Another Dragon Slayer?

by Miu Takayama

1st FF evr-Natsu Wendy & Gajeel were in Edolas and fighting the Dorma Anim. When Natsu & the others use up the last of their magic, someone comes to their rescue & seems to be a dragon slayer, but is she? A series of events and secrets tell otherwise.

23. Sleep Tight

Last time in Tears,

Kotone was about to finish off Acnologia but was interrupted by four dragons, Igneel, Metalicana, Grandeeney, and Alice's mother, Rainada. Having so many things go wrong, Kotone became overwhelmed and she cracked. She withdrew into herself and tried to block out the world, despite the dragon's attempts to console her. Natsu and the other dragon slayers came to the rescue of the young dragon, bringing her out of the darkness. Finally under control, Kotone confronted the dragons who wanted her to come back with them to their council in order to keep the balance of dragons. Kotone refused to go, saying she had a guild to take care of. Kotone picked up a couple of "bandits" on the way, saying that she had a plan to help them. She held a memorial for Makarov and Kanon and there was a party held in the honor of the new master. Kotone, not wanting to hide anything from her guild, showed her guildlings that she was not a dragon slayer, but actually a dragon. She was expecting the worse, but her guild brushed it off as if it was something that happened at a daily basis, causing Kotone to cry tears of happiness.

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The sun was beaming like a child being presented an award for being the smartest kid in class. With the sun beaming so strongly, the people taking up the busy streets dragged themselves from place to place in the hot temperature. One of these sorry souls fixed his glasses as they reflected the sun's light, blinding an old lady, causing her to walk into a man carrying a bag of marbles, causing him to drop the bag as he steadied the lady, causing innocent bystanders to slip on the marbles, causing the marbles to fly up into the air and pop the balloons of a girl's balloon cart, causing a little boy to cry when his balloon popped, causing a frustrated mother to bribe him with ice cream.

The spark that lit this wild fire hurriedly scurried away and hid in a magic shop, hoping nobody saw. He watched as people slowly started fixing his problem, fixing his glasses to see the problem. A small cough behind him alerted him that he was not alone. He glanced over his shoulder after he calmed down at the surprise cough.

"Hello handsome! What can I get for ya?" a cute green haired girl asked from behind the counter. She leaned on the counter, her cupped hand supporting her head. She gave him a thousand watt smile, the kind that let her emerald eyes close in order to show off her pearly white teeth.

The teenage boy blushed, this being one of the few times a girl has ever talked to him, let alone complimented him. He wiped his sweaty palms on his baggy black shorts and prayed she didn't notice. He gripped the strap of his bag, trying to figure out if the green haired beauty would prefer the strap across his body like he had it or have the strap on the same shoulder the bag was on.

Apparently it didn't matter for she made her way around the counter and slid her hand onto his shoulder, leaning in to whisper in his ear, "What can I get for you?"

The boy gulped, breaking out in a sweat. He became stiff as he tried to back away, not use to physical contact. He shuffled away and hid behind a display, glancing at the door.

"Can I interest you in one of our mood readers?" she asked, gliding to his side with much grace.

"N-No thank you!" he stuttered. He scurried away and aimed for the door. The green haired girl intercepted and stood in front of the doors, slowly walking towards the teenage boy.

"They can be extremely useful in everyday life," she insisted, grinning up at the boy, flashing him a coy look from under her extremely long lashes.

The boy felt the counter hit his thighs, but the beauty was still coming at him. He pushed himself up onto the counter and tried to push himself even farther away as the girl placed her hands on either side of him, leaning in. A bead of sweat formed on his forehead, but at this point he was willing to buy anything from her so he could get away.

"It's very cheap but extremely useful," she breathed, looking up at him.

"W-Well if you put it that way…" he began, his nervousness causing him to stutter again.

The store's doors slammed open and the teenager looked over the girl's shoulder. A boy maybe half his age walked in, followed by a girl that was smaller than the boy. The green haired girl hung her head for a moment before turning round with her thousand watt smile.

"Hello Romeo," she said sweetly, then looked at the little girl. Her smile immediately soured, "Hello brat."

The boy named Romeo frowned, fisting his hands. But the girl next to him seemed unaffected and placed a gloved hand on Romeo's fist, silently telling him to relax. Romeo took a deep breath before continuing, "We were on our way to the guild when we heard you harassing another victim Vanessa."

She scoffed, putting up an obvious act of being insulted. She opened her mouth a few times to say something before giving up and glaring at the girl who watched quietly. Vanessa stomped off to somewhere behind the counter, letting the teenage boy breathe.

"Thank you so much! How can I thank you?!" he asked, jumping nimbly off the counter.

Romeo smiled and said, "Actually you shouldn't thank me. K-chan here told me to intervene."

A tick mark appeared on the girl's brow but took a deep breath and let it go. She glanced at the glasses of the teenage boy and seemed to be smirking behind her braided hair that wrapped around her shoulders.

The teenage boy blushed with embarrassment, realizing she knew he was the cause of the catastrophe outside. He bowed deeply, "Thank you very much!"

Kotone resisted the urge to laugh at his awkwardness and nudged Romeo.

"So what are you doing in Magnolia?" Romeo asked, also resisting the urge to laugh.

The boy straightened and smiled, "I'm here to uncover the mystery of Fairy Tail!"

Romeo looked shocked, but the little girl nodded. Romeo looked between the two of them, "What mystery?"

"The mystery of Fairy Tail! They used to be known for their rowdy behavior but there is a rumor going around that there is something unusual about the guild. Some say that they secretly harbor criminals right under the Wizard Council's noses! Others say that their loud parties have suddenly stopped and that there are no more fights! Then, the most fascinating rumor in my opinion, is that the new master is a demon that knows dark magic and will turn Fairy Tail into a Dark Guild!" the boy exclaimed, pulling out his bag. He opened it to reveal the latest magic technology, a magic screen that could access thousands of books. Not to mention that it has fun games and helpful appliances such as a calculator and a note pad.

He held it up and they saw a picture of Fairy Tail next to a bunch of captions that varied in size. "This is my blog! My followers requested that I uncover the secrets of Fairy Tail for my blog and that's what I intend to do."

Romeo and Kotone looked at each other before both exploded with laughter, confusing the boy with glasses.

"What's your name?" Romeo asked after their brief blast of laughter, pulling himself together.

"Oh yeah! My name is Semyon!" he said.

"Nice to meet you Semyon, I'm Romeo and this is Kotone," he said, indicating the silver haired girl next to him. "Would you like us to escort you to Fairy Tail or do you want to spy on it secretly?"

"Oh no! I search for the truth so I couldn't possibly get it by using such dirty methods!" Semyon exclaimed, putting his magic screen away. "I'd rather interview the master or a couple of the members!"

Romeo and Kotone nodded, motioning for Semyon to follow them. They left the store and Semyon was taken aback at how everything outside seemed completely normal. The marbles were gone and there wasn't a sign that anything was ever off. Semyon paused to examine the scene, or lack of, and realized that Romeo and Kotone were walking ahead.

He scrambled to catch up and listened as Romeo seemed to carry on his own conversation.

"It's really helpful! You should try to convince Natsu to use that technique! He of all people needs a way to calm himself down from time to time. Him and Gray. Maybe even Gajeel. But taking a deep breath makes you think about it for a moment and relaxes you, even if it is only for a split second!" Romeo kept talking as they walked down the streets. Occasionally people would say hello and the two kids would wave back.

They must be well connected to be known by this many people…Semyon thought, watching as a group of people stopped and pointed at them excitedly.

They walked up to two huge doors and paused. Romeo glanced back at Semyon and a wicked grin played on the boy's lips, "Ready Semyon?"

Semyon looked at the doors, silence greeted his ears. "It seems that there are no more fights or parties now! One of the rumors is true!"

Romeo chuckled darkly, "Okay then…"

Kotone took a few steps back as the doors flew open. Yelling and screaming slammed into their ears almost painfully. Semyon covered his ears and watched as fire and ice flew around the room. Metal flashed and there were bursts of light as guns were fired. Tables broke and the cracking of wood could be heard every three seconds.

Suddenly everything went quiet and Semyon removed his hands from his ears, watching as the fight slowly died down. People were still in the middle of fighting, but they had stopped. Fists were clasped on other's shirts and chairs were held above heads, ready to be thrown.

Romeo walked inside, hands on hips, "We have a guest!"

Chairs were put back on the ground and people smoothed out their shirts. Kotone walked inside and there was a shuffling of feet as people rushed to the doors.

"The Master is back!" they exclaimed, all running forward.

Kotone jumped into the air, doing a fancy flip just to show off. Her descent was in slow motion as the air under her appeared to be a heat wave, the image blurring slightly. She landed on the bar without making a noise, her braided hair coming off her shoulders and piling on the bar. "AYYYYYE!" she exclaimed in her naturally high pitched voice that young girls have.

The entire guild waited, what was the news she was bringing? Would it be good? Would it be bad?!

"They have decided!" she said, lifting her arms into the air. "Looks like they're planning on killing me!"

The guild erupted in an uproar, but it died to a low murmur even though everyone looked as if they were yelling on the top of their lungs.

Kotone lifted a hand and Semyon, whose jaw had dropped at the knowledge that the little girl was the new master, flew over the mass of guild members and joined her in standing on the bar. He wobbled a little at first but gained his balance in time to watch the doors close seemingly on their own. Kotone smiled up at him, careful to not show her dragon teeth. She wasn't used to showing her scaly skin to outsiders, but she knew by his reaction that he wouldn't be an outsider for long.

"As Romeo said!" she exclaimed, causing her guild to quiet down. "We have a guest! This is Semyon! He wants to interview us about the mysterious rumors that have been going around! Those of us who have left Magnolia recently have heard them and Semyon here wants to let the world know the truth!"

She hopped off the bar and onto a huge chair that was obviously only meant for the master. The chair was huge. The stairs on either side of the guild led to the level that few were allowed to walk on. Into that level, the chair was built. The legs of the chair were nonexistent as the seat protruded from the level and hung over the ground level. The back of the chair was huge and covered the S-Class mission board from the ground level. The padding of the chair was a royal blue while the frame was silver just like Kotone's hair.

She lounged on the chair, her personality completely different from when she was outside the guild. Her legs dangled in the air as she leaned onto the armrest, cupping her hand to hold up her head. A smirk was placed upon her face and her eyes narrowed when she looked at a window.

"Oh I'm so sorry Semyon. Please wait one moment and I'll get back to you," she said, lifting her head and waved her hand at a window. It opened with a snap and the guild members rushed into action, pushing broken chairs and tables out of the way. They cleaned any scorch marks or puddles of water and hid signs of slashes in the wooden support poles.

Semyon looked around, astonished that such a noisy guild would be cleaning and without even a word from the master. They laid out a futon under the window and Kotone waved her hand at a door behind the bar, making it open.

There were a few thuds as the futon absorbed the fall of…what Semyon could tell, was nothing. But then five guys appeared out of thin air and darted into the room behind the bar. Romeo ran over and rolled up the futon, running into some room out of Semyon's sight. Kotone lifted her hand and the window and door behind the bar closed. There was a small clicking sound as the heard the lock click into place.

"So Semyon, as I was saying, how would you like to interview first? Oh don't answer that, we have another visitor," she said, her hair wrapping around her shoulders, forming her scarf of hair. Her braid still hung over the edge of the throne and was dangling a little ways past her boot covered feet.

Suddenly the front doors swung open and in marched soldiers, around 15 of them. One of them wasn't wearing a helmet, a sign that he was in charge.

And sure enough, he was the one that spoke, "Master Kotone…"

"Commander Yuki, what a pleasant surprise! What brings you here today?" she asked formally.

Yuki walked a few more steps in her direction, glancing around the room before indicating to his men to start looking around. "It seems that we have yet another case has led us to your guild Master Kotone."

"I'm very sorry, but I don't know what to tell you. As we both know, you are forbidden to search this guild without a Wizard's grant," she said, not taking her eyes away from Yuki. Though she didn't look at them, every officer of the law suddenly felt her watchful gaze and looked over their shoulders to make sure.

"You are certainly right Master Kotone, but for some odd reason, they never approve. You always seem to have a bubble of safety when it comes to government, Master Kotone," he said, looking up at her with a glare that could freeze fire.

Kotone cocked her head to the side, seeming to smirk under that scarf of hair. "My, my Commander Yuki, your glare could put Acnologia's to shame. Unfortunately," she said, dropping slowly from her chair and hovered until she was eye to eye with Yuki and less than a hand width apart, "we both know you are scared of me."

