Chapter 1: Tenrou Island
Far off on an island off the coast of Hargeon was a sight too frightful to behold: a giant wrestling a dragon. The giant was covered in injuries, while the dragon was black as the night sky. With all his might the giant was holding back the dragon from reaching his goal. "I don't know what it is you're after, but I won't let you pass any further ahead! Because behind me are all my little brats!" The Dragon roared back fiercely, shaking the entire island.
Off into the distance were Makarov's brats. As they saw their master fall and have his chest penetrated by the dragon's claw, the brats who were running away turned around and began to defend their old master. Behind them were two who were in an odd sense of shock: a pink haired young man with a well-toned body and next to him was a preteen girl with blue hair into a ponytail where a green dress with gold armbands. The young man, named Natsu, looked towards the dragon in front of them. He was completely paralyzed by fear. After a moment that lasted an eternity a force deep inside began rising up within him. He smelt the air around him filled a warmth earthy scent as the sun provided him with a fierce heat. As the energy from everything around him began pouring into his being, he looked towards the young girl and said, "You feel it too. Don't you, Wendy?"
As Wendy gulped from the intense view she could only mutter one word. "Yeah." She continued to take in the sight and energy all around; forcing the words out of her lungs, "Let's go save our friends!"
Deep fear, the presence of a dragon, and being forced to put their lives on the line against a threat no one could handle unlocked a power deep within their beings. They began to walk forward when an absurd amount of magic power began to outpour from both of them.
The apocalyptic dragon rose into the sky and began preparing his breath attack. The guild was frightened. "Let's join hands!" yelled Mirajane. "Everyone, focus all your magic on Freed!" yelled Lisanna. Everyone began pouring energy into Freed to form a magic barrier. Off into the distance, a young girl in a pink dress was off in the distance smiling, hatching a plan. Then a red headed knight clad in shining armor yelled, "We can't let it end here!"
"We will never give up!" Lucy shouted tearfully towards the sky.
"Everyone join your power together! We will show it the power of the bonds of our guild!" Gray yelled in retaliation to the dragons incoming attack.
Makarov cried out his last words, "We are all going home together to Fairytail!"
A scale covered Natsu and pink haired Wendy sped by the group and leaped high into the air as the pressure from the incoming attack increased.
"YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT WE ARE OLD MAN!", Natsu roared.
"NATSU! WENDY! DON'T!", Makarov shouted.
Each one individually terrified and shouted at the two dragon slayers, they all closed their eyes. They all sensed the overwhelming power coming out from both of them, but it still paled in comparison to Acnologia. Moments later when the two dragon slayers were only a few meters below head height the Apocalypse unleashed his roar towards the two fools in front of him, as well as the group of fools below him. As the attack came out they Natsu shouted in return, "FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR", with a millisecond behind him was Wendy who yelled, "Sky Dragon's Roar!"
Off into the distance were members of the magic council. They witnessed the attack. Fire, the wind, and death itself collided in the air. The resulting explosion covered the entire island. As the smoke disappeared, the entire island was gone. Soldiers watching could only look on in fear as the once steady boat seemed to become a mere piece of plywood. Zeref himself witnessed the island's destruction, saying goodbye to his now dead little brother when smelling the ashes and sulfur of his death.
Far away from the destroyed Tenrou Island was a small boat with two passengers: a young woman with purple hair wearing a white and black one-piece bikini armor. The other was a short, pink haired young girl wearing a similar piece of armor, but dark pink with a red robe. They were talking with a cold atmosphere surrounding them. As they exchanged words, soon the woman in white tearfully jumps overboard, only to be rescued by the young girl. While they tearfully held each other in their arms, two meteors flew through the air towards them. Crashing into the ocean behind the objects formed a large wave. Submerged by the force, Ultear created a magic circle below her with her left hand while holding onto Meredy with her right. Shooting above the waves, the ice finished by making a small platform to rest on.
After the waves resided, an unconscious Natsu and Wendy were washed up off a ledge on the ice platforms base. Ultear raised an eyebrow.
"Who are they, Ultear?" Meredy asked.
"Can't you tell?" Ultear asked gently. A fish flew out and landed on Natsu, who woke up shouting. "They're members of Fairytail."
"What the hell?" Natsu asked. "Is that a fish?" He grabbed it and threw it into the ocean. By flinging his arm backward he accidentally hit Wendy, who once again flew into the ocean. Seemingly use to heroics, Meredy jumped in after Wendy, quickly emerging with her in hand.
"Thanks for saving me," Wendy said as she continued to cough the water out of her lungs. "Why was I drowning? The last thing I remember…" Images of Acnologia pierced Wendy's mind. She cringed.
