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-Oby Abel-
"Fairy Tail?" Draco repeated and then it clicked. "Fairy Tail. Layla's friends." He grinned at the lot and extended his arm for the man in front of him, being polite.
"So you know Layla Heartfilia, I presume." He stated with his orbs still eyeing the Dragon God suspiciously and hard. He shifted his eyes briefly on the unconscious Lucy and then back to Draco. "What are you doing to that child?" He ignored his hand, not trusting the man.
"Finishing a ritual." Draco's nose twitched when he smelled a scent that reminded him of his brethren. Sniffing the air he noticed the scent come from one of the children. Letting his feet and senses pull him away from the man, he approached the 8 children and sniffed each and everyone of them till he landed on the oldest – he guessed – of them. A blond boy, tall, around the age of 14-16, with a prominent lightening scar above his eyes.
Said boy jolted away when Draco sniffed him. By disgust and fear. Who was he to know the Dragon wouldn't attack in his human form? He had seen him as a Dragon and he was huge, and intimidating that he almost pissed himself. He had never seen a live Dragon.
"What are you?" Draco questioned the frightened boy. His scent was weird. He could smell his magic; lightening. But he couldn't smell who taught him on him. Or yes, he could, but the scent was weird. Confusing him.
"H-human s-s-s-sir!"
Draco rolled his eyes at his uncontrollable stutter and stating the obvious. "I know that much. Who are your Dragon parent? You are a Slayer, are you not?"
"He doesn't have one." The guy he admired for his boldness answered and stepped between them protecting the young boy. "He had a lacrima with Lightening Dragon Slaying Magic inserted inside of him." Draco's eyes widened by the information.
"That's horrible. My poor child." Draco growled.
"Laxus is all fine. He doesn't-"
"Not him, the Soul trapped inside the lacrima thingy." Draco corrected tiny human male who had approached them. He didn't care about the humans as he did his children. The poor soul was trapped inside, and from its roar – he could hear the souls speak to him or rather just anyone who would listen – it was telling him how unfair treated he had been back in the day, how some Slayers had slain him and trapped his magic and soul inside a lacrima crystal.
The information angered the God of Dragons. Another reason to why he had to have Lucy become his Slayer. He needed her to learn spells only the apprentice of Draco could learn. Spells that would take a unison raid of them to succeeded. It would take a few years. But they would get there. He was sure of her ability. She was a descendant of Nova. And Nova was very powerful.
So ignoring the human group that had deterred his focus from his main goal, he walked back to the limp body of Lucy Heartfilia. He made sure she was breathing or else he would get an ass whopping from Layla. He had heard of how she put Stache at place once, so he was sure she would probably try to murder him if it was possible for causing her daughter harm.
To his defense, it was his first time in his existence that he performed such ritual, so he didn't know much of it. Actually he used his blood to help easing the transition better and probably made her part immortal in the process. Only part. It wasn't like she was a demigod or anything. It just meant killing her would be hard.
Anyway, he soothed her back and let his magic ease into her body. It sure was a slow process, but he was patient. He waited till the last of the magic seeped into her before shaking her slightly, to wake her up.
Minutes of shaking and her not waking up he tried the verbal approach. "Wake up child." No response. "Lucy Heartfilia, wake up." Still nothing. Sighing deeply he counted to ten before raising his voice. "WAKE UP LUCY!"
"Wah?!" She jolted awake and looked around frantically. "What's wrong, is mama alright?" leave it to her to be worried of her mother. Draco snorted.
"Good, you're awake. How are you feeling yourself? Anything out of ordinary?" The Dragon God's tone went from amused to serious in seconds as he did her over.
The blonde child blinked, adjusting herself to everything. Her mind was trying to figure out what happened. The last she remembered was the pain being unbearable and then blackness. Everything turned black. Her gaze found his, and asked what happened to her.
"Did it work?"
Humor was back in full force when he heard the child's question. Without she had meant to, she asked via telepathy. Meaning only one thing. "It worked." His fangs were displayed proudly by his grin. "And you did good. Now it's time to see what you can do."
