Disclaimer. I don't own Fairy Tail or its characters. If I did Alzack and Bisca wouldn't have been the only ones marrying and having babies xD

-Oby Abel-

"Lucy!" Layla called for her daughter as she walked down the hall. She was not a happy mother at the moment. Not one bit.

The little blonde girl hesitantly opened her door and peeked down the hall were she saw her mother fuming. Gulping nervously, she asked. "Yes mama?"

"Why are you still in your room? In your pajamas nonetheless. I told you that we have to leave at 9." It was way past 9, and she had called for her daughter for the last twenty minutes.

Lucy's eyes widened in horror. "What?! I was never informed mama! I swear." She really had no idea what was going on or where they were going.

"Just hurry up and dress. Dress comfortable and bring your bracelet I gave you with you." Lucy nodded curtly and closed her door to dress.

Layla sighed and shook her head. She knew that her daughter told the truth, her look of horror was confirming enough. So that just meant one of the other children forgot to relay the message to her daughter and she had a good idea who.

Walking down the stairs, she saw Cornelia and the children standing by the grand door waiting for her. Her eyes landed on the mischievous pinkette, his eyes were gleaming with playfulness and satisfaction.

"She'll be down in five." She informed and decided not to interrogate the ten year old Fire Dragon Slayer because they were late as it was.

"I guess she forgot we were going out today." Cornelia mused and smiled at her long time friend.

"More like she was misinformed." She glanced at Natsu who avoided her gaze and then back at Cornelia. "But she'll be down in five. Did everyone pack their bags?"

"Yes!" The children chorused.

"But uh, Aunty Layla, where are we going?" Cana questioned, neither of the adults had told them were they were going. All they said yesterday was that they were going on a little outing in the woods. Nothing more.

"Today we will meet a friend of mine." The blonde responded with a kind smile.

Cana's brows furrowed. "Who?"

"You'll see when we meet him sweetie." Her own mother chimed in, stroking her daughter's hair. "So be patient and wait."

The young brunette pouted for the lack of information, and begrudgingly nodded her head. She would have to wait to meet this mystery man. And she hated waiting.

"I'm here!" Lucy cried, and she entered the lobby hall. She wore a pair of denim shorts and a white shirt, and a pair of sandals. Her hair was up in a ponytail, "I'm here." She repeated once more panting, her face was flushed from stressing her little body early morning.

"Finally!" Natsu yelled with a smirk adorning his face. He was internally cackling.

Lucy glared at him with resentment in her eyes. She was sure he had something to do with her not knowing about today and nobody waking her.

"Alright, let's head out." Lucy grabbed Wendy's small hand and her mother's.

The small group of two adults and seven children walked out of the Heartfilia Mansion and trekked towards the forest. Layla led the way, staying on the dirty path.

As they entered deeper and deeper, the forest began to feel colder and eerily silent. No birds were chirping, the sun was barely shining through the cracks because of the trees thickness. But Layla was smiling happily all the way, chatting with Cornelia. Both adults were talking about their past and memories of their many missions.

"So, do you know who we are going to meet and why the forest?" Cana asked the little blonde girl.

"No. Are we meeting someone?" Lucy was as clueless as Cana.

Cana sighed, growing impatient and annoyed from all the walking. It was her first official day and they were already torturing her with a long trek into a creepy forest. It wasn't what she had in mind on her first morning in the Heartfilia Mansion. She was thinking more along the line of relaxing by the pool and perhaps doing some card reading, improving her skills.

"Apparently we are meeting a friend of your mom. But dunno who."

The blonde looked at her surprised. "We are?" Cana nodded and turned her head back on the small dirty path. Lucy looked at her mother's back. They were meeting another friend of her mother's? Who? She got super curious and slightly impatient.

"Mama?" She called, her eyes wide with innocent curiosity. Layla stopped her talking and glanced behind her were Lucy was. The little blonde continued with her mother's attention on her. "Who is this friend we are meeting and why in our forest?"

"You'll all know when we arrive. Just a little more and we're there." Was her mother's only answers and she fell back into talk with Cornelia.

Lucy turned around to the four boys and asked, "Do you know? Gajeel-kun?"

"No. Layla-san said that we all were going to meet a friend early morning. Nothing more than that." The Iron Dragon Slayer answered. Lucy nodded absent-mindedly and turned around, crossing her arms. She was trying to figure who they were going to meet.

