Wendy, Gajeel, Natsu, and Lucy sat around a hexagon table as Layla explained the story of the original Dragon Slayers from 400 years ago.


Layla paused gritting her teeth as she prepared to continue

"Zeref, this was when Obsidian made Zeref"

"WHAT!" they all exclaimed

"What do you mean MADE Zeref, how does Zeref fit into this?!" Natsu shouted

"You know Zeref?!" Layla said shocked.

"Know him? I met the guy, he tried to hurt my friends, but then he cried for some reason?" Natsu said scratching his head

"HE CRIED?" Layla was shocked by this but then flashed a slightly evil grin "Good!"

"Oh yeah, then he attacked me with a Black Wave or something and ruined Igneel's scarf, he made it go black! I had to change my outfit and everything!" Natsu rambled to himself as Layla looked at him confused.

"Then I fixed it!" Wendy exclaimed in triumphant

"Zeref" Layla said gritting her teeth seething in anger as the cabin began to shake. Layla quickly realised what she was doing and calmed down, the 4 humans couldn't help but feel worried.

"I'm sorry for that, its just that Zeref isn't who you think." Layla said calming down before slowly saying with seriousness in her voice "Zeref... IS... Obsidian"

"Wait isn't Obsidian the name of that other Pillar!" Lucy said in shock

"HE'S A DRAGON?!" Wendy, Natsu, and Gajeel shouted

"No, Zeref himself is the human form of Obsidian but he is human... he is similiar to what I was when I had you Lucy" Layla said turning to Lucy.

"As Pillars Obsidian and I can split ourselves apart into multiple weaker vessels housing our essence, Zeref represents about 70% of Obsidian's power as well as his immortality but he retains none of his dragon form."

"Right now I'm 100%. I can turn completely back into a dragon as I had shown you outside, Zeref is unable to do this."

"So if Zeref is only 70% of obsidian does that mean right now your more powerful momma?" Lucy asked, starting to just accept who her mother really is

"Yes, my power is equal to Obsidian's in every way, so while he represents 70% I am 30% stronger"

"Wow, you're amazing Lucy's Mom! you should fight Gildarts!" Natsu exclaimed.

(You're and idiot Salamander) Gajeel thought as he face palmed.

Layla let out a small laugh at this, it helped her get the will to continue her story.

"Okay back to my story, as I said 50 slayers had been made for the festival which was to prove their worth. but then Obsidian made Zeref..."

"I had previously told you that Obsidian split his being into 2, by creating Zeref with 70% of his power. Well that remaining 30%, unbeknownst to me at the time, he further split it into another 30 creating demons called 'shades', he then used these to... Infect, a large portion of my newly created Dragon Slayers."

"When the Dragon Festival had started Obsidian approached me in his new human form trying to prove to me that he was accepting humans enough to become one. He told me that his human would represent 10% of his being leaving his dragon form at 90% to continue to rule over his broods."

"At face value this works fine so I just dismissed it, normally I wouldn't care what he did so I just thought he was honestly trying to understand the humans and choose to see the world through their eyes."

"But I was deceived..."

"When the Adolescent Trails started the Dragon Slayers killed the younger Dragons... All of them..."

"This lead to an uproar even some of my own faction began to question how I could let this happen. It wasn't uncommon for the weak to perish it was never 100% for the human to lose, that's the point of the festival to weed out the weak, but it had never been this one-sided in the human's favour."

"In the end, as far as everyone was concerned, almost 100 whelps, an entire generation, wiped out at the hands of MY Dragon Slayers." Layla couldn't help but weep a little in sadness despite her anger at the situation as a whole.

"It's ok momma, you said you couldn't have known" Lucy said as she comforted Layla taking her hand. Layla wiped the tears from her eyes with the other hand and continued.

"Obsidian used this to gain support claiming that we were handing too much power to the Humans, citing the Festival's results as proof. But I couldn't accept it as the Dragon Slayers shouldn't have been strong enough to obliterate the younger dragons like they did. But as the incident was fresh and I was unable to dispute the claims at the time I was forced to accept the scrutiny of my peers."

"Obsidian proposed a solution to the incident, a form of punishment for the Slayers involved in the killing to appease the Dragon Broods. The 30 Dragon Slayers involved would battle each other with only the victor being allowed to survive as a reward."

"A savage battle royale was organised, but as the fight unfolded it was only then that I understood what Obsidian had done, and how the unprecedented slaughter of the adolescents had happened."

"As one of the humans was killed I watched as his magical essence, his power, divided equally amongst the surviving Slayers, this wasn't part of the Dragon Slaying Magic I created!"

