This chapter will be difficult to name… Hm…

Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail or Hiro Mashima

Claimers: I own Maemi/Maelyth, Cora, Ignus, and Ryuu.

Everyone gasped, all except the Master and Nadia. The four dragon slayers in the guild looked at each other quietly. Some of the guild were stuck looking at the sign that followed around her stomach. Surpirsingly enough, it was bigger. It had begin to crawl around her, looking like a belt kind of thing. The rest were frozen in complete surprise.

"Y-you're a dragon…?" Lucy breathed out.

"No wonder she has a different scent from Dragon Slayers, exceeds, and normal humans…" Wendy said.

"…" The Master and Nadia remained quiet as the guild murmured with confusion. They glanced at each other uncertainly. They both sighed.

"Did anyone in the guild know this?!" Ignus asked, quite loud. A large amount of the guild began to talk at the same time, but he quickly silenced them. "OKAY… Fist pump the air if you didn't know, and keep it down if you did." He saw almost all of the guild put their fist up, but two didn't. "…Master? Nadia?" The two looked at him.

"You guys knew?"

"…Yes, we did," Nadia answered. "I'm Mae's cousin, that's why for one thing. The second was because she told me when she visited me on July 7th, x777. The day when the dragons the dragon slayers know of disappeared. That day, I believe, her left eye was yellow, but it wasn't glowing and it had a normal pupil."

"Master…?" Ignus turned to the small old man.

"I'm the Master, she trusted me to know it. The mark… I also knew about… Mae, hide the mark again," He commanded her. The girl looked at him, and then nodded. She moved her shirt back down to hide it once more.

"Why does she need to hide it Gramps?" Natsu asked him.

"Because, it's kind of like a tracking device on her, and she can't remove it, so she hides it. When she's fighting as her Homodraco form, however, it disappears. As her mini dragon as well."

"So who's tracking her?" Erza chipped in.

"…Bad people…" Maemi answered lowly. Her left eye began to glow, but she quickly calmed herself. "Damn it… The closer they are to finding me is pissing me off…" She growled. "And the fact the Spirit King is looking for me is stressful enough! And add on Ryuu and Cora!"

"Why didn't you tell us this before, Mae?" She heard Gray asked her. "This is important for us to know…"

"…I know. I just… didn't feel like telling you 12 years ago because I was having too much fun, and I didn't want to tell you now because I had just gotten back from the job, and I thought you'd all get so sad or so protective you'd end up killing yourselves… The people I have to hide from, the bad ones, are probably more or just as powerful as Erza and Gramps combined. And there are loads of them. In fact, two whole Fairy Tails put together…"

"Whoa…"

"How is that…"

"Wow…"

"That group is the reason… the reason that the dragons had to leave. They go by a name, and are under a Dragon and person. The dragon is known as Acnologia and the person… Zeref. They're called… The Dragon Hunters. They hunt dragons for fun, and for money. Naturally, I'd be the best hunt yet. However, being a Guardian Dragon's Heir, or a Fourth Generation Guardian Dragon (Slayer), I have a lot of magic… They can use me to reincarnate so many more of Zeref's demons, and give Acnologia way more power."

"So you're saying you can probably find our dragons?" Wendy asked her, looking hopeful.

"Yeah, she's saying that! Right Mae?" Natsu looked at her happily. Maemi looked at the ground.

"No… It… It means that you guys' dragons are hunted and dead…" She turned around, and crossed her arms. Her head hung low as she heard the small whimper of Wendy. "…I'm sorry." The Dragon Slayers remained quiet.

"…So this means you're getting hunted, Mae-Chan?" Levy asked her quietly.

"Yeah… I'm the prey now, not the predator."

Meanwhile, in a small, wrecked house, some people held a meeting. Ryuu and Cora were present, along with two men dressed as hunters. "So, you've seen our target?" One asked Ryuu. Ryuu nodded, and responded.

"Yes, we have. And just for your information…"

"She's OUR target, so lay off assholes," Cora added. "Go hunt something more useful."

