Chapter 1: A Different Start

Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo

Oh Yeah
kikoeten no ka kono koe wa?
Oh Yeah
karetatte sakebu kara
Oh Yeah
kikoeru made kimi no kokoro ga
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah

tsuki to taiyou no haitacchi
wasuremono wa nai desuka?
okashii na kimi ga inai to
hoshii mono sae mitsukaranai

Snowing sunao ni
egao ni nareta no wa
futari yorisoi
kasane atta "jikan" ga aru kara
Fairy, where are you going
hikari zenbu atsumete kimi no ashita terasu yo

Don't say goodbye

I'm really sorry for that but I just can't help it. Fairy Tail is my all time best and favorite anime. I really love the fanser...I mean the plot that it has, but let's forget it now. The main point is that Fairy Tail's on top of my favorite list so making my own version of it was inevitable. It will obviously follow the same principle like my other fanfics, which is the protagonist having godlike powers and a harem which will be decided by a poll. So without another word let's begin...

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

"Normal speech"

"Thoughts"

"Dragon/Demon Speech"

Magic Spells

There are many creatures that exist which humans are unaware of, some of them are even considered legends or mythical, one such example is Dragon.

Dragons are said to be huge and destructive creatures that think of humans as low life. But not everything people say about others is true. One should never judge others based on their looks, and especially when they look like dragons or rather they are dragons. After all...we know how our favorite Dragon Slayer was treated by Igneel, the King of Fire Dragons...okay maybe Igneel did get some kicks from beating Natsu a bit but let's just call it tough love.

We currently find a young man with short black hair and dark eyes, who was wearing high-collared black and tan robes with gold trim, along with a large flowing white toga draped around his torso running with a small boy in his arms. The said boy had a slightly tan skin tone, black eyes, and spiky pink-colored or salmon-colored (for those who get triggered) hair. The boy as we all know was Etherious Natsu Dragneel or E.N.D or simply Natsu Dragneel. And I think everyone must have recognized the man who was carrying him and for those who still didn't recognize him, lemme do the introductions. *Clears throat*. He the strongest, most evil mage of all time, who knows Black Arts and is also a suicidal kind of person who just wants to kill himself since he fears to hurt others around him...*groans*...so much for being given the title of the evilest mage of all time. He is also the big brother of Natsu Dragneel and goes by the name of Zeref Dragneel. Right now we find Zeref running with a sleeping Natsu in his arms, you ask why he's running? Well...

"Damn it! What the hell are those things?" Zeref cursed as he ran from a group of orbs chasing him. He tried using his magic on them but it yielded no results as the orbs didn't seem to be affected by it. The more concerning matter for Zeref was that the target of those orbs seemed to be Natsu rather than him.

"What is going on? I was on my way to give Natsu to Igneel and out of nowhere, these strange things appear" Zeref mumbled in anger as he failed to see an orb sneak up towards his leg and succeed in throwing him off balance which resulted in Natsu to slip from his arms.

"Natsu!" Zeref could only scream in horror as the orbs surrounded Zeref and took hold of him using magic. Natsu, on the other hand, was engulfed in a bright light as another group of orbs hovered on top of him. The blinding light caused Zeref to close his eyes. When the light finally died down, there were no signs of the orbs around Zeref or Natsu as if they were never there. Zeref ran towards Natsu and hugged him close to himself, "Thank god you're safe" Zeref said in tears as he failed to notice that his curse didn't activate.

In a distance, a man was watching the whole scene. He wore a white colored kimono that had black thrones drew around it and a kanji for seal written all over the white obi tied around the waist and wooden sandals. The said figure was a man probably in his 30's, his bright crimson hair slicked backward, a pair of amethyst eyes that somehow sparkled every now and then, his face was quite muscular and had a neatly trimmed beard on it. His name was Ryuu.

Ryuu was holding a boy in his arms that looked like Natsu or in reality, was Natsu. He smiled a bit when he saw the sleeping form of Natsu snuggle into his arms. The orbs that were chasing Zeref soon appeared behind him and combined to form a single orb.

"Good job Cipher. I'm glad I chose you for this job" Ryuu said with a smile.

"Thank you master" Cipher replied telepathically.

"I'm glad you nullified Zeref's curse or else he would have killed that child" Ryuu said as he looked towards Zeref who was now about to leave along with the child.

"Master... we're getting late" Cipher said as he divided into six orbs which started moving in a circular manner creating a portal.

"I'm sorry for taking Natsu away from you Zeref. But for Natsu to become stronger than anyone, this is necessary" Ryuu said as he entered the portal.

In an unknown forest, we find two dragons sitting on the ground as if waiting for someone. One of them had elegant scales that were made up of the purest gold which were shining but instead of merely reflecting the light, they were literally shining from within. Its wings were not scaly, but feathery just like angels. The other dragon was literally its complete opposite, it was pitch black with lots of red orbs all over its body, the biggest one was on its chest. Its wings were almost metallic with spikes protruding from them. They were Elrath the Dragon of Creation and Gandora the Dragon of Destruction respectively.

"Why is that stupid taking so much time?" Gandora asked in irritation.

"Calm down sister" Elrath said in a soft voice.

Despite their appearance, many didn't know that both Elrath and Gandora were females. It also didn't help that their names were not very feminine and due to the fact that their powers were also considered among God-Class, males usually kept their distance from them in the fear that they might anger them.

"Don't you feel irritated sis? I mean we've been waiting for almost an hour now" Gandora asked in frustration.

"To be honest I do sis. But patience is not a bad thing" Elrath replied.

"Patience my ass" Gandora said.

"Language sister" Elrath told her as a portal opened in front of them.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, ladies" Ryuu said as he walked out of the portal.

"So the devil finally decides to show up" Gandora scoffed.

"Look who's speaking" Ryuu retorted with a smirk.

Gandora's eyebrow twitched in irritation as she glared at Ryuu "Want me to show you why I'm called the Dragon of Destruction?"

"Not today beautiful, maybe some other day" Ryuu said with a wink as Gandora turned her face to hide her blush.

Ryuu was the only male who actually flirted with Elrath and Gandora. They really didn't understand how but they somehow developed a crush on this multi-universe traveling spirit.

"Why did you call us here Ryuu?" Elrath asked.

"I want you two to teach this boy Dragon Slayer Magic" Ryuu replied as Elrath and Gandora finally noted the small boy in Ryuu's arm.

"Who is this child?" Elrath asked.

"His name is Natsu Dragneel. Brother of Zeref Dragneel" Ryuu replied.

"You mean to say that lad who got cursed by Ankhseram?" Gandora asked to which Ryuu nodded.

"But what kind of Dragon Slayer Magic do you want us to teach this child?" Elrath questioned.

"Creation Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic" Ryuu answered nonchalantly.

Both Elrath and Gandora had their eyes widened as if about to pop out.

"Are you nuts?! You want us to teach this small boy, Creation Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic?!" Gandora asked.

"Yah... What's the harm in it?" Ryuu asked.

"What's the harm in it?! Are you fuc..." Gandora was about to curse but got interrupted by Elrath.

"It's not possible Ryuu. No matter how much strong this child is, he won't be able to handle our powers" Elrath said.

Ryuu started to snickering much to the confusion of both Elrath and Gandora. "Don't worry about that...he's stronger than he looks" Ryuu said as he called out for Cipher.

Cipher soon turned large as he started displaying some information to both Elrath and Gandora. When they both finished reading it they were in a state of complete shock.

