WOW Guys! Chapter 20! I honestly never thought i would get this far! Thank you to all my readers who have continued to support me. I'm so thankful and I hope everyone like the next installment. Also, thank you for your patience, February was a crazy month for my family.

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I do not own Fairy Tail but I do own my OCs!

Important! This chapter has a lot of spoilers for Fairy Tail Zero! Read at your own risk!

Chapter 20

Luna had been restrained. She had been placed in a room in the basement of the guild hall, and per Saphira's instructions, Luna had also been blindfolded.

Currently, Saphira sat in Makarov's office spinning a lacrima with her wind magic. While Makarov sat at his desk watching her blank face and the way her eyes rapidly moved from side to side. Laxus, Gajeel and Erik had also been invited to the small meeting. These three were the ones she trusted the most.

The extended silence was slowly getting to everyone. Finally fed up with the silence, Gajeel opened his mouth to say something but was cut off with Makarov raising his hand to silence him. So, he settled back against the wall and waited. 'This is a damn irritation…'

Erik on the other hand was constantly rubbing his sore head. The sheer amount of thoughts going on in the female dragon slayer mind was mind boggling. Keeping up was impossible! She would abandon one thought and move on to the next before he could follow the first. '…my head is going to fucking explode…'

Laxus on the other hand was thoroughly confused. He had so many questions he wanted answered. But the only capable of answering them had been unresponsive for the last 15 god damn minutes! Why had Luna attacked Saphira? Was Rouge Luna's mate? Who is Rea? And the biggest one was, just what the hell is going on here?! Everything had been a tornado since Saphira had come back. 'I want some answers.'

Saphira sighed as she stopped spinning the lacrima. "What a mess…" She muttered. "Alright… one question at a time."

Everyone in the room immediately blurted out a question. The resulting mess was too jumbled to figure out. "Well that didn't work… Laxus first then."

"Who is Rea?"

"She is the current master of the Crimson Fighters guild. The very same one I used to be part off. But back then she was just another member like myself. I highly doubt the role of leader was just given to her… She likely took it by force."

"Took it by force?" Gajeel questioned.

"Yes, in cut throat guilds like assassin guilds, it's common for members to band together and take out the master if they feel like they would be better at it. During my time the master was a man named, Hotaru. He was a stubborn and strong old man so she must've had a lot of help." Saphira explained.

Makarov was the next to speak up with his question. "Why did Luna attack you when she woke up?"

"Again, Rea is also responsible for that… Her magic is a dangerous one and probably a lost magic. I've never come across it in all my traveling. She's the only one with Mind Manipulation Magic. The user is able to implant their will into the victim. Most of the time, the victim has no idea they have a magic affecting them. It can lay dormant for a few months at most from what I understand. The user would pick a trigger to activate the magic if they wanted to engage it later. The trigger can be a word, sound, and even a person…"

Saphira paused for a moment to let the information sink in before continuing. "I believe Rea used her magic on Luna… Her order was to kill me and the trigger was also me. Which is why she did nothing upon her arrival to our camp. Luna is also aware of it. She hesitated and that is what gave you all enough time to get to me."

"Which is also why you had us blindfold her as well. Will that stop the curse?" Makarov asked.

Before Saphira could verbally answer, Erik was already all over it. "You aren't serious, are you?"

Saphira slouched in her chair and said, "I am… Blindfolding her won't stop the curse. But it will make it more bearable for her and she will be easier to talk to if she can't see me. There are three ways to stop it. First, have the caster undo it. Second, kill the victim. Both of these options are unacceptable… Rea won't undo her curse and Luna is not only a close friend but she is also Rouge's mate…"

"And the third option?" Laxus hesitantly asked.

"Kill the caster." Both Erik and Gajeel muttered at the same time. With their time spent in dark guilds, the answer was obvious.

Kill Rea…" Saphira muttered as she thought ahead to the seemingly inevitable end.

(Line Break)

"What do you think is going on upstairs?" Lucy whispered to Levy. "I can't believe we weren't allowed up there!"

"I know! I doubt Gajeel will tell me anything either… He's really tight lipped about anything involving Saphira." Levy replied sourly.

"They have been up there for a while too… If Natsu was up there I wouldn't be so worried. But its Gajeel, Erik and Laxus. So we are pretty much shit out of luck."

Lucy slouched in her seat as she looked upstairs. Being cut out of important information was annoying and her inner writer smelled a story! After Luna had attacked Saphira, everyone except the black-haired woman herself was shocked. She had just stood there and looked between Luna and Rouge. What had happened? No one knew except Saphira! And it was frustrating being stuck down here.

