Okay we're back with this story and I have firmly decided that by using some creativity this story will end after the Tartarus arc, what I mean by that is that after I finished the Tartarus arc I'll do a few chapters to create my own ending that completely ignores all the Alverez stuff but those chapters will be slightly longer than my 3-3.5K targets as I'll try and make them at least 4k plus to reduce the number of chapters needed to finish the story, also sorry if some of the names for the attacks I made up sound cheesy or something cause it's damn hard thinking up original attacks, describing them and giving them a name. At any rate just letting you now I'm imagining this story will be 20 chapters at the maximum and if so we're half way there. I hope you enjoy the chapter.

It had been a few hours since the group of Natsu, Ur, Meredy and Happy arrived at the village and in that time they had been searching around gathering clues or information that would help in any way to identify what was causing the problem occurring in the village. However, they weren't able to get anything in relation to the village's frozen state.

"So you guys find anything useful?" Ur asked now having her hands covered by a pair of gloves, "Nothing much, I found a tablet with the what I assume is the village's name, it's called Sun Village" Natsu said in a bored voice holding his hands behind his head. "Well at least we know where we are, what about you Meredy? Did you and Happy find anything?" Ur asked the pinkette who was holding the blue feline close to her chest in one arm while patting him on the head with the other. "Well I did find something similar to Natsu but what I found was extremely worn out and a lot of the writing wasn't legible, but from what I could read it said something about a guardian flame deity and protection" Meredy revealed in a confused tone.

However, this got the attention of Ur who seemed interested in the fact that if there was in fact a guardian flame deity then how did the village get frozen and where was this deity amongst all the frozen ice. Meanwhile not far over head of the village atop of a demonic bird like creature two individuals look down upon the frozen village with a smirk.

"I think it's time to get to work Doriate" a woman's voice said to the figure opposite, he was rather bulky and top heavy in human terms. And his black hair was held up in a bun at the back of his head, he also had a mask that covered his mouth but behind it he was smirking. "My, my in an awful hurry aren't we…Minerva?" Doriate said in an amused voice to the now known Minerva who could only smirk in response before saying, "I can't help myself considering Fairy Tail's involved. Was she said grinning evilly afterwards causing Doriate to roll his eyes at the demented woman in front of him before he clicked his fingers activing his powers.

At this exact same time both Natsu and Meredy could feel their clothes getting looser and when they looked at one another they could the other shrinking to the point where Happy was half the size of a very 4-year-old like Meredy. The two were shocked beyond words but before either could muster up any a very feminine squeal resounded from Ur before she ran to Meredy and literally crushed her against her chest. "I have no idea what just happened Meredy but I had no idea you were this adorable as a child, oh part of me wants you to stay this way forever no that won't do we need to change you and especially Natsu back before things get any worse" Ur said right before

*BOOM*

Looking off into the distance she saw an explosion occur at the far end of the village which she wouldn't lie worried her, with just herself, a cat, a child and practically a toddler Ur didn't like her odds in any situation and it would just seem luck wasn't on her side because a she placed Meredy back down who did her best to cover herself up with her now very baggy clothes Ur felt a presence that only intended harm emanating from behind her.

Swiftly taking her gloves off Ur swung her hand backward creating a pillar of ice that connected with its target getting a groan of pain from them as well as knocking the wind out of them. When the group turned to face the target they saw a rather large man standing in front of them. "Tell me why you weren't affected by my act of regression?" Doriate growled out in anger as he stood himself back up. However, when he saw Ur's blackened hand with the purple veins he got his answer. "I see so your like 'him' then, looks like today isn't my lucky day" Doriate said preparing to make a run for it until a massive wall of ice cut off his escape route prompting him to turn back around and face the woman in front of him.

Ur then began radiating a fierce could as her magic power fluctuated, an icy aura tinged with purple surrounded her as she did so. "I see then your responsible for this" Ur said in a dangerous voice referring to Meredy and Natsu's de-aged state. This only earned a nod from Doriate, "Then that means all I have to do is beat you to reverse the effects" Ur reason causing Doriate's eyes to widen, if he was right this was going to mean a world of pain for him.

Meanwhile where the explosion occurred

"What's the matter Titania, no armour that fits that pathetic body of yours" Minerva laughed evilly as she continuously distorted one pocket of space after the other causing explosion after explosion. Currently we see a laughing Minerva who is continuously bombarding a de-aged Erza Scarlet who has been left without the ability to re-quip a sword or armour suited for her current size. She and her team arrived at the sun village not long ago but as they did so they came across a group of treasure hunters which they quickly got rid of after finding out they wanted to steal the village's guardian flame which according to Flare Corona who also happened to be in the village as it was her hometown so to say had informed them of what she knew.

