Agh sorry for the wait again... but I hope you guys are still there. This chapter is not much of action but it will explain... technically everything. All your questions will be answered in this chapter! But first let's go back a little hehe.

Cleo9427: Yes it is Kera's soul! You have guessed correctly!

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Six months earlier

Kera looked up at the giant library in front of her, her hood covering her eyes. Rain poured down from the sky, soaking everything that was standing in it. Taking another few steps forward she opened the door and walked inside.

Her boots clicked against the floor, the door closing behind her. Taking off her hood she glanced up, seeing all the books in the shelves. She smirked slightly. "Well… it's time for work."

"The library, yes we might find something here about your powers." Crystol spoke.

Kera smirked slightly as she started to walk to the lift in the middle of the library. "Hopefully, this is the last place I could think of. I mean…" She sighed slightly. "It's been already six months and… of course I've gotten stronger, but I still can't dig into the power that the Queen of Dragons holds."

She stepped onto the lift and not a second later it started heading up. Kera glanced around the giant bookshelves. "It's going to be a pain looking through all these books. I don't even have a clue as to where to start."

"We can start with ancient magic or Dragons, there's bound to be something there. Anything else isn't important."

"Yea you're right." Kera sighed as she stopped at some level. "But… it's not like there's anything organized here." She said looking around and heading for a set of books.

"Then let us start somewhere."

Kera sighed. "This might take some time…" She said grabbing a book.

Two weeks later

"Nope." Kera threw another book away. The book hit another pile of books behind the brunette and it clattered to the ground. All around the Dragon Slayer were books lying open or closed on the ground.

The brunette groaned as she hit the ground. "There's absolutely nothing here! And I've been here for two weeks. Two weeks! Like seriously!? I've never read a book that long in my life! This is torture!"

"Calm down Kera. There has to be something here."

"I doubt it…" Kera muttered looking around. She had searched through almost everything. From Ancient Magic all the way to the Dragons and mystical creatures and still she found nothing on her magic or how to get stronger, to dig in to the power of the Queen of Dragons. She hasn't even found anything about the Queen of Dragons. If she weren't it herself you might have thought that there didn't exist one.

If there wasn't anything here what should she do? Should she head to Kayeleth and ask for her help? She didn't want to burden her and annoy her with this nonsense.

But…

Her mother probably wanted to see her again. After all it's been six months.

Groaning she glanced at the ceiling. "I can't look at another book. This might have traumatized my poor innocent mind." She said rubbing her head.

She had expected a snarky comment from Crystol but for some strange reason the Dragon was eerie quiet. She scrunched up her nose. "Hey Crystol, penny for your thoughts?"

Silence

Kera frowned. Okay this was starting to get annoying. "Hey, I know I'm not really in the greatest mood but you try and search thousands of books for two weeks!"

Again silence

This worried the brunette now. What was wrong? "Crystol? Come on talk to me, you're scaring me. Is something wrong?"

"I… I believe I have the answer."

"Wait what!?" Kera asked sitting up straight. "How can you have the answer? I have found squat in these books! Wait…" She slowed down. "You haven't been hiding anything from me have you!?"

Crystol spoke again but this time worry filled her tone. "No… I haven't been hiding anything. It's like… it just popped up… from nowhere."

"Okay…" Kera started rubbing the back of her head. "Well what is it?"

"It's a ritual. This ritual will combine our two souls into one and I believe that this way, you can gain more power and even enter the core of the power that the Queen of Dragons holds."

"Combine our two souls?" Kera asked confused. "I'm not so sure about this Crystol. That sounds dangerous."

"I know, but I can only see positive things for you. You will gain more strength, be able to tap into the power of the Queen of Dragons, have more control over me and well… your senses probably will even grow."

She had to say that sounded amazing and great, but there were still some uncertainties. For example, what will happen when their souls become one? Will one of them vanish? Will both of them be gone and something else appear? Besides that where did Crystol get this information all of a sudden? And where there any consequences?

Kera looked down at her hands. She wanted to get stronger, there was no question about it. She wanted to finally be able to stand up for her friends, be able to protect them, be able to finally fight her own battles.

She doesn't want to count on her friends all the time because they got hurt because of her most of the times. She's so weak that she can't even fight her own enemies. Every time they were there to jump in and help the situation because she was losing…

Turning her hand into a fist she closed her eyes. "What are the consequences Crystol? Will one of us vanish? What will happen? I don't want to rush into this without knowing anything."

