"Oi...how did I get here again?" The fire dragon slayer with a head of spiky pink hair asked as he scratched the back of his head. His clothes were torn and his strength was depleted, he honestly felt like he'd taken some nasty fall. He felt a small weight on his shoulders and reached back with a weak hand and felt the fur of a cat.
"Oh Happy...that you pal?" He felt the weight shift before he heard a high-pitched voice begin talking.
"Natsu? What happened?" The small blue cat asked a he scratched the back of his own head just like his friend.
"I don't know...where are we anyway?" He took the time to look around at his surroundings. He was in a dark alleyway, the sky having darkened to night contributed to this. Natsu slowly picked himself up, placing a hand against the wall to lean on, his legs not having too much strength in them. He limped over to where he saw the alley lead into the open, intending to find out where he was. Happy sat on his shoulder, not having much energy for flying.
"What the heck is this place? I've never seen any town like this." He said aloud, looking around at the strange town he found himself in. The buildings here were high it seemed and it looked pretty sophisticated. It reminded him of Crocus but it was still completely different. Lucy would probably love this place...
"I dunno Natsu, but it doesn't look like anywhere in Fiore..." Happy mumbled, his large eyes also looking at his surroundings. Natsu slowly leaned off the wall, feeling a bit of strength return to him as he stood up straight before randomly choosing a direction and following it. No sense in standing still after all.
"But weren't we on our way back from a job? How did we end up here?" Natsu asked as he tried racking his brain for how they'd ended up in this strange place. "Wait a second! I remember!" He exclaimed.
Natsu and Happy were on their way back to the guild hall after their job, having just completed it and gained the reward for taking care of some bandits bothering a town.
"I'm still fired up from that job, Happy! I wanna fight something!" Natsu exclaimed while Happy just shrugged.
"You always wanna fight something. I bet you'd fight a wooden box if you felt like it." The Exceed snarked, taking a bite out of his fish.
"Natsu..." Both of them stopped as Natsu turned around to be greeted by Zeref, who stood as emotionless as ever, his red eyes staring straight at Natsu. The fire dragon slayer glared at him as his fists ignited, "Hey! I remember you! You're the guy from Tenrou Island!" He screamed as the Dark Mage before him continued staring.
"Natsu...I need you to do me a...favor." He said as he took a step towards Natsu, engulfing his hand in black magic as Natsu tensed. The dark magic in Zeref's hand expanded as he held it up, it was roughly the size of Natsu's entire body. "I need you to fix a mistake of mine. An evil I've unleashed upon innocent people." Natsu raised an eyebrow at the request.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Natsu asked, his eyes glued to the manifestation of dark magic that swirled ominously. He was keeping a close eye on that thing, he didn't want to know what it did.
"Go there. Fix my mistake. The experience will make you stronger and then you may be able to finally put an end to me." Zeref monotoned as the black ball of magic hovered it's way over to Natsu, swallowing both him and Happy and slowly beginning to contract inwards.
"Natsu! It's shrinking! I can't move!" Happy screamed as he struggled to free himself from the dark prison that was slowly swallowing them, bringing them into the darkness of the unknown.
"Hey! Let us go will ya!" Natsu yelled as Zeref merely watched them as they were taken to another world he had damned. The creatures he had unleashed there all those years ago that hunted humanity endlessly, he knew Natsu could save that world and he would get stronger doing it. Soon, Natsu Dragneel would have the strength to finish him...
Natsu growled as he remembered how he'd gotten here, "It's all that jerk's fault! What am I supposed to do now!" Natsu screamed as he roared fire in his anger, causing Happy to sweat drop.
"Maybe not getting so worked up like you usually do might help..." Happy muttered, Natsu calming down...slightly to begin walking again. The fire Mage walked without purpose, being someone that didn't know where in the HELL he was, he couldn't do much else.
Such is the life of a fire breathing dumbass in a big city at night.
"Hey Natsu? Does this mean we're in a different world? You know like Edolas?" Happy asked, Natsu shrugging in response.
