Chapter 1: Prologue to Darkness

OC is mine

Well here's my new story. There weren't many votes, but the majority ruled and the majority couldn't wait for me to finish one of my other stories. Personally neither could I, plus I was getting some writers block from the others and I need a change of pace.

Now as for the pairing, you all read that it was my OC paired with Lisanna. I chose this pairing because, seeing as how I'm an OC writer, I noticed that there are next to no OC stories where an OC is paired with Lisanna, from what I've seen there's only like one or two.

And yeah my OC is gonna be a dragon slayer, I'm sure you can tell which one based on the title, if not you'll see later. Now then...

On with the show!


Earthland January 23, X767

Earthland. A land populated by wizards and non magic users. The magic users of Earthland form guilds and take on missions to help those who cannot use magic. However there are wizards who use their powers for evil and form guilds called dark guilds and use their magic solely for chaos and other such unpleasantries.

Our story starts in the dead of night, atop a high mountain. All is quiet except for the sound of the wind and the nearly silent rustling of the plants that are growing on the mountain.

But for a brief moment, there was a flash of light within the darkness and the silence was broken due to the sound of a small baby boy crying as loud as his lungs would allow. The boy was not covered, leaving him exposed to the cold the night gave off. He had a small patch of black hair on his head, which blended on with the night.

The boy cried and cried but there was no one around to hear him, for there were no people or animals that inhabited this mountain. The length of how long he was crying was incredible, normal children would have taken a breath after crying for so long, but this child just kept crying. It was as if he could've cried for hours, if not days.

But it was only lasted about half an hour. Over the sound of the baby's wails was the sound of giant footsteps approaching. The terrain shook with every step, causing the baby to cry even louder. From within the shadows often night appeared to red eyes, the body was shrouded by the darkness.

A giant claw could be seen, slightly, and it reached out to gently grab the child. He was brought closer to the giant figures face. For some reason the baby ceased it's cries of sadness and reached out to touch it. The skin was leathery and scaly to the touch. It appeared the the one to rescue the child was a dragon, based on it's scaly features and giant form.

The dragon placed the, now calm, baby on it's head and left the area.


6 years later Michael's POV

I woke up with a yawn and waited to find the energy to get up. After six years of sleeping in a cave, the surface felt as comfortable as any bed, or so I assume. I wore only a pair of tattered black pants and nothing else. The energy came to me and I slowly stood up and went outside where my father, Shadeus, was waiting for me.

The spin of his giant footsteps signified that he's got breakfast. Awesome!

"Hey dad!" I greeted happily.

"Sleep well, son?" He asked me, with his deep voice. Normal people would find his voice threatening as terrifying, but I found it rather soothing and pleasant. His appearance was also considered scary by other people. That's cause my dad is a dragon, a darkness dragon to be exact. He's not my real dad, but I don't know where my real parents are, or if their even alive. My dad told me he found me on the mountain when I was a baby and he decided to take me in and train me. Even if I one day find my real parents, Shadeus will always be my dad.

He laid out a freshly killed dear and I was ready to dig in. Before I could, my dad pulled it away. "Hey!"

"You can eat when we're done training." He said firmly. I sighed and waited for his instructions. "We'll start with fire planks. Three sets of thirty seconds each."

"*sigh* Okay." I groaned. I took the standard plank position, lower arms planted on the ground. I quickly removed them and exhaled a stream of black fire that kept my upper body elevated. It's always easy the first fifteen seconds, after that I start to feel the need for oxygen, but I can't stop.

"Time!" My dad called. I immediately dropped to the ground. After ten seconds my dad told me to get ready for my next set.

Once I was finished with fire planks, next were dragon twists, where I'd take a Russian twist position and I'd use my black fire to change my direction. Once I was done with those I had to do target practice where my dad would shoot his own flames into the air or at me and I'd have to shoot them before they hit the ground or me. We did this until I destroyed ten of his fire balls continuously, which took like five to ten minutes.

When we finished my training my dad laid the deer out in front of me and told me to dig in, and I happily obliged.

