Chapter 2: Ella Scarlet & the Dragon Kids
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Third Person's POV
A fifteen years old female is sitting by a tree branch, just enjoying the reflection of the moon by staring at the lake in front of her. She has sky blue hair and brown eyes. She's wearing a fitted white batwing top, and high-waist blue shorts. She also has a golden bangle on each of her hand, and a pair of blue shoes. The girl's name is Ella Scarlet.
"Ella," she turned around for the one who called her. "Come down, dinner is ready."
It's an 18 years old female with black spiky long hair and brown eyes, Jewel Redfox.
"Okay!" Ella told the older female and jumped down.
The two went back to the camp where all of the other people were. It was a five-day training camp for dragon slayers conducted by Gajeel Redfox and Rogue Cheney, which is sponsored by guild masters Sting Eucliffe and Laxus Dreyar. They are located in a nearby forest from the town of Azalea where Sabertooth stands. Most of the participants are Fairy Tail members, and the rest are members of Sabertooth guild. The participants are Sixth Generation Dragon Slayers or those who inherited their parent's magic through their birth, except for Ella who is a Second Generation Dragon Slayer because of the dragon lacrima implanted in her body. The total number of participants is eighteen: twelve from Fairy Tail; and six from Sabertooth. The only one present who is not a dragon slayer is the former Lucy Heartfilia who came to help them for their accommodations and foods, as well as to teach them how to control their magic.
The two females took a seat across each other and they all decided to eat. This is the last night of the camp since they are all going home tomorrow. Ella looked around and stared at the participants.
First are the Redfox, excluding Gajeel who is their father, three attended the camp. Jewel Redfox is the oldest and she has two younger siblings. The second child is Gale Redfox. She inherited their mother's sky blue hair and their father's piercing red eyes. She's currently fourteen years old, making her one year younger than Ella. The last child is the only boy whose name is Cobalt. He is a mini-Gajeel and is ten years old. They all inherited Gajeel's Iron Dragon Slaying magic.
Next are the Dreyar brothers, Lawter & Cormac. Lawter is fourteen years old, while Cormac is just seven years old. Both of them are identical except for how old they look. They have spiky blonde hair and violet eyes, and both of them inherited lightning dragon slaying magic from their father, Laxus Dreyar.
Next are the three Dragneels who are the children of the famous Salamander, Natsu Dragneel. The first born are the twins, Zeref Dragneel and Nigel Dragneel. Since they are a fraternal pair, they don't look alike at all. Zeref, the older twin, has black hair and black eyes he inherited from his biological grandmother on his father side. Meanwhile, Nigel has his father's salmon-colored hair and brown eyes. They are 11 years old. The last Dragneel present is Maviel Dragneel, one of the younger sisters of the Dragneel twins. She inherited his father's hair color but her eyes are as bright as her mother's. She's six years old, one of the three youngest participants. They are all born with their dad's magic.
Next are the Cheneys. The first pair would be Ruby and Topaz Cheney. They are identical twins and are 11 years old. They both inherited their father's hair and eyes. The second pair is Skyla and Drummer Cheney. They are also twins but they are not identical. Skyla, the older girl twin, has her father's eyes and hair; but Drummer, the younger boy twin, also has black hair like his older sisters but he inherited his mother's eyes. They are six years old like Maviel. The four Cheneys inherited their father's magic and are all from Sabertooth.
The other two from Sabertooth are the twin sons of Sting Eucliffe, Weiss and Logan. They are fraternal twins who are turning 12 two weeks from now. Weiss is the older twin and he inherited their mother's silver hair but he got his blue eyes from their father. Logan, on the other hand, inherited his blonde hair from their father but he got their mother's brown eyes. Both of them inherited their father's magic so they attended the camp.
The next pair of twins is Grazia & Dinsyl Conbolt, the nine years old twin daughters of the former Wendy Marvel and Romeo Conbolt. Grazia, the older twin, has dark blue hair and brown eyes she inherited from their mother. Dinsyl, on the other hand, has dark purple hair and black eyes like their father. Both of them inherited their mother's magic.
The last participant would be Copper Louen. He is the son of the Poison Dragon Slayer, Erik Louen and his wife Kinana Louen. He inherited his father's maroon hair as well as his tanned skin but he got the green eyes of her mother. He is ten years old.
"Momma Lucy," Zeref called out. "Can I please have more meat?"
"Oi, Zeref! That's not fair!" Nigel complained. "You haven't eaten your veggies yet!"
Because of what Nigel said, they started bickering that made majority of them shook their heads since it's a normal occurrence. The twins of Natsu Dragneel rarely get along.
