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My first fic for Fairy Tail... I am so not ready for this!

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My son was able to read at only ten months, write at twelve months and speak three languages at sixteen months.

I loved him with all my heart, he taught me that humans are not less than us, he taught me that magic is more than just destruction and he taught me that everything has good in it; even when it is not initially evident…

In return for these priceless lessons, I taught him everything there is too know about magic, books upon books, tomes upon tomes; each one cataloging a different branch of magic. Each one containing thousands of different spells…

Each one he mastered…

Until one day he came for me, the dragon of destruction sought me and my partner out, we fled; but I left my son on Earthland, armed with his tomes I knew he would be safe.

I needed him to be safe, or else the world would fall.

And everything my brother and I had worked for would have been for naught…

Chapter One

Dairy Entry One:

Met a group of people today, they were weird though…

There was this blonde girl, she was nice and really pretty, kinda made me fell weird in my stomach though. They others were very annoying and quite loud as well; there was a guy with an eyepatch which made him look even angrier than he acted. There was a guy who was pretty good at nature magic and stuff like that, I gave him a copy of my tome of earth to keep (I'm sure that won't bite me in the ass later) and then there was this shortish blonde guy who kept yelling about some sort of jade or mystical item.

I traveled with them for a few days before parting ways, I left them with some magic lessons and they gave me some food.

They were nice; I hope to see them again!

Dairy Entry Twelve:

People are just the worst sometimes!

I was trying to have a relaxing bath in a natural hot spring when a group of bandits come and take my satchel!

It had my diary and everything in it… even my last photo of dad.

So I killed them!

They were such whiners as well, wouldn't stop screaming so I had to take their tongues out one by one before I could have some fun with them.

I fell sick as I write this, in the act of killing I fell a dark sense of pleasure, watching them squirm beneath me as I tear them apart without any effort, yet after; I fell ill.

It's like another me comes to the front whenever I fight…

Diary Entry Fifty Six

Turns out that blonde girl was called Mavis…

Nice name!

I saw her again and she wasn't in the best of conditions, said she had some sort of curse that made everything around her die.

Didn't do much to me so I think she might have been overreacting a little…

We talked a lot about magic, I was able to make her smile a few times which (once again) made my tummy flip…

I should really get that checked out…

Apparently she made a guild called fairy tail (do fairies even have tails?) but left when she realized that she killed someone close to her by accident.

I always wanted to be in a magic guild so I asked if I could be part of her's, she said yes and gave me a guild mark on my inner left wrist.

I wish dad was here...

I told her about me and my dad, she didn't seem surprised much which was a pleasant change since most people run away in fright when they find out the truth about me.

I gave her the power to call on me in times of need, I don't know if she'll need it but you never know!

Diary Entry Fifty Seven

Mavis died today…

I don't know how I know but I can just fell her absence in the world.

It's a shame really, she had incredible potential!

I guess everyone's time comes sooner or later…

Diary Entry Seventy Three

I stopped by Fairy Tail today, I saw one eyed dude again which was nice…

Nature guy and yelling man were there along with a midget little version of yelling man who was apparently called Markarov or something equally ridiculous.

I gave them a few more magic lessons before teaching little Marky how to grow big since that was his dream (he's a short pint even by my standards!)

After that I showed them my wrist mark and eye patch took me to see the body of Mavis which he had preserved within a giant Lacrima beneath the guild hall.

I tried to use some ancient magic to revive her but none of my spells had any effect, even my forbidden sacred art techniques were completely useless.

Eye patch told me that he would keep trying and to come by again and something else about always having a home here but I kinda zoned out after the first part so I can't be sure what he actually said.

Dairy Entry Three Hundred Five

I watched the grand magic games today; it was awesome to see fairy tail back in action after vanishing for seven years…

Note to self: find out exactly what happened there.

That Flare girl was a real dirty fighter, the whole team of raven tail was off to me though.

That Celestial spirit girl's spell should have totally wiped Flare out yet it did nothing but fizzle…

Defiantly some foul play at work here…

On the bright side, Mavis has returned as a ghost and is looking… exactly the same for some reason?

