Chapter 6
Lucy's POV
Watching Cristoff and Draco both greet the dragon whom they called Nurem, made me smile. When the dragon shifted into a human form with a silver-white dress and silver and white horns, it took me by surprise. She was absolutely stunning with her moon colored skin, shining navy blue hair, and bright purple eyes. I didn't think dragons could shift into human forms.
"Mom what are you doing here? I thought you were still in hiding?" I looked back to see Cristoff staring disbelievingly at his dragon mother.
"My sweet boy, I came for the eggs, they will not hatch without the presence of a dragon queen. Seeing as I am the last queen the duty to hatch them rests with me. However, I cannot get to the eggs, or dragons, inside the box without it being opened first. If you could open the box please heir of the stars?" she asked. With a nod, I turned to look at the box. Lifting my arms I pushed my magic out and into the box. The magical signature was similar to what it felt to use a gate key, but instead of my spirits coming through it acted as a gateway between our realm and whatever was protecting the contents of the box.
"I am linked to the path of the celestial world, heir of the stars, I command thee OPEN!" I said, throwing at least three containers of magic into the box I was about to open my fourth container when I felt the portal open. Out of the portal flew four dragons carrying two eggs each, startling those in attendance. When the last dragon flew out the portal started to close, suddenly four more eggs fell out and two small dragons tumbled through, fighting as if they were Gray and Natsu, siblings. I could feel the sweat drop on the side of my head at their familiar behavior. Three more dragons with two eggs each flew out, one dragon had a smaller one on its back. Once the portal shut the faint sound of something cracking could be heard, so I spun back to look at the box only to see it shatter into thousands of pieces. Its purpose was complete, with no more magic left within it, it turned to fragments of the past.
I recognized the two fighting dragons, the bigger two of the last ones out and one of the first four. They were the parents of my friends the other three, however, I couldn't seem to place who they were or if they were related to any one of the slayers in Fairy Tail, Sabertooth, or White Sea.
"Cristoff," I leaned over to whisper to the lunar slayer, "Do you happen to know who any of these dragons are? I recognize five of them from after the battle of Tartaros, but the others are new to me."
"Well I can only confirm two of the three other dragons," Cristoff said with a thoughtful look on his face. "I have a good guess as to who the third is though. I believe we have Emzadi, Laxus, and Cobra's parents in attendance as well. You already know Igneel, Grandine, Metallicana, Skiadrum, and Weisslogia. The vibrant orange dragon is Emzadi's mother, another Queen like Nurem and Grandine, Tandress. The brilliant yellow drake next to her is Laxus' father, Kiaghan, which means Braveheart. Lastly, Rithu the Deathlady is the maroon dragon and broodmother to the nest, as well as Cobra's mother."
I looked at the elder dragons, hatchlings, and eggs in awe as I felt my brain start to swim with questions. Why were dragons returning to Earthland? What did that mean for the country? How was magic going to be affected? Were there more slayers out there with the new generation being born, about to be born? I could feel my eyes start to glaze over as I continued to run question after question through my mind.
"Easy Lucy," Cristoff put his hand on my shoulder, easing my worries with his healing magic. "How about I go and retrieve the other slayers then we can ask questions as an entire group?" I just nodded my head, not quite having the capacity to forms words since I had just short-circuited my brain.
Cristoff's POV
With an image of my family's living room, I lunar shifted there. When the light cleared I saw Natsu, Cobra, and Laxus there waiting for me. "Kaleb warned us that you were coming to get the three of us. Didn't say why though, is everyone alright? Blondie's not hurt or anything, right?"
"Everyone is happy and healthy. There has been a development though . . . and the box that Lucy and Zen were guarding has opened revealing some interesting changes," I wasn't quite sure how else to put it. "We're taking some of the dragon slayers to our location to do some introductions and then we'll grab the rest of them."
"No fucking way," Cobra's eye widened as he listened in on his soul. "They're all alive and there's more of them? We might have siblings?"
"You understand any of this?" Natsu nudged Laxus as they looked at the other two slayers.
"Not a damn thing," Laxus replied with a shake of his head.
"Well grab on and I will enlighten you as to what's going on," I smirked at the two other slayers. They all grabbed on and a white light encompassed all of them, transporting them to where Lucy, Kaleb, Zen, and Galas were. The sight they were greeted with was one they were not prepared for, not even a little bit. The founding dragons, their parents were all waiting for them, as well as several smaller hatchlings with even more eggs.
"How?" Natsu asked as he stared up at Igneel, he thought that his father was dead after the battle with Tartaros.
"400 years ago, when Acnologia was rampaging, we had decided to split our souls so that we could survive on in you," Igneel began to explain to his son. "What we didn't expect was for our souls to be split twice, the second being trapped within the magic of that box. One that was procured by Draco himself, hence why only the celestial and archangel mage could stabilize and open the chest."
