DISCLAIMER:I do not own Fairy Tail if i did the story would not rely on "The Power Of Friendship"

Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima

Talking- "That's my sandwich"

Thinking- "She stole my sandwich"

Spells, Magical items, Terms affiliated with Magic and Speech of Higher Beings (Dragons and other mythical creatures)-"How dare she steal my sandwich"

Carved In Legend

Prologue

Our tale begins in the town of Magnolia, the town that once housed the greatest amongst all guilds Fairy Tail. Although most would describe a guild as a place to work, strictly professional where one would get a job, a job of that mainly of a wizard, Fairy Tail would describe a guild as place where the lost would find a way, where the discriminated could rise and where the abandoned would find a family.

These were the thought running through the mind of Macao, the unofficial and temporary guild master of Fairy Tail. After the disappearance of the core members of Fairy Tail seven years ago they had been left in the dust as the world moved without them but Macao and the remaining members could not, they were stuck in the memories of their guildmates. Before he could wallow in despair the doors of their

'New' guild hall bust open and as the bright light shone it revealed the silhouettes of people but as the light died down he could see it, the faces of their previously dead guildmates. He burst into tears as all his guildmates ran to greet their dead friends.

"What we missed 7 years of our life!" screamed a certain redhead that you all may know as Erza Scarlet.

"Is that your daughter" asked an excited Lucy.

"Oh my god I missed you both so much" Levy said while hugging Jet and Droy.

"Stay the fuck away from Juvia ya creep" answered a furious Gray.

"Been a while Makarov" said one Macao.

Now here comes the protagonist of our story Natsu Dragneel, The Salamander. Natsu looked around him as his guildmates conversed with each other. He saw Wendy,Carla and Happy talking to Reedus, the resident painter of Fairy Tail. He saw Levy talking to Jet and Droy, Lucy was talking to Erza and Bisca with Asuka, Bisca's daughter hiding behind her mother. He saw Gray fighting with Lyon, who came to Fairy Tail when he heard rumors circulating around along with Juvia who was holding Gray's saw Master Makarov talking to Gildarts something about the next master. They all had one thing in common. They were all smiling. It made him smile too.

As Natsu took one last look around, he exited the guildhall. After a short walk through the woods nearby he arrived at his house. It was alright, well if you could call a house with no roof, broken windows and generally ripped out walls alright. A storm was probably responsible for the destruction. Natsu could care less about the house. All he needed to do was to pick up a few things and hightail his ass out of Magnolia to train.

Now you might be wondering how and why would he need to leave Magnolia. Well after his fight with the Seven Kin Of Purgatory, namely Zancrow as well as his fight with Hades, the guildmaster of Grimoire Heart, His encounter with the Black Mage, Zeref and his fight with Acnologia, the current Dragon King it made him realise how weak he really was. Where he stood amongst the powerful monsters and mages alike. He realised that he could never even hope to compete against nor defeat the upcoming challenges. Therefore he came to the conclusion that a training mission was a necessity in order for him to be able to protect his friends, his family.

As he entered the house the first thing he saw was a mess. It was utterly chaotic as if one of the guild brawls had occurred within the parameter of his house. The photo of Happy hatching out of his egg had fallen down from his shelf and shattered into pieces. His couch had been turned upside down. The contents of his wardrobe had fallen out. His clothes lay on the floor. The lights had fallen down. His hammock had probably flown out the window to who-knows-where. His shelf had fallen to its side. In short it was completely decimated.

Natsu just bent down picked up up the photo and put it in his sac along with a few of his spare clothes. He took a few of his leftover Jewels and threw it in the sac and flung it on his shoulder. He was done packing. As he got out of his house he noticed that the sun was setting. After mentally debating he decided to stay the night and leave tomorrow early morning. As he was about to go to bed (or his newly replaced hammock) he saw fireworks being launched from the top of the hill where Fairy Tail's 'New' guildhall was located. He assumed that they were probably partying the return of the Tenrou group. He went to sleep.

Next Morning

Natsu woke up early and quickly scribbled a letter that would inform the guild of his absence and his training mission along with stating that he would return before the GMG started. He had gotten the information that every year there was a tournament, The Grand Magic Games that decided the strongest guild in Fiore from Max. He was sure that master Makarov would not give up the opportunity of earning 20 million Jewels so easily, so he knew that Fairy Tail would participate.

He quickly ran to the guild to drop the letter but thats when he saw Gildarts there doing the same. Gildarts then motioned him to give him his letter and he gave it. Gildarts then dropped the letter on the bar counter and dragged Natsu out of the guildhall so as not to wake up the drunken mages who were hammered from last nights party.

"So, I can assume that your leaving the guild for a while for training mission" asked an assured Gildarts.

"Yup, you hit the nail on the coffin" responded Natsu.

"I just guessed seeing as how you had to face off against enemies several leagues ahead of you but I request you not to over work yourself knowing how dedicated you are" said a grinning Gildarts.

"Ya sure" said Natsu scratching his head in embarrassment from being complimented.

"So, can also assume that the next time I see you will beat me"

"Hell ya" replied Natsu

"See you around kiddo" Gildarts said giving Natsu a fist bump.

"See you round too" replied Natsu as he saw Gildarts walk away.

Natsu turned the other way and looked up in the sky. The sun was shining bright almost blinding and one thing was sure and Natsu knew it. This was going to be one hell of an adventure. For this day marked the day our young dragon slayer would Carve his name in Legend.

Author's Note

So, this is my first fanfic. English isn't my first language so the grammar may not be perfect. Constructive criticism is appreciated.

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