#(The Shadow Dragon Slayer: Rogue Cheney)

[happilychee]

fairy tail dragon slayer headcanons pt. 1

♡ what the first gen and second gen dragon slayers eat is pretty self-explanatory. all of their elements are... somewhat tangible. sting and rogue though? they're still figuring it out. rogue wonders if he can eat someone else's shadow, and sting immediately volunteers himself. "for science!" he says. the result is that sting almost passes out. oops. he insists they try on their friends, much to rogue's displeasure. the results are that sting is the most susceptible, then yukino, rufus, orga, and minerva is the least susceptible to magic drainage. sting insists rogue tries to eat an inanimate object's shadow, and nothing happens to it, so they decide that's the way to go.

♡ when wendy eats air, the oxygen levels thin. she has to be careful or she'll cause her allies and enemies alike to pass out. when sting eats light, the area gets darker and darker. this is great for rogue, who starts eating the shadows, and they manage to balance each other out.

♡ sting insists that different types of light taste differently. his favorite is light from golden hour, right when the sun is dipping below the horizon. moonlight will do in a pinch, but it's so diluted that it takes way more of it to recover sting's magic. he also gets sick if he eats too much moonlight.

♡ pantherlily already has transformation magic and enhanced strength, and carla learns to transform so she can help wendy fight. the other three exceeds feel... a little left out. happy learns how to fly faster and for longer (though he still complains about lucy being heavy). lector goes to porlyusica and wendy to learn some stamina regeneration spells for sting. everyone is surprised when frosch, completely on their own, manages to learn an adorable light spell that creates floating pink bubbles. rogue can consume the shadows from them without worrying about draining frosch's magic, and he spends the entire afternoon crying about it.

♡ dragon slayers are a bit like crows. their way of bonding with someone is through gifting trinkets. natsu will bring lucy, erza, and even gray pretty rocks or seashells that he's found on jobs. wendy picks up a new craft or hobby every week, so the members of fairy tail are constantly recieving handmade accessories from her (gajeel helps during the metalsmithing phase). gajeel does not buy cute things for people. he is like a dad in the fact that, when juvia mentions she wants watermelon, he buys her 20 watermelons. walking math problem fr.

♡ laxus has mixed feelings about his more draconic features and habits. he's never loved his magic because of the way he got it, and the memory of his father basically torturing him as he inserted the lacrima will stay with him forever. he tends to suppress dragon instincts more than anyone else in the group, and they all scold him for it. on a rare occasion, laxus will give in and buy something shiny (like a hairclip) for wendy. she has a little jewelry box for them that she guards fiercely.

♡ cobra considers himself more of a flying snake than a dragon. he once drew a picture that sent everyone into a laughing fit. he prefers to stick with the old oración seis crew, but the guild dragon slayers are always happy to see him when he stops by with crime sorcière.

♡ sting, because of his heightened senses and his affinity for light, prefers nighttime. the day can often be overwhelming, and overexposure to bright settings and lots of people leaves his skin buzzing. he likes to sit in the dim guild hall, leaning against the cool stone wall, as the chatter of the crowd quiets down with the setting sun.

♡ dragon slayers all have the Bite instinct. some exercise a degree of control about it, and others go crazy with it. wendy will very gently nibble on erza or mira's arm when she's in the mood, and sometimes she does it absentmindedly. natsu, on the other hand, is an absolute menace. multiple of erza's armor sets have natsu-shaped bite marks on them. he tends to go after her the most because he knows he won't hurt her with the armor. when natsu's more calmed down, he will chomp on lucy's shoulder. gajaeel copes by eating all of fairy tail's silverware (mira starts buying ceramic spoons), but when levy offers her wrist to him he can't help it.

♡ rogue is another one who doesn't really bite people. he, very rarely, nips at frosch's ears, which causes the exceed to giggle. sting is a Biter like natsu, but with slightly more decorum. he really wants to go at it but will restrain himself because most people aren't willing to be treated like a chew toy. luckily for him, gray and cana aren't most people! because they both wear pretty exposing clothing, gray and cana have no qualms about showing off sting's bite marks on their skin. sting always turns bright red when they tease him about it.

♡ laxus and cobra don't really feel the Bite instinct due to being second gen, but cobra is a little shit and bites people for the fun of it. laxus is completely unbothered when natsu clings to him like a koala and gnaws at him.

#lychee writes #gray and cana are best friends with sting. loke too. this is canon mashima told me #minerva taught frosch the spell btw but she'll take that secret to her grave #genuinely how does one eat light or shadow though #I can't even visualize it😭 #fairy tail #fairy tail headcanons #natsu dragneel #wendy marvell #gajeel redfox #laxus dreyar #sting eucliffe #rogue cheney #cobra #sabertooth #dragon slayer #gajevy #if u squint

[thecuriousquest]

I wonder what it would be like being the girlfriend of yan! Dragon Slayer from fairy tail. Any one it doesn't matter

Boyfriend Material HCs

Yandere Rogue Cheney x Fem!Reader

Tag List: @palesweetscherryblossom @issamomma @repostingmyfavs @chickennugnugnug

Warnings: Yandere themes, SFW, protective tendencies, stalker, manipulation, scolding and hurting your friends as punishment, killing, tad bit of jealousy, breaking and entering

Master List

FINALLY! A FAIRY TAIL REQUEST!!! I love you so much Dellulu!!! 😘😘😘 Many hugs of appreciation from me. I’ve never written for Rogue Cheney before, so why not give it a shot. You know? 🤪

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But like Rogue with his hair up? 🥵🫠

🌑Rogue is socially awkward around you until you get him to open up. He is a dark and mysterious type of man, and his Yandere tendencies match with this.

🌑He is protective. Rogue shows this by stalking you. He stalks you better than any yandere ever could. He is literally a shadow dragon slayer. He can slip into the shadows and watch over you like a hawk.

🌑He’s a bored man, but you give him more energy. You give him rose tinted glasses and put a candle in the darkness. Everything is just so utterly dark to him without you. He obsesses over this thought. How you give just a tendril of warmth and light to his stormy verging on charcoal gray skies.

🌑Rogue thinks small acts of kindness goes a long way. He gives you lingering one armed hugs, he picks up a book he knows you like, he lets you spend time with Frosch. He doesn’t really know any other way to show his affection. He’s very socially awkward. If you were going to compare him to someone, I’d probably say Todoroki from MHA. That’s how bad he is at talking to people. Where he’s not all that great at talking, he will listen to you. I can’t express how much he loves listening to you whether you’re elated, crying, full of rage. You two could be in an argument, and he’d just be standing there thinking, Aw, she’s so cute.

🌑He’s not a condescending type, and he isn’t sadistic either. That’s more of Sting with a darling.

🌑YOUR ASS BETTER BE PAYING ATTENTION WHILE YOU WATCH HIM TRAIN. He expresses, as much as he can given how little he talks, that he would really like for you to watch his sparring sessions. He glances out of the corner of his eye every now and then to make sure you’re paying attention to him. Of course, even when he takes his eyes off of his opponent, he blocks every attack with precision because he has to impress you. He just wants you to notice his improvements and be proud of him. That’s what he searches for in your eyes after he’s done.

🌑This ravenette is very fond of your opinions about anything and everything. Food, books, music, whatever. Again, this goes back to listening to you.

🌑His punishments are mere scoldings while he forces you to sit on his lap so that he can make sure you’re focused on him and only him. Every time your eyes wander, he bounces you on his knee to bring your attention back to him. He could never raise a hand to you, he could never chain you up. However, he is not submissive in any sense. He won’t let you push him around or talk to him any certain way. He expects you to be respectful because he’s respectful of you. Break that, and he might have to start going after your friends as a punishment. Again, he’s not sadistic, so he won’t enjoy punishing you by injuring your home girls, but he’ll fuck up a bestie to put you in your place.

🌑He’s not a time monopolizer. He trusts you, and if he has a bad sense that something is going on, he can always follow you. You’re very loyal, however, so if something feels off, he won’t suspect cheating. He’ll just follow you to make sure you’re safe. If he wants you back at any moment, he knows he can just get you back easily. All he has to do is find you (which is so easy for him), put an arm around your waist, and cart you off like you weight nothing more than a small bag of apples.

🌑He will break into your place and read your diary.

🌑Rogue will manipulate you into living with him rather than kidnapping you. He’s so fucking good at manipulation because he has to be. It’s his only way to keep you in line. He doesn’t bully you into your place, he simply guides you there by making you think it’s your own choice.