The rest of the guild had settled down after the incident in the infirmary. Even Natsu was sitting down calmly with Happy and Gray, granted Erza was also at the table too, but it's the little things.

After two hours, the group finally came back down. Erik immediately headed towards Kinana and talked to her briefly before heading back to Saphira. And as quickly as they had appeared they were gone. Saphira, Laxus and Erik left the guild in silence.

'That was weird… now I really want to know what happened!' Lucy thought.

(Line Break)

The walk back to Saphira's house was quiet. She led the way with the two boys trailing behind her.

"Over thinking this will do you no fucking good ya know. It's not something that you have to deal with right now…" Erik trailed off as he heard her thoughts continue. 'It's no damn use…'

'As if I could stop thinking about it… How the hell am I even supposed to find her?' Saphira walked up to her front door, unlocked it and entered. Laxus and Erik following closely behind. The latter person still intently paying attention to her thoughts.

'Maybe if I lured her out using myself as bait? I would have to sneak out… there's no way Laxus would let me go by myself…'

"You're damn right!" Erik suddenly yelled, grabbing Saphira's elbow and turning her around.

"That's not even a fucking option! Using yourself as bait is fucking stupid! You know damn well that that bitch won't play fair. You'll walk into an ambush and loose!"

Wrenching her elbow from Erik she got right up in his face and said, "You think I don't know that?! Of course she won't play fair! Assassins never do! I don't! Going after Luna is the biggest example of this! That bitch went too far and I'm going to end it!"

Turning on her heels she entered her room and slammed the door.

"Seriously… you just had to do that?" Laxus asked annoyed as he sat down on the couch.

Erik sat down on the chair across from him and said, "Her thoughts were on a fucking dangerous path. You need to fucking watch her. There's no telling what shell pull in her state of mind…"

"Easier said than done. She won't tolerate being baby sat." Laxus sighed as he relaxed into the chair. "I don't even know if I supposed to go in her room… I mean we shared a tent but… I mean… it's her room… not really ours…"

"Fuck! You're such a pussy! Who would've thought you would turn out to be the fucking bitch!"

"For fucks sake, you're the one who pissed her off! As if I want to walk into the mess you started! If you weren't immune to poison I would've already done you in!" The blonde-haired man shouted as he stood up from his once comfortable spot on the couch.

"Nice to know how you really feel, Sparky." Erik muttered, not even bothering to move from his spot.

"Would both of you shut the fuck up!" Both men froze as they heard the pissed off voice from the other room.

'Oh shit!' They both thought as they immediately scurried off to their respective rooms.

(Line Break)

After yelling at the morons in the other room, Saphira decided that a shower was in order. A hot spring is nice every once in a while, but nothing beats a relaxing hot shower.

'Honestly Erik should mind his own business. I know you can hear me you asshole!' She thought angrily.

Turing the hot water nearly all the way on, Saphira undressed while the water heated up. But her mind just wouldn't relax. Thoughts of Acnologia, Rea, and now Luna and Rouge.

'It could be worse… Rouge is a good man… and Luna always loved the shadows. Crazy girl even tried to get to the shadow realm on her own. And Acnologia has been way too quiet lately… its disturbing. And fucking Rea now too!'

She stepped underneath the stream of hot water and sighed. Breathing in deeply she cleared her mind and tried to relax. The hot water rained down on her head and trailed down her lithe body.

Dragging her hands through her hair, she washed away all remnants of the forest down the drain. Her peace didn't last long as the weight of having to kill again made her crash back into reality.

Slamming her right hand into the shower wall, Saphira muttered, "Dammit…" Shortly after she tasted salt water on the corner of her mouth. Shocked, she wiped her face and stared at her hand. But besides smell, there was no way to tell the difference between the water or her tears.

'I'm crying?... Geez I'm turning into a baby. This is the second time I've cried in less than a week! Get a hold of yourself!' Saphira angrily thought as she turned off the water and exited the shower.

Quickly drying off and putting on shorts and a tank top, then twisting her damp hair into a tight bun, Saphira entered her bedroom and still found Laxus absent. 'Where is he?' She considered looking for him but heard the other shower running and abandoned the idea. 'Was it still normal for them to shower apart? Even after what had happened in the hot spring?'

Saphira crawled into bed and decided to wait for him to join her. She heard the water shut off, then his door open and close. But as she waited the heavier her eyelids got and she eventually succumbed to her exhaustion.

