Chapter 1: A Different Kind of Salamander


Author's Note Part 1: Alright guys, so here's my third attempt at my "OC joins Fairy Tail" fanfiction. Now, for those of you who have followed the past two attempts at this, you've probably noticed quite a few changes simply by reading the summary, and looking at the categories. For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, here's a quick rundown of what you've "missed".

At first I tried writing this story in a way that ended up being written horribly, since it was one of the first stories that I posted onto this site. In that first one, it was basically "Random OC gets thrown into Fairy Tail dimension near beginning of series, with untapped OP magical potential." Now, I ended up realizing that it was written horribly after looking back on it, and I also noticed just how OP I would have made my character if I'd continued writing that version. So, I attempted a re-write a few months back.

However, that one also fell through the roof a few days ago, when I ended up finding out that the plot that I originally had, wouldn't have worked when I found out that there was already a person like my OC in the anime itself. That being Rogue, since I was originally going to have my OC be raised by the Shadow Dragon, but I didn't know that's who raised Rogue at the time that I started writing it out. And even though I got a good review, I'll admit that I still don't know much about Rogue, or his backstory, and thus wouldn't be able to write out a good situation that had my OC as his "brother". So, I had to cancel that piece of work as well.

However, I feel like I'll be able to get through this story, since it's in a crossover category, and thus nobody like my character can possibly be added into the Fairy Tail anime! (Cue this happening in a new chapter of the manga three months after this is posted.) But, because I have it so that this person is coming from the SAO universe, I can have it so that the person stays true to the fact that "everyone in Fairy Tail has had a rough past". Although, being stuck in a literal DEATH GAME for two years, I feel like that might be a bit much even for a member of Fairy Tail.

Alright, so besides all that, I'm sure that all of you have also noticed the pairing of my OC (Who I have now re-named once again) being with Cana. Now, for those of you who are upset, I'm sorry. However, I am also writing out more Fairy Tail fanfictions as I speak, one of which will have the OC paired with Erza, who most of you wanted as the pairing. This will be a story where Kendrick (the OC from the One Piece story I adopted) gets thrown into Fiore instead of the East Blue. And don't worry, I've already talked to the original author, and they've said that it's okay.

And for those of you who are going to continue to read this, don't worry, there will be a point later on that will go over my OC's time in SAO, and some of his time in ALO as well.

Anyways, I've already had you read almost 600 words of just the Author's note. So, I guess that I'll just let you guys go ahead and read the first chapter in my newest attempt at this story. Enjoy!


(Voice for Michael: Micah Solusod (American voice actor for Soul from the "Soul Eater" anime)


3rd Person POV:


Hargeon, Fiore

Inside the only magic shop in the port town of Hargeon, two people are conversing with one another. One is the owner of the shop, an old man with wrinkled Caucasian skin, grey hair, and eyes that are squinted so tight that you can't actually tell their color at the moment. He's wearing light green robes and a small, dark green "wizard hat", the colors of the clothes different than normal thanks to the "Color Magic" item held in his left hand.

The other person is a younger female, who looks to be around 17. She has Caucasian skin, long, blonde hair with a blue bow on the right side of the hair, and large, brown eyes. She's wearing brown boots that reach up to just below her knees, a blue skirt which is held up by a brown belt, and a sleeveless white shirt, which has a blue cross stretched over the front. A brown whip is tied to the left side of her belt, and a pouch is attached to the right. This is Lucy. The discussion currently taking place between these two is about the items that the shop sells. "Oh wow, you have the little doggy!" Lucy exclaims, referring to the silver key that she'd found inside a small, padded box.

"Yes, well, that one's not that powerful you know." The older man tells her in response to her apparent excitement.

"I know, I just really want it." Lucy tells him, the two completely unaware of the door opening as another figure enters. Lucy goes over to the counter and smiles at the shop owner. "So how much?" She asks him, holding up the key for emphasis.

