The house was fairly large and had three extensions. One on each side and one on the back. On the outside was a stone mill, and animal pen that held a cow and three chickens, a small garden, equipment benches and tools, and lastly it had a large black smelter smoking.
Gray just walked up to the door and knocked. No one answered. After the second knock and still no answer Gray took out an old-fashioned key and unlocked the two double doors.
The doors creaked as they walked in. The inside was very old looking as well. The floor was stone but had a few rugs as well. When they entered and looked around the room was filled with dark wooden drawers, desks, chairs, tables, glass cases, and racks holding different weapons.
Erza walked up to the weapons and started to study them. She found them to be quite amazing. She hadn't ever seen weapons that had such detail and were so well made.
Gray then opened another set of double doors that lead into the main part of the house. In the center was a long table and on each side was a set of light wooden stairs. On the ceiling, a chandelier hung from an iron black chain and the light was flickering in what seemed to be horn candles.
There were three different ways to go in this house. But Gray simply went to the right behind the stairs and walked through one of the two sets of double doors. Inside a ton of wood drawers, chests, tables, mannequins, and glass cases sat holding different weapons and armors some of them even seemed to glow for some reason.
Gray simply just went to a chest and started to dig around it for some subtle clothes for them all to wear to blend in. He pulled out a yellow dress, a blue tunic with yellow outlines, and another tunic that had a tough leather vest to it. He placed them down on a nearby table and went towards one of the mannequins.
On it was a leather armor with a small cape. He picked up the clothes and started to hand them to their respective person. Lucy got the short yellow dress that showed off her bust and a lot of jewelry.
Natsu got the tunic with the leather vest. And Erza got the leather armor. The boys left the room and went to the back of the house. In the back were another set of double doors and a small wooden door that must have lead to the basement.
Gray helped Natsu change into the clothes. Running his hands over Natsu hotter skin. He couldn't help it. It was early winter and his heat starts sometime in mid or late winter. But with his chosen mate so close he feared that his heat would come faster than expected.
But he had to hold. He had to show Natsu the place he desired to be mated in. Bloated Man's Grotto. It had everything they would need throughout his heat. Water, food, and places to hide. Gray just hoped that he could hold out for long enough to get there a day before his heat at the very least.
So he stopped himself and just helped Natsu put on the clothes. Natsu was a little disappointed that Gray stopped caressing his body but the smell of his longing was enough to tell him that he just had to be patient. Once Natsu was dressed it was Gray's turn. Natsu helped in that department.
He also ran his hands over Gray's body feeling the cool skin heat up from his burning touch. It earned him a few moans from Gray and a tilting of his head to expose his neck. Natsu wanted to bite the tender sweet flesh that was exposed to him. He lowered his face and lightly wrapped his teeth just about to pierce the skin.
But when he felt the slight pressure of sharp teeth about to rend his flesh Gray ducked out. If Natsu bit him now his heat would surely rear its head and make him insatiable. And with a quick introduction to his heat Gray could very well kill Natsu.
Since Natsu's rut isn't until early to mid-summer his body wouldn't be able to adjust to Gray's fast enough and the heat drunk Gray in his most primitive mindset would not pass up the chance to kill his mate.
So Gray pushed himself out of Natsu's grip and started to dress. Natsu's face fell into one that resembled a kicked puppy. Had he done something wrong? Gray seemed to have been loving the attention. Purring and rubbing against Natsu as a sign for more but once Natsu teeth touched his skin Gray pulled away.
When Gray turned around he felt horrible for giving Natsu that look. To make up for it he stepped up to Natsu and started to groom him with his tongue. Natsu purred at the loving contact and placed his hands lightly on Gray's hips.
Gray removed himself from Natsu's neck and spoke.
"I don't want you to feel like I'm rejecting you. I'm not. It's just that I want to go somewhere first before we do any of that. It's kind of important to do this that way. I'm sorry."
Natsu pouted at what Gray said but he still agreed and then stepped out of the room. The girls were wearing the clothes Gray gave them and Lucy seemed to be the one loving her clothes the most.
With everyone dressed and ready they walked outside and Gray stepped in front of the group. He looked at the sky then opened his mouth.
"Vul iiz kun!(Dark Ice Light!)"
The ground shook a bit with the sheer power of Gray's voice. Nothing happened till a roar was heard off in the distance. In the sky, a large creature started to fly towards the house. As it got closer you could tell what it was.
It was a dragon. It was as large as the house they were just inside. It circled the area a few times before it landed on the snowy ground with a large thump. The dragon was an ice blue color but it had some dark blue marking on its wings and some on its scales.
The dragon then roared and snorted at Gray. Gray just lifted his hand up to the dragon's muzzle and left it to sniff him. Once the dragon started to purr Gray's eyes teared up and he launched himself at the dragon and hugged it.
The dragon purred more and started to speak.
"Sadonizzstrun! Hi finally bo back! Zu'u missed hi ful pogaas! Kolos lost hi been ahrk kolos los dii briinah?(Gray Ice Storm! You finally came back! I missed you so much! Where have you been and where is my sister?)"
The mention of Isis made Gray frown and he spoke in a tear-ridden voice to the dragon in front of the group.
