Hey ladies and Gentlemen! Thank you so much for the kind reviews they are always appreciated and definitely keep me going. I've decided since the chapters are taking me longer to write now I'll be publishing a new chapter every other sunday. I know I'm sorry but I'm due any day now :) and I'm a little busy preparing for baby #2. So again I'd love to thank you all for your patience and I hope you enjoy this next chapter. We will be building up some momentum and moving onto the next phase :) yes I am rubbing my hands together and cackling evilly!

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Chapter 25

Gray made his way to tallest point on the field, sure the icebergs were sinking but it was slow going. "Tch, just gonna hide until there's no where left for me to stand."

"Not quite," Natsu appeared behind Gray and punched him off his perch towards the lava.

Gray created a ramp to slide himself to another iceberg but Natsu met him with a kick back towards the lava. This happened again and again until Gray had no where else to land. Wendy closed her eyes as Gray fell towards the lava.

"Sub Zero Terra!" Gray turned midair landing in a crouch and slamming his fists turning the lava to ice. Instead of freezing just enough for him to land on Gray frozen all the lava forcing Natsu to pop out from his underground burrow. Natsu smirked and dove at Gray picking up speed. His wings curled around him and he begun to spin turning himself into a human drill.

Gray put up a shield to protect himself but Natsu just had to much power and momentum; the shield cracked. A cloud of ice and steam flew up covering the battle field. Natsu suddenly appeared in front of Wendy dumping an unconscious Gray on the ground. He turned to the other Slayers and growled, "any objections?"

All the other slayers threw their heads back and roared to the sky in acknowledgment. Just as suddenly as the roaring started it stopped each one bowing and tilting their heads exposing their necks to Natsu.

Natsu gave a subtle nod and started sniffing the air, within moments his head snapped towards town. He turned meeting each slayers' gaze before taking off into the woods heading towards town.

The lacrama tried to follow Natsu through the forest but someone came from behind and smashed it. Everyone in the room watching the replay was silent with shock until Master appeared clapping his hands. Everyone slowly joined in as Master made those who fought stand up. Bellows, whistles, and cheers rang out congratulating those who stood their ground and went toe to toe against Natsu.

"Alright Brats, I need you all to clear out except for Mira, Levy, Kinana, Lucy, Wendy, Yukino, and Minerva. There is a list by the door assigning everyone to a job such as guard duty, rebuilding damaged locations in town, and meal prep work."

Slowly Fairy Hills emptied leaving the ladies requested, they kept busy by cleaning up breakfast then making their way back to the common room. Once they were seated Master paced in front of them for a bit before Porlyusica snapped, "Oh enough stalling! They need this information all of it!"

Master's shoulders sagged, "my dears the old crone is right. Oopmh!"

Everyone chuckled as Mira helped Master up and Porlyusica muttering under her breathe about an old fool. "Alright, alright I must apologize to all of you especially you young Wendy. I asked you to with hold information from your fellow guild mates and for that I apologize."

Master gripped Wendy's hands and bowed his head in regret. "Master its ok, I understand and I know everyone will too," Wendy wrapped her arms around him and gave him a gentle squeeze.

After a few moments Levy cleared her throat, "sorry to interrupt Master but what information was being withheld?"

"Yes of course," Master patted Wendy's head and let her sit back down. "I will get to that but Porlyusica has a more time sensitive matter to discuss with all."

The old crone herself stood up and cut straight to the chase, "I've created a batch of pregnancy prevention potion for all of you. It will take 72 hours before the desired effects are in full swing. Now as for side effects and dosage, you will need to take it every month. It may cause some moods swings, however each of you are going to react differently. If you wish to carry on with taking it I can adjust it to each of you depending on the side effects you are feeling."

"Wendy has told me the entirety of this sickness so I made this batch the strongest I could if you decide to become their mates. I am not here to judge you or embarrass you this is about your safety and your future."

She nods and hands each of the girls a vial, "now go on and we can continue with this discuss. You need to take this as soon as possible but I will not take away your choice. Wendy has told me there is almost 100% probability that you will become pregnant after your first mating without any deterrents."

She met every wide eyed gaze in the room, "this is a serious decision you all have to make. I was unable to come up with any solution to cure your guild mates. I did create a potion with the help of our guest to extend their hold on their sanity."

Levy and Lucy piped up, "What's wrong with their sanity?"

While Mira raised a brow and asked, "guest? What guest?"

"I'll explain that, " Anna Heartfelia walked into the room and straight to Lucy for a hug. "I wish I would've thought of informing all of you before this happened."

"Anna!" Lucy felt a weight leave her shoulders at the appearance of her distant relative.

Anna smiled and pulled a chair in front of where the girls all sat. "To start I'll cover just what is happening and I'll include the information Wendy and Master withheld from all of you. To start this is called Dragon King Sickness, it happens when a true Dragon King comes of age. This has only happened in recorded human history twice, with Igneel and Acnologia. Once with a full dragon and once with a dragon slayer. The Dragon's had passed stories of this down through the ages as they were here before even us."

"There are signs that can predict a coming of age for a Dragon, however there are almost no signs for Dragon Slayers. However Igneel had a feeling Natsu would have this particular trait. We never figured out if it was because Igneel was a King himself that he could tell or if he simply thought it was going to happen because of Natsu's unique heritage."

"Natsu has already sunk into his instinctual state of mind, as have the others. Master has mentioned they all seemed to have herded you all here, in which he is correct. Natsu has completed the preparations needed to creating his nest which for him would pretty much be his kingdom. He has his second in command which unsurprisingly is Gajeel much as Metalicana was Igneel's commander."

"Laxus has been placed as the enforcer which is a third in command. Wendy as Medical leader which places her as fourth in command but sometimes her orders will only be trumped by Natsu himself. Then Cobra is in place of the informant which is the position of eyes and ears of the nest. Sting and Rogue would have positions of guardians, which would make them responsible for the safety and security of the nest."

"Each of these positions are extremely important to the health and structure of the nest. Now that Natsu has created a kingdom he needs a queen and a partner as do his nest mates. The instinct is driving them to claim you their mates and bring about the next generation. Now that being said let me make something very clear. The slayers are not being forced against their will in any shape or form nor are their instincts wrong about their mate."

Anna turned to meet every single girl in the eye, "they are your other half whether you believe in fated pairs, soul mates, or true love. A Dragon's mate is not instant and is never love at first sight, its a bond developed over time. There are qualities a Dragon Slayer's instincts can and will recognize right off. This will place that person in a special status and they will pay special attention to them. Sometimes this special attention is intentional, sometimes its unconscious, and sometimes it can even be aggressive."

Levy raised her hand halting Anna's explanation, "sorry to interrupt but what exactly do you mean by aggressive? Also this is all great information I feel like we should be writing this all down."

Anna nodded, "well as to your first question. If a slayer is in a hostile mind set when coming upon a person that peaks their instincts interest, well it can lead them to seek them out and mark their in a semi permanent way. Or they will feel drawn to them and it will make them angrier that they are feeling such a thing and it might cause them to even harm that person."

Levy nodded in acknowledgment and each of the girls each put a comforting hand on her. Anna gave her a soft smile, "as for you feeling the need to write everything down there won't be any need for that as I have already done so. As a matter of fact I'll be sending you all to retrieve it as there is a spell within its pages to help dull the slayers instincts long enough that your claiming won't be ...so Draconian and more humane."