Author's Note 1: I don't own anything except my OCs and original magic.

Chapter 11: Morningstar and the Dragon Egg

Midday rolled over the East Forrest of Magnolia. As the creatures went about their day, four wizards were seated at the bed of the local lake. Natsu, Alyssa, Happy and Lucy all had fishing rods (which were actually sticks with strings) in the water.

"Come on, I have a novel to write ya know. Why'd you have to drag me along on your stupid fishing trip?" Lucy complained.

"Ah, stop complaining. Besides, you just said you had writer's block, didn't ya?" Natsu replied.

"Aye. And nothing can get your creative juices flowing like a change of pace." Happy chimed in.

"Ya, but why does it have to be fishing?"

"Cause fish is my very most favoritist food." The blue cat replied with glee.

"Come on, Lucy. Think of this as a team building exercise." Alyssa said.

"If it's a team building exercise, then where's Zeke?" The blonde asked.

"Probably with his parents." The dragon-slayer answered. "I mean Amelia's been away for two months, so they'd probably want to make up for lost time."

"Oh ya." Lucy remembered before getting giddy. "I still can't believe I'm part of the same guild Amelia's in. She's like one of my heroes."

"Pretty cool, right?" Happy said. Suddenly, Natsu's line started tugging and the salmon-haired wizard stood up.

"Woah, I got one!"

"Watch out, it looks like a whooper!" Happy exclaimed.

"Quick, pull it in!" Alyssa said.

"Leave it to me!" With a powerful yell, Natsu pulled the fish out of the water. Said fish was a red serpentine-like creature that was bigger than all of them.

"It's huge!" An astonished Lucy stated.

"Oppa!" Happy cheerfully replied.

"We're eating good tonight!" Alyssa cheered as a nearby Reedus painted the scene with a smile on his face.

"Look at that. Just like the good old days." The painter said.

Lucy started sweat-dropping as Happy did his 'happy fish' dance. "I knew you were immature, but this is a new low."

But instead of a reply, Happy looked at the fish and yelled in shock as Natsu had used his fire magic to cook it.

"Now that looks tasty." Natsu said as he looked over his meal.

"You ruined it! Fish tastes better if you eat it raw!" The upset cat chimed in.

"Happy, you've never even eaten grilled fish." Alyssa replied.

"And why would I do that when it only takes a sec to grill it up?"

"'Cause that's how I wanted to eat it!" The blue cat cried until he felt Alyssa pet his head.

"Come on, little guy. Didn't you say you wanted expand your palette? You can't survive off of an all-raw fish diet." The orange-haired woman replied.

"Well...I did say that." Happy begrudgingly admitted.

"So try some." Natsu said as took off a small piece and held out for the cat, who looked at the cooked meat cautiously. "Come on, it won't bite."

Happy looked at the piece of fish and bite down. After a few experimental chews, the cat sallowed it and a smile appeared on his face. "Wow, it's actually pretty good!"

"See? That wasn't so bad!" Natsu said, only to feel a tug on his ear and seeing his girlfriend with a disappointed look. "What was that for?"

"You still should've asked if Happy wanted to have it grilled."

"But I'm the one who caught it." The salmon-haired wizard whined. "And besides, he ended up liking it."

"That's not the point!" Alyssa said as she placed her hands on her hips. "What you did was just rude. You should apologize."

"Alright, Happy I'm sor..." Natsu began as he looked down, only to notice Happy disappeared from his spot and was eating another chunk of the grilled fish.

"Apology accepted!" The cat said through a full mouth.

"Hey, don't eat it all." Alyssa said.

"Ya, save some for us!" Natsu yelled. As the three started eating the large fish, Lucy looked with a smile on her face.

'It's kind of like they're a family.' The blonde thought to herself.

"Hey Lucy, you want some?" Natsu asked as he held out a piece of meat for her.

"No thanks. I think I'm just gonna go hang at the guild."

