You guys remember that one time Lucy broke her promise?

I'm not joking either, like 'nah, neither do I'. She actually broke a promise once. And it's in the anime, not just the manga.

First person to answer correctly in the comments (but only before the next chapter, which should be Wednesday...) wins...I dunno, a oneshot, maybe? I'll write most ships. Especially Lucy related.

Except GrayLu. I just can't.

No idea when it'd be up though. Lets say...by the time I'm done with this year of school?

So pretty much by Elle's birthday then. :D

Yes, in college you get out of school in early May and start in early September. It is awesome.

Also; I changed my disclaimer in the first chapter. You should uh...go back and read that.

Yeah.

Also beware the upcoming awkward teenager phase.

Chapter Ninety Nine - Kinana

The answer, apparently, was yes.

More than a few members knew how to break a body link without harm, but the honor of doing it went to Zeref. For some reason, he cautioned anyone else from doing it, saying that it wasn't a normal body link because of the Stellar Magic involved, and that he should be the one to do it.

But before that, an explanation was needed.

Because Natsu walked up to Zeref and asked, "Why are you crying?" (Because the man seemed to be eternally crying, especially with Natsu in his vicinity.)

After that statement, Zeref burst into tears and clung to Natsu.

"What the hell is going on?" Laxus asked.

Mavis fluttered down from the ceiling (you know, it seems like she's up there a lot). "Natsu bears an uncanny resemblance to Zeref's brother."

Zeref continued crying.

So, if Mavis wanted to keep it a secret (even from the guild) it was probably a good idea.

I was suddenly thankful that only three people in the room knew E.N.D.'s identity, and that Erik couldn't read any of our minds.

Natsu didn't seem to know what to do, so Lucy slipped up to him and whispered to hug Zeref back.

Natsu, still unsure, did so, which caused Zeref to cry some more.

"Okay, that's enough," Mavis said, grabbing Zeref's hand and pulling him away. "You can spend time with Natsu when you can stop from bursting into tears every time you see him."

Zeref, still crying, was pulled away, still streaming tears.

I was reminded of Natsu's reaction when he saw Lisanna in Edolas, with Edo!Lucy playing the part of Mavis.

And Zeref was gone.

While we waited for Zeref to recover, most people spoke about how Natsu looks nothing like Zeref, and how can he have a resemblance with his brother if he looks nothing like him?

I reminded them that Zeref admitted his brother doesn't look like him.

Erik was just getting more and more impatient, because he wanted Cubellios to change into Kinana, and he couldn't read any of our minds, so he didn't like that there was a delay.

I glared at him until he calmed down a bit. "It won't be long, you baka."

Ten or so minutes after leaving, Zeref had composed himself (slightly; I mean, he was still crying) and was now ready to break the Body Link, doing his best to ignore Natsu (who was busy staring at him).

Some incomprehensible words and flashy magic circles later, Kinana was laying on the floor…naked.

Luckily, I had a blanket ready, and threw it over her before anyone could see.

I crawled under to speak to her. "Hey, Kinana."

"Elle?" she asked. Holy shit, she was tiny. Like...tinier than Levy, tiny.

I nodded.

"You look different…" she said.

"You're used to seeing heat rather than people," I commented. "You'll adjust. I've got some clothes for you, alright?"

I knew that Kinana was the same age as Freed, Evergreen and Nab, but she didn't look thirteen, or even twelve-going-on-thirteen.

I was originally going to give her some of my clothes from when I first arrived (and was nine) because I guessed that her growth would be a little stunted; she was twenty before the timeskip the previous time, and twenty seven after, and didn't like those ages at either of those times. Looking at her now, I could see that my guess about her being smaller was right, but still way off.

"Kagura, do you have an extra pair of clothes?" I asked.

"Yes," she called, and a little bit later, some clothes were pushed under the blanket.

"Here," I said, passing them to Kinana. Kagura was around four years younger than Kinana, but wow, Kinana was small.

"Master, is there a chance that something messed with her growth?" I called. "Even in the other timeline, she seemed really small for her age."

"It is possible," Zeref commented, sounding slightly less emotional than before. "She did spend several years as a snake."

"Thanks, Master," I said sarcastically.

"Mavis is the only one allowed to call me that," he said plainly.

"Zeref!" I shouted. I could hear all of the kids who have had 'The Talk' choking.

"What?" he asked innocently, and I don't know if I should be happy he wasn't crying or upset by what he said.

At least he wasn't crying anymore.

"I don't get it," Natsu said.

"You don't need to get it," Gray told him, without any enmity for once.

"Geez, we didn't need to know that," Laxus said, sighing.

"Yeah, no one wants to know what the founder of Fairy Tail and the Darkest Wizard in the world do together in their free time," Erik muttered. "Keep your kinky stuff in the bedroom…"

"Bad Erik!" I yelled. "What did I say about tact?"

