Hi guys, so, this is my first fanfic, so I'd really appreciate any and all SUPPORTIVE criticism because I know it's probably not the best right now, but I have a great idea for this story, and I think it's gonna be a long one, so I'll work at my writing skills and hopefully be able to give you a pretty good read in the end.

I also just wanted you guys to know that yes, these first few chapters will be done on my iPhone as I'm currently waiting for my laptop to be fixed.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of Mashima's characters, only Micah.

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Chapter One-

Micah's POV-

Magnolia, just by the tree line of the forest Year X778

Micah's POV-

'So, this is it? This is the city you've decided to call home then? Well I guess it isn't that bad, the people seem friendly enough, and that forest looks like a decent enough place to train. Not sure how you've coped with the smell though, that will definitely take me some getting used to, but anyways, let's see if you're actually here, otherwise I'm gonna be rather pissed off.'

Third person POV-

Now you're probably wondering whose thoughts you're reading, and the answer to that is the tall cloaked figure standing just in the shadows of the trees of the forest bordering the city of Magnolia, home to the great Kardia Cathedral, and the number one wizard guild in Fiore, the one and only Fairy Tail.

Looking a bit closer at the stranger, you can see that he is in fact male, that he's tall at about 6' and that, as he smiles, he has two slightly elongated canines. The reason more cannot be seen of this mysterious stranger is because of the large black hooded cloak he is wearing, adding to the mystery of the stranger.

Micah's POV-

'Well at least I've finally found you, how long has it been since I last saw you?' I wonder to myself as I walk out of the shadows and towards the building with the Fairy Tail insignia above the large double doors.

Finally stepping up to the doorway, the excitement kicks in, and I wonder how the hell I'm supposed to tell him, I mean, do I just walk up to him and tell him? I've spent so long imagining this moment, but never actually believing it would come true, that I never thought about HOW it would happen.

Placing my right hand on the door, I calm myself and decide to just wing it, it's never not worked before, so why shouldn't it now?

"Well here goes nothing" I sigh, and making sure my hood is in place and, as I don't want to be noticed immediately, that my magic is suppressed, I walk in, only to have to dodge a flying table.

Quickly scanning the room I notice that the bar area seems to be clear of the debris and bodies strewn about the rest of the guild hall, and before another table can try take me out, I make my way there, all the while thinking 'Well you sure did pick lively guild, I just hope you're just as happy as the rest of these people look.'

Arriving at the bar, I find a stool and take a seat, trying to blend in and just take a better look at who exactly is around me. Looking to the left I see a small blue haired girl trying to hide underneath one of as yet untouched tables, and next to her is another small girl, but now with short white hair, and instead of looking nervous like her blue haired companion, she is watching the ongoing brawl with glee.

Following her line of sight, I see a black haired boy that looks to be about the same age as me, glancing to his right I see a scarlet haired girl fighting with another white haired girl dressed in black from head to toe, or well, the bits of clothing she IS wearing. Looking back left I see the black haired boy again, but this time, wait, what the hell?! Why isn't he wearing clothes?! Just as I'm trying to figure out where his clothes went I see a flash of pink take out the black haired boy, "Take that, ice princess!" Laughed the pink haired maniac.

Then it hit me. It's HIM. Natsu Dragneel. Any semblance of thought leaving me, I start walking towards him, and frankly it's a miracle nothing is hitting me. Dodging a second flying table, I see he's just a few meters in front of me. That's when I'm promptly slammed face-first into the ground, and I honestly would've probably laughed my ass off if I had been watching, but I hadn't, and it hurt, a lot.

The ensuing silence was deafening after the absolute din these barbarians were causing.

As I lay there, now not know how to react, I do the most unexpected thing possible.

I started to laugh.

Rolling onto my back, I sit up and look around at the various faces looking at me, some showing confusion, some shock, and some, like the face of the gothic looking white haired girl that was thrown at me, showing a mixture of both.

Making sure my hood is still in place, and covering half of my face, I stand up and while greeting her, I hold out my hand help the white haired girl up.

