1. The Fairy Tail

The only thing I knew about my past was that I was trained in a lost magic, by a Dragon. Her name was Coventina, Dragon of the Celestial Waters. Of course, I remembered my spells and my 'mothers' name.

But not mine.

I don't think I even had one before Layla and Lucy Heartfilia found me one day about seven years ago. Layla was amazed by the fact that I looked so much like her little girl and herself, of course. Only I had black hair while Lucy and Layla were blondes. It didn't take much convincing on Layla's part, and soon enough I was Jude and Layla's daughter. Selina Heartfilia.

Sadly Layla passed away a few months later. Though Jude became almost cruel to Lucy and me, the two of us were never really alone. We were sisters and we had each other.

Eventually, Lucy became a wizard, like her mother. We agreed that when we were old enough, we would leave home and join a guild. Obviously we had our sights on the most popular and awesome guild of all... Fairy Tail.

We had left home a few months ago, and it was great. I know I didn't regret the choice, and I could tell that Lucy was okay with it as well. Lucy and I didn't take much money with us. Hopefully, we would find our way to the Fairy Tail guild before it ran out.

As we walked through the streets of Hargeon, Lucy and I kept our eyes peeled for a magic shop. I personally didn't need anything, but as a Celestial Wizard, my sister wanted to find more Gate Keys. She already had quite a few, including a lot of gold Zodiac keys. But as a wizard who used her special brand of magic, it would be a good idea for Lucy to have more keys.

"What do you say we get something to eat after we get your new key?" I asked Lucy as we walked. The salty smell of the ocean was making my stomach growl.

"Sure, sounds good" Lucy smiled.

After about a half an hour of wandering around Hargeon, we decided to ask directions to the magic shop. It was small and run down. Pretty easy to overlook.

"Ugh, why are these places always covered in dust?" I scoffed as I ran my finger over one of the shelves.

Since I didn't need to buy anything, I leaned back against the counter next to Lucy while she talked to the shop owner. I could tell right away that this venture wasn't going to be easy. Especially since the shop owner told us that this small store was the only one in all of Harjeon.

"Man, we came out all this way for nothing" Lucy sighed, turning towards me.

"Now now, don't say that little lady" The old man stated as he rummaged behind the counter. "I have all the latest goods, let me show you a few." With that, he held up what looked like a pink card with a mirror on it. "This colors magic is pretty popular, all the young girls really seem to like it. It lets you change the color of your clothes anytime you want."

And then he showed us how it worked. He seemed to enjoy it more than we did. "We already have one of those" I sighed, looking at my nails. Hmm, they could use a trim.

"What I really want are some powerful Gate Keys," Lucy told him.

"Gate Keys, huh?" Old Man replied, "That's a rare request." He wasn't wrong, there weren't all that many Celestial Wizards. The only ones I knew of were Lucy and Layla.

"Wow, the white little doggy!" Lucy all but squealed.

"Yes, but that one's not very powerful..."

"I know, but I really really want it...So how much?" she asked, holding the case that the silver and blue Gate Key was in.

"Twenty thousand jewel" was the quick response. What a rip off.

"I'm sorry but how much was that?" I pouted playfully, leaning over so that my cleavage showed. Now way a lesser constellation would cost that much. And the shopkeep repeated the price. I could see where this was going. Let's just hoped this old man was into chicks.

The pervy shopkeep didn't lower the price all that much. But Lucy was still able to get her new Key, so that was good. Sure, the White Dog was essentially useless, but it was cute. Sometimes a Celestial Spirit acts more like a companion, rather than a warrior. Of course, I only knew this because Layla did try and teach me a few things about her kind of Magic.

But I was the Water Dragon Slayer through and through.

"I can't believe that he only gave me a thousand jewel discount" Lucy growled as she stomped down the street with me by her side.

"So much for using our feminine wiles" I pouted as we walked. "Surely our sex appeal is worth more than a thousand jewel." But Lucy never answered me, instead we were interrupted by a large crowd of screaming girls.

"Hmm. Wonder what's going on?" my sister asked.

