, "Check."

Ultear giggled, "You're so good at this, Lenne!"

Lenne smiled and leaned back pushing bright blonde hair from her face, "Thanks! We'll beat the boys for sure this time!" Zeref walked passed the girls, nose buried in a book, "Daddy?"

He froze instantly, and analyzed the board and moved Ultear's next piece, "Mate." Lenne growled at him and he smirked at her. Ultear blinked a couple of times staring at the board, her olive eyes wide with shock.

"Wow, you're dad is really smart." A young boy with blue spiky hair watched from the other side of the library.

Books came tumbling down one by one, "Yeah, hey, grab that book at the top, I can't reach it." Another boy with jet black hair and matching scarlet eyes pointed to the top shelf.

The boy gave a thumbs up and conjured a metal band and pulled the book down. "There you go, Blake!"

He smiled and nodded, "Thanks, Ein!" They both laughed, "So… It's an unusual name."

"Not as weird as your dad's or your uncle's!" The boy sat back and laughed.

Blake sat down in a chair with his book, "True, but what's it mean?"

He smiled, "You and the meaning of everything… My mom says it's because I'm smart, like Einstein, but my dad says it's because it a derivative of an old language meaning anvil. But they both agreed that they liked either meaning. So, here I am!"

Blake smiled, "Your mom and dad are goofy."

Ein chuckled, "Yeah! But they're my folks! And I love them anyway!"