"So you're saying that this child is an Etherious?" Gandora asked with disbelieve in her eyes. Ryuu gave a smirk and nodded. "But even if he is an Etherious, he might not be able to control both our powers" Gandora continued.

"Not to forget the fact that even if he learns both our magic, the combination of Dragonification and Demonification will be a serious issue for him" Elarth added with concern for the small boy.

"Don't worry about that...I'll teach this lad to control his Dragon and Demon Transformation" Ryuu answered.

"Are you mad?!" Gandora snaped. "Do you even understand what you're saying?!"

"Gandora is right Ryuu. We Dragonkin have already seen what happened with Acnologia. We can't risk it again" Elrath tried to explain.

"I can promise you it won't happen" Ryuu said with determination in his eyes. "I'll take complete responsibility for all his actions"

Seeing such determination in eyes of their crush, there's no way Elrath and Gandora could have refused him. "But why are you going so far for this lad?" Elrath asked.

"It's to fulfill the promise I did to his parents" Ryuu said with a smile as he looked towards Natsu.

Flashback

Ryuu was currently roaming around in the space between afterlife when he came across souls of two people. One was a male who had a burly figure with jaded eyes. His hair is spiky in the front, while shaved in the back. His attire consisted of tribal wear, a neck cuff, as well as part of his body exposed from the clothing. The second one was a female with black hair tied in a bun with bangs coming down from each side of her face. Her attire consisted of tribal wear, opening in the middle to expose her chest area as well as dark sleeves to cover her arms.

From what Ryuu was able to see, the woman was crying while the man was consoling her. "Don't cry honey. I'm sure Zeref and Natsu will be alright" the man said.

"They are only children, Axel! How could I not worry about them being their mother?" the woman asked with tears in her eyes. Her husband didn't give her an answer, truth to be told he was worried about them too.

Ryuu slowly approached them and made sure they knew about his presence. Both the man and woman saw Ryuu approaching them and wiping their tears stood up.

"S...Sorry about that" the woman said while wiping away her tears.

"Nice to meet you Shinigami-san" the man said while bowing along with her wife.

"Why does everyone I meet thinks of me as the Shinigami? Looks like I need to work out" Ryuu thought with a sweatdrop.

"You don't need to bow to me. I'm not the Shinigami y'know" Ryuu said to them.

"Oh...we're really sorry for that" the woman apologized.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it. By the way my name's Ryuu"

"Nice to meet you Ryuu-san. My name's Axel Dragneel and she's my wife Augustina Dragneel"

After the introductions, all of them chatted for a bit until Ryuu raised a question.

"I know it's a personal issue, but can you tell me why you were crying Augustina-san" Ryuu asked with concern evident in his voice.

Both Axel and Augustina looked at each other and had a gloomy look on their faces as they started telling about their children and the Dragon that raided their village which eventually killed them. Augustina started crying by the end of the explanation as Axel consoled her. "We just want our children to be safe" Axel said to Ryuu.

Ryuu was quiet the whole time and after a few minutes he stood up with a determined look on his face. "Augustina-san...Axel-san...I might have a solution to your problem".

When they heard that, both Axel and Augustina looked at Ryuu with hope in their eyes. "R...Really?" Augustina asked.

Ryuu nodded "I promise that I'll make sure to look after your children until they are capable to stand on their own".

Both Axel and Augustina had tears of happiness in their eyes when they heard this and repeatedly thanked Ryuu. When Axel and Augustina finally departed, Ryuu called out for Cipher and opened a portal to their village. When Ryuu came out of the portal, he was welcomed with a sight of pure destruction, everything was completely ruined. But what surprised him more was that the whole scene didn't look as if it happened recently.

"Cipher. Find out how many years have passed since the destruction of this village" Ryuu ordered. Cipher began glowing and started the investigation.

After a few moments it stopped glowing and answered: "52 years 6 months 13 days 18 hours 39 minutes 46 seconds and counting".

Ryuu gave a sigh of frustration and mumbled "Damn. How could I forget the fact that time works differently in the space between the afterlife".

"Cipher, find out the information on Zeref Dragneel from the time this village was destroyed" Ryuu ordered as Cipher began to glow once again.

"Zeref Dragneel was orphaned after the deaths of his parents Axel Dragneel and Augustina Dragneel. His little brother Natsu Dragneel also died along with his parents. Zeref became a student at the Mildian Magic Academy at the age of 11 where he researched the connections between life, death and Magic to revive his little brother. After creating things such as the R-System and the Eclipse Gate, he was expelled from the academy for breaching the sacred teachings of Ankhseram. He was however given the curse of Contradiction by Ankseram because he tried to contort the balance between life and death by devising a way to bring back his younger brother. Years passed away as Zeref tried to find a way to kill himself but was unable to do so because of his curse. He then turned to creating Etherious beings that he hoped could kill him, he created the most powerful Etherious which in the process resurrected his brother, Etherious Natsu Dragneel or E.N.D. was its name. Zeref also acquainted with Igneel, the King of Fire Dragons and asked Igneel to teach his brother Dragon Slayer Magic to which Igneel agreed. Zeref is currently on his way to give Natsu to Igneel" Cipher told Ryuu.

Ryuu for the first time in his life was dumbstruck. He really had no words to describe what he just heard. "Shit just got real" was the only thought he had in his mind. Ryuu had met Ankhseram, and as far as his memory went Ankhseram would never take back the curse from Zeref.

His mind soon wandered to two beautiful Dragons (according to him) as a plan struck his mind like lightning. "I may have been late for Zeref, but I can still take care of Natsu".

"Cipher, open a portal to where Zeref Dragneel is currently right now. Also contact Gandora and Elrath for a meeting" Ryuu ordered. Cipher divided and created a portal which led them to a forest area, 100 m from where Zeref was. One of the orbs glowed as it disappeared to find Gandora and Elrath.

"If I take away Natsu from him, Zeref will chase us forever till he gets back Natsu" Ryuu thought as he tried to formulate a plan.

"Hey Cipher" Ryuu said.

"Yes master" Cipher replied.

"Can you find another child that looks just like Natsu?" Ryuu asked. and not

"I'll try" Cipher answered as he disappeared.

Ryuu followed Zeref till Cipher came back as he was thinking of a plan to save Zeref too. "Ankhseram won't take the curse back and unfortunately that curse can't be broken by anyone other than its caster. Damn it..." Ryuu cursed as he gritted his teeth in frustration.

Cipher soon appeared beside him along with a child that looked just like Natsu except for the fact that the child's hair color was purple and its eyes were red. "Cipher...I asked you to find and not kidnap" Ryuu said with a sigh.

"I didn't kidnap this child, master. I found this child left in the streets by its parents" Cipher replied.

When Ryuu heard that he fumed with anger "How could a parent abandon their child on the street".

"Master, what do you plan to do with this child?" Cipher asked.

"I hope what I'm doing will ensure this child also gets a good future" Ryuu thought with a sigh and replied to Cipher's question "I want you to chase Zeref and switch Natsu with this child. Also, make sure to do something about Zeref's curse or else he may harm this child".

"Understood master. I'll try to suppress Zeref's curse but it'll only last for a moment" Cipher replied.

Ryuu nodded as Cipher divided into many orbs and went in the direction where Zeref was.

"I hope this plan works" Ryuu said as he closed his eyes and raised his palm forward.

"Summoning: Mario"

A small mushroom about the size of a normal adult hand appeared in front of Ryuu and that child. Its stalk was of Beige color and its cap was blood red with white spots on it.

