Okay this is the start of the story and it starts off a year after Lisanna's death where we catch up on wat Natsu has been doing this entire time before moving into the present of the story. Just so you know chapters will be shorter now I just did eight thousand words because I was on a roll, so chapters will be four to six thousand words in length to speed up the rate at which the story is updated and so you know because of how strong I made Natsu in this story other characters will be stronger as well mainly the bade guys but some of the good guys as well. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter and if anyone has any story suggestion for me to write they are welcome they don't have to be Fairytail they can be other anime providing I've watched them.

"I need to be stronger, I have to be stronger for Mira, Elfman the guild and for Lisanna. I can't let anything like this happen again." Natsu thought to himself as he had finally calmed down. "I need to find him in order to get stronger, Gandora is the only one who can make me stronger. This is goodbye Fairytail…for now at least." Natsu said to no-one in particular before he started to walk away towards the mountains that were in the opposite direction of Magnolia, he walked as if there was no emotion in his being each step he took seemed heavier and heavier, the more he waked the more lifeless he seemed.

That was a little over a year ago and now Fairytail are well aware of his disappearance thanks to a note he left that was discovered by Happy a few days after Lisanna's death. It explained his sudden departure and that he didn't know when he'd back, the letter also told them not to look for him as he had no intention of returning to Fairytail until he was ready to himself. But of course the members ignored his request and set out looking for him as soon as possible and to date none have succeeded in finding him.

Now one year later in the year X783 July 7th we find Natsu Dragneel on the borders of Fiore still searching for Gandora. His year of searching was not a total waste though as after 2 months of searching with no results Natsu took it upon himself to get stronger and over the last 10 months he training proved very effective. He had managed to create some new spells and had actually master two secret arts which he only ever used when in a dire situation, his training consisted of his one of his usual sessions but to the more extreme measures and fighting anything that attacked him which included dark guild wizards and powerful creatures like forest Wyverns.

All in all Natsu had gotten a lot more powerful but in his opinion not strong enough. "Dammit it's not enough, I need more power!" Natsu shouted aloud to himself after destroying a large part of a forest with his roar. It was never enough for Natsu, he was never strong enough not in his opinion anyway, unfortunately Natsu had become obsessed with gaining more power and it was becoming hard for him to find tough opponents so much so that whenever he was around people and heard rumours of incredibly strong beast he would go looking for them even if it was just rumours he needed strong opponents and that's why we are here now at the edges of Fiore where there was the supposed sitting of a black dragon that was so powerful it roar could recreate the landscape around it, no not it breath attack but its actual roar.

To say the Salamander was intrigued by the rumour of such a powerful creature was an understatement, as of recent he wanted to know how he stacked up against a dragon, he wanted to see if he could live up to his name sack even if he knew he wasn't as powerful as Gildarts, the Master or Laxus he wanted to try because in terms of power these were people he respected and if he could slay a dragon then he would be one step closer to his goal. But alas there was no black dragon here at least there was but not anymore. So naturally frustrated at this upset Natsu released his rage upon the surrounding forest.

"Dammit! Is the best I can do? Is this all I'm capable of?" He asked himself in rage planting his fist into a nearby tree. "Why? Why am I so weak, why aren't I strong enough to protect the people I care about?" Natsu asked himself again his anger subsiding turning into sorrow as he started to cry into his free arm while leaning against a tree.

A few minutes past before he calmed to see the state of the area he was in, it looked the same as anyplace after he lost his temper and recently it had been getting worse. Usually the area would be a bit torn up with some singed foliage but today had been the worst yet, the ground was even more torn up than usual so much so that it looked like a small fissure had split the area open and the trees in that surrounded him had either their leaves burnt off or had caught fire themselves. In a way it looked beautiful and enchanting, like a scene from a fairy tale. The trees that burned ablaze with the azure fire almost looked like will wisps that were guiding the way to somewhere, but it was nothing more than destruction, beautiful destruction and as much as he tried to hold back on missions while at the guild to ensure property damage wasn't an issue he still earned the such titles as emperor of destruction and master of disaster which one could view it as because if you saw what would happen after a mission you would think the village or town had been hit by a full scale disaster.