It was around 4am when Saphira rolled over and stretched her arm out to Laxus's side of the bed and found it empty and cold. Jolted from her sleep she rubbed her eyes and left the bed. Unconsciously heading straight for the room Laxus slept in before the mission that changed everything.

She cracked open the door silently and creeped in, carefully closing the door behind afterwards. Heading towards the bed, she found her wayward mate. 'Why did he decide to sleep here instead of my room?' She wondered silently as she carefully lifted the sheets and slid in next to the blonde-haired man.

Because Laxus was sleeping on his side, Saphira lifted his arm with careful precision and snuggled up next to him. Finally feeling safe and warm Saphira drifted off to sleep in the arms of the man she was falling in love with.

(Line Break)

The next morning, Saphira woke up first. Blinking away the sleep from her eyes she came face to face with a sleeping Laxus. Not wanting to wake him she left much like the way she had snuck in. Silently closing the door behind her she headed for her room to get dressed for the day.

Exiting her room dressed in a pair of blue jeans, a teal crop top and a lace cover up, Saphira went into the kitchen to make breakfast for everyone. Dicing a few potatoes and seasoning them with salt, pepper, and a little cayenne pepper, Saphira put them on a tray in the oven. Next was cutting up some fresh fruit her housekeeper had left for her, not really caring if the boys would like some or not. Fruit was delicious in the morning. When she heard footsteps moving around in both rooms she put a few eggs in a pan and scrambled them and added cheddar cheese.

Erik was the first one to enter the kitchen, mumbling something that resembled an intelligent greeting.

"Did you have to sleep in his room and then disappear? The damn idiot is so fucking confused as to why his sheets and room smell so strongly of you… First thing in the damn morning too… thinks too fucking loud." Erik said as she placed his plate in front of him.

"Well why did he decide to sleep in his old room instead of mine?" She countered.

Erik sighed and said, "He wasn't sure if he was fucking supposed to. You had slammed the door pissed and he said something like sharing a tent and sharing a room are totally different things. Now shut up and let me eat woman!"

'You're welcome!' Saphira thought sarcastically, only to receive a glare from the poison dragon slayer.

Laxus left his room seconds later and sat down at the bar next to Erik. Saphira set his plate in front of him and said with a smile, "Good morning."

"Morning," he said before digging into his breakfast.

Saphira picked up her plate and leaned against the counter as she ate. Meanwhile Laxus was still thinking about how he woke up and why everything smelled of strongly of Saphira.

'Had she come in to check on me this morning? But if she had done that why was the other half of my bed warm? I definitely went to bed alone last night. Did she sneak in later in the night? If so, why did she leave and not wake me up? Should I ask her about it?... No not with poison breath around.' Laxus thought with a sideways glance. But he quickly averted his eyes when he was met with an intense hostile gaze from the afore mentioned slayer.

"You are thinking too fucking loud lightning shit… Thank you for breakfast… and the fruit." Erik said before heading back upstairs.

Saphira just watched him and rolled her eyes at the fruit comment. Picking up the dirty plates, she put them in the sink and started washing them off.

"Do you want any help?" Laxus asked.

Glancing at him from underneath her eyelashes, Saphira picked up a nearby dish towel and tossed it at him. "Feel like drying?"

Laxus left his seat and walked over to her right side and dried the dishes she handed him and stacked them in front of him. After drying the last dish Laxus grabbed Saphira's right hand and turned it over.

Saphira watched him as he slowly traced the lightning bolt shaped pattern on her hand. 'My hand looks so small next to his… I wonder what he's thinking.' She thought as she intertwined their hands.

"What do you want to do today? The council won't be arriving until tomorrow, so we have the day to ourselves." She said with a smile.

"Let's make today a date. Just you and me." Laxus said as he pulled Saphira into his arms. "We can go to the park, walk around town, have lunch. Anything you want."

She wound her arms around him and leaned her head on his chest. "That sounds nice."

"Anything for my woman." He said haughtily.

Lifting her head from his chest Saphira looked up at his arrogant face. "Oh? I'm your woman now, am I?"

"Yep, this says so." Laxus said as he brought her right hand into view but before she could protest he continued. He rested her hand over his heart and said, "This also says you are my woman. I believe that there is no other for me."

Underneath her hand, Saphira could feel the strong but erratic beat of Laxus's heart. 'He's so nervous.' She thought with a smile. Looking back up at his face she said, "And there is no other for me either. Only you Laxus Dreyar."