"Mario, change this child's eye color to onyx and hair color to salmon" Ryuu said.

The mushroom hovered over the child and slowly seeped into its chest. The child's hair color, as well as its eye color, slowly started to change indicating that the mushroom was doing its work.

When Elrath and Gandora heard everything they went quiet for a moment deeply thinking about the whole situation.

"Alright. We'll teach this lad Creation Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic" Gandora said as she released a sigh.

"Thanks Ganny" Ryuu said with a smile.

Gandora's eye twitched at the stupid nickname Ryuu had given her. "How many times did I tell you...not to call me Ganny" Gandora roared in frustration.

"Oh C'mon, I know you love it" Ryuu replied.

"But how do you plan to make this lad learn both Creation Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic?" Elrath asked.

"She's right Ryuu. My magic destroys all types of magic which is the complete opposite of her" Gandora added.

"With Natsu being an Etherious, it's an easy task" Ryuu replied. But after seeing the confused looks on both Elrath and Gandora's faces he explained, "All Etherious beings are completely made up of Ethernano with the exception of Natsu since he's part human, but that still doesn't change the fact that his body is still made up of Ethernano. Since Ethernano are simply particles of Magic and doesn't have any specific form, we can manipulate Natsu's body to make an additional container to store Gandora's Magic. This way, her Magic won't clash with Elly's Creation Magic".

After the explanation both Elrath and Gandora looked impressed by the plan. "So until we can manipulate his body to make an additional container, what shall we teach this lad?" Elrath asked.

"We'll be teaching him basic things first such as reading, writing etc. In a year or so I think we'll be able to create an additional container inside his body. I'll also learn as many Demonic arts as possible during that period and then we'll teach him Demonic arts along with Creation Dragon Slayer Magic and Destruction Dragon Slayer Magic" Ryuu said.

"You know, somehow this makes me feel like we're a family. I and Gandora are mothers of this child, and you're the father" Elrath said with a smile.

Gandora blushed heavily when her sister mentioned her and Ryuu being husband and wife. Ryuu simply chuckled and said: "I don't mind having two beautiful wives at all".

Gandora was now sure that she was steaming with embarrassment, Elrath just smiled with a blush on her face and Ryuu looked at the sleeping form of Natsu in his arms with a smile.

Timeskip 1 year later

"Natsu~" Elrath called out.

"Where are ya brat?" Gandora also called out but in irritation.

"You don't have to speak like that sis" Elrath said.

In a distance, Natsu was hiding in a bush as he giggled "Hehe...Mom Elly and Mom Ginny will never find me here".

Natsu personally didn't like his mother Gandora's nickname that his father had given her, so he himself gave her the name 'Ginny'. And although Gandora shrugged it aside, on the inside she was really happy...I guess that's what you call a Tsundere.

"If you don't come out within a minute I'll destroy this whole place" Gandora said as she prepared her destructive roar.

"Sis! Stop! You're going too far!" Elrath said in a panicked voice.

Natsu's eyes widened like dinner plates when he saw her mother prepare an attack, his mind was so much panicked that he failed to notice another presence behind him.

"Troubling your mothers again?" the person said in Natsu's ear.

"Wahhh!" Natsu screamed as he was taken in by surprise.

When Elrath and Gandora heard Natsu's scream they got alerted as they looked in the direction where his voice came from. "Natsu?!" they both screamed as they rushed towards his direction.

Natsu soon came out of his hiding place and was jumping in joy "Dad's here!". And true to his word, Ryuu soon appeared behind him as he patted Natsu's head.

"Looks like even two mothers are not enough to handle Natsu" Ryuu said with a smirk as he looked at Gandora and Elrath.

Gandora huffed and Elrath greeted Ryuu with a smile "Welcome back darling".

"Dad! Dad!" Natsu said as pulled Ryuu's robe. "Did you bring me something?" Natsu asked with stars in his eyes.

Ryuu simply smiled as he called out to Cipher. "Cipher! Bring Natsu's present".

Cipher divided into 13 orbs and each of them started glowing. When the glow receded, there were 13 different types of cooked meat placed on a counter.

"These are the finest and the tastiest meat from all over the world" Ryuu said while grinning.

Natsu's eyes were now simply two big hearts as he gave a bear hug to his foster father and jumped right into the food.

"You didn't get anything for us?" Elrath asked as she transformed into her human form followed by Gandora.

"Sorry about that but I guess this might suffice for it" Ryuu replied as he gave both of them a passionate kiss.

"So, what did you find out?" Gandora asked.

"Natsu's Etherious nature is way more amazing than we imagine" Ryuu replied as Elrath and Gandora sat down to listen.

"During the time I was away, I researched Zeref's notes on Etherious beings along with Cipher. It seems that every Etherious that Zeref created carry an interesting power which is called Curse".

Hearing that Gandora turned towards her sister and asked: "Do you know anything about this 'Curse'?".

"I may be able to create any kind of magic but I don't know anything about Curses" Elrath replied.

"I had a hunch like that" Ryuu said with a sigh.

"What do you mean?" Gandora asked.

"The Creation Magic that Elly uses has the ability to create any kind of magic other than Curses since they are different" Ryuu replied

"So...Curses are a completely different branch?" Gandora asked.

"Exactly. 'The One Magic' which was considered as the original source of all Magic was apparently the original source of all Magic and Curses" Ryuu answered. "But the most amazing part comes now" Ryuu continued as both Elrath and Gandora closed in. "Since Natsu is the most powerful Etherious created by Zeref, the curse he carries is the source of all the curses. In short, Natsu was the one who discovered the curses".

Elrath and Gandora were on the verge of losing conscious now, Natsu...the child that they considered as their own has the power of all the curses in him.

"Add to the fact that he'll be learning Creation magic which can create any kind of magic, it would be safe to say that after learning everything he'll be able to use every type of magic and curses, in short 'The One Magic'!" Ryuu said with excitement.

Now the inevitable happened as both Elrath and Gandora lost consciousness. I mean why won't they? It's not every day you learn that your child would be able to use the magic that is the very foundation of everything.

"I guess it was bound to happen" Ryuu thought with a sweatdrop. "Hey Natsu!" Ryuu called out loud.

"Yesh Daf" Natsu replied with his mouth full.

"Eat up fast cause we'll begin your magical training after this" Ryuu said.

When Natsu heard that he'll be learning magic, he started stuffing food at a tremendous rate.

"Someone's really excited" Ryuu thought with a smile.

Timeskip 6 years later

"You sure we should do this with Natsu?" Gandora asked with concern.

"You also know the answer to that question, don't you?" Ryuu replied with his own question.

"I know...it's just..." Gandora stopped mid-sentence as she clenched her fists to stop her tears from flowing. Elrath who was beside her gave her sister a warm hug "Sis...I know it's hard for you to let go of Natsu...and I'd be lying if I said that I'm comfortable with it, but you should remember that we have raised a fighter. Natsu can face any problems that he'll encounter no matter how big".

"Ginny...if we don't send Natsu along with the other Dragon Slayers then he won't be able to help them defeat Acnologia. Not to forget the fact that the Ethernano concentration in this time period is very less compared to where we're sending Natsu. His magic will be much more stronger there" Ryuu added.

"We both can easily defeat Acnologia...we don't need to drag Natsu into this unnecessary battle!" Gandora said as she started to tear up.

"Ginny...we both know that the Elder Gods have forbidden you both to ever interfere with human matters. Even if you can defeat Acnologia, you aren't allowed to fight him. Our only option is Natsu who has learned both your magic" Ryuu said.