"It been over a year since I left Fairytail, I wonder should I go back or should I continue to train." Natsu thought internally pondering his choices. "If I were to leave now for Magnolia I would be back there a little over a year from now not counting using transportation. Option number two I could stay out here and continue to train, but even so I can't leave Happy by himself for God knows how long. I guess I could continue my training on my way back, knowing Fairytail they'll get themselves into trouble somehow." He debated internally, but the guilt of leaving his partner/foster son behind won out, "Guess I'm going home" Natsu said in a not overly excited tone.

While Natsu did have people he was still was friendly with at the guild he had changed again in more than one way. Yes he had become stronger but his personality was slowly creeping back to his old cold self, ever since Lisanna's death all her work that had changed him into a warmer more friendly person had been undone, his physical appearance changed as well he was now taller and more muscular than before at least "5'08" and if he could be described he looked like a smaller leaner version of Laxus. He rarely spoke to anyone and only did so to ascertain information on rumours about dragons and anything he deemed interesting but that was the height of it. Natsu then then started walking in the direction of Magnolia from what he could remember anyway, he had been all over Fiore and even a bit into the abandoned zones that were said to contain some of most powerful creatures in Earthland, so it wasn't that easy to remember which way was which.

Natsu has now set off on his return home journey it would be a long but interesting trip as he was soon to find out but the most interesting thing was how the members of Fairytail were gonna react when he returned, only time will tell whether Natsu's time of solitude had actually done him any good. As he walked into the sunset each stride still as lifeless as the last he wondered to himself "Was what I actually done for everyone else or was I running away from you…Lisanna" he thought to himself as a slight frown made its way onto his giving telling him he already knew the answer.

10 Months later

It had been ten months since Natsu set out on his journey home and it had come up to the two year mark now but he was making good time. As off right now he wasn't far from the other side of so he reckoned it would only take another month or two before he was back in Magnolia. If he was being honest he was quite excited contrary to when he set out, he wanted to get back to Fairytail to see how everyone was doing, and he actually wanted to see the stripper and tin can. But most importantly he wanted to see Mira and Elfman to see how they were dealing with the loss, it had occurred to him over the last few months that his sudden leaving after Lisanna's death might have resulted in Mira and Elfman thinking that he blamed them for her death so they were the people he would first have a talk with.

Natsu was torn from his thoughts by a high pitched scream and of course his instincts came into effect causing him to sprint faster than humanly possible. Using his heightened senses of hearing and smell he effortlessly pinpointed the source of the scream and the reason it was caused. Within a minute he found the source of the scream and before him he saw a group of men gathered around a beaten small child. The men turned around feeling the temperature sudden spike in temperature only to see a monster clad in blue fire the only the only visible thing from with the fire are a pair of glowing red predatory eyes and the obscured shape of its body.

The men quivered with fear at the sight before them, from what Natsu could tell in fit of anger they were Dark mages but he couldn't tell which guild they belonged to. The dark mages started to separate in different directions it gave Natsu a clear look at what they had done to the small child which he now saw was a young girl probably around 5-6 years old. The child was barely conscious due to the various injuries she was given, her ace was bruised and her arms were cut with droplets of blood leaking out. Her half lidded eyes almost concealed her crimson eyes while her short silver was ruffed up making it stick out in all directions.

Seeing the visible injuries present on the girl caused Natsu anger to spike and the fire that surrounded him Dance as it mimicked his emotional state. The group of men decided to make a run for it splitting off in different direction but were all halted as the fire that surround Natsu's body dispersed from it creating a ring of fire encircling everyone prevent the men from escaping. "What are you?" one of the men asked as he turned around to now get a good look at the monsters figure. They were all surprised especially the child when they saw a pink haired teen with slightly tattered clothes, white scaled scarf and blueish onyx eyes that felt as if they could stare into your very soul.

"A boy, hah your little trick had us fooled for a moment. But do you think you can beat all six of us?" Another said while laughing, most likely the leader of the group. "I don't think I can I know I can, you're gonna pay for what you've done to her." Natsu answered with conviction. "Don't try and…ugh." The man said but could not finish as a blue flaming fist made contact with his skull which made a very satisfying crunching sound.