🌑All in all, he treats you with such kindness. He cares for you, listens to you, respects you, and never would dream of hurting you in any type of way. He’s a gentleman by definition, but if he sees you talking with any other guy…he will wait like a predator in the night until that man is alone and then unleash his wrath upon them. He will fucking kill them so fast it’s not even funny, and you will be none the wiser.

#yandere #yandere x you #yandere x reader #yandere x y/n #yandere x darling #yandere themes #triggering content #triggering themes #fairy tail #fairy tail yandere #yandere fairy tail #rogue cheney #yandere rogue cheney #fairy tail rogue cheney #fairy tail rogue #yandere x willing reader #yandere boyfriend

[celestialrayna]

Rogue's fight

Rogue Cheney using his Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic

#Fairy Tail #Rogue Cheney #Sabertooth #Dragon Slayers #CelestialRaynaArt

[tourneys-by-me]

Round One - Umbramancy 1/4

Propaganda under the cut (beware of potential spoilers!!)

Pride:

No propaganda :(

Rogue:

Being the Shadow Dragon Slayer makes you emo, obviously. Along with a ton of dragon-related powers, he can eat shadows and literally travel through them which I think is really cool. He's my guy and I love him very much. (Black hair and red eyes my beloved)

#element specific character tournament #umbramancy #round 1 #polls #tumblr polls #pride #pride fullmetal alchemist #selim bradley #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchimist brotherhood #fma #rogue cheney #fairy tail

[moongirlcleo]

Alright, one of my most down bad requests.

Nsfw pls!!

Kind of like minor angst, when Rogue thinks reader forgot Valentine's day because Reader is capable of stuff like that, they do a lot of traveling so her forgetting holidays and even her birthday isn't even surprising, it's still their anniversary, and you know the official bunny girl costume Mashima drawn Luce in, turns out she never forgot, surprisingly, so she got something commissioned after being pulled aside by Evergreen when visiting Fairy Tail, and had been waiting for it's arrival as to why she seemed ignorant, ofc what happens next happens next..

Ooooo okay okayy I see you I may have drawn reader wearing that for this little drabble. :p enjoy love!

”Another.” Rogue tipsily waved for Minerva to bring another round to booze toward him as Sting and Orga walked through the door.

"You sure you need another, buddy?” Sting looked at Rogue in confusion. “You hardly like to drink so what’s up?”

Rogue swatted his friend’s hand away and grumbled. “I’m fine, Sting. Go away and let me enjoy my night in peace for once.”

Orga and Sting shared a glance and walked away, with Sting muttering something under his breath.

"I heard that, you ass,” Rogue snapped. With a sigh, he knew the white dragon slayer was right. It absolutely wasn’t fine, and he had to come to terms with it. In fact, he was downright miserable because he knew you’d forgotten Valentine’s day. Worse yet, it was your first anniversary too.

"Where the hell is she, any way?" The last time Rogue had seen you, you'd been preparing yourself for a mission. It also wasn't unlike you to forget important dates, either. If the shadow slayer hadn't reminded you, you would've forgotten your birthday entirely too.

With the hundredth sigh of the evening, Rogue tipped the last of the alcohol down and stood up to head to his room. The darkness of his bachelor pad did nothing to lift his spirits, and Frosch was off on a little adventure with Yukino and Lector for the night so they could have some time alone.

Instead, Rogue found himself on the bed alone and in a horrible mood. He knew he shouldn't be too upset. Maybe you'd gotten lost, or...

"Stop it Cheney, enough," He growled to himself. "Working myself up like this isn't going to change anything." With a huff, he stood up to get undressed. He stripped down to his dark grey boxers and climbed back into bed, palming at his groin. He may as well get himself off and head to bed.

Rogue let his mind wander as he reached down and pulled away the boxers, letting his length spring out. He thought of you, and the fun the two of you would've been having. His dick twitched at the thought of tasting you- something he'd been really looking forward to.

Eventually, his thoughts worked him up enough to get going, rutting into his palm at an even pace, deaf to everything around him. Rogue didn't even notice the door to his room quietly open and shut as you entered.

You watched with a smirk at the lewd grunts coming from your clearly pent up boyfriend. So, you cleared your throat.

Rogue jumped at the noise, and instantly blushed. He blinked a few times at the sight of you and frowned.

"When the hell did you get here, yn?"

You rolled your eyes and crossed your arms with a dramatic pout.

"And here I thought you'd be excited to see me. But I suppose I can come back when you're done...?"

Still partially covering his erection with his boxers, Rogue looked down at his lap and then up at you again.

"I- no. It's fine, yn. You just surprised me, is all. I didn't think I'd see you tonight."

You flashed a sheepish grin in response.

"Yeah... sorry about that babe, I was waiting for something that took for fucking ever to get. But I'm here now. Do you want your gift?"

Confusion spread across Rogue's face. He put himself together and stood up.

"Gift ?"

"You didn't forget what today was, did you Ro?" A flash of something in Rogue's eyes had you looking at him funny.

"Me? No, I thought you forgot. I had a few drinks and figured you weren't coming tonight."

Realization flooded your expression. You gave Rogue a nod. "Explains what I walked into, then."

You placed your bag down and took your jacket off before turning to the shadow dragon slayer.

"It's in the bag. While you take a look, I am going to go change really quick."

You left Rogue to peek in the black bag you'd set down and hurried to the bathroom to change into the second part of your gift.

A small gasp came from the room you'd just left. Peaking out from the door, you caught a glimpse of his reaction. He stood looking at a painting of you in the sexiest pose he'd ever seen, wearing an outfit he'd always fantasized about fucking you in.

"Did... where did you get this painting, yn?" He asked breathily.

You remained silent, finishing tying your corset up before heading back out.

"When I was visiting Fairy Tail last week, one of the girlie's there gave me an idea." You came out, letting Rogue take in the scene before him.

The red in his face got deeper as he drank you in, the sight of you in the matching bunny costume as the painting.

Giving Rogue a coy smile, you walked toward the bed and sat down on it, staring at the rapidly growing bulge in his boxers.

"Yn..." He whispered. "You look so... fuck. You look so hot."

Rogue took a couple steps toward the bed, but you stopped him just before he could climb next to you. Instead, you pulled at the hem of his boxers, freeing his already leaking cock.

With out breaking eye contact, you lowered your head down and slowly licked from the base to the tip, watching his eyes already flutter in bliss.

"F..fuck. I almost forgot how your mouth felt on me, babe."

His words were breathless, as if he forgot to breathe. It made you chuckle.

"Well, stop talking silly and let me suck you dry. It's the least I can do for making you wait so long for me."

You took him in your mouth, going as far down to the base as you can without speeding up. You needed this just as much as he did. In reality, you'd never planned on being there late. But gods damn, was Evergreen slow with bringing you your items.

Rogue's hand found themselves in your hair, trying to not knock the bunny ears off the top of your head. You sucked and licked at him for a bit, listening to his moans grow stronger.

"Fuck babe.. I- I'm so. I'm so close... hah. Wanna fuck you still." You slowed your pace and looked up at Rogue with big, bright eyes. Grabbing onto his boxers, you pulled him toward you on the bed and he complied.

"How do you want me?" You asked him.

Without a word, he flipped you over onto hands and knees and ripped into your leotard, freeing your already wet core. Before you could complain, his tongue entered you from behind.

You moaned, arching your back to get his tongue deeper. Rogue smiled into you, licking up all the slick that had dripped down your thighs.

"Jesus babe," he muttered. "You're making it hard for me to not fuck you now."

"Who says you can't?" You shot back, trying to keep the whine out of your voice.

Rogue pondered this for a second, and positioned his hips to your entrance and slowly eased his cock inside you.

His breathing hitched as your tight walls were filled up with the feeling of him.

"Well that sound was absolutely delicious," he smirked. "Make it again."

By now, he was grabbing onto your hips and rutting into you fast, not even caring how erratic his thrusts were. You felt good. Too good. Rogue needed that release, and he wanted you to come with him.

He snaked his hand around you and began rubbing your clit as he railed into you, earning him more lewd moans.

You could feel your core tightening each time he rutted into you.

"You gonna cum with me baby? I'm so... so close," he panted. You nodded sloppily, too drunk with pleasure to think straight.

