Chapter 1: The Fairy Tail
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In a land, far, far away, lies the kingdom of Fiore. A small, peaceful nation of 17 million and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every market place, for most, magic is merely a tool; a mundane part of everyday life. For some however, magic is an art and they've devoted their lives to its practice; these are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they place their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born and a guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future; it's name is Fairy Tail...
A blonde, 17 year old girl by the name of Lucy entered a magic items shop in the port town of Hargeon. The shop was in a state of disarray and the shelves were cluttered with dusty items that looked like they hadn't been touched since they had been placed there. She was repelled by the way the shop looked but she walked up to the shopkeeper anyway. "Hello valued customer, what can I do for you today?" The old shopkeeper asked.
"I'm looking for some powerful gate keys. Do you have any?" Lucy questioned while straightening out her blue and white top and short blue skirt.
The man looked surprised. "Sorry lady but we only have one gate key that calls upon the spirt Nikora but it's not even remotely strong."
"I've wanted that one for sooooo long. Can I see it?" She asked excitedly.
"Yes, I'll just get it for you." He scanned the cluttered shelves until he finally found it. He placed it on the counter and dusted off the silver gate key.
"Can I take a closer look at it?"
"Yes, go ahead, you can pick it up too." The shopkeeper replied.
Lucy picked up the key and felt it hum underneath her hand, meaning that there was a celestial spirt that could be summoned. "How much is it?"
"20,000 jewel."
"How much!?"
"I said 20,000 jewel."
"Can you cut me a deal?" She asked.
"Mmmmmm, fine 19,000 jewel."
"Wow your so generous." Lucy said without a shred of sincerity. She fished out the correct amount of money and placed it on the counter. She picked up the gate key and hung it on her gate key keyring before Lucy walked out of the door.
Lucy wandered aimlessly around Hargeon, while looking at nothing in particular. She window shopped for a while and eventually ran into a group of fangirls squealing, "It's Salamander!" She was somehow pushed to the centre of the crowd where a man who looked in his middle twenties stood. He had a strange black tattoo, dark purple hair and a strange looking purple cloak with black and white swirls on it. Salamander winked in Lucy's direction and she instantly had hearts in her eyes along with the rest of the girls.
"-neel, Igneel it's me!" Lucy immediately snapped out of her trance-like state while all of the other girls were still fawning over Salamander. She looked at Salamander's hands and saw two rings—one with a Purple heart on a pink background, and the other had a yellow half moon on it with a closed eye and the rest of it was dark blue. The first ring was a charm spell ring and the second was a sleep spell ring.
Lucy turned to look at the person who snapped her out of the charm spell. The person who 'saved' Lucy was a boy with pink hair who looked to be the same age as her, maybe a little older. He had a strange long open vest, baggy white pants with black sandals and he had a bedroll on his back. "Who the hell are you?" The pink haired boy questioned.
"How don't you know of the great Salamander?" His fangirls asked at the same time.
The boy sighed. "C'mon Happy, let's go." A blue cat with a green backpack that Lucy hadn't seen before popped up from his shoulder. The blue cat mewed a strange sound that sounded like 'aye!' The boy started to walk away but he was attacked by Salamander's crowd of fangirls. Lucy stood there, rooted in place by the bizarre scene of a boy getting trampled by a stampede of girls.
Lucy ran up to the boy and stuck her hand out to help him up. He muttered a thanks and accepted her hand. "Hi, thanks for barging into the crowd earlier," Lucy said, "If it wasn't for you, I would've still been under that creepy guy's charm spell."
The blue cat stood up on just his back feet and started talking, "I don't really think he intended for that to happen, he was just looking for Igneel."
Lucy turned to the peculiar cat. "Wow, I've never seen a talking cat before. That's so cool," She exclaimed.
The boy spoke up, "Happyyyy I'm hungry, let's go get something to eat." He scooped Happy up and was walking away when Lucy grabbed the back of his backpack, pulling him to an abrupt halt.
"Wait," She said, "Since you kinda helped me out back there I'll treat you to lunch... By the way, what's your name?"
"Natsu Dragneel, yours?"
"Lucy..." She awkwardly stated. "Uhhhhhhh where do you wanna have something to eat?"
"I know a perfect place, follow me!" Natsu excitedly ran down a few streets with Lucy trailing behind him, struggling to keep up with him. By the time they'd got to the diner Lucy was doubled over trying to catch her breath while Natsu hadn't even broken a sweat. Happy was pointing at Lucy and laughing hysterically until Lucy sent a glare that would send shivers up anyone's spine. The trio walked into the diner and sat down at a booth with Lucy on one side and Natsu and Happy on the other. They picked up the menu and scanned over the many dishes that were being served.
