This is a new idea that came into my head, that I am excited to write. I hope you guys enjoy! I will attempt to make the chapters long, as I am excited to make it, I haven't found any story like this in my searches, so I hope you all like the idea!

Full Summary:

In the battle against Acnologia, Natsu's brash and violent actions cause him to make a dangerous mistake, and lose a vital part of himself. Lost and trapped in what seems like eternal darkness, he must adapt to new abilities and learn to fight again, to protect what he has left, and what is destined to return to him in due time.

Rating:

T+ [May Change]

Disclaimer:

I do not own Fairy Tail, if I did Natsu would have turned back into E.N.D by now :3

Also huge thank you to Digemsmack for being my beta for this story!

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Natsu felt panic swirling in his mind, mixed with rage and fatigue. Above him, shadowing the sun, was the King of Dragons.. Acnologia.. The world seemed silent, but in reality it wasn't. The Fairy Tail members were yelling in terror, as Gramps was trying to get them to go back. He could feel his heart pounding, the blood rushing in his ears. However, he didn't move. The fear in his body was being smothered by the angry flames inside of him, the sight of several of his injured guild members, his nakama, lying on the ground in pain. Nobody could get away with hurting them, not even the Apocalypse Dragon.

"You... You.." Natsu stuttered out, before yelling, "YOU BASTARD!" The dragon looked towards the bandaged dragon slayer, something akin to amusement in his dangerous eyes. Marakov turned, looking at Natsu with wide eyes. "Natsu what are you doi-" Natsu's fists started to crackle and smoke, making Marakov's speech come to a halt. "You can hurt me, you can kill me, you can do whatever you want to me. But.. NO ONE HURTS MY NAKAMA!" Natsu's body suddenly erupted in flames, as he ran forward. Erza's eyes widened. "Natsu! You idiot! Stop!" She yelled loudly, reaching out to try and grab him, only to yank it back as her gauntlet suddenly melted off. She stared down at it, eyes widening as she realized just how angry the salmon haired teen was.

Natsu ignored the panicked yells, the amused snorts of Acnologia, as he let out an enraged roar, leaping into the air, only to fumble at the sight of a blue light emanating from him mouth. Natsu growled, and yelled,"Fire Dragons Roar!" The large blue blast met his right away, but he was quickly overpowered, his fire dissipated, and his eyes widened, his mind panicking. Get out of the way! Get out!- The blue light slammed into him, making Natsu scream in pain at the sudden raw power. Blood splattered from his mouth, a loud crash resonating around the island.

Happy's eyes widened, and he yelled,"Natsu!" The blue cat moved towards the crater that now held the dragon slayer, they could hear the screams of pain coming from the crater. Before he could get close, a large claw slammed down, making Happy scream and scramble backwards. Acnologia's dangerous face leered towards them, before his mouth glowed again. He swung his head towards the crater Natsu resided in, and let out another large roar. "NO!" Lucy screamed, only to watch the bluish light engulf the crater, before causing another loud explosion. All that the Tenrou Team could do was watch in horror.

The smoke cleared, the crater was covered in black ash. There was nothing at the bottom. Marakov's eyes widened. Natsu… No… "NATSU!" He yelled loudly, in horror at the realization that one of his children had just been obliterated, and he hadn't been able to- No. He hadn't even tried to stop it. He turned towards the dragon, and with an angry yell, and changed back to his titan form.

All thoughts of caution had left his mind, all he knew was that now he had to obliterate this monster. He grabbed the dragon's tail, refusing to let go. The dragon had finally removed his eyes from the crater, before turning to face Marakov with an angry yell, swinging his tail. However, the old man kept his grip.

Erza, who had tears streaming down her cheeks, growled and yanked out her sword, pointing it at the Apocalypse Dragon. Though her voice cracked a little, her command was still clear. "CHARGE!" Tenrou Team, now filled with rage, and gave angry yells as they ran forward, each giving it their all. Meanwhile a young girl watched, tears in her eyes, before she placed her hands together, closing her eyes.

"Animal Soul: Wings!"

