Chapter 1

Year x391…

A large red dragon was laying in a cave with one eye open and his head down on the ground. He was a large crimson colored dragon. He had beige colored scales on his chest and underside, as well as on the bottom of his feet. He had beige skin on the areas between his wings, and it was slightly tattered, as well as dark red spikes running up his back. He had large red claws on his hands and feet, and a large pointed snout with an "X" shaped scar on it. He had a long neck that also had spikes on it. His head had a beige lower jaw, and his upper jaw had a spike and the end. He had 4 horns pointing out the back of his head, and two fin like pieces on the side of his head. This dragon was Igneel.

He heard some rustling in the bushes outside of his cave. He raised his large head, and his neck moved it 10 feet in the air. He looked out and saw a head a black hair come into view. Soon a a man, no taller than 5 feet 10 inches stepped out. He looked to be no older than 20. He had a kind smile, yet t held much pain, as well as razor sharp pointed teeth. He was wearing high collared black robes with a golden trim, and a white flowing toga across his torso. He held a boy that looked no older than 4 in his arms. The boy had a head of pink spiky hair and was wrapped in a brown blanket. The only thing he was wearing was a pair of beige shorts with no shoes or shirt. This man was Zeref Dragneel.

Igneel asked in his gruff voice, "What do I owe the pleasure of a visit from the black wizard?" in a bit of a mocking tone. Zeref smiled and then Igneel questioned as he was startled, "What are you doing with a child and why does the child smell so much like a demon?!" Zeref kept his smile and said, "This is my younger brother, Natsu Dragneel. He smells like a demon because he is one, my most powerful one to be exact. His full name is E.N.D, or Etherious Natsu Dragneel, but just call him Natsu." Igneel said, "How is your brother a demon?" Zeref said, "I resurrected him as a demon." Igneel took a step back, as he was now a little afraid, which is saying something given that he is a dragon.

Igneel said, "So you're a cursed one?!" Zeref said, "Yes, I am. That is why I can use black magic." Igneel asked, "So why have you brought me a child?" Zeref smirked, "I want you to raise him." Igneel gasped, "What?! I could never raise a child!" Zeref kept his smirk as he thought of using Igneel's huge ego against him, "Metalicana, Grandeeney, Weisslogia, and Skiadrum are raising children of their own. If they can do it but you can't, wouldn't that make them a stronger dragon than you?" Igneel grit his teeth as Zeref's grin grew. Igneel caved into his demands and said, "Fine! What do you want me to do with him anyways?" Zeref replied, "I want you to teach him dragon slayer magic. He is a demon, so he has limits far beyond any human, so I expect you to teach him everything, including dragon force, and one day be able to defeat Acnologia and me. I do however not want you to tell him that he is a demon and that he is my brother. If someone were to figure out his connection to me, he would surely be targeted for that. He currently has no memories before now, so he will be easy to teach and convince."

He then handed Natsu to Igneel, who picked him up in his large clawed hand. Igneel was about to ask Zeref something, but before he could do that Zeref had disappeared in a wisp of black smoke. Igneel looked down at Natsu who was still sleeping and said, "You don't look that scary for a demon." Natsu slowly stirred as his eyes fluttered open and looked up at Igneel with wide eyes and wade a wow sound. He then asked, "Are you a dragon?! I always wanted to see a dragon!" Igneel was surprised that the boy wasn't scared but chuckled and said with a large amount of pride in his voice, "I'm not just any dragon, I am the great Fire Dragon King, Igneel!" And so the two started their small journey together.

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It had been 7 years since Natsu had started his training with Igneel, and he was now 11 years old and was now 4 feet 4 inches tall. Igneel had been training him vigorously, so he already had a very defined muscular body. He had mastered dragon slayer magic to a point that Igneel thought was not possible, and now could fight Igneel to some degree without getting absolutely destroyed in a fight. Igneel knew that if Natsu had to be able to kill Acnologia and Zeref, then he would need to be stronger than even him, so he gave Natsu experience with killing dragons. He now dawned a set of armor made out of dragon scales that he created himself, as he used his dragon flames to smith the armor together. He also wielded 3 katana's, which mea made out of dragon teeth a claws, making them unbelievably sharp as well as nearly indestructible, as well as the only type of sword that can pierce a dragon's scales. He uses a 3-sword style, where he holds two swords in his hands, and one in his mouth, which Igneel finds rather odd, but given Natsu's proficiency with it he didn't judge him.

