This chapter is shorter than my other ones, but no less surprising. it took me longer to get this out sorry about that. Real life is truly insane. I want to thank all ho have reviewed, favorited and follow this story. Mostly my thanks is to Desna for her help and for giving us the pradesh chracters. I may join Pradesh week myself. i'm still on the fence. Idon't know when the next chapter will be out but i am hoping soon. provided real life continues to go well. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter Four
Lucy pov:
A sharp pain slammed into my side when the crack appeared, then I felt my magic being sucked into the box. I felt a huge drain before it started shaking more, "S...Se...Second origin release." I called out breathlessly. A rush of power flooded me and the box stilled once more. It has been a long time since I've had to release my 2nd origin due to the first being drained.
"Lucy are you alright?" I felt then heard Kaleb from behind me. Before I could respond I heard Galas voice screaming in my head "MOMMY!" I was up and running with the box still feeding on my magic. Kaleb was behind me and Altais was flying behind him.
Running out to the deck I froze when I saw the chaos that was happening; Fioran guards where aboard the ship and fighting against my family and friends. One had his arm around my son and a knife to his neck. I moved to help him when the guards eyes went white then Vander appeared next to him and grabbed him, plucking Galas from his grasp and setting him down to run to me while ripping the guard through a gate into his shadows. You could hear him screaming.
Once freed Galas ran to where Kaleb and I were. With him safely in my arms and Altais standing in front of us Kaleb to the side; Kaleb's eyes went white again and every rune knight in front of us and on the ship starting convulsing then throwing themselves off the ship. The shields re engaged over the airship. How on earth did Fiore get an airship unless they built one or stole the plans on them? We saw Hisui appear on the deck of her ship.
"Hand over the traitor or we will fire again! It isn't war if the ship in question is harboring a traitor of the crown." She yelled over.
"There are no traitors here only Boscan citizens, my wife and son. You have attacked a Boscan airship and stolen another Boscan ship from the port in Hargeon! This is an act of war Hisui!" Kaleb yelled back to her.
She gave him and me a look of disgust and out raged anger. You could see in her eyes she was going to give the order to attack when out of nowhere a huge fireball rained down on her ship. A fireball I recognized just from sight alone. I saw Hisui and the guards that were still alive teleport away with teleportation Lacrimas.
I felt two strong magic presences, one unfamiliar and the other I'd know anywhere. "Natsu" I gasped in my shock I had stopped channeling magic into the device which caused another crack and more magic being pulled from me, forcing me back into a deep meditative state. Last thing I saw was Natsu and a tall man that had dark angel wings protruding from his back.
Kaleb pov:
Lucy sagged, and I had to move quickly to catch her with one arm and
Galas with the other, pulling her into my chest and settling Galas on my hip
I kissed her forehead before looking up and meeting my older brother's eyes. "Where's the box?" Zen demanded by way of greeting, since his rescue from Pergrande he'd come a long way toward becoming the happy man we all wanted him to be, but in rough situations, he was all business, fought better and harder than 20 men and had magic that honestly rivaled my own in power.
Altais blinked in disbelief "Archangel…" The dragon said quietly. Zen met
its eyes as if it were just another person. "I can feel it, I can feel it drawing on her, where is it? Better me than her." He snapped. Altais nodded "This way...yes...you can keep it sealed…" The dragon said more brightly and Zen followed the little dragon from the deck.
That left me with an unconscious Lucy in one arm and a crying three year
old I really needed to soothe in the other and a strange pink haired man I
thought I'd heard Lucy call "Natsu" standing in front of me.
"She ok?" He asked nodding toward Lucy and I smiled faintly looking down
at her.
"She will be, I need to get her settled in our room again, apparently Zen can
help with this box, then I need to handle our son...unless Galas is going to
be brave for me." I smiled gently at my son who blinked through his tears.
"Mommas ok?" He asked. I kissed his temple
"Yes baby boy, Mommas fine, just tired." I soothed and Galas nodded,
rubbing at his eyes and leaning forward to rest his head on my shoulder,
fisting a hand in my hair, something that apparently soothed him.