During these six years, it was decided by the Dragons that they'll seal their soul and magic power inside their respective Dragon Slayers via Dragon Soul Technique so that they can preserve their life force which was damaged by Acnologia, as well as providing antibodies to prevent the process of the Dragon seed morphing their Dragon Slayer into a pure Dragon. It was also decided by the Elder Gods that the remaining Dragons which included Elrath and Gandora shall be traveling to Dragon Land, where they'll be spending the rest of their lives away from humankind. Since Ryuu had taken Elrath and Gandora as his wives, he was also ordered to travel along with them and not associate with humans anymore.

"But if we send him there, then we won't be able to meet him again" Gandora said as she finally started crying.

Ryuu slowly made his way towards her and gave her a comforting kiss "Listen Ginny, as his foster father I also don't want this to happen. But for his sake and for the sake of everyone we have to do it. I'm a 100% sure that Natsu will always be strong just like you, and caring just like Elly" Ryuu said in a soft and soothing voice as he took both Gandora and Elrath in a large hug as they cried on his shoulders. "I promise that even if we are away from Natsu, we'll always watch him with the help of Cipher" Ryuu whispered in their ears.

"But if Natsu is in deep trouble, I'll fly over to him. I don't care what those old geezers say or do" Gandora said as she wiped her tears.

"You won't be alone sis" Elrath said as she smiled.

"I guess it's been decided then" Ryuu said as he called out to his loyal orb. "Cipher!"

"Yes master?" Cipher asked.

"Directly connect a portal to the Eclipse Gate which Anna Heartfilia is opening and don't open it until my next command" Ryuu ordered.

Cipher divided and each orb glowed a deep cyan which indicated that they were connected to the Eclipse Gate. Ryuu took a deep breath and held out his hand.

"Summoning: Casper" he said as a white mist started to form in his hand, the mist soon concentrated and formed a doll-sized humanoid structure.

"When Natsu arrives, I want you to put him into a deep sleep" Ryuu ordered to which Casper nodded.

"Why do you want to put him to sleep?" Gandora asked with concern.

"If we tell the truth to Natsu, he'll straight away charge to defeat Acnologia right now. And as far as I can tell, since he lacks experience, he won't be able to kill Acnologia. Worst case scenario, he'll die" Ryuu said the last part while clenching his teeth. "I'm sorry...but Natsu will have to go without learning the truth" Ryuu continued in a sad voice.

Elrath and Gandora's eyes widened as they heard the fact that Ryuu just said. They too clenched their fists in frustration. "What if he starts to hate us thinking that we abandoned him?" Elrath asked in a grim voice.

"Stop thinking like that Elly! Natsu will never hate any of us. He also knows that we love him more than anything else and can never abandon him. Even if it comes to worst, I'll take the blame so stop thinking like that" Ryuu said as he grabbed Elrath by her shoulder.

"Ryuu..." Elrath weakly said as she buried her head in his chest. Gandora soon joined in as they stayed like that for a while to calm their emotions.

Ryuu called out for Natsu when all of them had finally steeled themselves. Natsu soon came out from the forest, where he was training. Ryuu had used sound barriers around his training place so that their earlier discussion didn't reach Natsu's sensitive ears.

"Yes Dad?" was the last thing Natsu said before he blacked out, courtesy of a white humanoid mist.

Ryuu soon walked over and picked up Natsu in his arms. During the six years, Natsu had grown from a frail child into a well-built young boy. For his age Natsu was sure quite ripped, although it was all hidden underneath his clothing. His clothing consisted of a black trimmed, red waistcoat which was zipped and black knee length trousers. He liked being barefooted so he never wore anything on his feet.

Ryuu slowly carried Natsu towards Cipher as Gandora and Elrath gave their last goodbye to their foster son.

"Always be loyal to the ones precious to you and never hesitate to stand against the ones who bear ill intentions against your precious ones" Elrath said as she kissed Natsu's forehead.

"And always stand firm in the face of an enemy, never back down from dangers and defeat your foes" Gandora said as she also kissed Natsu's forehead.

"Never forget the fact that you were trained by the most powerful entities in the world. And if you want don't hesitate to create a harem for yourself" Ryuu said the last line with a perverted grin to which both Elrath and Gandora smacked him in the head.

"Don't teach our son such things!" Gandora said with irritation.

"Hehe, can't help it" Ryuu replied as he walked towards Cipher. "Cipher, open the portal"

The orbs started spinning and opened a portal that connected directly to the Eclipse Gate. "But most important of all...Stay safe...Natsu" Ryuu said as he put Natsu inside the portal.

Elrath and Gandora started crying a bit as Ryuu held his own tears, "Sayonara...Natsu".

July 7th Year X777

Layla Heartfilia was in immense pain as she opened the Eclipse Gate in accordance with the knowledge passed down through her clan for the past four hundred years. The Eclipse Gate can only be opened using the power of all the 12 Golden Keys but unfortunately, Layla could only gather 11 Keys since the last one which she gave to Grammi was nowhere in contact with her. So to compensate for the 12th Key, she gave her own life force.

Layla and the gathered Celestial Mages watched in awe as the Eclipse Gate opened and one by one out of them came the 5 Dragon Slayers, they were all engulfed in a bright light which soon disappeared along with them, indicating that all of them have been scattered throughout the continent. Layla and the others were about to close the gate when another child came out through the gate. Layla went wide-eyed when she saw him since there should only be 5 Dragon Slayers coming from the gate.

"There should only be five children coming through that gate! So who's this boy?" Layla thought as she fell to her knees completely exhausted.

A pillar of light soon engulfed Natsu but it got sucked into his mouth as Natsu subconsciously activated his Magic, leaving Natsu on the ground.

"Did that boy just ate Teleportation Magic?!" Layla thought in astonishment.

Layla still couldn't understand the reason for the arrival of Natsu. "Did my ancestors make a mistake regarding how many Dragon Slayers they sent? No...they would never hide such an information. So who is this boy" Layla questioned herself but dropped the topic after a while with a sigh. "I'll just ask this boy when he wakes up" Layla said to herself as she ordered her servants to take Natsu and lay him in a bed.

Natsu groaned as he woke up from his sleep. When he opened his eyes the first thing he saw was the face of Layla Heartfilia. His eyes snapped open when he saw her and jumped back taking an attack stance.

"Who're you?" Natsu questioned.

"My name is Layla Heartfilia. No need to be so wary of me. I won't harm you" Layla said in a calming tone.

"How can I be sure of it?" Natsu asked as he dropped his stance a bit.

"We both are the only ones in the room and I don't have any weapons with me, see" Layla said as she showed her hands.

"I'll trust you on that matter. But let me warn you, try anything funny and you'll be regretting it" Natsu said in a serious tone that made Layla flinch a bit.

"This boy isn't kidding, I can tell" Layla thought as she gulped.

"Do you know where my parents are?" Natsu asked.

"I'm sorry but I don't" Layla answered.

"Where exactly am I?" Natsu questioned himself but soon felt something poking in his pockets.

"Hmm...what's this?" Natsu asked as he found a folded piece of paper in his pocket. He unfolded it and went wide-eyed "I...I...It's from Dad!".

The letter was the answer to all his questions since it explained everything to him, from the reason to how he got here to the plan that the Dragons hatched in order to defeat Acnologia. "We couldn't tell you this beforehand since we feared that you'll recklessly charge in to fight with Acnologia but you still lack experience so you might have died. We didn't want to lose you son...always remember that we love you and will be watching over you. Just don't hate your mothers for what I have done" Natsu started tearing up as he finished reading the letter from his foster father.