Both of you found your climax within each other, and the feeling of being filled up with his seed brought you over the edge. The two of you fell backward on the bed, tired and slick with sweat.

"Fuck that felt amazing," Rogue whistled. "Yn, you.. you really went through all the trouble to get those made for me? For today?" He looked at you with crimson eyes.

You smiled. "Duh, dummy. I wanted to make our anniversary special. Plus, it's been a while since we last... well, you know." A blush crept up your cheeks. "I love you, you know."

Rogue took your face in his hands and gently kissed the tip of your nose. "I love you too, yn. Let's get cleaned up and we can catch up."

A grin spread across your face. "I was thinking of round two."

The look on Rogue's face was priceless as he pulled you in his arms, kissing you deeply.

hope you enjoyed this love~

#fairy+tail+x+reader #fairy tail headcanons #fairy tail fanfiction #fairy tail #rogue x reader #rogue cheney #fairy tail smut #ask/requests

[theyareweird]

Fairy Tail: Rogue Cheney —Aesthetic

Rogue Cheney's Character & Personality

Rogue Cheney is a Mage of the Sabertooth Guild and a member of the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth Team. He's the quieter of the two teammates. Rouge mostly keeps a calm face and rarely shows any emotion. Although he's part of Sabertooth, he questions the way their guild handles things, namely failure and weakness, because he holds a strong belief on camaraderie. Additionally, Rogue has a softer and caring side. Thus, he does care about his guildmates and is quite protective of his best friend. However, Rouge lacks the sadistic tendencies shared among several of his guildmates. When someone is being tortured he didn’t join in with his teammates' laughter. Instead, Rouge looked away with a displeased expression. Unfortunately, a dark persona lies within him. Should his loved ones die, Rouge will succumb to the "shadows". Beyond this, as a Shadow Dragon Slayer, he suffers from motion sickness.

#rogue cheney #fairy tail #anime #dragon slayer #art #aesthetic #moodboard #dark moodboard #mage

[mirage-05]

Sting and Lyanna [Fairy Tail]

So... it’s been a while since we do this, but seeing some likes on our Fairy Tail content lately couraged me to post another fanfiction collab between me and @eleanor-devil xD As usual, this is part of our bigger project. 

This story take place after the Alvarez war and there are a few OCs in it, namely Rin ( @mirage-05 who you probably already know by now), Eleanor ( @eleanor-devil ) and one of the titular characters, Lyanna. We don’t want to give many spoilers, though, so I hope you enjoy reading x3

Oh and a small warning that by this time, StingYu (Sting x Yukino) and NaLu (Natsu x Lucy) are already a couple!

Feedback is, of course, highly appreciated. ^^

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For some reason, and it had to be a very good reason, Sting Eucliffe was quiet... for days. That never ever happened, not even Rufus had memory of such a thing happening.

Rogue and Lector had noticed this started happening not long after Sorano, Yukino's elder sister and former member of Crime Sorcière, having asked - she actually more like demanded along with her nuts of a knight boyfriend - to join Sabertooth.

Sting would still do his usual stuff, go to the bar, take walks, do Master stuff but just in a very quiet way, almost gloomy and nobody could understand why.

It wasn't that Rogue didn't ask him... time and time again what was bothering him, it had reached a point he'd give anything for Sting to act in his usual childish and annoying way - though it was not like he was gonna admit it to anyone, let alone to that knucklehead. The awful quietness of the White Dragon Slayer had started to worry him, so much so that it wasn't beyond him at this point to try desperate measures.

"Rogue... what is that?" Sting asked while raising an eyebrow, looking at the big envelope in the Shadow Dragon Slayer's hands.

Without ever changing his stoic expression, the young man answered. "Orga's baby photos." It shall remain a secret as to how he got a hold of said photos. He held up the envelope, knowing that under normal circumstances Sting would never say no to that. "You wanna take a look at it?" Honestly, anyone watching them from outside would think they've just swapped their personalities.

After a moment of silence and stares between his Twin Dragon Slayer and the envelope... Sting went back to what he was doing. "I have a lot of paperwork to deliver Rogue, I don't have time for that right now."

And that's how Rogue Cheney's jaw dropped... well... not literally but the Shadow Dragon Slayer was shocked, so shocked that he nearly asked what had the guy in front of him done to the real Sting... but he chose not to as he probably would get a not-very-Sting-like answer. So he just forcefully dragged his feet out of the man's office, without saying anything else to the blond; he faced almost the whole guild that was waiting outside for an answer and hopeful looks.

"...He refused the photos." The Dragon Slayer announced.

"Okay that's it, I'm calling him sick." said Eleanor.

The Master, in the meantime, sighed and rubbed his temples as soon as the door closed. He was aware that his friends were just trying to help him, but really, the problem was all in his head, and it wasn't something small that a little group therapy would solve. He was having a number of recurring dreams lately - not the same nightmares from a while ago, thank god -, all of them included the same three people, laughing and chatting with... well, a younger version of him. It was such a nice and warm atmosphere that there had been mornings he found it hard to get up and face the reality that those three people didn’t exist anymore.

Sting had no doubts about it...he had been seeing his real family, the one he had lost many centuries ago. A wave of sadness washed over him again at the memory, threatening to drown him...and that’s why he had decided to immerse himself in his Guild Master's duties, work to forget - that and well, the sense of responsibility that had finally kicked in -. If he didn't do anything to keep his mind busy...he felt like he would go crazy.

The blond didn't know how much time had passed while signing off the paperwork, but he suddenly heard chatter out of his office again. 'Sheesh...what does a guy have to do to get some privacy?' he thought to himself, mildly annoyed now.

And suddenly a familiar pink haired man burst into his office so fast that it even made some papers fly around the room - awesome..he had just finished organizing those...self-note to get some paper clips later… Attached to both his arms and practically dragging on the floor  were both Lucy and Yukino, clearly they seemed to have been trying to hold back the Salamander from doing exactly what he had just done.

"Yoooo Sting! It's been a while!"

Sting just blinked a few times to see if he was actually seeing right. "Um... Natsu-san?"

Natsu moved closer to the Light Dragon Slayer, the girls completely forgotten on the floor, and patted him a few times in his head, maybe with a little too much strength as Sting was trying to hold back winces whenever he did that. "Drop the 'san' man, we're brothers aren't we?!"

Well... apparently some things were never going to change. "What brought you two here?" he asked instead of replying to the Fire Dragon Slayer. 

"Eh what, is it too weird to want to see my fellow Dragon Slayer?"

"You still shouldn't have interrupted his work though." Lucy pretty much chastised the pink head.

"I'm sorry, Sting... we tried." Yukino supplied her.

"Yeah, what's up with that, man?" Natsu continued as if he didn't hear the girls. "Your friends keep telling me that you're all work and no play lately. Or well what Rufus actually said was that you've become dull as Orga's songs."

Now his eye had begun twitching. Typical...leave it to Sabertooth to start rumors behind his back...

"There is nothing wrong with me." he said as he stood up from his chair. "And I haven't become dull either...! I am just being the Master I should have been for a long time, I don't have time for plays right now."

"Sting..." Yukino whispered, sweating at how harsh her lover was acting, this definitely wasn't him... she wished he would at least open up to her or Rogue...

"Now, what did you come here for?"

Natsu was just silent for a bit, not seeming bothered by his friend's bad humor, and then grinned. "Weeeell we have come here to invite specifically you - and a few more if they want to - on a job."

Sting raised an eyebrow. "Why would you ask another guild to come on a job requested to Fairy Tail?"

This time it was Lucy who talked, she stepped forward and held out the piece of paper that contained the information about the mentioned job "Actually it's because the client demands this job to be done by both Fairy Tail and Sabertooth mages, but don't ask me why, I have no idea. Plus the client decided to keep his face anonymous until we find what he wants."

"Oh, I think I've seen that job on our board," Yukino walked to another table in the office where there were a few recent job requests and looked through them. "Here it is, this is the copy but it's no doubt the same job." The request actually demanded Sting himself to participate in the job although like Natsu mentioned he was allowed to take more Sabertooth mages with him. 

Yukino couldn’t help but find this strange, last time they had seen a request with specific demands it turned out to be a trap set to capture both Sting and Rogue.

"Well we came to pick Sting up for the job," Natsu crossed his arms behind his head and then grinned with tease. "But since he's so busy being Master I guess he won't have time to do it with us."