Cornelia was here, so it couldn't be her. Ur was still traveling and will be there in two days at least, her mother told her that Ur had to make a short stop in Onibus before coming, so Ur was out of question too. Jura could first be in there on Friday, so he couldn't be the friend. Then there was Gildarts, but her mother said that he would arrive along with his Guild master and probably a few members at Friday or Saturday latest. And that was two days from today, so it couldn't be them either. Which just left her more confused. She really didn't know her mother's friends other than those snobby ladies but her mother said they weren't friends just acquaintances.

She pulled her bracelet up to her arm when she felt a sudden tugging and a warm glow on her skin, all coming from the bracelet. Her eyes widened and she panicked. "Mama!" She screamed afraid, and everyone halted.

Layla turned around abruptly to see a panicked little Lucy staring at her arm with horror. Her gaze fell to the glowing bracelet. "It's alright honey, it just means that we are here." She explained softly and crouched down to pull her little girl into her embrace.

"W-we are?" Lucy's eyes were starting to fill with tears. The sudden surge of magic coming from the bracelet took her by surprise. All she had thought about the bracelet was that it was just a regular one but she knew better now.

"Yes. Repeat after me. My friend want you to open his gate." Lucy looked at her mother shocked.

"W-wait. Gate? Is your friend a spirit? Is this a gate key?" The confused girl asked touching her still glowing bracelet. Layla smiled and nodded.

"It is a gate key and no he isn't a spirit. Repeat after me. I, Lucy Heartfilia, open the gate for you," she waited for her daughter to begin chanting and stood up, her hands on Lucy's petite shoulders.

Lucy glanced up at her mother nervously but her reassuring smile made her smile back and she nodded firmly before letting the whispers of the bracelet take over and she poured her magic into the bracelet, mixing it together. She jerked her arm forward and stared into the dark forest with determination in her brown eyes.

"I, Lucy Heartfilia, open the gate for you, Draco, and grand you to enter!" She shouted and suddenly a huge seal inside the darkness of the forest appeared and a blinding got them all to shot their eyes.

When she felt the gate close and it was save to look, she opened her eyes. Her eyes furrowed in confusion when she saw nothing between the dark trees. Her head turned left looking at her mother.

"Nothing happened?"

"Don't worry little girl, you did open the gate and did good." A man said from behind making her spin around to look at him wide-eyed. A tall man, 6'2, broad shouldered, dressed in some weird clothing, which looked tribal, he was tan and looked muscular and he had the strangest hair. It was a golden, not blonde, color and sparkling. His eyes looked dark with a purple hue, and the strangest thing he had no pupil and his eyes were twinkling like the starry night. They were mesmerizing to watch.

"I hadn't thought you would take a human form but it looks good." Layla mused as she eyed the Dragon God. Draco turned his gaze from the youngest Heartfilia to the older and shrugged his shoulder.

"Didn't want to scare your hatchling."

"W-wait up! Who are you?!" Cana shouted pointing at Draco with a blush covering her cheeks. She had finally gotten over her stupor from the weird summoning Lucy did mere seconds ago.

"I'm Draco, and you?"

"Sorry for my daughter's rudeness. Cana! Put that finger down, it's rude to point." Cornelia pushed Cana's arm down glancing nervously at the Dragon God.

"B-but he came out of nowhere!" The brunette cried. She seriously wanted answers. She was so dumbfounded to find a man as him come from behind them after such a huge seal appeared in front them. She turned to the five silent Slayers who was staring at Draco flabbergasted. "Don't you think this is weird too?!" She questioned them.

"Wait a minute. Weren't you a Dragon earlier?" Natsu asked. Draco turned his gaze from the brunette to him.

"Yes."

"Then why do you look like that?" Little Wendy questioned.

"This is my human form. Should I change back?"

"No!" Layla and Cornelia shouted in unison. "Don't change, human form is good." Layla hurriedly added.

"Okay."

"But why?" Sting looked at the two adults frowning. He wanted to see him in his Dragon form. He wanted to see a Dragon, preferably his father.

"Because today Draco come for Lucy." Layla explained the little blond boy with a sweet smile. "Lucy-nee isn't as experienced with Dragons as you are."

"Why?" Rogue asked. Why was the Dragon God there for Lucy and not them?

"And what about our parents." Gajeel looked between Layla and Draco. "Will we see them today?"

"No." Draco spoke gruffly. "They are still adjusting and from what I've heard and seen, you all have been bad towards Layla Heartfilia."

