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Age 778

"Get away from me!" Makarov hears while strolling through the woods at night. 'That was a child!' Makarov thought as he rushed towards the direction he heard the boys voice. He started to hear screams which only worsened his fear for the child's safety. When he arrived at the area he couldn't believe his eyes there were several grown men dressed in dark robes on the ground.

'My god what happened here?' Makarov thought as he scanned the area 'These men are covered in blood and look like they belong to a dark guild. But where is that child at?'

As he continued to walk through the small clearing he finally noticed a young boy balled up crying at the edge. As he approached the child looked up in fear.

"Please no more I don't want to go back!" He yelled as he started to back up further from Makarov.

"It is ok now my boy I'm not here to hurt you." Makarov said softly. The boy started to calm down a little but never broke eye contact. "Can you tell me what happened here?"

"They were making me go through painful test with my magic. I managed to escape but they came after me." The boy said while his eyes teared up "I told them I didn't want to go back but they said I didn't have a choice."

"Go on child your safe now you can tell me." Makarov said while smiling.

"My mom always told me to fight back if I'm ever cornered like that but I was never really that good at fighting." He said while wiping away his tears. "But I don't know I snapped and blacked out. I didn't want to be hurt anymore."

"That's ok my boy your were just defending yourself." Makarov told him while offering his hand. "By the way what is your name?"

"I'm Drake a blood dragon slayer." The young boy said while looking up in fear.

"Ah that's quite the powerful magic you have there. But that's fine because at my guild we have another dragon slayer like yourself." Makarov told the boy which seemed to not only make him no longer full of fear but also made him excited.

"Really who?!" Drake said in delight.

"His name is Natsu." Makarov said with a big smile. "Would like to join Fairy Tail?"

"YES!" Drake yelled.