After doing so the group split up into different groups with Erza and Gray choosing to go alone leaving the third group of Wendy, Lucy, Flare and Carla. However, complications occurred such as Everyone getting caught up in act of regression and now Erza was struggling to just stay on her feet as Minerva mercilessly bombarded with one attack after the other.

"Coward it just goes to show you that you would never be able to beat me without cheating!" Erza snarled causing Minerva to smirk once more, "Taunting me won't work dear Erza, time to say bye-bye!" Minerva said sadistically as she charged up a huge amount of special magic in her palm before blasting it towards Erza. The explosion could be seen and heard from a distance away but Erza had used this to her advantage and used the smokescreen the explosion caused to get away as she knew in her current state she wasn't a match for Minerva.

"Hoh, playing cat and mouse now are we. Brilliant it's always more fun when they run!"

Back with Ur

"Damn looks like I'll have to fight" Doriate said in a frustrated tone before his body began glowing and changing shape, growing larger and more ape like in certain aspects. "He's a demon" Ur heard Deliora's voice in the back of her mind bring her out of her shock, "Well thank you captain obvious" she communicated back telepathically earning a growl in response before she got into an ice make stance.

Doriate no longer capable of speech only let out a roar before charging at Ur, "Natsu take Meredy and hide I've got this!" Ur shouted at the de-aged children, as much as Natsu wanted to fight the demon he was going to put Meredy's and Happy's safety first considering the state they were in.

So doing as he was told Natsu grabbed the smaller pinkette along with happy a ran behind a nearby wall completely ignoring the fact he left Meredy's clothes behind him despite the cries of embarrassment from her.

"Ice Make; Frozen Serpent!"

As soon as she shouted this a massive snake like creature make of ice appeared from Ur's magic circle baring its frozen fangs to the charging Doriate before it tried restraining the demon by coiling itself around the demon. "Ice Make: Heavy Knuckle!" Ice started forming around her blackened hand forming into a larger fist shape, the now gaining a purplish hue to it.

She then socked the demon in the jaw causing it to roar in pain before it shattered the serpent constricting it. However, by the time it had done so Ur had already landed a safe distance away from Doriate and prepared her next spell.

"Ice Make; Ballista!"

Two purplish ice boxes filled with razor sharp headed bolts in each of the creations, seeing this caused Doriate's eyes to widen in Fear if that much of 'that' magic hit him in one go he was nearly sure to be a goner. "Fire!" too late, before the demon could think of a plan to get away both Ballista fired all their ammunition at the demon who could only raise his arms in defence in the hopes of them taking most of the attack. A purplish mist surrounded the demon as the spell ceased, Ur could hear that he was still breathing which didn't sit well with Ur so she was going to finish this with her newest a most powerful move which she created with a little inspiration from Natsu of course.

"Ice Make; Absolute Zero Dragon King!"

An enormous dragon made completely from ice that could almost rival Acnologia in terms of size rose out from an equally impressive magic circle. This caused Happy and both pink haired children to marvel at the dragon. Natsu could see it was similar to Igneel in some aspects the wings were identical if you ignored the fact they were made from ice and the colour, it was the same with the purplish spines that sailed down from its crystal blue head to tail, the underbelly was also a crystal blue colour with some purplish lines going through it here and there resembling scars and then there were the eyes which were completely purple sclera, all in all if you told someone this was the dragon king/queen of Ice they would have a hard time denying it.

Doriate on the other hand could only look at the creation in fear, this thing was so large Erza, Lucy and the others could see it from the other side of the village. However, this was eating away at Ur's magic fast, it might not have been if Ur or even Deliora for that matter had realised she was using to different magic's at once. "Alright let's finish this!" Ur shouted out before the dragon quickly ascended into the sky for a few hundred metres before it started glowing before converting its physical body into one of pure magic energy that still resembled a dragon.

Then with a roar the dragon flew straight back down towards the grounds ground before connecting with Doriate. The power from the connection shook the earth and actually cracked the ice around where Doriate lay now in human form. Everything was silent until Ur heard a scream prompting her to turn around only to see a very scantily clad Meredy being held in a very compromising position by Natsu.

"Awe what's wrong Meredy don't want to display the goods?" Ur teased a she walked over to the holding said pinkette's clothes, Meredy was currently clinging to Natsu for dear life, she knew if she let go of him to get down then whatever clothes she had on which was currently very little would fall off. "Hey are these yours?" she heard the dragonslayer ask causing her to lift her beet red face up to see what he was referring to, which was a very racy black lace number and now that she paid attention she did notice she could feel a rather cold draft down there. So without even thinking she somehow managed to knock the dragonslayer unconscious before recovering her misplaced articles of clothing.