Yuki stepped back with a jolt, only confirming her statement. He growled at her and started to leave, but her words stopped him.

"Commander Yuki, I suggest next time you knock and I might be kind enough to let you in. Right now you and your men can be dishonorably discharged for illegally searching our guild. I have witnesses and right about now I bet there is a crowd of people outside who want to know what is going on. I didn't want to resort to this but I'm going to talk to your commanding Wizard about this. I'm not going to press charges this time, but if this ever happens again I have the authority to defend my guild. I'm not sure if you know about my magic Commander but I will tell you that there is little that I cannot do with it at this point." As if to prove her point she floated back to her chair, sat down, and crossed her legs. "Get out of here. I sincerely hope we don't meet under unfortunate circumstances again."

Yuki ground his teeth and the knuckles popped in his hands as he fisted them before he stormed out, his men hurrying after him. The door closed and all was silent. Kotone watched the door for a few seconds before she stood up and floated down to the floor. The doors swung open to reveal the commander and his men pressing their ears to the door. They toppled over each other into the guild. They slowly looked up into the amber eyes of a girl with anger in every fiber of her being.

"You're really pushing it this time Commander. I'm going to talk to General Kiba. Today. Commander… Get. Out. Now," she almost growled, glaring down at the pathetic fools.

The commander saw those eyes before and he jumped up and ran, leaving his men behind. The men were frozen, meeting her fiery gaze for the first time. She walked over to them and crouched down, her eyes softening. She patted each one on the head with her gloved hand before smiling at them from behind her scarf, but they knew that she was smiling by the way her eyes looked at them.

"I have a request. Would one of you like to help me?" she asked in the sweetest of voices.

They all sat up saying that they would be extremely happy to help her. She thanked them and said that all of them could help her if they wanted to.

"I need someone to go to General Kiba and tell him that I need to see him today. And I need someone stubborn to tell him that it has to be today and not back down when he says he'll visit later. And then once you come back and tell me when he is coming over, I'll have a special treat for all of you. Okay?" she asked, cocking her head to the side.

"Yes Ma'am!" they chorused and rushed off to do her bidding.

Kotone walked back, the doors closing behind her. Immediately the entire guild broke out in laughter, including Kotone. She wiped her eyes when she found she was laughing so hard that tears had formed.

"Did you see Kuki's face when Master floated down?!" Gray exclaimed.

"Did you see Kuki's face when she opened the doors on them?!" Natsu exclaimed.

The guild went on and on about how Kuki's latest visit was the best of them all. They were laughing and toasting to each other and how well Kotone could play Kuki and his gang.

Kotone, noticing Semyon still standing on the bar, floated down to him and sat down. She looked up at him and patted the spot next to her, signaling him to sit down.

He hesitantly sat down, unknowingly letting Kotone get a good look at him. He's goofy, awkward, cautious, safe, kind, fair, curious, and her deduction was complete. There was more than what meets the eye with this one.

His black baggy shorts were held up by a metal chain belt. His baggy orange shirt had fancy black swirls and on his wrist was a black and white checkered sweat band. He had square black glasses that flattered his golden eyes and white hair, both very similar to Kotone's.

Kotone lifted her braid up to his head, making Semyon watch nervously. He saw her float around as if it was nothing, she might even be a demon!

Kotone pulled her hair away saying, "Your hair is a few shades whiter than mine. And your eyes are a really light brown color, not golden like I thought when I first saw you. This is a good sign because if your hair and eyes matched I would kill you on the spot."

Semyon paled and felt his insides freeze with fear. Kotone smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm only joking, Sweetie. But if they did match I would attack you just to make sure."

Semyon gulped, not being reassured in the least. "There is a good reason I would react that way Semyon, but I hope you never see anyone else with my eyes in your life time. Now, back to business…Who do you want to interview first?" Kotone asked, indicating to the crowd of partying people.

Semyon, thankful to be able to look away from the guild master without being rude, looked around the busy room. Everyone was all smiles and goofing off. It seemed one rumor was false.

"I w-would like to interview you f-first if you don't mind," he stuttered, nervous of the master.

Kotone smiled at him, her hair dragging on the floor, "Very well. If you don't mind, I would like to go somewhere a little quieter." She stood up and hopped off the counter, walking over to a staircase. Semyon hesitantly followed her, not liking the idea of being alone with someone so obviously dangerous.

They walked up the stairs, everyone else so busy that they didn't even notice. Semyon watched as Kotone led him up to the S-class level where there were a few people talking amongst themselves. When they saw Kotone walking up they went silent.

"Oh no, what now? Last time you walked up, you said you were leaving to meet with…" the voice faded as Semyon walked up behind Kotone.

Semyon suddenly felt even more awkward than before as he realized who was hanging out on the upper level. He froze before he placed his foot on the last step. For a second, he contemplated jumping out the window next to the stairs or daring the massive crowd below. He didn't have a chance to act because Kotone pulled him the rest of the way up and sat him down on the master's throne.

Semyon resisted at first, afraid he would fall off or become a target for sitting in such a symbolic spot. After a few seconds of nobody caring, Semyon relaxed and finally realize why it was the first place Kotone went after entering the guild. Why she undoubtedly always sat in that chair. Why it was decorated to elaborately that anyone would want to sit in it. It was the best seat in the house.

He was awed at the view. He felt his mouth open as he looked down at the members of Fairy Tail below him. He could see every single one of their smiles from the throne and he felt himself smiling in response.

Kotone saw his eyes starting to sparkle and she knew she was right in her deduction. She tapped him on the shoulder before pointing up and straight ahead. Semyon followed her finger with his eyes and felt his heart expand in his chest. He could have sworn that he fell in love with the view. The windows were bigger than the ones on the ground floor. Much, much bigger.

The windows showed the roofs of all the buildings in sight like a sea of stones. Then, past the roofs, were hills. The hills were covered with beautiful blooming flowers. There wasn't even a speck of grass the flowers were so packed. Reds, oranges, yellows, blues, purples, blacks, whites, pinks, and more. Semyon was enchanted.

Kotone watched as Semyon's eyes started to water. Yes. She knew he was a gem. She knew he was extremely special, special to her at least. She placed her hands on his temples and said, "Do you like the view?"

"I don't know how to describe how I feel right now. I can't find the words to describe it," he whispered, eyes glued to the magnificent view.

Kotone took a deep breath and said, "Then let me show you what I see…"

Semyon blinked and watched the hills closely. He rubbed his eyes in confusion as all the colors faded into yellow and the seat below him disappeared. He looked below him to see that the yellow color enveloping him. He was floating in a yellow world but he strangely felt safe. Then a white light could be seen and he turned to face it. It rushed towards him, enveloping him in a white light before fading into a green hill. He stood on top of it confused as to how he got there but it felt right. He was there for a reason and he wanted to find out.

He heard a faint river slapping the bank and strolled over to check it out. As he walked down the hill, he stopped and looked down at his feet. He was surprised to see mustards covering the entire hill. He knelt down and brought a hand to the mustards, tempted to pick a few of them. He leaned over and smelled the yellow flower and was satisfied when all he smelt was the grass and dirt. They were healthy and odorless for the moment.

He heard a splash coming from where the river was and a small yelp. He jumped to his feet and ran down the hill, coming to a ring of trees. He pushed his way around the tall pines and nearly fell into the river. The ground suddenly fell and the river was wide and deep. There were rocks that stuck out of the water every once in a while.

Semyon stuck his hand into the water and felt the water pull his hand slightly. He hissed as the cold got to him and he ripped his hand out of the water.

Not good, he thought. If the water pulled his hand at the top of the river, he didn't want to know how bad the pull was at the bottom.

He stood up and looked for the cause of the splash. The other side of the bank had a gradual rise, unlike the side he was on which dropped suddenly. The trees were farther back away from the river on the other side, but there was a row of bushes in their place.

He scanned the bank and saw what he was hoping to see, a trail of water leading into the bushes. He released his breath that he didn't know he was holding. Who ever created the splash had got out and wasn't stuck in the river. The person was safe, but they might be freezing.

"Hello?" Semyon called, listening for a reply. Everything was silent. He could only hear the splashing of the river, nothing else.

Something was over there. Even Semyon running down the hill wouldn't scare away the birds for that long and he knew this. But for how to get across, he was dumbfounded. He wasn't going to swim. He wasn't going to jump from rock to rock, due to how small and slippery they would be. The trees behind him didn't reach across the river so he couldn't scale them. He didn't have time to build a raft…but, it wasn't wide enough that it was impossible for him to jump it.

He shook his head at the thought, realizing he was pushing his limits. He would only make it on his best day and he might be short even then. He looked around for any sticks he might be able to use to help him get across, but no such luck. He scanned the river for any rocks that were fairly large and close to his side. He wanted to leap for joy because a little ways up the river there was a fat rock with his name on it.

He ran over to where the rock was and felt like singing. He would definitely make it and sure enough, he did.

He couldn't believe he made a big deal about just getting across. But it was just something he did whenever there was an obstacle in front of him.

He ran back to where the trail of water began and slowly pulled the bushes away, not wanting to scare the wet person. He looked around the bush, "Hello?" No one was there. But the trail of water continued.

Semyon followed the path, hoping that whoever was on the other end of it was safe and fine.

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Kotone took her hands off of Semyon's head, watching with much satisfaction as he slept. He would wander around the mustards and maybe even visit the river before he woke up from the Dreams.

That was the name the guild gave that unique ability. Few of them have experienced it and since Natsu and the others were the first to experience it, they called it the Dreams because it always felt like they were waking up from very vivid dreams.

Kotone turned from the laughing, partying members below and rounded on the three kids lounging on a restricted level.

"Why are you up here and not down stairs? Actually, why are you even here if you don't plan on joining?" Kotone asked, making them all look away guiltily.

The one who spoke when Kotone walked up the stairs huffed before saying, "Well why not? My group of fans has been expanding ever since I was seen walking with you when we came back from Acnologia's."

Kotone sighed, "Alice, this is ridiculous. We both know that is a lame excuse and that Chi-chan sent you guys to look after me."

"If you knew then why did you ask?" a purple haired girl asked before grimacing from the killer head ache she was getting.

"Anzu, you really shouldn't have come. I told you that Fairy Tail would not only be loud verbally but mentally as well? Especially since the bonds here are extremely strong," her younger brother said, crossing his arms.

"You know, Erza really wants you to join the guild so she can have a match with you. If you aren't a part of the guild it will be twisted into a cover story of how Fairy Tail abuses its citizens," Kotone teased.

"Huh, you are already assuming that she will win," Daniel grinned.

"You know better than to doubt me. I'm just letting you know that you need to learn how to use your magic better. So far you tend to rely on your martial arts, not so much as your magic. Erza has been using her magic since before she was Romeo's age and her fighting skills without magic are pretty impressive. You need to learn to combine them in order to beat Erza," Kotone said as she sat down on a stool.

"Uh, I know this is a random subject change, but why was everyone going on about someone called Kuki?" Alice asked, trying to hide how curious she was.

"Ah Kuki…That's the nick name Commander Yuki has earned here because he acts a little…senseless when he gets frustrated. He tends to get frustrated every time he sees me," Kotone said crossing her legs. In the back of her mind, she watched Semyon kneel down and examine the mustards.

She sat up and jumped off the second floor, landing softly on the bar before turning to sweet Mirajane. Mirajane smiled her usual smile at the master and asked how she could be of service. Kotone requested a baker's dozen of lemon bars and Mirajane pulled out a neat little tray of them already prepared.

"Sorry but I already took the liberty to make them since they are your usual award," Mirajane said, placing her hand to her cheek.

Kotone kissed her on the forehead before she headed to the doors. There were two knocks and Kotone opened the door, lemon bars in hand.

The Wizard soldiers practically drooled at the sight of the lemony goodness, but when a slight wind came and brought the smell to their noses, they were on their knees, ready to report their news.

"Master Kotone! The Wizard General Kiba says he will meet with you tonight at around 9!" they said in unison.

Kotone smiled her motherly smile before thanking them and placing a lemon bar into each of their hands. She thanked them and waved them good bye as she closed the door. Immediately the tray was taken out of her hands as hungry Natsu tried to gobble down the rest of them. Sure enough, Gray demanded he get his own share of the lemon bars and ripped the tray out of Natsu's hands, knocking over a chair. Erza saw the chair fall and was soon confiscating the lemon bars to secretly eat with Lucy and Wendy.