There were times the White Dragon Slayer wouldn't stand by and let a teasing pass over, but he didn't feel like it now. The blond didn't say anything for a moment as he took the job form from Yukino and glanced over it. His confusion only increased when he saw the location of the mission. "...Fairy Tail's library? Is Makarov-san okay with it?" After all, a guild's library held many things, including their secret archives most of the time. To allow another guild to walk in freely was something unheard of in the many years past.

"Yeah, uh...there won't be any problem regarding that." the blond celestial mage said while sweat dripped down her chin. To be frank, what led Fairy Tail's Master to accept the job was what the mission promised in the end...or so he said, even the reward was being kept a mystery.

"Find... a treasure hidden in the library?" Now this was becoming even more mysterious. 

"Well? Are you in or not?" Natsu folded his arms, impatient. 

Sting sighed, closing his eyes for a minute. "Fine. I'll come with you." He looked over at his girlfriend. "Are you coming too, Yuki?"

The girl shook her head. "I can't... I'm leaving on another job, but..." a sweat dripped down her cheek. "I... think there are already a flock of our members ready to take it on."

Sting just glanced at the door and he felt sweat drops on the back of his head when he saw nearly all the guild members at it with their hands up and even their eyes shining, he could only guess they wanted the mysterious reward more than just do the job itself.

But no he wasn't going to take the whole guild into Fairy Tail's secret library, Sting just sighed. "Okay... Rogue, Rin, you're coming with me on this job if you are free."

"Oh come on, you always pick them!" complained Orga, who now looked like a child pouting while he crossed his arms.

Sting raised his eyebrow. "Maybe because I know they won't destroy the entire library..."

"Touché," mumbled Rufus.

They set off to the train station... and the two girls of the group had their hands full considering they had to deal with not one but three motion sick Dragon Slayers during the trip back to Fairy Tail, it was so bad that Natsu wanted to jump out of the window and run there instead.

But finally, after what felt like hours... they were in front of the entrance of the library and it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the Sabertooth mages were awe-struck.

"Whoa, this place is huge," Sting said, voicing their thoughts. To be honest...during her recovery time in Fairy Tail, Rin had been allowed to visit the library to keep herself distracted so she was already familiar with the place. Still it was a sight to be amazed.

A normal person would be intimidated by the size of this mission, especially when they didn't know exactly what they were looking for. But Natsu Dragneel was not what you would say a normal person. He cracked his fingers, totally unperturbed. "Okay... let's get this going!"

"Wait, not just like that," Lucy interrupted, then she distributed to all of them what looked like marking devices. "Let's pick a section each. When you are done, you can use this to mark the shelves, so we know not to check there again."

"That's boring." The pink haired mumbled, boredom translating to his eyes and it only made the Celestial Spirit Mage angry.

"You would just destroy the library otherwise!" 

Rin giggled at the two mages arguing, it was funny that theirs was such a fiery relationship whereas Sting-nii’s and Yuki-nee's was so calm and quiet, despite Sting-nii not being the most calm person when he was in his normal days of course. 

"Next time you get your butt stuck in a cactus don't come ask me to take off the thorns!"

Those words for a reason ringed in Sting's mind, he couldn't explain why but he felt he had been in a similar situation before, well not exactly the argument between Natsu and Lucy but... something else...

~.~.~.~

"Ow! Ow!" the voice of a little boy rang through the air. "Can't you do that a little more gently??"

"Taking them off slowly only hurts more, dummy," a soft female voice answered back, amusement was clear in her expression as the little blond boy laying tummy down on her lap was trying to hold back the tears. "And you deserve this you know, how many times did mom tell you to not play near the cactus, Lys?"

"Don't call me that." the little boy said with a big pout curled in his lips while he folded his arms. The older girl laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I should be calling you Lysander."

"Stop it."

"Lysandeeeer~"

"I hate you!" The boy said indignantly, and then another "Oww!"

"You know actually, now that I think of it... I think I know what I will call you from now on. I have the perfect idea."

There was a big moment of silence, it was apparent that the boy was trying his best to curb his curiosity. In the end though, he couldn't keep it in. "What...?"

"Since you keep falling on your butt in cactus... I will just call you Sting from now on."

~.~.~.~

"Ugh..." Sting brought his hand to his face as he felt a sudden headache settling in. Where did that come from?!

"Sting-nii, are you okay?" Rin immediately asked, concerned.

Rogue's attention was also on Sting, just what was wrong with him...? The worry for his brother in arms was becoming bigger.

"Nothing," of course he would say that, it had been his answer in the past few days. This time though, the young man rubbed Rin's head softly and gave her a soft smile, not his usual smiles but at least it was one.

'Rin... actually looks a lot like her...'

"Let's just get started, yes? We have a lot of work ahead of us." Sting pretty much dragged Natsu inside the library so that he and Lucy would stop arguing at once. Something that usually wouldn't bother the Light Dragon Slayer, it would actually amuse him, but not this time. Not with the headache he was having.

The group split up and began checking every single shelf in attempts to find... whatever they were looking for.

"It's hard to find something when you don't even know what you are looking for..." mumbled Sting as he took yet another book and blew away the dust on it, the job itself was just too strange. "Who is even the client again?"

Apparently no one knew the answer for that, and as Sting was about to put the book back in its place without much of a glance at it, the title suddenly caught his attention. "Dreyar Family Chronicles". 

Maybe he shouldn't - this was nothing short of invading private space... but the Light Dragon Slayer still found himself opening the book. He would just take a quick peek... this couldn't hurt anyone, right?

For some reason he started from the end, looking at the current members of the Dreyar household, Laxus-san (with whom he was on neutral terms, the two of them really didn't have a lot of contact), his father Ivan (whom he believed was still in custody) and the current leader of the guild, Makarov-san. He flipped the pages forth, looking through various generations of the family, almost as if in a trance.

He was a bit caught off guard when he came across the photo of Makarov-san's father, Yuri, he looked a bit familiar even the way his spiky dark blond hair was done, the smile too.

Sting continued flipping the pages, seeing some family photos and then he just stopped when he saw the picture of a woman, immediately considering her really beautiful the Master took a look at her long and straight blonde hair, a bit darker but not as dark as Yuri Dreyar's and then her sharp shaped but gentle aquamarine eyes and an equally gentle smile.

It was her, the one he saw in his dreams…

His... mother...

~.~.~.~

"Lysander Eucliffe!" The voice of a woman echoed through the walls of the wooden house. "What in the world happened to you?" The woman bent down, holding her long dress as she did so, until she reached her son's height. The child was on the verge of tears and looked all battered, scratches and dark circles here and there.

"Have you been fighting again? God how many times have I told you to not do that?" 

"But..." the child sniffed, trying his best not to cry.

"It's not his fault, mama..." A young girl approached the two, looking down, ashamed and sad. "It's mine... there were some kids messing up with me... Lys just tried to defend me..."

"Don't call me that." the child mumbled, raising a hand to wipe his tears but wincing as he touched one of the cuts.

The look in the woman's eyes softened a little, and she reached out to scoot both of her children to herself. "Lyanna, Lysander... I'm glad you are standing up for one another but-"

"Of course I will stand up for her! She is my sister!" The boy said defiantly, holding his hands in fists. "Those boys had what was coming for them! I will do it again if I have to!" Tears started falling down one by one, but he didn't care now. 

His sister turned to him and flung her arms around his neck, also teary. "You are my hero." she whispered in his ear, and the boy felt a little blush spreading across his cheeks.

Their mother smiled fondly at them, her light colored eyes soft. "Okay... but now let's get this hero cleaned up, shall we?"

~.~.~.~

Sting blinked as he came back to reality, and was surprised that he had teared up too. The memory was still fresh... like it didn't happen centuries ago, but just yesterday... But the question was... why was the picture of... his mother in the Dreyar's family album? Granted he had never known other relatives from both his parents' sides but still... it was all too confusing for him. He flipped to the next page and there was another photo of his mother but this time she was in the company of a man, tall, strong body built, short but slightly spiked light blond hair and a pair of dark blue eyes. The man had an arm wrapped around his wife's shoulders while the other hand rested on her swollen belly, standing in front of them with both her hands also on the belly was a younger girl, Lyanna for sure.

This was becoming more confusing, why was his family depicted in this album? What could even be their connection to the Dreyars when his family had been gone for over 400 years?

Sting suddenly remembered a question he had once made to his father…

~.~.~.~

He had come with his father into the forest so they could cut and gather wood for winter. It was going to be a very harsh season, his father had said.

