Neko: I'm sorry I haven't been updating lately. I've been quite lazy. I just finished my finals last week and now I'm on winter break, but because I'm on break, I've been more lazy. Also… My internet's been down for my whole break though! Such bad luck! I only got to watch animes that I cached… T^T

Lucy: Yes… you're very lazy. We know you have a good excuse this time. Just get on with the story.

Neko: Hai hai… I'll write 2 chapters today to make it up to you. Oh yeah, there are actually going to be a lot of made up characters from here on out.

Ch10: Introductions

Lucy POV

It was a peaceful morning, until I felt the dinner I ate yesterday coming to my mouth. I ran out of bed and towards the restroom. Every time I thought it was calming down, it attacked straight on. This didn't happen when I was with Igneel. Well, it was probably because we ate the same thing every single day, fish.

After I finished puking my dinner out, I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and combed my hair. When I got out, Little Igneel was sitting on my bed in his human form.

"So you're back. Did you do as I asked you to?"

"I did. I met an old man who was asking about you. What was his name… um… right! It was Akatsuki Hiro."

"Oh… he came back to the island." I looked at his hand and found a letter. "Did Master Makarov give that to you?"

"Oh, here." He gave me the letter and I put it on my desk. I was going to read it when I come back from training with Grandeeney.

"I also met that pink haired Natsu you were talking about. He kept bothering me and asking me why I smelt like you. He tried to follow me too, but I managed to lose him."

"I see. Was there also a white haired girl with him?"

"Hmmm… Are you talking about the barmaid?"

"No… The one I'm talking about has short hair."

"Well… I think there was one in the guild, but, she wasn't near Natsu. She was staring at him though."

"What was he doing?"

"He was drinking at the bar."

"I thought he'd be at least sitting next to her since he likes her. And of course Lisanna also likes him."

"Are you okay?" Little Igneel asked.

I nodded and gave him a sad smile. Then I held his hand and lead him to the dining room. When we got there, Yuuki and Grandeeney gasped.

Yuuki asked, "Did you give birth already? Wait, I thought you were having a girl?"

I laughed and replied, "What are you talking about? This is Igneel."

Grandeeney asked, "How did you turn so small and young Igneel?"

I laughed again and explained, "This isn't the Igneel you know. This is just a little dragon I found while training. I named him Little Igneel because he was like an exact replica as Igneel in his dragon form."

"Oh…" Yuuki and Grandeeney said in unison.

"Well, come eat then. You have training to do later," Yuuki said. I nodded and took a seat. Igneel sat next to me. I can tell he was nervous. I held his hand to calm him down. He looked at me and nodded. Then I let go and started to eat. Igneel was like my very own child. He was very cute. I don't even understand why anyone would leave him.

When we were done eating, we left the castle. Both Yuuki and Grandeeney transformed into their dragon form. I heard Igneel say, "So pretty. Yuuki is as white as snow and Grandeeney is so blue." I laughed at him. Then Yuuki flew off to who knows where. I helped Igneel climb onto Grandeeney and then I hopped on too. Then, Grandeeney took off. When we landed, we were just in a forest. I was glad that we wouldn't be on air or anything. I got off of Grandeeney and helped Igneel off as well. Then Grandeeney said, "Okay. Let's begin the training. I want you to sit and concentrate on the air surrounding you. I don't know how to explain it, but you'll get the hang of it. Just be the one to control the air. Make the air move as you want it to. Learn the techniques you heard from Wendy. Have fun! I've got things to do… so bye!"

"Wait what!? Are you ditching me too? I thought you were the gentle, nice, and caring type! Wendy also said that you were nice and caring!"

"Well you know what they say. Don't judge a book by its cover. Oh yeah… Wendy is the only person I'll ever be nice to. I would be nice to you too… but I am not dealing with you right now because you are pregnant. I don't want to spend 2 months with a cranky pregnant woman. After you're done training… just walk or run back to the castle okay?"

And with that she flew off. I yelled, "Is this what you and Yuuki call training!?" After she was out of my sight, I turned around to see Igneel looking at me.