"I cannot be one hundred percent sure, but I believe that by combining our two souls we both will become one. Our two personalities will be mixed, but I believe yours will keep the most. I will lend you my power and strength, allowing you to tap into the power of the Queen of Dragons. But I still believe that the two of us will remain. In the end it is your choice Master."

Kera smirked slightly. "How many times do I have to tell you to not call me Master. I hate that word. Just call me Kera."

"Apologies, I forgot."

"Ah, it's alright." The brunette sighed as she looked at the books around her. This was the only lead they had. There was nothing here that could help her train or bring her further. So should she go with it?

"And you are sure that this will make me stronger?" Kera asked again to be sure. She didn't want to make a mistake.

"I believe that you will be able to protect your… friends."

Kera smirked slightly. "Still don't see them as my friends?" Of course Crystol wouldn't. She was overprotective of her and would do anything to make sure she was alright. Even take over her body.

Crystol sighed. "I am sorry, but… I still don't see why you trust them. Every human tries to seek their own goal. You have fought so many people that proved my thought and yet… yet here you are and in the past put your life in their hands?"

Kera stayed silent for a moment. Was there a possibility that when their two souls combined, that she might see what she thinks and believes? "Crystol, tell me, if we do this, will you be able to see my side?"

"It's possible."

So not only would she gain power but she might convince Crystol as to why she trusts her friends. If she thought this through there were only positive sides to this. But this was a major change. She had no idea what would happen or even if it was reversible… probably not.

But it was a chance she would take if it means protecting her friends.

Taking a deep breath she nodded. "Alright, let's do this."

"Really? Are you sure Kera?"

"I've thought this through and like you said… I can't see anything but pros…" She clapped her hands. "So… tell me what to do and let's do this!"

"You do know that there's a chance that this might go wrong, I don't know how I know this and I don't know if everything I know is correct. I don't want to put you through unnecessary danger."

"I know Crystol, that's the last thing you want to do. But I've really thought this through and really… what's the worst thing that could happen?" She asked with a smile.

Kera was outside, behind the library sitting in a marked circle. Symbols surrounded her while she sat in the middle with her legs crossed and her arms settling on them. She took a deep breath, her eyes closed. "Okay Crystol, what's next?"

"I will collect the magic energy around us. You will mostly have to sit there and keep calm. It might be painful."

She nodded. "I can take it. Just… if you can… take it easy."

"I will…"

Kera nodded and took a deep breath. She closed her eyes and got ready for the ritual. She hoped it didn't hurt too much. "Okay, I'm ready."

"Very well, prepare yourself."

Kera doesn't remember much from what happened. The only thing she could remember was that she felt excruciating pain in her chest and mind. Seconds later she blacked out, hitting the ground.

Hours later the brunette woke back up. Her head was pounding and actually killing her. "Ugh… my head." She muttered.

Looking around she noticed that it was already getting a little late. The sun was low and it would get dark soon. How long had she been out here? Quickly she grabbed her jacket and bag to see if she was robbed in the meantime. She sighed in relief when she saw everything was still there.

Wait… the ritual! She looked at herself. There wasn't much difference. She frowned. "Did it even work?" She did feel a little… strange. Like something… like something was missing.

"Do not worry, it worked."

"Crystol!" She shouted surprised. Normally her voice held more emotion so why was she so… emotionless? "You alright?"

"Yes, I seem to be alright, how about you?"

Kera looked at herself again. "I… seem to be alright. Yet… I don't know… it feels like something is missing…"

"Probably a side effect of merging our two souls. Nothing I would worry about."

Kera nodded. "You're right." She got up and dusted herself off. "Well… it's time to see what I can do." She grinned her hand bursting into flames.

Present time

Erza looked at the glowing orb in shock. The soul orb was glowing brightly, brighter than before. Natsu had told her that when he held the soul orb in front of Erza it started to glow brighter, because it belonged to her.

So…

If that orb was glowing.

She glanced at Kera in her arms and got worried. It couldn't be possible. Kera wasn't mindless. She was awake and fighting, not zombie like.

So what the hell was going on?