Mira's POV-

Just as the Red headed bitch sends me flying, I see that there's a guy in a black cloak walking towards Natsu and Gray like he's on a mission, realizing that he was directly in my path, "SHIT!" I screamed as he didn't even look away to see me coming. Hitting him felt like being thrown against a wall, a very solid wall. The next thing I know, I hear someone laughing, which is weird because I'm sure the guild was so loud that you'd have to shout just to hear the person next to you.

That's when I realized I was on the ground laying next to the black cloaked guy, and as he gets up, he says, "Hi there, I'm Micah, and you are?".

Taking his hand, I stand up and say, "Mira, sorry about that, the tin can over there threw me, and I tried to warn you, but you're kinda deaf."

Smiling, he chuckled, "It's no problem, really, it's my fault for not watching out. You sure you're okay?" He asked, a twinge of concern in his voice, and even though hitting him hurt quite a bit, I wasn't going to admit that that, so I replied, saying, "Course I am, as if you could actually hurt me." And turning on my heel, I stalk off into the crowd, not sparing him a glance.

Micah's POV-

Well, that was... Interesting.

I can't help but feel a little demurred by her sudden attitude, but anyways, I'm not here for her. And so, turning around, I see the pink haired maniac I've been looking for, and approaching him with the most serious face I can muster, I say, "Natsu Dragneel, fight me."

As soon as I said that, I mentally face-palmed, 'seriously? "Fight me"? That's the best you could do? Ahh well, that's what you get for winging it.' Deciding to at least lessen the damage that will be caused I start walking to the doors, "Come, outside so we don't break anything more." And with that I turn to walk outside.

Natsu's POV-

As I'm about to take out the ice princess, I smell something, something kinda familiar, but I just can't place it, and dodging a punch from the icicle, I notice a guy in a cloak walking up to Gray and me.

Just as he gets close, I see Mira come flying at him out the corner of my eye, and then she hits the familiar smelling stranger.

Expecting to see the poor guy get beaten up just for being in the way, I slowly start to edge backwards, not wanting to have Mira be angry with me again, not after last time I think to myself as a shiver makes its way down my spine.

Just then, I hear him start laughing, why, I don't know coz that must have hurt like heck, and then once he's stood up, he helps Mira up and says his name is Micah, weird name if you ask me, but again, it's familiar for some reason.

Just then, the stranger turns around and then, spotting me, he walks up to me and says, "Natsu Dragneel, fight me."

Huh? Was there something I missed? I mean, sure, I'll fight him, but what the hell? So random. So getting ready to get straight to it, he then says to fight outside because we'll damage less stuff, well, okay then.

But just who is this guy?

Micah's POV-

Just as I'm about to walk outside, someone taps my shoulder.

Turning around, I see the red headed girl walk up to me and with a bow, she says, "Please forgive me, I did not mean to throw Mira at you just now, please hit me as a sign of forgiveness."

"T-that won't be necessary, it's fine, really." I stutter with a nervous chuckle, so straightening up and looking at me, "I see, very well then, by the way, my name is Erza Scarlet, and your name is Micah, right?" She asked, "And why the cloak?"

"Well Erza Scarlet, it's nice to meet you, and as for the cloak, well I'm sure you and everyone else will find out soon enough." I say with a smile, and seeing her nod, I look to her left where a rather short man with a wizard Saint jacket on is standing.

Upon seeing my gaze directed to him, he says, "Hey there, the names Makarov, I'm the guild master of these brats, and while I won't object to you having a friendly fight with young Natsu here, I feel I have to ask you to at least tell me your purpose here." "It's nice to meet you gramps, and sure, but do you mind if I tell you in private? I don't want this lot knowing who I am just yet."

Caught off guard at being called gramps, he says, "Sure, come this way." And he leads me post all the still confused faces, up the stairs and into his office.

(20 minutes later.)

(You didn't think I'd tell you guys that easily, did you? \_(-.-)_/ )

"Well my child, go on, have fun, just, please don't destroy too much." Makarov ended, with tears in his eyes as he realized again who I was about to fight, "Well Gramps, I'll try, but no promises." I said with a chuckle, and turning with a wave, I walk out his office door and stepping out onto the landing I see the rest of the guild milling around, looking as if they're waiting for something, hearing Gramps clear his throat, he says, "Hold on a moment please, Micah," and turning to the guild he begins his announcement, "Alright brats, this here is Micah, and he's going to be joining us, so give him the proper fairy tail greeting!" Turning to me, he asks, "So my boy, where would you like your mark? "Hmm, I can get it anywhere, right?" "Yep." He says, popping the 'p', "Well then on my right shoulder," I say, revealing my arm, with the three claw marks running from my elbow to my wrist showing, "and in blue, please." He seems slightly taken aback at the scar, "ahh, that, I made a mistake, it's not something I like to talk about much." I say, looking away, so with a nod and a kindly smile, he placed the mark on my shoulder, which I quickly covered up again.