Kotone walked behind the bar, listening to Gray complain about Natsu being the only one who got lemon bars. She unlocked the door and opened it to see Zach and his gang playing Go Fish on her table.

"Foxy!" he exclaimed, for the name had stuck.

"Zach, you have to stop making it so obvious that you are coming here when you make your escape! How on earth did you manage to survive without this safe house?!" she exclaimed, walking away from the door.

"Aw come on Foxy! I'm doing the best I can to just break in to the Coin gobblers' houses!" Zach complained, dragging his feet to sit down at the bar. He leaned over to Cana, "Can you believe this girl? She constantly complains about how I do things and then trains me day and night for a week before letting me do my work! When I finally do something she complains about how I'm doing it!"

Cana nodded her head, "Yeah, she's just like Makarov in that sense." Cana lifted her barrel and took a hearty swig as if to punctuate her sentence.

"Where do you think Makarov got it from Cana? I raised the boy so it would make sense if he picked up a few of my habits," Kotone grumbled as she hopped onto the bar.

Zach sighed, telling Mirajane he wanted his usual, "Well I must admit that Foxy's training got me out of a few sticky situations in this day's heist."

"That's because you wanted to target big nobles this time and the nobles you want have tight security." Kotone drank her lemonade and sighed as it cooled her down. Being in the hot sun while wearing black was not a bright idea, but she didn't have a wide variety of clothes.

Cana finally put down her barrel and eyed the lemonade, "You know you can drink right? You're what? 1000 years old now?"

"No I think I'm 674…maybe…but I don't like alcohol. The stuff smells rancid and tastes worse."

Cana shrugged and lifted her barrel again, dismissing the subject.

Zach on the other hand wasn't finished, "What do you mean you don't like it? Actually, since you are a kid, you shouldn't be allowed to drink." He snickered at the glare she shot him.

Kotone, tired of having to deal with Commander Yuki, stood up and told him to enjoy the rest of the day. For tomorrow they were going to be in a world of pain as she drilled them on escaping techniques. They obviously didn't understand something that she told them and she was going to make sure they knew what to do in order to suddenly appear, attack, and disappear just as quickly as they came. Maybe they were disappearing just as fast, but they were leaving an obvious trail, which confused her because their specialty was concealing and running.

She glanced into her office behind the bar and watched Zach's men play with her cards. They all seemed pretty into it, but she knew better. A couple looked up and met her eyes before looking back at their cards, glancing at other players.

"I have something to do Zach, but I promise that tomorrow will not be your favorite day," she murmured, looking him in the eye.

He gulped, not liking the look she was giving him. Kotone nodded her head, knowing that he realized something worse than training was going to happen. She hopped off the counter, debating how she was going to handle the situation.

One of Zach's men was a double agent. When she first met them, she knew all of them were extremely loyal. So something has changed. Maybe the double agent has a friend or family that was taken hostage. Maybe he was bought off. Whatever it was, Kotone knew which one it was and Zach and the rest of his guys had a feeling already to who it is.

They all glanced at Samuel. Samuel was the double agent and he proved it by how he was sitting there, tapping his fingers against the table. He only does that when he's nervous.

So the question was if she should expose him to the others or personally confront him and take care of him before the other's suspicions could be confirmed. If she exposed him she would be required to show hard evidence in order to convince the others and she would cause emotions and trust to be in turmoil. If she confronted him privately, she would find out why he was betraying them and maybe she could help him. If not, she could quietly…deal with him.

She jumped back up onto the second level, deciding that confronting Samuel would be the easiest course of action. She walked back over to Alice and Daniel. Anzu had left when she was talking to Zach.

"Your poor sister," she said to Daniel, "it's a shame she has to get headaches when she's here. Maybe I can get one of my friends at another guild to help her with that." She frowned and her eyebrows knit together before Daniel could answer. In the back of her head, she saw Semyon hop over the river. He was supposed to stay with the mustards. Something was wrong.

"Daniel, Alice, can you make a spot for Semyon on the couch over there?" Kotone asked, walking over to sleeping Semyon. Alice complained as she stood up and sat down on a chair, watching as Daniel rearranged the pillows in a way that would be comfortable for Semyon.

Kotone lifted her hand and Semyon floated off the chair. She brought him over to the couch and laid him down, taking off his glasses. His eyes opened, but they were glazed over, still in the Dreams. "This can't be happening…" she murmured, looking into his eyes. "Back up. I need to wake him up before he does any more damage."

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Semyon followed the trail of water, hearing a quiet whimpering sound as he walked on. The trail was messy, a sign that whoever was on the other end was stumbling around. He looked closer and saw that the gaps between pools of water were getting bigger. The person started running and that wasn't good. The person was stumbling around and that meant they were either exhausted or injured. He prayed the person was just exhausted.

He came to a stop. So did the trail of water.

"Why are they going to such great lengths to get away?" he murmured to himself. He glanced around, spotting a few bushes nearby. He brushed his hand over it, feeling the wet leaves. He ran his hand over the bushes as he walked along them, following the wet trail. He lifted his hand as he saw the end of the row of bushes. He walked to the end, seeing the trail stop. He slowly bent down and pulled the bush out of the way, almost gasping at the sight in front of him.

A small girl, maybe 5 years old, sat there and lifted her arms up to defend her head. She had tucked her head behind her bent knees and was shaking so badly that Semyon thought she would fall apart. She looked close to it already.

Her arms and legs were bruised and swollen. He could see many cuts all over her and her abnormally pale body made him believe that she did fall into the water but managed to get out.

He took in a shaky breath, not sure where to start. But the little girl mumbled something, causing him to stop and listen. "I'm sorry, what was that?" he asked softly, watching as she flinched at his voice.

"I-I-I-m n-not g-g-go-goin-ng t-t-t-to h-h-hurt a-an-anyone. I-I-I w-w-will l-l-leave i-i-im-immediately," she murmured through her chattering teeth.

Semyon was taken aback by her statement. He didn't know why she said it or what she meant exactly. "Well," he said, "I'm sure you don't want to hurt anyone. But you aren't allowed to leave until I look at those cuts. Okay?"

He watched as she lowered her arms slowly and they shook violently as she lifted her head. She whispered okay, but she sounded doubtful.

Semyon looked at her eyes, or rather bandages. They were dirty old rags that couldn't even be considered bandages and he looked in his bag and pulled out his roll of bandages. He asked if it would be okay to touch her and she hesitantly nodded. He placed his hand on head her and jerked back as she flinched. She felt like ice.

He took off his bag and pulled off his shirt. Her soggy rag of a dress was soaked and he told her to change into his shirt, it being long enough to reach her calves.

She quickly changed behind the bushes as Semyon turned around and tried to find his balm in his bag. It was a special type of balm that would stop minor cut from bleeding and help all wounds heal faster. It was especially nice for burns since it relieved pain and would heal it before it started to blister.

The came out from behind the trees and Semyon brought out his roll of bandages. "Okay, What I'm first going to do is replace those bandages with clean ones." He easily slipped the bandages off her head and she squeezed her eyes shut, not being able to react fast enough to stop him with her frozen arms.

"Here, can you hold this for a moment?" he asked as he held the end of the bandage to her head. The girl shakily held it there as Semyon quickly wrapped the bandages around to secure the end she held. She waited as he finished wrapping her eyes, even though he couldn't see anything wrong with them or her head.

She visibly relaxed once he finished, telling her how to easily take it off. All she had to do was pull the little tuff of bandage sticking out and the entire thing would come unraveled. He smiled to see her shivering had practically stopped. He walked over to his bag and nearly fell on it, suddenly off balance. He sat down as he waited for his head to stop spinning. After a few seconds, he felt better and continued searching his bag for the balm.

He felt a small cold hand touch his shoulder and he stopped, looking up at the little girl, her silver hair braided in a familiar way. She placed her other hand on his arm and was quiet. He watched as she flipped over her hand and held the back of it to his skin.

"A little cold?" he asked, watching as she flipped over her other hand. She nodded her head and he said, "Well then you should sit down and keep your legs close to your body. You could also give me your hands for a second and I can give you a small lacrima that is designed to keep you warm."

She stuck out her hands and plopped down suddenly, bringing her knees to her chest. Semyon chuckled and placed the little sapphire ball into her hands, smiling when she gasped and hugged it.

He finally found the balm and twisted off the cap. The girl twitched at the sound and sniffed the air. She smelt the herbal remedy and held out an arm.

Semyon rubbed the balm on the cuts, the bruises, and the scrapes. He breathed with relief when he saw the swelling go down. He took care of her other arm and started on her legs, thankful that her legs weren't too badly cut up. The balm healed bruises faster than cuts, meaning she would be able to walk without pain within an hour.

"So how did you get so beat up? Surely not all of this was from the river," he said, finishing up the last bruise on her ankle.

The girl frowned at the question, still clutching the lacrima. She ripped her foot from Semyon and stood up, looking around. She seemed confused, not used to her restricted senses. She whirled around and they saw a small crowd of people marching towards them, rocks and torches in hand.

"There it is!" one yelled, causing all of them to roar in response. The leader walked forward a little ways ahead of the rest and he yelled, "Boy, get away from that demon!"

Semyon raised his eyebrows and looked around. What demon?

"Run boy, run!"

Semyon collected his bag and grabbed the girl's hand, "Come on. Let's get out of the way. They seem dead set on marching this way."

"Don't touch the demon! She will curse you and ruin your life!"

He hadn't heard that accent before and took a good look at the man, at the crowd. They were all farmers wearing old style clothing. He could tell by the dull colors and bad shape the clothes were in.

"What demon?" he asked, pulling the girl behind him.

"That demon disguised as a little girl!"

He glanced at the stones in their hands and felt a spark in his stomach that light a fire. "Those rocks," he said nervously, afraid of the answer, "were you trying to stone her?"

"Get away from the demon boy or we'll be forced to take action!"

Semyon clenched his jaw, and squeezed the girl's hand gently, "We'll leave and you'll ever see either of us again."

"So it can plague other villages?! You must be out of your mind!"

Semyon felt the little hand in his pull away and he saw her run in front of him and hold her arms out, "I won't let you hurt him!"

"He must be in league with the demon!"

With that the girl pushed Semyon towards the river before turning around and pulling the tuff of bandage he said would unravel the whole thing. Semyon saw a flash of angry amber eyes and recognized the girl immediately. He reached out for her but she exploded with white light and it enveloped her. The white light blinded him until all he could see was white. He blinked and saw two amber gems looking through his eyes into his soul before his vision blacked out.

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Daniel and Alice glanced at each other before taking several steps back. They hadn't seen Kotone pull someone out of the Dreams before. They thought it was impossible, but it appeared they were wrong.

Kotone hastily ripped off a glove in one fluid motion and revealed her scaly dragon hand and arm. The scales receded and feathers sprouted out of the side of her arm. She tapped Semyon's forehead once with a claw and leaned over to examine his eyes. The glazed look slowly disappeared and his eyes started to dilate. She brought her gloved hand up and ran it down her feathers, watching as his eyes closed again.

She pulled away and looked at the ceiling, watching a replay of the last couple of minutes of Semyon's Dreams. She closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose, extremely upset that he had got across the river. He wasn't even supposed to be able to hear the river…

"Kotone?" Wendy asked, hesitant to walk up the stairs.

Kotone hopped down to the ground floor, pulling her glove back on and hiding her expression with her scarf of hair. She looked at Wendy, who took it as an invitation to ask her question.

"Are you alright? I heard a frequency that sounded very familiar to the kind you like to use," she explained, searching for a sign of relief.

"Everything is fine Wendy. Semyon just over stepped his boundaries a little. I'll handle it," Kotone said, smiling with her eyes.

Wendy smiled in response, going over to Natsu and Gajeel, the only other people who could hear and recognize Kotone's magic at work.

Kotone walked over to Elfman, the biggest man in the guild, "Elfman, could you help me with something manly?"

"Helping others is manly!" he said, nodding his head.

Kotone smiled and brought him upstairs, indicating to Semyon, fast asleep. "I need you to help me carry him out of Magnolia."

He lifted Semyon over his should and they walked out the doors.

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Kotone was sitting on her throne, watching as yet another brawl broke out. This time it was Droy's fault for arguing with Jet and accidentally punching Natsu, of all people, instead of Jet.