A waiter walked up to the booth and got out his notebook and asked, "What would you like to order miss?" Lucy ordered her food and drink. "And you will be having?" The waiter asked Natsu. Lucy's mouth was wide open by the time he'd finished ordering over half the menu.
After the waiter bowed and left. 'There goes all of my savings,' Lucy thought glumly. She decided to change her current line of thought and asked Natsu, "So, are you a mage?"
"Yep," He popped out the 'p', "Happy can use magic too."
"Aye."
Lucy sat up excitiedly. "What magic do you use? Are you in a mage guild?"
"Foooood!" Natsu yelled. As soon as his plates touched the table he was shovelling food in his mouth with reckless abandon and Happy was chewing on his second raw fish.
Lucy put her hands across her face to try and shield it from the food flying everywhere. "Hey guys, you can slow down, the food isn't not going anywhere." He looked up at her and slowed down his eating a little bit. Lucy started eating her meal—that was until Natsu snatched her plate off her and gulped down her food. She gaped at the tower of plates that had been formed on the other side of the table.
"Thanks for the food," Natsu called out from behind her.
"Aye, you're really nice," Happy said as they walked out of the diner.
Lucy walked out of the doors of the diner not long after Natsu and Happy. She wandered around the little port town some more and soon found herself in a well kept park. Lucy sat down at a park bench and pulled out the latest magazine from sorcerer weekly. She lost herself in reading about the new gossip of the guilds, more importantly Fairy Tail to see how to get into the amazing guild she had heard so much about. Lucy found nothing about how to sign up and voiced her thoughts, "This is so confusing. How do you even go about joining Fairy Tail?"
Suddenly the bushes on her right started to rustle and shake and Salamander walked out of the bushes like it was a normal thing. "Did I hear someone say Fairy Tail?" He asked.
"What do you want? Your charm spell won't work on me, you creep," She angrily said.
An imaginary arrow sunk into his arm with the word creep on it. "Creep?" He said in a hurt tone and then quickly recovered. "I'm not a creep, but, you know of Fairy Tail right?" Lucy nodded her head in agreement. "Well, have you ever heard of Salamander?"
Lucy's eyes widened and she pointed at him. "Your 'that' Salamander?" She asked disbelievingly.
"The one and only. I guess I would be able to put in a good word for you at the guild, but, you simply must come to the party I'm throwing on my ship tonight and please don't tell anyone about the charm spell, I just want to be the star of the party,"
Lucy saluted him. "I'll come and I won't tell a soul!" She exclaimed with hearts in her eyes.
"She's easy to manipulate," He murmured to himself. Salamander clicked his fingers and flew off in a burst of purple flames. "The ship departs at sundown, be there by then!" He yelled down from the sky."
"I got pseudo charmed again!" She said to herself angrily. "Oh well, I'm gonna get into Fairy Tail!" Lucy yelled excitedly. "I just have to be nice to that sleezbag until then," She said with a grin.
At sunset with Natsu
Natsu had been walking around the town, with Happy of course, since Lucy, the weirdo who talked too much bought him lunch. He leaned on the side of the bridge that was facing the ocean and Happy hopped onto the thick concrete rail and sat down next to Natsu. The blue sea was lit up with hues of red, pink and orange from the setting sun and the sky was indigo with streaks of yellow and pink. A pair of giggling girls ruined the peaceful moment and Natsu couldn't help but hear the pair's conversation. "Look. It's Salamanders ship." Natsu looked down at the water and could make out a boat and started gagging instantly. Happy shook his head at him and continued to listen to the two girls. "I sooooo wanted to go to his party," The first girl said.
"Who's Salamander?" The second girl asked.
"What? You don't know about him? He's that great mage that's currently in town. I heard he's from that famous guild Fairy Tail."
At those words Natsu crouched down as to get a closer look at the boat in the distance. "So, he claims to be in Fairy Tail," he said with a serious look on his face.
With Lucy
Several girls were milling around on the deck of the ship with a glass of wine or champagne. Lucy was sitting on one of the chairs with a table in the middle and Salamander was sitting opposite her. "Lucy huh?" Salamander said to Lucy, "That's such a pretty name."
"Thanks." Lucy replied. She was wearing a form fitting red dress that had straps that tied up at the back and a slit from her thigh down to the bottom of her dress which was a few centimetres above her ankles, along with a simple brown belt that had a pouch that held her gate keys. Salamander made some droplets of orange juice, since Lucy didn't want any alcohol, and suspended them in mid-air.
"Open wide and savour every flavoursome drop as it enters your mouth." He said extravagantly.
