Sylvia

Alandra: here is our fic of the Slayers.

Ramon: And Slayers does not belong to us

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Chapter 7

9:00 in the morning.

Zel practically didn't slumber at night, in fact he hasn't slept at all since he came back to Seilune, he spends most of the time looking out the window. His thoughts were interrupted when some one knocked at the door, when he opens it he sees his daughter Sylvia.

"Rocky come with me!" said little Sylvia as she grabbed Zels hand and dragged him with her.

"Hey! What is going on here Sylvia?" demanded Zel, but he is afraid that Sylvia will force him to play dress ups, again. (The poor guy).

"It is Aunt Sylphiel! She is coming!"

"Sylphiel?" it has been a long time since Zel saw Sylphiel again.

Sylvia dragged Zel to the gates of the castle and already there was Lina, Gourry and their son Maia, who was in her mother's arms, waiting for Sylphiel.

"Sylphiel is coming?" Asked Zel.

"Yup." Answered Lina. "She is coming for the festival!"

"Festival?"

"Yes, a Spring festival that it is always celebrated once a year here in Seilune. And the gang always get around for the party."

"So that is why you and Gourry are here in Seylune?"

"Bingo! We always come here every Festival and every Christmas ever since that incident with the Dark Star."

"Hey Lina here she comes!" said Gourry as a carriage arrived and on it there's Sylphiel.

"Hello my friends. It has been a long time." Sylphiel greeted as she got out of the carriage.

"Hey Sylp. How are ya!" said Gourry as he hugged her old friend.

"It sure has been a long time!" said Lina as she putted her son on the ground. "Go on kid, go greet your Godmother!"

And with that Little Maia ran to Sylphiel happily, Maia likes Sylphiel a lot, and Sylphiel likes Maia as well, sometimes she treats him like her own son and this envies Lina a little. Maia hugged her Godmother and Sylphiel returned that hug, after that Sylvia went to greet Sylphiel.

"Godmother?" asked Zel.

"Yup, Sylphiel accepted to Maia's Godmother." Said Lina.

Zel looked back at Sylphiel who was still holding Maia with that smile that she only gives it to Gourry. Zel could just imagine how Sylphiel must have felt when Lina and Gourry got married, she probably accepted to be Maia's Godmother because maybe she feels that she is more close to Gourry this way.

Only now Sylphiel noticed Zelgadiss. "Zel? You have return!"

"Yes I have. I arrived a few days ago."

Sylphiel turn to Lina. "Does he knows……?"

"Yup!"

"And does Sylvia……?"

"Nope, so don't say anything……..yet!"

"Excuse me, but another carriage is approaching!" said a soldier as another carriage arrived, and from it there is Filia caring a 5 year old Valgarv. And Zel noticed him, now that he has hatched from his egg he looks just like any happy child with his parents. It is almost hard to believe that this is the same character who tried to kill them all.

"My friends, greetings to you all." Greeted Filia as she got out of the carriage with little Val.

"Hello Uncle Gourry, Aunt Lina and Aunt Sylphiel" greeted Val. Then he noticed Zelgadiss. "Who is he mommy?"

"What?" only now Filia noticed that Zel is here. "My God, Zel? You came back."

"Yes sir, he finally decided to visit us." Said Gourry.

"Do you guys have to make a fuss just because I'm back?" asked Zel a little annoyed.

"It has been a long time." Said Filia. "But where is Amelia?"

"She is still sleeping, she only gets up by 11:00. And no, Sylvia doesn't know that Zel is her father!" Lina added this last one with a whisper so that Sylvia could not hear her.

"How did you know what I was going to ask?"

"Magic."

"Ok………hey Xellos hurry up with our luggage!"

"Xellos?" asked a very angry Zel. He had hoped that he would never see the Mysterious priest again, but once again he was wrong.

And popping out of the carriage came Xellos caring a dozen of luggage and letting them land on the ground. "In the name of all that is holly, did you really have to bring so many stuff Filia?"

"Oh Shut up you parasite!" replied Filia

"Those two sure did not change at all." Zel said with a sweat drop.

"You have no idea." booth Lina and Gourry replied.

"I just hope that they won't do the same thing they did last year." Said Sylphiel.

"What? What they did last year?" asked Zel.

"Trust me, you don't want to know." Said Lina them she turns to Gourry and Sylphiel "And you two, don't tell him!"

Zel just turn and saw that Xellos was walking to Sylvia who was greeting Filia and Val. He didn't like this.

Xellos lowered his head to Sylvia's level. "Hello, little Sylvia. Did you miss Uncle Xellos?"

SLAP

As a response, Sylvia slapped Xellos on the face. "NO! Bad Mazoku! Bad Mazoku!"

Zel almost laughed at this.

"You know, Sylvia does that to Xellos every year." Whispered Gourry.

Zel smiled proudly at his daughter. "That is my Girl!"

Xellos rubbed his cheek, after all this time he doesn't' know who throws the best punch, if it is Lina, Filia or Sylvia. "Sylvia, how many times must I tell you I'm no longer a Mazoku?"

"No longer a Mazoku?" only now Xellos noticed Zel.

"Why, Zel old friend……….how are you?" greeted Xellos but he backed away because if Zel finds out what happened to him he would probably beat him out.

"You are not my friend! And what did you mean by you are no longer a Mazoku?"

"Oh yes, I haven't told you yet Zel." Lina entered the conversation. "Someone has put a curse on our old buddy here and turn him into what he helped destroyed a long time ago, a Golden Dragon!"

Zel almost fell to the ground with the shock. "WHAT!?!? Xellos is a Golden Dragon now?"

Embarrassingly, Xellos removed his cape, and revealed his Dragon tale. "Yes………. now I know what it is like to be cursed. What did I do to deserve this? Please don't answer." Xellos quickly added before anyone could answer him.

Zel was stunted "There is a spell that can turn a Mazoku into a Golden Dragon? I never knew such spell existed."

"Neither did I Zel. And neither does any one." Said Lina a little irritated to know that there is a powerful spell that is capable of such things.

"But who is the one who cursed Xellos?"

"I don't know, Xellos doesn't want to talk about it."

But then Zel turns to Xellos with an evil smirk on his face. "So that means the Xellos doesn't have his Mazoku powers anymore!"

Xellos was terrorized when Zelgaddis was approaching him, cracking his knuckles. "No………wait Zel………I know that I have tricked you in the past but……"

"Yes and now its pay back time!" Zel grabbs Xellos by the trough and throw him to the ground, punching him violently with his rock hands.

"STOP THAT!!!" demanded Filia. "There are children present here! They should not see such violence!"

"Rocky Rocky, he's our men! If he can't do it no one can! GOOOOROCKY! R-O-C-K-Y. R-O-C-K-Y. Go Rocky! Go Rocky!" singed and danced Sylvia like if she's a cheer leader while watching her father beating Xellos.

Filia sweat dropped. Like father like daughter.

From a window Amelia watched the entire sight. She wanted to go there and greet all her friends but she can't, they will probably ask her about Zel and their relationship, she doesn't want to talk about it, she doesn't even has the courage to be near Zel none the less. She hates her life.

The relationship between Zel and Amelia is getting more intricate, and the two mysterious figures watched Amelia from the shadows, seeing the way she is miserable about all this.

To be continued……

Sunny: you guys sure weren't waiting of what has happened to Xellos, right? And just because of the fact that now he is a Golden Dragon, we are going to change his personality, a little. And here in Portugal, Filia calls Xellos parasite, not namagomi.

Ramon: more coming up soon