Will Strauss: 4

Fisher: 1 month

Nashi Dragneel: 6

Brooke: 1 month

Ryu Redfox: 10

Era: 4

Ziki Cobra: 6

Nanago: 1

Buzz Dreyar: 3

Shadow Cheney: 3

"Po-pa(mother), when do I get an exceed like Ryu?" Will asked.

"Soon, Kocho(son/baby boy)," Kaida replied, "Carla wants a little longer with Fisher and Brooke before she lets them go on jobs"

"How much longer?" Will whined.

"I don't know, they are only one month" Kaida pointed out.

"But Ryu got to completely raise Era!" Will said.

"But Incide and Cocho insisted on following them around to make sure Era was okay"

"Can't Carla do that as well?"

"No, there is only one of her and both Fisher and Brooke"

"But, I'm not even old enough to go on a job yet"

"So? You still get taken out on jobs by the older members"

"But!"

"Will, stop whining or I will insist that Carla keeps Fisher until you are ten"

"Ten! But that is so long from now!" Will complained.

"You can manage, plus I'm sure Carla would be happy about that"

"Fine, I'll stop whining"

"Good, now why don't you go and play with Fisher, if you show Carla that you can take care of Fisher, she might let you have him earlier" Will ran off to play with Fisher, grabbing Nashi along the way. Ziki and Nanago joined them and somehow Era and Ryu got pulled along.

WILL:

"What should we play?" I ask when all of the dragon slayers and their partners were here. Buzz was the only dragon slayer without a partner yet, but Incide was expecting a boy and day now so he would be able to join us soon.

"I don't know why I have to be here?" Ryu grumbled.

"Come on Ryu! You're a dragon slayer too, let's have some dragon slayer bonding time!" I exclaimed.

"Why don't we play house?" Ziki suggested, "Ryu can be the father and I can be the mother!"

"Ok" Nashi said, "I'll be the eldest daughter"

"That sounds fun!" I agreed, "I'll be the older brother and Fisher and Brooke can be the twins"

"I want to be the older brother!" Era complained, "I'm four too!"

"But I was born before you!" I argued.

"Only by a month!"

"Enough!" Ryu said, "How about Era is the cousin who was born at the exact same time as Will"

"Fine, but Nanago is my younger sister" Era said.

"That is fine," I said, "You guys can be living with us"

"Can I play as well?" Buzz asked.

"Sure, you can be my little brother" I said.

"Yay!" Buzz exclaimed, "I want to be the fun one!"

"I'll be the smart one" Nanago added.

"I'm going to be the most stylish one" Nashi said.

"I'm the funny one!" I said.

"Then I'll be the cool one" Era smirked.

"I wanna be the strong one!" Fisher said.

"I'll be the polite one then" Brooke finished.

"Come along kids, let's go home" Ziki said in a high voice. Ziki stood on her tip toes and led the way towards the infirmary. The rest of us followed along, laughing. Ryu walked in a confident way kind of like I imagined my daddy would walk if I had one.

"Mama!" Buzz said, can you carry me! My feet hurt!"

"Why don't you let your daddy carry you?" Ryu humfed but let Buzz ride on his back.

"Hey guys, I was told you were back here" Shadow said walking up to us, "Can I play?"

"Sure," I said, "You can be our cousin"

"Great" Shadow said, "I want to be the Emo girl"

"Ok, you can be Era and Nanago's sister," Ziki said, "So, kids, what would you like to eat?"

"Hot sauce" Nashi exclaimed.

"Fish!" Fisher shouted.

"Tea and crumpets" Brooke said.

"Potatoes," Everyone looked at me, "What? Mama's potatoes are to die for"

"Tomatoes then," Era said.

"I don't really care" Shadow said, twirling her hair.

"Anything as long as it's made by Papa!" Buzz said. I nodded, Uncle Freed's cooking was amazing.

Everyone turned to Nanago, "I guess I'm okay with anything as long as it's not brussel sprouts" Everyone shuttered.

"Ok then, one meal of fish on a bed of potatoes and tomatoes with a side of hot sauce and tea and crumpets for dessert coming up" Ziki said walking over to the sink and pretending it was an oven.

"That sounds disgusting" Shadow remarked playing with his hair. I'm not sure how I knew but I could tell that Shadow was now a boy.

"Hey, Shadow? Wanna play with Buzz, Fisher, and I until dinner is ready?" I asked, "We can talk about guy things?"

Shadow smiled, "Of course, should we invite my older brother Era as well?"

"Nah, I don't like him that much, you're our cool cousin" I said.

"Shadow isn't even a boy!" Era complained, "I am!"

"I am too, now!" Shadow argued, "Will got it right, you should try and figure it out too!" Era froze, not sure how to respond.

"There you are!" Wendy came into the infirmary, "Carla is looking all over for you, she thinks you're ready to take care of Fisher and Brooke"

Nashi and I jumped in the air, "YES!"

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Authors Note:

Yes, Shadow is Gender Fluid, deal with it!