The still, quiet morning was rudely disrupted by the sounds of an alarm clock that couldn't have been better placed than besides Natsu's bed side. He growled at the object that took him from the sweet bliss of sleep and moved to disarm the damn thing to only realize that he had moved the sleep destroyer farther away, so that he didn't end up hitting it too hard again and damaging the thing. He groaned as he slowly raised from his bed to silence the evil contraption and to actually get ready for school. He walked into the bathroom to notice that he one: forgot to take out his piercings and two: that he didn't control his magic while he was sleeping so his horns were back out again. He scowled a little at his inability to keep his magic in check- after all, this was the 21st century; if anyone found out he was a dragon all hell would break loose. After taking the time to oh-so- carefully remove the piercings from his ears and the one on his lip, he used his magic to conceal the holes that would have been obvious otherwise. He quickly brushed his teeth and went down to have breakfast, which he had to make himself seeing how he was pretty sure that Igneel had already left the house for his meeting at who knows where. After taking out just about ten bottles of different hot sauces, he began his process of making almost-charcoaled eggs; which in his opinion tasted pretty damn good. As he sat down with his burned creation and began to eat, he noticed a note on the table from his dad and began to read it over.

Dear Natsu,

As you can tell I left for a meeting this morning. I won't be back for a couple of weeks.

So because of this I want you to stay out of trouble. If I get a call from your new school I'm sure you know what your punishment will be.

Love,

Igneel

Natsu was kind of offended: after all, he hadn't gotten in trouble once during his whole first year at Fairy Tail Academy, courtesy of his dad's idea which was for him to act like his twin brother who was a timid and shy kid, (not Natsu's style!). As for why this worked was mainly because, unlike Natsu, his twin brother DID NOT get kicked out of their old school and thus still lived in Edolas, unlike himself, which had to move all the way to Magnolia. He kind of laughed at the fact that Igneel still called Fairy Tail his new school though. To finish up his morning he got dressed and started on his way to school which was only a few blocks away.

As soon as he entered the classroom he was bombarded with good mornings from his friends, which for the most part consists of a blonde with big boobs, the demon student council president, a young blue haired girl, and last but most certainly least the droopy eyed bastard. Sure, it wasn't like Gray picked fights with him, but because of the way he had to act around his friends Gray always treated him like he was weak and fragile which just about pissed Natsu off more than anything. He mumbled out a few silent good mornings before sitting at his seat, that was soon towered over by a redhead.

"Natsu," she began in a demanding tone, "When you greet someone in the morning, be clear. You must speak up for yourself."

"Y-yes Erza," he quietly answered which only made the redhead more agitated, yet before she could lecture him more about his "quiet nature" Lucy intervened. "N-now now Erza he's at least made progress. Before this he could barely talk to the teacher Aries, let alone talk to people like it was normal," she said trying to appease the great Erza before she went off on Natsu yet again, and made him run in fear. Erza turned to Lucy and in response Lucy started sweating bullets. " You are indeed right about that," Erza started before sternly walking over to the blonde "However, Natsu won't change if no one tries to push him. This is just tough love don't you agree?" Erza continued while staring Lucy down. Lucy began to back away slowly as to not get caught in the great Titania's wrath, when another voice spoke up.

" Isn't it fine Erza? Besides everyone goes at their own pace, so we shouldn't try to rush Natsu. The little runt will get used to us by himself." The group of friends had turned to the short, black haired male who was sitting at his spot. Natsu had looked over faking a smile to Gray Fullbuster despite wanting to punch him in the face for call him a "little runt". Erza had made her way over to Gray and stood above him before she began to reply." I guess you are right about that, but if he doesn't improve within the next two weeks I will be helping him get over his speech problems." The whole class sighed realizing that Erza didn't get the point at all and a gave a Natsu a small simile as if to wish him luck. Seeing as he had to do this right before summer break started of else face the mighty wrath of Erza he had to get started: now. Natsu sighed internally knowing he would have to fake getting better at talking to others if he didn't want the great demon president breathing down his neck.

Despite having changed his personality so that he wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb, he still ended up within the most problematic group of people within all of Fairy Tail Academy. He would have to step up his game if he didn't want his friends to get him into more trouble than usual with their "speech training." The bell rang out finally and everyone went to the proper sits as the teacher made her way inside the classroom. She awkwardly began class not to long after the final bell.

" Um w-w-we have a new s-student today," she finally managed to say before the door slid open to reveal a teen with long, black hair and piercings that just about covered his whole face. Natsu's eyes widened to the size of saucers at the man who entered and Wendy who was sitting next him made a similar action. He cackled a little before introducing himself " I'm Gajeel Redfox. Nice to meet'cha." He glanced back and saw Natsu and Wendy in the back and his smile grew. This would be the first time Natsu saw Gajeel outside of the gang they were a part of the- Dragon Slayers- and seeing as to how he was the third dragon to now be a part of the class, things were about to get interesting.