"What!" Natsu exclaimed. "We have not! She promised us we would meet them, we were doing to see them tomorrow!"

The Dragon God narrowed his eyes down on the pinkette, and Natsu shut up immediately. Draco's eyes were scary, intimidating and he involuntary began shaking.

"And I'm saying you will have to wait. They aren't ready and neither is you."

All the Slayers lowered their heads and looked at the ground with immediate disappointment coursing through them. They had looked forward to see their parents so much. It was actually the only reason for keeping them together.

Layla and Cornelia gazed at each other before approaching the children. "Hey, it's okay. You will see them eventually. It's not like they are going to disappear anywhere." Cornelia consoled them and stroked the two of the youngest Slayers backs, Sting and Rogue. Layla pulled Rogue into a hug and Cornelia Sting

Lucy felt guilty when she saw her new family look so down and walked over to them pulling Gajeel and Natsu into a hug. "I'm sorry that you are sad. I'll grow stronger and open their gates." She promised. Both of them didn't say anything and just let her hug them awkwardly.

Cana was already hugging the sobbing little Wendy and stroking her back soothingly. If there was one thing she didn't like it was little children whimpering and crying. And she even felt guilty that she had a parent while they didn't have theirs. A silly thing to be guilty about but she felt it either way. "It's gonna be okay Wen. You got us, we won't go anywhere."

Draco let out a breath, looking at the scene with a roll of his eyes. It wasn't like it was the end of the world not seeing their parents for a few more days. If it hadn't been for him they would've died long ago and if Layla hadn't taken them under her wings they would truly be alone.

"Alright, enough crying. You'll see them soon. Mini Heartfilia, you are with me." Lucy pulled away from the two sad boys and looked at Draco gesturing her to walk up to him.

"You don't have to be mean." She liked the man less and less. He didn't even care if her family was sad. "I won't go with mama and my friends. And my name isn't mini Heartfilia."

"Lucy, sweetie." Lucy turned to her mother who was smiling at her sadly because of the situation with the crying and sad Slayers. "Don't be rude to Draco and follow him. It isn't his fault so don't be mad at him, okay?"

"But mama, they are all sad because they want to see their parents. I would be sad too if I could see or talk to you or Papa for a week." The blonde little girl frowned. She didn't even want to think about a separation from her parents, thinking about it hurt.

"I know baby girl, but they need to solve some things at their new home before they can come to visit. You must understand that sweetheart." Layla liked her daughter standing up for her friends and she hadn't missed how she comforted Natsu and Gajeel earlier, but she needed her to follow Draco because she had an inkling feeling that the Dragon God was impatient. Very impatient.

It wasn't easy but Lucy nodded with a strange face. She didn't want to follow him because he didn't look like a good person and she didn't trust him one bit. But her mother did so she would have to give him the benefit of the doubt and follow.

"Just call me when you want her back." Draco told Layla and put his large hand on the young blonde's shoulder who flinched by the sudden touch. "Calm down young one, I'm not going to hurt you… a lot." He grinned showing his sharp canines who was by far larger than the Slayers.

Lucy felt her blood run cold as she looked at her mother horrified, she whimpered as her eyes pleaded for help. Layla glared a Draco, and grabbed a large pebble and threw it on his forehead, spot on.

"Don't scare my daughter! It's not funny." She reprimanded, ignoring his angry scowl. "And leave before I change my mind and seal every gate."

"Tch, I was just lightheartedly joking, no need to turn violent." The big bad and supposedly scary Dragon sulked and turned his face away from the angry blonde. "Come on hatchling. Your mother is being unfair."

"Wait!" Natsu called before the two could take two steps.

"What is it hatchling?"

"Can't we come too? You can train us, can't you?" He didn't want to be left out of the fun he knew was sure to happen for the blonde – fun meaning either a fight or training session – so he wanted to tag along.

"Yeah, can't we?" Gajeel liked Natsu's idea and agreed with him. They could use some training and do their parents proud now that they had to stay in the Dragon Realm for a while longer.

"No. You aren't Heartfilias, you don't have their blood in your veins so I can't personally train you but," He paused and glanced at Layla and Cornelia, "if you two don't mind I can create five training dummies for them?"

"Why five? What about me?!" Cana exclaimed offended. If they were going to train so was she!

"You aren't a Dragon Slayer, so it's futile for you to train with my dummies. And dangerous too."

