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This was requested on AO3 by Fairyzilla.

This was a pretty difficult request. It took me a while to come up with something, but I think I've managed something that'll work. I'm also to call it now, I think that this oneshot will succeed the RuLu one as my longest oneshot in this collection.

All ships that appear are my top ten Lucy ships.

Part of the request was for each of the ships to be from a different AU. I had to go to an AU website to find some. There is a surprisingly large amount of AUs.

WARNING: MENTIONS OF BLOOD!

I hope you enjoy!

A Room Full of Lucy Ships (My Top 10 Lucy Ships)

Inside a large room, several couples lay, unconscious and away from their home universes. The couples consisted of the same young woman, but different versions of her, and a different young man, with the addition of one young woman, laying beside their respective version of the blonde woman. How did they get here? Who are they? Allow me to explain.

A fire that engulfed a small town raged, sending the townspeople running for their lives. A blonde dressed in heavily revealing, dark clothing laughed as she watched, sitting atop a nearby cliff. She watched with a smile as the chaos she enjoyed causing ensued. Next to her, her green-haired boyfriend, who was dressed in red, simply smiled at the sight. He looked over at his girlfriend and asked, "would you like to move on to the next town? Or would you like to go back to Fairy Tail?"

Lucy stopped her laughter and turned to the rune mage. She smiled at him, throwing her arms around him and she kissed him, which he reciprocated as he wrapped his arms around her waist. The pair pulled away and the celestial wizard answered, "let's go to one more town. Natsu should be back at the guild by the time we're done."

Lucy stood up and stretched, smiling as she heard Freed groan while he too stood. The blonde chuckled, looping her arm with his, before she teased, "don't be so jealous, Freed."

The man kissed the top of her head as he led her down the other side of the cliff face, walking away from the town that they had just destroyed. As they walked, Freed responded, "I'm not jealous. I don't understand why you like that idiot so much."

Lucy replied with a shrug, "he's my best friend. You don't have to worry though, you will always have my heart." She leaned up to kiss her boyfriend's cheek, watching with satisfaction as his cheeks became dusted with a light pink color and he smiled down at her, responding to the kiss with a peck of his own onto her forehead.

The pair soon reached another town that was located in the middle of nowhere. Lucy and Freed smiled at each other and shared another kiss before they set about attacking, destroying homes, and sending injured people running away.

As they neared the end of their siege on the town, a masculine voice yelled, "stop this!"

Lucy and Freed came to a stop next to each other, turning around to see a muscular man standing amongst the destruction. He stared at them with a hard glare, standing in a battle stance.

Freed scoffed, "what if we don't?" Lucy chuckled, taking Taurus' key into her hand.

The man raised a hand that was engulfed in a faint blue light, outstretched toward them. He announced, "I'll send you away to a universe you can not cause harm."

Lucy and Freed looked down at the ground below them upon being surrounded by a similar light blue color. Directly below them was a large, light blue magic seal. The light increased in intensity until the two dark mages disappeared from sight once the light died.

"Luk! Wait!"

A young woman with white hair under her black hair called to her boyfriend. She jumped over a fallen tree, trying to catch up with the blonde man. She was dressed in a black leather dress, the sweetheart neckline doing nothing to make her small bust look bigger as she had hoped it would.

She finally caught up with the man she had been running after. She leaned on him, reaching down to her heels to adjust them in an attempt to relieve the aching pain that was beginning make an appearance. The celestial wizard next to her laughed before he asked, "why did you wear that outfit?"

The former dark mage straightened and crossed her arms over her chest. She grumbled, "Mira made me wear this. She said that I had to look nice for our date. I wish you had told me that we would be having our date in the woods." Her red eyes then roamed over her boyfriend's casual attire of a t-shirt and jeans.

Luk chuckled and leaned toward his girlfriend. In one swift motion, he swept her into his arms, holding her bridal-style. He smiled down at the young woman and said with a smile, "it'll be fine, Portia. We won't be fighting, so your shoes won't be a problem." Portia wrapped her arms around Luk's neck and pressed a kiss to his cheek as the celestial wizard continued walking.

They soon arrived at an abandoned castle. It was clearly falling apart and vines climbed up the exterior walls. Only one tower remained, the other having fallen long ago. It was beautiful in a way. Portia stared up at the ruins with a fascinated smile. In front of the castle was a picnic blanket, various finger foods scattered across it.

Luk sat Portia down on the blanket before he went to sit down as well. Just as he was about to pop a bottle of wine, a trio of men clothed in black appeared a few yards in front of the couple. Luk and Portia jumped to their feet, the celestial wizard whipping out one of his keys and the independent mage getting ready to deflect any attacks that would be thrown at them.

Portia demanded, "what are you doing here?"

One of the three men stepped forward. With a sneer, he answered, "we are here to use you as leverage against Fairy Tail."

The two mages looked at each other and then back at the men, confused. Before either could say anything, the speaking man outstretched his hand toward them, a faint blue light encasing the hand. Luk wrapped an arm around Portia, pulling her close to him, as a light blue magic seal appeared underneath their feet.

A blinding light engulfed them, rendering them unable to use their magic to protect themselves. With alarmed screams from the couple, the magic seal and the light disappeared, revealing that while the picnic things remained, Luk and Portia did not.

Lucy sank her teeth into her sleeping victim's neck, draining the man of his blood. Once she had finished, she pulled away and wiped her mouth. She turned away from the bloodless body and walked back into the hallway, finding her blonde boyfriend leaning against the wall next to another doorway that lead to a bedroom. The blonde woman asked, "still hungry?"

Rufus nodded, answering, "I'm sure that one or two more will be enough."

Lucy smiled and the two exited the house, making their way through the night toward the next house. As they walked, Lucy felt Rufus wrap his arm around her and pull her closer toward him. She chuckled and stopped walking as he nuzzled his face into her neck affectionately, remarking, "this reminds me of the night you turned me."

Rufus hummed, pressing a kiss to the spot where Lucy's neck and shoulder met, drawing a chuckle from her. The man rested his chin on her shoulder and mused, "that moment is forever burned into my memory. I never thought that a human would be so insistent on joining my vampiric life. And all because you love me." He pressed a kiss to her temple before he continued, "I also remember when we first met. I just couldn't drink your blood, you were too beautiful, like a silver full moon. I didn't expect you to be so fascinated with me."

Lucy gently elbowed him as she asked with laughter in her tone, "you expected me to be scared of you?"

Rufus chuckled, answering, "wouldn't that be the only reaction to seeing a vampire staring down at you in the middle of the night?"

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Well, I was scared at first. But I also really like vampires, so..." She grabbed her boyfriend's hand and pulled him along to continue their walking.

Once they reached the front door, Lucy twisted the doorknob, smiling when the door opened soundlessly. The couple entered the house, walking through to find people to feed one with footsteps that gave no sound.

They passed by an open doorway, but Lucy stopped when a glow from inside caught her attention. She whisper-yelled to the other blonde, "Rufus! Come look at this!"

The man made his way back over to her, inquiring, "what is it?"

Instead of answering, Lucy pointed into the room. The couple stared in fascination into the room. It was empty, save for a single podium that held a light blue, glowing crystal that was set in a small stand. Lucy crept toward the crystal, her brown eyes wide with awe. Rufus rushed after her, grabbing her arm and saying in a whisper, "I don't think that it's a good idea to go near that."

However, Lucy shook off his hold on her arm and continued approaching the podium. It was as if she was in a trance. As her boyfriend continued to urge her to stay away from the glowing crystal, the blonde woman reached her hand toward the crystal, causing the light emanating from it to increase to a blinding degree. Lucy and Rufus covered their eyes, both suddenly rooted to where they stood.

The light quickly disappeared, revealing that the two vampires had disappeared, seemingly out of thin air.