"Okay, see ya later then." Alyssa waved to her teammate, Lucy doing the same as she started to walk away. As she walked towards the guild, she thought about the three she had left at the lake to have their meal and how Zeke was spending time with his parents. She sighed and just keep walking until she reached the guild and entered, asking if Alexander was around as she wanted to learn more about Celestial Arms. Levy told the celestial wizard that he was helping Mirajane down in the Fairy Tail Archives. But as she reached the lower levels of the guild hall, she stopped when she heard something suspicious.

"A little lower." She heard Mirajane's voice.

"I know. Believe or not, I don't do this that often." After a few seconds..."Damn, these are huge."

Hearing a giggle from Mirajane confused Lucy a bit as she placed her ear on the door. But then she remembered about how the white-haired barmaid blushed like crazy because of Alexander's flirting and now these two were alone in a room. 'No way! They wouldn't! Would they?' But as she thought to herself, Lucy leaned against the door to much and fell into the archives.

"Oh, is that you Lucy?" The blonde got up and saw that Mirajane as placing some books on one of the higher shelves while Alexander was busy sorting some large almanacs.

"I thought you and others went fishing?" The one-eyed pirate stated.

Seeing that they weren't doing what she thought they were doing, Lucy got up and cleared her mind of any dirty thoughts. "Well, I got bored and wanted to ask you something."

"If you can lend a hand with this stuff while we talk that'd be great." Alexander said. Lucy (not really minding handling books) nodded and the three went to work cleaning up the archives.

"So what was your question?" Alexander asked as he stacked a bunch of books on a desk.

"I wanted ask you about the Celestial Arms." Lucy said as she climbed a ladder and started placing books in their proper place. "Is that something you buy in shop or find as part of treasure?"

"Actually it's none of that." The blue-haired wizard answered as he pulled out his saber. "Believe it or not, these babies actually came from inside me."

Seeing the confusion on the two women's faces, Alexander sighed. "Okay, maybe I should let someone more qualified explain." He took out one of his red keys and held it out. "Open, Gate of the Rooster - Gongji!" From the gate came a spirit that Lucy recognized from when Alexander used his Final Wave spell back on Galuna. Same dapper suit and multi-colored mohawk as he landed with a rooster call.

"Thank you calling upon me, Captain." The lanky spirit said as he gave a respectable bow. He then stood up and noticed the guild mark on his wizard's eyepatch. "I see you've the Fairy Tail Guild since Galuna."

"Spot on as always." Alexander said as he motioned to the two ladies in the room. "Lucy, Mirajane. This is Gongji, my most intelligent spirit."

"Pleasure to meet you." Mirajane said with a curtsy.

"Mine as well." He looked up and saw Lucy up above. "And you must be the other Celestial Wizard Hu told me about."

"That's her alright. She wanted to know more about the Celestial Arms."

A smile emerged on the rooster spirit's face as he pulled out a light pen from his pocket. "Very well." With astonishing speed, Gongji had draw an elaborate diagram showing a Celestial Wizard holding a key out and a swirling mass of golden energy inside the wizard's body. "You see, Celestial Magic usual works like this. The caster channels their magical energy through the key to create a gate that allows Celestial Spirits like myself to travel in between our two worlds. But what a lot of Celestial wizards don't realize is that every time they summon a spirit, they are exposed to the magical energies of the Celestial World which mixes in with their own energy."

"You make it sound like a disease." Lucy said, a bit uncomfortable by the fact that she had been slowly absorbing celestial energy.

"Rest assured, Lucy. There are no detrimental side effects. And it's this mixture of personal magic energy and cosmic magic energy that eventually creates a Celestial Arm." The rooster spirit then drew two diagrams: One featured a figure covered in light while the other figure held an axe in it's arms. "When the Celestial Wizard's inner energy reaches the right point, they can manifest their Arm. Usually this is brought on in a moment of passion or a life & death situation."

"He's right. My arms manifested when I was fighting a shark." Alexander stated, making Lucy sweat-drop at how nonchalantly he said it before fully processing what Gongji said.

"So I just have be in a moment of passion for my Arms to appear?"

"That or almost die." The rooster replied.

"Ya, I'm gonna try to avoid that." The blonde said as she sat on the ladder. "Anyway, can you elaborate on the attack you guys used on Galuna?"

