Present Day

After sharing that story with Erza and Wendy, Erza had looked away then spoke.

"You said it yourself that you gave me up shortly after I was born."

Irene looked at her.

"In a way yes but it was out of fear."

"Out of fear? From who?"

Rhymu looked at her.

"We'll stop with the story for now; you already know a lot of what happened."

Erza frowned as she looked away but nearly flinched when she felt and arm wrap around her.

"We'll share more with you in time to come but for now we'll stop here."

Erza got out of Irene's hold then stood up.

"You may have given birth to me but that doesn't mean I see you as my mother."

Irene nodded then she and Rhymu left out of the room.

Not long after that Wendy looked at Erza.

"Erza…is something wrong?"

"He said that he had a twin brother named Dutorah right?"

"That's right."

"I know who Dutorah is."

Wendy blinked.

"You knew his twin brother?"

Erza nodded.

"He was the only adult that looked after me while I was in Rosemary village. A few years later I became a member in Fairy Tail but one day I ran into him again."

X778

Erza was walking alone alongside a beach in deep thought. She had been part of Fairy Tail for almost a year and had been trying to teach herself how to control her magic.

'Uncle…I wish you were here….'

She then stopped when she saw a group of bandits.

Erza was currently on a simple quest to take out a few bandits and she rushed to fight them.

She drew her sword and was able to put up a fight until one of the bandits had knocked the sword from her then kicked her to the ground.

"You're quite strong for your age. She'll sell for so much money."

Erza squirmed to break free but then she felt the bandit on top of her get hit away from her. She looked up only to see a hooded figure fight off the bandits, knocking them out cold in one blow.

Erza lifted her head only to see a certain man smiling at her.

"My, you sure have grown Erza."

Erza's eyes widen then she ran to the man clinging to him.

"Uncle!"

Dutorah smiled at her as he rubbed her head.

"So you can use magic after all, I'm impressed."

"I'm not good at it though."

"It's alright, I'm sure that you'll get better at it after you do enough training."

After that they both left the place and began to make their way back to the guild.

As they were walking Dutorah stopped walking then Erza looked at him.

"Uncle?"

He looked at her.

"Sorry but I won't be able to join you in your guild, Erza."

Erza looked at the ground with sad eyes then Dutorah placed a hand on her head.

"Hey, don't worry. I'll still visit you."

Erza smiled then hugged him. Erza was only 13 so she stood up to Dutorah's waist while Dutorah was a tall man.

"Uncle?"

"Yes?"

"What was I like as a baby?"

They both took a seat at the share while eating cake.

"Well, you were always smiling, you rarely cried."

Erza looked at him then Dutorah rubbed her head.

"And when you were a toddler you always followed me around the place."

"I did?"

"Yep. You were able to find me while others would have difficulty looking for me. One time I was looking for you and when I found you I was laughing so hard."

"Why?"

"You were hidden so well in the rose bed and since your hair was the red color no one was able to spot you."

Erza blushed then Dutorah handed her a new sword.

"The other one broke."

Erza accepted the new sword then Dutorah smiled at her.

"Who knows one of these days I wonder if you would be able to beat me."

Erza got to her feet.

"I don't know about that but I will train to become very strong."

Dutorah placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Fair enough but let's make a bet."

"A bet?"

He nodded.

"If you can reach the level of an S-class wizard, I want you to come find me and challenge me. If you win I will give my most treasured sword."

Erza's eyes widened.

"You really mean it?"

Dutorah nodded then he got to his feet.

"I look forward to that day."

Erza nodded then they left their own ways.

Present Day

Wendy's eyes widened.

"Are you going to tell them?"

Erza lowered her head.

"I'm not sure. I don't really want to be here but a quest to start over, and to be a family is kind of hard to turn down. Let's just see how things go first. If things go smooth, we'll stay. However if they go south, we're leaving."

Wendy nodded then they both left to look for Irene and Rhymu.

All four of them sat in a room together and Irene looked at Erza.

"Do you have answer?"

Erza looked at her firmly.

"Wendy and I will stay with you and your husband."

Irene smiled then went to Erza and Wendy only to hug them both to her.

"Thank you, I'm so happy."

Erza didn't say anything and Wendy just smiled shyly about this new family that she and Erza had just agreed to.

'I hope this goes well.'

AN: Alright there is another chapter completed and I hope that you all liked it. Sorry for taking so long.