"Hello daughter."
"Gah!" she said taken aback. She took step back and tripping falling on her butt.
She had been prepared to see images of a dragon, a recorded message, given information or something along those lines.
But she hadn't expected to actually have her talk directly to her. Or to be so huge.
The dragon in question was lounging in the large open area that had been behind her. It's front legs where crossed in front of her like a cat, a pair of pearl white wings tucked snugly onto her back. Blue scales covered her body head to claw and seemed to shift between every shade of blue imaginable. On the crown of her head Two horns curled back on her head while smaller ones formed a 'v' on her brow giving her the look of a crown on her head. A pare of golden eyes locked on Levy with gentle and slightly amused look.
And she was the spitting image of the sketches her father had drawn, except know she understood why he always complained he could never capture her true beauty.
The great dragon laughed at the frozen-in-awe girl. "Don't be frighten. I won't bite. Now, come closer and let me get a good look at you."
"You can talk!" Levy said finally able to get something out of her mouth. She stood up and brush wed herself up.
"Well of course I can. What did you expect? bark like a dog?"
"I mean, I'm talking with you, I was expecting a sort of recording. Nothing like this. This is unlike any hologram books I've ever heard of!" She said waving at everything around her. Most hologram books where pre-recored and obviously not real. And if she didn't know any better she would believe this was the real world.
She gave a tutting noise. Dragons could make a tutting noises? "You underestimate me Levy dear. This isn't just a simple hologram book. When I created this, I bound it with a part of my soul. Though my body is gone, you're practically talking to the original." She raised her head dignified like. "What else would you expect front the one who created the hologram book in the first place?"
Amazing. Levy liked her already.
The dragon brought its head near the ground again. "Now come and let me have a look at you. I haven't seen you in ages"
Levy walked forward until she was ten feet away when the dragon spoke. "You've turned into a beautiful young women."
"Thanks." Was all levy could muster up to say.
"Have a seat. We have a lot to discuss."
Levy sat cross legged on the ground in front of the dragon and waited.
"I'm sure you have lots of questions but we don't have the time at the moment. You can only read the book for so long it drains your magic. And you can't calculate the time here , like in all books, it changes speeds so sometimes an hour here could equal a day in the real world or a day here could equal fifteen minutes."
"Then how will I know?"
"I'll know and will send you back to the real world before you get to close to your limit." Levy nodded in understanding.
"Now, guessing from your age your father has passed away before your thirteenth birthday?" Levy nodded and the dragon shook her head. "I'm sorry, he was a good man. I wouldn't have entrusted you to anyone else."
"I'm glad you chose him." Levy said and the dragon smiled. Despite her razor teeth levy thought it was very gentle looking.
"First thing first, upon opening this book you unlocked your dragon senses. That's probably why everything looks very detailed and you can smell and hear everything very well at the moment. It's not the book but in fact your new heighten senses."
Levy hadn't noticed but now that she thought about it, she could see details very clearly now. and smell the distinct smell of the plants and hear the squirrel in the tree other there-
"Your fangs won't grow in for a while though but they will turn up eventually. your regular k-9 teeth have to fall out first"
So she would get the teeth! She couldn't help but run her finger over them looking for any signs of the fangs.
"First I'm going to awaken what you know and we'll begin with where we had left off. Do you understand?"
Levy nodded, she had thousands of questions but something told her this will answer more then a few of them. "I'm ready."
"When I reawaken your powers your other memories of your time with me will also come back." Levy nodded again. She was excited but also nervous so she wanted her to hurry up before she changed her mind.
The dragon closed her eyes and Levy watched as a small blue flame formed in front of the dragons face then float down to stop in front of levy. Hesitantly she reached out for it and, just before her fingers came into contact, she looked up at Levievany, to see if what she was doing was right. The knowledge Dragon gave her a reassuring nod.
Levy let out a breath and touched the light. Here goes nothing.
It flashed brightly causing Levy to close here eyes, and thats when everything came at her.
First came the memories of her child hood,
-Climbing up Levievany's back and jumping off into the waters below.-
-Crying at a scrapped knee from trying to climb a tree.-
-Running around in a huge library, her fingers trailing across the spines of the books, as she looked for her dragon.-
-The first time she met the red haired man, her father, and trapping him in a jitszu trap where he had to shave his head to get out, the- disappointment when Levievany over ruled it so he didn't have to
-Nights by the grand fire, just the three of them, as Leviavany and Her father took turns sharing stories.-
Levy could feel tears in her eyesand she wiped them away smiling. She wanted to laugh and cry as all these memories came flooding over her.
Then came the memories of what she learned;
-Solid script words flashed across her eyes, some she had never imagined creating. She saw images of Leviavany conjuring them in lessons before having her try.
-Jutsu Shiki, ruins ran through her head depicting different types of traps and ways to rewrite them. A few images of her even being put in them herself to try and solve getting out of them in a certain time, with Levievany watching her closely.
This would have made the talent show fiasco so much easier, She thought recognizing a few Freed had used.
There where also a few Dark Écriture enchantments. She didn't even know she could do that type of Letter Magic!
It ended as suddenly as it had started. With a gasp the light around her faded and she could open her eyes. She smiled and wipe away her tears. "I never knew. I had no idea-" She said then looked up at the dragon in from of her with new eyes.