Oh well!

The fight between the four dragon slayers was a little bit underwhelming but then I remember that they are not actually up to the level of their foster parents.

Natsu's sacred art technique was interesting though, very powerful and quite dangerous, I'm surprised the whole stadium is still standing.

Weisslogia and Skiadrum sure trained their boys well, just not as well as Igneel and Metalicana… hehe

Dad would be laughing in his scales if he could see this!

Diary Entry Four Hundred Eleven

It was weird seeing a dragon die…

Igneel was always awesome, he taught me a thing or two about fire magic so I know he's no pushover, yet he goes and gets himself torn apart by some spider sounding dragon thing.

It was really sad but I made contact with his soul through the Milky Way spell Grandeeney taught me and he made me promise to protect fairy tail from anything that might try to harm it.

I said I would…

Can I though?

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Twenty

Today I met a girl…

Her name is Dimaria Yesta.

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Twenty Three

Black Magic was never a big interest to me but now that I've met the Black Wizard Zeref I'm rather interested in it.

Dimaria was kind enough to introduce me to him after I overpowered her in a one on one magic battle.

I was just wondering around the forest when she attacked from above, she might as well have been moving like a snail…

Apparently she's a Spriggan working for Zeref alongside some other really powerful mages, I was curious about this Zeref fellow and that's how we met.

He reminded me a bit of Mavis; he is intelligent, kind, polite and has immense potential for magic.

He introduced me to the other 'Spriggans'…

August reminds me of Weisslogia, he's kind and slow yet his power is amazingly high.

Ajeel is funny; he likes to make jokes and is really fun to be around.

Jacob Lessio reminds me of when my dad used to tell super corny jokes, they're just so lame!

Brandish is kinda snooty but still nice once you get to know her.

I was surprised to see one of the ten wizard saints so far from home but I'm not one to question motives in life, but good gravy is Serena vain!

Bradman is very quiet, he and I had quite the talk about death magic; he's very well versed on the subject as well… He got his nickname for a reason I suppose!

I don't know much about Neinhart yet since he didn't say anything, I only got his name and then he left…

Invel is quite the chess player, not quite as good as me but still far better than eye patch ever was!

Wahl is a real wild card, crazy one moment and absolutely brilliant the next!

And then there's Dimaria…

She makes my stomach flip like Mavis did, I thought that was gone but I guess not!

Zeref offered me the chance to become a Spriggan, I thought about declining but then I remembered something dad told me before he left…

"When the time comes to embrace your destiny, you will know"

I still dunno when that's meant to happen but I might as well start embracing things when they appear.

Dimaria, Jacob, Brandish, August, Wahl, Serena and even Invel were happy about it…

So I guess there's that!

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Twenty Seven

Being a Spriggan rocks!

It's not really different from normal life, but there are some awesome perks…

Like being able to get a good night's sleep on a really comfortable bed for once.

All I have to do is go out on the occasional job with one of the other Spriggans, it usually involves persuading a guild to join Zerefs nation but sometimes we might have to fight monsters, just depends on the job really…

I gotta say though; Dimaria is pretty strong, she can cut things apart faster than I can blink, well; when I'm not using my magic to enhance my vision that is…

Ajeel sometimes goes overboard and hurts innocents but he gets the job done.

August is the best to do jobs with since he likes to talk about magic with me, I let him read over my tomes on our journeys, it makes me smile when he finds a spell he doesn't know and then asks me to teach him it…

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty

I don't know why but Zeref has to leave the castle…

As Spriggans, we don't ask where he's off too but he asks to see me before he leaves.

He asked about the mark on my wrist, I told him an old friend gave it to me. I haven't been back to fairy tail in a while, I might while he's gone though.

He seemed to be thinking something over before asking if he could tell me who gave me the mark.

I told him it was the founder of fairy tail: Mavis Vermillion.

He seemed surprised and asked what I knew of her, I told him about how she was encased beneath the guild in a Lacrima which fairy tail now call fairy heart, it's like infinite magic.

He seemed very pleased about something and then told me I could have a few weeks off, I would be informed when it was time to return.