Amazement filled her eyes hearing his confirmation and praise. She was up on her feet in seconds, and finally took notice of her surroundings once again but this time more enhanced version than first. She could hear much better than before, for she heard the beating of 10 hearts, hers included, beating loudly around her. Her nose was also wrinkling with so many scents and aromas that she had never smelled before. And the big brown orbs of hers could see much clear. Her sight had turned from exceptional to superhuman. She could see the visitors standing behind them clearly, how their chests were rising and falling, how some drops of sweat were trickling their faces. They were at least 100 feet from were she and Draco stood.
It was overwhelming but the giddy girl was more than happy about the new change. She felt different, yes, but it was the best kind of different she could have ever wished for. The pain was so worth it. Everything was worth it. She was joyous.
But before she could get all giddy and jumpy, she needed to find out about the intruders. Sensing their magic not to be hostile and that Draco hadn't fought them, she knew they weren't ill-natured which was a plus.
So she turned to her now new mentor and teacher and motioned towards the group of men and children who was staring at them intently and worried. "Who are they?"
Draco glanced at the group before his gaze landed back on her. "Fairy Tail." He told her simply and watched how her eyes grew wide.
"Mama's friends!" She exclaimed and took off, ran to their side with a wide smile on her face.
"Hi!" Her chirpy voice made some of the children cringe, not that she noticed. Her eyes were glued on the two adults. "I'm Lucy Heartfilia. You're Fairy Tail, mama's friend."
The tall male looked at the young blonde. Surprised that she was up on her feet after seeing of she had cried out in pain and collapsed. And then he felt the magic around her, much like the Dragon he had encountered just mere moments ago. It was strong with a familiar tint to it.
"I'm Gildarts Clive. Old friend of your mother, Layla. Are you alright kid? You didn't –"
Lucy nodded her head vigorously, her face all smiles as she cut him off. "I'm great!"
Amused and briefly reminded of her mother and his friend Layla, Gildarts smiled and patted her blonde head. "Good to know. Now can you tell me, what are you doing here with that Dragon?" He shot Draco a look before settling his eyes on her.
"Training!" She chirped. "Draco gonna make me a Dragon Slayer!" She announced proudly. The group of children around them murmured.
"And you have your mother's consent? Does she know you're here with him?" Gildarts pressed. The Layla he knew would not let a child go through pain, especially not the kind he had witnessed with Lucy moments ago.
"It was all Layla's idea." Draco answered stepping behind Lucy. "So human, you don't have to be on guard around me. In a sense Lucy is know my child too."
Ignoring the Dragon Gildarts looked at Lucy who was all bubbly and giddy, he could see how she was tripping. It reminded him of Layla. Not only did Lucy resemble Layla appearance wise but also personality wise. Amused he asked. "Can you tell us where your mother is? We arrived earlier than expected and guessing you are in this part of the forest she must be somewhere around too."
"Mama and auntie are with Cana-chan, I don't know where to be exact but it's that way." She pointed towards the direction she and Draco had flown from.
"Alright. Master," Gildarts turned his face to the tiny old man, "go that way and then talk with Layla. I'll be right behind you."
"You're not coming with us?" The old man questioned, his brows furrowed.
"I want to see what the Dragon's going to do with Lucy."
Draco chuckled at Gildarts' reply. He could see the human didn't trust him, he knew he was intimidated by him but he didn't show it. It truly amused the Dragon God. He wasn't offended like many would've thought.
"Just don't destroy anything." The old man sighed shaking his head sensing the hostility his brat showed towards the Dragon. He then turned to the young blonde girl and outstretched an arm.
"I'm Makarov Dreyar, Guildmaster of Fairy Tail."
Lucy shook his hand politely. "Pleasure to meet you sir." She side glanced the children thinking it would be a proper way to introduce herself to them as well.
"Please is all mine. Brats!" He called for the eight children after noticing Lucy's glance. "Come and greet Lucy."
The first one to approach was a girl. She wore an armor plate, a long white skirt and had beautiful scarlet red hair. She smiled at the young blonde as she outstretched her hand.