"Lele!" She yelled remembering the less the elegant nickname she had given to the dragon. Levy got up and ran to the dragon and hugged her front leg like she had done when she was little, even now she still couldn't grab all the way around. She pressed her face against her smooth warm scales and cried.
"I've missed you." she whispered finding it strange to say those words. Technically she hadn't known who levievany was until today yet it felt like she had known her all her life and was finally was reunited again.
Levievany laughed nudging her the gently with her nose. "It's nice to have you back daughter."
"It's- I can't believe this! I never knew, this, this is amazing!" Levy smiled wiping her eyes looking up at the dragon.
"I'm glad to see you so enthusiastic. I was honesty worries you would refuse to open this book, but I can see I was just a worried old dragon."
"Of course I would have! I'm a dragon slayer, I can't be afraid of facing a dragon." She said
"You are a dragon slayer but you much to learn still."
"Hm?" I have more to learn?
"I couldn't teach you everything in the short time we where together before we separated. You have yet to learn advance Dark Écriture and Jutsu Shiki, plus your true power, dragon script. This is mainl the whole reason for the book, to continue your training."
Levy jumped back excited. "Lets start right know then! I'm-woah!"
Levievany had wrapped her tail around the bluenette and pulled her away sitting her back down a ways from her. "All in good time, for now how about a little test run with what you do know. Times almost up for your visit today and so it's to late to start anything new."
"Fine." Levy said a little disappointed that she couldn't learn what Dragon Script was, sounded exciting.
She swore she say Levievany roll her eyes "Always one eager to jump in and learn knew things." She said. "Ready?"
Levy nodded bracing herself, for the first time in her life she was excited for a battle.
"Now lets see, where should we start..."
Gajeel POV
He hadn't known when he had fallen asleep but next thing he knew he was awaken to the sound of a book closing and a loud sneeze. "Bless you." He mumbled rubbing his eyes, What times is it?
He felt shrimp jump off his lap slapping his knee as she did. Someones in a good mood, he thought.
"Gajeel!" She said excitedly. "You wouldn't believe what just happened! I met Lele! I remember all of it! I remember the great library, I can do Jitzu Shiki! And Dark Écriture! Also lele said something about this thing called Dragon script-"
"Hey hey, slow down there shrimp, what happened?" He opened his eyes to the practically glowing figure in front of him, then she let out another horrible sneeze. "Catching a cold?"
She shook her head. "No, it's these dragon senses, I can smell everything and its making me sn-sn-sneeze- Achoo!" she let out another. "How do you guys handle this?"
"Gihi you'll get use to it. Now what the hell happened? Who the hell is Lele?""
She sat down next to him and started telling him all about the this world she saw inside the book where she met her dragon and that she unlocked all these memories and could remember things about her past and that she could do all these different types of letter magic.
He was impressed, he knew this girl was a special one, yet who knew she had that kind of power. As she talked he couldn't help but remember when he first witnessed her using her letter magic to rewrite Freeds trap. He had never seen strength like that, one that didn't demand brute strength and force, but intelligence and patience. It had annoyed the hell out of him but also intrigued him into making him sit there and watch her, trying to find a way he could beat her yet finding it impossible.
And here she was, now a dragon slayer, wielding the power that had baffled him. When he had first read she was a dragon slayer it had puzzled him on how you could slay a dragon with letter magic. Yet as she talked about traps and Dark Écriture and he could see it. All the other dragon slayers powers relied on their brute strength and dragon magic to be slayers but hers again required tactical and swift thinking. It also really turned him on.
Yet, there was something else that tugged at the back of his thoughts. He knew what it was, he want to ignore it but it was like an itch that he couldn't scratch. He was jealous.
Annoyed that she was able to meet her dragon again, true not in its real form, but all the same it was more then he had. He'd been looking for Metalicana for years with no luck and here she is talking about what she had just done with her Levievany who she had just found out about today. Not many guys could say he jealous of his girls dragon.
"Gajeel?" He was pulled out of his thoughts to a concerned looking levy. Guess his face was giving it away. She looked down embarrassed. "I'm sorry, I forgot to ask about yours and Natsu's dragons, I just got caught up-" He smiled and rub the top of her head like he allays did and smiled.
"It's fine, I know I would have forgotten. I'm happy for ya really, it was just making me think of Metalicana." He didn't want to wreck her mood.
"I'll be sure to ask her next time." She said genuinely.
"There's a next time?" He thought it was a one time go.
"Mhmm. You see reading drains my magic so I can only read so much every day. Plus she need to teach me this thing called dragon script which I've never heard of before. I didn't get all the training you and Natsu did so I have some catching up to do."
"Well when you do I, I call first match against the new Levy Dragon Slayer." He said.
"It's a date." She said kissing his cheek before getting up. This girl was already way to comfortable around him, not that he was complaining. But hell they just got together- he looked at the clock.
"Fuck!" He said standing up and heading towards the door
"What is it?" Levy asked.
"Check the fucking time! The games start in an hour."
"What?" She had no Idea she had been reading that long! She grabbed the book and shoved it into her bag chasing Gajeel out the door. "Wait for me!"
***Authors notes***
After writing this I just totally realized that I pretty much made a horcrux out of the book Levys dragon gave her, like tom riddles diary sort of. S shout out to J.K Rowling for subconsciously giving me the idea.