"20,000 Jewels." The owner immediately responds with a smile as he holds up his index and middle finger on his right hand in order to emphasize his own point. The two conversing are still ignorant to the third person in the shop, even as he walks over to the counter, swiping his left hand down in the air for no apparent reason.

"I'm sorry but how much was that again?" Lucy asks, her face slightly shadowed as she thinks about the, in her mind, outrageous cost for the single key.

"I said 20,000 Jewels." The old man replies, his smile never leaving his face as the sound of a cash register opening sounds in the background. Just as Lucy is ready to attempt to get the price to lower in her own way, the sound of a cloth bag hitting the counter is heard, and the two people finally notice the third person in the shop.

"Will this be enough?" The person asks, the voice revealing the person to be male, the dark brown cloak that he's wearing blocking everything else about him from view since he'd retracted his hand after placing down the bag of Jewels. The owner of the shop quickly gets over his surprise, and looks through the bag.

"Yes, yes that will be enough." He agrees, slightly surprised by the fact that this random person was paying for the girl's item, but not questioning it. Lucy on the other hand, is still surprised as the figure nods to the old man, before turning to her.

"Miss." He says with a nod, before turning around to exit the shop, apparently entering for no other reason than to help her buy the key. She finally gets over her shock as the person starts to walk out the door.

"Hey wait up!" She calls out, chasing after the person who paid for the key currently clasped in her hands. When she exits the store, she can see the person making his way down the street, slightly away from the other people walking. "Hey!" She calls out, running towards him as he stops walking to look over his shoulder at her, his figure still obscured by the cloak that he's wearing.

"Hm? Yes, what is it?" The person asks when Lucy finally stops in front of him.

"I just wanted to say thanks, and ask why you paid for the key for me. My name's Lucy by the way." Lucy tells him, making him turn around to face her fully, but still not revealing anything about him.

"It was no problem. As for why I did it, well I just felt like helping someone out I guess." The person tells her, and the more that he talks the more Lucy realizes that he doesn't sound much older than her.

"Oh, well thanks." Lucy says with a smile, getting a nod from the person in response. "Although, I can't just let you do that for me for nothing. At least let me repay you somehow." She says, making the person in front of her appear to think, before nodding.

"Alright, I guess that-" However, he's cut off by high pitch screaming coming from his left, Lucy's right, and turns to look at it. The sight that greets him and the blonde girl is that of a large crowd surrounding a single person on the ground further down the hill that they're on, before more female voices start talking as a couple girls run past the two.

"Are you serious, he's really here?!" One of them yells in excitement as they head for the stairs that will lead them down towards the crowd.

"It's Salamander!" The other replies with a high pitched squeal of delight, making Lucy and the other person look after them, both of them confused, but one more so than the other.

"Salamander?" Lucy asks, before she gasps as her eyes light up and she clasps her hands as she apparently thinks of something. "You mean the wizard who uses fire magic you can't even buy in stores?! Wow!" She says, making the person next to her even more confused by what she's saying. "He's in this dead end town?" She asks in confusion, before the person next to her coughs in order to get her attention once again. "Huh, oh, sorry." She tells him with a nervous laugh.

"Eh, no problem. So what's the deal with this Salamander guy?" He asks, since the only "Salamander's" that he was familiar with were the lizards… And the race.

"You mean you don't know?" Lucy asks him in confusion, making the person (I should really properly introduce him soon to stop calling him "person") shake his head in response. "Well like I said before, he's a wizard that can use a specific type of fire magic that isn't even available in stores!" Lucy tells him with excitement clear in her voice.

"Yeah, but, I thought that there was all kinds of magic that couldn't be bought in stores in this world?" The person asks, making Lucy stop thinking about Salamander to think about what he said, and give a nervous laugh.