"Oh my gosh I can't believe the Salamander's really here!" a couple of girls squealed as they ran by us. That got our attention.

The Salamander was famous. He was known to use a type of fire magic that you couldn't buy in stores. Rumor has it, he had a magic similar to mine. I don't know how true those rumors were though, magic like mine was really really rare.

"I wonder if he's cute?" Lucy wondered out loud. Our curiosity got the better of us as we pushed our way through the crowd of heart-eyed women.

At the center of the crowd, was an attractive man. The instant his dark gaze settled on me, my heart started pounding in my chest and my palms were sweating. I want to be on my knees in front of this man, I wanted nothing more than his attention and affections.

What in the hell was wrong with me?

Looking over at Lucy, I could tell that she was feeling the same way. It wasn't like either of us to fawn over a guy, especially not one as flashy as this god-like specimen in front of us. The only thing that stopped Lucy and me from all but throwing ourselves at the Salamander was the pink-haired guy shoving his way past us.

What the hell is an Igneel? And why the hell did this guy smell so familiar?

"Who the heck are you?" the guy asked.

"Who am I?" the flashy fire wizard asked. "Why, I'm Salamander. Surely you've heard of me before."

That's when I heard it. The small stutter in the no-longer-attractive man's heartbeat. Is it weird that I didn't find him sexy as hell anymore?

Suddenly, as quick as he appeared, the pink-haired guy walked away dejectedly. That caused some really aggressive girls to jump on him, staying that he should show more respect to the 'great wizard.'

"Hey, get offa him!" I snapped, stomping over and pulling the psycho-chicks offa the poor guy, but they just went back and started wailing on the traveler.

"Now, now, that's enough my lovelies, let him go" 'Salamander' basically ordered the girls. "I'm sure the poor boy didn't mean anything malicious by it." And then it was as if a switch was flipped. All of the girls who had been either glaring or hitting the boy suddenly returned to the lying wizards' side. I couldn't help but glare as he gave the pink-haired traveler an autograph.

I could tell my sister was glaring at the man as well.

As the black-haired fire wizard said his goodbyes, I nudged Lucy and we walked over to where the traveler had been thrown by the psycho chicks.

"Who the heck was that guy?" I heard the boy mutter.

"I don't know, but he was a real creep" Lucy answered.

"Thanks for your help, by the way" I added, giving him a small smile.

Lucy had offered to take the stranger, and his kitty, to lunch as a thank you. We would have been just as brainwashed as those other girls if it weren't for him.

"My names Lucy and this is my sister Selina" Lu introduced. I just managed a wave as I slurped up some noddles. "Natsu and Happy was it?" she asked I had almost forgotten that they had already told us their names.

"Wow, you guys sure are hungry" I commented as food was flying everywhere. Though I really had no room to talk, I was almost as bad. There went the money Lucy and I had saved at the magic shop. Oh well.

"That Salamander guy was using magic," Lucy told Natsu and Happy as they ate.

"Charm?" I asked her, and she nodded.

"It's a spell that hypnotizes the ladies into thinking they're in love with him."

"Creep" I muttered as I popped a piece of shrimp in my mouth. "Charm spells have the power to attract people to you against their own will."

"But they've been banned for years" my sister continued. "Nobody even sells them anymore. He must have gone through a lot of trouble to get his hands on it."

"What a creep," I said again. "I can't believe we fell for it."

"But we snapped out of it thanks to you barging in when you did" Lucy smiled at Natsu, who was still stuffing his face. "I really can't thank you guys enough."

"No problem," Natsu said, his voice muffled by the whole tomato he had tossed into his mouth.

"We might not look like it, but Selina and I are wizards too" Lucy smiled. "But we haven't joined a guild yet or anything" she added. "I should probably explain huh?"

And then Lucy went on and on about wizard guilds. I didn't bother saying anything to her, not even when she started geeking out about the guild we planned on joining. As she spoke, I tried to place Natsy's scent, but I kept on coming up with nothing. All I knew was that his scent was familiar and I had no clue why.

"You talk a lot," said the little blue kitty. I loved him. I wanted one.

