It's been five years since I've replaced Irene and became Erza's mother, and I've spent every single day of these years both enjoying being a mother to my adorable little girl and further establishing my plans and training like hell.
I've become a lot stronger now, incredibly so. I have fused with many Dragon Lacrimas through the years, some holding different variation of the same element, others being just defensive types or other useful ones that I discovered by going through Irene's past memories.
But alas, there are many types of Dragon Magic that I cannot enchant onto myself for some reason. Like Space Dragon Slayer magic or Time Dragon Slayer magic, species of Dragons that were incredibly reclusive and resides within the Dragon Temple, a mystical place that only Sage Dragons know about, all but me.
I presume that the reason I cannot find it is because the Space and Time Dragons went ahead and hid it from all senses, possibly within another dimension, so to hide from Acnologia's reach.
I enchanted a Dimension Dragon Slayer lacrima on myself to try and find it, but there are millions of dimension all over the place, so I decided to hold back the extensive search for the Dragon Temple when I have more free time.
One of my many plans during these past five years were marking out all the Dark Guilds I could and take out those that posed the greatest threat around, and of course I held myself back from killing the fuckers and turned those pest extermination tasks to missions. I got to remove more future threats towards my baby girl and got paid for it.
During that time I managed to find Tartarus and Grimoire Heart, the latter being far easier to find since they didn't even try to hide the ship they were flying in. I left a marker on both of them and kept an eye on them constantly, but didn't take them out for a specific reason.
Grimoire Heart still exists because the blonde haired brat that has God Slayer Magic still isn't with them, plus the majority of their crew, so am holding back until they have everyone on board before ending their lives and ripping the God Slayer Magic out of that crazy moron.
Tartarus still exists for a single reason. The blonde whore that tortured my baby girl in the anime isn't among them just yet, so I am patiently waiting for that whore to pop up so that I could put my claws on her and make her understand the true meaning of pain.
Plus, they are currently recruiting all stray demons across the globe and I'm waiting for their numbers to grow as much as they could before dropping a meteor on their headquarters.
I also want to wait until I find and start training Mirajane before taking those fuckers out so to let her devour the souls of all those demons, including Mard Geer's. That fucker actually made a spell that could possibly kill Zeref in case he goes psycho, and I'd rather gamble and hope that Mirajane acquires it.
Another one of my plans was to acquire fame and possible political reach, hell, maybe even try to become Queen of Fiore if possible since that would grant me a lot of reach and freedom. I would love to also put my claws into the Magic Council, but that's for the future.
Thus to gain as much reach as I can I decided to use the healing magic from the Sky Dragon Slayer branch and boosted it with my magic so to be able to heal anything, and thus became a doctor. The sexiest doctor if I might add.
As my fame as a doctor grew higher and higher I was request to aid several politician and important merchants with their health problems, majority of them being quite paranoid fellas that only wanted the best of the best. This granted me several favours with them that I can call upon whenever I need to.
So now I am the miracle doctor of Fiore, someone who can even make people look younger. It bought in a great deal of fame and money, enough so that I moved out of Fairy Hills and built myself a mansion in the forest near Magnolia, then simply Enchanted it to clean itself so that I don't have to hire maids or bother Astolfo and Raikou with those chores.
And now, here I am, standing in front of the doors of the Magia Dragon Guild in Guiltina, so to put down yet another one of my plans.
I pushed the doors open and walked into the dark interior of the Guild, then smiled and rose my gaze to look at the Dragon of Law himself.
"I extend my welcomes to you…" He spoke, eyes glowing within the darkness of the hall. "O' Queen of Dragons." My smile only grew bigger at that. As expected from the Dragon of Law, he truly knows everything.
"I'm not worthy of that title anymore, Law Dragon Elefseria." I tilted my head slightly, my gaze seeing right through him, causing him to release a loud sigh before reverting back into his human body, a slight frown to his face. "I praise your courage in giving up your humanity to slay those five brats, but you truly are a fool." I sighed softly as I walked forward while he floated down to my level.
"Are you here to seal them?" He asked, and I did not miss the slight hope within his eyes and voice, but I shook my head, causing him to sigh. "I have an inkling on the why you have come here, but I'll ask either way… What is it that you seek from me?" He asked, standing straight and with resolve within his eyes.
"The weapons built during the Disaster Era." His pupils shrank into dots as I spoke. "You know where those apocalyptic weapons are, and I want you to tell me. I seek to use them against Acnologia." I could hear his heartbeat speed up more and more as I spoke, but surprisingly he didn't get ready to fight. Perhaps he knows well that he doesn't stand a chance, or perhaps he knows that my goals, while selfish, are good.
