A Lost Fairy

Natsu Dragneel is accused for the murder of Lucy Heartfilia. What happens afterwards? Heavily influenced by Andril's "Flickering Flames of Betrayal" contains spoilers.

AN: Ayyy, I'm back. I think. Sorry for not updating or posting that often. I have no excuse as to why. Either way, let's get on with the story. Enjoy!

The five mages (Natsu, Ultear, Meredy, Ur, and Jellal) whirled around to see a golden horned woman. She was breathtakingly beautiful, and her image was equivalent to both Ultear and Meredy.

"Who are you, and what're you doing here?!" Natsu yelled as he saw her. "My my, is that any way to talk to your guild member? Well, you are the guildmaster, so I guess it's okay." She said with a small grin towards Natsu.

"What're you talking about?" Ultear asked cautiously. "Me? Oh, I'm just saying that we have been looking for our long lost master." The demoness said. She then appeared right next to Natsu, her hands exploring his body.

She quickly teleported away as a hand reached to where she had just stood. "No touching." Ultear said firmly. "What's the problem with me touching my guildmaster?" She asked. "The problem is that for one, we don't know you. Second, is that Natsu is a member of Crime Sorcière. There isn't a guildmaster as of now." Ultear informed.

"Ah, but that's where you're missing some details. You see, my name is Sayla. One of the nine demon gates. A member of the Tartaros guild. Master E.N.D. here, or as you call him, Natsu, is the guild master of that guild." She said in a melodic voice.

"You humans don't know much about this man here." Sayla said with a cute giggle. "In fact, he's not actually man. He's a demon. Zeref's strongest demon." She informed. "Also the one destined to end him." She said with a sadistic smile.

"If you would allow me, I could try to lift the mental barrier that was placed on him to prevent him from remembering anything from the past." Sayla said. "Why should we trust you?" Ultear asked. "Oh, I'm not saying you should trust me. I'm just saying that I could bring back one of the greatest beings to ever live." She said formally.

"I'll do it." Natsu said. "You sure about this, Natsu?" Ultear asked. "Yeah. She seems trustworthy." He concluded after getting a good look at Sayla. He then moved to sit down while Sayla moved to him. The others stood to the side watching the demoness with caution.

"Okay, this might hurt. In the end however, no real damage will be done." Sayla said, placing a hand on Natsu's forehead. They both shut their eyes and she concentrated hard, looking through the depths of Natsu's mind trying to find some sort of thing that may be suppressing his memories. It took her a full 10 minutes before she could locate the memory suppression.

"Are you sure about this?" She asked, surprising the others. They hadn't expected her to act like this. They were expecting her to do it without any hesitation or confirmation.

"Yeah. I'd like to know what happened before." Natsu said firmly. The next thing he knew, images of his past life began playing through his mind. He jerked forward, hand rushing to his head. Sayla moved back to give him space, though she was praying that it would work.

"I remember everything, Sayla." He said as he unclenched his hand from his head. He sat there looking at the ground, hands supporting his head. "I must ask you for help though." He said. This got Sayla's attention. She expected him to turn into the cold type that her master was. Instead, he seemed to radiate that same sense of warmth. Comfort. Something that the demoness greatly loved, but couldn't experience it due to who she spent her time with.

"I was framed for killing a friend." He informed. "I want to find the ones that did this to me." He said, gazing into her eyes. At this moment, Sayla felt… Submissive. Something she never thought she would ever feel. She knew however, that Natsu meant nothing bad for her. She could tell that he actually cared for her due to their past. He only wanted to avenge his friend. Let her rest in peace, knowing her killer was either locked up, or dead.

"I-I'll help you no matter what, Master." She said as the two stared into each other's eyes. Natsu quickly broke the serious atmosphere however. "Eh, don't call me that. It sounds weird after being called just Natsu for a while. Besides, we're still friends, right?" He asked.

