Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters
In this AU:
~The dragons are alive, and still living with the dragon slayers.
~They live in a Pocket Dimension all together
~Cities of caves, lakes, forests, volcanoes, etc (every dragon lives with their element)
~Dragons (and dragonslayers) have pack instinct and can sense their (or their packmate's) soulmates.
~Igneel is Alpha, Metalicana is Beta
~Natsu is Alpha of the dragonslayers, Gajeel is Beta of the Dragonslayers
~Top dragons (council) have transformation magic (turn into humans for a bit)
~There are more dragons than there are in cannon
~Few backstories have been changed around to make sense
~Gajeel is still in Fairy Tail (will be explained) however Natsu is not
~Kagura and Yukino are in Fairy Tail instead of Mermaid Heel and Sabertooth
~Soulmates: Natsu/Lucy, Gajeel/Levy, Laxus/Mirajane, Cobra/Kinana, Sting/Yukino, Rogue/Kagura, Wendy/Romeo (but they're young so they're just best friends)
THAT'S ALL FOR NOW FOLKS
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"Where is that lousy loudmouth son of mine!" Metalicana roared, making a bunch of the lower-classed dragons scatter as he charged through them. Lessons had been interrupted because a certain beta-to-be hadn't shown up like he was supposed to and now his father was on a rampage.
"Metalhead!" Natsu screamed from the tops of one of the trees. The only one more upset by being blown off than the father, was the alpha-to-be.
"Ugh." Metalicana whipped his head around to see his rebellious son coming out of the trees leading to the human world. He was wearing some bandages over his left shoulder, as he has been for a few years (since the start of his trips to the human world) "Shut up ye old geezer, I'm here."
"You're late!" The metal dragon growled, "Where were you?"
"Somewhere."
"Doing what?" The father snapped.
"Something."
"Who were you with?" The father almost exploded.
"Someone."
The dragon slapped the teenager with his tail in annoyance, "I was warned human teens were like this. Temperamental little numbskulls." The dragon huffed a little, "You're grounded, go to your cave and think about what you've done."
"And you call me temperamental." Gajeel rolled his eyes as he rubbed the sore spot the dragon tail hit. "Geez, you know you're a really abusive dragon." The tail came down again, slamming him in the gut, making the metal dragonslayer groan. "Oi that was uncalled for."
"You junkard." Natsu screeched as he practically flew in and punched his beta in the face. "What the hell were you doing? We were supposed to be learning about Soul Mates today!" Now, Natsu was not the most studious of students but he loved learning about the bond between mates. So much so that whenever the dragons scheduled a lesson on it he was the first one to the class, even beating out the teachers. Igneel always said that when it came to the kids Natsu would be the most attentive mate.
Gajeel rolled his eyes, "Whatever pinkie."
Metalicana's eyes narrowed, that was it? His son never blew off a fight like that. The two of them could argue for hours and then fist fight for a few more just so they could blow off some steam. The fact that Gajeel did nothing more than fire a half-hearted insult was something to be worried about. The metal dragon watched as his son kept twitching; at first it wasn't noticeable but now the slayer was always glancing backward. "Gajeel?"
"Hm?" His son looked over at him before taking another look backward.
"Is something wrong?" The metal dragon asked.
"He must be scared." The dragon slayer muttered.
"Huh?" Natsu and Metalicana were confused at that statement.
"Iron dragon's roar." Gajeel chanted as he turned around, doing the motion and directing his attack at a singular bush settled behind them. A man, short and skinny to the point of giving 'skin and bones' a new meaning, rolled out from behind the plant coughing. "So you're the one who followed me huh?"
"How long have you known?" The man asked in a raspy voice.
"The whole time." Gajeel smirked, "I'm a dragonslayer, my senses are much better than regular humans."
"Then why did you lead me to your home?" The man asked. His floppy, ugly orange hair sloped into his face in a greasy mess.
Gajeel stepped back, motioning for Natsu to come over to him.
