Beginning of a Future
There was a time where the ground was magma. The sky was covered in a thick fog of smoke. Small eruptions of lava occurrs in any given moment.
This was a time in history that will be known has the great dragon war. A war between dragons and humans. Two powerful races who use to be untied but now try to end each other's existence.
However, there was one in particular dragon who fought in this great war but wasn't on either side.
-400 years ago-
Rising from the bodies of hundreds, came a dragon known has Acnologia. A ferocious dragon who is an embodiment of chaos and destruction. Also the first dragon slayer to turn into a dragon.
Acnologia's roar can be heard by many. His roar makes both humans and dragons shake with fear. He is a dragon that should not be taking lightly. He's been taught by the ways of a dragon and lives up to the name dragon slayer.
In the skies, he ripped apart many dragons and finish them with his dragon roar. He torments the humans by torturing them with his power and then burning them. He does not show mercy to anyone and rips them apart until they are nothing.
Acnologia is in a whole other level from the rest of the dragons. His bloodlust is unlimited and doesn't care how many lives he takes.
He flies across the magma, dodging the magma that sprouts out from the ground, in search for the rest of the dragons he has left to slain.
Suddenly, magma sprouts right in front of Acnologia. It surprised him but what surprised him more is what came out of the magma.
"Roooaaarr!" Another dragon roars, smashing its head into his neck. "Acnologia!..your terror will be over now!"
The fire dragon king Igneel shows himself and surprised attacked Acnologia. It is about time for Igneel to take action in his own hands. He hated seeing his comrades die after another by Acnologia.
Igneel digs his teeth into Acnologia's neck which made him cry in pain but doesn't plan to do nothing. Acnologia pierces Igneels shoulder with his claw.
"Argh!" Igneel said not planning to let him go.
Igneel hugs Acnologia's waste and spreads his wings. He starts flying straight down with Acnologia. He plans to drop him into the magma below.
However, Acnologia doesn't intend to let that happen. He bites down on Igneels other shoulder and shoots fire right after.
"ARGHH" Igneel couldn't take the heat and lets go off his neck and is right after punched in the neck by Acnologia.
Igneel gets pushed back and tries flying upward but Acnologia swings its tail at him, wrapping it around his neck.
"Grrugh!" Igneel grabs onto the tail, trying to break free.
Acnologia flies to the sky with Igneel behind him. He tightens his hold around Igneels neck, slowly suffocating him. He wants to enjoy every moment killing the fire dragon king.
"Grr...C-cant breath" Igneel said to himself, digging his claws into Acnologia's tail.
However, Igneel couldn't escape and is slowly losing air to breath. He hardly has enough strength. He soon realizes Acnologia's hold is weakening but it is on purpose.
"Igneel...you dont have the strength to stop me" Acnologia said hovering over him.
Igneel eye's widen after being grabbed by the head and pushed straight down with force, feeling his head being squished.
"ARRRGHHH!" Igneel cries out while Acnologia keeps his hold.
Igneel smashes against the magma with Acnologia ontop of him. He can feel Acnologia's claw dig into his gut while still feeling Acnologia hold on his head.
"Grrr..you monster!" Igneel said in anger, gripping onto Acnologia's arm to break free from his hold.
"YOU ARE THE MONSTER HERE!" Acnologia states lifting his head up and smashing against the magma hard.
"Aaaarrghhh!" Igneel yells in agony feeling the magma slowly burning him.
"You dragons are nothing but killers" Acnologia said in a cold tone.
"You're more of a killer youself!" Igneel said in anger but feels Acnologia applying more force against his gut. "Grraagh!"
"Your end is now Igneel, I don't plan to let any dragon or dragon slayer to live in this world!" Acnologia said loudly.
Acnologia opens his mouth and starts charging his attack. The look of terror appears on Igneels face. "This close" he thought trying to escape from his hold.
"Crimson Dragon….ROOOAAAR!"
A beam of crimson fire came down from the sky towards Acnologia and Igneel. The attack hit also causing the magma to spread.
"AARGH!" Acnologia cries flying away from the attack.
However, Igneel didn't feel pain. Instead he feels his power returning to him.
"Igneel, seems like you lost your touch" said another dragon, hovering above him.
