Mason- The Phantom Dragon by volumes

by Jct1345

This is an alternate way of reading my Fairy Tail story about the Phantom Dragon Slayer Mason, each chapter is it's own arch so these chapters will come out slowly. If you're interested please check out the original story :)

1. Chapter 1

Phantom Dragon Slayer: Chapter 1 Introduction

(Year 777)

In a dark cave, on an unknown mountain, was a beast with jet black scales, two muscular wings, and a long whiplike tail, a dragon. This was Buruut the Phantom Dragon, a creature rumored to be the one responsible for carrying mortal souls to the afterlife upon death. His head was shielded by a large bony skull giving him a ghastly appearance. But what's really unusual is that laying on top of the legendary beasts powerful back, was a small boy with red eyes and pure white hair.

"But, why do you have to go?" The boy asked, struggling to keep himself from falling asleep.

"Don't you remember what I always tell you boy?" A booming voice fitting of the phantom dragon answered.

"Nothing in life lasts forever, that's why you must make the most of it while you can." The boy answered solemnly, knowing there was no use arguing with the Dragon.

"I don't want to part with you my son, but it's the will of fate." A large black tail, like a tree trunk in thickness, gently nudged the top of the boys head. "I've done my best to raise you properly, and it's been one of my life's greatest joys but it's my time to leave you, but I will leave you with one final request. Mason Alastor! My son, when you awaken tomorrow I will be gone, but don't think you will be alone. Their are others like you, the children of the Dragons, the Dragon Slayers. You must find the Dragon Slayers."

"Dragon Slayers? But why? Why do you have to leave?" Mason layed down on his belly and using his arms and legs, grabbed the most of the Dragon as he possibly could. "Don't leave! I'm not ready for you to go!" Tears began to form in the child's eyes, but there was nothing he could do at this point.

"Ssshhhhh, my son don't cry. This is how it must be, and you must be strong. This is goodbye, but by no means does it have to be forever, but for now you must sleep." A purple magic circle opened above the boy and his eyes began to get heavier until eventually closing and the world was replaced by blackness.

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(The next morning)

"Whhaaahhhh!" Mason screamed as he woke up to a splash of water washing across his face. He quickly sat up, that's when he learned he was no longer in the cave, but in fact on a beach. "AAAHHHH!" He quickly climbed back to his feet and surveyed the unfamiliar location.

"The beach? How did I get here….. " That's when he noticed something was different. On his back was a black, hooded cloak with a strange magical aura. "Is this a from Buruut, it has a similar smell, that means he must've brought me here." He looked around for any signs of a Dragon, but didn't see anything. "Maybe he hasn't gotten to far. Buruut! Buruut!" He called out to the ocean and to the forest behind him, but was met only be the sound of waves crashing onto the shore. But that wasn't enough to desuade the hopeful boy.

"Buruut! BURUUT! Dad! DAAAAAADDDDD!" He called out for almost 3 minutes, before giving up on that approach. "I know, I'll search the forest. I'm sure I'll pick up on his sent."

The boys feet slowly began to rise into the air as his body became cloaked in a purple light. Now levitating, the boy jetted off to the woods, moving much faster than if he had chosen to go by foot, but he was met at the entrance by two strangers.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" A fat man with a strange mask towered over him. On the mask was a symbol looking like a sideways S.

"He looks like a little mage, I think he'd be a strong worker. If not, maybe a good sacrifice. Hehehehe." Another man wearing the same mask let out a gross chuckle.

"Excuse me, but have either of you seen a drag-AHHHH!" Mason tried to speak to the two men, but was met with a staff to the gut. And while the young wizard was down the slim man put a magic cancelling collar around the boy's neck.

"I don't know how good of a worker a weakling like this will be, but we can always use another body." The fat man hoisted an unconciouMason up by his cloak. "Bring him to the tower."

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(The tower of heaven)

"GRRRR! Put me down! I'll blast you to pieces!" A depowered Mason growled at the fat masked man as he struggled and squirmed, desperately tried to free himself.

"Shut it kid! Your whining is getting pretty annoying!" The fat man forcefully shaked the boy up in down as he approached one of the many cages that made up the walls of the tower. "Here we go." The man unlocked the door and prepared to toss the child. "This is your new home you brat! HAHAHA!" With a chilling laugh, the man hurled mason into the dark cage, slamming him against the wall at the back of the cell.

"GGRRRR! I'll get you for this!" Mason charged for the cell bars, and desperately began grabbing and clawing at the fat man who was getting further and further away, laughing the whole time. "GGGGRRRR! Come back here you coward!" Mason was to busy venting, he hadn't realized yet that he wasn't alone.

"H-hey!" A small, weak voice callled out from the corner of the cell. Mason looked over to find his cell mates clustered together shaking in fear. "K-keep your voice down. If you make too much noise the guards will come back, and they'll be angry." The one to speak up was a small boy, his skin was darker than the others but he had light hair that spiked upwards.

There was a whole group of prisoners locked in this tiny cell and most of them were children. Along with the blonde boy was a small girl with bowl haircut, a kid with spiked hair and a very defined chin, a boy with shaggy black hair and narrow eyes, a girl with red hair that reached down to her shoulders, and a blue haired boy with strange red markings around his right eye. Behind all of that was the only adult, a shriveled old man with a long white beard and grown out eyebrows.

"So what?" Mason fired back abrasively. "I don't care if those jerks are mad, I'm not staying in this cell! I have to find my Father! Every second I stay in here is a second that whatever scent he may have left behind begins to fade." The young boys intensity startled the frightened children, but they weren't about to suffer for his misbehavior.

"Hey look!" The boy with the narrow eyes spoke up. "Maybe you don't care what happens to you, but don't drag the rest of us down with you. We don't want to get whipped because you broke the rules, so sit down and shut up."

"Hmmmm….." Mason eventually backed away from the cage and calmed down… Momentarily. The boy lifted his arm straight upwards and pointed his palm towards the cage bars. "Phantom Dragon Shot!" A ball of purple energy formed in the boy's hand.

"Woah!" The group of children marveled at the boy's magical prowess.

"That's magic!" The blue haired boy's interest was definitely peaked. "Awesome…"

"It's incredible, he can use magic." The Red haired girl's eyes sparkled. "He's a real Wizard, and he's only our age."

"HAAAAAHHHHHHH!" The boy thrusted his palm forward, but the energy ball faded into smoke. "URRGHHHHH!" Masons eyes went sharp and he glared down at the special collar and began clawing and biting at it. "Stupid Collar!" The boy started rolling around, trying to get the collar of his neck.

Meanwhile the blue haired boy had become the first to work up the courage to approach his new cell mate. "You know magic?"

Mason took time away from clawing at his collar to acknowledge him. "Yeah…" He said with a glare. "But this stupid collar is keeping me from using my really strong magic."

"Oh that's too bad…. But still, it must be pretty cool to use magic right?" The blue haired kid got really excited and started asking a lot of questions, that made Mason socially uncomfortable. "My name is Jellal by the way, nice to meet you." The boy put hand out to the Mason.

"Uh…. Mason…" The boy took Jellal's hand and climbed back to his feet.

"And these are my friends." Jellal dragged the young dragon slayer over to the other children. "This is Millianna and Sho." He gestured to the timid girl and young blonde.

"Uh...hi…" Millianna said shyly as Sho justed nodded along.

"And this is Wally." Jellal pointed to the kid with defined chin.

"Sup!" Wally was a bit more of a extrovert than the other kids and managed to actually greet Mason.

"And those to are Simon and Erza." Jellal pulled Mason over to the boy with the narrow eyes and the Red Haired girl. "And over there is Rob, he's really nice." Jellal pointed at the old man behind the children.

"Umm…. High, I'm Mason." Mason definitely wasn't use to other people. In a moment of shyness, he flipped the black hood up over his head, hiding his face.

"So you're an actual wizard?" The red haired girl krept up to Mason. "Can you use any of your magic."

"Y-Yeah.." Mason quickly shook his head, clearing his nerves and shyness. "But nothing big, I can only use weaker spells. Something like this." Mason through his hands out in front of his body and closed his eyes. In the corner of cell, a small stone about the size of a baseball began to float in the air.

"Oh wow." The Red head Erza marveled at this spell.

"This is nothing." Mason dropped the stone. "If I didn't have this stupid collar around my neck, I could rip those bars off the cell with the same spell." Mason bragged a bit, but he wasn't exaggerating.

"Really?" Erza continued, and at this point Jellal and returned to feed his intrigue. "Where did you learn Magic."

"My dad taught me." Mason replied.

"Oh, so is your dad a wizard too." Jellal asked.

"No, he's a Dragon."

"WHAT?!" Jellal and Erza Jumped at this revelation.

"Ha! Hahahahahaha!" Simon, who had been listening in on the conversation suddenly burst out laughing. "I knew it! You are cray! You do know Dragons don't exist right? Hahaha!"

"Hey! You take that back." Mason was about to charge the other boy, when Rob stood up with a smile on his face.

"So that would make you a Dragon Slayer, would it not?" The old wizard said in a calm tone that helped comfort the boy.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm the Phantom Dragon Slayer, my dad Buruut is the Phantom Dragon." Mason got really excited, finding someone who believed him.

"Rob? Do you think he's telling the truth, was he really raised by a Dragon." Jellal asked, still on the seat about believing this tall tell.

"Yes I believe so." Rob sat down in the center of the children as if he was planning to tell a tale. "Dragon Slayer magic is a lost magic, legends say that one could only learn it by being taught by a Dragon. So that would explain how a young boy would be such an advanced mage at such a young age."

"That's right." Mason nodded. "But how did you know that? Are you a wizard or something?"

"I've dabbled with magic, and I like to think I know a thing or two about legends." Rob answered, still smiling.

"What's it like being raised by a Dragon. Was he super scary?" Jellal began bombarding the hooded boy with more of his questions and curiosity.

"Um, I guess he was kinda scary to look at. But after you got used to that he was really nice." Soon Mason was surrounded by the whole group, each with their own questions and opinions. Unknown to the Dragon's son, but he was slowly starting to build what would be his first friendships.

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(Some time later, Mason's point of view)

The time I spent in the Tower Of Heaven, brief as it may be. Was some of the worst days of my life.

Every morning the guards would wake my comrades and I and immediately send us to work, we would receive the minimum amount of food and water. Just enough to keep us alive and working. Nights were cold, we would often huddle together to keep warm. It was on the second day of my tenure there that I learned Jellal and the other kids had been planning to escape.

"Hey Mason." Jellal whispered to me as I scarfed down a piece of stale bread. "You said you were desperate to get out of here, and go find your dad right." I knodded, being as my mouth was still full. "Then come on you gotta follow me.

Jellal took me to a small whole carved into the wall, Inside was a passage carved into the stone, the purpose being to escape.

"Do you think you could use a bit of magic to help with this tunnel?" As Jellal was asking I placed my palm on the stone at the back of the tunnel and channeled as much magic as I could muster.

Boom!

A small explosion bursted from my palms and shook the tunnel, cracking the stone slightly. "Haahhhhh… If I had more time, I could probably break through a bit more stone, but our break is almost up and the guards will come looking for us."

"Really? You think you could do it." Hope began to rise up in Jellal's voice. "That's great! Don't worry about time, we can come back tonight. If everyone helps we could be out by morning!"

