Ever, Ever, After

Chapter 15

When the wall of fire cleared a huge dragon stood in place of Irene.

"All this nauseating talk of true love's kiss, it really does bring out the worst in me." The dragon spoke as it made it's way toward Gray and Juvia. "I've got a story for you what if a giant vicious beast showed up and killed everyone? And Queen Irene was too defenseless and Prince Natsu was shall we say too unconscious to save them? Let's begin with the girl who started it all shall we?"

"Over my dead body!" Gray said shielding Juvia from the dragon.

"Alright I'm flexible."

Irene then grabbed Gray, came crashing out the window, and climbed up the building. Juvia quickly pulled Natsu's sword from the floor and ran after them, in her haste to follow them she accidentally dropped one of her shoes. While all the other people in the building ran for their lives Lucy went to wake Natsu.

"Natsu? Natsu wake up." She said shaking the unconscious prince.

"Huh? What?" He said coming to. "What happened?"

"Your crazy stepmother turned into a dragon and took Gray!"

"Oh no! Where's Juvia?"

"She went after them."

"Oh she won't stand a chance. I better go help them."

He stood up, chanted some words, and Lucy and Laxus watched in amazement as the young man transformed into a dragon and came crawling up the same direction Irene went. Outside it was pouring down rain and Irene was holding Gray hostage at the top of the building.

"Let me go!" Gray shouted. "Put me down! You're crazy!"

"No spiteful, vindictive, very large but never crazy." She told him.

Suddenly she felt a sharp blade strike her tail. She hissed and looked down to see that the source of it was a sword being weilded by Juvia.

"Well this is a twist. It's the brave little princess coming to the rescue I guess that makes you the damsel in distress huh handsome?" Irene said to Gray.

"Give him back you overgrown lizard!" Juvia demanded. "Or the next time it goes right in your eye!"

"Do you honestly think that I can be stopped by some little girl?" She laughed bringing her face over toward Juvia but that was a mistake because that allowed Juvia to poke her right in her eye.

She hissed in a pain and threw Gray up into the air. Juvia quickly threw the sword which caught Gray's sleeve and pinned it to the building. Juvia gave a breath of relief which was followed by a scream when Irene's tail knocked Juvia off the building luckily however she was caught by Natsu in his dragon form.

"Are you okay?" He asked her.

"I'm fine."

"You get Gray I'll take care of her."

Natsu placed Juvia higher up on a ledge then chased after his stepmother.

"That's enough Irene!" He told her. "Stop now and I won't fight you!"

"Oh please like you're any real threat!"

She lunged for Natsu but he responded by clawing at her face. Irene underestimated how strong her stepson was because as they fought he seemed to be over powering her. Down below Happy had managed to use his claws to escape the glass Laxus trapped him in and climbed up the building. He noticed that the building was having a difficult time supporting two dragons which gave him an idea. He wasn't sure but he had a hunch that if he stood on Irene it would make her too heavy and she would fall. He had to time it just right to where only Irene would fall.