"Guess so buddy. I don't know why that Zeref guy sent us here but we just gotta roll with it, ya know?" Natsu answered, taking DIMENSION hopping rather casually. It made sense, it wasn't his first time doing it after all. He was a guy that had already met a wimpy alternate version of himself, he didn't even flinch at this.
Natsu's nose twitched as his head turned to the right, "I smell fire. C'mon Happy, we're going this way!" Natsu exclaimed, a large grin on his face as he went running off, Happy holding onto his shoulder tightly to stay on. On his way to his unknown destination, Natsu looked up into the sky and saw...an airship? Was that fire coming out of it?! Someone had to be shooting out those delicious looking flames! It looked like they were aiming at something on one of the rooftops! Natsu grinned as he picked up the pace towards the building. Time for a snack.
He found a ladder and jumped onto it, quickly ascending. Happy just gave him a look from his place atop his head, "You don't even know what's going. You just wanna fight someone, don't you?" Happy got his answer from the wild grin that spread across Natsu's face.
Natsu peeked his head up from the ladder and saw...a girl with a giant scythe? Now he was having flashbacks of that Erigor weirdo...he saw a tall, blonde woman with a riding crop in her hand. The last person he saw was the person on the...flying thing...that was chucking out fireballs at the two below, he couldn't see that person's face but he knew it was a woman, judging from the body.
While it was true that Natsu had no idea what was going on, he didn't really care. He was Natsu Dragneel! He never thought things through! Punch first, ask questions later!
He jumped onto the rooftop and landed in front of the girl with the big scythe, causing her to widen her eyes at the unexpected arrival as Natsu grinned when he saw multiple fireballs heading his way. Every single fireball that was launched was sucked into the gut of the hungry fire dragon.
"Whoa! Are you EATING it?! Doesn't that burn..." The girl behind him exclaimed in shock as Natsu swallowed all of the fireballs, wiping his mouth with his hand. A feral grin spreading onto his face.
"I'm all fired up now!" He took a deep breath, his cheeks and stomach bulging as he gathered fire into his lungs. "Fire Dragon's Roar!" The burning flames smashed into the Bullhead, temporarily sending it off course before it righted itself causing the woman on board to stumble. The woman seemed to glare at Natsu, who grinned back up at her as they flew away, leaving only Natsu and the two other females.
"What did you just do?" The blond woman asked with a slightly harsh tone, bringing Natsu's attention over to her. Her green eyes were now staring directly into his, he blinked before he seemed to actually register that there were other people there as well. When Natsu Dragneel was fired up, he didn't give a shit about his surroundings.
"What do ya mean? I chased that crazy chick off for you." Natsu shrugged while jerking a thumb in the direction that the Bullhead flew off in. The woman's eyes only seemed to grow harsher as she stared at the Fairy Tail Mage. The girl from before seemed to bounce around in front of him.
"Whoa! That was so cool! How'd you do that? Was that your Semblance?" The young girl there asked Natsu at the speed of sound in a voice that sounded oddly reminiscent of a sugar high chipmunk.
Or Lucy. Same thing really.
"I'd like for the both of you to come with me." The woman told them, Natsu raising an eyebrow while Happy, who had just hopped back onto Natsu's shoulder, tilted his head. The girl's reaction seemed to reflect more on Happy's than Natsu's...adorable and clueless.
Natsu didn't truly get what was going on if he was being honest with himself. That angry woman with the glasses had dragged him and this girl into a room with a single table and a slowly dying light. Natsu, having been forced into a change of clothes, was sitting with his arms crossed next to the scythe chick. Natsu wore a black hoodie, he had ripped off the right sleeve for it to feel like his old shirt. He also wore blue jeans, which he slightly disliked, preferring his old pants. He kinda felt like he was dressing like Gray...ew.
Happy remained on his shoulder, having found a comfortable spot on it. The blonde bespectacled woman paced back and forth before them while Natsu turned to the girl next to him, "Oi, what's your name?" He inquired for her name, feeling like putting a name to that giant red scythe. The girl smiled at him, her silver eyes filled with childish mirth.