Blood splattered across the wooden floor, a body almost immediately collapsing. The bloodied victim convulsed for a few moments before they stilled. The killer, a young, blonde woman clothed in a black, leather bodysuit wiped off her blade and sheathed the knife before she turned around to face her two partners, both of whom were standing next to an open window and were also dressed in black clothing.

The blonde man smiled at the woman, remarking, "good job, Blondie!"

Lucy sighed and rolled her eyes. She loved her boyfriend, but she hated that he called her that nickname, especially since he was blonde too. She repeated to him, "you're blonde too, Sting!"

As the man laughed at her response, she turned to her other boyfriend, asking, "how did I do, Rogue?"

The black-haired man gave her a small smile as he answered, "not bad for a fist kill. Could be a bit less messy, but you'll learn how to avoid making too much of a mess."

Lucy smiled at her two boyfriends. They were great teachers. She walked over to them, asking, "do we have any other hits along with this guy?" She gestured to the dead man behind her.

Rogue pulled out their burner phone, looking down at it, before he answered, "one more. We'll get paid once we complete it."

Sting pushed himself off of the wall next to the open window. "Great! I'm itchin' to get home and sleep. How much money are we getting again?"

Rogue answered as he stuffed the burner phone back into his pocket, "a million jewel."

Lucy stared at her boyfriend with widened eyes, questioning, "is that a lot for a hit?"

Sting nodded, answering, "yeah, usually the money is half that. I guess these guys are really powerful." He then climbed through the window, eager to get the kill done soon. The other two followed. The hitmen and hitwoman climbed down a fire escape and began making their way to their second target.

As they walked, Lucy entwined her fingers with her boyfriends', holding their hands with a tight hold, though not painfully. The two men squeezed their girlfriend's hands affectionately. Lucy silently mused about how her life had taken an unexpected turn when she found out that her two boyfriends were hitmen. She wasn't entirely sure why, but she hadn't taken issue with the fact. Instead, she insisted that she join them. She guessed that it was because she loved both Sting and Rogue, not caring about them being killers. She was better than expected, especially considering that this was her first hit.

The trio soon arrived at their destination, a mansion that was strangely unguarded. Sting scaled the outside wall and opened a window, allowing Lucy and Rogue to follow. The three walked through the wide hallways, searching for their supposedly sleeping target.

They soundlessly walked into a room, only to all freeze in place when they found their target standing in the middle of the bedroom. The man glared at them and spoke with a strong tone, "come to kill me, hm?"

Sting planted himself next to Lucy while Rogue stepped in front of her. Both of the men were in a battle stance, prepared for a fight. Lucy watched nervously, a bead of sweat rolling down her temple. She wasn't confident in her fighting abilities, but she sure as hell was going to try to help her boyfriends.

The man smirked. He raised his hand, revealing it to be surrounded by a faint blue light. He snapped his fingers, causing the door behind the trio to slam close, drawing their attention to it. The bedroom door then opened again, this time a faint blue light emanated from within the doorway, an invisible force attempting to suck in the intruders.

Lucy screamed as she was pulled into the doorway, turning to reach for her boyfriends. Sting and Rogue yelled, "Lucy!" as they grabbed her hands, trying to pull her back to them. However, they were quickly pulled along with her through the glowing doorway, the door slamming closed immediately after.

Lucy rubbed her growing stomach, smiling as she hummed to her unborn daughter. She was sitting on the couch, legs crisscrossed. She was thirty weeks along, only a little less than two weeks away from meeting her baby. Neither she nor her husband could wait. They were both excited beyond belief to have their daughter in their arms.

As the blonde focused her attention on her very pregnant belly, she heard the sound of her husband's car pulling into the driveway. She jumped off of the couch, as best she could anyway, and walked over to the front door to greet her husband. The door quickly opened and in stepped a tall, blonde man, a lightning-shaped scar running through his right eye.

Laxus smiled at the sight of his wife. He swept her into his arms and pressed a loving kiss to her lips. When they pulled away, the man kneeled in front of her and kissed her belly, rubbing it speaking to the baby with a smile, "hey, Mei. Daddy's home."

Lucy laughed as she ruffled his spikey hair. Once he stood back up, she walked over to the couch and sat back down, her husband following after her. They sat on the couch and began cuddling like they usually did.

Laxus then reached into his pocket, saying, "I got you something."

Lucy looked up at him, gasping when he revealed a beautiful necklace. The thin chain was silver and the pendant was a teardrop-shaped, light blue crystal. Lucy straightened on the couch and took the necklace into her hands. She stared at it in awe and turned it around in her hands. She smiled up at her husband, exclaiming, "this is beautiful, Laxus! Thank you!" She then threw her arms around him, hugging him as best she could.

The couple then spent the rest of the day relaxing before they went to bed. As they both drifted off to sleep the necklace began to glow from its place on the dresser. The light increased in intensity, filling the room with a blinding light, until the married couple disappeared from their bed.

An iron dragon snored from within his cave, curled up in a manner that was similar to a dog. His long, metallic tail was wrapped snuggly around a small bundle of yellow fur. The small bunny snuggled closer to the dragon's oddly warm, iron skin.

The small creature's nose twitched and she sneezed, waking up as a result. Wanting to enjoy some fresh air, she climbed past the dragon's tail and hopped out of the cave. The dragon didn't like when she wandered off without letting him know, but she was sure that she would be returning to the cave before the large beast woke from his slumber.

She bounded through the trees. As she hopped along, she came across a large, rusty box. Curious, the blonde bunny sniffed around it, eventually managing to push the lid open. She climbed over the rusted side, investigating what was inside. She pulled out a pendant. It was missing the chain that it was once connected to, but the silver hold and the light blue crystal that it was set in were both still intact, if dirty.

Excited about her find, the bunny bounded her way back to the dragon, the pendant held tightly in her mouth. Upon reaching the sleeping beast, she hopped up to him and patted his side with her small, furry paw. The iron dragon's eyes snapped open and he moved his head to look down at her. The two creatures extended their heads toward each other, pressing their noses together affectionately.

The dragon shifted his tail to curl around the bunny and pull her closer to him. He eyed the pendant in her mouth. He leaned his head toward her to sniff the piece of jewelry, curious about it. He didn't appreciate the bunny wandering outside while he was sleeping. Anything could have happened to her.

The bunny, seeing that the dragon was curious about the pendant, held it up higher. This allowed the dragon to sniff it further. Suddenly, the crystal glowed, causing the bunny to toss the pendant away. The glowing item clattered into the stone floor. The dragon pulled the bunny closer to his body and lifted his giant paw to crush the crystal, however, before he could bring his paw down onto the threatening piece of jewelry, the faint blue light became blinding. When it faded, neither dragon nor bunny was left.

"Hoist the sails!"

A maroon-haired man who had one closed eye due to a scar over it called from his place on the quarterdeck. He watched as his pirate crew scrambled to do as their captain ordered. The ship soon pushed out of the port and they sailed into the night. Cobra leaned against the railing, watching with a smirk. He and his crew had gotten a great haul, and they didn't run into any soldiers.

He pushed off of the railing and descended the nearby stairs, making his way into the captain's cabin to see his wife. He closed the door and walked further into the cabin to find his blonde wife sitting on the bed, looking at the things that they had taken from the people of the town that they had just left.

Cobra sat next to her and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her shoulder. He then asked as she examined a wooden box with a lock on it, "see anything you want to keep, Bright Eyes?"

Lucy shook her head, answering, "there isn't anything good."

Cobra gave a short hum before he responded, "then I guess we'll need to ransack another town."

Lucy chuckled, turning her head to kiss her husband. She then turned her attention back to the locked box. She presented it to her husband and asked, "unlock this for me, please."

The maroon-haired man complied, taking the box into his hands. He reached toward Lucy's hair, plucking a bobby pin from her hair. He chuckled when he heard her huff in response to her blonde hair that was held back by the pin falling into her face. Cobra used the bobby pin to pick the lock with ease, popping the box open.

