The Heart of a Slayer
Chapter 2
AN: YAY! Not a bad start! I even got some reviews! I love where this story is going! For those that read any of my other stories here is a quick update:
An Arrowed Heart and The Lost Priestess: working on Chapter 21. I'm ironing out a few things and it should be up very soon.
Lonely Ninken: Chapter 2, I'm giving it a last look over and should be updating it today or tomorrow.
Things Better Forgotten: Here is the irony…. I forgot about it! BUT I will continue. I have to reread what I have and get something written up!
Universal Love: I have yet to figure out what I'm doing with that but you can still read what is up under Uchihablossom15
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So they set off for Fairy Tail.
Magnolia smelled amazing. Laela could smell the different people and food places. She could hear the people and children laughing but she couldn't figure out why they took a route that lead them into a deep trench and straight to Fairy Tail. Soul Silver hovered above Laela's head keeping her eyes peeled for anything that could threaten them.
"Gildartz? Why did we take this route?" Laela asked curiously. Gildartz chuckled and kept walking. Laela sighed and kept walking a little bummed that she couldn't see the city. After her mother died she stayed in the woods and kept to herself. Soul Silver was the only companion she had. She trained and brushed up on her magic and survival skills, and Soul Silver was with her the whole way. This was her first time in a real city.
"Hey so why would this be in the middle of the city? Children could fall down it, and there doesn't seem to be any fences," Laela pondered out loud.
"It isn't always like this. When we get to the guild you'll see," Gildartz smiled. Laela sighed as they made their way to the guild.
Natsu's scent hit her like a brick wall. That warm scent full of fire and dragons. Laela's eyes tiered and she slid behind Gildartz. He looked down at her. She shook her head but stayed behind the bigger man like a young child.
"I... Um have never been around so many people," she said shyly. Gildartz turned around and ruffled her hair.
"You'll be fine," he smiled and continued walking. Laela sat down on the concrete and tried to ground herself. She was going to need strength for this. Soul Silver landed on the ground in front of Laela.
"I don't like this place Laela," The female falcon whipped her head around still looking for danger.
"So now you can talk?" Laela grumbled peaking open one eye.
"What is that supposed to mean?" the falcon huffed.
"The entire walk here you haven't said a thing. You left me to walk I'm silence alongside Gildartz for 3 days! He thought I was crazy!" Laela yelled with her eye still closed in some attempt to regain peace.
"Well..." Soul Silver was about to say when she noticed the ground move.
"I wouldn't stay there if I were you!" Gildartz called back. Laela tilted her head in question but then she noticed the city beginning to move and fill in the hole. Soul Silver screeched and took to the sky while Laela yelped and high tailed it to Gildartz's side.
"Ready?" he asked before opening the door. He could tell from his travels with her that Laela was a sweet child that bared a heavy burden on herself. She had never given herself the chance to find a new family like Natsu had. She stayed in the woods and mourned. She took a deep breath and gave a sharp nod before she could back out. Gildartz smiled and walked in the door. Laela still hid behind him but continued into the guild. Soul sliver perched on her shoulder as an anchor for Laela's worries.
"GILDARTZ FIGHT ME!" was the first thing she heard. Laela peaked her head around the large man and saw a pink head of hair charging their way. Gildartz sighed and sung him around his arm and shot him up into the ceiling.
"Not now Natsu," and he kept walking. Laela let out a pearl of laughter and the entire guild turned their attention to her. She of course didn't notice anyone other than Natsu. She summoned some water and lifted herself to the ceiling where Natsu was stuck.
She tilted her head and put her hand on her chin.
"Hmmm I don't think you have changed at all Natsu," she said with a wind chime sweet voice and another pearl of laughter left her lips. It was safe to say that all of the men in the guild were a little mesmerized by the girl standing on a pillar of water 15 feet high.
"This is THE Natsu? Laela he's an idiot," Soul Silver mumbled to Laela. She just swatted the falcon away. Soul Silver sighed and perched on the back of a chair.
"Lajdhehdufnla?" Natsu mumbled into the ceiling. Laela shook her head and pulled him out of the ceiling but what she forgot about was that pesky gravity and she fell off of her water. It dispelled and they fell to the floor. Promptly after leaving the safety of her water with let out a small squeak that caused all of the men there except for Gildartz to sigh at her cuteness. Natsu landed on his stomach and Laela ended up landing on him.
"Oww sorry Natsu I was trying to help," Laela sighed and helped Natsu up. He stared at her for a moment before pulling her into a tight hug.
"I am so sorry Laela. After Igneel disappeared I went to your valley and found Aquailious. I thought you were dead too," Natsu cried into her shoulder. Laela was stunned for a moment before hugging him back and crying into his shoulder.
The entire guild was at a loss for the scene playing before them. Natsu had never mentioned to any of them another person he knew. Laela sniffed back the last of her tears before pushing Natsu away.
"Laela what's wrong? Where were you?" Natsu pushed.
"I have been training and doing my research. Natsu I need your help," she announced. Every one stared even harder at as the cute little red head turned into a warrior before their eyes. All of the cute innocence you saw at first glance disappeared leaving a war hardened fighter.
"Laela you have no right," Gildartz scolded at his place next to the master.
"This is a family matter Gildartz. I thank you for your help but it is no longer needed," the venom in her voice made everyone close to her step back. Gildartz stepped forward and strolled up to her.