Lysander would often hear how those harsh and cold temperatures could kill someone and he didn't like the idea or the thought of his family dying, whether it was because of the cold or something else.

The child was now sitting on a trunk of a tree that his father had already taken down, he was waiting for him to finish cutting the wood they would be bringing back some. Wrapped in the warm scarf knitted by his mother, Lysander swung his little legs back and forth, watching with lack of interest how his breathing turned into a cloud right in front of his face and then slowly disappeared.

His attention then turned towards the cutting sounds that came from the impact between the wood and the axe on his father's hands. Suddenly a small pout formed on his lips.

"Daddy?"

The man stopped what he was doing and then turned his dark blue eyes towards his son "Hm? What is it?"

But Lysander then lost his guts to ask what he wanted... it was a silly question anyway "No... it's nothing." 

Instead of hearing his father returning to his job, the boy heard the axe being buried one single time in the trunk and then the steady paces in the snow coming closer to him. Lysander raised his own dark orbs to meet his father's stern but at the same time soft look.

"What have your mother and I said about lying?"

He averted his eyes again "I'm not lying..."

"You wanted to ask me something, didn't you? So why did you suddenly back off?" He was now crouched down in front of him.

There was a time of silence before the blond boy finally spoke up, the pout still there "You will never die right...? We'll always be together... right?" 

His father gave him a confused and surprised look. "What is this about?"

"It's just... I keep hearing about people... dying in our town... and I don't want that to happen to us…" There was a rosy blush on the cheeks of the boy though it was unknown if it was from embarrassment or the cold weather.

“I see, so you’re scared?” His father shifted his position to sit beside him but Lysander didn’t look up to him, the snow was suddenly something very fascinating to look at. “It’s alright to be scared, we are humans and it’s normal to feel that way.”

This got the child to finally look up at the man, a surprised look on his indigo orbs. “Even you are scared? But you never look like it...!”

The man laughed and pulled his son closer to him. “Of course I am scared, I am scared of losing you, your mother and your sister but feeling that way makes us stronger, it gives us strength to protect the ones we love.” He poked one finger on the child’s nose. “So never ever be afraid of showing how you truly feel, there is no embarrassment in showing that you are sad, scared or happy, understand?” Lysander nodded, a big smile finally reaching his lips and the blush on the cheeks spread further.

“Now, as for your other question. Death is something inevitable, it will come for us one day whether we like it or not but we just don’t know when. There is no way that we can be together forever in the physical world but ‘forever’ can be something that only this here…” and he touched the boy’s left side of the chest “...decides what it is and how it is.”

~.~.~.~

Sting couldn’t help the small smile that reached his face, it was an almost melancholic smile but at the same time a happy one. It seemed that even when he didn’t remember him, his father’s words had always accompanied and shaped how he was.

Moving to the next photo, the Master noticed how there was a woman, very similar to his mother but still with some differences, she was dressed in what looked like a beautiful white wedding gown. 

Out of curiosity, Sting's eyes drifted to the description of the photo "Lyanna Dreyar on her wedding day". The Sabertooth Master's eyes widened in surprise, it couldn't be right? 

Lyanna... was a very common name, it couldn't be her, she had died on that day along with their parents, he was sure of it...

Sting didn't even notice that his hands had started shaking, so much that the book dropped from his hands; it was still a sort of a big fall considering as Sting had been sitting on a tall ladder and it grabbed the attention of the remaining members of the group when the impact of the book on the floor echoed through the library.

"Oi, is everything okay Sting?" Natsu asked, approaching the ladder he was on and looking up at him. "Did you find anything?"

"U-umm... yes and no?" He really didn't know how to answer. Well yes the album became something very important for him but... they still had a mission to complete, which none of them knew if they were making progress or not. And yet, for him suddenly that album meant everything... 

He quickly descended the stairs he was perched on, only to find out that the Fire Dragon Slayer had picked up the book and was... trying to open it to no avail - which made absolutely no sense, it was a goddamn book, how hard was it to open it? 

"What is it with this book?" Natsu grumbled, not impressed. "Does Gramps want to keep all his family shenanigans to himself?" Just then a huge, mischievous grin lit up his features and he turned to his friend. "Oi Luce, you think we will find some embarrassing photos of Laxus in here?!"

"It's not like that!" Sting said almost indignantly as he grabbed the book out of the pink head's hands. All of their jaw dropped as the blond had no trouble opening the book at all.

Sting raised an eyebrow. "Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"You just opened the book when a second ago I couldn't that's why!" Natsu approached the Master and tried to flip a sheet of the book only to have it slam closed right into his hand; the Fire Dragon Slayer yelled both in pain and surprise, startling the others, and immediately removed the hand from the book. "Did you enchant the book or something?!"

"How would I do that, I don't even have Rune Magic."

"Um... well for some reason that book only opens with you," Lucy stated as she attempted to open the book herself. "So maybe we are on the right path to find the treasure..."

Natsu side eyed them. "How does gold fit inside a book?"

Everyone felt right in that moment the need to face wall at the pink haired’s brain work.

"Anyway..." Lucy spoke again. "Does the book say anything important? Maybe there's a clue..."

"Well..." Sting was suddenly very reluctant to share this private information for him. It was weird to explain, but it was almost this... instinct that he should protect this book and its contents to the last of his breath. Not that anyone in this room was an enemy or anything... but it was somehow private, personal. 

It was then that he met Rin's eyes and that odd nostalgic feeling hit him again, that the little girl looked a lot like the sister he remembered... and maybe that was the reason why he started talking. 

"I don't know if it's the special treasure the mission is talking about... it's actually some sort of photo album for your Master, Makarov-san..." he paused for a moment, a lump in his throat. "I know it sounds weird but... I saw the picture of someone... I thought it looked like..." his voice dropped, but he wasn't even aware of it. "...my sister..." It was weird, he didn't even know if his fellow Dragon Slayers remembered anything about their families...

"Sister?!" Everyone's voices echoed in Sting's already enhanced ears but the young man just nodded and re-opened the book right where he remembered the photo was.

"So... you remember your sister from..." Natsu tried to count with his fingers but it was too much. "400 plus years ago?? That's a good memory you have dude!"

Sting felt like rolling his eyes. "It's not like I've always remembered her... or my parents for all that matter, just... recently what I think are memories that started gaining shape in my mind, I can't explain how."

"Skiadrum and Weisslogia... they were the only dragons that choose to wipe the memories of their children before sending them to the future," Rogue began, a hand on his chin. "Could it be that the effects are wearing out? But I haven't had any memories of my original family."

"Wouldn't that mean that Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel would remember their past too?" Lucy pointed out.

"Well... I do remember my time with Igneel but I don't recall anything from my parents," Natsu put his arms behind his head casually. "The only thing I know is from when Zeref showed up in my mind or something."

"I... it doesn't make sense for me either..." The blond dragon slayer brought up a hand to rub his eyes, the headache pounding in his skull again. Still, he forced himself to talk about what to him was probably the most painful memory. "Because... my sister, I thought she didn't... survive the attack that separated us..."

As if on cue, the book in his hands suddenly started to glow faintly with a soft, golden light, once again attracting the gazes of all of them. "Whoa dude, what are you doing to that book?" Natsu asked him, now standing a couple of feet away from the book and his arms raised upon his head. Typical of the Fire Dragon Slayer to be freaked out by something as simple as a book...

"I'm telling you, I didn't do anything!" the Light Dragon Slayer said again. "I-..."

His voice was cut in by a soft, almost soothing sound coming from the book... and hearing it, a hushed silence fell upon the group, especially on Sting, who was looking at the object with an awed expression... he didn't know how... but he knew that voice...

"Year x396. This is the start of Lyanna Eucliffe's diary." There was a small pause before the imaginary woman continued, and they could all hear the smile in her tone now. "Well... I'm a Dreyar now. A little over twenty years have passed since I lost my precious family in the attack from the dragons... and now, as I continue my path with my new family, I would like to record all that made that little girl into the woman she is now."

Sting could feel his heart starting to beat faster, so fast that he was sure not only the other two Dragon Slayers present would be able to hear it but the other two ordinary girls as well.

