Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail in any way

Author's Note: There's nothing about the three Dragon Slayer's past (yet). All we know is that they were raised by dragons; Igneel, Grandine and Metalicana. There were flashbacks but very little bits were shown so I wondered, how did everything happen.

Natsu's story

Lost and exhausted, a five year old Natsu wandered around a forest unknowing of anything. He had just lost his parents and was now an orphan. He was an ordinary kid, no magic or anything, from a small town.

With hardly any energy left, Natsu fell to the ground, asleep.

He woke up the next day, aware of a strange thing above him.

He looked up and freaked out. A large dragon was sitting next to him, curious of what Natsu was.

Shaking in fear, he stood up and yelled "GO AWAY!" but the dragon didn't leave. Natsu stayed there, stuck to the spot, getting ready for what was coming...but nothing happened.

"LEAVE! DO SOMETHING!"

The dragon just stared harder and Natsu was starting to wonder whether it was just teasing him.

"I MEAN IT!"

Igneel admired the child that stood before him's personality. It was "firey" like the fire dragon he was. Right now, the child was starting to cry. He guessed that he felt scared.

"Stop crying."

Natsu instantly stopped sniffling and looked up to the huge dragon looming over him.

"Did you speak?"

"Yes, I am Igneel, the fire dragon."

"Fire dragon?"

"Yes, what are you doing here all alone?"

"My parents died..." Natsu mumbled, looking away.

Igneel was speechless. What was he to do? Take him in?

"Really?"

Oh no! Did I just say that last line out? Igneel thought, cringing, great, now I can't go back on what I just said.

"Yes. Welcome to your new family. A family of dragons..."

3 months later

Natsu lay on the grass, exhausted from balancing training as well as studying. He was now learning "Dragon Slayer" magic from Igneel and wow, it was tough, and all he could do at this stage was sprout fire from his hands and nothing else (not even eat it yet)

Igneel was taking things at snail's pace and Natsu was getting really bored.

"C'mon Igneel, teach me some really awesome magic," Natsu begged "all I can do is make a tiny, little flame."

"In due time," Igneel answered, he didn't like being bothered during his resting time.

Natsu pouted.

"Hrumph"

Natsu wandered off further and further away from the protection of his "home" into a small patch of forest that no one had explored (or had bothered exploring).

I'm tired and hungry, Igneel can get so annoying, Natsu thought, sitting on an oddly shaped log.

He kicked the end of the log hard and the "inanimate" object started to move.

"What the-"

Natsu looked to the front of the "log" and realised it was staring back at him, hungrily. It was a crocodile! (A.N Was that too obvious?)

He was thrown of it and its tail hit him hard. The force threw the five year old back like a rag doll. Natsu hit a large tree, causing a large bump to rise up on his head.

"OK, now I'm mad!" Natsu yelled, recklessly charging at the 13 foot long crocodile.

The crocodile lashed at him, baring its sharp teeth but Natsu wasn't fazed.

"Just try!" Natsu laughed, jumping up and down as if doing that was some kind of joke.

The crocodile, now annoyed, came up to him, jaws narrowly missing his head. It was faster and stronger than he originally hoped.

Natsu turned to run back where the croc wouldn't dare go, but he tripped over a tree root and fell into cold, murky water.

Natsu couldn't swim and had started to panic, kicking around in the water. The crocodile came up to him, slowly swimming up to its "prey"

Closing his eyes, he braced for its attack but it didn't come. The next thing he knew was the feeling of wind around him.

Was he dead?

He opened his eyes and gasped. He was high above the snapping crocodile's jaws, in the sky, being carried by a vey, very angry Igneel.

"I can explaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiinnnnnnn," Natsu shouted as he was dropped from Igneel's grasp onto the ground.

He landed on hard ground, causing the lump from before to grow even larger.

"What was that for?" Natsu cried, picking himself up.