"You seek to use those things again a single dragon?!" He questioned in alarm, clearly seeing me as a fool. But alas, the only fool here is him.
"Do you truly think that those Dragon 'Gods' are as strong as Acnologia? Those five brats?" I sneered, unable to hold my laughter back. "Acnologia is an abomination, he is an Arcane Dragon Elefseria, he devour Magic itself. He surpasses those five brats in sheer might, and nothing they throw at him could so much as scratch him." Elefseria's eyes widened more and more at my words, and I inwardly sneered once more.
He might be a Law Dragon now, but he truly doesn't understand how much Acnologia outclasses the five Dragon 'Gods'.
"Hell, Ignia hasn't even surpasses his father!" I huff, having memories of what kind of monster Igneel was and the high praises Belserion himself held for the Fire Dragon. Plus a lot more stuff.
"I understand now…" Elefseria bowed his head, falling in deep thoughts for a few seconds before sighing. "Forgive me, but I shall give you the location of only one of them. Those… things, they must not end in the wrong hands, else there shall be a repeat of the Disaster Era." I narrowed my brows at that, but nodded my head nonetheless.
"What even happened during that Era?" I probed, hoping to gain some answers. I managed to dig up some old records from an ancient ruins underground that one of the Dragons within Dragnof had discovered, but we didn't make any moves towards it at the time since it was during a time of war.
I recently went to it's location to explore it, and let's say that it left me shook. The technology within the temple was futuristic, for a lack of a better word. It was so advanced and complex that I could barely grasp how it worked. Plus I couldn't recognize any of the metals within the structure, with some of them being as strong as Adamantium itself.
"Humanity rebelled against the Gods." My eyes shot wide open as Elefseria spoke. "They created weapons and turned them against the Gods… and Dragons were one of many of such weapons." I took a slight step back in shock as I processed those words.
Dragons are artificial beings? Is that why they do not need food and sleep? Because they are mere weapons?
Weapons capable of reproducing and granted with incredibly fertility… An ever growing army.
"That's why Belserion was afraid of speaking of the Disaster Era, because he was but a mere pawn during that battle. The mighty dragons being used as cannon fodder..." I muttered under my breath, still unable to process just how terrifying all of this actually is.
"How did Humanity lose?" I questioned, but Elefseria shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Looks like even he, a Law Dragon, doesn't have all of the answers. "How very interesting…" I hummed, cupping my chin as I mulled over the new information I acquired. I'll have to try and find more ancient ruins from the Disaster Era, but they are so far underground that it'll take a while for me to sense them.
"Ah…" I froze, then blinked before sighing. "It appears our time has to be cut short. Two of those brats have sensed me." Elefseria's eyes narrowed while I merely turned my gaze away. I could sense them approaching my location, so I better leave fast and draw them away so to not implicate Elefseria.
"I understand." He nodded his head, then reached out with his hand to grasp mine. My eyes widened slightly when I processed the information that poured into my head. "May your hunt be successful." He nodded with a knowing smile before stepping back, and I couldn't help the feral grin that spread across my face as my eyes turned into thin slits.
It's been centuries since I let loose a bit!
I tapped my foot on the ground after nodding towards Elefseria, and then everything shifted and I found myself standing on the peak of a mountain, far above the clouds.
I could feel both Ignia and Selene instantly change direction and speed up to reach my location, and I could also feel their magical auras erupting around them. Was it fear or excitement, that I know not.
I tapped my foot on top of the mountain, flattening it and the land around it instantly, then teleported myself to the bottom and rolled my shoulders and neck.
The land shook as two meteors impacted down a dozen meters in front of me, quite a lot of distance between the two of huge smoking craters, one of which became filled with lava within seconds.
Ignia and Selene quickly stepped out of the dust, with the beautiful woman having a frown on her face while Ignia had an enormous excited grin instead. Looks like only one of them is smart.
"I applaud your foolishness in coming here." I hum as I tilt my head, smiling as I easily ignore the enormous waves of magic pouring out of them. Any normal human would have been flattened and killed instantly from the magical aftershocks these two are releasing. "Children truly have no respect for their elders…" I sighed and shook my head, then turned fully towards them and took a step forward.
Selene's eyes widened as the world shifted and space warped, the sky disappeared and was replaced by a glowing ocean stars all around us, even below the now ruptured piece of land we are standing on.
"What did you do?" Ignia questioned, his excitement dying down into wariness as he looked around while Serene's frown only deepened more and more.
