The Draconic Demon Within

Originally for Nalu Lovefest 2017 (on my previous celestialgeekmage account)

Genres: Drama/Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Friendship/Family New Adult Fanfiction

Nalu Lovefest 2017 Prompts: Dreams

Pairing: Nalu/EndLu ( Natsu x Lucy/ E.N.D. X Lucy)

Rating: M for language, steamy and mature adult sexual content (all consensual) in these and future chapters. Reader Direction is advised.(You have been warned!)

Summary: Now faced with the reality of who he is truly is, the son of Igneel must learn to come to terms with the emerging,darker instincts of his new demonic identity- all while navigating through his ever-growing, intense feelings for a particular celestial wizard.

Prologue: Monster

A/N: Hey guys, it's me (aka the former cosmicdragonwizard/dragon-shield-maiden/star-crossed-dragon) back again this time with a prologue and first chapter of the Draconic Demon Within, a Nalu/ENDLu fic originally from my old twishadowhunter/teamedwardjace2 accounts 9and then for nalulovefest 2017 on my previous celestial geek mage) which is in the process of being revised with new chapters on the way. To ensure that both are easily, the prologue and chapter will be in one post with appropriate divider markers; though will be broken up separately on fanfiction-. Chapter 1 was also originally supposed to be longer, but is now being divided up in order for the revision process to be easier. Anyways, without further ado, here's the story! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: You know I unfortunately don't own Fairytail which belongs to the most Hiro-sensei instead!

Legend:

Italics: Flashbacks

Bold: First Person Thoughts

Bolded Italics (Within and Outside Bracket): A/N: (Author's Notes)

"I feel it deep within, it's just beneath the skin

I must confess that I feel like a monster

I hate what I've become, the nightmare's just begun

I must confess that I feel like a monster "

(Skillet: Monster)

Agony, the most excruciating of its kind he ever experienced as if his skull was being cracked open compressed and split in two all at once- racked the dragonslayer's frame. A strange pressure where hands were instinctively clamped over what felt like protrusions-in the time with the sensation of appendages of sorts-, was starting to mount in the back of his head, when the pain manifested itself in a strangled roar; the sound unfamiliar and distorted to his own ears. The visceral onslaught he was experiencing was relentless, the unimaginable pain a shock to his system-like being stabbed with several points at once. The fire wizard knew of course, that on an instinctual level, that none of this was actually happening, that the agony overloading his pain receptors would soon die down- unlike the strange surge of magical coursing through his veins.

Still, it felt as if all his nerves were being stretched to their limits, every taut muscle, every cell burning on fire as if being roasted over an open pit , until the pain subsided into a dull ache. Just to be replaced by flashes of images he did not wish to see, episodic visions flickering to life before his eyes like that of a movie: glimpses of an entire city he laid waste to engulfed in flames, bloodcurdling screams from thousands with the decaying stench of sizzling flesh permeating the air so foul, it was enough for his stomach to turn, a familiar silhouette of a figure enshrouded under the cover of nightfall striding away from the destruction, with a chilling air of a coldblooded psychopath fresh who would gladly watch thousands burn without lifting a finger to another hapless victim's screams ringing out in when being baked alive under the sweltering heat of an outstretched hand that he recognized as his own . The repulsive stench of sizzling hair and dissolving flesh melting off the bones of those who had not already been slaughtered, then turning to ash.

These visions-, they can't possibly be flashbacks of another lifetime of mine from ages ago, could it?

The nightmarish visions all in all leaving him in a state of shell-shocked disbelief, the young man was left struggling to come to make sense of what he'd just seen. Surely, the demonic imposing figure he caught a glimpse of in the nightmarish visions simply who just happened to bear a striking resemblance to himself simply had to be that-just a guy who happens to look a lot like me… Yeah that has to be it... I mean there's no way in hell that's me… seeing how I couldn't have possibly committed all those heinous crimes, right?

And yet try as he might in vain to deny it, there was no escaping the inevitable truth which sent a dread-inducing chill of dread dripping down his spine at the revelation. That these grisly images were in fact his own flashbacks, memories of a previous lifetime, and that he was indeed the notorious E.N.D-not to mention the most powerful demon ever created from the books of Zeref- a terrifying figure of legend which many feared, if not also revered. Though, he found some consolation at least in being able to recall the other facet of his identity in being Natsu Dragneel the fire dragon slayer, the salamander- Son of Igneel with much of his humanity intact; which was a silver lining, a glimmer of hope in itself he couldn't help but cling on to in perilous desperation.

The fire wizard couldn't however, say the same for the rest of his memories beyond that, in which he was struggling to recall even the faintest recollection about the rest of his, identity of who exactly he was supposed to be, who his parents were -save Igneel -, or his friends for that matter -if he actually had any to begin with.

It's all such a blur... Why… why can't I… why can't I seem to remember much of anything else?

A/N: See you in the first chapter!