"So you are saying just because my mother is human and not a Dragon, I can't train?! Bullshit!" The brunette was fuming. How dare the big overgrown human tower or Dragon or whatever he was tell her she was weak! Cana was far from weak.

"Cana!" Her mother glared at her. Language!"

"But he is insulting me! Telling me I'm weak!"

"No he didn't!"

"Yes he did!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

Layla sweat-dropped by the mother-daughter duo's banter and sighed.

"Cana, sweetie, Draco didn't call you weak nor did he try to insult you. He just said his dummies is meant for Dragon Slayers, and you aren't one. How about your mother and I do some training with you, you and your mother share the same magic, do you not?" The blonde intercepted with a kind tone.

"Fine." The young pre-teen conceded with a huff. "But you better not go easy on me."

Cornelia just rolled her eyes. Her daughter was just like herself when she was young at it was infuriating. Layla smiled and gave her a nod with a smile. "Of course not. Draco, take care of Lucy and make those dummies. Not too much powerful." The Dragon God nodded.

"Scatter around." The five Slayers ran every direction, running into the woods. The Dragon waved his hands and five different colored seals appeared and five small miniature Dragons appeared. "Go." The miniature Dragons ran the directions of each Slayer.

Lucy looked at them run away in awe before looking up at Draco with the same awe. "Wow. Were those baby dragons?" She questioned awestruck, eyes trailing back into the woods.

Draco looked down at the young blonde girl and shook his head. "No, they aren't baby dragons. Not real ones at least. They are lost souls of dead hatchling." The blonde's head snapped back.

"Dead babies?"

Draco nodded sadly. "They were killed before reaching adulthood. And now they are immortal as they have become spirits. There are millions of them." Lucy couldn't help but feel said. It was so sad that they had died so young.

"Are they sad?" If they were she wanted to hug them and console them. It must be sad to die young and become a spirit.

The Dragon God smiled amused at the little girl's questioned and patted her small head. "They are spirits, they don't feel anymore."

"That doesn't mean they don't feel! Mama's spirits and mine too have feelings!" the child quickly retorted.

"Yes, those spirits do feel but they don't. They are just an Astral Projecting, a little fragment of their souls." He explained kindly. He liked the child. She was really smart and compassionate, and if she was anything like her mother and her ancestors, he knew they would hit it off well.

"Oh…" Lucy realized they weren't like her Celestial Spirits but more like a little piece of what they used to be, like a shell. "That's still sad... can we mend their souls and bring them back? I think they would like that."

"If you train well enough, and become strong I'm sure you can help me revive every Dragon lost in this realm. Would you want that?" The blonde nodded eagerly making the mighty Dragon smile, a genuine one.

"Okay, but it will take a while before we can start that process. It will take years. Do you still agree?"

"Yes! I'll help every Dragon and then we can all become friends and I can play with them too!"

"You are so innocent." He mumbled and beamed her a smile. "Alright, let's get going then."

"Hai! Bye mama, Aunty Conny, Cana-chan!" The blonde waved at them with the biggest grin she could produce.

"Bye honey. Draco," Layla's softened gaze hardened when she met Draco's, "you better not overexert her, she isn't like the other five. Don't push her too far and give her time to adjust after completing the bond." The mother warned with an underlying threat in her gaze.

The Dragon decided against a retort so he nodded and pushed the excited child forward. I'll take care of her Layla Heartfilia. You have my word.

You better. If she comes back crying, you know who I'll blame. Layla was glaring at his retreating form as they kept their telepathic conversation.

Draco rolled his eyes. Talk about having faith in him. She should know that he would keep his words like she keeps hers. They were contracted for all that's holy's sake. Thanks for your faith, he replied sarcastically.

Don't be sassy with me! As if it wasn't enough with you destroying the children's mood was enough. Keep me daughter save.

"Are you afraid of Dragons?" He ignored the blonde woman and looked at her daughter. Lucy shook her head and told him no.

"Good because I'm going back to my original form." He put his hand on her right side of her waist and slowly began transforming back. His hands enlarged as it began taking shape of a talon. Lucy eeped with his sudden changing in her proximity, and yelled when she was caged inside his huge ass talon hovering above the sky.

She almost cried. Almost.

"Wow. That's a huge ass Dragon." Cana voiced as she watched Draco in his gigantic Dragon Form. Her eyes was following him with her mouth open in awe. She was envy that Lucy got a free ride, it looked fun to be soaring in the sky.