"I can carry her for you…" Natsu offered but Galas waved a hand.
"No...just Daddy, only Daddy holds Momma, I can walk." He said with a huff
and let me set him on his feet so I could sweep Lucy up into my arms. He
grabbed my belt then and walked alongside me, looking suspiciously at
Natsu who grinned at him.
"So...you and Luce huh? And that's your...son...you guys are married?" He
asked.
"We are now yes." I replied and Galas grinned, he knew what married
meant and I heard his happy thoughts about that. Married meant I was his
forever Daddy now and that Momma wouldn't be alone taking care of him
and wouldn't be lonely, Aunt Aquarius wouldn't pick on her about finding a
boyfriend anymore either, he very much liked that.
I smiled at the happy thoughts, vowing I'd make them all true for him and
his mother, whatever I had to do, I'd protect them both, make sure they
wanted for nothing ever again, Lucy would never wonder how she was
going to afford new shoes and clothes for our growing son, or where next
months rent was going to come from, never again, and she wouldn't be
lonely or ever wonder if she was loved again, I would love her, I was
already hopelessly in love with my son, that had taken moments, and
Lucy...well...one night in her arms was enough to make it clear we could
work together, I just had to make it happen, whatever needed to be done…
"You smell like her, and she smells like you...he looks a lot like you…"
Natsu observed.
I smiled again, Dragon Slayers, it was good I was so familiar with them or
those comments might have confused me. That Lucy and I smelled like
each other was because of the night we'd spent together, one I meant to
repeat, and Galas should look like me...I was his father.
"Thank you." I replied and Natsu grinned
"Yeah...I...I was her partner for a long time...just friends, she's Kin for me."
He said and I nodded. I knew what Kin was, it meant I could trust Natsu to
watch over her.
"If I leave you with her, you just need to make sure she's ok when she
wakes up, the box is safe with my brother, let her know that, and that Galas
and I will be on the bridge, I have to help my Father handle Queen Hisui
and get the now abandoned Boscan airship over there that you damaged
under control so it doesn't crash." I said, carrying Lucy into the cabin and
laying her down on the bed.
She sighed, moving closer to me and mumbling "Kaleb…" softly, it made
my chest tighten and I smiled, brushing her hair gently from her face before
bending and kissing her lips lightly. Then I turned to Natsu, picking Galas
up.
"I'll watch over her, nobody will get near her." He said firmly and I nodded,
heading out of the Cabin.
My father looked up at me as I walked into the bridge, reaching eagerly for
Galas who happily hugged his way into his grandfathers arms.
"My precious boy, your Daddy took care of those bad men, now...we need
to take care of a crazy Queens mess." Dad sighed, looking at me.
"Vander went over, he and Bickslow can handle the ship, it's damaged but
it will fly back to Bosco, I've sent word through the fleet to get all Boscan
airships up out of Fioran ports, though I hate doing it since there may be
wizards trying to escape that womans insanity needing to get on those
ships. Until some sort of treaty can be reached though with Hisui, we can't
risk her stealing any more ships."
"Agreed, I'll get teleportation mages to the border towns so they can at
least make jumps into Fiore and bring people out." I said, lifting my com
and contacting Thane, It took over an hour to get it organized giving the
man a list of things to get done before turning back to the most important
thing I needed to do. Settle my son in for the night.
I scooped him up and carried him back to the cabin, finding Natsu sitting in
a chair watching over Lucy who was still out. Without a word the Fireslayer
stood and left the cabin, smiling at me. I caught his arm before he was fully
out the door.
"Go to the bridge, they'll assign you a place to sleep, thank you for
watching her." I said and he grinned at me.
"No sweat, Luce has been my buddy for a long time. I'll have some
explaining to do when she wakes up, but for now? I'll leave her to you." He
said and I let him go then, closing the door and helping Galas change into
pajamas before I pulled my own clothes off and slipped on sleep pants.
Sliding into the bed beside Lucy I smiled as she turned toward me,
pressing against me in her sleep. Galas climbed in between us, his little
hands touching my chest, trailing over the loop headed cross branded over
my heart.
"What's this?" He asked.