Turning away and starting down the steps, I ask, "You gonna come watch this Gramps?" "Yes, I suppose I should, besides, I'm curious to see his reaction." The old man said with a knowing smile, and before I loose too much of my height advantage with being on the stairs, I look around and see my soon to be opponent pacing just by the door, surrounded by a bunch of other kids that look about his age.

Once again weaving through the bodies, most now awake and drinking to celebrate my induction to the guild, 'I think this is probably just an excuse to get drunk.' I think to myself as I mentally sweatdrop, but pushing those thoughts aside, I finally near the little group gathered by the front entrance. Turning to the old man, I ask, "Hey Gramps, could you wait a moment, I just want to say hi to everyone quickly." With a nod, he said, "Of course, I will be outside when you're done." And with that he turned and walked out into the courtyard, a few of the other guild members following behind him.

The red-head, Erza I think it was?, notices me first, 'good instincts, she might make for a fun battle.' I think silently, taking the last few steps I see there's a total of seven other kids in the group. Stepping next to Erza, I nod politely to her and she seems to take the initiative in introducing me to the group.

"Hello again Micah, well these are most of the kids in the guild right now, so why don't you say hi?" She prompts, motioning for me to greet them, almost as if I were too shy to do so myself. "Well, hi guys, as you know, my name is Micah, it's nice to meet you." I say with a smile, secretly thinking 'ugh, you sound so lame!'.

Looking to my left, I see he small white haired girl from earlier, "Hi Micah, I'm Lisanna Strauss, nice to meet you too!" She exclaimed, smiling from ear to ear, not at all daunted by my height or even that none of them had even seen my face yet. I shake her hand and offer her a bright smile, next I see a dark skinned boy, also with white hair, 'Hmm, they must be siblings, along with that Mira girl from earlier.' I note to myself, and so taking his hand in a firm grip I shake, "Hey Micah, I'm Elfman Strauss," 'Yep, siblings.', "it's good to meet you." Returning the friendly smile I say, "Nice to meet you Elfman." Turning to the next person I realize it's the small blue haired girl that had been hiding next to Lisanna when I arrived. "Hello, my name is Levy McGarden, I hope you enjoy it here." She said, smiling sheepishly, returning a friendly smile I say, "I'm sure I will Levy, thank you."

Turning right again, I see a teen slightly shorter than me with blonde hair, and currently looking VERY unimpressed. However that's not all I notice about him, studying him for a second longer I notice the faint feeling of static in the air. Smiling inwardly I realize, 'Oh hoho, a lightning Mage, and no ordinary Mage at that, I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's definitely something different about him.'. Holding my hand out, I greet myself, "Micah, nice to meet you." Keeping his arrogant gaze in place, he shakes my hand, responding simply with, "Laxus." Before the handshake ends, I send a small spark of my own electric power to zap him, and and he recoils in shock, I grin toothily, "You, what? How?" He asks, holding his hand to his chest, looking bewildered. "Hmm? What's wrong?" I say, feigning innocence and convincing everyone in the group but Erza who looks slightly suspicious.

"Whatever see ya wimps later." He says stalking off, still holding his hand." "What was that about?" Piped up the small Lisanna, "No idea, does he always act like that to new people?" I ask, keeping up the act as we all watched to see him disappear into the crowd. "Nah, normally he doesn't even bother to say hi, I'm Gray Fullbuster by the way, nice to meet you." Said the black-haired boy that was next to where Laxus once stood, "Nice to meet you too man, and thanks." I say, again holding out my hand to shake his, 'another firm handshake, these kids are gonna be good guys when they're older.' Turning to the final member of this little group and before he can say anything I launch straight into a hug, saying softly, "Natsu, you have no idea how good it is to see again after all the years."

