Okay next chapter! And I like to thank you guys for liking this story since it was my first Fairy Tail story. Along with that please read, enjoy and review and hope you like the little twist in Natsu's history I made. Also my reasons for restarting from this chapter were because I reverted Mirajane's personality back to what it was before Lisanna got sent to Edolas. That way she and Erza can keep their rivalry going since obviously Natsu and Gray won't have one. Anyway enjoy!
(City of Magnolia)
It had been three days until the group consisting of Natsu, Lucy and the blue cat named Happy finally arrived at Magnolia. The three were now walking down the town's main street towards the guild. Lucy was walking behind Natsu and Happy, pulling her wheeled pink suitcase rolling behind her. As she followed behind the pink haired teen and the flying blue cat (Yes the talking cat was flying) she couldn't help but noticed the looks that people were giving Natsu as he walked by. They weren't hateful looks or anything, more like awe, respect and from young girls, lust and love.
'I figured that since he has such a reputation that he would attract people's attention now and then but I didn't think it would be this much.' Lucy thought to herself. 'Actually now that I think about it why do I feel like I heard the name Dragonix from somewhere else? And why are those girls looking at me like they're trying to burn holes into my head?' Lucy added as she noticed the jealous glares she was getting from girls near hers and Natsu's age. They looked at her in a way like she had stolen something from them…or someone.
"Well here it is." Natsu's voice said, snapping Lucy out of her thoughts. She looked up and gasped at the huge building of the Fairy Tail guild. A large version of the guild's insignia was hanging at the very center of the building. Like it was announcing to the world that it was the Fairy Tail guild, which was probably the whole point. Underneath the symbol were large bolded words "FAIRY TAIL"
Lucy was so mesmerized by the building that she had almost missed seeing Natsu walk away from the building. "Hey… a-aren't you going to go inside?" The buxom blonde asked the pink head.
"Nah I need to do something first." Natsu said when he stopped walking, turning to look at Lucy and replied to her. "Happy will take you to Lisanna to join the guild." He told the cat before walking off again, making Lucy even more confused.
"But…" She said before Happy interrupted her.
"Don't worry, Natsu always goes to visit her first before going inside. Otherwise he'd never get a chance to do it." Happy said before he led Lucy towards the front entrance of the building.
"Her?" Lucy whispered to herself before eventually following the flying blue cat with the green Fairy Tail symbol on his back through the door. As she walked through the two large doors Lucy found herself looking at a sight she never thought she see. All around her were mages, both male and female, of different ages, sizes and appearances doing all sorts of things. Most were sitting at tables talking with one another while eating and drinking or gathered around a giant wooden board that had what looked like notices pinned all over it. Others were minding their own businesses, using different kinds of magic out of boredom, arguing and other various things. It was both amazing and at the same time overwhelming for the Celestial Spirit Mage as she just stood there staring at the sight before her.
"Lisanna!" Happy cried as he flew forward towards a girl around Lucy's age. Said person was wearing a long blue dress, had short white hair, fair skin, bright blue eyes and a wide smile on her face. She was serving drinks from table to table from a tray she was carrying before Happy yelled out her name. Turning around Lisanna had just managed to catch Happy in a hug with her free right hand. It was lucky that the tray was empty otherwise there might've been spilled drinks and broken glass on the floor.
"Happy!" The white haired girl said happily as she hugged the blue cat close to her chest. "Welcome back! How was the job?" She asked as she released the blue cat.
"Aye, we got it done in a jiffy and even got an extra too from that Duke Everlue guy Natsu beat up! Also Natsu and I brought someone back who wants to join the Guild." Happy replied as he pointed towards Lucy. Said girl was still standing in place in awe of the amounts of mages in one place. Fortunately she managed to snap out of her stupor when Lisanna approached her, the tray tucked underneath her left arm with Happy flying beside her.
"Hi! I'm Lisanna Strauss. You must be the person that Happy mentioned." Lisanna said cheerfully, holding out her hand.
Lucy smiled and took the hand, shaking it. "Yes I'm Lucy. I read all about the guild and after seeing it I'm even more interested in joining."
"Great!" Lisanna said. "By the way Happy where is Natsu?" Lisanna asked when she noticed the pink haired mage was not present at the moment.
"Natsu went to go see her before coming back." Happy answered.