"It's the symbol for the Knights of Immaculate Light, the crossed swords
behind the cross mean I'm an officer among them." I replied.
"You're a knight?" He asked and I smiled "Yes I am."
"These?" He asked, poking the bob tailed panther on my right pec, "I was born of Clan Lukera on Bosco, so I was tattooed as a baby, given
the clans sacred animal and the symbols of the strongest magic of our clan.
"You could have them too if you wanted them." I told him.
His eyes widened, "I could have cats on me?"
I smiled "Panthers, these are bobtailed Boscan Panthers, they're
venomous, very powerful hunters. And yes, as my son it's your right to bear
the clans markings." I replied.
He settled in against me and his mother, smiling up at me. "You and
Momma are married, does that mean you won't ever go and will our names
change? Asuka and her Momma have the same last name as her Daddy."
I smiled, kissing his temple. "That's up to your Momma, Galas, she can
keep your names as they are or take mine, it's her choice, just like me
staying is up to her, I want to though...I love you and I want to be with you
both." I said quietly and Galas nodded, yawning and cuddling down in the
bed, I held them both for a long while before sleep took me with them, my
family...my precious family.
Dawn saw our arrival in Bosco, docking in Pelerno and getting everyone
sorted into vehicles that would take them to the White Sea Guild branch in
Pelerno. We had ample housing, apartments would be assigned to all who
chose to stay in Pelerno and everyone would be given a few days to
decide, they had just been through a lot and White Sea had 7 branches
across Bosco, they would be welcome to call any of them home.
Lucy woke not long after the ship docked, and spent the morning grilling
Natsu about where he'd been, there were tears, there was shouting, and
she may have kicked Natsu across the deck of the ship but eventually I got
her into a magic mobile and she wrapped her arms around me, face pressed into my shoulder.
We would get everyone settled, Zen had already taken the box to the Citadel with Altais, and plans were made to meet Draco, but first we had to get everyone settled, so they knew where they were going to be, and Galas needed to be taken home to the estate where my father would very happily babysit while Lucy and I handled the box.
King Altiene didn't take the news about his ship being stolen lightly, teams
sent to repair it.
"I'll contact Hisui directly and demand an apology for her actions. The
woman she wants...Lucy...she's really married to Kaleb?" He asked and
Arman nodded.
"It was a sudden thing; Lucy is the mother of Kalebs only child Altiene, I'm
sure you know how the love of a child can bring adults together. We'll have
a formal ceremony soon, we wanted to get settled first, and they have
injured friends they're worried about, you understand. But yes...Kaleb and
Lucy are formally promised and engaged, the ceremony to finalize it all will
happen shortly, Lucy IS a part of my family, this is my grandson Galas, say
hello to the King of Bosco Galas."
He picked Galas up and the boy smiled shyly at the king whose eyes widened, there was no mistaking Kaleb's eyes, or that his features were clear in the boys face.
"I...I'm very happy to meet you Galas, your Grandfather and I are good
friends and I've known your Daddy since he was your age!" Altiene smiled
and Galas hid his face in Armans neck, making both men chuckle.
"Well, seeing him it's clear this isn't something you arranged on the way
here to protect the girl, Galas looks a lot like Kaleb, even the dark purple
eyes he had before he was immersed in the light. I'll handle Fiores crazy
new Queen, Lucy is safe as Kalebs wife." Altiene said firmly "And I'll extend
amnesty to all wizards wishing to leave Fiore, if she's stupid enough to
weaken her country by wiping out her mages, Bosco will gladly add their
strength to its own."
"Thank you Altiene, Farron and I are already drafting treaties for this, and
exchange agreements to free as many of the imprisoned mages as we can
get." He said and Altiene nodded.
"Good, as soon as you have those let me know. If you'll excuse me, I need
to put on my best outraged face and call a batshit crazy Queen." Altiene
winked and the com went dark.
Lucy sat in a lounge chair behind the Pradesh home, watching Galas play
on the beach. To say Galas was delighted with the Pradesh family home
would have been and understatement, I came up and slid down on the
lounge beside her, putting an arm around her shoulders and placing a book
in her lap.