"I hope you're right." I didn't want to disagree with the boy, and part of wanted to believe him. Unfortunately we would never finish that tunnel.

Almost as soon as we exited the tunnel we were abused by guards. "There he is, the young wizard." One of the guards grabbed me by the cloak and lifted me into the air.

"Hey let me go!" I screamed as I fruitlessly struggled to free myself.

"Put him down!" Jellal yelled at the guards, and received a knee to the face in response.

"Let's go." The guards took me away, kicking and screaming the whole time.

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(Later)

"GGGGRRRRR! I swear, I'll get you for this!" I yelled to my captures, who simply ignored me. They chained my arms to a large crystal and unlocked my collar. "What?... Ha! I big mistake! Now you're gonna pay!" I began to charge energy balls in both my hands, little did I know I was giving them exactly what they wanted.

"Now!" One of the guards called out, and his partner pushed a button on a strange remote and the crystal I was tied to started to radiat a white magical aura.

"What are you doing to me!" The strange magic didn't hurt, rather it forced me to release more of my magic. The energy balls I had originally created began to grow in size, from palm sized to the size of beach balls. The crystal behind me changed color, from white to bright yellow.

"That's exactly the reaction we hoped for. Your body has the perfect amount of magical potential to be a suitable host for the God Zeref. Our God will tear your body apart and reshape it into a more suitable form." The guard explained before canceling the crystals strange spell. "Now hurry, but the collar back on the kid."

As the guard said this, the tower began to shake. Resulting in a loud, BOOOM!

"What the hell was that?" One of the guards asked, and the two of them rushed out of the room, leaving me alone.

"Huh? They just left." I paused for a second, then a smile formed across my face. I blasted the chains of my arms and ran out of the room myself.

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(Later)

"Woah! What the hell is going." I came across a full blown revolution had erupted in the tower of heaven. Guards and soldiers against armed slaves, brutal fighting across the caverns. In the corner of my eyes I spotted a few of my comrades, surrounded by what appeared to be floating corpses. So I flew over as fast as I could.

When I arrived, my friends were huddled together each clinging in fear to a weapon of their own. "What's going on here."

"Whah! Where'd you come from." Simon cried out in shock.

"That's not important. What are these things?" I asked as I summoned a standard magic circle of protection. "And where are Jellal and Erza."

"Those are magic soldiers." Wally called out, he was usually calm but he was shaking in fear. "They are stronger than normal and can use magic spells."

"They're really scary ghost guys." Millianna called out, shaking behind Wally.

SNIFF SNIFF…. I took a deep wif with my nose, I picked up the scent of the magic soldiers and it was tasty. "Mmm…. Don't worry they won't be much of a problem."

"Whooooooohhhhhh!" I began inhale with my mouth, until I created a vortex that began pulling the magic soldiers into my mouth. I sucked up at least ten corpses and converted their magic power into my own. "Mmmmm, tasty."

"Ew! Gross! You can eat magic soldiers." Simon reeled back in disgust.

"Well duh. I'm a PHANTOM Dragon Slayer, I can eat death, sins, and souls that have been separated from their bodies." I explained, making my comrades shake.

"You eat souls…. Like a monster in a scary story?" Wally asked uncomfortably.

"Well, not really souls more like the energy left behind when someone dies. But I can't take that energy from a living person, that's too difficult." I explained.

"I don't wanna talk about this." Simon said, shivering. "Besides you left some." Simon pointed out the 30 remaining magic soldiers.

"Those guys won't be a problem either." I took another deep breath and my lungs filled with magic energy. "PHANTOM DRAGON ROAR!" I opened my jaw and a swirling spiral of radiat purple Phantoms flew from my mouth. Each phantom was made of Kinetic energy and exploded on contact with the magic soldiers.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

"Whoa you did it." Sho commented as, defeated Magic soldiers began to rain from the sky.

"You guys never answered my question, what happened to Erza and Jellal." I repeated.

"I'll answer that." A familiar voice called out, but something felt off. Extremely off.

We turned to find Jellal slowly walking towards us, a misty magic aura swirling around him. "Erza left. She betrayed and abandoned us for her own selfish reasons."

"What?" "No way?" "She wouldn't do that!"

Jellal nodded. "Yes it's true she left us behind. She betrayed us?"

"That doesn't make any sense." I interrupted. "Wasn't it your plan to escape this whole time? She didn't betray us, let's just follow her and get out of here."

"True my plan was to escape, but then I was enlightened." Jellal clasped his hand, causing magic power to surge from his fist. "I learned the true meaning of the tower, it's not evil as we thought it was. It's purpose is that to achieve the ultimate freedom."

"No!" I argued back. "The guards told me. The purpose of this tower is to resurrect some dead god."

"That is Freedom!" Jellal yelled at me. And that's when I saw his eyes. I should have trusted my senses, his soul has been tainted some how. "Zeref will bring about the trust freedom on this earth. He'll purge his enemies and reward those faithful to him with power beyond belief."

"That's crazy! Jellal something's wrong with you. Your soul is so black, it smells rancid. You need to come with us, we need to get you help." I turned to the others who's heads had been lowered. "Come on guys, get to the boats we gotta go."

The others remained silent… Until Wally spoke up. "But where are we gonna go. We don't have a dad to go home to, our parents are dead…"

"Erza left us. She got her magic and left, now you wanna leave too after you got your power back." Sho continued. "We don't have power. I want magic too!" He yelled tears flowing from his eyes.

"If you stay…" Jellal said in a sky voice. "ZEREF WILL GIVE YOU MORE POWER THAN YOU'VE EVER IMAGINED." With that Jellal used telekinesis to shatter a nearby boulder.

"You can't really be buying that crap!" I was getting frustrated and my friends remained silent. "Simon! Millianna!" I looked over and the two nodded along to Jellal's promise. "GGGRRRRR! Fine! If you guys want to stay in this tower and worship some death god than, fine! But I'm getting out of here. I gotta find my dad. DRAGON SHOT!" I blasted a hole in a wall opening it to the air, before jumping out, before landing in the ocean I caught myself mid air and began flying towards shore.

A few hours later I collapsed on the sandy shore, without any idea where in the world I was, but completely out of magic power. Even though I was physically exhausted, I was happy because that was the last I'd see of the tower of heaven, so I thought.

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(7 years later)

In a small, run down dive on the outskirts of Oshibana Town. We find a familiar foe being heckled by the other drinkers.

"Hahahahaha!" A fat man with a scarred face and a beard began laughing up a storm. "Wow! After all that big talk The Mighty Erigor Of Eisenwald was defeated by a group of children."

The man in question, Erigor. Simply sat silent stewing in his defeat.

Erigor, the Grim Reaper Of The dark Guild Eisenwald. Using the Lullaby Flute, Erigor planned to destroy the Guild Masters Meeting, hoping to make a statement. He even planned to kill fairy tail guild master Makarov. But thanks to the efforts of young wizards Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza, Erigor and his Guild mates were defeated and The people of Fiore were spared the wrath of Lullaby.

"Hey! Layoff the boss! He could still whoop all you losers butts!" One of the Eisenwald goons stood up in defense of his comrade, who still refused to speak.

"I don't know. If he gives me trouble I'll call my nephew, HE'S FOURTEEN! Hahahahaha!" Another bar goer bursted out laughing, and soon the whole establishment followed suit.

"Idiots…." Erigor finally spoke up. "None of you realize the destructive power of a Dragon Slayer. If it had been just an average wizard, there's no way those fairy tail goons would've stood a chance against me. But no, with my luck I ended up fighting with a monster." No one paid any mind to Erigor's rambling, instead they continued their drunken laughing. All except one patron, who was cloaked in a familiar black hood.

"Dragon Slayer?" The whole room went cold, causing the bar goers to shiver and shake. The hooded figure stood up and made his way over to the silver haired mage. "Now that sounds interesting."

"Hey!" The Eisenwald thug stood up between the cloaked figure and Erigor. "If you got a problem with the boss you can take it up with m-AAAAHHHH!" The thug looked down to find an arm phased through his chest.

"I really don't want things to get messy, so why don't you step aside." A ghastly voice crept out of the dark hood, causing the Thugs face to sweat and grow pale.

"Yes sir." He ran as fast as he could, straight out of the bar leaving Erigor Alone to face the frightening stranger.

"Ha! Don't think petty threats like that are gonna intimidate me. If you want me to talk, let's take this outside and settle this with our f-AAAAHHHHH!" Before Erigor could finish, the cloaked figure grabbed him by the head, forcing him to look into the deep darkness of the man's hood and two piercing red lights began burning back at him.

"Dragon Slayer Forbidden Art! Timor!" With that spell, the two red eyes flashed bright. Then Erigor's Irises changed to the same shade of glowing red.

"Ah! AAAAHHHHHHH! AAAHHHHHHHHH! What!? What the hell did you do to me!?" Erigor dropped to the floor and began to roll around the floor, gripping his head as if it was in pain.

"Calm down. Timor, it means fear. All the images you're seeing are just illusions and I can lift the spell if you really want me too." The cloaked figure said with a wave of his hand.

"Please, please! I'll do anything! Just make it stop." Erigor was on the verge of tears.

"Okay." The Wizard said slowly, drawing out every moment. "All you gotta do, is tell me what you know about the dragon slayer."

"Fine! His name is Natsu! Fairy Tail's Salamander! There guild is in Magnolia, that's where you can find him!" Erigor said, still rolling around in terror.

"Fairy Tail Huh?" The hooded figure snapped his fingers, dispelling the magic. Then removed the hood from his head, letting his messy white hair spill out. Mason had grown up into an adult Dragon Slayer. "Hey Bar Keep! How far is Magnolia from here!"

"Only a day away!" The helpful bartender called back from his hiding place.

"Oh that's great…"

"By train!" The bartender finished.

"Oh…." Mason's forehead began to sweat. "I think I'll walk…."

(Days later, in magnolia)

"Huh? So this is the big city?" Mason looked up and down the paved roads and tall houses. "It's kinda nice."

KABOOOOMMMM!

The ground began to rumble and shake, the very buildings started sway and crack.

"What the hell was that!?" Mason exclaimed to himself, trying to keep his balance.

"You! Stranger!" A man called out from the window of his home. "Get out of here it's dangerous! The two top guilds, Fairy Tail And Phantom Lord are fighting! None of us are safe!"

"The Fairies and the Phantoms are at war? That can't be good." Mason's eyes widened, before a toothy grin formed on his face. "Let's just see what I can do about that."

"Mister…. You're crazy." The stranger commented.

"You're welcome!" With that Mason charged forward, towards the battlefield.

In no time at all, Mason had arrived on the scene to find a truly bizarre sight. A group of wizards battling swarms of cloaked ghosts as a giant robot with a cannon sticking out of its chest. "A robot huh? Can't say I've seen that before." Mason jumped down to the beach, landing next to an older man with a Pipe who was using smoke magic.

"Hey how's it looking?" Mason asked, the battered warrior.

"Not great…. The master is down and we're surrounded by these nasty phantoms that can drain your magic energy. Erza, Grey, Elfman, and Natsu went in to try and dismantle the cannon, but there master Jose is one of the 10 Wizard Saints, and They have a Dragon slayer of their own. The Iron Dragon Slayer Gajeel. Even those guys might be in trouble…" A sad puff of smoke followed the man's report.