"You know, you can change back to your dragon form and leave if you want."

"I don't want to leave you alone. What if something happens?"

"You're such a good boy." I ruffled his red hair and he pouted. 'Time for training…'

Time Skip (3 Months Later)

"Finally! I'm done! This took longer than I expected. Well… not really because Grandeeney wasn't actually training me." I had to train alone, so it took 3 months to master her techniques. I even know how to heal without Grandeeney teaching me. I don't know if it's possible, but my hearing ability also increased. Same goes for my strength and smelling ability. I am now 6 and half months. My stomach started to show a bump last month. I started to feel kicks 2 months ago. Each time she kicked, it got stronger. There are times when I fainted because of it. She's probably going to be just as energetic and strong as Natsu.

'Well… time to go now. I think I'm just going to walk back because if I run, my feet are going to be sore before I even get back to the castle.' Igneel walked beside me and held my hand. We've been taking care of each other so we're like family now. I can tell when he's sad, happy, or mad. By the looks of it, he looks happy.

When we got back to the castle, Yuuki, Grandeeney, Igneel, Metalicana, and some other people or dragons were waiting at the gate. They waved to me and I waved back. Then Yuuki stated, "Wow… your baby bump is finally showing."

Then, Igneel stared at Little Igneel. "Who's this little guy?"

"He's Igneel. You can call him Little Igneel so it won't be weird calling out your own name."

"What does it matter… it still has 'Igneel' in it," Igneel pointed out.

"Oh well…"

Then Igneel walked up to Little Igneel and ruffled his hair.

"Just so people don't get confused, how about you guys call him Ignee only?"

When I said that, everyone nodded.

"Yosh! Let's go eat! I'm starving!" Everyone then went inside the castle and sat around the big dining table. I ate a lot, but I still ate neatly. When I was done eating, my stomach looked like I was about to give birth any minute now. Everyone looked at me and laughed. I laughed with them too.

"Ehem! Hello Queen Lucy. I am Shiro, the water dragon. I am going to be training you after Metalicana."

"Okay. Nice to meet you Shiro. Since Shiro introduced herself, why don't we go around the room and introduce ourselves." Some nodded and some rolled their eyes. I didn't care and started first.

"Hello. I am Lucy. Nice to meet you." Then, Little Igneel went.

"I am Little Igneel, but you can call me Ignee so it won't be confusing. Lucy found me and decided to raise me." Then he sat down.

Next was Igneel, "Yo! I'm Igneel. I don't really see why there's a need for this. Everyone already knows me and-" He was cut off when a fist collided with his head. It was Grandeeney's fist.

Grandeeney got up and said, "I'm Grandeeney. I'm a really nice person, but if you piss me off, I can't guarantee you'll see daylight afterwards."

Igneel got up and said, "Heh! I can still see! Guess you're all talk only!" Then he stuck his tongue out at Grandeeney. Next thing you know, Igneel was sent flying across the room and made a huge crack in the wall. I let it off this time.

A blue haired man stood up and said, "I'm Frozen, the ice dragon."

We were almost done with introductions. Now, there was only Metalicana and Yuuki.

"Yo. I'm Metalicana. I don't see why we need to do this either." Then Yuuki punched his head. Metalicana commented, "You know, that didn't hurt because I'm like iron."

"Yeah yeah whatever. Anyways, I'm Yuuki, the celestial dragon."

"Okay! Now that that's done. I'm tired! I'm going to go sleep since I have training to do tomorrow too. Bye!"

I walked away and went straight to my room. Little Igneel followed and went straight to the bed while I went to the restroom to turn on the water for a bath. While I waited for the bath tub to fill up, I read the letter Makarov gave to me. I responded to the letter, but this time I didn't write it down. I sent it to Makarov's mind using the magic I learned from a book. Then I went to bathe in the warm water.

Neko: Yeah… I didn't know what to write for this chapter…

Lucy: Just 2 and half more months huh…

Neko: Yep! It's not long! Just wait a little longer and she'll be born.

Lucy: I can't wait!

Neko: I know right! Please review!