Shock didn't really convey what Nashi saw on her fathers face upon hearing that. His mouth hung open, and his eyes were so wide you could've fit a bowling ball in them. She waited impatiently for something, anything. Even denial at this point would've been better than silence.

"Your... my daughter?" He finally asked, voice so quiet Nashi was glad she had dragon slayer ears to hear him with.

"Yep" She replied quietly, seeing her father almost flinch as she spoke. He turned to Mom disbelievingly, who nodded silently and met my gaze. I was still being silent.

"I- I don't... what?" Mom turned back him.

"The night before you left, Natsu, remember?" Natsu thought long and hard finally being able to replay the nights events in his mind. Now he realized.

"But...But..." He choked. Gajeel groaned.

"You fucked Lucy and knocked her up Salamander, is that blunt enough for you?" He yelled, and was immediately scolded by Levy. Nashi knew her father was watching her.

"That's... that's my..." He seemed at a loss for a comprehensible sentence, but he took a deep breath and stepped forward. "Sorry I didn't recognize you and first Nashi, I don't know how I didn't see it up until now." I didn't say anything, too angry for words. "What's wrong, are you shy?"

"No" She spoke up. It was the first time in a while Nashi had heard her voice, completely free of depression and worry. But hearing it filled with rage wasn't all to nice either. "I'm not a fucking mute"

"I didn't say that" Dad said carefully, as if trying not to push any of her buttons. Unfortunately, they'd been pushed a while ago.

"Nashi," Her mother warned. "Don't be mad at him, he had no idea he got me pregnant."

"Yeah, and if I'd been told, I would've come back" Nashi clenched her fists.

"Then why didn't you?" Nashi hissed, so enraged she could barely think straight.

"I... I had a job to do..."

"Don't give me that bullshit!" Nashi shouted, glaring up at her father. Other members of the guild may have feared him, but Nashi wasn't. "Your trying to tell me, that after 16 long, lonely, years, you didn't once want to come back?" Her father glowered at her, and Nashi tried to fight off the feeling she was about to get burned.

"Of course I wanted to come back" He scowled. "More than anything, but I had a job, and I don't just abandon a job because I'm lonely."

"Then try imaging how I feel," Nashi replied, feeling the tears stinging her eyes. "I was a little, fatherless girl, who couldn't use her magic and was so hopelessly lost in her fathers shadow of greatness." Natsu's face softened a bit. " I spent years fighting peoples remarks that I was useless for years. I fought off the bullies, the assholes, trying to convince myself that my daddy would come home one day and shut them all up. But he never did. I had to fend for myself, and eventually, I couldn't do it anymore. I took their insults, I took their beatings and their emotional abuse. I took it for years. Eventually I dragged one of the only friends I've ever had down with me, and I lost another because she realized how useless I was." I made a point to make eye contact with Elise, how looked down at the ground. The tears were flowing now. I looked back at my father, who was staring at the ground, fists clenched. "I've spent my entire life being given reason to hate you, and you expect to walk in here and have me except you?! No, not now, not ever. For all I care, you can fuck right back off to wherever you were, because frankly, I don't consider you my father any more than Elise considers me a friend. I wake up every morning wishing I hadn't. I walk to the guild slowly because I know when I get here I'll be emotional abused. I live every day hoping it's my last, all because you were never there" She wiped her face angrily, trying not to start wailing. She'd never told anyone that, and now everyone knew. She could hear a few members of the guild crying as well. Her mother had tears streaming down her face as well, hands cupped over her mouth. Nashi sighed shakily. She looked up, feeling another wave of tears coming. "I don't know what you expected me to say, but I hope your happy you got to see Mom again." Nashi turned on her heel and walked out, noting everyone crying or wiping their eye. Even Rocky and Sammy, who were the worst of the bullies, had tears in their eyes as they noticed her watching them. Sammy opened his mouth, as if to say something. Nashi walked away before he could, right out of the guild.

Nashi had herself curled up into a ball as she overlooked the valley in front of her. She always came here when she was really upset, and she didn't have any intention to leave anytime soon. She couldn't show her face at the guild ever again. They'd all treat her like some kind of specialty case, and she didn't want that.

"I thought I might find you here" Nashi turned to find the daughter of the iron dragon slayer standing behind her.

"What do you want, Elise?" She couldn't possibly imagine what she wanted. Although she and Elise used to be the best of friends, she had started joining in on teasing and bullying her. Although not as far as others took it, Elise was often in the company of those who were responsible for the worse of it.

"I came to talk to you, obviously." She stood next to Nashi. there was silence between them before Elise sighed. "We used to come here when we were little, remember that?"

"Yeah, after we got in trouble for breaking your moms glass figurines." Elise chuckled.

"She was gonna kill me for that one."

"I was the one that did it, remember?"

"I didn't want you to take the blame for it. We were friends."

"Were" I replied, burying my head in my knees." We aren't anymore." Elise sighed and sat down next to me. I noted that her brown eyes were ringed with tears. She'd been crying.

"I came to apologize" She finally spoke. "Your little speech today made me realize I've been horrible to you" I waited quietly for her to continue, letting the words sink in. " I've been absolutely horrible to you" I turned to look at her warily. She looked far away.

"Elise..."

"I understand if you don't forgive me, but I had to tell you. I can't believe I used to say those things to you. I so so-" Nashi collapsed into Elise arms, and started wailing. Elise slowly wrapped her arms around her. "What are you doing?" she asked. Nashi sobbed loudly.

"I just need someone" She replied shakily, feeling so completely useless and weak. "Someone to tell me it's gonna be okay"

"Pull yourself together" Elise said, sounding a little pissed off. "Your better than this. Your father doesn't deserve to know you."

"You * Hic* never did know what to say when someone gets emotional with you" Elise chuckled and pulled Nashi closer, rubbing her arms comfortingly.

"Pull yourself together Nashi"

"I'm trying" There was a serene silence as Nashi continued crying into the arms of her former/ returned best friend.

"Sometimes I wonder" Nashi managed, wiping the tears from her face.

" About what?" Elise asked, looking down at her.

"If anyone would care if I disappeared and never came back. If I was dead." Elise hugged her tighter.

"Don't say that kinda shit. Your an amazing person. Don't let that dickhead Rocky or his butt buddy Sammy tell you otherwise. and if they do..." Elise grinned darkly. "They'll have me to deal with" Nashi grinned weakly as a fresh wave of tears washed over her, this time of happiness that she had her friend back.

"Thanks, Elise"

"No problem. After everything I've done, the least I can do is let you cry a freaking ocean into my shirt" Nashi laughed quietly.

"Shut up ,Elise"

I kinda feel like Elise wasn't as introduced as she should've been, seeing as she's a main character. Hopefully this was good enough.