The couple appeared inside the box, finding a light blue crystal. They stared at it in fascination. It was beautiful. They were surprised to find it. Crystals weren't a common thing that they came across. Cobra reached into the box and picked up the crystal, examining it closely as he turned it around in his hand. He felt Lucy lean on him, trying to get a closer look at it.

Once the crystal started glowing, Cobra dropped it, a bit surprised that it hadn't even cracked. The couple watched with wide eyes as the light from the crystal became brighter. In a flash of intense light, Cobra and Lucy were gone from where they were sitting.

Lucy rolled out of bed. She yawned and stretched her arms. Suddenly, her double bedroom doors burst open. She turned around to see her bodyguard walking in. The orange-haired man exclaimed, "rise and shine, Princess!"

The blonde princess smiled at her loud bodyguard, greeting him, "hello, Loke."

The man strode over to her and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a kiss. When they pulled away, Lucy ran her fingers through Loke's hair, telling him with a smile, "you know, we can't keep seeing each other, Loke."

The faithful bodyguard chuckled. He pulled his princess into another kiss before she responded, "as long as we love each other, then we can."

Lucy rolled her eyes with a light chuckle. She then pushed Loke to the double doors, saying, "I need to get dressed. How about we go for a walk through the garden?"

Loke turned around and bowed as he said, "as you wish, Princess."

Lucy quickly dressed in a pink dress before she and Loke made their way out of the castle and into the royal garden. Lucy looped her arm with Loke's as they walked. She lamented with a sigh, "my father is talking about arranging a marriage with Prince Natsu."

Loke looked down at her. "Really? Doesn't he have eyes for his mother's lady-in-waiting? What's her name again?"

He looked down at the ground, trying to remember the woman's name. Lucy smiled at him, answering, "her name is Lisanna. And yes, he loves her." She then sighed before she added, "unfortunately, love doesn't matter when you're in love."

Loke hummed in response. He looked back at her, wrapping his arm around her to pull her closer. He kissed the top of her head as he responded, "well, I guess I should talk to your father then."

Lucy gently pushed him away at that. She gave him a serious look and pleaded, "please don't, Loke. If father finds out, then he will get rid of you." She stepped closer to him, placing her hands on his chest as he wrapped his arms around her. The princess whispered, "I love you too much to lose you."

Loke pulled her against him, angling his head down to hover his lips right over hers. He murmured, "your wish is my command, Princess." He then pressed his lips to hers, initiating a gentle, loving kiss.

When they pulled away, the pair pressed their foreheads together. After what had seemed like hours, they resumed their walking, a comfortable, calming silence filling the air.

After several minutes, Lucy spoke after she stopped walking, "I'm tired. Let's rest."

Loke nodded and lead her to a stone bench. The princess sat down as the bodyguard offered, "would you like an apple? There are several apple trees that way." He then pointed in the direction they had been walking. Deciding that an apple sounded good, Lucy nodded and watched as Loke walked away.

The blonde smoothed down the skirt of her dress and looked around as she waited. She turned around to look at the flora behind her when she immediately noticed a stone well sitting several yards away. A faint blue light shined out of the opening of the well. Curious about the strange light, she stood up and made her way over to it.

She placed her hands on the stone rim and leaned over to look into the well. She found a strange, light blue symbol that seemed to sit on top of the entrance to the well. She reached a hand into it, gasping at the icy cold feeling that it gave. She quickly retracted her hand and looked down at it. Curiosity getting the best of her, Lucy leaned her body forward, intending to dip her head inside and see what was on the other side of the strange seal.

Just as the princess dipped her head into the well, Loke made his way back to the bench where he had left his love. Upon finding that she was missing, he dropped the apples and looked around frantically, worry and fear filling his entire being. His hazel eyes landed on Lucy just as she toppled into a glowing, stone well with a short scream. The bodyguard gave a shriek of horror and ran to the well, wasting no time in jumping into it to retrieve his princess from the strange magic seal that swallowed her.

A blonde mermaid with a blue-and-pink tail and a black-haired merman with a black-and-white tail swam through the open ocean, diving toward a century-old shipwreck. The couple enjoyed exploring the deepest depths of the ocean. The mermaid looked back at her mate and said with laughter in her voice, "come on, Zeref! You're so slow!"

The merman, named Zeref, laughed as he picked up speed. He grabbed his mate's hand as he responded, "the shipwreck isn't going anywhere, Lucy."

Lucy rolled her brown eyes. The pair quickened their tails' flipping and sped up to the shipwreck that lay on the floor of the trench where they were swimming. They eventually reached their destination, a crumbling pirate ship that had sunk after some sort of damage, likely a naval battle. Nightmare-ish fish swam around it, entering the wreckage and exiting it. Algae grew on the wood, making the broken structure look haunting. It was just the way Lucy and Zeref loved the shipwrecks that they explored.

The pair of mates swam through a large hole in the stern and looked around at the inside. Broken wood, sails, barrels, minor kitchen utensils, and skeletons. All were covered in underwater algae and bacteria.

Lucy and Zeref made their way into the captain's cabin, easily pulling the door off of its rusted hinges. They swam inside and looked around the dark, destroyed quarters, their night vision allowing them to see through the darkness that the Hadal Zone caused.

As they snooped around through the rotting debris, Zeref found something curious. He called to his blonde mate, "Lucy! Come here!"

When Lucy swam over, Zeref held up a mirror that was in pristine condition. It was oval-shaped, intricate flower designs carved into the unblemished golden frame. Set into the top of the mirror was a sparkling, light blue crystal.

Lucy and Zeref stared at the artifact in awe. This shipwreck had been at the bottom of this trench for a century. How the hell was this mirror in perfect condition?

Lucy raised a hand to run her finger around the circular crystal. She whispered, "how is this possible?"

Zeref shook his head, staring at his reflection in the clear glass. He didn't know. They had never encountered something like this. As he tried to come up with some kind of explanation. The pair were broken out of their stumped silence when the crystal began glowing, giving off a light that made it difficult for them to see, but was made even more blinding when it reflected off of the glass.

Zeref felt Lucy grab his arm, pulling on him as she yelled, "let's go! Drop it and come on!"

The merman tried to let go of the mirror, however, some invisible force prevented him from letting go. He shook the mirror, but his hands were glued to the golden frame. As Lucy yelled for her mate to let go and swim away with her, and Zeref desperately tried to obey, the light grew to be more intense.

Before they knew it, the two merpeople were swallowed by the light and vanished from their watery home.

"Gray! Wait!"

A black-haired teenager turned around to see his girlfriend running down their high school's hallway, trying to catch up with him. The young man laughed and opened his arms for his blonde girlfriend to run into, her arms wrapping around his neck as his wrapped around her waist.

They pulled each other into a kiss before they began their walk out of the school and made their way to their shared apartment. As they passed by a path that led to an abandoned mansion, Lucy pulled on Gray's arm, exclaiming, "you need to come and see something!"

The black-haired teen followed his girlfriend as he questioned, "where are we going?"

Lucy answered with a mischievous smile, "last week I was bored and went into the old mansion! I found something really cool that you need to see!"

Gray chuckled before he asked, "what is it?"

Lucy shook her head as she responded, "not telling you. You gotta see it!"

Their pace picked up into a run and they soon came to an abandoned mansion. It wasn't falling apart, but it was damaged and in desperate need of new paint. The windows were dirty and cracked while vines climbed up the exterior walls. The couple ascended the rotting, wooden staircase to the double wooden doors that were surprisingly still attached to their hinges.

Lucy pushed the doors open with a grunt and led Gray up a spiral staircase to the second floor. She looked at him with a smile and noticed that he was shirtless, again. She shrugged it off, deciding that it wasn't a big deal.

She then brought him to a doorless bedroom. It was dirty and the furniture was broken and scattered across the red carpeted floor. The bed was still covered with red bedsheets. Lucy dragged Gray over to a second door, pulling it open to reveal a room that was empty, with the exception of a single wardrobe.