A loud yell was heard and Erza watched how Sting was thrown through the air, hitting a piece of wall that wasn't already destroyed. Lucretia growled as she stepped over some rubble. "You brats are very annoying and persistent. But I must say congratulations for staying alive this long." She cracked her knuckles.

Lucretia caught Erza's gaze. The woman smirked but noticed Erza glance at something else quickly before turning her gaze back to her. The black haired woman followed her gaze and saw the glowing orb in the room not far from them. She gritted her teeth. "Oh no you don't!"

"Shit!" Erza shouted quickly scrambling to her feet. Both women lunged for the orb, both grabbing it at the same time causing the orb to slip out and roll away. Erza quickly kicked Lucretia in the stomach before heading towards the orb.

Growling the Black Magic Wizard jumped forward grabbing Erza's leg stopping her from reaching the orb. "You're not getting that!"

"Let me go you bitch!" Erza shouted.

"Never!"

Sting groaned as he slowly sat up. Lucretia was strong and throwing him through the air and into a wall… well that hurt. He blinked and saw both Erza and Lucretia fighting while trying to reach the orb.

The orb!

He quickly scrambled to his feet and ran for it. Lucretia had pulled Erza back, slamming her elbow against her head, knocking her down for a moment. Next she jumped forward, trying to reach the orb…

When it was snatched right away from her.

She growled looking up ahead and seeing Sting in front of her. He was holding the orb in his hands while a smirk was plastered on his face. "Want this?"

Lucretia growled as she glared at Sting.

"Sting!"

The White Dragon Slayer saw Natsu and the others running into the room. They probably had finally gotten back from trying to help Kera. Lucretia took that moment Sting was distracted and lunged at him. The two hit the ground, the orb falling out of his hands.

While the two fought, the orb slowly rolled towards the still downed brunette. It hit her in the side and everyone saw how the orb glowed immensely while being near her.

Natsu, as well as the others, remembered this and couldn't believe what this meant. "No way…" He muttered.

"The orb is Kera's!?" Lucy asked shocked.

Both Sting and Lucretia stopped fighting for a moment to look up at everyone else. It seemed that everyone stopped what they were doing after hearing this revelation.

Gray on the other hand looked confused. "How the hell does that even work!? She's not mindless! Not like Erza was!"

Erza groaned, recovering from the dirty attack that Lucretia did on her. She got up and noticed that both Kera and Severina were slowly gaining their senses again. Unfortunately Severina was the first to recover from the two and noticed the orb. She quickly and clumsily grabbed the orb from the ground. "Oh thank god." She muttered.

Lucy frowned. Kera was right underneath Severina who was leaning over her for the orb. She just had to regain her senses faster but how!? An idea formed in her head and she grinned. "Kera! Mira's out of hot chocolate!"

"What!?" She shouted suddenly sitting up as fast as she could. On the way her head knocked against Severina, making the woman drop the orb yet again. "Damn it!" Severina cursed holding her aching head again.

Lucy smirked knowing that Kera's love for hot chocolate had just saved her soul. Literally. No matter if she has changed there was no way she wouldn't love hot chocolate anymore.

"Be careful with that!" Erza snapped slightly. That was Kera's soul! If it broke… she'd probably stay like this forever! This was maybe their only chance on bringing back their old Kera!

Kera rubbed her head, a little annoyed. "What the hell is going on?" She asked. All this noise made her head ache. Severina beside her was also rubbing her, but when she saw Kera sitting up next to her, her eyes narrowed down. She quickly grabbed a brick and smashed it against her head.

Kera yelped and hit the ground. "For fucks sake!" She yelled holding her head. That had hurt like hell!

Natsu dashed forward knowing that Severina was going to head for the orb. Lucretia growled. "Oh no you don't!" She sent a blast of magic against him, knocking the Dragon Slayer away, that way Severina was able to grab the orb and finally stand up straight again.

Everyone in the room was about to dash forward, but Severina stopped them holding the orb in front of her. "Now everyone stop or I will crush this soul orb into tiny pieces!" She shouted.

Everyone froze and nobody moved. Kera sat up, blood dripping down from the side of her head. "You bitch! That hurt like fucking hell!" She shouted at Severina. She blinked slightly when she saw the woman standing there with a soul orb. "Where the hell did you get that and whose is it?" She asked her eyes narrowing down dangerously low.

Severina grinned. "Why deary, it's yours."

