A/N: Alright, so it looks like I got a lot of likes for my option #3, so I'm sorry for those who don't like Harry Potter, but I think that's what this is gonna be. I'll probably keep the first 'chapter' up just in case I want to write another story or somebody else wants some ideas for a fanfic. If you ask me, I think you can create your own ideas based off of others (how else did we get different religions? Just sayin'). Anywhoooo... I'll do my best to make a nice chapter for you all! I mean it's like 3:00 am right now where I'm at but hey, if you can't sleep and want a fanfic to read, then make your own, right?

Yeah, ok, anyways, ignoring my over the top ADHD issues... onto chapter one!

Some super quick shoutouts to those who reviewed in order:

Earth Dragon Arnighte

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EclipsingParadise

GreekfanFT

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And finally, Guest (hehe ok kick me in the face pls u stupid ADHD)

So imma get started now, and for those who are unhappy with the results, oh well. Make ur own fanfic if you wanna complain. And last but not least, I'd like to point out: THIS CENTERS AROUND NATSU, NOT ANYBODY ELSE. Potter is cool, and he'll almost be like a Fairy Tail's Lucy... no offense to any Lucy fans out there, but I'm not exactly her biggest fan... (too much of an airhead for me) but please don't take offense to any of this I've just seen WAAAYY to many NaLu fics and I don't think I can do it anymore. So, sorry, but I'm afraid Natsu just ain't gonna have romance in this story. I just don't see him being that way. Alright, enough ranting! You all probably hate me rn so I'll get on with the story! Yayayayaya!!

This takes place after Tartaros arc/ end of season 8 in anime. AU ending in this tho, so not hating ok?

Chapter 1: The Beginning of the E.N.D. (see what I did there?)

Death stared him in the face. They thought they had won. Yet here he was, watching as the only father he ever knew fell to the ground, as if the earth was a pit of cooling lava swallowing him whole.

Natsu watched as Igneel was brutally slaughtered by Acnalogia.

Why? Why did this have to happen to him? His father, his teacher, the only past Natsu seemed to have left, and he was gone.

Natsu fell to his knees as Mard Geer (I think?) laughed ruthlessly at the sullen look on Natsu's face.

"Hahahahaha! Do you think that we won't win? There are hundreds of FACE's out there! Magic will be erased from existence, this continent perishing within itself! You will all fail miserably, as you already have. E.N.D. will rise again! Our guild master will be brought forth from the ashes of that pathetic dragon down there, and Zeref will fall as he has wished of-"

A flaming fist cut Mard Geer off mid-sentence, his demonic face exploding with pain as he flew across the battlefield.

Natsu stood, his fist still smoldering and outstretched, almost as if he just flawlessly pitched a baseball and won the game, though he sure didn't feel like it. His salmon hair shadowed his eyes, his mouth agape as he panted heavily. Tears still rolled down his face, but he no longer seemed to be sad.

Natsu was angry. And Mard Geer has just made the situation so much worse.

"You... you decide to insult my friends..." Natsu slowly began to walk over to the still fallen Mard Geer, "Even though some of them may have just been slain in battle by your heartless demons..." The heat in the area rose to exponential heights, as if they were standing in the sun, "And you laugh as my childhood mentor is brutally murdered in front of my very eyes..." The ground began to melt like hot sand melting into glass;

"I will kill you for everyone you and your allies slaughtered tonight."

Mard Geer was, for the very first time, frightened. He could feel the pain this so called human was radiating, Natsu's magical energy practically rolling off him in waves. Something else lay beneath that magic though, something dark, and something hateful that was seeking vengeance.

'It couldn't be... he was never released from the book, so it's impossible...' Realization slowly began to hit Mard Geer, but he couldn't finish his final though as he was lifted into the air by a strong hand, his flesh burning away as he tried to free himself of the invincible grasp of Fairy Tail's Salamander.

"M.. cy..." Mard Geer received no response. He repeated himself once more, using what little vocal chords he had left.. "Mer...cy... please..."

Natsu turned his head back to the fallen dragon, and the heat slowly died away. Mard Geer was dropped like a sack of potatoes onto the molten battlefield, his hand reaching up towards his damaged throat.

"I'm not giving you mercy. I just have a duty to fulfill for Igneel. For my dad."

Mard looked at Natsu, and thought he could barely speak, he managed to ask "What?"

Natsu turned around, cinders and ashes floating around him, "Igneel wouldn't want me to seek revenge. He would ask me to become a better person for him, and if I killed somebody, even a lowly scumbag like you, I'd be no better than what lies in front of me, now would I?" Natsu's olive-like eyes were a deep charcoal-black with the flames of death seemingly dancing around him. With that, Natsu walked away, leaving a baffled demon behind and an ice-make companion who bore witness to what had occurred.

