The Lost Memory |Fairy Tail x Reader

Scales~Chapter 20

(Magic circle: Except it is gold in the center and the rest is a rainbow ombré.)

I unlocked the front door of my apartment and swung it open allowing Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy and Akina inside. "So, what is it you wanted to show us?" Gajeel huffed, crossing his arms. I smiled lightly before walking into my living room, giving myself some room. I stuck out my hand and created a magic circle, allowing myself to grab a box that I had put into the pocket dimension that held my armors. It was a small oak wood box with a small silver lock on the front.

"Elemental dragon: Elements Key." I whispered, moving my hands a bit to cast the spell. Within seconds, in my grip was a small intricate key that seemed to be made of every element imaginable. Including some from the Periodic table. I pushed the small key into the lock and turned it. Once the satisfying click reached all our sensitive Dragon slayer ears, I pulled the key back out and placed it on the coffee table beside me.

Gajeel, Natsu and Wendy surrounded me as I opened the box. It revealed quite a few things that didn't look like they would hold any value, but they all did. I reached into the average sized box and took out a small, drawstring velvet bag. I pulled it open and stuck my hand in, then pulled it out, showing that I had something in my grip. Or somethings.

"I'm sorry I hadn't shown them to you three earlier, but a bit before the Grand Magic games, I had taken on a job. I had to go to a village, that believed in, or you could say, worshipped dragons. So you could just believe how they treated me because I am an dragon slayer, having been raised by the very creature they idolize." I said.

"Just get on with it." Gajeel grumbled, causing Natsu to glare at the black haired man. I gave a slight smile, dismissing his rude tone. When they found out of my magic and my past with Iris, they showed me something. These..." I said before opening my fist, showing four glittering scales. One red, one black, one white and one gold. They all held their breaths as their eyes widened. I saw some tears come to Wendy's eyes. I picked up the red scale and showed it to Natsu.

"The village showed me their huge collection. There were many more scales over varying colors. They were gracious enough to look through them and take these four. And, Natsu, I believe this belongs to Igneel." Natsu hesitantly reached out his hand, to which I placed the scale in his palm. He brought it up to his nose and took a whiff. Within seconds, there were tears pricking the corners of his eyes, meaning that it was, in fact, Igneel's scale.

I turned to the other two dragon slayers and handed them their designated scales, to which they did the same actions as the fire dragon slayers. Telling by their tears and rigid breaths, I knew that these scales did belong to Metalicana and Grandeeney. I looked up at Akina, who stood a couple feet from us and smiled at her. Wendy looked up and pointed at the golden scale that was still lying in my palm.

"Is that Iris's?"She asked quietly. I smiled at the young girl and nodded. I stood and walked into my room, and a couple moments later, I returned back into the living room where everyone else was.

"Thanks to Reedus, I was able to describe Iris to him and he could take the details I gave him and make a painting of her." I spoke, catching their attention. I held up the watercolor paper to reveal the portrait of my foster mother. The best mother I could ever ask for. Better than the woman you call my biological mother.

"She's beautiful." Wendy complimented. I smiled, and wiped away the stray tear.

"Thank you, and I bet Grandeeney was too." I returned. "Now," I stand to my feet. "Let's stop this crying fest and return to the guild and have fun." They all nodded. I watched as they were all about to stuff the scales into their pockets, but I stopped them. I took a couple woven strings from a drawer, which I call my junk drawer.

I carefully used my fang to poke holes into each of the scales. I took the pieces away from my mouth and pushed the string from the newly made holes to form necklaces. Each of them tied the strings around their necks, and let them hang down. Gajeel hid it well, but I could tell Natsu and Wendy were really happy with their new accessories. I did the same to Iris' scale, that I did with theirs, though I slid it onto a string that already had some charms, which consisted of a Dragon Talen, an orb which had a spell casted on it by my grandparents, and a snowflake charm that was given to me by my grandfather. I smiled as I tied the necklace around my neck.

I turned to the rest of them and smile. "Let's get going."

(Sorry this chapter is shorter than my chapters usually are.)