The Dragon Father

Lucy and Lisanna

Things were calm in Fairy tail, nothing too earth-shattering happened; Acnologia and his hatchlings had all but eradicated most dark guilds so Fiore was peaceful. Acnologia said goodbye to Mira and her siblings as they took on an S-class job, he had full faith in them... then they came back.

"Lisanna... what," Evergreen choked after the guild had finished listening to Mira's explanation.

"No way," Erza denied in shock.

"She's dead," Mira cried, her hand was in a sling and multiple wounds covered her body, Elfman was no better, except he was also drowning in guilt.

"I killed her," Elfman cried.

"No, no you didn't," Mira cried her voice laced in pain.

"Lis...Lisanna, she's," Natsu's voice came from the doorway. Acnologia looked to Natsu, Happy was by his side, both of them had the look of horror.

"Lisanna's dead," Mira cried in agony.

The funeral was held and two graves were made, since there wasn't a body, two graves weren't a problem. Natsu was sad sometimes, but it was Bickslow who worried Acnologia. Even his dolls remained silent, but no-one knew how he felt except Acnologia. Bickslow kept to himself and moved on. Acnologia understood the pain of losing someone you loved and let Bickslow sort it out on his own; the man moved on, but never truly fell for anyone else again.

Natsu mourned Lisanna, but he wanted to live happily, just as he believed Lisanna would want him to. Still, he kept his distance for a good long time. Acnologia was concerned for everyone and he too mourned Lisanna. She had been so happy and carefree; much like Grandeeney had been in her younger days.

The guild always remembered but moved on. Mira became less violent and stopped going on jobs, she stopped using her magic and attempted to forget it. Acnologia and Makarov didn't try to tell her otherwise, they all mourned in different ways. Mira's change impacted Erza and Laxus who had always rivaled her, now the two were quieter when at the guild, the skirmishes seemed to only occur between the younger ones.

And so Fairy Tail changed after its loss.

Then, a few years later, a rumor about another "Salamander" and Natsu rushed to the house.

"Guys, we have to find this guy," Natsu said to his family 

"Salamander? Why? What's so special about this copycat?" Gajeel asked.

"It's not a man, its Igneel, I know it," Natsu said.

"Aye, I believe him," Happy said.

"It's not Igneel Natsu," Acnologia sighed.

"Nah, but this guy stole Natsu's nickname, so let's go teach him a lesson," Sting laughed.

"Can you tone it down Sting?" Laxus scoffed.

"I agree with Sting-kun! Nobody messes with our family!" Lector yelled.

"You ruffians," Charle scoffed.

"You should come with us Charle!" Happy pleaded.

"As if I'd be a part of this pointless quest that will inevitably end in violence," Charle sighed.

"Aww, please Charle, it wouldn't be the same without you and Wendy!" Lector cried.

"How did this escalate so quickly!?" Rogue asked.

"You don't ask that," Gajeel sighed.

"Well even if it is Igneel, a fight is gonna happen," Natsu laughed.