Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or it's characters, that right belongs to Hiro Mashima.
Lahar stood staring in shock and horror. He couldn't help it. It was like watching a train wreck happening before his eyes. There was nothing he could do. And it all started with something so simple. Learning to do a unison raid. And he was just not sure how to deal with this. Results were almost everything in his mind. His children knew that, though he put them first. Having learned quickly with Amanda, children did something way outside the bounds of what he expected. That they were mess, delinquent, obstinate. It had been a learning adjustment and taught him just how bad his control issues were.
"Lahar, dammit, quit spacing and fucking help dammit!"
The sound of his wife's voice drew him from his stupor as he dashed forward to grab his daughter away from Agni. The girl looked shocked as she looked up at her father. Amethyst eyes shimmering gold as flames ran over her skin. The small sharp burns appearing on his bare hands. As a hot wind blew through the training fields as the portal got bigger. Yanking his daughter further away as pain crawled all over his body as his daughter dropped the silver key in her hand.
Once he had her at a safe distance he held his now shaking daughter as Natsu held Agni, whose slayer magic was arcing all over the place leaving scorch marks began to litter the ground. Freed, his wife, and Castor were helping to contain the magic and portal that seemed to have a red and gold swirl as the center went pitch black before lighting up with small gold and silver specks like stars.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!"
At the loud exclamations from Jelza, who was now standing next to him her own body glowing golden with her heavenly body magic. Lahar had not to answer as the colors on the outside the portal began to bleed into the center and now bubbling outwards. Like molten lava given a form.
"Uh… Papa! I think you… need to let me go," Amanda said.
He looked down at his daughter, her eyes were still solid gold. But it was the serene look on her face, accompanied by the fact her body was not tense at all. Slowly he let his arms go and watched as she pulled away. Body moving fluidly as she made her way to a very angry and tense Agni. Instantly calming him with touch and a simple whisper into his ear. Before her body began to glow brighter as she neared the portal. Just in time for the strange amalgamation to form fully and step out.
Leaving Lahar stunned, as well as everyone else around. There before the portal, or rather Gate, stood a tall dark-haired man. Who had half his black hair pulled into an intricate bun held in place by red lacquered chopsticks. His face was pale and angular with slanted almond eyes that were black and red swirls. His pouty bow lips. The man blinked before smiling at his daughter, kneeling and allowing his odd one shoulder Kimono to flare out around him.
"Miss Amanda, you can call me to your world," he said in a very familiar voice.
"Rise, you know I am like my mother, Phoenix," his daughter said, placing her glowing hand on his shoulder.
Lahar was stunned into silence. He had known that voice. Had been there when his daughter came back from her first real mission with the silver key. Watched her summon and make the contract with the spirit. Hell, he'd been less than happy when she learned to use 'his' star-dress as it put her in his kimono and it was so short it had him thinking back to Lucy's days in mini skirts.
"Wait.. .you are saying that… is your spirit?" Freed spoke up.
This had the two, contractor and contractee, looking at the green haired mage. Both smiling.
"Yes, this is my spirit, Phoenix, literally in the flesh," Amanda said as the glow began to fade from her.
"But how? I mean you have to call them into this world yes?" Freed asked, his blue eyes gleaming as he shot a quick glance to his son and mate.
Lahar did that as well, noticing that Agni was smiling widely as Natsu just stared slack-jawed at what he was seeing.
"I can answer that for you," Phoenix said.
This had everyone's attention. Lahar was really interested in hearing the explanation. But stayed where he was standing silent as his wife walked over to his daughter. Phoenix still kneeling on the ground dipped his head lower, causing a long fall of shiny black hair to pool on the ground.
"Please, my daughter has bid you rise. And I do not see you as a servant or slave to bow lower," Lucy said. "And do explain what just happened."
It was almost twenty minutes later, everyone was calmed, Mira had brought them food and drink. And they were sitting on the mostly scorched ground. Waiting for that explanation.
"I beg forgiveness, but like with anything it has to change and evolve. My owner, Amanda, is the next generation of the Heartfilia. And after almost four hundred years of the magic being made stronger and stronger in Lady Lucy, it had changed, morphed into something more. A young mage doesn't really start reaching the height of their magic until they are 18 or 19. Miss Amanda has finally reached that," Phoenix explained. "And because she tried a unison raid with the young Slayer there, it's magic was exceptionally compatible with my own fire-based magic. And hence it didn't just call me, it opened an actual Gate to the celestial realm for me to step out physically here."
The words were profound. It had him shocked. He knew his wife was a powerful mage in her own right. The magic that was meant to be stationary, had changed it so she could move and fight alongside the spirits. Which were very diverse and it was just awesome. She changed what was the basis of the Holder type of magic. So, it made sense that with his daughter it would further evolve.
"You mean, that instead of just summoning… that Amanda can just pull you from your realm now?" Levy asked.
"In a sense yes, though it was not supposed to happen until her second origin opened up. The boost from … the slayer… was helpful," Phoenix said as he shot Agni a dark look. Earning a low growl from Agni.
Lahar was sure that there was a story there. But for the moment he knew he had to do a report on this and figure out just how the hell magic was evolving. And not just in his daughter. Because he was sure that he was going to have a few new gray hairs to hide after today.