"Don't worry, Wendy." She looked up and noticed Natsu above her, standing on the ledge. "Everything will be alright", he said. Ultear formed another magic circle and made steps going towards the Natsu's ledge, the ocean surface near Meredy, all the way to the miraculously unharmed boat a dozen meters away.
"What happened to you two members of Fairytail?" Ultear asked when everyone finally made it into the boat.
"A dragon", Natsu responded. "A powerful one. I've no doubt even with dragon force, we are lucky to be alive. We must have been hit on accident." Wendy shivered.
"You think we were hit by accident?" she asked. They began to row to Hargeon.
"I have almost no doubt", Natsu said. He stared towards Tenrou Island and said, "The entire island is gone. If we were his main target, we would have been obliterated." Wendy winced at the thought.
"Do you think they are… dead?" she asked.
Natsu began rowing harder, quickening their pace.
"Natsu?"
"I don't know, Wendy", he said. A quick gust of air began helping to push the boat towards land. "My gut feeling is they're alive. I know they are somehow, but… I saw the island destroyed with my own eyes. I want to believe, but I don't how it is possible." The wind calmed. "Even with dragon force we didn't make a dent into his attacks. I don't know how anyone could survive a direct attack."
Wendy began to cry.
"Don't give up yet, Wendy", Natsu said as he put his hand on Wendy's shoulder. "Even if we have no idea how it doesn't mean they are gone."
"Have faith in your friends", Meredy said put her best effort into a smile. "I may not know you, but I do know Fairytail never gives up."
"She's right", Ultear said. "Fairytail never gives up. They survived somehow. I know it." Natsu shoved his face near Ultear and began sniffing. Ultear grew awkward and blushed when asking "What is it?"
"You smell… Familiar", Natsu said as he continued to shove his face all over her body.
"Stop that!" she said as he froze him in place momentarily. After letting go of her magic, Natsu quickly fell to the wet floor.
"What happened to him?", Meredy asked.
"Motion sickness", Wendy explained. Natsu proceeded to vomit profusely over the side of the boat, followed by Wendy casting a spell on him. As the grew close to the port after several hours of rowing and using magic to accelerate their trip, Wendy looked at Meredy and said, "Thank you for helping us! I never even thought to ask, but who are you?"
"We're former members of Grimoire Heart", Ultear said. Wendy began to sweat. "However, we've left them behind."
"Don't worry, Wendy", Natsu said. "They're good people. I can tell." Ultear looked at Natsu in shock by his lack of surprise. She looked down in dismay.
"My name is Ultear Milkovich", she said. "I am the daughter of Gray's former master. This is my adopted daughter Meredy." She motioned to Meredy with her hand.
"Nice to meet you!" she said enthusiastically and offered her hand out.
"Nice to meet you too!" Wendy responded as she shook her hand. "My name is Wendy… but you already know that." As Wendy finished her words their boat sat beside a pier. Natsu quickly jumped and shouted joyfully. As the events sobered him quickly he turned towards Ultear with his head down.
"Thank you for the ride", Natsu said.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"We are going home", he said.
"Can we come with you?" Meredy asked. Natsu laughed.
"Of course", he said with a smile. "You helped us. We're friends now, aren't we?" Ultear held back a tear or two by the sudden odd speculation.
"Of course", she said as a tear slipped through. "You're right!"
The following morning Natsu arrived at Fairytail with the others in tow. Painfully, he had to explain the situation to the guild. Arguments waged between if the Tenrou group survived or died, who should be the next guild master, if Ultear and Meredy can join Fairytail, and if Fairytail should disband.
"YOU'RE ALL BEING STUPID!" Natsu yelled.
"How are we being stupid?" Macao asked.
"They are still alive!" Natsu said as flung his arm aside with vibrant body language. "They have to be! We cannot give up! Makarov is our only guild master, and Ultear and Meredy saved us! They can join Fairytail!"
"Listen, Natsu", said Macao. "We won't give up. I promise you. But…"
"But what?!" Natsu asked with fire in his eyes.
"But we cannot add new members without a guild master in place", Wakaba interjected. He exhaled his smoke. "Besides, they are from Grimoire Heart. The young girl might be able to get away with joining, but Ultear is a former member of the magic council who betrayed Fiore. Even if we wanted them to join, she can't. She would be arrested almost immediately." Wendy looked at Meredy with painful eyes, while Meredy stared at Ultear with determination.
"I won't go anywhere without Ultear!" she said. Ultear's gaze fell onto Meredy. They had an argument with stares and body language, which Meredy won and stayed with Ultear.
"It's alright", Natsu said. "As soon as Makarov comes back we will get your situation cleared up. I promise."
"We should leave immediately", Ultear said. "The magic council is bound to come here soon to alert everyone of what happened." She grabbed Meredy who broke free of her grip. She turned to see Meredy crying, with Natsu grabbing her own arm.
