A/N: Welcome to Chapter 3 of RDK. Please, read and review. This is a filler chapter, but I need it to get the story moving along. Hope you enjoy.
Catching Up with the fairies
Seven years. That's how long it has been for the members of fairy tail and the rest of the world after Acnologia attacked Tenrou Island. After the the attack, Acnologia had disappeared and has not been seen since. The core members of Fairy Tail that were on the island survived the attack, but there was a price. You see the reason they survived Acnologia's attack was because their feelings for one another had activated one of Fairy Tail's great spells, Fairy Sphere. This sphere protected the group from the Dragon King's assault. The power of the sphere depends on the bonds of the members. The stronger the bond, the stronger the shield is made. However, the side effect of the shield is that it put everyone on the island into a comatose state. They remained like that for seven years, and none of them aged at all during that time. It came as a big shock to everyone, but not as much as a shock when they found out who helped activate the spell. It was Mavis Vermillion, the first master of Fairy Tail. She appeared like a petite girl in her teens. She had a petite body with long, pale blonde hair that reached her ankles with a single band pointing upwards on top of her head. She had wing-like adornments on the sides of her head. She had a pale pink dress with a red bow tied around the collar. Around her chest were three blue diamond patterns with two blue triangles above them. Each series of these is outlined in hot pink. She had deep, emerald eyes with no pupils. She also walked everywhere barefoot.
Everyone was shocked to see the spirit of the first master and founder of their guild. Apparently she lives on the island and since only members of the guild could see her she decided to stay on the island for the time and reminisce on her life. However, after the fiasco with Acnologia, she decided maybe she should return to civilization and see how her guild has grown. The Tenrou group and the members that came to find them were left dumbfounded, but they nodded nonetheless. Afterall they could not reject a request from the founder of their guild. When they returned to the mainland they were shocked at all the changes that happened without them. Bisca and Alzack had finally gotten together. They even got married and had a daughter, Asuka. It came as big surprise since everyone knew they had the hots for one another, but too shy to openly admit it to one another. Erza seemed the most shocked by this, much to the confusion of the couple.
The next shocking news that came to them was their ranking in Fiore. They had dropped from being number one to becoming the weakest guild in the country. Macao Conbolt was forced to become Fairy Tail's fourth master. They had lost numerous job requests, and their guildhall. But with everyone from Tenrou Island back, they had hope again. Hope that they could rise up and become number one in Fiore again. After a few weeks of celebrating and catching up, the entire guild came to a realization. They were completely broke and they needed cash fast. Makarov Dreyar, the third master of Fairy Tail decided that for the guild to rise again they needed a new leader. Makarov was in his late eighties. He had led Fairy Tail for over 40 years and decided it was time for him to step done. He decided to nominate Gildarts Clive, the guild's ace, as the fifth master of Fairy Tail.
Gildarts first action as master was to reinstate Laxus Dreyar, Makarov's grandson, as a member of the guild. Laxus was in his early twenties and had a very muscular build. He had short spiky blonde hair. His eyes were a deep green and he had a lightning bolt scar over his right eye. He wore a black vest with gray fur around the collar of the vest and at the sleeves. He wore blood red jeans and black shoes. This news was celebrated by everyone in the guild, but Makarov was just annoyed by this. Laxus was originally a member of the guild, but he was excommunicated after he tried to take over the guild for his own selfish ambitions. He didn't return until the fight between Fairy Tail and Grimoire Heart, a dark guild, occurred on Tenrou Island. Gildarts's next move, hilariously enough, was to nominate Makarov as the sixth master.