"And Natsu is the Fire Dragon Slayer, right?" 'Alright, that means there are two dragon slayers here.' Mason started grinning again.

"Yeah….. Wait a second…. Who are you?!" Wakaba stumbled back just now realizing he gave away that information to a stranger.

"Don't worry about it!" Mason jumped into the air above the other fighters and used his levitation to carry him towards the Phantom Guild hall. But about halfway to his destination a swarm of phantoms flew in front of him. "Mmmmm…. Tasty…" Mason unhinged his jaw and the phantoms were sucked up into his maw like a funnel. "So there's a powerful wizard in there that can use Phantom Magic. Well unfortunately for him today doesn't look like it's going to be his day."

(Erza's POV)

'Crap! This is bad…. Jose's got me in his Shade Entangle. If this keeps up he's going to suck the magic out of me like he did to Master Makarov…' Erza Grunted and struggled as she tried to free herself from the purple ghosts. 'If only I hadn't used so much power already. If I could just get free!'

"While I've never been particularly fond of your guild, those feelings are not the reason I decided to attack your guild today. I was hired by the Patriarch of the Heartfilia Family to find his missing daughter." Jose explained.

'Lucy!'

"So that's why you decided to break the rules of the magic council?" A strange voice called out from another part of the room and I could feel my bindings loosening. The purple phantoms soon dematerialized and began to flow as energy towards the strange voice. "I'll be honest that wasn't the best idea."

"What the hell! Who are you? You're not a member of Fairy Tail, at least not one that I've ever seen." Jose cried out in frustration.

I was eventually released from the bindings and I immediately looked over to see who came to my aid. A dark ghastly cloak topped with snowy white hair and crimson eyes that were all too familiar from my youth and the time I spent in the Tower of Heaven, the Phantom Dragon Slayer Mason.

"No you're right, I'm not a member of Fairy Tail. I'm just here to have a chat with the Dragon Slayers, but I figured I should lend a hand to an old friend of mine." He smiled at me, and in a mixture of fear, confusion and admittedly a bit of excitement I could feel my face growing hot and turning red.

"You pests just keep coming out of the damn woodwork! But that's just fine! I'll send you all to oblivion! Dead Wave!" Jose charged a massive blast of purple energy and hurled it at Mason, who took a deep breath and swallowed it whole. "Stop it! You keep eating my magic! How the hell do you do that."

"You should already know Jose Porla, Guild Master of Phantom Lord. Isn't one of your most powerful wizards the Iron Dragon Slayer, Black Steel Gajeel?" Mason started grinning as Jose started fuming.

"No way! It's not possible you can't be."

"I am Mason Alastor, the Phantom Dragon Slayer. And you are one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and your specialty is Phantom Magic correct. Unfortunately your magic doesn't work on me, but mine on the other hand. Phantom Dragon's Shot!" Mason's entire arm was shrouded in purple light, then an incredible laser of Phantom Magic Energy erupted from his palm, blasting Jose in the chest and sending him flying. Even without the boost he received from consuming so much Phantom Magic, it was very apparent that he had progressed considerably as a wizard since the last time I saw him.

Mason jumped down from the top deck, and landed right next to me. "I'm not great at healing magic, but I can manage." He put his hands over me and a green light began radiating from his hands, it was a great help in soothing the pain of my wounds.

"What are you doing here? How did you escape the tower? Jellal said that the Guards took you away to be a sacrifice, I thought you were dead." I began rambling senselessly, not giving Mason time to answer even if he wanted to.

"Calm down, calm down. You don't have to be scared, I know about Jellal and I'm not with him. I'm here for the other Dragon Slayers." Mason grabbed my shoulders to keep me from panicking, and that's when I knew he was telling the truth. I could sense no malice form him, meaning that whatever sickness that had overtaken my old friend Jellal had not done the same to him. "I'll explain everything."

Crash! Before Mason could finished we both could sense Master Jose's Power building once more. "Scratch that, I'll explain everything later." Mason said as he removed his cloak. Underneath the black cape he wore a sleeveless white shirt with black pants, he also wore a black wristband on his left hand. "Chains!" Mason called out as he channeled his magic into the cloth changing it into a long metal chain. "My cloak was a gift from my father." He explained even though I hadn't asked. "By channeling my magic power into it I can change its form into a variety of different weapons or articles of clothing."

Magic power began to flow through chain as Mason started to spin it in his hand. "You hang back for now, I'll take care of this guy?" He looked over at me and smiled, just like another dragon slayer I know.

"Wait!" I shook those thoughts from my head. "I can't let you fight someone like him on your own."

"Actually you can." Mason took a step forward and that's when I say it. On the back of his shirt was the symbol of the armed forces that enforce the will of the Magic Council, the Rune Knights.

(Mason's POV)

"Let me reIntroduce myself, Mason Alastor, Phantom Dragon Slayer. Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit, and part of the Black Ops Unit. If anyone has the jurisdiction to take on a wizard saint, it's me." The black ops unit is supposed to be top secret, but I felt like bragging a bit. "Fighting between two official guilds in a public area, especially a city is like super illegal. I think I gotta take you in." I taunted as, Jose rose to his feet.

"So you're a Rune Knight? And a captain nonetheless, so the Magic Council is making Captains out of Kids. Who would've guessed they'd ever be so desperate. There's no doubting that this generation has talent, but they are certainly lacking when it comes to experience!" Jose threw forward his hand and a bolt of red lightning shot from his fingertips, nearly hitting me.

"So you're done using Phantom Magic? That's a shame, I could go for seconds." I started spinning my chain, and with strong toss I lassoed him in Iron. "These chains can channel my magic power, it can give you a nasty shock when your wrapped up like that."

"So these chains conduct magic energy? I think it's safe to assume that it works both ways." Jose flexed and the red lightning began traveling down my chain.

"Agh!" I dropped the chain before I could be shocked, and Jose was able to free himself. "That's a neat trick."

"You don't get to be recognized as one of the 10 Wizard Saints if you can't pull of this much." Jose let loose his magic aura. Purple energy and red lightning radiating from his body, it was utterly imposing. "Do you still wish to challenge me boy, you really wish to fight for a guild that you don't even belong to."

"I already told you Jose Porla, your under arrest for starting a fight that's endangering the lives of civilians, it's my job to take you down….. Or more like his job." Jose looked confused, so I stepped aside to reveal the other Wizard Saint Master Makarov Dreyar, who was radiating a bright light. "I suppose I can leave this to you?"

"Please!" The old wizards voice boomed with a massive power.

"Great. Cause I gotta go take care of some other stuff.." I said, getting ready to follow my nose to the other dragon slayers.

"Wait!" The Master of the Fairies called out to me. "Can I get your name my boy?"

"Uh, I'll tell you later. I'm probably gonna have to Arrest you too." I said before running off.

"Wait! Why do I have to go to jail!"

(In the Wreckage of the Phantom Lord)

I could hear Voices as I approached the familiar dragon like smell, so I figured I should activate my Invisibility Magic, I don't wanna interrupt. When I found them they were both laying on the ground and there magic was dangerously depleted.

"Yeah. Metalicana disappeared on me Seven years ago the Year 777." A gruff voice said, and by the name of his Dragon I could assume this was the Iron Dragon Slayer Gajeel.

"777… That's the same as Igneel…" A much more upbeat voice replied, that must be Fairy Tails Dragon Slayer Natsu. "July Seventh 777….."

"What a coincidence." I decided to speak up, dispelling my invisibility and making myself known. "The Dragon I was raised by Buruut left me on the same day. July Seventh 777, so weird right?"

"WHAGH! WHO ARE YOU!"

"ARE YOU SAYING YOU WERE RAISED BY A DRAGON TOO!"

The two yelled at me, I guess it makes sense they'd be startled. "Oh crap, that's my bad. I really need to get better at Introductions Huh? I'm Mason Alastor, the Phantom Dragon Slayer. I came to Magnolia to talk to Natsu, but when I heard there were two dragon slayers in town. I had to talk to both of you."

"What the hell! Another Dragon Slayer." Gajeel spoke up. "What the hell is a Phantom Dragon?"

"Like your dad was dead?" Natsu tried to follow up.

"No. It's really simple how come this always confuses everyone, it's a Dragon who uses Phantom Magic. But that's not the point." I cleared my throat before continuing. "My father told me that once he left, I needed to find the other Dragon Slayers. He didn't tell me why, only that it was extremely important to find all of you. I don't know how many Dragon Slayers there are, there could be 3 more or 30 more, but that's not important."

"Wait!" Natsu interrupted. "So you're Dragon said that all the Dragon Slayers had to be together for some super important thing. I bet it's a tournament, to find out which Dragon Slayer is the strongest! That's so awesome, Alright I already beat Gajeel so I'll fight you next."

"This is stupid…" Gajeel mumbled.

"A tournament?" I asked myself. "That could be it… But I feel like if it was trivial like that Buruut would've already told me. I've done research and descovered legends of Dragon King Festivals, and people wielding the Dragon's magic becoming Dragon's but those are all legends. Whatever it is, I think it's big. And now that we've found each other, we should stick together so that when whatever it is comes we can be ready."

"And if it really is a Tournament, then we can use each other to train!" Natsu got really excited, to the point he was even able to sit up. "Hey Gajeel, sense your guild is probably gonna get disbanded, you should join Fairy Tail."

As Natsu said this, I picked up on a faint sound, like someone said the word "Law!"

Then FWWWOOOOOSSSSHHHHHH! An enormous wave of Light covered everything in sight, I've never seen an Etherion Blast, so this is truly the highest concentration of magic power I've ever seen in a single spell.

By the time the light had Dissipated Gajeel was gone….

(Later, 3rd person POV)

Fairy Tail immediately began to celebrate their victory over Phantom Lord, but this would be short lived as a group of Rune Knights appeared on the Beach to confront Fairy Tail's Guild Master.

"Master Makarov Dreyar! You're under arrest!" The head knight announced pointing his spear at the old mage.

"No way! I don't wanna go to jail!" Makarov began to sob, embarrassing his guild members.

"Wait a second!" A voice called out from the shore. All eyes turned to see Mason who was Carrying Natsu on his back and in his hand he held a medallion with the Rune Knights insignia on it. "Mason Alastor Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit, Black Ops division. I'll handle things from here."

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VRROOOOMMMM!

A Magic Limousine. A very special type of Magic Vehicle that often carry Fiore's Rich and Famous, and this is where we find our Hero, much to his discomfort.

"So Mason, Was it?" The Leader of the Fairy Tail guild Makarov Dreyar asked. He sat opposite of Mason who was preoccupied looking out the window. "You certainly are quiet…. And you say you're a Dragon Slayer like Natsu?..."

"..." Mason replied with more silence.

"Say something damn it! Don't you know it's rude to ignore people, especially your elders!" Makarov had grown impatient with the Dragon Slayer, one could even say he was quite SHORT with him.

Mason turned to look Makarov in the eye, and that's when it became clear. Mason was totally green in the face. "I think…. I'm gonna hurl…."

"Not on me! Point the other way!"

(Flashback)

Back on the beach, after Jose had been defeated. "I'll take it from here."

"AAHHH!" Natsu yelled as he was dropped from Mason's back, as the white haired boy dropped him to go join his fellow Rune Knights.

Mason grabbed the handcuffs from the officer making the arrest. "Umm… But sir, we received direct orders from headquarters to stop the two guilds fighting and arrest both parties." Said officer explained, still pretty confused by the whole ordeal unfolding before him.