"You still have some work to do. But I'm proud to see you've come so far." He said.

"Thanks dad." I said taking a bite of the deer.

"We'll have another training session when you're done eating."

"What!? But dad, I'm exhausted from just now!" I whined.

"Stop whining!" He roared. Normally he's a nice guy, but if he heard something he didn't like he'd explode faster than you can snap your fingers. "You need to be strong! I won't always be around so you need to learn how to protect yourself and those you'll care for!"

"I know but it's not like your leaving tomorrow. I've got time to get stronger." I told him.

"*sigh* Just do as I tell you, so that when I one day disappear, I'll know that you can take care of yourself."

"*sigh* All right." I said as I finished the deer. My dad had me do the exact same workout, only we doubled everything


Later that night

I had fallen asleep awhile ago, with no problem because of how tired I was from training. It was like any other night, quiet and dead, with nothing around. But what I didn't know, was that I was about to have some uninvited guests. I woke up and heard muffled voices from outside.

"He's in there. We need to be quick and quiet." A voice said.

"That black dragon gives us enough trouble, we can't let that kid he took in make things worse." Another said.

"We all just thrust our swords into his heart, he should be asleep."

BGM: Throat Full of Glass by Chombchrist

Footsteps echoed through the cave and got closer to me. I pretended to still be sleeping when the three men entered. They stopped in front of me. "NOW!" The leader called before they all thrusted their swords at me. I caught a blade in each of my hands and the third with my feet.

They pulled their swords away and took a fighting stance. "Shit! He woke up!"

"That's fine. I want him to know he's about to die." Their leader said before he charged me head on. I breathed in deeply.

"Darkness Dragon's Roar!" I called before shooting a large stream of black flames out of my mouth. The leader was instantly burned alive and killed on contact.

"Shit! He killed Scott!" One of the former leader's lackeys cried before I appeared in front of him with my fist engulfed in black flames.

"Darkness Dragon's Black Fist!" I uppercutted him and I heard his neck snap when he hit the floor.

"F-Fuck this! I'm getting outta here!" The last man standing said before running out of the cave. I ran as fast as I could to catch up to him. I appeared in front of him.

"Darkness Dragon's Night Shot!" I called before throwing a barrage of fireballs at him. His whole body was engulfed in flames and he fell to the ground, dead.

This wasn't the first time people attacked me and tried to kill me. My dad occasionally goes out to a village below the mountain and raised some hell. The villagers didn't take kindly to it, and when word was out that started raising a child, they didn't wanna risk me raising hell with him. So once in a blue moon, when I'm asleep, they'll try to kill me, but I'm usually the one who ends up doing the killing. I feel no remorse for killing them, they try to kill me so in just returning te favor, only I actually succeed.

I went back into the cave and drifted back to sleep.

BGM end


The next day

I woke up the same way I went to sleep and went outside. But I didn't see or hear my dad around the cave. He never went out before he made sure I had breakfast. Where could he have gone? I figured he was still just getting breakfast and all that, so I decided to wait.

After hours of waiting, he still never came back.

"Did he leave me?" I asked myself. "Did he abandon me too?" I was sad. First my real parents leave me, now Shadeus left me alone. My sadness became anger. "Well who needs him!?" I asked angrily before running towards the edge of the mountain I once called my home. I glanced back at the cave I would sleep in every night and jumped off the cliff. As I fell, black flames appeared from my back and took the shape of wings.

'You'd better hope I never see you again, Shadeus. Because no matter how kind you were to me if I do see you again, I will kill you.' I thought as I flew away.


Four years later

Today was my tenth birthday, or so I believe. Shadeus told me that my birthday was the day he found me, which was today. I had changed since the day I left that mountain.

My hair had gotten longer, but not too long since I cut it whenever it did get too long. I had a longer pair of the black pants I always wore, and I wore a black shirt with the sleeves torn off. Attached to my hip was an old sword that wasn't the most durable sword, but moderately durable. I had found the sword in a weapon shop one day and it was all I could afford. My body had also gotten more muscular, due to my regular training, and I also had gotten scars from previous battles. The only ones that were visible we're the ones on left arm, since my right arm was covered in bandages.

