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Numb By Linkin Park and Open Wounds By Skillet.

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Chapter 5: Leaving A Life Behind.

2 years later

Lucy Pov:

I woke up with a weight on my chest. Peeling them open, I saw my best friend snuggled up on my stomach. Curled up in a tight ball, he was fast asleep. I got up and lifted the small creature off of me, careful as to not wake him up, and laid him down on the sleeping bag I was on.

I was in Kiara's old cave that I now lived in. I had "moved" out of the manor about six months ago and when I say "moved," I mean I live in here whenever I can. On the weekdays I lived in the manor, but every weekend I'd came out here to get away from the homeschooling and my father. Over the years since Kiara's disappearance, our relationship has gotten worse between me and him.

Usually when I go camping, I come home to find him flat out drunk. And you might be asking yourself "what a coincidence that he drinks when I'm gone!" But the truth was he was always dinks on weekends after mom had died, and only weekends because his work kept his mind busy on weekdays. I rarely ever see him too, the only time is when he does his grade check on my schooling and when he has something he wants me to do.

But anyway this was my true home. Where I could be the warrior that I am and not the heiress of the Heartfilia fortune.

I sighed, I'll be better off not thinking about it. I walked over to my duffle bag and took out some granola bars and nibbled on them, taking my time as I watched my partner's breathing. His name is Alexander, Alec for short, meaning "defender of the people" and he is my dragon.

Alec was a year and a half old. He was a baby, but he didn't act or looked like one. Alec is like a child at 10. Smart, playful, caring, and sometimes sarcastic. His dragon traits were there too though, He is very protective at times and rebellious. Over all he was a good dragonling.

On the description side, he's about the size of a large dog. Alec was black and dark red and his underside was a light gray. His body is thick and two wings were folded against his sides. His wings had long finger-like qualities that were black and the membrane between the "fingers" was the same light gray as his underside. Four strong red and black legs were curled beneath him with razor sharp claws. Multiple little spikes started from his head to long neck to his tail. His tail was also black and red with lager spikes at the end of it.

Alec's sleeping head was laid flat on the sleeping bag. His head was almost shaped like a snake's. The top of his head was black and red and his lower jaw was light gray. He had spikes on the top of his head and some on his cheeks with two large black horns sticking out on the top of his head and curled upwards slightly. Sharp white teeth could be seen outside of his mouth and his beautiful charcoaled eyes were closed in deep slumber.

Looking away from the sleeping dragonling, I brought my gaze upon my open right palm. Near my thumb was a black tattoo of an "S." The tattoo was shaped like a dragon with an arrow shaped head and long lines sprouting everywhere on its body. It was given to me by Alec when he was born.

~Flashback~

It was on a long day and twilight had fallen down on the earth. I was in my room, on my bed sitting with my legs crossed and a large black and red egg on my lap. I was reading my copy of Alexander the Great by Phillip Freeman when I felt the egg tremble a bit.

I looked down from the book to see a small crack had appeared on the top of the egg. I quickly set my book down and picked up the egg carefully and set it down on one of my bean bags and waited. The egg shook again and a larger crack replaced the small one. Another large crack appeared on the side of the egg.

I sat there in awe and excitement at the hatching egg. Then the top exploded off and the egg tipped to the side. A small black head poked out of the shell. The animal lifted up his face as if to smell the air and then turned its head towards me a stared with large ebony slitted eyes.

The creature made a little whine sound and slowly walked out of the egg, low to the bean bag, to me. The creature was a baby dragon. It looked at me with curiosity, trying to figure out what I was. Its eyes lingered on my own slitted brown ones.

I reached out my right hand to the dragon. The dragonling seemed to hesitate but then put its head on my palm. A sudden searing flash of pain came from my hand. I jumped up quickly and backed up from the dragon till I reached my bed. Then I lost consciousness.

The next morning I woke up to my hand burning a bit. I opened my eyes and lifted my hand to my face. I was surprise what I saw. I was a tattoo of an "S" shaped dragon with lines coming out all over its body. Then I remembered...

The Dragon.

I lifted my head from my bed to see where the little creature went only to find him curled up on my side sleeping. Sighing, I sat up and looked at the dragonling. The Dragon felt my stare and met my gaze. I patted his head and I swore I saw him smile. Lifting my and from his head, I looked at the "S" and back to him.

