A/N: Yes, this is happening! Boom!

I don't own Fairy Tail!

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Chapter 1: The Doomed

January 26, X803

A dripping sound echoed through a small house on the outskirts of Magnolia.

The couple living there had been stupid enough to feel safe in a home that was so far away from others. No one had heard them scream that night; or if they had, they had been smart enough to stay far away from the house.

The dripping echoed again, sounding like a stone thudding against the ground in the silence of the night. All noise from animals and the like had ceased the moment he had come upon the quaint home. Even the wind had stilled, amplifying the sounds that had just been coming from inside.

A single man stood inside the home. He took note of how inviting the house must have been to its owners and any guests that stopped by, but that was all ruined by the blood that was splattered thickly on the walls. He also noted that he had conducted overkill on this visit, but his emotions had gotten the better of him.

A single silver eye slid over to the mangled bodies that had been breathing minutes before. That eye narrowed at the bloody mess before him, feeling not quite satisfied, his anger not quite quelled.

A venomous voice erupted in the house, deep and resounding and bone chilling, "Fools," he said as he eye slid from what was left of the raven-haired man and the fair-haired woman, "Frauds. Pretenders." He was practically spitting acid at them, the anger rising again, "He who thought he could cleanse the world and she who thought she could save it. What a fitting end for you both. The world has been cleansed and saved from your naivety and arrogance."

The dripping echoed again. Irritation rushed through his entire body at the sound interrupting him. With remarkable speed, a bandaged hand shot out from under a tattered navy blue cloak and grabbed onto the handle of a long sword embedded into the wall. He finished tearing it through the mess of flesh belonging to the black-haired man. The torn body slipped with the sickening sound of spilling organs and blood and hacked flesh splattering against the floor. It landed near the woman's body, whose mouth and eyes were opened wide in terror, blood marring her once cute and porcelain face.

Irritation continued to pulse through the man. He was angry that it had come to this conclusion. He was enraged that neither of them had an inkling of who they were and what they had done. There was almost no satisfaction in killing them now, but he'd be damned if he was going to continue to let them live. There was absolutely no way he was going to let them have some ridiculous happy ending. That was not going to be how things ended.

"You both deserved this." The slicing and deadly tone taking over the house again, "Somewhere, deep in your core, you know who you were and no absurd magical reversal of curses or reincarnations were ever going to protect you from me. No matter where you ended up or what names you took, your deaths were always going to be at my hands. Zeref Dragneel. Mavis Vermillion. This was always your destiny."

With one last look upon the bloody mess, he turned and walked out of the house.

A bright full moon shone down upon him and the cold air of winter filled his lungs, seeming to calm him instantly. He pulled out an old cloth and wiped down the sword until it was shining in the moonlight. Once he saw the sparkle of light on the blade, it disappeared from his hand, returning to the requip space he had summoned it from.

He walked further from the house, snow crunching under the man's black boots. He glanced, only once, back at the small house, seeing the front door now swinging in the cold wind that had returned. He almost felt sorry for the poor soul that would find what was lying inside…almost.

A light beep caught his attention. He reached into his cloak, pulling out a thin and small tablet. He slid a bandaged finger across the smooth screen, bright light erupting from the device. He then pressed down on the tablet again and a hologram popped up above the screen.

"Yes?"

His voice was back to its usual calm indifference. While he was still irritated at the unsatisfied feeling pooling in his stomach, he wasn't going to let that ruin everything that was being set into motion. He would soon be over any emotions that the dead brought him. He had more important things to focus on.

"Master, I have eliminated the Noble house you gave to me," a hooded figure said.

"Good. Have you heard from the others?"

"Three and Four have completed their missions. Two and Five have reached their destinations the last I heard from them. I have yet to hear from the others."

"Things are moving smoothly then. In a week's time, everyone should have their missions completed. When they are finished, tell them to move back to the guild."

"Yes, master. Have you completed your own mission as well?"

"I have. Things can be set into motion now."

The hooded figure in the hologram gave a gleeful little laugh and he could picture their smile quite easily, "See you soon, master!"

He clicked the hologram closed and shoved the tablet back into his cloak. The crunching of snow began again as he moved forward into the cold night, the wind billowing out his cloak behind him.

"The Parade begins its march tonight."

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February 5, X803

A heavily bearded man stepped out into the train station that ran twenty miles outside of the mountain town of Wintergreen. He breathed in deep, finding comfort in the colder climate that Wintergreen carried compared to many of the other towns and cities in Fiore. It felt clean and refreshing and like home.

Only a handful of other people had gotten off the train with him, leaving the station rather empty. He looked around, figuring he'd easily spot the pair that would be there to pick him up. Though, a scowl soon appeared on his face when he realized that his ride was nowhere to be seen. He pulled the thick white coat tighter around him, knowing he'd better start the walk home while he was still somewhat warm.

Though, it was after three steps across the train station that he heard the roar of an engine and shouts belonging to the idiots that belonged to him.

"Slow down! We're gonna crash!"

"I know what I'm doing! Diesel ain't the only one who can drive!"