I was on my way to a town called Magnolia because I had heard of a wizard guild called Fairy Tail. The wizards there caused a lot of damage to whatever town they were in and for into some tough battles I've heard. There seem to e a lot of strong wizards there as well, so I could get a real workout. I've developed a real thirst for fighting and I was tired of fighting mere weaklings.

But on my way to Magnolia I came across something. Three aggressive looking men, who appeared to be wizards fighting three other wizards. The defending wizards all had white hair. Two were girls as the other was a guy.

The eldest looking girl was wearing a gothic outfit that was quite revealing, which consisted of a sleeveless black top that completely revealed her stomach, a chocker, a black pair of short shorts, and thigh high boots with stiletto heels.

The boy wore a blue suit that didn't look fit for combat. And his skin was darker than that of the other girls.

The second girl had hair shorter than the other girl's. She just wore a pink dress and red shoes. I have to admit, she looked cute.

One of the attacking wizards attacked the oldest looking girl with ice magic an she fell down. The other two ran to aI her but the tree wizards pointed their weapons at them. There was a spear, a sword, an a hammer.

"That'll teach you little pricks not to mess with people like us!" The wizard with the hammer gloated.

"Now this can go one I two ways: either you give us all of your belongings, or you die!" The leader with the sword threatened. Since they didn't look like they were going to give up their stuff, I decided to step in.

I appeared behind the leader and held my sword to his throat. "Or option number three."The other two turned to see me holding their leader at sword point. "You let them go or I kill you jerks!" I threatened.

"How cute! This kid thinks he's tough too! An how do you plan on killing us?" The guy with the spear asked, not taking me seriously. I then cut their leaders throat, shocking everyone.

"In a way much more violent than that if you don't get out of my sight!" I threatened with a menacing glare.

"Holy shit! This kid's nuts!" The guy with the hammer said, now scared of me.

"Let's get outta here!" The other one said before they dropped their weapons and fled the scene. Once I couldn't see them I turned to the white haired trio behind me.

"You three okay?" I asked.

"Yeah. Thanks to you." The boy said graciously.

"Yeah, thanks." The short haired girl said. The other girl just scoffed at me.

"What's her problem?" I asked.

"We didn't need your help! I had everything under control!" She snapped.

"So falling flat on your ass and nearly getting yourself, and I assume your siblings, killed was all a part of your ingenious plan?" I asked sarcastically.

"I don't need your criticism!"

"Sis!" The other two said.

"Clearly you do cause you wouldn't be alive if not for me!" I argued. She didn't have anything to say to that.

"I'm sorry about my sister. She has a bit of a temper and doesn't like to lose a fight." The boy apologized on his sister's behalf.

"*sigh* It's cool. I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have snapped like that." I apologized as well. "My name is Michael."

"My nane's Lisanna." The youngest girl introduced.

"I'm Elfman." The boy introduced as well. The other girl just scoffed again.

"That's our big sister Mirajane, but we call her Mira." Lisanna said.

"Nice to meet you all." I said before asking a question that's been on my mind. "What are you all doing out here?"

"We were on our way to Magnolia to join the Fairy Tail guild." Elfman answered.

"What a coincidence, I was on my way there as well. I heard that there are strong wizards there and I need someone who can actually give me a challenge." I told them. Then I looked to Mira. "I assume you enjoy a good fight too?" I asked.

"Well... Yeah." She tried to sound tough at first but she couldn't deny the fact that she enjoyed fighting as much as I did.

"Since we're going to the same place, why don't we go there together!" Lisanna suggested happily. Her cute smile caused me to blush.

"Uh, y-yeah. Sure." I stuttered.


When we arrived in front of te guild building, I gotta say, I was expecting something a little more intimidating, seeing as how this was supposed to be the strongest guild in Earthland. But as long as there were strong fighters here, I wasn't gonna complain.

