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Beta Reader: volfwildman

As I expected Mom welcomed Gray into our home with open arms and a buffet of food behind her on the dining table.

Unlike Cana who had been only a little resistant to "adoption" Gray was adamant about not calling Alice Mom. His resistance was slowly wearing away though from what I was seeing. It helped that Cana had taken it upon herself to help her new "little brother". Much to Gray despair and my amusement.

I could understand Gray resistance, I might not remember the full details, but I do know that Gray lost his blood family and then got taken in by the women who taught him his magic only for said women to die as well. He didn't have a great track record with keeping mother figures in his life alive.

None of this put off Mom though. She seemed content to wear him down with an avalanche of love, affection, and food.

Gray's habit of passively stripping though, was a habit Mom was furiously working to break. One method she had employed was having Gray wear embarrassing underwear. Basically, boxers with hearts, kittens and other embarrassing things on them. Gray was upset but he also wanted to get rid of the habit, so he compiled for the most part.

He violently vetoed Cana's suggestion of wearing women's underwear.

I had just gotten done tending the garden. My birthday had been a week ago and Mom and Cana had given my new magic gardening tools. They had been a great help so far. With the gardening done I was heading to the library to read for a bit when I noticed that a door was ajar in the hallway.

I decided to check the room before I closed the door and was surprised to see Gray standing in the room. After a quick look around, I realized this was the weird painting room and currently the painting supplies were out beside Gray as he looked up at a blank canvas with a very concentrated look.

I had been tempted to close the door, but curiosity got the better of me on this situation and I proceed into the room. "What are you doing?" I asked as I made my way into the room. Gray abruptly turned around and stared at me in surprise before shouting "Nothing!"

I simply raised an eyebrow at him before looking at the painting equipment all around him. "It looks like you were going to paint," I say with an even tone as my eyes found his once more and we both just stared at each other.

Eventually, I won the impromptu staring contest as Gray look to the side with a tsk and said, "I just want to mess around with it, ok!" He tried to sound strong but his voice had a bit of wavering too it. I narrowed my eyes a bit as I took in the situation in front of me.

To my knowledge Gray in the series never showed interest in painting. I could be wrong since my memory of the show had gotten more and more foggy over the years. That aside I could tell something was off with Gray. I might have problems with feeling emotion but that didn't mean I could identify it in a person's face or tone and the undertone of Gray's voice was one of sadness.

In the end, I decided it would be for the best long term to deal with whatever Gray was going through. Last thing I needed was a grumpy kid stomping through the house.

"What's going on," I say in a firm and authoritative tone. The tone of my voice seemed to get Gray to comply as he gritted his teeth a little before letting out a sigh and saying, "Mom use to paint ok."

It took me a second to realize he was talking about his real mom. He still refused to call my Mom his mom and his second Mom didn't paint if I remembered correctly. It was hard to tell considering I don't even remember his second mom's name.

I really need to write down what I remember of the story before I forget too much of it.

Either way, it didn't matter right now. Currently, I had to deal with a kid who had lost two mothers and was trying to find some way to remember one of them. I bit my lip a tad bit as I considered what to do with all the information provided to me.

After a few seconds of thought, I went to the supply closet in the room and took out another blank canvas from it. Guess I'll see with I remember anything from all those Bob Ross videos I watched as a kid. As I set up the canvas besides Gray's canvas he decided to say something.

"What are you doing?" As he says this I put on an apron and get a brush and some paints ready. Once I was done I look at him and said "Painting. Feel free to join." With that said I went to work on the canvas. Illusions were just painting with magic and your mind right? So, this shouldn't be too hard.

From the corner of my eye, I see Gray staring at me for a few seconds before he decided to mimic my preparation and start painting as well. We both just stood beside each other for god knows how long in silence as we painted. Eventually, we both got done and took a step back to look at what we had created.

After about a minute of staring Gray was the first one to break the silence. "They look horrible." he said, "Yep," I replied.

I had tried to make a forest with a river flowing through it, but the river mixed with other colors and now look purple with spots of green and the forest looked like one big wall of green. I had no idea what Gray was going for as his canvas just look like a rainbow had thrown upon it.

"Thanks," Gray said, "this was fun." I simply shrugged at him just happy that he was no longer moping. After realizing that my stomach was rumbling I ask, "You want to go get something to eat?"

Gray turned to me with a smile on his face and just said, "Ya, that sounds nice."