"Oh, right." She says since she'd apparently forgotten, making the person in front of her chuckle slightly. (Yeah, I always wondered why Lucy said this at the beginning of the anime if she ran into a lot of people who used magic that couldn't be obtained in stores…)

"Well, might as well go see who this Salamander guy is then." The person in front of her says, turning to follow the two girls that had ran down the stairs towards the crowd of people.

"Huh? Hey, wait up!" Lucy calls out, running after him in order to catch up.


"…If this is Salamander then I could have gone without meeting him." The person with Lucy mutters to himself quiet enough so that none of the screaming fangirls around him will hear. The "Salamander" in question is a male standing in the middle of the group of said screaming fangirls, wearing black shoes, red pants, a white shirt, and a purple cape with a golden trim. He has Caucasian skin, ebony eyes, and purple hair. There's a tattoo above his right eye, as well as two rings on his right hand, and golden bracelets on the wrist of the same hand. "Hey Lucy, is there any reason that- Lucy?" The person asks in confusion, looking at the girl in question as she suddenly starts hopping towards the guy.

However, before anything else can be said, another voice cuts into the commotion. "Igneel, it's me!" The person yells, fighting their way through the screaming fangirls to see the person in the middle. However, when he sees the person, any joy that was present in his voice or face immediately vanishes, although at the same time, Lucy flinches as if she's been flicked. When the voice calls out, the person who was with Lucy stiffens, before whirling around to face the person who was yelling, only to relax when they see the new arrival. This person is a 17-year-old male with Caucasian skin, ebony eyes, and spikey, pink hair. He's currently wearing sandals, white shorts, a red shirt, as well as a pinkish, scale patterned scarf around his neck, while he carries a large backpack. This teen is Natsu. Standing next to him on two feet is a smaller blue cat with a white underbelly. This is Natsu's cat Happy. When Natsu sees Salamander standing in the middle of the crowd, he immediately slouches and stares at the man. "Who the heck are you?" He asks.

The response he gets is the man turning a starch white, while looking at the teen in shock. "Who am I?!" He cries out in shock, before regaining his skin color, and striking a pose. "I'm Salamander. Surely you've heard of me before." The man says, making the person who was with Lucy scoff quietly, while Natsu and his cat simply start to walk away from the large group of people. "Hey wait a minute!" Salamander yells after him, and some of the fangirls break away from the group to start attacking Natsu and beat him into the ground.

"Well, I always knew that it would be a bad idea to get on the bad side of fangirls. This only cements my theory." The person with Lucy mutters to himself as he starts to walk over to the female in question, who's now glaring at Salamander as she crosses her arms, before he shivers a bit as he remembers the other times that he had run-ins with fangirls… Of his own. While this is going on, the rest of the girls surrounding Salamander are sending glares at Natsu.

"Now, now that's enough my lovelies let him go. I'm sure the poor boy didn't mean anything malicious by it." Salamander tells them, making the girls cry out praise for him being so "forgiving". When the fangirls who were beating Natsu up join the main group again, Salamander walks over and signs a piece of paper, going to hand it to the pink haired boy. "Here, now you can brag to all your friends." Salamander tells him. And just as Natsu goes to reject it, the person who was standing next to Lucy walks over to stand next to him, grabbing the piece of paper at the same time.

"I'm sure my friend here would just love your autograph, thank you so much Salamander." The person says with no sarcasm to be detected in the voice as he leans in slightly so that he's closer to the pink haired boy. "Just nod your head and go along with it, otherwise what those fangirls did to you earlier will be multiplied tenfold since every single one of them is looking at you right now." He mutters, making the pink haired boy look around, and give a quick, scared nod of "thanks" to Salamander as he realizes that what the cloaked male is saying is true, as all the Salamander fangirls are currently staring at him.

"Well, it's no problem. But, I'm afraid that I must be going now, I have business to attend to." Salamander says, making all the girls in the crowd, sans Lucy, turn to him and clasp their hands.

"You're leaving already?!" They cry out with disappointment clear in their voices, making the man nod as he holds out his hand.