"I can never hate you or my mothers. I completely understand your reason behind the action you took and I promise you dad, I'll make you and my mothers really proud of me" Natsu said to himself in determination as he wiped his tears away.

Layla who was watching everything slowly walked towards Natsu in concern "Are you alright?".

Natsu looked up at her but this time with a huge smile "Yep...everything is A...Okay".

Layla smiled at the fact that Natsu finally started to trust her but she soon lost balance and fell on her knees due to Magic Deficiency Disease.

Natsu rushed towards Layla "Are you okay?".

"Yah, just a bit of exhaustion" Layla replied.

Natsu closed his eyes as he muttered "Creation Magic: Diagnosis". Natsu opened his eyes which had a green glow to it "I'm grateful that dad had made me absorb this magic".

You see, Creation Magic is the oldest, purest and the most powerful magic that one can learn since it is the very first derivative of 'The One Magic' along with Curses, but it also has some downfalls to it. For example, when you learn it in the form of Dragon Slayer Magic it can only create the magic which its user has absorbed. So for Natsu to create any kind of magic he first has to absorb a small amount of that magic just like how a Dragon Slayer absorbs its respective element. Although Natsu was still taught how to use every type of magic so that once he acquires them, he could use them properly. The only magic that it can't absorb is Gandora's Destructive Magic since they both are polar opposites. Another downfall that it has is that the user is left physically weak due to too much reliance on magic. But in Natsu's case, this downfall was taken care of by Gandora's Destruction Magic. While Destruction Magic can only erase all types of magic, it provides the user with unrivaled physical strength. So Natsu had the best of both sides of the coin.

As Natsu's eyes scanned Layla in an innocent way, he found that she was suffering from Magic Deficiency Disease. "MDD and on such a large level...looks like she used up a lot of her Ethernano".

"Looks like you're suffering from Magic Deficiency Disease. Did you try to exceed your limits of magic or were attacked by someone who could absorb your magic?" Natsu asked.

Layla's eyes widened when she heard that "H...How did you know?!".

"Magic" Natsu simply replied as he took a thinking pose.

He soon got a solution for Layla's condition as he cracked his fingers a little "This might hurt a bit but bear with it"

Before Layla could ask what Natsu meant, Natsu put his hand on her forehead.

"Curse 13: Ethernano" Natsu said as Layla felt a stinging pain coursing through her body.

Ryuu and Natsu discovered during the time of their training that Natsu could use an additional curse which allowed him to transfer Ethernano from his body into the body of the target. Since Natsu's body was made up of Ethernano, in an Ethernano rich environment even a small dose of this curse could kill any mage due to an overload of Ethernano in their body. But if given on a very small dose to a mage suffering from MDD, it could save their life. Although the amount has to be carefully given or else it could mean immediate death. But even though it can save someone's life, it was still painful since the Ethernano that the curse gave to its target was pure and raw Ethernano.

Natsu only kept his hand for a second before removing it from her head. Layla was panting hard when the transfer was complete and looked towards Natsu "W...What d...did you do?".

"I just saved your life. Although I'd still advise you to see a doctor" Natsu said nonchalantly.

Layla's eyes widened for the...I don't know how many...times as she looked at herself "I...It's true! I feel more healthy now!".

Layla turned her head towards Natsu to thank him but he stopped her midway. "A good meal will suffice, I'm really hungry" Natsu said with a sheepish smile as his stomach growled.

Layla giggled a bit and ordered her servants to cook the best meal for Natsu. They both chatted a bit as Natsu ate his meal.

"That was one of the best meal I ever ate" Natsu said as he patted his bloated stomach.

"Just how much can this boy eat?" Layla thought with a sweatdrop.

"So what are your plans for now?" Layla asked.

"You said there were Guilds present in this time period right?" Natsu enquired to which Layla nodded. "Then I guess I'll just join one that suits my taste".

"In that case, I'll prepare a coach for you" Layla said as she stood up but was stopped yet again.

"No need for that. I want to travel by myself to get used to this new environment" Natsu said as he stood up. "Thanks for the meal. Hopefully, we'll meet again in the future" Natsu said as he took a deep breath.

"Creation Magic: Teleportation" Natsu said as a pillar of light engulfed him and disappeared along with him.

"He knows such high-level Teleportation spell!?" Layla thought in astonishment yet again. "That boy is really amazing" Layla said as she released a sigh. It soon hit her that she forgot to ask him an important question, "I never asked for his name!" she thought in frustration as she face-palmed herself "How can I forget asking for his name?".

"Layla-sama, I've just received the news that Jude-sama and Lucy-sama are returning from their trip" one of her servants said as she came in her room.

"Thank you Spetto" Layla said with a smile as she sat down. "If that boy would have stayed a little longer then maybe he could have been friends with Lucy" Layla said to herself.

In a forest a bit far away from Heartfilia Konzern, Natsu walked as he looked towards the sky "Mom Ginny...Mom Elly...Dad Ryuu...just watch me as I become the best mage ever" he said with determination as he continued walking.

August 13th Year X784

Magnolia. A beautiful town that has a population of 60,000. It is a merchant city that has been prosperous in Magic since the ancient era. In the south of Magnolia lies a large port town that goes by the name of Hargeon. It is more prosperous and renowned for fishing rather than magic because only 10% of the people in the town have the ability to use magic. We now...

"Ehhh?! There's only one magic store in this town?"

*Sigh* I was just getting at the best part of it. Anyways...the shout that just came was from a young blonde woman who was quite busty for her age. Lucy Heartfilia. She was a woman with brown eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair that was tied with ribbons in a variety of colors into a small ponytail to the right side of her head with the rest of her hair loose. She wore a blue skirt with a belt that, along with keeping her skirt up, held some sort of golden and silver Keys and a whip with a heart-shaped end. She also had a thin wristband on her right hand which had a Communication Lacrima embedded in it, courtesy of an overprotective father. She completed her outfit with a pair of black, leather high heeled boots. She was in the middle of the town, currently lamenting about the lack of magic stores in Hargeon to the shopkeeper of the only magic shop in the whole town.

"Yes... This town is more prosperous in fishing than magic, to begin with" the shopkeeper said as he raised his hands defensively. "Hardly anyone in this town uses magic, so I opened this shop to help traveling mages".

Lucy sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose "I think I'm wasting my time in here".

"Please don't say that, have a look around. I just got a bunch of new items recently!" the shopkeeper exclaimed trying to keep Lucy from leaving his shop.

With a sigh Lucy began to browse through the shop.

"What about this one? It's called Colors magic, and depending on your mood it allows you to change the color of your clothes. It's quite popular with the girls" the shopkeeper said as he took out a device. To demonstrate the shopkeeper swiped his finger across the Lacrima on the device and his clothes changed from yellow to purple.

"I already have it" Lucy said not even paying any attention to the shopkeeper. "I'm looking for the Keys of the Gates. Strong ones"

"Gates, huh? That's something uncommon" the shopkeeper replied.

"Ah! The White Doggy!" Lucy exclaimed as she spotted the silver Gate Key on a glass shelf.

"That's not strong at all" the shopkeeper said.

"It's okay. I've been looking for it" Lucy replied. "So, how much is it?" she asked with a smile.

"20,000 Jewels" the shopkeeper replied.

"I wonder how much is it?" Lucy asked again bending over a bit.

