I know it's been a while since I updated and for that I'm sorry. I've been in a dark place and everything I tried to right to update any of my stories seemed to come out really dark too. I'm still trying to cope with all the things going on in my life right now, but at the moment I seem to be managing well enough. I hope to update each of my stories at least once before college starts back up in mid August.

Anyway for anyone who has been waiting, though this story doesn't gather as much attention as my other ones have, here is the next chapter. It is rather short but at least it's something.

Chapter 4:

Things were tense between the Pradesh family and Fairy Tail mages for a while but after about an hour everyone finally relaxed, which was good because not too long later Wendy called saying that everyone had shown up. Lucy told her to have everyone meet at Laxus's place.

"We should probably get going. It won't take them long to get there and Lax will kill me if something happens to his precious house. Not that I can really blame him. His house and property are beautiful."

It didn't take long for the entire Pradesh family to follow Lucy to Laxus's house on the outskirts of town. Once they arrived they saw a fairly large group of people talking, laughing, and brawling in the backyard.

"Ok that's enough boys. Time to do introductions."

Bix chuckled as the brawling slayers quickly stood up after hearing Lucy.

Lucy stood about half way between the Pradesh family and her tatsu and turned to face the Pradeshs giving a knowing look to Bix.

"Right. You already know Laxus so I'll start with him. Lightning dragon slayer and my beta. His mate is Mira Strauss. She's a demon soul takeover mage.

Next you have Orga Nanagear. He's the lightning god slayer and his beloved is Minerva Orland, territory mage. Both are members of Sabertooth.

Up next you have Chelia Blendy. She's the sky god slayer. She hasn't found her beloved yet. She's a member of Lamia Scale.

Next to her is Wendy Marvel. Sky dragon slayer and healer for Fairy Tail. Her mate is Romeo Conbolt, fire mage.

The dark haired man with all the piercings is Gajeel Redfox, the iron dragon slayer. The petite blue haired woman next to him is his mate Levy McGarden, solid script mage.

I suppose next you have the twins. Sting Eucliffe is the holy light dragon slayer and Rogue Cheney is the shadow dragon slayer. Sting is the guildmaster of Sabertooth and his mate is Yukino Agria, celestial mage. Rogue and Yukino are also members of Sabertooth and Rogue hasn't found his mate yet.

Next would be my teammates. First is Natsu Dragneel, fire dragon slayer. His mate is Lisanna Strauss, animal soul takeover mage.

And then Gray Fullbuster, ice devil slayer. As far as we know he's the only devil slayer in existence. His mate is Juvia Lockser, water mage.

Lastly we have Erik, poison dragon slayer and soul listening mage. He's my gamma. He's a part time member of Fairy Tail and part time member of Crime Sorciere. Also unless he tells you otherwise, call him Cobra."

Lucy grinned at Bix as he walked over to Erik.

"I almost forgot. Let me introduce you to Erik's mate, Bixlow Pradesh, seith mage."

Several members of her tatsu chuckled at the looks on Bix's family's faces, not surprised he never told them.

Lucy changed into her draco stardress so she could place her mark on Cristoff and Emzadi, marking them as under her protection and creating a bond between them and the rest of her tatsu. As her senses heightened to those of a dragon she quickly became distracted by the most amazing scent, wine and cherrywood. When she found the source, her eyes widened slightly, finding that her mate was none other than Vander Pradesh. The more she looked at him though the more her dragon seemed to take over and as her eyes started turning into slits she felt both Laxus and Erik grab her shoulders.

"Finish the bond first Nightshade. Then you can pounce."

Lucy nodded her head and redirected her attention to Cris and Emi who were smirking at the fact that their most carefree and wild sibling was about to be tied down, though from the looks he had been giving the blonde since her show they didn't think he would mind all that much. Lucy reached for both of their hands and as she brushed the inside of their wrists a small eight pointed star appeared in a shimmery gold. The connection was immediate and their smirks became smiles as they felt more complete. Their love for their family would never fade but this was different, their dragons longed for a tatsu and to find their queen. Now they had both.

Lucy, still holding their hands, smiled and whispered softly, though her voice was warm and loving.

"I'm glad you decided to be a part of our tatsu. Welcome home."

Both slayers looked at the blonde in wonder and quickly pulled her into them so they could hug her and claim her as kin. Lucy gladly returned the embrace, though began to pull away after a moment.

Before she got too far though they bent over just enough to kiss both sides of her cheeks and whisper to her.

"Thankyou for saving and protecting Zen. Now hurry up and go save our other brother."

Lucy blushed slightly but nodded. While the two slayers pulled away and went to join the rest of their family in mingling with her tatsu (Xally and Rogue looked awfully close) she looked for her mate. When she couldn't find him she frowned before sighing and straightening back up. If he wasn't ready yet she wouldn't pressure him. Fixing a smile onto her face she went to join everyone, however she didn't even make it a step before she was pulled into the shadows.