Truly it was a spectacle to behold, Meredy could only hope the dragonslayer would wake up with some form of fragmented memory loss to erase the embarrassment of those moments but sadly for poor little Meredy fate would have it play out so that Natsu would never forget those wonderful sights that he saw this day.

Shortly after the pinkette came to asking what the hell happened but only received a low key whistle from Meredy and a smirk from Ur. "Why do you guys always act so suspicious whenever I ask questions?" Natsu tried again only for his previous to happen again. "Never mind, let's go see what that other explosion was but first" Natsu continued before walking up to the downed Doriate. "Hehehe…Tartaros will destroy you all…" was all the demi-demon said before a giant demonic bird like creature with a large singular eyeball landed just behind him before eating him stopping him from revealing anything else.

"What the hell is that thing?!"

"I don't know but I don't want to find out!"

"Quickly let's book it!" Ur said before grabbing Natsu by the scarf around his neck and running off at break neck speeds with Meredy along with her although it was much to Natsu's protests. "Hey we can fight that thing no problem, just let me at him" Natsu shouted at the fleeing pair as he being roughly dragged along the ground, however when looked back at the dragonslayer he suddenly didn't have much to say

With Erza

As soon as Erza saw the enormous ice dragon crash into the ground she felt her body return back to its normal busty self which caused much relief for the redhead because as soon as she realised she was a child she felt any interest that Natsu or even Jellal as she had recently been thinking of the Heavenly Body user might have had in her diminish quickly. She actually imagined both of them in front of her saying something along the lines of "Sorry we're not into little girls" before they would both walk away leaving her to be consoled by a now older than herself Wendy who referred to herself as the older sister.

Anyway back to reality, it was a good thing that her body had returned to normal as Minerva had just found her but to the territory mage's disappointment her biggest advantage had flown out the window. "Well maybe things will get a little more…" "Erza!" before Minerva could finish her sentence the voice of a certain ice-make wizard shouted out the scarlet haired mage. "Eh Minerva what the hell are you doing here?" Gray asked with a great amount of venom and who could blame him after the stunts she pulled during the games, holding hostages and literally stabbing someone in the back almost killing them. Sure if it was against a dark guild that would be the most strategic thing to do but the games were well meant to be just that competitive games.

"Tch, we'll have to finish this another time Titania" Minerva said before she warped the space around herself and disappeared, "Oi what!" Erza tried to stop the territory mage from running but she wasn't fast enough. "Just what's going in this village?" Gray asked curiously as he tried piecing together everything they had found so far but it just wasn't making sense. "I think I know where to find the answer" Erza replied before turning to face what looked like a giant mountain of the purplish ice.

"All the statues are facing towards the one direction, the area we entered the village from but why is that? I think it is because whatever froze over the entire village came that same way. Whenever the residents of the village seen this threat the ran to protect their sacred guardian, like I said the statues were all facing the direction of the attacker so it stands to reason that there should be something of significance in the opposite direction" Erza summed up slightly surprising the ice mage. "Woah for someone who's usually such an airhead that was actually well thought out" was all Gray could think to himself.

However as soon as he thought it Erza shot him a terrifying glare, "Did you say something Gray!?" the scarlet knight demanded to know with a sword pointed to the ice mage's neck and Gray wasn't going to lie he might have possibly/definitely wet himself a little. "What no don't be ridiculous Erza" Gray replied in a very scared a shaky tone only receiving a hmph in response before Erza started walking towards the large mountain like structure of the purple ice.

It wasn't long before Erza and Gray found Lucy, Wendy, Carla and Flare at the base of the mountain like structure. "Good you guys are alright" Erza called out to the group causing Lucy and Wendy to turn and face the red head. "Yeah but we've got a problem, Flare says this is the guardian of the village. We're gonna need it to unfreeze the entire village and all the people as well." Lucy said making the red head think.

"Let me try" Gray spoke up before he placed his hand upon the supposed guardian of the village. He could feel the strange foreign magic flowing through the strange ice, "I think I can do this, I am the vessel" Gray said to himself before he placed both hands on the mountain of ice and tried manipulating it with his magic.

Nothing happened for a moment but then suddenly Gray's arms began surround in a bright purple glow, the other could feel a fair amount of magic energy emanating from Gray at this point but what impressed them was that the ice started to crack and small bits were beginning to break off from the main structure.