"Solid Script: Fire!"

"Iron Dragon's Sword!"

"Ice Make: Arrows!"

"Satan Soul!"

Elfman and Bickslow charged in for physical attacks, but the dragon only seemed to be getting frustrated at their pitiful attempts that weren't even hurting it. He let out a loud roar, flapping his wings, sending all of the members flying back and crashing into rocks. Marakov instantly reverted back to his normal form from the pain. Gildarts panted in exhaustion, looking up at the dragon he faced. "This isn't working! He's just playing with us" He yelled towards the others. The black and blue dragon flew into the air, and took a large breath blue starting to form in his mouth. "He's going to try and destroy the island!" Lucy yelled in horror.

"Quick!" Erza snapped. "Make defensive measures!" Freed screamed. "Erza! I don't have time to use any runes!" he counter argued. Everyone returned to their panicked nakama, before Levy yelled, "Not all defensive magic requires runes!" The team merely looked at her with pained and confused expressions. "Focus your magic on Freed!" Levy snapped. Mirajane gasped, returning to her original form, and then she moved and grabbed Levy's hand, before hesitantly grabbing Erza's.

Soon, everyone followed in suit. Laxus hoisted up his grandfather before taking his hand, soon all of the Tenrou team was in a circle, hands held tightly, glaring up at the black dragon. "This.." Lucy hesitantly began "This is for NATSU!" Tears filled her eyes. Soon, Marakov's eyes filled with tears as well. "For him.. We promise to return home.. To Fairy Tail!" He yelled.

"TO FAIRY TAIL!" They yelled, the energy began to glow in the middle of them. Moments later, Acnologia released a loud roar, the blast flying straight towards the guild members, making them tremble. Just before it hit, the Fairy Sphere closed, saving the island from the explosion, but still creating one as the sphere gently sunk into the ocean. When the smoke cleared once more, the island was gone, Acnologia let out a proud, affirmative growl, before turning back around and flying away. The council ships nearby stood frozen for several minutes.

"I'm..." Doranbolt began, looking towards where the island had been as the council ships started to sail away, tears falling from his horrified eyes. "I'm.. I'm sorry Fairy Tail.." He placed a hand over his eyes, trying desperately to stop the tears, before turning away from the scene. Now they had to go back, and tell Fairy Tail the truth. Tenrou was gone.. The Tenrou team.. Was dead.

Elsewhere..

There was suddenly something wet and burning going up his nose. Loud coughs erupted from him, as he realized he was in water. He gave several more coughs, only to have his mouth fill with water once more. His hands frantically reached out in the dark, searching for some semblance of land. Finally, his hands felt something wet and squishy. However, he didn't care what it was, as he dug his already shaking hands further into the squishy substance, and pulled himself forwards, coming out of the water. The wind blew around him, suddenly he realized something. What.. Happened? He thought. Natsu felt a sudden dizziness overcome him, his body suddenly erupting in pain.

He felt a sudden pain in his stomach, then a gagging sensation, then he started to dry heave, until his body had upchucked all the water that had found its way into his lungs and stomach, leaving him panting in pain, one arm draped over his throbbing chest. "Ow.." He groaned, blinking several times to try and remove the water that seemed to be clutching to his eyes. It was dark, and the best he could do was move his hands up again, this time he felt the squishy substance, which by now he guessed was mud, and he clutched to it desperately, yanking himself up once more, now completely out of the water. He rolled over, now on his back and staring up in the darkness, taking several breaths as he attempted to remember what had happened.

I was.. I was on Tenrou.. And.. His eyes widened in the darkness, and he quickly sat up, gasping slightly from the pain. ACNOLOGIA! I remember now! I ran at him and he hit me.. What happened after he hit me?! Where am I now?! He stumbled, getting to his feet, feeling the cold, hard ground between his toes. Is it nighttime? Maybe Wendy patched me up and everyone is sleeping..? But then why was I in the water? He wondered, taking several hesitant steps forward, trying to feel his way around in the darkness. "Guys?" He asked loudly, "Hello?" He got nothing back. Panic started to grip at his chest. It wouldn't be this dark though could it? Where are the moon and the stars?!