Gray gapped at the spotless wardrobe. It looked like it had just been bought from a fancy furniture store. Set into the top of the wardrobe, above the two doors, was a striking, light blue crystal. It seemed to glow in the sunlight that streamed into the room from a hole in the wall, almost blindingly so.

As they approached the wardrobe, Gray asked, "have you opened it?"

Lucy shook her head. "I was waiting to show you. Isn't it pretty?"

Gray nodded silently. He reached forward and effortlessly opened the doors, revealing what resembled a light blue portal that one would only see in a fantastical movie. The couple stared in speechless awe, their mouths agape. They moved forward, stepping into the wardrobe to get a closer look. As they stared at the intricate designs, the doors of the wardrobe slammed closed, forcing the two teenagers into the portal.

Lucy and her husband, Bixlow, prodded their horses onward, wanting to get to their destination before sundown. They had been traveling across what had become known as "The Wild West," their ultimate destination being San Fransisco in California. They were planning to stop at the upcoming, mining town, Bodie, to stop at for the night so they and their horses could rest.

As they approached a river, Bixlow spoke, "what do say about just camping out here?"

Lucy scrunched up her nose, answering, "I'd rather sleep on an actual bed."

Bixlow laughed and prodded, "it'll be cleaner."

Lucy rolled her eyes. She shook her head. "Just one night will be fine."

Bixlow laughed again, guiding his horse closer to his wife's so he could cup her chin and pull her into a kiss. When they pulled away, Lucy asked, "what do you say about starting on our family once we get to the city?"

Bixlow gave her a side glance. He joked, "you actually want to have kids with me? You've met me, right?"

Lucy chuckled, gently elbowing him in the side. Bixlow soon joined her laughter. They turned their attention back to the river that they had already arrived at, guiding their horses across the water. As they neared the other side, Lucy caught a glimpse of something sparkling from beneath the water. Upon reaching the other side, she pulled on her black reins, bringing her black-and-white mare to a stop, and turned around to stare into the water.

Bixlow rode up beside her, asking, "what are you looking at?" He pulled back on his green reins to stop his restless chestnut mare from turning around and continuing on their journey. Lucy didn't answer. Instead, she hopped off of her horse and walked into the water. Bixlow yelped as he rushed to follow after her.

When Lucy returned to the solid ground where he husband was standing, staring at her in bewilderment, she held up a light blue crystal. Bixlwo stared down at it, both pairs of eyes locked on it. Bixlow questioned under his breath, "what is that?"

Lucy shook her head. She didn't have any idea. The couple continued to stare at the crystal, thinking about taking it with them to get it identified.

And then, it started to give off a blinding light.

Lucy and Lyon laughed as they got ready to lock up the coffee shop they worked at. The blonde teenager managed to speak between laughs, "I can't believe you outed Gray's crush on Natsu!" She began cleaning off one of the tables.

Lyon shrugged as he wiped down another table. He responded, "he was taking too long! I was tired of hearing him lament how that idiot was too dense to see his feelings."

Lucy shook her head with a smile. She had to admit, her boyfriend had a point. Gray and Natsu had been pinning for each other for two years now, but neither was able to confess to the other. Both of the idiots were too prideful. She and Lyon enjoyed seeing the amusing longing, but it also infuriated them.

The blonde walked over to her light blue-haired boyfriend. She pressed a kiss to his lips and walked over to the counter, Lyon following. They made sure that all of the machines were off before they began making their way over to the glass front door, Lyon holding the keys to the coffee shop.

They had made it only halfway when a figure cloaked in black burst in, causing the couple to freeze in surprise and alarm. Lucy prepared herself to either run for the back door or fight back while Lyon stepped in front of her, shielding her from what could be a dangerous person.

They watched with widened eyes as the figure extended an arm toward them. He muttered incomprehensible words, resulting in faint blue light surrounding his hand. Lucy clutched onto her boyfriend's arm. Suddenly, a blue light shinned from underneath the couple. Lucy covered her hands with her hands as Lyon closed his eyes and pulled her into his arms. They silently prayed that this was some sort of dream and both hoped that they would wake up soon.

After banishing the couple, the figure cloaked in black disappeared into the night.

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The LyLu was more rushed than I wanted it to be, but I'm tired of this oneshot and want to get it done with already.

My prediction was wrong. This onehsot ended up being just over 5900 words. That means my RuLu oneshot is still my longest one. Although, I'm sure that one day I will write a oneshot that is longer than the RuLu one.

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Sting and Lyanna [Fairy Tail]

So... it’s been a while since we do this, but seeing some likes on our Fairy Tail content lately couraged me to post another fanfiction collab between me and @eleanor-devil xD As usual, this is part of our bigger project.

This story take place after the Alvarez war and there are a few OCs in it, namely Rin ( @mirage-05 who you probably already know by now), Eleanor ( @eleanor-devil ) and one of the titular characters, Lyanna. We don’t want to give many spoilers, though, so I hope you enjoy reading x3

Oh and a small warning that by this time, StingYu (Sting x Yukino) and NaLu (Natsu x Lucy) are already a couple!

Feedback is, of course, highly appreciated. ^^

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For some reason, and it had to be a very good reason, Sting Eucliffe was quiet... for days. That never ever happened, not even Rufus had memory of such a thing happening.

Rogue and Lector had noticed this started happening not long after Sorano, Yukino's elder sister and former member of Crime Sorcière, having asked - she actually more like demanded along with her nuts of a knight boyfriend - to join Sabertooth.

Sting would still do his usual stuff, go to the bar, take walks, do Master stuff but just in a very quiet way, almost gloomy and nobody could understand why.

It wasn't that Rogue didn't ask him... time and time again what was bothering him, it had reached a point he'd give anything for Sting to act in his usual childish and annoying way - though it was not like he was gonna admit it to anyone, let alone to that knucklehead. The awful quietness of the White Dragon Slayer had started to worry him, so much so that it wasn't beyond him at this point to try desperate measures.

"Rogue... what is that?" Sting asked while raising an eyebrow, looking at the big envelope in the Shadow Dragon Slayer's hands.

Without ever changing his stoic expression, the young man answered. "Orga's baby photos." It shall remain a secret as to how he got a hold of said photos. He held up the envelope, knowing that under normal circumstances Sting would never say no to that. "You wanna take a look at it?" Honestly, anyone watching them from outside would think they've just swapped their personalities.

After a moment of silence and stares between his Twin Dragon Slayer and the envelope... Sting went back to what he was doing. "I have a lot of paperwork to deliver Rogue, I don't have time for that right now."

And that's how Rogue Cheney's jaw dropped... well... not literally but the Shadow Dragon Slayer was shocked, so shocked that he nearly asked what had the guy in front of him done to the real Sting... but he chose not to as he probably would get a not-very-Sting-like answer. So he just forcefully dragged his feet out of the man's office, without saying anything else to the blond; he faced almost the whole guild that was waiting outside for an answer and hopeful looks.

"...He refused the photos." The Dragon Slayer announced.

"Okay that's it, I'm calling him sick." said Eleanor.

The Master, in the meantime, sighed and rubbed his temples as soon as the door closed. He was aware that his friends were just trying to help him, but really, the problem was all in his head, and it wasn't something small that a little group therapy would solve. He was having a number of recurring dreams lately - not the same nightmares from a while ago, thank god -, all of them included the same three people, laughing and chatting with... well, a younger version of him. It was such a nice and warm atmosphere that there had been mornings he found it hard to get up and face the reality that those three people didn’t exist anymore.

Sting had no doubts about it...he had been seeing his real family, the one he had lost many centuries ago. A wave of sadness washed over him again at the memory, threatening to drown him...and that’s why he had decided to immerse himself in his Guild Master's duties, work to forget - that and well, the sense of responsibility that had finally kicked in -. If he didn't do anything to keep his mind busy...he felt like he would go crazy.