I also couldn't help but let out a snort of amusement because Happy was right. When my sister got going, it was almost impossible to shut her up. "Didn't you say that you guys were here looking for someone?" I asked.

"We're looking for Igneel" Happy answered. So apparently Igneel was a 'who' and not a 'what'. Glad to have that covered.

"I heard a rumor that a salamander was gonna be coming through this town so we came here to see him," Natsu said through a mouthful of cheesy pizza. If I wasn't stuffed I would have gotten myself a piece too. It looked yummy. "But it was somebody else."

"Yea, that guy didn't look like a salamander at all" Happy spoke up from his spot on the table. I couldn't help but push the rest of my shrimp towards the kitty. He grinned in thanks and started chewing on a large piece.

"No kidding, I bet that poser can't even breathe fire like a real dragon."

"Uh, I don't get it, your friend Igneel looks like a dragon?" Lucy asked.

"No, you've got it all wrong" Nastu swallowed the large bite of food. "He doesn't look like a dragon, he is one."

My heart nearly stopped. Natsu and Happy were friends with a dragon? I wanted to, but I didn't ask if he knew of Coventina.

"Aye," Happy agreed. "Igneel is a real live fire dragon."

"A-Are you serious?" I asked, causing the blue kitty to nod with a piece of shrimp halfway in his mouth. I opened my mouth again, I couldn't help myself, I needed to know...but then Lucy slapped a hand over my face and stopped me. When we were children, Jude drilled it into us not to talk about my mother. At least not in front of strangers. Dragons were extraordinary mystical creatures that not many people had the honor to meet. And get away alive. From what I've read dragons haven't been seen in a really long time, but I knew they were real. My mother was real. No matter what Jude Heartfilia said.

"Why would a fire dragon show up in the middle of town?!" My sister shouted. That caused the boys to pause. I don't think they thought about that. "It's totally ridiculous!"

"We should get going" I gulped a minute later, Lucy just nodded and slapped some money down on the table as payment for all of the food.

"Enjoy the rest of your lunch" Lucy smiled. "Maybe we'll see ya around."

"I hope you find Igneel," I told Natsu, squeezing his shoulder lightly as I walked passed the table. As we made our way to the door, the hostess waved to us and thanked us for our stay. I smiled at the woman, only for her jaw to drop. Curious, Lucy and I turned and saw Happy and Natsu on their hands and knees.

"Thank you for the food!"

"Cut it out you're embarrassing me!" Lucy shouted. My sister didn't like it when attention was called to her, now more than ever. We were technically runaways after all.

"Guys, it's cool," I told them, causing the pink-haired guy and blue kitty to rise up a little. "You two helped us out earlier with that mega-creep. Let's just call it even, kay?"

"I feel bad cause we weren't even trying to help them" I heard Natsu mutter to the cat, who responded with an 'Aye'. I couldn't let on that I could hear them, my heightened senses weren't something normal girls had. And I had to pretend to be normal, after all. At least until we found a way to get into the Fairy Tail Guild. "Oh, I know! Here" Natsu smiled and handed the autographed 'Salamander' page.

Yea, thanks, guys.

Lucy and I wandered around Hargeon for about an hour. Finally, after picking up a few magazines, we stopped in a small courtyard and sat by the dry fountain. Too bad there wasn't any water in it, my magic could use a slight pick-me-up.

"Oh man, looks like the wizards of Fairy Tail are making waves again" I commented, leaning my head on Lucy's shoulder as we read the latest issue of Sorcerer Weekly magazine.

"They destroyed the Devon bandit family, but destroyed seven homes as well" Lucy laughed as she read. And then she fawned over this weeks centerfold, Mirajane of Fairy Tail. The woman was gorgeous, curvy with long silvery hair. "I wonder if someone like her would be so reckless" Lucy wondered. "I mean, how would we even join Fairy Tail? Do we have to apply? Or maybe we have to learn some strong magic? Selina, you have strong magic, but me..." she sighed.

