Natsu's Pov.
I felt dizzy. My head was killing me. I wanted to get up but I felt like I couldn't. I wanted to open my eyes, but they felt so heavy. Come Natsu, you can do it! You are Fairy Tail's famous Salamander! You can do it!
I opened both of my eyes. I blinked a couple of times to clear my blurry vision.
I slowly lifted my heavy body off the ground. I notice I was on my belly when I was past out, I guess you could call it.
I looked at my surroundings. The room was dimly lighten. There were bookshelves everywhere. The ceiling looked like it was made of earth, and so was the floor. It felt like I was in an underground library.
I walked past the numerous books. They seemed old, and smelled like it too.
I continued to walk forward. I went past a large table. The table had recently read books on. I just went straight past when, thud! I turned to see I knock over the books. I went over to pick them up.
I grabbed towards for the first book, when I saw my hand. It was cover in red scales and had pink salmon claws. What the Hell!
I looked around the room to see if I could find something that I could see my reflection in. I saw a mirror. I ran straight towards it ignoring all things I knocked over.
What I saw, was of course me! But I looked different. I had a long red tail. I was cover in red scales and had creamy white under belly. I had a pink spine running down my back to the tip of my tail. My claws and horns were also pink. I was freaking dragon.
"What the hell! I'm a freaking dragon!" I shouted.
Suddenly I heard rustling voices. Two dragons came through the doorway. They were both panting. One was red, and the other was white.
"You're awake," said the red dragon.
That voice, it was Igneel.
"How are you dear," said the white dragon.
The white dragon's voice sounded similar to Porlyusica. Then she must Grandine.
I was in utter shock to see Igneel. I was frozen. I had some many things I wanted to ask, but no words escape my lips.
Igneel started to walk forward towards me. He suddenly placed his dragon neck around mine. I think that's how dragons hug.
"It's good to see you, son."
I stepped back from the hug. I opened my mouth. "Igneelwherehaveyoubeen?AndisthatGrandine?WhereamI andwhyamIadragon?Whereiseveryone?" I stopped and started to pant.
Translation: Igneel, where have you been? And is that Grandine? Where am I and why am I a dragon? Where is everyone?
Igneel looked at him in confession.
"Nice to see you too, kid," he said in a sarcastic tone.
Grandine came up behind Igneel and lightly tapped him on the shoulder.
"Um Igneel," she start. "I think the boy is wondering where he is. I think he deserves an explanation," she said in a calm manner. She turned towards me. "Hello Natsu, I'm Grandine the Sky Dragon."
"I know. Your Wendy's dragon," I said blankly. She just nodded her head in agreement. "So, where am I and why am I dragon?"
"You're dead," Igneel said with an angry expression.
"What?" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I started to pace around the room.
"NONONONONONONO! This can not be happening! Yeah it's a dream. I'm going to wake up in Lucy's bed and everything will be alright." I started to pinch myself but I wasn't waking up.
Grandine put her large dragon hand on my shoulder. "Um Natsu, Igneel is right, but also wrong. I mean you are dead, but also not dead. Um let me explain," the dragon sounded like she was confusing herself as well as me.
"Well you see Natsu, we're going to have to explain this from the beginning."
I nodded at to continue.
"So Natsu, you know the cycle of birth, life, and death, right?" I nodded. "Good. And you've heard of Heaven and Hell, but do know what Heaven and Hell are for?"
"I think so. Isn't it where the afterlife is?"
"No!" I took a step back from the sky dragon. "There is no such thing as the afterlife. Everyone has a soul Natsu, and souls live on FOREVER!" Okay, now I'm confused. "Souls are what makes someone them. It's their personality, memories, and so on. They are everything about a person but the physical form." This is starting to make sense, I guess. Grandine continued. "Heaven and Hell are place to store the souls after their bodies are gone. But there is another path for the soul. That would be-" the sky dragon was cut off.
"Reincarnation," spoke up the grumpy fire dragon.
"Thank you Iggie. So as I was saying, there is Reincarnation. We dragons need Reincarnation to survive. Have you heard of what happened four hundred years ago?"
"Yeah, the war on dragon and dragon slayers."
"Good. Well you see after the war, we lost most of the dragon population and we couldn't bring it back up."
Igneel join our conversation. "So we implanted a lacarma inside the dragonslayers we trained so they would be reincarnated into dragons."
I took a step back at their words. It was so much to take in all at once. I was gone at Fairy Tail, but I was alive to the dragons. I was gone. I am consider dead in the human world. I was dead to my family. I was dead to the gang. I was dead to Happy, Erza, Stripper. I was dead to, Lucy.
"You all right, Natsu," asked my Dad.
The question struck me like one of Laxus lighting bolts. Was I alright? Am I really okay with this? I lowered my gaze.
"Alright? I don't know what I'm feeling anymore." I shot him an angry glare. "I need time to think." I turned my back at him. Giving him the cold shoulder.
I walked over to where I was before I woke up. And laid down in front of a small pool I didn't notice when I woke up.