Unfortunately, their moment didn't last long. Erik had come back downstairs and was ready to leave. "As much as I fucking love sickening displays of affection, can we go to the guild now?"

(Line Break)

Halfway in their walk to the guild, Saphira and Laxus split up from Erik. She trusted him enough to head to the guild by himself while her and Laxus head into town for their day. Erik had been somewhat shocked at first. Of course, he could hear her considering it but never actually thought she would decide to let him go. The poison dragon slayer knew how much trust she had in him, and he was trying his best to be worthy of that trust.

In town, all the stores were bustling and people had smiles on their faces. Laxus and Saphira walked through the streets hand in hand looking into all the shops. Stopping only for a quick bit to eat from one of the local stands, they continued their walk.

The pair decided to take a break in the park, so they found a shady spot underneath a maple tree and sat down, with Saphira nestled in-between Laxus's legs and Laxus leaning against the wide tree.

Saphira was happily and quietly tracing the pattern on Laxus's left palm when he decided to break the silence.

"I have a question." He stated, and he rested his head on her shoulder.

"And what would that be?"

"How do you know the first master Mavis?"

Saphira tensed up slightly before quickly relaxing. And in trying not to give anything away she nonchalantly said, "And why would you think I know her?"

"Because you mumbled her name while you slept at the guild."

'Busted…' She thought. 'Maybe if I just don't answer he'll drop it...'

"Will you tell me the story?" Laxus mumbled into her neck.

'Damn… he's not playing fair!' Saphira internally ranted as a shiver made its way down her spine. She could feel his smirk against her skin. He knew exactly what he was doing. Sighing she said, "Fine, but it's long."

"We have time."

"Alright…. Well I was never really involved much. I just watched from a far. Zeref had caught my attention and I was spending most of my time tracking him down. I was maybe a little over 100 years old at the time. One day as I was tracking him he was asked by a young girl to train her and her friends in magic. She was so bright and full of so much life energy. I was shocked when she asked the renowned dark mage to teach her."

"Who were her friends?" Laxus interrupted to ask.

"There was Warrod Sequen, Precht Gaebolg, and Yuri Dreyar. Yuri was your great grandfather."

"You knew my great grandfather? …That's a weird feeling…"

Saphira laughed at Laxus creeped out face. "I never met him personally. Now be quite and listen!"

Laxus settled back down into his original spot and wound his arms around the woman in his lap. After getting comfortable she continued.

"Warrod, Precht, and Yuri were treasure hunters from the guild Sylph Labyrinth. The treasure that they were originally after was stolen off Mavis's home island by a wizard guild named Blue Skull. Her home island was Tenrou."

"What?! People lived on the island?"

"Yep! There was a town and guild named Red Lizard. But when Blue Skull attacked they killed everyone except Mavis. She escaped but she lost a dear friend named Zera. So, she left the guild when Yuri and his friends came to take the Tenrou Jade. After finding that the jade had already been stolen Mavis vowed to return it to the island. But the treasure hunters still wanted it for themselves, especially Yuri."

"How do you know all this extra stuff when you didn't talk to them. Let alone see them until they came to the mainland."

'Shit!' Saphira thought. She had gotten carried away by the story and slipped up. "I did a lot of research after the fact. I wanted to know more about their story."

'She's hiding something…' Laxus thought with a sigh.

"Anyway, Blue Skull's guild location was in Magnolia. In fact, it was in the cathedral here and on top of the cathedral there was a giant dragon skeleton. It almost seemed to be frozen with the way the bones shone blue, hence the name Blue Skull. After learning magic from Zeref they attacked the guild, won, and took back the jade and the citizens of Magnolia. The citizens had suffered greatly because of the dark guild presence."

"The town is better off now? Even with Natsu destroying something on a daily basis?"

"Yea… with Blue Skull in charge the city was falling apart, the citizens were being over taxed and the guild members would hunt and kill people for fun."

"That's awful…"

"Mavis didn't want to leave the townspeople to that fate. But after they defeated Blue Skull things went a little sideways. Yuri, in his search for fame and money didn't listen to the warnings given to them after they acquired the jade. The Tenrou Jade was a powerful evil that took over the mind of whomever held it. It took over Yuri and the dragon skeleton and then attacked the town. Precht and Warrod thought the only way to help Yuri was to destroy him."

"But they didn't… otherwise I wouldn't be here, right?"