Lucy briefly caught a look in Lisanna's eyes, one of understanding, as well as a small smile before it disappeared. Now Lucy was very curious to know what was going around Natsu and this person he was meeting. But Lisanna soon pulled her towards the bar, having a smile at the thought of a new person joining the guild. "Okay well follow me and I'll give the guild mark." Lisanna replied as she walked towards the bar counter with Lucy following in tow and Happy flying above them. Once they reached the counter Lisanna went around and quickly pulled out a stamp with the Fairy Tail insignia on it. "What color would you like and where?" Lisanna asked Lucy.
"Pink and on my right hand please." Lucy said with an excited look in her eye as she watched Lisanna stamp the symbol on the back of her right hand and the removing it, revealing a pink colored version of the Fairy Tail symbol.
"There you go! Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Lisanna said cheerfully. "What kind of magic do you use by the way?"
"Oh I'm a Celestial Spirit Mage." Lucy replied proudly as she showed Lisanna some of her keys.
Lisanna nodded in understanding before noticing the confused look on Lucy's face. "Something wrong?" Lisanna asked.
Lucy snapped out of her thoughts, looked a little embarrassed before replying, "Well I noticed that so far you and Happy act a little serious about whom this person Natsu is meeting. I know I shouldn't really ask since I just joined but…"
"It's fine." Lisanna replied. "Since you're a member you should know about your fellow guild members. And since Natsu brought you here himself I guess I can tell you." Lisanna said. "The person Natsu is visiting is his mother, Hikari Dragneel."
Lucy blinked several times, letting the information sink in before her eyes widened and her jaw hanged open. "W-w-wait when you say Hikari Dragneel…y-you d-don't mean as in Hikari Dragneel of the Dragneel Family d-do you?" Lucy asked Lisanna who, along with Happy, nodded.
"Yes the very same. I'm not surprise you've heard of her." Lisanna said giggling at Lucy's response as she gave Happy another fish, much to the cat's delight.
"H-how could I've not have heard about her…or her family! The DragneelFamily is one of the oldest families in history. The founding member was the leader and strongest of the first generation of the Ten Wizard Saints, the ten people who discovered magic and helped guide the world into what it is today." Lucy exclaimed.
Lisanna giggled again as she gave Lucy a drink, which the blonde thanked her for. "Yep, they were also famous for their fire magic, all of them being master fire mages. Hikari-san was a member of the Ten Wizard Saints, holding the title as the 3rd strongest member and one of the four gods of Ishigar. She also got the title "The Fire Goddess" and "Strongest Female in Fiore." She is idolize and is seen as a role model by all women, showing that a female mage can be stronger then a male." Lisanna said with a voice of respect as she spoke of the woman. "In fact she use to be a member of Fairy Tail before leaving a couple of years ago. And now her son is a member and an S-class Mage too becoming one at the age of thirteen the youngest age in our guild's history. So as of now there are six S-class mages in our guild including Natsu."
Lucy nodded before something clicked in her head. "Wait you said she 'was' a member…d-does that mean…" Lucy paused, almost worried to confirm her question.
Lisanna nodded sadly, even Happy looked depressed. "It's not confirmed but according to official reports Hikari died 15 years ago under unknown circumstances. Natsu is her legitimate child, remaining member and heir to the Dragneel fortune. I think he was only three-years old at the time and probably the only person who knows what happened though he doesn't speak about it. No one blames him though or tries to find out." The white haired girl commented sadly. "Her tombstone is somewhere hidden in the forest outside the city so whenever Natsu comes back he always goes there and pay his respects to her."
Lucy could feel tears brimming at the edge of her eyes. She couldn't help but feel sorry for Natsu, to lose your mother at such an age…she couldn't even begin to imagine what he might've been going through. True she lost her mother when she was young but she still had a father, even if it was less then a stellar relationship.
After wiping the tears from her eyes Lucy looked up at Lisanna. "So was it when he was three did he join Fairy Tail…?" She asked shakily. Since there's no way someone could survive on their own at such an age. It would also make sense since if Hikari was once a member of Fairy Tail then the guild must've taken him in out of respect.
But to Lucy's surprise Lisanna shook her head. "No actually he didn't come to the guild eight years later when he was ten years old." Lisanna explained.