"At least let her say goodbye, Ultear," he said. After they finished their goodbyes, Ultear's stepped towards the door full of regret- as she had quickly grown fond of the idea of joining Fairytail- and walked unwavering towards her future with Meredy.
"Ultear…" Natsu said. She turned back towards Fairytail with tears in her eyes. "At least stay here for a few days. Makarov may come back soon. Give it some time. Please." Ultear bit her thumb nail as silence fell on the guild.
"Master Macao, is it alright with you?" she asked.
"I wouldn't call myself master…" he said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh please, old man," Wakaba said. "There is no doubt in anyone's mind that you are our substitute master until Makarov comes back. Don't make us kiss your ass to say it."
"Alright, alright!", he said. His face turned serious and looked towards Ultear and Meredy. "You can stay here. Stay in hiding in the guild for the rest of the day. You said it yourself, the magic council will visit soon."
"Thank you!" Meredy said. She smiled, grabbed Wendy by the hand, and bolted out the door. Ultear let out her first laugh all day.
"What should I do?" Ultear asked.
"Well, you can't stay in the main guild hall", Macao said. Natsu scratched his head repetitively.
"Well, what about staying with me?" Natsu asked. He gave his patented smile. "I know it isn't ideal, but no one will see you."
"That will be fine for now", she said. She put her hands on her hips.
"Let's go now", he said. "I can show you around Magnolia after, and then we'll find Meredy and Wendy."
"That sounds nice", she said. She smirked at him. "There's also something I would like to show you tonight when we're alone." Natsu only gave a simple smile back and walked out with Ultear. Wakaba and Macao looked at each other and then towards Ultear with bloody noses.
"What uh…" Wakaba said. "What do you think she meant, Macao?"
"I don't know", he replied. "Whatever it is, Natsu is in for a treat."
When the afternoon came, Doronbolt and Lahar both stopped by the guild and explained the situation.
"Since you are aware of the circumstances", Lahar said, "we need to know who you're new Guild master will be."
"Makarov's alive," Macao said. His eyes glared with anger. "Don't underestimate our master."
"The council views him as… gone", he responded. "At least appoint a temporary master until Makarov comes back."
"That will be me", Macao said. Lahar turned around with his soldiers and began leaving.
"Thank you for being cooperative", he said. "I hope everything turns out alright." They were gone as fast as they came.
Later that day Natsu, Wendy, Ultear, and Meredy were nearing Natsu's home after dinner. Natsu's hands were behind his head, Wendy walked with her arms down tightly locked, Meredy swung her arms back and forth with high energy, and Ultear held her hands to her hips.
"Hey Ultear, what did you want to show me tonight when it was just us?" Natsu asked.
"Ultear!" Meredy said stunned by her bravado. Wendy blushed at Ultear's ulterior motivations.
"Meredy, don't assume improper things". Ultear said.
"Improper things?" Natsu asked. He laughed at short pink hair girl. "You have a dirty mind. I said us- as the in the four of us."
"Oh…." The two young girls said in unison. After a few more seconds they had finally arrived at Natsu's house, which was a large mess. The wood which built the house was rotten. Trash covered the entire house. The three girls were easily disgusted at the atrocity Natsu had been committing against basic hygiene.
"I wanted to thank you for helping us", Ultear said. She brought out her orb and everyone stared deeply into it. "I'm offering you two the power of Second Origin."
"What is the second origin?" Wendy asked.
"Inside every person, there is a container to hold magic", she said. "When the mage runs out of mana, ethernano from the world around them refills the container. However, recent studies have identified a part of the container that goes largely unused." She moved towards the two dragon slayers and extended her orb. "With the arc of time, I can evolve your containers so you can use the second origin." Smoke starting coming from Natsu's crashed brain.
"I don't think either of us understands", Wendy said.
"It's a large power up. You'll gain years of the power equivalent to years of training", Ultear said. The smoke stopped. The fire was lit in Natsu's eyes and drooled from his mouth. Ultear grinned at the Salamander. She continued, "However, it'll be excruciatingly painful and worse than your wildest imaginations." Ultear's eyes sharpened like a snake. Her smile grew wide as if she was wildly turned on by the pain.
"Ohhhhhh….", Wendy mumbled fearfully as sweat dropped profusely from her forehead.
"I don't care!" Natsu said. "Thank you! Thank you! How can I thank you?" Natsu jumped towards Ultear and began hugging her; his face purposely unintentionally was shoved into her breasts. "You're even starting to look like a real woman!"
"I am a woman…" she said. Her face was filled awkward shame as time as several moments passed with Natsu not letting go. "Can you let go?"
"Ow! Ah! Aw! Ah! Ow!", Natsu screamed. The pain was great, like being crucified, whipped, and burned alive all at once. Wendy was incapable of screaming while near losing consciousness. Several hours had passed since Ultear had started. Now in the heart of the night, the cold wind brushed against the dragon slayers. Their bodies were covered in odd, red tattoos. Screams filled the night sky. However, as the story goes, the pain was worth it.
