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no flames please.

REMEMBER:

~The dragons are alive, and still living with the dragon slayers.

~They live in a Pocket Dimension all together

~Cities of caves, lakes, forests, volcanoes, etc (every dragon lives with their element)

~Dragons (and dragonslayers) have pack instinct and can sense their (or their packmate's) soulmates.

~Igneel is Alpha, Metalicana is Beta

~Natsu is Alpha of the dragonslayers, Gajeel is Beta of the Dragonslayers

~Top dragons (council) have transformation magic (turn into humans for a bit)

~There are more dragons than there are in cannon

~Few backstories have been changed around to make sense

~Gajeel is still in Fairy Tail (will be explained) however Natsu is not

~Kagura and Yukino are in Fairy Tail instead of Mermaid Heel and Sabertooth

~Soulmates: Natsu/Lucy, Gajeel/Levy, Laxus/Mirajane, Cobra/Kinana, Sting/Yukino, Rogue/Kagura, Wendy/Romeo (but they're young so they're just best friends)

~(NEW ADDITION) AND: Sting and Rogue are Natsu and Gajeel's age instead of Wendy's… it just wouldn't make sense in this universe.

The scarlet haired woman walked over to Lucy, who smiled at her immediately. Lucy said to her, "Welcome home Erza, sorry about all of this. I tried to make them see reason, but they've all decided to go on the warpath."

Erza smiled reassuringly, "I know Lucy." She turned to the rest of the people, "Shame on you for just starting a war meeting like this." The rest of the people in the room lowered their heads at the scolding tone. "Not everyone is here yet, the Thunder God Tribe, Gray, and I all want to be a part of making the plan of attack." She raised her fist, "We'll destroy the foolish people who thought it wise to make a move against someone in Fairy Tail. When we're through they'll rue the day that they came up with such a foolish plan as to challenge the might of the strongest guild in Fiore."

The entire hall cheered so loudly that it reminded Natsu of Igneel's roar. It was full of power and made him think that this guild was a force to be reckoned with. He looked around the room, since the woman Erza walked in the rest of the room had seemed to lighten up almost like this woman was one of the people running the show.

Lucy, who had been seated at the front table next to where Erza was standing proudly, held her face in her hands; like she didn't want any of this. Natsu frowned, why didn't his mate want to get back at the people who harmed her? He himself wanted to go back to the Dragon World and give the man who did this to her another thrashing; preferably a lot harder and without the guy passing out this time.

"How do we find out what they want with Lucy?" Mirajane asked, "I mean it could be anything. Her magic, her parents, something we've never heard of that she fits the description of miraculously. It could be anything."

Gray (who hadn't found his clothes yet) sighed, "Well her magic is considered a great power source especially since she has ten out of twelve Zodiacs. I say we assume they're after the keys until we have another clue as to what's going on." He turns to the white haired girl with the blue flower who was Sting's mate, "Yukino you should be careful too. Since they attacked Lucy and we're probably assuming that they're after the keys you should watch out." Behind him, Natsu could feel Sting shift at the implication.

"We can't just assume that they're after the keys Gray." the master said, "Of course it is a good guess considering recent history; it's not the only thing people want Lucy for."

"Honestly," everyone turned to the door where five people stood. The dragonslayers frowned at the smell of two unfamiliar dragonslayers, the blonde guy with the lightening bolt scar and the red brownish haired guy with pointed ears and a scar down one of his eyes. Then behind them was a girl in glasses and a green dress, a guy with green hair in a red overcoat carrying a sword, and a guy wearing a knight mask and armor. The blond spoke again, "They could've just been trying to rile us up; everyone in Fiore knows that we go psycho when Lucy is threatened. She's become the weakness of our guild."

Lucy looked down in shame, "I'm-"

"Shut up Blondie," the pointed-eared guy sighed, "That's not what he meant. I can hear what you're thinking right now and I don't like it."

"Laxus," the master addressed the blond male, "You could've phrased that a little better."

Laxus didn't say anything to that. Just walked over to the counter, taking his seat to the right of the master that just scolded him.

The other dragonslayer casually walked over to the purple haired waitress behind the counter.