"Time for the red carpet." He says as he snaps his fingers, and pink flames appear out of nowhere to lift him up above everyone in the crowd, making all the girls, again, sans Lucy, squeal in excitement. "I'm having a party on my yacht tonight, and you're all invited!" He yells as he shoots off into the sky, no doubt heading off towards the yacht in question, leaving a crowd of squealing fangirls behind. While he does this, Natsu, Happy and the person who was with Lucy all watch him go.

"Who the heck was that guy?" Natsu asks, making the person beside him shrug his shoulders.

"I don't know, but he was a real creep." A familiar voice says, making the three turn to look at Lucy as she walks over to stand next to them. "Thanks for your help." She thanks the pink haired boy with a small smile and a wave, making the two teens and one cat look at her in confusion… Not that you could tell that the person next to Natsu was confused thanks to the cloak he's wearing.


"My name's Lucy, it's nice to meet you." Lucy greets the pink haired boy and his cat as they completely scarf down all the food that's on the table in front of them.

"Aye!" The blue cat replies, continuing to eat. The first time the cat had spoken had freaked Lucy out, but the person beside her had just shrugged at the situation, stating that it's not the most surprising thing to happen to him. In fact, it didn't even rank in the top ten.

"Natsu and Happy was it?" Lucy asks them, getting a nod from the pink haired boy in question.

"Yeah, you're so nice." He thanks her, referring to the fact that she was paying for the food for them as thanks for whatever it is that they did for her. As for the person sitting beside her, he's eating in a calm manner, his cloak open partially to reveal that he's wearing a long sleeved T-shirt under it, and has Caucasian skin. Everything else was still covered though, the person somehow managing to even cover his legs and feet even when he was sitting.

"Thanks. You can slow down, we're not in a hurry." Lucy tells them, holding up her hands in a placating gesture to get them to stop eating so fast. "And food is kinda flying everywhere." She tells them, before slouching forwards slightly as a piece of whatever the two were eating lands on her forehead. Man, at least I managed to save a good 18,500 Jewels thanks to… Gah! I never even got his name! Lucy cries out in her mind, turning to the person beside her. "Uh, sorry, but I just realized that I never got your name." Lucy says, making the person beside her stop eating the sandwich that she'd bought him, before eating the final bite, and swallowing it.

"Oh, sorry about that. My name's Michael." He tells her as his arms once again go underneath his cloak. "Anyways, thanks for the meal Lucy, it was really nice of you." Michael thanks the blonde girl as he stands up. Lucy just waves it off with a light blush of embarrassment. (Finally! I managed to work this in! Now I won't have to refer to him as "The person")

"No, it was no big deal. After all, I was just repaying you for buying my key." She tells him, making him nod in response.

"Even so, thank you. Anyways, I should probably get going, I still have places to be, but maybe I'll see you around. Just let me…" He trails of as he lifts his left hand, before lowering it back down after flinching a bit. "Actually… Forget I said that. Hope to see you around Lucy." He says with a small wave, before turning and walking out the door, leaving the blonde to watch him go with confusion, while the pink haired boy and his cat continue to scarf down their food.

When Michael gets outside, he immediately ducks into an alleyway, and sighs. "God dammit. You've been out of there for a month Michael, you need to get used to the fact that although some things are the same, nobody else has what you do." He mutters to himself with a sigh, before scratching the back of his head with his right hand, and bringing his left out in front of him, before swiping downwards in the air. When he does this, translucent words and buttons appear, and he presses on a few of them, before letting off a sigh. "Man, it's a good thing the Yule transitioned into Jewels. I mean, I have more than I know what to do with." He mutters, the total amount shown on the translucent screen being 8,750,500,225 Jewels… In other words, a fuck-ton of money. (Note: Although he has this much money, you guys can probably infer from the pairing what he's going to be spending most of it on.)