Kotone sighed, watching as swords got stuck in pillars and ice covered the floor. When Jet tried to use a chair to hit Droy, Kotone intervened and lifted all the chairs and tables off the ground. She had them levitate in the air as they fought, ignoring cries for help and angry roars.

She heard familiar footsteps leaving the Wizard Council's tower and looked at the clock, 8:55.

She whistled, grabbing their attention, "General Kiba is coming in five minutes." With that she placed the chairs and tables back on the ground. There was some grumbling about how a few people would get their revenge on a later day.

Kotone hopped down and closed the door to her office after ushering Zach and his men in. She locked the door behind them, listening to the footsteps drawing closer. Kotone walked to the door, opening it just as he was about to knock.

"Hello K-chan!" General Kiba said, opening his arms wide.

Kotone smacked him in the chest, "Stop calling me that! I'm not your babysitter anymore Kiba."

"But I've always called you K-chan!" he argued, walking inside. He glanced at Romeo out of the corner of her eye, who gave him a thumbs up. Kiba gave him two thumbs up, approval written all over his face. His nick name for the dragon would live on! She would constantly be reminded of the name she went by as a babysitter. Now she takes care of Romeo so it only made sense that he would his successor.

Kotone sighed, watching their obvious exchange. She walked up to Kiba and reached up. He didn't see her, his eyes on Romeo. He yelped as she grabbed his ear and pulled him into a room next to her office. This room was sound proof so she could let her ears relax and make sure nobody listens to her conversations. She closed the door behind her, causing goofy Kiba to become deadly serious.

The room was white. White walls, white floor, white ceilings…the only colors in the room were four chairs and one table and they were wooden.

Kotone sat down in one of the chairs, quiet as Kiba did the same. They sat there, silent as Kotone relaxed in the silent room. Kiba recalled that every time he entered the room they would sit there in silence for the first five minutes. He also remembered when she babysat him; she would always be sitting there like a stone when he woke up from a nap. It was only when she realized he was awake that she would smile and start moving again.

She only babysat him when his parents went away for business. They weren't rich enough to hire someone to look after him and even though they would only be gone for the afternoon, they felt terrible about it. Kiba didn't know that Kotone wasn't hired though. He thought that was just how it worked. He was little and believed Kotone was his dragon god mother since she always knocked at the door with that pretty smile on her face, telling him that she was there to look after him. She told him that she would only come if his parents didn't know about her, so he never told them about his dragon sitter.

Kotone convinced him that all dragons looked after kids from time to time, but he never believed that she was really a dragon. She just told him she was a dragon and she had to bind her eyes to make sure nobody saw her dragon form. It wasn't until he was older when he started questioning about it.

It was then that she stopped coming when his parents left.

The next time he saw her, she was walking into Magnolia. The entire guild followed her minus Makarov. Everyone came out of their houses to see that.

He went to her as soon as he could to apologize for doubting her, but was confused as to how she was still human without the bandages. She told him she left to train and explained. He listened. They caught up. She got another pair of eyes in high places.

"So," she said, opening her eyes, "where do you want to start?"

"What's the status with the Dragon Council?" he asked bluntly. That's how they were. Exchange the knowledge first and then discuss.

"Acnologia died and now I'm the seventh dragon by default. They plan on sending someone to kill me though because I refuse to go to the council and meet with the Dragon King."

"Why don't you want to meet him?"

"Once I'm there they won't let me leave for a couple of centuries."

"Why did Yuki come running to me today?"

"He charged into my guild and started searching without a Wizard Grant so I threatened him with a challenge and having him discharged."

Kiba laughed at that, "Knowing you, he was probably scared out of his mind!"

"I don't joke when it comes to my guild Kiba. If he ever enters my guild without a grant again, he might not leave in one piece."

"Which is completely fair. He's been getting cocky lately. I'm glad you knocked some sense into him."

"You and I both Kiba."

"Now as for the Dragon King, is there a way to see him without staying for a century or two?"

"Yes, but I doubt he will want to use that option. He wants to see me face to face."

"I see. But if they need seven dragons at a time, why would they kill you?"

"They are threatening but honestly I think they just plan on kidnapping me."

"Kotone you are just one desirable person now-a days…"

"I seem to attract trouble. That is for sure. I meet people who want to know everything about me on a regular basis. Maybe I should just mimic Makarov and act like a drunken idiot. Nobody wants to hang out with a drunken idiot every day."

Kiba chuckled, "It's because you seemed to know everything about them the second you meet them. Not to mention you have that air of mystery and secrets around you all the time."

"I may seem like I can take on the world and I may seem like I'm a wise old sage but to be honest I don't know half of what I appear to know."

"I know K-chan. I know."

"And you know what? Every day is a variation of the same things! A brawl, party, Yuki, random curious stranger, babysitting Romeo, and more brawls. Kiba, I think I need to hibernate."

"Hibernate? I thought only old dragons did that!"

"Normal dragons don't take care of a rowdy guild and walk the busy streets of Magnolia while using magic to suppress their magic."

"Well that is certainly true."

"At this moment I can't hibernate until I find a suitable replacement. I doubt that's going to happen in one or two years. Hibernation isn't even really an option in this town. Everyone is so loud and with my sensitive hearing, I won't be able to sleep through a brawl."

"This is also true."

"I feel like I call you here each time to complain about my life."

"You do."

"Sorry."

"You can make up for it by calling me by the old nick name you gave me."

"Sorry K-kun."

"I miss that name. Everyone calls me General now."

"Well because of you and Zachary I have several nick names."

"Zachary?"

"An acquaintance."

"Zachary as in Zachary Gresson? Wizard's most wanted?!"

"Zachary."

"Why are you friends with that guy?"

"He's only on that list because he goes after corrupt nobles and you know it."

"Yes, but how did you even meet him?!"

"Long story short, he was following me and I caught him."

"Just more proof that you attract trouble."

"I kind of came to him after he followed me. I wanted to help him."

"Why am I finding out about this now?"

"You never asked and I didn't feel like telling you. With you being the head of the Wizard Council's army, I didn't want you to know."

"You didn't trust me?"

"I'm telling you now and you know that speaks volumes."

"You only brought it up since you let his name slip."

"You know I never let anything slip."

"I think you do need to go into hibernation. It's only around 9:30 and you are becoming crabby. Maybe to make up for it you can go to bed earlier and wake up later.

"My thoughts exactly."

"Sorry for doubting you K-chan. Maybe I need to sleep more."

"It's okay K-kun. I think we're all gonna sleep well tonight."

"Your old speak is getting better. You aren't using awkward phrases as often."

"They weren't awkward they were grammatically correct."

"You use modern day slang now."

"Why is that such a big deal? I can't say gonna or wanna or ain't or…why are you looking at me like I just swallowed a bee?"

Kiba stood up and kissed her on the forehead, "It means that you're becoming one with your guild members. You're relating to them more." He opened the door to reveal an empty guild. "Looks like you weren't the only tired one. Doesn't your guild usually party until midnight?"

Kotone stood up and stretched, "Yes." She walked out of the white room and closed the door. She hopped back up onto her throne, knowing her office was taken. "K-kun."

Kiba sat down on a chair near him, expecting a long monologue, "Yes?"

"If you ever want to know all of my secrets, just know you can ask anything."

Kiba felt his heart flutter in his chest. His second mother was finally letting him into her world. He choked back some tears before nodding and walking out the door.

Kotone watched him go and took a breath, realizing that there would never be a day that she goes to bed early. Confused footsteps were slowly making their way to her. She just needed to wait and react accordingly.

She closed her eyes, letting her ears adjust to the thousands of people, bugs, leaky water facets, closing doors, and many other things that went on in the night. The pattern was always the same. And as time would pass by, she would realize that the patterns would never change but she would never get used to how people unknowingly act like a herd of elephants running around with no end in sight. So noisy, all of them. But she sighed, taking comfort in the sounds. They would act as insurance, saying nothing was wrong as she listened. If anything was wrong, the pattern would change and she would be wide awake.

She sat on her throne, body sleeping. When she forced her body to wake up she would have twice as much energy as she normally did. She sat there, eyes open, staring off into the distance. Her feet dangled off the chair and she slouched as her head fell onto her arm that rested on the throne's arm. If someone had walked in and saw her, they might have mistaken her for a doll.

I'll be able to sleep once the Dragon Council is done with me. Then there will be no real danger that will keep me up at night. I'm sure if anyone needed me they'd wake me up without hesitation. Silly little guildlings will learn not to wake me up unless it's important, she thought to herself. He's almost here. I can hear his footsteps becoming louder and faster. He recognizes the streets now. He'll be here soon. I better wake up…"

She twitched her fingers, getting her arms used to moving again. She stretched, yawned, and sat up straight. Her legs were still asleep and she swung them up and onto the chair's arm. She pointed her feet and flexed them a few times, yawning as she leaned against the other arm of the throne. As she focused on her feet, her arms fell asleep again. She mentally cursed herself for her body's temptation to hibernate.

She tried to get her arms to wake up and her legs fell asleep.

What is this?! This is ridiculous! This is something that happens to Natsu! Well great, body refuses to wake up…

She yawned again, listening to the footsteps. He just needed to turn the corner and the guild will be in sight…

Semyon paused as he looked up at the guild, tempted to turn around and walk away. But he knew he couldn't do that. After that dream of meeting the master and even encountering the three legends of a new guild called the Shark Empress, he needed to see if his dream was really a dream.

All of it had seemed so real. He could still remember the feel of the smooth cushion under his hands as he sat on the master's chair.

Was it really all a dream? All he could remember was walking to Magnolia and sitting down for a quick nap. Then he woke up and the sun was setting.

He wanted the dream to be true. He wanted to see that view again. He wanted to smile with the happy guild. He wanted to meet the frightening yet admirable girl again. He wanted to laugh at Commander Kuki. He wanted to be in that guild all the time.

But what if it was really just a dream and the guild really has become a boring, mellow guild? What if Commander Kuki isn't real? What if Kotone wasn't real? He wouldn't be able to write for his blog if he didn't have the heart to do it. He would be so disappointed.

But he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he didn't know.

He stopped arguing with himself and walked up to the front doors. They sat there, intimidating even to those who lived in Magnolia. He gulped as he raised his hand to knock. His hand shook and a thought occurred to him.

If he knocked and the guild was mellow, it would bring everyone's attention to him. But if it was loud and rambunctious still, no one would hear him.

He placed his hand against the door, pushing slightly. The door didn't even budge so he placed his other hand on the door and pushed with all his might. The door swung open and hit the wall with a loud smack.

Semyon nearly lost his footing and almost fell face first into the wooden floor. He regained his balance and slowly looked up, dread filling him as he realized everything was silent. He sighed in relief when he saw the entire guild was empty, but immediately felt sick to his stomach because he realized he would have to come again tomorrow and go through the entire routine again.

He closed the door and sat down heavily onto one of the chairs, supporting his upper body by placing his forearms on his knees. He hung his head and shook it with shame. He was a coward, not even being able to face the idea of summoning up enough courage to come back when it was full.

He stood up looking around the guild, believing that it would be the last time he ever saw the inside of this wonderful guild. He crossed his fingers praying that the throne in his dreams was real. He looked up and gasped, practically falling back into the chair from surprise. Not only was the chair real, but so was Master Kotone.

He felt his entire being light up with happiness as he saw her lounging on the throne, feet dangling over an arm of the chair. He ran up the stairs, caring little that he was only allowed to go up if he was invited. He was too excited to care. He was jittery from the excitement of seeing that some of his dream was true.

He reached the throne and looked over the back of it to see the familiar silver haired girl fast asleep. He two golden locks were the same color as the golden flakes in her amber eyes.

A thought occurred to him and he opened up his bag, searching for his first aid kit. He pulled it out and quietly clicked open the little white box, pulling out his white bandages. He unrolled a great length of it and made wide loops with it. He held the ends of the loops, creating a thick band of white bandages and held it above the girl's eyes.

His suspicions were right, that girl in his dreams, the dream about the woods and the mustards with the river. But why did he dream about that? The only difference between the two girls was the golden locks and the age difference, but it was undoubtedly the same person.

He heard a soft creak and glance back down at the ground level, seeing the door behind the bar wide open. He descended the stairs and glanced in the room. There was a table with chairs around it, a deck of cards piled neatly on the table. There was a nice leather chair that sat behind an official looking desk with papers and pens on it. There was a lamp in the corner and a rug on the floor. Besides that, there was a bookcase that reached from the floor to the roof and completely void of books. Instead there was memorabilia displayed. He walked over to the bookcase curious as to what the master of Fairy Tail would display in a personal office.

