"C'mon guys they're gonna get away!" Natsu Dragneel's booming voice could be heard throughout the forest. "Happy! Go faster, we gotta catch those bastards!" "Aye Sir!" Happy, Natsu's feline companion, was using his Aera magic to fly Natsu through the forest at high speeds. The cat's fur and tail would whip in the wind as Natsu's hair would be blown back into a spiky mess. Currently the two were in high pursuit of a group of dark mages who they had almost cornered.
Natsu and Happy were members of a very important guild. Fiore's strongest guild. Fairy Tail. A guild full of eccentric and enigmatic mages led by the wise Master Makarov. Among these aforementioned mages was Natsu Dragneel, the Fire Dragon Slayer as well as his partner Happy, a blue flying and talking cat.
Team Natsu had just chosen a mission to go after the dark guild, Orichalum Thirty. The members of Orichalum Thirty had been causing a lot of trouble lately. Counterfeiting money, armed robberies, and even threatening a Guild Master. Master Makarov had been getting several calls from Bob, the Blue Pegasus Guild Master who was receiving the threats, Master eventually got tired of listening to Bob hyperventilate and decided to send Team Natsu off on the job.
Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster, and Lucy Heartfillia were the others members of Team Natsu. Erza Scarlet was a practitioner of Requip (or Ex-quip) magic and was the only S-Class mage on the team. Gray Fullbuster used the highly diverse Ice-Make magic which allowed him to create static weapons and utilities out of ice. Lucy Heartfillia was not the strongest mage but was able to call upon Celestial Spirits that she formed contracts with. After forming contracts, Lucy was able to summon them during battle to fight for her. She had acquired Aquarius the water-bearer, Taurus the bull, Cancer the crab, Virgo the virgin, Leo the lion, and Sagittarius the archer. As well as her minor spirits such as Plue, Crux the Southern Cross, Horologium the pendulum clock, and Lyra the lyre.
Anyways, back to the events unfolding at hand, Team Natsu had managed to corner Orichalum Thirty at its guild hall located in the woods. Holding true to the name, Orichalum Thirty had thirty members. The majority of them were weaklings that Lucy and Gray had demolished. There were only four members that were of importance, they were the leaders. Five if you counted the guild's pet, Osamu, the humanoid penguin mage who used Egg magic. Erza and Natsu had gone straight for the guild's leaders, the four mages that were known as The Four Horsemen.
The Four Horsemen were the leaders of the Orichalum Thirty guild and the instigators of most of their crimes. The first member was Vladmir the Inhaler, the brains, who was a Requip user that utilized a vast amount of lances and halberds. The second member was Le'Rechelle, the smuggler, who used Ice magic, which was a surprisingly rare magic unlike the mainstream Ice-Make magic. The third member was Gorn, the muscle, who used Muscle-speak magic to enhance his allies' physical strength as well as his own. The last member was Jamie, the team benefactor, he used Fire magic which was hardly a match for Natsu's flames.
After the defeat of their comrades, the four horsemen bolted. They all ran in separate directions with the Team Natsu members not far behind them. Natsu ran after Jamie upon Erza's strategy even though he just wanted to beat them all up. Lucy pursued Le'Rechelle who was seemingly the weakest member. Gray was in hot pursuit of Gorn, who despite being very strong was also very stupid. That left Erza to chase down Vladmir, a fellow Requip user.
Erza had easily caught up to Vladmir who put up a good fight. Blades clashed through the air. A storm of swords, lances, and axes. The sound of clashing steel could be heard. Erza had just gotten the upper hand. She disarmed him but he had quickly changed weapons. "Requip: Halberd!" A poleaxe appeared in Vladmir's hands. He charged towards Erza slashing and hacking but was easily avoided. With great elegance and grace, Erza in her "Heaven's Wheel" armor had floated above him and attack with Circle Sword. A volley of slashes and slices had took down the halberd-wielder in one swift blow.