"Cana!" Cornelia flicked her daughter's forehead. She knew her daughter had a bad mouth, it was mostly her own fault since she worked in a tavern and the young girl was almost always there and the tavern was filled with drunkards and idiots always shouting and fighting. So it wasn't really a surprise for her bad language but she just wished she wasn't present hearing the words come out from her mouth. It made her seem like a bad parent in front of her long time friend.

"Owww! Mom, what the fuck was that for?!" The brunette snapped out from her musings when she felt the flick, making her eyes roll back into her skull before scowling at her mother rubbing the middle of her forehead. "It hurt like shit."

Cornelia's face turned read from anger and embarrassment and shame and she gave her friend an apologetic glance before grimacing at her daughter. "You better wash that mouth of yours with soap when we get back to the mansion! Who taught you those words? It's not very lady like!"

"Well excuse you, but I'm not a lady!" She retorted annoyed by her mother's constant reprimand. It wasn't like the first time she heard her speak like that.

"It's not polite to speak like that in front of others! What will others think of me? Have you thought about that?"

Cana sighed and rolled her eyes at her mother's overdramatic speech. "I don't think Aunt Layla really cares." She looked at the blonde with an exasperated look. "Do you?"

"No but-"

"See! So what gives? It freaking hurt when you flick me!"

"Layla!" The older brunette gave the blonde a hurt look.

"Cana-chan, it's not rude to interrupt. I didn't finish speaking. Your mother is right – stop don't interrupting," She held her hand up, stopping Cana from retorting and continued. "I may not mind but that's because I know your mother, but others that doesn't know her will judge her, thinking she's raising her daughter loosely with no discipline and that will set your mother in a bad light in others eyes. And you are the oldest, so you should think about what you say because young children take after older children. You don't want to be responsible for little Wendy speaking ill, do you?" The blonde held her gaze on the frowning brunette.

Cana hated Layla for being so… so… she really couldn't find what a word for it. The blonde was right, she knew that but it had become a habit for her. And she did mind her words when she's with Wendy and Lucy, only because she didn't want to deal with the consequence of teaching them words that wasn't appropriate for their young age.

"No. But I am mindful when I'm with Lucy and Wendy. The boys, not so much. And if they do start spouting words, it wouldn't come from me. More like Natsu and Gajeel." She defended as she sulked. She hated when adults got all adult on her.

"Your etiquette teacher will be here next week as well as the other teachers, so just promise us that you will be mindful with your words in front of the children and try to refrain yourself in front of other adults. If Jude heard you I'm sure you would give him a heart attack." The blonde mother ended it with a lighthearted chuckle.

Ignoring her chuckle, the brunette rose an eyebrow at the word teacher, her interest piqued. "Teachers? As in school kind of teachers?" She prayed not. She had hoped that when her mother told about coming to the Heartfilia Mansion that she would be granted the freedom of not having homework and annoying teachers breathing down her neck for her attitude towards them.

"Yes. Lucy is very happy with their teaching. Why the sour face? Don't you like school?" Layla noticed Cana's irritation and figured the girl didn't like school.

"Yes. I hate it. It's boring and useless. I'm going to be a mage so there isn't a point in going to school." She really couldn't see a reason. Her mother didn't go to a school and she turned out fine. She had been a full-time mage, of course she hadn't had a guild but Cana knew that she wanted to be a mage too and be apart of a guild. Which one, she really hadn't any idea. She was still browsing the Sorcerer Weekly, reading through the pages about all the weird and fun guilds.

Cornelia frowned upon her daughter's answer. School was important. She wouldn't be working at a low paid job and working as a fortune lady as a side job if she had an education. Having a diploma was a good thing when you retire from being a mage. Or that you save up so you can last for a long, long time. Which she hadn't done because her pregnancy had been sudden. And her idiot husband had left her, so yeah. An education was something she wished for her daughter.

"It isn't useless, Cana." Cana looked at her mother who was frowning and held a sad glint in her eyes. "I wished I had finished school then maybe I wouldn't be working such a low paid job."

"She's right Cana-chan. You probably think that you can get by with being a full-time mage, but when the day comes and you're expecting your first child, you won't be able to go on missions and where will your income then come? Your husband/boyfriend? What if you were a single mother?"

"Then I'll just go on many missions and save a lot of money. I would manage with that money." Both adults smiled at her innocence.