Lucy's eyes widened in shock at that bit of information, "T-then where was he…?"
"According to him after his mother died Natsu was taken in and raised by a dragon named Igneel who became his foster father." Lisanna said to Lucy.
"A-a-a dragon!?" Lucy exclaimed in complete and utter shock that dragons were real, let alone one took in and raised a human.
"Aye! Thanks to Igneel, Natsu can use Dragon Slayer Magic." Happy exclaimed before taking another bite out of his fish.
"Dragon Slayer Magic?" Lucy asked with a confused look on her face.
"It's a Lost Magic created to slay dragons." Lisanna explained. "There are different types of Dragon Slaying Magic and Natsu can use fire. He can use it for range techniques and surround his body, such as his hands and feet, with fire. Along with that he's immune to fire and can eat it to strengthen himself." She finished before adding with humor, "Kind of ironic that its fire given the family Natsu is descended from."
Lucy was gaping at those facts but now that she recalled, it wasn't that hard to believe. The image of seeing Natsu smack Bora's flames to the side with ease and no injuries flooded back into her mind. "Well I can believe the part about being immune to fire since I saw it but still, being raised by a dragon…" Lucy murmured the last part.
"Well Natsu said it's true. After all who else can teach Dragon Slayer Magic then a dragon?" Lisanna replied cleaning Lucy's now empty mug. "But on July 7th, X777, Igneel disappeared and left Natsu alone. Natsu was ten at the time and joined Fairy Tail, since he heard of the guild from his mother. So now Natsu usually leaves either on missions or when he hears rumors of dragon sightings, hoping it might lead him to Igneel." Lisanna explained. "Also on a side note, while his magic gave him the title "Salamander" his connection to Hikari earned him the title "Prince of Fire" and he's been also called the richest bachelor in Fiore. 20% of the letters that come to our guild are love letters and marriage proposals for Natsu rather then mission requests since he has control over his family's fortune." Lisanna explained with mirth, finding it amusing.
"A bachelor…?" Lucy said with a sweat drop. It did make sense why the girls would give him such looks when he was walking through the town. And now that she thought about it, Lucy figured why they were glaring at her is maybe because they must've thought that Lucy was dating Natsu…the thought made the blonde blush a little. Though she didn't know if it was in embarrassment or not, she didn't really want to know.
"Hey did someone say that Natsu's back?" A person asked, interrupting Mira and Lucy conversation. The person was a young man, around Lucy's age and had spiky black hair with traces of blue in it along with dark blue eyes. His skin was fair and he had a blue Fairy Tail guild symbol on his right pectoral. He had a muscular body that was quite tone, but it was ruined by the fact that he was in nothing more then his boxers, something that he didn't seem to notice.
"Gray you idiot! Put some clothes on!" A busty brown haired woman wearing a blue bikini and brown pants said to the half-naked man. She was sitting on top of a table with her posture being less then appropriate. Beside her was a barrel of beer that she had her left arm wrapped around possessively.
"Ah damn it! Hey has anyone seen my clothes?" The man named Gray asked as he began walking around the guild looking for his clothes. The brown haired woman merely rolled her eyes before drinking from the barrel.
Lucy meanwhile, was just staring at the whole thing in shock and mouth hanging open before turning back at Lisanna. "W-why was that guy wearing nothing but boxers?" She asked, completely bewildered.
Lisanna just smiled sheepishly when she saw Lucy's face. "Oh that was Gray Fullbuster, he's an Ice-Make mage…and has an odd stripping fetish. The woman is Cana Alberona who uses Card Magic and has a high tolerance for alcohol. It's normal around here really." Lisanna answered calmly.
'Normal, t-that's normal?' Lucy said to herself wondering what exactly was considered 'common' in this guild. But before she could ponder any further loud voices could be heard within the guild. Apparently Gray had knocked someone over, a large dark skinned man with white hair similar to Mira and Lisanna, in retrieving his pants. The large man got angry and shouted "Man" and threw a chair at Gray. The half-naked man dodged it and the chair crashed into some people and that led one thing to another and soon the entire room had descended into chaos with people fighting one another. Magic, chair, tables, mugs and even people were flying all over the place. The only people that weren't involved were Lucy, Happy and Lisanna.