"20,000 Jewels" the shopkeeper replied not getting fazed.

Lucy bent towards the counter, her blouse unzipped slightly showing a generous amount of her cleavage.

"Oh, can't you give a young mage like me a discount?" she purred seductively with a wink.

Two minutes later Lucy stormed out of the shop.

"Tch. He only gave me a 1000 Jewel discount" Lucy said in frustration.

"Is my sex appeal only worth 1000 Jewels!?" Lucy roared in anger as she kicked a nearby signboard.

As Lucy huffed in annoyance a group of girls ran past her. Lucy watched where the girls were headed and saw a large crowd of cheering girls.

"What's going on over there?" Lucy asked herself as another group ran past her.

"A famous mage is in the town" one of the girls said.

"It's Salamander-sama!" another girl screamed with hearts in her eyes.

"Salamander?" Lucy whispered to herself. Her eyes went wide when the realization finally hit her. "Y...You mean the mage who controls the magic of fire that can't be bought in stores? He's in town?!".

"Ohh, he's popular" Lucy said as she saw the crowd getting bigger and bigger. "I wonder if he looks cool" she said as she slowly started to walk towards the crowd.

As Lucy made her way through the crowd, she finally saw the man that the crowd of girls was fawning over. He was a man with blue hair and a dark tattoo covering the right part of his forehead, just above his right eyebrow. He wore a high-collared cape almost reaching down to his knees. Below it a light short-sleeved shirt paired with light pinstriped pants with visible hems. As soon as she saw him her heart started beating erratically.

"Why is my heart beating so fast?" Lucy thought as she clutched a hand over her racing heart.

30 minutes earlier

"E...Excuse me sir...are you okay?" the conductor of the train asked.

"Aye. This happens all the time. And Natsumi is not a boy" a blue feline named Happy replied to the conductor.

"That guy's a she?!" the conductor asked with a surprised look.

"Y...You got any p...problem with my gender?" Natsumi asked still green from her motion sickness. Natsumi was a 19-year-old girl who had spiky purple-colored hair and cherry red eyes. She was wearing a sleeveless, gold trimmed, black waistcoat that was zipped and untucked, a gold trimmed, black cloth around her waist that reaches her knees, held by a leather brown belt with an oval-shaped silver buckle, white knee-length baggy trousers with black ribbon ties, a thick black wristband on her left wrist, black open-toed sandals and the scale-patterned scarf around her neck.

"Nope. Sorry about that...it's just you don't look very feminine" the conductor replied as he raised his hands defensively.

"Aye. Natsumi doesn't have the goods" Happy said with a snicker. Bitter but true, Natsumi was quite flat-chested and add to the fact that she always wore baggy trousers, it was practically impossible to guess that she was a girl on the very first try.

"If the Info we got is correct, Salamander should be in this town. Let's go" Happy said as he started walking out of the train.

"L...Let me rest for a bit Happy" Natsumi said as she leaned out of the window to get some fresh air.

Suddenly the train started to move again with Natsumi on it. "What the..." Natsumi said as she felt her motion sickness return. "Happy help me!"

Happy simply stood on the platform and watched the train depart. "Ah, the train's already departing? Bye Natsumi" Happy said.

"You little piece of HMPH!" Natsumi clamped a hand over her mouth as she felt a surge of bile coming up.

Present time

"Happy you traitor...I can't believe I ended up riding that transportation twice" Natsumi said in frustration.

"You're terrible with transportation" Happy said.

"And I'm hungry" Natsumi added.

"We don't have any money" Happy said.

"Hey Happy, they meant Igneel when they were talking about this Salamander, right?" Natsumi asked.

"Yep, Igneel is the only thing that comes to mind when I think of Salamander" Happy replied with a smile.

"That's what I thought to buddy" Natsumi said as he patted Happy's head. "I've finally found him! I feel so much better now!"

"Aye!" Happy said as he raised his paw.

Suddenly Natsu spotted a large crowd gathered across the street all praising Salamander.

"See! Speak of the Devil!" Natsumi said excitedly.

"Aye" Happy chimed in.

"Igneel! Igneel!" Natsumi exclaimed as she pushed her way through the crowd.

Lucy slowly stepped forward. She was barely able to control herself as she approached the 'Salamander'.

"What's happened to me?!" Lucy thought as the Salamander turned his gaze to her. Lucy's heart practically jumped out of her chest when their eyes met. "Is it because he's a famous mage? Is that why my heart is beating so fast? Could this be...".

"Igneel!"

Natsumi finally made her way through the crowd but the person she saw definitely wasn't Igneel. "Who are you?" Natsumi asked with a deadpanned expression.

Suddenly Lucy was broken out of her trance by Natsumi's voice. All the attention turned to the new arrival. The blonde looked a little confused at why the feeling she had now disappeared, but it then hit her. That guy was using charm magic to lure girls at him. She scowled angrily.

'Salamander's' whole body turned white and he flinched in shock before quickly regaining his composure, "I am the famous mage Salamander, surely you must have heard of me" he said as he took a 'cool' stance with his eyes closed while the girls squealed at how cool he looked. When he opened his eyes, they bulged out of his head as he saw Natsumi already leaving in opposite direction. "Gone already?!" he shouted in shock.

The fangirls tackled Natsumi to the ground as they went wild.

"Don't be so rude!"

"Salamander-sama is an amazing mage, so show him some respect!"

"Apologize right now you bastard!"

"Alright girls that's enough" 'Salamander' said, as he waved the girls off. "He didn't mean to be rude"

"AW! He's so kind!" All girls said in unison.

Lucy glared at the Salamander, as he scribbled something on a board.

"Here's my autograph" 'Salamander' said, as he handed Natsumi the board. "You can show it to all of your friends. You might even score some chicks after they know that you've met with the great Salamander"

"I don't want it" Natsumi said as she stood up. "And I'm a girl you stupid idiot!" she roared as she punched 'Salamander' in the face sending him flying at a distance.

'Salamander' got up and flipped his hair acting like nothing happened even though his jaw hurt like hell. "I certainly appreciate your awesome welcome ladies. But I have some errands to run at the port" 'Salamander' said as he snapped his fingers. As soon as he snapped his fingers a cloud of pink flames formed underneath him.

"I'm having a party on my ship tonight, you're all welcome to drop by" 'Salamander' yelled as he disappeared off into the distance.

"What is he?" Natsumi said as she and Happy stared at his retreating figure.

"He is really disgusting" Lucy said from behind them. Natsumi and Happy turned when they heard her voice.

"Thank you for earlier" she bowed her head in a show of gratitude. "Can I invite you to lunch?" the blonde offered with a smile.

Later in the Restaurant

"YHUURR AH NAIZ BURZOON" Natsumi said with her mouth full.

"YHUP YHUP" Happy agreed with his mouth full of fish too.

"Is she really a girl? She eats like a monster" Lucy thought with a sweatdrop. "So, you're Natsumi and Happy right?" Lucy asked to which they both nodded.

"Why did you thank us earlier?" Natsumi asked as she swallowed her food.

"For freeing me from that Salamander bastard earlier" Lucy explained with a look of disgust. "He was using Charm magic, and it was drawing me towards him. It's magic used to capture other people's hearts. That's why all those girls were following him. So it was banned several years ago. But thanks to you, I broke out of the spell".

"I ZEE" Natsumi said as she continued stuffing in food.

"I may look like this, but I'm a mage too" Lucy said with a proud smile. "I'm not a member of any Guild yet, though".

