Chapter 1: Farewells and New Friends

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail

July 6th X777

In the middle of the night in a field that is as far away from any form of civilization as possible are two figures. One figure is a sleeping pink haired child while the other is a giant red dragon. This dragon is none other than Igneel, the King of the Fire Dragons. While watching over the child, the dragon couldn't help but look back on the time that he has spent with the child. From the time that the two have spent training the child how to use his magic to the rare days where the two would spend their time relaxing and enjoying each other's company.

Unfortunately these times are about to come to an end. As much as the dragon would like to spend more time with the child, it's simply not possible without putting the child through more unnecessary danger.

"I'm sorry Natsu, but this is where our time together ends." the dragons tells the now named sleeping child "I hope that you can find something more to live for than what I have spent years training you to do. Farewell… my son." The dragon finishes before disappearing into the night; but not before leaving one last gift for his son, a white scaled scarf.

Time Skip: Two Months

In the time since the dragon has disappeared Natsu has spent almost all of his time wandering. He spent his time sleeping, eating, training, hunting, or simply exploring. Currently Natsu is sitting by a fire in some forest cooking a fish that he caught in a nearby stream.

He was enjoying the peacefulness the forest has to offer, cooking a fish that's resting over a fire, until six figures approach him. Each of the six people has their own menacing glare as they stare down the pink haired kid. Any ordinary person would be scared at being in this type of situation; however, Natsu looks as if he is uninterested by their presence.

"Well what do we have here? Some pink haired brat that got lost or are you some runaway that thinks he can make it on his own" said one of the figures that appeared to be the ring leader.

"Neither, so what are you? Some girl scouts enjoying a nature walk." Natsu says while noticing that the six men are moving to surround him.

"Cheeky little shit" The leader chuckles "We're merely six friends that are looking for someone that can help us indulge in a little hobby of ours."

"And what would this hobby?"

"Simple, find some weakling and kill them as slowly and painfully as possible."

"And what makes you think I'm some weakling or that you have a chance of killing me?"

"Simple, first off, you're just one kid surrounded by six men all of whom know magic. Secondly, I can't sense even the slightest amount of magic within you, meaning there is nothing you can do to attack us or defend yourself. Even if you could, it still wouldn't help against us." The leader says while smirking menacingly.

"So you gang up on people that aren't strong enough to fight back. You must be pretty week then."

"Don't be mistaken, we have killed our fair share of mages that made the mistake of crossing our paths. But there is nothing quite as enjoyable as the pain filled screams or the desperate pleading that comes from the week begging to be spared."

"You still sound pretty week to me."

"So, you still think we're weak?"

"Of course." Natsu states in a matter of fact tone

"Rock Blast" A giant rock is blasted from the leader's hand towards the boy. Natsu easily dodges the attack; however, it resulted in the still cooking fish being destroyed.

"YOU BASTARD! I was going to eat that." Natsu yells angrily.

"What are you kid, stupid or something? You're surrounded and about to be killed slowly and all you care about is a damn fish" The leader asked. Seriously, this kid is practically at death's door and all he cares about is food.

"Of course, I'm hungry and it took over an hour just to catch that damn fish!" Natsu yells angrily.

"Well, you're definitely an idiot. At least you'll be a good source entertainment for us."

"That's it; I'm giving you guy's one chance to apologize for destroying my food and leave. If you idiots don't, then you won't live long enough to regret it." Natsu warns while focusing on the leader.

"Ha-ha, what can some runt do against all six of us" the leader says while the rest of his bandits are laughing at the kid's attempt at a threat. Just by looking at the kid, they all knew that he is alone and he doesn't have any way to harm them, not that it he could to start with.

"Hey boss, let me have the first swing at this kid. It's been too long since I got to crush some brat with my bare hands." one of the bandits said while approaching the kid.

"Sure, have fun Teno. Just remember, the rest of us want to have some fun too." The boss says. What kind of boss would he be if he didn't let his men cut loose every now and again?

