This is pretty short, but the next chapter is already well underway. Sorry I've been so quiet recently.

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A smile tugged at the corner of Erik's mouth as he felt his mate trace the scars on his chest and press sweet kisses to each one. He could sense how happy she was through the still developing bond between them. This had to be the best way to wake up, ever. Normally after they had driven themselves to exaustion he was the first one to wake up, so this was a treat.

She loved him. His Daphne really,truely loved him, despite all the shit he had done in the past. She knew a lot of it now. She had seen some of it. Shared dreams were a part of their bond apparently, and shared dreams ment shared nightmares. That had been fun. Not. He had been traumatized at what she had been forced to see, but she had just kissed him until they had both forgotten the terror that had torn them from their sleep.

Don't think about that while we are naked, Erik. He chuckled at her. He only heard her now when he tried to or she wanted him to. The bond protecting both of their sanity probably. She could also block him out or hear things he sent at her too. Actually don't think about it at all. Past is past and Cobra died with the Oracion Seis. Focus on me.

"Kinda hard-" He hissed when her hand wrapped around his cock and gave a light squeeze. More than kinda. "Fuck woman!" She had the nerve to giggle at him.

"That's kinda the idea." He growled and opened his eyes to look down at the golden hair spead out over his skin.

"Better be more than kinda." He slid a hand up the soft skin of her back. "You-" An explosion literally shook the building. "What the hell?" He had been beyond gratful for the runes Freed had set while Wendy was making her grocery delivery the afternoon of their first day here. They kept the noise of the town out, but now he was cursing them because he had no clue what was going on. Lucy let out a vicious snarl that was sexy enough he wanted to ignore the explosion.

"One week! Can they not go one week without destroying something?" She dropped her head to his chest with a thump. "It's probably just Natsu. If we ignore it-" The building shook again and they both tensed at the draconic roar that was powerful enough to overcome the runes. They rolled out of bed and started shoving cloths on. "What the hell have they done this time!"

Erik decided to skip the stairs and doors and simply pulled his mate into his arms and jumped out the window the instant they were decent. They didn't have to go looking for the problem. The giant, dragon-like monster surrounded by fire and shouting with Natsu's voice was pretty obvious. They took to a nearby rooftop for a better look.

"You gotta destroy this thing with me inside!"

"Well, fuck." That's really all he had to say on the matter.

"I knew it. Natsu you big idiot! He got himself eaten!"

"Oh! This is such a rush!" The female voice came from the same dragon monster Natsu's had. "This power rocks! It really takes me back!"

His kitten's growl would have been bone chilling if he were anyone else. As it was it made him shudder. She was enraged enough he heard her without even trying to. How dare she! Bitch! I will destroy you! Daphne took off across the rooftops and he was barely able to keep up. Dragon instinct. A female dragon thing had interrupted their mating. He just thought it was ridiculous, but Lucy might just kill something today. As they drew closer Natsu started talking again. To himself.

"Ah! Whatever happens I can't let myself pass out. Nah. It's pointless man. You should just give up now. Don't listen to him. You're still in this. Don't give up! Who's there? Gimme a break. Like you know what Daphne's talking about!"

Daphne? He reached with his magic for the female inside the dragonoid. What he found had him recoiling mentally and growling. How dare that cackling insanity of a creature call herself by the name he had given his mate. That was no Daphne flower. That was a sick monster and he was going to tear it's heart out.

"Yes! Yes! Lizardmen 3.1 go, go, go!" Erik let out a poison dragon roar that swirled with the golden light of his mate's celestial magic. That was a new thing they hadn't noticed yet. It wiped out a huge patch of the lizardmen, clearing a path for Lucy to leap from a roof with an enraged scream and slam into the side of the monster's head. It rocked back a bit, giving Erik a perfect shot at the glowing red lacrima in it's chest. He could hear Natsu inside. He poured magic into his claws and jumped, landing on the creature's chest and digging into the softer flesh around the lacrima. His magic wasn't the brute force kind, so he didn't excpect he could crack it open, but he could damn sure tear it out. He could hear his mate above him, screaming like the dragoness she was.

"How dare you! You dare come here claiming to be a dragon! Disrupting my bonding with my mate! You have threatened my family! Give Natsu back! You want to see a dragon! Fine! I'll send you to Draco myself!" Erik snarled and began tearing chunks from the beast that had challenged his mate. "Survey the Stars, Open the Heavens. All the stars, far and wide. Show me thy appearance. With such shine. Oh Tetrabiblos. I am the ruler of the stars. Aspect become complete. Open thy malevolent gate. Oh 88 Stars of the heaven..." Erik tore the huge lacrima from the monster's chest and flung it away. He heard it shatter when it hit the ground, releasing Natsu. He lept up, using his momentum to swing by the creatures snout and land near his glowing goddess of a mate. "Shine! Urano Metria!"

Erik closed his eyes and smiled as the warmth of Daphne's magic flowed over him. He could smell his own dragon slaying magic laced with the stardust of her spell. He listened, caught her in his arms when the monster fell, and jumped down to the ground. By the time the light and the dust cleared enough for the rest of the guild to see she had tackled him to the ground and was kissing him. She pulled back to look in his eyes and grinned.

"Mine." He raised a brow at her, but couldn't help but smirk back.

"Yours."

"Damn, Luce, that was bad ass!"

"Don't anybody piss off Bunny ever again." Erik growled at Gajeel who raised his hands and took a step back.

"Lucy?" Daphne hissed at Erza and then blushed.

"Umm... Hi, Erza."

"You just slew a dragon."

"It wasn't a real dragon, and Erik is the one who tore its heart out. Or Natsu I guess. I just..."

"You crushed it under a shit ton of stars, Daphne." She blushed and hid her face in his shoulder.

"Question?" Erik looked up to see a wide awake Macbeth smiling at them. It was a real smile too so Fairy Tail must have been being good to him. "What brought you two out here enraged enough to slay a monster none of us could scratch in about fifty-five seconds." Erik grinned.

"The instinct of a dragoness." Macbeth tipped his head to the side and eyed Daphne.

"Does this mean you are returning to the land of the living?"

Daphne? What do you think?

I'm ok. I think. We may still be jumpy, but I miss the guild.

Agreed. Just don't run off and start hugging people yet.

Deal. I'm hungry.

"Hey, Mira! Think you can rustle up some grub for us this late at night?"

"Absolutely!"

"Awesome. In that case let's head back to the guild and mock Gray over the epic stupidity of his plan."

"This really is Gray's fault?"

"Nope. It's Natsu's."

"That's what I thought."

"Well," Everyone turned to look at the master. "While that did not al all turn out the way I expected I am very proud of you both. You are truely Fairy Tail wizards. Just look at the mess you made! Do you know how much its going to cost to fix this! You crazy brats!" Erik couldn't help but laugh along with the rest of the guild.

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To be continued.