"Ah, you mean the Final Wave. You see, since the Gate Keys and Celestial Arms share similar properties, the Arms usually have a keyhole meant to unleash a powerful spell. The downside is that the key used for the attacks needs to be a spirit that hasn't been called on during the same day and they need to give the Wizard permission to use their energy."

"So that's why you weren't corporeal when Alexander used your key." Lucy reasoned getting a nod from the rooster.

"Is there anything else you'd like to know?"

"No, that's about it for now. Thanks." Lucy said with a smile.

"Good work, old friend." Alexander congradulated his spirit.

"Always happy to help. Please don't hesitate to call me again." Gongji said as the returned to the celestial world.

"Well, looks there's a lot more to Celestial Magic than I thought." Mirajane said as the three went back to cleaning. But as she placing books back, Lucy found a painting in between one of the books and pulled it out.

"Hey, Mira? Do you know what this is?" Lucy said as she climbed down the ladder and showed the other two occupants the painting featuring several children, young adults and a blue dragon-like creature.

"Oh wow! I haven't seen that painting in forever!" Mira said with a smile.

"Is this you guys as kids?" Alexander asked, getting a nod from the barmaid.

"I'm guessing this shirtless kid is Gray. But who's the girl next to him?" Lucy asked.

"That's Cana."

"Really, that's the lady who dresses like a Bondala dancer?" The blue-haired pirate asked, then noticing a young Wakaba, Macao, a noticeably thinner Lyle and a glasses wearing Amelia.

Lucy then noticed two kids underneath the dragon creature. One was a brown-haired boy with a green shirt, black shorts, sandals, swirly glasses and a pendant hanging off his left wrist. The other was a tiny orange-haired girl in a red sundress and shoes. But what really got her attention was the purple guild mark on her cheek.

"That's Zeke and Alyssa?" Lucy asked, getting a nod from Mira. "Wow, I almost didn't recognize them." She then saw a smiling salmon-haired boy riding the dragon creature. "But I'd recognize that face and pink hair anywhere. But what's that dragon thing."

"That's Happy." The white-haired woman said, making the two Celestial Wizards do a double-take of the painting.

"Okay, I think some explanations are in order." Alexander stated, still disbelieving that the flying cat was once a dragon.

Years ago...

It was an average day in the East Forrest as a salmon-haired boy trained by punching a tree. The exact spot he was punching had cartoon image of a black-haired boy and a demonic red-haired girl on a piece of wood that he keep punching over and over. "Stupid Erza and Gray! You stink!"

"Erza kicked your butt again, didn't she?" The boy turned and saw this two best friends walking towards him. The brown-haired down his a smile on his face while the orange-haired girl with a concerned look.

"No...she just took me surprise, that's all!"

"Why do you keep challenging her?" The girl asked. "You know she's way stronger than you."

"She's not stronger than me, Alyssa! She's just a cheater!" Natsu exclaimed.

"So slamming you into a wall when you charge at her is considered cheating?" Zeke asked. "You have a weird definition of cheating."

"Just shut up and let me train!" Natsu yelled as he reared his fist back and punched the tree so hard that the birds flew away. However, his fist became bright red as the salmon-haired boy held back some tears of pain.

"Are you okay?" Alyssa asked.

"Sure I am." Natsu lied through gritted teeth. "That didn't hurt at all." Suddenly, a large egg flew on his head, knocking him back.

"Natsu!" The two yelled as they rushed to his aid.

"What the heck?" The salmon-haired boy groaned as he sat up and the three of them looked at the large egg.

"What kind of egg is that?" Alyssa asked.

"Doesn't look like any egg I've ever seen." Zeke said as he adjusted his swirly glasses. "But the flame markings do look really cool."

"Flame markings?" Natsu said as he inspected the egg, an idea suddenly forming in his head. "It's a dragon egg!"

"You think so?" Zeke asked as the three looked it over. "Hm. You might be right about that."

"Wow! A real dragon egg!" Alyssa said in glee.

"Come on, let's show everyone at the guild!" Natsu said as he grabbed the egg and ran off.