"Thanks boss. I'm going to enjoy this." Teno said while slowly walking towards the kid. "There is nothing quite like sound a kid makes when they experience true unimaginable pain." He finishes while in a mad dash intending to inflict as much harm as possible.

While it went unnoticed by the rest of the bandits, the leader noticed that kid still looked unimpressed. In fact, it didn't look like the kid was going to try to protect himself. What's wrong with this kid, everyone else they came across at the very least looked terrified at this point.

What happened next surprised everyone in the field with the exception of the boy. The bandit that was attacking appeared to standing right where the boy was; however the kid was already behind him, holding something in his hand.

"W… What h… h… happened?" Teno asks while slowly turning his head, trying to look at the kid; however, he could barely move. It felt like his entire body was shutting down.

"What, are you talking about?" Natsu ask innocently while looking back at the bandit. "Oh, you mean this." He says while smirking and holding up a small, slightly moving, bag that seemed to be made of the same material as Teno's shirt and some blood staining the bottom of it.

The bandit standing across from Teno stared in shock "Boss, there's a hole in Teno's chest."

Everyone was shocked at realizing that bag contained their comrades still beating heart and even more so when they didn't see a single drop of blood on the kid's hand.

"How?" Teno asks weakly before dropping to the ground, dead.

"Like I said, "you won't live long enough to regret it". You all should have taken my warning seriously." Natsu said before throwing the heart towards the leader who caught it.

"Guess you're right, who would have guessed that you had some trick like that up your sleeve. Oh well, all that has changed is why we're going to kill you. Now it's for revenge, as least we'll still enjoy it." The leader said while casually tossing his fallen subordinate's heart to the side. "Everyone! You are to take this little shit seriously from here on out. You are not to stop until he is a mere inch away from death. Is that understood?!" he bellows out his commands.

"Yes sir!" the bandits answered.

"I hope you know that you just sent your men to their deaths." Natsu says coldly.

"Trust me kid, you killing Teno was nothing more than a lucky shot. We're not dumb enough to let you catch us off guard like that again." The boss says angrily.

"No, you are that dumb, trust me. At least won't live long enough to regret pissing me off" Natsu says while switching his focus to the grunt closest to him.

The kid quickly dashes towards one of the bandits and delivers a powerful kick to his chest, launching him back to a nearby tree. Both the force of the kick and the collision with the tree was enough to knock the wind out of him. He was on all fours in front of the tree trying to regain his breath and failed to notice that the kid was already above him. Natsu raised his leg to deliver a devastating axe kick to the back of the man's neck. Everyone could hear the vertebrae breaking from the force of the kick. The man dropped to ground dead before he realized what happened.

"What the hell is this kid?!" one of the remaining grunts yells out. "Volt Gatling" he yells out while bringing his hands to his side, pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands towards the kid, launching a volley of electrical bolts.

Natsu easily dodges each bolt effortlessly while dashing towards his current attacker before disappearing from the man's sight. The lightning mage frantically looks around before feeling a small hand on the back of his head. With little effort, Natsu smashed his head into the ground. As he was about to deal the final blow to the man beneath him, the voice of one of the other bandits catches his attention.

"Shadow Make: Spears" says the other bandit, launching a barrage of shadowy spears towards the child.

Instead of moving to dodge the incoming attack, Natsu brings up the downed lightning mage to act as a makeshift shield. The spears effortlessly tear into the unfortunate man while doing nothing into the kid. Once the attack was over the older man dropped to the ground dead while the kid just smirked at the remaining three bandits.

"I can't believe it, it's barely been a minute and the kid already took out half of us." stated the shocked shadow user.

"How the hell is it possible for some kid to this so easily" stated the last bandit.

"How about we kill the kid first and figure it out later before we end up like our comrades." The boss said, not believing they are losing this badly to some mere child. Both of the bandits simply nod in response.

