**After the Water Bubble games**

Levy was walking briskly towards the infirmary when she saw Mirajane heading her way.

"How is she?" Levy asked anxiously and Mirajane smiled softly.

"She is fine, just needing some good rest, luckily it wasn't as bad as it looked."

Levy sighed in relief, when she saw Lucy being carried away she feared the worse. "Who is going to take her place in the tournament? She certainly shouldn't be competing for awhile with those injuries."

"Funny you brought that up, turns out since Raven tail is out of the running they are making fairy tail combine A and B team. So lucy won't be competing anymore."

It made sense. "Then who is one the new fairytail team?"

"Again funny you brought that up.." A smile grew on Mirajanes face, and Levy had known her long enough that she was planning something.

*An hour later.*

Why did I go along with Mirajane on this? Levy asked herself following the white haired mage caring a bag. It's not that she didn't like the ideal, but Gajeel-

"Gajeels in that room, you go give him his."

"Why me!" Levy siad blushing heavily.

"Because you're the only one he won't throw through a wall at the idea." she said

"I'll give the rest of them to others. Make sure he wears it, I won't have him degracing fairy tail because of his stubborn ass." Mirajane said threateningly and Levy could feel her demon side coming through. All she would have to do was threaten Gajeel like that and he would do it, But she only nodded and turned to the door.

She knocked and heard him grumble an enter. She walked in and saw Gajeel leaning against the wall sitting on a bench. It was a small room, Nothing in there except a wall of lockers and a few rows of benches, It seemed Gajeel was the only occupant of the room. He looked up and looked surprised to see her.

"What brings you here shrimp?"

She held up a bag. "Mirajane."

"That can't be good." He grumbled.

She laughed. "Its a lot less painful then it sounds."

She sat the bag on the bench in front of I'm and lifted out the fabric. "In light of a new fairy tail team Mirajane decided a new look was in order."

She tossed him the clothes and he looked at it like it was a pink frilly dress. "You gotta a be kidding me." He said.

"It could have been worse, you should ave seen the outfit Mira picked out for you. At least this one suites you."

"Then who picked this one out?"

Levy blushed and Gajeel laughed. "I was cornered!" She said guiltily. "Mira was determined, and the outfit she wanted, and I didn't-"

"It's fine." He mumbled and lifted the shirt up. "Suites me eh?" He stood up and pulled off his shirt.

"Hey!" She yelled turning around blushing red.

"Gihi, embaraced shrimp?"

"Shut-up." She said still not turning back.

*Early that morning*

She woke up to a loud banging and shouts. What the?-

She opened her yes and remembered where she had fallen asleep last night.

I'm in Gajeels room! and in one of his t-shirts! She didn't know whether to be pleased or horribly embraced. She sat up just when the door opened and slammed close again.

"That damn, annoying, ball of fu-" He was mumbling as he turned and saw Levy staring at him. He smiled showing his sharp teeth, he quite enjoyed the sight of her with messy hair and in his shirt. "Mornin' shrimp."

"Morning." She mumbled finding her headband and blushing red. When he had walked in she had stared very openly at Gajeels shirtless torso, it didn't help that he had a towel draped over his shoulder and his hair was slightly damp from a recent shower.

"Like what you see?" Gajeel teased seeing where the bluenette was staring.

"Yeah." She mumbled then covered her mouth an instant later, she had not wanted to say that out loud. Gajeel raised an eyebrow at her straight forward reply, but he could tell by her sudden look of embarrassment she hadn't meant to say that out loud. He'd let it slide this once.

Gajeel decided to change the subject. "How you feeling shrimp?"

"Huh?"

He tossed the towel on the ground near the corner and leaned against the wall. "Did you get brain damage as well? From your run in with Kurohebi last night, how do you feel?" She had forgotten about that until now and at the mention of it her stomach and arms started to get soar.

"Bearable." She decided thankful for the quick change of subject. She slid off the bed but as she stood up pain shot through her stomach from the sudden stretch and for a moment lost her balance and breath. She didn't even have time to react before to catch Gajeel was there gripping her shoulders.

"I'm fine." She gasped gripping his arm to help her balance and with her other lifted her shirt slightly to show a forming bruise. "Just, that guy can pack a punch."