"Natsu, wait up!" The orange-haired girl said as she and Zeke chased after their energetic friend. A few minutes later, the three kids entered the busy guild.

"Hey you guys! Check out this awesome egg I just found!" Natsu exclaimed, getting everyone's attention.

"You mean we found it!" Zeke corrected.

"Where in blazes did you three pick up that thing?" Makarov asked.

"We found it in the east forest." Alyssa said.

"Look at that." A shirtless black-haired boy said. "I guess you guys are good for something after all. You gonna fry it up for us?"

"Gray, your clothes!" A blushing brunette girl said, making the young ice wizard panic.

"We're not frying it, you half-naked imbecile!" Zeke said as he adjusted his glasses. "We plan on hatching it!"

"Ya, can't you see it's a dragon's egg?" Natsu stated.

"Are you guys sure about that?" Cana asked.

"Well just look at the markings." Alyssa said as she pulled out a pillow that Natsu placed the egg on. "What other kind of creature would lay something like that besides a dragon?"

"So anyway Gramps, why don't you hatch the dragon with a spell?" Natsu asked the older man who was sitting on the bar counter.

"Don't be a fool. Using magic for such a purpose would dishonor the miracle of life. You see, life is born from love and love alone. No spell can transcend that power."

"Sorry, Gramps. I don't think I'm following ya." The salmon-haired boy replied, making Makarov sigh.

"Well, you'll understand when you grow up."

"He's saying if you want it to hatch, you have to work hard make it happen on your own." The kids turned and saw Erza walking towards them. "Since you usually just burn and break things all day, it might be nice to try something more productive for once."

"Erza!" Alyssa yelled as she cowered behind Natsu.

"I've been looking for you, Erza!" The redhead turned and saw Mirajane glaring at her with a smirk. "Why don't we pick off where we left off? Come and get some!"

"Oh no, not again." Zeke said as he started to sweat as the armored redhead turned around to face her rival.

"Mira. You know now that you mention it, we never did finish our match, did we?"

The two girls glared at each other until they charged.

"I'm gonna bury you alive!" Mira yelled.

"I'll make you beg for mercy!" Erza yelled as the two started their brawl, the two exchanging some very harsh insults at each other.

"Oh sure, she's all mad when we get in a fight, but she can wreck the whole guild whenever she wants." Gray said.

"Hypocrite." Alyssa whispered under her breath, no one but Natsu hearing it.

"Stop this foolishness at once!" A voice yelled as a circular shield flew and knocked the two brawling girls back. The silver shield returned to it's owner, a young boy about a year older than Natsu with spiky brown hair, black eyes, a brown shirt, black wristbands, shorts and shoes. "This hall is a place of relaxation! Not for you wenches to destroy with your petty squabbles!"

"Nice timing as usual, Jack." Zeke greeted as Natsu fist-bumped the shield-using boy.

"Hi." Alyssa greeted the oldest of the group.

"And hello to you too my friends." The boy looked and saw the egg. "I see you three have found quite the bounty."

"Yup, it's a dragon egg!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Fantastic, Sir Natsu! Are you planning on hatching it?" The three nodded in response. "Even more fantastic! A magnificent beast such as this will make a fine edition to our band of heroes!"

"Oh really? You guys? Heroes? Give me a break!" An angry Mirajane said as she got up and scowled at the new arrival. "You four couldn't save a cat!"

"Hold your tongue, demoness! You speak to next great hero of Fiore! For someday, the name Jackson Zephyr will be counted amongst the greats like Samuel, the Holy Knight!" The black-eyed boy proclaimed.

"Oh please. Samuel defeated Zeref! You only got lucky by blind sighting me!" Mirajane yelled as her magical energy started flowing. "You wouldn't last three seconds in a fair fight against me!"

"You would care to test that statement?" Jack said as he got into a fighting pose. However, Erza got back up and socked Mira in the jaw.

"Don't ignore me!" The redhead yelled as the two girls started fighting once again. Seeing that his challenger was gone, Jack sighed and placed his shield on his back.