"I just created a new dimension and took us there, else Guiltina would sink under our clash." I shrugged with a nonchalant smile. "Well, depends if you are here to get a spanking. If you are here for tea then I'll have to be a bad host and kick you out." Ignia scoffed at my words, but I could see the cold sweat pouring down his face, he simply hid his nervousness with false bravado.
I should have really contained my magical presence next time I come to visit. They literally sensed me from the other side of the damn continent!
"Who are you?" Selene questioned, her hands tensing by her side as her magical aura condensed, her eyes turning into thin glowing slits.
"Oh dear, you are a lot younger than I expected. Probably born by the time the war escalated to it's final stage." I hummed, making her eyes narrow more. "Then allow me to introduce myself." I rested a hand on my chest and bowed slightly with a small smile on my face.
"I am Irene Belserion, the one known as the Queen of Dragons." My smile turned into a feral grin as my skin cracked and prismatic scales started spreading across my body, with both Selene and Ignia following right behind, both of them with equally feral but slightly nervous grins on their faces
And then the dam burst and my magic erupted out of my body as I entered my Dragon Form for the first time since I took over this body, causing the very dimension we were in to shake and crack slightly under the pressure of my enormous magical might.
My body grew and dwarfed over theirs by over three times, having gone through an enormous change since I've started granting myself all those different Dragon Slaying abilities, turning my scales into a prismatic colour while my mane remained a brilliant scarlet red.
My claws slammed into the collapsed land below me, causing it to crumble even further as I took a deep breath.
Then roared.
It felt liberating. I felt so free, like this was my real body, my real self.
"Now then…" I lowered my gaze towards the massive but still much smaller dragons, allowed myself to admire Selene's beauty for but a second before grinning. "Show me what you are capable of, brats." I taunted, making Ignia snarl and release a monstrous roar as a sea of scorching crimson flames swallowed the large piece of land beneath us, melting it into nothingness.
"These flames…" I hummed, then flapped my wings and extinguished them as if they were a mere candle, making Ignia falter slightly. "They are nothing compared to Igneel's. You still have a long way to go before you surpass the Fire Dragon King's might." My answer was an enormous globe of blinding crimson flames being shot towards me from Ignia's mouth.
Yet they went out once more with a mere flap of my wings. He was holding back and merely testing me, yet he was still quite shocked at how casually I was erasing his attacks.
"A King is nothing compared to a God." Ignia snarled, clearly hating how I kept comparing him to his father, but I merely shook my head and sighed at his words.
"Tell me Ignia, do you know what a 'Dragon Order' is?" I glanced at him, and smiled when his scaly brows fell into a confused frown. "Of course you don't, my apologies. A 'Dragon Order' was a magical order forced upon a dragon, which stopped them from doing a certain action. Igneel had received one such Dragon Order back in the day, want to know why?" I hummed and stood straighter, my gaze growing distant as I went through my memories.
"Igneel was a monster. Talent like no other, a simple Fire Dragon that rose to the peak and reached levels of power that had to be contained… lest he sets the very atmosphere on fire." I remember how in the anime Igneel beat the ever living shit out of Acnologia during the Tartarus War while not even at half of his full power, and only lost because he was starting to fade away and loose his last bits of energy, else Acnologia would have been killed right then and there.
Irene had memories of Belserion telling her how he was thankful that Igneel stood neutral within the conflict, because he'd surely lead whatever side he joins to victory. That's just how horrifyingly powerful that guy is.
"The only reason he lost to Acnologia is because he was helping the other dragons evacuate and run away, you included. Plus he was being held back by the Dragon Order, which prohibited him to unleash his apocalyptic might and turn Acnologia to ashes." I lowered my gaze from the ocean of stars up above and looked down at the very clearly shocked Ignia. "Do me a favour and never compare your power to that of a God, because you are nowhere near that level. Nowhere near Acnologia's level." I spread and flapped my wings as I breathed out, a feral grin spreading across my face. "But worry not, I'll make sure to educate you." I flexed my claws and shot forward, shattering the sound barrier as Ignia released a roar of pure fury and met my charge with mine, his body glowing with the brilliance and heat of the very sun.
Our bodies smashed against each other in a colossal impact that cracked the dimension even more, and I sneered when the ocean of stars around us glowed with blinding brilliance as Selene joined the fray.
"You may have the aid of the cosmos…" I lowered my glowing gaze towards Selene as my feral grin only grew, my magical aura pouring out and seeping into everything. "But I command the very Heavens." Her eyes widened in horror as I made the brilliance of the star mine, then made them glow even brighter, together with the very land, air, moisture in the air. Everything.