"My name's Ruby. Ruby Rose. What's yours?" She stared at him with those silver eyes, Natsu gave her a grin.
"Name's Natsu Dragneel and I'm a Fairy Tail Wizard!" Natsu exclaimed proudly, his Fairy Tail insignia proudly on display. Ruby tilted her head in confusion.
"Fairy Tale? What about fairy tales?" Natsu almost began screaming at her for not knowing Fiore's number one freaking guild, but a tap to the shoulder from Happy reminded him that they weren't even in Earthland anymore much less Fiore.
"Nevermind Natsu. He's a big, hot-headed dummy." Happy casually insulted his friend, who looked just about ready to throw the Exceed in the way of high speed traffic.
Or in front of Erza after someone messed with her cake. Same thing really.
"Oh! He talks! Aw, he's so cute! What's your name little guy?" Ruby asked as she gushed over Happy, glomping him as she rubbed her cheek against his.
"I'm Happy." Happy simply replied as he let Ruby huggle him some more. Ruby suddenly stopped before turning to Natsu, a curious glint in her eye.
"Didn't you call yourself a wizard? So you can do magic?" Ruby asked, the curiosity in her eyes changing to excitement. Natsu scratched the back of his head.
"Yeah. You can't?" He asked, once more forgetting that he was no longer in Fiore. Ruby rapidly shook her head, her excitement making way for a childish grin and vibrant silver eyes.
"No! Do a trick for me! Please?" Natsu was possibly hit by the most powerful set of puppy dog eyes that he swore that should have been a magical attack on its own. Natsu, hit full force by this girl's magical strike, lit each of his fingers ablaze and spelled out his name going from his pinkie to his thumb. Ruby's hands had slapped her cheeks, pushing them up so much that the girl looked like a fish with sparkling eyes. Sparkling meaning that her eyes had literally transformed into stars...
"That is so cool! How did you do that?" Ruby asked, Natsu grinned.
"This is my magic. Fire-" The woman's riding crop slammed against the table, causing both Natsu and Ruby to jump. Happy had leaped up into Ruby's hair from the sudden sound. Natsu gave the woman a deadpanned glare.
"Enough of this childish banter! Boy, I'd like for you to tell me what it was exactly that you did tonight." Natsu felt his eye twitch, he was just about to explain his magic before this woman came and interrupted him...
"That was my magic. Fire Dragon Slayer magic." Natsu said, giving Happy the silent signal to takeover for the rest. Happy was always better at explaining different forms of magic than he was...for some reason...
"Natsu uses the fire of the fire dragon, it's a type of magic called Dragon Slayer and is the only way to kill a dragon. Natsu's magic lets him eat any kind of fire he sees. When a Dragon Slayer eats their own element, they get back their strength." Glynda raised her eyebrow at this while Ruby just looked a little confused.
"And are there other kinds of these...Dragon Slayers?" She asked the blue cat, who nodded in affirmation.
"Aye! There's the Iron Dragon Slayer, Sky, Lightning, Poison, Light and Shadow." Happy replied as Glynda placed a hand under her chin while Ruby raised her hand.
"So...you didn't answer my question before...is this magic your Semblance?" Ruby asked as Natsu tilted his head before shrugging.
"I don't even know what a Semblance is." Natsu admitted. "I'm just using my magic like I always do." Both females in the room stared at Natsu as if he grew a second head, causing much confusion for the young dragon slayer. Glynda leaned forward until she was staring Natsu right in the eye.
"How can you not know? Our very way of survival depends on it and our Auras!" She yelled at him, he just glared back at the lady.
"Hey, I said I don't know what you're freaking talking about!" Natsu yelled back at her before registering what she said. "And I don't know what an Aura is either!" Glynda was about to loudly voice her own disbelief, she was cut off by the sound of the door opening. A bespectacled man walked in, his hair silver from age and his eyes holding a vast amount of wisdom. In the man's hand was a plate of cookies, which Ruby immediately began drooling at the sight of.
