Hello everyone, it's Raydark and I'm back with trying to once again work on here as a way to sort of push through some of the issues I've been having in my life the past two years. I know a lot of you are expecting me to upload more chapters, but this may end up losing my interest as well. I will do my absolute best to keep this interesting, but if I don't finish it or add to it by more than two years, I hope someone can continue my work. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the tale of Fairy Tail: Gaia, the story about one new generation Dragon Slayer that entered the world of Fairy Tail due to his father's connection. There will be spoilers for the story so be cautious if you're still new to Fairy Tail, and lastly, I do not own any of the characters, locations, and anything else related to Fairy Tail except for some characters I plan on adding through the story.
Fairy Tail: Gaia
Chapter 1
First Beginning
Flashback
7 years ago
July 7th, X777, Hinder Village
The warm morning sun began to rise above the mountain to the west, gleaming the field of flowers bellow with it's golden light, marking the beginning of a brand new day. The lights slowly passed through the cracks of the mountains shadow, making their way towards Hinder Village, giving it a gentle wake-up call for all the villagers . Many people living there slowly rose up from their beds and began preparations for their annual festival of showers, an age old tradition to celebrate the successful harvest. Many of the houses stood tall with floral decorations, most using the flowers blooming from the base of the mountain, all in anticipation for the evenings festivities to arrive.
However, one particular house on the far-side of the forest, void of no decorations or festive atmosphere, stood alone in the hollow forest without anyone around it or in it as some might assume. The house was shown to be painted fully white, marked with a brown roof on the top as a few feet from it stood in front of an extraordinary cave, thrice the size of an ordinary one as it appeared created by something giant. In the inside of the house, it showed to be normal furniture and rugs, but with some unique pieces of furniture that were actually made out of pure rock, carved by hand and smoothed out to allow for it to be used. Inside one of the rooms was a twelve year old boy, tanned with shaggy hair that went down his forehead and nearly passing his nose, wearing a simple attire of one small black-tank top and red shorts.
Lying down on his bed, the boy had tossed and turned in his sleep, leaving him now in what was a cocoon made from his blanket with it almost encasing him except around his head. The child began to softly move around once more in it, almost like he was reenacting the dream going on inside of him. In his mind, he found himself walking around in a large valley between two walls of stone, each one consisting of multiple average-sized statues that were carved into them, showing each one to have the boy's face as their own. He stopped his walking before turning to the left side when he heard a faint roar reverberating in the valley, making him harden with fear at the mysterious sound.
Suddenly, the valley itself began to shake, almost like it was consumed with fear as the statues came to life and flew outward of their spots, floating in mid-air with many looking downward towards the boy. With fear in his heart, he began running backward with all his strength, trying to outrun the statues as they turned from ordinary to free-moving ones, landing on the ground and dashing on all fours in an attempt to capture their target. All the boy could do was run and cry out for his mother or father, none of which answered his call, and instead heard the familiar roar echoing throughout the valley. Looking up from a shadow casting over him, the boy trembled at the sight of the monster, seeing the beast opening it's mouth, viewing a glow emanating inside before looking downward, firing a blast of energy directly into the valley itself to carve it's way to the child as he screamed in fear.
The blast never connected however, due to the intense rumbling going on throughout the house itself, vibrating him out of the bed and waking him up from the dreadful nightmare he was having. Taking a few seconds to wake up and realize what was initially going on, the boy ducked underneath his deck, covering the back of his neck to protect it from falling objects. The shaking eventually halted as he slowly peered his head out to see if there was anyone out there, he could sense no magic, and made his way off the floor to look out the window.
"What was that…?" He thought to himself before quickly putting on his slippers to investigate outside, rushing out the door to the front of his house, looking around to see what had caused it. He turned over to what appeared to be two graves with two different shaped tombstones on the top as he bowed in respect before turning to the abnormally large cave behind his house. He saw what appeared to be some trees blown down, broken off or ripped apart by something big, making him realize that there was only one thing strong enough to do it.