I opened the guild doors and I saw many different characters. The ones that stood out most were two boys, around my age filing it out in the middle of the hall. One of them had pink hair and the other was only in his underwear.

There was also a blonde haired teenager upstairs watching the fight with a look that showed me that he thought he was better than everyone else. He had headphones covering his ears and had a scar on his right cheek.

Another one who stood out was a girl with red hair, who was previously eating a strawberry cake, breaking up the fight between the two boys with little to no effort at all.

Then there were two men laughing at the scene with the two boys and the red haired girl. One had spiky blue hair and small stubble and the other had an ostentatious pompadour style hairstyle and had a cigarette in his mouth. On the bar counter they were sitting at was a short old man sitting cross legged on the counter.

'Well there are some colorful characters, but I've yet to see of they're as strong as everyone claims.' I thought to myself as I walked with the Strauss siblings to the bar counter.

"Looks like we've got a few new faces." The guy with blue hair said.

"What brings you kids here?" The other guy asked us.

"We'd like to join Fairy Tail, if you'll have us." I answered. The old man laughed happily.

"I am the master of this guild, Makarov. We're always welcome to new members. Now tell me kids, what kind of magic do you use?" He asked us. The Strauss siblings answered in unison.

"Take Over Magic!" They said. The Makarov then looked at me.

"And what about you, son?"

"I use Darkness Dragon Slayer magic." I answered. The Strauss siblings stared at me with wide eyes as the old man nodded his head.

"I see, another Dragon Slayer to add to the family. We already have two others. My grandson Laxus, the Lightning Dragon Slayer, and Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer." He told me before pulling out a stamper of sorts. "Now then, where would you all like your marks, and what color?"

"I want mine red on my left shoulder, please." Lisanna answered, pulling up her left sleeve.

"I want a white on on my left thigh." Mira had a demanding voice as she answered.

"I'll take a black one on the left side of my neck." Elfman said, pointing to his neck.

Makarov looked at me and I removed my shirt, revealing my toned chest that had many scars on it. I pointed to the left side of my chest. "Black, right over my heart." I said. He pressed the stamper on my chest and a black Fairy Tail symbol appeared on it. After I put my shirt back on, he did the same to the Strauss siblings on their respective places.

"Why does a young boy such as you have so many scars?" Makarov asked.

"I've been in a lot of fights, let's keep it at that." I said bluntly.

"Very well. Nonetheless, welcome to Fairy Tail!" He said happily. "Now then..." He started. "FAIRY TAIL WIZARDS!" He called to everyone in the guild. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked towards Makarov. "We have some new members of our guild and our family." He looked at the Strauss siblings. "We have Lisanna, Elfman, and Mirajane Strauss. These three use Take Over magic." Then he looked at me. "Finally we have Michael, who is yet another Dragon Slayer, the Darkness Dragon Slayer. I expect all of you to get along with them!"

I scanned the crowd for reactions of mine and the others joining. I saw mostly happy grins of new members, but there were also some stoic and unemotional expressions, but none stronger than the blonde with the headphones. But while there were grins, none were bigger than the boy with the pink hair. Once my eyes met his I saw the fire in his eyes as well as I'm sure he saw a darker fire in mine. He quickly ran up to me once we saw each others fiery eyes.

"Michael, right? Fight me!" He demanded. I gotta say I was surprised to see how ready an quick he was to demand a fight from me. The fire I saw in his eyes before had gotten even brighter and hotter. I had never met someone with a fire like his. How could I say no?

"You're on!


Now before anyone asks why his Darkness Dragon's Roar incinerated that one guy and claims I made him OP, it's only cause he was incredibly weak and could easily be incinerated. Any serious threat would be normally injured like with any other Dragon Slayer's roar. So again, it's only cause he was weak.

Anyway this chapter and one or two others shall serve as a prologue to Michael's early years in Fairy Tail. I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter and I hope you'll enjoy the story altogether and I look forward to writing this.

Next Time: Duel of the Dragon Slayers