"Come on, Lu, your Spirits are way strong," I told my sister, "besides, we probably just need to interview with the Guildmaster and go from there. Who knows?" I added with a shrug. "And who cares, because we're soooo going to join that Guild."

"They are totally the coolest guild ever!" Lucy squealed, I smiled at the change in Lucy's mood.

"What was that?" a smooth, and disgustingly slimy voice spoke from just beyond the bushes. "You two want to join Fairy Tail." Ew, it was that creepy Salamander guy. "I've been looking all over for the two of you," the sleaze-ball said. He was talking to the both of us, but it seems like he preferred my sister, his beady black eyes trailing over her form. "I wanted to personally invite you to the party I'm having on my yacht tonight."

When the sun shone off of his ring, I glared at the disgusting wizard. He was trying to use the Charm spell on us again. Not gonna happen, buddy. The Heartfilia sisters were more than just pretty faces.

"Your charm spell won't work on us" Lucy warned, a glare of her own set on Salamander.

"That magics' weakness is awareness" I added. "My sister and I already know that you used it on us and all of those other women. It won't work."

"Just as I thought" the slimeball mused. "I knew that the two of you were wizards the moment I laid eyes on you. No matter, the invitation still stands."

"Well you can forget it" Lucy and I turned our back on him. "Selina and I wouldn't be caught dead at a party being thrown by a creep like you."

"A creep why would you call me that?" I heard Salamander whimper from behind us. He almost sounded genuinely hurt by Lucy's words.

"Your spell? You trick innocent girls into fawning over you" I told him. "It's sick and wrong and illegal."

"Don't be mad my dear, it's all in good fun" the creep waved me off. "I just wanted to feel like a celebrity at my own party, can you blame me?"

"Just proves that even famous wizards can be big idiots" Lucy shrugged.

"You two wanted to join the Fairy Tail guild right?"

Crap. If this creep was a member of Fairy Tail, there was going to be some issues. As in, I wasn't going anywhere near the place, but I knew my sister would do whatever it took to get in. We ran away from home for this.

"If you want to join," he told us " I can put in a good word with our master"

"So I guess we'll see ya there" I sighed while my sister all but cozied up to the supposedly famous wizard.

"Yea it sounds like it'll be a really nice party!" Lucy smiled flirtatiously. "So you can really get us into Fairy Tail?" she asked a moment later.

"But of course" Salamander nodded. "But in return, don't say anything about the Charm Spell."

I kept my mouth shut. I had a feeling this man couldn't be trusted, I knew for a fact that he had been lying earlier. What proof did I have though? The wizard known as Salamander had never been photographed or anything. And it's not like I could just shout 'Hey I know that you're lying because my Slayer magic lets me hear your heartbeat.' Cuz that would go over well.

It was when he used his purple flames to fly away that Lucy and I realized what had happened. "I was pseudo-charmed" she grumbled, before looking at me with happiness in her eyes. "But it's whatever because now we can get into Fairy Tail!"

"We just gotta be nice to that idiot until then!" I chuckled, slinging my arm around Lucy's shoulders. "Piece of cake!"

Later that night, after Lucy and I spent a little more money at a thrift store for some party dresses, we made our way down to the yacht. I wish I could say that I was surprised that there were so many women here, but I really wasn't. This skeez-ball had been literally charming the pants off of every girl in town. Thankfully, neither Lucy or I were going to fall for that crap again.

"Lucy, Selina, those are both beautiful names," he said, pouring champagne into two glasses for the both of us.

"Thanks," we said in unison. Hopefully, the booze would distract me from the motion sickness I felt bubbling in my stomach. I was just glad that it wasn't completely incapacitating.

"Let's start with a toast." As he spoke. I kept my guard up, trying not to puke at the same time. I didn't trust this wizard in the least bit. With a snap of his fingers, the Fairy Tail wizard used a spell to lift the champagne from the glasses. "Now, open your mouth and savor the jewels of fruit juice as they enter."

It was a spell. It had to of been a spell. Instantly, I grabbed Lucy's hand. We had to be strong and resist the charm. Letting go of my hand, Lucy stood and slapped the blobs of champagne out of the air.