"That's when I realised that Obsidian had split into fragments and not retained his 90% form as he originally claimed, instead he had possessed the Dragon Slayers! I was furious! Before the fight had even finished we Dragons went back to war as Obsidian's actions were a direct violation of the ceasefire."

"The battle royale of the Slayers however continued, eventually concluding while the Dragons fought in the skies above. Out of all the slayers I made with that Lacrima one of them was above the rest, even before I made the Dragon Slayers I considered him a friend and he may have even been the driving force behind my thoughts for human rights and coexistence."

"His affiliation with me also empowered him with the other humans. He became a symbol of hope, and he was eventually crowned their King... The victor of the Dragon Slayers incident... His name was Acnologia..."

"So that's why that Dragon that attacked us was so powerful" Gajeel said.

"Zilconis told us that Acnologia was a Human, so it seems at least that part wasn't a lie, but he said Dragon Slayers turn into Dragons if they keep using their power." Wendy said with fear.

"And that's why Zilconis is an idiot!" Layla said angrily defending her magic from baseless slander. "Spreading lies about Dragon Slayers, he is just someone that believed Obsidian's lies over the whelp killing."

Layla took a deep breath before continuing her story.

"With Civil War now once again in full swing because of Obsidian's betrayal, the real horror was yet to be realised. Acnologia joined the fight as the Human King and leader of the remaining 20 Dragon Slayers. Using the combined 30% power he had now obtained by killing the other 29 Infected Slayers he was able to battle toe to toe even with Royal Dragons."

"But the real problem come from the nature of Obsidians power... when Acnologia killed a Dragon he would gain a tiny yet tangible chunk of the vanquished Dragons power through a Vampiric Ability if you will, so Obsidian started to use his own faction's soldiers to empower Acnologia."

"Acnologia defeated a substantial chunk of Obsidian's forces, which tipped the scales of the conflict heavily in our favour, but just as we thought the end was in sight... that's when Obsidian blurred the lines..."

"Using the 30% of his essence that he had pooled in Acnologia, he asserted control over his mind. Acnologia was driven mad by Obsidian and soon came to view all Dragons as the enemy and without warning he turned on us."

Tears welled up in Layla's eyes as she continued her nightmarish story

"But the final straw was when he realised it wasn't just the Dragons he could consume the power of, it was anyone that possessed Dragon Magic including the remaining 20 Dragon Slayers who had been fighting by his side."

"It didn't take him long to kill the other Dragon Slayers but in his madness and under the influence of Obsidian he turned on any human. Acnologia up until that point had lead them through countless victories as Commander and King, yet he turned on them all..."

"Over time, Acnologia's body warped to accommodate all the power he was stealing through Obsidian's vampirism, eventually becoming a Black Dragon himself."

Layla started to weep the story was opening up too many old scars, but it had to be told.

"That's just like that Future Rogue!" Natsu interrupted

"WHAT!" Layla stared at Natsu in shock before asking "What do you mean 'just like'?"

"He killed Sting and took his Dragon Slayer powers in the future, he had both Shadow and Holy." Natsu said as he clearly recalled Future Rogue's power.

"That shouldn't be possible, it's not a Dragon Slayer Ability, he must've been touched by Obsidian, it's the only way" Layla responded.

"Future Rogue said the shadows were coming for him, that they always had been" Natsu responded.

"That could mean that it is one of Obsidians Shades a fragment of his being! If that's the case and Rogue has already been infected, he is in serious danger, we will have to rid him of Obsidians hold before its too late!" Layla exclaimed slightly in panic as she couldn't bare to see it happen again now.

"Rogue himself said that he didn't give into the Shadow for another year, only when Frosch died did he turn." Natsu said trying to calm Layla's nerves.

"We have time... that's good, we will have to deal with this Rogue when we are done here" Layla said looking at the 4 Fairy Tail Wizards.

The 4 of them gave her a reassuring nod.

Layla stopped, as she had been speaking for a while now and wanted to gauge the feelings of those around her.

"That's the story of Obsidian's betrayal, the reason for the Dragon Civil War and The Origin of the Dragon Slaying Magic..." Layla announced before adding "Do any of you have any questions before I continue?"

"I have one question" Wendy said raising her hand. Layla looked at her with a smile "Yes?"

"Do you know where our parents are now?, and what happened to them on July 7th x777?"

Layla paused for a moment... before considering how to answer the question, as it would lead to more questions that she would have to explain...

"Yes... but..." Layla responded, as All 3 Dragon Slayers gasped at her response.