"Well you failed on the whole stop the fighting of the guilds, I had to do that for you." Mason shrugged as he took credit. "Don't you think it's fair that I get to make the Arrests for you too?"

"But sir, Makarov is still to be held responsible for.."

"Enough!" Mason sounded of using his Soldier Voice. "I told you I'd take care of fairy tail, for now. If you wanna be helpful, then go gather up Jose Porla. I think he's still in the Phantom Guild Hall." Mason pointed his thumb back at the Giant Robot that was beginning to break apart. "Looks like you'd better hurry, if Master Porla is crushed by falling rubble that wouldn't look very good on your official report would it?"

"Yes sir…" With that the Rune Knights begrudgingly went off to go collect Jose.

"Hahaha alright!"Natsu jumped up, suddenly full of energy. "The Magic Council can't tell us what to do anymore! We got one on the inside!"

"Yeah but who is this guy?" A shirtless mage asked, the Fairy Tail Ice Wizard Grey Fullbuster.

"I don't know him, but the way he talked down to those Rune Knights was pretty manly." Tough guy, Elfman Strauss commented.

"I don't know him either, but he's kinda cute." Fairy Tail's resident Pinup model, Mirajane Strauss said with a chuckle.

"He's an old friend.." Erza commented, just barely being able to keep herself upright after the events of today. "I knew him before my time with Fairy Tail, we've been separated for awhile but it's good to see him again."

"Hahaha! Way to show those losers." Natsu ran up, and placed his arm on Mason's shoulder as if they were old friends. "That's how is Dragon Slayers get things done."

"Yeah, we can celebrate later." Mason spoke up. "But first let's take care of business." Mason walked up to Master Makarov holding the hand cuffs. "Makarov Dreyar… Your under arrest!" Mason clipped the cuffs onto the old man's wrists.

"WHAT!?" The entire guild erupted in confusion.

"No! I don't wanna go to jail!" Makarov cried out.

(Flashback ends)

Back on the Magic Limousine. "There there…" Makarov said, slowly rubbing Mason's back as he sat hunched over in the back of the Limousine. "I appreciate you going through with this, but are you sure you can talk the council out of any punishment. I don't want you sticking your neck out for my sake."

"Yeah….. Don't worry about it…" Mason said slowly, trying his best not to lose his lunch. He was eventually able to sit back up. "The council loves me, at the most you'll get a slap on the wrist." Mason smiled before once again being overtaken by his motion sickness.

"Sir!" A Rune Knight opened the window between the driver's seat and the back of the limo. "We've reached Era, the magic council is only a few minutes away."

"Oh thank god…" Mason gave the soldier a thumbs up, and he closed the window. "Don't worry about a thing. I've got you covered."

(Later. In the magic council)

"Has the council reached a verdict?" A large bearded wizard addressed the council. "Regarding the punishment of Makarov Dreyar for endangering the lives of the citizens of Magnolia."

"Yes your honor." A man with blue hair almost identical to Jellal, but in actuality it was his twin brother Siegrain. "The council rules, not guilty! Thanks to a testimony by a high ranking soldier, the same one who apprehended Erigor. He was on the scene during the battle and he claims that it was the leader of Phantom Lord, Jose Porla was the one who initiated the conflict and Master Makarov And his guild were simply acting in self defense. I however recommend we assign an agent to monitor the Fairy Tail Guild to keep any further incident from arising. I nominate the Agent whose testimony was used as evidence. Captain Mason Alastor."

"All in favor of this." The chairmen called to the rest of the council.

"Aye!" Seven of the other council members responded, giving a majority vote and carrying the motion.

(Meanwhile, elsewhere in the magic council headquarters)

There is a room in the Magic councils headquarters where some of the most powerful members of the organization gather to take on missions, and discuss their findings in the world of magic. The wizards are the Captains or the Custody Enforcement Units, the Magic Councils Special forces. Today four of the six captains have gathered here.

Mason Alastor Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit. He practices Dragon Slayer Magic, a lost magic that allows him to take on the destructive Power of a Dragon. Trained by the legendary Dragon Buruut And a survivor of the Tower of Heaven incident Seven years ago. At 18 years old he is the second youngest of the six.

Tyson Hammer, Head Captain of the 3rd Custody Enforcement Unit. A large, muscular man with short white hair and a large bushy moustache that covers a majority of his face, but his bluish green eyes remain uncovered. His Magic is known as Burst Magic, simple yet extremely powerful. He can create devastating explosions of magic power. At 43 he is the oldest active member.

Amber Celadon, Head Captain of the 5th Custody Enforcement Unit. A short, petite girl with chocolate brown hair that reaches down to her shoulders and pale blue eyes. She's an expert at Gun Magic and carries two hand gun cannons both of which are capable of obliterating walls of solid steel with a single shot. At 14 she is the youngest of the six.

Julia Moors, Head Captain of the 6th Custody Enforcement. A young woman with long blonde hair and dark green eyes. She is a Second Generation Dragon Slayer, Inside her body is a Lacrima that grants her the power of Plasma Dragon Slayer Magic. At 22 she is one of the older members of the Group.

"So the Boss isn't in town?" Mason asked the other wizards gathered in the room.

"Nope!" Tyson was the first to answer in a gruff serious tone. "Out on job. That means your in charge two."

"I guess so." Mason pushed himself up out of his chair. "And I got a special assignment for you lot." He looked down at the other three.

(Magic council Captains Bar)

Mason swung the door to the bar open and his friends all ran inside. "Alright guys, it's time to get your drink on. And that's an order! We're celebrating!" Mason raised a mug of meek into the air before starting to down it.

"Haha!" Tyson smacked the white haired boy on the back, causing him to spit out his drink. "It's good to have you back, kid. This place can get pretty boring without you around."

"Then take a job old man!" Mason yelled back. "You don't have to keep yourself cooped up in this place. Look at me, I brought in Erigor and Jose. I think I'm in for a pay raise."

"What your in for is a transfer." Julia says between sips of wine. "I heard from the higher ups that you'll be observing the Fairy Tail Guild starting tomorrow. Thanks to the influence of our favorite council Member."

"I don't know why you guys are so hard on him." Mason said putting down his mug. "His brother may be nuts, but he seems like a pretty nice guy. I'm ok with the move, those Fairy Tail guys seem pretty interesting, plus there's another dragon slayer there so at least there will be something to talk about."

"Another Dragon Slayer? That is interesting. Is he a Dragon slayer like me or a "Real Dragon slayer" " Julia said making quotes in the air with her fingers.

"No he's a real Dragon Slayer. Like me." Mason answered, kinda confused by the girl's sarcasm.

"So there's another delusional boy out there that actually believes in Dragons. It's kinda sad." Julia said turning back to her wine. "It's kinda fitting that he's part of a guild called fairy tail."

"Hmm. Your just jealous that your power comes from a rock in your chest." Mason replied with a smirk.

"Ok, ok stop fighting…" Tyson stood up between the two. "You're acting like children. Amber, say something."

The quiet girl looked around the room, then back down to her drink. "I have to drink juice…. Cause I'm small…." The brunette looked over to Julia then down at her own chest. "Very small."

"So you're really okay with being relocated. You realize your about to be a glorified baby sitter. Most knights who take jobs like this are at the ends of their careers, I'm not even considering taking a supervisor job. And Fairy Tail is a real nut case, I don't see this assignment ending soon." The experienced Tyson put his hand on the boy's shoulder, offering the young man his advice.

"I won't lie to you guys, I requested the supervisor assignment." Mason admitted, timidly lifting his glass to his lips.

"WHAT!" The entire group nearly spit their drinks at the boy.

"You do realize that's career suicide, right?" Amber asked again in a monotone.

"Yeah, well I've actually been doing some thinking recently, and depending on how this job goes, it may be my last as a Knight." Mason said staring down at his mug. "It took me three years to reach second place on in the CEU, I would never want the Captain's Job and being a General sounds like a lot of work, I'm no good with the troops the council let's me command from here. I never really liked politics much so there's no way I'd be gunning for a seat on the Council. It just feels like I've gone as far as I can here. I've always been interested in guild wizard's that's why this Relocation Job is…. a…. great…. opportunity…. for…. me." Mason began shaking and his friends started to go pale in the face.

"What did you say…." A powerful, imposing voice, shook the very walls around them. Mason swiveled around on his bar stool and was with a gigantic Magic Council Symbol on a Gigantic armor chest plate. His eyes looked up to find a knights helmet with a brown plume and to glowing yellow eyes staring through the viser down at him. "You took a Relocation job!" The armor Roared, knocking Mason out of his seat and not the floor.

This walking Suit of Armor, was known simply as Brosnan. The Captain of the 1st Custody Enforcement Unit, the leader of the 6 and the most powerful member. Rumor is that no one has seen past the armor and lived to talk about it.

"B-B-Boss…. Uh hah! Your looking good… When did you get back?!" Mason smiled back, but at the same time a nervous sweat broke out across his face.

"I heard the rumors, I came by hoping to confirm them as false." The bulking Knight grabbed him by the throat, lifting up into the air. "It looks like I was the one who's wrong. And I hate being wrong!" Golden Eyes stared down into the dragon slayer's soul. "Tell me why you would even think about taking a supervising job!"

"ACK! Because…." Mason replied in a crushed voice. "I think it's gonna be a good learning experience…"

"Ggrrrr…. You idiot." Brosnan let go of the boys neck, dropping him to the floor. "I forbid it. We have better use for you here."

"But boss, The council has already approved of the move." Tyson interrupted and was met with another cold glare.

"I'll talk to the council and they will change their minds." Brosnan said before turning to the door. "You're the Second Captain Of Custody Enforcement Unit. When I'm not around, the council will look to you to make decisions and execute perfectly. Up to this point you've been rash, reckless and unreliable. Your loose cannon attitude reflects poorly on all of us, regardless of any results you may yield."

"Hold it!" Mason stood up between Brosnan and the door. "Look I don't care what you have to say about me or my work, but I'm taking this assignment. I'm leaving for Magnolia tonight, and you can't stop me."

"What did you say?" The golden eyes shining through the Massive Knights helmet narrowed onto the relatively small Dragon Slayer.

"Now, now. I think both of you need to calm down. Just let the boy take the assignment it's not like it will hurt anyone." Tyson tried to plead with his superior, but failed to gain so much as a response.

"A job like this devalues all of us. We aren't Errand boys, we're elite soldiers. We don't take these jobs, and I'm not about to let this idiot change the president that we've worked hard to set." Brosnan said as a magic circle appeared summoning his sword. "Now move out of the way Mason, before I split you in half."

"Wait!" Mason spoke back up. "If you want to settle this. Let's do this the right way, let's fight. If you win you can call off this job and that will be the end of it. If I win I can do what I want." A cocky smirk formed across his face.

"Fine by me…" Brosnan brushed the boy's confidence aside. "I've been meaning to put you in your place for a while now." With twin flashes of light a massive shield, Mason's body length in diameter, and a colossal sword as thick as a tree summoned themselves to Brosnan's hands. "But make no mistake, I will utterly crush you."

(Later…)

The five wizards moved together down the hallways to Magic Council's Training Facility where they came across a familiar face.