"I'm Erza Scarlet, nice to meet you Lucy Heartfilia."
"Nice to meet you too, Erza." Lucy greeted as she shook her hand. Her smile never leaving her face.
Next child to greet the blonde was a blue haired girl. Short in height. She wore a yellowish blouse and a brown skirt. Her eyes were brown as Lucy's and she was blushing cutely reaching the blonde's hand.
"H-hi, I'm Levy McGarden. Nice to meet you." She said timidly and cutely that made the bubbly blonde hug her as she squealed.
"Cute!" Levy was taking aback by how the blonde was so friendly but she accepted the hug nonetheless. "And it's super nice to meet you too!"
A white haired young girl approached them next. Her hair a super short pixie cut and next to her was two other children. Sibling Lucy immediately noticed. The young girl was nudging the older girl who was looking like she was scowling and a boy who looked extremely shy.
"Hello Lucy, I'm Lisanna Strauss and these are my siblings, Mirajane and Elfman Strauss." Lisanna introduced herself and her siblings with a polite smile. She nudged her older sister's side, whispering to her lowly – Lucy heard it loud and clear with her enhanced hearing – that she should introduce herself.
Mirajane made a face to her little sister before looking at the young blonde indifferently, almost bored. "Name's Mira." She replied shortly and Lucy saw how Makarov and Gildarts rolled their eyes by her greeting.
Lucy ever the happy girl smiled at the older white haired girl and gave her a short nod thinking that shaking her hand was out of the question. "Nice to meet Mirajane-san." Her attention was on the overly shy boy next to the two girls. He had slowly crept behind them, hiding.
Lucy stepped closer and outstretched her hand to the boy, her stared at her hand for a long while before grabbing it with a blush coating his cheeks. "Nice to meet you Elfman." The blonde said with her friendliest smile.
Elfman gulped and pulled his hand away, eyes glued to the grass. "N-nice to meet you t-too." He mumbled his reply.
Smiling brightly she turned to the three others. Her smile turned to a grin when she saw the older blond teenager. "You're like me!" She stated. "Nice to meet you." She quickly added.
Laxus stared at the young blonde with wide eyes and inwardly cringed with how familiar she was being with him. He had seen how she reacted to all the other kids, and dreaded their introduction. But somehow he respected her. He had seen how the Dragon had performed a ritual in front of them and he could definitely sense she was powerful despite only just becoming a Dragon Slayer. So he gave her a faint smile and patted her head.
"Nice to meet you too, kid. And the name's Laxus. Laxus Dreyar." Her eyes widened at how he patted her hair. Nobody usually does that. Only when she was sad and someone was comforting her. But she felt nice that he did so. It made her feel like they would become great friends like everyone else.
Then she paused and turned her head to the old man who was gawking at them or more likely the blond teenager. "Dreyar? Is he your Papa? But he's so old." She innocently asked turned back to Laxus.
His smile widened a tidbit before shaking his head. "He's my grandfather. My father's father." He explained. Lucy noticed how his eyes flicked a tint of sadness and anger but didn't comment.
"Can he be my grandfather too? I don't have a grandfather. Mama and papa's mama and Papa went to heaven long ago."
Makarov blinked at the young blonde girl's innocent question before softened his face and walked up to her, patting her head affectionately. She looked at his smiling face immediately smiling back. "You can feel free to calm me Gramps or Jiji or whatever you want Lucy-chan." He offered.
Her eyes widened in awe. "I can?" He nodded patting her head once again. She beamed as she hugged the tiny man who she was inches taller than. "I'll call you Gramps then." He ruffled her head before she pulled away and turned to the two other kids she had yet to get acquainted with.
Her gaze landed on the green haired teenage boy. He stood by Laxus' side and looked at Lucy with a calculated look. The blonde girl smiled at him and outstretched her hand which her gently took into hers and shook it. "Nice to meet you." She said.
