Chapter 3:

In a beautiful town known as Magnolia was the loudest, most destructive but above all else the strongest guild in the whole kingdom of Fiore.

The name of that guild was proudly written above the wooden orange gates of the building Porlyusica and Natsu stood.

''What the heck is this?'' Natsu asked skeptically. Porlyusica gave him a funny look. ''You lived under a rock or something, brat? That's Fairy tail guild you stand in front of''

Natsu shrugged ''Not under a rock but I guess that's one way to say it. Fairy tail? That sounds like a pretty stupid name to me''

Porlyusica stared at the short boy before shaking her head. And they called her weird.

Without further delay, Porlyusica threw the doors open. The size of the entrance hall was impressive but not as much as the halls of the Dovah Palace.

The number of people beating each other up in the hall was another matter entirely.

''Umm.. this some kind of fight club? I don't need a fight club'' Natsu explained as he turned to Porlyusica who ignored the boy as she yelled, catching the attention of many members.

"Where's Makarov?" Porlyusica yelled.

"Over here Porlyusica. So who's that?" the small old man asked from his spot on the bar.

''Heck if I know'' Porlyusica explained ''Found him wandering in the woods''

With that said the healer turned around and quickly marched away ''Don't bother me if you don't have to.''

There was a muttered ''Too many people around'' before she was out of hearing range.

The moment she was out of sight the guild members turned their heads toward the dragon prince who turned his head from the road toward them.

''So what is your name, my boy?'' Makarov asked the child in front of him who's face went blank as he spoke ''Natsu Souleater''

"Natsu... Souleater? That's.. umm... an interesting name you got there." Makarov concluded with a small smile under his white mustache.

"My Father gifted me with the name'' Natsu explained, his eyes looking around the room.

''Father? What were you doing in the woods then?'' a member with a cigar in his mouth asked.

"Left''

A young, blue-haired girl seemed shocked for some reason. "Uh... excuse me... Who was your father?'' she asked quietly.

A smirk cracked Natsu's face ''My father is the King of all dragons. A chaos dragon of destruction, the dragon king Acnologia''

A dead silence, unusual for this place, filled the hall following his words.

The short master palled at his words, his eyes widening. Some members seemed perfectly aware of who the boy was talking about, and they were terrified.

''Acnologia is still around?'' one member wandered quietly.

''Of course, he is. Why wouldn't he be?'' Natsu shot back as he glared at the member.

The silence stretched again. The silence that was broken by a boyish voice full of disbelief "Yeah right! Like some king of dragons would raise an asshole like you." shouted half-naked black-haired boy.

"Who are you calling an asshole, stripper?" Natsu said.

"Wanna go against me, smartypants? I will warn you-" the boy shouted back.

"Grey, be quiet! Don't patronize him. I mean if this kid was raised by Acnologia'' another member tried to silence the boy.

"So what?! You think I care? He can't just waltz in here and think he's all high and mighty because his father is a so-called dragon. I bet it's just some weakling filling his head with nonsense. I can beat him without a problem" Grey turned toward Natsu and flinched back in shock at the death glare the boy was sending him before the boy's eye twitched and he ran at the ice mage with surprising speed, his fist cocked back and before anyone could react it buried in Grey's stomach, sending the boy flying.

"Don't you dare insult Father" Natsu said quietly, but they could hear him. His eyes locked on the Grey that lied on a table not too far from the pinkhead. A shiver went down the ice mage's spine at the cold glare the dragon prince sent his way

"Grey!" yelled scarlet-haired girl not even a year older than the mage Natsu just sent flying. The girl ran towards Natsu and just when sword appeared in her hand, Makarov yelled "Erza! Stop!"

"Why master?! He just punched Grey!" Erza yelled angrily but stopped, her sword disappearing.

"And Grey started it'' Makarov answered. ''And besides, he will become our member.

"Wait, say that again'' Natsu blinked at the master who chuckled.

''You are free to stay here if you would like. I recommend you to stay here, really. We are all family here and if you don't have any it is a reason more to stay''

"What if I don't want to join? And besides, I have to find Father." Natsu explained.

"You will find him easier if you join. We have more sources and I'm sure someone would mention seeing a giant black dragon to me. And you could take on missions in order to find out more" Makarov told him.

Natsu thought about it. The old man had a point. After few more moments of thinking, he decided "Okay, I'll join but if I don't like it here I'll leave whenever I want"

"Then follow me," Makarov said with a smile.

They went to bar and Makarov took out a stamp with Fairy tail symbol on it. From the corner of his eye, he could see a redhead Requip mage moving toward Grey who was starting to get white haired kids beside her and few more further back.

Now that he looked more careful around he could tell there were a lot more children than he originally thought.