"Oh, there you are." Fairy Tail's Master Makarov had concluded his business with the council and greeted the dragon slayer with a smile. "The councilmen told me that we are to leave as soon as you're ready to leave. I'm looking forward to returning to the guild, so if you're ready…" Makarov's smile turned to a frown as he leaned that he was once again being ignored by the young man. "You damn kid! When will you learn to respect your elders!" Mason simply walked past him, his eyes fixated on the fight ahead.

"Apologies." Fellow old man Tyson said with a bow. "He's currently preoccupied. He's challenged his superior to a fight, and it seems like a trend in his generation for to get so excited that they seem to forget everything thing else around them."

"Hmph! It's definitely a trend that seems common in young Dragon Slayers… I suppose I understand. I'll wait here a bit longer." Makarov said in a disappointed tone.

"Well it may not be any more exciting than sitting here, but you're welcome to watch if you'd like." Tyson replied, receiving a confused look from Master Makarov. "I'm pretty sure it's not gonna be close." Tyson explained. "It may be a fight between number 1 and number 2 in our ranks, but that gap is wide. Massive in fact. I'm. Pretty sure it won't be close…."

(Training battle field)

The six entered a large auditorium, in the center was a sandy battlefield full of scattered stones of various sizes. In the center stood the two combatants and the audience remained sidelined.

"Alright if the combatants are ready!" Tyson yelled to the battlefield. "Then you may BEGIN!"

Mason was the first to move flipping the hood of his cloak over his head covering his face in shadows, leaving only two glowing red eyes visible to his opponent. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S! ROAR!" Through the opening of the hood flew a spiraling swarm of screaming purple ghosts that took no time colliding armored giant resulting in an explosion of smoke and dust.

"Really… Is that all?" Brosnan's voice boomed as the dust cleared, revealing the massive magic-canceling shield had been put up. "I'd hoped you'd improve at least a bit since the last time we fought, but no. You still charge head first like a reckless child. Huh?" That's when Brosnan realized the dragon slayer was gone…

"PHANTOM DRAGON'S STRIKE!" Mason had suddenly appeared in the air next to Brosnan and swept his leg that was glowing purple with magic energy, into the side of his helmet. The blow sent the giant back a bit, sliding and making a track in the dirt.

"What! How did he do that?" Makarov said startled. "I thought he used Dragon Slayer Magic, he just teleported!"

"Not quite teleportation." The Plasma Dragon Slayer Julia spoke up this time. "Mason is a PHANTOM Dragon Slayer, he has the ability to turn and invisible and he can move without making a sound."

"He's been our best stealth operative for years. He also has the ability to Phase through nearly any physical object or attack as well as levitate and use telekinesis. His magic is certainly versatile." Tyson explained.

"That's fascinating…" Makarov turned his eyes back to the battle at hand. "And you say he's only the second most powerful among you and that the gap is large. That must mean that the Knight is really something."

"Yes. There is only so much that even the most Versatile Mages can overcome and the boss is destruction incarnate." Tyson said also turning his attention to the fight.

"Neat trick… try one of mine." Brosnan rose the enormous sword into the sky and it began to glow golden, then it began to swirl in the air creating a golden ring. "DOUBLE RING!" Two rings flew off from the tip of the sword. Mason was able to jump over the first, but the second caught him dead in the chest sending him flying backwards.

"Why didn't he faze through that attack?" Makarov asked.

"Energy based attacks, especially those made of light and fire, Mason can't Phase through." Tyson explained. "I suppose you could call it a weakness of sorts, but it's more like a limitation."

"Ughh…. Youch! That one stung. My head's still ringing." Mason put a hand to his head through the hood. "You still got it boss."

"Clearly. And I suggest you get serious, before you get hurt!" As that was said, Brosnan's massive sword came crashing down over Mason's Head, forcing him to roll out of the way.

"Wait? Can he not phase through the sword." Makarov asked.

"The sword and the shield are both special. The boss uses light magic, which is pretty much the antithesis of Mason's Phantom Magic. She imbues her weapons with her magic power and that makes them immune to his magic." Tyson answered.

"I see…" Replied Makarov. "So the Knight has the advantage in strength and her magic matches up well against Mason's… He'll have to be mighty clever if he hopes to win this one."

As Mason continued to dodge blows from the mighty blade an idea came to mind. He grabbed a handful of his cloak. "Alright! Two can play at this game! Sword!" He called out, channeling magic energy into the fabric changing its shape into that of a Katana freeing his Snow White hair from the hood. Then he used this sword to block the massive blade, resulting in an explosion of sparks.

"So you wanna get in a sword fight with me, huh!" Brosnan began pushing her blade harder. "Big mistake!" With a powerful thrust of the massive sword, Brosnan was able to shatter Mason's Katana. But before the blade could make contact Mason jumped on top of it and used it as a springboard.

"Chains!" Mason chanted and the shattered bits of sword reformed a a long chain, which he grabbed midair. Then using his intangibility he phased through brosnan's massive arm and ensnaring it in magic chains.

"Ugh…. What's this?" The titanic knight struggled, unable to move, as Mason made his way in front of the knight.

"Let's try this again." The boy smirked. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S ROAR!" This time the spiral of made contact with the suit of armor.

KABOOOM! A large purple explosion erupted from the collision.

"Well…. I suppose that was a bit better." A confident voice called back from the plume of smoke. "I'll do you one better. GOLDEN EYE! GLORIOUS SHINE!" Two golden eyes emerged from the grey smoke, then a massive beam of light erupted, clearing the dust clouds away.

"PHANTOM DRAGON'S BARRIER!" Mason created a dome of purple magic, but it would prove to be useless, the yellow energy blast destroyed it with ease and the force of it buried Mason into the battlefield.

"Certainly more than I expected. You had some semblance of a strategy, very impressive for a head strong idiot. But unfortunately you're running low on magic power, game over Dragon Slayer." Brosnan gloated, but the battle wasn't quiet over yet.

"Grrrr…" Mason growled, gritting his teeth, as he kneeled down in the dirt. "Fine, I guess I have no other choice. Phantom Drive!" Mason said and his hair began to whip itself upwards as an enormous spring of magic power erupted from deep inside, forcing waves of purple energy to flow over the Dragon Slayer's body. He stood up and opened his eyes which had changed from red to a bright vibrant color, the same shade as his aura.

"Wait! What is this Drive? Magic Amplification, Natsu doesn't have such a technique and he's a dragon slayer like Mason." Makarov rambled in a state of confused Awe.

"That may not necessarily be the case…" Tyson commented. "Traditionally there have been two distinct types of Dragon Slayer. Dragon Slayers that were given their abilities because of a Lacrima implanted in them, like Julia for instance." The bearded man gestured to the blonde. "And texts references mages who were given their abilities by training under a dragon, I assume Fairy Tail's Salamander falls into this category. Mason is a hybrid of sorts, his body produces Dragon Slayer magic on its own but in his body lies a Lacrima of the same element. He can run the flow of magic in his body through the Lacrima giving it a supercharge, and that creates the Drive ability."

"Fascinating…. I wonder if it would work with with other types of magic?" Makarov speculated.

"You haven't seen anything yet." Julia who had remained quiet the whole time spoke up with a smirk. "The idiot thinks that using the power of his Lacrima is cheating. I've spared with him hundreds of times and he'd rather lose than use that ability. So that must mean he's serious."

"Hmmm. Don't think that an Amplifier spell has me scared." Brosnan announced with unwavering spirits. "If you truly wish to continue, then come at me."

"Fine! You asked for it." Mason summoned his chain back into its wristband form before charging headon.

"Woah! You are faster, so that spell increases your physical abilities as well as your magic power." Brosnan commented as Mason dashed across the sandy battlefield.

Mason charged ahead and began to ball up his fist. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S!"

"Fast. But not fast enough!" Brosnan slammed the massive shield down ahead of the oncoming attack, but then Mason suddenly disappeared and reformed behind the shield. "What? A counter!"

"VANISHING FIST!" Mason called our as he uppercutted the massive knight, into the air. "Now's my chance. DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: CURSED SOUL, 10000 PHANTOMS!" An enormous Geyser of purple phantoms like the ones created from Mason's breath attack, erupted. The ghost made of energy flew upwards colliding with the falling suit of armor and enveloping it in purple light.

"Ha, Ha.." Mason's Drive dissipated. "How was that, for a head strong idiot."

CLANG! The sound of armor hitting the ground was almost like a victory bell for the dragon slayer. Brosnan's massive armor landed in an upright sitting position, but there was a gigantic hole in the massive Knight's chest. "You Idiot!" Two glowing yellow eyes and a much less masculine and imposing voice emerged from destroyed armor.

With steps that shook the earth, an unexpected figure emerged from the rubble of the armor. A skin tight bodysuit dawning the Rune Knights insignia showed of Brosnan's very feminine curves and her long, chocolate brown was tied up into a ponytail. Her eyes sparkled gold.

Brosnan, Head Captain of the 1st Custody Enforcement Unit. She is very much a woman with long brown hair and golden eyes to boot. She uses a variety of Light Based Magics but her most famous and perhaps most deadly is her Golden Eye Magic. At 19 she is the youngest wizard ever to hold her position.

"She's a girl!" Makarov let out a surprised screech.

"No." Julia spoke up once more. "That is a girl." She pointed her thumb over to the young Amber who had fallen asleep watching the fight. "That." She pointed at Brosnan. "Is a badass."

"Do you know how long it's gonna take me to fix my armor?" Brosnan took a sassy stance, putting her hand on her hip as Mason simply stood there with a dumb look on his face. "Hello! Are you listening."

"Huh!" Mason snapped back. "Sorry I was just taken aback. You wear that bulky armor so much sometimes I forget what a total Hottie you are." The Dragon Slayer shot back an innocent, toothy smile. Not paying too much attention to what he had just said.

"What…." Brosnan said sheepishly her face burning red with embarrassment, but that embarrassment quickly turned to anger. "WHAT!" She jumped backwards and a golden magic circle appeared in front of her eyes. "Time to die jerk! Golden Eye Beautiful Cannon!" A massive laser erupted from the circle.

"Oh, I guess we're still fighting. Phantom Drive!" The Purple Aura returned and Mason stuck his hands out in front of him. "PHANTOM DRGAON'S CANNON!" A large purple magic circle appeared at the tips of Mason's fingers and an energy blast Similar to Brosnan's but purple in color flew from his fingertips.

The two met in the center, but it was immediately clear that The brunette's blast was more powerful. The gold blast overpowered the gold one and plowed into Mason, completely over taking him.

After the attack faded, Mason found himself lying burnt and smoking on the ground. Brosnan slowly walked over to the beaten Mason and looked down at his face. "Fine…" she said in a defeated tone. "You can go to the stupid guild or whatever, just don't cause any more trouble. And stop being a perv." She said, putting her arms beneath her large chest, pushing it upwards a bit more. A small red blush formed on her face.

"Y-you… Got it Boss." Mason soluted weakly, before a cartoonish puff of smoke rose from his mouth and he blacked out

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Once again we find our Hero in a perilous situation. Riding two the City Of Magnolia in a train.

"Why? Why couldn't we have just walked!" Mason groaned as he slammed down into his seat. His face turning a new shade of green.

"It really is a shame…" Makarov commented with a shake of his head. "A wizard with such incredible potential, rendered utterly useless by a bit of motion sickness. I hoped to have a conversation about magic, but that doesn't seem likely at this point."

