'Thoughts'

"Speech"

"Attack"

In a remote village. Somewhere in the north of Fiore screams filled the air as flames raged and blood spilled. A mother calls out to her child only to be met with the sounds of her friends and family being slaughtered.

She ran desperately despite the burns and sounds that had been inflicted on her during the attack. She called the name of her child but she was only met with the screams once more.

Tears flowed through her eyes as she searched. Questions ran through her mind 'Where is he?, Why can't I find him?, Is he okay?, Is he..dead?' She asked herself. She shook her head in disbelief. She breathed in and yelled his name as loud as she could.

She began coughing the smoke from the flames taking their toll on her lungs when she heard a soft "Mama" from behind her. Hope flowed through as she turned with a smile of relief on her face but what she was met with diminished that in an instant.

Standing behind her was her child burnt and covered in ash. Tears flowed down his cheeks as he limped his way over to her. "Mama" he repeated but his mother gave no response. Fear had taken over her and she had been frozen in place. "Mama I'm scared, Mama help m-" the child was cut off as he felt an immense pain in his chest. He looked down to see his heart on the palm of a jet black hand. It crushed it as he watched helplessly as his consciousness faded.

The mother could only scream as she watched her child be murdered in cold blood right in front of her. She watched as the being that killed her son slid its hand out from his chest and flicked the blood off of its dark hand.

He looked like a teenage boy maybe around 5"11 but his very being was demonic with jet black hands which looked more like claws. The black ran up his forearm splitting off to form curled tendril-like lines that ran up his forearm and faded at his elbow. It had dark black hair and thick black horns that pointed towards the sky. Eyes that glowed a bright red they were slitted making it seem like it was piercing her soul. She could see a thin tail which had something that looked like an arrowhead at the end of it. It had a pair of dark wings that resembled those of a bats but their shape resembled a dragon's making them much more intimidating. Its feet looked more like talons and were also the same jet black. It had the same tendril like pattern as his claws on his legs but they started at his lower thigh and ended at his mid calf the rest of his upper-lower body was jet black.

But the thing that made her conclude that this thing was a demon was the aura it seemed to emit. It was pure evil. She could practically feel the hatred and disgust oozing out of him as he approached her.

She began to sweat more which she couldn't believe as she was already sweating buckets due to the heat of the flames. Her heartbeat quickened and every fibre in her being told her to do one thing. Run.

She scrambled to her feet as quickly as she could. She ran or at least tried to the fear she felt was slowing her down and making her trip and fall. She could feel him getting closer her which only raised her panic levels causing her to trip once again. She looked over her shoulder and there it was.

It's dark figure looming over her. "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU MONSTER!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. The figure spoke its voice sending chills down her spine. "I'm no monster" it said in a dark tone. It's words filled with killing intent."I am the End!" and those were the last words she heard before her world turned black.

"Humans are such pitiful creatures" E.N.D said as he flicked the blood of his latest victim off his hands. " So weak and fragile" he said as he looked around observing the destruction he had caused. "And yet despite it they argue with each other, fight each other and kill each other" he said as he began to search for any survivors. "They spread disease" he said as he spotted his next victim and made his way over to him.

The man stood in a fighting stance but it was evident that he was afraid as his knees shook rapidly and his eyes held fear. " T-take this you BASTARD!" A magic circle formed in front of him and flames shot out of it.

E.N.D watched the flames approach him and as they got close he swiped them away effortlessly. "And this thing they call magic makes them believe they are the ultimate" E.N.D said as he vanished before appearing before the man. Before the man could react he grabbed his neck and lifted him up. "And they are such ugly creatures" the man struggled in his grasp before wheezing out two words "fuck…..you…"

E.N.D crushed his throat with minimal effort. He dropped the man before taking off to the sky. He observed the ruined village and gathered a dark red flame in his hand "humans truly are pitiful creatures" he threw the flame towards the village and it erupted into a large pillar of flame.

When it died down there was nothing left of the village. In its place a large hole had appeared. E.N.D descended down and landed behind the circumference of the hole. He looked at his hand "I can only hope that he grows to become much stronger than this." He thought to himself.