The next two months were tricky. Almost no one left on jobs. Natsu trained every day, venting his anger out on nearby mountains. Ultear, Meredy, and Wendy often accompanying him out of worry. Meredy and Wendy would occasionally go to town and shop together, spending hours every day with each other. Ultear would stay by Natsu's side, preventing from ever going overboard. At times she would visit the main guild hall and talk to Fariytail's other members. She would often try to talk to Natsu, but as time went on he would speak less and less to everyone. By the end of the two months, he didn't speak to anyone besides occasional one worded sentences to Wendy. One morning Natsu entered the guild only to hear everyone arguing. A large group of unknown people began approaching Natsu and surrounded him, each with a Fairytail's mark.
"What do you guys want?" Natsu asked.
"It's your fault the guild is falling apart", one man said.
"They're dead, and because of that the guild is dead", another said.
"If you weren't so weak it would have been different", a third man said. Natsu punched the third man and wrestled him to the ground. He began swarming each and every one of the group with merciless fists.
"Don't ever call me weak!" Natsu said. "I didn't want them to die!" Natsu readied himself for one last punch.
"Natsu!" Wendy said. Natsu froze.
"We are so quitting this shitty guild!" one of them said. They all got up and ran away, leaving the guild behind.
"Natsu, you can't just hurt them because you blame yourself!" Wendy said.
"It's my damn fault they're dead, Wendy!" he said. His eyes filled with frustration. "Ok?!" Wendy sighed at the pink haired man.
"It's not your fault!" she said. She stepped towards him and stood toe to toe. "Because they are all still alive!"
"They are dead, Wendy", he said. "They are dead because of us!" Guilt filled the atmosphere. Wendy began to rub away her watery eyes.
"Natsu!" Macao said. He got up from the table he was eating breakfast at. He raised his voice. "Don't yell at the poor girl! You're an adult! Act like it!"
"You can't tell me what to do Macao!" he said. "You aren't our guild master!"
"I am now, you damn brat", he said.
"I've had enough of everyone! I'm leaving!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at Natsu now. No one was angry. No one was sad. There was only silence for as the sound of stools scratching the wood floor as everyone began getting up.
"Where are you going?!"
"I'm going to go train for a while," he said. Natsu's voice became disturbingly calm. "I am going for a while. I need to prevent something like this from ever happening again." The commotion began enveloping the guild. Everyone's voices were heard as roaring whispers. Everyone had something to say but was too afraid to say it.
"Aren't you strong enough with second origin Natsu?" Ultear asked. Concern filled her eyes.
"I'm nowhere near strong enough still", he said. "If Acnologia attacked, I wouldn't be able to save anyone." Wendy approached Natsu timidly.
"Y… you're leaving the guild?" Wendy asked. Natsu looked towards the door.
"No", he said. "I promise I won't ever leave the guild. I just need to be gone for a while."
"How long are you going to be gone?" she asked.
"I don't know."
"Where are you going?"
"I don't know."
"Why do you have to leave me?!" A vein grew on Wendy's forehead.
"I just do."
"Natsu!" She said. "At least look at me." He turned towards her and looked her in the eye. "What are you trying to prove? What are you trying to do?"
"I'm going to kill Acnologia."
A/N: Hello, everyone! Thanks for reading! This is my first fanfiction of Fairytail. I have several chapters for this done, although I haven't worked on it for a while. I figured I might as well post them. Sorry for the bad writing. This entire story is merely for fun. I had written this for some friends when I suffering from awful anxiety a year ago. Writing was the only activity that I could do without breaking down. There are plenty of teenage angsty edgelord material, OOC times, weird changes of emotion from teenagers, and all sorts of a mess. Don't let me be the one to discourage from reading, let the reading do that. It's just a warning.
There are going to be a lot of original characters in this story. A HUGE NOTE is that there are two separate main characters. One is Natsu, the other will be a wizard later introduced. Every chapter will keep one (or both) of those two as the center focus. They will both have their own arcs.
I will post a song with each chapter to accompany the theme. Imagine it like recommended background music that inspired me as I wrote. It'll be posted with the chapter title from now on. For funsies.
A/N 2.0 I originally deleted this fic, but I ended up reuploading it. All of this is from when I had anxiety and was super edgy in mind and randomly pervy. I really have no plans of continuing this at all, although I might to a different version of a similar plot with Natsu x Wendy as the focus. I've tempted to write a romance driven story to see how I perform. Let me know.
If for whatever reason someone wanted to pick up this story, let me know. I'd be more than happy to give everything I have on this fic outlined and input another note directing my story to the new one.
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