"Now Glynda, I don't believe yelling at him will help." The man stated as he sat across from the two before him. "Ruby Rose and Natsu Dragneel, correct?" He asked, getting a nod from Natsu and non-committed grunt of affirmation from Ruby, who was too busy stuffing her face with cookies.
"Who are you, gramps?" Natsu inquired, Ruby looking up from her cookies to answer the pink head.
"This is Professor Ozpin, Headmaster of Beacon Academy for training future Huntsmen and Huntressess." She identified the man before him, leaving Natsu clueless.
"Bacon Academy? Sounds tasty! Can I go?" Everyone present promptly sweat dropped at the idiotic hothead before them that apparently had a hearing problem.
"You've misheard Natsu. I am headmaster of Beacon, the school that trains the aspiring protectors of mankind, Hunters." Ozpin took time to explain, to which Natsu merely scratched the back of his head.
"So you have a school for training people to fight?" Natsu asked, getting a nod from Ozpin. Ruby was still scarfing down cookies at an alarming rate, the world around her meaning nothing.
"Basically, I suppose. Tell me Natsu, how old are you?" Ozpin asked, a growing smile on his face as Glynda's face morphed into one of horror as she realized Ozpin's intentions.
"Seventeen...why?" Ozpin's smile only grew at the answer.
"Then you're at the perfect age." Seeing Natsu raise a brow, Ozpin continued. "The perfect age to enter Beacon, that is." Happy raised a paw at this.
"Sorry but Natsu's WAY too stupid to go to school! He'll just make himself look dumb." Happy once again blatantly insulted Natsu without skipping a beat. "Natsu's brain is about this big." Happy said...not really doing anything with that statement.
"Happy, you didn't do anything." Ruby stated as Happy nodded.
"Aye! Natsu doesn't have a brain!" The poor little snark was sent flying across the room by an annoyed Natsu, who was now standing in indignation. His eyes narrowed in a comical fashion.
"Shut up! I'll go and join Bacon or whatever and show you how smart I am!" Natsu yelled at Happy. "You mean not at all?" Natsu growled at his Exceed partner for that comment.
"So you're interested in joining?" Ozpin asked as Natsu shrugged.
"I guess. As long as I get to fight some strong people then I don't really care!" Natsu exclaimed with his usual grin spreading his lips. If this school had some strong people then who cares? He just wanted a good brawl!
"You are interesting one, Mr. Dragneel. Alright then, both you AND Ms. Rose are invited to Beacon." Ruby dropped the cookie in her mouth, the treat hitting the floor with a soft thump as the girl leaped into the air in joy.
"Yes! Beacon here I come!" Poor Glynda in the background seemed like she was expecting plenty of headaches in the near future...
"He never said we'd be flying..." Natsu groaned as he lay on the floor of the flying Bullhead. Poor Natsu was not expecting the flight to the school. Everyone gave him and Happy a wide birth, while Natsu saw another boy in the same condition as him. He felt empathy with this guy.
He knew the burden of motion sickness.
"Yes he did. You just weren't listening because you were too busy thinking about what strong people you might get to fight." Happy deadpanned, Natsu groaning again in response.
"This guy? Are you sure, Rubes?" A girl with blonde hair asked as she and Ruby stood over Natsu's downed form. "Yeah Yang! I saw what he did! He uses magic!" Ruby insisted as Yang raised a brow.
"A wizard with motion sickness? Now that's funny." Yang chuckled as Natsu held his stomach from motion sickness...
...as well as hurt pride...
"You've got a girl laughing at you, Natsu. Critical hit."
Happy was not helping.
Yeah. I put Natsu in Remnant. Why? Because this is FanFiction and I can do whatever I want.
Anyway, welcome to Burning Remnants! That's all I'm gonna say, you'll all just have to wait for the next chapter to see everyone's favorite dragon slayer tear through the world of Remnant like a wild tornado.
See ya!