"Ow!" he said, and I smiled, knowing Laxus had shocked him for me. "What was that for, Laxus?"

"Until you learn some more tact, I'm to shock you every time you say stuff you shouldn't."

"Did Elle put you up to this?" Erik asked.

"Yes," Laxus said. "And I'm not going against Elle. Sorry."

"No, you're not," Erik grumbled.

Natsu and Sting were laughing, and I could tell from the way lightning sizzled that Laxus had thrown a bolt near enough to them to make them shut up.

"You done?" I asked Kinana, ignoring them.

She fidgeted, clasping onto the edge of the dress she had. Even now, it was big on her.

I might have been kinda small for my age, but I was growing, and Porlyusica said that my Magical Overload is gone. But Kinana was around thirteen, and she looked around eight.

"What…what if Erik doesn't like me like this?" she whispered.

"He'll love you, baka," I said. "You'll catch up to him soon enough."

She blushed at that, and I threw the blanket off.

Erik's eyes widened as he took in Kinana's appearance. "Cubellios?"

"My real name is Kinana," she said softly. "Hi, Erik."

To the surprise of just about everyone, Erik sprang forward, wrapping his arms around her and cuddling her in her arms, and nuzzling her neck and listening to her heartbeat. "I can hear you!"

"What." Laxus asked flatly.

"Mine!" Erik said happily. "Mine!"

"It's his dragon," Zeref said, coming up beside the two of us, still pretending Natsu didn't exist. "Though it's actually much less of a reaction than I thought. If you meet your mate between the ages of fifteen and seventeen, you kinda go mate-crazy. And even after that…." Zeref turned to look at Laxus. "You're telling me your dragon doesn't want to do the same with Elle?"

Laxus and I both blushed, and I turned to Mavis. "Go take your boyfriend somewhere else! He obviously has something else on the brain, so indulge him until he can join us again, will you?"

Mavis turned redder than a tomato, and grabbed Zeref and started flying out of the room. Zeref got a stupid look on his face.

"How old is Zeref?" Laxus asked. "Physically?"

"Fifteen."

"Really?"

I nodded. "He was cursed on the ninth-year anniversary of his brother's death. He told me he tried that night, thinking it would be good luck. It was the ninth year – 3 times 3. Three times the good luck. Arithmatically, he kinda had a point; three is a magical number. But that was the night that he was cursed."

"Geez. He doesn't really look fifteen."

"When he's mature, he kinda gives an appearance of eighteen at most, but when he's crying he seems like he's twelve. It just depends on his emotions. When his Black Magic goes all crazy, he looks older, like early twenties."

Erik got off of Kinana and punched Laxus in the face. "Dude! Come on!"

"Yeah. I deserved that," Laxus said, holding his jaw.

My face turned into a tomato as I guessed Laxus's thoughts. "Just because they do it doesn't mean we will baka! They're Forever 21!"

"I don't entirely get what you mean, but I know," Laxus said quietly, dragging me off to the corner and glaring at everyone until they looked away. "Not until you're ready."

"Laxus, I don't even think you're ready," I said flatly.

Mavis and Zeref were (physically) younger than us, and were already running off to have ghost sex.

But the thing was, I wasn't even ready in my last life.

Laxus was probably going to have to wait awhile.

I had mentioned that Laxus was my first kiss, but he'd also be my first everything.

And yeah, I died a virgin. Get over it.

I did.

Kinana spent the rest of June and most of August learning how to walk, and trying to find her secondary magic.

Okay.

So let me explain something I had started to understand the longer I've been here.

Everyone can learn any type of magic; true (as long as it's available to them (so not Lost Magic if there's no knowledge on it)).

But people tend to have a primary type of magic.

For instance, me. My main magic is Planetary Magic.

Then there is a secondary magic; a type of back-up. One you're still pretty skilled in, but doesn't use as often.

People only have one primary, can have up to three secondary, and several tertiary. If you practice any magic but it's not that strong, it doesn't fall under one of your types. Some people can have tertiary and no secondary. And some people are just confused about their magic, and think their tertiary is their primary, or something like that.

My secondary is Requip and Teleportation, and my tertiary is Location Magic.

Now, for instance, take Makarov:

His primary magic is Titan Magic. His secondary are the Fairy Spells, and most of his elemental magic falls under tertiary.

Also, take Cana and Ultear:

They also have three types of magic, one of which falls under each category. Ultear's primary is Arc of Time, her secondary is her Ice-Make, and tertiary is Requip. Cana's tertiary is the same, but her primary is Card Magic, and her secondary will Fairy Glitter when she gets it.