"Wow! That's so awesome!" Natsu cheered as he ran up to Igneel, hugging the dragon's leg. "You're here for good then? You're bringing dragons back?"
"In due time young fire slayer," Grandine smiled at the enthusiastic pinkette. "For now we will stay in a pocket of space Draco and the Spirit King have prepared for us. We will need time to get back to our full strength and ensure that the hatching and eggs are well taken care of."
"What about the other slayers?" Laxus asked while looking over the large beasts before him.
"I'm going to round up the remaining five slayers. Emzadi will be home with dad, Gajeel and Wendy will be at White Sea, and I will find the twin slayers shortly thereafter," I said with a smile on my face as I turned to look at Nurem. "We'll all get to say our hello's even though it'll be for a brief period of time. We have some other pressing matters to contend with as well, mainly Princess Hisui."
"Yea, Vander has been doing some digging," Laxus said with his arms crossed and eyes closed, "Poking around the royal palace in Crocus to gather anything at all. He hasn't reported back yet but I am sure that little shit will find the dirt we need." Laxus opened his eyes when he felt a magical presence in front of him.
"I am Kiaghan; it would seem my spiritual lacrima came to rest in you." He lowered his snout to rest against Laxus chest. "I couldn't be more proud of you, who holds my power. You are my son and when I have regained my strength I will show you the true ways of lightening dragon magic." He gave a small growl of affection towards Laxus who did his stubborn "tch" before his dragon father smacked him on the back of the head with his tail. Laxus gave Kiaghan a glare before you could hear him rumble a growl back to his father and rest his head on his snout.
From the corner of my eye, I saw everyone staring in shock at Cobra's greeting with his Dragon mother. The exchange was definitely out there but it just reminded me of the poison dragon slayer's attitude. I shook my head while listening in on their conversation, not that they were trying to hide it.
Cobra's POV:
"So you're my dragon parent, I gotta say you're a whore. I respect the whole broodmother part but do you really need to give me such vivid images of men to bang? I mean really what if I had been straight? Do you realize how traumatized I could have been?" I was seriously letting her have it. I could already tell that I'd love her but I've put up with her overly sexual thoughts since I was old enough to get my first stiffy.
I saw her transform into her human form and walk towards me. She threw her arm around me and pulled me into her side, "Don't worry son I'll keep whispering sweet naughty thoughts in your mind. I'll even help you get laid and loosen up, you need a good banging. Don't worry mama knows best, so I'll be sticking to you like glue till you've gotten yourself a mate. I expect hatchlings to follow as soon as you mate. If you agree to this I'll lighten up on the sexual thoughts. Deal?" she said with a vicious and triumphant smile on her wicked face.
Fuck she totally has me, now I know why she is Deathlady. It isn't her poisons you have to fear it's her wicked deadly wordplay. Now I know where I get it from. "Fuck, deal Death mama. Let's go mate shopping … the quicker I get a mate the faster I get peace and you get hatchlings." she smirked at me and did a neat trick. She changed into a Havarti venomous snake and wrapped herself around me. She's a beautiful black scaled serpent with a purple underbelly. "Don't you need to rest with the other Dragons?" I asked her.
"Nope, I can just drink your venom down or find poisonous plants to eat. Besides, I'd rather be near my son," she said and tightened her coils around me. I couldn't help but smile, I finally have a mother.
Lucy's POV:
Cristoff left again to grab the remaining slayers so they could greet their parents off in Emzadi's place meet her mother. When he reappeared Wendy immediately sprinted to her dragon mother and clung to her snout. Metallicana was, of course, giving tough love to Gajeel as per usual. Sting and Rogue were with their dads who were each other's mate. They introduced them to their brother the little dragon that was on Skiadrum's back. I don't think anyone knew how Emzadi's and her mother Tandress were going to get on. Considering they are both respective queens by their own right.
I supposed that maybe Nurem was the Queen of the tatsu since her mate was Draco and he was the Dragon King of the skies. But maybe being the mate of a King didn't give her automatic Queen status either? It was all too much for me to try to wrap my head around, especially since I'm not privy to dragon tatsu's and how they work. I may be kin to several slayers but I had no knowledge otherwise and no books to read up on. Maybe Draco would be willing to explain it to me when we had some time?
"Lucy?" Kaleb's hand rested on my lower back, gaining my attention. "Are you feeling alright?"
"Overwhelmed I think," I replied with a smile. "It's a lot to take in, all the dragons being alive, with hatchlings, and eggs. I am grateful I could help, but I'm not sure what more I can do here. I feel like I'm invading on something private with all of them meeting up with parents and new siblings. Perhaps I should grab Galas and head home?"