Letting go and stepping back I take in the confused faces of our little group, as well as the shocked face of the pink-haired kid in front of me. Finally regaining the use of the voice he says, "...W-what. The. H-hell, was that? Who are you?", a wave of disappointment rushes over me, 'Shoulda known, it WAS so long ago.' As a sad smile makes its way onto my face, I say, "Ahh, of course you wouldn't remember, you were so young and it was so very long ago, well, nevermind that, I'll explain it later. Now if I'm not mistaken, I owe you a fight, don't I?" And not waiting for the inevitable questions I turn and walk out the front doors and into the courtyard.

While we had been talking it turns out the guild had caught wind of the impending fight and had eagerly filed out formed the unofficial fighting ring for us. I had to admit, the thought of fighting him was rather exciting and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to this, even though it only happened because I decided to wing it.

Walking into the large circle I turned and waited, watching as Natsu slowly approached, still slightly in shock at my hug, I was still mentally kicking myself for that, it was stupid of me, really stupid. Stopping all thoughts not pertaining to our upcoming fight, I focused a bit more on Natsu, realizing I knew absolutely nothing about him, not his power levels, not his style of fighting, nothing. 'Might be best to get a feel for him first, I don't want to accidentally kill him, not after just finding him again.' I thought grimly, and knowing my magic, it was a real possibility.

Once again realizing I was getting off topic, I focused, just as Natsu was walking in. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a short brunette girl around my age carrying around a blackboard and a small pouch, looking closer I saw that it was a tally for bets, and that most of the guild was putting their faith in Natsu. Smirking, I caught the brunette's eye and gave her a small nod, showing my thanks for her being the only one to bet on my win, and after receiving a light blush and smile in return, I focused ahead to see the Old Man standing roughly mid way between Natsu and I, and listening to the rules for the fight, I let my focus fall solely on my opponent.

Natsu's POV-

'What the hell?' I thought to myself, still confused as hell about what the new guy, Micah, had just done. 'Whatever, time to focus.' I thought, 'but why the hell does he smell so familiar?' It confused me, and being confused made me mad, so now I'm gonna take it out on this guy that was so damn familiar.

Looking forward, I saw that Micah was getting into a defensive stance, 'Good, don't wanna end the fight too early' I thought, smirking slightly and feeling just slightly arrogant.

Hearing Gramps start to move away and beginning his countdown, I got ready to attack, promising to find out who the familiar smelling stranger really was after beating him up.

"5, 4, 3, ..."

Micah's POV-

"..., 2, 1, fight!" Were the last words I heard Gramps say before seeing Natsu come running straight at me.

'Really? This reckless straight from the get go?' I thought as I dodged a flaming fist aimed at my head, and jumping up and over the small maniac, I gently pushed him in the opposite direction. Or at least I THOUGHT I was being gentle, it seems not as the boy was flung straight into the crowd, possibly knocking out the purple haired Mage that had previously been rooting for Natsu to "destroy me".

Realizing what I just did, I sweat dropped, "Oops, sorry about that, you okay over there Natsu?" As soon as I said his name, another flaming fist was sent my way, accompanied by a swift kick aimed at my head. " I guess that's a yes then." I muttered, dodging both attack with relative ease, and seemingly further angering the small pyromaniac. Jumping back, I look at him, seeing that he's no worse for wear, just panting in frustration.

"Are you going to fight me, or are you gonna keep jumping around?!" Demanded the boy, "I'm not even trying, Natsu, come on, think before you act, don't just rush in without a plan, you will never hit me otherwise." Almost as if to try prove me wrong, he launched off to level a kick at my face, simply dodged by leaning back slightly, somehow increasing the fire mages anger and prompting him to aim another fire infused punch at me. Moving slightly to the side, he went flying straight past me, landing on his feet he came at me with a flurry of punches and kicks.

"I thought Igneel taught you better than this, I thought he had trained you to fight, not to mindlessly attack." I said softly so only he could hear, jumping back and letting the fire covering his hands and feet sputter out, he genuinely looked shocked now, all traces of anger gone as he asked, "Igneel? You know him?" Sighing, I nod, "Yes, or at least I did, not for very long, only for about a month when I was much younger." Seeing him freeze up, I began to worry, 'did Igneel not tell him either?' Just then, Natsu's entire body caught alight and he again rushed at me in a blind fury, punching and kicking harder, as well as faster than the previous times he had attacked, blocking them all, the combined heat and forceful attack served to blow my hood back, revealing to all the guild my long, wild pink hair, the exact same shade as Natsu's.