Kera's blood froze. How… how was that even possible? She took a step back a little shocked. "H-How… I'm… I'm not…" She looked at herself still confused as to what was going on.

Severina took steps back until she was standing next to Lucretia again. Both were beaten slightly after having to fight the wizards, but were still having their cocky grins on their faces.

Erza went to Kera, making sure she was okay. She was already checking her injury on her head but the brunette pushed her away muttering that she was fine. She was more interested in the orb Severina was holding.

Kera took a step forward glaring at Severina. "Tell me who that soul belongs to!" She shouted.

"I told you." Severina sneered slightly. "This soul belongs to you, can't you see when it glows brighter as it gets closer to you?"

"How do you have it? You never took it. I remember you controlling me but never took my soul." Kera sneered while giving both women a glare.

Lucretia snorted. "Please… we had this for a couple of months. At least give us some credit." She said putting a hand on her hip.

"You had my freaking soul for months!? What the hell!?" Kera shouted. "When the hell did you take it anyway!?"

This time Severina smirked as she glanced at Kera. "Remember your ritual?"

Hearing those words made Kera freeze on spot. "The ritual?" She asked. That couldn't be… how… how did they… they weren't even near her. How could they take her soul?

The others got worried now as well. They remembered what Kera told them about the ritual, that it combined her two souls into one, that it was the reason why she is acting how she is. Kera growled slightly. "Did you do it while I was knocked out?"

Severina chuckled. "Do you really believe that the ritual was real?"

Kera was taken aback. The ritual… wasn't real? B-But… h-how… I… A hand on her shoulder snapped her out of her thoughts. She turned her head and saw Erza standing right by her side. Her face held some rage in it as she glared at the woman in front of them. "What are you saying it wasn't real!? It obviously worked! She's able to transform into a Dragon!"

Lucretia waved her hand. "The Queen of Dragons can do that with or without it. She hasn't gotten stronger because of this 'ritual' but from the training she has done."

"Then what was that ritual!?" Natsu shouted wanting to know what had happened as well.

Both women smirked. Severina took a step forward grinning like a maniac. "I think I'll explain since it was my doing. That little ritual you decided to do? Yes well… it was a fake so we could trick you into taking your soul."

Kera gritted her teeth as she clenched her fists. "But how? Crystol gave me the information for that ritual. There was no way…"

"Have you ever wondered how she suddenly gained that information? Hm?" Lucretia asked cocking her head slightly.

"Shit…" Kera muttered knowing exactly what she was referring to. Severina chuckled. "I implanted that fake ritual and its information into your mind, or in this case Crystol's mind. That information wasn't a ritual, it was simply a spell to knock you out for a few hours."

"We've been following you for more than these last few weeks. We always had you in our sights." Lucretia smirked. "Long before you were on our trail. And while you were taking a nap Severina here took your soul. Now we thought that you'd become soulless and eventually the wolves would eat your body, but…" She sighed shaking her head. "We didn't know that you had two souls. So… you know, you were still a hindrance to us."

Kera gritted her teeth. How could I fall for such a trap? I should have known it was fishy from the moment Crystol gained that information. She clenched her fists. I'm so pathetic, how could I let this happen? I'm not powerful, I'm pathetic and weak. I should have seen it coming.

"This isn't your fault Kera."

Her eyes went wide as she heard this. Turning her head she saw Erza giving her a determined look. "There was no way you could have known that." She told her.

Natsu nodded as well as the other wizards. "Yea, it was a surprise to hear, but don't you worry. We're your friends and we don't give up so easily."

Kera nodded happy that her friends were behind her with this. She glanced up at Severina. "Then explain this to me. I have two souls, Crystol's and mine, you took one soul from me… then why am I still able to talk to Crystol? How come we both are still alive and well? Wouldn't it make sense that if you took my soul only Crystol would be here and if you took Crystol… well I shouldn't be talking to anyone?"

Severina smirked. "Yes, well that's what we found confusing as well. But we have found an answer for that." She glanced at the soul orb. "Since we had no idea you had two souls or well… a mix of two souls I had no idea what I was grabbing from your mind. Now normally it would be a fifty fifty chance for me to grab one of those two souls, but you should know… the mind is a powerful tool."

Everyone looked at her slightly confused. What was she talking about? The woman chuckled. "We don't have one soul in here, more a part of both of your souls."