The blond didn't know how much time had passed while signing off the paperwork, but he suddenly heard chatter out of his office again. 'Sheesh...what does a guy have to do to get some privacy?' he thought to himself, mildly annoyed now.

And suddenly a familiar pink haired man burst into his office so fast that it even made some papers fly around the room - awesome..he had just finished organizing those...self-note to get some paper clips later… Attached to both his arms and practically dragging on the floor were both Lucy and Yukino, clearly they seemed to have been trying to hold back the Salamander from doing exactly what he had just done.

"Yoooo Sting! It's been a while!"

Sting just blinked a few times to see if he was actually seeing right. "Um... Natsu-san?"

Natsu moved closer to the Light Dragon Slayer, the girls completely forgotten on the floor, and patted him a few times in his head, maybe with a little too much strength as Sting was trying to hold back winces whenever he did that. "Drop the 'san' man, we're brothers aren't we?!"

Well... apparently some things were never going to change. "What brought you two here?" he asked instead of replying to the Fire Dragon Slayer.

"Eh what, is it too weird to want to see my fellow Dragon Slayer?"

"You still shouldn't have interrupted his work though." Lucy pretty much chastised the pink head.

"I'm sorry, Sting... we tried." Yukino supplied her.

"Yeah, what's up with that, man?" Natsu continued as if he didn't hear the girls. "Your friends keep telling me that you're all work and no play lately. Or well what Rufus actually said was that you've become dull as Orga's songs."

Now his eye had begun twitching. Typical...leave it to Sabertooth to start rumors behind his back...

"There is nothing wrong with me." he said as he stood up from his chair. "And I haven't become dull either...! I am just being the Master I should have been for a long time, I don't have time for plays right now."

"Sting..." Yukino whispered, sweating at how harsh her lover was acting, this definitely wasn't him... she wished he would at least open up to her or Rogue...

"Now, what did you come here for?"

Natsu was just silent for a bit, not seeming bothered by his friend's bad humor, and then grinned. "Weeeell we have come here to invite specifically you - and a few more if they want to - on a job."

Sting raised an eyebrow. "Why would you ask another guild to come on a job requested to Fairy Tail?"

This time it was Lucy who talked, she stepped forward and held out the piece of paper that contained the information about the mentioned job "Actually it's because the client demands this job to be done by both Fairy Tail and Sabertooth mages, but don't ask me why, I have no idea. Plus the client decided to keep his face anonymous until we find what he wants."

"Oh, I think I've seen that job on our board," Yukino walked to another table in the office where there were a few recent job requests and looked through them. "Here it is, this is the copy but it's no doubt the same job." The request actually demanded Sting himself to participate in the job although like Natsu mentioned he was allowed to take more Sabertooth mages with him.

Yukino couldn’t help but find this strange, last time they had seen a request with specific demands it turned out to be a trap set to capture both Sting and Rogue.

"Well we came to pick Sting up for the job," Natsu crossed his arms behind his head and then grinned with tease. "But since he's so busy being Master I guess he won't have time to do it with us."

There were times the White Dragon Slayer wouldn't stand by and let a teasing pass over, but he didn't feel like it now. The blond didn't say anything for a moment as he took the job form from Yukino and glanced over it. His confusion only increased when he saw the location of the mission. "...Fairy Tail's library? Is Makarov-san okay with it?" After all, a guild's library held many things, including their secret archives most of the time. To allow another guild to walk in freely was something unheard of in the many years past.

"Yeah, uh...there won't be any problem regarding that." the blond celestial mage said while sweat dripped down her chin. To be frank, what led Fairy Tail's Master to accept the job was what the mission promised in the end...or so he said, even the reward was being kept a mystery.

"Find... a treasure hidden in the library?" Now this was becoming even more mysterious.

"Well? Are you in or not?" Natsu folded his arms, impatient.

Sting sighed, closing his eyes for a minute. "Fine. I'll come with you." He looked over at his girlfriend. "Are you coming too, Yuki?"

The girl shook her head. "I can't... I'm leaving on another job, but..." a sweat dripped down her cheek. "I... think there are already a flock of our members ready to take it on."

Sting just glanced at the door and he felt sweat drops on the back of his head when he saw nearly all the guild members at it with their hands up and even their eyes shining, he could only guess they wanted the mysterious reward more than just do the job itself.

But no he wasn't going to take the whole guild into Fairy Tail's secret library, Sting just sighed. "Okay... Rogue, Rin, you're coming with me on this job if you are free."

"Oh come on, you always pick them!" complained Orga, who now looked like a child pouting while he crossed his arms.

Sting raised his eyebrow. "Maybe because I know they won't destroy the entire library..."

"Touché," mumbled Rufus.

They set off to the train station... and the two girls of the group had their hands full considering they had to deal with not one but three motion sick Dragon Slayers during the trip back to Fairy Tail, it was so bad that Natsu wanted to jump out of the window and run there instead.

But finally, after what felt like hours... they were in front of the entrance of the library and it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the Sabertooth mages were awe-struck.

"Whoa, this place is huge," Sting said, voicing their thoughts. To be honest...during her recovery time in Fairy Tail, Rin had been allowed to visit the library to keep herself distracted so she was already familiar with the place. Still it was a sight to be amazed.

A normal person would be intimidated by the size of this mission, especially when they didn't know exactly what they were looking for. But Natsu Dragneel was not what you would say a normal person. He cracked his fingers, totally unperturbed. "Okay... let's get this going!"

"Wait, not just like that," Lucy interrupted, then she distributed to all of them what looked like marking devices. "Let's pick a section each. When you are done, you can use this to mark the shelves, so we know not to check there again."

"That's boring." The pink haired mumbled, boredom translating to his eyes and it only made the Celestial Spirit Mage angry.

"You would just destroy the library otherwise!"

Rin giggled at the two mages arguing, it was funny that theirs was such a fiery relationship whereas Sting-nii’s and Yuki-nee's was so calm and quiet, despite Sting-nii not being the most calm person when he was in his normal days of course.

"Next time you get your butt stuck in a cactus don't come ask me to take off the thorns!"

Those words for a reason ringed in Sting's mind, he couldn't explain why but he felt he had been in a similar situation before, well not exactly the argument between Natsu and Lucy but... something else...

~.~.~.~

"Ow! Ow!" the voice of a little boy rang through the air. "Can't you do that a little more gently??"

"Taking them off slowly only hurts more, dummy," a soft female voice answered back, amusement was clear in her expression as the little blond boy laying tummy down on her lap was trying to hold back the tears. "And you deserve this you know, how many times did mom tell you to not play near the cactus, Lys?"

"Don't call me that." the little boy said with a big pout curled in his lips while he folded his arms. The older girl laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I should be calling you Lysander."

"Stop it."

"Lysandeeeer~"

"I hate you!" The boy said indignantly, and then another "Oww!"

"You know actually, now that I think of it... I think I know what I will call you from now on. I have the perfect idea."

There was a big moment of silence, it was apparent that the boy was trying his best to curb his curiosity. In the end though, he couldn't keep it in. "What...?"

"Since you keep falling on your butt in cactus... I will just call you Sting from now on."

~.~.~.~

"Ugh..." Sting brought his hand to his face as he felt a sudden headache settling in. Where did that come from?!

"Sting-nii, are you okay?" Rin immediately asked, concerned.

Rogue's attention was also on Sting, just what was wrong with him...? The worry for his brother in arms was becoming bigger.

"Nothing," of course he would say that, it had been his answer in the past few days. This time though, the young man rubbed Rin's head softly and gave her a soft smile, not his usual smiles but at least it was one.

'Rin... actually looks a lot like her...'

"Let's just get started, yes? We have a lot of work ahead of us." Sting pretty much dragged Natsu inside the library so that he and Lucy would stop arguing at once. Something that usually wouldn't bother the Light Dragon Slayer, it would actually amuse him, but not this time. Not with the headache he was having.