"Jagged Gauntlet"

"Shadow Make: Spears"

"Requip: Auto Cross Bow"

Each one of the bandits launches a barrage of attacks towards the pinkette. When the collective attacks are a couple inches, Natsu brings up a wall of flames to act as a shield. There was a small explosion when the attacks collided with the fire wall that resulted in a small dust cloud filling the field.

The bandits watched the dust cloud in anticipation, waiting to see if their attacks had any effect on the kid. Ordinarily they would be confident that anyone who was on the wrong side of their combined attacks would be dead. However; with this kid, none of them wanted to drop their guard until they knew the little shit is either dead or dying. This kid caught them off guard a few to many times for their liking.

When the dust cloud died down the bandits were surprised to see that the kid was unscathed.

"WHAT?! How the hell are you still alive?!" the boss yells out.

"Simple, you idiots aren't strong enough to actually hurt me." Natsu replied, ready to finish this poor excuse of a fight.

The shadow user dashes towards the kid. "Shadow Make: Claws," his hand is encased in shadow ready to strike.

Natsu ducked under the attack and delivered a devastating kick to the shadow user's side, launching him to the far side of the field. Before Natsu could attack the downed mage, he was put on the defensive as spike pillars shot out of the ground towards him.

"Rock Skewers" the Boss yells while slamming both of his hands on the ground causing multiple spiked rock columns to shoot out of the ground, trying to impale the kid with one of his attacks. Unfortunately, not a single attack could connect with its target; however, it did force the kid to keep his focus on dodging each of the columns. 'What the hell is this kid? How come we can't land a single hit?' the boss thought. Fortunately he finally had an idea that could work if he and his comrades are lucky. 'If I can't skewer you, I'll just have to keep you off balance long enough for one of those two to land a hit.'

Natsu doesn't like the fact that this idiot managed to put on him on the defensive. Off to the side he could see the requip user dashing towards him. Thinking quickly, Natsu jumps up and places his feet on a column that has shot out of the ground. Using the still moving column's momentum, he launches himself towards the leader.

"You got to be fucking kidding me!" The leader yells out. "Rock Wa-" he tried to say to defend himself but was interrupted by Natsu's fist which was buried deeply within his gut. The leader spit up some blood from the punch and was launched towards a tree at the end of the field, opposite where the shadow user was.

"Requip: Twin Daggers" the requip user said as two long silver daggers appeared in his hands. He managed to close the distance between himself and the pink haired child in an attempt to cut him down.

He goes to slice the kid, hoping to land a hit since the child's focus was currently on their leader.

Natsu effortlessly dodges below the attack. Before the requip user could follow up with another attack, Natsu turned around to deliver a powerful straight to the bandit's knee cap. The requip let out a blood curdling scream as his knee bent over sixty degrees in the wrong direction.

The pain was so severe that it caused the bandit to drop his daggers, an action that Natsu was quick to take advantage of. He quickly grabbed one of the daggers and thrust the blade into the side of the bandit's skull. Natsu quickly grabs the other dagger then throws it towards the leader; which pierced his shoulder, sticking him to the tree he was against.

"Shadow Make: Spears" the shadow user shouted as he launched another series of spears towards the kid

Natsu quickly grabbed the knife that was lodged in the skull of the requip user and quickly dashes towards the shadow user. The closer he got, the more worried the last bandit became. When Natsu was a few feet away he disappeared. The shadow user, having seen the pink haired child pull the same thing twice before, quickly made two daggers out of his shadows to counter the impending attack that would from behind.

When he turned around, it was only fast enough to barely see the child disappear yet again.

Natsu made two quick cut at the back of his knees, which quickly dropped the shadow user to ground, where he plunged the dagger into the bandits throat.

Seeing that all but one of the bandits has been dealt with, Natsu starts walking towards their boss, who is still pinned against a tree.

'What the hell is this kid?' the leader thinks to himself in panic. 'The six of us managed to take out an entire squads of rune knights like it was nothing and this kid took us out as if it was nothing. ' As far as he was concerned at this point, they may as well been nothing more than a slight inconvenience to this child.