I think I might return to fairy tail and see how it's all going…

I wonder why Zeref was so interest in Fairy Heart though.

Magnolia

The doors to the guild hall opened wide, streams of light dashed in, blinding the occupants inside.

"Close the damn doors!" growled Elfman.

"Still as manly as ever I see" said the cloaked figure that walked through the doors.

"Do we know you?" asked the new guild master: Erza Scarlet.

"I'd hope not… well, only one of you does, maybe two but he was still a baby when I met him" said the stranger as he drew back his hood.

The teen was had a soft face with dark purple eyes, very straight teeth that glinted in the light, dark violet hair that was spiked back.

"Hold up… I know you!" said Natsu with a look of remembrance on his face.

"The famous salamander, son of the fire dragon king Igneel" said the boy with a small smile on his face.

Natsu's jaw dropped as he finally recognized the boy.

"Ryan!? The tome master?!" he yelled loudly, his jaw slack with shock.

"Good to see you again Natsu… I'm sorry to hear about Igneel, the old bastard was tough, just not tough enough it seems" said Ryan as the two fist bumped.

"No kidding…" chuckled Natsu sadly.

"Wait… you know this guy Natsu?" asked Lucy as she Gray and Erza came up beside the fire wizard.

"Guys! Meet Ryan Blackworth! Probably the most badass wizard you'll ever meet, myself not included of course!" laughed Natsu.

"Pleasure to meet you all" said Ryan with a bow.

"A friend of Natsu's is a friend of ours" said Erza as she stuck out her hand.

Ryan took it and gave it a firm squeeze before shaking Gray's and Lucy's.

"You might be surprised but…" Ryan trailed off as he rolled up his sleeve and showed the hall his guild mark, still looking as fresh as the day he had been given it.

"Master. Blackworth, glad to see you could take the time to see a small guild like ours"

Ryan turned to see the ghostly form of a certain blonde he had seen many a time.

"First Master Vermillion, the honor is all mine" said Ryan as he got down onto one knee and bowed to the ever young girl.

She giggled softly before putting a ghostly hand on his shoulder.

"None of that you book worm, where's the dorky little boy I met all those years ago" she asked quietly as he stood up again.

"He died… you already know this Mavis" said Ryan before turning away from her.

"So what brings you too Fairy Tail Ryan?" asked Mira as he sat down next to Cana at the bar.

"I was given a few weeks off from work so I decided to come and see my guild" said Ryan as he downed a mug of ale in a speed that put the guild drunk to shame.

"Well, to be in a guild you have to do jobs and the like" said Erza with crossed arms.

A large sack of jewels hit the bar counter startling Mira and Erza alike.

"Should two hundred thousand cover it? I can double it? Even triple it if you want, money is no object to me" said Ryan smoothly as he downed another drink.

"I was just joking" said Erza with a smile.

"Oh well, keep the money… it's nothing but change too me" said Ryan as he gave Mira the sack.

"Thank you very much" said the snow haired bartender.

"Alright Blackworth! You and me! Right here! Right now!" roared Natsu.

Ryan looked over his shoulder and clicked his neck.

"Sure why not… haven't had a good scrap in a while" said the violet haired wizard with a yawn.

The two wizards squared off with one another in the middle of the hall, both were smirking at the other.

"I ain't gonna go easy on you Natsu" said Ryan as he cracked his gloved knuckles.

"Took the words out of my mouth" laughed Natsu.

Silence filled the room.

"Tome of Water: Water Nebula!" yelled Ryan as a book appeared in his hands, he stuck out his left hand and a jet of water exploded towards Natsu.

The fire wizard barely managed to dodge it before lunging at Ryan.

"Iron fist of the fire dragon!" roared Natsu as he swung his right fist at the book keepers head.

"Tome of Protection: Aegis Shield" said Ryan quickly.

Natsu's punch hit a solid wall of magic before the wall faded and Ryan followed up with a spin kick to the face, sending the dragon slayer flying across the room.

"Fire Dragon Roar!"

A jet of flames erupted towards Ryan.

"Tome of Ice: Ice Make, Shield!"