All watched in awe especially the child, she couldn't believe that the pink haired teen closed the ten metre gap between himself and the dark mage faster than she could blink, she watched in fascination as the blue fire danced around his body leaving no burn Marks. "W-what are you?" another one of the dark mages stuttered out in fear. "What am I, I'm a Dragon and you've pissed me off!" He stated in anger making whatever souls the dark mages hade quiver at the sheer tone of his voice which resembled a feral growl.

"Azure Dragon's Spiral Fang Blade!" Natsu shouted as he pushed off the ground with tremendous speed that made him only visible as a blur, his arms coated in his azure fire as he started to spin causing flaming dagger like objects to fly off his arms striking all the men with such speed and force it sent them into an unconsciousness. The child looked in awe at the spectacle she had witnessed before her, the pink haired teen had dispersed the men with a spectacular display of fire the likes of which he has never seen.

"Are you okay? Hey u listening?" she heard the teen call snapping her out of her daze. Natsu walked up to the child and kneeled in front of her, "What happened that they were chasing you?" He asked the girl who started tearing up at the memory. "Everyone…they killed them all, mama…everyone" she said the fear and sorrow of the memory flooding her voice as she cried out. Natsu hadn't handled comforting people in a long time and so he did the only thing he could think of and pulled her into a hug.

"Everything will be okay, where's your dad maybe we can find him." Natsu said trying his best to comfort the child. "I don't know, I've never met my dad." She replied surprising Natsu, he knew what it was like to not know your father, he had Gandora but he knew that Gandora wasn't his actual father and it nagged at him why his parents left him. "I'm sorry I didn't know… but I do know how you feel because growing up I never met my parents or if I did I can't remember them." Natsu said in a low voce that sounded a little pained while saying it.

"Really? You're not making it up." The child questioned in disbelief. "Why would I make something like that up? I wish I did but it's true, I woke up one day with no memory of my past nothing except my name. I wandered aimlessly through woodland until eventually he found me." Natsu explained to the child reassuring her that he knew how she felt. "Who found you?" She questioned in curiosity as she wiped the tears from her face.

"A dragon, his name was Gandora and he raised me as his own and taught me magic. He became the father I needed and I couldn't have been happier…but those times didn't last because after a few years he disappeared without a trace. Ever since then I've been looking for him but I've never found him, so you see in a way I kind of lost my parents twice." He answered in a low tone that sounded like it was filled with pain.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean too…" "Don't worry about you didn't know by the way I'm Natsu Dragneel, what's your name?" Natsu asked her. "Mashiro…Mashiro Amori" she answered timidly. An awkward silence came between the two, it grew more and more uncomfortable until Natsu decided to break it. He stood up from his kneeling position and started looking off in the direction of before saying "So Mashiro do you have anywhere to go?" Natsu asked concerned about the girl's well-being.

"No…I have no-one left and nowhere to go." She whispered in a shaky tone. Natsu then turned to face Mashiro showing a small smile on his face, he then placed a hand on her head and started flattening out her ruffed up hair before saying "I know the perfect place for you, somewhere where you can have a family again…Fairytail." The child looked at Natsu with starry eyes at the prospect at having a family again. "So would that make you my daddy?" The child questioned in a tone of pre innocence catching Natsu off guard, he had no idea how to respond to such a question.

However Natsu understood the meaning behind the question as well as the pain in living in the world with a parent which he did for some time after Igneel's disappearance. "Well I suppose for now we could say that, but I'm sure there are more people in Fairytail who'd make a better dad than me." Natsu replied to her scratching the back of his head unsure whether he was making the right decision or not. Before he could make a compromise the child had already jumped at him and started hugging him tightly while slightly crying.

"No it has to be you, you already saved me and protected me like a dad would so it has to be you." She whispered in a happy tone. He didn't know how he would do it, sure he raised Happy but he had Lisanna and even then it was difficult but how would he do this by himself, yet there was something about her wanting him to be her father that compelled him to it. He knew the pains of not growing up without one and as sure as hell he didn't want to her to feel that pain. "Sure, why not I mean it sort of reminds me of what Gandora done for me so I guess that makes me your dad." He replied smiling as he remembered the day the royal blue scaled dragon found him as a child.