"You should have taken my deal when I offered" Natsu says plainly while staring down the boss as he approaches him.

"Yeah, it was pretty stupid of us underestimate someone we've never met." The leader says while chuckling to himself, having come to terms with what's about to happen. "But you got to admit, who would have thought that some kid kill all of us."

"You're not going to beg?"

"Trust me kid. When you kill as many people as I have, mercy is the last thing you expect. Besides, even if I begged for my life and swore to never do this again, you wouldn't actually spare me would you."

"Nope"

"Then I rather die with some pride."

"Fair enough" Natsu said as he pulled the knife from the bandit's shoulder. "I'll make this quick."

"Before you do that, I have a question. What type of magic did you use?"

"What?"

"Come on, there's no way that everything you did in this fight was just you. You had to use some type of magic?"

"Actually almost all of that was just me. The only spell I used was a simple fire spell to protect myself from that barrage you and your friends used against me."

"Wow, so not only did we not stand a chance from the beginning, but you were going easy on us too."

"Pretty much"

"I was wrong, you're more like a little monster than some brat" the boss said to himself while chuckling at the realization that he and his men were doomed from the start.

"Yeah, I've actually heard that a lot," Natsu chuckles along with the leader "I hope you and your men find peace in the afterlife."

"Thanks" and with that, Natsu plunged the dagger into the leader's heart.

After the former leader passed away, Natsu starts to gather all the bodies to place them in a pile.

"If you're going to keep watching me from behind that tree the least you can do is help!" Natsu yells out surprising the figure that has been watching him.

"How did you know I was there?" asked a shocked, short elderly man that was coming out from the trees. His outfit consists of a white shirt with some design on its front, an orange hoodie with matching shorts and an orange and blue striped jester hat. He has a very serious expression on his face. Understandable when you consider he wasn't expecting to find a field with six dead men that he believes died at the hands of this child before him. His beliefs were confirmed as he arrived in time to watch the child plunge a dagger into the heart of the last victim.

He couldn't believe what he was seeing, over the years he seen plenty of people either die or being killed. He is by no means a stranger to the horrible things that happens in the world; however, he has never seen a child kill other humans with so little remorse. It was as if this was just a normal everyday occurrence. Just from looking at this kid, he seemed like he was living on his own in the wilds if his clothes were anything to go by. Natsu's outfit only consisted of tattered brown shorts that looked like they wouldn't last much longer and a white scaled scarf that was, strangely enough, in perfect condition.

"You weren't doing that good of a job at hiding, besides I could smell you from a few miles out. I didn't pay attention to you until you were hiding behind that tree." Natsu said as he continued to gather the bandits.

"You smelled me from that far away? I must say that is impressive, but I must ask, did you kill the rest of these men?"

"Yep."

"And why did you kill them?"

"Simple, they attacked me; besides, they would have killed me if they could."

"Don't you feel guilty? They didn't need to die, you could have just turned them in and they would have been sent to jail." The old man truly hated any unnecessary loss of life and to see a child as young as the one in front of him so casually take multiple lives truly disturbed him. 'What happened to this child for him to turn out this way?' the old man wondered.

"Why should I feel guilty?" said Natsu, he was starting to get annoyed with this old him. "When they showed up, they told me that they were going to torture and kill me because they were bored and they thought they were stronger than me. They even told me they've done it to countless people, specifically targeting the weak because it was more fun for them. Now tell me why I should feel any sympathy for weaklings like them who kill for fun and target people who can't fight back?" he said while glaring at the old man.

The old man couldn't believe it. The reason this child felt no remorse for these men were because they killed others. The child's words made it seem that he has no tolerance for those that have such a disregard for life. But if that was the case, then why kill them. If he hates the loss of life, then why take lives himself?

"Tell me, why are you piling them up?"

"Simple, it'll make it easier to burn their bodies if they're in a pile."

