Chapter 13: The Dragon Guardian
Wendy casts her troia spell for Sting and Rogue so they wouldn't endure motion sickness like Natsu and Gajeel. "Why is it that Wendy doesn't cast the spell on herself?" Lector asks Carla. The group board the train that will take them to the station closest to the place they need to go. "Wendy isn't like the other dragon slayer wizards who get the common motion sickness. She just wasn't diagnosed with when she was a child." Carla explains to maroon kitty. "Well she must be a lucky girl." Lector comments to Carla. Carla crosses her. "More or less. I mean think of the Grand Magic Games when she was up against Shelia. She was a disadvantage because Shelia is a Sky God Slayer and she is able to heal herself, when Wendy cannot." Frosche looks up to her. "I wish that we had someone like that in a group." He chimes. Lector nods. "Same here. But all we got are Sting and Rogue. And for that we should be grateful that we have them." He assures the green kitty in the pink frog suit.
The train ride took much longer than the group though. But they did make it to the station they needed to get off. Natsu pulls out the map that Mavis gave to him earlier. "What's that?" Sting asks him as he look over Natsu's shoulder. "According to Fairy Tail's first master, this blue spot here, is the a hotspot and it should help us get to Draco Orbits." Natsu explains to White Dragon slayer. "According to the map, we shouldn't be that far from there." Sting analyses the cordornates of the area. "Hey Happy, could you fly up ahead to see if that is anything we should be on the look out for?" Natsu asks his blue kitty. Happy pops out his wings and flies up to the. "Aye. It shouldn't take me long to scan the area." He tells Natsu before fling up ahead. Carla activates her own wings and follors Happy. "I'll make sure he doesn't get distraccted." She tells the group before flying off.
They group begin walking on foot. "So Natsu, what's up with the precautionaries?" Rogue asks him. Natsu thinks back. "Back when Happy and I were training last year, we came across an area closeby and there were bandits around and I was curious rather or not they're still here. That's why I wanted Happy to scout the area. Just to be on the safe side." Natsu explains to Rogue. Rogue ahs and walks a little slower to walk beside Sting. Sting sniffs the area. "This place is piculiar than where we were back in town." Sting tell Rogue. Rogue sniffs curiously to find out what it is. "Hey what are you sniffing?" Gajeel asks the two. "Something about this area doesn't seem right." Sting tells him. Gajeel sniffs along. "Yeah. No doubt about it. Something's odd about this place. Wendy looks up to them in a curious expression. "Hey Natsu, why are th guys sniffing around?" She asks the Fire Dragon Slayer. Natsu smiles down to her. "Let's just I'm familiar with this area. But not them. That's why they need to know every bit of space so that they wouldn't get confused." Natsu explains in a confident tone.
Happy and Carla fly down to the group. "So is there anything we should know?" Natsu asks his little buddy. Happy lands onto his shoulder. "Nothing out of the ordinary. But Carla and I spotted a beam of light in the valley." Happy gives his scoop. On cue the beam of light catches the attention of the group. They all run until they get to a cliff to get a view down in the valley. "What's with that light?" Lucy asks Natsu, hoping that he might have the answer. Natsu narrows his eyes. He little sniff more them widen. "No doubt about it. I can smell Igneel down there." Natsu tells her. Gajeel, Wendy, Sting, and Rogue smell the scent from the light. "I can smell Grandeney." Wendy smiles down there. Gajeel frowns, "Metalicana is there too." He claims to the group. "Weisslogia's there as well." Sting speaks in excitement. Lector looks up to him. "You serious?" He asks up to his blonde haired friend. Sting smiles. "Yeah." Rogue widens his eyes. He kneels down and picks up Frosche. "So is Skiadrum." He tells his little kitty friend. Frosche smiles and hugs. "This is exciting." Rogue returns the embrace.
"Alright let's go then." Natsu shouts as he runs over the cliff. Everyone is freaking out. "Natsu, are you crazy?" Gray shouts down to him. Natsu turns with a grin. "No need to worry." Happy flies down and carries him. "I'm good." Happy flies up ahead thus lowering him to the ground down below. Carla, Lector, Pantherlily, and Frosche activate their wings and carry the dragon slayers down below. As such that leaves Lucy and Gray. "Great. How are we going to get down there?" Lucy asks Gray. Gray smiles. "Don't worry. I got that covered." He calms her down. "Ice make Slide." He activates his ice devil magic and creates a makeshift slide that goes down to the valley. Gray and Lucy slide down the slide to catch up with the Dragon Slayers.
The exceeds set down their friends onto the ground. Gray and Lucy come up to them. They turn to face the beam of life up ahead. Everyone are in a trance that they have no words on how to describe the sight. They walk up up towards the place when the source of the beam is coming from. The place is full of stones of various dragons. All of the stones look identical to each other. The group look up closely to them individually. "Who goes there?" A deep voice gets their attention. Natsu turns around to the beam and see a familiar dragon that they met before. Zirconis, the Jade Dragon is its ghosly form. "It's Zirconis." Wendy tells Sting and Rogue.
The large jade dragon looks down to the intruders. "Who gives you the right to trespass these sacred grounds?" That's when Natsu thought about the mark on his arm. He steps forwards and shows the mark. Zirconis widens his gigantic eyes. "The Dragon Symbol." He said in simple words. "Who are you, young one?" Zirconis asks the pink haired boy. "My name is Natsu Dragneel. I'm the Fire Dragon Slayer. I'm not the only with the Dragon Symbol." Natsu introduces himself. Zirconis hmms and turns his attention to the others in the group. "Step forth for those who have the Dragon Symbol." Zirconis demands the dragon slayers. Gajeel comes up and shows his Symbol. "I'm Gajeel Redfox. I'm the Iron Dragon Slayer." Zirconis nods. Wendy comes up shyly. "I'm Wendy Marvell, the Sky Dragon Slayer." She raises her arm to show her symbol. Zirconis turns his gaze to Sting and Rogue suspsiciously. "You two. You're both hybrids aren't you not?" He glares at them Sting nods and shows the symbol. "I'm Sting Eucliffe. I'm the White Dragon Slayer." Zirconis narrows his eyes and turns to Rogue. Frosche timidly hids behind Rogue's leg. "I'm Rogue Cheney. I'm the Shadow Dragon Slayer." Rogue gives his name.
Zirconis nods. "I see. Well I'm the guardian of the pathway to Draco Orbits." He gives his position. "So why is it that you youngsters come here?" He questions them. Natsu takes a deep breathe. "We came to here to visit the dragons that once trained us long ago." Gives his answer to the Jade Dragon.