Disclaimer:(Do I really have to keep saying this) I don't own Harry Potter or Fairy Tail, this is purely for the sake of entertainment and the fact that I'm not that good of a writer.

The person kept knocking, and Jose finally woke up.

"Where's the cannon?" he said like a moron.

The was a crash as Uncle Hibiki came into the room with a rifle. He must have got it from the guy who owned the place.

"Who's there?" he shouted. "I'm armed!"

The knocking stopped and there was a quick period of silence. Then, the door was knocked off its hinges and landed on the floor with a bang.

A large man was now standing in the doorway. With reddish-brown hair, bandaged arms, and most of his midsection was replaced with metal. He came into the shack, then put the door back into place.

He turned to everyone as if nothing had happened, while everyone else was frozen from shock.

"You guys wouldn't happen to have any beer laying around would you? It wasn't exactly a walk in the park to get here."

He went and sat on the couch where Jose sat terrified.

"Hey, you ok kid?" the man asked.

Jose squeaked, and ran as fast as he could to hide behind his mother.

"And here's Metalicana!" he said.

Metalicana looked into the man's eyes, and saw him break out into the biggest grin he has ever seen.

"Last time I saw you was when you just a baby. You look a lot like your dad, but I'm pretty sure that you got your mom's eyes."

Uncle Hibiki yelled at the stranger, "Leave this instant, you are breaking and entering!"

"Shut up, Lates," he said.

He reached over and grabbed Uncle Hibiki's gun, then crushed it with his bare hands like it was nothing.

"Anyway, Metalicana, happy birthday. I got you something, but I think I might have sat on it. It should still taste ok though."

From underneath his cloak he pulled out a box that was slightly squashed. Metalicana opened it while trembling. Inside was a chocolate cake with Happy Birthday Metalicana written in red icing.

He looked up at the man, planning to say thank you, but instead said, "Who are you?"

He laughed, "That's right, I still haven't introduced myself, how rude of me. I'm Gildarts Clive, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Fairy Tail."

He then shook Metalicana's entire arm.

"So, where are we on the beer huh. Don't worry about it being too strong I can handle myself."

Gildarts then looked at the empty fire place. He walked over to it, and when he walked out of the way there was a roaring fire. Metalicana felt that he had just got into a warm bath.

He sat back on the couch, and took a sip from a flask he had in his cloak. Metalicana was getting anxious, more curious as to what was going on.

"I'm sorry, but I still don't really know who you are?"

"Call Gildarts, everyone else does. Like I told you, I'm the Keeper of Keys at Fairy Tail, and you know all about Fairy Tail of course.

"Sorry, but I've never heard of it."

"Sorry," he said slowly getting up, looking at the Lates family with a death glare, "It's them who should be sorry. I knew you weren't getting the letters, but they didn't even tell you about Fairy Tail! Didn't you wonder where your parents learned everything?"

"Learned what?"

"SERIOUSLY," he roared, he looked back at his aunt and uncle, "Do you mean to tell me that he doesn't know about ANYTHING!"

Metalicana thought that was going too far. He did get good grades in school after all.

"I can do math and read." Metalicana said to him.

Gildarts waved it off, "I meant about our world."

"What world?"

Gildarts looked like he might just explode.

"LATES!" he roared again, "But you have to know about your mom and dad right, their famous. You're famous."

"My parents couldn't have possible been famous."

"You don't know, you really don't know," Gildarts said, running a hand through his hair, "You don't know what you are?"

Uncle Hibiki decided to speak up, "Stop! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!"

Gildarts just gave him another look that would make a serial killer run for cover, "You never told him? Never told him what was in the letter Makarov left him? I was there too! I saw him leave it on your doorstep Lates, and you never gave it to him!"

"Never gave what to me?" Metalicana asked excitedly.

"STOP! I FORBID YOU TO SAY MORE!" Uncle Hibiki yelled with more passion.

Aunt Jenny just had a look of horror on her face.

"You're a wizard Metalicana."

The house went silent, all that was heard was the sea and the wind.

