Superhero

I woke up to the sound of my alarm. I had like 10 set on my phone because I always ignore the first one. My name's Natsu. Natsu Dragneel. I'm 17 years old and I have a sister, Wendy, who is 12. But the public knows me as the superhero, Salamander, who eats, breathes, and attacks with fire. I don't know where I got my powers, but when I was 6, I tried to tell my parents. They kept rambling on about how active my imagination was and blah blah, so I just made myself a secret identity. Only 4 people know my secret. Gray, Erza, Lucy, and Wendy. I honestly don't trust my parents, so they see the Salamander not as their son, but as a superhero who protects Fiore from crime. I have a special charm that automatically transforms me into my superhero form. I wear it on a wristband. Anyway, I have to go to school today. Like any other teenager, I hate school. Well actually, I don't hate it. Just the classes. I changed into my school clothes and went downstairs.

"Morning, son." My dad, Igneel, said emotionless and without looking up from his newspaper and taking a sip of coffee.

"Good morning, dear." My mother, Grandeeney, said with more emotion then my dad. She placed a kiss on my forehead and took off her apron. "Natsu, can you drive Wendy to school today? I have to leave right now for a meeting and your father has to go to work."

"Yeah about that… I don't feel like it and I don't give a shit about how Wendy gets to school. She should be happy she has an opportunity to miss it." Being the troublesome teen I am, I backed away towards the door holding up two middle fingers to my wide-eyed, gaping parents. I grabbed my bag and ran out the door, just to hear my father cussing up a storm and my mother yelling at him to calm down because I was just going through a "phase" and "teen years". I smirked and drove away.

I checked the clock in my car and saw I still had 50 minutes until school. Taking advantage of the extra time and being less than a mile away from school, I stopped at a drug store. I checked the list my mom sent to me yesterday, but I never checked, and searched for the items as an apology for what I did.

List

Milk

Bread

Hot Sauce

Oreos

Broccoli

Carrots

Whatever else you want :)

I walked around the store, which was pretty empty, and found everything. Right after checking out, I made my way towards the door, but someone beat me to it. It was the street gang, Eisenwald. They were wanted with a reward of one million jewel. I had lost to them a while back because they shot my arm. I told my parents a fake story when they found me unconscious in an alley, normal form, and they brought me to a hospital. Anyway they held up guns to everyone in the store and got into positions. Two stood in front of the door, and the rest spread out among us.

"We are Eisenwald. This is a robbery and I suggest you all remain still and quiet until we have taken everything valuable. We will kill you after this is over, but move now, die now." The leader, Erigor, said. He got a look on his face that read, I have an idea! "Scratch that, move around. Go hide. But when we find you, we kill you." At this statement, many people in the store ran to hide. Including me. I peeked out from behind the stack of towels I was hiding behind and saw a girl, who looked maybe a few years younger than Wendy, with a gun being held to her forehead. She stayed completely still but was crying softly. I followed her gaze to a boy a few feet away, maybe a year younger than me, whose arms were held behind his back as if he were being forced to watch the girl being taunted. Having super hearing as part of the powers package, I heard the girl mumble, "brother…" I gasped. I pictured myself as the boy and Wendy as the girl. Maybe sometimes I was in a bad mood, but mess with my sister, I'll burn you to a crisp. Right before the guy holding the gun pulled the trigger, I jumped up and yelled, "Wait!" The man looked towards me.

"What do you want, kid." I recongnized Kageyama. I smirked and attacked the same way I attack my parents. A double middle finger. This really ticked him off. He threw the girl to the side and ran after me. The guys holding her brother were so startled, the boy was able to break free and run over to help his little sister. I ran as fast as I could away from them, and the chase went on for a while. I broke out the window and ran down the street. Kageyama and his "friends" didn't follow. I went into the nearest alley and turned into my superhero form. I walked into the store calmly.

"Hey! Eisenwald, is it?" I lit my hands on fire. "I should've known you'd be out causing trouble again. You're lucky a teen found me and told me what you were up to."

"I knew we shouldn't have let him get away!" One yelled, shoving Kageyama. He didn't care. He just aimed his gun at me.

"This is how we defeated you last time, Salamander. Prepare to be defeated once again!" I only smirked as he pulled the trigger and a bullet came flying at me. I didn't even try to dodge. I wasn't stupid. After being beat by Eisenwald, I upgraded my suit and now, bullets weren't a problem. The bullet bounced off my suit and flew back at Kageyama. Eyes wide, he ducked and the bullet hit the person behind him. Erigor. "Master! No!" Kageyama cried. I guess someone called the cops because they showed up and took away the members of Eisenwald. Only one escaped, Kageyama. Shortly after, the sheriff approached me.

"Hello, Salamander." He said with a smile.

"Sup." I replied blankly, not knowing what he wanted.

"You successfully defeated the gang, Eisenwald."

"No shit, Sherlock." I said with a groan. He frowned.

"Anyway, the reward for these wanted criminals was one million jewel. Since you got them, the reward is all yours." He said and handed me the cash reward.

"Seriously? Thanks!" Not letting the sheriff reply, I checked the time on my phone. "Oh shit! I'm gonna be late for school! I have a normal life to you know!" I ran away and changed back in the alley. I got in my car and drove to school quickly. In class, everyone was talking about what happened in the store. Apparently someone recorded the scene where I fought Eisenwald as Salamander. It had already gotten 800,000 views and was posted about 10 minutes ago.

"Did you hear what Salamander did? He's awesome!"

"Yeah! He took down Eisenwald and did it without even having to really attack!"

"I wonder who he really is?"

"OMG what if he's in this school?"