"Guys!" He yelled heatedly, "If this is a joke, it's not funny anymore!" Once again, no voice answered him back. He looked around, making sure he didn't fall, as his heart started to beat louder in his ears. "Please say something!" He yelled again, his voice slightly cracking with his panic. Did Acnologia kill them?! No they wouldn't go down like that! What happened?! Why is everything so dark?! He started to move forward, looking for any sign of his companions. His panic wasn't getting any better, and it didn't help when his foot suddenly caught on something sharp, cutting his foot painfully, and he found himself falling face-first onto the hard ground. "Aarg!" He hissed as his head started spinning, then pushing himself back up.

"Maybe it would have been easier to walk if I used some fire.." He realized, "I should have enough magic for that at least." He raised his hand, pushing his magic to his palm, and lighting a fire. However, nothing got brighter; in fact it was as dark as before. Pitch black. "What the hell?" He exclaimed. "Why can't I see?!" His panic was increasing, as he rubbed his eyes with his other hand. He held the fire closer; he could feel it tickling at his nose. Why couldn't he see it?! He quickly extinguished the fire, and rubbed his eyes hard with both hands. What the hell is going on?! There was nothing covering his eyes, he had checked already! Why couldn't he see anything?!

In his despair and confusion, Natsu yelled,"Fire Dragons Roar!" He blew the smoldering flames forward and heard the sound of it hitting the ground in front of him, the sound of crumbling rocks. However he still couldn't see it. "This.. This doesn't make any sense!" He yelled, pulling at his hair and running forward, through the destruction he had made, calling out desperately. "Happy! Erza! Gray! Luce! Gramps! This isn't funny anymore! Stop mess- AH!" He yelled, until he slammed into the side of something hard, and his already injured body screamed in protest.

He fell back onto the ground, and felt his throat start to burn; he took several stuttering breaths, as tears began to fall out of his eyes, and onto the ground below. "Guys.. I-it's not f-funny anymore!" He yelled again, desperately looking for the reply he was now almost positive he would not get. "You are not dead, you can't be dead! You can't be dead! You could have stopped him! All of you were stronger than me! Don't tell me you all d-died!" He yelled into the darkness, hearing his voice echo as his sniffles increased. He placed his hands over his eyes, shutting them tightly and sobbing loudly.

This is all my fault.. He thought in his panic. If I hadn't just run at him like an idiot I could have helped out, it's all my fault! He sobbed even more, tears falling like waterfalls down his cheeks. He couldn't help the breakdown, in his pain, desperation, and confusion, he couldn't help but let his tears flow. He felt horrified, he had no knowledge of where he was and no knowledge of if his nakama were okay, and no knowledge of why he couldn't see, it was all just too much for the injured dragon slayer.

He did not know how long he just lied there in the darkness, curled up on the ground with his sadness streaming down his cheeks. His despair was still there, but his body finally ran out of tears, and he found himself gently breathing, trying to regain his breath the best he could. Once his body calmed down enough, Natsu placed his hands back on the ground, feeling around on the floor, attempting to feel his way towards anywhere that wasn't here. Where am I anyways..? He wondered, sniffling slightly to stop his running nose.

He slowly got to his feet, hissing in pain, his limbs felt weak, and his foot was in pain from the cut he had sustained, and limped forwards, trying to get somewhere, away from wherever he was now. However, his legs didn't seem to cooperate, they seemed weak, and his knees buckled, before he collapsed again. He heard his knees crack, and then he face planted once more, not able to pick himself up once more. Natsu panted in frustration, and attempted to push himself back up, his arms shaking weakly. Please.. Someone has to be around here, right? Most of Fiore is populated.. Right? He thought desperately.

Natsu didn't think he could stand up again without support, so he slowly, pushed himself up so he was on his hands and knees, and gently reaching around, until he found some type of rocky wall. He grabbed at it as much as he could, forcing himself up on weak limbs, and walking forward. How long was I in the water..? He wondered to himself, before calling out,"Hello?! Anyone there?! I need help!" His pride hissed at him for saying such a thing, but he knew he was probably not on Tenrou, hopefully whoever found him was kind.. Or he wouldn't be able to find his own way home.