"You will be bound to your child for more than two years. 9 months while pregnant and then when they're growing up. Honey, it isn't as easy as you think. You'll understand when you grow older." Cornelia ruffled her daughter's hair affectionate, pulling her into her embrace. "Much older." She added silently. God help her that her daughter doesn't marry early like her nor have a child. She wanted Cana to live life to the fullest before she even think about settling down.

Cana was still processing what they both said, trying to find a fault but there weren't anything. And she lost the will to counter them because she realized there really wasn't a point. She was too young for any of it. Plus she liked hugging her mother, so she squeezed her waist tightly and nuzzled closer to her stomach.

"Well," Layla broke the silence with a playful smile, "don't you think it's time to find a clearing and start Cana's training, Conny?"

"I believe it is. We wouldn't want Cana to fall behind the others now, do we?" Cornelia mirrored Layla's smile and pulled away from her daughter.

"Heck no if I let those brat beat. Let's go ladies!" Cana grinned and began jogging up the path. Both adults looked at each other with a content smile.

"Thanks for helping me, Layla."

"Anytime, Con. You really did do an amazing job raising her. She will definitely grow up to be an independent woman, just like you." They hooked their arms and moved forward, following the brunette girl calling for then to hurry up.

"Do you really think that? I just think that sometimes I'm just too soft on her. She's a hard nut to crack, and I feel like she's beginning to shun me out. Last week she came to the tavern and snuck a freaking mug of ale out and split it between her friend and herself. I was so shocked when I found out."

"Definite the bastard's daughter. But don't worry Con, she's just entering her rebellious stage in life. She's becoming so teenager and wants to experiment with different things. Don't you remember when we were like that? We did much worse." Layla giggled making her friend join her.

"I remember us getting drunk, we weren't even 14. But it was fun. And then you kissed that freckled cutie. He was so flustered, and had a nosebleed when I let him touch m-"

"Come on grannies! We are wasting daylight!" Cana interrupted their giggling and being all giddy giddy. She was impatient. She could hear the others already engaging in a fight with their opponents and here hers were, walking so slow a turtle would've already pass them by now.

"We are coming!" Layla called to her.

"Don't need to get grumpy! We got plenty of time!" Her mother added with a grin and tugged Layla along.

Mothers. You can't live them yet you can't live without them. Shaking her head and hiding her smile, the young Card Mage trudged deeper into the woods with two giddy and laughing adults behind her.

Meanwhile Lucy and Draco had descended back to the ground and was at the other end of the forest. Draco turned back into his human form but not before clearing a large path for them to use as training grounds.

Sitting down and collecting herself after the flight, Lucy looked around dazed at her surroundings. The sun was shining down on her, hot and dizzying, the trees that had been there to shade the lush green grass had been pushed away, Draco destroyed nature. Her eyes landed on the adult.

"Do you understand what we are about to do, hatchling?" Draco asked as his eyes settled on her. She had a thoughtful look before she shook her head and shrugged her shoulder.

"Not really."

"So you know who I am?" Again she shook her head. She really hadn't no idea what was going on and she knew that he was a Dragon who can turn human but that's that. And his name's Draco.

"Your bracelet, it's my gate key." He stated as his hands was fixated on her tiny wrist. "I'm Draco the Dragon. You may have heard about me before. Beard – er, the Celestial Spirit King has named a constellation after me."

"But you aren't a Spirit, why do you have a constellation after you?" The little blonde questioned with furrowed brows.

"Because I'm a God. And because The King and I are friends," He spoke the word awkwardly, "so he honored me by naming a constellation after me. But that's not what we have to talk about. I'm Draco the Dragon God, and I formed a blood contract with your mother. From today onwards I'm going to train you, make you a worthy Dragon Slayer. Are you up for the challenge?"

Lucy smiled and nodded her head. Her smile faltered slightly when a thought entered her mind. "Which kind of Dragon Slayer will I become? And will you become my Dragon?"

The mighty beast grinned down at her. "Any kind you want. Fire, water, earth, wind, any kind. And of course because of your bloodline you'll become a Celestial Dragon Slayer as well. I'll make you a guardian."

"Really?" The blonde whispered awed. "I can become any kind I want?"

He nodded. "Of course. We'll start with learning one kind of element first and then when you perfected that one we can go on to the next."

Eyes twinkled with the information. She jumped onto her feet and exclaimed loudly. "Let's do it!"

The child was a bouncing energy ball and made the Dragon chuckle at her antics.