"And why are you going to burn their bodies?"

"So their souls can rest at ease."

"What?"

"It's something my father taught me" and with that, Natsu launched a fireball into the pile of corpses, thus incinerating them instantly. "Well if all you're going to do is ask questions then I'm going to leave."

Once again, the old man was shocked. He knew the kid had to be strong to kill six grown men that were trained killers, but power of that one attack caught him by surprise. To instantly incarnate six bodies and leave nothing, not even ashes, was something he wasn't expecting. With his age came experience, and he could tell that that one no named attack may just be the tip of the iceberg that is this child. What was strange though was that he didn't feel any magical energy coming from the child. It isn't uncommon for mages to hide their magical presences for a variety of reasons; however, such practices took many years for an experienced mage to hide most of their power. But to see a child hide the entirety of his power while using a spell strong enough to completely incinerate six bodies is almost unheard of. He's seen children with unnaturally high potential before, but this is a level of potential that he has never before in someone so young. It was something that excited him just as much as it did terrify him.

"And where are you going?"

"You ask a lot of questions, don't you?"

"Can you blame me, it's not every day you come across a child that can do what you have."

"Fine, I'm hungry and these bastards destroyed a fish that I was cooking and thanks to that fight every animal around here is long gone. So if I want to eat at all today, I have to start hunting now."

"Before you leave, I have an offer."

"And what would that be?"

"There is a town a little over a mile from here. If you come with, we'll go to a restaurant and I'll buy you as much food as you want." The old man said, unaware of what kind of appetite the child in front of him has.

"And what do you want out of this deal?"

"Simple, all you have to do is answer more of questions."

"You got a deal old man!" Natsu yelled, excited that he gets all the free food he wants and all he has to do is answer some questions.

The old was amused at the child's eagerness for free food. "Then let's head off, shall we. But first, what is your name?"

"It's Natsu Dragneel. What's yours?"

"Makarov Dreyar"

And with that the two head of to the town Makarov mentioned. When they arrived, Natsu was impressed, it wasn't necessarily a large town but it was quite active with people that seemed friendly enough. The streets were lined with vendors selling various items and the sounds of this town had given off calm, welcoming vibes for everyone present. Before the two went to the restaurant, they stopped at a clothing store to get Natsu some new clothes. When he asked the old man why he had to get new clothes, Makarov said that it wouldn't be appropriate for a half-naked child to be walking around. Natsu's current outfit was a simple maroon tank top, black shorts, and some sandals along with his signature wrapped around his neck.

The duo finally made it the restaurant. It was quite busy, not surprising since it's the middle of the day. Shortly after the duo arrived they were escorted to their table that was located in the patio area and a waitress came by and took their orders. It wasn't until he heard how much Natsu had ordered that Makarov realized the mistake he made, he didn't think this pink haired child would order everything on the menu. Natsu even asked for double on some of the meatier dishes. 'WHAT THE HELL, IS THIS KID IS TRYING TO BANKRUPT ME OVER LUNCH?' Makarov screamed internally.

If the absurdity of the size of Natsu's order was enough to shock Makarov, then words couldn't describe what the older man was feeling as he watches the pinkette tear through every dish as if he hasn't eaten anything in years. After watching the second massacre at the hands of the child in front of him, Makarov lost his appetite.

"Man that was good, thanks for the food old man" Natsu proclaimed happily after he finished the last dish, rubbing his stomach happily.

"WHAT THE HELL, have you never eaten before?!"

"Of course I have, I just haven't eaten anything today. Anyways what do you want to ask?"

"First off, why is it that you can kill so easily?"

"When my dad was training me how to use my magic he said that it was something that I would have to learn since it ties in with my magic. But he gave me rules for when I kill someone, he said if I broke these rules then I lose my right to call my."

"And what are these rules that you have to follow."

"Basically never kill the innocent, never kill for personal gain, and when I kill someone do it quickly so they don't suffer."

"Wait, that's it?!"

