These Blood-Soaked Pages (Fairy Tail) [Book 1 of Reaper's Scythe]

XV - The Five Slayers

Rogue's PoV

"WILL YOU WAKE UP ALREADY!!" I yell. "WE'RE GOING TO MISS THE TRAIN AT THIS RATE!!"

"I don't wanna go on the train," Sting mumbles and rolls over in bed. Frosch, Lector and I are all ready for the day's trip to Magnolia, but when I went to check on Sting... Well, this is what I found.

"WELL TOO BAD! WE'RE GOING WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT SO GET YOUR LAZY ARSE OUT OF BED!"

"Fro thinks so too!"

"No thank you..."

I grab Sting by the arm and pull him out of bed, onto the floor. That certainly wakes him up. "Geez, Rouge, I'm up!"

"You weren't a couple seconds ago." With Frosch following me, I storm out of Sting's room.

"Fro thinks so too!"

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The train ride to Magnolia is awful as- Sorry, I mean it's torture. Sting told me before that I probably shouldn't use the word I was going to in case there are younger readers. They say the more the merrier, but that definitely doesn't apply when it comes to dragonslayers on a train.

We walk through the city to the Fairy Tail guild hall. I have to carry Frosch to keep him from wandering off. Unsurprisingly, we attract some stares; Sting is the master of one of Fiore's strongest guilds so it makes sense people would notice him.

"HEEEEY, STING! ROGUE! FIGHT ME!" We're about to go inside when a certain pink-haired person runs out and punches Sting in the face.

"Yo, Natsu!" He says even as the Fire Dragon Slayer's fist connects with his face.

I facepalm. "They're so immature..."

"Fro thinks so too!"

Two others stick their heads out the front door. One I immediately recognize- Wendy Marvell, the Sky Dragon Slayer. The other... it takes me a moment, but I recognize him, too.

"What is he doing here?!"

Wendy and Zeref look at each other with panicked expressions. "Rogue-san, please be quieter. Most of Fairy Tail doesn't know his true identity yet," the small dragonslayer whispers.

Sting dodges one of Natsu's punches and walks over to see what the commotion is about. "What's who doing- oh."

"'Oh?!' That's all you have to say?!" I demand.

"...Yes?"

"Don't attack him, he's got some information for all five 'true' Dragon Slayers. That's why we called the two of you here." Fairy Tail's Master walks out of the guild hall, past Wendy and Zeref. "Could you please come to my office? I have a feeling that whatever he has to say isn't for just anyone to hear."

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Sting, Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Zeref, and I are all in Makarov's office. He sits back in a chair. "So, Zeref, if you'll please explain everything? Except for that, of course."

"Right. So, where to start... You're all familiar with the Eclipse Gate, correct?" Natsu, Wendy and Sting nod. Gajeel glares at me instead and I can't help but wince.

"Well, I'm sure people were skeptical about the five of you being raised by dragons, as there are only two left now. Two that I know of, anyway..." Zeref clears his throat and continues. "I don't know how to tell you this, but the truth is, the dragons, a woman named Anna and I came up with a plan to defeat Acnologia."