Not paying attention to the crowd, I worked at blocking Natsu's incoming attacks, noting how right now all he was focused on was hitting me. Sensing Gramps flare his magic in preparation to stop Natsu from continuing his relentless attack, I held my hand out, beckoning him to stay back, I looked at him quickly and nodded, essentially saying "It's okay, I've got this."

Looking back towards the smaller pinkette, I see that he's taking a large breath in, realizing what was about to happen, the people behind me decided to move out of the way, and rightly so, I could hear Gramps crying at how much the destruction of the guild would cost, and suddenly I had an idea.

Just before Natsu could unleash what would have been a devastating Fire Dragon's Roar, I sprinted towards him, faster than I had been previously, pulling back my arm I felt comforting feeling of my midnight blue lightning collecting around my closed fist with a sharp crackling sound, and with a yell of, "Lightning Dragon God's Ampacity Fist!" My fist smashed into Natsu's stomach, sounding a bit like a mini lightning strike, unexpectedly sending him flying at least a couple hundred meters and into the forest I initially used to travel here.

The following silence was deafening, just like when that Mira girl had been thrown straight into me, and with my second sweatdrop of the past half hour I hung my head and said, "I'll go get him." And breaking into a jog, I ran off in his direction, shouting a quick, "Sorry!" As I left the still stunned group of mages in search of my unfortunate victim.

'Way to go, dipshit, now they probably all hate you, why did you have to go overboard like that?' I asked myself as I burst into the foliage. Picking up the faint scent of smoke and ashes, I briefly felt grateful for my enhanced Slayer senses, and decided to follow it.

Roughly five minutes into my search, I heard a groan coming from somewhere above me, and looking up into the dense canopy, I spotted the tell-tale pink hair of my poor victim.

'How the hell am I supposed to get him down now? Maybe if I... No, can't jump that high, and I wouldn't be able to catch him. But, hmm,' rubbing my chin, I suddenly had an idea, hopefully this time, it was actually a good one. I looked around at the branches holding up the pink-haired menace, trying to find a few weak points to aim for, 'Well to be fair, it wasn't the idea that was bad, I only meant to knock him out, but after having to hold back for so long, I lost control. Ahh well, he's breathing, so it's all good.' I finished off with a happy smile, 'Now hopefully this works, I only just got the hang of its few weeks ago.' And with that I began focusing a small ball of my blue colored lightning on the tip of my forefinger, and making the hand shape of a gun, I aimed at the first weak point I spotted.

'CRACK'

The sound of my magic being expelled from the tip of my finger was and probably always would be one of the most satisfying noises I would ever hear.

After my slight hesitation as I dwelled on the sound of my magic, I shot the remaining three weak points, and slowly the unconscious child began to fall, breaking branches on his way down and leaving small scratches, 'Ooh, that's gonna sting, he's NOT gonna be happy when he wakes up.' I thought as he cleared the branches and began free falling towards me. Holding my arms out, I caught him and after checking to see that he was in fact breathing and mostly fine, I put him on the ground, leaning him up against a tree.

"Well, here's about as good a place as any," I said to no one in particular, " 'bout time I told you who I am, no?" Speaking to the still unconscious boy by my feet. Looking around in the undergrowth, I spot a stone that looks like it'd make a decent seat, and after clearing some of the plant growth off of it, I sit and look up. 'Looks like it's gonna be dark soon, better get this done quickly.' Or at least that's the reason I gave myself as to why I needed to get this done, the real reason was that I didn't know how long Gramps could hold the others back before they decided to come searching for me.

Looking at the passed out kid in front of me, I remembered that my hood was down from his earlier attack, and after some quick contemplation, I decided to leave it that way, besides, it was far more comfortable without it hanging half over my face. It did however keep my hair in place, unlike right now where it was pretty much everywhere, so using my hands to just push it all over my shoulders and letting it hang straight down and briefly thinking, 'Maybe Erza would let me use one of her swords to just shorten it tomorrow .' I hadn't really meant for it to grow so long, it just, happened, one moment it was short, and the next thing I knew, it was down to below my butt. Who knew hair grew so quickly?