"And you Heartfilia-san. I'm Freed Justine, Laxus-sama's best friend." He greeted politely but his gaze held a warning which Lucy just giggled at. She could see how protective he was already of the tall blond.
Turning to the girl who was standing mostly by herself looking very shy, Lucy walked up to her. She had blue hair and her eyes were a pretty dark blue. She looked cute with her blue dress. "Hi, I'm Lucy, nice to meet you." The young blonde approached.
The bluenette timidly outstretched her hand and let Lucy shake it with a friendly smile. "Nice to meet you too. Juvia is Juvia Lockser." She mumbled shyly.
"Juvia, what a pretty name. I hope we all can become great friends." Lucy turned to every kid with her earnest smile. She truly wanted to become friend with the other kids. She just loved meeting new people. It was such a rarity for the young blonde.
"Likewise Lucy." Erza replied with kind smile.
Draco who had watched the exchange of pleasantries walked up to the blonde and put a hand on her tiny shoulder. "Now say your goodbyes. We have training to do." He instructed and earned a nod.
"I'll see you back at the mansion. Mama and the others are gonna be so surprised." She grinned at them.
"Then we'll be off so you can continue your training in peace. Come on brats." Makarov began walked towards the direction Lucy had pointed at with the eight kids. Gildarts stayed behind to observe.
Back with Layla and Cornelia, they were busy helping young Cana with building enough magic to channel into her cards to create more powerful attacks. It started with meditation for half an hour and then Cornelia began shuffling a deck of cards for her daughter to channel. Layla had summoned Capricorn to spar with the young girl while the two women would occasionally throw in some magic blasts.
After an hour Layla bid them goodbye to check on the Slayers to see their process. She was a bit worried for little Wendy since the young girl was not a fighter type like the four males. So she wandered into the direction she had last since the young girl.
She was truly surprised to see the young five year old keeping up with the small Dragon. Sure Wendy was panting and sweating bullets but her weak body was keeping up and what surprised the blonde mother was how determined the young girl looked.
Deciding to stand by the side to watch in silent, Layla smiled at the sight. She felt pride that the youngest of the Dragon Slayers was so strong. Her mind slowly wandered to her own daughter hoping she was alright with her training with Draco. She trusted the Dragon God but it still worried her that she agreed to turning her own child into a Dragon Slayer.
Draco, she called for the God, how's thing proceeding with Lucy. You haven't contacted me so I hope she's alright.
She's fine, he answered through their telepathic link, and she's doing exceptionally good. We're starting with the basics and then she wants to start with Water Dragon Slaying magic. He ended with a light hearted chuckle.
She sighed with relief. Okay. That's good to know. Bring her home before the sun sets. And tell me immediately if something is wrong.
You have nothing to worry about Layla. She's practically my child too. No harm will come her way and I'll stop if she overexert herself. Rest assured.
It was every parent's instincts to worry so Layla was no exception. Alright but you still have to tell me if she's feeling unwell or tired. I want to know no matter what.
I got it the first time. She could tell he was rolling his eyes, annoying her slightly. I do have another thing to say, now that you called. Her eyebrows furrowed, curious.
Elaborate.
A group of people are heading towards you. They are from Fairy Tail. And a male, Gildarts, is here with us. He's watching Lucy like a hawk, afraid I might hurt her. They all saw the ritual. He laughed a bit but his information startled her.
Her friend wasn't due another two days. Did he bring his Master? Makarov?
Yes. Along with a group of children. One was in fact a Dragon Slayer as well. He has an lacrima with a lightning Dragon trapped inside him. My poor child was trapped inside that lacrima. But don't worry, with training Lucy I will free him.
She clearly heard his anger in the tone he used, and she could understand him. He was the creator of Dragons so it was his child trapped inside a lacrima which was cruel. The Dragon couldn't ascend Draco's heaven in peace. Any parent would be saddened by such information. But she also felt anger towards who ever did it and then infused a lacrima into a human child forcing the child to become a Dragon Slayer without the proper guidance of true Dragon.
That's truly awful. I hope you and Lucy can free him. And thanks for the heads up. Tell Gildarts to get his ass moving here too. He needs his ass kicked.