"Maelyth is useful for us, not for two pesky people. Us as in over 200 people, and two pesky people as in you two," The other hunter added. Ryuu slammed his fist on the table.

"She's been the Death Wiper's target ever since I've learned of her!" Ryuu yelled. "So it's only fair you guys hunt her down for us, and let me retrieve her magic, so I can be a dragon! My name literally means dragon!"

"That may be true, Mr. Moore, but we've been hunting dragons down for centuries and decades. The Dragon Hunters never have failed. And we use dragons for our own purposes, not for others to simply receive the prize," The fist hunter added.

"Well, we've actually have seen her. And nearly won. Meanwhile, all you two and your little group have been doing it wandering around aimlessly, failing to find her," Cora argued. "We've discovered more things about her than you!"

"As if! We know the dragon who gave her the powers name, the day of her birth, her type of blood, and the fact that she's an S-Class Mage in Fairy Tail. We have more information, but I'm sure you would use it to find and locate her. Especially where her current location. I'm sure you don't even know where she is currently."

"Like all of that damn information matters," Ryuu said. "All we care about right now is hunting her to the ground, me taking her magic, and then the matter finally finished."

"Her magic is wanted by many mages, but we need it far more. We need Lord Zeref to have more power, and for us to reincarnate some of his demons. We plan on her keeping her alive, since that would be a mere 7% of her magic. Plus, our leader fancies her. He is around her age, after all. Many of our female hunters wish that he fancied them instead," The second hunter added.

"Like that matters. I've already told you about my main plan. Mine is better clearly," Ryuu told them.

"What about Ms. Cora? What is she going to get from your plan?" The hunter asked him. Cora eyed Ryuu.

"Yeah, what's in it for me?" She asked Ryuu.

"Well, let's just say I'll make sure to kill her while she's a dragon. That way you can sell her scales, and then burn her," Ryuu added.

"Well, do you even know who she's related to?" The second hunter asked them. They looked at him and shook their head.

"Well, Maelyth's family is mostly dead. Except for her uncle and one cousin. Maelyth's human name is Maemi Dyslin," The first guard looked at Ryuu, who froze in surprise. "Her cousin is Nadia Moore, and her uncle…" He paused.

"Is Ryuu Moore," The second guard finished.

"…I never knew you were related to the Dragon, leader," Cora eyed Ryuu, slightly surprised.

"I… I always thought she died after she last visited Nadia and I…" Ryuu stared at the ground. "I never knew she was the dragon… Especially the one I've been hunting down…" Ryuu felt Cora's hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, I never knew it either…" Cora muttered.

"What do you…?"

"I mean that I knew her when I was younger… She probably forgot about me, but I used to be her best friend when her family was alive."

"So is it agreed that The Dragon Hunters may continue?" The first hunter said.

"…No one is going to touch my niece," Ryuu stared up at the two, his eyes narrowed. "Touch her, and the Death Wipers will be after you…"Ryuu straightened himself up. "Cora, we are not going to hunt the Dragon… We're leaving…" He turned towards the door, and began to leave.

"Let's go…" Cora followed Ryuu.

-3- End. Okay, so I ended up all like: CHANGE OF PLANS.

RYUU & CORA SHALL BECOME GOOD… ISH.

And I now must make a new bad guy who has the hots for Mae. Huh. :P By the way, SPOILER:

A new character shall be introduced in the next few chapters, 'kay~?

Hm… Lettsee here… QUESTIONS IT IS!

1. How would you react if you didn't know Maemi was a Dragon, and she told you?

2. Do you think you and other readers count as knowing (Kinda) that Maemi's a dragon?

3. Do you all hate me now for killing Igneel and the other dragons?

4. Who do you hate more: The Death Wipers OR The Dragon Hunters?

5. Does the name Dragon Hunters sound a bit too cliché?

6. What should I name the leader who has the hots for Mae?

7. Cora and Ryuu are good, do you trust them?

END OF QUESTIONS.

Hey, be sure to check out my Pokemon Fanfic too! I kinda suck at writing those, since they really have no magic or anything fist-fighting related, but otherwise, it's… fun?

Pokemon Plots are hard to come up with too…

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