Everyone agreed without hesitation much to Makarov's shock and horror. Gildarts explained that he was not cut out for being master. He liked traveling around and seeing new places, and having an adventure. He liked being a free bird, but he would stay to help the guild reach the top again. Plus it gave him time to hang out with his newly revealed duaghter, Cana. He looked around to find her in her usual spot. She had her traditional bikini top with maroon jeans and black heels. She had her wavy, brunette hair down and was doing her usual pastime. Drinking barrels of alcohol on her own. How she drank all that beer and not get sick was a mystery to her father. Hell, 30% of the guild's alcohol bills came from her alone. But the man did love his daughter to death, a little too much in Cana's eyes since he kept being a little too clingy for her own comfort. Though everyone else was enjoying the banter between the two. Everyone overall was enjoying their time together again.
Well everyone except for one.
She sat at one of the tables to the far end of the guild. She was a petite girl in her early teen years. Her straight, dark blue hair was hanging down to her waist. She was wearing a flowing green dress with a diamond pattern and wore ankle tied sandals. Her dark brown eyes stared at the heart shaped red jewel around her neck in deep wonder. This was Wendy Marvell. The Sky Dragon Slayer, and the biological daughter of Acnologia. Something that only a select number of people knew about. This select number of people included the girl herself.
She had found out during her younger years when he used to visit her on occasion. The last time she saw him was nearly a year before she joined Fairy Tail. That's why she was not scared when he appeared on Tenrou Island. Shocked and amazed at his appearance and power? Yes. Scared and petrified? Not even close. The reason she knew that was her father was because of the jewel around her neck. It was his last present before he disappeared. It let her know that he was alive somewhere, and it would glow a bright red whenever he was close by. So it made it easy to identify him, even in his dragon form. What confused her was why he was there. He had no purpose there unless it was related to Grimoire Heart or Zeref, but they had disappeared before he arrived. Something that must have annoyed him to no end, she mused. Then his unexpected attack on the entire guild. Well attack wouldn't be the right word. More like him toying around with everyone. Gildarts had told them his fight against Acnologia lasted less than three minutes before Acnologia ended it swiftly with one strike, taking Gildarts leg, arm and pieces of his organs. He did wonder how he even survived and if someone saved him from the dragon. Wendy knew better than that and her suspicions were confirmed on Tenrou Island. Acnologia was having fun with them. He was testing them to see if they were worth his time.
You would think spending time with your daughter would take priority then again she couldn't shout out 'Dad!' in front of everyone. The number of questions she would be bombarded with would make her brain blow a fuse. Plus she did not know how her friends would react and worse what the magic council would do to her if they ever heard that one of the most powerful and feared beings in the world had a child. She shuddered at the thought. That was probably one of the reasons he kept his distance from her. To erase any connection the two had. But her quiet mood was not because of not being able to talk to her father. It was how easily he took everyone down. Everyone threw everything they had including the master and yet they could not make a dent in him. Hell she saw him smirk at them when they began their assault on him. He was mocking them! Showing them how powerless they were compared to him. Hell this guild had four dragonslayers and yet not one of them was able to land a scratch on his entire body. All they manage to do was send into the ocean. Something that did nothing to him and he seemed even more entertained than before. That was a blow to her pride as a dragonslayer. Then he charged and fired his breath attack at them; a breath attack that was not even at full power. The only reason they got out with little damage was thanks to Master Mavis and Fairy Sphere activating. What utter and complete bullshit!
Yes the first master did saved them, but Acnologia wasn't going all out on them. He could have blown the island when it appeared in his line of vision, he did not have to land on the island. Hell when he did he never blasted them. He just stomped and huffed everything around him. The biggest thing that proves that her father had no intention of hurting them was that no one died. Anyone that got hit by him did not die, hell no one lost a limb! Did no one find that strange?! He did not see them as any kind of threat, which made the young girl frown.
She never told anyone this, but she always wondered if her team saw her as a burden. She was not the best fighter, and more a supportive member than a combat specialist like Natsu, Gray, and Erza. Plus she was not all that strong. Her best spells were her enhancements and healing spells. Whenever she fought a strong opponent she was always pushed behind and watched as someone else beat the bad guy. Whether it was the battle with the Oracion Seis, the Dragonoid, the battle with King Faust in Edolas, and the disaster in Tenrou she was always left behind and had to rely on others for everything. She gripped her hands tighter. She was so tired of being weak! She needed to get stronger! But how could she get stronger without the proper teacher?