He was so lost in thought; he didn't realize the ground under his feet was nonexistent until he fell. "AHH!" He yelled, crashing and rolling after several seconds of falling, tumbling and tumbling down a rocky slope, and finally skidded to a stop. His wounds seemed to have reopened, as he groaned. "Shit.. That hurt.." He growled. He whimpered, and felt like he might cry again, as he forced himself back up. Just.. Keep going.. Keep going.. He told himself, weakly limping forward. You'll find something eventually right.. Right...?

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Macao stared at the group of council members in front of them, Romeo was hugging his robes and sobbing loudly. The others were behind him, eyes wide with confusion and shock. "They.. They're dead.." Laki whispered behind them, hands going over her mouth and tears beginning to sneak out the corners of her cheeks.

Doranbolt didn't know what he could do, he didn't want to look up at his old nakama and see just how awful they were feeling. "I'm afraid so.. Acnologia he.. Blew up the whole island, it's completely gone.. Believe me, we searched.." He said. Romeo threw out a hand and snapped, "Go look again then! Natu-nii is not dead!"

"I saw the island blow up, Romeo-kun, they're dead.." He bluntly said, not wanting to drag it out longer than he had to. "Go look again!" Another voice called, revealing the angry green haired woman, Bisca. Macao finally decided to speak up, but did not move his eyes from the ground, fists clenched and shaking.

"Thank you for.. Giving us the news, Doranbolt. Now you.. Can get out." He hissed, staring at Doranbolt with anger. "You dirty traitor" The younger man reeled back in terror, at the words he didn't want to hear but knew he eventually wound hear. His eyes started to burn, but he just nodded, bowing before turning and walking out of the guild sadly, the council guards following him.

The second the doors closed, Macao had fallen to his knees, face buried in his hands, Romeo was already on the ground, sobbing loudly and often whispering Natsu's name. One by one, the rest of the Fairy Tail members slowly descended to the floor, fists clenched and sobbing, some silently while others loudly. For several hours, what was left of the guild mourned the lives of their lost nakama, wondering how they would be able to continue without them.

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It took a long while, but it was just now that Natsu started to realize how grim his situation was. It was when he started shivering, he felt.. He felt cold. It was a foreign and an unwanted feeling, and it made him realize just how much magic he had drained. His little meltdown over not being able to see probably didn't help that situation in the slightest. Things seemed to just be getting worse by the second.

It seemed like it took forever, but eventually his body finally gave out. He fell forward, managing to push his hands out and slam them against the ground, before they gave out as well. Natsu gave a resigned sigh, closing his eyes and laying his cheek against the cold stone. I guess it couldn't hurt to rest a while.. I feel so tired.. It felt good to get off of his throbbing foot, but part of his mind was yelling at him for not moving, not finding where his nakama could be, if they were really dead or not.

What's the point? A voice asked. It's not like we'd be able to fight in our condition. He nodded to the voice, and sighed once more. He felt so tired.. Should he sleep? He closed his eyes, yet despite his drowsiness, he couldn't seem to find the strength in him to rest. He was growing frustrated, more and more by the second. If he had any power left, he might have started to throw more flames in an attempt to figure out where he was. Nothing was working though, and he was content to just lie there for a while anyways.

A sudden, cold, wet thing was against the small of his back, making Natsu let out an inhuman squeak, which honestly sounded more like a kitten than a mighty dragon slayer. He looked around with his head, before forcing his hands against the ground, and struggling to push himself off the floor. "W-who is there?!" He yelled out, his voice bouncing back at him.

The cold thing was suddenly shoved in his ear, and he let out a yell before throwing his hands out at it, falling against his shoulder and smacking something fuzzy. He heard a loud squeak, and skittering against the ground. "Serves ya right!" He yelled towards the noise. He heard the movement again, and once again something touched him, but instead of a cold thing, something hit him straight in his face, sending him back onto the ground below.