"Those two never stop, do they?"

"Not really." The group turned and saw a young girl with short white hair and a pink dress approach them, the sight of which brought a slight blush to the young shield wizard's face.

"Lady Lisanna! How are you this fine day?" Jack asked in a much chipper move. The white-haired girl giggled at her friend's greeting.

"I'm great, thanks. But you don't have to keep calling me Lady Lisanna. Just Lisanna is fine."

"Um...well...it wouldn't be proper." The taller boy said with as he rubbed his head in embarrassment as his friends watched.

"Aw, you guys are so cute." Alyssa teased making Jack blush brighter and Lisanna blush a little.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about Lady Alyssa. There's nothing going on between me and Lady Lisanna!" Jack quickly replied as Lisanna pouted that he used the 'Lady' prefix again.

"Anyway, I was wondering if guys needed help raising that egg." Lisanna said to the others.

"You really want to help?" Natsu asked, getting a nod.

"I never tried raising a dragon. I bet it'll be real fun."

"Only one way to find out. First, we need to hatch it." Zeke stated.

"And how do you suppose we accomplish that, Sir Zeke?" Jack asked.

"I think you're suppose to warm it up." Lisanna said.

"Correct." Zeke said, not noticing the smirk on Natsu's face. "I guess I could try and put together a heat lamp and..." But he was interrupted as Natsu grabbed the egg and started breathing a torrent of fire on it. "WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?!"

"Stop it, Natsu!" Alyssa said as she grabbed the egg in a burst of speed. "What were you thinking?"

"Ya, we're suppose to hatch the egg, not poach it." Lisanna chastised her salmon-haired friend.

"Sorry, but when I heard you guys say we needed to warm it up, I thought I could speed things up a bit." An apologetic Natsu said. Seeing this, Alyssa sighed as she walked towards the dragon-slayer.

"Look, I get that you were trying to help. But next time, just think a little bit before you do something reckless." The orange-haired girl said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll remember." Natsu replied with a smirk. As the two smiled at each other, Lisanna looked at the two and giggled.

"Alright, guys. Just sit back and let my magic handle this." Lisanna said as she held out her hand, a pink magic circle appearing. "Take-Over: Animal Soul!" When the light faded, the group saw that Lisanna had transformed in a large green bird with pink feathers and clapped.

"Great idea!" Zeke said.

"So cool!" Alyssa cheered.

"Woah, you're a bird!" Natsu stated.

"Splendid! Absolutely splendid, Lady Lisanna!" Jack complemented as Lisanna wrapped the egg up in her wings.

"We're experts when it comes to hatching eggs."

Watching this, a young boy sighed and looked down with sadness, getting the attention of a nearby brunette girl.

"Elfman, what's the matter?" Cana asked.

"My little sister's perfected the Full-Body Take Over but I'm still having trouble with it. I'm a sucky wizard." The white-haired boy replied.

"Oh, I forgot you guys used the same magic."

"If I was as strong as her, I could turn into a bird and look for my parakeet."

"Parakeet?" The young girl asked.

"We used to be the best of friends, till he flew away." Elfman replied. "Man, I wish I had an egg to hatch like they do."

"Aw, come on, Elfman. Don't be such a sad sack." The white-haired boy turned as Gray took a seat next to him. "You'll probably find your bird one of these days. You just got to be patient."

Hearing this brought a small smile to the taller boy's face. "Thanks, Gray. By the way, you know you're still not wearing a shirt, right?"

"DAMN IT!"

A few minutes later, Natsu, Alyssa, Zeke, Jack and Lisanna traveled to the park as that seemed like better place to hatch the egg, the other four watching the egg as Lisanna keep it covered with her wings.

"You guys are starting make me nervous."

"I apologize." Jack replied.

"You sure it's gonna hatch if we sit like this?" Natsu asked as Zeke was taking notes. Lisanna nodded her head in response.

"It gets kind of boring though." After the Take-Over wizard said this, the group suddenly noticed the egg started to move. All of a sudden, it jumped up, knocking Lisanna back as it floated in the air.

"It's a cursed egg!" Jack screamed.

