I obviously don't own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does if I did I wouldn't be on fanfiction, I've only seen this concept once so far on this site so I guess that's where the idea for this fic really came from so I guess I'll give it a shout out its Azure Flame by Darth Erebus go check it out. Romeo will be 13 pre-Tenrou Island and 20 with the seven-year time skip in this fic

Chapter 1: Homecoming

He had made a mistake, Romeo had defeated 19 Vulcans with ease by himself but the twentieth had gotten him good across the face with a simple swipe, he had let the fact he beaten all the other Vulcans easily go to his head and he got cocky and made a mistake he had been quick to rectify his blunder and defeat the last Vulcan swiftly before it could injure him further or attempt to take him over, the wound the Vulcan had inflicted on him wasn't a serious one it would probably leave a scar but he didn't really care about that, it would serve as a good reminder to not commit the same mistake again but his dad would not be as calm once he saw his injury and add on the fact that he was already late to return home a 3 day job had turned into a 5 day one because of a snowstorm that had happened well he was on the mountain he could already hear the berating he would get once he arrived at the guild.

'It's not like I have anyone else to blame but myself' Romeo thought to himself as he made his way down the mountain, he was angry with himself for letting such a stupid mistake happen in the first place he had a bandage diagonally covering the injury the Vulcan had given him that stretched from the Corner of his left eye to the bottom of his earlobe he would have to get it checked out when he returned to the guild hall but first he would have to stop into the village at the base of the mountain to get his pay for completing the job: 65,000 Jewels was quite a sum of money for him and his dad considering Macao didn't go out on jobs as often as he used to.

Arriving into the village a bit past noon Romeo made his way to the village hall where he had met with the village leader before he started the job. He quickly found himself inside the leader's office talking to the man who was a little bit on the heavier side of things and stood at a rough 5'10" tall who was roughly the same age as his father " all twenty of the Vulcans you complained about in your request have been dealt with sir" Romeo said shaking the man's hand

" to be honest with you I had my doubts about you actually being able to finish the job but I'm glad everything went well and that it's all taken care of " the older man said a sheepish smile making its way onto his face " you can get your pay from my secretary on your way out thank you for all your help young man"

Romeo turned on his heel and threw a wave over his shoulder as he made his way through the door "no problem sir just doing my job" Romeo exclaimed as he closed the door on his way out. The kind secretary was quick to give him his reward so Romeo quickly found himself making his way back to Magnolia. The closer he got to Magnolia the more and more he noted of how vibrant the was grass was, how beautiful the birds chirping sounded, and how good the July sun felt on his skin compared to mt. Hakobe's harsh winds. he idly wondered if krov had told Natsu about that salamander he had heard about being in Harugeon. Romeo held 3 people in the highest of regards; Natsu Dragneel being one of them the other two were Macao Conbolt his own dad and Makarov Dreyar Fairy Tail's third master so he would be more than happy for Natsu if he was finally reunited with his father Igneel.

' I wonder if I should leave my things at home first or just go straight to the guild?' Romeo question in thought scratching the side of his head as Magnolia came into view his scratching accidentally tearing the bandage off his head 'hell I'm already late as it is it's not like I'm gonna be that much later I'm leaving my stuff at home first' with that Romeo was off in the direction of his house once he entered Magnolia. The wound the Vulcan had given him was starting to throb. Romeo figured that the throbbing pain would become a common occurrence for him, as annoying as it would be he still didn't mind just another reminder of his blunder on the mountain so that it wouldn't happen again. Romeo made it to his house quickly and discarded his travel items quickly he left the reward money on him thou Romeo; Since mages weren't often home as they were either away on a job or at their guild hall there homes were often the targets of robberies so Macao and Romeo made it habit to not leave anything of substantial worth in their house. He made sure to lock the door back up as he left the house before he made his way towards the Fairy Tail guild hall the path he walked down was one he had been walking as long as he could remember his mind could drift away but his feet would still take him to Fairy Tail it was home after all and nothing would change that.

The Fairy Tail guild found itself tamer than it usually was the absence of a certain Dragonslayer evident. Two men found themselves seated together at a table, mugs of beer in hand " I'm surprised you haven't left to go look for him Macao." Said a with a brown-haired man and a pointed goatee

" I would have if Master Makarov would have let me; he just said that I needed to have more faith in Romeo and I guess he's right Romeos' getting older every day I can't always be looking over his shoulder," said a man with slicked back blue hair and a prominent mustache on his face taking a long drink out of his mug

" well the geezers right you just got have faith in the brat," said a busty teenage brunette girl who was dressed in a blue bikini top and brown capri pants smiling and smacking on his back " but if your really that concerned I can use my cards to see where he's at "

"Can you please Cana "

Cana got to work quickly getting her cards out and working her magic to locate Romeo. She hadn't been at it long before Macao saw a grin come over her face " you don't have to worry Macao he's on his way here, he should be here in a couple of minutes at most "

Macao's relief was evident quickly " thank you Cana "

" it's no trouble Macao but if you really want to thank me you could buy me a couple of drinks," Cana said putting away her cards a smile on her face

" its a dea " Macao's words were cut off as the the doors to the guild opened and a short figure stepped through the threshold

' man I can already he the chiding I'm about to get' Romeo thought to himself as he made eye contact with his father 'well there's sure as hell no way I'm avoiding it now'

That's it for chapter one what are thoughts did you like it did ya hate what? Do please review id like the feedback. I'm not sure how often I'm gonna be updating this so don't expect frequent updates.