"OW!" He yelled angrily, hands going to his face with a groan. "That hurt, damn it!" He growled at whatever had done that. He reached one of his hands out, the other still rubbing against his head. He finally heard movement again, and moved his hand towards it. At first, he felt nothing, but then he heard movement, and something came into contact with his hand, something very furry in between his fingers. It was the softest thing he had felt in a while, and he instantly smiled. The pink haired mage moved his hand up and down, hearing a soft cooing noise from the creature in front of him.

He let out a soft chuckle, and asked, "Does that feel good?" The creature just let out a few more noises. "I hope it does, I didn't think there was anything else.. Wherever I am.." He said offhandedly, "I dunno how long I've been down here but it's nice to know I'm not alone! It would have gotten boring very quickly!" The creature seemed to understand him, as it let out a sad chirp, before moving closer. It pressed the cold thing, which Natsu guessed was the nose, against his forehead, and Natsu felt a sudden.. Strange feeling overcome him. Natsu slowly moved his other hand off the ground, now kneeling, and placed it on the other side of the creature's snout.

The contact felt strange, as if a small thread between them was suddenly strengthened, and he felt his magic connect to this strange creature's own magic. With a surprised yelp, he yanked his hands away at the shock wave that was sent through him. "What was that?" He asked, feeling the magic pulsing through his body again.

He moved his head back up, when the creature's snout suddenly moved down, going between his legs and lifting him up. He yelped, frantically waving his hands as he slid, and realized he was on the creature's back. There was movement, and he realized that the creature must be moving him. He blinked, clutching gently to the fur and closing his unseeing eyes. He nuzzled into the fur, and closed his eyes, allowing himself to finally fall asleep.

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It didn't last as long as Natsu hoped, as he jerked awake to the sudden feeling of the cold against his bare back again. He yelped and jumped up, feeling himself hit the soft fur of his newest friend. It made a grunting noise, before something wet and slimy went across his face, making him laugh at the feeling. In a sudden act of happiness, Natsu licked the creature's nose right back, before realizing his mistake. Lucy would be screaming if she had seen it.

The creature grunted happily, before getting up and moving. Natsu blinked, and then felt something nudged into his hands. Awkwardly, he brought the object up to his nose and sniffed it. It smelt like food, so he slowly put it in his mouth, almost spitting it out when he felt it moving. But, he dealt with it, and swallowed it. It was probably a slug of some sort, but it could have been oven grease for all he cared. It felt good to even have the smallest amount of food in his belly. He looked over at the creature whom was helping him and said, "Thank you.."

It made a noise, and then he heard it start to walk away. Natsu froze, and felt fear slightly fill him. Where was it going? Was it leaving him? The pink haired mage slowly pushed himself as much as he could, on his hands and knees, and followed after the creature. He couldn't really tell where it was going after a while, he guessed they were going down some type of tunnel, as the sound started to echo, and hurt his ears. How was he supposed to follow this creature?! He whimpered for a moment, before lifting his hands, and then placing them back down. He didn't move, and allowed his new, tingling magic to go to his hands.

He could feel something, it was faint, but he could feel the movement of his new friend, and slowly followed after him. The vibrations in the floor started taking longer to get to him though, and Natsu started to worry again, before forcing his hands to push himself up, and moved to stand on his feet. "Hey!" He called, before stumbling back. He could still feel the vibrations, but now in his feet. He took off, running until he felt the vibrations from himself hit something. He instantly stopped, and started to come to a realization.

I... I'm feeling with my feet? I can tell where things are through the ground? He thought, reaching out and finding a wall in front of him. Was this that strange feeling he had gotten from Fuzzy, as he decided to name him? Did it give me magic?

His curiosity was overwhelming, so Natsu moved his feet against the ground, wincing a little at his injured foot, felt a faint movement through the ground, and moved towards it. It got stronger as he did, until he could hear the noises simply again. However, he heard the sound of something crumbling, and found that there was now a wall of rock in front of him. A collapse?! He growled, before trying to think of anything to do. He frowned again, moving his feet underneath him, across the ground, and hearing a strange noise, it sounded like moving rocks.