"Did you do this?" I asked him, but more to myself.

"Yup!" Said a kid's voice in my head.

I looked over to the dragon that was now awake and staring at me happily. "So you can talk? Just like Kiara," I stated.

"Yah. I'm Queen Kiara's son," he said with a smile. "And I can talk to any one whether Dragon Slayer or not. With my symbol on your palm you can talk to me in your mine and also draw power from within me!"

"Cool," I said looking at the tattoo. "What's your name?"

"I-I don't have one." He looked sad at this so I tried to think up a name. I then remembered my book from last night.

"How about Alec? After Alexander the Great? He was the Macedonian King and one of history's brilliant military leaders and most powerful rulers.

"Really? I like it! Hi, I'm Alec and I'm your dragon!" He said with a toothy smile and handed me his tail to shake.

"Lucy Heartfilia, Second Child Of The Great, the Celestial Dragon Slayer." I shook his tail and that was the start of our friendship.

~End of Flashback~

I sighed at the nice memory and Alec woke up. He lifted his head groggily with his eyes halfway opened. He looked around and his sleepy eyes rested on me. Alec got up and walked up to me.

"Ready to go back to the Manor Bud?" I asked him. I began to roll up the sleeping bag to put it away into my duffle bag with all of my other things.

" Awh! Do we have to?" His head was hanging low and he gave me the puppy dog eyes.

"Yah. I have to go back to school, Alec. And don't you want Robert to cook you up some chicken?"

Alec's head shot up as he heard his favorite food. I laughed and started to walk out of the cave with everything packed and Alec walking by my side.

The walk didn't take long. I had an earbud in one of my ears listening to my music, watching Alec chase after the birds in the sky. When we reached the edge of the woods Alec came down from the sky and landed lightly beside me. I looked at him and he used his size magic to shrink down to about the size of a small lizard.

No one knew about Alec except me, my maid Paige, and her husband Robert. I had decided to tell them about Kiara and about Alec because I was really close to them and I needed help taking care of Alec. The couple loved Alec the second they saw him and treat him like their son.

Once Alec climbed up on my shoulder, I began walking towards the backdoor of the manor. As soon as I walked inside Paige came running up to me. Her hair was winded and her usually warm brown eyes held worry in them.

"Miss. Lucy, Your father is calling for you in his study."

"Father? But grade checks aren't till a week from now. What the hell could he want?" This was highly uncommon for father to call me when it wasn't for grades, so this could only bad. I swear if it's another freaken ball I'm gunna hang myself. I sighed. "Very well. Can you take Alec and give him chicken? I don't need father finding out about him and plus he hadn't had anything to eat this morning yet."

"Sure thing. Robert had been meaning to try a new recipe for him. Come on Alec. Let's get some food into you."

"Food!" Alec said. Alec flew off of me and landed on top of Paige's Brown hair. "On ward! The food is a callin'!"

"Oh! And Paige? Can you send someone to help me in a dress in five?" I asked her before she left.

"Yup! Good luck, Luc." And with that she left, leaving me alone in the hall way.

For the umpteenth time today I sighed and I made my way to my room. A maid was there waiting with a poofy pink Victorian dress. I took a shower and let the maid dress me in my gown. She put up my hair in a bun thing with curls and bangs falling down. She brought over some matching high heels but I turned them down and put on my light brown combat boots with my black and gold pocket knife clipped onto it and my mother's belt with my keys hooked on.

Done with the princess get-up, I thanked the maid and left my room heading for father's study. I rapped on the door and herd my father's booming voice telling me to enter. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door and walked in.

Father stood behind his desk looking out the large window, his arms crossed behind his back. He had on his brown suit with his yellow hair slicked back. His body language showed his confidence and power.

"Lucy," he said authority leaving no care in his voice, but he did have a slight slur to it indicating that he was somewhat drunk. "I have made a deal with the western side of the railway company and said they would trade a piece of their railways for some golden Celestial keys. The daughter of the company is one of those mages and wishes to have some gold keys so I will be giving yours to her for a chunk of their rails. You may leave all of your keys here. You are dismissed." He extended his open hand waiting for the keys to be put in it.

