Hi guys! This is the last chapter before school starts. I'm really glad so many people like this and I hope this brings joy during the school year. So yeah, here's the new chapter.
Everyone gave us a lot of space at dinner that night. They were still polite but the students seemed guarded and on alert as if waiting for one of us to get angry and use our power. While we were all quietly talking Natsu stood up suddenly, coming very close to tipping his glass over. "I just realized something!"
"Oh, and what is that flame brain?" Gray questioned mockingly no doubt thinking that it would be something obvious and stupid.
"Now that the school knows about our magic we can have regular fights again! Hah, I still need to beat you from that fight we got into after that quest to the East Forest."
"You're on charcoal breath!" Gray stood up to and as always Evelyn stood up to support her brother. The three charged at each other and Gray was instantly thrown against the doors to the hall. "Ice-make lance," he shouted and a lance made of ice hurled itself at the Dragneel siblings.
"Moron, haven't you learned yet? Fire melts ice!" Evelyn taunted and I sensed things were going to get out of hand quickly if I didn't reign them in.
"Are you three fighting?" I asked menacingly and they all cowered, extinguishing their magic.
"No ma'am, no fighting here," the three elemental mages cried in unison and Lucy rolled her eyes.
"Natsu I don't think fighting is a good idea," Happy told him when he sat down again.
"Oh and why is that?" Natsu asked his friend after swallowing his mouthful of food.
"Because Erza's mean and I don't want you to die young," the blue cat advised and Natsu shivered. "Although I still think you'll be able to beat her one day. I mean she'll have to lose power at some point right?" At that I sent the exceed flying through the room until he hit a wall.
"You never learn Tomcat," Charle chided as Happy struggled to his feet muttering about wanting a fish.
"Like exceed like owner apparently, the cat's just as smart as his owner," I heard Gajeel grumble to Pantherlily.
"Oi what was that metalhead?" Natsu shot back up and glared openly at the iron dragonslayer.
"Natsu, sit down," I growled and he obeyed immediately.
After dinner we all headed up to the Gryffindor common room where we were sitting in a circle in the corner of the room. "Are they going to reschedule the Quidditch match?" Lucy was asking to no one in particular.
"Yeah, they will, it's scheduled for next week," Harry answered as the trio of friends approached us. "I just wanted to say I'm sorry for what you went through Evelyn." Natsu's little sister looked genuinely touched by the sympathy from the fifteen year old wizard. "I can relate about having bad nightmares."
"Thank you Harry," she expressed her gratitude softly. "I mean it."
"I'm sorry as well," Hermione added. "I thought you were death eaters or enemies in disguise but if you're here to fight Voldemort then I hope we can be better friends."
"Thanks Hermione," Lucy looked up to her and smiled. "You still need to show me the library, maybe we can do that tomorrow?"
"Of course, if you want to. Maybe after breakfast?" and Lucy nodded eagerly in acceptance.
"You're such a weirdo Luigi," Natsu commented and Lucy looked ready to punch him.
"What did I say about calling me that Natsu?" she complained.
"That we can do it whenever we want to?" he tried to recall but Evelyn, Gray, and I could tell he was bluffing. Lucy knew it too and Natsu was rewarded with a Lucy-kick into the wall.
"I apologize for my brother's behavior," Evelyn told the three wizards standing in front of us. "He can be a bit of an idiot. We all say his power burnt away his brain."
"Oh yeah, than why do you consider yourself so smart Evie?" Natsu groaned as he picked himself up from the floor and made his way back over to where we were sitting.
"Because I am," the black-haired mage said with complete superiority in her voice.
"You guys can sit with us if you want to," Lucy said addressing the three British wizards that were still loitering in the area. "We don't bite. Well for the most part we don't anyway."
"Hey! That was a one-time thing! How else was I supposed to distract Gray from strangling me?" Evelyn protested. "Besides Wendy healed him immediately afterwards so I don't see what the big deal is." She shrugged her shoulders and moved over to make room for the trio in the circle.
"What did you mean when you said that you'd been in worse situations than what happened at the Quidditch match?" Hermione asked distracting the Earthland mages and I from our conversation.
"It was the truth," I stated. "One time we-."
"Talk about the Grand Magic Games," Natsu interrupted.
"No way, squinty eyes, talk about Edolas," Gray countered and the two opposite element mages glared at each other.
"Lucy what do you think I should talk about?" I asked the blonde sitting next to Natsu who pondered the question for a moment.
"Tenrou Island," she replied after mulling it over for a couple of seconds. "That was a disaster, especially for Acnologia's attack and the seven year skip."
"Very well then," I complied and I launched into an explanation of what happened. Everyone threw in their additions to the story as well.
"So that's how you defeated Kain," Evelyn said in wonder. "I was wondering how that had happened. I feel so proud."
"Why?" Ron asked and Evie chuckled.
"Because Natsu did something smart," she simpered and the pinkette growled warningly at his sister.
"And then that's how our magic came back!" Natsu shouted after I finished narrating my fight with Azuma. "We're glad that happened when it did."
"Not that we were complaining," Lucy added hastily. "You saved our lives, as always."
"Not always," I countered, remembering the Tower of Heaven incident and how Natsu had saved me from sacrificing myself. "Natsu saved me at the Tower of Heaven."
