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Pairings will be apparent as the story goes on

Natsu groaned and slowly opened his eyes. He stared up at the stone ceiling before slowly sitting up. Looking around, he found himself in a damp cell and felt the cool steal of shackles on his wrist; which had chains leading off them to the wall. The light in the room was so dim that it was hard for him to see his surroundings. Natsu tried summoning his dragon flames, but there was nothing; not even a small spark of heat. Wherever he was, there was something here that was keeping his magic from working.

"Gah, what the hell?!" Natsu yelled and he tried to break the chains, pouting when they did not break. The last time he was not able to use his magic, he was on Edolas; which he was hoping he was not on now. He hated not being able to use his magic, especially now when he really needed it. There was the sound of light footfall coming from outside of his cell, and he could see the light of a torch approach the wooden door. The light seemed to pause right outside the door of his cell and a pair of green eyes looked through the small, barred window in the door. Natsu looked through the bars, meeting the gaze of the new person. "Who the hell are you and why am I here?!"

The man regarded Natsu coldly, as if he was disgusted by that fact that he was alive. "Quit your yelling, you're giving me a head. If you really want to know where you are, you're in the True Cross Organization's underground dungeon."

Natsu crossed his arms and glared at the person, not liking how the other had regarded him so coldly. He did not know why the other hated him; he did not even do anything to the other. "What's the True Cross?"

"Well I guess it doesn't matter if I tell you what it is," The man said, sneering at him. "The True Cross is a group that specializes in killing demons and people like you. That's why you're here. You and a few other people were found a while ago and are waiting to be executed for being the spawn of Satan."

Natsu narrowed his eyes a bit when he heard this. Originally, he had thought that he might just have been arrested by the Magic Council, but this seemed a lot worse than what he had been thinking. He was still not very sure about what the True Cross was, but they seemed to be the enemy; especially since it seemed that they may also be holding his friends hostage. "I didn't even do anything! And I don't even know who this Satan guy is! Now let me out of here, and tell me where my friends are!"

"Tch, yeah right. Everyone knows who Satan is, and it's clear to see from your powers, and those of your friends, that you're related to Satan." The male growled, glaring at him intensely, and Natsu was returning the glare tenfold. If anything happened to his friends, Natsu was going to do whatever it took in order to make these people pay. No one hurt his friends or made them cry and got away with it. "If you're so worried about your friends, then die first so you don't have to see them die." Natsu growled and was about to return with a comeback, but he was interrupted by a new voice.

"That will be quite enough now." A voice said and the pair of eyes that had been looking through the window turned away.

"A-ah, Mephisto sir…I-I was ordered to guard the new prisoners…" The man said, his voice full of uncertainty. Natsu blinked and moved to look through the window, curious as to what was happening outside his small cell. Luckily, the chains were long enough to let him get to the window. Outside, he could see a strange new man that was dressed up in white with a large white top hat. Natsu looked the male over, finding that he reminded him a bit of a clown, and he also smelled really strange. This whole place smelled strange to him, but the new person smelled the strangest so far.

The male, Mephisto, hummed some and glanced at Natsu. Natsu blinked and swore that the other had winked at him before looking back at the other man. "I'll handle the guard duty from here. I have something that I want to discuss with them anyways."

"Y-yes sir." The man said and Natsu saw the shadow of the other as he moved to leave the dungeon. All was quiet except for the sound of footsteps fading away into the distance. Once the man was gone, the wooden door swung open, taking Natsu by surprise. Natsu let out a startled yelp before being painfully squished between the door and the wall of his cell.

Mephisto blinked and moved the door away from the wall, letting Natsu fall down to the floor. "Hmm, sorry about that. I forgot that you were there by the door."

Natsu groaned from his place on the floor and slowly sat up, rubbing his head. He looked up at Mephisto, not trusting him. "I don't know who you are, but if you hurt my friends, I'll-"

"Stop right there." Mephisto said, cutting him off. He smiled and used magic to levitate Natsu up onto his feet. "I don't plan on hurting you, or your friends. In fact, I have a proposal for you." Mephisto moved to sit down, and a chair appeared out of nowhere just as he did. He snapped his fingers and another chair appeared behind Natsu and he was pushed down onto it. A teapot and a couple tea cups appeared in the air; the teapot soon filling each one with tea. One of the tea cups floated over to Natsu. "Want some tea? It's really good."

"Er, no thanks." Natsu shook his head. He was not much of a tea person, but if Mephisto had offered him food or fire, it would have been a different story. He looked at the other male, thinking the other was quite strange; especially since he was able to summon objects out of midair. He did not know anyone else who was able to do that. He honestly thought that Mephisto was very, very strange. "You're really strange."

