Author note: Hello guys and gals, this is my first attempt at a Fairy tail fanfic. Little known fact, I'm kind of obsessed with Gajevy so they happen to be the main pairing. Other pairings include: NaLu, Gruvia, Jelza, and I may add some more pairings as the story progresses. I am finally done with school so I hope that I can finish this to completion. Please enjoy.
Chapter 1: Riddle in the stars
Footsteps echo throughout the chamber, matching the quicken pace of the young woman as she races farther and farther down the halls and passageways. Turn after turn, the young lady continued on, while carrying her heavy load of tomes and books, until she reached a middle chamber. The middle chamber was a large circular room with many high windows, allowing the subtle light of the stars and moon to shine in. Scattered around the room were a number of tables and chairs, all of which were littered with various objects and items. Maps, documents, and more books and tomes in every language and togue collected here in this hidden chamber. There, in the middle of the room stood a large stone, a monument really, with carvings and hieroglyphs in a forgotten tongue, except for the top. At the top of the stone was a single sentence, a riddle really, in the common tongue of Fiore:
Unite the five, under the King, only then shall this world sing, out into freedom from the demonic hoards, for the five will hear his mighty roar, for he is found by the one who comes like a falling star.
The young woman quickly moved to an open table to deposit her load. Sighing, she turns her gaze to the monument to give it a nasty glare.
"Stupid rock, 'comes like a falling star' WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!"
"Oi! Are you always this loud when your alone Luce?"
Startled, the young woman wiped her head around to see the newcomer. Shaking her hood off her head, revealing a bounty of beautiful blond hair with a pair of chocolate brown eyes dawning a very pretty face.
"Natsu! Don't do that! You scared the crap out of me!"
The newcomer laughs, coming into the light to reveal a handsome man of slim, but powerful built topped with a head full of shockingly pink hair. His garb was made for war, sleek gray armor adorns his body, legs and one arm ( the other covered with a darker gray armor that extends to his hand, making the hand look reptilian ) which showed the fire marks of the royal Dragneel house, the ruling house of Fire Dragon Kingdom. A red royal cape flowed from his shoulders, matching perfectly with the coat of arms medal that hung from his neck, a red fire dragon.
"Aw, don't get so angry at me Lucy! I just wanted to know why you're up so late!"
The woman sighed again, turning her back to the man and once again facing towards the stone. The moonlight illuminating her, revealing a pretty blue travel dress, adorned with white lace and etching that was covered by her dark brown travel cloak.
"I just wanted to try to take another crack at the script under the riddle again, i just can't sleep knowing that we literally know NOTHING. We're running out of time Natsu…"
Natsu grimaced, as he too gazed at the rock. They were running out of time. Their world was under attack. In the land of Fiore, there are five kingdoms: The Fire Dragon Kingdom, The Iron Dragon Kingdom, The Sky Dragon Kingdom, The Shadow Dragon Kingdom, and the Light Dragon Kingdom. Long ago, these five kingdoms were once a single kingdom ruled by king who was known as The Dragon King. According to legend and lore, The Dragon King once did battle against the evil Demon King Zeref who had tried to invade the land of Fiore with his evil demonic army. The Dragon King was able to fight back against his adversary, scatter the demonic hoards and seal away the evil Demon King, but not without the cost of his his final hour, he called his five children to him, each a respectable dragon in their own right, to decide which among them would be the next king. However, instead of picking an heir, he gave each of his children a crest modeled after their dragon form with this simple request: Pick among yourselves a new king, one who has all the qualities that you want as your king. Then, with his last bit of strength, he cast a spell upon a large stone, forging an inscription that no man can read and a riddle that no man has ever solved. After the king's passing, the siblings quarreled among themselves of who should be king. After much fighting, disagreeing, and outright brawling the five split the kingdom into five new kingdoms that still stand today.
No one thought too much of this legend, thinking it equal part fact as fiction, so no one ever tried to reunite the kingdoms together. But on the day July 7th of the year 777, over 500 years since the passing of The Dragon King, an event most catastrophic accorded. Monsters and demons, creatures of fairy tales, crept from the depths ready to continue what their master had started 500 years prior. These foul beasts attacked the citizens of the lands, pillaging and burning as they went. Leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. Each of the five kingdoms now fight on their own battle fronts, still not united, and all are reaching the breaking point.
3 months after the arise of demons, the crown prince of the Fire Dragon Kingdom, Natsu Dragneel, rallied a band of loyal friends and subjects to travel to the Labyrinth of the King, the old capital and castle of the Dragon king, to find the answers that might save their world. The labyrinth laid in a neutral space of land. A place that none of the five kingdoms have every tried to claim. It sits at the very center of the Fiore, touching all five of the kingdoms. There, this band found the monument that both Lucy and Natsu were now staring at, their only hope in how to save the world and no one in the five kingdoms can read the bloody thing.
Sighing again, Lucy turned back to Natsu.
"What are we supposed to do? We've been working on this for over a month now, sent work to every kingdom and we can only read as much now as we could when we found this stupid thing! The dumb riddle says to unite the kingdoms but the only kingdom that has lent any aid is the Sky Dragon Kingdom. Iron refuses to band with us and the kingdoms of Shadow and Light won't until Iron does!"
Now groaning, Lucy turned to flop into an empty chair, her exhaustion was evident through her posture and the bags that now took residence under her eyes. The one beautiful astronomer/historian of the Fire Dragon Kingdom looked but a shell of her former self. Looking equally as tired, the prince took a seat across from her at the table and rested his head in the crook of his arms. He had been so hopeful when they set off on this journey, even more so when they found the stone. He brought his best men: Lucy Heartfilia, the royal historian and astronomer, Gray Fullbuster, a powerful ice mage in the royal army, Erza Scarlet, high captain of the royal guard and Happy, his ever faithful exceed. Once word was sent out to all the five kingdoms, Fire sent captain Laxus Dreyar and his thunder tribe troops while the Kingdom of Sky sent the crown princess Wendy Marvell, her exceed Carla, and the Strauss Guards. No other kingdom would send add. But even with all this help, their were no where near closer to figuring out what was written on the stone.
The two best friends rested, both too worn to move, to grief-stricken to think, all they could do was pray for a miracle.
Meanwhile,
In a room filled to the brim with treasure sat the newly appointed king of the Iron Dragon Kingdom. A harsh scowl burned into his face, as he browsed through his tome of legends.
"Unite the kingdoms huh? What fuckin' good is that if we can't even decide on who would be king? Stupid Salamander, damn brat prob' didn't think about what type of war that dumb idea might start and like hell i'm fighting two fuckin' wars at once!"
The dark man grumbled to himself, Gajeel Redfox is his name, he was the type of man who knew what he wanted and was one hell of a hoarder once he finally got it. Some have even called him evil, but he was a king who coveted his people and fight to keep what's his safe. He wasn't going to throw his lot in with that dumbass Salamander, whose grand idea was based off a fairytale. No, he would play this by ear and only join when there wasn't any doubt that it would be the only option left. Sighing, the man stood up and stretched while looking out the window to see the clear night sky
"Hm, maybe I'll go for a flight"
Hope you enjoyed, please leave a review, constructive criticism is more than welcome! See you in Chapter 2: Just my luck.