He lets off another sigh as he closes everything, before leaving the alleyway to walk along the paths in the street again. As he wanders around town, he looks around for things that catch his eye, even buying the newest edition of Sorcerer's Weekly. He ends up stopping by a cobblestone railing near the harbor, and opening up the magazine. Looking through it, a small smile appears on his shadowed face, and a light chuckle makes it past the cloth. "Well, looks like Fairy Tail's gone and given me another reason to look for them." He mutters as he reads about the bandit's clan that was taken out… With seven homes destroyed in the process.

"Huh? You said you wanted to look for Fairy Tail?" A familiar voice asks, and Michael looks up to see Natsu and his cat, Happy, walking towards him, the pink haired boy placing his bag down next to the railing as Michael finally notices that the moon's actually risen at this point, and he'd spent more time than he thought wandering aimlessly. Despite all this, he gives another small chuckle, and folds up the magazine.

"Yeah, I am. I mean, from everything that's written about them in Sorcerer's Weekly, it sounds like they're the strongest guild in Fiore. The only guild that even comes close to them is another one called Phantom Lord, but Fairy Tail just keeps pulling ahead of them in terms of strength, as well as popularity." Michael admits, making Natsu give a large smile for some unknown reason. However, before he can say anything, Happy speaks up.

"Hey look, do you think that's the boat where that Salamander guy is having his party?" Happy asks, pointing to a large yacht off in the distance. In response, Natsu looks at the boat in question, before he puts a hand over his mouth as his cheeks bulge out to make him look like a chipmunk.

"~I'm gonna hurl.~" Natsu tells his friend in response.

"Oh come on, it's not like we're going aboard it or anything." Happy says as he turns around to sit down and face Natsu, before the trio hears more Salamander fangirls conversing between one another a few yards away.

"Oh my gosh, that's Salamander's yacht isn't it?!"

"I wish I could have gone to his party!"

"Who's Salamander?"

"Whoa, you've never heard of him? He's a super famous wizard who's in town right now!"

"Yeah, I heard he's a member of Fairy Tail!" At this comment, Natsu and Happy's eyes widen, before Natsu narrows his as Happy stands up on the railing to look at the boat.

"Fairy Tail?" Natsu asks with a glare, before turning to look at the yacht with Happy… Only to cover his mouth once again for a few seconds, and then shake it off and crouch while holding onto the railing to glare at the boat. "So he's in Fairy Tail is he?" Natsu asks, making Michael raise his eyebrows beneath his hood.

"Something the matter Natsu?" Michael asks, making the pink haired boy turn to look at him.

"Yeah, I'll say…" He says, turning back to look at the boat as he continues. "Those girls are saying that Salamander guy is from Fairy Tail. The only reason they'd say that is if he told someone that. Let's just say that I'm taking that fact a little personal." Natsu says as he continues to glare at the boat, before standing up and turning to his cat friend. "Happy." He says, getting a serious nod from the cat in response.

"Aye sir." Happy says as he wraps his tail around Natsu's waist.

"Hey hold on a second Natsu." Michael says, making the pink haired boy in question turn to look at him as Happy does the same. They see him move his cloak a little as he holds out a box labeled "Dramamine". "These are pills that you take for motion sickness. They'll take a little while to actually kick in, but they should hopefully kick in by the time that we reach the boat. From how you're reacting about Happy talking about a boat, I'm gonna assume that you have motion sickness, or at the very least seasickness" He tells the pink haired boy as Natsu eagerly takes one of the pills.

"We?" Natsu asks, making Michael nod in response.

"Yeah. I mean, with all the things that you've been saying, it's not that hard to guess that you're actually a member of Fairy Tail, and that the guy claiming to be from your guild pisses you off." Michael says, making the pink haired boy and blue cat look at him in surprise, making him shrug once again. "Anyways, how are we going to get over there?" Michael asks, gesturing to the yacht as he asks. "I mean, if you have motion sickness, then I don't really think that you have your own boat at the docks." He says, making Natsu turn to Happy with a small smirk on his face.