"Alright."
I heard him turn. He was dragging his large tail on the ground. Click. Was the sound of the door they walk in through closed.
I buried my head between my long forearms. My head was killing me. All this stress was painful. I was happy and sad at the same time. I was happy that I saw Igneel again, but did it really have to be like this. Couldn't we have met when I was still human. I could've introduced him to Lucy, Happy, Erza, Stripper. I could've brought Wendy back to Grandine. I could've pushed Gajeel out of his shell to find his dragon parent. I had so much left to do. I had so much left to talk about. I had so much left unsettled, but, now I'm gone.
Suddenly, the movement of the sky dragon enter my ear. She slid her body towards mine with graceful steps. She lowered her body next to mine.
"Natsu," her words were smooth and pure, like Wendy's. "I know you are having mixed feelings, but try to understand."
I turned my head, I looked into her eyes. They were blue like the sky, and full of worry, but I looked back at them with pain in my own eyes.
"How can I deal with this? I've been searching for Igneel for years now, but I have to meet him like this. And I wish my Fairy Tail family were here. I wish the gang meet Igneel. I wish Wendy was here to see you again. I wish Tin Can were here so he could have some clue on how to find his own dragon parent."
Grandine looked at me then sighed. "Igneel couldn't wait to see you, too."
I shot my head up at her. I looked at her with a 'what did you just say,' expression on my face.
"He would go on how his boy was the best dragon slayer there ever was. He'd watch you from the pool in front of us." she started to giggle.
I looked at her confused. How did the hell he watch me from this puddle? But wait, he wanted to see me?
"How did he watch me from the pool?" I asked out of curiousness.
She looked at me and gave me a small motherly smile. "I'll show you."
She got up from her sitting position. She walked closer towards the pool. She lowered her head. I decided to get a closer view of the sky dragon.
Her head was almost about to touch the water. She smiled gently. "Show me Wendy, the Sky Dragon Slayer," she whispered to the water.
The water made it's own ripples. After the ripples disappeared, Wendy appeared walking down a dark hallway in her PJ's. I guess she was in Fairy Tail's girls dorm. Her eye's were dry and had bags under them. She was crying.
I turned to Grandine. She turned to me with a worried expression. I focused my attention back to the young dragon slayer.
She enter a room. She wondered in the darkness for a few moments, then stopped.
"Erza?" peeped the small dragon slayer.
"Um," Erza head popped out of the covers of her bed. "Oh Wendy, did you have another bad dream?" Erza jumped out of the bed to embrace the dark blue haired girl.
Wendy continued to sob in requip mage's arms. It was painful to watch. Why was she crying about? It hurt to see my friends in such a state.
Suddenly, Grandine moved her white tail, making the tip touch the water and somehow turning off whatever we were watching.
I looked into Grandine eye's. They looked pained. It must have been hard to watch your own child in such a state. The worst part was probably the fact, she wasn't there to soothe Wendy's pain.
Suddenly, Grandine turned my way. She put on a peaceful smile. "As I was saying Natsu, Iggie wanted to be with you. Even though he wasn't supposed to make contact, he would try and leave and my mate would have to make him unconscious." She giggled at her own thought. I couldn't help but laugh too.
Hold it! "Wait. You just called Igneel, Iggie!" I shouted.
"Oh that, Iggi-, oops! I mean Igneel, is my older brother."
My jaw dropped. Stunned at these two were siblings. Well, I guess it isn't too weird.
"Anyways," I focused my attention back to the speaking dragon. "Iggie missed you alot. I know you may not want to be here, but try. He missed you so much, and it would kill him to know that you're unhappy here."
"I not unhappy," she stared at me confused. "I just wish that, that we didn't have to meet like this. I wish that the gang were here to meet you and Igneel. I wish Wendy were here with you. I wish I wasn't dead."
She gave me a sad expression. Well, it wasn't completely sad. It had an expression I really couldn't describe.
Knock! Knock! Made me and the sky dragon turn our heads to the door. Igneel walked in.
"Hey," he said in a dull voice. "Dinners ready. We're just waiting on you two." I just stared at his blank face.
I moved my large body. I walk towards the other red dragon with a serious expression on my face. When I reached him, I wrapped my neck against his, like he did earlier to me.
"It's good to see you too, Dad," I said in a small cheery voice.
I held the position for a little longer. I could sense a smile appear on his lips, and I also could've sworn that I felt Igneel lift his front leg that you could consider his arm into a 'thumps up' position. I also thought that Grandine might've done the
thing. Personally, it got on my nerves, but I'll let it slide this once.
I broke away from the hug, and face Igneel. I gave him a toothy grin.
"Now let's eat," I ran out of the room, following the scent of food.
Hi Guys! I am so sorry for not updating earlier. I would have yesterday but me and my friend had an Blue Exorcist Marathon. I know, lame excuse. But, my friend needed to see the anime after reading the manga. I also had a bit of writers block. I am also sorry for spelling and grammar.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. That right belongs to the author.
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