Getting my wandering mind back on track, I sent a small sliver of lightning at Natsu, just enough to wake him up without hurting him. "I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME ERZA, IT WAS GRAY, I SWEAR!" He rather suddenly screamed out, his panic similar to that of a skittish horse, wide eyes and all, as I fell backwards in fright at the sudden outburst. Pushing myself back up I see a very confused Natsu looking around, not quite knowing how he got, well, wherever the hell he was right now.

As his eyes fell on me, I could literally see the pieces of the puzzles fall into place in his mind, and with an accusing finger pointed at me, he shouted, "YOU! You did this! Where the HELL am I?!", pushing myself to my feet I grin at him sheepishly, and reaching up to scratch behind my head, I say, "Well, yes, TECHNICALLY, it is my fault, but it was a total accident, promise." I say, holding my hand over my heart in a sort of pledge making pose.

"How is your stomach feeling by the way? I hit you pretty hard back there." After seeing me promise I hadn't truly meant him harm, he sat down again, folding his arms and, sulking? Wow, interesting character this Natsu is. He replied with a curt, "Fine."

Looking up at me again, he seemed to notice my hair and before he could say anything. About it, I plopped down in front of him, legs crossed and hands in my lap, "So, I bet you're curious just what the hell was up with me hugging you earlier in the guild, right?" Seeing his cautious nod, I continued, "I also smell kinda familiar, right?" "How'd you know?!" He shrieked, slightly freaked out, now squeezing his eyes shut and holding his head. "Erm, what are you doing?" I asked tentatively, wondering if his eagerness to fight had possibly caused him a few too many head injuries. "I'm blocking you from reading my mind!" Shouted the pinkette, making me sweatdrop, saying, "I can't read minds... But that would be pretty fun." I said, a slightly evil smirk crossing my face.

"E-evilllll..." Shuddered out a creeped out Natsu, and seeing him stop his attempts to "keep me out of his head", I say, "Well, I do smell familiar to you, and you don't know why, right? And don't mind how I know, you'll understand soon enough." And again seeing him nod, this time slightly less cautious, and now more curious, and so I moved on, saying, "Well, there is a perfectly reasonable explanation, although, I don't think you'll believe me." I say, more to myself, forgetting his enhanced hearing, "Well you won't know until you tell me, will ya?" He says, "And who knows, maybe I'll believe ya." He says, with a toothy grin, strikingly similar to my own.

Taking a breath to calm myself, thinking to myself, 'Come on, tell him, this is what you came here for, right? ... Right.' And with my renewed, if somewhat shaky resolve, I begin, saying, "Well, let me tell you a story, how about that?" Not waiting for him to respond, I continued, "Well it was a long time ago, and two brothers had been left all alone in the wilderness, no one to look after them with the older of the two only a few years older than his little brother and already worried about how they were going to survive out there. But then, the boys heard the flapping wings of a great beasts wings, and when they looked up, all they could see was the MASSIVE belly of a Dragon!" After hearing the word Dragon, Natsu began paying even more attention, leaning forward with both his hands gripping his knees in anticipation, not yet realizing the significance of my story.

"Once the Dragon had landed in front of them, they could see that he was blood red, with almost flame like marking along his body," "Like Igneel!" Shouted out the now excited boy, recognizing the resemblance between the two Dragons, smiling kindly at him, I said, "Yes, exactly like Igneel, and so, the two boys, both scared of the big Dragon held each other, heard the Dragon begin to speak, asking them if they wanted to live with him and learn his magic. This of course was not what the boys had expected, but they were thrilled! And with that they accepted and the Dragon flew them away to a big open area at the foot of a mountain range, landing near the entrance to a cave just big enough to fit the large Dragon and the boys in comfortably." "L-like my and Igneel's cave!" Said the pinkette, looking slightly more apprehensive, but still excited none the less, "Yes, again, exactly like your guy's' cave, and so, they lived there happily, for about a month."