"Since you can't restrain yourself from fighting random things that have way more power than you, you got your wish, I will teach you stronger magic," Igneel grumbled.

"YEAH! What do I do first?"

"Try destroy that"

"WHAT?" Natsu looked up to an extremely large rock, much taller that him.

"How am I supposed to bust up something that huge?" Natsu protested.

"You musn't let your feelings get the better of you, you musn't lose faith in your own power!"

Natsu smiled, leave it to Igneel to make him feel better.

"I don't get it at all, but I'll do it!"

Natsu jumped up, getting ready.

"Karyū no Tekken (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)"

He hit the rock, breaking it in half.

"I did it!" Natsu cheered and fell over, asleep from exhaustion.

Sniff! Sniff!

Smelling smoke, Natsu's eyes flew open, staring right at a lit branch.

"Ack! Get it away! Get it away!" He cried, making shooing motions with his hands.

"You're scared of fire and you still call yourself a fire dragon slayer," Igneel would have facepalmed if he could.

"It's not my fault," Natsu whined, backing away.

"Well, get used to it because you're going to have to learn to eat it."

Natsu's eyes sprang out of his head.

"EAT IT?"

"It's simple," Igneel said in a laid back voice, as if he had just told Natsu to climb a tree to get him a coconut.

"I ain't gonna eat it," Natsu said stubbornly, turning his nose up into the air.

"Too bad, if you want to have power..." Igneel said, turning away.

Natsu sighed and looked at the flame.

I'm a fire dragon, I'm a fire dragon, Natsu thought, inching his way to the branch.

I AM A FIRE DRAGON! Natsu shrieked before licking the fire cautiously with his tongue.

Igneel sighed. He yelled that loudly just for one tiny lick.

Natsu's face turned red.

"THAT DID NOT HURT! OW! OW! IT WAS NOTHING! I'M PERFECTLY FINE! OWWWW!" Natsu announced, running up and down the field, holding his tongue.

Igneel sighed. He was going to have to take this very slowly...

"Try eating it again," Igneel said.

Natsu stopped screaming and gave Igneel a "No Way" look.

"Are you kidding me?"

"Nope, dragons are very serious creatures"

"Well, I'm not doing it again"

"But you said it didn't hurt"

"It-"

Natsu frowned. He got tricked. He just put on a show saying that it didn't hurt and now...

"Eat the fire whole, don't lick it," Igneel advised.

Natsu took a deep breath and ate everything, including the branch...

"That was surprisingly nice!" Natsu commented.

Five years later, Natsu was almost the dragon slayer he is now.

Now 10, he knew how to fight, use magic well and eat fire properly.

"I'm ready for anything!" Natsu yelled, pumping his fist into the air.

Igneel lay on his back, staring up into the sky, silently.

"It's almost time," Igneel mumbled.

"Huh?"

"Nothing," Igneel said, previously unaware of Natsu standing right next to him.

"Lets start your training for today"

"Igneel?"

Natsu rubbed his sleepy eyes.

It was a windy, but beautiful day, but Natsu didn't care.

"Igneel? Where are you?"

The field where Igneel always rested at was empty.

"Igneel!" Natsu called again and again.

After hours of searching, Natsu was ready to give up.

"IGNEEL!" His voice echoed through the forest, scaring away birds.

He sat on Igneel's favourite rock and sighed.

All of a sudden, a scarf blew into his face.

"What?"

The white scarf was covered with scales (A.N Yeah, the one from the anime/manga),dragon scales. There was a note stuck to it in Igneel's handwriting.

"Natsu, I believe in you, wear this scarf to protect you from whatever evil, Igneel" Natsu read.

He got up with a serious look on his face, scarf wrapped around his neck

"I'll find you, no matter how long, I'm not going to give up..."

So? What do you think? Is it confusing in any way? PLEASE REVIEW! Btw, do you think there are really and crocodiles in where they're from? And the "destroy the rock part" is from episode 67, Oracion Seis arc, did anyone notice?