"Oh dear here we go again?" Lisanna said with a sigh as she watched the carnage before her. Somehow she had managed to stay perfectly calm and not be hit by flying objects. Lucy and Happy however had to take cover behind the bar counter in order not to be hit.
"Is this also common!?" Lucy asked Lisanna as a chair crashed into the wall behind her, causing the Celestial Spirit Mage to flinch.
"Unfortunately" Lisanna said without a care in the world she stared at the carnage. "It won't last long since-"
Before the short white hair girl could finish a voice that was both loud and filled with power, rang through the building. "STOP IT YOU DAMN BRATS!"
Everyone paused automatically from what they were doing and looked up towards the mezzanine overlooking the room. To Lucy's disbelief and horror, a giant monster appeared looking down at the guild members. "I GO TO THE CAN FOR NO MORE THEN FIVE MINUTES AND I COME BACK TO SEE YOU IDIOTS TEARING DOWN THE GUILD! NOW QUIT IT!" The giant monster roared at everyone.
"Oh the Master is back." Lisanna said calmly as she looked up at the giant.
"M-master? That monster is the Master!?" Lucy asked in shock of such a monster being the master of the guild she just joined.
Back with the rest of the guild, the members slowly calmed down and went back to what they were doing. There were some people grumbling in annoyance of having their fight interrupted but didn't dare question the Master. With that done the giant made his ways towards the bar. By then Lisanna had gone back to cleaning empty mugs while Happy was eating his fish again. But Lucy, who had already come out of hiding behind the counter but was looking fearful as the giant approached the bar.
"WELL THEN" The giant said just as he begun to shrink quickly and before Lucy knew it in the giant's place was now an old man about the same size as her knee. He had a partially baldhead, white mustache and wore a white shirt and orange coat over it along with brown pants and black shoes. "I need a drink." The now short man said.
"Here you go Master." Lisanna said as she gave the short man a drink.
The short man took the mug happily and began drinking the beer with zeal. It was then he noticed a still stun Lucy standing there. "And who is this?" The man asked as he looked at Lucy.
"This is Lucy, a Celestial Spirit Mage. Natsu brought her to join the guild." Lisanna said happily as she introduced the blonde girl who finally snapped out of her daze.
"Nice to meet you blonde. The name is Makarov Dreyar, Guild Master of Fairy Tail!" The short man now identified as Makarov said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you too sir." Lucy said with a respectful bow.
"So Natsu brought you here?" Makarov asked. "Quite rare for him to bring anyone over…especially a girl for that matter. If Hikari-chan was still alive then she would've probably gone crazy assuming all sorts of conspiracies!" Makarov said with a loud laugh at the thought with Lisanna giggling. Lucy sweat dropped at the joke, not sure if she was being complimented or not.
"What conspiracies?" A voice behind Lucy asked.
Lucy jumped up in surprise and turned around to see Natsu standing behind her, a blank look on his face though you could see a bit of amusement in his eyes. 'I didn't even hear him approaching.' Lucy thought bewildered as she watched the pink hair man sit down at the counter.
"Welcome back Natsu. The usually I assume?" Lisanna asked cheerfully.
"Yes please." Natsu said with a yawn.
"So Natsu how was the job?" Makarov asked before taking another chug of his drink while Lisanna went to go get Natsu's drink.
"It was okay, kind of boring since that Duke guy wasn't really much of a fighter. More like a talker right Happy?" Natsu said as he looked at the blue cat, who had sat right beside the fire mage.
"Aye and he had ugly maids too!" Happy said with a loud munch on his fish.
"Happy that's not very nice." Lisanna chided the blue cat.
"Actually he's right." Natsu said. "The guy had a reversed view on beauty. He had some of the ugliest girls I've ever seen. Hell I bet if you tried to apply a job as one of his maids he wouldn't have hired you since in his view you or the other girls would've been considered "ugly" Lisanna." Natsu said ignoring the violent twitching from Lisanna's eyebrows. Though it wasn't towards Natsu really it was more like at the thought of someone calling her ugly. A dark aurora began to form around her though neither Natsu or Makarov took notice, however Lucy stepped back a bit and Happy moved a further towards the end of the counter and away from Lisanna.
Makarov soon left to go to a Guild Master gathering but Natsu continued on with his story of the mission to Lucy and Lisanna. "Anyway I managed to get a bonus for getting the job done quickly along with throwing the piece of slim in jail. Also I took this key from him too, I think he used it to summon a spirit." Natsu finished as he took out a golden key, which immediately caught Lucy's attention.
