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Summary: Mavis, Lucy, Erza, and Juvia are having a sleepover. Since none of them can sleep they all decide to go for a walk. Little do they know that there is something lurking in the shadows. Is this thing friend or foe? (cheesy summary, also I don't know how there's a deer in the city, let's just say that it was dragged from the forest so they could go somewhere quiet to eat it... the birds in the forest were too noisy. You don't understand what I mean yet, but you will, so I'm apologizing for the minor plot hole in advance.)
The moon was full, and the night was pitch black. And everything was dead-silent, except for the howls that filled the landscape. With their eerie sounds that sent jitters up your spine. "And just when the last girl thought she was safe. Their, behind her, was the murderer of camp spirit! Her screams still echo through the camps till this very day." A new round of howls filled the room, making the girls shriek. Erza smirked and leaned back, crossing her arms. "And that's my spooky story." The girls let out a sigh of relief and then giggled.
"Okay, I think that's enough for tonight." Lucy said, smiling. The girls all nodded their agreement and Mavis reached over and turned off the lamp. The four girls laid down but none of them could go to sleep after the story they'd just heard. "Hey!" Lucy said, sitting up. "Why don't we go for a walk. Just the four of us." She grinned, hopping up. "C'mon! it'll fun!" the three other girls looked at each other.
"Juvia isn't sure…" Juvia said uncertainly.
"Aww… come on!" Lucy begged.
"I think it's a great idea!" Mavis exclaimed. Erza nodded. Juvia sighed and then smiled.
"Alright!" she said. "But if we get murdered I'm blaming you guys!" she said. The girls all high-fived and got dressed. Lucy decided on a pink mini skirt with gray leggings and pink high-heeled boots. She also had on a gray scarf with a large pink long-sleeved shirt. She wore some of her hair up in a side ponytail with the rest down. Mavis just wore a long pink dress and her hair in pigtails. She had abandoned her shoes. No one quite knew why she did this, but Mavis claimed that it was more comfortable. How walking on rocks barefooted was more comfortable no one would ever know. Erza had braided her long scarlet hair and wore a red coat and long black jeans. She had on black gloves and boots as well as earmuffs. Juvia had a blue hoodie and white jeans. Her hair was tied in a low side ponytail that hung over her shoulder. "Are we all ready?" Juvia asked. the others nodded and followed her out.
They were walking down the dark streets when they heard animalistic sounds coming from around the corner. Erza, naturally being the bravest, took the lead. What they saw was not a pretty sight. There were four wolves crowded around a dead deer. Mavis let out an involuntary shriek. The four wolves turned around. "I told you this wasn't a good idea!" Juvia cried.
"Nobody move!" Erza ordered in her commanding voice. None of the girls moved. "Don't look away and slowly back up. Not too fast now." Erza whispered. "Don't look scared." She said. When Erza finally backed up enough she reached down and picked up a large rock. "Go away!" she cried, throwing the rock and stretching herself up. The other girls tried to do the same, but the wolves didn't run. If wolves had expressions, then Lucy was pretty sure they would look amused. Her eyes widened as she saw the wolves start to shudder and convulse Lucy screamed and backed up. Their bones looked to be rearranging themselves. It was probably the most grotesque scene Lucy had ever experienced. When the wolves were done… transforming in their place were four NAKED young men. Lucy shrieked and turned away with a huge blush on her face, as did Juvia and Mavis. "What's wrong? there's nothing shameful about nudity." Erza said, turning toward the other three.
"It's not that it's just…" Lucy trailed off. If it wasn't about the shame of it, then what WAS the problem?
"Exactly." Erza said. Then Erza turned back to the men and pulled out a crowbar. "Alright, what just happened?" she asked.
"Aw… why'd we have to change back right now!" the pink-haired man complained. He looked up at the moon and shook his fist at it. "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU!" he screamed at it. "HUH? WHY WOULD YOU MAKE US CHANGE BACK WHEN THERE ARE NOW SEMI-INNOCENT GIRLS HERE!... not that I mind… BUT STILL!"
"Screaming at the moon isn't going to do anything except make you look even crazier than you already look." The blue-eyed man said.
"He's right." The tattoo man said.
"Who are you? Tell us now before I beat you to death!" Erza said, raising the crowbar above her head in a threatening way. None of them really doubted it either. After all, she'd just been throwing rocks at them moments ago.
"Okay, okay, mercy!" tattoo man said. Erza narrowed her eyes.
"Are they dressed yet!" Mavis cried.
"No!" Erza said.
"Where did we leave our clothes this time anyway?" the blue-eyed man wondered, looking around.
