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In the woods surrounding Fiore, an older woman with pink hair bit her lip, contemplating whether or not it was the right time to give the girl her mother's legacy, which she had left in her care to give to the girl when she was ready.

Considering her own link to the girl's mother…

Why did everything have to be so complicated?


A few days later, Lucy and Jellal came home from their weekly meeting with Jellal's probation officer to find Wendy curled up on the window seat, staring outside with a dazed look in her eyes.

The older mages shared a concerned, hesitant look before Lucy slowly approached the younger girl, and Jellal went to the kitchen to make the three of them some hot chocolate, which the duo had quickly found out was Wendy's favorite drink in weather like this.

Luckily, the window seat was big enough for two, so Lucy had more than enough room to sit down.

"Wendy?" she murmured softly.

The dark haired blunette gave a slow blink and turned towards her, and Lucy's heart panged at the mixed emotions in the young girl's eyes.

"Are you okay?" the blonde asked hesitantly, hoping that the younger girl wasn't thinking about their friends on Tenrou.

"I spoke with Porlyusica today." Wendy offered quietly. "I had a question about healing that I hoped she could help me with."

"The dragon lady?" Lucy's eyes widened comically. "She didn't hurt you, did she? I mean, I only met her once, and I'm sure she's a good person deep down, but she kept threatening us with her broom…"

"No, that's not it." Wendy denied, bending her legs and bringing them up to her chest so she could wrap her arms around them. "I…when I first saw her, she was so…familiar. At first I couldn't figure out why, but now..."

"Now…" Lucy urged gently.

"She's Grandineey." Wendy said.

It was silent for a long moment.

"Grandineey." Lucy repeated. "The Sky Dragon."

"I know it sounds kind of crazy…" Wendy admitted, sensing that Jellal had returned but not being bothered by him listening in. It's not like she hadn't intended to tell both of them. "But she confirmed it. But…she's not my Grandineey. She's the Edolas version…of my mom."

At that, Jellal nearly dropped their mugs, despite the fact that he was usually so graceful.

"Edolas." He said, wide-eyed. "Isn't that where…"

"Mystogan, or the Jellal that Wendy first knew, came from." Lucy confirmed in an even softer tone, knowing that Wendy still missed the other Jellal. "But…Porlyusica has been in Earthland since long before we were born! She was on a team with Master Makaro—I mean, gramps. That was long before Edolas' king started stealing our magic, right? And how did she get here?"

"She said that she didn't know." Wendy offered, accepting her mug from Jellal with a slight smile and a nod of thanks. "She was just never able to figure out how to get back, and by the time she met Mystogan and realized that he had also come from Edolas, she didn't care enough to try and leave."

"Does she know what happened to—I mean…" Jellal stammered "Did she ever meet you mother?"

"Once." Wendy nodded. "Apparently just before…well, before she disappeared. Mom left behind a book for Porlyusica to give me. I haven't looked through it yet, but she said that it contains instructions for more Sky Dragon Slayer techniques. She doesn't know where my mom went, though."

"Oh, Wendy." Lucy sighed, now noticing the unfamiliar book that was on the coffee table. They hadn't noticed it earlier, because obviously they'd been concerned about Wendy.

"I'll be okay." Wendy teared up slightly, bringing a hand up to wipe them away a moment later. "It's just…in a way, it's kind of like I'm losing her all over again."

Jellal and Lucy exchanged another look before Jellal wrapped his arms around the younger blunette and lifted her up, moving them to the couch, where Lucy joined him in hugging the younger mage.


It took a few weeks for Wendy to really absorb the fact that Porlyusica was another world's version of her beloved mother, Grandineey the Sky Dragon.

Maybe it wouldn't have taken her quite so long if there wasn't so much else going on, not that anyone (Porlyusica included) blamed her in the slightest for her reactions.

Anyway, now Wendy was determined to get to know Porlyusica (the older woman had been really annoyed when Wendy called her Grandineey, so she tried not to do that very often).

The woman was stubborn, but Wendy had faith that she would be able to develop at least a mentor and student relationship with her at some point, helped along by the fact that Wendy used Healing Magic and Porlyusica was a healer, even if obviously she didn't use magic.

It would just take some time.

Until then…she had a book to get through.

Wendy didn't know if she would ever have the opportunity to see Grandineey (the dragon, not Porlyusica who went by an alias) again, but she wanted her mother to be proud of her, wherever she was.

If she could get stronger…in whatever way she could…then maybe she wouldn't be helpless the next time someone (or something) threatened the people she loved.

As she saw Lucy struggling to cast Urano Metria without Gemini's help, she knew that Lucy had come to the same conclusion.


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