"T-that's one of the Twelve Zodiac Keys!" Said Lucy, as she got closer towards said object.
Natsu looked confused at the blonde's excitement towards the key before turning his attention towards Lisanna for answers. "Oh Lucy didn't tell you?" Lisanna asked as she prepared Natsu's drink. "She's a Celestial Spirit Mage, mages that summon spirits from keys. I believe that those golden keys are very rare since they summon the most powerful spirits." Lisanna explained.
Natsu made an "o" sound after hearing Lisanna's explanation before turning towards Lucy. "Here you can have it." Natsu said politely as he held the key out towards the blonde.
Lucy blinked in surprise. "Really? You're giving it to me?" She asked in disbelief. It was difficult beyond understanding just to acquire one of the Zodiac Keys. Sure she currently had four of them but that was because her mother handed down three of them and the fourth she had acquired just by luck…and seems that she'll get another by luck too.
"Sure I don't use that kind of magic and probably never will. If you can put it to better use then that's fine by mean. And you can consider it a 'welcome to the guild' gift." Natsu said kindly with a smile. Lucy couldn't help but blush a little at the compliment before gladly accepting the key.
Lisanna soon returned with Natsu's drink. She was carrying an iron metal mug using tongs while holding it with oven mittens. A large amount of steam was rising from the mug, showing how hot the drink was. Upon reaching where Natsu was sitting, Lisanna placed an iron stand on the counter before putting the mug on top of it. "Here you go Natsu, and it's at the right temperature you like." Lisanna said cheerfully.
"Thanks Lisanna" Natsu responded kindly before casually gripping the handle, not even effected by the heat radiating from it. He then took a good hard chug of the super hot drink and showed no signs of being bothered by the hot liquid going down his throat.
During that moment Lucy had just finished placing her newly acquired key before watching in disbelief as Natsu drank very hot liquid without a care in the world. Apparently Lisanna saw the bewildered look on Lucy's face because the white haired girl said, "As I said Natsu is immune to fire and can eat it. That also means he is resistant to super hot objects and can drink hot liquids without worrying about it burning his throat. As such he normally drinks very hot beer that's raised to a high temperature." Lisanna explained casually as she went back cleaning some empty glasses.
Lucy just nodded, grasping another yet unbelievable fact of Fairy Tail. She had the feeling that this was only the beginning of her new life as a member of Fairy Tail and for some reason felt excited about it and it brought a small smile to her face. Yes Lucy was really going to enjoy being in this guild and didn't regret it one bit.
The moment was ruined however when the front door was slammed open. Everyone looked to see a man with short spiky dark orange hair, fair skin, glasses, earrings on his left ear, wearing an open fur collared green jacket, a brown shirt under it and brown pants standing at the front entrance. He appeared to be quite attractive but it was ruined by the terrified look on his face and sweat rolling down his face and breathing heavily. The expression on his face made it look like he had seen the devil himself or something.
"Hey Loke what's got you all shaken?" Gray asked who was once again only in his boxers. And once again he did not seem to notice it.
The man called Loke was still breathing heavily before finally replying after a few seconds. "I just saw Erza! She'll be here any second!" He yelled.
And with that the guild once again fell into hysteria minus Natsu, Lucy and Lisanna. But this time it was in fear of the wrath that was Erza Scarlet the Titania.
Speaking of the next chapter it will feature Erza of course along with the beginning part of the Lullaby Arc. I made the Daybreak Arc a mission Natsu did before meeting Lucy since I wanted to get towards a scene where Natsu shows his powers and what is better then fighting a demon created by Zeref? Also Natsu rescued Macao before meeting Lucy and that will be explained in the next chapter too along with the relationship between Erza and Natsu and more details of Hikari.
In regards to the Zodiac Keys Lucy possess, she will still have the same ones as in the canon but the difference is that she will have Capricorn at the beginning instead of getting his key during the Tenrou Island Arc. So as of this chapter she has five Zodiac keys: Aquarius, Cancer, Capricorn, Taurus and now Virgo. Don't worry I've already planned who will take Zoldeo's place.
Also Natsu is 18 in this story.
Anyway review!
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