"Yeah, well, you return one of his cars in pieces and I'm pretty sure he'll make sure you won't ever drive again."

"I can take that loser on any time!"

While the two continued bickering, they failed to notice the train station coming into view and the workers of the station waving them down to stop.

The bearded man sighed and let off a loud whistle. It caught the attention of the pair instantly.

"SIR!" the driver shouted.

"Stupid!" his companion said, "Hit the breaks!"

The sound of screeching tires filled the train station. The vehicle came to a halt right before the ground became the wood of the train station platform. The pair in the car let out sighs of relief before looking up into the eyes of the bearded man, laughing nervously.

The train station workers turned to look back at the man with relieved looks, one of them saying, "Thank you, Mr. Maddox," before they returned back to their duties.

He nodded to the workers before setting a hard stare on the pair still in the car.

"Sir! Welcome home!"

Maddox grumbled as he walked towards the car, "How many times do I have to tell you not to call me sir, Titan? And get out of the car, I'm driving home."

"I can handle it!"

Maddox looked down to the barely an inch of a space between the ground and the wooden platform and then looked back up at Titan with a flat stare.

"Fine, fine, I'll move," he huffed, "Tejil, move to the back."

"What? Hell no! It was your reckless driving that got you kicked out of the driver's seat! I'm not moving for you!"

Titan huffed again, but moved to the back of the car without further argument.

Maddox threw his pack into the back of the car with Titan before getting into the driver's seat of the sleek black SUV. He started up the vehicle and the trio was off towards Wintergreen.

"Where's Tiger?" Maddox asked, glancing back at Titan.

"He didn't want to come out into the cold."

Tejil laughed at the pouting face of the large and muscled man, "More like he was having more fun hanging out with Ink and Diesel and you couldn't handle that."

The brunette was answered with a heavy kick to the back of his seat.

Maddox shook his head, the colorful beads strung randomly throughout his beard clacking against each other as he did so; but he finally let a smile slip across his face, "I hope things have been going well at the guild while I've been in Clover Town."

"Things have been as normal and boring as ever," Tejil answered, running a hand through his shaggy hair, "A few missions through the week, but nothing overly exciting. One of them was even here in town helping the post office deliver some backed up mail. Miyako and her team cleared that one in a few hours."

"That does sound a bit boring," Maddox said, scratching his chin, "But it gets like this in the winter sometimes. I'm sure things will pick up soon enough. Also, speaking of excitement, where is your third wheel, Kokou?"

"Pffffft! Diesel wouldn't let her anywhere near his cars!" Tejil said with a loud snicker, "You should have seen me convincing him to let Titan into the car."

"Yes, I do suppose that would have been a bad combination," Maddox said, picturing Titan and Kokou in the car together, knowing it would only take about two seconds before a fight would break out between them.

"When we left, we heard her shouting at Diesel, calling him an evil black dragon."

"I still don't know how he gets black dragon as a name and I get rock monster," Titan said, grumbling.

'You are a rock monster though,' both Maddox and Tejil thought, knowing better than to voice that opinion to the man in the back.

"So, how did the Guild Master Summit go?" Tejil asked, glancing over at the older man.

Any happy emotions he had been feeling went straight out the window upon hearing that question, "It was…a lot to discuss."

"You don't have to talk around what the summit was for," Titan said, crossing his arms, "We've read the newspapers here in town and on our tablets. It's about all those murders that happened in the last week."

Maddox was quiet for a moment, deciding whether or not to discuss what was happening in Fiore with his mages or not, "I don't have too much information I can give you boys that you don't already know. If you want to hear more on the subject, you can join me at the townhall when I meet with the council to discuss what's going on."

"Nah," Tejil waved him off, "We can speculate what's going on at the guild just as well as at the townhall. If you think we need to know something you'll tell us, yeah?"

"Yes."

While the two men seemed satisfied with his answer, Maddox still felt uncertain about telling his guild any major details. He had seen the crime scene photos and what he saw was…not right. It was cruel and sadistic with what happened to most of the people that were killed, especially that couple in Magnolia. He was certain he was going to have nightmares over it and he didn't see the need to spread that horror onto his mages.

Light banter filled the car after that between Tejil and Titan, passing the time until the car came up the last steep hill that led to Wintergreen. Once they were over the hill, what laid before them was another comforting sight to the guild master.

It was a rather large town, but not quite big enough to be a city. Plateau after plateau created the town, each level holding specific buildings.

At the very bottom held the shopping and business district, where all sorts of things could be found and sold. Many of the shops made wintergreen infused lip balms, lotions, medicines, gum, and many other uses of the wintergreen plant that grew in abundance in the town. There were also a good number of blacksmiths in town, creating things from weapons to designer shelves that they sold in town and exported to other towns and cities. And bars, taverns, and pubs were aplenty.

Up on the next plateau sat the housing district, the homes there being just as sturdy as the people who occupied them and the mountains that surrounded them.

On the plateau above that were large, important buildings, such as the townhall and the main company that exported Wintergreen's goods – Wintergreen Inc..

