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I've been away far too long been writing and working on this story but honestly I was burn out not from the story but my day to day. I won't bore you with the details or say I'm sorry because hey it's honestly just life and things can get in the way. Finally I've got some time for me and with that I will be bring you more updates soon.
Updated 4/28/18
Chapter 1 – The Plan
400 years ago, Earthland was devastated from a war that raged between dragons, mages, and humans all wanting control no matter the cost. The land was left in ruin, leaving any type of normal life a sad dream in the eyes of those lucky enough to have survived the onslaught.
Zeref was a cursed mage, he used forbidden magic, breaking the most fundamental laws of magic. All to save the life of his beloved younger brother; a pink haired 3-year-old named, Natsu. Zeref had succeeded in reviving his younger brother, but it also resulted in creating something way darker than the mage could have ever imagined. Natsu was infused with a demon which had taken control of the toddler's body; transforming the child into that of a young man with the appearance of a half human and half demon.
Zeref rejoiced having his little brother back, even if he was a demon. However, the demon which Zeref merged with Natsu's body and soul, robbed the child of his natural innocent light; which used to shine brightly with wonder from deep within his onyx orbs. The demon transformed those caring eyes into ominous bloody globes, which glistened bright each time the boy took a life or laid waste to the land with his indiscriminate destruction. Demon Natsu had a focused goal to destroy his older brother, taking Zeref's power adding it to his own. For several years, the demon terrorized the continent; in order to stop the path of destruction, Zeref had to strip the demon's soul from Natsu's body. He bound the demon soul within the pages of a book Zeref titled as E.N.D., Etherious Natsu Dragneel.
Since Natsu's soul had been stolen from heaven, the only way to insure the angels would not come to reclaimed it, would be to hide it by linking Natsu's soul to his own. Zeref's soul was cursed, as such would not be allowed to crossover creating the perfect blanket to hide his younger brother. Zeref believed he had the power of the gods due to his creation of the Etherious demons and hiding his brother from heaven. What the dark mage failed to understand, playing god came with severe consequences. However, it would take over 400 years to see the full effects of his blatant arrogance.
With Natsu's demon sealed away, the boy was reverted back to his toddler state; Zeref could not stop to enjoy in his brothers return as Acnologia the black dragon was steadily growing in power. The black dragon hated anything with a lifeforce who stood in his way. His ultimate goal was to rule over the world after he had eliminated any force which would oppose him.
In a collective effort to defeat Acnologia, those who championed for peace: dragons, mages, and humans came together to suppress the black dragon, in a final effort coined the Dragon King festival. From among the ranks, it was the Celestial mage Anna Heartfilia, who cast the Urano Metria spell, injuring Acnologia. This gave the allies of peace, the ability to inflict enough damage on the dragon to force Acnologia's retreat. The Celestial Heavens magic was consuming the black dragon's power, forcing Acnologia underground to conserve what was left of his life force. The land was safe for the time, however; everyone knew this would only be a temporary solution to a larger problem. Time, would serve as the greatest enemy, the longer Acnologia had to recover, the stronger he would become.
Zeref devised a plan to rid the world of Acnologia, in order to succeed the mage needed an alliance with a champion of the Celestial heavens, and a dragon. Not any dragon would do, Zeref needed Igneel King of the Fire Dragons.
Zeref sought out Igneel; remembering back to the first time he met the dragon, coming up on Igneel while working on his research deep within the forest. For the longest time Zeref believed Igneel was just another fairy tale from his village nestled deep within the valley near the mountains of said fire dragon. Zeref was surprised Igneel was indeed very real; the mage was even more impressed by Igneel's view of the world, just the way he regarded life in general. To the dragon life was a precious thing to be valued and nurtured not to be wasted with wars and hatred. This did not mean Igneel shied from combat, the dragon understood there was times you had to fight, to hold onto what was dear, even if he was fundamentally opposed to it.