"Oh no!" Alyssa yelled.

"Calm down! I don't think it's cursed." Zeke said as he took some more notes, hiding the fact that he was freaking out inside.

"What's going on?" Natsu asked, taken by surprise as the egg landed in hands.

"Maybe it wants you to hold onto it." Alyssa reasoned.

"Really? Is that it, egg?" Natsu asked it. The egg tapped and moved in response. "Wow, that's so cool!"

"How is this possible?" Jack asked.

"It's probably like when a human baby kicks in their mother's stomach." Zeke reasoned, making the group look at him in surprise. "What? Didn't you guys know that human babies come from Moms?"

"How does that work?" Lisanna asked.

"Not sure. Dad said he'd tell me the rest of it when I got older."

"Well anyway, I'd don't we build a little place to keep the egg warm?" The white-haired girl suggested.

"You mean like a secret base?" Natsu asked in excitement.

"Sounds cool." Alyssa replied.

"Hear, hear!" Jack chimed in. A few minutes later, the kids arrived in the forest near Magnolia and Natsu quickly went to work on making a house of rocks, despite Zeke's protest.

"How about that? Is that the coolest house or what?" Natsu asked as he slammed the last stone into place. As if an answer to that, the cave-like house instantly collapsed on itself, harshing the dragon-slayer's spirits.

"Told ya that wouldn't work." Zeke said.

"You don't have to rub it in!" Natsu yelled as his friend. "I'd like to see you come up with something better!"

A smirk appeared on the brunette's face as he adjusted his glasses. "Challenge accepted!" He took out three pieces of paper and wrote on them before giving one to Natsu, Alyssa and Jack. "I'll need you three to fetch these materials." The three nodded and went off to collect them. "Lisanna, got a form that can build stuff?"

"Yup." The white-haired girl said as she cast her Take-Over magic again, this time transforming into a large purple bunny. "How's this?"

"Perfect!" Zeke said as he started drawing on another piece of paper. Soon the other three kids brought their materials and Zeke showed Lisanna the drawing he had made. In a few minutes, the Take-Over wizard finished building a small but sturdy straw hut and the five decided to check out the inside.

"It's actually pretty roomy." Natsu commented as they walked over the straw floor. Alyssa laid down and sighed.

"And it's comfy."

"You did a most excellent job, Lady Lisanna." Jack stated, making the white-haired girl blush at the complement but pout at the honorific.

"Good job team." Zeke said as the group relaxed for a bit until Lisanna piped up.

"You know, it's kind of like we're a family." She said, making the others look at her funny.

"What do you mean?" Alyssa asked.

"Well, you and Natsu are like the mommy and daddy, me, Zeke and Jack are the aunt and uncles, and the egg is like your baby that hasn't been born yet." After she said this, the orange-haired girl had a full-body blush while the salmon-haired boy felt his cheeks turn red.

"L-Lisanna, what are you saying?!" Alyssa yelled in embarrassment.

"A family?" Natsu said as he looked at Alyssa and then back to his friends. "You know, that doesn't sound half bad."

Hearing this made the orange-haired girl calm down a bit as their friends look on with knowing smiles, unaware that someone was watching them from a distance.

The next day, Natsu, Alyssa and Zeke showed Lisanna and Jack the tree were they had found the egg. However, their were spotted by a Gorian AKA a forest Vulcan. And those things tended to have a certain favorite food.

"Give me the egg!" The green & purple creature said with drool coming down his lips. The five kids took a stance as Natsu put the down behind him.

"You want this egg, you gotta go through me!" The boy yelled as he charged.

"Natsu, wait!" Alyssa yelled as Natsu started to punching the Gorian in the stomach, having little to no effect as it smacked the salmon-haired boy away. Seeing this made the small orange-haired girl scowl as she channeled her magic through her body and took off in a blast of speed. "You stupid monkey!" She yelled as she socked the forest vulcan in the nose, actually managing to harm and tick off the ape. The monster keep swinging, only for the tiny wizard to evade his blows.

"We have to help!" Zeke proclaimed as he conjured his bow.