"I was born on the Year x366 to Juliana and Ewan Eucliffe and six years later I received the best gift I could ever ask for, my little brother Lysander was born, I loved him so much... on the day he was born I promised I would always protect him no matter what... but..." The voice was getting teary. "...in the end I couldn't do anything as he was taken away by that dragon, nothing at all. He was always exploring, always getting his clothes dirty and making mom worry and sometimes angry, he even used to play around cactuses and would always fall on them, then would come crying to me and I would take all the thorns out." There was a soft laugh. "I started calling him Sting because of that, I think he actually preferred that over his real name."

Sting started feeling his eyes hot and a large lump forming in his throat, just... what was all this...? How...?

"Out of our family I was the sole survivor, I was just ten at the time and so I was taken to an orphanage but life was really complicated after the dragon attacks, so I lived there most of my life. When I was of age, I started traveling on my own but no matter where I went I couldn't find a place to call home, not without my family around. Then I met James and for the first time in years I felt truly happy... he helped me in many things, it is thanks to him that I am being able to record this diary now, it turns out I have magic that none of my family members had: Recording Magic." There was a pause. "...I am carrying our first child now, maybe if it's a boy I can name him Lysander."

"B-but... no, that's not possible..." Sting's voice was shaky as he frowned in denial, the book's glow dimming as the voice faded out. He was surprised how he could even still find his voice... it was like he just received a major blow, the pain in his chest was so real... "She... she died on that attack... that was the last thing I remember before that dragon took me...!"

The others were silent, both out of a profound respect for the diary's owner and loss of words in such a situation. "It seems that..." Lucy finally said in a sad tone, wiping a tear from her eyes. "...neither of you were aware that the other survived..." she couldn't even imagine the scope of the tragedy the blond was going through.

"But if Weisslogia rescued you from the attack... why would he leave your sister behind?" Natsu asked doubtfully.

"Natsu..." Lucy began in a warning tone, but Sting cut her in, shaking his head.

"No, it wasn't Weisslogia who took me away from the attack..." he whispered as another piece of memory came back.

~.~.~.~

Lyanna was holding her brother's hand tightly, both running through the ruins of what once was their village, now all there was fire, smoke and... death.

Their parents were both gone... their beloved mother crushed by the ceiling of their house... their brave father killed by the claws of a dragon. All that was left were the two of them and Lyanna was determined to keep her word, she would protect her little brother no matter what.

The two children were trying to stay strong, trying not to shed the tears that threatened to fall, trying not to sob out of fear of being heard by any nearby dragon.

Lyanna suddenly came to a halt and hugged Lysander close to her as they hid behind a broken pillar and wall, they heard footsteps, big footsteps and a roar nearby. There was a dragon closeby...

"Ly..." the girl put her delicate hand over her brother's mouth, signing him to hush. They stayed there for what seemed an eternity... and right when the dragon seemed to have gone away, the pillar behind them crumbled in the direction of the children.

Out of instinct, Lyanna threw her brother as far away as she could as the pieces of marble fell upon her. Lysander rolled a few feet away from the fallen pillar before looking up at where his sister once stood.

The little boy's eyes widened in terror as he tried to reach for his sister. "LYANNAAAA!!" he screamed out, his voice ringing around the area, and finally the tears came flooding down his cheeks... it was too harsh a reality for a four year old to realize that now he was all alone in the whole world... he had no one left from his precious family...this was everything he had always feared...

He didn't have a lot of time to proceed with his grief though. Big, heavy talons grabbed him and the kid screamed in pain as they bit into his shoulders. Despite the pain, he wasn't aware of his surroundings, his eyes were still fixated on the rubble beneath which his sister had disappeared, and he kept staring there even when it became a small speck on the ground, and even when he soared through and above the clouds... it was only the freezing wind that rippled through his thin clothing that finally made him snap out of his shock. That was when he heard a rumbling roar of laughter coming from the monster holding him... chilling him to the bone in a way no wind can.

"Heh... you, kid, ain't enough for my belly... but you'll make a fine meal for my cubs."

The little boy attempted to fight off the claws of that big monster but they were so tight on his tiny shoulder that the more he moved, the more they penetrated his thin skin making the child yelp in pain. It was over, he would be meat for baby dragons and there was nothing he would be able to do about it.

...Although it didn't matter anymore, he was all alone, maybe it was for the best now he would join his family and the pain of living alone in a world full of dragons wouldn't be a problem for him.

Just as the child's eyes started closing, he thought he heard a second roar tearing apart the skies and the dragon carrying him was suddenly covered by a shadow much bigger than itself. Then he felt it, the bigger dragon bumped into the other which caused it to let go the nearly unconscious boy.

The last thing he knew was that he was falling from the high skies, the last thing he felt was something grabbing him. Then it was all darkness.

...

When he opened his eyes again... the boy was a little surprised to find himself standing on a rocky place... surrounded by huge rock bodies everywhere. A mountain? Funny, in all of the stories he heard about heaven he was sure he didn't hear of mountains.

A sudden pain on his shoulder made him wince and put a hand on it. Something wet and sticky came to his hand, and he saw blood covering it. A chilled wind rushing through him also made him aware of the fact that his senses were pretty much intact.

"If this is heaven, I don't like it..." he mumbled under his breath as his lips turned in a pout. Where were mama and papa...? And Lyanna...

"I know no such thing as heaven," a loud, rumbling voice can be heard then, making Lysander jump a foot in the air. He saw a shadow moving behind a cave not too far from him. A big shadow... "But you are not dead, human child."

"A-are you...God?" the kid asked, his voice trembling. There was a low, chuckle-like sound.

"Well no, I don't think you would call me a god either."

Then the shadow moved again. Time came to a stop and the boy gasped in fright as the creature finally revealed itself.

It was a gigantic dragon, but actually very different from the one Lysander remembered that had taken him away from his burning village. This one was light-colored and had a large and long beard that resembled feathers; it also had two small antlers protruding from the top of his head. Compared to its feathery, windswept face the rest of the dragon's body was covered by thick scales and its belly looked really smooth. But what made the child open his mouth into a big 'O' was the wings of the dragon, they looked like those of an angel that his mother would often tell him about in bedtime stories.

Despite being in awe with the majestic and sage looking appearance of the gigantic beast, survival instincts kicked inside the small child and he reached for the first thing that he could find: a tiny and thin stick. Lysander stood up, although his shoulder burned like hell from the wound, and pointed the stick at the dragon as he attempted to keep his tears yet again at bay. "S-Stay back!"

The dragon once again grumbled. "Don't be ridiculous kid. What are you going to do with a stick?"

"I-I will hurt you," the boy was trembling from head to foot, but somehow he still stood his ground. "I will poke out your eye!"

"Uh-huh. And how is it wise to reveal your card to the enemy?"

Instead of answering the dragon, Lysander squared his shoulders and raised the stick again a little higher. "Don't underestimate me!" I had nothing to lose... was what he was about to add... but that thought almost made the tears fall and he didn't need that now. 

"Relax, kid." the dragon's voice was weary now. "I don't eat humans. You folks don't even taste good."

"Eh?! I taste good too, you big-" realizing what he had just said, the little boy's hands flew to his mouth and his eyes widened in impossible size. 

He heard the dragon growl. "Are you trying to tempt me now?"

Lysander trembled even more when the dragon moved forward and its head was now just a few inches away from him, again the child tried not to show his fear and also to not let his tears fall. He gulped when the dragon opened its mouth slightly... and then all he felt was a giant breath hitting his already fragile body.

...And he fell on his butt.

It was all it took for the child to finally give in to his fears and start bawling his eyes out, his cries echoing through the mountain they were standing in. He was scared, he was hurt, he was hungry... and he wanted his mama, his papa, his big sister.

The dragon breathed again in what looked like an exasperated huff... and then reached out with one of its paws, wrapping it carefully around the boy's body and pulling him closer.

"Uh... there there kid." it attempted to comfort the child but it was obviously not good at it. "You're quite brave for a human child."

"I-I'm not," the boy wailed as he brought his hands to rub his eyes, sobs tearing through his chest. "I-I couldn't even protect my family... m-my sister..."

"You couldn't do anything. Those dragons were some of the worst of our kind." Maybe it wasn't making it any better... so the dragon decided to change tactics. "Let's start this over, shall we? I am Weisslogia, the White Dragon. What is your name?"

Lysander hicked, trying to find his voice. "Lys-..." he stopped, and averted his eyes. "Sting. My name is Sting Eucliffe."

The dragon cocked its head to a side. Even among humans, as far as it knew, this was a pretty strange name... It decided not to comment on that though, since it already had a traumatized kid in its hands... "Alright... Sting Eucliffe... as long as you are with me, you are going to be safe."