She was cut from her musings when she hears someone calling her name. She looked up to see her team looking at her strangely. The first was a boy in his late teens, he had spiky pink hair. He had slitted black eyes, and his body was lean and muscular. He was wearing a one-sleeved long, black overcoat with gold trimmings. He had a brown belt tied around his waist with white trousers and black Sandler. The noticeable attire on the boy was the white scarf around his neck and his exposed right arm with the emblem on his shoulder. This was Natsu Dragneel, the fire dragonslayer.
The second was blonde haired women with large brown eyes. She had an impressive blossom and a very curvaceous body that was the envy of many of the guild. She had the guild's symbol on the back of her right hand in pink. This was Lucy Heartfilia, a celestial spirit mage.
The next person was a boy also in his late teens with spiky black hair, dark blue eyes, and with a scar right above his left eye. He was shirtless making it easy to see he had a muscular build like Natsu. He had the guild mark on his right pectoral muscle. He wore a silver necklace that resembled a sword with a stone on the hilt of the blade. He had dark cargo pants with black boots. This was Gray Fullbuster, an ice molding mags and the guild's residential stripper.
The third was another female with a similar builder, but with a slightly lean and muscular build. She had long scarlet hair that reached her waist. She had a light complexion with dark brown eyes. She wore silver armor around her chest and arms. She had a blue skirt with dark brown boots. She had a blue guild emblem on her left arm. This was Erza Scarlet; Titania, The Fairy Queen, an S-rank mage, and the strongest female of the guild.
The last person looked like he was in his early twenties like Laxus. He had long spiky black hair that was slicked back at the front. He had red eyes with slitted pupils. He had no eyebrows with three metal studs in place of them. He also had studs on both his firearms, two below his chin, four as piercings on his ears and two on the sides of his nose. He wears the guild emblem on his left shoulder in black. He wore a black sleeveless tunic with beige pants tucked inside black boots that reach his calves. He also had black gloves on with studs. The most distinguishing feature was the black wing like ornament on his right shoulder that was attached to his tunic by a large stud. This was Gajeel Redfox, The Iron Dragonslayer.
There were three cats with wings along side the mentioned mages. One was male with light blue fur called Happy, a female with white fur called Carla and Wendy's partner and best friend, and finally a black cat called panther lily. Wendy was surprised to see them before smiling at them, momentarily forgetting her dark thoughts, and said hello to everyone.
"So everyone, why are you all here?" She politely asked.
Everyone frowned before turning to Carla.
"Wendy, everyone is here because they have been worried about you."
Wendy looked strangely at them.
"Why are you all worried about me?" Carla just looked annoyed.
"Because child for the last three weeks you have been rather quiet keeping your distance from everyone. When anyone sees you, you're in the back of the guild all by your lonesome staring at your necklace. We're worried about you Wendy."
Wendy dropped her head, she didn't mean to have everyone worried about her, she just had a lot on her mind.
"Gomen everyone, I just had a lot on my mind these last few weeks."
Everyone looked at each other before looking at the sky dragon again.
"Wendy." She looked to see Natsu and Gajeel staring at her.
"Does this have to do with Acnologia?" Wendy flinched.
"Wendy I know you're feeling frustrated at how we got rocketed by that bastard. He made us look like we were nothing, even us dragonslayers could do nothing against him. He made all of us feel powerless weaklings."
Wendy began shaking.
"We all feel the same way. All of us took a shot to our pride. He made us look like we were nothing, but insects that he was trying to swat. He showed us that there a lot more powerful beings in the world that we haven't seen yet, which is why there is a bright side to this." Wendy and everyone looked at him funny.
