Erza POV

It all happened so fast. Lucy was whisked away and Natsu soon after. I was so scared. Levy, Wendy and I carried the boys by air (much to Mira and Juvia's distaste) and we tracked them to Fiore. We arrived and helped Lucy escape, the boys tried to stop us, but we ignored them. We later found out it was their castle. We came in to witness Igneel challenge Lucy and fly out. Soon after, Natsu emerged from another room and ran out after them. They came back about an hour later, Natsu holding a beat up Lucy in his arms. We rushed over but Natsu growled at us to stay away. I sighed as I watched Natsu carry my friend away.

Jellal hugged me from behind. I blushed a little. The sun was setting. Now that we were back, I could feel my instincts taking over. I hadn't Jellal yet and he hadn't marked me. You see, even if the mate isn't human, they will still do it because of the hormones from the dragon ones bite. I was beginning to feel a little tired. I leaned on Jellal, gradually falling asleep. I just noticed him picking me up and carrying me somewhere. He placed me gently on the bed before getting up and going to get changed. I sat up, re-quipping into my sleep ware. I stood up and turned around, seeing him without a shirt. I blushed a little before turning around. He laughed a little while I huffed.  He continued to change. 

"You know, I don't mind you looking." He said in a husky tone. I growled a little, pouting.

"No! I don't want the season to kick in, not when you're not ready." I sighed. My inner dragon roared at me to look. Desire pulsing through me. No. I wasn't going to fall prey to my instincts. Jellal's abs were making that very hard. Good gods.

He laughed a little at my frustration, pulling my up to look in his eyes, "Who said I wasn't?"

Jellal POV

I watched as her eyes turned from brown to green, her pupils in slits like that of a dragon. I stared into her beautiful eyes. She seemed to be struggling internally. Her face was scrunched up in frustration. Her arms were firmly by her side, her lean muscles were tense and effort in restraining herself was clear on her face. I pulled her into a tight hug. She relaxed slightly. Though I think my bare chest wasn't helping. Her arms were firmly on her side, her face taught with effort. I gently placed my lips on her taught neck. She inhaled sharply in surprise, a gasp escaping her lips. I grinned evilly and sucked on her neck. She growled at me, so I stopped, but then she growled at me again. I rolled my eyes before letting go of her, ignoring her protesting whines. I pulled a shirt on and her hungry gaze lessened. Slightly. I walked over to her, her leaning into my touch, and guided her to my king size bed. She lifted the silky covers that hadn't been touched in years and flipped them over, climbing in. Leaving me in the cold, snuggling into my pillows. I think she did it because they smelled a bit like me. I was about to protest, when she pulled me in as well. Caught by surprise, I landed half ontop of her, not that she minded, clearly.

I rolled off her, much to her dismay, and lay next to her, trying to fall asleep, ignoring the fact that her mouth was awfully close too my neck. I felt a sharp pain, like tiny blades was being shoved into my neck. My breathing quickened and was more sharp, the pain was brief but extremely uncomfortable. Not the worst though. I felt my mind fog as the effects took hold.

Gray POV

Juvia's been really needy lately. It's true that I had already marked her and she returned the favour, but she's still, very, very demanding. Well I'm stuck with her, not that I mind... I'm actually quite surprised. I expected her to get all annoyed when I got overprotective, but no. Apparently because of her old stalker-like tendencies, she really doesn't mind. In fact, I think she enjoys it a little to much. She was currently sleeping ontop of me, her necklace had turned into a ring, so she could be more comfortable. She was actually wearing one of my shirts and it went to her mid thigh. I sighed as I wrapped my arms around her back and rolled over onto my side, her sleeping face reflecting how peaceful she was. I hadn't told my dad about her. He questioned the 'bruise' on my neck and the large amount of, uhhhh, marks that made me look like I'd been slapped by a giant 'fish'. Juvia was silently frothing at the mouth. She was literally creating a hurricane outside, she was so pissed, then again dad didn't know she was a mermaid, let alone a mermaid with water abilities. 

I woke up to light shining down on us, I crawled out. The clothes in my wardrobe were all tiny, so I decided to just wear the pants from yesterday, not like it's unusual in the palace, heck my aunt and dad both did it, occasionally. Not as much as me. I walked out in my boots and pants. Nothing else. The staff stared at me. Eh. I got a little more muscled while I was gone. I heard gasps and oooos of the maids and grunts of frustration from the butlers. Eh, What's new? I heard growling from the other side of the hall, from my room. I felt my heart stop. I watched as Juvia stalked out, glaring at all the maid who looked at me. I sweat dropped. God. This was the girl who I was basically married to. I felt my stomach tightening as I watched the butlers scan her, she was wearing similar clothes to what Aunt Ur wears. Just in a darker blue and she didn't have the head piece. She linked her arm with mine and began to walk towards the throne room, not saying a word, just leaning on me as we walked, occasionally growling at the maids and me at the butlers. I hated the way they looked at her. As we pushed through the doors, I saw the empty throne room. I checked the huge clock and saw that it was 8:25 AM, breakfast starts in 5 minutes. We slowly walked over into the hall, Uncle Igneel sat at the head, Flame ass next to him with Lucy, Lucy seemed to be in a half human/ SeaDragon form and had a few bandages on her, she seemed to have a very high quantity of scales around her neck. Seemingly hiding something from the man next to her. Natsu wore his scarf as always and was bare chested for once. Lucy seemed to be wearing a... leather assassin style tunic? I think it's Natsu's.... HHAHAHAHA! It fits her perfectly, Ever though the top's a little long. The blonde haired man beside her seemed quite..... uncomfortable, let's just say. He was probably Lucy's father. Uncle Matelicana was beside him with Ironhead and a blushing Levy, Levy wearing a long orang turtleneck shirt with black leggings and Gajeel's hair covered his neck. Dad was close by with Aunt Ur, waiting for me and Juvia. We sat next to them and Aunt Grandeene who had Wendy, Romeo and his dad. After that it was Laxus, who wore his coat and a turtleneck black shirt and Mira wearing her hair over her shoulders.Jellal and Erza. Oh god. Jellal was wearing black turtleneck as well, Erza had her scales out, covering her neck. Hmmmmmm they all got very busy. Juvia seemed to get a bit self conscious and placed her hand on her neck. I smiled and held her and before walking over and joining them.