His eyes locked with a white-haired girl who was sitting at the bar a meter further from them. Her crystal blue eyes watching him curiously.

His attention was brought back to the old master when the short man spoke, holding the stamp up.

"Where and what color?" Makarov said.

"Right shoulder, blue outline, black on the inside," Natsu told him.

"Here you go," Makarov said as he stomped the stamp on Natsu's shoulder "Now you are officially a member of Fairy Tail."

Few members cheered but some still seemed guarded. Not that Natsu cared much.

With nothing better to do the pink-haired boy sat at the bar next to the white-haired, black and purple clad girl.

A barmaid smiled at him as she handed him a glass of orange juice. Natsu thanked her quietly as he looked at the brightly colored liquid in his glass unsure what to do with it considering he never saw it before and while it smelled like orange it was far too bright.

''You are pretty strong, aren't you?'' white-haired girl spoke as she jumped from the bar on the chair next to him.

''Yes'' Natsu replied but didn't seem too interested in small talk.

''My name's Mirajane Strauss but everyone here just calls me Mira'' the teen beside him introduced herself. Natsu nodded in acknowledgment not sure what else to say. 'Is she expecting me to say something? I've never really talked to people like this before. It shouldn't be that different than the conversation with dragons, right?'

Mira frowned but smiled after a second ''Not a talkative type, huh? Your name is Natsu, right?''

Natsu nodded still puzzled by the weird girl.

''You don't mind me calling you Natsu?'' Mira questioned again.

''No'' Natsu replied as he looked at the girl curiously. ''Are you a wizard?'' he tried.

Mira's smile widened ''Yup! I'm a Take-over mage! Are you a dragon slayer? Since your father was a dragon I sort of assumed you would be a dragon slayer''

Natsu looked at her somewhat surprised ''How do you know about dragon slayers?''

''Oh, the blue-haired girl you saw earlier is a dragon slayer as well. She joined barely two days ago''

Natsu's eyes widened slightly. Was she a daughter of a queen or a king?

''Wendy! Come over here! I want you two to meet!'' Mira said with a grin as the bluehead looked at them with huge brown eyes, her head turning from a girl that looked like a miniature version of Mira.

The girl quickly walked to them and looked nervously at Natsu before looking back at Mira ''Come on. Introduce yourself''

Wendy looked somewhat horrified when Natsu turned his attention to her. The pink-haired dragon slayer was somewhat troubled by that. 'Is she that horrified of me? She is a dragon slayer. It's not like I'll kill a fellow kin'

Wendy, on the other hand, was horrified for a completely different reason. 'What if I say something stupid? Why is Mira doing this? What should I say? Is he expecting me to say something? I remember Grandeeney talking about Acnologia. If he's his son than I'm surely bothering him!'

"Umm...'' Natsu opened his mouth to speak but closed them after a moment confused by a situation he was unfamiliar with.

''M-my nam-name is Wendy Marvell'' she stammered quickly.

''Come on Wendy, no need to be shy'' Mira said with a smile, the miniature version of her walking to them. ''Hey, my name's Lisanna''

Natsu stared at her for a moment before turning back to Wendy.

Lisanna looked at her own outstretched hand awkwardly before slowly retreating it.

''Let your name be carried far. The name is power'' Natsu replied after a moment deciding to give it a try. If the girl was raised by a dragon then he could talk to her as such. She would understand him if no one else would.

Wendy's eyes widened in surprise as she looked at Natsu in shock. 'He gave me a formal dragon greeting'

Wendy quickly shook herself and replied accordingly ''And your name further. The name is respect''

Natsu gave her a barely visible smile ignoring the curious looks the two girls beside them sent their ways.

The girl looked shyly at her feet.

''What is the name of your honorable parent?''

"I was raised by sky dragon Grandeeney... I am a sky dragon slayer," she answered.

"Sky dragon? They're amazing trackers. It's hard to hide from them since they can feel the flow of the wind." He said with a thoughtful expression, a conversation with Sky dragon king Himmel about similar topic coming to his mind.

"You know something about sky dragons?!" She asked hopefully, her eyes shining with happiness.

"Of course I do. You have to know what you hunt and who your kin is." Wendy paled and as he saw that he quickly added ''I never encountered a sky dragon that goes by the name of your mother. She isn't of royal blood, is she?''

"You killed a dragon?!" asked the shocked member near him who heard him. His shout attracted the attention of few more members. Natsu rolled his eyes, so much about pleasant conversations.

Natsu turned to the member and sighed before taking out his necklace with dragon scales attached to it. "Several, yes. 18 to be precise''

Wendy stared at Natsu in pure astonishment but not a small amount of fear. The boy before her was powerful. She knew that.

End of chapter 3.

Rewritten

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