"He screwed up by not finishing us off. Now we have the chance to get stronger and become the strongest guild in Fiore again! Then we'll find that scaly bastard and kick his ass for real! We will show him that you never should underestimate Fairy Tail! Who's with me?!"
Everyone cheered in agreement and even Wendy got back to her normal mood. Then Lucy looked at Wendy and the jewel around her neck.
"Hey Wendy, I was wondering where did you get that necklace? Its beautiful."
"I've had it for a long time. It was gift that I got when I was still in Cait Shelter."
"Who gave it to you?" Erza asked curiously. Wendy smiled.
"My tou-chan gave it to me." This surprised everyone, except Carla who scowled at the mention of Wendy's father, since they thought she was an orphan like the other dragonslayers.
"Wait you have a dad? I thought you were like us. You know-" Natsu began.
"An orphan raised by a dragon." Wendy finished. Natsu nodded awkwardly since you don't bluntly remind anyone of being an orphan. By the looks of it, everyone else they felt the same, and Erza made her dislike verbally clear by smacking him over the head.
"Natsu you don't just say whatever comes to your head. Think before you speak! Now apologize to Wendy!" Ezra scoldingly said to the teen. Natsu grumbled, but complied before apologizing. Wendy giggled and shook her head telling him it was okay.
"You see my tou-chan was the one who left me in the care of Grandeeney. But I was raised by him till I was around three or four. After that I only saw him on occasion when he checked up on me at Cait Shelter. He was rather secretive about himself, he didn't even tell me he was my dad. But I knew. I recognized his scent plus I might have eavesdropped on some of his conversations with Master Rabaul (everyone chuckled at that). The last time I saw him was nearly a year before the whole Oracion Seis incident. He gave me this necklace and said no matter how far he was, he would always be by my side. That was the last time I saw him and now seven or eight years have passed." She finished explaining. She could not tell them that he was on the island. At least not yet.
This made everyone smile, but also wonder what kind of person Wendy's father was. Carla merely scoffed. She never liked that man. He always very secretive and told Wendy nothing about or him or her mother. In her eyes, that man was suspicious hooligan that had no right to be Wendy's father. It was one of the many things that the two always argued about, but she decided to stay quiet this one time.
"Hey Wendy do you know what the necklace does?" Lucy asked.
"Well he said that the necklace was connected through a complex combination of sealing and rune magic. The necklace is connected to his life force. As long as it's bright red, he's alive. If it's black that means something is wrong with him, and if it shatters that means he's dead. Oh he also said that if it ever glows a bright red it means he is nearby." Everyone was impressed at the skill Wendy's father had. He must be a very powerful mage. If only they knew.
"Sealing and Rune Magic in unison? That is an impressive feat. Only someone of Freed's claibur or more could do that. Your father must be a master in the sealing arts, Wendy." Erza said impressed. Wendy beamed at her.
"Hai, my tou-chan is the strongest mage I know. No could be able to beat him."
"Ha I bet I could beat him easily." Natsu boastfully claimed. Wendy just giggled at her fellow dragonslayer's antics.
"Gomen Natsu-san, but I have seen you at your best and when you're pushed to your limits and beyond. My dad has no limits and is probably one of the strongest mages, if not the strongest in the entirety of Earthland. So you have a LONG way before you could realistically challenge him."
Everyone looked at the girl oddly. Was her father really that powerful or was this just hype to make him seem bigger than he actually was. Again if only they knew just WHO was her father. Gajeel just smirked before getting in front of Wendy and patting her on her head.
"Gihihihihi. Looks like our little Wendy is a daddy's girl. Right?" Gajeel teased.
Wendy blushed and pouted mumbling that she was not. This caused everyone to laugh at the girl's expense. After calming down, Ezra explained that they were going to visit the medical mage, Porlyusica. When Wendy asked why, they explained she may have an idea of how they can get stronger in a short amount of time. Wendy nodded and the rest of Team Natsu left to visit the recluse in her home at the edge of Mongolia. Gajeel and Lily decided to stay in case of a fight occurred in the guild.