"Gajeel." Laxus called over, "Do you know where the guy who attacked Lucy went off to?"

"Yeah," Gajeel stood up, "The one that wasn't beaten by Blondie followed me to where I live with my family and tried to attack me." He smirked, "What he didn't realize was-"

"You knew the whole time." Lucy interrupted amused, "Good job Rusty." You could hear Gajeel grumble at the nickname because 'he was never rusty' but Lucy continued, "I don't see why we're doing this; unless they're all numbskulls they'll lie low for a while. What's the point of making a war plan if the war isn't going to happen?"

"Oh it's happening." Natsu said from his seat causing Lucy to turn. The moment their eyes met things got heated and not in a good way. Everyone disappeared just like it was supposed to when mates locked eyes, but instead of sweet nothings and loving glances the two mates were shouting at each other and glaring.

"Who are you?" Lucy asked, not trying to be mean but with the frustration in her voice it sounded like it, "And why are you trying to start something? These guys are already bad enough as it is! This is completely unnecessary!"

"Unnecessary?" Natsu asked standing up, "Look at you!" He gestured to all of her wounds, "You look like you were run over by a freight train!"

Lucy stood up too, "Thanks a lot for that," she rolled her eyes, "That's all I want in the world, to be called ugly by a stranger with pink hair." She laughed a little, "What on earth made you think dying it that color would be a good idea? Were you drunk or did you lose a bet with Bucket' O Bolts?"

The two of them seemed to gravitate towards one another. Like moths to a flame they moved closer inch by inch until they were almost touching. Blood was pounding in Natsu's ears as Lucy's scent burned in his nostrils. So close… so very far.

"Something wrong with my hair?" Natsu raised an eyebrow. "It's better than being a blonde." The two of them didn't hear, but Sting yelled from the background at his little comeback. "And as for stranger…."

Suddenly Lucy was falling, and so was the dragonslayer as he tried to catch her. One second they were upright and the next they had smacked heads and were on the ground groaning.

"Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel." Natsu said holding his head in his hand. "You have a hard head you big weirdo."

"I have a hard head? And who are you calling a weirdo, you barely know me at all." Lucy replied rubbing the spot their skulls had connected at. "Lucy of Fairy Tail."

"Well weirdo, now we know each other."

A piercing screech shot through the eardrums of the pair of mates and everyone else in the room that the two finally remembered about. Mirajane was sitting there hugging the tray she used to carry drinks to the patron and she had a face of eternal bliss on. Lucy blushed brightly before choking out a half-yell of, "Mira!"

Natsu was about to say another thing to his blushing mate when Gajeel came up to him and started dragging him back to the table with Sting, Rogue, and Wendy. Each of them were waiting there ready to hold him down if he tried to do something. "Come on didn't you see that, we were hitting it off." He whispered to his beta annoyed.

"Yeah, great." his beta said back, "You guys are now friends. Congratulations; I'm so excited for you." Gajeel rolled his eyes, "Look I told you that humans don't feel the soulmate bond like we do. Don't mess this up by rushing into things without a plan. Get close to her, be her friend and confidant, and don't rely on that mating bond to tie you two together."

Natsu frowned but didn't fight back, he knew that Gajeel was probably right (not that he would ever admit this). "Alright."

A noise from Wendy made the dragonslayers, even Laxus and Cobra across the room, turn a bit. She was holding her head in the usual way she did when her mother and her were communicating telepathically. She seemed to be nodding to whatever was being said across the connection, and it wasn't a happy expression she was wearing.

"Ex-excuse me?" Wendy said.

"Yes child?" Makarov replied.

"The man escaped." Wendy relayed the message. "The dragons don't know how."

Everyone started yelling at that. The pack of dragonslayers looked at each other, 'how did some weakling get past a bunch of angry dragons?'

"That makes things more difficult." Makarov sighed, "Alright then, we'll start looking into the guild marks we got off some of the other attackers. Reedus-" he looked over at a man with curly hair and a large gut, "Have you made the copies I asked for." Reedus nodded and gave him a handful of papers. "I'll send these to our friends at Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, Quatro Cerberus, and Crime Sorciere. I'll also ask some of my old council friends for help identifying these crooks."