"It's not my fault." Mason replied win a whine. "A Dragon Slayer's most vital organ is there stomach. It's how we get our power. When it's acting up, I lose all my strength."

"Hmmm…. You really do remind me of Natsu." The old man grumbled. "So why did you agree to take this assignment anyway? Wouldn't you rather be busting down dark guilds or killing monsters or something?"

"From what I've read on the files regarding Fairy Tail, if I hang around you guy." Mason looked up with a confident smirk, before immediately being overtaken by nausea. "The main reason is because of that Dragon Slayer in your guild. He's the first realm Dragon Slayer I've ever and There's so much I need to talk to him about. Plus I was friends with Erza when I was younger and seeing her again was kinda nostalgic. Plus it'd be nice to see how a Guild operates, I joined the Magic Council when I was 13 so I've never been part of a guild so this will be a nice learning experience."

"Hmmm….. I've known a few Knights in my day. Kid you don't act too much like a soldier." The Guild Master pointed out causing Mason to fall silent in thought…. Or maybe he wa just sick again.

(Fairy Tail Guild Hall… Almost)

"What happened here? This place is a wreck." Mason looked around aghast at the wreckage that was once the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. "I thought you guys were like number one guild, but this place is a- ACK!" A strong smack collided with the back of the dragon slayers head, shutting him.

"It hasn't always looked like this you idiot!" Makarov yelled as he retracted his stretched out arm back to it's normal size. "The Phantom Lord Guild attacked and destroyed our guild hall as a means to provoke us."

"Are you serious!?" Mason cried out in shock, and received a stern nod from Makarov. "Then why didn't ask the Magic Council for commissions?" Mason tilted his head confused.

Makarov just there stunned for a second. "...Huh?..."

"The council ruled that it was Phantom Lord who was responsible for starting the war between themselves and Fairy Tail. The second they attacked another official guild they technically became a Dark Guild in the eyes of the Council. And it's the Council's, more specifically, My job to deal with Dark Guilds. And if your Guild Hall was destroyed because the Council wasn't doing it's job effectively you could've requested commissions either monetary or you could've had the council send man power to help rebuild." Mason explained, robbing Makarov is his soul.

Plop! The old man fell down on his back, his entire body had gone pale. "Why?... Why didn't anyone tell me?"

"Yeah it really sucks. You totally missed your window. You should've done something while you had the Council's attention, they have a tendency of pushing financial matters to the very back of their priority list. If you tried to file for commissions now, you could be on hold for three months." Mason continued, not really helping the situation.

" Uuuugggggghhhhhh….." Makarov Groaned.

"Don't worry." Mason walked past the old wizard, a toothy grin on his face. "You don't need a bunch of council goons. You got me. I'll help you." Mason walked towards the rubble pile that was once the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. As he got closer he saw numerous wizards struggling to move broken pillars, debris, and pieces of wood. "Huh, this is gonna be harder than I thought." Mason looked around, and that's when he came across a familiar face, the smoke wizard from the other day. "Oh, hey!"

The smoke mage stopped working to address Mason. "Oh it's you, the Council's Dragon Slayer. Where you able to get the master off the hook."

"Hey!... Wacko." Mason said after pausing a bit.

"It's WAKABA!" The gentleman replied.

"Yeah, whatever." Mason said in an uninterested tone, further frustrating the brown haired man. "Yeah I got your master out trouble, but I ended up getting assigned here as an adviser. Do you know if Natsu is around?"

"Oh, well that's…. Interesting." Wakaba commented, not really knowing how to feel about essentially being assigned a babysitter by the Magic Council. "No Natsu is not here, him and his team went out to find Lucy who went missing after the Phantom battle. They left yesterday."

"Oh, that's good. I didn't want him to know about this, just in case we ever got into a fight." Mason said to himself, causing Wakaba to raise a confused eyebrow. "I'm gonna help you with this mess."

"Wait... What does that mean?" Wakaba suddenly became concerned, but it was too late.

"PHANTOM DRIVE!" Massive amounts of Magic Energy began to erupt from Mason's body, clouding him in purple light, whipping up his hair and making his cloak float upwards with the magic current. The surge of magic energy got the attention of all the members of Fairy Tail, the Drive wasn't the most refined power boosting technique, but it was certainly effective for drawing out magic power. "Dragon Slayer Forbidden Art: Poltergeist!" With that, Mason's magic aura transformed itself into ten Arms, made of magic energy that stretched out from under his black coat.

Mason used his new arms to pick up large piles of wood and stacks of debris with ease. As the members of Fairy Tail just stood back watching. "Uh, hey… Where do these go." Mason said awkwardly.

"Over there…. I guess." A brown haired man with a bowl cut pointed to a upright wall that looked to have survived the battle against phantom.

"Okay, got it." Mason nodded, and with the help of his magic purple arms moved the building materials against the wall, and that was the limits of his magic power. The arms faded and Mason dropped to his knee to catch his breath.

"THAT'S IT! ALL THAT POWER AND HE ONLY MANAGED TO MOVE SOME WOOD AROUND!" The Guild Wizards erupted in unison.

"Leave me alone guys…." Mason said as he slowly regained his breath. "Those arms are good for more than just moving wood around. They can rip someone's mortal soul away from their body." Mason's face grew dark and serious, sending chills down the other wizard's spines. "Allegedly.." Mason smirked. 'Plus I'm still low on energy from my fight with Brosnan. Today really has been a long day' The dragon slayer monologued.

"Thank you." A kind voice called down to the kneeling Dragon Slayer. Mason looked up to see a bright smile, long white hair and an…. Ample bust. "You're the Rune Knight that helped us out against Jose right? Thanks for bringing our master back safe and sound." The beautiful woman reached her hand down to lift the fallen wizard back to his feet.

"And you look…. Familiar." Mason commented, as he took the woman's hand.

"Hi, I'm Mirajane Strauss. And this is my brother Elfman." Mirajane stepped back and introduced a large muscular man with spiky white hair.

"Hi, Mason Alastor. Something something captain of the whatever, just know I'm with the Magic Council." Mason grabbed Elfman by the hand and gave it a firm shake. "A pleasure to meet both of you."

"Woah you're a captain! So manly!" The large spiky haired man marveled at Mason's title.

"What brings you two Magnolia? Not that we don't appreciate you lending a helping hand." Mirajane asked with another bright smile.

Mason moved to speak, but was cut off by Master Makarov. "He's here to keep an eye on us. Apparently the council has had it with our reckless behavior and has assigned to watch us diligently and report on our every move." Makarov sounded slightly saddened and the rest of the guild had lowered their heads, as if they were puppies who had been told no for the first time.

"Yeah, but screw that!" Mason spoke up, shocking the members of Fairy Tail. That's when Mason pulled a white piece of paper. "AHEM! Captain Alastor will be charged with submitting a detailed weekly report to the Council with notes the day to day dealings of the Fairy Tail Guild." Mason finished reading the paper, crumpled it up and threw it away. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm not really much for paperwork. I'll just make something up for my report every week. You guys just do your thing, I won't interfere." Mason said with a smile, but the other wizards remained aghast.

…..

"Okay, you kids heard him. Get back to what you were doing, let's get this guild hall back in shape!" Makarov cried out, breaking the tension.

"RIGHT!" The rest of the Fairy Tail Guild cried out in unison.

"I'll help too!" Mason called out. "Just let me see the blueprints."

"I got them right here." Mira said, pulling a hand drawn piece of paper seemingly out of nowhere.

"Uhhh… Master, do you really think we can trust this guy." The hulking Elfman whispered to his master.

"Well….." Makarov looked on as Mason tried to read Mira's blueprints.

"Oh! So the fountain goes next to the giant fish statue." Mason spoke up, as he struggled to read the cryptic artwork.

"Exactly! You're the first person to get that." Mira said happily.

"Oh and is this a rope bridge between the two buildings?" Mason continued to study the drawing. "How fun."

"I don't think he's planning to rat us out, he doesn't have feel untrustworthy." Master Makarov continued. "He's another dumb kid. Like the rest of you."

(Later that day, Erza's POV)

'It's been a long day. We went to rescue Lucy from what we assumed was her overbearing father, but as it turned out Lucy had saved herself and didn't need us. Still after being away from your friends and your home, it's always nice to return to familiar…. Faces….' "What are you doing here!"

(Normal POV)

"What are you doing here!" Erza's face was flushed red as she pointed at Mason who sat chugging a mug of beer at the newly constructed bar.

"GO! GO! GO! GO!" The guild members cheered on as Mason finished mug.

"HAHA! I think that's a new record." Mason smiled, a red blush appeared on his face due to the alcohol.

The scantily clad Wizard Cana Alberona took the seat next to the white haired mage. "Way to go Soldier Boy. You can really hold your Liquor. So what else do you like to do for fun?" The brunette leaned in a bit closer.

Mason grinned back at the young woman. "I think another round might be fun, how about you?"

"I think that you and I are going to get along swimmingly." Kana said, inching closer still.

"HEY!" Erza roared at the two of them. "QUIT IGNORING ME! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!" The red haired yelled so loud that Mason sobered up.

"What? Erza, when did you get back?" Mason jumped out of his seat. "Is Natsu with you?" Mason looked around over the the girls shoulder, looking for his fellow Dragon Slayer.

"Natsu? He went to take Lucy back to her house, why do you need natsu?" Erza realized she was getting sidetracked and quickly refocused. "That's not important, what are you doing here Mason? Don't tell me you joined Fairy Tail?"

"Not quite." Mason smirked. "The Fairy Tail Guild has been causing trouble for the Council for years now. Legends of the mighty Salamander and the terrifying Titania fuel the nightmares of my soldiers and even some of us in command are afraid of dealing with you lunetics. So I was assigned to keep an eye on you. I would've never guessed how much fun it would be to be in a guild."

"Well I'm glad you're having fun, but we need to talk." Erza said, now in serious mode. Mason responded with a confused raise of his eyebrow. "About the tower. How did you escape? And what about the others?"

Mason immediately went pale, well paler. "Uh… Well I don't really like talking about it…." Mason flipped his hood back up, concealing his face, but Erza stood strong determined to get her answer. "I guess you deserve to know…. The Council bought me an apartment up town, come by sometime and I'll tell you then. But I want to do it somewhere private."

Erza stood firm, but gave Mason a nod. "I understand. But I expect to here everything then."

"I'll tell you my life story if you want, except for the classified parts." Mason forced a smile. "Well I'll see you later fairy tail!" He called back to the out door bar.

"Wait!" Erza broke her serious mode. "You're leaving already? But I just got here, I figured we could catch up or something?"

"Maybe some other time. It's been a long day, I'd better call it a night." As he said that, Mason vanished in thin air using his invisibility.

The makeshift guild hall fell quiet until Mira turned to Erza and spoke up. "He seems really nice, but kinda awkward."

Erza slouched over and let out a sigh.

(Later, In Mason's apartment)

CLICK! The sound of a key opening the apartment door for the first time filled the young Mage's ear. "Home sweet home." Mason said as he swung the door open, holding a brown paper bag. "Woah… This place is nice." Mason entered the apartment and confirmed his statement.

The apartment was in the nicer part of Magnolia, It had one bedroom an Hybri Kitchen/Living room with all the top of the line magic appliances including a 60 inch magic television. The bedroom was connected to the large full bath that had a separate shower and tub. Mason through his luggage to the corner of the bedroom and plopped down face first on the massive bed.