Armed with this knowledge Zeref knew Igneel would unite with him, the hard sell would be the force of light. Anna Heartfilia a Celestial mage who trained at the same academy as Zeref had done several years prior; educated amongst the wisest mages from all over Earthland. It was this level of training which gave her the ability to hone her magic, giving her the capacities to land the crucial blow against Acnologia during the Dragon Festival War.
Anna was truly a beautiful woman both inside and out; at the young age of twenty-two Anna was exalted as one of the greatest mages of her time, a force to be reckoned with. The Celestial mage was known throughout the land for being kind, thoughtful, and an excellent strategist. Like Igneel she abhorred the idea of war, however she was a realist. There was a time and place to fight. That being so, Anna worked hard to keep loss of life to a minimum, the idea of collateral damage was something that weighed heavily on Anna's soul. It was these qualities Zeref felt he could use against the Celestial mage.
With Zeref's allies selected, now he only had to sell his strategy. Zeref wanted Igneel to select a group of dragons, who were strong and loyal to Igneel to take on prodigies, training them to be the next generation of dragon slayers.
Zeref knew dragon slayers were strong forces, as his late father, had been rumored to be the last dragon slayer of his village. He had seen his father's magic, fire which obeyed his every command; however, Zeref at that point in his young life had never seen a dragon. He believed dragon's to be only a myth, told by the village elders to entertain children. That was before the apocalypse came, stealing everything away from Zeref. For on that fateful day, Zeref's own actions set the mage on a course, which in time resulted in an unforgivable taboo.
The war had completely wiped out the remaining slayers, and what was left of their remaining family lines had become weak. Those lines would not be suitable for the future fight with Acnologia.
Zeref already had the perfect student for Igneel, as it was Igneel's father, Ifrit, who first started to teach the dragon slayer magic eons ago. The family line he had selected bore the surname Dragneel; the same family to which Zeref and Natsu were affiliated. This would give Zeref an edge, everyone was gone now except for Zeref, and even though Natsu had died in the village attack it was Zeref that reanimated his life. It was this knowledge the mage planned to use to request Igneel to raise his little brother as a dragon slayer.
Zeref found Igneel in the forest trying to rest after the war of the Dragon King Festival, the collective wars had raged for years, now was finally time for some peace. Igneel allowed Zeref to speak with him about his plan for the future; he was intrigued by the concept but was not sure it would work.
Igneel had no problem training another slayer; having trained several over the past hundred years. A three-year-old human child however was out of the question. Zeref was prepared for Igneel's rejection; the dark mage took this moment to show the dragon king the demon which lied dormant within Natsu. The only thing keeping him sealed beneath the surface was the spell contained within the book of END. By sealing away the demon, the toddler Natsu would now have a chance to be a child free from the wars and to be with a teacher/father that would protect him with his life.
Zeref also reminded him that as a Dragneel, Igneel was honor bound to protect the family line, so the name could live on. Igneel found himself held captive by his own sense of honor, understanding it would do no good to have a demon Natsu running amuck, Igneel took on the little boy as his son.
Igneel was solid in his resolve taking Natsu as his prodigy, the dragon then selected four of the strongest and wisest from the dragons and instructed them to take on a student to train for the next several years. Each child had to be an orphan, which after the war, sadly enough was easy to obtain. The children could not be older than five years in age. Zeref was pleased with Igneel's choices, he then advised the Dragon he was going to speak with the Celestial mage Anna about the next part of his plan. He would reconvene once his meeting with the mage was complete.
Igneel nodded in agreeance as he watched Zeref depart his lands. The dragon genuinely cared for the young man, even though he was known to be a cursed mage; it could not change the fact he saw the softer side of Zeref. Igneel did not agree, with Zeref making Natsu a demon nor using his surname to evoke emotions from the dragon, to get his way. However, Igneel felt a need to protect the Dragneel boys as he had known their father, the man had been a strong capable dragon slayer who loved his family, Igneel knew he would have never wanted this life for his sons.