"But before we start I need you to promise me-"

"Anything!" She grinned.

"Then promise me that when you grow older you'll mate and pass your magic to your hatchlings and have them pass it to their hatchlings hatchlings. Keep my legacy alive." He stopped smiling and stared at her intently.

"Mate?"

"Yes mate. You'll mate with one of the other hatchlings. Be it the Fire Dragon hatchling, the Iron, Light or Shadow. You'll mate with one of them and produce more hatchlings. Can you promise me that?"

Her face scrunched up in disgust. "I don't wanna mate with either of them! Ew! What does mating even mean?"

"You humans call it marriage I think. But for a Dragon it means much more. It's an eternal bonding. You will only be with your mate and have hatchlings, continuing my legacy." Lucy noticed eyes demeanor change slightly as he explained her about mating. He looked sad.

"Where your mate?" She questioned innocently.

He smiled sadly at the child. "She is no longer be. But," his smile turned brighter as his eyes gleamed with hope, "if you train well enough you can help me bring her and everyone else back. I need a human hatchling to help me and I know you are the one."

"I am?" The blonde frowned. "Why?"

"Because of your mother's legacy. You are bond to the Stars and Universe, like she is. You can pass through realms. I just need you to train well enough and you can revive the Dragon population again. Don't you want to help old me?" He looked down at her with a manipulating look, showing much sadness in his expression.

"But not all Dragons are good." She stated as she avoided his gaze.

"That's why I'm bringing them back to the Dragon Realm. They won't do humans or any beings any harm there." He promised.

"Okay…" She mumbled.

"Okay what?" He prompted.

She looked up from her sandals to his dark starry eyes. "Okay, I'll do it. But I still don't understand why I have to marry or mate one of the boys?"

He grinned, flashing his canines and put and large hand on her head ruffling her blonde hair. "That's because your instincts will want to mate with one of them. But enough of that, just promise me that you'll chose a Slayer when your age nears. That will be enough for me."

She gave him a sharp nod and smiled beautifully at him. "As a Celestial Mage, I promise that I'll mate or marry or what you want me to do."

"Good. Now let's start." He stepped back and transformed back into his Dragon Form. "This will hurt, but only for a little while." His loud voice boomed and he handed her a large scale that he had plucked from under his belly.

Lucy eyed the large shimmering scale. It was much taller and wider than her. She touched it and felt the a warm and cold feeling in her palm. It was hard to hold it upright because it was heavy. She peeked from behind it and looked at Draco. "What do I do with it?"

His large talon steadied the scale. "Being your palms forth." She obliged and thrust her hands forward and palms in the air. He pricked the tiny palms with the sharp talon. She did well, didn't even cry only wince. "Rub your palms into the scale."

"Like th – woah!" as she touched the scale, smearing her blood all over it, it began glowing brightly. The hot and cold feeling felt exceptionally nice and soon the scale was engulfed in a bright wide color making her close her eyes at its intense glow. But she was curious, she wanted to see what was happening so she squinted her eyes open. The scale was no longer, instead it was replaced by the colors of the rainbows and much more. She felt in slowly enter her body through the small wounds in her palm.

It happened so fast and then the glow was gone. She didn't feel entirely different. Just much lighter. She looked at her new teacher and tilted her head confused. "Was this it? I thought you said it hurt?"

"Only first part. You need to drink my blood now." He had already made a tear into his skin – which in all honesty should've been possible, he was covered in scales and regenerated instantly and not to mention he was a God. Lucy eyed the blood pool and looked at it weirdly. It wasn't red. It was golden and again, like the light that had entered her, it was the color of the rainbow and much more. She took tentative steps forward. The thought that she had just drink the already dispersing blood irked her. It was disgusting. But it was a process so she approached.

"I would hurry if I were you." His voice made a shiver run through her spine. It was much deeper and darker than in his human form. It was terrifying really.

Inhaling deeply, she wetted her as she eyed the almost closed wound. The blood was almost non-existent too. The blood was a mesmerizing color but that was it. It was pretty but not edible. Shaking her head she stepped away and looked at him. "I can't do it… it's disgusting."

"Sit down and close your eyes." He nudged her gently in front of him. She let out a sigh and complied. Draco eyed her and smiled. He respected the child and understood that it wasn't an appetizing idea drinking blood so he pricked his skin again and gathered enough blood on his longest digit.

"Open wide up."