"Why did you bring him here?" The pinkette asked angrily.
"Now don't shoot the messenger." He started, "But that guy attacked your mate."
"Excuse me?" the fire dragonslayer's eyes narrowed.
"He-" Gajeel pointed to the greased up guy, "attacked your mate."
The iron dragonslayer watched his packmate as the words clicked. The pink-haired boy turned slowly to the other man, who did not understand the danger that he was in. "My mate?" Natsu repeated. Suddenly fire erupted from his hands and he was leaping at the man with a terrifying cry of rage. Natsu slammed the man into the ground so hard that it left a gigantic crater under them.
"I'll go gather the council." Metalicana grumbled, "Make sure Natsu doesn't kill the man, we need to gather information."
"Sure." Gajeel agreed nonchalantly, watching the spectacle with amusement.
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"How could you not tell me you knew my mate!" Natsu screamed from across the council room; he had to be held back by Sting, Rogue, and Wendy so he wouldn't attack his beta. "How long have you known her? Where is she?"
The council involved the alpha Igneel and Natsu, the beta Metalicana and Gajeel, Skydrium and his son Rogue, Weisslogia and his son Sting, Grandine and her daughter Wendy, the lightning dragon Rai, the poison dragon Bane, and the celestial dragon Draco.
"Calm down son." Igneel said from the top platform of the cave, where the alpha always sat. "Maybe he just ran into her when this man was attacking her."
Gajeel shook his head, "I've known her for a few months now." Next to him he heard his father give a disappointed sigh, "I was doing you a favor though, by not telling you about her."
Natsu snarled, "How?"
"Honestly, she's way out of your league. She's smart, pretty, and kind. The only thing you've got going for you is the fact that your hair is her favorite color." Gajeel chuckled a little. "Or at least one of them, technically Wendy has the same thing going for her and she's a little kid."
"Enough Gajeel." Metalicana groaned like his son was giving him a headache… or an ulcer.
"The problem." Igneel said from where he was, "Is not the fact that you kept a mate hidden from the pack, though that disappoints me more than I can say, but the fact that you led the man who attacked that mate to us with no warning despite the fact that unknown humans are forbidden from entering this place."
"Sorry." The iron dragonslayer said, not sounding apologetic at all, "I just thought your son would want to take a crack at the punk who hurt blondie."
"How did you meet my mate?" Natsu questioned. He had finally stopped struggling in the grips of his packmates.
"None of your business." Gajeel answered.
"Where did you meet her?" Natsu tried again.
"None of your business." Gajeel answered again.
"When were you going to tell me about her?" Natsu sounded very annoyed when he asked this question.
"Don't know." Gajeel shrugged, "Didn't really think about it, but Blondie was hurt, the guild is preparing for war, and I thought you might want to join in on the fun." A mischievous grin stretched on Gajeel's face, "More explosions for us."
"Guild?" Igneel asked.
"Let's just say that's part of how Blondie and I met. Guilds in the human realm are basically a group of people with magic who ban together and take jobs. There are a lot of them, and Blondie and I are in the same guild Fairy Tail." Gajeel started unwrapping the bandages from his left shoulder, "When you become part of an official guild you get a guild mark somewhere on your body to symbolize it." Finally the council could see a black mark on Gajeel's shoulder that must be some kind of fairy. "We have a guild hall in Magnolia, which coincidentally is in the town next to the dimensional rip, and from there we all get requests for jobs and take them for money." Gajeel seemed to wrestle with himself before adding, "They're kind of like another pack."
Almost immediately outraged protests sounded out in the council room, "You cannot be serious." Rai screeched from his seat, his bright yellow zig-zag scales practically standing on end at the blasphemous statement issued by the youngster. "There is no such thing as having two packs, what are you thinking boy?"
"Calm down Rai." Grandine sighed, from her perch to his left. "He didn't say it was another pack, he said it was LIKE one." She clicked her tongue, "Still he should be more careful with his word choices."
