Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail, Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, or Skyrim.
A/N: This is a Fairy Tail story with the monsters and lore of D&D , Pathfinder, and maybe a little Skyrim. Also, let's face facts; in the anime and manga and in most fanfictions, Romeo could be replaced by a houseplant and it wouldn't make a damn bit of difference to the plot. If everyone is fine with him never getting in on the action along with the rest of Fairy Tail, then I'll write stories where he goes on his own adventures without Fairy Tail. Don't worry though for all ya'll who want Natsu to have a fanboy, Romeo's twin sisters will fill that gap, so you get double the fangirlism.
Anyway, unlike the majority of my Fairy Tail stories, this one will follow Romeo from pre-teen to teenager.
BE WARNED: THIS STORY STARTS OUT SLOW AND BUILDS UP!
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Chapter 1
The Wild Masters
In an age long before the Great Migration of Men to the west, when the mortal races were still young and the age of magic had yet begun; men, elves, dwarves, and nature live side by side one another in harmony. Animals were only killed for food and the environment was only tampered with if it was necessary; they never took more than they needed and nothing ever went to waste.
Among the early members of these races were special individuals who possess an array of natural abilities that allow them to truly tame the wild.
They were abilities that were neither magic (though some of them were also blessed with the ability to use magic) nor technology but skills that seen to be bestowed them at birth by some unknown force, usually indicated by a unique birthmark on their chest. These selected few soon form an organization that became known as the Order of the Wild Masters for they were closer to nature than any other mortal alive and throughout all the civilizations in the ancient world, be them humanoid or not, they were held in the highest regard. Their title made them the official protectors nature and the peacekeepers between the civilized races and the races of the wild.
At any given time, there were a recorded hundred and nine different Wild Masters within the order. Nine born into each of the four ancient tribes of humans, the four main clans of dwarves, and the four royal households of elves, spread across the three continents while only one was born from outside of the twelve groups, in a cycle of dwarf, elf, and lastly, human. The symbol of their order was a green-bladed long dagger, whose handle was covered in vines. These daggers, as many scholars were told, seem to be forged from unknown metal and was given to a Wild Master upon them completing their training and accepting their duties.
But in time all men, elves, and dwarves, started to forget their roots and move beyond the bounds; destroying nature in the process; what was once hunting animals just for food soon became for sport and trade. What was once harmonious living among the woods soon turn into a graveyard of forests as trees were cut down to make way for more and more buildings and war broke out once again among the many races of this world. Many species of plants and animals were pushed to the edge of extinction and a good number were push beyond that, never to return. As the mortal races move further and further away from their roots, the Wild Masters became fewer and fewer. Soon there were no more masters of the wild left and the world of men, elves, and dwarves were forever separate from nature, at least to some degree with humans being the worst off.
Over four hundred years have passed since the last Wild Master died, long after the great empires of the past have risen and fallen and magic and technology were now the new powers of the main races and the tales of the Wild Masters are forever lost to time, with myself being one of the last few scholars alive who has ample knowledge of the order and my time is sadly drawing to a close.
Excerpt from Professor Gransworth,
History Professor at the Royal Fiore Magic Academy in Crocus, X700
X778 Magnolia
Fairy Tail Guild Hall
"Can I hold them? Please, please, oh please?", a young Lisanna asks Macao Conbolt who had just walked in with his three newborn children, Juliet, Romeo, and Rosalina. The triplets were born only two days ago in Magnolia Hospital and the new father couldn't wait to show them off to the rest of the guild. The children mother, Enno, was resting up at home after going through labor and was looking forward to having a quiet house to herself, so she had no qualms with her husband taking their kids to the guild hall.
"Sure you can Lisanna, but only one at a time", Macao smiles as he hands her Romeo, "Also be careful, if anything happens to him, Enno will kill me!"
The pre-teen cradles the baby in her arms and her eyes light up with stars at the adorable bundle of joy, "Awww, he's so cute."
"You bet he is! He takes after me!", Macao beams, "He's a chip off the old block!"
"If that's true then we're all be in deep trouble when he grows up!", Wakaba jokes as he throws his arm around his best friend, "I'll have to keep an eye on my daughter then!"
"Your girl isn't due for another month, you lazy drunk!", Macao laughs as he cradles Juliet and Rosalina, "So you have nothing to worry about! By the way, what are you going to name her?"
"Right now we're thinking about Rebecca", Wakaba answers, "We were thinking about Juliet but then you decided to name your girl that."
"Hmmm, Romeo Conbolt and Juliet Mine, that could have been something, but oh well", Macao admits as he looked back over at Cana and saw that she was joined by Erza, Levy, and Mira, who all took turn holding Romeo who was joyously laughing at all the attention he was receiving.
"So who's the oldest one?", Master Makarov asks as he sat cross-legged on the table next to Macao and Wakaba.
"Juliet is by one minute", Macao answered, "Though I didn't know that until after the nurse told me. I was too busy pacing a hole in the floor."
Makarov merely nods, "Childbirth can indeed be a stressful time for all", as he turns his attention back toward the girls
"Awww, he's so adorable! Who's a pretty baby? You are!", Levy said while making funny faces while Erza was holding him with a bright blush on her face.
"T-to think this adorable baby was created through love", she stuttered and Mira took this opportunity to take Romeo out of shaking girl's hands before she accidentally drops the baby.
"Can I hold Juliet?", Lisanna ask as she broke away from the group and went back over to Macao and Wakaba, "Pleaaasssseeee?"
