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Chapter 18
Mira
Once all the girls were safe Wendy recommended we all get some sleep. Something about Natsu and the others calming down, and then probably coming up with a new plan of attack. Gildarts came in looking a little rough to let us all know that all of Sabretooth and Crime Sorciere had come as backup.
With Lucy, Levy, Happy, Lily, Juvia, Gray, and Erza all up in the make shift infirmary with exhaustion and minor injuries it was a little gloomy in the house. So I stepped into the kitchen and whipped up some hot soup and fresh bread to warm the soul. I laughed at the sound of growling stomachs from the living room.
Within moments everyone was sitting around the common room smiling and chatting. It warmed me to see them all happy and looking more like the Fairy tail I know and love. It wasn't long before the guys outside took shifts to come in and enjoy the food and company. Soon we all took our showers and headed for bed with a rotating watch scheduled.
I climb into Erza's bed knowing she wouldn't mind. As we all had to share rooms and bunk together. Since she was healing up I got our bed to myself. I through myself onto the bed and giggle thinking of all my ships setting sail! A little guilt runs across my mind but I ignore it, if this hadn't happened it would have taken forever for everyone to get together.
Well there were a few exceptions like Kinana, and Levy those two were in the right direction. But Lucy, Yukino, and Minerva had so many complications; it made my head hurt to think of it. Why did they have to over think!? Why not just make adorable little babies!
I squeal and snuggle a pillow as soft knock is at my door. I calm myself down and hop out of bed to get it. "Hi Wendy! I know you must be tired but I had a few questions for you."
Wendy smiles at me stepping in and I can't help but admire her and her adorable pj's. "It's no problem Mira; I'll help the best I can."
I give her a quick hug and sit on the edge of the bed, "first of all thank you so much for everything you've done to help us. I know it couldn't have been easy especially when you see the other slayers are acting like a pack of sorts."
I let concern show on my face, "Erza mentioned you saying something about Natsu being your drake and some kind of authoritative command over you? I'm just bringing this up to make sure you aren't in trouble for helping Minerva and I."
Wendy starts to chew her lip and twiddle her fingers; her actions making my stomach knowing it can't be good. Before she could say anything Carla walked, "you had better tell the truth child or I will."
Wendy lets out a sigh, "I can keep helping you guys but only until Natsu actually orders me to stop."
"Everything child," Carla huffs.
"I'm getting there!" Wendy whines and I can't help but giggle at the two.
"It's alright Wendy whatever it is I'm sure I can help in some way," I soothe.
"Well so far it's going alright but I know now that Natsu's back he's going to either want me out of the way of any danger or he might ask me to do something. If the second part happens I'm really worried I won't be able to ignore him."
"And we don't expect you to Wendy. You have been amazing help; you saved so many just by even telling us what to do and what this even is." I pat her hand, "if you want us to put a barrier up to keep you out too we can or maybe we can have you help us trick them or something like that."
I tap my finger to my chin thinking, "hmmm I might have something but first I need to ask a few questions."
She nods, "I will do my best."
"What will happen to the slayers if we stay holed up in here?"
Wendy looks down, "I've told Master what will happen and he didn't want me to tell any of you so you won't…"
I grip her hand and smile softly, "its ok Wendy there wouldn't be any pressure on my part. I already made my decision a long time ago."
She smiles and relaxes, "each stage has a time limit as their instincts and hormones push their bodies to their limits. The lower ranked you are in the nest the shorter your sanity time period. They will eventually …, "she takes a deep breath, "they will go feral forever."
She looks me in the eye, "Master believes Ms. Porlyusica can come up with a potion to revert them back to normal. But Grandine really made sure I understood that there was no cure. I never knew why she made sure I remembered everything about this one specific disease but I'm guessing she knew…. She knew this would happen to Natsu and the others."
"Wendy is there any way the matches could be wrong?"
Wendy looks shocked, "no never! A dragon's soul mate isn't born their mate's life shapes them into who ends up being that dragon perfect fit. Grandine use to say it was a work of fate, that they would sculpt two dancers dancing through life and only being able complete their dance once their partner is found."
I smile and feel a warm feeling at the description, "so is there any reason to keep the gentlemen waiting?"
Wendy turns crimson at my comment with steam coming off of her face, "wwe—well umm y-you see…"
"My goodness child spit it out!" Carla huffs making me giggle.
Wendy smacks her cheeks and looks me square in the eye, "I had Ms. Porlyusica create a prevention potion. She was going to talk to all of you tomorrow about the side effects and how long it takes to kick in."
I smile, "alright that is a great start. You wouldn't happen to know that little detail would you?"
"Oh! Of course! It takes about 72 hours to be fully effective but I don't know the side effects." Wendy blushes looking at the floor.
"It's alright Wendy I can get that from Porlyusica later. So you mentioned that the first step is just a kiss right? Then it's the hunt?" I force my evil grin into a softer smile for Wendy.
She nods, "right the kiss starts the process but there's a little ceremony before that. Well not so much a ceremony as the dragon seeking permission to begin the process. See we slayers offer the beginning of a bond, which cannot be reserved or stopped once started."
"Once we have permission we seal a sliver of our magic into our mate. Then the hunt begins, the longer the hunt lasts the more of our magic will integrate into our mate. This will mean a stronger bond once the ceremony is complete. A strong bond can mean shared emotions, shared magical strength, telepathy, and even sharing some of Dragon Slayers attributes. That would be the strongest bond possible and also the most dangerous."
Wendy takes a breath, "While the longer the hunt last the better it is for the mate it's not so good for the dragon. Like I mentioned the longer their instincts and hormones drive them the closer to insanity they become. It is a very difficult dance if there isn't enough time for our power to seat itself into our mates then it will become poisonous." Wendy whispered the last part but I could still hear the pain in her voice.
"I'm so sorry you have to go through this," I hug her to me feeling a shiver run through her body. "All of us have been so worried over the rampaging dragon slayers we forgot to ask about you!"
Wendy shoots me a weak smile and goes back to fiddling with her fingers. Meanwhile a certain white exceed couldn't resist launching into a lecture on how those boys were causing more trouble by the day and how the rest of us were forgetting important details and over working poor Wendy.
However about half way into her well-meaning lecture Wendy and I both started to giggle which turned into full belly laughs.
"Well! I never!" Carla huffed but I caught the small smile on her face as Wendy apologized for being rude.
"Do you want to talk about it?" I ask once we've caught our breath.
She smiled shyly, "it's nothing to worry about Mira only males are affected by the Dragon King Sickness. There is a female version but since I'm the only dragoness, it'll be like normal dating. Plus I found my mate and am just waiting for him to catch up."