'Creepy!' She thought as she slowly opened her mouth, 'I must be strong. This is all to get into Fairy Tail.' Lucy suddenly stood up and flicked the droplets away. "What the hell do you think you're doing!? Don't get me wrong, yes I want to get into Fairy Tail but I'm not going to be your slave or something." She angrily said.
Salamanders face darkened in an instant. "You should've just taken the sleeping spell like all of the other girls. Now I'm going to have to hurt you before I ship you off to Bosco." Salamander said threateningly as his men grabbed her by the arms.
"You told me you were going to get me into Fairy Tail."
"Well, I just told you that to get you onto this slave ship." He spat. "Just stay still and let me brand you a slave first." He picked up a branding spoke that was red hot and started slowly moving it towards her arm.
The bangs from Lucy's fringe covered her eyes as she spoke. "Making defenceless girls fall in love with you and then shipping them off to Bosco. You're the worst mage alive!" She yelled as tears welled up in her eyes. She was completely defenceless now that she couldn't reach her gate keys. Salamander spotted the gate key pouch and took them out before he threw them out of a window with a sigh. "No! My gate keys!" Lucy yelled. So this is a mage of Fairy Tail, she thought bitterly to herself.
A crack could be heard above Lucy and the ceiling caved in around a familiar boy with pink hair. "Natsu," she gawked, "how did you get here?" He pointed towards the sky whilst turning green. Lucy followed his finger upwards until she saw Happy hovering above the hole with cat-sized angelic wings.
"What's going on!? Why would a brat fall from a flying cat." Salamander shouted but his questions fell on deaf ears. Natsu was being kicked and leered at because of his weird appearance. Natsu weakly tried to fend off their verbal and physical attacks but was failing miserably thanks to his motion sickness..
"Lucy, what are you doing!?" Happy shouted down to the blond.
"I was fooled! He told me I could get into Fairy Tail!... And I... Wait, did you always have wings!?" Happy swooped down and wrapped his tail around her waist and began to lift her out of the ship while saying that he'd tell her later. "What about Natsu?"
"I can't carry two people at once." Happy said.
"Oh dear." Lucy said to herself.
"I won't let you get away!" Salamander screamed. He shot a pillar of purple fire at the two in the sky but Happy swung Lucy to one side, effectively avoiding the purple fire. Happy flew higher and in the direction of the port until two of Salamander's men started shooting magic guns which Happy expertly evaded.
Happy started his decent too early to land at the port. "Lucy, listen," he said. She looked up at him. "My transformation has worn out."
"What does tha—" Happy's wings disappeared in a light blue flash and they fell into the sea below. Lucy opened her eyes just before she hit a rock. A few meters away stood a slightly higher rock that, Lucy realised, had her keys caught on it. She swam over a snatched them off the rock and grabbed Happy and kicked up to the surface. Lucy took a big gasp when she reached the surface — it was hard to swim with a dress and heels on.
She put Happy on her head and pulled off one of the gold gate keys from her key holder. She stuck it in the water and called out, "Open! Gate of the water bearer! Aquarius!" The key glowed a brilliant gold and a beautiful mermaid with a dark blue bikini top along with sky blue hair and mermaid tail and an ornate looking vase suddenly appeared.
"Woahhhhh." Happy exclaimed.
"I'm a stellar spirt mage," Lucy grinned and held up Aquarius' key, "I can use my gate keys to summon celestial spirits from another world." She turned to Aquarius. "Now, use your power to send the ship back to the coast."
"Tch. Let me tell you something. If you ever drop my key again, I will kill you." She said in an angered tone.
"I'm sorry." Lucy whispered to her angry sprit.
Aquarius swung her vase around, causing the waves to bend and grow larger before she sent them towards the port along with the ship and Lucy and Happy. The people inside the ship her thrown around a bit and Lucy and Happy weren't spared. "You didn't have to flush me along with the ship!" Lucy yelled at Aquarius.
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to get the ship. Also, don't call me for a while. I'm going on a trip with my boyfriend, and he's hot. She faded away into the celestial spirt world.
"She's so selfish!" Lucy shouted. "But I did it! Once the military get here, the girls will be safe."
"Ack, Natsu's still inside, come on Lucy, let's go get Natsu." Happy said.
Happy flew her to the door of the ship. She threw it open and shouted, "Natsu! Are you oka—" Natsu had an angered, serious and intense expression that Lucy thought was impossible for a guy who seemed so oblivious and funny. To be honest, that expression scared her a bit.
"Stupid brat... You should know better than to get on other people's ships without permission." Salamander said cockily. Natsu's face darkened as he pulled off his jacket and threw it on the floor, leaving his black vest with gold edges. "Throw him out." Salamander said to his lackeys.