With that done Gray and I went to a nearby sandwich restaurant and ate. I noticed afterward that Gray would still go into the room once in a while and usually come out with a spot of paint or two on him.

I stood in the hallway outside my room as I deadpan stared at the puppy dog eyes that Cana was giving me. "Pleeeeeease!" She dragged out with the best cutesy voice she could manage. Gray stood to the side awkwardly, trying to make too much noise as Cana pleaded for the both of them.

"No," I replied with a dry tone. Cana proceed to slump over with a sigh before once again looking back up to me with a tired and pleading look. "Come on! It can't be a sibling sleepover if not all the siblings are there!" As she says that Gray mumbled under his breath that he's not our sibling. We both proceed to ignore his words. Denial was such a sad thing.

"You don't need me for a sleepover. Just have it with Gray." I say with an annoyed tone. I had other things to do than participated in what Cana was calling the "Sibling Sleepover of the Century".

Cana proceed to get on her knees with both hands clamped together into a praying stance as she violently shakes them at me in depression."Pleeease Big Brother. Please just for you Little Sister." she said with a very pleading tone.

I just roll my eyes and let out a sigh as I look down at my adopted sibling. Cana had always been adamant about spending time with her new siblings, it was the reason she spent so much time with me when she had first moved in and it was the reason she had force Gray to do all kinds of activity with her. Apparently now she wants to have a sleepover with her adopted brothers.

After looking down at Cana pleading form for a few more seconds I let out another sigh as I say "Fine." With just one-word Cana entire mood changed, from down and despairing to up and excited. "Yesssssss! Come you two let go!" she shouts as to grab both my and Gray's hands and drags us to the game room of the mansion.

The room already had three sleeping bags in it along with several different snacks and drinks. Mom was also there and appeared to be organizing things with a cheerful hum. She must have heard us enter as she turned around and said "Ah there you three are. Well, I just got every ready of you dears, have fun."

With that said Mom glided out of the room, leaving the three of us alone. Cana was already searching through a bunch of board games in the room's closet. I start mentally preparing myself as Cana came back to Gray and me with this world's version of monopoly in hand.

Hours seem to pass in a blink of an eye as me and my adopted siblings played game after game, each one made me more and more tired and soon I just wanted to get some sleep but before I could even get fully into my sleeping bag Cana was already in front of me with a pleading look in her eyes.

"What?" I say with a tired voice. "We can't go to sleep before you tell us a story," she says with steel in her voice. Of course, while over time I had been able to get out of telling Cana stories before bed I still found myself at least once a week telling her a bedtime story.

I let out a grumble but agree as I knew this wasn't a battle I could win. Before long we were all in our sleeping bags as pushed my magic to the ceiling and quickly thought up a story to tell. Once I had the story I whisper out the spell name, "Storyteller".

Soon black and white swirls appeared on the ceiling and were shaped into a background and images for the story. "There once was a land full of both people and animals of amazing abilities. Human lived among these creatures in peace and cooperation. In this land many would become partners with these creatures and both would work together to fight."

Cana and Gray watched in awe as the illusion gave the visual element of the story. "In this land, there was a Boy who wanted nothing but to train these creatures and become a master. When the day came where he was old enough to have one of these creatures he was given a Mouse, one that held the power of lightning and thunder."

The black images soon turned into a boy and a large mouse. "At first the Boy and the Mouse did not get along. The Boy had wanted an animal that was large and intimidating. The Mouse just saw an immature kid who was in way over his head. Both disliked each other and would often fight. When it seemed like they would finally give up and go their separate ways they were attacked."

The black images turned into a swarm of avian creatures. "They were beset upon by a massive flock of birds that controlled the wind like it was a part of their body. The Boy and Mouse ran as fast as they could, but the creatures of the air refused to give up and soon the Mouse was hurt. At that moment the Boy instead of running away chooses to stand in front of his injured partner and let the birds attack him. Just as the avian were about to descend upon the helpless child the Mouse moved."

The black images showed the Mouse releasing a massive attack. "The Mouse was moved by the Boy conviction decide to help. With all the strength the Mouse could muster it jumped on the Boy's shoulder then jumped into the flock of creatures. Just as the birds were going to attack, the Mouse released a massive flash of lightning which spread amongst the flock and knocked out every single avian."

