"Its next weekend." A small but strong voice speaks in the shadows on top of the large building over looking the city of Magnolia. The moon high in the sky above the local high school that was illuminated as the janitors and night watch man did their final rounds before heading home for the rest of the night.
"I know. I do love this time of year so much." Another male voice deeper than the first replied sadistically as he looked at the symbol on the high school his black red eyes glowing in the pale light.
"I know just don't get caught. The students will try and kill you if you are." The first voice said knowingly.
"How many years have I been at this?" The deeper voice asked his black red eyes turning and eyeing the smaller figure next to him.
"200 years." The first said with a sigh.
"And how many times have I ever been caught?" He asked again and the shadowy figure rolled his eyes before answering.
"None." He gave up reluctantly.
"So what makes you think this year will be any different? Humans are stupid and never realize what is happening. Its not like any of them get killed." The first said rolling his eyes before watching the school again as the lights go out and the only light left on is the one on the insignia flag in the front.
"Well I don't know this year their are some smart ones in the school. I think they are catching on to us to be honest." The first spoke honestly.
"I have been careful trust me. No one has ever seen me." The second spoke confidently shifting his legs as they hung off the corner of the building his hands on the stone revealed between his thighs as he did so.
"Well I am just saying. It could happen its good to always be on guard just in case." The smaller said with a frown.
"What ever. Go get dinner I will meet you at the guard post in an hour." The second spoke and jumped from the building. Suddenly a large set of wings snapped from his back a tail steered him in the hard autum wind as he sored through the mighty buildings and into the open sky circling the school before going in front of the moon and looking like an angel of death to anyone watching close enough.
He landed on a perch above the banner out of the light folding his wings till they were half mast and swirled his wings around his crouched legs. His arms holding the stone platform as he bared his teeth watching the entrance of the school with such a tariffying look before he turned to stone guarding the building with such a mighty presents.
"I swear that gargorial scares the crap out of me every time we walk into the school. I feel as though its whatching me the whole freaking time!" A blonde girl said to her best friends giving a shake as the walked into high school the statue above the banner glaring down at them as they did.
"Lucy! That is the garden of the school. You should never speak poorly of him! You know the stories of him!" The raven haired boy on her left said trying to spoke her before bursting into laughter.
"Shut up Gray! I know! Its just stories but come on the true coming alive? Watching those who enter the school? I still think he's kinda creepy!" Lucy said not joining Gray in the laughter.
"Well it doesn't matter at this point now does it? We have an assembly just like every year before Halloween about the gargoyle's story." The red haired women on Lucy's right spoke up fixing her glasses.
"I know that's why I brought Plue today and am sitting with Loki." Lucy said sticking her nose up in the air as she gripped the medium sized white carrot nosed "doggy" to her chest.
"Oh? You and Loki?" Gray asked suspiciously with a smirk as they entered the attitude for the morning assembly like every year before Halloween.
"Yes. Loki we are dating Gray get over it." Lucy said and walked faster to join Loki in the fifth row as he waved her over.
"You want to sit with me and Jellal?" The redhead asked before stopping.
"No. I am good Erza the story doesn't bother me one bit. I will just sit in the back so when its over I can get to class as soon as possible. Its not like the legends are true right?" Gray said and laughed.
"Well there's some reason they exist." Erza said before turning to sit with her blue haired boy friend. Both in the class council or somthing like that.
Gray just shrugged and walked back up the alley to sit in his normal seat when they have assemblies.
"Alright students sit down!" The principal spoke into a microphone on a podium as he stood on a stool since he was to short not to. The vice principals on his left and right.
The bigger one to his left was male with a solemn look to him. He had been a war veteran and was missing and arm and leg. Though he could be real fun sometimes he could get real serious really fast. Vice principal Gildarts had the kind of reputation that made everyone behave. He was the enforcer of the school you didn't go to him first you went to the principal first then your case got handed to Gildarts or Mira. You prayed you went to Mira but a few new and unlucky students thinking they were all that did not believe the rumors and tested the theory for themselves. Not a single one of them went back to the office again.