"Grandma?!…Grandma, are you there?" He shouted as the young boy went rushing to where the cave was, but before he could enter, he saw what appeared to be writing etched right into the mountain.
Dear Rodin, by the time you find this I will have left this home for good, one day I hope you can forgive me my grandson,please keep yourself safe and always remember, you're never alone. Love Grandma.
All Rodin could do at this point was stare at the writing,overwhelmed with shock. He simply fell to his knees and covered his face in an attempt to try and muffle his cries, not wanting anyone to hear the sounds of a kid his age crying for mommy and daddy.
Present
Fiore
Magnolia Town, Train Station
Year X784
It was high-noon on the plains of Fiore, the sun's light radiating down onto the ground, giving nutrients to the rows of grass and flowers to help them grow better for mother nature. The area showed signs of tranquility and calm with some of the animals out in the open to enjoy the day, until the sounds of heavy machinery and the smell of burning ash rushed through in the form of a large passenger train, ending the sense of peace with the animals retreating back to their homes. The sun's light reflected on the top of the train, causing a blinding flash of light to occur and scare some of the local wildlife with each passing moment it made its way to the next destination: Magnolia Town.
Slowing down it's speed, the train was approaching the city's train station with its monstrous presence causing many of the awaiting passengers to back away when the sounds of screeching brakes echoed loudly, scaring some individuals by surprise when they were otherwise occupied. The massive machine fully stopped when it reached the proper position, releasing the pent-up smog that it had stored up as the conductor opened the door to allow all of its passengers to exit the train.
While the crowd was exiting the train into the station, two cloaked people, one being shorter than the other, got up from their seats after everyone left and grabbed their luggage, including one large trunk that was resting on the floor of their cabin before walking out of their room.
"Remind me next time to make you work harder to get a better cabin, there's no room here for all your crap," a female voice floated from the shorter being as the other easily lifted the trunk and held it onto his back all while looking down.
"My crap? The only reason I'm lugging this around is cuz we're delivering it, besides, you were able to sleep fine while I ended up falling down on this damn thing, Twice!" He said in frustration as they both exited the train to step onto the platform and proceed into the crowd. "At least that nightmare is over, A whole week of train travel doesn't do too well for my stomach".
"Oh quit being a baby," Trixie remarked harshly before pulling down her cloak to reveal an unusual looking feline, covered in white and brown fur with one of her ears holding a pink ribbon on it, sprouting wings from the back of her cloak and floating up to meet the face of her companion. "I'll go on ahead and set us up with a hotel, then we'll meet at this"Fairy Tail Guild" so we can get rid of that stupid trunk" She said with a scoff before floating away as the cloak fell off, revealing herself to have tufted fur on her ears and cheeks, long tapered white markings above her green eyes, neck, shoulders, back, and hind paws, The tip of her tail has a curved, vaguely scythe-like extension with a ribbon on it as well, and lastly a diminutive black nose on her tanned muzzle with small oval cream-colored marking above each eye.
Her attire consisted of miniature clothing, including her wearing a black tube top that surrounded her chest all the way to the back, along with long, detached white sleeves that have golden bangles that reached to her forearms while covering her wrists, and lastly a long brown skirt with what appeared to be small shorts underneath it for easier mobility.
"And she wonders why everyone gets scared when we get into the city?" He grumbled to himself in irritation as he took off the hood of his cloak to reveal Rodin, now nineteen-years old, but showing signs of maturing since due to his complexion looking more defined, in addition to a jagged scar going down his right eye, and his now short-spiky hair that stood up without any use of gel of any kind. He looked at the city map close by and found his destination before he started walking forward into the station, taking the first initial steps of his long journey with Fairy Tail and to his life.
And so begins the First Chapter, let me know if there's something I need to fix, grammar issues, or some ideas that you may want to see for future references. Stayed tune for Chapter 2: Memory Lane. I'd like to thank Lost Comet and BananaManiaBubblegum, my two Beta's for helping me with this story and reediting as well, I greatly appreciate them and recommend you check out their work, it's simply amazing. Hope you enjoy and stay tuned for Chapter 2: Memory Lane.