"Sit back down." He ordered and she obliged. "Now Lay back and lift up your shirt."

She gave him a look. "Come again?"

He poked her in the head. "Relax, I just wanna check if you have any internal bleeding or something like that."

She nodded, and did what he said, lifting her shirt enough to show the large bruise. He pressed in a few spots making her grimace slightly but he seemed satisfied.

"Looks like he wasn't aiming to damage you badly," He said sitting back. "You just bruise easily."

She pulled down her shirt but didn't get up, it felt comfortably laying on her back. "Well, unlike you and much of fairy tail I'm not use to being beaten half to death on a regular basis."

"You've had you fair share of that as well though." Gajeel laughed. He got up again and reached for her hands pulling her up slowly until she could stand on her own.

When she got her balance and could tolerate the pain she looked up at his chest. "I can say the same for you." She said and lifted a hand and trailed her fingers along one of the many scars on his torso. Of all the times she'd seen him shirtless she never had the chance to actually get a close look, she'd notice them but never looked. It was like a small map all over his chest, long and short scars of all sized criss crossed on his chest, old with new, some white, some you can barely see, others blotches like burns. They were thick in some places and hardly any other in some places. He has been through a lot. Even Natsu doesn't have that many, She thought.

Gajeel watched, frozen at the sight of the intrigued girl looked over his chest. Her eyebrows scrunched as she studied them her fingers trailing lightly over her chest. Most people Didn't look or come near him because of them, a few scares made you look tough but all the scars he had made you look plain scary. He should have known better then for her to think twice about them, hell he wouldn't be surprised if she go turned on by them. She was a strange girl.

For one thing she really has no awareness of personal space sometimes. He was enjoying the feeling of her touching his bare chest a little more then he would have thought. He also noticed how her fingertips felt slightly callused, stiff. Probably from all that writing and papers.

His eyes followed her hands as they moved and as she trailed over a few he could remember how they happened.
She finally rested on a particular burn which sat in the center of his chest. "Can you still feel here?" She asked.

Her sudden question caught him off guard for a second "Eh, Some parts I can, some I can't. That burn I can't."

Her eyebrows furrowed. "Is this, is this from Laxus?"

"Yeah. Broke straight through my scales."

"Sorry about that." She muttered.

"Wasn't your fault, I was the idiot who jumped in front of it." She rested her palms on his stomach and damn he could definitely feel it.

"But you jumped in front of me," She went on. "And if I had been able to stop Jet and Droy from calling you out then it wouldn't have happened." She tried to pull her hands away but he laid his on top of hers.

"And you now what?" Gajeel said feeling it was time to get her back, he leaned in very close. "I would do it all over again. So quit moping about it." He kissed her.

She had just wrapped her arms around his neck when a banging sounded at the bedroom door and a large form lilly entered. "Am I interrupting?" He said a sly smile on his face.

Gajeel growled and levy jumped away growing red and whining slightly from her bruise.

"Forgot to mention." Gajeel said grumbling, "Lilly sort of found out."

"Not that it was a big surprise, I've been waiting forever." He said. "Anyway hate to ruin the moment but we need to get moving to make it to the games. Erza and Lucy have already gone so you won't have any problem sneaking up to change if you want."

"So you'll keep it a secret?" She asked.

He nodded. "Gajeel filled me in, I'll hold this tongue if it costs me one of my lives."

She sighed relieved. "Thanks." She turned to Gajeel. "I better run, good luck in your games." She thought a moment then jumped up and peck him on the cheek. When she pulled back she could tell he was trying to look annoyed. "I'll see you later."

She grabbed her bag and walked out the room, she couldn't run because her stomach still hurt.

...

Gajeel watched her leave out he door and a bit after it had closed behind her. That girl-

"You're drooling." Lilly teased and Gajeel gave a look that could kill.

"You know what? I usually eat metal but I do like a good cat now and then." He threatened pulling on his top.

"Sure," Lilly said unaffected grabbing his sword and headed to the door with Gajeel following after him.

*Back to the locker room*

"There." Gajeel said and she turned around. She was surprised at how well he looked in his new outfit.

"Not bad, the metal shoulder armor definitely beats your feathers." She noted lifting his old one.