Mira on the other hand was a kind person evening out Gildarts to the extreme. She had long white hair and a friendly smile. She could get as bad as Gildarts when she really needed to but most of the time she was just a sweet person who every one loved.
The two balanced out the principle, Makarov Dryer, perfectly when it came to running the school he was kinda lenont and care free for the most part though he also had a dark side that he rarely showed to anyone.
"Alright time for the annual story of Fairy Tail High's own Gargoyle. I know we have all heard the story but the freshman have not and need to hear it. Freshman you have probably already heard tale's of the strange statue above the school but today like every year we tell the story about him and how he protects us in the week before during and after Halloween from the monster's that lurk in the world when two worlds collide on one night. It all started 200 years ago….
"Halloween night! Everyone take shelter! The monsters are coming from the depths of hell!" A town cryer road through the city as the townspeople scrambled gathering the last of the things before boarding up their doors and windows as best they could.
Halloween night. The one time of the year that the depths of hell and the city of Magnolia collided bringing the ghosts and zombies. Vampires and werewolfs. Goblins and ghouls. Creatures whose only jobs are to kill and destroy only having one night of the year to come out and feed to last them the rest of the year. They broke into homes that were weak. Ate those who wandered the streets unaware of what was happening.
They dragged people down to hell with them to eat later in the year so as not to die out before the next feast on Halloween night.
But their was one creature that lead the others breaking the bonds between the two worlds at their weakest points and bringing forth the wrath of the hell spawns. He killed almost 600 people in the 300 years he had been leading the rades never eating a single one just killing because he can. 600 people and that was just what people and other monsters knew about there were thousands still unaccounted for that some say he brought to hell and turned them into monsters as well.
He smashed through the center of the city his black claws digging into the stone as he heaved himself out of the ground with a mighty roar echoing through the streets shattering glass that wasn't held down or locked up throughout the whole city. Shoving his head though the ground he popped out flames surrounding him as he dragged the rest of his large body from the hole in the ground. Spreading his wings he stood and gave a mighty battle cry releasing the hell spawns upon the city before also taking to air.
His horns were tipped with fire as where the joints on his wings. His tail scale's flowed into a stream of fire causing smoke to flow behind him wherever he went flying or on the ground. His red black eyes scanning the ground when a sudden flash of movement caught his eye.
His brethren where falling to a small girl as they attacked her. He quickly adjusted his wing pattern and was in front of her landing in seconds before bellowing at her. She smirked as she watched the leader of the monsters come to her.
"Hello beast. You shall become the protector of this town. Until all the people you have killed or turned are raptured and their souls can go to heaven." She spoke confidently to the creature in front of her. Her long pale blonde hair fell almost hitting the ground where she stood barefooted on the cobblestone streets.
"Why should I? I love hunting!" He growled back with a sadistic smile standing straight as he glared at her.
"Because their will be someone worse coming and you are the only one who can beat him. I am Mavis and I am starting a school that you will be able to watch the whole city from." Mavis said offering a hand out to the beast. He eyed it as other monsters rampaged throughout the city killing and eating while the two talked.
"What's in it for me exactly? I love hunting why would I give it up to be some stupid watchdog for a school? Let alone a lowly human such as your self." He growled crossing his arms. He was intrigued this girl was talking to him in such a manner he almost didn't want to kill her. Almost.
"Nothing except an even difficult hunt during the Halloween weeks when the portal is at it weakest. The monsters are a much better hunt being smarter than humans and putting up a far better fight than some human anyway. All I ask of you is to wear this collar and sit on the perch I shall have them build for you. You shall sit there all day as a stone statue. Until night falls where you can go in and out of stone as you like. The week before during and after Halloween you shall be able to come in and out of stone during the day as well. You will be known as a gargoyle and you can do as you please during the night except hunt humans. There will always be a well stocked cattle farm and I will make sure to have a family that shall always be there to tend to the cattle to feed you. You will never go hungry and you will always have a fun hunt at Halloween all I ask is that you watch over the town till the even worse power comes and you defeat him. As soon as you do the collar will come off and you can do as you please. Even if I am dead this will all happen I just ask that you do all this." Mavis explained to the leader.