One of the shelves had a globe on it and it looked ancient with its browns and yellows. Another item on the shelf was an old picture and Semyon felt his stomach do flips. The picture was old and framed for protection. In it, there was a hoard of kids and an old lady with her middle aged daughter next to her. There were a few other adults who stood with their kids, but to one side of the adults stood a little girl who was the spitting image of the girl in his dream of the woods and the mustards with the river. Her eyes were bandaged and her hair was braided in the same way he first saw her, but she wore a black coat that had a hood for her to pull up and hide her presence.

He moved onto the next shelf and the first item he saw was a small, white coat with gold fringes. He recognized it from the pictures of the old Fairy Tail. It was the former master's cloak. Next to that was of Natsu, Erza, Gray, Lisanna, Mirajane, Elfman, Cana, Levy, Jet, Droy, and a few others he didn't recognize from when they were younger. He felt like smiling, they were so cute at that age. He looked at the self again and saw there were more pictures of other members of the guild, probably because they joined later. There was Wendy, Juvia, Gajeel, Lucy, and plenty of others. Next to all of the individuals was a very recent picture, one of the entire guild with Kotone smiling her heart out, sharp teeth were easily overlooked. She seemed to be having the time of her life in that picture.

On the next shelf, he saw a necklace with the Shark Empress's symbol on it, which confused him to a great extent. It also made him recall that Shark Empress's top three mages were hanging out on the S-class level in his dream. He shook the ought from his head and continued looking at the shelf. His heart stopped as he felt the color drain from his face, much more noticeably than when he saw the first picture of Kotone. He took a step back from the bookcase and nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw Kotone sitting in the leather chair, watching him.

She had her fingers laced together and held them over her mouth as she watched him lazily. Her elbows rested on the desk and that position made her look as if she was in deep thought.

Semyon gulped before dropping down into a dogeza saying, "I'm so very sorry for barging in and looking around while you were asleep!"

Kotone was silent, watching him sweat it out. She was very amused by his reaction but didn't let it show on her face. "If I didn't want you to come in here, I would have stopped you. You woke me up when you walked down the stairs." Her brows knit together as that fact frustrated her to no end.

"I'm sorry I woke you up!" he said, still in the dogeza.

"No. It's a good thing you woke me up. A very good thing," she seemed lost in thought again, looking at the bookcase. "Please stand up, there's no need for you to apologize."

Semyon nervously stood up and sat down on one of the chairs she motioned to.

"So, what brings you here at this time of night?" she asked, turning the clock to him.

He saw it was nearly 10:30 and was about to throw himself on the floor again. Kotone stopped him with a wave of her hand, dismissing the clock. "My guild usually parties until midnight so 10:30 is early for me."

Semyon visibly relaxed, happy that it wasn't a mellow guild like the rumors suggested. He glanced back up at her to see a small smile play at her lips. He flushed with embarrassment, causing her eyes to close with her small smile becoming a grin.

"So, what was it that brought you here at this time of day?" she asked again, having all the time in the world for his answer. She watched as he fidgeted, trying to figure out a way to explain his desire to come. He glanced at the bookcase a few times as he thought about what he was going to say. Kotone, seeing his confusion changed the subject, "Is there something over there that catches your eye?"

"Yes…a couple of things actually…" he murmured to himself, not wanting to seem rude.

She easily heard his murmur with her heightened senses and said, "Which objects? I'll tell you about them if you're interested. I honestly have no better use for them now except to admire them and boast about them to others."

Seeing her obvious permission to question the objects, glanced at the ancient photo first before deciding against it. Kotone saw his glance and started talking anyways.

"That is a picture of when I visited the Shark Empress after I saved it from being taken away from the residents. That was a long time ago. Today, everyone in the photo is dead except me."

Semyon glanced at her out of the corner of his eye before looking back at the picture. She didn't look that old. "When was the Shark Empress first established?" he asked hesitantly.

"Officially, about two and a half months ago. I kind of gave them the name and their symbol. That necklace down there is the same necklace that I gave to the first master of the Shark Empress. It was passed down from generation to generation of Masters until the latest Master recognized me from the photo and told me to keep it."

He gulped, "What about non-officially?"

She whistled to herself. One long note of remembrance. "Geez, let me think here…400 years ago maybe? 350 years? 375? Something in that range."

"How can you be in that photo if it was that long ago?" he asked and immediately wished he didn't blurt out the first thing that came to mind. Fortunately, she didn't seem to mind. In fact, she smirked and leaned back in her chair to admire the picture.

"I'm much older than I look. I can guarantee that I won't die within the next century." She chuckled at the thought of dying of old age.

"Well then how old are you?" he asked, slowly gaining courage.

"How presumptuous of you. Asking a girl her age?" She glanced at him, seeing him freeze at her words. "I'm joking child. To be honest I don't know my exact age anymore. The only thing that knew it died so now I can guess. It said I was over 670, I think."

He breathed and held his head, it spinning with questions.

"As you can see, I'm filled with impossibilities so it's hard for me to not believe a lot of things. Why did you want to come to Fairy Tail at this time of day?" she said gently, reminding him of her original question.

He started fidgeting again, glancing back at the bookcase. The bandages…the photo…his dream…

"Were you looking for something? Someone? Just curious? I don't care how ridiculous or mundane the reason is. We could just sit here or you could leave if you want. Whatever you want to do. I have all the time in the world, I'm not going anywhere." She watched him clench his fists.

No, he won't leave, she thought. He wants to know.

"It's crazy, I don't know why I'm here," he said, glancing at the bookcase again. "No, that's not true. I, I'm not sure why but…" He was flustered again, nervous. He was just happy that he wasn't stuttering again.

He stood up, fists clenched and by his sides, and stiffly walked to the bookcase. He pointed at the dirty white mass and said, "These."

Kotone stood up as well and walked over to stand by his side. She stared at the white bandages, her eyes glazed over and she was in a faraway face. Semyon tilted his head to get a better look at her, wondering what could make her expression change from calm and smiling to…sad and distant.

"Those," she murmured, gently brushing her fingers over them, moving as if she had done it thousands of times.

Semyon, suddenly feeling as if he was handling a delicate girl missing a few vital pieces that time would not restore. Like a big brother, he knelt down and held her hand. She didn't react, her hand still on the bandages. He felt like he was talking to a shell of a person who was programed like a robot to answer any and all questions when he said, "Yes, the bandages. Can you tell me about the bandages?"

Her face void of any emotions, her hand fisted and gathered the bandages into her hand as she said, "These bandages have been with me since the villagers tried to stone me. I stole them from a doctor when he left to join the mob. I snuck in and took it. If I hid my eyes, I thought the villagers might tolerate me. They were even more scared when they found out I could take a human form. So I ran and tried to get across the river, but I wasn't used to not having my magic and I couldn't use my heightened senses to see for me. I fell into the river and almost got carried away by the current. I managed to get out but my human body was new and vulnerable. It tore easily and couldn't defend itself from the cold. I managed to hide in the bushes nearby, but I got terrible cuts from it and the bushes didn't provide much protection from the cold night. I nearly froze to death but found that if I moved, I didn't feel the cold that much. The bandages became a part of me from that day on. I stole clothing and food to keep myself alive. I learned to use my element to its full advantage and my ears became my eyes. I never took off my bandages. I did once. I showed my eyes to Makarov. That was the day I left him at Fairy Tail. The next time I showed my eyes was to Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel. When I showed them, I was able to keep my human form. I swore I would never use them again after that. I gave them to Makarov when I saw him again. Then, when he died. I found his coat." Her hand squeezed the bandages and she took a deep breath, forcing herself to relax. "I found his coat. I took it into my hands and hugged it. I noticed that there was a…a lump. Inside were my bandages."

She squeezed his hand with so much force he thought his hand broke, but he didn't mind so much when he lost feeling in his fingers. He wasn't quite sure if it hurt more when the blood came rushing back to his fingers. He looked up at her glazed eyes to see them glistening with unshed tears. She released the bandages and took a shaky breath.

"So," she said, sounding perfectly calm, "is there anything else you want to know?"

If he was ever going to tell her, the time was now. This moment, this atmosphere, this openness between them, might never happen again.

"W-When I was sleeping, I had a dream," he stuttered, looking back at the bandages.

"Yes. That's what typically happens when one sleeps," she said, teasing him.

"But this dream was different than my normal dreams. I dreamt that I met you and a boy named Romeo and you brought me here. A lot of things happened that I'm not quite sure made sense, like there was a Commander Kuki, no it was Yuki. But I remember this wonderful hill that was the epitome of natural beauty. Then I had another dream where I was on a hill full of these yellow flowers called mustards. Do you know of them?" He stopped and waited for her reply, his hand on his knee like a knight waiting for his king to bless his shoulders with a tap of a holy blade.

What he got instead was a finger the gently pushed his glasses up on his nose for him and a hand that ruffled his white hair. "Yes boy, I know mustards very well."

He nodded, "Yes the hill was full of them and I could hear a river nearby. I heard a splash and came running over. I found a little girl who fell in the river. She was freezing cold and scratched up pretty bad." He slipped his hand back into hers and she glanced at it before finally looking him in eyes. "I think it was you."

They fell into silence, neither one moving as they tried to figure out what to say. Kotone didn't seem judgmental as she cocked her head to the side, appearing to think when she already knew.

"Well your dream sounds like the time when I first got my bandages. What do you think it means?" she asked, acting as if she was told sharks fall asleep if you turn them over.

Semyon scratched his head as it was his turn to think of something to say. He shook his head, coming up with nothing, "I don't know."

Kotone squeezed his hand before patting him on the shoulder, "I guess it doesn't really matter now, does it? All that matters now is what you plan to do next. Do you have an idea of what's next on your agenda?"

He shook his head again, "No, I didn't really think about it."

"Do you have a place to stay?"

He blushed deeply and hid his head.

"It's okay, I have a place you can stay until you find somewhere else you'd rather be." She walked out of the office and lead Semyon into Fairy Tail's nurses' office where a bed waited for him. She got him a bunch of heavy blankets in case he got cold and a couple of pillows. She got out a baggy shirt and a pair of baggy pants with a draw string. "Here you go. You can stay as long as you'd like. I think you could stay here for years and my guildlings would still welcome you with open arms. That's just the kind of guild they are."

With that she walked back to the door, watching as Semyon hesitantly walked inside and stood next to the bed.

"Dear boy, it seems you know my name yet you have not told me yours since you walked into my office," she commented, looking over her shoulder.

"Semyon. My name is Semyon, Master Kotone. Rumor has it that you sleep in your guild, if this is the case, then where?" he asked, feeling his tired mind desert his cautious nature for a bolder one.

"Oh I do. I thought you saw where I sleep earlier." She closed the door behind her and walked back up the stairs, letting her tired body drag her down. She was exhausted from forcing her body to move with her magic. Sound. Sound is a vibration that varies in pitch, frequency, and strength.

Her arms hung at her sides, asleep yet again. Her feet dragged and she almost stumbled off the second level. She barely caught herself, feeling her magic hold her up as she leaned over the edge. She grunted as she dragged her arms from the dead and pushed on the vibrating mass in front of her. She fell back into her chair, where she relaxed in her awkward position. One foot was on the arm of the throne, one leg hung over the seat, one arm hung over the seat, one arm was hanging over the other arm of the throne and above her head.

She saw black spots fill her vision as she pulled herself into a position that wouldn't alarm her guildlings when they came in the morning, for she was afraid that she was going to sleep through it.

At last her arms lay on the seat and her legs over a chair's arm, her head resting on the other arm. It scared her when she didn't hear Semyon come in. It had shocked her so much it gave her the adrenalin to stand up and follow him.

She sighed, her body fast asleep and her mind slowly shutting off to follow it.

Sorry Kiba, looks like this dragon needs to sleep, the thought ran through her head as her heavy eyes closed.

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Mirajane happily walked through the empty streets of Magnolia. Save a couple of people getting ready for the day. She smiled at them and they waved back. She was a common sight at that time in the morning. She was always known as the first member of Fairy Tail to arrive at the guild to help the Master get ready for the day, even when Makarov was the Master.

She walked down the street that led to the guild. She knew that Kotone could hear her, but out of habit she always knocked on the door before entering. She strolled up to the doors and knocked twice before entering the guild, the doors were never locked.

She closed the door behind her, "Master it is quite warm this morning isn't it? It must be because it was so warm yesterday."