"RUN!" a flying blue blur of fuzz with wings shouted before ploughing head first into Erza's armoured chest plate causing a resounding thud to echo throughout the area. "Happy!?" Wendy and Lucy shouted in shock at seeing the blue cat. "Wait if you're here then…" before Erza could finish an explosion of fire shout out into the sky causing all to turn with knowing looks towards the source.

"All right ya bird freak come get some; Fire Dragon's Claw!" an over excited pink haired dragonslayer shout out before connecting a sweeping flaming kick to the head of a demonic bird like creature that had just flown out of the explosion. "Maguilty Rays!" another voice shouted out before a group of numerous teal coloured blades shot off towards the creature after Natsu had dealt his blow. Each blade struck its point precisely causing the creature to fall rapidly to the ground, but there was still another attack to come "Rose Krone!" a third voice shouted as a large purplish blue rose made from ice slammed into the creature knocking it towards the treeline.

"That thing is tougher than it looks, I didn't think it would be able to survive our combination" Natsu said as he proceeded towards where the creature was laying. He noticed that the structure he heard the voice coming from earlier was gradually crumbling. In his distraction he barely noticed the tail of the creature coming towards him. He wasn't able to completely dodge the attack as it slammed into his side causing him to grunt in pain, apparently it was also stronger than it looked.

The pink haired dragonslayer skidded to a stop a few metres away before gritting his teeth in anger, "No more mister nice guy!" "Freezing Flame Dragon Mode!" the creature had to stake a step back as it saw Natsu's new mode, it took in the appearance of what looked like frozen blades of flame protruding from the pinkette's elbows as well as how his eyes had a much colder look to them.

"Ur don't you think he's going a bit overboard with this" Meredy tried to reason with her adoptive mother, "Ah let him have his fun, this job has been relatively boring anyway, so it must have been hell for him" Ur said offhandedly without any responsibility evident in her mind and this only caused Meredy to sigh, "Yep you're two of a kind alright, no wonder why you go so well together" Meredy responded in an exhausted tone, Ur could only smirk at her statement.

"Freezing Flame Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted before his fist clad in white and blue frozen dragon flames delivered a major uppercut to the creature sending it skyward but it didn't take Natsu long to catch up to it. On his way up to the creature he saw there was now a small flickering flame in a large cauldron where the structure of ice once stood. Returning his attention to the matter at hand. As soon as he was above the creature he had both his hands twisted into a circular shape.

"Dragonslayer Secret Art; White Lotus Artic Dragon Typhoon!" in a split second the frozen flames on Natsu's elbows exploded into large masses of Blue/white and crimson orange flame before the pinkette threw his arms round in a Circle motion causing the flames to follow suite. Before the flames even reached the creature they fused together to form a blue and white Dragon head covered in crimson and orange flame tattoos.

The force of the attack forced the creature down at a rapid pace towards the cauldron where it collided with a massive thump the heat from the explosion though was strange, there was indeed immense heat but also freezing cold it just contradicted logic but even at that the explosion was quite something and had already dealt with the creature but Natsu wasn't finished no he had one more attack that required him to deactivate his mode.

"Crimson Lotus Exploding Flame Blade!" this time a typhoon of Natsu's regular flames spiralled down before colliding with the cauldron resulting in another large explosion. However, finishing the creature was not Natsu's objective, no his objective with that attack was to restart the fire of the guardian flame.

When the dragonslayer walked past everyone except Wendy and told her to prepare her Milky Way spell which she did without any fuss from her, although Carla was a different matter. As Wendy cast her spell the now thriving flame seemed to be growing and growing in size until it looked like an uncontrollable blaze that would consume everything but Natsu just smirked. "Oi Natsu what's going on" Gray tried but received no answer Erza and Lucy even Ur and Meredy tried as well but Natsu was fixated on this flame.

"I knew it was you…Uncle"

"N-Natsu Dragneel?"

Chapter end

Yeah I know I went through the material for sun village quickly but I didn't want to spend any more time than necessary. Next chapter we're going to be getter into the Tartaros arc which as I said will be the last arc I'm doing for this story with the exception of a short original arc after to wrapped up the story. So yeah things are going to be different in the Tartaros Arc for this to work, debating with myself should I give Laxus a bigger role in that arc or just keep his part the same as it was in the anime with him getting poisoned and then fighting Tempesta still poisoned. At anyrate there are going to be some new interesting fights in that arc I'm heavily considering that part way through the arc doing an Ur vs Mardgeer (still in normal form) fight. At any rates give me your thoughts and opinions of what you want to see in the Tartaros arc and your thoughts on the chapter.