Natsu, sensing a twist in the plot of my previously happy story coming that he wouldn't like, piped up, "Why only for a month, Micah?" His tone apprehensive, not knowing what was going to happen next. "Well, the younger boy was learning how to do magic very quickly, especially for someone as young as he was, and all three of them were ecstatic about it, thrilled. But the older boy was struggling, not only could he not seem to learn how to do Ig, I mean the Dragon's magic, but he was also very sick as one day when the Dragon had left them to go get food, the boys, being very bored, decided to go out and explore the forest. They had a great time looking at all the strange bugs and small animals they found," a small smile flashing across my face momentarily, so absorbed in the telling of my story I didn't see it was now dark and that Natsu had lit a small fire in between us. Continuing on with Natsu hanging onto every word, I said, "It had been hours, and they had wandered far, faaar away from the cave, and now, they found that they were lost." At this, a grim look came about my face.

"It wasn't long before they had given up trying to find their way out of the seemingly never ending forest, so they fell down in exhaustion, and began to cry out for Ign, I mean their Dragon, attracting not his, but the attention of a hungry lone wolf." "I-I d-d-don't think I l-like this story, Micah." Stated a slightly fidgety and scared Natsu, to which I replied, "Don't worry, it gets better, they'll be okay." And smiling kindly at him, I patted the spot next to me, to which he shuffled along the floor to right next to me, almost pressing up against me as we both stared into the flames.

"So when the older boy noticed the hungry looking wolf, he stood up and started shouting at it to go away, to leave them alone. But this seemed to just irritate the wolf and it jumped at the older boy, who just raised his right arm to try block the incoming claws." I subconsciously lifted the sleeve of the cloak covering my scars on my right forearm, not noticing Natsu's widening eyes as he saw the angry looking claw marks extending from my wrist and up to a bit above my elbow, twisting slightly from the inner side of my wrist, below my thumb, around and over my forearm, round and under my elbow. "Fortunately for the two boys, that was when their Dragon arrived, quickly scaring off the wolf, but for the older boy, it was too late, the wolf had done its work and the wound soon became badly infected, and because their Dragon was, well, a Dragon, he couldn't really do much to help the older brother." By now Natsu had a look of recognition on his face, but not being able to stop me from telling my sad tale. Neither of us noticed the small group of people gathered behind us, watching and listening in shock at the sadness of the whole situation.

"It was probably the older brothers last day to live, he was just so, so sick, he couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, sometimes he couldn't even breathe, it was that bad. But then the Dragon left, without saying a word, and for two whole hours, the older brother believed his adopted dad had abandoned him, leaving his little brother to watch him die slowly and in pain. But then they heard it. They could hear their Dragon's powerful wings beating the air, and the older brother was happy again, but it wasn't just their Dragon's wings that they heard, they could hear the wings of another Dragon, the sound of the wings beating the air somehow louder, and had a deeper thrumming sound to them. With that though, came an almost overwhelming feeling of power." Natsu was looking at me now, enraptured and unblinking in his absolute concentration on the words I was speaking.

"They'd always known and felt that their Dragon was mind blowingly powerful, but this new Dragon totally blew them away with the power that just radiated from it, and they were still in the cave, unable to see it yet. And so, the younger brother helped the older brother up and to walk to the entrance of the cave. When the finally saw the new Dragon, they couldn't speak. It was HUGE, at least twice the size of their Dragon, and he was dark blue, like this," I said, creating a flickering, crackling ball of blue lightning in my hand for Natsu to look at while I continued, "With lots of white markings all over him. The two Dragons walked over to the two brothers, and when they reached them, the new Dragon began to speak. It talked about how the older brother was going to die soon if he stayed there, but that if he decided to, the new Dragon, who said his name was Zeus, King of the Dragon Gods, who were basically the previous elemental Dragon Kings that passed away and returned as Dragon Gods, more powerful and even bigger than before, that Zeus could take the older brother back to his realm, as he called it, where he could be healed, and where he could finally learn magic, if not his, then one of the other Dragon Gods'." Now Natsu was looking at me with undisguised awe in his wide eyes. We both again missed the reactions of the people gathered behind us as they took in what I was saying, one short man in particular nodding his head with his eyes closed as if he already knew everything Natsu was being told.

"For the younger brother, there was no choice, he needed his older brother to go so that he could get better, little did he know, that once the older brother had been convinced to, and had gone with Zeus, that he wouldn't see his brother again for many years." I stated, now looking away from the dancing flames and at my little brother, "Natsu, I am your brother."