A solid blue shield appeared in front of Ryan and the flames harmlessly evaporated it.

"What the?" said Gray in surprise.

Ryan winked at him before turning back to face his opponent.

"Gotta say, you're every bit as awesome as Igneel says you are" said Natsu as he caught his breath.

"You as well…" said Ryan with a nod.

"Well then, time to go all out! I don't plan on backing down so get ready!" yelled Natsu.

"Oh I'm very ready!" laughed Ryan as he took a deep breath.

"Lightning Fire Dragon Mode!" screamed Natsu as his frame was covered in fire and lightning.

"Well damn…" whispered Ryan, he was more than impressed with this form.

"Is this really the best thing for them to be doing inside the recently rebuilt guild hall?" asked Lucy to Erza; she was quickly shushed since they were all watching the battle.

"DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: CRIMSON LOTUS EXPLODING LIGHTNING BLADE!"

"Tome of Fusion Protection: Requip Fusion, Flame Emperor and Lightning Emperor Armor!"

Ryan glowed brightly before being encased in a fusion of two sets of armor.

The ball of energy struck its target head on and the room was blinded by the flash it gave off.

"Not bad salamander, but you've still got a ways to go before you can beat me" said Ryan as he appeared beside Natsu who was utterly exhausted from having unleashed a secret art technique.

"Oh come on!" he yelled as he rolled forward.

"Tome of Destruction: Explosion Runes!" Ryan flicked his fingers around the room for a moment before Natsu was suddenly blasted around the hall, runes appearing before he hit any surfaces, blasting him into another and another before finally ended up in a smoking pile in the middle of the hall.

"Winner! Ryan Blackworth!" yelled Happy loudly.

"Th… that was a draw at best" spat Natsu before grinning like an idiot.

"You're pretty awesome Natsu, Igneel taught you well" said Ryan as he offered his hand to the wizard.

"Still not awesome enough, anyone who says books are lame obviously haven't met you" groaned Natsu as he rubbed his ribs.

Ryan chuckled before he was confronted by both Gray and Erza.

"Where did you learn Ice make magic?" asked Gray.

"Where did you get those requips from?" asked Erza.

"It's my unique type of magic, an automatic magic buff I have on me. Whenever I see a spell used, I automatically catalogue it and store it within a tome which is sealed within another dimension, I can call upon those tomes at any time and use any spell I've seen before" explained Ryan as he summoned a tome to himself.

"See here, it's the tome of protection. It contains your requips Erza, Freed's Jutsu Shiki and a few others I've collected over the years" said Ryan as he flicked through the pages.

Levy's eyes lit up and she shoved Gray out of the way.

"Oh! Do you have any I would like?" asked the blue haired girl excitedly.

Ryan thought for a moment before looking at her intensely.

"Writing magic is not very common… but; I should have a tome or three in here somewhere" muttered Ryan as a small portal opened up in midair.

He reached his arm in and stayed there for a few moments before pulling out three tomes.

"Tome of Creation, Tome of Focus and Tome of Combat" said Ryan as he gently handed the three books to the girl.

"Thank you!" she screamed as she hugged him and then ran off.

"Oh wait… Nevermind, she'll get it eventually" muttered Ryan as he turned back to the other guild members.

"So how long will you be staying?" asked Erza curiously.

"Dunno, maybe a week or so… say; where's old Marky?" asked Ryan as he glanced around the hall.

"Who?" asked Natsu in confusion.

"Markarov… he hasn't died has he!" yelled Ryan in surprise.

"No! He hasn't died… I think, he's been gone for just over a year, he disbanded fairy tail a year back and we haven't seen him since" explained Lucy sadly.

"Oh… that's too bad! I know! I could try finding him for you" offered the wizard.

"Really?" asked Gray skeptically.

"It might not work but if he's in Ishgar, I will find his general location" explained Ryan.

"Excellent" stated Erza.

"Alright then… I need a certain spell; where is it!?" growled Ryan as he rummaged through his collection for a specific tome, "Got it!"

"Ryan! Your books are in another language! I can't read them!" cried Levy as she burst back into the hall.

A tome landed in her hands labelled: Tome of Translation.