"Bring your most trusted friend along. We might need some help." Natsu told her. "Well then, if that's all, I shall be going to fetch Kyouka. Be back in a couple seconds!" She said cheerfully, a surprisingly cute smile across her face.

She disappeared, and sure enough, she came back with the helmeted demoness. Kyouka simply looked at Natsu in happy acknowledgement, and he went for the handshake. She was surprised at how her master was treating her. In the past, he wouldn't've cared about greeting people. He would've simply acted as if they weren't real.

"Mas-" she began but was cut off by Sayla. "He prefers Natsu." She informed. "Okay… Natsu. You've changed a lot since we last met." She said. "You seem more… At peace. More social. More… Loving. Accepting. Comfortable. More lovable." She said with a genuine smile.

Natsu scratched his head sheepishly. "Heh, you really think so?" He asked. "One hundred percent." The demoness responded. She then clapped her hands together once. "So, what're we up to?" She asked.

"As I told Sayla, I'd like to avenge my lost friend. She was killed by a dark guild and they framed me for it, so now I'm here. I can't complain though. These guys are pretty awesome." Natsu said, motioning to his Crime Sorcière guildmates.

"So you want us to scout?" She asked. "Well, in simple terms, yeah." He said. "And if we are confronted by a mage of the guild?" She asked. "Toast em. Capture em. Whatever. I only want to avenge a fallen comrade." Natsu said.

"Well then, guess we'll be off. You guys do whatever it is you do." Sayla said with a smile. "Wait, it's getting a bit dark. Why don't you two stay over for the night? In the morning, visibility will be higher, and you can get some rest." Ultear said. "Sleep does sound good." Sayla said. "What about you Kyou? You gonna stay or go back to the others?" Sayla asked. "Well, I find Master's presence a lot more comfortable than those lot. Guess I'm staying over." She said.

Sayla and Kyouka slept in Natsu's room on Meredy's bed that she had never actually used, while everyone else stayed in their respective rooms.

Quite the peaceful night, considering they were literally sleeping with demons.

Morning came, and revealed two sleeping demoness. Turns out they were more tired than they thought. When they awoke, they were met with a rather awkward situation. Their faces were merely inches apart, their legs intertwined with one another. All in all, awkward for the demoness'. They got out of the bed, and exited the room. They were immediately met with the smell of cooking food.

They traced the source to the kitchen, where they saw something that surprised them. Their Master, the one destined to slay Zeref, was there cooking food. And hell, did it smell delicious. They simply looked at each other and shrugged. They had seen enough odd things in their life to make this a big deal. Besides, their master's personality far differed from his previous one.

"Morning girls. I see you're up." Natsu said as he looked at the two demoness. "Indeed we are, Mas- Natsu." Sayla said, still not used to the change since she last saw him. "Hungry? You can eat now if you're gonna head out later." He offered. "Natsu, please. You've already let us sleep over. Don't you think that eating your food as well is a bit… rude? I mean, we haven't done anything to deserve this." Sayla said. "Haven't done anything? You gave me my memories back. Not just that, but you even agreed to help take down the guild that took me down." He said as he set the plates down.

"C'mon! Just eat." He said, motioning to some chairs. And with a little hesitation, they ended up all eating.

Small Time Skip

"Thank's for the food, Natsu!" Sayla said as she and Kyouka got ready to leave. "I must admit, that food was wonderful." Kyouka said with a rare smile. "Be sure to update me on the guild status, girls." He said. "We will, Natsu. Don't worry about it." They said. A flash of light, and they were gone.

"Well damn. Now what? We already have to extremely strong etherious looking for the guild. I doubt that we'll be able to do much that they haven't already done." Natsu said with a sigh.

"You have a point there, Natsu. I could sense that their power was slightly lower than yours. The fact that there are two makes them almost invincible." Ultear said as they sat there.

"Well, we could lay low until they bring news. There really isn't anything better to do." Natsu suggested. "Oh, and would you look at the time. Chelia and Wendy should be here any moment." He said looking at the clock.