The group split up and began checking every single shelf in attempts to find... whatever they were looking for.

"It's hard to find something when you don't even know what you are looking for..." mumbled Sting as he took yet another book and blew away the dust on it, the job itself was just too strange. "Who is even the client again?"

Apparently no one knew the answer for that, and as Sting was about to put the book back in its place without much of a glance at it, the title suddenly caught his attention. "Dreyar Family Chronicles".

Maybe he shouldn't - this was nothing short of invading private space... but the Light Dragon Slayer still found himself opening the book. He would just take a quick peek... this couldn't hurt anyone, right?

For some reason he started from the end, looking at the current members of the Dreyar household, Laxus-san (with whom he was on neutral terms, the two of them really didn't have a lot of contact), his father Ivan (whom he believed was still in custody) and the current leader of the guild, Makarov-san. He flipped the pages forth, looking through various generations of the family, almost as if in a trance.

He was a bit caught off guard when he came across the photo of Makarov-san's father, Yuri, he looked a bit familiar even the way his spiky dark blond hair was done, the smile too.

Sting continued flipping the pages, seeing some family photos and then he just stopped when he saw the picture of a woman, immediately considering her really beautiful the Master took a look at her long and straight blonde hair, a bit darker but not as dark as Yuri Dreyar's and then her sharp shaped but gentle aquamarine eyes and an equally gentle smile.

It was her, the one he saw in his dreams…

His... mother...

~.~.~.~

"Lysander Eucliffe!" The voice of a woman echoed through the walls of the wooden house. "What in the world happened to you?" The woman bent down, holding her long dress as she did so, until she reached her son's height. The child was on the verge of tears and looked all battered, scratches and dark circles here and there.

"Have you been fighting again? God how many times have I told you to not do that?"

"But..." the child sniffed, trying his best not to cry.

"It's not his fault, mama..." A young girl approached the two, looking down, ashamed and sad. "It's mine... there were some kids messing up with me... Lys just tried to defend me..."

"Don't call me that." the child mumbled, raising a hand to wipe his tears but wincing as he touched one of the cuts.

The look in the woman's eyes softened a little, and she reached out to scoot both of her children to herself. "Lyanna, Lysander... I'm glad you are standing up for one another but-"

"Of course I will stand up for her! She is my sister!" The boy said defiantly, holding his hands in fists. "Those boys had what was coming for them! I will do it again if I have to!" Tears started falling down one by one, but he didn't care now.

His sister turned to him and flung her arms around his neck, also teary. "You are my hero." she whispered in his ear, and the boy felt a little blush spreading across his cheeks.

Their mother smiled fondly at them, her light colored eyes soft. "Okay... but now let's get this hero cleaned up, shall we?"

~.~.~.~

Sting blinked as he came back to reality, and was surprised that he had teared up too. The memory was still fresh... like it didn't happen centuries ago, but just yesterday... But the question was... why was the picture of... his mother in the Dreyar's family album? Granted he had never known other relatives from both his parents' sides but still... it was all too confusing for him. He flipped to the next page and there was another photo of his mother but this time she was in the company of a man, tall, strong body built, short but slightly spiked light blond hair and a pair of dark blue eyes. The man had an arm wrapped around his wife's shoulders while the other hand rested on her swollen belly, standing in front of them with both her hands also on the belly was a younger girl, Lyanna for sure.

This was becoming more confusing, why was his family depicted in this album? What could even be their connection to the Dreyars when his family had been gone for over 400 years?

Sting suddenly remembered a question he had once made to his father…

~.~.~.~

He had come with his father into the forest so they could cut and gather wood for winter. It was going to be a very harsh season, his father had said.

Lysander would often hear how those harsh and cold temperatures could kill someone and he didn't like the idea or the thought of his family dying, whether it was because of the cold or something else.

The child was now sitting on a trunk of a tree that his father had already taken down, he was waiting for him to finish cutting the wood they would be bringing back some. Wrapped in the warm scarf knitted by his mother, Lysander swung his little legs back and forth, watching with lack of interest how his breathing turned into a cloud right in front of his face and then slowly disappeared.

His attention then turned towards the cutting sounds that came from the impact between the wood and the axe on his father's hands. Suddenly a small pout formed on his lips.

"Daddy?"

The man stopped what he was doing and then turned his dark blue eyes towards his son "Hm? What is it?"

But Lysander then lost his guts to ask what he wanted... it was a silly question anyway "No... it's nothing."

Instead of hearing his father returning to his job, the boy heard the axe being buried one single time in the trunk and then the steady paces in the snow coming closer to him. Lysander raised his own dark orbs to meet his father's stern but at the same time soft look.

"What have your mother and I said about lying?"

He averted his eyes again "I'm not lying..."

"You wanted to ask me something, didn't you? So why did you suddenly back off?" He was now crouched down in front of him.

There was a time of silence before the blond boy finally spoke up, the pout still there "You will never die right...? We'll always be together... right?"

His father gave him a confused and surprised look. "What is this about?"

"It's just... I keep hearing about people... dying in our town... and I don't want that to happen to us…" There was a rosy blush on the cheeks of the boy though it was unknown if it was from embarrassment or the cold weather.

“I see, so you’re scared?” His father shifted his position to sit beside him but Lysander didn’t look up to him, the snow was suddenly something very fascinating to look at. “It’s alright to be scared, we are humans and it’s normal to feel that way.”

This got the child to finally look up at the man, a surprised look on his indigo orbs. “Even you are scared? But you never look like it...!”

The man laughed and pulled his son closer to him. “Of course I am scared, I am scared of losing you, your mother and your sister but feeling that way makes us stronger, it gives us strength to protect the ones we love.” He poked one finger on the child’s nose. “So never ever be afraid of showing how you truly feel, there is no embarrassment in showing that you are sad, scared or happy, understand?” Lysander nodded, a big smile finally reaching his lips and the blush on the cheeks spread further.

“Now, as for your other question. Death is something inevitable, it will come for us one day whether we like it or not but we just don’t know when. There is no way that we can be together forever in the physical world but ‘forever’ can be something that only this here…” and he touched the boy’s left side of the chest “...decides what it is and how it is.”

~.~.~.~

Sting couldn’t help the small smile that reached his face, it was an almost melancholic smile but at the same time a happy one. It seemed that even when he didn’t remember him, his father’s words had always accompanied and shaped how he was.

Moving to the next photo, the Master noticed how there was a woman, very similar to his mother but still with some differences, she was dressed in what looked like a beautiful white wedding gown.

Out of curiosity, Sting's eyes drifted to the description of the photo "Lyanna Dreyar on her wedding day". The Sabertooth Master's eyes widened in surprise, it couldn't be right?

Lyanna... was a very common name, it couldn't be her, she had died on that day along with their parents, he was sure of it...

Sting didn't even notice that his hands had started shaking, so much that the book dropped from his hands; it was still a sort of a big fall considering as Sting had been sitting on a tall ladder and it grabbed the attention of the remaining members of the group when the impact of the book on the floor echoed through the library.

"Oi, is everything okay Sting?" Natsu asked, approaching the ladder he was on and looking up at him. "Did you find anything?"

"U-umm... yes and no?" He really didn't know how to answer. Well yes the album became something very important for him but... they still had a mission to complete, which none of them knew if they were making progress or not. And yet, for him suddenly that album meant everything...

He quickly descended the stairs he was perched on, only to find out that the Fire Dragon Slayer had picked up the book and was... trying to open it to no avail - which made absolutely no sense, it was a goddamn book, how hard was it to open it?

"What is it with this book?" Natsu grumbled, not impressed. "Does Gramps want to keep all his family shenanigans to himself?" Just then a huge, mischievous grin lit up his features and he turned to his friend. "Oi Luce, you think we will find some embarrassing photos of Laxus in here?!"

"It's not like that!" Sting said almost indignantly as he grabbed the book out of the pink head's hands. All of their jaw dropped as the blond had no trouble opening the book at all.

