Chapter 10: Finding Irene

a/n: I decided to offer a treat to my readers by posting this chapter early.

let me know your thoughts on this fanfic.

also I may post an idea for a new fanfic in the auxiliary volume, when I do let me know what you think.

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4 months later

I am currently nine years old and have learned plenty of magic and trained both my mind and body. I may be nine years old in this world but I should still proceed with the idea that I could die at any moment and be careful.

I am currently training my [eye magic: clairvoyance eyes] to control how far into the past and what I want to see. I was able to see everything that Zeref went through, I saw when Acnologia became a dragon slayer, I saw the sage dragon Belserion perish in battle, and I even saw the moment that Acnologia became a dragon.

Now I am going to try to think of a person I want to see, in this case its Irene Belserion, and see if I can see into any past events relating to her. I close my eyes and start to channel my magic power into them while thinking about Irene.

After visualizing that I want to see Irene, I open my eyes to see a hallway made out of stone. I then hear a voice.

???:"Stop! Listen to me! I am carrying your child!"

I turn to the source of the voice to see a red-haired screaming at soldiers who were pointing their weapons at her. The woman had what appeared to be dragon scales on left side of her face. That must be Irene.

Random soldeir 1:"What did she say?"

Random soldeir 2:"If that's true, then that must mean..."

Random soldier 3:"The child is cursed."

After the random soldiers said that, Irenes husband who if I remember correctly from the anime that his name was Rung, started to growl and yell.

Rung:"I would never father a child with a monster like you!"

Irene the had a horrified look on her face as rung had the soldiers drag her into the dungeon. Then, the seen changed and I saw the torture that Irene had to go through. Humanity at its worst.

I know that humans are capable of good and evil, but when they treat other poeple like this, it makes me dislike humans. Irene has done nothing but help her poeple and the dragons and she's repaid with such cruelty. It really pisses me off when humans pull this kind of shit!

As I feel my anger building, the surroundings changed again to a jail cell where a red-haired woman who is almost completely covered in scales is curled up on the ground holding her stomach to protect her child.

Irene:"Don't worry, I'll do everything within my power to keep you safe from harm."

*thump thump thump thump*

I turn to the sound of footsteps to see the ungrateful bastard who would but his wife through this hell. He gets in front of the cell and starts talking.

Rung:"Dragon woman, the day of your execution has been decided."

When I hear this, I feel the sudden desire to skin him alive.

Irene:"That's fine." I turn to her as she continued. "But please! Please spare my child!"

I start to feel a great a respect for her because even after everything, she still wants to protect her unborn child.

Rung:"I've had enough of this foolishness! No child takes three years to be born!"

Clearly he's not only ungrateful, but he's also stupid since he forgot that she can use magic.

Irene:"That's because I cast a spell on it. I can't have it here, not in this hellish place!"

Rung:"There is no child!" he says as he draws his sword and walked to Irene and continued. "To prove it, I'll split open your belly myself!"

As he said that, he used one hand to hold her wrist against the ground while his other hand raised his sword to dlash Irene.

Irene:"No! don't! I'm begging you!" she screamed

Me:"Stop you dumbass!" I yelled at the bastard forgeting for a moment that I cant interact with my visions.

The moment his sword started to cut her, she screamed "NO!!" which startled him and sprout red feathered wings from her back with a look of anger and disdain in her eyes.

Rung:"See? You're just like Acnologia. A blight on humanity!" he yelled while having a look of fear on his face.

During his yelling she was panting and started to snarl as she began to change into her dragon form to protect her child from the waste of flesh in front of her.

Rung:"No! You monste--!" he yelled but couldn't finish his sentence because Irenes dragon hand crushed him, killing him instantly.

The impact of her hand caused the front of the cell to be destroyed and her head made a giant hole in the ceiling. Not to mention the clouds of rubble that were scattered. When the smoke cleared, I saw Irene in her dragon form and the random ingrateful soldiers came in screaming that she'll regret killing the general.

Irene:*Roar* she let out a fire breath that destroyed most of the castle and the soldiers with it.

After destroying the castle she spread her wings and started to fly away from the pile of stone. I followed her and saw that she had tears in her eyes, all the sadness and pain is catching up to her.

Irene:"This cant be happening. I know I'mstill a human! I don't want this! I wanna be a person again! Somebody, please. Help me!" she cried as she flew away.

I was able to follow her to a mountain that was not near any human settlement that had a large lake. Just after she layed dow and fell asleep, the vision came to an end and I woke up to find myself in a crater.

Mom/Dad:"Albion!!"

I turn to the sound of my parents calling my name, they had worried looks on their faces.

Mom:"Are you ok?"

Dad:"We felt your magic power flare up and your face looked like you were upset."

It seems that a lost control of my magic power and my emotions during my vision, causing a crater under me as a result. I may as well tell them.

Me:"I was training in my [clairvoyance eyes] and say Irene." they had a look of surprise as I continued."She was undergoing the process of dragonification, but her husband Rung and her soldiers betrayed her. They locked her up in the dungeon and tortured her every day. and to make matters worse she was pregnant." I said the last part while clenching my fist.

Mom:"They killed an unborn child!?" she said with a horrified look.