She walked over and placed her bag on the bar, unpacking the items she brought to help cool down her fellow members. "Master I brought a fan in case your clothing proves to be a burden."

She stopped unpacking, noticing the lack of response to either of her comments.

"Master?"

…

"Master is everything alright?"

…

"Master?"

She walked out from behind the bar and looked up. There she was, laying there in her chair. Mirajane walked up to the second level, being an S-class mage. She walked over to the chair and glanced down. Kotone was asleep. Mirajane never saw her asleep. Kotone always told her that the town was too noisy for her to sleep peacefully. That's why they set up that white room, but Kotone refused to sleep in it, she said it was unnerving how the entire world stopped speaking to her.

Mirajane watched as the scales over Kotone's mouth spread over her nose and kept rising. She jumped into action, racing down the stairs and throwing open the door to Kotone's office. She ran to the desk and looked into the lacrima that sat on the desk.

"Elfman! Elfman! Get up!" she cried, on the verge of panic. Her panic was temporarily subsided when she saw her brother's face appear, his bed head a sign that she had woken him up.

"Elfman I need you to wake up as many members as you can! We need to get Kotone out of town before everyone else in town starts waking up…Hurry!" she yelled as Elfman hesitated, wanting more information.

She ran out of the office and almost collapsed when she saw Daniel, Alice, and Anzu walk inside. She ran to Anzu and grasped her arms. Anzu, being the telepathic, immediately nodded and ran up the stairs with Mirajane. She played her messages over to as many members she could contact, which was few since she didn't stay long enough to converse with many of them. Daniel and Alice ran up the stairs with Anzu, mentally hearing her urgent message.

"I'm so glad you're here! We need to get this done quietly so as to not alarm the city," Mirajane said, picking up Kotone princess-style.

Anzu nodded, noticing the shredded remains of Kotone's gloves on the chair. There was a terrible ripping sound as the boots followed the gloves. The four of them shared a look before Mirajane handed Kotone to Anzu and ran down the stairs into the nurses' office. She saw a pile of blankets and grabbed a few before running out the door. She ran to Anzu who was waiting with Kotone on a table. They were working on cutting off Kotone's pants' legs and Kotone's cloak was already gone and on the table.

They through the clothing away, leaving Kotone with her backless halter top and a makeshift pair of shorts. Mirajane spread the blanket on the table and they moved Kotone onto the blanket.

"The wings are one of the first changes so we got to roll her onto her stomach," Wendy yelled, running into the guild, clad in her pajamas.

They nodded and rolled Kotone onto her stomach before loosely wrapping the blanket around her to hide her from onlooker's view.

"The next change is her weight, so we won't be able to carry her. Mirajane can you get the wagon?"

Mirajane nodded before running off. Wendy hurriedly ripped the back of Kotone's pants, "After that is the tail. We will probably get her out of here before the tail comes but we don't want to take a chance and have that loud sound carried across town."

Mirajane threw open the door to reveal the magic wagon that fed off of magical power. They grabbed the blanket and carried Kotone into the back as other began to show up.

"I need Erza, Natsu, Gray, and Lucy up front with me. Wendy, Gajeel, Juvia, and Cana get in the back. We're going to take turns feeding the wagon. Now everyone one else listen to me, since Kotone is no longer manipulating the sound that is coming from the guild, we can't brawl and fight like we used to. Kotone worked hard to make it look like the perfect guild to the Wizard Council. We have to be quiet, understood?" Mirajane commanded, a devilish look in her eyes threatened that she would make them pay if they disobeyed.

They nodded and ran inside the guild, silently closing the door behind them.

Erza took the lead and hooked herself in first, telling Mirajane that she needed to calm down before she used the wagon. Mirajane hopped into the back as the wagon took off, leaving a trail of dust.

Lucy leaned over to Natsu and quietly asked, "Where can we take her?"

Natsu tapped Erza's shoulder as they left Magnolia, "Head towards the lair."

"I'm already ahead of you," she kicked up speed and the only thing the people of Magnolia noticed from their exit was that they must have a mission that required their immediate service.

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Semyon watched as Mirajane ran inside like a bullet and left just as fast, a harsh wind following her as she zoomed out.

He woke up when Mirajane started yelling for Elfman and was out of bed when her fast exit caused him to fall out.

He stood up and tried to get the ringing in his ears to stop after he hit his head on the way down. He picked up his glasses, allowing him to be able to find his clothes with ease. He changed and searched around for his bag, not remembering where he placed it the night before. After searching for a good amount of time he remembered that he had left it in Kotone's office.

He stretched and yawned, it being a little early for him to be up and moving. He walked to the door and opened it to see the guild was full of members. They all turned and watched him start to sweat. It was just like his what he feared it would be like. Fairy Tail becoming a mellow guild and proving the rumor true.

"Well hello sunshine. You're up a little early aren't you?"

Semyon looked for the voice that called him out and found a guy a same age as him working the bar.

"Kotone said you would be staying with us for a little while. Glad to have you aboard Semyon. Excuse them, they aren't really morning people," the guy said, cleaning a glass.

"Y-yeah," he stuttered, extremely happy as the people in the guild looked away from him and started talking at a normal level to each other. Semyon shuffled over to the bar, seeing as the only morning person in the room happy to talk to him was there. "W-Where is Mirajane?"

"Mirajane?"

"Yeah, she usually works the bar, but I don't see her anywhere."

"Mirajane called in sick so I'm working today," he said, flashing him a goofy grin.

Semyon sat down, knowing the guy was lying to him. He heard her this morning and she even ran into the nurses' office. She wouldn't run that fast if she was sick. "So then who are you?"

"Gary Chazrosens is my name. How can I help you?" he asked.

Semyon felt like they were polar opposites. Semyon was a nervous worry wart and Gary seemed like the type of guy who would stand in front of you as you threw knives around him. Not only were their personalities different, but their appearances couldn't have been more opposite. Semyon's white hair and light brown eyes could be seen a mile away, but Gary's black hair and dark brown eyes would let him blend with the crowd. Semyon was pale while Gary was tan.

A small blue haired girl grabbed his attention saying, "Where are you from Semyon?"

"Uh…um…w-well I-I…" he stuttered, surprised by her sudden appearance. Levy was talking to him, with Jet and Droy close behind her, pouting because she wasn't talking to them. He took that in and felt as his tongue stopped working. Girls were not his strong point. Being under pressure was not his strong point.

The sweat on his hands made it impossible for him not to know that he was panicking, but it's not like he really needed that to tell him the obvious. He fisted his hands as his mouth snapped open and close like a fish out of water. He sat like that for a moment until he realized why he was so nervous. Kotone hadn't jumped in yet. When he was by himself and didn't know what to do, she had jumped in and made everything alright, even in his dream. Even last night.

Last night was something different all together. He was brave and strong last night. Of course at first he was nervous, but when she had patiently waited and smiled at him, he had gained the courage to stand up and point at the bandages. Then when she started talking, he saw how vulnerable she was. She wasn't a master anymore, she was a child who needed an older brother to listen and tell her everything would be all right. He acted as that older brother and became someone that could be depended on. He wasn't the pathetic, cautious, coward of a boy he usually was. He felt like he was needed, like he had a purpose.

Levy watched as Semyon stuttered, her smile growing at how cute his awkwardness was. When his mouth closed, his eyes seemed to look through her, at something behind her. She found herself copying him when his head cocked to the side ever so slightly.

Semyon looked at Gary in a new light, "Where is Kotone?" Levy's question was completely forgotten.

Gary picked up a new glass to clean and eyed Semyon, "She went to go talk to the other guild Masters. She said she was going to check on Mirajane on the way there."

"But," he said, examining Gary further, "last night she told me she wasn't going anywhere. And, haven't I seen you before?"

Gary stopped his cleaning and Levy held her breath… Semyon noted this but kept quiet, waiting for what Gary was going to say.

"Well," Gary said, examining Semyon's reaction, "Maybe we bumped into each other in town, but other than that I can't really recall a time that I've met you before. As for what Kotone told you, she might have just forgotten that she had to leave today."

Semyon sat there, thinking over what Gary said. "Yeah, that's probably it."

Levy silently released her breath and continued smiling. She subtly changed the subject and Semyon played along, knowing that something was off.

Kotone didn't come off as the type of person who would forget something. Sure all he had to go on was his dream of meeting her and their encounter last night, but she was exactly the same type of person in his dream as she was in real life. He wasn't going to shake off the feeling that she didn't forget the meeting any time soon.

It was then that the doors flew open and the true rowdy bunch walked in, grim expressions on their faces. The blonde one, Lucy, saw Semyon and smiled. "Looks like Semyon is up!"

She and Erza walked up to talk to Levy while the others scattered to talk to others. Semyon was now extremely confused.

"Um, where did you guys come from?" he asked Lucy, not wanting to chance asking Erza the Titania.

Lucy was sitting next to him at the bar and turned away from Levy talking to Erza about how metal wasn't good if you wanted to be quiet. "Oh, uh, we just came back from a tough mission."

"Then how did you know my name?" he asked, a skeptical look in his eyes told Lucy that she had to be on her A game if she wanted to fool him.

"The Master told me," she said, looking up at Gary, knowing full well she isn't a very convincing liar.

"But the Master left a while ago, she couldn't have told you."

Lucy started fidgeting, knowing she had been caught already. She looked up at Gary, who came to her rescue.

"Did you run into her on the way back from your mission? She said she was going to stop by Mirajane's before she left to go to the meeting. Mirajane called in sick today," Gary said, looking her in the eyes. His tone might have sounded casual but Semyon heard the commanding undertone that left no room for questioning.

Lucy nodded, "Yeah, that's what happened exactly."

Semyon was quiet for a moment, "That would explain it."

Gary smiled and handed Cana another barrel after she slapped her hand down on the counter. Erza turned to Gary and started up a conversation with him about the advantages of various weapons. Semyon silently got up and left the guild, wondering what was going on. It was obvious they were hiding something, but what was it?

He scratched his head and adjusted his glasses. He saw a smudge on them and took them off, wiping them on his shirt. The next thing he knew he was on the ground, a heavy weight on top of him. He was clutching his glasses in his hand and hurriedly put them on to see the person who tackled him. He gasped when he recognized the uniform of the Wizard General Kiba, but started panicking when the General looked him right in the eyes, as he was laying on him, holding him down, extremely awkward for even the most normal person.

Semyon yelped as he threw the General off of him and scrambled away, keeping a good distance between the two of them. He jumped into the bushes he backed into when Kiba stood up and looked directly at him again.

"Did I do something wrong?!" Semyon exclaimed, wondering why the General was looking for him.

"Are you Semyon?" the General asked, standing his ground.

"Y-Yes," Semyon replied, praying that he wasn't being set up.

The general came and pulled him out of the bushes, "Kotone slipped a note into my pocket last night. It said to find the person staying at Fairy Tail who wasn't a member. And that his name was Semyon. It then said to bring you somewhere."

"Bring me? Bring me where?!" He exclaimed, being held by one's pants and dangling in midair by someone you have never met before would also cause a normal person to panic.

Kiba placed the boy down on the ground, "I don't know! She gave me a map though! Here, just read the note! You might make better sense of it than I did!" He pulled out a folded sheet of paper out of his white glove and handed it to Semyon.

He unfolded it quickly and smoothed it out. He read it and felt his heart skip a beat and then double its speed. He gulped, "Are you sure this was meant for you?"

"She put it in my pocket, but it could have been meant for you just as easily me. Maybe even both of us, she was always talking in riddles I couldn't figure out," he admitted, crossing his arms.

Semyon stiffly nodded and looked back at the sheet of paper.

The boy who is staying at the guild, Semyon, I want you both to come to a place that is only known by a

handful of people. There is a rough map drawn on the back but I'm sure you two will make it just fine. Undoubtedly I won't be by myself but, Kiba, you

should be able to convince whoever is there to let you through. If you can't convince them, give them this note. I need to discuss something with you two, but I might not be able to if my deduction is correct. Come anyways, I know that Semyon will want to come. Look to the light if you get stuck.

-Kotone

Semyon flipped the paper over and saw the map. Rough would not do it justice. It literally was just a line with a few curves.

"Riddles…it's always riddles with her," Kiba said.

Semyon was examining the paper, the line looked familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it. He flipped it over again and examined how the lines staggered and spaces were so big. She did that for a reason, but why?

He flipped that paper over again to look at the line. An idea popped into his head and he lifted the paper up to the sun and smiled. He tapped Kiba on the shoulder and showed him his discovery.