"Honestly, what would any of you do without me?" the dark-haired man spoke for the first time. He brandished what Erza presumed to be their clothes and dressed. "Am I the only one with any common sense?" he rolled his eyes.
Once they were dressed they introduced themselves. "I'm Gray Fullbuster. I'm a dominant wolf." Said the blue-eyed man. He also had dark hair with pale skin, a strong build and a strong jaw. He was beautiful.
"I'm Natsu Dragneel, the Alpha of this group!" the pink haired man exclaimed. He also had onyx eyes a toothy smile and a strong build. He was less beautiful and had more of a childish cuteness. Especially with his innocent smile.
"I'm Jellal Fernandez. Omega." The tattoo man said. He had an intricate red tattoo on the bottom and top of his right eye. He had blue hair, was the tallest of the group and had warm hazel eyes.
"I'm Zeref Dragneel." The last man said. He was the shortest of the group and had dark raven hair with big black eyes. "I'm a submissive and Natsu's older brother." Yes, despite Natsu being alpha Zeref was submissive. It was his nature and he couldn't help it.
"They are clothed, right?" Juvia elaborated.
"Yes." Erza said. The other girls finally turned around.
"Wow." Juvia said. She was staring at Gray with this dreamy look on her face. Natsu sniggered and elbowed Gray lightly in the ribs. Gray snarled and glared at Natsu. Natsu just continued smirking and then turned back to the girls. "Why does he have to be so cute." Juvia whined quietly. Erza raised an eyebrow.
"If you say so. I honestly don't know what's so special about them."
"They're gorgeous! Just look at them!" Lucy said, gesturing wildly. "Are you blind!"
"No, she's oblivious to the opposite gender." Juvia said. Erza glared at her and crossed her arms.
"I am NOT oblivious. I just hold no interest in dating right now." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, sure. And cats fly. Now what do you think about all this Mavis?"
"They're nice." Mavis said a huge blush still across her cheeks. Lucy giggled and sighed.
"Yeah they are… but wait!" she cried. "What are you?" she asked suspiciously, eyeing them.
"We're werewolves." Natsu piped up.
"Shut up you idiot!" Gray growled, smacking Natsu on the back of the head. Natsu scowled and snarled slightly.
"You want a piece of me!" he cried. And before the girls knew it an all-out battle had commenced. Lucy frowned.
"They won't hurt each other, will they?" in all the stories Lucy had ever read usually in fights like these both parties were seriously wounded. Zeref shook his head.
"No. If things get too bad one of three things will happen. 1. Jellal puts a stop to the fight. He doesn't have to listen to Alpha orders and both Gray and Natsu have an overwhelming urge to protect him. it's because he's an omega. 2. I stop the fight by calming them. I'm submissive so they have a strong urge to protect me as well. Usually I can smooth things over. Or if neither of us is around is when 3 happens. 3. Natsu orders Gray to stop. Though they are both pretty equal in strength but Natsu's the alpha of the pack. Gray HAS to listen to him." Zeref explained.
"Oh, that's good I guess." Lucy sighed in relief. Jellal nodded.
"Yes, although, it usually doesn't get to that point." He told them.
"That makes sense I guess. Although, why doesn't Natsu just order Gray to stop in the first place. Then they would never fight."
"Just because Natsu can order us around, doesn't mean that he should. If Natsu were to start ordering Gray around too much, then resentment would start to grow, and resentment is not good. Plus, Natsu's childish and he relishes a good fight."
"Okay… Juvia hopes Gray wins." Juvia cried, cheering for the one she wanted to win.
"Unlikely, most of their battles end in a draw." Zeref said. "Technically, both of them are equally dominant. Normally, this would cause problems in the pack. In another one Natsu and Gray would have to fight to the death for the position of Alpha." Mavis gasped.
"Why!" she exclaimed. "That's so unfair." Zeref nodded.
"It is, and in a normal pack, that's how things would work. However, this works because Natsu inherits the title and because Gray doesn't mind not being Alpha. If Gray were to ever officially challenge Natsu's authority, it still might end in a death battle."
"Let's hope things never happen like that." Lucy said. She didn't know these boys very well, but she did know that whoever they were they didn't deserve to die.