It had been ages ago when the village was decimated, Igneel was on the other side of the continent attending to other royal issues, when death came to collect those he protected. Igneel had never forgiven himself for not being there, and when he was advised there was a survivor he sent the scholars to collect the boy, to give him a chance to learn, and hopefully have some type of future. Little did the dragon know how twisted Zeref's grasp on morality was, even as a young child Zeref was fascinated with life and death. The mage felt that the gods were trying to hold mankind down with the threat of death but if he could over come death then he would surpass even the creator.
Igneel could sense the darkness in Zeref; it laid in wait just under the surface like a viper waiting for the perfect moment to strike. So, unbeknown to the mage the dragon decided there would need to be an alternate plan, but what would work was the question.
Igneel had been very specific in his selection of dragons, each possessed a ancient magic ability, the capability to transform their bodies to a human form for a period, this would come in handy when needing to get supplies and moving the children from place to place.
There were only a select few who knew this magic even existed and it needed to stay that way. As for the Celestial mage Anna Heartfilia, Igneel had met her at the last battle and had grown fond of the mage. For a human he found her to be an enigma amongst the other mages, she was incredibly intelligent and was not easily intimidated by the human male mages who seemed to believe she was nothing more than simply a lovely face. The young Celestial mage had proven herself to be quite the adversary to Acnologia, gaining the attention of many of the magic community especially that of Zeref.
Igneel sent word and made sure Anna was aware of Zeref's plan. She agreed to assist Igneel but only if he had a back-up plan, he laughed to himself Anna was proving herself to be like him in many ways. She was always thinking ahead, Igneel figured the Celestial mage may have already started on a plan of her own.
Anna was astute when speaking on Zeref. She saw the mage was teetering on the edge; Zeref did not deal well with loss and could not except, sometimes that bad things just happen. Those type of people tend to be selfish and self-destructive with a warped sense of reality. Worse yet, it was rumored that Zeref was immortal; if true, time itself could play havoc on one's soul. In the few times, she had met the dark mage, she would always get a cold unnerving feeling lying under the surface, he seemed to be a little too intrigued in her. Zeref had the mind of a master mage, however that darkness which shrouded his soul, could bring about the end of everything they held dear.
She was now armed with the knowledge of what Zeref wanted; he needed her assistance to help the dragons and dragon slayers pass through Zeref's Eclipse gate. Anna's Celestial magic allowed her to open doors to other realms; she would be sending the party to a point in time where the levels of magic had grown enough to give a rebirth to the land, and where mages magic would grow exponentially.
To do this Anna would have to issue a blood oath mandate essentially cursing her family line, to take on the burden of the caring for the gate until the date it had enough power to open for the dragons and the slayers to pass through to the future.
If Anna was going to tie her family to this legacy, she decided she would also send a child through time to be there if things were to go wrong. Anna felt in the pit of her stomach death and destruction would be the final result of Zeref's plan, even if the original plan had the best intentions for the future.
She would just have to convince Igneel this would be the best option for their back-up plan. Even though the thought of it seemed too cruel to think about, a child that would be created to take on the darkness.
Anna however, would not use an orphan to take on this responsibility. She would take on this sin, and give birth to a child knowing, she was sending them forward to deal with Acnologia and more than likely Zeref. To accomplish this Anna decided, since she was pulled into because of Igneel; she would require the dragons help. Anna would have to be extremely careful going forward not wanting Zeref to discover her plan and the best way to hide it was in plain sight.
Anna knew what she needed to do, she departed immediately passing over to meet the Fates, as the mage enter the dwelling she was caught off guard as the ladies were anxiously awaiting her visit. No time was wasted as the Fates dove explaining her fate. As the Celestial mage emerged from her conference, all Anna could think was, 'Igneel is gonna kill me for this'…
I'm clean-up on the chapters I have so far as I have found I was not happy with the flow in parts. There were flow issues at times also there was small hints that have been added to help with the plot...
Lodemai