Natsu was waking up in the cave as the rays of light shined onto his face. He was leaning against a large scaly dragon, this being Igneel. Natsu opened his eyes and cursed the sun quietly as he could not eat it as to not wake Igneel. Natsu was about to do what he does every morning, which is fill Igneel's nostels with charcoal, but stopped as he remembered his dream from last night and thought it would be wize that if he wanted answers from Igneel, he would need to be kind to him today. Igneel tended to brush off sensitive questions, but he needed answers. He walked up to Igneel head and shook him awake. Igneel roared, "WHO DARES WAKE THE MIGHTY IGN-"

He then said, "Oh, it's you, Natsu." Igneel was curious. He wholeheartedly expected Natsu to shove charcoal in his nose, but it didn't happen. He decided to brush it aside for now. Igneel said, "I expect you to be ready for training when I get back." Natsu said, "Okay dad!" Igneel was puzzled. He knew that Natsu was never this cooperative but he just thought, 'If he is being more cooperative, it makes my life a whole lot easier.' Igneel used a flap of his giant wings to thrust him to the air, as he flies away to go and get breakfast for himself and Natsu.

10 hours later…

Natsu had just finished his training for the day which consisted of a harsh workout that no human could accomplish, but luckily Natsu wasn't a human. It started with meditation for 2 hours, as he started at 8:00 in the morning. He did this so that he could expand his magic container as well as gain better control over his magic flow. He did this by expelling all the magic from his body, and then pushing himself past his normal limits to increase his magic container. He needed to maintain magic flow as to not over exert himself and give himself magic deficiency syndrome. He then had to learn for 2 hours, which he hated for the beginning of his training, but then a woman named Anna started teaching Natsu, which made it much easier. She taught him almost anything a normal person should know, and much more. Any person who would meet him would think that he is a master tactician. She also had "The Talk" with him, which Igneel thought he shouldn't have as he was too young, but Anna did it anyways.

Igneel then trained him after lunch for 6 hours in physical workouts. The first 3 hours consisted of training his muscles to get stronger, such as when Igneel makes Natsu climb a mountain with a 40 ton boulder strapped to his back… 20 TIMES! He then works on his magic for 2 hours, creating new spells, and perfecting his control over his fire as to not waste magic. He has recently developed fire armor, which is where he covers himself in a thin layer of fire for protection, as well as scale armor, which is where he covers himself in red dragon scales, or just a part of his body for defense. He then spars with Igneel for 1 hour so that he can get experience fighting dragons, although Igneel only goes at Natsu with 50% strength or else Igneel would absolutely destroy Natsu in a fight.

Igneel and Natsu were now eating a pile of deer that Igneel had gotten for them, and Natsu had cooked it himself for them. Natsu took a break from eating and said to Igneel, "You probably are wondering why I have been so cooperative today and didn't wake you up by shoving charcoal in your nose, right?" Igneel said, "Yes I am, why is your explanation." Natsu responded, "Well I know that you sometimes just brush off sensitive topics so I needed to get on your good side today." Igneel was curious now, "So what is your question?" Natsu inquired, "Who is Zeref?" Igneel froze he wondered, 'HOW DOES HE KNOW ABOUT ZEREF?! I NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT HIM!'

Igneel said in a much calmer voice as to not alert Natsu of anything. He really didn't want to tell him. He asked, "Why do you want to know?" Natsu said, "Well for the past week I have been getting this odd reoccurring dream every night. I am 4 in all of the dreams. The first part is one of me sitting at a table inside of a house. There is a pink haired man that looks like me, but with shorter hair, and obviously is a fully grown man. There is black haired woman, who had large breasts like Anna, and this young boy, only a little older than me in the dream. I call the man dad, and I call the woman mom, and I call the black haired boy brother, as well as Zeref. It then cuts to another scene of dragons flying over the village burning everything in sight. I see my mom and dad dead, and then I die as Zeref tried to save me. It then shows another scene where I am in this weird transparent egg thing with bubbling liquid inside of it, and me floating in it. There are these black tendrils leading out of it all across the darkly illuminated room. Then a much older looking person that looks just like an older version of Zeref comes in. He is wearing these black robes with golden trim on them and this thing, I think it was called a toga. He kneels down to he was at the same level as the egg thing, and sort of hugs it. He then says that he is my older brother, and that I am E.N.D, or Etherious Natsu Dragneel."