Kera was still looking absolutely confused. It wasn't just her, the others were confused as well. They had no idea what she was talking about. Severina rolled her eyes and continued. "You don't have two separate souls deary, your soul with your little Dragon is connected. You can't take one without the other. A soul orb can only contain one soul, but since your two souls are connected I couldn't just take one, I had to take both. And not knowing that you had two connecting souls, well… I had no idea that you'd survive."

"Every soul consists of two powerful sides." Severina added while her hand went over Kera's soul orb. "One side is the good in a person and the other side is the bad inside of you. At birth a child's soul is balanced, with time that balance shifts to one of the two sides, hence the good people in this world and the bad people in this world. You my dear have more good inside of you than bad. With me taking a part of your soul I took away a part of that balance and since good overweighs the bad inside of you, guess what this soul orb holds the most." She said with a smirk.

"I'm confused…" Natsu said scratching his head. Kera groaned slightly holding her head as well. "You and me both…"

A light bulb went off in Erza's mind. Now she understood everything! "No wonder…" She muttered.

Kera furrowed her brow. "Care to explain?"

The red head turned her attention towards her little sister. "This explains everything Kera! Like Severina said, there is a balance of good and bad inside all of us. You had more good than bad inside of you, but when Severina took your soul, or well more part of your two connecting souls she took mostly the good out of you. That soul orb she is holding contains everything good about you Kera!"

The brunette was surprised hearing this, but Erza wasn't done yet. "That explained why you've been acting like you have. There was more bad inside of you than good. That's why you destroyed those bars, that's why you beat the crap out of us and that's why you killed all of those people in cold blood, because the bad was all that was left in your soul."

"But she saved that girl in that one town." Wendy spoke up.

Lucy nodded as heard the little girl. "And she wasn't mean to Wendy at all."

"That's because there was still a little bit of good inside of her. Severina told us that one soul orb can only contain one soul. She took most of the good in Kera but not all of it. Kera has more good inside of her than bad so Severina couldn't take all of it. That's why she still helped so many people and fights for… what good was left inside of her."

Kera blinked. "So I'm like this, a cold hearted person who killed people in cold blood because she took a part of my soul!? She is the reason that I kept thinking I was a monster!?" She shouted her eyes burning with rage. "That bitch! I'm going to kill you for that!" She glared at Severina.

Lucretia laughed. "See! Even now you think about killing us and I can imagine that you're thinking about brutal ways to get rid of us. Aren't I right?"

Kera gritted her teeth and clenched her fists. "You… bitch." She sneered.

Erza grabbed her shoulder. "Calm down Kera! Just keep it together until we get your soul back!"

"Oh we'll get it back, after I rip her arm off of her." She growled ready to lunge at the women but Erza held her back. They couldn't just barge at them. They sort of had a hostage. They had to find a way out of this and get Kera's soul back.

Sting frowned. Something still didn't feel right. They want Kera or even her power so why only take her soul? What were they trying to achieve here? He couldn't figure that one out at all. He narrowed his eyes.

What was their plan?

"What are you trying to pull here?" Juvia asked. "Why do you want Kera's soul?"

Lucretia rolled her eyes. "That… is none of your business. Do you really believe that we're going to tell you our plan? What do you think we are? Stupid? Come on."

"Well in that case." Natsu started while a smirk formed on his lips. "Wendy now!"

He quickly stepped aside letting the small girl let out a Sky Dragon's Roar. The attack hit the two women in surprise, knocking them both down to the ground. The grip Severina had on the soul orb vanished and it was thrown into the air.

"Juvia!" Erza called and the woman immediately got to work. Using her water she caught the orb in a ball of water.

Lucretia recovered and growled. "You little… you're not getting that!" She shouted jumping forward wanting to grab the orb again. Kera was about to go for it as well but Erza pushed her back, already heading forward. She had failed before, she was not going to fail here.

The black haired woman was about to grab the soul orb again, but a punch to the face sent her flying back. She hit the ground with a thud. Growling she glared at the person who had just hit her.

She saw Erza standing there with the soul orb in her hands but also a death glare on her face and it was directed at her. "You're not touching this again." She sneered. "And I will make sure of it."

It's not much but it explains what exactly is going on. The next chapter is also done so it shouldn't take a week again. Sorry for that again. Anyway, let me know what you guys thought about this revelation!

Until next time!