All the kids except for Astra and Nash screamed and hid behind the adults for some sort of closure.
"Wait is that-" Lucy said
"Zeref" Natsu said
"Hello Natsu, glad to see you came"
Zeref said
"Stop talkin' to me like we're all buddy-buddy!" Natsu said
"Is something wrong?" Zeref asked
"Its a long story..." Nash said
"I see" Zeref said, "Let's talk about it in the garden"
"Sounds good" Astra said
"Hold on a second" Gray said, "That guy's your Uncle? You do realize he tried to kill us"
They all hear a roar and Astra smiled, "What was that?" Happy said
"It sounded like a-" Natsu said
"Dragon" Astra said running down the hall at lightning speed
"Hey! Wait up!" Nash yelled running after her
Zeref slightly smirked then looked at the other kids as they nervously smiled.
"Storm" Zeref said and Storm slightly shrieked, "Your techniques are getting better. Keep it up"
"Y-Yes sir" Storm said
"Did he just compliment Storm?"
Izusa said
"Yeah. Weird" Reiki said
They all heard a roar again, "Is there an actual Dragon in this place?"
Erza said
"Not necessarily" Zeref said, "Upstairs there is"
"What?" Natsu said
"But it's not mine" Zeref said, "It's Astra's"
"No way..." Lucy said
"That thing?" Storm said, "She moved it here?"
"It was so cute last time I saw it"
Sylvia said
"Would you like to come see it again?"
Zeref asked holding out his hand
Sylvia smiled and ran over to Zeref taking his hand as they walked down the hallway as everyone followed.
"Is this really the same guy who tried to kill us with a Dragon?" Happy said
"You really don't remember"
Zeref said
"They're from the past" Sylvia said
"You don't say..." Zeref said
"Some book sent them here"
Sylvia said, "And now we're trying to get them back"
"I suspect that's why Astra and all of you are here" Zeref said
"That and she claims that our lives are based on a kids book" Reiki said
"Interesting" Zeref said
They all walked outside seeing all the nature that didn't have any mist, just lush green environment.
"Now, where's this dragon!"
Natsu said looking around
"Astra!" Nash said, "Astra!"
"Nash, where's Astra?" Storm asked
"She was here a second ago..."
Nash said
"And now?" Storm said
Nash shrugged then they all heard laughing and saw Astra hanging from a tree upside down.
"Hey guys" Astra said
"Where's this Dragon?" Natsu asked excitedly
A little gold Dragon popped out of Astra's hair as everyone looked at it in amazement.
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"Huh, smaller than I remember"
Izusa said
Astra swung down and landed on both feet as the gold dragon sat on top of her head.
"Its so cute!"
Sylvia, Happy, and Lucy said
Astra put it in her palm and walked over Natsu who was staring it at in amazement.
"You wanna hold her?" Astra asked
"Yeah" Natsu said
Astra put the gold dragon in Natsu's hands and he smiled holding it remembering Igneel.
"Her name is Kaida" Astra said as Kaida went up to Natsu's shoulder
"Hey, little buddy" Natsu said putting his finger up so Kaida could sniff it
Kaida sniffed Natsu's finger and made a little sound then climbed on Natsu's head going in circles, laying down, and then closing her eyes.
"That means she likes you"
Astra whispered then winked
Natsu looked up at Kaida and he smiled brightly at Astra as she gave a slight laugh.
"Hey, Zeref" Storm asked leaning on Zeref, "When was the last time you had a snow day?"
"Its been a while" Zeref said glancing at him
Storm nervously laughed and got off of Zeref wiping off his shoulder as Zeref was still glancing at him.
"Well" Storm said, "I propose..." Storm went White creating frost in his left hand, "A snow day!"
"Yay!" Sylvia said, "Snow day!"
"Storm, you sure you can still do that?" Izusa said, "Last time you did that you almost froze a whole town"
"It'll be fine" Storm said then looked at Gray, "Now you can see what your son is made of"
"Let's see what you got" Gray said
Storm smirked, "You asked for it"
Sylvia laughed and then ran over to Storm as he formed a snowball with frost around it.