"Pretty much, even though my dad doesn't have a problem killing someone, especially when he thinks it's necessary, there is nothing he hates more than senseless death or those that don't respect life."

"At least he gave you some rules, if only a few" Makarov said, not liking that someone taught a child how to kill so easily, but also to be as efficient as this child before him is.

"You mentioned that killing ties in with your magic, so what type of magic do you use? Obviously you know some fire magic; however, I believe there may more to it than that."

"You're right about that; I use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic" Natsu said while engulfing his right hand in fire.

"Amazing, that is quite a rare magic you have" Makarov said, not believing how many times Natsu had surprised him today. While the small flames that engulfed Natsu's hand didn't give off much power, the old man could sense a sliver of what power hid behind those flames. "Since your father taught you your magic, can I assume that he is a dragon slayer as well?"

"Nope, he's an actual dragon"

Makarov's jaw dropped to the floor at this piece of news. Not only is Natsu a dragon slayer, a type of magic known to be ridiculously powerful and destructive, but a first generation dragon slayer trained by a real dragon. "You're telling me your father is an actual dragon"

"Not just any dragon, Igneel is the fire dragon king" Natsu said, voice full of pride for his father.

It is at this moment that Makarov's jaw couldn't drop any lower, or so he thought. "You were trained by a dragon king" he stated more than asked.

"Yep, why do you think I'm so awesome?"

Makarov couldn't help but agree with Natsu, he knows full well the potential a dragon slayer has, having known a few that receive their power from a lacrima. But never before has he met one that was trained by a real dragon, a dragon king no less. "I'm curious, where is your father now?"

Natsu's mood dropped at his question. "Don't know; he disappeared a couple months ago without saying a word to me."

"I'm sorry for bringing that up. If you like we can change topic." The old man offered, feeling bad for the child that was abandoned by his parent.

"Thanks"

"If you don't mind me asking, what was your father like?"

"When we we're training, he was very serious, strict, and patient, he wanted to make I was getting the most out of my training. Whenever he gave me a day to rest, he was pretty calm and laid back."

"What was training with your father like?"

"Intense, pretty much from the moment I woke up to when I fell asleep I was training nonstop. It was like that most of the time, the breaks I had were when I sleep, eat, or go hunting. If we weren't training then he would teach me about dragon culture, saying that it was important for me know these things. Some days we would train until my body broke and then continue training for another couple hours. And if I wasn't training with him, then I was training with one his friends" Natsu finished.

"Tra…trained with his friends" Makarov repeated the pinkette's words hesitantly with wide eyes. "By chance we're these friends of his dragons as well."

"Most of them were" Natsu said casually while taking a sip of his drink, not paying attention to how the old man before was reacting to his words.

"Most of them?" Makarov muttered to himself. He has already accepted how gifted Natsu is as well as the fact that he was trained by a dragon king. But to hear that this child was apparently trained with multiple dragons was enough to cause his jaw drop lower than it has ever dropped before. "What else did you train with, and do you know more than one type of dragon slayer magic?!" it took a lot of will power to not literally yell in the middle of the restaurant.

Natsu almost couldn't tell if that was a question or a demand but decided to humor the old man either way since he bought him food. "First of I also trained with a couple demons. And as far as the other dragon slayer magic I only know the one type. Dragons only pass their magic onto those they see as their kid so since I'm igneel's son there was no reason for them to teach me their magic."

"Then what was the purpose of training with those dragons and demons?"

"Igneel thought it would be good for me to learn from others, most of the time it was either to teach me something that Igneel knew nothing about or help improve my strength or senses."

"I can tell it worked"

"Trust me it did, its kind hard fighting a demon in a pitch black cave or a water dragon underwater in the middle of the ocean and not learn a few things"

"Though that does seem a bit excessive, I can understand how that would be beneficial."

"It was also one hell of a way to learn how to trust my senses other than my vision. And training with the water dragon was a… interesting way to learn how to swim and how to swim faster"

"Excuse me, what do you mean by that?"