"…a what?" Metalicana asked.

"A wizard," Gildarts repeated, "a good one too, after some training of course. With a mom and dad like yours what else could you be? I think that it is about time that you read your letter."

Metalicana reached out and grabbed the letter he had been after for almost a week now. It said:

Fairy Tail School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Makarov Dreyer

Dear Mr. Redfox,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Fairy Tail School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find the enclosed document, listing all required materials. The term begins on September 1. We await your exceed no later than July 31.

Sincerely,

Grandine Porlyusica

Deputy Headmistress

Questions rushed around in Metalicana's brain, and he had no idea which to ask first. He finally picked one.

"What does, we await your exceed mean?"

"That reminds me," Gildarts said, ignoring the question for the moment.

He opened up the window and a pale yellow cat with white wings flies in. The window is closed as soon as it is opened.

He then grabbed a pen and a piece of paper from off the table and starting writing. When he was done, he gave the note to the cat.

"Sorry about making you wait outside so long, won't happen again."

The cat takes the note in his paws and goes back out the window, how did it even open the window in the first place?

"Where was I?" Gildarts asked himself.

Uncle Hibiki had other ideas than to let Gildarts do as he pleases, "He's not going."

Gildarts grunted. "I'd like to see a powerful Muggle like you stop him."

"A what?" Metalicana asked, now interested.

"Muggle, it's what we call nonmagic people like them."

"Were swore that when we took him in that we would put a stop to this wizard nonsense," Uncle Hibiki said.

"You knew, all this time you knew I'm a wizard?" Metalicana said annoyed.

"Knew!" Aunt Jenny said, finally joining the conversation, "Of course we knew! I mean with my sister being who she was. My parents were so proud when she got a letter. Came home on her breaks turning teacups into rats, putting frogs into their pockets with a little wave of her hand. I was the only one who knew what she really was… a freak! But our mother and father were just so proud to have a witch in the family!"

It was almost as if she was preparing this her entire life, she kept ranting about how she met Metalicana's father and had him. Talking about how she knew he would be just like his parents, but then his parents had to get themselves blown up so they were stuck with him.

However, blown up was not a good choice of words for Aunt Jenny, as she always told Metalicana that his parents died in a car crash.

"Blown up? You said they died in a car crash!" Metalicana yelled annoyed.

"CAR CRASH!" Gildarts roared, "How could a car crash kill Aphrodite and Aries Redfox? This is an outrage! Metalicana Redfox not knowing his own story when every kid in our world idolizes him!"

"But why? I want to know what happened?" Metalicana asked.

Gildarts's anger went away and he looked very nervous.

"I wasn't expecting this, I had no idea you wouldn't know this much, even when Makarov warned me. Metalicana, I don't know if I'm the best person to tell this to you, but I guess someone has to. You can't go to Fairy Tail without knowing all of this."

He gave the Lates family a dirty look.

"Now, I can't tell you everything, it's a huge mystery as to way it happened."

He looked at the fire for a few minutes without saying a word, finally he sat back down on the couch, and began to tell the story.

"I suppose it started with a person, well, everyone in our world knows about him."

"Who?" Metalicana asked impatiently.

"Sorry, but I'm not comfortable with saying his name. No one says it really."

"Why not?"

"Metalicana, people are still scared of him. Man this is harder than I thought. Alright, so this wizard went bad or evil. As evil as you could be. His name was…"

Gildarts gulped.

"Could you write it down?" Metalicana suggested.

"No, I can't spell it. Here it goes… Zeref."

Gildarts shuddered.

"Don't make me say it again ok. Anyway, he started looking for followers, about twenty years ago. Got some too, some were afraid, others wanted a piece of his power. Those were dark times, Metalicana, you didn't know who to trust. He was taking over. Anyone who stood up to him was killed. Fairy Tail was one of the only safe places left. Makarov is the only one that You-Know-Who was scared of, so he didn't dare try to take the school, not yet anyway. Now, your mom and dad were the best witch and wizard I have ever knew. Both of them were the head boy and girl in their day. I was a wonder You-Know-Who didn't try to recruit them before. Most likely knew that they weren't really into the dark stuff thanks to their relationship with Makarov. No one knows exactly why, but You-Know-Who went to your parent's place on Halloween ten years ago. Then he…"

Gildarts took a pause in his speech, and grabbed a tissue.