When the team met Porlyusica, she was less than welcoming. She was an elderly in her late 80s like Makarov. She had hot pink hair with two bangs on the front of her head, and the rest in a bun with two gold ornaments on its sides. She had blood red eyes. Her most noticeable attire was a high-collar blood red cloak with 'fangs' on the top of the collar. She told the mages she wanted nothing with humans and to leave her alone. When they continued to persist, she came out with a broom swinging around screaming for them to get off her property. The mages ran away in shock and fear, but Wendy looked back to the screaming women, she seemed familiar. When they were given a chance to breathe again, everyone were still shocked at how violent Porlyusica was towards them. Carla then saw the distress look on Wendy's face. When she asked everyone was shocked when she began to burst into tears. She explained that her aura and scent were very familiar. The flavor reminded her of the Sky dragon, Grandeeney. This shocked everyone and asked if she was sure, which she nodded. They began the debate of Porlyusica possibly being the one that raised Wendy. Lucy debunked this because Porlyusica has been around since Makarov's time and always stayed near forests. But the dragons have been around for a much longer time and they all disappeared on July 7, x777. That makes it 14 years since the dragons disappeared for the dragonslayers. This meant that it would make no sense that the two were connected. Wendy explained that while the two had the same aura and scent, her tone and attitude were complete opposites of one another.
That was when Porlyusica appeared behind them, shocking the team. She explained she was not the Grandeeney she was looking for, but she was her in some way. She explained she was from the parallel world, Edolas. In Edolas there is a parallel version to everyone in Earthland. Porlyusica was the Edolas version of Grandeeney. Something that shocked everyone. Natsu asked if Igneel, Metalicana, and the other dragons had human counterparts. Porlyusica said she did not know, since she never met them. She explained she was stranded here decades ago. That was when she met Makarov, and he helped her settled on this new world, and she has been here ever since. She then drops the bomb that she has spoken to the sky dragon herself through her magic. She looked at Wendy and said if she wanted to get stronger then she should learn these spells. She then brings out two paper albums. She explained the first one had two dragonslayers secret arts for her to learn. She then said the other one was given to her, shockingly, by her father in person. This got Wendy's and the entire group's attention. Wendy immediately asked if she knew where he was, but she sadly shook her head. However, he did leave a message for her.
"Get stronger my chibi-hime. The day we meet again is fast approaching."
Wendy was blushing in embarrassment at the nickname, while the girls gushed at the cute name while the guys simply laughed. After giving her the spells, Porlyusica decided it was time to return home. Wendy got out of her embarrassed and bowed in gratitude to the old mage and called her Grandeeney. As she walked away Porlyusica could not stop the smile that adorned her face as she walked back home. When the team returned to the guild, they saw Macao arguing with his son, Romeo. Romeo explained that the quickest way to become the number one guild was to participate in the Grand Magic Games. It was created by the council as a way for the guilds to compete and prove they are the strongest, and avoid unnecessary guild wars. However, Fairy Tail had always lost every time the guild entered. Plus the games were always different for each year. Romeo then explained the winner gets 30,000,000 jewels, which got the master to declare they were competing. Everyone got excited and were ready to win. Romeo explained that the games begin in three months. That was plenty of time to catch up and get ready for the games. Wendy was excited to get a chance to learn her new spells. Team Natsu decided to go to a training camp. They were accompanied by Juvia and Team Shadow Gear consisting of Levy McGarden, Jet, and Droy. Levy was a petite girl with shoulder length blue hair with a yellow bandana tied around her head and wearing an orange tank top. Jet was an young man with orange hair tied in a spiky ponytail, and Droy was very obsessed man with black in an odd style with having a tuft of hair on top of his head extending upwards then curving forward like a plant's stem. The eight along with Happy and Charla then set out to get stronger. There was only one place to go for such serious training. The beach!
