OK, this is my first fanfiction EVER so please review so I know if I'm doing at all well.

This all started out because I was wondering how different characters would survive in different universes, and this seemed like a good combination. Slight AU (because duh, new character inserted). Also I'm not actually fully caught up on FT, so there may be some inconsistencies here and there.

Finally, thank you to my writing-buddy Shadowonthewall6 who encouraged me to write this when I suggested it to him as an idea. Check out Scarlet Wind and Search the Wind, two excellent One Piece Fanfics! We also have something in the works that we'll be doing together, so watch this space!

Chapter 1

Ronan landed on his back, and the air was knocked out of his body. He lay there for a few seconds, trying to inhale. He could hear, no, feel rumbling in the ground. Not too far off, an explosion so bright he could see it through his closed eyes rocked the ground underneath him, and he could hear someone shouting- no, were there two people? Fighting? He couldn't quite tell. Shaking his head, he looked around and realised it was night time. How long have I been asleep? He wondered, standing up. He heard someone approaching, and quickly hid behind a nearby tree. Looking onto the path, he saw a woman holding up another figure, whispering to it.

"You're mine now," the woman almost hissed. "We will be together, and I won't let anyone hurt you." Instinctively, he knew this woman was dangerous. He tried to look at her as the two figures passed, but the darkness shrouded her face. After he was sure she was gone, Ronan started to head in the opposite direction. The sounds of fighting got louder, although further away he could still feel the rumbling. Something big's happening here. He thought. But what? Have I walked into some sort of apocalypse?

He ran into a clearing, and there he saw- well, he had no idea what. A boy and girl, were apparently fighting against what looked to be a great giant of a man- completely white, very tall, and with a huge head accompanying a tiny face.

"Look out!" cried a high-pitched voice. Looking for the source, Ronan saw the strangest sight yet- a blue cat using a pair of white wings to fly. It was gesturing at Ronan while looking towards the pink haired boy.

"Another one of them," the boy said. "I'll take care of him. Fire Dragon's… ROAR!" Out of the boy's mouth came a mass of orange and red flames, directed straight at Ronan! Although confused as to why the boy was attacking him, Ronan acted on instinct, and parted the flames around him and circled them above his head, unsure what to do with them. The girl, the boy, and the cat gasped. Ronan saw the boy getting ready for another one, so, making a snap decision, he sent the flames he already had straight at the man with the big head. If he was going to cast his lot in here, it would be with the humans.

The man with the big head barely reacted.

"Another one fawning over me," he said, apparently to himself. "I'm sorry, but I just like women more. Isn't that right, my little blonde beauty?" he said this last bit to the girl, who inexplicably started moving towards the man, her feet dragging along the floor of the clearing.

"Lucy!" shouted the boy and the cat, in unison.

"Stop this!" shouted the girl, presumably called Lucy.

"But Mr. Cursey wants to play," shouted the man, shaking a doll he was holding in his hand. As he did this, Ronan noticed Lucy began to shake at the same time. "I know you want to come and play with me Lu-chan."

Voodoo? I thought that was a myth…

"Happy!" shouted the boy. "Get that doll!"

"Aye sir!" shouted the cat, and began to fly around the back of the giant.

"Oh, you're not going to get me like that," the man said. The man moved his hand up towards the cat, and Ronan realised he was going to attack it. He quickly changed his stance, and sent a large piece of the ground at the man's hand, changing its trajectory. He assumed that the doll was controlling the girl, Lucy, and that getting it would change this fight for the better. Ronan jumped in front of Kain, waving his arms to distract him.

"Oh, you're going to regret that!" Kain promised, and turned his hand towards Ronan. Ronan closed his eyes, feeling the ground around him, and, without warning, punched his arms forward, sending several large pieces of the ground at Kain.

Natsu- How do I know his name?- had recovered from the shock of his attack having been averted, and started punching Kain with his fists covered in flame.

'That's a neat trick' noted Ronan. 'I'm gonna have to ask how he does that.' Lucy was nearby, flying around helplessly as Kain tried to dodge their attacks, but suddenly she dropped to the ground. The 3 fighters and Happy realised the same thing at the same time- the doll was on the floor. Happy went for it, grabbing it milliseconds before Kain's hands would have crushed him. Kain tried to grab the doll, but Natsu interrupted the move.

"Fire dragon wing slash!" he shouted, crossing his arms over and moving them apart. A criss-cross of fire was sent at Kain, causing him to miss Happy.

"I'm fired up now!" shouted Kain, moving with surprising speed towards Natsu.