A small pause ensued before Draco spoke again. He's pretty stubborn. Do you believe I can challenge him? Of course not hurting… too bad. I quite like him. He amuse me for a human.
Layla rolled her eyes by his comment. Don't fight him. Cornelia should be the one to deliver the first kick. Just tell him that if he doesn't move his ass I will personally come by to drag him back with me. With a chain around his feet.
Still not budging. Should I drop him off?
No. She sighed annoyed by her old friend's adamant behavior. Cornelia and I will be there in two hours. When you sense us keep him distracted. He will not know what hit him. A dark smirk graced her face she formed a scene where Cornelia and she crept behind the unsuspecting male and Cornelia kick him where the sun doesn't shine as a punishment for leaving her. She liked her plan.
Very well. I'll expect you in two hours. Keep an eye on the other hatchlings. If they are having a hard time tell me so I can cancel out the magic in Thubans.
She absent-mindedly nodded her head as she watched Wendy's movements slowly to go slow. Can you draw some of the magic out if Wendy's? She's having a little bit of a hard time. She is more delicate than the boys.
Consider it done.
Thanks.
And their connection was ended. She watched the Thuban as Draco called them slow down drastically giving the young Slayer a chance to fight it without overexerting herself more than she had already done.
Thinking she had observed enough she found her way to the other to younger boys around Wendy's age. They were fighting side by side, grinning happily attack after attack. It made Layla smile at them.
They got each others back as one of the Thubans tried to attack one of them. Sting would counterattack with a roar towards the Thuban while Rogue had one of his arms swirling with black shadows and struck the other Thuban. Then they would switch between the Thubans. It awed Layla that they were so coordinated for their young ages. It was truly a pleasant sight.
Watching them fight the Thubans equally for a few more minutes she decided to check on the older boys. She had a bad feeling that the forest would receive a lot of damage because of their recklessness.
With a heavy sigh she followed the sound of trees rustling. She found Natsu fight the Thuban, overpowering it with his flames, at one side and then to her left was Gajeel, only a few feet away, and he too was overpowering his opponent with his limbs turning into iron. Both boys looked truly satisfied engaged in their battles which was most likely one-sided.
She eyed the destruction they all had caused and winced. "Jude's not going to like this." She mumbled to herself. A few trees had been destroyed, some had scorch marks even leaves were burning, others had holes between them.
"Definitely not going to like it. But, oh well. Nothing to do about it now." She told herself with a more optimistic approach. Her husband knew that the children would be training so he couldn't be that mad. Or that was at least what she hoped. And it wasn't like they used the forest for anything. It was just there. For the sake of it.
"Oi!" Natsu called when the Thuban was down to Gajeel who had just landed a solid punch with his hand as an iron pole, knocking his opponent down. His head turned towards Natsu.
"What?" He called back.
"Let's fight! They were too easy to fight and I want a challenge." The pinkette suggested with a fangy grin. Gajeel thought about it for what seemed three seconds before grinning back with a firm nod.
Layla who had seen their exchange did interfere but only to give them a small warning. "Boys." She started as both their attention turned to her between the trees. "Don't destroy too much and don't hurt each other. I want you back in one piece."
"Yes ma'am!" They saluted but before they could charge each other they paused as they smelled the air. Both heads turned back to the blonde but they were looking at her. Rather, they were looking behind her.
Layla confused by their behavior turned around to see a group of children walk towards them in the distance. As they got closer she saw who was leading them and felt silly for mistaking the Master of Fairy Tail as a child.
Natsu and Gajeel had approached her and stood behind her, glaring at the group as they tried to appeal intimidating. Layla noticed and couldn't help but giggle at how protective they looked. It warmed her heart they thought her as someone dear to her even if they caused her troubles. It was cute.
"It's alright, boys. They are friends." She assured them and put a hand on each of their heads ruffling their hair.
Makarov smiled when he saw Layla with the two boys. "Layla Heartfilia, it's a great honor to meet you." She smiled back to him and leaned down slightly to shake his hands.