"I still don't like it." Bane said, her voice sounding melodious even though she was obviously angry. Her royal purple scales glistened while dark purple poison oozed between them. The poison she exuded naturally was less lethal than the ones she could conjure up with barely a thought. The only way it could really harm you was if you drank large quantities of it. The rest of the time it was just there.
"Neither do I." Igneel said, "But not for the same reasons. I don't know these people and my son's mate is in this group." He thought for a second. "Are any other mates within this group."
"Its a guild." Gajeel groaned, "Sting's, Rogue's, Wendy's, and mine."
Grumbling was heard from the dragonslayer's mentioned and their parents.
"I want to go to the guild." Everything stopped as the dragons and Gajeel turned to Natsu who had spoken out. "My mate was close by to me and I didn't even know, and then she was attacked. I don't care if you guys don't agree with my decision I'm going anyway."
"Me too." Sting chimed in, "My mate's out there and preparing for war. I have to go." Rogue nodded his agreement with the sentiments his best friend and partner used.
Wendy stepped forward, "You guys will need a healer." she smiled, "I'm coming with you. I have to make sure my mate doesn't die before we're of age to be more than friends."
"Alright." the alpha nodded. When the other dragons in the council room started to protest he held up his claw, "I allow you to go and help in the war but I want updates and checkins. You will come home tomorrow evening for a check in. Bring information back on the guild members you are helping and the enemy who is attacking."
"Yes alpha." Natsu, Sting, Rogue, and Wendy said in unison. Gajeel inclined his head respectfully.
"Let's go losers, we're going to a war meeting," Gajeel shouted, and he seemed a little more excited than he should be.
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"So this is your guild hall." the new dragonslayers stared up at the tall building.
"Yup." Gajeel answered, walking to the front door, "Come on. The others won't be too happy that I left and brought back strangers."
"What?" Sting grinned, "Still scared of Stranger Danger?"
The iron dragon slayer snickered, "This guild isn't scared of anything. Just warning you now." He paused before continuing, "Watch out for the woman with scarlet hair, she's a monster. She'll destroy you all with a few waves of a sword." With that the beta opened up the doors with a flourish. "Welcome to Fairy Tail, it's a one way trip to Hell from here."
The group walked into the building, now not knowing what to expect. Looking around they saw many tables filled up with gloomy men and women alike talking to each other in hushed voices. All of them had the same strange mark as Gajeel in different places; some had the mark on their faces, some on their necks, one girl had on what was basically a bra for a top and had a black mark on her stomach. That same woman was mournfully drinking liquor from a huge keg. One woman, who was called Mirajane by the people at the tables, was serving drinks to the gloomy people with a forced smile on her face, dodging one way to the next in her red dress, she looked like an angel in the midst of a crisis.
"Gajeel you're back!" the woman with the giant Keg yelled as she noticed the group at the door. "Where have you been?"
"Getting reinforcements." Gajeel called back, "How's blondie Cana?"
The woman, who the other dragonslayers guessed was named Cana, shrugged with a sigh, "Hasn't come back from Porlyusica yet." She put the drink down, "She had a lot of wounds on her when the battle finished. If you hadn't gotten there when you did she might have been in a worse condition."
"The people who attacked my children won't get away with it." Everyone in the guild hall turned their heads to the short old man on the second floor of the guild. He jumped down the stairs two at a time, but even though the sight was slightly silly with his weird colorful hat flopping everywhere, the room was still tensed at his words.
"Master," Mirajane chirped, "Gajeel brought some people to help us in our fight."
"I see." the man walked forward past the tables of people to where the group of dragonslayers stood, "You've come to help my children in their hour of need?"
"Um...yes?" Sting said.
The angry look the old man had on faded into a wide smile, "Thank you for coming, we'll need all the help we can get." He spread his arms wide open, "The people of this guild are one family, and as the master of the guild I am the father of that family. If you want to help us against our enemies come in and prepare yourself. But if you have even the slightest notion that you can come in and destroy us when we're down…" his demeanor went to angry again as he glared, "We'll destroy you along with the others who declared war on us."
