What is this?! A triple update?! I must be getting really bored in quarentine...

Fairy Tail is not mine, but I own Vega and her dragons! Erik and this version of Kinana are mine too! The Celestial Demons belong to fairytailcrossover! I have permission to use them!


"None of us know how much time we have left on this Earth. What is left in the end are our actions; the memories you left behind, and how you made people feel. What you want to leave behind is people to remember you with love."

~Brigitte Nicole


Looking back on it, July 6th, X777, started out like any other day.

I woke up as the sun peaked over the horizon, and made my way to the front of our cave to greet the day and meditate as I gorged myself on the first light of dawn. Dad joined me a few seconds later, curling around me and laying sideways to maximize exposure and absorption as he too ate as much sunlight as he could handle.

"No training today, Vega." Dad suddenly voiced just as I was starting to zone out into true meditation. I looked up at him in question, and he met my gaze with little trouble. "There are some matters that your mother and I must speak to you and Erik about, and none of them are going to be pleasant."

A million thoughts flew through my mind, making meditation impossible as I tried to puzzle out what we were going to be told.

I was so lost in my own head that I didn't notice when Dad moved away, or when Erik plopped down next to me and started meditating as well. I did jump a bit when Kinana draped a coil across my shoulders, however.

"Is everything okay?" The little snake hissed in question. "You seem distracted."

"Apprehension eats at my mind I'm afraid," I admitted as I set a hand on her warm scales. "Dad said there was something they needed to talk to us about."

"And your mind has been playing tricks ever since." Kinana finished knowingly. I nodded as I started to run my hand down the length of her body. For a child that became a snake, Kinana was very wise and knowledgeable. I long suspected that it came with the harshness of growing up wild. "It's only natural. Your mind conjures up the worst in the absence of information." A shudder traveled down her length as her poisonous green eyes glazed over and stared at something I couldn't see. "I know the feeling all too well."

Erik reached out and bopped her on the nose after a few seconds of traumatized staring. "No bad thoughts." He scolded gently. "You aren't alone anymore, and you're never going to be hurt by them again." A smile stole across his face. "You're with us, and we're never gonna leave you."

I chose that moment to add in my own two cents. "And if anyone tries to take you from us," My right hand lit up with magic, and a wordless spell had one of my UV Blades manifesting. "They'll die screaming," I stated with a shark-like smile.

"Truer words have never been spoken daughter." Mom commented as she sprawled out in the grass next to us. "And ties into what we wished to speak to you three about."

Dad rejoined us on the other side, and all of us were silent for a few minutes as we contemplated what was going to be revealed.

"A day of reckoning is swiftly approaching us," Dad began slowly, making sure that Erik and I heard and understood every word. "It comes on dark, yet familiar wings, and threatens all of Dragonkind."

"Dad, are you saying that they found us? That's impossible!" I protested hotly, the fear in my voice plain. "We left Pine Forest so that they wouldn't!"

"You are right in one aspect, little star." Dad agreed. "They have not found us. This is a similar yet altogether different threat, one that your mother and I need to confront directly."

Erik and I looked at each other in shock. We could count on one hand the number of incidents in all history that required direct intervention from our parents, and still have fingers left over. Whatever was threatening their species had to be catastrophic.

"Dad? What is going on?" I demanded, the fear in my voice refusing to die out. "You and mom never interfere unless something is horribly wrong."

Mom shared an uncertain look with Dad for a moment before she turned her head upwards towards the sky. "Someone is killing Dragons, and Dragon Slayers." She admitted. "Whoever they are, they're greatly disturbing the balance, and your father and I are forced to intervene before it grows worse."

I could feel myself shaking, mainly from fear as my imagination produced ghastly figures drenched in the blood of my family. "What kind of monster would do that?" I questioned softly.

Mom and Dad looked at each other again before Dad sighed. "There have been whispers of an Apocalypse Dragon flying on the horizon, hunting Dragons, bathing in the blood of Dragon Slayers, and absorbing their powers for himself."