"So soft…" Mason mutter as before eventually turning over onto his back. "The Council really went all out with this place." Mason sat up and lept out of bed, and picked the brown paper bag of the floor and took it to the kitchen. "Plus it's only a few blocks away from what sorcerer weekly dubbed the best cake shop in Fiore." He said putting the brown bag full of delicious cakes into the magic refrigerator. "Screw mess hall gruel, I'm having cake for breakfast."

"The first time five years I'll be able to sleep without listening to Tyson's terrible snoring, or Lahar's late night make out sessions with his pillow. I can't lie I don't remember the last time I was excited about sleeping." As Mason said this, he almost immediately triggered a memory.

(Flashback, 5 years earlier)

A young Mason, about thirteen years old, sheepishly followed a slightly younger looking Tyson Hammer through the halls of the Rune Knight's Barracks. He wore dirty clothes and his Magic cloak was tattered and torn and the young boy looked totally uncomfortable and suspicious of the new surroundings, but Tyson tried his best to comfort him.

"Don't worry kid, we're almost there. You'll be able to take shower and have good rest." The grey haired man said in a positive, booming voice.

"Why are you being so nice to me." The boy said haughtily. "Weren't we enemies just a little while ago, shouldn't you arrest me or something."

"Arrest you? Nonsense you're just a kid, what a waste of potential it would be if I arrested you." The hulking captain said back with a smile. "You could be a great soldier someday, all you need is some proper nurturing."

The two continued their walk until they came to their destination. A door without a knob or handle to open it. Tyson waved his hand in front of the door, his palm creating a red magic circle. The door generated a circle of it's own that matched the Head Captain's before opening automatically.

The two entered to find a large decorated room with two sets of bunk beds lining each of the walls. "You can stay here tonight. First you should get cleaned up their's a shower over…"

"Haaaaahhhhh…." Before Tyson could even finish, Mason had already selected a bed and fell asleep in a curled up ball. "Ssshhhhuuuhhhhh….."

"Hmmmm… Well goodnight kid."

(End of flashback)

Mason stood silently, still caught up reminiscing about the past when suddenly.

DING! DONG!

The doorbell went off, waking the Dragon Slayer from his trance. "What?!"

DING! DONG! DING! DONG! DING! DONG!

The bell began ringing faster and faster when Mason finally realized what was happening. "Hold on a second, I'm coming!"

DING! DONG! DING! DONG! DING! DONG! DING! DONG! DING! DONG!

The bell continued to ring as Mason made his way over to the door and slammed it open. "What do you want!?" In the doorway stood an armor clad Redhead, impatiently tapping her foot on the ground.

"Alright, I'm here like you asked. Now you'll tell me what happened at the tower right?" Erza said her arms crossed and her eyes closed.

"You know… I think I'm over the whole Hot Girl in Armor thing. I don't even really know why it's a thing, but it doesn't matter. After today I'm over it." Mason said as he stepped aside to let the girl in.

Erza marched into the apartment and took a look around. "Nice place." Her body started to emit a bright yellow light and when it faded her clothes had changed, she was now wearing light purple pajamas decorated with hot pink crosses.

"Um… What are you wearing." Mason asked in mixture of annoyance and tired acceptance.

"Pajamas. Proper sleepover attire." She spun around slowly, showing off her requip. "They're cute huh?"

"Sleep over? So much for my night alone." Mason said as he slowly marched over to the kitchen. "I'll make tea…" Mason quickly boiled a poured to classes of hot tea as Erza sat patiently on the couch, when the boy remembered something. "Oh yeah, I just moved in so I don't have much in terms of food, but would you like a slice of cake?" Mason asked, pulling the cake out of his fridge. When he turned around Erza was staring back at him with hungry, but confused eyes.

"Cake?" The Fairy Tail mage asked.

"Yeah, it's from the shop a few blocks away." Mason smiled as he cut and plated two pieces of the dessert.

"The best in the country." Erza started to drool as Mason dropped the piece in her lap before taking a seat next to her.

"That's what I've heard." Mason smirked at this reaction.

"Wait! We can't eat cake this late, it's already after dark." Despite what she said, Erza refused to put the cake down.

"I won't say anything." Mason said, stabbing a bite of cake on his fork then scooped it into his mouth.

Erza looked down at the cake and slowly, scooped a piece onto her own fork and slowly lifted it into her mouth. "Mmmmm…"

"Okay that was fun, but you wanted to know how I got out of the tower? I'm ready to tell you now." So Mason re-lived his escape from the tower of heaven as Erza listened intently. "And that's it. I just left. I went to chase a Dragon and it's been Seven years and I'm any closer to finding him than the day he left me. At the same time I left my friends when they needed me most, I should've stayed. I could've stayed and helped Jellal, his soul smelled tainted and rancid, but he wasn't too far gone."

"HAAHH!" Erza yawned, the cake and hot tea had taken its toll. "It's not your fault." Erza said as she tried to keep her eyes open. "It was too late for either of us. Something poisonous entered his heart and completely took over. Neither of us should feel… guilt…" And that's when Erza closed her eyes completely and drifted off.

"Well it was nice talking to you Erza." Mason used his telekinesis to move the sleeping woman from the couch into the bedroom and onto his bed. "Looks like you're gonna be sleeping in my new bed before me." The white haired boy laid down on the couch and stared up at the night's sky. "I better get some sleep too, tomorrow is gonna be a big day. You better be ready Natsu."

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"Uh…" Mason stirred in his sleep, as a ray of light passed through the window, over his eyes. "Woah, it's already morning." The phantom mage sat up on the couch, still in a tired daze. A small smile erupted on his face. "Today's the day."

(flashback)

After the battle with Jose and Phantom Lord, Mason had officially arrested Master Makarov of the Fairy Tail guild, causing an uproar in with the guild wizards. "Calm down, calm down. He's not actually going to jail. I arrest him, get some brownie points with the council, then explain to them it was Phantom Lord who started the fight. That way everybody wins." Mason smiled.

The Fairy Tail wizards didn't say anything, rather they stood idle as they exchange suspicious glances with each other.

"Huh... " Mason sighed. "Look, when the cavalry shows up they'll arrest all of you, innocent or not. Unless you want to spend the next couple of days dealing with questioning. You gotta let me take it from here."

The suspicious glances continued, but this time a bit of speaking emerged from the crowd. It didn't look like a decision would be made anytime soon. Until a voice emerged from the crowd.

"I trust him." Spiky hair, a toothy grin, and a long flowing scarf. Natsu walked out of the crowd of wizards with a friendly smile plastered across his face. "He's a Dragon Slayer. He smells like one too. How could I turn my back on my own kind."

Even the words of the Dragon Slayer wasn't enough to sway the crowd. "I trust him as well. And I'm going." Makarov spoke up, silencing his guild.

"Alright, then we better get going. Prisoner." Mason said with a smirk.

"Watch it kid! I'm only coming along to keep things from getting hectic for my guild!" Makarov scolded.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's get going." Mason said as he turned to leave the beach.

"Hey wait a second!" Natsu called out, prompting Mason to stop and face him. "Next time we meet, let's find out what's stronger. A Fire Dragon or a Phantom one."

"It's a deal." Mason smiled back.

(Flashback ends)

"Damn it Natsu. You went and got me excited. After the boss kicked my butt pretty bad, there's no way I'm losing this one." Mason sat back in his chair and began to daydream about his much anticipated fight, meanwhile.

"AHHH!" A feminine voice called out from the bedroom. "Mason! How dare you force me into your bed with you! I'll have your head!"

"Erza!" Mason called back from the living room. "I'm in here!" Erza walked out of the bedroom, still in her cross pajamas when. That's when she saw the bed dressings that decorated the couch and realized she had made an error. "And have been all night."

"Oh. My bad." The S-Class Wizard got incredibly sheepish. Her face turning as red as her hair. "Nevermind that!" Erza quickly changed the subject. "What's for breakfast?"

"Yeah… Well, I don't really have any food. Like I said I just moved in and I don't really have any breakfast." Mason said, going along with Erza. "There's some more cake, but I don't think…. What?" Mason couldn't help stare as Erza began to dig through his magic refrigerator.

"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A true a warrior can't afford to miss out." Erza said as she pulled the cake out of the fridge and prepared to dig in.

"I guess you're right." The Dragon Slayer smirked.

(Later at the destroyed Fairy Tail Guild Hall)

Erza and Mason slowly approached the construction site, the latter tried to act cool but couldn't hide his excitement. "So you plan to go and fight Natsu, first thing in the morning. You Dragon Slayer's all need to work on a little thing called patience."

"Yeah, that's the plan. You don't think he'll mind do you?" Mason replied.

"No, on the contrary. I'm sure he's looking forward to it as well." Erza closed her eyes and smiled. "But you really should-oof!" Erza stopped in her tracks as Mason's arm blocked her path.

"Sssshhhh…. I smell a dragon." Mason paused, using his nose he scanned the air. "There! Found you!" With that, Mason dashed forward, following the his nose and leaving Erza behind in the dust.

"Hey!" The red head called back. "I wasn't finished talking yet!"

Mason dashed through the makeshift entrance of the Guild Hall, that's when he spotted the back of a spiky pink head with a long white scarf tied around his neck sitting next to a girl with blonde hair. "NATSU DRAGNEEL!" Mason lept into the air to attack, his arm began to glow with a bright purple energy. "DON'T TELL YOU FORGOT! YOU OWE ME A FIGHT!"

"Forgot?" The pink haired wizard smirked. "LIKE HELL!" Natsu turned around, his arm engulfed in burning orange flames.

"PHANTOM DRAGON!"

"FIRE DRAGON!"

"COOL IT!" A voice called out, stopping Natsu in his tracks and causing Mason to lose moment and fall face first on the ground.

"What's the big idea!" The two Dragon Slayers called back to the interrupter, but then grew pale seeing who it was.

Erza stood at the entrance, fully equipped in her battle armor. "I think this guild hall has seen enough destruction at the hands of Dragon Slayers. If you two really have to fight, take it somewhere else." Erza narrowed her glare at Mason. "You'd know that if you had let me finish."

"Uh, my bad…." Mason said, pushing himself up off the ground where he was met by a new face, that was strangely familiar. "AHH!" Mason stumbled backwards startled, almost frightened.

"Uh, are you okay?" The blonde girl who was sitting next to Natsu asked.

"Oh, sorry. It's just your face. You remind me of someone… Scary." Mason said, his eyes still wide from shock. But in his mind repressed memories began to resurface.

(Flashback)

"Ha.. ha.. Ha.." A young mason stood hunched over, panting and sweating. His face covered in scratches and bruises. Across from him stood a 14 year old girl with tomboyish style, chocolate brown eyes and her hair tied up in a ponytail. Mason gritted his teeth and stood tall once again. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!" The small Dragon Slayer fired a bolt of purple magic from the palm of his hand.

"Really is that it?" The girl simply smirked. Her arm began to glow a bright yellow light, before transforming into a gigantic armored fist that she used to punch the energy ball into nothingness. "My turn, I got a new one for you. GOLDEN EYE! BRILLIANT SHOT!"

Her brown eyes began to glow a vibrant gold, before a devastating blast of light magic erupted and converged into a massive yellow laser.