He questioned himself for a few minutes when a loud roar tore through the silence. 'What now?' He thought to himself.

He soon got his answer when a large black beast descended through the clouds. It roared again it would've instilled fear amongst any human who heard it. It was ferocious. But not nearly as ferocious looking as the beast it belonged to.

When the beast finally came into full view E.N.D observed it in full. The beast flapped its wings as it hovered over the hole in front of him. It's powerful feathered patterned wings blew up clouds of dust with its flap the large wingspan added to the beasts intimidation factor immensely.

The beast was black with blue tribal markings all over it. It's tail was long and looked powerful and ended in four separate curved blades. It had large claws that looked like they could tear through the thickest of metals like it was made of paper. It's fangs were large and sharp there probably wasn't anything on this planet it couldn't sink them into. And it's eyes were white pupil and all.

"You!" it bellowed "did you cause this?" It asked and E.N.D could tell there was a hint of curiosity in his voice. E.N.D looked up at him "And if I did?" He asked. "I would consider taking you on as my pupil" he said making E.N.D stare at him. "Why?" He asked. "Your power is commendable I could use it." E.N.D glared at him his eyes hardening and a malicious aura began to emit from his body "You would dare try to use Zeref's strongest demon as a pawn?!" He yelled as red flames erupted from his body turning the ground black in an instant.

"And you would dare challenge the KING OF DRAGONS?!" The dragon replied as he slashed at E.N.D who vanished and then appeared appeared in front of him he landed a flaming fist on his snout which burnt through his scales and charred his flesh.

"Is that all you've got Acnologia?!" E.N.D taunted. Acnologia retaliated by biting at him his teeth sunk into his leg. E.N.D yelled out in pain. He gritted his teeth and then ignited his feet in his flames. The sound of sizzling flesh could be heard but Acnologia would not let go.

E.N.D glared at him. He twisted his body and brought his other flaming foot on a collision course with Acnologia's snout. It hit and Acnologia released E.N.D's foot. He took to the sky with Acnologia close behind. Acnologia shot a large beam at him that he dodged before launching a fireball at him. It hit and exploded on impact causing a large smokescreen to appear.

Acnologia flew out of the smokescreen with evidence of injury although there wasn't as much as he would've liked he'd expected it to do less. Acnologia once again slashed at him and once again he dodged but as he went to attack he didn't see Acnologia's tail come at him. It hit him with a lot of force which sent him plummeting downwards. E.N.D picked himself back up and went to flap his wings but then he noticed something.

Acnologia came crashing down and squashed E.N.D under his claw. "Now what will you do demon?" Acnologia questioned him. E.N.D glared at him "unfortunately I cannot do anything. My time is up." A light surrounded E.N.D and Acnologia could feel him changing. "I leave you with this. Consider it a parting gift. I know that you'll take care of it. Train it, it has great potential." Acnologia lifted his claw as the light faded and what was underneath it was not what he was expecting.

Now lying there was a small child no older than 4 years old who had pink hair and a toothy smile on his face. Acnologia glared at the child which wiped the grin off of his face. "Who are you child?" Acnologia bellowed. The child was taken aback at first but managed to say his name. "I-I'm N-Natsu D-D-Dragneel." He stuttered.

E.N.D's words played in Acnologia's mind 'Train it,it has great potential.' Acnologia glanced at the child who was clearly afraid of the dragon. "Very well. I am Acnologia King of Dragons." He lowered his head to the boy "and you shall be my pupil."

The boy looked at the dragon confused "if I'm your pupil then what will you be teaching me?" He asked. Acnologia raised his head up high and looked down on the boy. "I will be teaching you dragon slayer magic." He said which made the boys face light up "I don't know what that is but it sounds awesome!" He said. "However" Acnologia added "you must do exactly as I say if not I will leave you behind" Natsu froze at that before nodding his head in agreement.

"When do we start!?" The boy asked excitedly which took Acnologia by surprise. " First we'll have to strengthen your body." Acnologia glanced at the boy's small frame "by a lot" he added which seemed to offend Natsu. "Now listen I'm going to tell you how to do that." Natsu looked at him with a pout. Apparently he didn't take the roundabout way of telling him he's weak too lightly. 'Perhaps he does have potential' Acnologia thought to himself.

