Hey, I should be writing another chapter for my other story, but I really want to write this.
I am actually starting to be ok with cliffhangers. As long as I'm not the one reading.
Back to the point. What is the power?
"Hey, Flame. Check out this book. It has a few pages ripped out, but it sounds great." Meredy asked me as she walked up to me with a medium sized book in hand. I took it from her and read the cover.
"How to enhance your magic power?" It did look interesting,the tables of contents listed all kinds of magic abilities. I quickly found fire and went to that specified page. "Where did you find this?"
"In the town nearby. Their magic store is amazing."
" should take us to see it on our way back through town." Storm said coming out of the forest with sticks in hand, Finn shortly after with huge chunks of wood. I quickly refocused in on the book.
It said:
'To enhance your power to the best of your abilities you must find a memory that has caused you pain and suffering.
Remember that memory. Fill it flowing in you.'
At that moment the only memory I could think of was Fairy Tail. They had caused me pain. Most of my pain was because of them.
'Now that you have a memory that has cause you pain repeat these words 3 times.
Remember remember the memory that brought you pain.
Do not use this power for personal gain.
Be the delicate flower.
Don't underestimate the power.'
"Remember remember the memory that brought you pain. Do not use this power for personal gain. Be the delicate flower. Don't underestimate the power." I said this aloud. Remembering what Fairy Tail did, Now one was paying attention so no one heard it.
"Remember remember the memory that brought you pain. Do not use this power for personal gain. Be the delicate flower. Don't underestimate the power." Still no one paid attention. The fiery in my boiled as I thought about how Fairy Tail cast me out.
"Remember remember the memory that brought you pain. Do not use this power for personal gain. Be the delicate flower. Don't underestimate the power." Fairy Tail was the reason for all my pain, but they had made me find Meredy. After I finished the phrase this time the book in my lap sent a red and black beam into the air. The group spun around and saw this.
"What is that?" Storm asked.
"Looks cool!" Finn told her, receiving a slap upside the head.
The beam came hurtling back down, straight at me. Before I could do anything it hit me. The light from the book stopped, soon after all the light had entered me. I read the last phrase.
'The power is now yours. Use it wisely.'
Meredy ran over to me. She crouched down next to me.
"Are you all right?" She said as she looked into my eyes. I couldn't help myself, I leaned forward and kissed her. Forgetting about the rest of the people there with us.
"You to are dating?" Storm asked. "No wonder you never accept my blind date offers."
"Dude, seriously. You had to take her." Finn whined, receiving another slap upside the head.
"I was dating her before the guild was even formed, so keep that mouth of yours shut."
"When Jellal and Ultear find out about this." Finn said laughing.
"Oh, that's right." Storm said. "That's why you've been keeping it a secret. We'll help keep it for you."
"No I wo-" Finn began but was interrupted by and elbow to the stomach. "Your secrets safe with me." He groaned out before falling to the ground.
I found myself having another nightmare about Fairy Tail. All the bad things in my life had happened because of them, other than Meredy. I felt myself thrash in the night, then when I should have woken up all I saw was black. What was going on? Why couldn't I see anything?
Meredy's POV
Flame and I slept in the same tent, I was so glad that someone knew about us now.
I woke up late in the night, Natsu was thrashing about in his sleep. He stood up and left the tent suddenly. I got up and followed him. He went to the middle of the campground before falling to the ground. Within seconds flames were licking his body. They reached high into the sky as he stood up. His whole body was surrounded by flames.
"Storm! Finn! Wake up! Somethings wrong with Flame!" I shouted to my sleeping teammates. Within seconds they had joined me out of their tents. Their jaws-dropped when they saw Flame.
"Hello, my lovelies." Came a deep demonic like voice that sounded a bit like Natsu. At that moment Natsu spun around and looked at the 3 of us.
"Who are you?! What happened to Flame?!" Storm shouted at him.
"Oh, that runt. He didn't read the warning on my book apparently. And you all can call me Inferno, I am the power." He walked over toward me the flames above him looked like they would burn a hole in the sky. As he got closer I noticed that I didn't feel any heat coming off him, but Inferno left scorch marks where he stepped.
"You will be my own personal toy." He said as he continued to walk closer.
"Stay away from her." Finn shouted sending a water made spear at him. It became steam before it even entered a foot range around him.
"You both are so pesky." He sent 2 fireballs out, one towards Storm, the other towards Finn. They stopped a bit away from them and made a cage of fire around each. He turned back towards me. He stuck out an arm and the fire on it went out as he got closer to me. He put the hand under my chin.
"What was the warning?" He leaned in, his face stopped being on fire.
"A dragon slayer who reads my book falls under control of his or her own power, I am the power of the Fire Dragon Slayer Natsu." He whispered into my ear. Inferno then vanished, his cages did as well. He reappeared at the edge of our camp.
"Parting is such sweet sorrow. I must be on my way though. There is havoc to cause." He waved at the 3 of us then vanished. He was heading straight towards the city. We all looked at each other than ran after him.
Normal POV
I was still stuck in the black. What was going on? Suddenly the world went bright causing my to be blinded.