I couldn't stop the snarl of anger and fear that built in my throat from slipping out.

"I don't understand." Erik mused fearfully. "Why does the idea of an Apocalypse Dragon feel horribly wrong?"

"Because they are horribly wrong, Erik," I whispered in horror. "Apocalypse Dragons are created when a Dragon goes through something so horrible that their mind shuts down on itself because they can't cope. An Apocalypse Dragon is all instinct and blood lust from then on, and unless they are stopped, they will kill everything and anything in their path."

"And it is our duty as the King and Queen of Dragons to put them down permanently," Mom announced. "Which is exactly why you two aren't going to be there."

"Wait, what?!" I demanded as I shot to my feet. "What do you mean we're not going to be there?!"

"This is not going to be a diplomatic visit, Vega." I immediately shut up as Dad called me by name. He only did that when he was deadly serious and didn't want me to argue. "It is going to be an execution. A mercy killing. Do you understand now why we donot want you to witness it?"

I swallowed harshly before nodding my head in understanding.

"We are not leaving you two behind without support, little star." Mom gently assured. "You two are to make your way to the southern edge of the forest. There, you will be met by the man you fought alongside in the Tower of Heaven Vega. Gildarts, I believe he was called, will escort you further south to Magnolia in Fiore. You two will become wards of Fairy Tail, and, if we fail to return, he has agreed to talk to the guild master about you two joining permanently if you want, or escorting you to another guild if Fairy Tail doesn't suit you."

"You make it sound like you're leaving forever." Erik voiced uneasily.

Mom and Dad looked at each other again. "That's not exactly what's happening little viper, but very close." Dad sadly confirmed. "This era is coming to a close, and it is time that the Dragons disappeared until the next era begins."

"It will not be forever," Mom assured the two of us as we shot to our feet and started to protest. "But as it stands, we will not be able to return under our own power. The Dragon Slayers of the world will have to step up and band together if they want to survive the coming days, and grow strong enough to free us again."

Erik and I sat down hard in shock as the facts settled into our minds.

At the time, I supposed that Erik wasn't in nearly as much shock as I was.

I had grown up with Draco and Celest, and they were my parents in all but blood.

And now they were leaving us behind as they went on what could become a suicide mission.

A tear dripped down from my cheek, and I flung myself forward with a sob, colliding with Dad's fore-paw and grasping onto him as tightly as I could. "I don't want you to go," I whispered, my tiny frame shaking as I bit down on my lip to stop myself from outright bawling. "It's not fair!"

Mom and Dad both stretched out their necks and nuzzled me, drawing Erik into the snuggles as well. "Life is hardly ever fair, Little Star, Little Snake," Mom muttered as I threw my arms around her muzzle. "That's what makes it worth living."

As they pulled back from the hugs, Dad placed himself in front of the two of us and spread his wings, making himself look more significant and regal. "Vega and Erik Cosmitella," He began, immediately commanding our attention as a soft golden glow surrounded him. "Crown Princess and Prince of the Dragon Slayers. You two are destined for greatness and have potential that eclipses the very sun itself. Your lives will be riddled with tests of character and ability, but as long as you stick together and watch each other's backs, you will triumph against anything in your path."

Dad's voice washed over us, and I put a hand up to my forehead as unnatural exhaustion crept over me. "What?" I muttered in confusion as I heard two thumps from behind me. I turned, my vision wavering, and spotted Erik and Kinana fast asleep on the ground.

As my vision went black, and I collapsed on the ground, I heard mom and dad's voices, and what I thought was the sun practically blinded me.

"We're sorry little one, but this is the only way."


By the time the three of us woke up, the sun was just rising over the horizon in spectacular dawn, and Mom and Dad were gone.

They had vanished without a trace.

We never saw them again.

Gildarts met us by the southern edge of the forest, just like he was supposed to, and from there, we steadily made our way south.

Before we left, though, Erik and I decided to carve an inscription on one of the trees.

Draconius, King of Dragons

Celestiana, Queen of Dragons

July 7th, X777