She picked it up and read the cover. "Boscan ceremonies of the
heart,Promising, becoming engaged, and Marrying in the country of Love."
She read and gave me an arched brow.
"Yeah I know, cheesy title, but it's the best book on the subject and you
need to understand how the wedding will work before we go through it,
there are ceremonies involved and it spans two days." I told her, now both
brows were up.
"Why two days?"
"Because, first we agree, make our vows to each other, then, I have to
prove I can satisfy your needs, if you feel I do and can continue to, the
morning of the second day you accept me, then we have a week together,
just you and I for a honeymoon, followed by family week where we spend a
week bonding with our family through games and such." I explained, loving
how her face reddened a little at the mention of the proving ceremony.
"It's all to assure a couple really wants each other." I told her and she
nodded, opening the book while I hugged her into my side and trained my
eyes on our son who was having a fantastic time with his uncle Cristoff. As
the first grandson; and only child in the Pradesh home right now...he was going to have no shortage of people more than happy to play with him.
Lucy pov:
I had just finished reading the book Kaleb wanted me to read when a shadow was cast over us. Looking up I saw it was Natsu. I was still a bit furious with him for only giving me a vague answer as to where he has been and why he wasn't dead.
"Are you finally going to answer my questions or are you going to continue avoid them?" I heatedly asked.
"Come on Luce lets go for a walk, I'll answer all the question ya got then." With a nod at him I got off the lounge I was sharing with Kaleb. Giving him a kiss I looked into his eyes, "Watch Galas please and whatever you do, do not give him sugar right now. No matter how good the puppy eyes are. Pass the message to your family. If they give him sugar they will deal with the sugar crazy Galas." With a nod at me and a shiver down his spine at the image I showed of a sugar demon Galas I was off.
We walked down the path on the beach for a bit before Natsu sat of the ground and hung his head. Shrugging my shoulders I plopped down onto the sand in front of him.
"Natsu, where have you been? I thought you were dead; I know I rewrote the book of E.N.D but after that and your fight with Acnologia there was a flash of light and you were gone." I asked after taking his hand into my own.
"Luce to be honest I didn't really know where I was or who I was; until I found a coliseum and who I later found out was Zen fighting in it. It looked like he was gonna die and I heard the men there saying that had weakened him enough to take him. So I did what I did best a jumped to the fight and burned the place down taking Zen with me. We traveled together till we reached Bosco." I went to interrupt him with another question when he stopped me.
"Let me finish this please. It should answer all your questions." With a nod at him he continued his story.
"When Zen and I arrived in Bosco he said he had family here so I went with him their but stayed back until I smelled another dragon slayer. Cristoff was on the beach where I was and he knew right away who I was. By this time Zen was taken by his other family to the White Sea guild while Cristoff stayed to help me. I've never met Kaleb till today. Over the past 3 nearly 4 years I've been trying to remember who I am. It wasn't until 2 weeks ago I heard a voice, your voice calling out to me. When I focused on that voice I started to remember. Zen was taking me back to the guild when we saw you and everyone getting attacked. So I shot off magic before I even thought about it."
"Natsu if Cristoff knew who you were why didn't you come back sooner?" I questioned.
"I told them not to take me back. I wanted to remember on my own. If I had gone back and knew no one they would've all been hurt and sad. That wouldn't be fair to anyone." I nodded in understanding because he was right it wouldn't be fair. "Tell me about your son he looks just like his father except he has your smile." With that we got lost in conversation about Galas, Natsu ever cried when I told him Galas full name.
We were on our way back to the house when Altais popped up in front of us. "Princess you are needed in the Citadel bring the young prince and his father, Draco is requesting your presences." He left as quickly as he came. Natsu and I ran into the house where Kaleb and Galas were waiting for me.
Natsu said he was going to stay behind with Happy. After I changed clothing, Galas, myself, Kaleb and his brother joined us excluding Farron who was busy but Arman came with us. I just hope everything is alright and no one is hurt.
Thanks again for reading! Told ya there was a surprise. How did you like that surprise? probably shocked the pants right off of ya. No worries the next chapter will leave ya reelin. stay tuned :D