"What's the big idea?" she asked, her dark eyes mirroring my blue glare.

"That was Sleep magic, wasn't it?" I sneered, rising to stand beside my sister with my arms folded over my chest.

"I'm impressed" the creepazoid mused, showing us his sleep spell ring.

"You just don't quit do ya?" I scoffed

"Don't get the wrong idea!" Lucy went on. "Selina and I want to join Fairy Tail, but neither of us have any intention of being your girl!"

"Oooh" chuckled the man. "You're both very tough indeed."

I wasn't expecting what happened next. The curtains that made the walls to the room we were in suddenly opened to reveal even creepier looking men. Each of them was holding an unconscious girl in the arms, or over their shoulders.

"What's going on here?!" Lucy gasped.

"You drugged all those girls like you were trying to drug us, didn't you!" I accused.

"Welcome to my ship" the man smirked. "You two will behave yourselves until we reach Bosco... girls."

"Bosco?!" we gasped. My motion sickness all but replaced with a trickle of fear.

This was not good. Bosco was known for is less-than-legal dealings. For instance, sex trafficking. "Hold on! What about Fairy Tail?!" asked Lucy.

"Forget about it. You two are our merchandise now."

"You're not really even a Fairy Tail wizard, are you" I scoffed. Around us, the burly men cheered for their master. Instantly, Lucy pulled out her Gatekeys. Just as she did, I called forth a magic circle, only it fizzled out as soon as I did. I hadn't 'eaten' any water all day. "Shit" I cursed under my breath as our kidnapper opened a magic circle of his own. If I had the power, I could take out his fire magic easily. But I was essentially useless as he used his fire magic to snake the keys from my sister's hand.

"Gatekeys...a Celestial Wizard, huh?" he smirked, knowing that Lucy wouldn't be able to call forth her spirits without her keys. "Only contract holders can use this magic," he said. "Meaning they're useless to me." And with that, he tossed the keys overboard. Oh, Aquarius is sooo not gonna like that. She was always too hard on Lucy. "And you seem pretty useless too, at least you're pretty" he added when he saw that I was yet again trying and failing to draw a magic circle. The next thing I knew, Lucy and I were being restrained.

Who the hell is this guy?

"You're the worst kind of wizard there is!" Lucy shouted with tears running down her face. She had every right to be upset, of course. Not only were we basically defenseless, but those keys were given to her by her mother. They meant a great deal to her. But before either of us could even think of doing anything, something came crashing through the roof of the yacht.

"Natsu!" Lucy and I said at the same time, my adoptive sisters' tears drying the second we saw our new friend.

It seems, however, that the pink-haired boy had a touch of motion sickness. Gross. "What are you guys doing, Lucy?" I heard a voice, looking up, I saw Happy but he was...he was flying. That was different.

"We were tricked Happy," I told the blue kitty.

"Yea" Lucy agreed. "He said he would get us into Fairy Tail!"

"Wait a sec!" I said, wrenching my arms free of the dumb-founded criminals. "You have wings!"

"We can talk later!" the blue kitty told us, before using his tail to grip Lucy from around the waist. With a squeak, I grabbed onto my sister's foot as we lifted into the air. For a little kitty Happy sure was strong, but I could tell that he was struggling. So the second I saw nothing but water below us, I let go of Lucy and dropped in the ocean.

I could hear Lucy call my name, but the sound of her voice was instantly drowned out by my crash. With my eyes closed, I sank into the dark waters for a few minutes. Just enjoying the feel of the ocean moving all around me, coating my skin in its salty-moisture. Then I opened my mouth wide, before chomping down with my fang-like teeth. Bite after bite, I swallowed down the water, savoring its taste as I felt my magic building itself back up. Slowly, I moved as if I could dive before calling my magic. Slamming my fists together, a magic circle sprag forward before I moved my fists to my mouth. "'Water Dragon: ROAR!'" I called out, my voice sounding chopped as it cut through the water. Suddenly, a turret of water shot forward and I used the pressure to shoot myself to the surface of the water.

It was faster than swimming.

