Chapter 20: Arrival & Departure

Igneel moans weakly as something familiar comes closer towards him. "What is it, Igneel?" A female asks him as she continues to heal the best she can. "Grandeeney. You're going to think I'm crazy, but I can smell our foster children coming." Igneel opens his eyes towards. Grandeeney widens her own eyes. "That's impossible." She claims to him calmly. Igneel smiles, "No. But their scents speak otherwise. Go ahead take a whiff." Igneel suggests. A grayish dragon stands up. "I'll go up to see where they're coming." It opens his own wings to take flight. "You do that, Metalicana." Grandeeney said as she continues on healing Igneel.

Laprision and Lignum keep on flying. "We're almost there." Natsu smiles as the view where their foster dragons are getting closer. Gajeel smells something familiar from. "Wait a minute." He tells the two dragons to come to a standstill in the air. "What's the matter?" Wendy asks him. "You guys might think I'm crazy, but I can smell Metalicana comes towards us." Gajeel answers gruffly. From the tone of his voice, it tells that Gajeel isn't really too thrilled to see his foster dragon parent. Soon enough, a huge gray dragon flies out of the valley where the other dragons are gather. No time to think of something, the gray dragon flies extremely fast towards the group. "Lignum, Laprision. What are you doing here?" The gray dragon questions them cautionly, doesn't bother to pay his attention the riders.

Lignum speaks first, "Metalicana, you should know by now, that we have a few people here who want to visit their foster parents." He gives his answer as he turns his bottom to show the riders on his back. Metalicana narrows his eyes. No doubt about it, it was indeed Gajeel. The Iron Dragon Slayer, the boy he raised to use his Iron Dragon Slayer magic before he and the other dragons disappears on July 7, 777. "Gajeel, what do you think you're doing?" Metalicana flies closer to Lignum.

Everyone else are too curious to witness the connection between Gajeel and Metalicana begin to unfold. "Is that anyway to greet your foster son? I thought that you'd change your attitude the last time we saw each other before you took off again." Gajeel speaks off with a snger look. The look of abandonment. Metalicana motions his head. "Then hop on. I bet you want to know more about what happened." Gajeel and Pantherlily look at each other. "Might as well. We'll see you guys later." Gajeel gives his farewell as he leaps off Lignum's back and other his foster dragon's back and fly away.

Metalicana disppears to the far distance Wendy sighs, "I never expected that Gajeel's dragon had an attitude." She comments their connection. Carla shakes her head. "For now, it's not our business. We have to get to the other dragons. I bet they're aware about our presence by our scents." She states to the group. "Well then, let's get a move on." Lignum tells them as they resume their flying towards the group.

Igneel turns his head. "Don't move. You're going to worsen your wounds." Grandeeney scowls him softly, not to anger the king of fire dragons. Igneel huffs and gets his head back into its original position. Another dragon comes up to him. His entire body is enlit of fire. "There's no need to talk to Grandeeney. After all, she's the only dragon who can heal." Igneel growls at him. "You should talk, Atlas Flame. You weren't with us to take down Face." Atlas Flame chuckles. "Well, I was somehow about to come to the future thanks to the Eclipse. I was fortunately to come across Natsu. He freed me from Rogue's Dragon Tamer Magic. If it weren't for him, I would've been about to continue on rampaging Crocus." Igneel hmms. The Fire body does have a point.

The Wood Dragon and Stone Dragon land onto the ground close by the dragons. The White Dragon and Shadown Dragons stand up. "Lignum, Laprision. What brings you guys here." The Shadown Dragon Skiadrum said to them. He tilts his head to see a familiar. "Rogue?" He spoke in surprise. On cue, Rogue hops off Lignum's back with Frosche in his arms. Frosche cowardly hides in Rogue's arms. Obvisiouly, just looking up at the dragon is scaring hims. Rogue smiles down to his little exceed. "Rest assured, Frosche. Skiadrum is a friendly dragon. There's nothing to be scared of." Rogue comforts him. Skiadrum on the other hand is proud to see his own foster son is like a father to the small exceed. He walks up to Rogue. "Come on." Skiadrum encougaes him. Rogue nods with a smile and hopes onto his foster father's back. Skiadrum turns around. "We won't be long." He said before taking off.

The White Dragon Weisslogia comes up to the group. "Where's Sting? I need to see him." He asks Lignum. Lignum smiles as he lowers hiself to the ground to let the riders off. "I'm right here." Sting gets off with Lector on his shoulder. Weisslogia smiles as Sting comes up to him. "It's been awhile hasn't it?" Sting looks up to the White Dragon. Weisslogia nods back. "Yes. Climb on." He lowers himself to let Sting and Lector on his back. Not to waste another second they leave the group, somewhere they can be together.

All that's left are Natsu and Wendy. Laprision lowers himself as he let his own riders off. Natsu hastly runs off with Happy flying beside him. "Igneel!" Natsu calls out to his foster father. Igneel opens his eyes, then widens them. Coming up to him is the pink haired boy he raised. "Natsu." Igneel couldn't help but smile. See how his foster son has grown up and gotten stronger the last time he seen him. Natsu comes to a stop, panting. Happy lands onto his shoulder. "So that's Igneel?" He asks in such amazement in his voice. Natsu pets his head. "Yeah. Happy may I introduce you to my foster dragon father, Igneel. Igneel, this is Happy. He's been with me every since you left me." Natsu smiles as he kneels down to touch the dragon's body. Within contact, Natsu couldn't hold his tears anymore. He hugs his tiny body to the Igneel's horn on top of his nose. Igneel nods back with his own smile. "I'm glad to see you again." He purrs as he, Natsu and Happy sleep together.

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