Sure enough, a knock was heard only minutes later. Natsu went for the door, and sure enough, he was met with the blue and pinkish red hair he had become so used to seeing.

"Come in girls, we're completely free today." Natsu said as he opened the door. "Nothing? I thought you would be trying to find that guild that framed you." Wendy said.

"Nah, we've got two very strong women looking into that right now." Natsu said as he closed the door behind them. "They're from my guild, actually." He said.

"Your guild?" Wendy asked. "What do you mean by that?" She said confused. "Well, this may come as a complete shocker to you, but…" Natsu said with a sigh. "I'm not exactly… Human." He said.

"You aren't?" The sky dragon slayer said. "No. Run away if you want, but I'm an etherious. A creation of Zeref. I was his younger brother, actually." He said, expecting the two younger girls to be frightened at this. Instead, he received a rather tight hug.

"Natsu, I wouldn't run away from you no matter what!" Wendy said. "You're the only one I can still consider family! You saved my old guild and then went on to make me feel welcome at Fairy Tail. I wouldn't abandon you in a million years." She said.

Natsu hugged her back as the young teen cried in his embrace. She eventually stopped and the two separated. But one look back at each other, and they were both hugging each other again. Though, it was less teary than before.

And so, the Crime Sorcière mages began acting as a real family due to not having to do much. Of course, the Fairy Tail mages visited them occasionally.

It wasn't until two weeks later that they had news.

Sayla and Kyouka appeared in their home, half scaring the people there. Currently, it was the normal Sorcière mages, Erza, Mira, Lisanna, Wendy, and Chelia. They hadn't been expecting them, and had never seen them before, so their reaction was quite simple. Pull out your best weapon.

"Woah, woah, calm down." Natsu said with his hands up. "They're with me." He said. He had already explained to the Fairy Tail mages of his actual identity, and their reaction was similar to Wendy's, though to a lesser emotional extent.

"We've successfully taken out a large portion of their guild. We transported them to a Rune Knight camp as requested, and the Guild Master was sent directly to a maximum security prison." Kyouka said. "In other words, you're free to go." Sayla said with a smile.

"Any word on Crime Sorcière? Is the council aware of what we've been doing for the past couple of years?" Natsu asked. "No, we didn't check anything on that. Would you like us to pay the council a visit?" Sayla asked. "I guess." Was Natsu's simple reply. The demoness simply left her companion there, as she went to check on the guild's status.

So, after a couple minutes of awkward conversation, Sayla returned with a vibrant smile that almost seemed angelic. "You're all clear. The council acknowledged your operations and have dropped all charges."

"Well, how about we end Crime Sorcière and merge into Fairy Tail?" Natsu asked. "I'm sure master will allow you to continue taking down the dark guilds if that's what you want."

His guildmates looked at each other before shrugging. "Sure, why not. It would be nice to have a bigger family." Jellal said with a small grin. "Gray is gonna be in for quite the surprise." Ur said. He had never actually came over, as he was busy helping out at the guild by trying to keep spirits up, helping with funds, and generally being a good person. He would always ask anyone that happened to visit Natsu that day to tell him news about how the guild's holding up.

Ur had asked to be kept a secret for now, as she wanted Gray to continue what he was doing. Her arrival at the guild would surely shake a few people that knew her, or had heard of her.

The Crime Sorcière guild hall could be used as a little outpost for any Fairy Tail Wizard that needed a place to stay. They wouldn't be living there anymore.

And so, the former Crime Sorcière mages, Fairy Tail mages, Lamia Scale mage, and the two demoness' exited the building, some excited to go to the guild.

Fairy Tail was about to get rather exciting.

AN: Wow, sorry again about not posting frequently. It's because of a mix of gaming, reading, and just general laziness. I'll be posting a new chapter for the Dragon's Opposite remake (which I will soon rename) next. Sorry for the lack of my fluffiness as well as the length of this chapter. It's a lot shorter than I'm used to. Hope you enjoyed the chapter though!