(3 years later)

A 6 year old Natsu stood by a large pile debris. In front of him were 5 large boulders in a line each at least five times larger than a fully grown male. Natsu gritted his teeth before clenching his fist and hitting the boulder that stood in front of him. One by one the boulders collapsed the first one cracked and fell into large pieces.

The second one cracked but fell into pieces half the size. The third half the size the second. The fourth half the size of the third and the fifth fell apart into small stones. "Good you finally have full control of your strength"Acnologia said to which Natsu let out a long sigh. Natsu now donned a black shirt that had blue claw marks on the back that ran parallel to each other. He had black cargo shorts and wore a pair of black sandals."I feel like that took way too long."

Natsu moaned as he sat down in front of the boulders. "It did. Were you even doing your training right?!" Acnologia snapped at Natsu. Natsu glared "I was you stupid overgrown lizard." The two stared at each other until Natsu turned away with "tch." Acnologia looked at the boy 'actually he's far exceeded my expectations. It should've taken at least twice as long considering his age. But if he found out it would without a doubt go to his head' Acnologia shook his head as he thought this.

"Boy." Natsu looked up at Acnologia "don't think that just because you're finished it means you stop doing it." Natsu looked up at Acnologia in disbelief "Huuhh?"

"your training will be doubled. Even though dragon slaying magic is powerful you cannot let your body dull. Your body is and always will be your greatest weapon." Natsu tch'd again "Fine whatever." Natsu said a bit of annoyance in his tone.

"Natsu come here" Acnologia said in a demanding tone. Natsu stood up and walked over to Acnologia.

"What do you want?" Natsu asked. "We're going to begin the next stage of your training." Natsu grinned at this his eyes were full of determination. He was jumping up and down and pumping his fist into the air. Acnologia glared at his fist pumping "stop that" he said. Natsu stopped and frowned "party pooper" he muttered. "Shut up and listen" Acnologia growled.

Natsu sat down immediately legs crossed and arms folded. Acnologia held out one of his hands and black orb with a dark blue out line appeared. "What's that?" Natsu asked as his curiosity piqued. "If you would listen you'd know." Acnologia said in an annoyed tone. "This is Dragon Slaying Magic. Well more precisely its knowledge about Dragon Slaying Magic." Natsu raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing. "This will teach you what it is and the very basics of how to use Dragon Slaying Magic. It's also what will change your body structure to what is necessary to use Dragon Slaying Magic.

Natsu's face lit up in excitement. "That's so cool!" He shouted excitedly. "What do I do?" He asked as he looked up at the dragon. "Endure" Acnologia said. Natsu looked confused but before he could ask what he meant Acnologia pressed the prb into Natsu's body. Suddenly Natsu felt a chill throughout his body. He looked up at Acnologia "Well that wasn't so bad" he said with a goofy smile on his face. Acnologia stared at the boy "you're too naïve child." Natsu once again looked confused when he felt an incredible amount of pain in his chest. His lungs felt like they were being torn apart. Natsu screamed in agony. His vision was blurry but it seemed like he was seeing further away and then seeing even less than average. He was bombarded with an insane amount of smells. Sweet,sour,rotting,deceased you name it he was smelling it. His skin kept going from feeling like jelly to feeling like it was being torn off. Natsu collapsed onto the ground writhing in pain. Acnologia watched Natsu scream and squirm in pain. "You must endure it!" He bellowed "If not you will die!"

Natsu's only reply were bloodcurdling screams. Acnologia watched as Natsu continued his torture. Natsu's screams would last until the next day.

Natsu was asleep as Acnologia watched him. "You did well" he said with a hint a pride in his voice. The boy weak, helpless little boy he had met three years ago was now no more. Even though his training was far from complete the boy was now a dragon slayer. And Acnologia could not help but wonder what kind of feats the boy would accomplish. That is of course besides the one he was training him for. Yes. This pink haired boy would play a hand in the destruction of his enemy. The Black Wizard. Zeref.