Sting raised an eyebrow. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"You just opened the book when a second ago I couldn't that's why!" Natsu approached the Master and tried to flip a sheet of the book only to have it slam closed right into his hand; the Fire Dragon Slayer yelled both in pain and surprise, startling the others, and immediately removed the hand from the book. "Did you enchant the book or something?!"

"How would I do that, I don't even have Rune Magic."

"Um... well for some reason that book only opens with you," Lucy stated as she attempted to open the book herself. "So maybe we are on the right path to find the treasure..."

Natsu side eyed them. "How does gold fit inside a book?"

Everyone felt right in that moment the need to face wall at the pink haired’s brain work.

"Anyway..." Lucy spoke again. "Does the book say anything important? Maybe there's a clue..."

"Well..." Sting was suddenly very reluctant to share this private information for him. It was weird to explain, but it was almost this... instinct that he should protect this book and its contents to the last of his breath. Not that anyone in this room was an enemy or anything... but it was somehow private, personal.

It was then that he met Rin's eyes and that odd nostalgic feeling hit him again, that the little girl looked a lot like the sister he remembered... and maybe that was the reason why he started talking.

"I don't know if it's the special treasure the mission is talking about... it's actually some sort of photo album for your Master, Makarov-san..." he paused for a moment, a lump in his throat. "I know it sounds weird but... I saw the picture of someone... I thought it looked like..." his voice dropped, but he wasn't even aware of it. "...my sister..." It was weird, he didn't even know if his fellow Dragon Slayers remembered anything about their families...

"Sister?!" Everyone's voices echoed in Sting's already enhanced ears but the young man just nodded and re-opened the book right where he remembered the photo was.

"So... you remember your sister from..." Natsu tried to count with his fingers but it was too much. "400 plus years ago?? That's a good memory you have dude!"

Sting felt like rolling his eyes. "It's not like I've always remembered her... or my parents for all that matter, just... recently what I think are memories that started gaining shape in my mind, I can't explain how."

"Skiadrum and Weisslogia... they were the only dragons that choose to wipe the memories of their children before sending them to the future," Rogue began, a hand on his chin. "Could it be that the effects are wearing out? But I haven't had any memories of my original family."

"Wouldn't that mean that Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel would remember their past too?" Lucy pointed out.

"Well... I do remember my time with Igneel but I don't recall anything from my parents," Natsu put his arms behind his head casually. "The only thing I know is from when Zeref showed up in my mind or something."

"I... it doesn't make sense for me either..." The blond dragon slayer brought up a hand to rub his eyes, the headache pounding in his skull again. Still, he forced himself to talk about what to him was probably the most painful memory. "Because... my sister, I thought she didn't... survive the attack that separated us..."

As if on cue, the book in his hands suddenly started to glow faintly with a soft, golden light, once again attracting the gazes of all of them. "Whoa dude, what are you doing to that book?" Natsu asked him, now standing a couple of feet away from the book and his arms raised upon his head. Typical of the Fire Dragon Slayer to be freaked out by something as simple as a book...

"I'm telling you, I didn't do anything!" the Light Dragon Slayer said again. "I-..."

His voice was cut in by a soft, almost soothing sound coming from the book... and hearing it, a hushed silence fell upon the group, especially on Sting, who was looking at the object with an awed expression... he didn't know how... but he knew that voice...

"Year x396. This is the start of Lyanna Eucliffe's diary." There was a small pause before the imaginary woman continued, and they could all hear the smile in her tone now. "Well... I'm a Dreyar now. A little over twenty years have passed since I lost my precious family in the attack from the dragons... and now, as I continue my path with my new family, I would like to record all that made that little girl into the woman she is now."

Sting could feel his heart starting to beat faster, so fast that he was sure not only the other two Dragon Slayers present would be able to hear it but the other two ordinary girls as well.

"I was born on the Year x366 to Juliana and Ewan Eucliffe and six years later I received the best gift I could ever ask for, my little brother Lysander was born, I loved him so much... on the day he was born I promised I would always protect him no matter what... but..." The voice was getting teary. "...in the end I couldn't do anything as he was taken away by that dragon, nothing at all. He was always exploring, always getting his clothes dirty and making mom worry and sometimes angry, he even used to play around cactuses and would always fall on them, then would come crying to me and I would take all the thorns out." There was a soft laugh. "I started calling him Sting because of that, I think he actually preferred that over his real name."

Sting started feeling his eyes hot and a large lump forming in his throat, just... what was all this...? How...?

"Out of our family I was the sole survivor, I was just ten at the time and so I was taken to an orphanage but life was really complicated after the dragon attacks, so I lived there most of my life. When I was of age, I started traveling on my own but no matter where I went I couldn't find a place to call home, not without my family around. Then I met James and for the first time in years I felt truly happy... he helped me in many things, it is thanks to him that I am being able to record this diary now, it turns out I have magic that none of my family members had: Recording Magic." There was a pause. "...I am carrying our first child now, maybe if it's a boy I can name him Lysander."

"B-but... no, that's not possible..." Sting's voice was shaky as he frowned in denial, the book's glow dimming as the voice faded out. He was surprised how he could even still find his voice... it was like he just received a major blow, the pain in his chest was so real... "She... she died on that attack... that was the last thing I remember before that dragon took me...!"

The others were silent, both out of a profound respect for the diary's owner and loss of words in such a situation. "It seems that..." Lucy finally said in a sad tone, wiping a tear from her eyes. "...neither of you were aware that the other survived..." she couldn't even imagine the scope of the tragedy the blond was going through.

"But if Weisslogia rescued you from the attack... why would he leave your sister behind?" Natsu asked doubtfully.

"Natsu..." Lucy began in a warning tone, but Sting cut her in, shaking his head.

"No, it wasn't Weisslogia who took me away from the attack..." he whispered as another piece of memory came back.

~.~.~.~

Lyanna was holding her brother's hand tightly, both running through the ruins of what once was their village, now all there was fire, smoke and... death.

Their parents were both gone... their beloved mother crushed by the ceiling of their house... their brave father killed by the claws of a dragon. All that was left were the two of them and Lyanna was determined to keep her word, she would protect her little brother no matter what.

The two children were trying to stay strong, trying not to shed the tears that threatened to fall, trying not to sob out of fear of being heard by any nearby dragon.

Lyanna suddenly came to a halt and hugged Lysander close to her as they hid behind a broken pillar and wall, they heard footsteps, big footsteps and a roar nearby. There was a dragon closeby...

"Ly..." the girl put her delicate hand over her brother's mouth, signing him to hush. They stayed there for what seemed an eternity... and right when the dragon seemed to have gone away, the pillar behind them crumbled in the direction of the children.

Out of instinct, Lyanna threw her brother as far away as she could as the pieces of marble fell upon her. Lysander rolled a few feet away from the fallen pillar before looking up at where his sister once stood.

The little boy's eyes widened in terror as he tried to reach for his sister. "LYANNAAAA!!" he screamed out, his voice ringing around the area, and finally the tears came flooding down his cheeks... it was too harsh a reality for a four year old to realize that now he was all alone in the whole world... he had no one left from his precious family...this was everything he had always feared...

He didn't have a lot of time to proceed with his grief though. Big, heavy talons grabbed him and the kid screamed in pain as they bit into his shoulders. Despite the pain, he wasn't aware of his surroundings, his eyes were still fixated on the rubble beneath which his sister had disappeared, and he kept staring there even when it became a small speck on the ground, and even when he soared through and above the clouds... it was only the freezing wind that rippled through his thin clothing that finally made him snap out of his shock. That was when he heard a rumbling roar of laughter coming from the monster holding him... chilling him to the bone in a way no wind can.

"Heh... you, kid, ain't enough for my belly... but you'll make a fine meal for my cubs."