Earth magic..? He thought curiously, before thinking of anything he could do to test his new ability. He shut his eyes tight, thinking of the ground round him before stomping his uninjured foot down, feeling a large chunk of rock coming with it, before he used his hand, pushing his hand forward harshly, but feeling the rock move with it, slamming into the wall opposite of him with a loud crash. "Whoa.." He whispered in shock, moving his hands up, and looking at them the best he could with his apparent blindness.

He felt movement behind him, and turned, reaching a hand out to feel his new friend's snout. He grinned widely, before asking, "You gave me this, didn't you?" He felt the snout in his hand move up and down, and blinked a little. Did Fuzzy know what he was saying? Natsu frowned, suddenly feeling slightly guilty. Fuzzy had given him all this help.. In however long he had been down here, and Natsu hadn't done anything for Fuzzy in return. He felt the need to train, but also the need to return the favor.

He placed his hands and feet down on the ground, closing his eyes, and then feeling around. He felt some things moving nearby, and then got up, running towards it. He skidded to a stop, before falling on his rump, the movement was in front of him, all small ones bunching together. He moved his hand down and shoved it where the movement was, and shuddered at the slimy feeling and things crawling up his hands. It wouldn't bother him as much if he knew what it was. "Fuzzy! I got you food!" He called, moving his arms up as he felt the movement, and jumped at the sudden feeling of the wet tongue, making him giggle childishly.

Fuzzy nuzzled him gently in a way of thank you, his fur tickling Natsu's chest. He smiled and hugged the snout, before saying, "It's no problem Fuzzy, you helped me too!" Natsu started to get more excited and let Fuzzy walk away, knowing he could find him later. He decided to try some movements he saw Juvia do, and lifted a hand up. The rock in front of him suddenly lifted up, he felt it brush against his cheeks, and he jumped back in shock. He placed his hand against it, before swiping it down, pulling back, and pushing his hands back against it hard. He felt it break apart in his hands, and go flying, the vibrations around him increasing, and making him jump up and down in excitement. "Awesome!" He yelled to no one in particular, pumping up his fists up in happiness.

He blinked again, seemingly thinking, before he willed the earth to push him up, a pillar bringing him up as he raised a hand to stop himself, all this seemed to be like second nature to him, possibly because Fuzzy had passed on the knowledge. He clenched his other hand into a fist to stop himself, and placed his hand against the ceiling. He felt.. No movement at all? Was there no one above ground? Where had he washed up? He frowned, placing both hands on top of the rock above him, just in case he might be missing something, but no, nothing.

Natsu frowned, before throwing both hands down, as the pillar became unstable from his anger, suddenly shattering and sending him crashing back onto the ground. Where was he?! He paced, walking in a straight line back and forth, he desperately wanted to see if his senses were just playing a trick on him, but.. He was scared. He didn't know where he was, what was up there, and despite his new found abilities, he didn't know if he could fight anybody at the moment. He sighed, forcing himself to stop his pacing, as his foot was starting to throb again.

He started to shake again, the darkness of his thoughts were finally catching up to him, and he pulled his knees up to his chest. What was everyone else doing right now? Had Tenrou gotten away? Were they dead? Were they looking for him? Was Fairy Tail okay? He shut his eyes tightly, as tears started to fall down his cheeks once more. He almost started to sob again, until he felt something wrap around him, something soft and fluffy. He looked up, hearing gentle coos, and smiled a bit.

"Sorry, Fuzzy, was I making you sad too?" He asked, patting the creature that reminded him slightly of Igneel. "I was just.." His speech was interrupted by a yawn, "Thinking of my friends, wondering what they're up to.. Guess I won't be able to find out for now.." He closed his eyes curling against his new friend, muscles relaxing and going limp. "Though, I will say I probably deserved what happened to me for being an idiot, but you gave me your power.. and.. I wanted to thank you.. Thank you so much Fuzzy.." He closed his eyes, falling asleep once more.