Lucy's first magic is probably Celestial Spirit Magic, while Urano Metria falls under her second (and I'll get to that later). Requip is probably her third.

Kagura's Gravity Magic was her primary, Requip was her tertiary, and Erigor (and even Wendy) were actually teaching her the basics in Air Magic, which would probably be her second, based on the way she was advancing (she didn't use her Air Magic on anyone other than herself to enhance her abilities.)

Out of everyone, the only one I know with Requip as a Primary Magic is Erza.

Evergreen's Stone Eyes was her primary, her Fairy Magic was her secondary, and again, requip is her tertiary.

Now, this is because Born Magic is generally a primary magic (which is why her Stone Eyes beats her Fairy Magic), but when it comes to Born Magic and Lost Magic, they usually tend to compete for first place. A lot.

Right now, Makarov says that Erik's primary is still his Soul Listening, and that, with time, his Dragon Slayer Magic should overtake it.

Now, back to the problem at hand:

Kinana's primary magic was Celestial Spirit Magic, but she lost that when she was separated from the Clock. Now, we're looking for her secondary magic.

Because of this, most of the kids were also looking for different types of magic they could be skilled in. Levy, Nab, Millianna, and Simon specifically were looking into their secondary magic. The surprise for searching though was Sorano, who (while gaining strength through her Moon Magic) wanted to see if there was something else available to her.

I just hope she stays far, far away from Angel Magic. That shit was terrifying, and it cost her her own lifespan to summon those things.

I also made most kids turn to Requip, Teleportation or Transformation Magic as a tertiary magic, because I though they're very helpful. Not much progress on that front, but that's only for now...

Alright, so back to Urano Metria.

Apparently (according to Phoenix and Corvus) Urano Metria and the rest of the Celestial Battle spells (all Celestial Spells, actually) all fall under the umbrella of Stellar Magic, but not a specific type. They're called 'Celestial' Spell, because of all Stellar Magics, Celestial Spirit Magic is the only one that is a Holder Magic. Since all of the spells are Caster Magic, it means that Celestial Spirit Mages have something to pull out if 1) they're strong enough and 2) they lost their keys, so they're the ones who usually learn it.

This does technically mean I could learn it.

But I don't want to.

Honestly, the 'Celestial' (Corvus said to just call them Stellar) Battle Spells terrify me.

Urano Metria is badass as fuck, but I DO NOT WANT TO LEARN THAT.

So that's a no.

Maybe one day.

But not now.

No fucking way.

Back to the guild.

There were a lot of bonding moments as the guild grew closer. Sorano, for one, found Kinana absolutely adorable, and seemed to be hogging her more than Erik (much like Erza and Kagura compared to Simon). Expectedly, both males were upset.

Gajeel ended up piercing everyone's ears, and I ended up talking with him one evening, out on the training fields.

"Gajeel?" I asked him.

"Yeah, Lynx?" he asked.

I sat down next to him. "Is there a reason you pierced people's ears for free? The Gajeel of the last timeline probably wouldn't have done that."

He looked away, before saying, "I'm not good at making friends."

Ah. That made sense.

"I know," I said, putting a hand on his back reassuringly, and he looked up. "But that doesn't mean you don't have them. And more than that, you have our guild; a family."

I smiled at him. "No one ever said that you had to be friends with your family. You just have to trust them utterly and completely."

I looked away. "What if I told you that in the last timeline, despite the way Natsu and Gray hated each other, they trusted each other in battle and nearly died for one another?"

"No way," Gajeel said, looking away again and out on the sea behind the guild.

"Yes way," I said, and he made a face.

Yeah, I don't think I'm going to say that again.

"Gajeel," I said. "You don't need to get along with your nakama. But you have to be there for them. And I think that's something you've already figured out."

He blushed a bit before getting up and running off.

I smiled at his fading form.

Last time around, he was thrust straight into Phantom Lord; a place where survival is first, and friends don't exist. So he didn't bother to try, and it closed him off.

This time around, he's putting the effort in.

In the beginning of August, we were all invited to Hisui's fourth birthday.

Natsu had his bracelets on him, and was also leashed. Lucy held that leash.

Which is good, because when he saw the King's Crown, he wanted it, and Lucy had to 'Lucy Kick' him across the room to make him fully understand that he's not allowed to take it.

Even Mystogan came along (because of Wendy), no longer hiding in the shadows when he wasn't vanishing for a week or two. He posed as Jellal's twin brother, and made us all call him Seigrain when he walked around without his disguise on.

I trusted Rogue and Yukino to help keep Sting in line, and as long as Gajeel stayed away from anyone he'd antagonize (and sulk in the corner as he likes to) he'd be fine.

Speaking of Gajeel…

I turned. Yep. Still sulking in a corner.

And glaring daggers at Natsu, Gray, Lyon, Jellal, Erik, Simon and Max.