Natsu was being flown by happy and he was closing in on Jamie. "Hahaha! You thought you could run but know I get to beat you down!" Natsu was always itching for a fight. "…You never give up do you?" Jamie while running was able to communicate to Natsu while dodging his attacks. "Nope! I won't give up until all of you bastards are behind bars!" Jamie scoffed and turned around suddenly, "Fire Magic: Incinerate" A large ball of red hot flames bounded towards Natsu which he just happily ate. Dragon slayers like Natsu have the ability to eat their own element which, in Natsu's case, was fire. "You think that's gonna work on me?!" "Yeah! Natsu eats flames for breakfast!" Happy chimed in. The pink-haired mage flew at high speed towards Jamie and delivered a fiery punch to the face. "Gah!" Jamie fell backwards but quickly recovered. The dark mage quickly did a black flip to gain some distance between him and his foe. "Fire Magic: Red Whip!" A flaming whip of flames was whipped at Natsu's arm. Of course, he ate the flames once more. "I told you! I am the son of Igneel, the fire dragon, and the fire dragon's flames will chase you to hell!"
"Geh…so you eat flames," Jamie needed a new strategy if he wanted to beat the Salamander. Of course, the dark mage had one more trick up his sleeve. Or in this case, one more magic type to use. "Lightning Magic: Raiden's sword!" Catching Natsu off guard, Jamie swung his arm and summoned a magical blade tempered with lightning. Jamie then leapt towards Natsu and sliced the dragon slayer hard in the stomach with his blade. "Gah!" Salamander felt the lightning sword cut into his skin and blood ran down his stomach. "Natsu!" Happy, who was still on Natsu's back dismounted to check out his wound, "a-are you alright?" "Ouch! That hurt you dick! Who said you could have more than one type of magic!" Natsu brushed himself off but avoided his wound. "Argh, now I'm fired up!" Natsu slammed his fists together.
Meanwhile…Gray Fullbuster had easily taken down Gorn. He didn't even have to fight him that much. The big guy just sort of tripped. Just fell down. Apparently falling down was a recurring event with him because he entered a weird funk and began muttering to himself. Gray who was very confused at the time, gathered his wits and decided to attack. "Ice-Make: Battle Axe!" The battle was finished. He froze the unconscious brute and then used Ice-Make: Grappling Hook to pull him back towards the designated meeting place.
"You don't decide the rules baka!" Jamie yelled back as he brandished his blade once more, "besides, lightning and fire are both highly compatible elements, it was easy for me to acquire lightning magic after I had mastered fire." The confused look on Natsu's face said it all, "Uh…I don't get it." "Then pay attention! Lightning Magic: Raiden's Burst!" The magic lightning blade morphed into a small ball of sparks which Jamie expanded with his hands and made a punching motion. An explosion of lightning surrounded Natsu which delivered a giant electric shock. "Natsu!" Happy flew towards his friend but was also caught off guard by Jamie, who threw a fireball at him. "Ow!" Happy got struck by the small fireball and his wings disappeared, he then began rolling around on the grass to put out the fire on his tail. "Bastard…don't attack my little buddy!" Natsu stood up angered, "Roar of the Fire Dragon!" Jamie almost was able to avoid the attack but he wasn't fast enough. The dark mage tried to shield the attack with his own fire but the fire dragon's flames won. Jamie was hit with the powerful burst of flames knocking him back.
"Ugh…gah…" Jamie was on the grass face down. "You're strong…b-but…not strong enough…" Jamie got up and then charged Natsu which surprised him. "You can still stand?" the Salamander asked, "well then, I guess I'll just have to beat you until you can't stand!" Just as Natsu had prepared to strike him with the wings of the fire dragon something unexpected happened.
"Air Magic: Aerial!" A soft voice called out in the distance and a dome of air suddenly surrounded Jamie which stopped his head-on attack. This dome was a basic spell in Air magic, which created a loss of oxygen to anyone within the dome. The user could adjust the amount of oxygen within the area-of-effect of the spell. "?!" Jamie could barely breathe and was covering his mouth to try and sustain air. "Huh?!" Natsu was confused, "did you do that Happy?" The blue cat stood up, he had patted the flames off of him, "No, I was too busy getting roasted!" Happy wasn't very well…happy. "Did I do that?" "No, I did."
A figure stepped out from behind the bushes. To Natsu's surprise it was a child. A child with dark blue eyes, short red hair, and freckles. He looked really short and almost as young as Romeo. 'But he couldn't be that young, Romeo's only 6!' Natsu thought to himself as he walked towards the kid. The kid then dropped the dome of air around Jamie who had passed out from lack of oxygen. The boy then swung his hand forward and a shimmering ball of air formed around his hand. "Are you with them?" He asked. "Who? Orichalum? Nah, I'm not with those assholes." The boy rested his hand, "who are you with then?" "Easy, Fairy Tail! I'm Natsu Dragneel!" "and I'm Happy!" the cat companion jumped up to greet the stranger. "Woah! That cat can talk!" The boy suddenly lost his serious demeanor and assumed a more childlike disposition.