"Agreed." Jack said as he drew his shield. "This foul beast must be stopped!"

"I can help too!" Lisanna said but was stopped by Jack's shield.

"Nay, Lady Lisanna. We need you to protect the egg. We'll handle the creature." Jack said with a confident smile. The Take-Over wizard looked in astonishment before nodded and taking the egg behind the tree.

"I won't lose to a monkey!" Natsu yelled as he got up and socked the forest vulcan with an ignited fist. However, this only pushed the vulcan back a bit.

"Arch Shot: Arrow!" Zeke yelled as her conjured a single arrow and fired, hitting the vulcan on the side as Jack jumped into the air.

"Shield Crash!" The spiky-haired boy yelled as a yellow magic circle appeared behind him and he rocketed down, slamming the vulcan back a bit. "Shield Bash!" Using his magic to increase the density of his shield, Jack smashed the vulcan in the stomach. "Comrades, don't let up! Keep attack!"

"You don't have tell me twice!" Natsu replied as he sucked in some air for his next attack. "Fire Dragon Roar!"

"Arch Shot: Drill Arrow!" Zeke yelled, the energy and fire attacks hitting the gorian and causing it to stagger as Alyssa came in for the final strike.

"Consider this a warning to the rest of your friends! Hundred-strike punch!" While normally Alyssa's small stature wouldn't do much, the damage from her friend's spells provided the tiny girl a chance to knock the monkey out.

"You did it!" Lisanna cheered as she out from the behind the tree, the egg safely with her. After that bit of excitement, the group decided to relax on the hill near their secret base as it started to rain, hurrying to the make sure the egg didn't get cold.

"Good thing we got here in time. The rain doesn't seem to be stopping." Zeke stated as the five sat in their little hut, Natsu keeping the egg warm with his body heat. Suddenly, the group heard Natsu's stomach growling.

"Sorry." The embarrassed dragon-slayer said.

"Hey Natsu, I was wondering something." Zeke said. "You live alone, right? So who cooks your meals for you?"

"I just eat at the guild."

"But doesn't that mean you pay for them?" Jack asked.

"Well ya. Why else would I work all the time?"

"Ah, that's sad." Lisanna chimed in, before getting a mischievous smirk on her face. "You know, I bet Alyssa wouldn't mind cooking dinner for you if you asked."

"Wha..." Alyssa said as her full-body blush came back.

"Woah! You can cook?" Natsu asked his orange-haired friend, making her blush some more as she twidled her fingers.

"Um...well...I'm mean...I can cook, but just not well." Hearing this made Natsu sigh.

"There you again, selling yourself short." The salmon-haired wizard said, making the girl look at him in confusion. "You say you're not a good wizard, but you were the one who knocked out that stupid vulcan. And your cooking probably tastes good too." He gave her a reassuring smirk, making the tiny girl calm down.

"Thanks, Natsu." The speed wizard replied.

"Ah, they looooove each other." Lisanna whispered to Jack and Zeke, making the two boys chuckle. As the day ended, the five decided to have a sleep-over (after Zeke had went and gotten permission from his parents) and formed a circle with the egg in the middle. However, the day came and...

"AHHH!" Natsu yelled, waking up the the rest of his friends. "THE EGG'S GONE!"

"WHAT?!" Alyssa yelled as she quickly looked through the shack. "Where is it?!"

The five kids quickly ran towards the guild, entering in a panic. "Alright, which one of you jerks stole my egg?!"

"Why would we want your dumb egg?" Gray asked.

"Laxus, did you take it?!" Natsu yelled at the teenage lightning wizard.

"Ya, right." The blond teen replied as he went back to ignoring everyone.

"Erza, you wouldn't happen to have seen the egg, right?" Alyssa said as she gave the redhead an accusing glare.

"Now, now. Don't jump to conclusions." The armored girl answered.

"Did you take it, Mira?" Lisanna asked her older sister.

"Oh course not." The demoness stated before turning towards Natsu. "You ate it, didn't you pinky?"

"That's it! You're going down!" The dragon-slayer yelled as he started to brawl with the older white-haired girl.