"We'll I'll be…" Kiba murmured before Semyon took off, pulling Kiba behind him.

Semyon felt all his fear and caution being thrown to the wind as he sprinted down the streets of Magnolia, the General of the Wizard Council's army being dragged by his own hand. He smiled, feeling better than he had in years because of a simple reason that would confound many people. He was smiling because he was going to see Kotone again. His smile grew at the thought of it and his legs picked up speed.

"Boy! Boy! Semyon!" Kiba cried, but they fell on deaf ears.

Semyon held up the map to the sun and saw the lines of the note create streets and paths that the line weaved through. Semyon let out a whoop of victory as he re-read the lines: Look to the light if you get stuck.

He ran out of Magnolia and practically jumped over a couple of incoming merchants. He yelled an apology over his shoulder as he ran like his life depended on it. His smile never left his face, even when Kiba threatened to throw him in jail.

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Mirajane sat there, watching as her master breathed evenly in her sleep. She gulped, completely awed at the dragon before her. They had barely got her into the right room when her weight changed. Wendy had made it sound like the changes would happen quick and fast, but she had only seen Kotone change into her dragon form when she was awake. With her drifting into a deep slumber, Kotone's control on her magic was slowly disappearing. She was slowly releasing her suppressed magic. Her true form no longer being human, no… no longer having a complete human form, she was naturally a dragon. This was the first time Mirajane truly understood that.

She was surprised at how big her small Master was. She was just as big as Acnologia was, maybe a little smaller but they were about the same. She was surprised when she saw how big the beds were when they got to the lair. They couldn't bring her to the room of the ritual because when they left last time, she had destroyed the room. All that was left was boulders and dust.

Mirajane resisted the urge to walk over and touch her Master's snout, but she wanted to so badly. It was like sitting in front of an old piano, scared to touch it yet the urge is still there. She didn't want to wake up her master but she wanted to do something for her.

In the end the urge over took her fear of waking her up. Mirajane stood up and walked across the room to get a better look. She stood in front of Kotone's paws, Kotone's head rested on her paws and her tail wrapped around her body. The long line of feathers that ran from the base of her head to the tip of her tail were black or white and a red one would appear every once in a while. The silver scales that covered most of her human body were now more noticeable and beautiful. They were shiny and smooth, that much Mirajane could tell at first glance.

She lifted her hand and compared her skin to the dragon scales that were inches away from her hand. She almost wished that her magic would give her those scales, but she remembered the sad and painful gazes that her Master would cast at her shelf in her office. She didn't wish for that pain, she didn't want anyone to own that painful gaze.

Mirajane brought her warm hand to the scales and gasped. She expected a cold surface but the scales warmed up her surprisingly cold hand. She brought up her other hand and also touched the scales that had enticed her so. She slid her hand over the delicate snout, wanting to rest her head on it.

She jerked her hands away as Kotone's eyes snapped open. Mirajane backed away, "I'm sorry! Did I wake you?"

Silence. Mirajane looked at Kotone's eyes; they were glazed over with the telltale sign of sleep. The massive head lifted from her paws, and turned towards the entrance. Footsteps could be heard.

Kotone growled and Mirajane had never been so frightened in her life, the sound rattled her bones and she found herself on the floor, shaking. She gasped for breath, her forehead formed sweat and a drop rolled down her face. Terrified wouldn't even describe how she felt.

Kotone stopped growling, listening as the footsteps hurried away. "Tomb robbers," she said in a dead pan voice, complete monotone. Her head fell back onto her paws, eyes closing.

Mirajane took a deep breath, steadying herself. How could they have found this place? She didn't know what she was more scared of, the fact that someone found the lair or Kotone's growl. It was definitely Kotone's growl but those people had unsettled her. She shakily stood up and ran to Kotone, hugging the dragon's nose for warmth and comfort.

"We won't let them come for you. That's a promise," she murmured, relaxing to the sound of Kotone's calm breathing.

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The soft incline lead to a cave in the side of a cliff and the note was tucked into a pocket in his pants. Kiba sat behind him, his clothes so dirty he didn't think magic would be able to fix it.

Semyon's smile was huge as he marched up the incline, but froze as a sound stopped him in his tracks. The hair on the back of his neck stood on end and his pupils dilated. His tried to move but found he couldn't budge even a finger. His breathing picked up until he thought his heart was going to burst from his chest. His stomach clenched and he would have lost his breakfast if he had anything for breakfast.

Kiba was right behind him and in the same condition for a few moments as the ferocious roar slowly faded away. He fixed his coat and cleared his throat. Semyon blinked, regaining the ability to move. Not only could he move again, but he seemed to be bursting with energy. He was more paranoid than ever before.

Kiba patted him on the shoulder, calming him down slightly, "I have only heard that once before. I tried to take her bandages."

Kiba walked on ahead, leaving Semyon to think about what he just said. You mean, that was Kotone? He asked himself.

As they walked into the cave, he immediately jumped out of the way. Three masked figures darted out, running at full speed. They sprinted away, leaving an aura of fear in their place.

"What was that?" Kiba asked, looking over his shoulder at the trail of dust.

Semyon shifted his weight from foot to foot, suddenly feeling like he had to move. "I don't know, but I have a feeling that they weren't supposed to be here."

Semyon walked in and Kiba silently followed. The cave turned into a tunnel with turns as it led them to a crossroad. Three options were in front of them and neither knew which one they were supposed to take.

They stood there awkwardly as they tried to come up with a solution. Luckily for them, Kiba had a lacrima that held light so they had their own torch to light the way.

Semyon tried to figure out a way to tell which one was the right tunnel to take, while Kiba listened. Kiba was eventually spread eagle on the floor, zoning out as Semyon muttered to himself.

"Well the walls are the same, they don't give anything away," Semyon mumbled, pacing. He walked over to one side of the tunnel and leaned against it. Immediately he knew that something was wrong.

He slid to the ground and scratched his head. He wasn't seeing something obvious. Kotone wouldn't lead them there to wander tunnels. She knew they could figure it out, but he was stumped. His brain felt like it was running into a wall every time his ideas failed. The head ache was coming. The infamous head ache of frustration.

He himself started zoning out as they just lay there, knowing that they were getting nowhere fast. His happy thoughts about seeing Kotone again were like the razor sharp edges of a shattered dream, painful as he picked up the pieces to try and mend it, only to drop them and start from the beginning.

He covered his face with his hands, hoping like a child that if he couldn't see the problem, there wouldn't be a problem. Reluctantly he pulled his hands away from his face and gazed at the three tunnels. They glared back, mocking him as he helplessly let them.

Kiba sighed as he got tired of fiddling with the lacrima, "We aren't going to get anywhere like this, maybe we should just head back."

Semyon nodded in agreement as he got up stiffly. They had been laying there longer than they thought.

Kiba stretched right before heading to the correct tunnel to leave, "Let's just hope that we get lost on the way out."

Semyon sighed, "No It should be fine since we can just follow our footsteps."

Semyon stopped in his tracks, his foot hovering above the ground as he was about to take his next step. His hand collided with his forehead and he called out for Kiba, but Kiba was already gone. Semyon was swamped with darkness but he was one of those people who were always prepared. He touched the lens of his glasses and he had instant night vision goggles.

He turned around and looked back at the three tunnels. Sure enough, the obvious signs where there. Footprints were everywhere, most undoubtedly from his pacing. But there were small footprints and large ones. Foot prints led to all tunnels, but the center tunnel was the only tunnel that had footprints coming from it and there were a lot of them.

Semyon smiled, racing down the tunnel. The shattered dream had been swept up and tossed into the recycling, being replaced with a new and stronger one. This dream, this dream was made of hope. And hope never dies. It can seem like its run away, but it's always there, sometimes just hidden in your sorrow.

Semyon's sorrow was forgotten as he tore down the tunnels, following the footsteps of many others before him. He turned into a tunnel and nearly collided with an outraged Mirajane. She was in her Satan Soul form, glaring at him and hands ready to attack.

She focused on him and slightly lowered her hands as she realized who it was. "Semyon? What are you doing here?" she asked, but realized he shouldn't even know how to get there. She brought her hands back up, threatening him.

"K-K-Kotone told me and General Kiba to come, but Kiba left…" Semyon trailed off as Mirajane inched her way toward him. "I HAVE A LETTER!" he yelled in desperation.

He searched his pocket to find the note. Once he found it, he almost dropped it he was trying to move so fast. He opened it and held it out to Mirajane, his hand shook slightly, causing the paper to emphasize his shaking.

She took it from him roughly and brought it up into the little light that entered the room. Semyon watched as her eyes moved, reading the note and recognizing the hand writing. She then gasped and her eyes widened, she changed back into her normal self, disarming her magic. She grabbed Semyon's hand and pulled him inside. Semyon tripped over his own feet as he got his first look at the room. A mass of silver scales and black and white feathers was settled on what he guessed was soft hay, like what they use for animals.

"That is Kotone," Mirajane said, literally dragging Semyon to the mass of scales. "Yes, she is a dragon and that isn't a very well-known fact. We plan on keeping it that way." She released his hand as they came to a stop before Kotone's head.

Semyon sat on the floor, gawking at the legend in front of him. Dragons aren't real. They can't be.

"Bu-But Kotone is a little girl!" Semyon blurted out, at a loss of why he wanted to come so badly. Why did he want to come again?

Mirajane giggled at that. She covered her mouth with her hand and apologized for her laughter. "Kotone is over 600 years old. She's not even sure how old she is anymore. But I think that is the only thing she doesn't know, in my personal opinion. I also think that the only reason why she doesn't know is because she doesn't care."

Semyon was quiet, obviously Mirajane wasn't sick and obviously Kotone wasn't at a meeting. Why did he want to see her so badly? Was it because he felt like he was finally home when he was with her? Now that he was sitting right in front of her nose, he felt safe again. He was always nervous and panicking but whenever Kotone was there, it was like his worries were never there.

Mirajane stood next to Semyon, gazing at Kotone. In her hand was the note and in her mind were thoughts of it. Kotone's note was also written in magic ink. That when the note touched a certain person, the ink would become apparent and would only stay so as long as the certain person was touching the note. Mirajane thought of the message that was left for her. Could the pathetic boy next to her really be what Kotone said? It seemed impossible.

Her focus shifted to the boy as he stood up, his eyes shining with a look of knowing. "It is Kotone!" he exclaimed, pointing to a spot on the dragon's neck.

Kotone's black Fairy Tail symbol was displayed proudly on the side of her long neck. The symbol was huge, it having been put on when she was in her human form.

His smile was big and goofy as he looked back at Mirajane who nodded in response. Semyon didn't even seem to notice as he looked back at Kotone, inhaling sharply as he saw Kotone's wings. So very different than the image of dragons he grew up with, blood thirsty monsters that terrorize towns when they get bored. Mighty creatures that resembled huge lizards but with leathery wings he recalled. But Kotone was like a horse with the skin of a snake and the claws of a hawk. Her wings were like an angel's, a fallen angel's.

The thought of comparing Kotone to a fallen angel made Semyon smile even more. Oh yes, Kotone was exactly like an angel that was so clever and smart that she decided to descend. A little twisted angel wasn't she? Her white wings occasionally had a black feather here of there and some of the white feathers looked scorched. Semyon wanted to skip around he was so giddy with happiness.

He ended up standing in the same spot Mirajane was standing on not too long ago. He stood on his toes as he tried to get a better view of Kotone's face. He softly placed a hand on her snout and gasped. A white light filled his vision and the world around him faded away. Clips and pictures flashed through his head like a slide show on fast forward. It was impossibly fast, too fast for anyone to register half of it. The slide show kept showing him knew things and Semyon felt like his head was going to burst. The pictures and clips were blurred they were moving so fast, but then everything stopped and the slide show stopped at the clip it was on.

Semyon couldn't close his eyes as he saw a world where the grass was blue and the sky was green. The sun was blue and the ocean orange. Tree trunks were green and the leaves were brown. The one thing that looked normal was the mustards that were scattered everywhere. Everywhere. They were even growing on top of the orange ocean.

He heard the echos of laughter and saw as Kotone ran over and climbed the green tree. She was wearing a white sun dress and her hair was in a ponytail but it only reached her shoulders. Then, she was completely human. No claws, no scales, completely human. Her human teeth shone as she smiled at an unknown entity that wasn't in his field of vision.