However, just like Natsu had his goals, Gray had some of his own. Ice erupted from his hand, and the next second the demon was trapped in glowing-baby pink ice. With a final kick, Gray watched as the ice turned to glittering particles that melted into the intensely heated air. Nodding, Gray followed his fire-eating companion, who had not turned back to bear witness what occurred.

The only thing on Natsu's mind was his once-again lost father, but this time, there was no bringing Igneel back.

An average height man with black hair and Greek-styled clothes watched from above. E.N.D. had stirred in his seemingly never-ending slumber. It was almost time, but some adjustments were going to need to be made. Natsu was undoubtedly strong, but he needed a truly never ending pit of magic to truly defeat Zeref. Looking at the worn-book that Mard Geer had clutched before he took his dying breath, Zeref sighed.

"I'm sorry... Natsu... my brother..." With a wave of his hand, the book slowly began to crystallize from the bottom up. With slumped shoulders, Zeref turned his back on the demolished land, muttering under his breath, "We will meet soon... far sooner than you think..." And with that, Zeref disappeared in a swirling vortex of pure darkness.

Natsu smiled at his teammates that he saw around him. Erza, Lucy, Gray, Gramps, Laxus, Elfman, Happy, Juvia, Bixlow, Evergreen, Romeo, everybody that he hoped to see from the guild. Thankfully they didn't have to see too much of the true war zone that lay on the other half of the cube.

At least most of Natsu's family survived, and he could learn to move on.

He was enveloped into a hug surprisingly by Gajeel, and Natsu looked up at the Iron Dragon Slayer with pride for his guild. They were going to live for another day, and that meant something to them.

Just as everyone started heading towards the guild, they heard a voice yelling from the skies.

Wendy flew down with Carla holding onto her. Everyone smiled at the newcomers, only to scrunch their brows in confusion as she seemed to run right past them. Following the girl with their eyes, they saw a salmon-haired boy who could not move. His legs were stuck, some sort of crystal similar to Gray's Devil-Slayer magic enveloping his feet. Natsu swung his arms side to side, trying to free himself, but to no avail.

Everyone rushed over, their eyes-wide and filled with fear. The crystal greedily began to cover Natsu, it overtaking his calves.

"What's happening?"

"No, help him!"

"We have to get him out of this weird lacrima!"

"Don't touch it! For all we know we could get stuck in there too!"

"Who care, lets help the punk out!"

Everybody yelled as they pulled Natsu's arms and feet, trying to remove the growing rock.

Natsu couldn't do this. By the time Fairy Tail stopped pulling, the lacrima was up to his waist. He was far too heavy to pick up by now, so the only thing the guild members could do was either scream in horror or shoot at Natsu's legs with whatever spells they had.

Nothing worked.

With just his head remaining out, Natsu spoke while he could. He hurt a lot, but he had to do tell them goodbye. For everyone's sakes. "Everyone, listen up." Tears began to flow from some of the members' eyes. "I wanted to say thankyou. Thankyou for taking me in when I had nowhere to go. Thankyou for showering me, for feeding me, for befriending me. Thankyou for teaching me life lessons, and how to say please and thankyou, though you all seem to complain about how I never do." A couple light chuckles were heard amongst those crying. The lacrima has completely surrounded everything but his face, almost as if saying: finish this for them. "Most of all: thankyou for loving me. Thankyou for loving me no matter how many times I screwed up or annoyed you. I know that I'm probably gonna be leaving, maybe forever, and... and..." Natsu gave his signature grin as the lacrima closed in on his face. "Don't cry for me. Do me a favor, and Live for me. That's what Fairy Tail does! I love you all so much!" And with that, Natsu was swallowed whole by the lacrima, tears rolling down his face as he smiled, his brow crunched up in pain even though he tried to hide it.

And for many, many years, Natsu was for once in his life, alone.

Ok, ik ik this was a super depressing chapter. HOWEVER, I'm still not tired yet. It's like 4:20 right now, and you know what? I'll start on the second chapter! We'll see if I post it, but if I don't post it within an hour or two then I'll post it when I wake up (whenever that'll be). So yeah. Sorry for the feels and cliffhanger, but I promise it'll get sooo much better, ok? I'll do my best to make you all happy so let's we what happens, ok? And sorry if Natsu was a little OOC, I just wanted people to feel like he was addressing everybody, ya know? Like I said earlier, I've got super bad ADHD so I can't stay on one thing for very long. That's why you probably won't see super drawn out battle scenes in this story. I'm sorry, but I really just can't do those. They take WAAAYYY too much patience, and I just don't have it. Anyways, enough ranting and I'll see y'all later alright? Yep.

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