Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail.

A/N: Age bumps

Romeo: Age 14

Chelia: Age 15

Wendy: Age 13

I like to thank gilsaid13, pr0dz (who writes the Naruto/Fairy Tail crossover Chaotic Storm of Fiore,), Tenryu no hook (who writes the Fairy Tail story Wendy's Plan,), Rokudosatoshi, daniagogo (who writes the Divergent Trilogy story this is Tris), AloisTrashy, and Echoing Hunter for the Reviews, Favs, and Follows.

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Prologue

The Offer

X784

The ruins of the city of Gitora, on the eastern border of the Pergrande Kingdom

It was a city devastated by an unknown force in days long passed; not a soul could be found in the charred wreckage of this once great metropolis that numbered over 100,000 at its peak. Today, potential looters and scavengers avoid the city like the plague for the rumors of it being haunted by the spirits of the dead are not entirely unfounded. Entire expeditions into this lost city would vanish without a trace to the point where even the Pergrande government declare it off-limits to everyone and went as far as posting a military blockade of the area around it.

But in the destroyed remains of Gitora's city hall, a lone cloaked figure lurked about as he wrote down words on a black chalkboard and the floor was littered with his notes, written in a ancient languages.

"They called me mad!" the man ranted to no one in particular, "Me! How dare they called me mad and then have the audacity to punish me?!" I'll show them all! I'll show them that I was right all along! We don't need them; we don't need any of them! We were doing just fine before they came!"

The man turns toward a large map that covered the entire wall of the room. In multiple locations, he had notes scribbled in, symbols, and even people of interest tape to the map.

"Soon it won't matter anymore! My eyes and ears tell me that the last one has finally been located, the final piece to my plans! Soon everything will be as it should! And then...they'll see with their own eyes that I was correct and everything will be right in the world!"

As the man stare at the one country that was circle; one last verse escape his lips...

"I will find the last one in the country of Fiore and soon the suffering will all be over."

X786

(Romeo age has been bumped up by a year, so he was 7 in X784. Also Tenrou happen two years ago.)

Romeo sat outside the main office of Totomaru-Sensei while his dad and the former Fire Element Four were having a parent-teacher conference.

The boy was uncertain of the reason why he was called to the office, but figures it must have had something to do with him passing his magic test this morning.

As he sat outside the office; he couldn't help but wonder what was in store for him. Though if he knew what the future held for him down the line, he would have been beyond a shadow of a doubt at odds with the choice to either stay where he was or just run out of the schoolhouse and never look back.

Inside the Totomaru's Office

"What are you trying to say Totomaru-sensei?", Macao Conbolt asked the former Phantom Lord now magic teacher inside of his office while a nine-year-old Romeo waited outside in the hall. For some reason, Totomaru-sensei wanted to see his dad for a parent-teacher conference.

"I'm saying your son has a talent for fire magic the likes of which I have never seen before and I'm one of the best fire mages around. He already mastered every type of flame I teach at this school and even the ones I usually don't teach. And to top it all off, he only started a year ago." Totomaru explained, "In fact, his control over the flames is so amazing he created a bird out of fire just the other day, a bird. It was flying around the class and everything. The boy's a prodigy. He takes to fire magic like a fish takes to water. His degree of pyrokinesis is almost on a level that surpasses my own and at such a young age."

Macao sits in silence as he tries to comprehend everything he hearing now…

"It's true Romeo has seemed to have master fire-based magic to such a degree that even learning how to perform Purple Flare only took him a week where it took me a year to do so. He also has such precise control over his flames. His ability to make them into creatures and objects is astonishing", Macao thought before Totomaru's voice brought him back to reality.

"There's nothing left for me to teach your son and he still has a number of years left at this school. I feel that making him come to class is a waste of his talent and time when he could be out there doing job requests and further expanding his knowledge and experience", Totomaru stated, "Granted he gets over his...condition. I would hate to see a repeat of what happen earlier this year."

"We're working on it", Macao tells him.

"That's good to hear", Totomaru says.

"But what's this you're saying about him expanding his knowledge and experience? The only way for him to do that would be through jobs but the new laws pass by the Magic Council forbids anyone who is not of the age of fourteen or older from joining a guild", Macao pointed out.

"Yes, I am fully aware of that, but I have an alternate solution to that if you're willing to listen of course", Totomaru said as he reaches down and pulls up a large magic-infused metal container.

"What in the box?" Macao asked.

"This box as you so put it, is something I brought from home earlier today during the lunch period", Totomaru started to say as he points at it, "It contains an extremely rare item that my master, Professor Inferius, passed down to me as a parting gift right before he passed away. He said he came across it on his earlier travels in an ancient ruin of some sorts. You can consider it my congratulation gift to Romeo on behalf of him graduating from my school early and for being my best student."

"What's in it?" Macao asked.

"I cannot disclose that at this very moment", Totomaru says, "I will only tell you if you agree to accept it."

"Wow that sounds mighty suspicious", Macao commented.

"It's a very rare item and therefore if word got out that I have it, it could lead to problems further down the line", Totomaru explained, "My reputation as one of the former members of Phantom Lord's Element Four no longer deters people."

"Humph", Macao simply says, "Especially since the humiliating defeat you suffered at the hands of Natsu."

If the insult anger Totomaru in the slightest he did not show it on his face as he continued on with what he had to say.

"Say what you want, you have that right", Totomaru said as he takes a book out of his desk, "This here is a collection of all my master's notes written down throughout all his studies. Most of them are about fire magic in general. Seeing how he was the world leading professor on fire magic, I figure Romeo could use them. Take it or leave it, the choice is yours. But I do feel that this book will prove its usefulness down the line should you give it to Romeo. He seems to have a love for reading, though there is one little thing."

"What's that?"

"My master had quite a large section of his notes dedicated to the ruins from which he found this rare item. He copied everything he could down, but they're in a language that even he could not translate, and neither could I. They probably mean nothing, but just thought you should know."

Macao moves to speak when Totomaru stops him with a hand.

"But I also feel that there one more thing you should hear before you make your decision. A while ago I asked Romeo about what makes him try so hard. What is it that motivates him to want to be a fire mage? And you know what he told me?" Totomaru asked.

"What?" Macao asked.

"His exact words were that he wants to become a fire mage that would have made big brother Natsu proud."

Macao takes on a sullen look as the words play over in his head.

"I want to restore Fairy Tail back to its former glory. And if what Totomaru-sensei is saying is true, whatever in this box could make that happen. But I have to ask myself, do I want this for Romeo's sake or my own?"

Totomaru allows Macao some time to think it over before he starts talking again...

"Mr. Conbolt, I'm not going to lie to you. Your son has the potential to become one of the most gifted fire mages of our era if you just give him the chance and the opportunity. I wouldn't be telling you this if I didn't believe it myself. But I must warn you, it's just like the old saying goes: If you play with fire; you're going to get burn."

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Next Chapter: Romeo has a girlfriend?!

For some reason almost the whole guild thought Romeo would turn out gay.