He thought of it deeply. It did sound tempting though he had to make sure it wasn't a trap thats how he got this job the previous guy got caught in a trapped by prestis. "How would I know you will keep your word on this? I will live a very long time but you're human you will die out eventually."
"You have my word. If something happens that goes against it and it wasn't your fault the collar will come off and your free no obligations to this deal at all." She said shaking her head as she took out a thick dog like collar out with a special locking system to it.
"And if it is my fault?" He asked carefully eyeing the collar.
"Then you will never go free. Even with the evil man defeated you will be forced to guard till you die. Do we have a deal?" Mavis asked cocking her head watching the demon with a careful eye.
"Well it does sound interesting. Very tempting actually this man sounds like he would be fun to hunt. Monsters sound like more of a challenge any way. Well why the hell not. I am Natsu Dragneel Fire Dragon Demon and I give you my word I shall do as much as I can to fulfill this promise by the honor of this collar." Natsu said reaching out for the collar.
"No I need to put it on you." She said motioning for him to turn and kneel since he was a bit taller than she was. He huffed but did as told by the girl.
She lifted his pink hair and lowered the white muffler he was wearing before wrapping the collar around his neck and selling it tightly so as not to even shift when he turned his neck. He flexed his neck testing it out and found that despite it being tight he barely noticed it being their.
Suddenly his horns began to shrink into his head a little ways and his once long powerful black claws turned to normal colored nail a little longer than the normal length. The fire on his horns, tail, and wings went out not gone just not noticeable.
"What just happened!?" Natus roared at the girl his eyes fading from the dark black and blood red color to a faded black and a less dominant red shading.
"You said you were a demon dragon now your just a dragon. You can still access your full power during Halloween but this collar just limits it for the rest of the time. No complaining though I can no longer take the collar off. You are stuck like this till you beat him." Mavis said matter of factly.
Natsu was outraged as he swung her tail and started to go after the girl only to find he couldn't even lay a single hit on her. "Why cant I hit you!?" He demanded taking another angry blow.
"The collar prevents it from happening. It is protecting me from you." Mavis smirked at him before looking to the sky finding a faded blue pink color in the distance where the sun was coming up from.
"Go to the highest peak above the banner on the high school. You only have one chance to choose the position you're going to be in every time you are up their. Go now and make your choice the sun is coming up." Mavis instsidend concern flooding her face. Natsu grumbled but did as he was told unaware it would be 200 years before he could even dream of being set free.
Nor did he know he would love this hunt and this watchdog gig would be so much fun and enjoyable for him. He soon found himself hating Mavis less and less for this. As he watched the Halloween monsters come out every year he found they got smarter but the humans did as well finding ways to get rid of the monsters and finding that if they became one they would be fine.
"So the trick-or-treating became a tradition and monsters rarely came from hell nowadays and if they did they were weak and easy for humans to over power. So the monsters became those of myth and legends feared no more. But Natsu found that every year his story, this story, was told to the kids every year before Halloween. He has never once broke a single promise and he watches over the city and this school from his perch atop the school waiting for the day that Mavis's evil man will come to be and he can once be free." Makarov finished the story.
The seniors were so used to the story that they were on their phones or doing forgotten homework. Where as the fresh man seemed to be a bit freaked out about the whole story.
"Are their any questions?" Makarov asked and one hand was raised a daring freshman about to ask the one question on everyone's mind. The one question that has never been asked by anyone.
"Yes?" Gildarts asked eyeing the boy with his hand raised. He stood and all eyes were placed on him.
"So if that all is true. When did Mavis predict the evil man will come?" The auditorium went dead silence all pencils stopped texting stopped giggles were no longer heard as all eyes were on the principals.
"Mavis never told Natsu when he would be upon us. But for all we know that story is just a story since no one has ever seen Natsu move from his spot. No one knows whether or not the story is actually true. Some say its just a bedtime story to scare little kids others believe the story as they believe the sky is blue and the grass is green. But it is up to you to believe or not." Makarov replied coldly looking out into the wave of students.
Gray got a shiver down his spine as he felt someone watching him. He turned but saw no one their. After that the principals let the students go to class and discuss the assembly with their homeroom teachers.