Hello everyone its me with a brand new story for you. Now I know some of you are like why aren't you working on the other one? Well I need a little break from that story but don't worry I am working on the next chapter. This is a little test to see how this one will do for now. Remember I need reviews so that I can make this the best story it can be. So I will see you in the next chapter.

Disclaimer: Don't own Fairytail

(Prologue)

Assassin, what comes to mind when you hear that word? If you look it up it means a murderer of an important person in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons in exchange for money. That is true; however it means some much more. It means that you are part of a brotherhood, you live in the shadows, and you become one with the dark. There are many syndics spread across the kingdom. The most ruthless one was and still is to this day is Dragonheart. There are a few rules you need to live by when you're an assassin.

Live in the shadows, what that means is that you should stick to dark places so you don't get caught.

Kill or be killed, that one is pretty self explanatory. The life of an assassin is that of a dangerous, you not only have to watch out for the King's Army but it has been known for assassins to be hired to kill one another. Thrust me I've had that happen to me once or twice. (Numbers three and four are kind of the same in some aspect.)

Don't show any emotions; the concept of that one is that emotions are an assassin's weakness. They can jeopardize a mission very quickly. Let's say that your target is someone from your past, before you were someone of the shadows, and you freeze up. You could be caught, defect from your brotherhood, and if you go through with the killing of someone close to you, the guilt will eat you alive. It can make you go insane, make you depress, and make you suicidal. I've seen that one happen too.

Don't have any family or friends, same with the last one it is dangerous to have a family while in an assassin syndic. You see when you are part of this dark world, you make enemies. It could be someone from another syndic, a targets family member, or just someone that hates assassins all together. It has been known for syndic leaders to kill an assassin's family just to prove a point.

I remember this one guy I used to work with. When he first started out he abide the laws that were given out, but he met this girl on a mission. It started out with him being infatuated with her. Then it escalated to a more physical relationship. One day she told him that she was pregnant. That cause some stress for him but he was happy so he hid her as best as he could. We even tried to help him but it wasn't enough. Apparently someone snitched about the location of the girl to the Mistress. The Mistress took some of her most loyal lackeys and went to the secret location. When he showed up at the hideout the Mistress was waiting for him. She had her lackeys beat the girl till she was unconscious. The Mistress was feeling generous that day and gave him a choice, he could break all ties to the girl and his child or he could watch them die right in front of him. He decided to let them go. He was never the same after that, he would take unnecessary risks, and he would ignore serious wounds. Finally one day on a mission he was pronounced MIA (missing in action), some say that he killed himself, others say that he went back to his woman and child, but nobody knows.

Finally the last one, if you leave the syndic you are to never talk about the life you had led or about the other members of your brotherhood. That one is the most upheld one.

The reason I am telling you all this is because it's time for someone to know what it's like to live like us and for all the brothers out there that want to leave that life and to understand that you are not alone. My name is Natsu Dragneel and I'm and ex assassin.