Me:"Luckily they didn't, Irene used magic to prevent the fetus from growing and causing a miscarriage." mom had a look of relief as I continued. "But they tortured her for 3 long years. Her husband didn't believe that she was pregnant because she used magic to keep the fetus from growing. The bastard tried to slash her belly open to prove that she wasn't pregnant. But that was the last straw before Irene complete turned into a dragon and killed him. then she destroyed the castle and the soldiers and flew away to a mountain that is far from any civilization. When I saw what they did to her I was upset, my emothions caused my magic power to flare up."

Dad:"I can't believe she had to endure that, and she underwent dragonification. which means that the [dragon soul technique] use useless on her now."

Me:"She was sad and crying when she left. I have an idea on how to help her. But we have to go to her first."

Mom:"So you know where to find her?"

Me:"Yes." I said before turning into Adamai and continued in his voice."We should head to what's left of Dragnof and start from there."

After we reached this agreement, my parents transform into their dragon forms and we fly toward Dragnof.

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2 hours later

The ruins of Dragnor came into view about 2 hours of flight, we lowered ourselves into the ruins gradually to avoid a crash landing. It has been a few years since Irene destroyed this place and left. I catch wiffs of dried blood and burned flesh that remained after her attack.

I bend down to pick up a big piece of the rubble and suddenly I remember all the torture Irene had been but through. The thought of her kindness and love being repaid in that way made me really mad.

Dad:"To think that Irene did this. So many people in the castle died."

*crush*

mom/dad:"!?"

I was so mad that I crushed the rock in my hand, the sound was so loud that it alerted my parents.

Me:"They deserved to die." I said with venom in my voice as I let the cravel in my hand fall to the ground.

Dad:"How can you say that son?" he asked with concern.

Me:"'Cause I saw what they did to her! She did noting but help her people and how did they repay her!? By torturing her while shes pregnant and suffering from dragonification! They were bunch of ungrateful bastards!" I yelled.

Dad:"They must have been afraid when she started to become a dra-"

Me:"That is no excuss!!" I interupted and continued."I saw all the pain they put her through, and the worst part is that some of those bastards actually enjoyed torturing her! The worst was her so-called husband Rung; she asked for his help and told him that she was pregnant with his child but he turned his pack on her!"

Mom:"Albion." I hear my mom say with worry in her voice.

Me:"She was tortured for 3 whole years and then the bastart tried to cut her belly open with a sword to prove that she wasn't pregnant. When I say that, it was the fist time that I wanted rip someone apart. I could not feel sorry for the bastard when Irene turned into a dragon and crushed him like the scum he is." I said with a growl in my voice.

Then I feel something soft on my back and see a pair of arms wrapped around me as I heard a soothing voice.

Mom:"It is ok Albion, please calm down." she said to me while petting my head to calm me down.

It seems that she turned into her human form without me noticing and was trying to calm down my anger.

After taking a couple of deep breaths, I start to calm down and feel tears falling down my face as she looked at me.

Mom:"You have such a capacity for empathy that you felt her pain as your own and your anger was on her behalf." she said as wiped my tears and continued."And your tears are on her behalf as well right?"

Me:*sniffle*"Yeah, I am sorry that I raised my voice like that." I said while rubbing my eyes.

Dad:"It is alright son, I understand. Seeing such things happen could not have been easy for you."

Me:"Yeah, But I only saw what happened. Irene had to suffer through all of that, I am pretty sure she has lost faith in humanity or was close to it. I want to heal her broken heart but I know it is not done over night. Let's refocus on finding her. hm?"

As I finish my sentence, I picked up a scent thats different from the other scents. I remembered that all the soldiers who died that day were men; It is faint but its the smell of a woman. So I kneel down to the ground to get close to a good whiff.

Me:"It is faint, but I think I got Irenes scent." I said as I got up and turned to where the scent got stronger and continued."She went that way."

After I said that, I spread my wings and took flight as my mom turned into her dragon form and followed along with dad. The flight will calm me down I am sure.

Now that I think of it, in the canon, Zeref used enchantment magic to change Irene into a human form but due to that she was not able to taste anything and was unable to sleep. If you add that to the torture she had to endure in that dungeon and spending 400 years in her dragon form, it was too much for her to bear.

The more I remember how much she suffered, the more I want to help her. As we kept flying for a few hours, I followed the scent and noticed that it's getting stronger.

Me:"The scent is getting stronger, we are getting close." I said as we start to decend.

Once we land, I haven't taken a single step but the scent starts to get closer to us. Then we hear the sound of footsteps and fell the vibrations from the ground with each step.

We turn to see a dragon light-colored scales running all over her body. She has a dark-colored fiery-man running down her back and arms, which appear to be connected to her feathery wings. I remember this form from the vision, its irene.

Irene:"Who are you?" then she looked at me and continued. "I have never seen a dragon so small before."

Mom:"I am the moon dragon Selene."

Dad:"I am the star dragon king Veldanava."

Irene's face had one of surprise when my dad introduced himself, she must have heard about my dad through the sage dragon Belserion. But she'll be in a greater shock when I introduce myself.

Me:"My name is Albion Nava. and the truth is I am not a dragon." I then undo my [transformation magic] and her eyes opened wide in shock as I continued. "I am a born human who was raised by Veldanava and Selene."

Irene:"A human child? If your raised by dragons you must also be learning [dragon slayer magic], did you come to slay me?"

Me:"No, I want to help you."