"Ah, a Guild is..." Lucy then started to explain the whole concept of Guilds and everything, assuming that Natsumi and Happy were not mages. Oh, how wrong she was. Natsumi and Happy simply looked at her with a sweatdrop "She sure talks a lot".

"By the way, were you looking for someone? I heard you calling someone's name" Lucy asked.

"Aye. We're searching for Igneel" Happy quickly answered in between bites of fish.

"Igneel?" Lucy asked with a confused look.

"I had heard a rumor that Salamander was coming to this town, so we came, but it was the wrong person" Natsumi said with a sigh.

"This Salamander didn't look anything like a Salamander" Happy chimed in as he picked up another piece of fish.

"I totally believed it was Igneel this time" Natsumi said with a sad look.

"How can a human look like a salamander?" Lucy asked with a sweatdrop making both Natsumi and Happy turn to face her.

"Hrmm? Igneel isn't a human" Natsumi replied making Lucy's eyes widen. "He's a real dragon".

"There is no way a dragon would be in a town like this!" Lucy exclaimed.

Natsumi and Happy were about to argue, but they stopped when the realization hit them.

"Don't tell me you just thought of that!" Lucy yelled.

"I guess I better get going...but go ahead and take your time" Lucy said with a sigh as she paid the bill and left.

She had only walked a few meters when her Communication Lacrima started to blink, indicating a call from her parents. She touched the Lacrima and sweatdropped a bit seeing a crying face of her father, Jude Heartfilia.

"Lucy~. Why didn't you call your dad? I was so worried" Jude said with a crying face.

"Dad, you don't have to be so melodramatic" Lucy said with a sweatdrop.

"Honey...behave yourself" Layla said as she joined in. From the time Natsu healed Layla, she had developed a bit of strict personality but she was still the same caring and loving person she was before.

Jude's tears went back into his eyes as he stiffened up "H...Hai".

"Mom really has a good control over dad" Lucy thought.

"Lucy, how are you?" Layla asked with a kind smile.

"I'm fine mom. I've arrived at Hargeon port" Lucy said.

"Did you get any trouble along the way?" Layla asked.

"I actually met a guy who was using Charm magic to lure girls" Lucy said with disgust.

Layla released a small gasp and Jude...well...

"Are you okay Lucy?! Tell me who was that guy! I'll destroy him!" Jude exclaimed in anger as he shook his communication Lacrima.

"Calm down dad. I'm completely fine. A girl jumped in and helped me break out of his spell" Lucy replied.

All three of them had some nice family talk for a while. After that Lucy sat on a bench and started reading her Sorcerer Weekly's newest addition.

"Oh, Fairy Tail caused trouble again" Lucy said as she flipped through the pages. "They took out the Devon Thief Family, but they also destroyed several other homes that belonged to the townspeople. HAHA! That's way too much!"

As Lucy flipped through the pages her mind began to wander. "I wonder how I get into Fairy Tail anyway. Do I have to learn some strong magic, or maybe take a test?" Lucy sighed as she put the magazine back into her bag. "All I know is that I'm gonna join Fairy Tail. It's the best guild ever".

"So you want to join Fairy Tail?"

Lucy jumped out of her seat at the sudden voice. She turned to see 'Salamander' in the bushes.

"S...Salamander?" Lucy asked with a look of surprise.

"Oh man, I've been looking all over for you. I wanted to invite a beautiful lady like you to my party later" 'Salamander' said as he came out of the bushes.

"I'll pass" Lucy said as she turned her head. "Let me tell you first, your stupid Charm magic won't work on me anymore. As long I know about it, that stupid magic won't work"

"Hm, I knew you were a mage" 'Salamander' said as he rubbed his chin. "I could tell as soon as our eyes met. I would love it if you came to my party".

"Like I would hang out with a jerk like you. You're not even close to a popular mage" Lucy said as she started to walk away, but 'Salamander' called out to her.

"Wait! You want to join Fairy Tail, right?" 'Salamander' asked as he reached out towards Lucy.

Lucy stopped in her tracks when she heard 'Fairy Tail'.

"Have you ever heard of Salamander from Fairy Tail?" 'Salamander' asked.

"I...I have!" Lucy exclaimed as her eyes widened.

"I am. If you want to join, I can talk to the master for you" 'Salamander' said with a smirk.

"C...Can I really join Fairy Tail?" Lucy asked with excitement.

"Of course. But please don't tell anyone about Charm" 'Salamander' said.

"Okay" Lucy happily replied.

"I'll see you at the party then" 'Salamander' said as he walked away.

"Wooohooo...I can join Fairy Tail" Lucy exclaimed as she jumped with excitement.

"I'll just have to be friendly with that idiot until I join" Lucy said as she snickered a bit.

At Night

"Phaa! I ate a lot!" Natsumi said as she patted her stomach.

"Aye" Happy replied.

"Oh yeah, Salamander said he'd have a party on a ship. I wonder if that's the one?" Happy said as he spotted Salamander's ship at a distance.

Hearing the word 'ship' Natsumi felt her motion sickness kicked in. "Don't get motion sickness just by imagining it" Happy said with a sigh.

It was then that Natsumi and Happy overheard a group of girls talking nearby.

"Did you hear that mage Salamander is having a party on his ship tonight?" One of the girls asked.

"Yeah I heard he's from the famous Fairy Tail guild" Another girl replied.

This perked up Natsumi and Happy's attention. "Fairy Tail, huh?" Natsumi growled in a low voice as she glared at the ship.

Meanwhile at 'Salamander's' boat

"Let's have a toast, Lucy" 'Salamander' said as he poured two glasses of wine. He then snapped his fingers and droplets of wine flow slowly toward Lucy's mouth, "Open your mouth, my dear".

Lucy freaked out but hardened her resolve, if it meant that she would joint Fairy Tail then she'll endure this creepy guy. She closed her eyes. But they snapped wide open and she swiped away all of the droplets.

"Do you think I am some kind of idiot?! I know you are trying to use sleep magic on me!" she shouted angrily.

'Salamander's' eyes widened before he grinned, "Oh, you are good". He then snapped his fingers and suddenly a group of men appeared from all over the ship. They were all holding the guests that were invited. "You better behave while you're aboard my slave ship".

Lucy took a step back, her eyes were wide with shock and fear. "What do you mean by slave ship?! I thought we were going to Fairy Tail!" she screamed, fear clearly visible in her eyes and tone.

"You idiot, that was a lie, we are heading for Bosco" 'Salamander' chuckled darkly.

Lucy glared hatefully at him before he reached and took her Keys. "Those are Celestial Spirit Keys, right? Then I have no need of those since I don't have any contract with them" 'Salamander' said he casually threw the Keys into the sea.

Lucy was openly crying at this point "You sell people into slavery for your own personal gain, how can a Mage of Fairy Tail do something so evil?!".

"Let me brand you a slave first" 'Salamander' said as he picked up a branding iron. "It'll be a little hot, but please bear with it".

"Abusing magic. Cheating people. Performing slavery!?" Lucy cursed in her mind as her tears started flowing. "You're the worst mage ever!".

As soon as she finished, the entire ship shook as someone burst from the ceiling and crashed into the ship. The figure landed in between 'Salamander' and Lucy.

"That girl from earlier?!" shouted Salamander in surprise.

"Natsumi?!" shouted Lucy as joy and relief washed over her.

"Lucy I'm here to HMPH!" Natsumi said as her motion sickness kicked in. "Nope, I can't do it".

"AH! THAT'S SO LAME!" Lucy yelled at Natsumi, who was barely supporting herself against the wall.