Lucy put her hand on her keys, ready for a fight but Happy held his paw up. "Don't worry. Remember? Natsu is a mage too."
"Even so, don't you think I should go help him?"Lucy asked. Happy shook his head in response.
Two of Salamander's lackeys rushed Natsu. "Are you a mage of Fairy Tail?" Natsu said to Salamander.
"What about it?" Salamander said with a evil grin on his face.
"Let me get a good look at your face." Natsu said as he examined Salamander's face. Something enraged him and he looked like he was going to beat him to a pulp. "I'm Natsu from Fairy Tail!" Natsu smashed the two lackeys' heads together and they crumpled to the ground. "I've never seen you before!" Both Lucy and Salamander made surprised noises and wore shocked looks on their faces.
"That mark... He's the real thing, Bora-san."
"Idiot! Don't call me that name!" Bora yelled.
Happy took Lucy's attention away from the scene in front of her. "Bora of the prominence... He committed several thefts using magic. He was banished from a mage guild call 'Titan Nose' several years ago." Happy said.
"I don't care if you're a good person or a bastard, but I can't forgive you for using our name." Natsu said.
"Whatever. You're just a stupid, noisy brat." Bora cockily said. He sent a giant wave of purple flames towards Natsu.
"Natsu!" Lucy screamed and moved towards him...
Happy activated his wings and flew in front of Lucy. "Get back. It's dangerous."
"Awful." Natsu's voice from the flames said and then it slurped as if he was eating the flames. "Are you sure you're really a fire mage? Because I've never tasted such awful 'fire'." Natsu's figure became more human-like in appearance and Lucy became stunned as she could actually see him shoving the flames into his mouth. "Thanks for the food." He said when he finished and wiped his mouth.
"What the hell is he!?" Bora exclaimed. "He just ate my fire!"
"Fire won't work on Natsu." Happy said.
"I-I've never seen such magic." Lucy said.
"Now I've got a fire in my belly!" Steam started to come off Natsu in visible puffs. "Here I come!" Natsu sucked in and put his hands in a weird position over his mouth...
"Bora-san, I've seen this kid before. The rosy hair and the scaly looking scarf, it's gotta be him! The real..."
"Fire Dragon's... Roar!" A red magic circle appeared over his hands as he blew out fire which destroyed most of the ship and burnt Bora and his subordinates.
"... Salamander..." Lucy whispered.
"Remember it well..." Natsu drew back his flaming fist, ready to punch Bora. "This is Fairy Tail's mage!" Natsu brought his fist down on his head and punched Bora into the floor of the ship.
Lucy brought her hand up to her mouth. "Eating fire and punching with fire... Is it really magic?" Lucy asked Happy.
"Dragon's lungs spew flames, it's scales melt flames, and it's nails are dressed with flames. This is an ancient spell that converts the body to a dragon's constitution... It's originally a dragon interception magic. It's called Dragon Slayer magic. Igneel taught Natsu this." Happy answered.
"It's weird that a dragon taught someone a dragon interception magic, isn't it?"
Happy looked surprised. "But you didn't doubt it at all, huh?"
Lucy looked over at Natsu and saw that half the port was destroyed and the other half was filled with shrapnel. "That's amazing... But... He overdid it! The port is messed up!"
"Aye." Happy said.
"Don't give me an 'aye'!" Lucy said. Bora was twitching but out cold.
"What's all this ruckus?!" A voice cried out.
"The military?" Lucy said unbelievably.
Lucy suddenly felt a strong tug on right hand. Natsu was dragging her along. "Crap. Let's run!"
"Why are you taking me?!" Lucy shouted.
"You want to join Fairy Tail, right?" Natsu asked. Lucy had an excited and surprised look on her face and she nodded. "So let's go!" He gave her an impossibly wide grin.
She gave a smile of her own. "Okay!"
The military were still chasing after them, their shouts could be heard halfway across Fiore, but it seemed like it was only Natsu and Lucy running with their hands wound tightly together (and Happy flying in the background).
Natsu, Lucy and Happy were standing out the front of the Fairy Tail guild, Lucy had her pink suitcase and Natsu had his bedroll. Natsu pointed at the guild and said, "Welcome to Fairy Tail, Lucy!"
"I'm finally here!" Lucy excitedly whispered to herself.
I'm finally finished. This took me forever and a day. This is a retelling of Fairy Tail but with more NaLu moments, seriously, these two need to be together. Anyway, this is going to be very long and frustrating for me and whoever reads this. I'm a not a good writer so if you could give me some tips, that would be appreciated. Also, please review if you can.