"Okay fine, but once again be careful", Macao relents as he hands her Juliet who only smiles at the new face that she was now looking at.
"Woooowww", Lisanna says in awe, "She has your hair and Enno's eyes."
True enough cause while Romeo was born with dark purple hair and black eyes, Juliet was born with dark blue hair and violet eyes and Rosalina basically mirrored her older sister.
Before Macao could comment on it, Natsu and Happy decided to make their entrance through the guild doors with the pink-haired master of disaster kicking them open.
"I'm sorry Happy that we didn't catch any fish at the lake today", the Fire Dragon-Slayer said to his flying companion who had a depressing aura surrounding him, "But I'm sure we'll catch something tomorrow."
"You said that yesterday, and the day before that", Happy nearly cried as he flew over to where everyone was gathering at, "What's going on over here?"
"Macao brought his new kids, Juliet, Romeo, and Rosalina, today", Gray answers while looking over at Natsu, "What got you down? Flame brain mess up a job again?"
"No ice princess!", Natsu roars, "We just haven't been able to catch any fish today!"
"Well maybe if you didn't cause so much damage when you're out on jobs then maybe you could afford to buy some at the market!", Gray roars back as he and Natsu began to go about their first fight of the day and it was only eight in the morning.
But Happy wasn't paying any attention to them at all; mostly because he was staring at the baby Romeo who was laughing at everything that was going on around him. A moment ago Happy was down in the dumps but for some unknown reason, he was as…, for lack of a better word, as happy as he ever been before in his short life. He was calm, serene, and at total peace with himself.
He walks over to Levy, who was now holding him, completely ignoring Lisanna and Juliet in the process. He stops in front of the two with his eyes still locked on to Romeo.
"Hey Levy, could I please hold him?", the flying cat asks, catching Levy a little off-guard with the question, as the girl stares down at Happy with a baffled look on her face, "I'll be careful not to drop him."
"Um sure, I guess", as she slowly hands the baby over to him. Happy takes the baby gently into his arms and almost instantly is surrounded by a sparkling aura of bliss as Romeo lets out a giggle.
"I did not think one could feel this much joy when fish wasn't involved", he states as tears began to fall from his eyes.
"Um Happy, are you okay?", Levy wonders, almost fearful for the cat's sanity and the baby's safety.
"I'm perfectly fine, in fact, I'm great", Happy answers as suddenly a red blur moves past him, snatching Romeo out of his hands a mere second before a fireball landed right in front of him, lighting his tail on fire and forcing him to flee toward the nearest water source, which just so happens to be a nameless guild member mug.
"Natsu, what the hell is wrong with you?!", Master Makarov yells as he stomps over to the dragon-slayer who was tangled up with Gray, "You almost hit Romeo! If it wasn't for Erza who knows what would have happened!"
Natsu looks around sheepishly while he still held Gray in a headlock, finally noticing all the death glares that were being thrown his way, especially by Macao and Erza.
"Ummm, I'm sorry?", he says only to start sweating bullets upon feeling Erza's bloodthirsty aura grow stronger.
"Apparently not sorry enough", Erza growls, "Thus I will teach you a lesson to make sure you'll never make this mistake again and to you as well Gray."
"Why me?", Gray screams.
Erza ignores his cry as she takes one arm off of Romeo and processed to summon one of her swords only to dawn a confuse and terrifying expression almost immediately.
"What is this? I can't summon my sword; in fact, I can't feel my magic at all!", she screams.
"Erza, calm down", Master Makarov says in a sage-like manner as he walks up and takes Romeo away from her, "You're letting your anger consume you thus you're not concentrating hard enough."
"You are most likely right, Master Makarov. Forgive me", as she tries again and this time a sword appears in her hand.
"Now I shall deal justice onto those who would put an innocent child in the line of danger", Erza declares as she dashes after Natsu and Gray who by this point had fled out the guild hall doors.
"Crazy kids", Makarov says as he hands Romeo over back to his father, but not before noticing a strange marking in the middle of the boy's chest as the blanket he was wrapped in fell a little. It was shaped like an empty black circle that seems like it was etched into his skin but also seem to have a tree-like symbol in the middle of it. On top of that symbol was another one only this one had three diagonal lines running parallel to each other as though they were claws marks.
"Macao, what is this marking on Romeo's chest?", he asks the father of the child.
"Yeah, Enno and I were wondering about that as well. Neither Juliet or Rosalina have one there and the doctors couldn't explain it, they just wrote it off as a unique birthmark", Macao explains, "Also when they placed him on the magic calibrator to measure his magic level, the machine broke down, along with the next one and the one after that."
"That is strange", Makarov remarks, "Those new models are usually guaranteed a lifetime warranty; least that's what the head doctor tells me when we meet for drinks every Sunday."
"Yeah, that's what I thought as well. Anyway, afterward, they had to use an older, portable model and measure him", Macao recalls before going silent.
"Is something wrong?", Wakaba, who also have been listening to the story, ask.
"Turns out Romeo doesn't have any magic whatsoever, while on the other hand, Juliet and Rosalina seem to be bursting with it", Macao went on, " The highest magic levels for a baby the hospital ever had."
"That's...odd", Wakaba started, "A kid not having any magic at all even though both of his parents are mages is unheard of, especially in Fiore. Are you sure about this?"
"They used two more of the magic calibrators and they both said the same thing", Macao said as he looks down at his son who only smiled up back at him...
"Romeo can't wield magic."
A/N: Growing up in Fiore without magic, despite your whole family being able to wield it, must be tough.
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