What? I looked at father dumbfounded. He can't be serious. No way would father sell something that was so special to mom and me, but at the same time he would do anything to make me miserable. I just couldn't believe he would stoop this low just for money.

Father was getting angrier by the minute without the keys in his hand. "Lucy, give me the keys now."

"But they were moms! She gave them to me! You can't have them! They mean so much to me and they are my only friends! You can't!" I begged him. His glare that he sent at me made my hands tremble a bit.

"Lucy! Now!"

"No," I whispered. I tilted my head down at let my bangs cover my eyes. There was no way in hell that he was getting my keys. There were the last thing I had of my mother and if he wanted them he'd have to pry them from my cold dead hands.

"Lucy! You will give them to me." He said in a deadly drunken voice. He turned around to face me.

"No!" I said louder and my head shot up, my determined eyes locked on his. "I'm tired of this crap. You will never have them! If you think you can take them, come and try." My hands clenched into tight fists.

Father looked at me, I couldn't read his eyes. He walked over to stand in front of me. I stood up straight but my hands were still clenched. "Okay, Lucy." His tone was flat and cold. Before I could even think, he whipped his and across my cheek making a loud sound.

Damn that hurt. There was an intense stinging feeling on my cheek, but I ignored it. I bored my hate filled eyes into his. As soon as you knew it though, my fist reared back and punched him in the face hard. I grinned when he stumbled back a bit. He had a look of disbelief on his face.

In response to my punch he quickly kneed me in my stomach. All of my air went out as I fell to the floor in pain. He swiftly landed a kick to my ribs. I heard a sickening sound and gasped and moaned out in pain. Father looked down at me with distasteful eyes as he slicked back is hair and straightened his coat. He bent and took my keys, walking away back towards his desk. But before he could reach his desk, I got up to my feet achingly and reached out an opened hand towards him.

"Golden Ray of the Celestial Dragon!"

A beam of golden light shot out from my hand and hit the wall close to fathers head. A large crater formed on the wall. Father was shocked; a look of surprise came over him. His hold on my keys loosened.

With my hand still up at my father, I cautiously walked towards him and took my keys, hooking them back onto my belt. "Try me and I swear I won't miss again." With that I backed up slowly then turned around and sprinted out of the room and to mine.

Shit. This is not good.

Alec. Let's go we are leaving now, I said to Alec in my head. I reached my room and started to pack all of my things into four suitcases.

Why? What happened Lucy? Alec questioned.

I'll tell you later, but come to my room we are leaving...for good.

I changed into a black tank top and jean shorts. I finished packing my clothes into one of my suit cases and packed another full of my favorite weapons, another full of books, and the last other random things like my IPod and pictures and etc. My suit cases were magically enhanced so I can but anything in there without ever running out of room. Once I was done packing I called out Cancer and asked him to take my bags into the spirit world. When he left Alec came barging into my room back to his original size of a dog.

"Lucy! What's wrong? What is happening?" Alec asked me frantically.

"I'll tell you later. Pack you things we are leaving." As Alec packed his few belongings, I wrote out a letter to Robert and Paige saying what happened and that we were leaving the manor. I didn't bother to say goodbye because I hoped to see them again in the future. After I sealed the envelope, I left it on my desk for Paige to find and I left a Lacrima to communicate with them.

Alec had finished his packing and I gave it to Cancer too. I walked out of my room and out of the back door of the manor. Alec had used his size magic to become bigger so we could fly. Hopping on his back, I took a last look at the manor.

"Let's get going." Alec soared up in the air and we were off to a new life.

Hello my Dragonlings!

Hoped you enjoyed this chapter and sorry I took longer to write it up. In the next chapter we will meet Natsu and every thing. Question for yall do you want me to recreate the different arcs? I debating weather to do it or not and I'd like your help. Also Alec and Lucy's tattoo is up on my printerest if you wanna see what they look like.

Pinterest is The Reaping Dragon to see Lucy's Tattoo and the Dragons!

Well hope yall are liking the story. Oh! and I wont be able to post a chapter on Monday because Imma camping that day so maybe next Monday yall might get the next chapter? Idk, life happens. Oh well.

See yall later!

~The Reaping Dragon.

P.s. The tattoo idea was from eragon (forgot to give credit lol)