"Oh really shrimp? Well I can tell you where definitely the one who picked out this damn get-up."

"And how can you tell?" She asked blushing.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a very familiar piece of fabric. "The belt matches this."

Caught red handed. "Well - ah - you see - it was the same store- and-"

"You're very sly." he said slipping it on. "How does it look?"

She walked up and straightened it. "Very handsome actually. And I didn't now you where carrying it."

"Call it a good luck charm, I couldn't carry you around all the time. People would grow suspicious." He ruffled her hair and when she looked up to yell at him only to haver her words muffled with a kiss. He wrapped his arms around her waist and she, as her usual, wrapped hers around his neck to pull herself up.

"Do you always plan on doing this?" SHe said between a kiss.

"Hm?"

"Kissing me whenever you feel like it." especially when I'm about to argue with you, She thought to herself.

"Hell yeah." he lifted her up and placed her on a bench, even with the extra foot and a half she was only eye level with him. "But i don't hear someone complaining." He kissed her and trailed his tongue on her bottom lip then biting it gently.

"I hope you choke on a cog." She mumbled making him laugh. He won this round.

There was a knock on the door interrupting there moment. Gajeel was starting to get irritated with doors. "Mr. Redfox five minutes."

Levy looked at him. "Ready?"

"Born ready, been wanting to get my hands on those two dragon slayers."

Levy rolled her eyes and jumped off the bench. Gajeel grabbed her arm stopping her and before she could turn back he tilted her head far back and kissed her. When he pulled away he had a smirk on his face.

"What was that for?" she asked.

"Good luck."

***After Gajeel and Natsu fight dragons.***

"Where's Gajeel?" She asked and the celestial Mage after filling her in on a few game details.

She shrugged, "he was here earlier." A grin grew on her face. "Why?"

"There's a matter I need to discuss. with him."

"What matter?"

"I can't tell you." He said an it was the truth, part of why she want to see him was ask him about when him being a spy will be public news.

"Is it about his head band?" Lucy said and levy was caught off guard.

"What? Where did you get that!"

"I saw him wearing it. And it's the one I helped you pick out."

"It was a birthday gift remember. Him wearing it has nothing to do with me."

"Yes it soooo does." She said bluntly a huge grin on her face and when levy blushed it grew wider. She grabbed the girls arm and pulling her into the bed despot her injuries she still had a ton of strength. "Levy spill!"

"What there is nothing to say-"

"Lies, lies, all lies levy. You can't fool me. Something happened, that blush, his head band, matter needed discuss. This screams coup-"
Levy covered the blondes mouth. "Be quiet-"

"Ah here you are levy." Came a voice, the two girls turned and saw Master Makarov walked. Levy pulled her hands away from Lucy's mouth. "Can you come with me?" he asked.

She nodded and slipped off the bed looking back and giving Lucy a look that said she'd tell everything when she gets back. Lucy nodded a grin on her face.

When they were alone in the hallway levy spoke up. "What do you need?"

"What I usual need, your expertise."

Levy smiled. "And what do you need researched today?"

"Thats the million dollar question."

"Whats's the matter?"

"I need information on the games, this towns history, the royal family."

"Looking for anything in particular?"

He burrowed his eyebrow in thought. "I don't know levy child. Call it a hunch, something's up, I don't know what or why but there is something not right going on around here. And it's all centered around the games and this kingdom, and of course fairy tail."

Levy nodded, she'd learned to trust his hunches, and she had that nagging feeling on the back of her neck as well. "I'll head to the central library and see what I can find."

"Thank you my dear." He said. "Come to me tomorrow morning before the games with what you find. Anything out of the ordinary or interesting let me now."

She nodded again and looked back at the infirmary door. She hoped Lucy won't gossip until she got back.

Levy dropped a pile of books on the table in front of her earning a shhh from the librarian at the near by desk.

"Something out of the ordinary eh?" She pulled her speed reading glasses on, grabbed the top book, and dove in.

She didn't gave much luck with the royal family. She went through the nearly entire lineage of the kingdom families, wars they've been in, the area where a different family ruled then came back to them, and there magic powers and crazy relatives. Nothing standing out to much, they where a usual monarch family. The only hazy part was the beginning, nobody new much about them before 600 years ago, or exactly how they came into power. Different accounts from different people were made all claiming to be true. She couldn't tell which was right.