Happy sweat dropped, "what you've never seen a cat talk before?" "Not really," the boy was still studying Happy intently until Natsu spoke. "Hey kid, what's your name?" The boy turned around, "I'm not a 'kid' and my name is Shiro Cavanaugh!" Natsu smiled, "Shiro Cavanaugh eh? That's a good name!" "Haha thanks!" Shiro scratched the back of his head smiling. "Oh! That's right! Happy, we gotta take this guy to the magic council." "Yeah our job!" Happy jumped up excitedly, "we probably defeated our guy before Erza did." "Hell yeah we did," Natsu roared happily, "I was fired up!" Shiro grinned, he found the mage weird but kinda cool. "You said you're from Fairy Tail?" Natsu stopped breathing fire in celebration and turned to the kid. "Yeah, we're from Fairy Tail." "I'm a mage too!" Happy chimed in as he activated his aera magic and flew around in circles. "Cool, a guild," Shiro said softly.
He had always dreamed of joining a guild. Perhaps today was his lucky day. Shiro had set out from home in hopes of finding his estranged father and to join a guild to become stronger. Mostly he just wanted to find his dad, who left him and his mom when he was just a newborn. He had been raised by his mother until she left him at just six years old to pursue a more "exciting" life with her new boyfriend.
That had hit Shiro like a bus. Not only did his dad leave but so did his mom. He didn't bear any ill will towards either of them. He just couldn't understand what was so important that they would leave him. His grandma had taken him in and Shiro had lived with her for six more years until he finally decided to leave home to find his dad. He wasn't too keen on finding his mom though.
"Oi kid." Shiro snapped out of his reminiscing and turned towards Natsu. "Hm?" Natsu grinned, he could see something in this kid's eyes. He could see a part of himself. The part of himself with ambition and motivation. This kid looked like he was Fairy Tail material. "Do you wanna go to Fairy Tail?" Shiro's eyes lit up and he grinned widely. "Yeah! Can I?" Natsu smiled, "That depends…are you strong?" The boy flexed his muscles, "Hell yeah! Didn't you see my air magic?" Happy was struggling to drag the unconscious Jamie over to Natsu. The pink-haired mage walked over to Happy and took the burden off of his shoulders. Happy beamed, "yeah I saw your magic! It was cool but not as strong as Erza!" 'Erza?' Shiro wondered, 'who's that?'
A screamed filled the air, Natsu recognized that scream. "Is that?...Lucy!" Natsu slung the dark mage over his shoulder and began running west. "Huh?" Shiro wondered. "Stay here!" Happy flew after his partner with great haste. "I have her scent! She's due west, come on Happy give me a lift!" "Aye sir!" The blue cat with his signature catchphrase grabbed onto Natsu's back and began carrying him. "W-wait!" Shiro ran after Natsu, "Air Levitation!" A ball of air surrounded Shiro and he began to float. He then began to chase after the two.
Lucy Heartfillia was not having an easy time fighting the Ice mage, Le'Rechelle. "Ice Magic: Freezing wind!" "Ice Magic: Sword Dance!" "Ice Magic: Endless Blizzard!" Blow after blow after blow. Lucy couldn't take it anymore. She screamed out in pain after the Ice mage's continuous attacks kept on slicing and bludgeoning her. Le'Rechelle laughed sadistically, "Oh so cool…I love the sight of blood" Le'Rechelle kicked Lucy in the stomach and she flew backwards, "he…he…he…" Lucy tried to reach for her keys but the Ice mage thought quickly and launched a bolt of ice at Lucy's key holder knocking it away from her. Le'Rechelle brandished a whip, Lucy's whip. "Celestial spirits…such weak creatures…hehehe…oh how I loved the way they yelled in pain." The Celestial Sprit mage coughed, she felt a throbbing pain in her stomach. "Hahaha!" The sadistic wizard cackled, "this will be such fun!" Lucy closed her eyes as Le'Rechelle approached her. She was ready, but she was scared. 'Not like this, not like this, I'm too weak' Lucy struggled to get to her feet.