"LUCY!" I cried out when I saw purple flames shooting towards Happy and my sister. Only to let out a sigh of relief when Happy was able to dodge and the vicious purple flames collided with each other. "Shoot!" I said when I saw Happy's wings disappear with a little 'poof' and the two of them dropped not too far away from me. I moved quicker underwater, so I instantly dove back under the waves and all but propelled myself towards my sister. Thankfully, Lucy was able to right herself and floated for a moment. Seeing that my sister was safe, I swam towards Happy before he could crash into a large stone.

Since she couldn't talk, Lucy motioned towards where she normally kept her Gatekeys. Furrowing my brow, I pointed to where I had seen a small shine. I had been moving to fast to get a good look, but I'm pretty sure I had seen her keys not too far away from where I had landed. With a determined nod, Lucy took off towards her keys while I launched towards the surface with Happy. While I didn't have a hard time staying underwater for long periods of time, the tiny blue cat obviously needed air ASAP.

Once we all broke the surface of the water, Lucy instantly brought out her go-to gate key. Aquarius. "Here goes," she said with determination. "Open, Gate of the Water Bearer! Aquarius!" called out my sister. As she plunged the head of the key down into the water, a magic circle appeared.

From what I understood, Aquarius's key has been in the Heartfilia family for generations. But for some reason, the water spirit wasn't Lucy's biggest fan. She like me though, no clue why. Probably because I liked the taste of the water she usually called forth. I don't know, she's weird.

I knew that Aquarius would more than likely throw a fit over her keys being tossed into the ocean, so I swam just a little bit away from my sister. Just in case. "A fish!" Happy said the second he saw Aquarius as he hungrily tried to leap for the spirit.

"No!" I told him, gripping his little body tighter than before.

"That was amazing" he finally commented.

"Lucy's a Celestial Wizard," I told him proudly. "She can use those Gatekeys to summon celestial spirits from another world!" Before I could say more, however, I saw that familiar glint in the Water Bearers' eyes. So with a quick 'sorry' I dropped the flying cat and swam as fast as I could towards the shore, using small bursts of magic to help me swim fast. Knowing Aquarius, she was about to blow the yacht back to port. And take out the harbor while she was at it.

Thankfully we weren't too far out, so I was able to make it to the shore before the wave. Once on solid ground, I braced my self. Only for my eyes to widen when I saw the size of the wave. Crap. With my feet in the water, I waited patiently for my dinner to get closer. I couldn't take it all in, though, and I knew that. But I took in what I could, my tongue tingling at the familiar taste of spirit water.

Once I had my fill, I let out a small breath and held back a not-so-small burp. Pushing my now stringy black hair away from my face, I looked around for Lucy and Happy. I knew that Aquarius wouldn't spare them in her wrathful wave.

"What were you thinking!?" I heard Lucy call out. Turning around, I saw that they were just around the bend. "Why did you sweep me with it!?" she asked.

"Whoops. I accidentally swept the ship up, too" was the water spirits response.

"You were aiming for me?!"

"Don't call me for a while" Aquarius told the blonde. "I'm going on a week-long trip with my boyfriend. But do say hello to that sister of yours" she added before disappearing.

"I still don't get why she likes me more than you" I drawled as I walked over to where Lucy and Happy were. "Did she leave me a snack for later?" I asked, only to receive a glare from my sister.

Looking over to where the yacht had crashed, I saw a small crowd of Harjeon residents start to investigate. After sharing a glance with Lucy, the two of us ran over to the crash looking for Natsu. We didn't know him that well, but still he was a friend. That's all we needed.

"You're a Fairy Tail wizard?" I heard Natsu speak to the man who had tried kidnapping me and my sister.

"Yeah, so what?!" said the dark-haired creep. "Get'im men!"

"Let me get a closer look at you," Natsu said, throwing off his jacket.

When Lucy cried out for the pink-haired boy, Happy simply waved her off. "It's okay!" the kitty told us, munching on a fish that had washed up on shore with him. "We should've mentioned it earlier, but Natsu's a wizard too!"

"I am Natsu of Fairy Tail!" he growled. "I've never seen you before in my life!"

