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Hiro Mashima owns FairyTail
"Mira.. have you seen Lucy?" Gray came up to the bar.
"No. I don't think she has come in yet.. so Gray.. I heard from several people that you and Lucy left together yesterday.. how was your date?" Mira said with hearts in her eyes.
"It…" he blushed.. "went well."
"I KNEW IT! YOU TWO ARE DATING!" Mira screamed.
Everyone looked over at them.
"Mira…" Gray face palmed himself.
"Gray-sama…" a voice was heard behind him.
His heart rate increased. … he gulped.. turning around he found himself face to face with Juvia.
"Juvia is ready for our date now." She blushed and squirmed.
Gray was cringing now.. he could feel the dark aura behind him.
"Gray….." Mira said with dark aura swirling around her..
"Mira.. wait.. hear me out." Gray said with his hands up in surrender. His face pale with fear..
It was darker in this portion of the forest.. the trees were tall and sunlight traveled in beams of yellow warm light through the leaves above.
Gajeel was holding onto Lucy's hand tightly. She was stumbling a lot and was trying to act like nothing was bothering her. It didn't help that the ground had tree roots sprouting everywhere that aided in making the journey more difficult for her.
And yet once again, she tripped on a root.. and Gajeel lunged to grab her. He held tightly onto her waist and had a deep frown on his face. He was annoyed.
"Thanks.." Lucy said with a flushed face.
"Bunnygirl.. you can't be tripping on every tree root in this whole dang forest." He growled.
"It's not every tree root! And do you see the ground? Do you not see the amount of tree roots popping out everywhere?"
"Do you not see them? I'm not the one tripping. I swear… I think you've become even more clumsy than before you got the dragon lacrima… or blind."
"HEY!" Lucy pouted.
"Oiy Lily.. Take her ahead."
"Okay." Lily said as he flew into the air and grabbed ahold of Lucy.
The two flew ahead dodging trees.
"I can walk just fine.." Lucy mumbled.
"Sorry Lucy.. you have to admit though.. you are pretty clumsy"
"LILY!"
Lily smirked as he kept on flying. And soon… Lucy's eyes widened as they came closer to a dark mass..
"Metallicana.." she whispered.
The dragon's head rose and his tail slowly moved away from his body.
"So.. we meet again." Metallicana said
Lily landed Lucy gently on her feet and flew down to the ground.
Not a second later, Gajeel ran up next to them.
"What took you so long brat." The dragon hissed at Gajeel.
"Don't look at me.. she was the one lagging and tripping over every little thing on the way here." Gajeel crossed his arms.
Lucy looked over at Gajeel and glared… "I did not." she seethed.
"Tch.. did too." Gajeel glared back at her.
"Did not." Lucy crossed her arms.
"Did too." Gajeel bent closer to her and continued to glare.
"Silence." Metallicana growled at them. "Gajeel… go and get firewood ready.. it's already almost dark."
"Yea yea…" Gajeel said as he turned around and went back into the forest..
"I'll… go help too." Lily said as he flew away.
Lucy stood standing alone in front of Metallicana.
"uhm.. hello." She said nervously.
Metallicana raised his eyebrow at her in amusement.
"uhm… you said you wanted to speak with me?" Lucy was beyond nervous… she was speaking to a dragon.. Gajeel's father.. the great Iron Dragon…
"Who are you?"
"heh…?!"
"I asked.. who are you?"
"I'm… Lucy Heartfilia of FairyTail. The only child of Layla and Jude Heartfilia. Celestial mage.."
"Wrong."
Lucy was startled..
"Try.. again." He stood up and Lucy took a step back. "I'll give you one last try."
She was sweating bullets now.. why had Lily and Gajeel left her all alone with Metallicana.. WHY?!
"Uhmm…. Uhm…." Lucy looked up at the dragon standing before her.. the sunlight that managed to pass through the leaves above reflected upon Metallicana's metal surface. Her anxiety began to subside.. and instead.. admiration of Metallicana's beauty and power began to grow… not fear like she had experienced during the Eclipse Gate fiasco.. but awe.. of what mighty Dragons were supposed to be.
Dragons….
Dragons…
She clenched her chest.. "I.. am Lucy Heartfilia… Celestial… dragon slayer." Her eyes widened… and she looked into Metallicana's eyes.
The dragon gave a sharp toothy grin.. "Well… at least you're smart.. and not completely hopeless."
Lucy paled…
Awkward silence ensued after…Metallicana waited in amusement for what Lucy would do next.. but to his boredom.. she just stood absolutely still.. like a deer in headlights..
He brought his head down to his paws and closed his eyes.
"There are things you need to know about being a dragon slayer.. especially being the celestial dragon slayer."
Lucy's eyes widened.. she had never expected Metallicana.. to actively seek her out to help her.
"Long ago.. there was female dragon that fell in love with a male dragon. And that female dragon was loved by many males that fought over her.. even killing each other… for she had beauty and scales of gold. One day… she was taken and forced into a partnership by a powerful male dragon.. refusing to be with a dragon she didn't love, she died. And so the did the dragon that mated her."
He noticed her wide eyes and great attention to his story.
"You…. are in a position where you are being sought by the dragon slayers around you.. you are in no different a situation than that of that female dragon. A dragon can only have one partner in life… I am sure you are smart enough to know why I am telling you this story."
Lucy's wide gaze now went to the ground… she tried to make sense of everything being told.
"If they fall in love with you.. what do you think will happen to them? When the power of dragons is fueled by our emotions and ties with those around us.. "
She fell to her knees..
"You've seen first hand… what the power of emotion does to a dragon slayer.."
She thought back to the times Natsu.. Gajeel.. Laxus.. all were consumed by their emotions.. their power… the formation of dragon scales on their skin.. their teeth. Their eyes… the thought of the three attacking each other in uncontrollable rage.. made her heart sink.. and even the thought that if she chose the wrong dragon slayer or man.. that she could end up dead along with her forceds partner.. made her blood run cold.
"Why do you think they came back for you.. disregarding all the dangers of time travel.. they have changed the entire course of time… the future is completely altered…"
She brought her hands up to her head..
She remembered their competitiveness with each other.. their weird glances at each throughout the day.. unconsciously.. they had declared war on one another. Their possessiveness of her.. everything. If they were just like dragons, could they possibly hurt each other… over her?
"They thought that implanting the dragon lacrima in you would solve everything… Fools"
Her mind was running and running.. but one thing didn't make sense.
"Was… the golden dragon Draco?"
Metallicana opened his eyes and stared into hers.
"She was.. wasn't she?.. then.. how are you alive?"
"I.. was her true mate.. the dragon she should have been with." The dragon shifted his head so that Lucy could no longer see his face. He took deep breaths and looked to be ready for a nap. Discussion time was over.. and that was all Metallicana was going to tell her.
Lucy watched Metallicana silently.. and with a sudden grab at her chest… her body lit up with bright yellow light and she disappeared.
Soon after, Gajeel and lily came walking back to where Metallicana was with logs of firewood in their hands.
"Where's bunnygirl?"