The next plateau, the one that the trio in the car were currently on, held their mage guild – Thunder Stone. It was built right into the mountains, sticking out like a 3-D carving.

There was one final plateau, high above the guild hall that disappeared into the foggy clouds that often hung around the mountains. This area held the battle arena that was used during the Spring and Fall Festivals for S-Class and A-Class exams.

Since it was mid-day, the town was bustling with activity, people moving around their homes and down in the shopping district. It was a town that Maddox whole-heartedly loved, not just because he had grown up there, but because it was a town that took care of itself. No one boasted about money or showed it off and no one went cold or hungry. Everyone cared for one another and everyone did their part to make the town run like a well-oiled machine. Even the council was made up of townspeople rather than having a single person, like a mayor, running things.

"Welcome home, sir!"

Maddox smiled, deciding to let the 'sir' go this time. He was home. Even if where he had came from and what laid before his path was news he'd rather not know about, everything felt okay in that moment because he was home.

A/N: Well there we are! I hope you enjoyed it!

Credits

Maddox Huxley – MyDearWatson

Titan Pumice and Tiger – TPACK245

Tejil Coeurdelune – Resmesh

So, this has been on my mind for a long, long time. I fully believe a reboot was needed for Thunder Stone. Not only because Thunder Stone being the first SYOC I ever made, so there were bound to be things I wished I had done differently because of that, but also because of all the things that happened in canon Fairy Tail. Many things now no longer make sense for the original Thunder Stone. I had also felt like I got myself stuck for a long time with the arc the original Thunder Stone was on and it felt daunting dealing with not only the end of Thunder Stone I had planned but adding it on top of the canon ending for Fairy Tail with dealing with Alvarez. I couldn't do it. There was just no way I could fit two massive wars like that into the original. Plus, things have greatly changed for my main villain. I didn't get things completely worked out for him until it was well into the story and by then I couldn't go back and change everything I would have needed to change.

So! A reboot was decided upon! And I've been working and working and working on it to smooth out everything I wanted to do with it. You can ask Dread and Origm about it. I've been bouncing ideas off of both of them and working things out with them and they know how long I've been squaring things away. But I'm finally ready to get this thing started!

So then, those of you that read the original Thunder Stone, welcome back! And for those of you just tuning in for the first time, welcome! Thunder Stone is near and dear to me and I've always wanted to finish it, so my plan is to go back to Thunder Stone Thursdays for it. If something comes up, like a vacation or something personal going on in real life, I will give you all a heads up on delays on my profile, that way you all know what's going on. I have made myself promise to myself to be better about updating as I know I've slowed down a lot from what I used to do. But I think I'm in a good place again to be able to be more frequent with updates.

Now then, let's get some information out of the way.

First off! This is an SYOC, but I will be reaching out to some of the people who sent in characters to me for the original Thunder Stone to see if they would like their character in the reboot. As you can see, there are already returning characters, such as Maddox, Titan, and Tejil. But I know there will be characters that are not returning and that will open up slots for new characters.

Now, for these new characters I will be accepting, it will be a bit different this time. I will not be doing first come first serve. Simply send in a character using the Character Form on my profile and I will be selecting characters by quality. So really spend some time on your characters and make them stand out to me. I don't know how many new character I will be accepting as I don't know how many characters will be returning yet. But still, don't be shy about sending a character into me.

I will only accept characters through a PM.

I will not be accepting any Slayers of any kind. They will be immediately denied.

The ranking system for characters will be different as well. That will be explained on my profile, so please be sure to read over it before sending in a character. Do not select a rank for your character yet. That is something we will discuss via PM. If you wish to try for an S-Class position, your character cannot be any younger than 20. I already have two S-Class planned out and hopefully a third one as well. So there won't be many spots open for that Rank.

For any returning characters, I would appreciate it if you would fill out the new form I have created. If you feel they can easily transfer over to the new setting and timeline, I can work with you on that without filling out the form completely. That is something we can talk about in a PM. Again this is ONLY for returning characters.

New characters MUST fill out the character form on my profile.

Any restrictions on magic, personalities, etc. will be on my profile, so please look at that as well before starting your character.

If you have any questions about the town of Wintergreen, please don't hesitate to ask. I tried to put enough information about the town in this chapter for everyone to have a good grasp of how things work or look on a basic level.

Also, the chapter titles are going to be song titles. I've been wanting to do that for a while for a story and I figured I would do it this time around. So I'm only saying this once, I don't own any of the songs that I'm using as a title. Mostly, I wanted to be able to let you all in on what song inspired me for the chapter. The song for this chapter is The Doomed by A Perfect Circle.

Again, please read over my profile for any information I did not put in this note.

Usually my notes will not be this long, but I needed to go over information with you all.

I think that's about it (though I'm sure I'm missing something).

Please read and enjoy! And I'll be looking forward to seeing old and new characters popping up!

I'll be working on the next chapter throughout the week so as to have it up in a week's time by next Thursday, so see you all then!

Yours Truly,

MyDearWatson