Hearing his words Mashiro leap at Natsu knocking him on his ass as he wasn't expecting it, she didn't say anything she just hugged too happy to say how she felt but it didn't matter because her actions conveyed how she felt. "Okay I'll take that as a thank you. But first things first we need to get yo some warm clothes and food before we set off for Fairytail because we have to travel over a mountain." Natsu said while pointing at , Mashiro nodded in response while smiling before taking his hand and walking away.

3 hours later

After getting her some warm clothes, food and her own set of supplies in a village a few miles away Mashiro and Natsu set off towards , while getting the supplies they sorted out some minor details like whether or not she should call him Natsu or dad. They eventually sorted it out to Mashiro calling him whatever she was most comfortable with which was of course dad, Natsu was actually quite happy with that, though he did find it a bit strange to be called that at such a young age after all he was not that long after turning 17 but still being called one gave him a warm feeling, one he hadn't felt since she died.

"Dad how long will it take us to get to Fairytail?" Mashiro asked waiting in anticipation for when she would get to meet the rest of her new family, truth be told Mashiro felt weird calling Natsu father not because she didn't know a lot about him but due to the fact she never had anyone to call dad, she grew up all those years only knowing her mother with no-one to call dad so it was a new sensation one she was unfamiliar with but one she also felt comfortable with. "If my calculation are correct then if we keep up this pace we should be there in one and half to two months." Natsu answered her truthfully when he noticed the suddenly formed thunder clouds up ahead causing him to smile.

"Dad why are you smiling?" Mashiro asked curiously while walking with her hands folded behind her head mimicking Natsu something she said she'd be doing a lot since he was so awesome. "No reason I just saw someone from Fairytail" he answered truthfully as thunderclouds didn't natural form so quickly and there was only one person he knew that could cause them too. "What where? I can't see them." Mashiro said in a surprised tone while frantically looking around. Natsu then placed his hand on her head and turned it towards the thunderclouds that resided over .

"See those clouds my friend's magic allows him to travel over large distance by turning himself into a lightning bolt, he so powerful that when he uses a lot of magic that thunderclouds will start forming immediately, his name is Laxus Dreyar and he is one of the few friends I have in the guild." Natsu said to her while grinning at the prospect of seeing how weighed up against Laxus now after his training. "Wow he sounds awesome. What did you mean few friends if everyone in Fairytail is family then aren't you all friends?" Mashiro asked thoroughly confused because the way Natsu had described Fairytail he made it sound like everyone were friends.

"Well you see that's complicated…long story short when I first joined the guild I didn't try to get along with anyone because I didn't know how to act around people, but then someone helped me and she became my first friend, thanks to her I managed to make friends with most of the core members of the guild but needless to say I didn't get along with some people even though I tried to they wanted nothing to do with me. So as the years went on I made friends with most of the guild, got to know them but that was it, because there is always that group of people that you trust most. While they consider me their friend I considered them more as acquaintances because I wasn't that close with them, I was only ever close with the core members of the guild because I wasn't much of a people person." Natsu explained before telling her that he would tell her the full story at a different time.

Mashiro giggled before saying "you're strange daddy" she said with a smile which caused the dragonslayer to smile and chuckle a little. "I suppose I am, aren't I" he replied causing the child to laugh a little harder. "Don't worry Mashiro you'll be with your new family soon and then you be able to become a member of Fairytail and learn magic just like me." Natsu said in a high spirited voice. "Does that mean I can learn dragonslayer magic like you?" She asked with optimism and slight curiosity to which Natsu asked "Why do you want to learn Dragonslayer magic?" he asked the child with an equally curious tone.

Mashiro then brought her hands up to her face and clenched them tightly into fists and her whole body started shaking which Natsu noticed. "When they attacked me and everyone…I felt…I felt so scared so well I don't know how to describe I other than scared. They took away all I had and well when I saw you use your powers to defeat them so easily I knew I wanted to be like that but I don't understand why." She explained as tears started to pool in her eyes, she may not have known the reason but Natsu did and he brought her into a hug before explaining what she felt.