"Likewise Master Makarov. I'm glad you could be here. Natsu, Gajeel. This is the Guild Master of Fairy Tail. Introduce yourselves." She pushed her two boys forward by their heads.
Natsu looked at the tiny old man before his eyes landed on the group of kids behind him. His eyes zoomed in on the blond teenager. Gajeel too stared at Laxus after smelling the air and sensing his magic.
"He's like us but different. And he stinks." Gajeel stated, not taking his eyes off of the blond.
Natsu nodded in agreement. "Yes. It's weird. I can't smell his Dragon on him but then again I can."
Laxus rolled his eyes at the two boys conversation. And annoyed. Before he could let his annoyance take over Layla hit the two boys' head, scowling.
"That's rude. If you need to talk about other people keep it to yourselves. Now, apologize to the young man." She admonished, making the two boys grimace.
"Sorry strange boy." Layla hit them again for still being rude before turning to the old man. "I'm sorry for their rudeness Master Makarov. They aren't very civilized." She apologized.
Makarov eyed the two grumbling boys before his eyes landed on the brown orbs belonging to Layla. "It's perfectly fine. Hello boys, my name is Makarov Dreyar and that strange boy is my grandson Laxus Dreyar. I gather that you two are Dragon Slayers as well."
Both boys looked at the tiny man eying him suspiciously before offering a curt nod.
"Laxus is one too but he have a lacrima inside him. He hadn't have the privilege to train with a real Dragon since they are extinct. Or that was what we thought till we met Draco."
The two boys looked at each other confused. "Extinct?" Natsu repeated.
A bit alarmed Layla coughed gaining everyone's attention. She didn't want to risk the boys knowing that they are actually 400 years from the past. Not yet at least. Smiling apologizing at the group, Layla turned to the two boys. "What Master Makarov is trying to say is that he hasn't seen any real Dragons for a long time. Anyway, I'll introduce you. This boy," She patted Natsu's spiky head as she turned her gaze to the group, "is Natsu Dragneel. He's a Fire Dragon Slayer. And this," patting Gajeel's head, "is Gajeel Redfox. A Iron Dragon Slayer."
"How many Dragon Slayers are in your care?" Makarov questioned curiously.
"In total 6, including my daughter Lucy who are training with Draco at the moment but you must've already met those two since Draco told me of your arrival." Layla answered with her beautiful smile.
"We did indeed stumble upon them." He frowned remembering the horrid scene of little Lucy screaming loudly but he didn't tell the mother, not wanting to worry since she had already consented. Gesturing the children to step forward, he slowly began introducing them one by one.
"Well it's certainly nice to meet you all." Layla told after shaking every child's hand. "If you want I can have someone escort you back to the estate. Sadly I can't join you till later. The other children are training and I need to supervise them to prevent them from getting hurt." She offered kindly.
Makarov shook his head, declining. "We can wait here and observe. My brats could use some training as well."
That pleased Layla. She eyed the two Dragon Slayers who was still as a rock, ignoring the other children. "Natsu, Gajeel." They lifted their heads to look at her. "You can begin if you want. I'm going back to check on the other three and then Lucy and Draco."
"Can we come?" Natsu questioned. "To meet Draco, I mean. Maybe he can train with us too and not only Lucy."
Layla saw the eagerness in his eyes and giggled with a short nod. "Of course, but only if you promise that you won't cause too much trouble? If you –"
"I promise!" He grinned.
"Me too!" Gajeel was just as eager.
"Alright. I'll be back in a little hour, so behave and don't wreck too much. Master Makarov, if they cause too much problems please inform me when I come back. They tend to go overboard." She gestured the wrecked trees.
Makarov hesitantly nodded, and Layla went away. "Good luck!" She called but it wasn't directed to the two boys she had offered taking care of. Oh no. It was directed to the tiny old man and his brats. Natsu and Gajeel would surely give them a run for their money. No doubt.