"I didn't know to swim before training with that water dragon and Igneel expected me to learn how to swim while being attacked by his friend, underwater, in the middle of the ocean. Igneel tried to teach me, but that didn't work out… at all. I'm actually surprised I didn't die from that."

"I am too, how are you even alive after something like that?" Makarov couldn't believe it, he's heard of being thrown in the deep end, but this is ridiculous. It isn't even ridiculous; it's simply horrific to go up against a water dragon in the middle of the ocean while not knowing how to swim.

"Luckily that water dragon thought Igneel was an idiot for asking that in the first place, so he had his daughter teach me how to swim first then we trained in the ocean."

"Thank goodness someone had some common sense" while still surprised about what kind of expectations Igneel had towards Natsu, he was relieved that not everyone the child trained with was as intense as his father. "So you trained with those other creatures to increase your senses, I'm curious how sharp are your senses. I'm aware you said that you smelled me from a few miles away but how precise are those senses are."

"You see that larger man sitting at the table with a bunch people behind me." Natsu said while Makarov simply nodded. "From what I can smell has a mate that is about five miles north here with two people that I'm guessing are their children. Those people behind you to my right are apparently on a date, and judging from what I can hear of their heartbeats, he's extremely nervous while she is incredibly bored."

"That's incredible" the old man said honestly. For a child to have sense trained to such a fine degree is incredible; however, considering what he went through with his training and what the old man knows of dragon slayers, it's not surprising that the child has such high senses. "Though it must be a hassle at times, like when you're in a town or city."

"It would be if Igneel didn't teach how to control those senses. So, what's your next question?" Natsu asked

"I have one left, what are you going to do next after this?"

"Don't know, since Igneel disappeared I've just been wandering around. I'll probably just keep doing that."

"Then I have an offer for you."

"And that would be?"

"Why don't you come with me and join my guild"

"What's a guild?"

"A guild is a place where mages such as yourself can take a job and be paid for completion of said job. My guild, Fairy Tail, is a little different though. Where for most guilds are treated solely as a place of business and their members are merely coworkers; however, in Fairy Tail we treats our members like family, and while we may not always get along, we always will be there for each other. "

"That sounds awesome, but what's with that name?"

"Do fairies have wings, do they even exist? It is an eternal mystery, one that we may never truly know the answer to. Because it's an eternal mystery, it's a never ending adventure to find the answer. That's what Fairy Tail is, a never ending adventure, a home where anyone and everyone is welcome. It's a place where you can go on as many adventures as you like and make close friends along the way. How does that sound." Makarov asked, though if he had a feeling he already the answer.

"That sounds awesome" Natsu practically shouted.

"Then how about it my boy, would you like to come with me to my guild? I'm sure you'll fit in with the rest of my children."

"Hell yeah old man, let's go"

And with that Makarov paid the bill and the two set off for Fairy Tail, ready to start a new adventure.

And there it is the first chapter of my first story. So what did you think, loved it, hated it, curious to see more, let me know. This story is going to be largely AU and there are going to be some big changes that I have planned for the future of this fic. Some arcs will happen sooner than canon and most will play out in completely different ways while the more terrible arcs won't appear in this in any way. As far as Natsu's powers are concerned, trust me, there's a lot of things planned for the future, I used this chapter to give everyone a very small taste of what to expect. And if you're curious, no, Natsu will not be godlike at the start of this fic or at the start of canon. I've read quite a few stories where Natsu has been trained by multiple dragons and wanted to handle that in different way. I wanted the other dragons/demons to help Natsu grow stronger and help him refine his skill since I don't necessarily equate magical power to physical strength even though dragon slayer magic naturally boost ones physical ability. And one last thing, I know absolutely nothing about fashion so if there is anyone willing to help me out with outfit descriptions, it would greatly appreciated. Either leave a comment if you're willing to help or just pm me.

And that's it, till next time

Mreh