Igneel looks up, noticing another dragon similar to him by the colour of the scales but is more buffer and bigger. He has mulitple scars on his chest with wings that look ruined.
"Nexus" Igneel calls him.
"Nexus.." Acnologia said to himself glaring at him.
"Acnologia, your a disgrace to the human and dragon race...your no king.." Nexus spoke in a serious tone. "..your nothing but a traitor!"
Acnologia grits his teeth in angry and flies right to Nexus who waits. His mouth slowly opens and reaches Nexus.
However, thats when Nexus knees Acnologia, under his chin. After, he punches his gut causing him to splash into the pool of magma.
"Do you know who your dealing with..Acnologia" Nexus said, narrowing his eyes at him. "I'm one of the original dragons...I'm the Crimson Dragon Emperor Nexus!"
Nexus lets out a roar, shaking the very earth. Igneel have the strength to fly next to Nexus.
"Way to make an entrance...Father" Igneel said staring at Acnologia.
"..Hmm, seems like I have to enter this fight of yours, I thought I taught you better" Nexus tells him.
"..I would never have predict what has happened but plan to finish this" Igneel states with a look of confidence.
"...well then son or should I say, fire dragon king" Nexus said, spreading his wings. "Show me! That you can!"
"Right!" Igneel said preparing himself for Acnologia's next assult.
Acnologia is pissed and irritated. He stands up and roars loudly. He launches himself to the two fire dragons also covering himself with more magic, boosting his strength. Igneel and Nexus also flies to him with speed.
The three dragons soon clash, creating a huge shock wave throughout the land they are above.
"GRAAAAAAGHH" a cry is heard through the magma exploding everywhere.
"FATHER!" Igneel yells on a piece of land badly injuired.
Igneel's right eye is cut with blood slowly coming out of it. His wings has holes in it and blood slides out of his wounds on his chest. He can hardly stand or have the magical energy to fight.
At the moment, he's watching his father fight Acnologia but there fight is fought somewhere he can't go. Both Acnologia and Nexus are surrounded with magma shooting from the ground. Everytime they try to escape, they both pull one another down.
"Graaaghh, BASTARD!" Nexus shouts at Acnologia who is ontop of him.
Nexus grabs Acnologia by the neck and pushes him forward until he hits the ground. He starts squeezing, sinking his claws into Acnologia's neck. A cry came out of Acnologia who starts punching Nexus rapidly.
"I'm not going to let..GO!" Nexus roars, pushing Acnologia down.
"Grrr...So..be..it" Acnologia said gritting its teeth.
Suddenly, Acnologia starts glowing in magical energy, confusing Nexus.
"Don't...forget.." Acnologia said slowly rising. "I'm a human first..that knows magic"
The lava turns into dark flames around them. Nexus turns his head left from right sensing danger. A punch to his left face made him loosen his grip, allowing Acnologia to fly out from under him.
"Grr...Crimson dragon.." Nexus said until he feels something grabbing his right arm.
He looks at his arm and notices black flames around it like a rope connecting to the black fire around them. It happens again but with his other arm and both his legs.
"Grr..what is this!" Nexus said irritated.
"My magic" Acnologia said in a venomous tone, spreading his wings.
Suddenly, multiple magic circles appear in front of his wings. Nexus tries to escape by pushing against the pull by the fire pulling him back.
However, Acnologia flap his wings forward causing multiple black arrows covered in flames to shoot out of the circles and hitting Nexus.
"GRAAAHHH!" Nexus screams in pain.
Igneel can hear his scream and grits his teeth. He never heard his father scream like that before. A painful scream that breaks his heart and makes his blood boil. His claws scratch the ground he is on.
"Get up" Igneel said to himself, fighting the pain pushing him down.
Igneel's wings spread open and he starts flying directly to the fire trapping his father and Acnologia.
"Gruugh" Igneel said feeling the heat of the magma under him. "No.."
Igneel reached his limit and doesn't have enough magic in him to fight on. He lays on the hot magma, staring at the black flames grow brightly.
Nexus breaths heavily, with his head down. His body reached its limit. The damage Acnologia caused is deadly. He looks up slowly at Acnologia with angry eyes.
"...Nexus, The Crimson Dragon emperor" Acnologia said in a deep voice. "..your end is now"
Acnologia spreads his wings and flies up into the air, causing the black fire around Nexus to spiral to him.