"Don't you dare hurt Lucy!" Natsu with Happy on his back flew towards the Ice mage. "Wing Attack of the Fire Dragon!" Natsu swung his arms that were cloaked in fire towards his foe. Le'Rechelle screamed out in pain as the flames burned her like a thousand suns. "Gah!" She fell backwards and dropped Lucy's keys. "Air Magic: Aerial!" Shiro flew into the area and trapped Le'Rechelle in a dome.
"N-natsu…" Lucy smiled and coughed. She was happy that he was here. She was happy that Natsu was here. She was even glad that Happy was here. She was even glad that…that…wait…who's that kid? Happy flew towards the blonde wizard, "Lucy!" He grabbed her keys and threw them towards her. Lucy struggled to get on her feet with the help of Happy and Shiro. "Are you okay?" Natsu said in between punching Le'Rechelle hard in the face. Shiro had just lowered the spell and now Natsu was letting loose.
"Ye…yeah, I'm fine." She brushed herself off and turned towards Shiro. "Who's he?" Shiro waved and smiled, "Hi there, I'm Shiro! Who are you?" "Lucy Heartfillia…what is this kid doing here?" Lucy asked. "Oh yeah, this is Shiro Cavanaugh, he's gonna join Fairy Tail." Lucy frowned, while she had nothing against the kid Natsu could have at least not brought him into a dangerous fight. "Is something wrong, Lucy-sama?" The kid looked a little disappointed that Lucy wasn't very welcoming to him. "No, not at all!" Lucy smiled, "sorry I was just wondering why a little kid would want to join Fairy Tail." "Little kid? I ain't no little kid!" Shiro exclaimed, "I'm a magician like you too!"
"Besides, I'm Shiro Cavanaugh, and I'm going to become a great mage. I'm going to find my estranged father and I'm gonna become one of the strongest mages ever!" Shiro put a hand on his chest, "I don't care what I have to do…I will find my dad! He left me as a child and I've wondered ever since why he left…but now, I know I have to find him!"
Natsu smiled and put a hand on Shiro's shoulder, "Yeah and when you find him you'll be much stronger. Then he'll have to accept you!"
Lucy smiled. She had just met this kid but she could see he was determined. He acted a bit like how she imagined Natsu as a little kid. Little did Lucy know about Shiro's past. How could she? She just met him. But she knew one thing for sure. He was more than just a little kid.
"C'mon Lucy, let's go meet up with the Gray and Erza!" Natsu held out his hand towards Lucy. She smiled, "Yeah…thank you." She took his hand as he pulled her up. "Shiro, you coming?" Lucy turned to the boy. Shiro grinned, "Yeah! I'm coming with too!"
And thus…they departed.
(Author's Note): Thank you everyone for reading my story! :) I very much appreciate it! I would love to hear some feedback on the story and on my OC, Shiro Cavanaugh! I really ask for your opinion on Shiro's personality and magic. Any suggestions or ideas? If so, please message me! Oh and here is some information on Shiro:
Shiro Cavanaugh
Age: 12
Sex: Male
Height: 4'9"
Weight: 39.9 Kilograms
Hair Color: Red
Eye Color: Dark Blue
Magic: Air Magic
(Spells)~ Aerial, Levitate, Air Shot, Air Render.
Background: Shiro Cavanaugh was born on May 5th to a middle class family in a small village west of Magnolia. His parents are descendants from red-haired people with thick accents that originated from east of Magnolia, overseas. His father left for unknown reasons on the day of his birth. Shiro was born one week prematurely and thus he is rather short for his age. His mother was very shaken by his father leaving and she turned to alcohol to ease her pain. Luckily, she wasn't abusive to Shiro. However she did neglect him. Sometimes forgetting he still lives with her. Shiro's mother continued her capricious and self-destructive behavior until Shiro turned six years old. That's when she met a man named Paul, who began dating Mrs. Cavanaugh. At first Shiro was ecstatic that his mother had found someone who made him happy. He thought that since he had never known his dad, his mom would marry Paul and they could become a family again. This was a very futile dream. Paul just made Shiro's mom even more destructive. Until one day, they eloped and left the six-year old Shiro alone in a small house with no family members around. Eventually Shiro's grandmother, Rosa, went to check on her grandson and found him alone. She then took him in and raised him. Somewhere along the line Shiro studied and learned Air Magic from an unknown master. Shiro dreams of finding his dad and learning the reason why his father left him and his mom. He has no desire to find his mother.
"I want to find my dad…and discover what was so important that he had to leave me…"