"Of course not, I've got my little buddy here." Natsu says, before Happy suddenly gains angel wings and floats in the air with a large smile,

"Aye sir!" He cries, lifting Natsu with his tail. Michael looks at the sight for a second, before nodding.

"Alright, well since you guys are from Fairy Tail, and the rest of Fiore is going to know about me soon enough. What better time to show the world than now?" He asks rhetorically, before his brown cloak suddenly shimmers, and explodes into blue pixels, revealing the person underneath, and making Natsu and Happy's eyes widen in shock and disbelief.

"No way!"


"You're the worst wizard alive!" Lucy cries out with tears streaming down her cheeks as she yells at Salamander on his yacht after finding out that he was actually smuggling all the girls that attended his party off to be slaves. Currently, she was in a dress since she attended the party as well. However, despite her tears, the man simply smirks at her in response, before everyone on the boat is shocked as something crashes through the roof. And when the dust and debris in the air clears, it shows Natsu crouching on the floor with a completely angered look on his face. "Hey I know you!" Lucy says with a small smile when she sees the pink haired boy in front of her.

"You bastards." Natsu says with a growl, the men on the boat taking a step back, before Happy suddenly appears in the hole that Natsu made.

"Hey Lucy, what are you doing here?" He asks as Natsu continues to glare at the males.

"Happy! This jerk tricked me! He said he was gonna get me into Fairy Tail! Hold up, since when do you have wings?" Lucy asks the now-flying cat, while the men that were following Salamander continue to sweat at the death glare that Natsu is giving them as he stands up from his crouched position on the floor.

"I'll explain that later, okay." Happy says, before the males on the boat, sans Natsu, are shocked, and so is Lucy, when Happy suddenly wraps his tail around the blonde's waist, and flies off with her, the female screaming in fear for a few seconds when they take off. Salamander quickly turns to his men with a frown.

"After them, we can't let them report us to the magic council!" He yells, before Natsu speaks up.

"You guys haven't forgotten about me, have you?" He asks, still standing as he continues to glare at the men, and putting a reminder in the back of his mind to ask Michael for more of that "Dramamine" stuff… And to thank him for it. "Now, answer me this…" He continues, walking towards the men in front of him with a glare on his face as his hands ball up into fists. "The Fairy Tail guild… You're a member?" He asks with utter seriousness. However, before anyone can answer him, everyone on the ship notices the enormous water cyclone heading towards them, before it hits the ship.

"Ah! Who made the fish so angry?!" They all cry out at once, before the cyclones calms enough to become more like a tsunami, and washes the boat onto the sandy beach of Hargeon. When everything calms down, Salamander and his men push themselves to their feet, the purple haired man in question placing a hand to his head in pain.

"That hurt." He groans out, before he hears something and looks up on the side of his ship. The reason for it being the side is that it had been turned onto its side, so the top was now its left side. What he sees is Natsu staring down at him and his men.

"So you claim to be a member of the Fairy Tail guild…" He says to them with a completely calm voice, contradicting his earlier anger.

"What's it to you?" Salamander asks him with a stoic look as his men gather around him to look up at the pink haired teen, before that stoic look changes to a stern one. "Go get him men." He orders his men, getting nods in response. However, all this does is make Natsu go back to glaring at the purple haired man and the other men that surround him.

"Let me get a closer look at your face." Natsu says, his voice staying calm even as he glares at the two men running up to him as he throws off his red shirt to reveal a black, sleeveless vest on underneath with an orange trim. There's also a part tied around his waist, making it look like it should be attached to his vest to make a coat, but it's not. As the men attempt to throw dual punches at Natsu's face… The pink haired teen simply swats them away with his right hand, before his glare intensifies. "My name is Natsu, I'm a Fairy Tail wizard. And I've never seen you before!" He exclaims, shocking most present as they see the red guild mark on his right shoulder.

"That mark on his arm! This guy's the real deal Bora!" One of Salamander's lackeys exclaims, making the purple haired man turn to look at him in shock and anger.