Mephisto let out a small chuckle and took a sip of his tea. "Well isn't that quite rude? Especially when I was actually thinking of helping you and your friends out of here, but I guess it's to be expected."

Natsu blinked and quickly looked at him. "Eh? You can do that?!"

"But of course," Mephisto started. He placed his cup of half drunken tea on a small saucer that appeared in the air next to him, and was suspended there in midair. "Though it will definitely take some time, but I think I can pull some strings to get you out of here." Natsu nodded, thankful that there was a chance that they could all get out of there. "I'll have to take to the elders, but I think they will listen to what I tell them. You'll be set free from this place; if only with a few conditions."

"Conditions?" Natsu tilted his head, wondering what would happen if they were set free.

"We'll discuss those once the hearing is done." Mephisto snapped his fingers and the tea set disappeared. Appearing in their place, were a couple packets of instant Ramon; already prepared. "Hungry?"

"Oh yeah!" Natsu smiled and started eating the food. Natsu ate so fast, it was like he was starving or had not eaten in a very long time. "Shank shu flor she mood." He said between bites, meaning to say 'thank you for the food'. It did not take long for him to finish his Ramon before Mephisto was able to eat a third of his.

Mephisto smiled an amused smile. "Hmm, seems like I'm not the only one who loves instant Ramon."

"Oh, that's what that was called. I didn't know that, but it was good." Natsu smiled. He had been questionable about Mephisto before, but after he gave him food and offered to help him and his friends, he was sure that Mephisto was a good guy. "Thanks again!"

Mephisto sweat dropped a bit and leaned against the arm of his chair. "Well, instant Ramon does have a sort of charm to it. That's why I'm rather fond of it. Anyways, about your situation, I've been observing you and I've come to think that you may just be from another world." Natsu sweat dropped, automatically thinking of Edolas once again. He really did not like that place at all.

"Really? How can you tell?" Natsu was curious about how Mephisto could tell so easily that he was from a different world.

Mephisto hummed some, as if thinking of what to say to him. "Well, you and your friends' special abilities make you abnormal here, so the True Cross thought you were part of Satan's children, but I know you're not."

"How?"

"Because I am the second oldest of Satan's children. I go by Mephisto now, and Sir Pheles in public, but my real name is Samael."

Natsu took a moment to think about this, before looking at Mephisto, confused. "But then…aren't you the person these guys are after?!"

"Yes, though it's a terribly lot to explain. To put it simply, I work for the True Cross against my father."

Natsu nodded a bit, things starting to make more sense to him. "But then, wouldn't they listen to you if you work for them? Couldn't you just tell them that we're not Satan's children?"

"That's more difficult. Despite me working for them for 200 years, they still don't really trust me. Plus, it's hard to go against the word of the Paladin when he says people fell from the sky."

"Paladin?"

"The Paladin is the strongest person in the organization. The Paladin this time is Arthur Auguste Angel."

"Oh…" Natsu was starting to wonder if Mephisto's way of getting them out of there was more difficult than he thought. He wished that his magic worked; then at least could create an exit for them.

Mephisto smiled pleasantly and looked at Natsu. "Don't worry, I can be very persuasive when I need to." Natsu nodded a bit. He could not help but wonder how the other was planning to get the elders to let them go. Mephisto looked at his watch, which also just appeared. "Oh my, look at the time. If we want to stop you and your friends from being executed, I have to go talk to the elders now. If everything turns out for the better, you will all be set free and will learn your verdict at your hearing."

Natsu nodded, then yelped as the chair he had been sitting on disappeared from under him, causing him to fall to the floor. He let out a quiet groan and rubbed his head before glaring up at the demon king. "What did you do that for, you jerk?!"

Mephisto chuckled as he stood up, the chair behind him vanishing. "My apologies. I had just expected that you would have gotten up quickly. Well, at least you know now." Natsu just continued to glare at him. He glared at him until Mephisto stepped out of the cell, closing and locking the door behind him. Natsu leaned against the wall, sighing silently. He wondered how the others were doing and if they had received the same talk that he had. Maybe Mephisto had already talked to each of them, he would not know if he did. Natsu wondered who else was here. Maybe Lucy and the others were dragged here along with him. If that was the case, he was hoping they were alright; even Gray, even though he was annoying most of the time.

Natsu laid down on the ground, looking up at the ceiling, when his stomach growled. "Ugh, I could really use some more of that Ramon just about now." He sighed and slowly closed his eyes, soon falling into a dreamless sleep.