Then a second Kotone ran by the tree and jumped into the ocean. She was wearing a white tank top with white shorts. Another Kotone that was completely human, but her hair was that insane length of hair that he was used to seeing. It was in that braid and wrapped around her shoulders like a scarf, but it would have been a really loose scarf. It hung so her neck and face were clearly visible and Semyon could see her equally bright smile as the first Kotone. She came up from under the water and looked at the other Kotone. Their laughter was like a faded echo in his ears as he watched one duck into the water and one into the leaves.

A boy walked on, passing right by the tree before jumping back and looking behind it. He frowned and looked behind the white rocks, yellow clouds passing overhead. Soon the boy started walking back the way he had come from, but Kotone in the water emerged and quietly followed him. The Kotone in the tree crawled to the lowest branch and shared a glance with the soaking Kotone. They shared a smile and both pounced on the boy at the same time.

The boy fell with an "oof!" and the Kotone giggled and they started tickling him. Soon his eyes were filled with tears and he started tickling them back. It turned into an all-out tickle war and their laughter was like little bells. Before the end of it, all of their eyes were filled with tears and their smiles mirrored each other's. Suddenly they stopped laughing and their smiles disappeared as if someone had just called out to them. They turned and looked directly at Semyon, wonder written on their faces. Then the Kotone with the super long hair stood up and smiled at him, one of those smiles that are so big that they make you squint. She kissed her hand and waved it at him, "Tell everyone that I'm sorry!"

Then the image was gone as if someone turned off the TV and Mirajane's face replaced the three kids.

"Semyon! Are you okay?!" She yelled, shaking him to see if he would give a reaction. The boy was acting like a zombie compared to how energetic he was earlier. Mirajane knew something was wrong. She should have done something instead of just standing there. Semyon, he just, he just stood there! It was as if Gray had frozen him in one of his ice pillars. His eyes were wide and his mouth slightly open. She had called out to him, wondering what he was doing, but then he just started crying. She was walking toward him when he suddenly fell backwards. It was like some had hit him in the head!

"Semyon!" she said, shaking him yet again.

The boy blinked as seemed to focus on the girl in front of him, "Yes?"

"What do you mean 'yes?'! You just collapsed!" she exclaimed, moving back as he sat up.

"Did I?" he murmured, rubbing his head. Oh yes, the back of his head felt sore. And his face was wet. "Am I crying?"

Mirajane nodded, seriously concerned for his mental health.

"Did you see all that?" he asked, looking back at the sleeping dragon. "All those pictures?"

Mirajane slowly stood up, wondering if he really was mentally stable. She shook her head, wondering what he would say next.

"So it was just me…" he murmured. Then he stood up and said, "I'll take care of everything for you Onee-chan!"

He grinned his goofy grin and pointed to his neck, "I want it here just like yours!"

Mirajane was silent, mentally promising Kotone that she would take care of the boy Kotone was concerned about. She then gasped as a black Fairy Tail symbol appeared on Semyon's neck. She then realized that maybe Semyon wasn't crazy at all. She thought about it again and decided he might be a little crazy, but when Kotone got involved, anything was possible.

"Wait, Onee-chan?" she asked, realizing what he said.

Semyon was busy trying to decide which task he would start first out of everything Kotone had requested him to do. He was brought out of his thoughts by Mirajane's question, making him smile again, "One of my great grandfathers is Kotone's Dad as well!"

Semyon immediately snapped his fingers and looked at Mirajane in a whole new light. He took her hand and ran out of the lair, his goofy smile slowly turning into a regretful one. They ran out into the early afternoon sun, watching Kiba seethe at losing Semyon in the tunnels. Mirajane went over to talk to him, leaving Semyon alone. She questioned why he brought her out, but she knew her way back in.

She looked over her shoulder as Kiba finally calmed down and nearly started seething as well. Why the heck was Semyon doing?!

Semyon's hands were in the air, the signature of magic could be seen fluttering around his hands. He then swung them back down to his sides, the air in front of him rippling. He stood silently as the ripples died down. Once it was calm, he asked Mirajane to go back.

Mirajane ran back inside, through the tunnels. Just as she entered Kotone's room, she saw Semyon and Kiba looking at her as she ran back out. "What is this?" she asked.

"Kotone knew that you would want to stay with her so she wasn't alone. By doing that, you yourself were alone. Kotone couldn't really keep you company. This way you couldn't come here to be by her side. She wants you to be with everyone at the guild. She's not by herself though, trust me. She's the happiest she's ever been, I could feel it." Semyon smiled at her, holding his hand out.

She walked over and placed her hand in his, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "But, what did you do?" she asked, trying to remain strong.

"I don't know how she knew, but my magic…my magic creates illusions. I don't really like using it because the truth is one of the strongest powers in the world. That's what I believe at least. I made it so that whoever enters will be redirected out and it's undetectable. Now!" he said, clapping his hands together. "It's time to get Gildarts!"

Kiba nearly choked on air, "Why do you want to find him?!"

Semyon scratched his head, "You're right…I'll do the stuff that needs to be done immediately first. For example, I need to talk to Greg-I-mean-Zach first. Then I need to create an illusion that looks like Kotone so no one outside the guild becomes suspicious. Then I need to give everyone Kotone's message…Oh boy, I got a lot to do and little time to do it!"

Kiba couldn't keep up, "Please explain what happened in there! I'm just getting bits and pieces. Everything seems foggy to me. All of it is over my head."

Semyon started walking away, back to town. Kiba and Mirajane followed his brisk pace. "You know Kiba-kun," Semyon said. "You know the funny thing about fog is that it's just a cloud in your way. You can walk through it or just stand there saying that it's a dead end."

Kiba was quiet as he figured out what Semyon said. Mirajane giggled at Kiba's confused face as Semyon smiled, for he saw a lot of things with Kotone in that short instant.

Back in town, Semyon marched inside the guild, all of his worries and panic and nervousness were gone. He was proud and brave, for he had a sister. He had a sister who loved him and believed in him. Who needed him. He may not be the big brother he thought he was, but being a little brother to Kotone was just as cool.

"Yo! Zach my boy!" he yelled, holding his arms out like he was waiting for a hug.

"Greg" almost dropped the glass he was cleaning, but didn't look up at Semyon. He continued cleaning as if Semyon was talking to someone else.

Semyon quickly covered his mouth, "Oops! Sorry, I have to be more careful while you're in the guild." He hopped onto his seat and leaned on the bar. "Kotone wanted me to tell you something for her…" he whispered.

Zach looked up, "Are you talking to me?"

Semyon nodded, "Oh yes! I'm afraid so! Turns out Kotone can't tell you in person so she sent me. A guy named Samuel, he's the reason you guys aren't doing so well in you heists. She wanted to leave it up to you to do what you want to do with him. She thinks he's in some kind of trouble and that's the reason he's tipping you guys off to the authorities."

Semyon pushed off the bar and spun in his chair to see the rest of guild. His goofy smile shone as he said, "Yo! Kotone has a message for all of you!"

In the almost-quiet guild, he was heard pretty easily. All was silent but it didn't seem to faze Semyon in the slightest. "Now that I've got everyone's attention, I would like to give you all a message from Kotone. Yep that's right, Kotone. It seems Kotone is going to be hibernating for a while so she gave me a list of jobs to do. So far I've already accomplished two and I'm about to complete the third! The third job was to tell you all that she is sorry. Okay, three completed." With that he marched out the doors. His head popped back inside, "Oops, I still need to complete the forth task!"

He jumped back inside and raced up the stairs. He went straight to the throne and slapped a hand on a seat, creating a white magic circle. He slowly raised his hand, a white pillar forming underneath. The pillar shattered and the pieces fading away, leaving another Kotone standing on the Throne. The Kotone was exactly the same in every detail. The Kotone sat down and crossed her legs in the same way Semyon saw in his "dream". It was definitely not a dream. Kotone told him so in the lair.

Then Semyon ran out the door, wishing everyone a good day. It was time to go get Gildarts. If Gildarts was already gone by the time he got there, he would go after Laxus. He remembered when Laxus was banned from Fairy Tail. It was a huge scandal and Laxus became known as a really bad guy. That was putting it mildly. But from what Kotone told-er-showed Semyon was that she would give the only antidote to a poison to Laxus and she would hold the poison. She would tell him that if he kept the antidote as she drank the poison, she would make him the master of the guild. But if he gave her the antidote, she would kill him. Kotone said-er-showed that she knew without a doubt he would give her the antidote immediately.

Semyon smiled, racing out of Magnolia. He was going to meet new people and maybe even make a few enemies, but he knew that his sister was going to wake up. He knew that he had a short amount of time to get a lot of things done. Kotone would wake up. She would wake up when Fairy Tail needed her most and appear as the angel of death to start and end a war.

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Biggest chapter yet. I pity my Beta….. I'm so sorry Alice-chan….so sorry…

And thanks HiImNewHere for also helping me beta!

Okay guys, I want to ask if a sequel would be a good idea. You know how some sequels can never be as good as the original? I'm afraid that if I make a sequel it would pale in comparison. But leave a review and say what you think. I thought about even writing this chapter, but I decided it was necessary. I wanted to show how Kotone was as a Master. Kind of like Makarov, kind of not. I also wanted to show how Kotone "recruits" members she wants. Just casually help the newcomer and bring them to the guild before sitting them in her throne to make them feel special with that lovely view. Then, if she really really wants them to stay, use her father's magic to show them a nice "dream". I wasn't sure if you guys would get that. Semyon's magic is to create illusions and Kotone's dragon magic of sound could technically allow her to control her victim's dreams (especially how she has basically mastered her element and can use it in the most extraordinary ways ) but I never really liked the idea of using sound to control dreams. It's just not right in my mind. SO! What I did way back then was make her Mom an ordinary human and the Dad the one with the magic! That would explain why Acnologia would choose her because he needed someone with a lot of magical power. Kotone already did, but he needed someone who could live until he needed them. And then I changed the whole idea of being a dragon slayer into an actual dragon! She was originally going to be a dragon slayer and this entire story was going to be her adventures in Edolas! I like this version better. What do you guys think? Should I have kept her in Edolas?

Anyways, since this IS the last chapter of my FIRST fanfiction, I want to say a few things. Not as if I haven't said enough in the last paragraph… But I also wanted to mention that I was planning on going over my first couple of chapters so I could make them awesome. There is so much more I could add to them now! I've become such a better writer now! Granted I have a long way to go, but seriously! Look at my first couple of chapters and then this one! So much more detail and imagery! *Sniff* I'm glad this was my last chapter! No matter how many PMs I get about how bad a writer I am. Well, all I have to say to those people is that even a pro was once a beginner.

I have so many stories racing through my head every day that I know I will never be able to write them all. Kotone, my first character I actually gave a story to and let the pieces fall where they wished, all I have to say is I love you. So much that I hear her talking to me when I'm goofing off. I know she ended up being one of those practically invincible characters that no one could defeat, but I think being a dragon give her some excuse. I actually planned originally on her getting destroyed by Acnologia because in a way she is still only a baby… The next character I created is in another FF which I plan on continuing this month or next. I only have two horrible chapters up for it but have three people who have waited around a year for me to continue… I can't believe they still have story alerts for it…

Thanks for riding along this journey with me, those of you who have followed along and left reviews at every chapter. I send you my happy thoughts!

Reviews!

HiImNewHere I thank you again for helping me by being a beta! I can't wait to see Kotone in your FF! I don't mind mentioning people who deserve to be recognized for their work. And I already know your opinion on if there should be a sequel, but me? I'm an amazing author? My face turned crimson reading that. Thank you for the compliment but I doubt I'm amazing!

TheOrangeNeko I'm so sad that it ended! This chapter has actually been done for a while but I was waiting for the Betas' approval. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF IT! I'm so happy that people have stuck with me since the beginning!

Anonymous Yes I am aware that Mavis is a girl…. I posted that chapter a long time ago when the identity of Mavis was unknown….. I plan on going back and rewriting it….

Edward the Pure Yeah I wanted to include a chapter that showed how Kotone was as a Master and how it affected the locals. All those rumors! Yeah 7 dragons…. That includes the dragon king. Right now the Council is freaking out since the number of dragons is in question. It does seem to be over too soon! I made this chapter extra-long without realizing it because I didn't want it to end!

*sigh* For the last time in Another Dragon Slayer? my dear Royal Loyal Readers, until next time in another story….

Gajeel: THIS STILL ISN'T AN ANIME!

Miu: WHY WON'T YOU LET ME SAY IT!?