(Edited/completely bloody rewritten because I'm an idiot 9/12/18)
Due to the almost overwhelming love this set of stories received during CoLu Week I'm continuing the tale. Hope you enjoy. Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail.
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Erza sat across the table from Fairy Tail's new amnesiac version of 'Mystogan', eating cake and twitching. It was odd thinking of him by that name, but, as Lucy had pointed out last night, the real Mystogan wasn't ever actually seen and their new Mystogan was a wanted criminal if they ever admitted who he really was. Mystogan himself had been contacted and agreed to the ruse, at least for the time being. The entire guild had agreed that, unless he reverted to his psychotic criminal persona, they would be forgetting that Jellal survived the destruction of the Tower of Heaven. He was Mystogan now and had the Fairy Tail stamp in dark blue on the pale skin of his forearm to prove it.
Poor Wendy was beside herself with the confusion over the identity of 'her' Jellal and the real Mystogan hadn't bothered to clear anything up. Of course the Mystogan they had on hand couldn't help her because he new nothing about himself. Erza loved having a little sister and had moved her into her apartment with her. They were sharing a bed for the time being. Wendy had been sitting at the table with them during breakfast, but when Macbeth sleepily wandered into the guild she had gone to talk to him.
They had temporarily lifted the 'no males allowed' rule at Fairy Hills until housing could be arranged for their new members. Mystogan was sleeping on a cot in her apartment until she could move the three of them into more appropriate housing. A couple of the other girls had doubled up so that Richard and Sawyer would have a roof over their heads. When Erza moved out her rooms would be remodeled for Kinana. There had been a single empty apartment that would eventually be Sorano's. For now she and Kinana were staying in the Straus home and Macbeth had that room. For some reason the other new guild members seemed to feel quite strongly about the sleepy wizard having his own room. Apparently Erik had gone home with Lucy. Erza wasn't sure what to do about that.
"So, Mystogan," The dark green eyes he lifted to meet hers were slightly more alert then they had been last night. "How are you feeling this morning."
"Better. At least I think I feel better. It's hard to tell. I...I get these flashes, I guess they are memories. Some of them are...bad, but some of them..." Her eyes widened when he reached across the table to curl a lock of her hair around his finger. "some of them are good. Erza Scarlet." Scarlet. Was he remembering, remembering that he had given her that name, for the color of her hair? "I know I've done terrible things. I shouldn't be here. You should have given me over to the Rune Knights, instead you and your guild is protecting me." He drew his hand back, releasing her hair. "Why?"
"Fairy Tail believes in second chances. Lucy thinks, and the Master and I would like to believe, that you deserve the chance to try again now that you have been freed from whatever spell polluted your mind last time we met. I also know that in the end it was you who pulled me from the ethernano when the Tower exploded." He gave her a small smile. Not like the real, happy ones she remembered from their childhood but at least it wasn't false like she had seen him give as 'Seigrain'.
"Gajeel! Gajeel!" Happy seemed to be panicking.
"Shut it you stupid cat! Why are you screaming at me?"
"Natsu said to tell you! I think it was really important!" Gajeel just growled, so Master took over his side of the conversation.
"Tell us what, Happy? What happened?"
"Well we slept in this morning and Natsu was sad, because we missed Mira's breakfast, so we decided to go see if Lucy would cook for us. There was bacon, but they didn't share with me." The blue cat drooped. Erza stood and walked over to where the cat stood on a table.
"Happy, we need you to focus. Are Lucy and Erik alright? Where is Natsu?"
"Erza," She looked over at Master Makarov when he spoke. "If Happy was sent with a message maybe we should hear it first."
"Indeed. The message, Happy, what is it?"
"Umm..." He stared vacantly off into space. Erza knew that look. "I don't remember." She could feel her anger swelling. If her family was in danger and they came to harm due to his inattention he was going to suffer.
"Happy," Gray snapped, likely just as impatient as Erza herself. "We need you to remember. You went to Lucy's house for breakfast. There was bacon. What happened next?"
"Bacon..." He drooled for a moment before snapping to attention. "Oh, yeah." His eyes grew wider than normal. "Erik tried to eat Lucy! I told him 'just because she is fat doesn't mean you should eat her' and he told me to go tell Gajeel. Natsu said-"
"He what!?" She ran out the guild door to rain her wrath upon the man she had trusted with her guild sister's safety. At least she tried to. The empty doorway threw her back into the building. She tried again with the same results. "What is going on? Whoever is doing this will stop at once!" She turned back to the guild and found herself looking into Macbeth's bright red eyes. Sorano, Kinana, Sawyer, and Richard stood beside him.
"Erik wouldn't harm a hair on his Daphne's head to save his life. The cat is mistaken. You aren't going anywhere near them, not like that, not while I breath."
"Lucy is safe." Sorano fingered her keys as she spoke. "There is obviously more to this story than the cat has shared."
"Are you trying to prevent me from protecting Lucy?"
"Not trying." Sawyer scoffed at her. "Erik will protect Lucy. We will protect Erik."
"Oh, Yeah!" Richard was sparkling like some of the Blue Pegasus members occasionally did.
"How dare you!"
"Shut the hell up ya idiots!" Gajeel shouted. "The cat is an idiot." That got her attention. "Erik is a dragon slayer. Ya ever think there was a reason the message came to me and not Master or you, Titania?" That was a very good point actually. "He didn't try to eat her. He bit her, claimed her as his mate."
"Mate!" She threw herself at the door again and was tossed back. "How dare he impinge her honor!"
"Oh, for Fuck's sake. She had to want it or the bond wouldn't have worked." The invisible force in the doorway threw her back again. "The mating bond is a sacred thing that binds them together body, mind, magic, and soul." She drew her sword and hacked at the doorway. Her blows all went wide and she ended up taking a chunk out of a nearby pillar. "You can't go, Erza. The bond is fresh. Bunny will tear you to pieces and dance in your blood." She had prepared another attack when his words registered.
"Lucy?"
"Yes. They will both be a little crazy for a week or so, till the bond settles. Mature, powerful female like you will be viewed by Lucy as a threat to their relationship. The dragon magic won't risk you stealing her mate. She'll kill you or die tryin. Hell, even with his kinship bond with Bunny, Salamander could be seen as a threat. Erik must have a shit ton of self control to let him stay even for a moment."
"Lucy wouldn't do that."
"Gajeel's right." Levy piped up. "If Erik and Lucy are really mates and he initiated the bonding ritual they really will get violent. They will come back to the guild when they are ready. Natsu will be able to tell us for sure when he gets here."
"I believe the young lady is right."
"Je-Mystogan?"
"While memories of my life still escape me facts and knowledge remain present. Dragons and dragon slayers select a single mate in their lifetime, one their souls will normally recognize imimmediately. The bond is an eternal one."
"Eternal..." This was a lot to take in. Mira let out a squeel.
"The babies!"
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(AN: I'm open to ideas on where this story goes if anyone wants to make requests...)