The games on the other hand, where interesting. They use to be a form of some dragon slaying tournament, were dragons and dragon slayers went head on with each other and they were bloody battles. It was in honor of the darkest dragon being slain who's name wasn't found in any books. Later, when dragons become extinct, they turned into the magic games between guilds to show off skills and talent like today's game. It was disbanded during a border war and never brought back until seven years ago when the king reinstated them.

But she was sure that Master already knew this this bit of information. She closed the book and leaned back in her chair. "What am I missing?"

The only thing interesting was the dragon part but what did that have to do today? There was something missing, and she knew it.

She stretched her legs out and in the process kicked her bag over Levievany's book sliding out, "Of course!" She said out loud and was rewarded with multiply hushes.

After apologizing she picked up the blue book. Who else to ask but a dragon who's been there and is called the knowledge dragon!

She picked it up and unlocked it.

Instantly her minds eye opened up back in the field of her dragons world just as she had left it.
She turned around and saw the great dragon in its same spot napping.

She walked up to the great beast and tapped its nose. "Le-le wake up I have a question."

"Hmm?" The drowsy dragon hummed opening its eyes. Who knew hologram dragons slept. "Ah levy, are you here for your next lesson?"

"Actual I have questions."

"Speak your mind my then."

"What do you know about the magic games and the royal family?"
The dragon raised its head up and levy had to take a few steps back so she could see her face. "Why do you ask?"

"Master Makarov wants me to find out information on them. You see we are at the X791 games now and something up, and we just don't know what. I was hoping you might know something we didn't."

Levy saw a flicker of something across Levievany's eyes but it was gone again.

"How old are you levy?" The dragon asked calmly

"18."

"And what year is it?"

"X719"

Levievany came close to her and squinted her eyes. "How can you be 18 in the year X719."

"Ah well you see, its a long story. Seven years ago..." And levy went on to explain the fairy tail trial incident, with every second she could feel lele getting a little more agitated.

"And so," She finally finished. "seven years later we wake up and while everyone else aged, we didn't. I only got your book now because the fairy tail trails where before my birthday. Luckily Bucca kept it."

Levievany stared at her for a second then shook her head. "I think it's time you learn dragon script."

Levy looked at her dragon what was with her suddenly? "But, you said I had at least a year to go before I learned it."

"And now I'm saying you are ready to learn now. In and old dragon daughter, I change my mind more then a bride picking out a wedding dress."

Levy still didn't believe her all the way, something was up. But she didn't want to risk the chance to learn dragon script be lost due to her pestering. "Alright then."

"Now, you'll need this." The dragon lifted her wing and in reached into a sort of hidden pocket under her scales. She pulled out a scroll and laid it in front of her. It was about three feet tall, old and stiff like leather.

"As a child I dropped three dragon tears into each of your eyes," She unrolled the scroll. "In doing so I have given you the gift to read dragon script."

Levy looked the blank scroll confused. There isn't anything on it?

"Now, I know what your thinking and you are wrong."

"Then-"

"Look, really look."

She did as her dragon said and as she stared in the back of her mind the image of a dragon shooting blue fire out of its mouth. She was still staring at the blank paper but she was imagining the image in her head. It was like she had been there and was remembering it. She remembered the sounds it made, the heat, even the smell.

Its a tutorial of how to do dragon script fire!

"Is this," Levy asked looking away. "like a hologram book?"

"No, Hologram books our ruins that change into an imaginary scene in your head, like an allusion, these are real images stored inside the paper. This is how dragons speak, we use not words but images sent to one another. Humans created language many years later, we had no need for it."

"But you're speaking to me?"

"Levy dear have you ever seen my lips move?" Levy thought and realized this was true. She felt like an idiot for not thinking about that. the dragon laughed. "I'm projecting the image of words into your head."

"Can I do this?" She asked looking up at the dragon.

"Yes, this is what your dragon slaying power is. You have the ability, like me, to make this image language come to life in a sense, just like solid script."