"After the battle, the Boy carried the Mouse to a place of healing, where both would be free of their injuries and soon were well. As both the Boy and Mouse thought back to that battle they looked to each other and made a promise. They would work together and improve. They would become the best there ever was and with that, the Boy and Mouse continued their journey." As I thought of counting the story I heard light snores from both sides of me. I simply let out a light chuckle and rolled my eyes before I too went to the realm of dreams.

I was not surprised when Mom bought Cana a mouse for a pet.

I found myself reading in the library of the mansion. I had decided to search for the room for books on enchanting. The ring of telekinesis has been a rather useful tool to have for daily life, from gardening to my daily hobbies the ring had been a major boon and it had sparked my interest in the subject of enchantments.

After reading on the subject I had learned a good bit, enough to know that learning how to enchant would be impossible for me. Basically, enchantment is a more powerful version of rune magic. With the magic an item can be enchanted with a spell from another type of magic, some are passive spells will others require a small burst of magic to activate.

An interesting thing is that an enchanted item has its own artificial magic core instead of taking magic from a mage. The core's size and regen rate is determined by the quality of the enhancement while how many times it can be used is determined by how long it is activated and how much magic is used in the enchantment itself.

You could push your own magic into the item but this usually damages the enchantment if not just breaks it. After doing the research it seems I won't be able to enchant things, but they could still at least be useful tools for the future.

On a side note, how did Erza get all those enchanted armors and weapons? Even simple enchantments are expensive but all the stuff she had could fund a small country for a year.

I was just finishing up the book I was reading when I notice that two little bodies coming into the room. Cana and Gray soon saw me and made their way over. Cana had a very excited look on her face while Gray looked nervous. I was about to ask what they wanted when Cana push Gray forward and made a "go on" motion with her hands.

Gray just let out a sigh as he looked up to me and after gathering his nervous for a few seconds asked me "Can I call you Big Brother?" I couldn't help the confused expression my face. About a week ago Gray had finally seemed to be accepting his new adopted family, but I didn't get why he feels he needs my permission to call be Big Brother. This was Cana all over again.

"I am technically you Big Brother so yes you can call me that," I state in a matter of fact tone. After speaking Cana let out a loud "yessss!" as she fish bumps the air before either me or Gray could comment she stops and snaps her finger as if remembering something.

She whirls around and points to me while saying "Ok now you got to rub his hair."

What. Why?!

Cana then proceeds to make the "hurry up" motion. I just roll my eyes and decide to take the path of least resistance and rub Gray hair, much to Gray embarrassment if his red cheeks were any indication.

At my actions Cana once again lets out a "Yessssss!" and this time decided to perform what I could only describe as a very childish victory dance. I simply look towards Gray with a raised eyebrow to which he simply shrugs, just had confused as me.

That said though I could help the small smile that made its way on to my face at seeing Cana happy.

The guild was bustling as I looked at the job request board. I had decided that it was about time I tried a B rank job since I was getting tired of the standard C ranks that simply didn't challenge me. I soon found one and took it to the current bar worker to officially accept it.

Just as I was about to give it the worker the Guild Master appeared to my side and ask, "What you got there sonny?" I just simply show him the paper and he proceeds to read the job. His face gained a concerned quality to it as he once again looks back to me and asked, "You sure you're ready to take on another mage"?

I found myself rather confused by the question. Of course, I was ready, I was breezing through C rank quests, so it was only natural I try a B rank quest. I wasn't even that hard, find a Reequip mage that had been going around attacking people. The mage was determined to only use normal bladed weapons and no enchanted one, so it should be that hard to defeat him.

I simply just roll my eyes at Makarov and say "I'll be fine. It shouldn't be that difficult." With that I quickly accept the job and make my way out of the building, ignoring the looks the Guild Master was sending me the entire time.

I trained my illusions for years as well as my body, I'd even recently gotten down the sense of touch for my illusions. This wouldn't be a problem.

I'll be fine.

AN: Another Saturday, another chapter. Just a little more character development with Gray being a bit of a grump and Cana being overzealous about having a family. The painting thing wasn't planned. I need another section for the chapter, one with just Gray and Bishop, and I remembered that I had mentioned a paint room in the mansion off hand. Don't know if Gray's real mom painted or not but figured it would be a nice thing to add to his character.

Thanks once again to volfwildman for being a Beta. He just released chapter three of his Naruto story and it just great, I defiantly recommend reading it if you're interested in both Naruto and Skyrim. And a thank you to all of you for your support.

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