"Lesson number one: Never pick a fight with a Sage Dragon."
(Two hours later, Selene)
She spat out a mouthful of blood as she leaned against the rock near her, holding her bleeding side as blood kept pouring down her body from her countless deep injuries that were taking a while to heal.
Her eyes shook with fear as she glanced around, seeing no signs of Ignia, who suffered even worse injuries before the dimension Irene had taken them in collapsed after they managed to slay her.
She was a horrifyingly powerful opponent, possibly the worst one she ever faced.
She Enchanted her every blow to hit hundreds of times harder, increased their pain receptors so that they felt horrifying levels of pain even from a single scratch, boosted their senses so they became disorienting and used those chances to inflict deep injuries and change the tides of battle each time.
Yet, Selene felt like they didn't slay her. It felt… easy. As if she was holding back the whole time.
Plus there was no corpse left behind from their final clash…
"From a mother to another; Keep an eye out on your children, there are dragon hunters around Guiltina." Those were the final words that drifted inside of her mind before they had their final clash, which made her falter slightly.
"She isn't dead…" Selene gritted her teeth, her kimono stained with blood and being a tattered mess, even her hair were covered in blood and were a complete mess. "I'm sure of it…" She straightened herself after taking a deep breath, then leaned her back against the boulder so to recover enough magic so to shift to Elentir and use it's sheer quantity of Ethernano to recover faster.
"I'll remember you, Irene…" Selene hummed, a smile spreading across her lips as she wiped away some of the blood covering them.
She made a mental note to check on her children once she recovered, and then make plans to keep watch over them. She forced herself to let them be free, but female dragons are incredibly overprotective of their children, and now it was time for her to finally go back into their lives.
Plus, she might as well use that as a chance to embarrass them. Her life had become quite dull these past years.
She was pulled out of her thoughts by a loud pained and distorted roar that came from the distance together with a short spike of magic, which made Selene scoff slightly.
"So that fool survived…" She clicked her tongue, then simply shook her head and waved her arm, creating a portal with the last bits of magic she had recovered and walked through it. She'd rather be anywhere but near Ignia as he recovered.
She already regretted taking an interest in the terrifying magical presence that suddenly appeared on Guiltina, and regretted picking a fight against Irene even more.
Why did she even do that? Ignia is one thing, but her?
And why is she aroused?!
(Irene)
Well, that happened.
I didn't expect for those two brats to actually sense me and pick a fight with me, but oh well, I was an unknown to them, and they instantly viewed me as a threat to them.
Plus me constantly antagonizing Ignia and looking down on them is probably what pushed them to throw hands. Or claws.
I wonder what they'd think when they realize that what they fought was but a clone. It did have 80% of my whole power though, and it did let me cut loose and understand where I am standing in levels of power, plus put several ideas to use.
That fight was more me playing around and testing stuff than me being serious.
"Mama~!" I felt a pair of small hands push against my cheeks and move them around as I opened my eyes to take in the adorable sigh of my adorable little Erza who had a cute pout on her face as she stared up at me with those bright eyes of hers.
"What is it my Little Dragon?" I hummed, hugging her close and filling her face with kisses, her adorable giggles being music to my ears. Her scent made me relax and melt into the rocking chair I was sitting in, my smile only growing more and more.
Ah, if only I could go back in time to enjoy my baby Erza some more and hear her first words once again! She grew up too fast damn it! I only have several million pictures of her saved up! It's not enough! I need a few billion more!
"I want ice cream!" My daughter cheered cutely, bouncing in my lap as I poked her cute chubby cheeks. Being a mother is truly the best. I love her so much!
"Miss." I perked up as Raikou stepped into my office with a sealed envelope in her hands, so I stood up and put Erza down and let her chase after Astolfo so to go and get her ice cream while I grabbed the envelope and opened it in one swift motion.
"We had an intruder on the grounds, but Astolfo disposed him." I hummed, having felt that presence while I was fighting the Dragon 'Gods' with my clone. I didn't really bother too much with it since I instantly looked through him and learned that he was but a grunt from one of the many Dark Guilds I erased off the face of Fiore.
He wasn't the first that tried to take revenge, he won't be the last. Not like they can get past Astolfo. Or Raikou.
Or the garden of flowers.
Or every single tree in the forest, all the blades of grass, the mountain, and possibly the tens of thousands of Fourth Generation Dragon Slayers that are beneath the house and merely waiting for orders.
I should really focus on making more of those guys and move them in a separate dimension…
I pull my focus back on the envelope and hum softly, quite a bit surprised on the contents.