"Yes, let's hope. This time however, it looks like there is to be a clear winner." Zeref said, looking mildly surprised. Natsu pinned Gray down in the street and bared his fangs in a snarl. He lowered himself to Gray, his fangs hovering inches away from his neck. Gray glared and struggled for a minute before giving up. He whimpered and tilted his head so Natsu could have better access to his neck. "Here's where Natsu could kill him. Natsu's established his dominance and Gray has given up and is now submissive." Zeref said. Natsu feigned biting Gray's neck. Lucy involuntarily jumped and let out a squeak. Natsu turned to her and smirked. There eyes locked for several seconds. Realizing that it might appear like she was challenging him she let her eyes drop. Gray let out another whimper, and shifted, dragging Natsu's attention back to him. Natsu's smirk widened and the girls watched as Natsu laid a light kiss on Gray's vulnerable throat before pulling back and letting him go. "Prolonging the helplessness is for humiliation purposes. Natsu's saying that he could hold Gray there as long as he wanted without breaking a sweat. The kiss is letting him know that Natsu isn't angry and that Gray is forgiven." Gray jumped up from his position on the ground and glared at Natsu, blushing slightly from the humiliation of the situation.
"Next time I'll get you." Natsu rolled his eyes.
"Keep telling yourself that, buddy…" he said, slinging an arm around Gray's shoulder. "Anyway, we should probably get going now." Natsu said, grinning. We have to go hunting bright and early tomorrow morning."
"You do?" Lucy asked. Natsu nodded. "We will see you again though, yes?" she asked.
"Maybe." Jellal said.
"Don't leave!" Juvia cried. "We just barely got to know each other."
Natsu watched as these girls tried to ask them to stay longer and get to know each other. He would be lying if he said he wasn't the least bit attracted. He thought the blonde was cute. She had big doe-brown eyes that reminded him of the bunny before he killed it. The blue-haired one obviously had the hots for Gray. She was pretty with medium length blue hair and big dark-blue eyes. She had thick lashes and pale skin. The red-head was scarily beautiful. She had long, dark scarlet hair, like blood, and fierce brown eyes. If the ivory-skinned beauty were a werewolf he was sure even he'd be outclassed in dominance. The last one looked like a little fairy. She was petite and had freakishly long wavy blonde hair. Her eyes were big and green and the most innocent of them all. She looked childish. If these four were all werewolves then he would peg them each as this. The blue-haired girl was dominant. While she would roll over if her superior told her so, she also had something fierce about her. like she wouldn't let anyone take what she knew was hers. The doe-eyed girl would be submissive. He could tell she would fight to protect what was hers, but he also saw that she wouldn't like to stand up to anyone she didn't deem a life or death threat. The scarlet-haired girl was, as he'd said before, an alpha. She was a leader and wouldn't let anyone stand in her way. The blonde would be an omega. He could tell she would stand up for herself if she had to, but also would prefer not to fight if she could.
"You never told us your names." Natsu said. They all blinked at him.
"Our names, right! How rude of us." The doe-eyed girl exclaimed. "I'm Lucy, Lucy Heartfillia." She smiled and held out her hand. "How do you do?"
"Good." He said shaking her hand. "Nice to meet you."
"I'm Juvia Lockser. It's a pleasure to meet you!" the blue-haired girl said, smiling.
"Erza Scarlet." The red-head said with a small smile. The boys thought that was a rather big coincidence considering her hair color.
"And I'm Mavis Vermillion!" the fairy-like girl said, a gigantic smile on her face. They all shook hands. Natsu felt his heart pulse while shaking Lucy's hand. He jolted slightly. He turned to see his friends have the same reaction. To different girls, however. Zeref to Mavis. Jellal to Erza. And Gray to Juvia.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked, wondering why he'd jolted. Natsu and his friends exchanged looks.
"I think… we just found our mates." Natsu said incredulously. Lucy frowned.
"Um… what do you mean?" she asked, confused.
"Like… our girlfriends, except for werewolves." Natsu said. Lucy blinked at him.
"You mean… you're in love?"
"Well, no… that's not exactly how it works. It's like you're our future loves. You're the ONES. Like in the fairytales, you know?" Lucy slowly nodded.
"I guess so."
"So, we're like… supposed to be your girlfriends?" Mavis asked.
"Kind of." Zeref said. "It's like we're destined to be together. We're not in love yet, but we will be. You are our only. A werewolf only mates once. And once it's mate is gone, then we're destined to be alone… although, even in all my years I've never met a werewolf whose mate was human. It's unheard of… and for us to ALL have human mates… it's an unfeasible coincidence!" he cried.
"It's not good for a werewolf to have a human mate since humans grow old and die." Jellal said with a frown. "And werewolves live virtually forever."
"Juvia's fine with being Gray's mate." Juvia said, already clinging to him.
"Most girls wouldn't say that after a werewolf just lost miserably." Gray said dryly.
"It must PROVE she's your soulmate. No one else would want you after your pitiful display after all." Natsu said, laughing. Gray glared at him and grumbled under his breath about Natsu catching him off guard and how it wasn't a real win. "So…" Natsu trailed off, obviously thinking. "We could try to turn them."