And with that single statement, the little boy latched on to me and began to cry, saying something about missing me and not recognizing me, eventually his words loosing coherence and him just bawling as we hugged eachother. 'Finally, Natsu, you truly have no idea how long I've been waiting to just be able to hug you again.' I thought quietly to myself as I let a few tears slide down my cheeks. Suddenly I hear a sniffle and turning quickly to the source I see at least half of the guild behind us, and not a single dry eye among them. "How long have you guys been there?!" I ask, slightly bewildered at not having noticed them as Natsu lets go of me and we both stand up, Natsu no longer crying.

"Long enough to know you tell one hell of a story." Came the gruff reply from the purple haired Mage I indirectly knocked out earlier today. Letting out a slight growl that shocked some of the people that heard it, I hear Gramps clear his throat, "Well, come on everyone, back to the guild, I'm sure you've all got lots of questions for our new Mage, but they can wait until morning, got it?" He says, his tone soft, but his meaning sharp.

As the rest of the guild files away in the direction of the guildhall, only Natsu, Gramps, Erza and I are left standing around the fire. "Come Erza, you can ask him anything you want to tomorrow , let the poor boy be for now." Said the aging master, but disregarding his words, she walks towards me and, hugs me? I had seen Natsu jump away in the corner of my eye, probably expecting either of us to be hit or something, but the hug, it's nice, and slowly, after I've gotten over the initial shock, I hug her back.

Erza's POV-

His story was so sad, so so sad, but at least now, he has been reunited with his brother. Who would've guessed that Natsu of all people had an older brother? It's probably all of the emotions I've felt after listening to his story that have me thinking like this, not the fact that he's cute, that are making me want to do this, and so, not being one to not do as I feel, I walk up to him, and hug him.

Only then do I realize how awkward what I just did was. I find myself thinking, 'Oh Mavis, please let him react first, I don't know what to do, I don't know what to do!' Even my thoughts are flustered as if they too are surprised by my actions. Slowly I feel his once tensed up body slightly relax, and I feel his arms wrap around me.

I must admit, it's a nice feeling, this hug, and before long, I end it, not wanting to, but feeling too awkward to stay, and with one last look in his deep blue eyes, I turn and walk back to the guild, my face burning, and I'm sure anyone who passed me would swear my face was the same color as my hair now.

Micah's POV-

"Weeeeellll, would ya look at that, not even here one day, and you've already gotten our resident requip Mage to fall for ya!" Leered the Old Man, "Shut up you old pervert! It's not like that!" Gramps only chuckled in response, saying, "Well my boy, we will see what the future holds regarding you and young Erza, but now, I feel I need to ask you what happened earlier today when you sent poor Natsu flying." "Hey!", "Well, to be honest, that was a total accident, I only wanted to knock him out," "HEYYY!", "But I forgot to hold back, and well, you saw what happened. But to be fair, that specific punch isn't able to majorly hurt anyone coz' the power I can put into it is determined by the power level of the Mage I hit, so it's designed just to knock them out, not cause damage." I said, not lifting my eyes from the floor.

"But then what sent him flying like that if it wasn't the power behind your punch?" Asked the old man, slightly confused.

"Well, you see, that was just my normal strength, you see, all Slayers are gifted with enhanced senses, as well as enhanced durability and strength. I'm sure you've seen that Natsu is much stronger than someone his age should be?". Seeing the sense in what I said, he nodded, "Thank you for explaining that to me, my child, now, do you have somewhere to stay? Or would you like to stay in a room in the guild for a bit until you have a place for yourself? I could place you in the room next to Natsu if you'd like?" Perking up at the sound of having a room for myself, I said, "Yes please Gramps, that would be amazing!".

"Okay, shall we be on our way then?" The Old Man asked politely, and checking to see that Natsu was by my side, I nodded, and asked for Natsu to quickly put out the fire.

While he did that, I created a small ball of lightning and had it hover in the air above us, providing us with a bright blue light with which to guide ourselves back to the guild hall.

' Tomorrow is going to be interesting.' I suddenly thought, knowing the multitude of questions the guild would undoubtably have prepared for me, but I only had to worry about that tomorrow .