"Little salamanders are noisy as usual," Lawter commented by whisper.
Since they are all dragon slayers, they all have advanced senses making them hear the whisper. Most of them agreed to his comment but the twins in question gave him dirty looks.
"I'm a little salamander, too," Maviel pouted to him.
"Of course you're an exemption," Lawter ruffled Maviel's hair. "You will always be my favorite Dragneel."
The last statement from Lawter earned two complains from the twins while Maviel just nodded with glee.
"Lawter-nii, if Maviel-chan is your favorite Dragneel, then who is your favorite Cheney?" Cormac asked his brother that made four black heads turn to him.
"It's definitely Drummer since he is the only boy," Lawter answered that made the three pouted. "I love them all, though."
"You shouldn't be having favorites," Gale scolded her best friend. "That's not fair for the female Cheneys."
"I don't want to hear that from you," Lawter snorted. "You are only doing that because of your favoritism as well. I mean, your favorite cousin is Topaz!"
The slayers are naturally very loud in nature, but the way they dine is loud as well. Their supper was full of teasing and bickering between the kid slayers but Ella just enjoyed her food silently. It wasn't because she was not in the mood to bicker with them, she was envious. She was the only one who doesn't have a sibling to bicker with.
Growing up in a family-oriented guild like Fairy Tail, she never felt alone. Even if she only has her mother, she never lacked the attention that a child should have. But that was until the other children were born. The oldest child of the Fairy Tail mages is definitely Asuka Connell, with Jewel and her following. They are the big sisters of the guild ever since but she was the only child who doesn't have a blood-related sibling. She was the only child who only has one parent growing up.
"Ella?" she was awakened from her thoughts when she was called by Lucy. "Are you okay?"
She forced out a smile and nodded, "I'm fine, Momma."
"You did go extra mile for your training today," Gajeel pointed out. "You all must be tired. Go wash up and go to bed."
They finished up their dinner and they all went to get ready for bed. There are four big tents that was set-up for them to stay at, two for each gender. For Ella, she is sharing a tent with Jewel, Gale, Grazia, and Dinsyl. The other tent for females is occupied by Lucy, Ruby, Topaz, Skyla, and Maviel. Rogue, Weiss, Logan, Copper and Drummer occupy another tent. And the last tent is shared by Gajeel, Lawter, Cormac, Zeref, Nigel, and Cobalt.
"Are you done?" Ella turned to the one who called her as she was drying her hair.
"Almost, Momma," she replied. "Are you going to wash up, too?"
"No, actually, I have to talk to you about something," Lucy responded. "Can you come with me a bit?"
The girl nodded and followed the older woman. Lucy led her into a clear field where the stars are visible. All of the sudden, Lucy was holding a book.
"I will personally train you tomorrow," Lucy started. "I got a good material we can use for your in-born magic."
Ella was born with Heavenly Body Magic running through her system. However, her body was too weak to handle the amount of it in her system. For this reason, her parents had a hard time dealing with her rampant magic when she was still a baby. The one thing they did to suppress that particular amount of that magic in her body is implanting the Water Dragon God Lacrima they got from the Water Dragon God Mercphobia inside her body. Up to date, she uses dragon-slaying magic since she still can't control the other one.
"Where did you find the material?" Ella asked in curiosity. "I have explored all libraries in Fiore, and I found nothing regarding Heavenly Body Magic."
"My connections are wider than yours, Ella," Lucy smiled. "Heavenly Body Magic has the same magic circles like Celestial Magic, so I used my connections with the spirits to search for a reliable material."
For the years that she had been trying to control her magic, Lucy, Freed, and Levy are the ones who are always there to guide her. They are the ones who have been keeping it in check so her magic won't go rampant.
"Are mages who are born with magic like mine rare?" she asked the older woman. "I mean, dragon-slaying magic is a lost magic, but I know a lot of people who possess it. But I have never met someone who has the same magic as me."
"To be honest, there are only two people I know who possess such magic," Lucy responded. "The first one is you, and the other one is your father whom you inherited it from."
Ella looked at the woman with many questions visible in her eyes. Not once has she even asked about her father, she just assumed he already passed away or he abandoned them. Hearing something about her father was new to Ella since her mother doesn't talk about him as well.
"Yes, he is still alive," Lucy answered one of the questions she saw in her niece's eyes. "And yes, we do know where he is and at the same time, he does know about you."
Ella's eyes widened because of her aunt's responses.
"Then, why did he not show himself to me?" Ella asked in a low voice.