"Flame, come back." I looked down to see Meredy hugging my tightly, her arms around my chest trapping my arms to it. I looked up and around. We were standing in the middle of a city, it was all burned to the ground. I couldn't hear a sound coming from anywhere, other than the sound of flames crackling. I saw Storm and Finn standing behind Meredy, they looked pretty beaten up.
"What happened here?" I asked Meredy, she let go of me and pulled my face down for a kiss. She then started to explain what happened.
I had to deal with the power a couple more times before I understood what caused it and what stopped it. The cause of it was Fairy Tail, the only way to stop it was Meredy. I found a way to let out the power on rocks, or the ground when I started to feel it trying to come out. It was a working solution. When Inferno would come out it would take more than an hour for Meredy to finally be able to stop it. Each time I transformed into Inferno it would also cause me a great deal of pain, that grow and grow every time I would fully transform.
"What is going on here?!" Erza yelled over my screams.
"Just do as he said. Get behind me and stay behind me. If any of you get hurt its your own fault." Meredy told them, mumbling the last sentence but sure that they all heard her.
"Why would it be our fault?" Lucy asked between my screams.
"You didn't let him go into the forest. Everything Flame does has a purpose, but not when it comes out. When it comes out he doesn't care who you are. You're all just bags of meat and bones to it." Storm told the other group.
"What is it?" Gray asked. My screams suddenly stopped, and I entered the all to familiar grasp of black.
Inferno's POV
"I am Inferno. I see you have brought me another toy Meredy." I looked over to the blonde, she was a busty girl.
"Keep your hands off Inferno." Meredy yelled back.
"Feisty today, eh? Well thanks for bringing an audience to my next havoc show." I disappeared and reappeared this time at the edge of their camp. "Too da loo!" I waved at them before entering the woods.
I jumped up over the trees to get a good vies of the surroundings. There was a town, but it was to far for me for this havoc. I then noticed a small glow in the forest about a mile from where I landed back on the ground. To bad for them, they were gonna be my target. I began to run towards the light I saw. I stuck my arms out and acted like a plane catching everything I touched to catch on fire. Oh how fun it was to be me!
Meredy's POV
"Hurry up, I have to catch him before he gets to far away." Storm and Finn nodded before we started running off in the direction Inferno went.
I turned my head ans noticed that the Fairy Tail group was following us.
"If you follow us your gonna get killed." I told them after they caught up.
"Then why are you going." Gray asked.
"Because I'm the only thing that can stop him."
"There must be some other way." Erza said appearing on the other side of me.
"Nope, tried everything. Water evaporates, so does ice. Fire gives him more power. Just by being in a 5ft radius can make you burn. I am the only sure way to stop him, without killing him." I said looking down after saying the last part.
"You know how to kill it?" Lucy asked finally catching up.
"Yeah, but that would mean both me and Flame would also die." The 3 stopped running for a moment after I told them that. They quickly caught back up.
"How do we do that, in case something happens." Torch asked, finally being serious.
"Storm and Finn are the only ones that know, and they will only do that as a final, and last resort." I sped up just enough to make sure that the others couldn't do the same. I had to find it and soon.
We finally saw the trees, they had all caught on fire. The Fairy Tail group stopped running in awe at what they saw. Storm, Finn, and I ran straight in following the fire towards our goal. Soon the Fairy Tail group caught back up again.
"We're getting close. Everyone file in behind Meredy." Storm yelled. Everyone did as she said. We ran into a clearing. There stood Inferno. He was looking at the burning bodies on the ground. They were probably the thieves we were supposed to catch.
He was distracted. I started to sneak around behind him, motioning for everyone to stay behind. I was a few feet from him now, if I could just hug him. I quickly took 2 more steps and opened my arms to put around him.
Inferno must have sensed me because He spun around and shoved me. I flew back into a tree. I coughed. The air had been knocked out of me. He then appeared right in front of me. He picked me up by the neck.
"Oh, Meredy. You won't get me that easily." He pulled me closer to him and kissed my cheek. "Just admit that you love me and leave that blasted Natsu behind. I know you think I'm better." He said.
"I love him more than you could even know." I stared him down.
"Did he say Natsu? What does this have to do with Natsu?" Lucy asked from over behind Inferno.
"Oh, you haven't told them. Well I am not going to let that little weakling show me up." He then shoved me up against the tree. He then kissed my cheek and made his way toward my lips. I tired to move away.
"Hey Inferno man. Fight me!" Torch yelled, catching Inferno off guard.
"You really wouldn't want that." It said turning it's head toward Torch and letting go of my neck. I fell to the ground. Inferno started walking towards the group. While he was distracted I ran up behind him and hugged him from behind.
"Natsu," I whispered. "Come back to us."
"No!" Inferno yelled trying to escape me. Within a minute all the flames had stopped and I felt the body go limp. I slide to the ground with him in my arms. I laid his body on the ground before I passed out, the connection between us coming back at a fast enough speed to make me go into his state of unconsciousness instantly.
Fixed the cliffhanger!
And I added a flashback.
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