The little boy attempted to fight off the claws of that big monster but they were so tight on his tiny shoulder that the more he moved, the more they penetrated his thin skin making the child yelp in pain. It was over, he would be meat for baby dragons and there was nothing he would be able to do about it.

...Although it didn't matter anymore, he was all alone, maybe it was for the best now he would join his family and the pain of living alone in a world full of dragons wouldn't be a problem for him.

Just as the child's eyes started closing, he thought he heard a second roar tearing apart the skies and the dragon carrying him was suddenly covered by a shadow much bigger than itself. Then he felt it, the bigger dragon bumped into the other which caused it to let go the nearly unconscious boy.

The last thing he knew was that he was falling from the high skies, the last thing he felt was something grabbing him. Then it was all darkness.

...

When he opened his eyes again... the boy was a little surprised to find himself standing on a rocky place... surrounded by huge rock bodies everywhere. A mountain? Funny, in all of the stories he heard about heaven he was sure he didn't hear of mountains.

A sudden pain on his shoulder made him wince and put a hand on it. Something wet and sticky came to his hand, and he saw blood covering it. A chilled wind rushing through him also made him aware of the fact that his senses were pretty much intact.

"If this is heaven, I don't like it..." he mumbled under his breath as his lips turned in a pout. Where were mama and papa...? And Lyanna...

"I know no such thing as heaven," a loud, rumbling voice can be heard then, making Lysander jump a foot in the air. He saw a shadow moving behind a cave not too far from him. A big shadow... "But you are not dead, human child."

"A-are you...God?" the kid asked, his voice trembling. There was a low, chuckle-like sound.

"Well no, I don't think you would call me a god either."

Then the shadow moved again. Time came to a stop and the boy gasped in fright as the creature finally revealed itself.

It was a gigantic dragon, but actually very different from the one Lysander remembered that had taken him away from his burning village. This one was light-colored and had a large and long beard that resembled feathers; it also had two small antlers protruding from the top of his head. Compared to its feathery, windswept face the rest of the dragon's body was covered by thick scales and its belly looked really smooth. But what made the child open his mouth into a big 'O' was the wings of the dragon, they looked like those of an angel that his mother would often tell him about in bedtime stories.

Despite being in awe with the majestic and sage looking appearance of the gigantic beast, survival instincts kicked inside the small child and he reached for the first thing that he could find: a tiny and thin stick. Lysander stood up, although his shoulder burned like hell from the wound, and pointed the stick at the dragon as he attempted to keep his tears yet again at bay. "S-Stay back!"

The dragon once again grumbled. "Don't be ridiculous kid. What are you going to do with a stick?"

"I-I will hurt you," the boy was trembling from head to foot, but somehow he still stood his ground. "I will poke out your eye!"

"Uh-huh. And how is it wise to reveal your card to the enemy?"

Instead of answering the dragon, Lysander squared his shoulders and raised the stick again a little higher. "Don't underestimate me!" I had nothing to lose... was what he was about to add... but that thought almost made the tears fall and he didn't need that now.

"Relax, kid." the dragon's voice was weary now. "I don't eat humans. You folks don't even taste good."

"Eh?! I taste good too, you big-" realizing what he had just said, the little boy's hands flew to his mouth and his eyes widened in impossible size.

He heard the dragon growl. "Are you trying to tempt me now?"

Lysander trembled even more when the dragon moved forward and its head was now just a few inches away from him, again the child tried not to show his fear and also to not let his tears fall. He gulped when the dragon opened its mouth slightly... and then all he felt was a giant breath hitting his already fragile body.

...And he fell on his butt.

It was all it took for the child to finally give in to his fears and start bawling his eyes out, his cries echoing through the mountain they were standing in. He was scared, he was hurt, he was hungry... and he wanted his mama, his papa, his big sister.

The dragon breathed again in what looked like an exasperated huff... and then reached out with one of its paws, wrapping it carefully around the boy's body and pulling him closer.

"Uh... there there kid." it attempted to comfort the child but it was obviously not good at it. "You're quite brave for a human child."

"I-I'm not," the boy wailed as he brought his hands to rub his eyes, sobs tearing through his chest. "I-I couldn't even protect my family... m-my sister..."

"You couldn't do anything. Those dragons were some of the worst of our kind." Maybe it wasn't making it any better... so the dragon decided to change tactics. "Let's start this over, shall we? I am Weisslogia, the White Dragon. What is your name?"

Lysander hicked, trying to find his voice. "Lys-..." he stopped, and averted his eyes. "Sting. My name is Sting Eucliffe."

The dragon cocked its head to a side. Even among humans, as far as it knew, this was a pretty strange name... It decided not to comment on that though, since it already had a traumatized kid in its hands... "Alright... Sting Eucliffe... as long as you are with me, you are going to be safe."

~.~.~.~

He hadn't been aware of it until now, but Sting felt the tears wetting his cheeks as he came to the end of his story. Someone small came to his side then, and he felt Rin wrapping her arms around his middle, hugging him tightly. Somehow, he couldn't explain how... but her presence was reassuring.

Blinking himself back to reality, he used one hand to clean his face, now all tear stained - not that he cared much about others seeing him cry, it wasn't the first time it happened - while the other reached for Rin and caressed her head softly.

"Sad stories apart..." he finally said regaining his composure, he would ask questions later. "We lost too much time with this book, we still need to find what the client wants."

They suddenly heard a soft laugh coming from the top of the library's stairs, drawn to it the group looked up to see it was none other than the Master of Fairy Tail, Makarov.

"That's where you are wrong young man," he walked downstairs and soon reached the group. "That is exactly what I wanted you brats to find, more specifically you, young Master."

"Master..." Lucy mumbled. "W-Wait! That means you are the client?!"

"I am not understanding anything!!" Natsu cried out while he scratched his head with both hands.

Sting ignored his fellow Dragon Slayer and continued looking at Makarov. "How did you...?"

"Heh, I made my research after I saw the name of your sister in the book. Turns out there hasn't been a single person more bearing your surname since her, all it took was to do some math... and the knowledge that Lyanna-san made it so that only the Eucliffe family descendants could read it. My family is descendant from yours."

There was a silence as Sting looked back at the book, brushing the photo of his sister carefully. The moment though was broken with Natsu approaching them with a mocking face while he sneered.

"Well well well... so that means your real name is Lysander..."

Before the Light Dragon Slayer could reply in the appropriate manner though... Lucy was on her boyfriend, holding him by his ear and yanking him away through the doors of the library. "Are you a moron?! How can you be so inconsiderate, that was a touching moment!"

"How am I supposed to let him live this down?! Hey, Lysander, let's do this again sometime, this. was. fun! And hey, does it make you Gramps’..."

Makarov sighed in frustration and closed his eyes as their voices faded away. "I should apologize for Natsu... him and manners don't go hand in hand. But you are welcome to keep the book if you so wish, Master Sting. It is your right, after all."

The blond looked at the book longingly, but after a minute of indecision... left it on the top of the railings. "It was enough for me, what it had to offer... thank you very much." he said sincerely. He didn't know what else to say, and it was kind of a lot to take in that he was related to the Dreyars...

"So that was why you had been acting weird all this time..." Rogue remarked, his tone decidedly more understanding.

"Yeah... I'm sorry for making you guys worry."

"If you're apologizing then it is another cause of concern."

"Give me a break, will you?" Sting sighed... he couldn't be sure if with all these revelations, whether he would have a peace of mind any time soon... "Well in any case, let's get going. I still have a lot of paperwork to do."

"You can't be serious!" The blond raised an eyebrow at his friend's outburst. "That's all you can think about even now? Who are you and what did you do to the real Sting?!"

"C'mon man, you always complain about me leaving the official stuff to you."

Rin giggled softly at their antiques as she followed the Twin Dragon Slayers out of the library. Just at the doors though, she glanced back and her eyes met with Fairy Tail's master. She could've sworn that she saw Makarov-san wink at her. Feeling heat came to her cheeks, the young girl let the doors close behind her.

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