2 days had passed since Kori had joined Fairy Tail, reuniting the 4 First Generation Dragon Slayers from the past.

Since her arrival, there had been on average 8 brawls per day between Natsu, Gajeel, and Kori all of which resulted in Kori's instant victories, much to the displeasure of the other 2. Meanwhile Saphira and Layla had worked to complete a Lacrima which would unlock the remaining power of the Freezing Water Dragon Slayer.

It was now night-time at Lucy's apartment. Layla had been staying with her daughter, as Lucy had insisted she did ever since they returned to Magnolia.

Lucy was feeling left behind, she noticed the power the other members were gaining thanks to the new training dimension as well as her mothers words about Natsu and the other Slayers untapped potential. Lucy decided to approach Layla to learn more about her seals, but at the same time she had lingering questions that clouded her mind since Obsidian Shadow's words...


"Momma..." Lucy said from the couch in her living room

"Yes dear?" Layla quickly responded from the kitchen where she was preparing a tray of tea

"When we helped Rogue with Obsidian's Shade... It said some things before Saphira and Kori showed up, things that took me by surprise and they scared me" Lucy said with some fear in her words.

Layla bumped the Tea Tray on the bench due to the small shock Lucy's statement gave her, but she quickly calmed her nerves as she picked it up and joined Lucy in the Living room.

"What kind of things did he say..." Layla asked to gauge where she should begin.

"He... He called you his Sister... and called me Niece... but it was more the way he laughed as he said it, it just seemed to pierce into my heart and rattled me" Lucy responded.

Layla let out a sigh before she answered "It's not... Entirely true... But..."

"So he is related to us?" Lucy asked

"It's not what you think... You see... We're... Old..." Layla responded

"Old? How old is old...?" Lucy replied raising an eyebrow as she stared at her mother in an adjacent chair.

"Really Old?" Layla said vaguely as she feigned a smile, not really wanting to answer

"I think it's time you told me about yourself Momma, no more secrets!" Lucy said as she stared into Layla's eyes.

Layla sighed showing signs of regret

"When you saw my readout on the Magic Analyser and it showed the max output... I told you I killed a god..." Layla responded looking back at Lucy

"Yes is that really true...?" Lucy said as she squinted her eyes at her mother in skepticism

"Lucy... mrrgnnn... Okay fine" Layla said as she took a deep breath

"When the God's of Old first tried their hand at creation, they created Dragons. But not Dragons as you know them today. Their Dragons were original designed to be Soldier's, that they could use as shields in the event their Titan parents ever returned to seek revenge on them, as the children that overthrew them..."

"And these original dragons what happened to them?" Lucy said ensuring not to break eye contact.

"You're looking at one..." Layla said staring Lucy in the eye.

"So when you say your old..." Lucy asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm over 10 thousand years old..." Layla said as she looked downwards

"... what..." Lucy responded seeming sapped of her spirit.

Layla sighed before continuing

"The God's created us to be their soldier's but we were flawed. When they designed us they wanted us to be powerful, after all we were intended to fight Titans. But because of this short-sighted goal and their ignorance with creation we had no way to replenish the power our bodies required..."

Layla paused and looked directly into Lucy's eyes before adding "except from one another..."

Lucy's eyes grew wide as she asked "one another?"

"We... Killed each other... there were about 20 of us to start with, but we slowly killed each other as well as destroyed the majority of the planet as our battle raged. Eventually the God's realised their flaw and devised the twin pillars, a way to radiate magic throughout the world to replenish our power... But they were too late..."

A tear ran down Layla's face as she remembered how savage she was, how many of her original brothers and sisters she tore to pieces and devoured.

"I'm sorry momma, I shouldn't have asked." Lucy said in sadness

"No, you have a right to know, you should know your heritage" Layla said as she composed herself.

"When the Gods made the Pillars only 2 of us originals were left, Myself and Obsidian... that's why we consider ourselves brother and sister, we aren't necessarily blood related we are simply the only 2 left of the Original Dragon Race." Layla said figuring this would answer the sister comment.

"Wait they created the Pillars AFTER you? but I thought you said you were the Pillar?" Lucy said confused

Layla looked down in shame as she continued to level with her daughter.

"Because there were only 2 of us left and because of the power the Pillars represented, Obsidian and I were each assigned a Pillar to protect and defend. I was assigned the Pillar of Light, while Obsidian was assigned the Pillar of Darkness."

"Originally we had no colour, we were both white, but through our proximity to our pillars and the magic they radiated, our scales and bodies began to absorb their power changing my scales to yellow to signify the light and Obsidian's to black to signify the darkness." Layla said as she looked up at Lucy

"So it was only by chance... that you were the light..." Lucy said slightly terrified of this thought

"Yes I could have easily been Obsidian, but this also leads to what I told you earlier... I believe I mentioned to you that Obsidian was ridiculed for his colour, that is true. But the colour was a direct result of the Pillar's energy."