"AAHHH! PHANTOM DRAGON'S BARRIER!" A magic barrier formed in front of the white haired boy, but it was utterly obliterated by the blast of magic, leaving the boy smoldering on the ground.

"Hahaha! That was fun! You are definitely stronger than all the other soldiers. That attack would've probably killed any of them, but look at you. Still breathing." The tomboy sat down on the beaten Dragon Slayers head. "You ready to go again?"

"I swear one of these days I'm gonna kick your butt." Mason growled up at the girl.

"What was that?" The brunette flexed her armored arm, sending chills down the Dragon Slayer's spine.

"SORRY BOSS!"

(Flashback ends)

Mason couldn't help but stare back at the blonde, and it made him shiver. "Ugh.. I think it's your eyes… So scary." Mason flipped up his hood to shield his face.

"Well soorrrrry! Jeez!" The girl turned away with a huff. "I was gonna thank you. Erza said you helped out against Phantom and Natsu told me you were a Dragon Slayer like him. But if you're gonna be a jerk then you can forget it."

"Rude and scary…" Mason began to cower form the blonde.

"You think this is scary? You haven't seen anything yet." Natsu said with a nod.

"Okay both of you need to shut up about me being scary!" The girl yelled back at the pink haired wizard. "Anyway. My name is Lucy Heartfilia, but everybody just calls me lucy. And you are."

"Heartfilia?... Why is that so familiar." Mason started to scratch his chin through his hood, forgetting the part of the conversation where he's supposed to introduce himself.

"Okay now who's being rude!?" Lucy yelled at the soldier.

"That's it! Jude Heartfilia, that's the guy who financed the Phantom Lord incident. I'm pretty sure I gotta arrest him." Mason said, clearly proud that he had remembered.

"Oh, yeah that's my dad…" Lucy lowered her head as she said this. "Do you think it's possible for you to not arrest him? I know he did some bad stuff, but can you just let it slide?"

"Sure." Mason said, without a second thought.

"What? Just like that. I thought you council guys were supposed to take your jobs super seriously." Lucy argued sceptically.

"Think about it lucy." Natsu stepped up. "Why would anyone wanna go arrest some old guy. Where's the fun in that."

"Yeah, he probably wouldn't even be able to fight back. BORING!" Mason crossed his arms. "Plus it's a lot of paperwork."

"Wow… I feel so much safer knowing that this is what the Magic Council considers elite." Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, Natsu I'm bored lets fight already." Mason said, turning to the fire mage.

"I'm bored too, but Erza said we couldn't fight in the Guild Hall… I guess we could do it in town." Natsu suggested.

"No you idiot!" Lucy interrupted. "You guys will wreck the whole town!"

"What's this I hear about a fight?" A shirtless boy with messy black hair and cold eyes approached the group. "I'm always down to exchange blows."

"Get outta here Gray! This is Dragon Slayer business you're not invited!" Natsu growled at the half naked man.

"Yeah, Natsu and I are about to throw down. But we can't figure out where we're gonna do it." Mason explained. "Erza said we couldn't do it here. And Loopy said we couldn't fight in the city."

"It's Lucy! And you still haven't introduced yourself!" Lucy yelled, but no one was paying attention.

"Hey I remember you! You're that Magic Council guy who helped out with Phantom Lord. Erza said you guys were friends a long time ago and Natsu said you're a Dragon Slayer." Gray said. "I'm Gray Fullbuster, thanks for the help."

"Mason Alastor, it's nice to meet you." The cloaked figure extended a hand to the ice wizard who in turn shook it.

"Oh, so now you remember your manners." Lucy griped.

"Anyway, if you guys are looking for a place to fight. Why don't you go down to the beach?" Gray suggested. "It's not too far from here."

"I was just about to say that!" Natsu blurted out. "But good idea anyway. Let's go."

(Beach)

Natsu, Mason, Lucy, Grey, and Erza made their way to a sandy beach surrounded by cliffs making it the Ideal size for a battle. The three spectators made their way to the sidelines, leaving the two Dragon Slayers to battle it out.

"I've been waiting for this fight, Natsu. Don't disappoint me." Mason said as he through his cloak off. The fabric drifted over to the Fairy Tail wizards before neatly folding itself next to them. "I'm not using any special tricks. Your Dragon Slayer magic against mine."

"Sounds good to me." Natsu smiled. "Let's get this started."

Erza used her Requip Magic, to summon a flag that she held high over her head. "BEGIN!" She dropped her arm, and the battle began.

"PHANTOM DRAGON!" Mason's cheeks began to swell with magic power.

"FIRE DRAGON!" Natsu did the same.

"RRRRRROOOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRRRR!" The two mages released their attacks, a massive cyclone of ghosts collided with an enormous plume of fire.

BOOOMMMM! The collision of the two breath attacks resulted in huge sandy explosion.

"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" Natsu was the first to move. He leapt through the sand and smoke with a fist full of scorching hot flames. But Mason stood pat, as Natsu and his attack simply went through him. "Whoa, what the hell?!" Natsu said as he slid across the sand to catch himself.

"Physical attacks like that, even if they are made of flames, can't hurt me." Mason smirked. "Think about, you can't just punch a ghost. But my attacks on the other hand." Mason's

Hand began to glow purple. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!" Mason fired an energy blast forward, but Natsu blocked it with his burning fists.

"So I can't punch you. But I can still burn you! Take this!" Natsu threw a massive blast flames from his hand, that consumed mason. "Haha. Hot enough for ya?"

"GGAAAHHH!" Mason blew the flames off of himself. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!" Mason fired another energy blast that Natsu was once again able to block by crossing his arms.

"Ha! You need to learn some new tricks! I've already seen th-huh?" When Natsu looked back up Mason had disappeared.

"PHANTOM DRAGON VANISHING FIST!" Mason was suddenly to Natsu's left where he fired a punch charged with magic energy directly into the pink haired wizard's jaw causing him to stumble backwards.

"AHHGGG! That was a cheap shot!" Natsu called out, but his opponent wasn't quite finished.

"PHANTOM DRAGON STRIKE!" Mason's legs were consumed by purple light and used them to fire a swinging kick that natsu managed to duck away from, but even after missing he kept up the onslot. Kick after kick, jabs and swipes he kept Natsu on the defensive. But after awhile Natsu was able to pick up on his rhythm and he grabbed Mason by the ankle.

"Enough!" Natsu tossed him with all his might, but Mason was able to catch himself mid air using levitation, but Natsu wasn't finished. "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!"

An enormous amount of fire consumed Mason, but after the attack had cleared it turned out that Mason had shield the attack with his magic Barrier. Without saying a word the Phantom Dragon raised his hand before slowly closing it causing the nearby cliffside to shatter under the force of his telekinesis. Then with a wave of his arm the crushed rock began to fly at Natsu.

"YAAHH!" Natsu managed to avoid the rocks for awhile. Jumping over a few, or smashing them with his fist. But eventually his luck ran out. A massive boulder smashed into him from his blind spot. "AAHHAHAAAA!" The impact sent Natsu flying, before crashing back into the sand.

Mason landed and slowly made his way over to Natsu. Then with his telekinesis lifted Natsu up off the ground. "Pull." Mason said with a smirk, and immediately flung Natsu up into the air as he charged an energy ball in the other. "PHANTOM DRAGON SHOT!"

BOOOOMMM! The energy made contact with the defenseless, Airborne Natsu resulting in a large explosion over the beach.

Gray and Lucy looked on in shock as Erza sat back with a puzzled look on her face.

"Uh Erza…" Gray spoke up. "Your old friend…."

"Is kinda ruthless.." Lucy finished.

"It's so hard…" Erza mutter as she looked on at the battle at hand. "Who do I root for…. I've known Natsu for years now, but I knew Mason first. I don't agree with the way Mason is fighting, but I can't argue with the results." Erza continued to mumble as her friends looked on in disbelief.

Once again Mason slowly approached, another energy ball charging in his hand. "Sorry Natsu, I don't know about your Dragon but Buruut taught me to not only win a fight, but to beat my opponent. And the Rune Knights taught me to treat every battle like it was my last, needless to say I have difficulty holding back. Looks like this is going to the last attack, so to answer your question from earlier. It looks to me like the Phantom Dragon is stronger. Huh?" Natsu once again grabbed Mason by the ankle and pulled him downwards.

"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" As Mason fell downward, his bottom jaw was met by flaming knuckle, and he was sent flying backwards. "Fine!" Natsu spoke up in his serious voice. "If you wanna fight dirty, lets fight dirty. HHHAAAAAAAHHHH!" Natsu's body became engulfed in flames. "Prepare to face my Flames of Emotion!"

"Ha! I hoped you had some fight left in you! PHANTOM DRAGON ROAR!" Mason let out another mouthful of purple phantoms straight at Natsu.

"FIRE DRAGON ROAR!" Natsu let out the largest plume of fire yet, it complete consumed Mason's roar then his entire body.

"AAHHHH!" Mason went flying, but once again caught himself mid air. "That's quite the power boost, huh? But it still won't be enough to beat me. PHANTOM DRAGON LANCE!" Mason's body was cloaked in purple energy before he hurled himself at Natsu.

"FIRE DRAGON SWORD HORN!" Natsu jumped upwards, his body covered by flames and the two Dragon Slayers clashed in the sky above.

"HAAAAHHHHHH!" The two mages yelled as their respective attacks clashed against each other. But rather than letting their their clash play out, Mason grabbed Natsu by the chest and threw him down to the ground.

Natsu was quick to recover, but as he climbed to his feet a small purple magic circle appeared on the pink haired wizard's chest.

"PHANTOM DRAGON'S TERRIBLE RUNE!" Mason called out activating the magic circle to activate, sending a wave of painful purple electricity across Natsu's body.

"AAAHHHHHH!" Natsu cried out in pain, but with a burst of his fire magic the seal faded.

"It's over Natsu, here's my finishing move!" Mason called out from the sky above. He held out both arms, and a large, purple, magic circle formed at his hands. "PHANTOM DRAGON'S CANNON!" An enormous blast of purple energy exploded from Mason's hands, headed straight for Natsu.

"Not so fast!" Natsu held both his hands above his head, and a massive fireball formed between them. "FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" The massive fireball plowed through Mason's energy attack and straight into the phantom dragon slayer.

"AAHHHHH!" Mason was consumed by the fireball , resulting in a large explosion.

KAABOOOOOMMMMM! THUD!

Mason landed in the sand with a thud. "UGGHHH! That one hurt. I guess you beat me." Mason said as he climbed back to his feet, rubbing his bruised head.

"WHAT?! But you're still conscious, why are giving up." Natsu whined.

"I think we've gone far enough, you beat me. I still have a long way to go. But right now you're stronger than me." Mason shrugged with a smile.

"Hmmmm…." Natsu glared back at the white haired boy. "I think you're lyin… I think you're holding something back."

"I told you I wanted this fight to be fair, I gave you everything I could without cheating. You won." Mason pleaded with the sceptic mage.

"Hmmm…. Fine!" Natsu crossed his arms. "We're done for now, but we're gonna finish this later. And when we do, you'd better not hold back."

"Alright, deal." Mason smiled. "This was my first fight with another with another real Dragon Slayer. It was a lot of fun. Thank you Natsu."

Natsu's suspiciousness eventually faded and he smiled back. "Yeah it was fun, let's do it again some time."