"It's not that he doesn't want to, he can't," Lucy answered. "Erza will probably get me for this, but you do need to know what happened back then that caused him to leave you both."
The look in Ella's eyes made Lucy know that she can't take back her offer to fill her up with what happened to them back in those days so she continued.
"You should at least know that it wasn't his choice," Lucy smiled at her. "At the day of your birth, your parents were the happiest. Every day with you was a blessing for them. But that was until they found out you were born with Heavenly Body Magic."
"Your magic would go rampant when he is around," Ella froze at what Lucy revealed. "They don't know why but since you always end up hurting yourself when he is around so he decided to distance himself from you. That scar you have on your back, which was when you were still eight days old: the very first time your magic went out of control. That was we planted the dragon lacrima on your system. The dragon lacrima tried dominating the magic in your body and it was successful. However, whenever your father was around, you'd still go rampant. Your father left you because he couldn't stand the fact that you were hurting yourself because of the magic you inherited from him whenever he was with you."
Ella's POV
"He left entirely for my sake," I mumbled.
"Up to now, he continues to watch over you in great distance," I looked at Momma Lucy for what she said. "This material was written for you, he had been working for it since you turned twelve. He finished it last week and gave me a go signal to train you with it."
"Can I at least know his name?" I asked but she shook her head.
"I believe he will want to introduce himself as your father personally," Momma Lucy responded. "You just have to wait until then. But in assurance, he's not that far. He has actual connections with the guild. You can ask Erza, I'm sure she won't deny your request. You're already fifteen."
After that conversation, we went to bed. The next day, all the Sixth Generation Dragon Slayers went with Uncle Gajeel and Uncle Rogue while I went with Momma Lucy after we had our breakfast.
The material she was referring to was very helpful. Until today, I couldn't cast a single spell using Heavenly Body Magic but I have learned basic spells.
"Are we training after lunch, too?" I asked Momma Lucy as I was panting as I just successfully casted Grand Chariot after many attempts.
"Not anymore," she smiled at me. "We can always train you in the guild for this magic, but I'm proud of you being able to master the basic spells. Our plan after lunch is to go to Sabertooth's hot springs so we can relax our bodies. Sting is waiting for us there since he said that he missed his boys too much."
"Master Sting babies Weiss and Logan too much," I commented that made Momma Lucy chuckled. "Does he do that to his younger children as well?"
"You bet, he turned half of his office into a nursery so he can always see his children while working," I giggled at the response of Momma Lucy. "He is actually planning a very grand birthday party for his first born twins that will be happening in about a month."
I sweat dropped and commented, "I hope he won't go as far as Master Laxus did last time."
The two of us started cooking our lunch while chatting about random topics. Momma Lucy's spirits Virgo and Capricorn also came to help since cooking for twenty one people is a serious matter. We are already preparing the table when the kids came back with Uncle Gajeel and Uncle Rogue.
"I'm hungry!" Zeref excitedly exclaimed but I gave him a sharp look when I saw him running towards the dining table.
"No foods for you until you go and wash your hands," I scolded him and turned to the other kids. "That applies to all of you as well. Go wash your hands while I'm asking nicely, Zeref, Nigel, Cormac, you, too, Logan."
All of them stopped their tracks towards the dining table and went to go wash their hands.
"Are we ready to head out after lunch?" I heard Momma Lucy asked the two other adults. "I want to spend some time with Yukino since we are going to Sabertooth."
"We only need to dismantle the tents and we're good to go," Uncle Gajeel responded. "Are you going to stay at Sabertooth for a while? Cana called me earlier. It seems that I have a job after I drop the kids off at the guild."
"Cana?" Momma Lucy asked. "What kind of job does she need you for? Isn't she in charge of the guild since Erza and Natsu went out with Master Laxus?"
"It's not her," he replied shortly. "Someone went by the guild, wanting to borrow a dragon slayer. Salamander is out and the little girl is not really in the condition to go on a job since she's pregnant."
We all turned to him because of what he said. He was about to explain when the other kids arrive and we started eating lunch.
"Do any of you want to stay with me at Sabertooth for a while?" Momma Lucy asked us Fairy Tail kids. "I'll be staying for at least two days before going back to Magnolia."
"Me! Me! I wanna stay at Saber!" Maviel volunteered. "I missed Aunt Minerva's cooking!"
"If Maviel is staying, I'll stay, too," Lawter added. "I can ask Uncle Orga to train my lightning magic more!"
"Then, I'll stay, too!" Cormac exclaimed.
"What about you, Ella?" Momma Lucy asked.
"I'll pass, Momma," I smiled at her. "Gale and I promised the Ice Princesses that we'll go on a job with them after this camp."