Saphira nodded and then continued, "I feel that Mavis had a special bond with Yuri. More so than she did with Precht or Warrod. In order to save him she used a spell that Zeref had taught her… one that she wasn't ready to use… Law. In the end, Yuri was saved but the spell had a side effect. Mavis's body would no longer mature from that point onward… she was thirteen at the time. When she finally came to after casting Law, Yuri rushed to her side and I overheard the conversation she had with him. She said, '"Comrades" isn't just a word. It refers to heart and believing in each other unconditionally.' This is the very belief that Fairy Tail is built on. And I think that if Mavis had continued to age she might have been your great grandmother."

It was silent after she finished. It was a lot of information to take in. Especially learning that he was a lot like his great grandfather. So in lieu of the silence Saphira decided to add one more thing. She laid her hands on top of his and said,

"Yuri Dreyar was a great man. Impulsive and rash? Yes. But he had a kind heart. He regretted what had happened to Mavis. In the end, he decided to stay by her, saying, "My dream is to protect you from now on, no matter what comes up. And to believe in you."

"What kind of magic did he use?"

"He was a lightning magic user."

Again, there was silence. 'It's times like this that I wish I had Erik's ability…' Saphira thought sourly. 'There's no telling what he's thinking.'

She threaded her fingers with his and let the silence persist for a few more minutes. Telling him about Yuri was harder than she thought. They were a lot alike… she knew this very well but after learning what it meant to be comrades Yuri changed, and so did Laxus. He was a great man who is always trying to live down his past.

"Will you tell me what you're thinking?"

"I'm thinking… that stupidity and greed must run in my family… my great-grandfather was a greedy idiot, my grandfather is a sentimental fool, my father is a power hungry mad man. So much so that he put a lacrima in his sick child hoping that it would make me stronger and not kill me. And I'm the guy who pit his fellow guild members against each other and endangered the townspeople with the lightning palace…"

Saphira turned in Laxus's arms and pulled her legs beneath her so she could sit on her legs in front of him. She looked directly into his eyes and said,

"Everyone has their faults… I lied to you when I said that I couldn't remember how many people I had killed while in the Crimson Fighters. I remember all of them. All of them. I was the best… I was always sent out, no matter how difficult the mission was. Whether it was to sneak into a heavily guarded castle and eliminate one target or eliminate an entire town. I've killed 394 people. To say that I'm a good person would be a lie… but your past doesn't have to define you."

Laxus opened his mouth to say something but Saphira stopped him. "I have one more thing to say." He nodded and let her continue. She took a deep breath and said,

"I love you Laxus Dreyar." The shock on his face was evident, so much so that he was at a loss for words. And that suited Saphira just fine because it allowed her to continue. "Our pasts help create the people we are today. And I love the man sitting before me. There is not a single thing I would ever want to change. You don't have to say anything right now, but I feel better knowing that you know now."

Saphira stood up and held her hand out to the lightning dragon slayer. "So, should we head to the guild then?"

Laxus grabbed her hand but instead of standing up, he pulled her back down into his lap. Snaking one arm around her waist and the other on the back of her head he kissed her passionately. Never before had anyone been so honest and genuine with him.

'She loves me.' He thought happily as he dragged his tongue over her bottom lip. She quickly granted him access to her mouth and their tongues collided in a battle for dominance. But the kiss soon slowed down as Laxus tried to express his feelings through it. Slow, sensual, and loving. H pulled away and Saphira smiled as she rested her forehead on his.

"I love you too." Laxus whispered against Saphira's lips.

She continued to smile as she quietly replied, "I know."

(Line Break)

Back at the guild, things had calmed down slightly. Sting had been away from the Sabertooth too long so he had to head back. But Rouge had chosen to stay and the protective shadow dragon slayer barely left Luna's side.

Laxus and Saphira arrived at the guild after their date and she immediately went to check on Luna. There was a possibility that if the younger girl didn't see her then they may be able to get information out of her.

Laxus headed over to the bar to speak with his grandfather. But the blonde man took his time getting there. The smug look on Makarov's face gave him the creeps.

"So, my boy, I see you and Saphira are getting along very nicely." The master said as the vision of the pair walking in to the guild hand in hand replayed in his mind.

Laxus sighed and said, "Yea… what of it?"

"I just want to know when I'm going to get grandbabies!"

A shiver made its way down Laxus's spine as he thought to the future. Imagining his grandfather spoiling any future children rotten. Loading them up on sugar only to send them home. 'What a nightmare!'

