Caged Dragon

Chapter 13

(Laxus POV)

"I'm home," I told the guild, and for the first time in Fairy Tail history the guild was silent, I was worried that they didn't recognize me.

"Laxus, is that really you?" I heard Gramps ask under his breath, I nodded my head and I was knocked to the ground by a hug from the small, old man. "You came home, what took you so long?"

"So, you are Laxus," Erza asked me, it was more of a statement than a question.

"Yes," I told her, and she looked at me inquisitively.

"You don't look like you do in Reedus's pictures," she told me, suspiciously.

"Well, being a dragon for ten, and being constantly attacked for seven of those years, can really change a person," I told her, almost growling at her for the well-deserved suspicion that was in her voice.

"We can't stay for long," Lucy told us, "We need to get the new den built." I pulled Gramps off me, and started towards Lucy.

"I will visit," I told the old man, "Besides, what is the point of being in a guild if you don't ever go to it."

"You want to join?" I heard someone ask me I followed the voice to a white-haired woman, she had blue eyes and her hair reached her back.  I smelled the woman from where I was and she smelled of alcohol and flowers.

'She couldn't be,' I thought to myself in disbelief, 'My luck can't be that good,' then I saw her eyes glow orange, and I knew that my eyes were glowing too.

"Well, are you going to answer her, MAN?" someone asked and I was pulled out of my trance, and looked at the large white-haired man who spoke.

"I joined the night before I was taken by that bastard of a father," I told the white-haired woman, lifting up my shirt, showing her the guild mark to prove it.

"Mirajane, hello, Earthland to Mirajane," I heard someone ask the white-haired woman, Mirajane huh, what a nice name.

"Oh sorry, I guess I spaced out," Mirajane told the person, another white-haired person, she was a young woman.

(Lucy POV)

I watched as Natsu twitched around, and sent a side glare at the ice mage.

I was worried about Natsu, I don't know how long he could stand still without picking a fight with said ice mage that he has declared as his 'mortal enemy'.

"COME ON, LAXUS, COBRA!" I shouted, grabbing Natsu by the scarf, "WE NEED TO GET GOING!"

"Coming, coming," Laxus answered, walking towards me, Cobra following him, his tail wrapped around Kinana and dragging her with him.

"Why are you leaving so soon?" I heard Levy ask me.

"We need to get our new den ready," I told her.

"Why is Laxus listening to you?" Makarov asked me, curious at Laxus apparent compliance to my orders. If that man was as headstrong as a child as he was now, I would be curious as well, if he was following someone else's orders. The lightning dragon was a natural leader in his own right and the only reason that Laxus wasn't leading his own pack right now was because he was new to the clan and an artificial dragon. Igneel might not care if he has artificial dragons in his clan, but letting one lead a pack was just asking for trouble from both inside the clan and out. Laxus knows this and he acknowledges it, knowing that if Natsu, Gajeel or I can't lead that we trust him to lead the younger dragons and Cobra.

"Because I am the mate of the leader, I am a higher rank than Laxus, so he has to listen to me," I told the old man.

(Levy POV)