"He is out of his league and you know it," he growled out at her slightly raising his magical power. He figured a little power would put her in her place she knew nothing of his real power. She turned to face him head on with her own power. Soul Silver stiffened and tried to fly in front of the man before Laela.
"Old man you are out of your league," she growled out as sparks lit in her eyes turning from their ice gray to an electric yellow. Gildartz was surprised by her display but refused to let Natsu anywhere near that creature if he could help it. He raised his power some more. What he didn't notice was all the dragon slayers in the room stared at Laela in awe and confusion. They were hit with a smell they hadn't smelled in just over 7 years.
"He isn't ready," he stepped forward. The guild had never seen this side of Gildartz up close and most were slightly scared. They were even more scared when the girl that seemed so shy and childish stepped closer to the towering man and raised her power to match his. The power in the guild was suffocating. Soul Silver was trying to pull Laela away but was batted away but a hand.
"He is ready all he need is a push," she growled at the man. Gildartz had never been challenged in this sort of manner. His hand shot out and he slammed her against the wall.
"You will not bring one of my guild members to his death!" Gildartz was enraged. He was almost killed and he was just walking by. This girl wanted to flat out challenge a monster that had leveled mountains. Gildartz was brought out of his thoughts by a sharp pinch at the base of his neck right under his chin. One of Laela's knives was set right against his throat by a watery hand.
"The monster must pay. He is wounded if we find him now he will fall by my hand," she thrashed around in Gildartz's hand against the wall. Gildartz was still fighting her with his magical power but was amazed with how much she really had. He could see now how she had damaged the beast. The other guild members had already fled to the other side of the room when the guild master stepped forward. Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel stepped forward with him confused by what they had smelled.
"Gildartz what is the meaning of this?" he demanded.
"Let go of me old man!" Laela screeched under his hand.
"She intends to take Natsu to his death," Gildartz growled low enough just for the master to hear him, but he forgot that dragon slayer hearing was superb. Natsu tensed next to Gajeel.
Gildartz was about to continue when he felt Laela stop struggling under his hand. He was concerned for a second if she had passed out but he didn't expect to see Laela's hair standing on end and waving from the magical power she had let lose. Her eyes pierced into his own. They crackled and sparked like a fire. The watery hand that held the knife to his throat dispersed but her real hand was on his arm. She was covered in blue sparking scales. Her nails lengthened into talons that had begun to dig into his arm. He was thankful he had used his prosthetic arm to hold her to the wall. Her face even began to lengthen and her eyes began to slit and narrow. It was terrifying. It was almost as if she was really becoming a dragon. A boiling jet of water blasted from her mouth and hit Gildartz in the chest sending him flying and crashing into a few tables across the guild. A pair of leathery wings sprouted from her back and she searched the room. Her eyes narrowed some more when she saw Natsu. Soul Silver saw where she was going and flew on front of Natsu and hovered there. Grey and Erza stepped forward to protect Natsu but were taken back by the sudden change in her stance. She was on full attack mode then stopped right in front of Soul Silver mid attack.
"Laela enough!" Soul Silvers voice echoed through the room.
"Soul Silver? Natsu?" she asked her voice was still like wind chimes but deeper and more animalistic. She blinked a few times and her eyes went gray again. The master was marching forward to stop her but she backed up quickly away from the guild members.
"No! No! No! No! Not again!" she looked at her hands and tried to rub the scales away. Her magical power dropped so fast it almost disappeared and she stared at Natsu.
"I'm so sorry," she said with tears free falling from her face. She pitched forward and passed out on the ground. The guild all stopped for a moment completely astonished by what had just happened.
Natsu was the first to move. Soul Silver stopped him. She surprised everyone by suddenly casting a whirlwind around herself. When it dispersed the falcon was gone and a young woman stood there instead. She was draped in a slivery flowing dress. Her skin was pearly white and so was her hair. In fact the only real color on her was the deep blue eyes that glared daggers into Natsu.
"Leave her!" the woman's voice commanded. Then she moved her gaze to Gildartz where it intensified even more.
"This is your fault Gildartz! She lost control because of you!" the woman screeched as Natsu pushed her to the side. He went right to Laela's side and scooped her once again normal body into his arms and walked to the back of the guild where the infirmary beds were. Soul Silver grabbed Natsu's arm about to stop him when she saw a tear roll down Natsu's face.
"Be careful with her, please," Soul Silver said sounding defeated and let him continue because Laela needed to be out of there.
"Natsu what do you think you are doing?" Makarov said sternly. Natsu stopped again, and faced Makarov.
"She is the closest thing to family I have left gramps. Besides you may not have smelled it but when she attacked Gildartz there was something wrong. She smelled like a real dragon. Ask Wendy or Gajeel they will say the same," he turned away and continued on to the beds. Soul Silver walked backwards behind him ready to fend off anyone.
"What happened to you Laela?" he asked the sleeping girl in his arms. He had noticed the tears that still fell down her face, as his joined and they fell to the ground together.
An: HEY PEOPLE! That's chapter 2.
I wanted everyone to know that Laela is a strong willed person but very socially awkward making her look shy.
Now that being said her dragon side is very temperamental and she can't control it well so the outburst in the guild can happen sometimes. There are very few people that can stop her mid rage. One being Soul Silver. The others are eventually Master Makarov, Natsu and Gildartz.
Laela will be a part of Fairy Tail in the next couple chapters. She doesn't want to hurt anyone so she is wary of joining.
I am still debating if I'm going to do the Edolas Arc or not so we will see.
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