Welcome to The Magic Challenger! This story was based off the show Avatar: The Legend of Korra. I recommend you to check it out!

Lucky for you guys, I've planned about nine chapters ahead for this story so updating will not be a problem, unlike my other stories…T_T

Warnings: *Swearing

*Violence (not really, but I'm just being safe than sorry)

Pairings: RoWen, NaLu, and most likely more as the story progresses.

I hope you enjoy this story!


~THE MAGIC CHALLENGER~

PART I

13-year-old Romeo Conbolt trudged through the forest with a grin on his face. His mission had been a total success. Those thieves didn't even know what hit them! All it took was a few fire balls and it was over.

A fire was lit in his palm as a light in the dark forest to guide him home. He couldn't wait to tell Natsu-nii about his accomplishment! And maybe even Wendy. Would she be impressed?

To tell the truth, he had a small crush on the female Dragon Slayer. Ever since she and the others had come back from Tenrou Island, he had started noticing her more, and vice-versa.

'It's probably 'cuz I got older.' He thought, being only slightly grateful for the blank seven years they had gone through.

Waking him from his thoughts, Romeo heard shuffling in the trees above him. He dismissed it as the night winds and continued walking. Then there was another sound not too far from him. He began to quicken his pace. It wasn't until the third suspicious noise that he had the thought.

'I should get outta here…what if someone's following me?'

Thus, he put out his fire and began to run through the dim forest. Something wasn't right, and it was creeping him out. He wanted to get out of there ASAP.

And suddenly, his legs stopped. The teen was suspended into the air, his limbs slowly bending in painful ways.

"Wh-what the? !" he cried out in shock, "Let me go!"

A person flew down from one of the branches, landing skilfully on the ground. Even though their hood covered most of his head, and the darkness consumed him, Romeo could still tell that it was a man-A masked man.

"Who…" the fire mage struggled to speak, trying to gain control of his body, "Who are you? !"

'How is he doing this? !'

The man just stared with cold, silent eyes from the inside of his mask. Suddenly, Romeo was sent flying into a trees, and then into the ground several times. The said boy gasped and heavily coughed out dirt. Trickles of blood were starting to form everywhere on the boy's body.

"St…stop…! Damn…you!"

For the first time, the man spoke, "You are…Romeo Conbolt, a Rainbow Fire mage." He flicked his wrist, and the younger mage crumbled to the ground in front of him, his head tilted back to look upwards at the dark sky.

Romeo felt a surge of fear welling up from within him, and trembled. 'He knows who I am…What's he gonna do to me? !'

The man placed a gloved hand on Romeo's forehead, causing the boy's eyes to widen.

For a moment, he couldn't breathe. His body felt numb, even when he fell to the hard ground. Finally, he felt drained, as if his strength had suddenly been sapped. And maybe it was, and he just didn't know it.

The last thing Romeo heard were those shuffling sounds before blacking out.


"Romeo!" A certain pink-haired Dragon Slayer yelled, recognizing the scent of his friend, "Romeo! Are you okay?"

Natsu knelt beside him, followed shortly by Lucy, Gray, Erza and Happy.

"He's bleeding!" Lucy cried, "Natsu, get the bandages!"

Erza frowned, "He's unconscious. But I don't think he's severely injured."

"We should stop the bleeding for now and bring him to the guild." Gray proclaimed.

Happy handed Natsu the medical kit they always carried around. Natsu growled, "Who did this to him?"

As soon as the wounds were wrapped up to prevent disinfection or blood loss, Natsu slowly placed Romeo on his back, like any big brother would do.

"Happy, carry my bag, okay?"

"Aye." Happy said, glancing concernedly at the boy on his partner's back.

Slowly, Team Natsu exited the forest and headed back to Magnolia, bewildered by what happened to Romeo.


As soon as the team entered the guild, everyone panicked. Wendy showed up in front of them immediately, knowing what to do. Macao took his son to the infirmary, never leaving his side.

"What happened to him?" Wakaba asked Natsu, who shook his head.

"We just found him like that."

"I…think he was attacked," Lucy says, "The injuries couldn't have been an accident."

"Plus, they were fresh," Erza commented, "The attack was in the East Forest."

"It's a good thing that we decided to go through the East Forest." Gray sighed.

"Gray, your clothes."

"Ack!"

Makarov lowered his head in thought before hopping off the bar counter and heading to the infirmary.


Hearing the door creak open, Macao turned to see the third and sixth Master there with a stern look.

"Master…do you know what happened to my son?" the father questioned worriedly.

Sensing the tension, Wendy-who had just finished the healing process-decided to leave the two men to talk.

"I'm afraid not. Natsu doesn't know either," he replied quietly, "Macao…I hate to tell you this, but…"

The other man bit his lip, "What is it…?"

"…I don't sense any magical power from Romeo."