~.~.~.~

He hadn't been aware of it until now, but Sting felt the tears wetting his cheeks as he came to the end of his story. Someone small came to his side then, and he felt Rin wrapping her arms around his middle, hugging him tightly. Somehow, he couldn't explain how... but her presence was reassuring.

Blinking himself back to reality, he used one hand to clean his face, now all tear stained - not that he cared much about others seeing him cry, it wasn't the first time it happened - while the other reached for Rin and caressed her head softly.

"Sad stories apart..." he finally said regaining his composure, he would ask questions later. "We lost too much time with this book, we still need to find what the client wants."

They suddenly heard a soft laugh coming from the top of the library's stairs, drawn to it the group looked up to see it was none other than the Master of Fairy Tail, Makarov.

"That's where you are wrong young man," he walked downstairs and soon reached the group. "That is exactly what I wanted you brats to find, more specifically you, young Master."

"Master..." Lucy mumbled. "W-Wait! That means you are the client?!"

"I am not understanding anything!!" Natsu cried out while he scratched his head with both hands.

Sting ignored his fellow Dragon Slayer and continued looking at Makarov. "How did you...?"

"Heh, I made my research after I saw the name of your sister in the book. Turns out there hasn't been a single person more bearing your surname since her, all it took was to do some math... and the knowledge that Lyanna-san made it so that only the Eucliffe family descendants could read it. My family is descendant from yours."

There was a silence as Sting looked back at the book, brushing the photo of his sister carefully. The moment though was broken with Natsu approaching them with a mocking face while he sneered.

"Well well well... so that means your real name is Lysander..."

Before the Light Dragon Slayer could reply in the appropriate manner though... Lucy was on her boyfriend, holding him by his ear and yanking him away through the doors of the library. "Are you a moron?! How can you be so inconsiderate, that was a touching moment!" 

"How am I supposed to let him live this down?! Hey, Lysander, let's do this again sometime, this. was. fun! And hey, does it make you Gramps’..."

Makarov sighed in frustration and closed his eyes as their voices faded away. "I should apologize for Natsu... him and manners don't go hand in hand. But you are welcome to keep the book if you so wish, Master Sting. It is your right, after all."

The blond looked at the book longingly, but after a minute of indecision... left it on the top of the railings. "It was enough for me, what it had to offer... thank you very much." he said sincerely. He didn't know what else to say, and it was kind of a lot to take in that he was related to the Dreyars...

"So that was why you had been acting weird all this time..." Rogue remarked, his tone decidedly more understanding.

"Yeah... I'm sorry for making you guys worry."

"If you're apologizing then it is another cause of concern." 

"Give me a break, will you?" Sting sighed... he couldn't be sure if with all these revelations, whether he would have a peace of mind any time soon... "Well in any case, let's get going. I still have a lot of paperwork to do."

"You can't be serious!" The blond raised an eyebrow at his friend's outburst. "That's all you can think about even now? Who are you and what did you do to the real Sting?!"

"C'mon man, you always complain about me leaving the official stuff to you."

Rin giggled softly at their antiques as she followed the Twin Dragon Slayers out of the library. Just at the doors though, she glanced back and her eyes met with Fairy Tail's master. She could've sworn that she saw Makarov-san wink at her. Feeling heat came to her cheeks, the young girl let the doors close behind her.

#fairy tail #sabertooth #sting eucliffe #yukino aguria #stingyu #natsu dragneel #lucy heartfilia #nalu #rogue cheney #celestial light #starlight #sting x yukino #stiyu #yuking #stikino #my writing #fanfiction collab

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Mod’s Crush Competition Round 2

Tamaki Amajiki/Suneater (My Hero Academia)

His quirk is really cool

Feel like giving him a hug whenever he's anxious

Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail)

The entire episode where him, Yukino, and Sting are seeing if Frosch can make it home by himself

Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic is cool

Guys whose hair covers their eyes

#mod's crush competition #crush competition round 2 #tamaki amajiki #suneater #my hero academia #rogue cheney #fairy tail #tournament poll

[ao3feed-nalu]

Protecting the Future

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by BurstingDragons

He wasn't fast enough to catch the shadow. Her dying plea held on by his affirmative promise. Fueled with rage, Natsu will stop at nothing until her future is saved and it's up to Lucy to find the courage to save him. NaLu

Words: 5563, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Fairy Tail

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M

Characters: Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Future Rogue Cheney, Happy (Fairy Tail), Wendy Marvell, Loke (Fairy Tail), Future Lucy Heartfilia

Relationships: Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia

Additional Tags: Action, Romance, Drama, Dragons, Fairy Tail Dragon Slayers, Dragon Invasion, Natsu vs Rogue, Future, Character Death, Love, Friendship, Family, natsu and lucy, Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia Fluff, natsu dies, Lucy dies, Future Character Death, Fantasy, Fiction, Death, Nalu - Freeform, Battle, kingdom - Freeform, Magic, Magical Guild, Post-Dai Matou Enbu | Grand Magic Games Arc, protecting, Protective Natsu Dragneel, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Fairy Tail Angst Week

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#ao3feed #fanfic #Nalu #Natsu x Lucy #Fairy Tail

[yume-yume-jk]

Rogue Cheney - ⚫ Shadow Dragon Slayer ⚫

This is the last one for now, I hope to be able to do more edits soon!

#rogue cheney #rogue cheney moodboard #rogue moodboard #rogue cheney edit #sabertooth #dragon slayers #fairy tail #fairy tail moodboard #fairy tail edit #my stuff

[shadowqueens]

@metnoia​: rogue 

these were the quests she hated. they weren’t even quests as she did not receive jewels for this — only stress. and knowing that rogue cheney is the current guildmaster...he was the shadow dragon slayer. zilla was admittedly curious, but moreso nervous. so far, the people of edelweiss and saberooth have been polite. yet, still.

zilla knocked on the door. she was sure he could feel her shadowy presence she could feel his. “zilla claramond of raven tail.” she announced. her voice a decimal louder than her usual quiet tone. she should sound proud of her station, not be a nervous wreck.

#metnoia #metnoia: rogue #♠: the shades that fill the grey — ic #♠: v: i was dead when i woke up this morning — post war / main

[pbear]

OC-tober

Day 6 - Fairy Tail: Lily

“The next fight will be between Fairy Tail Team C and Sabertooth!” Mato announced. Lily took a deep breath from the tunnel that led out into the arena. She didn’t know who she’d be facing but so far Sabertooth had been nothing but trouble. They had become Fiore’s top guild while she and many of her guildmates had been trapped on Tenrou Island. It should be interesting to see their strength up close.

The moment had come for her match to begin so Lily walked out into the bright light of the arena. She looked up to see David, Armando, Trey, and Bella, her four other teammates cheering for her as well as the rest of the guild. Her eyes turned towards the tunnel opposite hers to see a black haired man walking towards her. Rogue Cheney, one of Sabertooth’s Twin Dragon Slayers. She’d caught his eye a couple times since the Games started like the first time Fairy Tail had stepped foot in Crocus to find him and Sting caught in a fight or when she had to go retrieve Natsu when he went on a rampage after hearing they’d kicked out their celestial mage.

As much as Lily didn’t like Sabertooth, Rogue felt different for some reason. While the rest of the guild was openly condescending, he just sat there quietly, neither adding to it nor trying to stop it. Still, this was her moment to put Sabertooth in its place and snag a win for Fairy Tail. Lily readied herself as the countdown began, her silver moon staff in hand, its purple moonstone glowing as she stored up magic energy. The gong sounded.

“Aquila the Eagle!” Lily shouted once she saw Rogue turn into a shadow and dart towards her. Her gem magic let her harness the abilities of certain constellations in addition to her normal moon magic. If she could get in the air with the wings of the eagle, she might be able to get out of Rogue’s reach. Black wings spread from her back and she launched into the air only to feel a grip on her foot bring her back down, slamming her into the ground. Shoot, he was fast.

“Twilight Sword!” Her staff shifted shape into a glowing purple blade and she swung it behind her, causing Rogue to jump back.

“You’re not half bad,” she commented before striking again. After him dodging two of her attacks, she hit him on the third. A wound opened on his shoulder, tainted slightly with the same purple of her weapon.

“What kind of magic is this?” Rogue hissed, “I thought my shadows blocked you.”