"Rek oblaan us dein zu'u safe. Zu'u los ful krosis daar hi fen neh koraav ek again.(She died to keep me safe. I am so sorry that you will never see her again.)"
The dragon let out a low thrumming hum but pulled Gray closer to her body trying to comfort him.
"Nii los alright. Ahst least rek dir dein hi safe Sadoniizstrun.(It is alright. At least she died keeping you safe Gray Ice Storm.)"
Gray let go of her neck and smiled at the sweet creature before him. That was when the dragon turned her attention to the small group behind her nephew. Two females and one male. Along with two flying cats. The females she was fine with but the male smelled like a dragon.
Vuliizkun gave a warning growl till Gray patted her neck. She looked down at Gray and he started to explain.
"Daar los dii fahdon ahrk wo zu'u intend wah mate voth. Lucy, Erza, ahrk Natsu.(These are my friends and who I intend to mate with. Lucy, Erza, and Natsu.)"
"What los fin male's name?(What is the male's name?)"
Gray screwed up his face. He never thought about that. Usually, dragons learn their children's names then give them dragon names that best capture who they are. Like how Gray's dragon name was Sadnoiizstrun or for mortals Gray Ice Storm.
But based on how Natsu didn't know any of the dragon tongue he doubted that he would remember the name given to him by Igneel much less Igneel's dragon name itself.
"Zu'u los ni sure. Rok ni orin mindok fin dovah tinvaak. Ok dovah parent didn't orin teach rok naan Thu'um. Nii lost rinik strange. (I am not sure. He doesn't even know the dragon language. His dragon parent didn't even teach him any Shouts. It was very strange.)"
Vuliizkun just huffed and started to stretch towards the group of newcomers. She sniffed them to gauge their threat. The first was the blonde girl who seemed to be the most scared of being approached.
She took a heavy breath of air that surrounded her and started to analyze her scent. It was sweet as befitting a woman but it also had a powdery feel at the on her tongue. She smelled almost like the night sky. Vuliizkun liked her. Like her scent, she seemed to be nothing but a sweetheart to those she cared about.
The next woman radiated a power she could respect. She was dressed in armor and carried the smell of metal around her person. But shockingly she also carried the smell of sweets and sugar. But she guessed that every hardened warrior has a soft spot for something.
The male that her nephew was willing to mate with had a sharp scent. It tingled the senses and burned the throat with a pleasant warmth. It was like a campfire people cooked their food over and kept the wild animals wary. It was spice and smoke that would remind someone of home.
In fact, it reminded Vuliizkun of her own mate Odahviing. Well besides the fact that his man was a fire dragon in spirit. But for some reason, his scent was also very familiar and she didn't like it.
With a huff of air that frosted the hair on all the humans she smelled, she pulled her neck back and nodded to Gray. She approved of his choice in friends but was uncertain about his choice of mate.
She turned her attention to Gray and when he pointed to the sky she knew what he wanted her to do. She simply nodded and strode off a few yards so there was enough room for her mate to land when he came.
With the ice dragon off to the side, Gray looked to his little group. Natsu was radiating with happiness at seeing her. And Gray figured he'd be even happier to see more. But he may be surprised at how the dragons look with no front legs like how he's used to seeing them.
He just walked up to Natsu and poked his cheek to gain his attention. Natsu's face was filled with nothing but amazement and glee at seeing the ice dragon near them. That's when she did that same as Gray but with a different set of words.
This time the roar took longer to be heard but it came none the less. The dragon soared overhead. The scales were a rusty red color and the webbing on his wings swirled with two curved lines of purple-blue surrounded by white.
But the thing that caught Natsu off guard was the fact that the dragon had no front legs just wings. He was confused. The dragon landed in front of the female Vuliizkun and seemed to have let someone off his neck. The dragons conversed in their tongue as the person that came with the new dragon ran up to the group.
The person was a short woman covered in light brown fur secured to her body by a metal binding in the shape of a wolf head. A small crown was on her forehead. And purple or dark blue paint in the shape of two curving lines and dots came across her cheeks and nose.
As she drew closer her ears that were hidden behind her black hair showed a prominent point to them. She approached Gray with a smile and open arms giving him a hug.
"By the divines, you have come back. It's so great to see you again Gray."
"It's great to be back Endoura. It's great to be back."
They squeezed each other again when the woman saw the rest of his group. She turned to them and her dark lips pulled themselves into a smile. She stepped away from Gray and lifted a had covered in an orangish-green wrapped cloth with spikes on the outside of the arm.
"Hi. You must have come with Gray. I'm Endoura Nightcandle the last Dragonborn. I'm glad you came."
The last words she spoke were what floored Natsu. And he couldn't stop himself from speaking without thinking.
"What do you mean last Gray and I are both Dragonborns."
(A/N : God I'm so sorry for taking so long to update. School's been heck-tick with it being the last few months. I've got projects coming out of the woodwork that are essential points for me to pass. But how do you like the Skyrim arc so far? We get to meet Isis' sister and a glimpse of her mate. And we get to learn some more information on Gray's life in Skyrim along with his dragon name. I thank you all for your patience with my horrible time management skills and for bearing with me. It means so much and I love you all. So enjoy the hunt. ^w^)