"Hey! That's my line!" shouted Natsu, who covered his whole body in fire.

'That's some impressive Fire-Bending,' thought Ronan. 'I need to talk to this guy.'

As the two enemies ran towards each other, Ronan was too mesmerised- and possibly too scared- to interfere. Natsu went in for a punch shouting "Fire Dragon Iron Fi-" but he was interrupted as Kain's hit the boy straight into the sky, almost knocking him into Happy.

As he started to fall, Ronan realised that he was the only one left fighting. Kain realised the same thing, and before Ronan could even think, he directed the same attack at Ronan, knocking him into the air.

"Holy crap this guy's powerful." Ronan realised "How is he even doing this?" He then remembered that he was falling. Reaching into his belt, he grabbed for his glider that would help him control his descent, but there was nothing there. "Shit, I must have left it-" where?

Natsu crashed loudly into the rocks below them, snapping Ronan out of his thoughts. His instincts just saved him enough for him to roll out of the way before he landed on the unconscious form. For the second time today, the wind was knocked out of him.

He tried to stand, but he realised he couldn't move his hand. Evidently, he had fallen so hard that he had embedded himself in the rocks. He started to try to bend them out of the way, but a scream from the other side of the clearing made him look up. Kain was moving Lucy closer and closer.

"Run Lucy!" shouted Natsu. "Save yourself- he'll kill you if you don't."

'Some sound advice', Ronan thought. Instead, Lucy stood her ground. Reaching to her belt, Ronan saw her grab at a key.

'What's she playing at…" he wondered.

"I'm not leaving you!" she stated. "Open: Gate of the Virgin- VIRGO!" she shouted. Nothing happened.

'That was strange. What was she expecting?'

"I'm out of magic," said Lucy, a look of horror on her face. Kain approached her, grabbing her by the head. She began to cry, and Ronan realised that Kain was squeezing her skull.

'He's a monster.'

"Lucy!" shouted Happy, flying towards her. Ronan began to bend the rocks around him, but without being able to move, it was proving difficult.

"It's OK," was Lucy's response. "I'd rather die here than live without you all anyway." She started to cry.

'That's an odd thing to say.'

"You don't know what I can do," said Kain, threateningly. "You will go through so much pain, and I will crush you, and, at the end, I will snap you in half." He began to squeeze harder. Inexplicably, Lucy smiled through her tears, clinging to some impossible hope. Then, without warning her body twisted in mid-air, and she kicked Kain in the stomach.

"What the-" Kain looked surprised.

"I grabbed the doll while I was in mid-air," said a voice next to Ronan. He looked around and saw Natsu struggling to stand up. "I'm all fired up now. Try this!" he said. Ronan focussed on Natsu's hands, and saw him holding Mr. Cursey, controlling it so that Lucy starting pummelling Kain, her body contorting in all sorts of uncomfortable looking positions

"WHAT!?" shouted Lucy. "STOP IT- HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF JOINTS?!"

"Yeah!" replied Natsu. "Pork joints are delicious!"

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT!"

'She sure is loud.' Ronan thought. Then realised what Natsu's plan was.

"Fire Dragon-!" the dragon-slayer began.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING I'M NOT A DRAGON SLAYER YOU CAN'T-" Lucy began

"It's fine, it doesn't hurt the user!" interrupted Natsu. "I think." he added in a much lower voice.

"I HEARD THAT NATSU DON'T YOU DARE-"

"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" shouted Natsu, and doll's hand caught fire. At the same time, Lucy's hand caught fire. Screaming, she punched Kain in the stomach repeatedly, eventually falling from his grasp. Ronan could only watch on as this clearly insane young man tortured his comrade and forced her to beat up their opponent, with no concern for her personal safety.

"Happy!" shouted Natsu, and the cat- 'No, he's an Exceed, isn't he?'- came flying over. "Go on Happy- Max Speed!" Natsu threw the doll to Happy.

"Aye Sir!" shouted Happy, who caught the doll, and flew high into the air. A flash of light went over the Exceed, and his speed suddenly doubled, then tripled. Lucy followed suit, her fate following that of the doll. Her whole body caught fire, and she began to scream, even louder than before.

When Happy had gone as high as he could go, he turned around, aiming Lucy at Kain, and he flew, downwards, even faster than before.

"Secret Attack!" shouted Natsu and Happy in unison. "Incredible Flying Lucy!" a large circle filled with glyphs and strange patterns appeared in front of Lucy's quickly descending body. The glyph tripled Lucy's speed, and her flames seemed to intensify. She flew into Kain, knocking him off his feet, and knocking him out. The ground shook around him, and Ronan finally stood up, swaying to keep his balance. As the dust settled, he saw Natsu and Happy cheering and whooping.