"Wait… you're going to kill us!" Lucy cried. Zeref rolled his eyes.
"That's vampires you're thinking of. What we're about to do will give you what you humans call a "disease". It will give you what you also call lycanthropy." Zeref said matter-of-factly.
"Whatever! I hear… well, I've read that people don't survive those kinds of things… most of the time anyway!" Mavis cried.
"It's okay, those are only in those silly novels! Anyway, we don't have to do it right away. We can wait a few years even if you want to get to know us better." Natsu said reasonably. The girls looked like they calmed down a bit after he said that.
"Well, I guess that gives us some time to think about it anyway." Lucy said. They all gave a relieved sigh. The guys nodded.
"We can wait." Natsu said. "No rush." He added for good measure.
Lucy nodded and then a thought occurred to her. "Wait, who are we paired with anyway?" she asked. Natsu grinned.
"You're with me!" he exclaimed, wrapping an arm around her shoulders. Lucy blushed bright red.
"I believe you are my mate." Zeref said to Mavis. She smiled.
"I'm just glad I didn't get stuck with Natsu." Zeref smirked.
"Oh, he really isn't all THAT bad."
"He isn't?" Lucy asked, relieved. Zeref shook his head and Lucy let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding.
"He's worse." Zeref said. Lucy's eyes popped open and Natsu laughed maniacally.
"I'm with Juvia." Gray said.
"I guess that leaves you with me." Erza said skeptically, staring at Jellal with calculating eyes. Jellal gulped as Erza sort of… sized him up. "I suppose I could've done worse." Jellal let some tension relax. Erza kept eyeing him up and down. "But I could've done better." She added. Jellal tensed again. Zeref patted Jellal on the shoulder mournfully as Erza turned away. "Hm…" she wondered aloud. "What should I do tomorrow." Jellal raised an eyebrow, wondering what she was talking about. Then he understood.
"Hey um, do you want to go on a date tomorrow?" he asked. she turned back toward him a small smile on her face.
"Well I guess you pass my test Fernandez. You're the first so far." Jellal thought that was weird since her test wasn't that hard. But he supposed it WOULD be hard to work up the courage to ask her on a date. If Jellal weren't a werewolf… Natsu suddenly had the bright idea to pipe up.
"Hey, we could all go on a date together! Like, a quadruple date!" he cried. Erza sighed and thought about it.
"Alright, on one condition." They all stared at her. "We stay out of each other's way or…" she trailed off and waved the crowbar around for emphasis on her point.
"But-." Natsu started. then it hit him… literally.
"No buts!" Erza cried, glaring at him. she'd hit him on the head with the crowbar. Natsu looked up ready to tear her throat out, but even the wolf in him coward when he met her gaze. So, as you could guess the human in him was crying and trying to run away. Her glare was terrifying. He dropped his eyes to the ground in instant defeat. Jellal chuckled softly.
"Looks like you met your match." He said, grinning.
"Whatever." Natsu grumbled. "So, quadruple date tomorrow at noon?" he set up the date. "At the park. We'll have a picnic. Pack a LOT! I'm not kidding." The girls nodded. "LOT!" he said again. Erza glared at him again.
"We get it." She said. Natsu nodded, satisfied, and terrified too.
"So… goodbye till tomorrow I guess." Lucy said with a blush on her face. The boys nodded also smiling.
"Goodbye." They said and waved. Both parties turned in opposite directions and started walking their respective ways home.
"That was interesting." Juvia said, grinning. Lucy snorted.
"That's one word for it." She said, still, in many ways thinking she was dreaming. But, it would be odd for all of them to have same dream while totally awake, right? Right.
"I think it was wonderful." Mavis said with a sigh. "I mean I got the sensible one." She said.
"I got the calm one. Maybe he can help me calm down when I'm in a rage." Erza said.
"I got the tall dark and handsome one." Juvia said dreamily, twirling a strand of her hair around her finger.
"And I got… and I got…" Lucy trailed off before hanging her head with a groan. "I got the goofball." She whined. The three other girls laughed. Lucy pouted. "It's not funny!" she cried.
"It kind of is!" Mavis said, still giggling. Lucy sighed and looked up at the moon.
"I'm glad we came out here tonight." She whispered. The other three nodded in unanimous agreement. So, in the dead of night with the moon shining full the three girls went home and slept. Although, that hardly seemed exciting after the night they'd had.
"They are the ones, right?" Jellal asked.
"Well, that was obviously the jolt when you find your mate. Of course, they're the ones." Zeref said, obviously annoyed.