"Cease and desist!" Jack said as he jumped in between the two. "Brawling amongst ourselves won't help find our missing egg."

"It'll make me feel better." Natsu whispered.

"Aw, you're cute when you cry." Mirajane mocked the younger boy.

"I'm not crying!" The salmon-haired boy yelled.

"This isn't a joke, Mira!" Alyssa exclaimed.

"Well, well. Tiny finally gets some guts."

"Shut up!" The orange-haired girl replied.

"Poor egg." A sad Lisanna said.

"You know, I heard Elfman say that he wanted his own egg the other day." Cana stated, getting their attention.

"Really, he doesn't seem like the kind of person to steal an egg." Zeke said.

"Hey guys." The kids turned and saw the aforementioned Strauss sibling carrying the egg. "Sorry I caused trouble."

"So you stole the egg?" Lisanna asked.

"Well...you guys toss some much in your sleep, I was worried the it wouldn't get enough warmth." The tan boy explained, making the group look in surprise. "I'm not good with magic, but I figured I could at least help with the egg."

"You know, you could've just asked to help and then we could've avoided all this." Zeke said as the taller boy rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Whatever. Thanks for watching after it." Natsu said as Elfman handed him the egg back.

"See? And you guys thought I stole it." Mira said.

"That's because it usually is your fault." Erza stated, making her rival scowl.

Suddenly, the egg started to crack, getting everyone's attention. The outer shell cracked and a blue ball of light moved above everyone. When it faded, everyone was shocked at what came out.

"It's a freakin' cat!" A surprised Lyle stated.

"Okay, not what I was expecting." Amelia said.

"Is it a bird?" A confused Jack asked as the tiny blue creature flew around.

"No, it's a...cat with wings." An equally confused Zeke stated. The wings on the kitten disappeared and it landed on Natsu's head, making Alyssa giggle.

"Aw, it's so cute." The tiny girl said. Natsu took the blue kitten off his head and held it in his arms, the cat purring.

"Happy little guy isn't he?" Lisanna said.

"Happy?" Natsu thought for a minute. "That's it! I'll call him Happy! Do you like that, little guy?"

"Aye!" The blue kitten said, making the guild smile.

"That settles it then! Happy the Dragon!" Natsu cheered.

"It's not a dragon you idiot!" Mirajane said. However, a nearby Reedus decided to paint Happy as a dragon anyway as he recorded this heartwarming moment.

Back in the present...

"Wow, that was a cute story." Lucy said, Mirajane having finished telling her and Alexander about how that painting was made.

"Hey, Mira. Could you help me with something?" The three looked up and saw Makarov.

"Sure thing master." The barmaid said as she left the archives, leaving the two Celestial Wizards looking at the painting. The two recognized most of their fellow Fairy Tail wizards in the painting except for two of them.

"I don't think I've seen Lisanna or Jack yet." Alexander stated.

"Ya. I mean if they're friends with Zeke and the others, you'd think we'd meet them by now." Lucy said, thinking about the enigmatic wizards.

Meanwhile, the familiar robbed figure known as Mystogan was walking on the outskirts of Magnolia, a bouquet of white Lily's in his hand. The covered wizard walked until he approached his destination. A shack that had collapsed from the passage of time, what looked like a memorial with the Fairy Tail mark on it and a rusted circular shield placed in front of it. He said nothing as he placed the bouquet on the stone, a single tear rolling down from one of his exposed eyes. He said a silent prayer and then left to be by himself, as he had been for the last few years.

Author's note 2: See if you can find out the connection between the past Team Morningstar and Mystogan. Also, I hope the explanation of the Celestial Arms was believable.

(We see chibi Natsu and Alyssa in front of the job request board.)

Natsu: You know, you were kind of shy back then.

Alyssa: Well, I was one of the tiniest kids in the guild.

Natsu: Which is pretty ironic with how you are now.

(Happy suddenly appears in between the two.)

Happy: The guild's been destroyed!

Natsu & Alyssa (Shocked): WHAT?!

Natsu: Next time: Phantom Strikes! I'm all fired up now!

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