"This is why I pleaded to the Gods at the time to do something to help him, they could have easily altered the Pillar to emit something different, but they were too attached to light & dark, good & evil... simple definitions. They also preferred their new creation... The Second Dragon Race, the one you know today... In their eyes we had fulfilled our purpose and they had moved on"

"Because this was a result of their short-sighted ideals, and incompetence, Obsidian and I gave up on the idea of their help. For 2 thousand years, Obsidian slowly fell into his darkness, but he soon realised that the fact our body's were absorbing the Pillar's meant that we were compatible with them on a genetic level."

"In his mad insight, Obsidian consumed his Pillar in the same fashion that we consumed the other originals to survive. Obsidian approached me and told me of what he had done, at the time we were still close being the only survivors of our race. In my anger of the gods for letting it come this far, I followed Obsidian's example... I consumed the Light Pillar." Layla said this with remorse

"With both of us now drunk on the power we possessed, we attacked the god's that had ignored our plea; in the end we killed them with the power they in their arrogance gave us. That is why I'm categorized as a Destroyer, because that is what I'm best at" Layla said as burst into tears.

Lucy stood up out of her chair and walked over to her mother, just like what she had done for Lucy in the cabin, she held Layla's head to her chest in comfort

"It's not all your good at Momma, I've seen the world you created, its lush green grass and trees, the tranquil ocean, the serene mountains and desert. You can do many wonderful and joyous things with your power."

Lucy stroked Layla's head as she continued to pour her heart out.

"You're just like your Pandora armor... You have the capacity for destruction, but you have proven your primary purpose to be that of protection, and the care of those around you. Look at what you did for the humans 400 years ago..."

"But what is most important, are your actions now and in the future; that is all that will ever matter" Lucy said as a tear rolled down her face in pride.

"Thank you Lucy, you once again prove that you will always be my greatest creation" Layla said with a smile as she looked up at her caring daughter.

"Despite the pain it caused you to remember, you answered my questions, but I do have 1 request" Lucy said with a smile.

"Name it" Layla said as she wiped away her tears

"With the addition of Kori and what the Pandora armor can do, I think it's time that I catch up. Can you remove one of my seals tonight?" Lucy asked with determination in her eye.

"Yes, I think now would be a perfect time" Layla said as she stood up from her chair.

"Will it hurt?" Lucy asked slightly worried

"No, there wont be any pain, but you may get a slight headache when you wake which unfortunately I can't prevent, it should only last an hour, so you will have persevere" Layla responded as she gestured Lucy to lay on the bed.

"Okay, close your eyes, once I open the seal you will fall into a deep sleep for the night as your body slowly adjusts to the new power" Layla said with a smile as Lucy closed her eyes.

Layla's eyes turned blue as she analysed the seal spells she had cast over 20 years earlier. Seeing the first seal she manipulated it piecing it with her mind; she watched the sealed power slowly pour out through the crack like a burst dam into Lucy's now unconscious body

"Sleep well my child, Tomorrow will be a day of discovery" Layla said with a smile, leaving Lucy to sleep.


Lucy slowly came too from her slumber, the sun was up as she could see it coming through her outside window onto her bed, so today was a new day.

As she tried to stand up she found herself a little dizzy and the headache her mother told her about was definitely no joke either, as she staggered to the bathroom feeling like she had been hit by a train.

She looked at herself in the mirror, there were no visible changes which made her happy as deep down she was scared of waking up and finding a tail or something, but much to her delight everything was how it should be.

She had a shower got dressed and decided to head to the Fairy Tail Hall. She reached for her front door to open it but when she touched the door handle, the door exploded into a pile of splinters.

Lucy in shock blinked a few times and looked at the handle in her palm and the pile of wood chips all over the floor, once this sunk in she screamed. "THIS CAN'T BE NORMAL!"

After spending 10 minutes sweeping up the chunks of her door, she made her way out the front and down to the river's edge. Due to intense fear that she would accidentally do it again, she refused to go near anyone or touch anything as she made her way to Fairy Tail.


"Where is she?" Lucy said as she entered Fairy Tail hall prompting those present to just stare at her in confusion.

"Momma, Layla, is she here?" Lucy said as she got frustrated

As Lucy got angry a thick wall of magical pressure radiated out from her, and rocks and debris started to defy gravity around her, much to the distress to onlookers who had never seen Lucy exhibit such power.

"Lucy" Mira called out from the bar with a wave.

When Lucy heard Mira's voice she calmed down and went over to meet her, all the debris fell back to the floor. Everyone in attendance steered clear of her in fear as she made her way across the room.

"Oh hello Mira, have you seen my mother?" Lucy asked

"Oh I think she is upstairs with Master, she should be done shortly... but before that... you do realise what you just did... right?"

"Mmm? just did? did what?" Lucy said as she blinked at Mira in confusion

"Oh dear... When you got angry in the doorway just now, you released a substantial amount of magic, more than I have ever seen from you" Mira said looking at Lucy with some confusion but also a hint of fear.