"You ready?" Storm asked
Sylvia nodded and then he threw the ball up in the air and it started to snow.
Storm smirked and turned to Gray, "Watch this"
Storm stomped his fist and ice formed under everyone as they slid a little bit on the ice. Natsu started kidding around and fell to the ground as Astra caught Kaida. Astra laughed and then started to slide and she started to freak out. As Kaida climbed on her shoulder Astra tried to balance herself as she fell back. Astra closed her eyes expecting to hit the ice, but there was no impact. Astra opened one eye and then lifted her head back seeing Storm.
"Hi there" Storm said
Astra gave a nervous laugh as Storm propped her up onto her feet as she was still unbalanced.
"You want help?" Storm asked as Natsu was trying to stay up on the ice in the background
"Thanks, but I think I got it from here-" Astra said yelling at the last part
Astra slipped onto the ice onto her butt as she slid a little bit and she crossed her arms. Storm slightly laughed and picked Astra up by her collar.
"Do you even know how to skate?"
Storm asked
"No really" Astra said sarcastically
"Well..." Storm said putting Astra down and grabbing her hands, "now you do!"
Storm started to swirl Astra around on the ice as she screamed from fear of falling. As they swirled around more Izusa smirked and then purposely bumped into them. Astra slipped and fell into Storm's chest as Storm laughed.
"You okay?" Storm said
"Yeah" Astra said
Izusa slid away and smirked as Storm helped Astra back up and when she looked up their noses were touching. They stood like that for a little bit 'till Natsu came out of nowhere and wedged himself between them.
"Alright, party's over" Natsu said
Astra and Storm slid aside as Natsu fell to the ice and Astra laughed then bumped into Zeref.
"Sorry..." Astra said
"It's quite alright" Zeref said, "Could you walk with me for a moment?"
"Sure" Astra said
They got off the ice and Astra whistled and Kaida flew over on her shoulder as her and Zeref walked in the now snowy environment.
"So I heard that your parents along with Gray and Erza are not from this time period" Zeref said
"Yeah" Astra said, "They found this weird book and it sent them into the future"
"Do you happen to have the book?"
Zeref asked
"Yeah" Astra said
Astra reached into her satchel and handed Zeref the book as he just looked at it.
"There's an immense power coming from this book" Zeref said
"You feel it too?" Astra asked
"Of course" Zeref said then flipped through it, "It seems to be blank"
"That's why I came" Astra said, "Do you know anything about going back in time?"
"The only magic I know of is Time-Ark magic" Zeref said
"You mean the lost magic? Like the one Ultear had?" Astra said
Zeref nodded, "But that only sends a certain object back in time for a certain amount of time"
"So much for that" Astra said
"But," Zeref said, "there is an island that holds a special stone that can send anyone back to any specific time"
"Seriously?" Astra said, "Well, where is it?"
"The island is called Trilian. It is a deserted village and the stone is hidden on the top of the island"
Zeref said, "It's told that only the one with a true heart can find the stone"
"Screw the true heart stuff!"
Astra said as Zeref looked at her, "I'm gonna find that stone and send them back. No matter what"
Zeref widened his eyes seeing that Astra's eyes were basically on fire with the determination she had flowing through her.
"Very well" Zeref said and took out a red butterfly, "Follow this and it'll lead you to Trilian" The butterfly flew away and Astra watched it, "Be careful"
Astra turned to Zeref and smiled, "Don't worry about me, Uncle Z!" Zeref smirked, "Alright Kaida, I'll see you later, okay?"
Kaida flew to a tree branch and Astra smiled starting to run so she could catch up with the butterfly. Everyone else was still a the ice floor and Krystal saw that Astra was running towards them.
"Come on!" Astra said as she grabbed Sylvia's hand
"Wait, where are we going?"
Lucy asked
Astra stopped, "To the past" Everyone looked at her shocked, "Come on. I'm not gonna lose that butterfly!"
"Is she okay..?" Gray asked
"Come on" Nash said running after Astra
Soon enough everyone was running out of the place as Kaida sat on a branch watching them.