"What's going on?! Why would a girl fall from the sky?!" 'Salamander' asked in surprise as he looked at the broken ceiling.

"Hey fat blonde, what are doing here?"

Lucy looked up to see the owner of the voice. She saw Happy flying in the air with small angelic wings.

"That guy tricked me! He said he was going to take to Fairy Tail!" she shouted before her mind registered the cat's words, "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?! AND WHY DO YOU HAVE WINGS?!" she roared with huge tick marks on her head.

Happy just waved her off before wrapping his tail around her waist and took off in the air.

"Wait! What about Natsumi?" Lucy asked.

"I can't carry two people" Happy said as he continued flying.

"Damn, if they tell the Council, we will be in deep trouble!" shouted Salamander as he sent beams of fire and his goons fired magic bullets at Happy, but he just dodged them.

"Lucy, listen" Happy said.

"What happened?" Lucy asked.

"My magic ran out" Happy said sheepishly as his wings disappeared.

"YOU SHIITY CAT!" screamed the blonde in fury as she descended into the water. She swam down and found her Keys before resurfacing.

"Here I come!" Lucy exclaimed as she took out a golden key and plunged the key into the water.

"Open, Gate of the Water Bearer – AQUARIUS!" Lucy shouted before a Spirit emerged. She resembled a royal blue mermaid. She had a long, blue fish-tail, light blue hair that reached up to her waist and a large bust. Blue eyes that seemed to lack pupils were staring at the blonde. She wore a revealing dark blue bikini top and on each arm, she had a golden armlet and bracelet. She also had a headband, three piercings on her tail, a golden belt at her waist and light blue crystal earrings. A dark blue tattoo resembling the Aquarius zodiac symbol rests right under her collarbone. In her arms she held her precious urn.

"Woah that's a big fish!" Happy exclaimed as he drooled slightly.

"Aquarius use your power to send that ship back to shore" Lucy said with a grin as she pointed to the ship.

"Tch" Aquarius said with an annoyed expression.

"Did you just say 'tch'!? Don't be picky about something like that" Lucy exclaimed.

"Listen here you noisy brat" Aquarius said as she turned to give a chilling glare at Lucy. "If you ever drop my key again, I will kill you".

"I...I'm sorry" Lucy squeaked out.

"ORAAAAAHHH!" Aquarius roared as she raised her vase. Suddenly a massive tidal wave swallowed up the ship along with Lucy and Happy.

"Don't flush me along" Lucy roared in anger as the water rushed them towards the shore.

At the shore

A spiky salmon-haired man was walking on the shore relaxing under the cool breeze. He was wearing black trimmed, red waistcoat which was zipped and black trousers that were tucked in his combat boots. You all must have guessed by now who the person was, after all he's the protagonist of our story.

"The weather's really nice here. Although I still have to find Fairy Tail" Natsu said as he continued walking.

"Hey what's that?" a random person asked pointing at the ship that was coming their way along with the wave.

"Run!" another one screamed as people started to panic and run like chickens.

Natsu turned his head towards the direction the man pointed at and had his eyes widened, "What the...?". Working his brain he formulated a plan to stop the ship.

"Curse 6: Marco" Natsu said as he raised his hand towards the ship.

The ship stopped midair just before it could crash into the port. Natsu slowly moved the ship on the shore with caution so as to not hurt anyone. He looked with confusion as a blonde girl was screaming at what he deduced a celestial spirit.

"How could you flush me along with that ship?!" Lucy yelled as a tick mark formed on her head.

"My bad, I flush the ship as well" Aquarius replied as she slapped a hand over her head.

"Were you aiming for me?!" Lucy screamed at Aquarius.

"Don't bother me again! I am going on a trip with my boyfriend" she said as she started to vanish, "My hot Boyfriend".

"Don't rub it in!" screamed the blonde.

"Ack! We forgot about Natsumi!" Happy exclaimed as he ran inside the ship to find Natsumi, Lucy followed him.

Natsu ignored them and was about to leave when he heard something from inside the ship that perked up his interest.

"So you're a Fairy Tail mage?"

"Yeah, what about it!?"

"Looks like I'll reach Fairy Tail faster than I anticipated" Natsu thought with a small smirk as he walked towards the ship.

"I'm Natsumi from Fairy Tail! I've never seen your face before!" Natsumi said as she backhanded a group of goons knocking them out instantly.

"T...That mark" one of the goon said as he saw the red Fairy Tail mark on Natsumi's right shoulder. "B...Bora-san...she's the real deal!".

"You idiots, don't call me by my real name" the now named Bora scolded his cronies.

"Bora, Bora of Prominence" Happy said, as a slight breeze revealed the lime green Fairy Tail mark on his back. "He was banished from the mage guild 'Titan Nose' several years ago"

"I've heard about him...he used magic to commit several thefts, that's why he was banished" Lucy added.

"I don't care what kind of crimes he committed in the past. His biggest mistake was using our name" Natsumi said as she clenched her teeth.

"Just shut up already" Bora said as Natsumi was engulfed in a ball of pink flames.

"NATSUMI!" Lucy screamed as she tried to run forward, but Happy extended his paw and stopped her.

"Are you really a fire mage?" a voice from within the flames asked. "Because these are honestly the worst flames I've ever tasted"

Everyone watched wide-eyed as Natsumi literally inhaled the flames. Natsumi burped as she wiped the excess flames from his mouth.

"Thanks for the meal you bastard" Natsumi said with a smug grin.

"What the hell are you?!" Bora yelled as he took a fearful step backwards.

"Fire won't work on Natsumi" Happy said with a smirk.

"What the...? A Dragon Slayer?!" a voice exclaimed.

Everyone turned towards the source of the voice and saw a salmon-haired boy staring at Natsumi with wide eyes. Natsu was watching the whole scene from a distance and honestly speaking wasn't interested in it. But when Natsumi ate the flames, he immediately got excited at the prospect of meeting another Dragon Slayer.

Natsu walked up to Natsumi with a glint in his eyes "You just ate those flames, so you must be a Fire Dragon Slayer right?".

"Yeah...I am. But who are you?" Natsumi asked.

"I'm a fellow Dragon Slayer like you" Natsu replied with a smile.

"You were also taught by a Dragon?!" Natsumi asked getting a bit excited about meeting someone just like her.

"Not by a Dragon. I was taught by Dragons" Natsu replied with a proud look.

"You were taught by more than one?!" Natsumi asked with a surprised look.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!" Bora exclaimed as he threw pink fireballs from his palm, but to his and everyone's uttermost surprise they disappeared as soon they came near Natsu.

"You're really annoying" Natsu said as he reappeared in front of Bora within a fraction of a second.

Before anyone could realise what happened, Bora was sent flying at a tremendous speed towards Hargeon's church bell. The other goons who were present there simply backed away from Natsu in the fear of sharing the same fate as Bora.

Natsu made his way towards Natsumi, "You said you were from Fairy Tail right?". Natsumi nodded.

"The name's Natsu, Creation and Destruction Dragon Slayer. I wish to join Fairy Tail" Natsu said with a grin.

And cut.

Alrighty, the first chapter's complete and I hope you'll like it. The poll's already set on my forum, link's on my profile and the maximum number of candidates in the harem will be 13. And if there is a huge demand for more additions to harem then maybe I'll shift it to 18, but that will be final. Other than that, there is already a preselected candidate but she won't affect the number of girls which you'll be selecting so vote without worry.

Well then until next chapter, C'ya.