All around the room cheers erupted as the old man went to the front of the room and hopped onto the bar.
"Everyone!" the man yelled. "Erza and Gray have gotten back from their mission and are on their way here. Kagura, Yukino, and Levy are bringing Lucy back from the infirmary as we speak and the Thunder God Tribe and Cobra have emerged from their training in the woods. The only one we're missing is Gildarts who I am still trying to get in touch with." The master smirked, "It's time to plan a war."
"War is a MAN!" a white haired, burly man screamed from one of the tables.
"Elfman." Mirajane with the white hair giggled, "War doesn't have a gender."
Elfman sat down.
"And we have reinforcements." Gajeel said, pointing at his packmates, "They're also dragonslayers."
Everyone in the guild hall (Master included) turned with an incredulous look, "More Dragonslayers?"
"Yup." Gajeel nodded in confirmation.
"That means we have seven of them helping us out." Someone in the room said. Natsu, Sting, Rogue, and Wendy frowned in confusion and looked at each other. Seven? Who were the other two?
The doors opened with the sound like an explosion, and through them came a tall woman with scarlet hair, who the dragon slayers decided must be the monster Gajeel was talking about, and a black haired male with only boxers and a necklace on. His right pectoral boasted the mark of the guild.
"Where's Lucy?" the woman asked loudly.
"Not here yet." Gajeel answered, "She's coming from the infirmary now."
"What happened?" the male asked.
"Gray clothes." Cana said from where she was.
Gray looked down and freaked out, "Where the hell did they go?"
"Ah Juvia is so happy to see Gray-sama!" a girl with blue hair and clothes screamed latching onto the poor male. "Marry Juvia, Gray-sama!"
"Well at least Juvia is the same." Gajeel sighed, "The day she is too upset to fangirl over Gray is the day we're all dead in a ditch somewhere."
"Get off!" the poor boy yelled, trying to get out of her grasp and failing. "Help me!" he hissed to the dragonslayers. "She's crushing my freedom."
"Stop being so dramatic Stripper." Natsu scoffed.
Juvia immediately got off of Gray as he marched over to Natsu, "Don't call me a stripper pinkie."
Natsu's hands erupted into flames as he went to punch the man out, Gray's hands, one in a fist and one flat under it, were starting to freeze the air around them.
The door opened again and the scent made Natsu, Sting, and Rogue turn; the scents of their mates overwhelming them for the first time. They stared as a blonde, busty woman who was covered in bandages and had her left hand in a sling was led through them by a brunette wearing white with a sword at her hip and a white haired girl also wearing white, and who had a blue flower in her hair. Finally after them they recognized Gajeel's mate, a blue haired petite woman with an orange headband. She waved at Gajeel as she walked by but didn't stop as she followed the others to the front of the room.
Gray stepped away from Natsu when he realized the pinkette was pre-occupied.
Gajeel took his spot and slyly whispered, "Close your mouth, boy. Your open mouth fly trap isn't very attractive."
Natsu blushed and closed his mouth but he still stared at the blonde who came in guided by her friends. "Is that her?"
"Yup." Gajeel crossed his arms, "That's your mate, Lucy of Fairy Tail." He elbowed the alpha, "Told you she was pretty."
Natsu nodded, "Yeah you did."
"I told you she was way out of your league too." Gajeel reminded him.
Natsu nodded absentmindedly, "Yeah, you did." He started walking forward until Gajeel caught him by the arm, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing?" the iron dragon slayer asked quietly so that the rest of the guild didn't hear. "She's a human, she doesn't feel the connection to a soul mate like we do. You're going to have to play this slow, got it?"
Natsu nodded, "Yeah got it."
"Good." Gajeel said releasing the pinkette, "Cause its time for a war meeting."
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