Hey Guys Ira is here with a new story, been a while due to some personal things popping up just know that I am A OK and hoping to get back into the stride of my stories, ummmm... just a bit of warning here this story is going to be a bit more...how to put this. Uh Raw? Yeah Emotionally Raw than my others. This story is kind of one that came to me in a dark time and It was good but the emotions in it for me are a bit of a tough thing so please just bear with me on this alright guys :)

Hope you enjoy- Ira

DISCLAIMER: THIS WILL BE SAID ONCE BECAUSE I WANT TO WRITE MY STORY NOT DISCLAIMERS- I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL

Natsu Diamere glared ahead of him at carnage wreaked upon the poor town he was passing through. This is why he did his job. The whole town was in a ruin, burning homes Surrounded Natsu on all sides their orange flames flickering greedily at the dry timber of the once proud standing homes. The smell of acrid burning flesh hung in the air all around him and the ash was so thick it could have been fog. Natsu has been doing this for years now and he had only seen this kind of carnage once before. Sniffing the air Natsu gagged back the bile reaching up the back of his throat and sniffled a bit before forcing his way through all of wreckage. This man was relentless, wherever he went death and despair followed and Natsu would never forgive him for what he did. Natsu rounded the barely visible street corner into the center of the town and froze. Not a whole lot of things made Natsu go rigid in shock and fear, but what he saw before him was unlike anything he had ever witnessed in his travels.

All the Townspeople where gutted like speared fish on large pikes and set facing the sky. Some of the bodies where charred and broken while others were astonishingly clean but all of them were dead. Natsu couldn't hold it in anymore and lifting his mask from place turned and emptied his stomach onto the ash covered cobblestone path. Once his composure returned Natsu grimaced darkly and forged his way through the center of the town. Occasionally one of the drifting hands of the impaled would clutch at his cloak and he would recoil quickly wanting to avoid any contact with the poor souls. Natsu neared the end of the square and sighed in relief but his eyes widened and he froze. He thought it couldn't get any worse than it already was but hell was he wrong.

Children. Dozens of them. Their eyes lifeless and broken, their last facial expressions still plastered on their faces as they were impaled onto the fountain. Some clutched the spears thrust into their guts while others just hung. Natsu felt his hands begin to shake, whether out of rage or grief he did not know. Natsu had always had a soft spot for children. Normally the quiet and brooding man held to his own, but whenever a child approached him he would take all the time in the world to make the young ones day better. Seeing one of the most precious things in the world to Natsu treated this way affected him in unmentionable ways. He tugged his hood lower so it covered most of the images before him and turned quickly and began to sprint out of the village. This man was evil, an abomination and Natsu would kill him.

Natsu ran through the rest of the town looking only down at his feet the entire time. He had seen enough of this god forsaken place to know what it looked like now. As Natsu passed through the exit of the burning village he felt the heat recede from his back and he slowly stopped his run. Natsu took a deep breath and turned his face back to the town before raising his hands and casting a spell. Large Magic circles grew from the palms of his hand and began to glow a deep blue color, the ground shook heavily as it began to rip open all around the town. Soon enough large Crystals exploded from the split ground and encased the burning town in an eternal tomb. Natsu grimaced one more time before lowering his hands. He had made sure that no one else could see what he had seen. Wrapping his cloak tighter around himself Natsu turned and began his brisk walk again, however this time his hands were clenched tightly. His eyes glared out into the gloom and he made another oath to himself.

"I will find you Alazard, and then I will kill you"

" Erza dear would you come in here please I wish to speak with you" Master Makarov called from his office garnering for the attention of a certain Scarlet haired knight. Erza quickly rose from her table and proceeded to the masters office.

"You called Master?" She questioned a bit curious as to why she was summoned

"I did Erza, How is Lucy getting along?" He said acting interested but they both knew it was just the small talk before the real questions were fired. Erza grinned and responded.

"She is integrating quite well I would say, Her and Grey seem to get along astoundingly well"

"Good good" Makarov muttered quietly and stroked his tiny beard. He just sighed and continued on "You do know that is not why I asked you here right?"

"Of course"

"Good, Earlier today I recieved a request from the Magic Council" he said facing away from Erza. She rose her eyebrows slightly at the idea. If the Council was asking for assitance the matter must be dire indeed.

"What was the request may I ask?" she inquired

"They wish me to send you and two others to investigate a mishap in the northern regions of Fiore" He turned to face her his face unreadable as it examined her reaction "A town has been found and reported encased in Crystal". Erza's eyes widened and her fists clenched. Him again. She turned and quickly strode from the office extracting a sigh from the Master. Erza passed Grey and Lucy calling out their names loudly garnering no room for negotiation as she raced out the doors of the Guild hall. Her teeth were clenched tightly. For the past few months now several towns had been reported encased in unbreakable crystals. They did not know a description of the culprit but only that he was a rogue mage travelling the north. Recently though the reports had died down but now that they were back she fully intended to stop them with all the force she could muster.

"I'm Coming for you, Diamond King"