Irene Pov

I felt pressure like never before on me. To show those in front how strong I am. I don't know if I got weaker or stronger since then. Even with the lacrima inside of me which made me into a third-generation dragon slayer. "Breath in Irene, stay calm you got this." Belserion's voice stated, and I opened my eyes to see him right in front closing the latches on my right gauntlet. "I'd really like to help you Irene but Grandeeney told me she'd kick my butt if I didn't rest right now." Y/n stated and looked to the place the lacrima was put in. He had a minor complication which made Grandeeney end up throwing a vase over the entire capital of Dragnof, right outside the wall of the capital. "Don't worry I'll manage it Y/n, its more important that you rest, this is just a show and nothing more." I replied and he held his fist out. I bumped it.

I looked in the mirror and took one last breath. The armor I had on was originally Erza's fourth Heartkreuz model. I decided to take it and use it as mine with some minor changes on the skirt adding some plates and closing the chest hole. "I'll see you at the end Irene, show her who's the boss." Gildarts stated and I blushed faintly.

. . .

I looked around the arena noticing all the Dragons, I knew almost all of them. right on the Balcony there they stood. Weisslogia, Skiadrum, Grandeeney, Metalicana and even Igneel the Fire Dragon king. "Hey Irene, show those dragons who's stronger I want to see a real battle." Igneel called out and all of them looked at him. "You don't think a human can win do you?" Metalicana replied and the others just looked at me. "Watch and see." Igneel stated. My friends and Belserion appeared beside them while Etoirir walked out from her side of the arena.

"My fellow Dragons, today something special is about to happen. We will witness a fight between human and Dragon. The only rule for this battle are as follow, no use of deadly magic attacks as this is a no kill battle. Only hand to hand combat with no extra weapons. And no deadly blows. If one of the two fighters ends up on the ground, I will count to ten and the match is over." He stated and then raised his hand. "Let the battle of dragons begin!" He shouted.

We both darted at each other with a raised fist ready to strike. Our fists connected causing a shockwave to spread which astonished all the dragons around us. Etoirir gasped in disbelieve. "How, you should have been blown away." She stated and I chuckled. "I'm a dragon slayer and I will never lose against a Dragon." I replied and then grabbed her fist with my hand. I reeled my right hand back and punched her right in the face letting go and making her fall backwards.

She flew back making a backflip. "I'm not losing against a human." She roared and right there her magic power was increasing. A smile crept over my lips when I realized what's happening "So we are finally going all out." I replied and raised my hand. "Seal release." I chanted and on my chest a seal lit up which broke apart.

I could feel the insane pressure building up and the shocked looks of the Dragons as they felt the change in the air. All of them stared right on me as they witnessed it. "Sage drive." I shouted and scales appeared on my cheeks and hands. Etoirir stared at me with pure disdain.

"Lets end it here and now shall we." I said and she nodded. I ran forwards right against her. "Dragon slayer secret art. Sage dragons lightning hammer." I shouted and I saw her grin smugly. Her hand lit up in a bright flash of white light.

Y/n Pov

We all looked in amazement as Irene and the dragon were facing off. Irene suddenly broke her seal which we had added as a precaution and on me too. "Belserion its time, isn't it?" I stated and he nodded. "Yes, it is, now we'll see who's stronger human or dragon." He replied and leaned on the stone balcony.

"Third generation dragon slayer, that's what she called it; wasn't it." He added and I nodded. "Yes she's the mother of all dragon slayers." I replied and he gave a fond smile.

Irene's face and hands were covered in her scarlet scales, her pupils turning into tight slits. "Dragon slayer secret art. Sage dragons lightning hammer." He shouted and her arm turned into red lightning.

I panicked a bit as Irene used magic. I gave a quick glance over at Belserion who kept his eyes calmly on the battle. "Lets just watch." He shushed me while placing a hand on my shoulder.

Both fighters now ran at each other and right as their hits connected a ear crushing thundering sound was heard and we got blinded by their attacks.

We all got blown over by the shockwave and I crashed on the backwall of our terrace. Pain shot through my whole body in an instant. Pieces of rubble fell down everywhere.

I coughed from the cloud of dust forming and stood up slowly looking for the others. "Belserion what happened, I asked and tried to look for him. He stood there unmoving. "What happened?" He replied calmly with crossed arms but a proud grinn was on it. "She won." He stated and turned around. I got on my feet and walked up right next to him. There she was standing proudly on the field and on the other side of the arena the dragon was laying under a huge hole in the wall.