"I'm glad they're the ones. They're beautiful, smart, funny…" Natsu trailed off as he looked to Jellal. "Terrifying." He said. Jellal nodded in agreement.
"I thought she was going to rip my head off." He said honestly.
"Seriously?" Gray asked. Jellal chuckled.
"Yep, I though she'd rip it right off my shoulders. And when she was eyeing me I thought I was going to die from all the dread creeping up." He shivered just by thinking about it. Natsu laughed and looked ahead as they kept strolling through the dark streets.
"Are we sure a date was the best idea?" he asked. the other three shrugged.
"We can't be sure until it happens." Zeref reasoned. "And it will be good to get to know our mates. I've heard of wolves rushing into things too quickly and the love ends up turning sour. That's probably the worst thing that could happen." They all shiver at the thought. Losing their mate or their mate hating them sounded almost as scary as one of Erza's glares. Natsu grinned to try and lighten the mood.
"Well, I don't think I really care as long as their happy. I mean, she's my mate. Her happiness is my priority. All our priorities." They nod. Having their mate happy was the best thing in the world. "I wouldn't be able to stand it if she weren't happy. That's why I'm going to make it my goal!"
"Yeah, but what about the fact that she's human… the fact that they're all human." Gray said. Natsu sighed. "Are we really going to turn them into werewolves?"
"I don't know." Natsu said quietly. "I mean… that would probably be for the best, considering that then we could live a happy and fulfilling life with our mates by our sides until the day we die."
"But would they be happy?" Zeref whispered. All four men were silent. They wouldn't be sure of anything until the girls were turned. And if it turned out that it made them unhappy well then… there was no reversing what had been done.
"Maybe we just shouldn't do it… you know, not take any chances. It's like they say, why change a good thing?" Jellal said. They were all silent.
"Like always, you're right Jellal." Natsu said, with a sigh. "Keeping them human would probably make them better. They don't know how hard it is to be virtually immortal. It might break them. Humans are born knowing they will die." Natsu said quietly.
"We were human once…" Zeref said quietly. This gave Natsu pause. It was true. All of them had been human at one point or another in their lives. They had learned to cope with lycanthropy. "But not everyone is us." Zeref added.
"Yeah… let's just see where our dates take us. We'll see what to do from there." Natsu said. The other three nodded, agreeing with what Natsu had said.
"Yes, it's best to move slow. We'd rather be safe rather than sorry, after all." Jellal said.
"Yeah, that'll be for the best." Natsu opened the door to his apartment and let the other guys in first. He already thought he liked Lucy. Although, that was what was supposed to happen when you met your mate. It was unheard of for a werewolf to feel disgust when first seeing your mate.
"This will be hard." Zeref said to him.
"We can handle it." Natsu insisted. "We always do."
"As always your optimistic." Gray said. "It's sickening." Natsu grinned a not-so-sweet grin.
"Why thank you."
They all moved inside the house for the it was almost 1:00 A.M, and they had to hunt in the morning for breakfast. They'd be hungry again by lunch, sure, but they still needed lots of meat to make it until then. "Tomorrow should be great." Natsu said from just outside the doorway. The others, who were already inside the house nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it should." Gray said.
"It will be." Jellal said with a small smile.
"It will be stunning." His brother said reassuringly. Natsu grinned at them too and turned to look back up at the full moon.
"Hey," he said quietly. "I know I was made at you earlier and yelled at you, and now I'm probably considered crazy for talking to you, but I just wanted to say..." he gazed up at the moon. It had always been there for him. Even centuries ago it was still there. The same moon. The only thing that had been constant through his hundreds of years of being alive. He smiled brightly at it. It was almost as beautiful and radiant as his mate. "Thank you." he whispered, closing the door with a quiet click.
A/N Hey, I've finally updated this and it's not a holiday special! Who's excited? *raises hand*. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter because it was one of my favorites to write. I think this was originally supposed to be vampires but meh. So, if you like Dragneel brothers I implore you to check out some of my other stuff. My Darkness, Your Light, Our Humanity is a multi-chapter centering around the Zervis ship. Dreams and Reality is a one-shot about how Zeref tries making his dreams into reality as per the title. How the Zrinch Stole Christmas, which is a crossover between Fairytail and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And finally, my newest Zeref's Guide to Why Immortality is Overrated, this is a one-shot where Zeref keeps a journal written in first-person about why immortality sucks among other things. So, if any of those interest you, check them out. I also have news that I am now a beta-reader so if you're interested in one of those, contact me. :) I might update this once more before Christmas, but we'll see. Reviews/favorites/follows are appreciated! So, bye!