"Whats going on?" Nexus said confused.
Acnologia stops and looks down at Nexus. He opens his mouth. He starts absorbing the black fire.
Both Nexus and Igneel eyes widen. They figured out what Acnologia is planning. Nexus starts struggling to break the chains binding him.
"No.." Igneel said getting on his knees.
"It's no use.." Nexus said to himself and looks up. "With that level of magical power, he can also…"
Nexus looks over his shoulder and see's Igneel. "Take Igneel along with me" he thought turning back to Acnologia. He breaths in.
"IGNEEL!" Nexus shouts, glowing bright red, grabbing his son's attention. "REMEMBER THIS….YOU MUST…"
Nexus gets covered in crimson flames. His flames start circling around him.
"..DEFEAT ACNOLOGIA!" Nexus finishes, opening his mouth.
"Dragons…" Acnologia starts.
"Crimson Dragon…" Nexus starts.
"ROOOOAAAARRRRR!" They both finished.
Their roars clash, mid air. Igneel couldn't stop staring at the two attacks. He can feel the intense heat they are giving off along with how bright it is.
Then it happened, Igneel can see the crimson flames be consumed by the dark flames. His eyes widen after seeing his fathers silhouette vanish in the dark flames.
"Father.." Igneel said slowly in shock.
"..It seems that..you lost someone important to you" said a male voice.
"Uh?" Igneel said turning his head back.
He realizes the scene changed. He looks down and see's no magma. He's confused, how he got in such a rocky place. He starts hearing foot steps coming from one direction. He sniffs the air and knows its a human scent.
"Who are you?" He said to the direction where the footsteps are coming from.
"My name is…" he said revealing himself. "Zeref"
Zeref appears with his black clothes and white sash. He has a small smile staring at Igneel.
"Zeref...Did you bring me here?" He asked him.
"Yes I did" Zeref answers him.
Igneel is shocked. For someone to be able to teleport him somewhere, his size, must be a powerful wizard. However, something about Zeref is making him uneasy. He's already weak enough both physically and mentally. Watching his father die right in front of him, can not easily be forgotten.
"What reason do you have to bring me here?" Igneel said in a serious tone.
Zeref didn't answer. He just smiled at Igneel which confused him.
"For a partnership" Zeref said looking serious. "..to defeat Acnologia"
"defeat Acnologia" Igneel said surprised.
"I figured out a way to stop his rampage..and it involves.." Zeref said and made a basket appear in front of him. "My baby brother.."
Igneel keeps quiet and looks who is in the basket. Its a pink haired boy, sleeping. "How can he stop Acnologia" Igneel thought. He feels like this is a joke but seeing Zeref's serious expression, he can tell this isn't one.
"How can this boy defeat Acnologia?" Igneel asked. "He can hardly walk or fight back, he's just a weakling that Acnologia can eat alive..."
"then teach him…" Zeref said with his hair covering his eyes. "Teach him how to walk, fight...teach him what it means to be strong...Teach him the ways of the dragon"
"Wait, what are you trying to make me do?" Igneel questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"I want you to turn my brother...into a dragon slayer" Zeref tells him.
"...What makes you think I would take this baby and turn him into a dragon slayer...your just a human I hardly know" Igneel said staring at Zeref.
"That is true.." He responds, lowering his head a bit.
"So why!.." Igneel said in anger. "Bring me here and ask this…"
"...because…" Zeref said. "..Your the son of the Crimson Dragon Emperor Nexus...The Fire Dragon Igneel...I believe that with you being my brothers teacher….He can be the strongest of all of Fiore and defeat Acnologia"
Igneels eyes is covered in shadow. A small smirk appears on his face. "The son of the crimson dragon emperor uh" he thought and remembers his fathers last words to him.
Flashback
IGNEEL!" Nexus shouts, glowing bright red, grabbing his son's attention. "REMEMBER THIS….YOU MUST…"
Nexus gets covered in crimson flames. His flames start circling around him.
"..DEFEAT ACNOLOGIA!" Nexus finishes, opening his mouth.
Flashback ended
Igneel stands on all fours. He streches his neck and looks down at Zeref.
"I will take the boy under my wing.." Igneel tells him. "However, I must know his name.."
"His name is…" Zeref said with a smile. "…Natsu Dragneel"