Belserion lifted both his hands. "The battle is over fellow dragons, we witnessed today something unbelievable. Irene Belserion the princess of Dragnof bestet a dragon in hand to hand combat" Belserion shouted and I looked back to Cana who gave me a small smile. "I knew it, she'll always win now as she's part of Fairy Tail just like you." She exclaimed and I nodded. Fairy Tail trully is a magical place

Gildarts smiled brightly as he jumped down on the arena. "I knew it Red. You'd beat her." He shouted and Irene turned around to him, just in time as her knees gave up and she fell into his arms, which caught him in surprise. He laid her down carefully before lifting her in a bridal carry. Her unconshious form slumped down.

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Gildarts paced around the corridor for the last five minutes while I was leaning against the wall next to the entrance to a room. Rose was looking worried too and Bill was napping in Cana's arms. "Is he always like that? I asked turning my head to the left and Cana shook her head. "No he's never been like that." She replied and gave me a concerned expression. "He's never been worried like that for anyone except me before." She whispered and I could barely hear it.

After the battle Irene fainted getting us all into panic, Grandeeney examined her on the spot and told us she's low on magic. Something like this can happen when you use too much ethernano and your body can't hold it. I've never known something like that was even a thing but then again, I wasn't part of a guild before and neither did I really take mage as a job before.

"We've been out her for the last 15 minutes and she still doesn't let us in." Gildarts spouted and Belserion opened his right eye too look at him. "Gildarts, there is nothing to worry, you are making more of a fuss than his highness when princess Irene saw the light of day." Belserion calmly replied and Gildarts stopped right in front of us. His cheeks grew a little red.

"It's almost the same too and I can assure she's fine, not like back then." He replied and looked at the door. "She's coming." He murmured under his breath.

The door opened revealing a rather short woman with white hair, she must be shorter than Juvia even. "You can go inside, I've checked her, and we two need to talk!" Grandeeney yelled towards Belserion and Gildarts puffed his cheeks to stifle a laugh. "Having problems in your relationship." He mocked and was met with both of them staring daggers at him.

I turned to the door and walked inside. "They both do behave like a couple that's constantly on each other's throat, not in a bad way, they never fought or argued, they just give snarky remarks on each other." Irene exclaimed and on Gildarts face relief washed over when he saw her sitting right there with her hands folded over each other.

"You made us all worry Irene." Cana stated walking right up to her bed. "I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have used my third generation so soon." She stated and I shook my head. "No Irene, its fine, we were worried but you decided to do it." I stated and she looked to Gildarts now who was silently looking at her. "And you probably got worried quite a bit, I could hear you walking up and down." She stated with a teasing grin.

"That's no, I wasn't worried so much." Gildarts fake coughed. Irene chuckled and stood up from the bed. "I'm fine now we can go home, we got what we need and can finally go back to where we belong." She stated and I could see it in her eyes. Something she left out.

"Are you glad you met them again?" I asked and she turned to me surprised. "What do you mean?" She questioned confused. "Your family, from what I feel you missed them quite a bit and you look sad to go away." I replied and she stood there frozen on the spot.

She sat back down. "Yeah I do feel happy to have met them again but I feel sad that I can't stop what will happen." She added and we all looked at her. "Go on Irene, if you feel like you need to tell." Gildarts said and touched her hand.

Tears began to appear on her face. "My family, this was my tenth birthday and right after my 16th birthday they will all die during a journey on the sea. A giant storm will cause their ship to be destroyed while I was left in the kingdom to guard over it with Belserion. I took the crown almost breaking down in tears and Belserion knew how I felt at the time." She sobbed. "You can't understand how much I'd want to warn them not to go on this journey. But I can't. if I did I would change the entirety of our time which as Belserion told me is forbidden to do. It would bring Ankhseram's curse onto me." She stated and Gildarts moved closer to her.

"We can all understand your pain Irene, sometimes we want to do something so badly, but we know it would be harmful." He stated and she nodded. A bright flash of light engulfed all of us and I looked to the book which was in Irene's hands. "Lets go home." She stated and we all nodded.

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Belserion Pov

I heard the sound of heels come closer and turned to my left seeing the Queen and King of Dragnof. "Your Majesty." I stated and her highness walked past me. She looked worried as her face was showing uneasiness. She stopped right in front of the door. "They are right now inside." I stated and she opened the door while the King was behind her.

She opened the door and was left with an empty room. No one was inside. "They are gone." She stated and turned around looking devastated. Her lips started to tremble. "I wanted to hug her one last time." She stated and the King embraced her. "You can, she's in her room right now." He stated and she huffed. "I know but I wanted to hug the adult one." She whined and the king just pat her back gently.