"I invented the language so if you can decipher it you will be one of the only ones who can read my tomes" explained Ryan.

"Got it!" yelled the bookworm as she dashed off again.

"Alright… Tome of Location: Gods Eye!"

Ryan's eyes lit up as holographic view of the country appeared in the middle of the guild hall.

"Woah!" said Natsu in surprise.

"Hmm… not there, not there, not there, he doesn't seem to be in any major cities. Smaller towns are clear, he could be using some form of cloaking magic, or he's simply not in Ishgar at the moment" said Ryan as his eyes stopped glowing.

"Not biggie, we'll find him eventually; do you want something to eat?" asked Erza with a smile.

"Sure do!" said Ryan with a grin.

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty Two

It's nice to be back at Fairy Tail, everyone is so kind!

I'm not saying the Spriggans aren't good company but this place just feels a lot more like home…

Speaking of Spriggans; I thought I felt the faint trace of Dimaria's power but it was gone before I could fully lock onto it… I'll ask her about it when I get back.

I finally caught up with Mavis properly and we had a long chat about the good old days.

She still makes my stomach flip… scratch that; explode, whenever I see her.

I really need to get that checked out…

Levy has made some progress on translating my tomes, I offered her a bit of assistance and she was very grateful, that girl is incredibly intelligent.

Gajeel and Laxus wanted challenge me but I was too tired so I punched them both in the gut before Mira led me to my very own room, she refused to accept payment even though I offered her over ten thousand jewel a night.

"We're a family, family don't make family pay"

Even as I write that little quote I can't help but smile, she's so sweet, hard to believe she's an S-Class mage as well.

Anyway, I'm supposed to read to Mavis like I used to as payment so I'm writing this before she gets here.

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty Three

Trained with Erza today, she's quite the swordswoman.

Almost managed to strike me…

Not quite as good as Dimaria but certainly no pushover!

I showed Laxus how to better use his lightning to increase his natural speed, he's now even faster and more powerful… and boy can he punch!

Natsu wanted to challenge me again but I managed to redirect his attention by teaching him how to fly using his flames.

He's done it before but never for extended periods of time, he just has to learn how to not burn through his magic so quickly.

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty Four

I forgot how cute Aries is!

I don't often dabble with summoning magic and the likes but Lucy's ability to summon the zodiac celestial spirits was fascinating.

I gave her the necessary power in order to summon all of hers, Loke was a bit of a douche but Capricorn was like a well of knowledge, Gemini were so fun to play around with and Cancer gave me a shorter hair style…

I kinda like it!

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty Five

Taught Wendy how to fly today…

She's a very quick learner if I do say so myself.

A little ditzy but her heart is in the right place, with a little more training she would be able to whip Natsu's ass no problem!

She can access the dragon force at will now so that's a huge advantage; Natsu is pretty powerful however so it would be interesting to see those two brawl it out.

In return for not fighting Gajeel, I taught him a new dragon slayer secret art technique called: Titanium Scales, a more powerful version of Iron Scales.

It basically makes him indestructible; trust me, Laxus, Natsu, gray and Erza all tried and he didn't even get scratched. Plus he keeps his normal mobility so it's very useful…

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Thirty Six

Working on a new spell…

Not a lot of time to write today…

Very tired…

Diary Entry: Four Hundred Forty

Made a little bit of progress on my new spell, however I decided to bid Fairy Tail farewell for now, I've been there for a while so it was time to head off.

Everyone was sad to see me go but I told them I would pop in more often.

I gave Mavis a final parting gift…

For one hour a day she can become human, an immortal and indestructible human but she can interact with the world and fell normal senses, she won't grow or die but it was the best I could do…

Today I had my first kiss…

From a very grateful Mavis Vermillion…

A/N:

So there you go!

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This follows shortly before Fairy Tail go and rescue Markarov from the Alveraz empire in the Manga, Ryan doesn't know about Mavis and Zeref either.

This will be a project I do alongside Death at Kuoh Academy: Guess who's back? so expect updates often...

Anyway:

My name is Parradox and thanks so much for reading.

Bye!