It wasn't until I realized the connection that I rolled my eyes and approached him.

He might like to sulk, and it might even be better to keep things calmer, but this wasn't good for him.

"Ask her to dance, baka," I said.

He started, turning over to look at me. "Lynx?"

I stared down at him. "You're jealous, I can tell. All of the boys you're glaring at are dancing with the girl they like…except you. Why don't you go ask the girl you like to dance?"

He looked away.

Sometimes I forget that Gajeel is only a year younger than me – three years older than Natsu, Lucy and Levy.

Maybe people from the 300s were just small, or oddly sized, because Zeref didn't look his age…ever…and the slayers were still a bit smaller than they should be. Gajeel was still shorter than me (though still taller than Levy) and Natsu was still a few inches shorter than Lucy.

Wendy was even smaller than Levy was at the same age.

"I don't know how to dance," he muttered.

I rolled my eyes. "Who cares? If someone makes fun of you, just punch them in the face."

He didn't look as upset, but he was still nervous.

I sighed. "Gajeel, if you don't start dancing with her, I think Jet or Droy is going to ask…"

I was right, too, Jet was holding his hand out and was obviously getting ready to ask Levy.

Gajeel, before I could blink, was by their side, and in between them. I couldn't have gotten there faster if I teleported. Which I could've.

He gulped (I could see it from here) and held out his hand. "Dance with me," he said, not really meeting her eyes.

It was certainly a lot more open than in his last life, where he and Levy had practically danced around each other for ages until after Tartaros when they joined the Council together. I remember them dancing together but both pretended they didn't like it.

This time, Levy looked away, her face turning a darker shade, but she accepted the hand and dragged Gajeel onto the dance floor.

Despite that fact that Gajeel had no idea what he was doing, he was smiling, and Levy, though still red as a cherry, was beaming.

Erigor and Macbeth, who didn't dance with each other, stood off to the side, talking quietly.

I made a mental note to have a talk with Erigor.

All in all, it was a really fun night. We all played with Hisui, who was happy to see Yukino again, and was glad to meet Sting and Rogue and Wendy. As always, Hisui was extremely chatty, and I could see Sting going stir-crazy just waiting there. Sting liked to talk about himself. Hisui liked to talk about everything (and Sting didn't really come up on the list of topics).

Sting knew better than to interrupt a princess.

Poor guy.

I was holding Koku, who would be a year old in around four months, while I had a conversation with Toma about the talk he gave the Magic Council last year, about Fantasia. "Is there a time limit?" I asked him, rocking the girl back and forth.

He smirked at me. "Was there supposed to be?"

I smiled at him. "I think you'll like this year's parade."

I looked back down at Koku. "You're going to have a really crazy family, Koku. I'm afraid to say that your daddy's caught the Fairy Tail bug. But it's going to make life very interesting, and fun."

I tickled her, and the baby giggled, and then I was waylaid by Hisui who wanted attention from her godmother.

And wow, that really warmed my heart. I was Hisui's godmother. I passed Koku back to Mari and swooped Hisui into the air, running through the dance hall while she laughed.

We actually managed to make it through the party without breaking anything.

At the end of the day, everyone had fun, though Lucy was a bit sad.

Jude Heartfilia did not show up.

But no one expected him to, anyway.

"Erigor," I said to him.

He stopped on his floating path (hovering on his scythe) and turned to me. "Yeah, Elle?"

"Let's have a talk," I said.

He followed me outside, still not walking.

"You're going to get fat if you keep flying everywhere," I told him.

He hopped off of his death stick and turned to me. "What is it?"

I crossed my arms. "What are your intentions towards Macbeth?"

Erigor's mouth dropped open. "What?"

"What are your intentions towards my brother?" I hissed.

He shifted uncomfortably.

"Well?" I asked.

"...Waiting?" he asked.

"For what?" I asked him.

"A better answer?" he muttered.

I rolled my eyes. "I know you like him, and he likes you. I want to know where you want to go with this relationship."

"...Far?" Erigor suggested.

I stared at him. "How are you so awkward? No, you know what? You guys probably bond on your trouble with socializing."

He started blushing. "We...may have discussed that...but that's not why we like each other."

"So you admit it!" I declared. Though I wasn't quite sure whether I was talking about them admitting they liked each other or that they were socially awkward.

Erigor sighed, and nodded. "I'm willing to wait. There's four years between us. While he'll hit the legal requirement in December, I won't do anything until he's okay with it."

I smiled and hugged him. "Good. You have my blessing."

"Really?" he asked, shocked.

I nodded. "Yep. But break his heart-"

"You'll break my bones?" Erigor suggested.

"No," I said firmly. "I'll turn your dick into a pretzel."

I'mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

:D