"I have some questions to ask. I need to ensure the safety of Bosco and see if an alliance can be reached. Dad will be tickled pink to be part of something so grand." Kaleb chuckled before kissing my temple and walking over to Cristoff.
"Penny for your thoughts Princess?" Leo popped through his gate, linking his arm with mine.
"Dragons are back, and that's amazing," I started to say.
"But?"
"But . . . with dragons back in this realm how long until dark guilds or evil mages try to do something? Will the slayers be in danger? Galas?" I bit my bottom lip as I help the now sleeping toddler in my arms.
"Princess, you can't worry about things that may or may not happen," Leo tried to reason with his keyholder.
"You're right Loke. Guess I'm jumping the gun a bit." I gently swayed back and forth, keeping Galas asleep and to calm myself. Something didn't sit well with me, and in my gut, I knew I was missing something, but my most faithful spirit was right. I would just have to put it aside for now. "How about we get Galas to bed? I could also use some sleep."
Just as we were turning from Cristoff and Kaleb I saw the sun hit the water nearby and remembered what had me uneasy. The woman dressed in fancy garbs before we left the Citadel, the look of utter rage on her face. Zen was right next to me, speaking with Loke when I stopped moving forward. My eyes were transfixed on the calm waters and I felt really calm all of a sudden, like I should just let everything go. All my desires, fears, joys - everything that invoked some kind of feeling in me. I handed Galas to Zen, who took the sleeping boy from me without hesitation and continued talking the cat up.
I could feel the need to enter the water but rationally I knew that I shouldn't because something was seriously wrong. My mind began to cloud over and I felt trapped within my own body. Fear. Dread. Helplessness. They all ran down my spine as I took one small step towards the hypnotic waters, not on my own accord. That woman from the Citadel, her eyes appeared in the water, black as night and equally as terrifying boring into my own chocolate ones. My heart was pounding in my throat, tears threatening to spill down my cheeks, so I did the only thing I could think of and mentally yelled, 'KALEB! KALEB! Please help me, oh Mavis, please!'
He didn't reach out, didn't turn to acknowledge my screams. He was being blocked by something or someone and it was then that the tears freely fell. I was going to drown or be teleported the moment I was submerged in the water. Everyone was busy with their dragon families that they wouldn't even notice my disappearance. Galas, oh my sweet baby boy! He was going to grow up without a mom, thrown into a family that he was just learning his way around.
"Mommy?" Galas opened his eyes, rubbing them with his tiny fists as he sat up in Zen's arms. His one hand was grabbing Zen's shirt as he pulled himself up to look over his second father's shoulder, Zen adjusted him naturally. "Mommy!" Galas had cheered seeing the back of the women who was now walking away from him. Wiggling until Zen placed him on the ground he began to make his way to his mother. She never left him for long but it was weird that she hadn't said goodbye or that she loved him, she did EVERY time she left.
"Daddy?" He looked to where Kaleb was talking with Uncle Cris and Auntie Zadi, so when Kaleb didn't say anything he mentally screamed for his father.
"Galas. You know it's impolite to disrupt someone when they are talking." Kaleb gently scolded the child while he tried to calm the ringing in his mind.
"Mommy hurt." He pointed to where his mother was. Cristoff and Emzadi smelled the air, both growling not so subtly.
"She's been crying," Emzadi said as she was looking for the culprit, blood, anything.
"Something isn't right. I can't hear her . . . it's all fuzzy." Kaleb said as he made his way over to his wife. 'Finally!' I yelled to myself in joy as Kaleb was finally making his way over to me. "Lucy, can you hear me?" 'Yes I can hear you, but you can't hear me!' How was I supposed to tell him something or someone was controlling me when I couldn't be heard, at all! Kaleb came to stand in front of me, his body obstructing the view of the water before me. "Your eyes. Someone has hypnotized or gained control of her body somehow." Cristoff ran over to me and tried to heal me but I wasn't hurt, so he was trying his best to stop me from going into the water.
"There!" I heard Kaleb yell but couldn't see what it was that he had discovered and was also on the verge of a mental breakdown. I could feel the haze start to leave me and control over all my movements was returning. I blinked several times while staring into the dark blue eyes of my brother-in-law.
"Cris? What happened?" I could feel the tears that had run down my face, could remember the panic I had been in, but other than that it was like the last several minutes had been wiped clean.
"Lucy!" Kaleb swung me around in his arms, holding me close as I breathed in his clean scent. "I am so sorry I didn't realize what was happening sooner." He kissed me sweetly before continuing his explanation. "Turns out Hisui has hired a seer who can use pools of water to locate and control people who look into her eyes. I was able to get into her mind before she was able to cut me off. Hisui has teamed up with Kurino, so I don't know what that's going to mean for us."
"Trouble. A shit storm of trouble," I whispered into Kaleb's chest, relishing the warmth of his body.
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