"Take us with you, Ella-nee!" Nigel pleaded. "Those ice princesses are rude! They always deny us on a job."
"So true!" Zeref added with a pout.
"I'll take you another time," I smiled at them.
The Ice Princesses are daughters of Daddy Gray. They don't actually get along with the little salamanders, except for Maviel, so I don't really like going on a job with all of them.
"How about I'll take you on a job?" Jewel-nee offered to the little salamanders. "Cobalt and Copper can come, too."
We spent our lunch talking about our plans after the camp. We left the forest to go to Azalea Town after packing our things. We spent another two hours in the hot springs and then decided to go. Uncle Gajeel, Jewel-nee, Cobalt, Copper, Zeref, Nigel, Grazia, Dinsyl and I left the tiger's guild after the Conbolt Twins casted Troia so we can take the train.
It didn't take us long to arrive at Magnolia and I noticed a new scent as we approach the guild.
"Oh! Master Jellal!" Copper exclaimed and vanished beside me.
"What was that about?" Gale wondered.
"Ah, the Guild Master of Crime Sorciere is inside the guild," Uncle Gajeel responded that made us turn to him. "It seems that he is my client for my next job."
"Crime Sorciere Guild Master?" I whispered in disbelief. "Doesn't that mean Jellal Fernandes, one of the Top Wizard Saints?"
"That's right," Uncle Gajeel told me. "Let's go inside."
Jellal's POV
I was drinking beer alone at the bar counter to wait for the arrival of the dragon slayers. Lisanna went to the kitchen; Cana went back to the office, while Juvia and Jazrel went to Fairy Hills. I finished my drink when the guild doors busted opened, and I saw a boy with maroon hair who called out my name.
"Master Jellal!" I smiled as I saw Copper running towards me. "You're here! I missed you!"
"It's been a while, Copper," I smiled at the boy who stopped before me as I ruffled his hair. "I trust it that you have been doing well."
"You bet! I'm stronger than Papa now!" he giggled. "What brings you here, Master?"
"I came to hire Gajeel and leave," I responded. "We'll be out for at least three days. Can I trust you to look after your Jazrel-neechan while I'm gone?"
"Jazrel-neechan is here, too?" he asked with excitement and I nodded.
"Jellal," my attention turned to Gajeel who walked in with seven other people following him. "It's been five years since we saw each other. I thought you weren't going out of your office for another ten years."
"I can see you that you have been doing well, Gajeel," I responded and turned to the seven other people. "So these are the new generation of dragon-fairies after you, Natsu, and Wendy."
"There are actually three more but they stayed with Lucy at the Tigers' den," he responded with a smirk and turned to the kids. "Why don't you introduce yourself to this guy?"
"This guy, huh, Gajeel, Jellal-san is still a guild master, you know?" Lisanna suddenly joined in. "And he's a Wizard Saint, too."
"Mom!" a black haired boy and salmon-haired boy called out in unison as they went to hug her. "We're home!"
"Welcome home, Zeref, Nigel," Lisanna hugged them and let go. "Where's your little sister?"
"Maviel stayed with Momma Lucy at Sabertooth along with Lawter-nii and Cormac," the salmon-haired boy answered.
"Ah, I see," Lisanna responded and turned to me. "Jellal-san, these two are my sons: Zeref and Nigel. They are our first born who just turned eleven years old two months ago. Boys, this is Jellal-san, he's the Guild Master of Crime Sorciere but he is also very close to Fairy Tail."
Lisanna's kids greeted me and I greeted them back. The next ones who got the courage to introduce themselves were Wendy's twins, Grazia and Dinsyl. Gajeel introduced his children to me and I also greeted them. I can't believe how fast Jewel grew up. She was just a little baby back then. All that was left was the one who has been staring at me with wonder, my youngest, my Ella. I remained my composure as she stood in front of me. I could hear her fast heartbeat and I knew what that meant. I was causing the magic in her body to start rampaging again.
Even after all these years, I can't still go near my daughter.
"It's nice to meet you, Master Jellal," she gave me a smile but I knew it was forced since I can see her trying to reign her magic. "I'm Ella Scarlet."
"Same here," I gave her a genuine smile and then I turned to Gajeel. "Let's go discuss the mission upstairs."
"Sure," he replied and turned to his oldest child. "Make sure to do your chores at home before going on a mission."
Gajeel and I went upstairs in a meeting room. I have already talked to Cana regarding this one and she already approved about it.