"I told you not to call me that you fool!" The now-revealed-Bora yells at him, only for Natsu to start walking down the boat with a glare on his face.

"I've got no idea what you're trying to do here buddy, and I don't care if you're a good guy, bad guy, or what. I'm not gonna let you dirty the Fairy Tail guild's name!" He exclaims as he continues to walk towards Bora and his men. In response, Bora gives a cocky grin.

"And what are you gonna do about it? Stop me?" He asks, before throwing his arms out wide with the grin still in place. "Prominence Typhoon!" He tells as a magic circle appears in front of him, and a typhoon of pink flames comes flying out. During all this, no one notices the black mark figure it's way down from the sky towards the beach. But then again, it is flying so that if anyone were to look up, they'd see the black figure against a black sky. The flaming typhoon launched by Bora successfully hits the boat, setting it ablaze as the girls that were stuck on it go running away into town. "That's the way it goes. The bigger the talk, the weaker the man." Bora states as he turns around to go walking away, only for a familiar voice to speak up.

"Yuck! This is so gross!" Bora turns around in surprise to see the shadowed figure of Natsu in the flames, his hand moving as if he was covering a yawn. "Are you sure you're really a fire wizard? Cause these are the nastiest flames I've ever tasted!" Natsu exclaims as he's revealed to have been pushing the fire that Bora shot at him into his mouth. Effectively eating them. The reaction from the purple haired man and his lackeys is what any sane person would do… They stare up at Natsu in disbelief. "Thanks for the grub poser." Natsu "thanks" Bora.

"What's going on here, who is this kid?!" One of Bora's lackeys yells out in shock and fear.

"Now I've got a fire in my belly that's ragin' to get out!" Natsu says as he walks down the boat towards Bora and his men. "Here goes! Fire Dragon's ROAR!" Natsu yells as his cheeks puff out, and he holds his two fists in front of his mouth as if he was going to blow on a trumpet. What happens is that when he does this, a large magic circle appears in front of him, and flames come streaming out of his mouth, and engulf Bora and his men. The result is a giant shockwave of dust and debris that goes flying all around the beach from the explosion that occurs, and all of Bora's men are knocked out in the wreckage of what was once his boat except for Bora himself and one of his other men. The purple haired man himself is floating above the carnage on a stream of his pink fire, having activated it in order to escape the attack.

"Hey Bora, I swear I've seen this guy before! The pink hair, and the scaly looking scarf? There's no doubt about it! He's gotta be the real one!" The only one of Bora's men who are still conscious yells at the purple haired man in question.

"Salamander?!" Lucy exclaims from the sidelines where she's watched the entire fight with Happy. Having understood what the man was trying to say. Suddenly, Natsu's fists are encased in fire, and he glares at Bora, while the other man finally joins the others in unconciousness.

"I hope you guys are paying attention, because this is what a Fairy Tail wizard can do! Here I come!" He exclaims, pushing off the pile of debris under him, and running towards Bora. In response, the purple haired man panics, and aims his hands towards the pink haired teen as a magic circle appears in front of them.

"Red Shower!" Bora yells as "bullets" of pink flame fly towards Natsu, exploding upon impact on the ground, but every one of them just barely missing the pink haired teen himself, before a magic circle of his own appears beneath his feet, and he launches himself up at the false-Salamander with a yell, before punching him down onto the sand below while Lucy watches in shock and subconsciously talks to Happy about Natsu's magic in disbelief. All the while, the black figure from earlier continues to get closer and closer to the ground. As Bora pushes himself back onto his feet, he glares at Natsu with complete anger in his eyes, while Natsu simply responds with a smirk, before looking up at the sky.