"I did? I didn't even realise..." Lucy responded confused

"Lucy... the power you just released... it felt like Gildarts..." Mira said ensuring that the seriousness of it sunk in

"Gildarts? Me? Well I did have Momma remove one of my seals last night before bed... and I did kind of destroy the door to my apartment..." Lucy said as she herself got scared remembering how Gildarts walked through walls

Lucy placed her hands to her mouth "I'm sorry I didn't mean to" Lucy said with a worried expression

"It's ok Lucy, if what you say is true, and your mother has released some of your power, it just means you need to relearn your limits to restore your control" Mira said with a reassuring smile

"Hmm, maybe I should test it out a little" Lucy said as she pulled out her keys.

"Open Gate of the Lion and Goat" Lucy exclaimed with both Loke and Capricorn appeared

"I knew you missed me" Loke immediately exclaimed
"My lady" Capricorn said with a bow.

"Hi you two, im just running a quick test to see how many gates I can open at once"

Capricorn looked at Lucy for a second before responding "I take it Layla removed one of the seals to your power? she informed me the other day of your status"

"Yes Momma removed one of my seals last night and since then I have tried to get my bearings, I'm hoping you can all help me" Lucy said as she looked at her other keys.

"No problem Lucy, let's see the results" Loke said with a grin as he sat down at the bar and waved to Mira.

"Open gate of the Maid, Virgo" Lucy said with slight hesitation as it was the first time she tried 3 gates.

"I'm here for punishment, Princess" Virgo replied as she knelt in front of Lucy

"Wow 3 gates at once!" people exclaimed as most of Fairy Tail was now staring at her

"Hmm, well if it's a test and I could do 2 before..." Lucy said before she exclaimed

"Open Gate of the Ram, Aries" Lucy said as she closed her eyes, slowly opening one.

"I'll do my best" Aries said as she timidly held down her skirt.

"FOUR!" everyone exclaimed.

"Wow Lucy 4 gates at once that's amazing" Loke said from the bar in shock.

"I don't recall any Celestial Wizard ever having this many gates open... Under normal conditions..." Capricorn said

"How do you feel princess?" Virgo asked

"I feel surprisingly good... However I think ill stop at 4 and not tempt fate, even if I can do 5 there is no rush" Lucy responded with a proud smile while everyone in Fairy Tail was shocked at the drastic improvement Lucy had shown.

"Hiya Aries" Natsu said with a wave
"Hi Virgo" Natsu said
"Always sharp Capricorn" Natsu said with a nod
"Sup Loke... WAIT WHAT!" Natsu exclaimed.

"How are there 4 of you here? Where is Lucy?!" Natsu said in confusion

"Oh hello, Natsu!" Lucy said sitting at the bar with a wave, her keys out in front of her"

"Did you do this?" he exclaimed as he looked at the 4 spirits all standing together.

"Yes, Momma unlocked one of my seals last night, so I was trying to see the difference" Lucy said with pride

"I see looks like she wasn't kidding" Natsu said before he stopped and stared at Lucy

"So if you had a seal broken do you have any dragon stuff!?" Natsu exclaimed as he checked Lucy for physical evidence before Lucy kicked him in the face.

"Well thanks for the help everyone, ill call on you soon" Lucy said to the Celestials as all 4 of them closed their gates.


At that moment Makarov and Layla came down the stairs from the second floor. Layla had brought Makarov up to speed with the fact Lucy had one of her seals released.

They also discussed the training dimension that the lightning god tribe was using for the day, so Layla booked their group plus Kori in for tomorrow's session.

"Hi Momma" Lucy said with a wave no longer angry with her.

"Hi Lucy... any problems?" Layla said as she changed her eyes to blue to analyse her daughter.

"Well... I may need you to fix a door when we get back home but apart from that..." Lucy said before smiling

"I just summoned 4 Zodiac spirits at once with no issues" Lucy beamed a grin at her achievement

"4, you don't say... that's quite the achievement" Layla said with pride as she could see Lucy's double in power with her eyes.

"Wait you had 4 spirits out?!" Makarov said as he started to picture Lucy destroying towns with her spirits running rampant... he almost started to cry at the thought of another Fairy Tail wizard that can be the source of repair bills.

Layla saw Makarov was worried about the idea, but she decided to take a shot while the opening was there. she leaned in and whispered in Makarov's ear "she will be able to do 8 soon..."

Makarov started to cry as Layla giggled beside him

"Well for today Lucy I would like you to work with Capricorn to test your new power, he is an excellent instructor when it comes to magic control and channelling. I would recommend you find a nice quiet place with him and get used to your magic." Layla said with a smile

"Sure, Capricorn helped me once before with channelling so I'll pick up where we left off" Lucy responded as she considered where to venture with him

I have booked the training dimension for our group tomorrow, so you can show me how far you have come then, I'm going in there now to see if anyone has any requests, some people have suggested I place a few MPF's in there so they can test attacks, so I'm going to organise that.

"OK Momma, ill see you later" Lucy said as she ran off to train.