Chapter 22
Rana pov
The room silenced quickly. I knew my relationship to Gajeel would come out eventually, it was only a matter of time seeing as Dia and Gajeel looked quite alike and though I felt guilty about hiding it I knew I couldn't tell him yet. I'd promised Anna I'd wait. I felt Master Makarov's eyes on me, I could tell he was looking for confirmation and not fishing for information when he'd asked. Unfortunately I didn't know what else to say other than the truth itself.
Makarov: "Why haven't you said anything to him yet?"
I started feeling teary eyed and I knew it showed.
Rana: "He won't remember until his trigger is set off and I'm not sure how long that'll be."
Makarov: "What's his story?"
Rana: "it's complicated..."
Makarov: "I won't pry but I would suggest you make sure it comes from you."
We sat listening to the silence. When I walked out of the room i felt the disappointment in the air. I could feel my chest tightening and my head spinning. I started running. I pushed away the feeling as best as I could with every step. I wished I could truly say how this mess came about.
Flashback
Limbs were flying toward me but I dodged and countered every single one. The match looked incredibly unequal to an untrained eye and most who didn't know me thought he was going to kill me but I knew I'd win. Acnologia couldn't maintain enough speed to land a punch and my magical attacks were quite strong and precise. My stepbrother was the only one who fought me other than the dragons now days and even then it was only because he was so obsessed with the idea that he needed to beat me before he could beat Maloret despite the fact I was younger and comically smaller than he was.
Rana: "SIREN DRAGON: ROAR!
My roar knocked him off his feet and into a tree. The fight was over, I could see it from where I was, he wasn't getting up. I realized I put too much power into that attack even with him being much larger than I was. I could take him to his knees sometimes with a flick of the wrist. I ran up to him so I could sit next to him till he woke up. I started scratching my sweat soaked scalp nervously. I felt guilty for taking him out the way I did but he always insisted we trained till he dropped. He was getting better though and his progress was astounding for someone who started dragonslayer training a year ago.
Last year things were different… he was in love with Llorona Balar, the daughter of Commander Leon. They had been engaged for two months before things started going south. Notes started appearing at Llorona's doorstep all signed Maloret Aramis. He was the first son of a higher ranking officer in Queen Belserion's army and he wanted her since he saw her in passing. Soon other things started appearing fancy clothes, shoes, jewelry, the works. None of it swayed her in the slightest but that was before her father was taken. A week before the wedding there was a note left from Maloret telling her what to do to get him back. No one said a thing. The Aramis family was not to be questioned and Acnologia was left to suffer.
Soon Acnologia tried facing Maloret and it was brutally one sided. Maloret humiliated him. Every punch and kick Acnologia threw was dodged and countered all while Maloret laughed in his face. After the fight I found him tied to the hour hand of the town clock about to fall as the hand was moving to four. After he started dragonslayer training.
Nigrum Lux was our only option for a dragon to teach him. He was a incredibly strange dragon who needed to sun himself constantly to absorb magic but he was more than capable of teaching as he'd taught three others so far. Acnologia was an unusual talent, unlike the others he could absorb magic from the sun like his dragon. It was rare to be able to match a dragon's signature power but he was able to hence his progress.
I wasn't sure how long I was sitting there, thinking, before my twin Dia materialized out of the woodwork.
Dia: "Hey sis, what're you doing?"
She walked up to Acnologia and popped him upside the head. He was still unconscious. I growled at her action.
Rana: "I'm waiting for this big lug to wake up...so what are you doing here?"
I felt my eyes narrow at the blonde. Dia always annoyed me with her big bold absent minded nature. She did whatever she wanted whenever she wanted. Everything about my twin screamed 'I don't care' and since she was here I knew she wanted something.
Dia: "Welllll I met this guy in town and I may need some help getting him to go out with me."
She smiled a eye blinding grin and looked at me in a pleading manor. I was going to tell her no but I was curious about who it was.
Rana: "Who is it?"
Dia smiled dreamilly to herself and mumbled.
Dia: "Jorik Aramis"