"Not any time soon Gramps. We've got the Crimson Fighters breathing down our necks and Acnologia to deal with. You've been patient this long so just wait a little while longer." Laxus said as he leaned his back against the bar. But he couldn't relax because he felt his grandfather's eyes on him. And they just wouldn't leave! So risking a glance he saw the old man smiling from ear to ear.

"What's wrong with you?" Laxus asked suspiciously.

"…You didn't deny it."

Laxus was confused for a moment before turning his head away to hide the fierce blush that was covering his face. He pushed himself away from the bar and away from the annoyingly right old man.

But he stopped in his tracks when Makarov called out his name. The next thing he heard made him smile before he headed to check in with his team.

"I'm happy for you son."

(Line Break)

After arriving at the guild, Saphira left Laxus's side and headed downstairs to where they were keeping Luna. The situation as a whole had turned into such a mess. Of course, she was happy to know Luna was alive but the fact that she was being used by Rea made her blood boil.

Down the underground hallway, Rouge met her outside Luna's door.

"Hello Saphira-sama. I came out when I heard someone coming down the stairs. I'm glad it was you."

"Have there been any problems?"

He sighed and said, "No, just a nosey fire dragon slayer."

Saphira nodded in understanding. Natsu can be quite the handful most of the time. Especially when he's curious. Curiosity killed the cat is an understatement. More like curiosity burned the dragon.

"Has she said anything?" She asked.

"Not much. Every now and then she'll say she's sorry. But she won't elaborate on the subject. Luna has calmed down a lot since we put the blindfold on her."

"Then maybe she'll be able to talk a little bit. May I go in?"

Rouge left his post in front of the door and stood to the side to let Saphira in. Slowly opening the door, she thought, 'Well here goes nothing.'

The room they were keeping Luna in was nothing like a dungeon. Fairy Tail would never allow something like that. The underground rooms were meant for guild member use. Some rooms looked like meeting halls, others were like comfy private living rooms, complete with couches and small tables.

The room chosen to keep Luna in was like a living room. There were two long couches on either side of the small room. And a medium sized table in between the couches.

Freed had set up runes just outside the door, so that no one could get in without Rogue's permission. It had been decided that he would be the deciding factor in this not only because he was her mate but also because he wouldn't leave the close proximity of the room for very long.

Luna's hands were unbound but Freed had made sure that it was impossible for her to take off the blindfold. The only people authorized to take off the blindfold was Master Makarov, Saphira, and of course Rouge.

When the young assassin heard someone enter the room she immediately was on the alert. Tense and ready to fight if she had to. 'It's hard to see her like this… If I could just get her to talk I may be able to help her.'

"Luna? It's me…Saphira. Do you feel like talking?"

She shakes her head… no she doesn't want to talk.

"That's fine." Saphira walks over to the couch opposite of Luna and sits down. "Since you don't want to talk, is it alright if I do?"

She nods.

'Good… but where do I start?... Oh, I know.'

"I forgive you, ya know. I'm not mad that you tried to kill me yesterday… and I know it's not your fault. Rea did this and I'm going to stop her." Saphira stated as she relaxed into her spot. But as she watched Luna's body language she couldn't help thinking that she was hiding something.

'It's almost like she wants to disappear into the couch…'

"On a lighter note, I told my mate. And today I confessed that I loved him. I hope that you can meet him soon… He's an amazing person. And so is Rouge, I know he's doing his best to watch over you… I need you to trust me… I need you to talk to me Luna. If you don't you know I'll just go out there on my own and wing it."

It was silent for a long time. Saphira was beginning to think that she just wasn't going to talk. She had even given herself a time limit. 'If she doesn't speak in the next five minutes I'll head upstairs.' She thought. And after 4 minutes and 57 seconds… Luna spoke.

"I'm sorry…." Her voice was raspy and rough, like she hadn't spoken in months.

"I told you… there's nothing to apologize for." Saphira said as she handed a glass of water to her dear friend.

"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you."

"Huh?"

"You said not to go after the Crimson Fighters. To leave it in the past but…"

"But what?"

"I overheard a conversation about how Rea had come into a powerful ally and that she was coming after you. So, I stayed in the area to find out more but I was caught and I'm sure the rest you can figure out…. I didn't even know she had placed the curse on me until I saw you…."

Saphira sighed and said, "You should've left… you put yourself in an incredibly dangerous position. She could've killed you instead."

"I know…" She replied while hanging her head.

"Were you able to find out who her new ally is?"

'If we got at least that out of this mess we would still be ahead, even if Luna is cursed at the moment.'

"No…" Luna growled out. "They never said his name! The only called him the Dragon King."

"….fuck."