"What. The Hell. Was that!?" Ronan shouted. Realising he had said it out loud, he covered his mouth.

"Weren't you listening?" asked Natsu. 'It's the Incredible Flying Lucy!' His expression changed to curiosity. "Who are you, anyway? I've never seen you at the guild."

"I- guild?" questioned Ronan.

"Natsu!" interrupted Happy. "We need to get the Master back to the camp!" A strange gurgling noise made them all look around. Lucy was stood up, swaying considerably, her eyes wide.

"Come on, it didn't hurt that much," said Natsu. Lucy didn't respond, except to make another sound. "This way!" Natsu ignored her, and sped off.

"Wait!" shouted Ronan. "Can I come with you?!" Lucy nearly collapsed on the floor. Ronan caught her, and put her arm over his shoulder. Carrying most of her weight, he followed Natsu and Happy- or at least, the trail of trampled undergrowth they had left behind.

After only a few minutes, Lucy was able to walk on her own again, and they soon found Natsu and Happy in yet another clearing. Natsu was in the process of picking up a short, withered old man, assisted by another Exceed. This one was pure white, and her name… Carla?

'How do I know that?'

"Wait!" he shouted, not wanting them to run off without him again. Natsu turned to face him and put the Master's arms around his neck, holding them together.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"Ro- someone who wants to help. My name's Ronan." He added. More seemed to be expected of him. "And I'm the Avatar," he said, slightly hoping to impress. Instead, they just looked confused.

"What's an Avatar?" asked Happy.

"What? You've never heard of-"

"There's no time for that," interrupted Carla. "Wendy's almost out of magic, and Master Makarov is still no better. We have to get back to the camp."

"Right, I'll explain later." Ronan agreed. "Which way to camp?"

Natsu sniffed the air, the master draped over his back. "This way," he told them, and set off.

"Slow down Natsu!" shouted Lucy. "We have to stay together, we're all nearly out of magic!" Natsu was already too far away to hear. Those remaining all sighed in unison and ran to catch up to him, Ronan among them. 'How does he know?' He mused.

"Does he always run off like this?" he panted.

"All. The. Time." was Lucy's response.

"Right. Doesn't it get annoying?"

"Yep."

"Hmm."

Ronan's train of thought was interrupted as the companions all stopped in their tracks. They could all, Ronan included, feel something approaching- something ominous, and absurdly powerful. Without warning, each of them suddenly fell to the ground. Trying to stand up, Ronan realised he was being pushed. Looking up, he saw another of the strange glyphs hanging above him- and he could see that the others were in a similar situation.

"Fairy Tail," a voice said, scathingly. Where had he heard that name before? It was a guild, wasn't it?

'Except… what's a guild?' Realising he was getting distracted, he thought what to do. Around him, Natsu had somehow stood up and was arguing with whoever had put them here. He could feel the power of whoever was pushing against them emanating from one spot. Closing his eyes, he remembered his lessons…

'He's over there…' Ronan decided. Tensing his muscles, he connected with the ground, and he saw their assailant. Tensing his entire body, Ronan willed the ground to move, to knock over the mysterious man, to break whatever spell he was doing to them. The rumbling that Ronan was causing intensified quickly, and he felt, no- saw the enemy fall over, and felt the pressure on his body lift- he could stand up! In an instant, he prepared to attack. He forced the energy in his body into an imbalance, and he started to move his arms and torso in a prescribed sequence to speed up the process. He directed the conflicting energies to his fingertips, and a few seconds later, he snapped them together like similar poles on a magnet. The energies collided, jarring, and Ronan sent a stream of lightning at the enemy. He felt the air around him move, and he noticed Wendy next to him, inhaling massively.

"Sky Dragon- Roar!" she shouted, and a great jet of air accompanied Ronan's lightning towards the enemy.

"How do they do that?" The enemy was knocked back slightly by the air, though he managed to dodge the lightning. His response, was simply to hold up his hands.

"Do you know how to fly?" he asked, and before Ronan's thought even got past 'What is he ta-', he felt his head crashing down into the ground, and he knew no more.

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Seconds later, it seemed, he opened his eyes. He felt warmth spread through his entire body. He realised he was lying on his back. He slowly opened his eyes to see the form of a girl above him- a girl with short, silver hair and blue eyes. She smiled at him.

"Are you feeling better, Ronan-san?"

'Lissana…?' he whispered, and fell back to sleep.