An invite to a party hosted by Jude Heartfilia within his manor.
Why would he invite me though? I've never had any dealings with him… unless he wants to stretch his business into political matters too.
"Tomorrow evening…" I hum softly as I close the envelope and throw it onto my desk, then pull the smiling Raikou in my arms and breathe in her scent before kissing her hungrily. "I'll have to buy a nice dress…" I mused as I broke the kiss, but then just shrugged and focused on the pleasurable feeling of Raikou's hands rubbing up and down my sides.
I should also go and check back in on the Guild, it's been a week since I've been there, and I'm sure that Erza misses seeing Laxus.
Speaking of the brat, he truly is incredibly talented. He has been growing stronger and stronger as the days go by, and Ivan is trying to worm his way into his head and pull him into his hold as a pawn to use against Makarov.
I don't think everyone will miss him if he disappears…
And then there's Gildars, the poor guy has been growing desperate since I haven't given him a chance just yet. Mostly because I enjoy seeing him squirm.
He settled things with his ex-wife and has now started to take care of Cana and visits her constantly, also using the fact that he is a father now to try and get closer. And also use dad jokes.
I've buried him six feet underground so many times since he started doing that, and the others at the Guild are of the same mind. Where does he even learn all of those dumb dad jokes?!
Either way, Levy is also a new addition to the Guild, and her parents are very much alive. I do not know why they weren't in the anime, but I presume that they died, one way or the other.
Thankfully it didn't happen here since I am very good friends with her mother. One of the kindest Souls I've ever met.
Other than her, I've also tracked down Ur and Ultear, but didn't show myself just yet since Ultear still isn't showing signs of getting sick from her large amounts of magic.
And if things go as planned, Ur will be the one to look for me once she does since my reputation as an amazing doctor has spread far and wide, even to where she is, so she probably won't go to Brain.
I should also go and put that guy down when I remember to go and find him…
I shrugged, then froze when the entire house shook as I felt Erza's magic erupt like a volcano.
I didn't even waste a second to instantly teleport behind her through the spell I've attached to her in order to always know where she is, how she is, what she is doing and the rest.
What I find is a ruined kitchen, swords of all types and sizes are stabbing out of the walls, floor and furniture, and Erza was currently unconscious on the floor while Astolfo was in the middle of the destruction, looking quite shook.
"What happened?" I asked as I picked up my daughter, already having an inkling about what might have happened, but I'd rather be sure.
"We were playing around when she suddenly got angry that I stole her ice cream, screamed, and this…" He waved his hands towards the blades sticking out all around him. "Happened." I nodded my head and turned to Raikou as she descended the stairs and let her hold Erza before I turned towards the blades to inspect them.
They were magical construct that had the same density and hardness of Adamantium, and were sharp enough to even be able to leave a cut on my finger. A cut on me.
"This has to be Sword Dragon Slayer Magic…" I whisper with wide eyes as I watch the swords slowly fade away into motes of light, a grin soon spreading across my face at the realization.
Sword Dragons are different from Blade Dragons. Blade Dragons turned their whole bodies into sharp weapons, while Sword Dragons summoned them to their will and covered the land into giant blades, or even creating them in the sky and having them rain down like meteors.
Blade Dragons were a pain to deal with in close quarters, while Sword Dragons were monsters both in close quarters and as ranged enemies.
Blade Dragons, while incredibly strong, were but a mere subspecies of the Sword Dragons, who were known for mating with other species so to create different types of their magic.
To think that my daughter would awaken as a Sword Dragon Slayer, one of the mightiest bloodlines! They were in the top ten in terms of sheer might back in the day!
We'll need to celebrate this day! And I'll be able to take a couple thousand pictures of my Little Dragon using her magic for the first time!
But first…
"Now, what was that about making my baby girl angry?" I smiled towards Astolfo and cracked my knuckles, making him whimper.
He might be able to fuck me into an orgasmic stupor, and he might be my creation to guard Erza, and he might have some of her scent Enchanted on him, but that doesn't mean that I'll pardon him for making my baby girl angry.
"Mercy?" He whimpered again, his knees quivering beneath him.
But I merely reached forward.
Grabbed his nipples, and twisted.
A.N.: And here ya go, more plans, a timeskip, and yada yada…
Either way, bit of an important notice. Yesterday I had a Heart Attack, so updates will be slowed down quite a bit after I post the almost finished chapters that I have on hand.
I'm alright, so don't worry! Just gotta take my time and recover! Love y'all for your support!
Either way… gimme money! Pat /SamuraiCheem