"Mashiro what you felt is completely natural, for someone so young to have gone through what you have and come out of it mostly unharmed is amazing, I get it I completely understand what you're trying to say even if you don't understand it yourself. What your trying say is that you felt that you hadn't the power to do anything but you want to change that, you want to become stronger to stop anything like that ever happening again you feel guilty that you're the only one who survived but let me tell you something even though I don't know your mother I'm sure she'd be proud to know that you survived and by simply living on you are honouring everyone in your village. You understand?" Natsu said in a calm and caring manner to make Mashiro feel at ease.

"I think so" she said shakily as she wiped away her tears, "That's a girl." Natsu said in a proud tone before lifting Mashiro up onto his shoulders. "If you want to learn Dragonslayer magic I guess I could teach you although I've never heard of anyone being able to learn it without being taught by a dragon but I guess I could give it a go but you have to unlock your magical container." He said with a wise tone to his voice except he forgot that Mashiro wouldn't know what a magical container. "Magical container? Does that help me use magic?" Mashiro asked in a confused tone not knowing she was partly right.

"Well sort of, you see your right in that it helps you use magic but it works more in a sense of that being where the magic in your body is stored. In simple terms think of like a glass of water the more water there is in the glass the fuller it gets, the less water there is the closer the glass is to being empty. Your magic container acts exactly the same, the fuller you container is the more magic you can use and the stronger it is, the smaller your container is the less magic you have but you can always expand your magic container by meditating and concentrating really hard." He explained gaining a confused look from the child but couldn't see it because he was carrying her on his shoulder.

"I think I understand daddy." Mashiro replied in an unsure tone while scratching her head. "Hahaha don't worry you completely understand after we get to the guild but in the mean time I can help unlock your magical container and teach you some basic fire magic." He told her laughing slightly as she was starting to remind Natsu of himself in his younger days when he learnt the basic of Magic from Gandora before he made Natsu study so hard he would be awake three days in a row before a test on the fourth which caused him to shudder slightly at the happy yet painful memories of Gandora's teaching method. "Yeah magic I can't wait." Mashiro cheered happily which made the dragonslayer smile now thinking he could do this even if it was by himself.

2 Months later

It had been two months since Natsu had adopted Mashiro and the two had gotten really close, so much so that you wouldn't be able to tell that Mashiro was adopted because Mashiro had begged Natsu to let her change her hair colour to pink which caused slight arguments because Natsu believed that no parent would allow a six year old to dye their hair and the fact his hair wasn't pink it was salmon. But he eventually gave in when Mashiro unleashed her deadliest weapon at her disposal…the puppy dog eyes! Whenever she did this Natsu would instantly fold like a cheap suit despite his best efforts so one short stop at a small town not far from Magnolia and Natsu took her to a salon to which he knew the owner due to working circumstances and collected on a favour.

The two were now on the outskirts of Magnolia and were slowly walking through the outskirts, Mashiro's hair had grown a bit longer in the two months and it was now at shoulder length and a small fringe that came over her left eye. However the most noticeable change was that Mashiro's fringe was pink while the rest of her hair was still silver, she didn't have many physical changes like Natsu who now had a few scares on his arms but overall his appearance hadn't changed apart from his physique. They walked for at least 20 minutes before they were in front of Fairy which caused a gentle smile to spread across the dragonslayers face while a look of anticipation was spread across Mashiro's.

"Well you ready?" Natsu asked not needing to hear Mashiro say yes because he already knew what she would say because she was bouncing with excitement. Mashiro just nodded as she bounced on the spot, Natsu just took a deep breath as he walked up to the doors of the guild with Mashiro in tow before he Kicked open the doors "HEY GUYS I'M STILL ALIVE!" he shouted into guild gaining the shocked expressions from everyone present in the guild who all simultaneously yelled in surprise and disbelief…

"NNNAAATTTSSSUUU!"

Finally got the next chapter wrote man I don't know why I wrote this chapter like I did but I think it had something to do with not sleeping for a few days which led to writing this. I hope you enjoyed this chapter cause were going to get into the real thing for the next chapter which will have a time skip at some point leading up to the Edolas arc which will be slightly changed to accommodate the story. That arc should take at least 3 chapters or that's what I'm planning on. The start of the next chapter will be how the guild reacts with either Erza challenging Natsu to a fight or Natsu challenging Laxus to a fight. Until next time, remember review fav and follow