"Class, settle down. We are here to learn not gossip." The teacher said with an annoyed expression. My friends were smirking at me and I just slid down in my seat. Just then, someone got up and yelled out something to the class.

"Guys! Check your phones and read the newest news update!" Our teacher sighed and threw her hands in the air as if she were surrendering during defeat.

"I give up." She mumbled.

BREAKING NEWS

Escaped member of Eisenwald, Kageyama, has taken a 7thgrader from Fairy Tail Middle School hostage. He has done this as revenge on the Salamander. He has sent us a private message saying that if the he doesn't want an innocent little girl to lose her life, you have one hour to get to a private location that we have sent to Salamander for security purposes. We don't know if he is still in the streets, so everyone is forbid to leave the building they are currently in. Police officers are evacuating everyone to inside the nearest building. The 7thgrader kidnapped is 12 years old. She has long blue hair held in two ponytails by animal ear like holders. She has dark brown eyes and was last seen wearing her school uniform and silver winged sandals. She goes by the name, WENDY DRAGNEEL.

The whole classes eyes turned to me. I stood there, wide-eyed and gawking at what was happening. I'm sure my parents were doing the same thing. I grabbed my bag and headed for the classroom door. Only my friends knew where I was going.

"Natsu! Where are you going?" My teacher yelled to me.

"To save my little sister."

"The Salamander can take care of this." She said motioning for me to sit back down.

"I don't give a fuck about the Salamander. Mess with my little sis, I'll send you to hell, then bring you back, just to send you to hell again!" I stormed out of the room with my bag. My classmates stood there gaping except for my friends, who stood there smirking. I ran down the stairs to find the main hall and front office full of random people off the street. Before I could reach the door, Headmaster Makarov yelled at me.

"Natsu Dragneel. Why are you leaving this building?" I gritted my teeth and didn't turn around and didn't stop. All I did was growl,

"To save my sister." As I walked outside, I saw a poster on a wall. It was for my missing sister.

Missing Person

Have you seen me?

Wendy Dragneel

Age: 12

Gender: Female

Height: 61 inches

Hair Color: Blue

Eye Color: Dark Brown

If found, contact Igneel and Grandeeney Dragneel for reward

They had posted a missing poster for Wendy that fast? When I got outside, I moved out of the view of all windows and pressed the flame charm on my wristband. I was immediately transformed into a superhero. I checked my phone and saw the address posted in a private place for me to view. I ran as fast as I could towards the address. Minutes later, I arrived in front of a beat up shack. I slowly walked inside. Flame in hand, I moved down the staircase to a basement.

"Ah, Salamander. Nice of you to show up." Kageyama.

"Kageyama. I'm not here to party. Now where's my si- that girl, Wendy Dragneel?"

"I had no use for her. So I sold her to an acquaintance from Ishgar." I balled my hands into fists. This guy sold my sister? I was engulfed in flame. But not just any flame, lightning flame. I don't know where or how I got lightning powers, but it would help me beat this guy. I roared a mixture of lightning and fire at a trembling Kageyama. The fight was pretty much one-sided. He didn't survive my mixture of flame and electricity. The police heard the blast and collected Kageyama's dead, roasted body. I waved off all reporters and transformed back into my normal self behind a building. I walked back to school.

"Natsu! Are you okay?" My teacher asked, the entire class looking at me with a worried face except my friends. I had covered myself in ashes to make it look like I was an innocent witness. I nodded and used a fake story, saying that I just was too close when Salamander exploded the place. Because of all the events, school was let out early. I had told my friends everything that happened but I refuse to let them help. I walked home and ignored my parents who were trying to shower me in hugs and kisses thinking I was kidnapped along with Wendy. I ignored them and went to my room and slammed the door. I put on my headphones and turned it up loud to drown out the sound of the world. I ignored all texts and phone calls from family and friends. What kind of superhero big brother was I if I couldn't protect my little sister?

Wendy's POV

I don't know where I am. I remember being kidnapped by a man and he said I was bait for Salamander. But as long as I'm missing and he believes I'm with him, he had no use for me. I think he sold me. I'm in a room in someone's house though. Maybe they want to help me, maybe they want to kill me. Who knows? I hear footsteps coming up the stairs. A man with long white spiky hair appeared. His hair looked kinda like my brother's friend Gajeel's. But it was white and he had light blue tattoos all over his face.

"Ah, I see you're awake." He said.

"Who are you?" I growled.

"My name is Acnologia. I'm the leader of the gang, Dragons of the Apocalypse. I'm known to all as the Black or Chaos Dragon. But you are free to call me Acnologia." I didn't reply. I just sent to him a death glare that Erza taught me. It scared some people in the army. He just laughed and mumbled something about me being adorable. Was this guy for real?

Natsu's POV

A month passed. Wendy still hasn't been found. Just to my luck, nothing bad has happened so Salamander didn't need to come out. Fiore was still searching but I'd lost all hope. I hadn't been to school since it happened and only left my room for food. I kept my blinds closed and never really made contact with the outside world anymore. I thought about doing drugs to take away the pain, and I'm still considering it. I'm pretty sure Gajeel has some he'd be willing to give me. I sighed and checked my watch, 7:15. I could still make it to school. Yeah. I'm going back to school! I took a 5-minute shower and my skin looked tan again. I combed my salmon hair and put on some regular clothing. I grabbed my car keys, school bag, and put my cellphone in my jacket pocket. I grabbed an apple and waved goodbye with my goofy grin to my parents who waved back gaping. I went outside and let my eyes adjust to the sun. I drove to the school. I walked down the halls getting looks of relief and confusion from my peers. In first period, I was the first in class. When Lucy walked in, she ran over to me and hugged me with so much force, I almost fell out of my chair. This wasn't so bad at all.