"Well would you look at that? Right as he planned." Natsu says, making Bora look up as well… Only for a black sword with white outlines to go slicing through his head, all the way through his body, leaving a red gash down the middle of his body as the person who was holding the sword lands in a crouch in front of him. Lucy is shocked, thinking that whoever it was just killed Bora, before she notices that the red line looks like it's made out of pixels, and then it disappears as Bora screams, before he faints from the sensory overload of pain, his body falling limp to the ground as the magic flames that were around him die out as Bora loses consciousness. Lucy look on in shock at the person who knocked out the fire mage with one attack as they stand up, and then looks over at her with a smile.

"Hey Lucy." The person greets, shocking Lucy even more when the voice reveals that the person is none other than Michael. However, he's no longer wearing his brown cloak. Now that it's removed, Lucy can get a better look at his overall appearance. Contrary to earlier that day, Michael now has black gloves on, and is no longer wearing a long sleeved T-shirt. Instead, he's wearing a black, long sleeved jacket, with grey accents over a black, short sleeved T-shirt. He has on black, combat boots that reach up to his mid-calf area, and partially cover the black pants that he's wearing. Wrapped around his waist is what appears to be the bottom the jacket he's wearing, but it's not connected. He has Caucasian skin, and black hair, and cobalt eyes that Lucy sees when he smiles at her. He appears to be 18, maybe 19. However, the most noticeable features are the pointed ears that he has, and the four translucent, black wings that are present behind his back. (Basically, imagine Kirito's second outfit in ALO that he wears when he uses the giant sword, before SAO II came and he got yet another clothing change. I'll explain the reason behind him having this at a later date, but for now you can settle with it being because I found the outfit cool, but didn't want to actually bring in Kirito to this fanfiction.)

However, Lucy is quickly distracted from Michael's new appearance by the sound of stomping feet, and everyone turns in the direction that it's coming from to see men wielding spears and shields marching towards them. "The army?" Lucy asks, before she's suddenly being dragged behind Natsu as he runs with Happy and Michael flying beside him.

"Oh crap we've gotta get out of here!" Natsu yells as they do just that.

"Where the heck are you taking me?!" Lucy screams as she's dragged with Natsu towards who knows where. In response, the pink haired teen looks over his shoulder at her.

"Just come on! You said that you want to join the Fairy Tail guild didn't ya?!" Natsu yells, shocking Lucy at what he's implying. "So let's go! Michael's already joining!" He says with a large smile, his eyes closed to make it seem even larger while Michael gives her an identical smile on Natsu's right. In response, a smile grows on Lucy's face, before she gives a short laugh and pulls her arm free from Natsu's hand to raise it into the air.

"Alright!" Lucy agrees as she runs beside him while Michael continues to fly on Natsu's other side, an equally large smile on his face. As he thinks about the new possibilities that await him at his new home.


Author's Note Part 2: Well guys, here's the first chapter of "The Spriggan of Fairy Tail". Now, as you can probably notice from the chapter itself, I've started this one earlier in the anime than my other attempts. I don't really have a reason for this, I just felt like starting it during the first episode instead of the fourth (or fifth, can't really remember which one it was exactly). Another thing that you guys probably noticed is that Michael sliced Bora in half, but he only reacted like the players in SAO and ALO. I'm doing this on purpose, and almost making it like Michael's abilities from the games got transferred over to his life in Fairy Tail, just like his money.

For those of you who also noticed the sword that Michael is using, good catch! As for why he has it, I'll be explaining that around the same time that I get to explaining his outfit, and why it is that he looks so much like Kirito's character from ALO, with the only real difference being the color of his eyes. But for now, you guys will just have to settle for reading about the stuff happening, and going along with my excuse of "I wanted to bring in everything connected to Kirito, I just didn't want to bring him in."

Anyways, next chapter is going to be when Michael and Lucy first arrive at Fairy Tail, and I can tell you guys this much: I'm gonna have fun writing out the guild members' reactions to actually meeting a fairy. Even if he is a "fake" fairy. But, until then, thanks for taking the time out of your day to read this chapter, and I hope to see you all next chapter!