"But who do I write, use, for this magic?" She was used to having something she could wright, like ruins or actual words, no images.

"To awaken it is the easy part, to create it is where things get tricky."

"Well how do I awaken it?"

"In humans its a bit different, you awaken it how you activate your usual solid script; say Dragon Script. And," Levievany lifted her claws so they both faced out, one laying on top the other and the tips of her 'pinky' claws and the tops of her 'thumb' claws touched each other. "You must make this sign, it is a way of aiming and channeling the script."

Levy stood up and copied what the dragon was doing. "What do I do after I say dragon script?"

"Think of the image you want to produce? Remember the image on the scroll of the blue word fire? Imagine that coming from your hands, feel the heat, hear it, smell it, and the rest will come."

The script mage nodded and took a breath and moving into a strong stance Gajeel had showed her. She closed her eyes and put her hands back together.

"Dragon Scrpit-" Blue Fire Script, she again imagined the blue swirling fire of words into her mind. She could feel the heat, hear its roar, and smell all inside her head like it was real. She imagined the fire coming from her hands in front of her. Its so real just as if it was happening in front of-

"Very good Levy!" She heard Levievany shout and she opened her eyes to see only blue light and feeling real heat. It startled her so much she fell back and the blue flames in front of her disappeared. She still felt the heat still against her skin and she sat on the grass.

"That was very impressive levy." Said her dragon softly. "Im very glad you could at least produce it, though it was wild and sloppy, so young in your training. I wish I had time-" The dragon cut off and Levy noticed.

"What do you mean you wish you had time? Why wouldn't you?" She remembered the worried look lele had when she mentioned the date and games ealeir before the dragon script.

"Lele," she said accusingly. "What is it about this years games that worries you? Why does it feel like it's a big deal that I'm eight years late."

As her dragon didn't reply Levy begin to feel worried."It's not like I have a deadline or-"

levy stopped abruptly when she saw the dragons face betray herself for a second. "I have a deadline don't I? And it has to do with the games, I'm right aren't I?"

"I'm so sorry." Levievany said reluctantly.

So much for feeling proud about dragon script. Now she felt an uneasy feeling in her stomach."But why? What do the games have to do with me?"

"I can't say. I programmed the book to never tell you. But I never expected to be so late-"

"Can't tell me? Why not! The way you're reacting this is a pretty big deal. Shouldn't you telling me be a good thing so I could prepare."

"I'm sorry levy. Even if I did it would not change much." The dragon looked sad. "I want to tell you. I was already breaking the rules creating this book to train you. The high dragons already risked enough allying with humans back then."

Allying with humans? Back then? "Allying with humans? You're talking about Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy right?"

"Among a few others."

"But why would you need dragon slayers now? Lele tell me!"

"I can't like as I said I program this book not to say anything about the games. I'm literally not able to. After all we aren't even sure about it ourselves and I didn't want to let it slip and worry you about nothing. We are only guessing so it may not even come true in the first place."

Levy was totally confused, our powers? dragon slayers needed? the games? What the hell is going on?

"Lele, I'm scared." She said and it was the truth.

"Don't be. If what we know can be prevented or won't happen somehow then you have nothing to fear. You few where chosen to be there incase if the worse. I can tell you this much. You few where only a back up plan for the worse case. And I pray to whatever gods that it won't come to that."

"Lele-"

"I'm sorry daughter but our time has ended. If we meet again I will be glad. Be safe."

"Wait you mean we might not see each other again?"

the dragon didn't answer. "Lele!"

Levy felt herself leaving the hologram book world.

"Lele!" she shouted and her eyes came back to the room of the library and realized she had shouted the name out loud. People in the library where giving her strange looks.

Shaking slightly she hastily put her book in her bag and headed for the door nearly knocking into a short man in her speed.

She looked at the clock on the outside of the library, 2:30. She had been in the hologram book five hours.

She turned towards the direction of the hotel when she suddenly had the strange feeling of being watched. She looked behind her.

When she did her blood turned cold.

It can't be- he's-

Leaning on the wall of a building across the street about fifty feet away, a boy with bright green eyes and blonde hair staring at her. What sent chills through whole body though, was the burn mark on the left side of his head that even at this distance was unmistakable.

"Zarin."