“Moon magic.” Lily smiled, casually swinging her sword in circles, “Moonlight is a kind of energy that can cut through any kind of magic. Doesn’t matter how strong it is, I can pierce it. That combined with my gem magic puts me as one of Fairy Tail’s top wizards.”

“Jupiter’s Storm!” By channeling the power of cosmic entities, stars and planets, Lily could gain certain abilities. This one sent bolts of lightning down to electrocute her opponent. Rogue shifted into a shadow once again to evade it.

“Shadow Dragon’s Roar!” A swirl of black magic came from his mouth, but Lily used her sword to part the cyclone. When it dissipated from her sight, Rogue had disappeared. She was too late to realize where he’d gone.

“Shadow Dragon’s Slash!” He hit her directly in the back.

“Saturn’s Scythe!” Her sword morphed into a scythe with a blade as long as she was tall. It swept behind her and she kept spinning it to create a shield against Rogue’s shadows.

“It’s so fast,” Armando observed from his team’s area.

“Lily has powerful magic but she's not as fast as this guy,” David noted, “If he catches her openings, he can take advantage of that.” The flurry of blade and shadow stopped as both fighters caught their breath.

“Even with your moon magic, you can’t take down a dragon,” Rogue said. Lily could feel her legs shake as she tried to keep herself up. She had to do this for Fairy Tail. She had to win.

“Don’t worry. I have a special ace up my sleeve for slaying dragons.” A dark turquoise aura surrounded her. The crowd were on the edge of their seats, waiting to see what would happen.

“I call on Draco, Dragon of the Stars!” Dragon scales began forming on her arms, neck, and face, the new power she’d obtained on Tenrou Island flowing through her body.. “Midnight Dragon Slayer Form!” She let out a roar just like Rogue had before. He’d let his guard down from shock so the blast slammed him into the side of the arena.

“That’s that I guess.” But the fight wasn’t over. Rogue emerged from the cloud of dust, black scales matching Lily’s now formed on his skin. Dragon Force. Since Lily wasn’t a true Dragon Slayer there was no way for her to reach the levels of power he had.

“Midnight Dragon Talon!” She lashed out with a swing of her arm, but Rogue jumped and then came down on her from above.

“Shadow Dragon’s Haste!” Shadows flooded from his hand to push her further into the ground. Lily receded from her Dragon Slayer form. There was no way she could match him in that area. The scales disappeared from her body, although the attacks hit harder without them.

“Ready to give up yet?” Rogue asked, a brief moment of reprieve in his attacks while he still pinned her down.

“Why are you doing this?” She asked. Her body felt like it was on fire as she looked up at him. Her eyelids fluttered as her body tried telling her to rest. After this, she was sure to take a long nap. “Why is your guild like this?” She could see the pause in his eyes yet he had no answer.

“Twilight Whip.” A flick of her wrist and a glowing whip wrapped itself around Rogue’s torso. Another flick and she flung him off of her. She pulled herself to her feet again, more determined than ever filling her brown eyes. The dance began again as the two fought. Neither one was about to back down. That was until the gong sounded. They’d used up all the time they’d had to force defeat from the opponent.

“And it’s a tie!” Mato announced. Lily’s chest heaved as she tried catching her breath while staggering back to the tunnel on her side of the arena. She hated to admit that the fight had done a real number on her. She’d have a couple new scars after this. Every part of her stung, black hair stuck out from her braid, and her face was flushed red. Once she reached the tunnel, she gripped the walls for support. Still, the exhaustion only let her take about five steps before dragging her down and she collapsed.

#oc-tober #fairy tail #my writing

[realclever]

Fairy Tail Cover Coloring CH 323

#manga coloring #fairy tail #frosch #everybody loves frosch #rogue #rogue cheney #twin dragons of sabertooth #sabertooth #shadow dragon #exceed #shadow dragon slayer #ft coloring #ft edit #dragon slayer #Minerva x rogue #sting x rogue #sabertooth guild #grand magic games arc

[celestialrayna]

Dark Shadow Dragon Slayer

An artwork with Rogue Cheney in a fanmode created by me. It's called "Dark Shadow Mode".

#Fairy Tail #Sabertooth #Rogue Cheney #Dragon Slayers #CelestialRaynaArt

[caeca-iustitia]

Rogue has a habit of sneezing like a kitten and unless you’re around him when he gets sick, you’d never even know. 

Sting and Yukino find it highly amusing, Rogue less so.

#(Canon To The Head: Headcanon) #(The Shadow Dragon Slayer: Rogue Cheney) #[This guy has a real deep voice and doesn't seem like the type] #[But he sneezes like an angry kitten] #[Which just makes people around him giggle while he's there doing his best to ignore them]

[moongirlcleo]

I wouldn't say angst, but it's in regards to the reader's safety which leaves Reader to snap at Rogue because she can take care of herself, which causes him to even question that she trusts him.

Yes bbygirl, I was the one who requested the angst and I say, let it angst, but come to a mutual agreement.

How did i knowwwwww i love your requests bb <3 they give me life!

CW: Slight NSFW

You and Rogue had been dating for a few months by the time the honeymoon phase seemingly ended. The two of you began to bicker here and there about trivial things, mostly. The one major thing you two had bickered about, however, was his hovering. You felt annoyed at the fact Rogue would always seem to hide in the shadows watching over you. You were a more than capable wizard yourself and it almost felt like a slap in the face to you that he still felt the need to watch over you. One particular day and countless bickers later, your short fuse had burst. The words flew out of your mouth before you were able to stop it. "I've had it with you, Rogue Cheney. That's it, I'm done.." The words hit their mark, all right. Rogue stormed off wordlessly, leaving you alone to similarly stew in your own anger. It wasn't until later that evening that you realized things were serious. He'd still not returned from wherever he'd gone off to. You debated going to look for him, beginning to get dressed when you heard a faint *ping of a text message coming through. "Rogue," you thought to yourself, rushing to the phone. Disappointment flooded through your body when you realized it was only Sting.

You groaned and threw your phone to the side, hating that he was right. Once you were finished getting dressed, you headed out the door of your dorm and toward the once place you knew Rogue frequented whenever he wanted to get away and clear his mind. Sure enough, you found your dragon slayer sitting at the edge of the lake, staring out into the fading light. "I… I didn't mean what I said earlier," you said quietly. "I never should've said it." Rogue didn't even bother acknowledging you, barely giving you a shrug in response. "I mean it, Ro. I'm sorry." "Yeah, well, you did. What are we even doing, yn?" His carmine eyes turned toward you. "You clearly don't trust me, so why shouldn't we just end things?" Tears welled in your eyes. Shaking your head, you knelt down next to Rogue. "That's not true," you replied. "I do trust you. It just feels like you are the one who doesn't trust me, when you follow and hover over me all the time." You flinched when Rogue pulled away from your touch. "I don't think you quite understand what trust means, yn," Rogue said darkly. "I trust you more than anything. What I don't trust is all of the people you fight head on with no regard to your safety. They could kill you and you don't give a fuck about your own life." The words spilled out of Rogue's mouth as if a dam had burst. You listened quietly as he continued. "I care, though. I wanted a future with you, you know. I know I can be overbearing, but you knew that going into this. If that's not something you want, let me know. I don't want to waste my time here." By now, the tears were falling down your cheeks. Normally, Rogue would gently wipe them away and embrace you until they stopped. Not this time. Sniffling, you nodded. "I know. I want a future with you, too. I can try and be better about rushing into things, but I need a compromise from you, too. I want to know you trust me to take care of myself. I did it most of my life, and that doesn't just change because I'm with someone. I'll try and be less reckless, but I need you to back off me a small bit and let me do my own thing. If we can both do that for each other, I think we'll be okay?" Rogue stayed quiet for a bit, chewing his lip in thought. "It won't be easy," he exhaled. "But I do trust you, yn. I meant it. If you promise to think before you barge into fights, I'll stop hovering. But I'm not going to stop worrying, I just can't." This time, he didn't pull away when you reached your hand out to his face. Instead, he turned into the gesture, kissing the palm of your hand. "I'd never ask that of you, Rogue. But I promise I will try and do less to make you worry over." You stepped into his embrace, happy to have worked things out. The two of you walked toward your dorm in happy silence, having hope for the future.

#fairy tail #fairy tail fanfiction #fairy tail 100 years quest #fairy tail fandom #rogue cheney #rogue x reader