A/N:This is my first story ever, so please bare with me and please, criticism. I want to be good at this and want to present very readable material, so lay on me! Also as a warning, I'm not expecting to be a fast updater. This will be my only warning in this fic.
P.S. I also don't own Fairy Tail, all rights are exclusive to their owners and any descriptions or names of persons real is strictly coincidence. On with the tale!
PROLOGUE
The Kingdom of Fiore… A neutral country of seventeen million people. It is a world of magic, magic is bought and sold every day. It is an integral part of people's lives. And there are those who use magic as their occupation. Those people are referred to as Wizards. These wizards belong to various guilds, and perform jobs upon commission. There are a large number of guilds within this country. And in a certain town lies a certain guild. A guild from which various legends were once born... or rather, will continue to be born long into the future… And its name is:
Fairy Tail!
July X777
We find ourselves in the beautiful town of Magnolia, it is a wonderful place filled with smiling faces and the laughter of children, it's here that we find a young teenager, no older than fifteen with salmon colored hair, wearing a red shirt, beige shorts and a white scarf with a pattern reminiscent of scales walking through town with a serious look on his face.
"Ugh! How am I gonna find Igneel? It's been like two weeks, and I still haven't found anything!" The boy continues to walk alongside the river that passes through the town. He comes to a bridge, deciding to cross. "I mean how hard is it to find a giant fire breathing dragon!?" Lost in his thoughts he doesn't realize that he reached the second largest building in Magnolia, a massive two story building. Looking up he notices the structure. 'Whoa… that's a pretty big house right there. What's that picture? Is that a… bird? Weird.'
"Do fairies really have tails?"
"Ah!" The teen is startled by the question, looking to his side he realizes that a short old man with a staff, wearing an orange outfit and a funny cap with two spots sticking out like horns is just standing there, looking at the building. "Damn it old man! You scared the daylights outta me!"
The old man just laughs. "hahaha! Sorry young man. I didn't mean to sneak up on you. I only noticed that you were standing in front of the guild."
"This is a guild? And that thing you said, about the tails?"
"That's right." The old man gets a thoughtful look. "Do fairies really have tails? Do they even exist...? Like them this place as eternal mystery... A never ending adventure. That is my guild: Fairy Tail, and I am its Master."
The boy looks at the old man with a wide eyed look. "So you have magic? Me too! I'm Natsu Dragneel, the Fire Dragon Slayer."
The old man looks to the teen "I'm Makarov Dreyer, Third Master of Fairy Tail. And you have a very powerful, Lost Magic."
"That's right, and when I'm strong enough I'll be able to find dad, Igneel the Fire Dragon" The now named Natsu flexes his arms with a big grin on his face.
Makarov gets another thoughtful look. "So you're trying to find your father. That's a worthy goal, but did you know that guild jobs could take you through many places? Maybe you'll find what you seek that way. But something I forgot to mention; about guilds, the most important thing I believe, Is that a guild is more than a simple job, it's somewhere to laugh with friends, make rivalries to push you further, or a place where you can cry when you're sad… A guild is a family. Tell me Natsu, would you like to join my guild?"
Natsu gets a serious look on his face, then he gives Makarov a massive grin. "Definitely!"
Makarov returns his grin. "Well let's go inside then."