I lived! Sorry about that break, but I had to take it.
If there is any confusion regarding their ages, Lucy is 13, Gajeel is 11, and Wendy is 7. Natsu, later, will be one year younger than Gajeel. I know that that is not the age differences in canon, but I need Lucy to be the oldest by enough that Gajeel will eventually think of her as an older sister.
Also, if anyone is a fan of Fairy Tail, Percy Jackson, The Mortal Instruments, or Harry Potter, and is not afraid of clowns, check out my profile on the 31st (Halloween) when I will be posting a one shot of each about the clowns that are everywhere right now and Halloween.
Three children sat in a small circle in a massive forest. A crackling fire rose in between them while they told stories. The difference between this campfire and the average one is that all three children were dragonslayers, and the stories they told were of their parents, who were dragons. Not every child could claim that.
All three of them had lost their parents recently, though one was not quite sure how long had passed, as she had gone into sort of waking coma upon discovering that her parents were no longer there. The other two informed her that it was now September 8, x777. She had lost two whole months to her grief. Her monotone wanderings had only been broken when she had run into the other two.
For the other two, they didn't know what to do. They had never had to be at all independent of their dragons, never been alone in their memory until July 7, x777, when they woke up alone. It had not taken them long to find each other, surprisingly, but Gajeel had still had to step up into the older brother role, something which he was unprepared to do. While he really wanted to let this newcomer take over his role as leader, he was cautious, and proud in the way of a dragon slayer, but not overly so. He would definitely find some way to give her the leadership without blatantly saying that he didn't want it. Metallicana had taught him enough manners to know that he couldn't do that.
Wendy, on the other hand, was not thinking about who would lead their little group. In her eyes, she had an older brother, Gajeel, and now she was getting an older sister as well. There did not seem to be a downside. She didn't consider the fact that maybe Lucy would leave, not stay with them. Gajeel didn't think of this either, as he was sure that she would want to stay with them. She had been alone, hadn't she?
Lucy, though, was thinking hard. The blue haired girl and black haired boy were clearly in need of someone to take care of them, and while she may be more capable than they were, she hardly thought herself up to the job. She had also never been around anybody who wasn't a dragon before. While these children were more like her than the average human, they were still different. She was vastly more powerful.
When she looked at Gajeel and Wendy, she realized that both of them were expecting her to stay. She knew that she couldn't break their hearts again by leaving like their parents, so she decided that she would stay with them.
"Lucy, will you tell us about Acnologia and Celeste? Grandine said that Acnologia wasn't very nice, but that Celeste was the opposite," Wendy asked.
Lucy was hesitant, until Wendy gave her puppy dog eyes. "I guess I could. Dad-Acnologia, I mean, was always very gruff. He cared a lot, though. And Mom-Celeste, sorry, was really sweet all the time. Unless Dad did something stupid, then she yelled at him. Their relationship was always a bit comical." Lucy began to tear up.
Wendy jumped up and hugged her, saying, "Oh, Lucy, I didn't mean to make you sad! I'm sorry!" Lucy smiled at Wendy. She was too cute.
"No, I'm fine, Wendy. Just adjusting. What were Grandine and Metallicana like during training?" she asked, deflecting the conversation off onto Wendy and Gajeel. While she had known both dragons, they had never trained her, and she was interested to know how the two children's training compared to her own.
While they rambled on, she listened, and a warm glow expanded in her heart.
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