"Lucy told me to tell you that she already mastered the basic spells of her magic," I looked at Gajeel for what he informed me. "They just started training it today. I think she'll master Heavenly Body Magic in a week or so. By that time, maybe she can control it fully that you don't need to distance yourself anymore."
"Maybe," I shook my head. "I'm just contented by the fact that she is doing well."
"So, what is the mission you want to hire me for?" Gajeel changed the topic.
"It's just to do some recon," I sighed. "There have been suspicious activities at the borders of Fiore, Seven, and Bosco. There have been kidnapping cases around the area."
"And you need a dragon slayer because?" Gajeel asked.
"You'll know when we get there," I told him. "I don't want to say anything that isn't confirmed. Let's just say I need someone with an advance sense of smell to be with me."
"Alright," Gajeel agreed. "And the reward for this job?"
I looked at him and he grinned, "What do you want it to be?"
"How about Crime Sorciere's debut in Grand Magic Games?" he suggested. "I want to go against the old people we fought back in the days."
"Fine," I agreed. "If you accept the job to go with me, Crime Sorciere will participate in this year's games for the first time."
To be honest, I don't want to participate in such event. However, even my daughter is asking me to sign up our guild for it.
"Then, that's good enough for me," Gajeel stated. "I'll just go home for a bit to get some things and we're off."
I nodded and he walked out of the meeting room. I sighed in my seat and rose. I walked out and the office and I froze on the sight that I am seeing downstairs.
"I've waited sixteen years to finally see them together," Cana stated as just appeared beside me. "The twin daughters of the Strongest Wizard Saint and Titania are finally sitting together and happily chatting with each other. If you cry right now, I would understand."
I smiled at what she said as I watch my girls in the bar counter talking to each other with Copper and Grazia.
"You raised Jazrel well," Cana commented. "She's as beautiful as her mother."
"Ella is still a dragon slayer, Cana," I pointed out. "What if she heard what you said earlier?"
"You don't need to worry about that," Cana winked at me. "The second floor is protected by runes that prevent dragon slayers from hearing everything here. This floor has the master's office and the meeting room. Not everything that was talked about here can be spread to everyone. They won't hear you here, unless you shout."
I sighed in relief at she said and I took my attention back to my girls.
"Thank you for looking after Ella," I told Cana. "She's so beautiful."
"Except for the color of her hair, she did inherit Erza's beauty," Cana commented. "It was expected for her to grow up like that."
"How is Erza, by the way?" I asked her.
"She's doing well," Cana responded. "She was recently interviewed by Weekly Sorcerer. You can buy the issue next week."
I was about to respond when I saw my girls got up and went to the direction of the pool with Copper and Grazia. I frowned in confusion so I left Cana upstairs and went to talk to Lisanna who was behind the bar counter.
"Where did they go?" I asked her and she gave me a smile.
"They wanted to spar since they found out that they are of the same age," Lisanna responded. "They went to the backyard, in front of the lake."
I then rushed out to go to them and I saw them where exactly I have been directed. I wanted to stop them, but seeing that there already have audiences, I suppose a little spar won't hurt. I saw where Juvia was standing so I went to her.
"This might be a little difficult for you to watch, Jellal-san," Juvia commented but I shook my head.
"I'm looking forward for it," I responded to her and then I felt the temperature dropped. "Jazrel is starting."
I thought Jazrel was going to attack first but Ella was the one who charged.
"Water Dragon's Slash!" Ella exclaimed but she was surprise when the water just froze as Jazrel made contact with it. "Ice magic?"
"Ice Make: Hawks!" Jazrel attacked but Ella just stepped away and avoided the moldings.
"What the hell is my eldest doing?" I frowned that made Juvia looked at me. "She's holding back too much."
Jazrel don't really use molding magic in real combat, not even when she spars with others.
"Are you an Ice-Molding Mage?" I heard Ella asked.
"Not quite," Jazrel replied and went to attack. "Here I come, Snow Glitter!"
Ella managed to get through the attack by a water-based protection spell.
"I use Ice Magic in general," Jazrel smiled. "You're the Water Dragon Slayer, right?"
"Not exactly," Ella responded and went for another attack. "Water Dragon God's Claw!"
A sparkling wave of strong silver water made its way to Jazrel that made her smile and exclaimed, "Ice God's Fang!"
The black ice of Jazrel's attack and the silver water from Ella collided that it made an explosion that resulted to a slight black hail.
"Jazrel is a god slayer?" I could hear people asking in shock.
"I'm Jazrel Fernandes, the Ice God Slayer," Jazrel formally introduced herself to her opponent with a smile. "And you are?"
"I'm Ella Scarlet, the Water Dragon God Slayer."