The room's occupants started murmuring.

"Council?" Rogue asked Gajeel quietly.

"The Magic Council is the ruling body of the magical world." Gajeel explained, "Unfortunately, they aren't too fond of Fairy Tail after a few minor incidents, but Gramps has some good friends in the Council or formerly so."

Sting frowned, "What did you guys do to make them 'not too fond' of you?"

"What didn't we do?"

It was Laxus who spoke. The lightning-scarred dragonslayer had walked up to them in the commotion, making the group (excluding Gajeel) almost growl, and was now standing in front of them with his arms crossed. He rolled his eyes at them, and motioned for them to follow him. Out of the corner of his eye Natsu saw the other dragon slayer moving along the edge of the room as well. The pinkette nodded and with that his packmates stood up.

Outside the quiet calm broke as soon as the group had maneuvered to the back of the building away from traffic and people.

"You're dragon slayers too." Laxus stated.

Natsu nodded, "I'm Natsu," He pointed to each of his pack as he introduced them, "Then there's Wendy, Sting, Rogue, and of course you know Gajeel."

"I'm Laxus, and this is Cobra."

"We didn't know there was another pack of dragons and slayers." Natsu said and was about to ask questions when the scarred slayer raised his hand.

"No, we are not part of your weird dragon-instinct business." he said. "We're second generation dragon-slayers, we don't belong to any 'pack'."

"Second generation?" Sting asked, "I've never heard of something like that. Were your parents dragonslayers then?"

"No." Gajeel sighed, "It means that they received their slayer powers from a lacrima implanted somewhere in their body. Their powers are stronger than a regular dragonslayer, termed first generation, but because they have no formal training it's more uncontrollable." The iron dragonslayer put his hand on Laxus' shoulder. "They also have the dragon instincts and urges as first generation but are too stubborn to 'cave' to them." It was starting to sound like they had had that conversation before.

"That's impossible." Rogue said simply, "They have to do what their instincts say, or they'll go insane." The biggest instinct was to be a part of the pack, Fairy Tail seemed to be working with them for now, but would it stay like that? Highly unlikely.

"You're really underestimating us." Laxus growled. Natsu growled in response, no one disrespected his pack.

"Watch it." he warned. "Or I won't hold back."

Laxus laughed, "This is Fairy Tail, we don't even hold back on guild members. I'd crush you in a fight." Lightning cracked around the blond menacingly making Natsu smirk. This would be fun.

"If you're so confidant," Natsu cracked his knuckles, "then let's do this. I win you join my pack."

Laxus shrugged, "Sure kid, and if I win; all of you have to leave me alone about this instinct business."

"Fighting will have to wait." Cobra muttered, "Erza's coming and if she finds out you're fighting the allies Gajeel brought, she'll will you and then she'll kill me for not stopping you."

Laxus sighed, "Guess a rain check is in order Pinkie."

"Why are you all picking on my hair?" Natsu whined.

"Laxus, Cobra, I hope you aren't making our allies uncomfortable." Erza said coming around the corner. The dragonslayers who were new to Fairy Tail were shocked at the aura she exerted, it was a terrifying aura that weighed down on them like a monster.

"No Erza." The two men muttered stepping back so that the redhead could go to the group.

"On behalf of the Fairy Tail Guild, I would like to thank you for coming." Erza said, "Lucy is one of my teammates, and here I was on a job when she was attacked." Unnoticeable to anyone but Natsu Erza's fist shook a little (though be it from anger or something else Natsu did not know) and she hid it behind her back.

"Your master already thanked us." Natsu said rubbing the back of your head, "And threatened us."

Erza seemed to sigh at that, "I see."

"Yeah." Sting chuckled, "Gajeel you should have told the pack about this place sooner! Its hilarious."

Gajeel looked at him like he was insane, "You think this was funny?"

Sting raised an eyebrow, "Should I not have?"

"If you thought this was funny then you're going to find us hilarious when we're back to normal." Gajeel snorted. Laxus and Cobra seemed to grin at this and Erza smirked a little at the implication.

Thank you for reading this chapter. Sorry that it took so long to update, I will try to write quicker next time.