Realization dawned her. Her eyes shot open as she looked at him wide-eyed, her eyes fixed on his blood dripping talon. "It's still disgusting!" She argued. She wanted to throw up just by the mere thought of having blood in her mouth.

"You mother went through the same process." He knew the little blonde adored her mother, idolized really, so he lied. She shut up and he noticed her eyes hardened with determination. Hatchlings are so easy to manipulate, he chuckled internally as he lowered his talon in front of her.

"Now drink it all up." Lucy clenched her fist strolling up to the sharpened claws. Inhaling sharply she leaned forward. As she began to suck the large blood drops up, she felt a with tingling feeling inside. It was hot and cold, just like his scale had been. The blood didn't taste like the metallic like how she remembered blood tasted. She couldn't pinpoint what it exactly was but it was good, that was something she couldn't agree to.

Draco watched her as she began sulking his blood clean. Lucy was glowing, looking like an ethereal being. His blood was changing her. The blood of a God was remodeling her DNA.

When she noticed herself glowing Lucy backed away and turned to look at Draco puzzled. "What's happening?"

"You're changing. Now the only thing left is to bask you in my fire. The painful part." He didn't even give her a moment of react to his words as he sent a powerful and strong roar her way.

Lucy didn't know what hit her other than the immense pain. She cried, screamed as she felt the Fire of Draco burn her yet it didn't burn her. The tears she was shedding evaporated the second the were formed from the hot and ice cold fire. She had fallen to her knees and slowly curled into a ball as the pain just kept intensifying and intensifying.

Soon everything turned black as her voiced died out and she went limp. She couldn't handle it. It hurt too much. Had she known that that was the consequence of becoming a Dragon Slayer, she wouldn't had done it.

Too late now.

"W-what's going on here?" Draco hadn't sensed the humans that had approached them when he had been focusing on his new charge and her wellbeing. His head snapped sharply to his left as he saw a tiny old man, a tall male with orange brownish hair, his body muscular and he stared into Draco's eyes with a leveled glare, and behind the two men stood eight children looking at Lucy's limp body horrified as his Fire was still worked on fusing with her core and magic.

"Who are you?" Draco's deep voice boomed as he suppressed the urge to growl at the group. He couldn't feel an malicious intent coming from them but he was still wary. They were trespassing his now marked territory.

The tall male stepped forward puffing his chest out as he glared boldly at Draco. "What have you done to that child?" His voice quivered with anger and Draco felt him trying to intimidate him with his magic. But that only made the Dragon God smirk.

He was very brave, he concluded. And Draco liked brave human. He shifted back into his human form and stood in front of the male while the others asked. The male wasn't fazed with his changing like the others were.

"I'm Draco, and you lot?" The amusement in his tone was something he couldn't stop because he really liked the bold and confidence of the male in front of him.

"Fairy Tail."

I just wrote bullshit. Sooooorry. Had a hard time figuring out what to write in this chapter. I had already written around 3k in one document but then I didn't like it so I started from the bottom and now we're here xD hahahahaha. Lol. Couldn't resist xD

Anyway, I do apologize for the long wait for this chapter. Draco is my new love. If you've read my other story Fall in love with me, then you'll know that I just can't do it without Draco. His personality differs from this story though but not completely. I'm actually thinking about writing a DraLu or DraLa story. But for now I think I'll focus on my stories before writing a new one.

This chapter was long due! Almost a month has past since I updated, shame on me *shakes head from shame*

I promise I won't wait an entire month to update next chapter! You have my word!

Guess who'll appear next chapter! Fairy Tail! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!

And guess who those eight kids are. It's not that hard really. XD

So this was that chapter. I probably have a lot of grammar mistakes, typos etc. but I will fix them soon. I just wanted to update as soon as I could. You all deserve that!

Ps. Remember, my character are very very OOC. But that can't be changed. This is a story from the beginning of their lives with complete new twist. So it's inevitable. They will have new personalities because neither have experienced the heart ache from losing their parents or loved ones. I hope you understand that.

Thanks for reading and reviewing, my story. I love it! And also thanks for the fave and following!

Don't forget to leave a review. If you have questions, PM or review. I will answer much of it without spoiling too much.

Before I leave, I was thinking if I should make a spinoff story when they are all grown up. I have an idea about sending them into ridiculous mission requested by the gods. Have already started on working on a few chapters a few weeks back. So should I? Or should I include those in this story and just wait 'til later?

You tell me!

Peace out!

-Oby Abel-