H-He's a Fairy Tail wizard?! I hadn't seen him without his jacket before now. But now that I got a good look at him, I saw the Fairy Tail emblem emblazoned on his shoulder. The same emblem I had seen on MiraJane Strauss and Cana Alberona and so many other Fairy Tail wizards that had been featured in Sorcerer Magazine.

"Th-That emblem" one of the thugs stammered to his boss. "He's the real deal, Bora."

"You fool! Don't call me by that name!"

"Bora..." Happy said thoughtfully. "Bora the Prominence. He was kicked out of the Titans Nose wizard guild years ago."

"I don't care if you're a good guy or a bad guy..." Natsu said, his voice deathly calm as he walked down the slope of the yacht. "But I won't let you tarnish Fairy Tail's name!"

"And what are you gonna do about it, kid?!" Bora scoffed before igniting a magic circle. "Prominence Typhoon!"

"Natsu!" Lucy called out as our friend was hit with purple flames, but Happy stopped us.

What I saw next caused my mouth to drop in shock. Natsu was eating the flames. Just like I ate water. "This tastes horrible," he said, shoveling the fire into his mouth. "Are you really a fire wizard? This is the worst fire I've ever tasted." Everyone was shocked. Sure Lucy had seen me do the same with water, but that was me. As far as we knew, I was the only one who ate elements. "Thanks for the meal" Natsu smirked.

"Fire won't work on Natsu," Happy told us.

"I've only ever seen magic like that once..." Lucy trailed off, her eyes not leaving Natsu.

"His magic is like mine" I whispered low enough that Lucy couldn't hear me.

I watched in awe as Natsu ignited his magic circle. It looked so much like my own. Only instead of a sparkling blue, Natsu's was a fiery red. And then he Roared, sending a torrent of fire at his rivals. Leaving the already destroyed yacht in ruins. The would-be kidnappers left strewn among the rubble. Except for Bora, of course, he had used his purple flames to lift himself into the air.

"B-Bora!" one of the men stammered. "I've seen this guy before! That pink hair and the scaly-looking scarf! No doubt about it! He's the real..."

"Natsu's the real Salamander!" I gasped with the realization.

"Pay attention, now!" Natsu called out, flames forming on either fist. "This is what Fairy Tail wizards are like!"

The battle between Natsu and Bora was incredible. Something inside of me itched to join in the fight, but I've never actually been in combat. Unless sparring with Aquarius counted. Jude didn't like Lucy or me using magic.

"He eats fire and punches with fire!" Lucy commented. "Is this really magic!"

"Dragon lungs for breathing fire, dragon scales for dissolving fire and dragon talons that are wrapped with fire..." Happy said proudly. "It's an ancient spell that lets his body take on the qualities of a dragon."

"Are you serious?" Lucy asked, she may have known that I used similar magic, but she didn't know all of the details.

"It was originally used for taking down dragons" I nodded, causing both Happy and Lucy to look at me with wide eyes. Though I kept my gaze on Natsu and Bora. "It's called Dragon Slayer magic." Natsu may have had the fight against Bora covered. But there were still creepy weirdo's surrounding us. Not all of them had been taken out by Natsu's Roar and they were closing in on Lucy, Happy and me. Instantly, I pushed my sister and the cat behind me before slamming my fists together, bringing forth my circle. "'Water Dragon: Roar!'" I called once again, sending a spiral of water at the men. The force knocking them into the rubble.

A moment later, Bora was being sent into the Harjeon bell. "That was amazing!" Lucy breathed, and honestly, I was unsure on whether she was talking about me or Natsu. I didn't have time to figure it out because the next the I knew we were being surrounded by the army.

"Crap! Let's get outta here!" Natsu yelled, grabbing onto both me and Lucy, pulling us behind him as he ran.

"Why do we have to?!" Lucy yelled.

"You guys wanna join Fairy Tail, don't you?" Natsu asked.

Authors Note: Thank you to the Guest reviewer who pointed out the problem with this chapter. Thanks to them, a second chapter will be posted shortly