When she arrived to where Sting and Rogue were, but children were lying on the grass panting. The Thubans had been defeated, lying father away from them. She noticed they had a few scratches, a bit bruised but other than that they looked perfectly fine, albeit still exhausted.
"You did well, boys." She crouched down in the middle of them, stroking their hair away from their faces. "Very well. I'm proud."
Both boys beamed at her words, grinning widely with canines on show. Layla couldn't help but smile brightly at their reaction. They were adorable and she had already bonded with them during their stay. She never viewed them as Dragon Slayers. No. They were just two small boys, like little Wendy. They were all part of her family. Her children just like how Lucy was her daughter.
It would indeed be a jumpy road raising five Dragon Slayers who came from the past and had no manners whatsoever, but already now she could see the difference. Natsu of course would still rebel but she could see how he was slowly warming up to her. She didn't want to push any of them just yet. They needed time to adjust. And it was time she would give.
She had been a bit sad that they couldn't meet their parent's just yet despite telling them empty threats herself, and she was sure the Dragons were discouraged as well, but she would try her best to cheer them up. The aide from Draco's Thubans were a great start. They have forgotten their parents just for a tiny while and focused on training.
Pride was what she felt for all the children. They may not be from here own flesh and blood but family isn't defined by blood. She would always feel pride or warmth from them, they had already filled a big part of her heart, and hopefully they would eventually feel the same with her as they spent more time together.
She didn't even want to think about the negative part of the future. She just wanted to focus on how she would see them grow up as strong and beautiful adults. See them off whenever they would go on a mission, a new adventure. How strong their bonds would grow. That was what she wanted. Not the dreaded truth about their purposes in this time-line.
Pushing away her thoughts she helped the two boys up and patted the dust off from their clothes. "I want you to help Wendy-chan if she isn't finished. Can you assist her?" They nodded and Layla let them run to the youngest of her new family. She watched as their small forms disappeared between the trees.
Her heart immediately reminded her of hurt and sadness as it clenched painfully. Despite trying to tell herself to focus on the positive side, she couldn't. But she sure as hell would prepare them for whatever that would come their way. She would train them and herself and she would demand Draco to train the healing Dragons as well. Everyone needed to become as strong as they could to defeat Zeref and Acnologia. The children shouldn't suffer alone. They shouldn't have such burden placed on them. So Layla would share the burden with them. It was her who placed it on her own daughter, so she should at the very least share it.
With a new resolve, stronger than ever, Layla formed a plan. A plan that would be set in motion as soon as she got the clearance for it by Draco and The Spirit King. It was a idiot proof plan. And she loved it the more she began to plan it.
With a wide smile across her smile she followed the two boys that was long gone. Her plan made her feel a lot better. Even her heart agreed with her that it would be the best course of action. She couldn't wait to talk with Draco and The Spirit King about it. She was positive they would agree with her.
"You are a genius, Layla! A genius!"
I apologize for the looooong wait but I just couldn't find a way to finish it. I always have problem with ending a chapter -.-'
So I apologize if everything seemed off. Weird. Stupid. Or whatever.
Layla's plan will involve her team mates but I will not tell you more. If I did I think it would spoil the surprise in the future chapters. XD
Oh! And Juvia was one of the kids! Since she is a very important member of Fairy Tail, and I won't have a reason to include Phantom Lord since Lucy won't run away from home or any of that drama, I thought Juvia would join Fairy Tail as a kid.
So I hope you understand why I brought her along. ^-^
I don't have much to say other than read, review, fave and follow!
And of course you don't have to worry about Lucy being overpowered. She won't. At least not too much. She is a Dragon Slayer, a Celestial Dragon Slayer because of her primary magic and because Draco is part a Celestial Being but not entirely because he is a God. And he offered her to choose an element which will definitely take some years to master before she can move on to another element. But to be honest, I like a strong Lucy. Or in general I love strong women, like Mira and Erza. And Cana.
If you're confused or anything tell. I'll try to clarify anything, without spoiling too much of course. So either tell in a review or PM.
See ya 'til next time!
Peace out! And good luck with your studies and finals!
-Oby Abel-