"But as far as I'm aware that's the only time we had to save you," Lucy summed up.
"Well I don't know about you guys but I'm exhausted," Evelyn yawned. "Good night guys. Natsu, Gray don't kill each other."
"Will you be ok Evie?" Natsu asked and his sister fell silent.
"I'm not sure." She bit her lip with her unnaturally sharp canine teeth. "You guys won't mind if I stay with you tonight right?" Evelyn asked her brother and Gray.
"Not at all Evie," Natsu assured her at the same time Gray said "of course we won't mind."
"Thanks guys." She turned to Lucy, Hermione, and I and smiled. "See you tomorrow morning guys. Good night."
"We'll be up in a minute Evie," Natsu told her. "Don't wait for us." She nodded and then ran up the stairs to the boys' dormitory.
"She handled today better than I expected," I admitted.
"I'm not surprised," Lucy said. "She's always been tough, and I'd imagined that she would have a lot of anger towards them. Honestly I'm surprised she didn't kill them."
"We had talked about what would happen if we ever met dragon slayer hunters. Evelyn had seemed so angry and she kept going on and on about killing them and 'making them pay'." Natsu confided. "She was so determined to do it that I made her promise not to. Besides, she would've killed herself trying."
"That's right, her second origin wasn't activated," Gray remembered. "So she doesn't have as much power as the four of us do."
"I think your magic is brilliant," Ron cut in to our conversation. "With you guys on our side there's no way we can lose." Natsu tensed next to Lucy.
"What's wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked concernedly.
"Evelyn's having a nightmare. I'm going up now; you coming ice princess?"
"Yeah, I'm coming. Good night guys."
"Poor Evie," Lucy whispered. "She didn't deserve that."
"No, she didn't. But I'm proud that she put up with it, it proved how strong she was."
"Yeah it did didn't it?" Lucy stood up and yawned. "I'm going up now, good night." After the celestial wizard left, it was just Hermione, Harry, Ron and I downstairs in the common room.
"So Malfoy's a dragon slayer?" Harry asked, clearly not believing it despite what he had seen earlier in the day. I nodded.
"He's not as bad as he seems. The way he acts here is similar to how people in Fairy Tail treat each other although it's a lot more lighthearted. You haven't even seen Natsu and Gray truly fight yet," I told them with a smile. "Everyone finds their fights entertaining, especially when Evelyn and some of the others get involved. Who knows at breakfast I'm sure they'll find something to argue about." With that I said good night and went upstairs.
"Erza, do you think Master will send more people in?" Lucy asked me when I arrived in our room.
"I can't imagine why he wouldn't. It would make sense if he did," I gave the blonde my opinion and she considered that before nodding. "Well good night Lucy, sleep well."
The next morning we eagerly were awaiting the mail owls, expecting a letter back from Master Makarov and the rest of the guild. "When will the owls be here?" Natsu groaned in impatience. "Can't they fly faster?"
"Complaining about it won't get the mail here any sooner," Gray chastised and Lucy sighed, putting her head in her hand.
"Who asked you Frostbite?" Natsu asked turning to face the ice alchemist. "All I'm saying is I want to get the mail faster."
"Can you two not fight for once?" Lucy groaned as she started eating. "It would kill the whole community vibe we have going on."
"I don't see why you're surprised Lucy," Wendy said as she approached the table. "They can't go a day without fighting."
"I'm still holding on to the hope that they'll calm down for once," Lucy muttered. "Are you feeling ok Evie?" Evelyn was picking at her breakfast with no interest and didn't seem to have an appetite.
"I guess. I just want to get the mail already," she whined in a similar manner to Natsu's.
"You won't have to wait long, I can hear them coming," Gajeel informed us as he and Pantherlily joined the group at our table. When the owls shot into the room a letter dropped in front of me.
"What did Gramps say to you Erza?" Gajeel asked me and I ripped the envelope open and read aloud.
"Dear brats," giggles arose from the group at his affectionate name for us. "After hearing about the attack I have decided to send in more mages for support." At this statement Natsu groaned and he hit his head on the table.
"Who is he sending?" Charle asked ignoring the fire dragonslayer who was currently slamming his forehead against the table.
"Natsu I would stop before you lose anymore brain cells," Happy advised and he growled at the blue exceed.
"He decided to send in Levy," Lucy's eyes lit up at that, "Sting, Rogue, Juvia, and Jellal." Natsu groaned at the mention of the third generation dragonslayers. I could feel my face heat up at Jellal's name. We hadn't seen each other in a while, the last time being when he was helping us hunt down dragon slayer hunters. Gray just hung his head and sighed at the mention of Juvia's name.
"She's going to be crazy," Gray groaned.
"Well I think you're excited to see her," Mira said. "You haven't seen each other in a couple of months. I'm sure she's worried that you've found a girlfriend." Gray just shook his head in response.
"Don't remind me," he begged.
"Well I'm looking forward to see Levy again," Lucy stated. "You'll love her Hermione. She'll probably be in Ravenclaw though."
"Levy's coming?" Luna asked to confirm the statement. When Lucy nodded she grinned in happiness. "I won't be alone anymore!"
Haha writing this chapter was fun. The other characters will show up in the next chapter so look forward to a crazy reunion. See ya later!