"Sorry, but it's really sad, I knew you parents and they were some of the nicest people you could meet."

Gildarts blew his nose with the tissue and continued.

"You-Know-Who killed, but the real mystery is that he tried to kill you too, but he couldn't. That mark on your arm is only scratch he could make on you. That's why so famous, Metalicana, you're the only one who survived him."

While Gildarts was finishing up, Metalicana, saw something. A flash on green light, and now he also remembered something else this time, a cold laugh. Gildarts just looked at him sadly.

"Now, listen here, brat," Uncle Hibiki said with his hands balled into to fists, "I accept that there is something weird about you and you parents, I think the world is better off without them, they got what they deserved in the end…"

Gildarts jumped up, his hand up like he wanted a high five, except a glowing circle was on his palm.

"I'm warning you, Lates… one more word…"

Sensing the dangerous aura coming from Gildarts, Uncle Hibiki shut his mouth.

"That's better."

Metalicana still had a few more questions he wanted to ask about what happened.

"So what happened to Zer…, sorry, I mean, You-Know-Who?"

"Good question, he just disappeared, on the same night he tried to kill you. Some say he kind, crazy talk in my opinion, others say he just lost his powers and was too weak to continue. Something about you finished him Metalicana, don't know what it was."

Gildarts looked at Metalicana with respect and warmth, but Metalicana was sure there had to be a mistake. Him, a wizard?

I mean come on, he has spent his entire life being bullied by his only family. If he was a wizard couldn't he have turned them into frogs every time they tried to lock him in the closest? If he could defeat the most powerful wizard ever, how come Jose could kick him around like a football.

"Gildarts, I think you made a mistake. I couldn't possibly be a wizard."

Gildarts just gave a little chuckle, "Not a wizard, you sure? You have never just made things happen before, whenever you were scared or angry?"

Now that Metalicana thought about it, it did make a little sense. Whenever his was chased by bullies at school, then suddenly out of his reach. Having his hair grow back whenever he dreaded the idea of going to school with a ridiculous haircut.

Had he always been getting his revenge, without even realizing it? Like when the snake was let out in the zoo, maybe he did that too?

"See?" Gildarts said with a smug look, "Metalicana Redfox, not a wizard, just you wait until you get to Fairy Tail."

Uncle Hibiki still had other ideas, and wasn't going down without a fight.

"Haven't I said that he isn't going already. I've read the letters and all of the stupid spell books, wands, and other supplies he needs."

"If he wants to go, a Muggle like you won't stop him," Gildarts growled, really starting to lose his patience with this, "He's going off the finest school for witchcraft and wizardry in the world. Seven years there and he is all set. He'll have people who understand him to hang out with and will be under the greatest headmaster Fairy Tail had ever had, Makarov Dreyer…"

"I'M NOT PAYING FOR SOME INSANE OLD IDOIT TO TEACH HIM MAGIC TRICKS!"

Yet he had just crossed the line with Gildarts. His hand started to glow again.

"NEVER," he shouted, "INSULT MAKAROV DREYER IN FRONT OF ME!"

He had the circle on is hand pointed at Jose, and then there was a flash of purple light. After the light died off, Jose was holding his butt in pain. When he turned around, Metalicana saw a pig tail coming in through a hole in his pants.

Uncle Hibiki and Aunt Jenny were too busy freaking out over Jose to pay attention to the other two in the room.

"That's what happens when you make me lose my temper," Gildarts said, with his hand returned to normal, "it didn't work like I wanted anyway. He was supposed to turn into an actually pig. Guess he is already too pig like."

He looked at Metaliana.

"Listen, it would be great if you could just not mention that to anyone. I'm not allowed to use magic when I'm not at Fairy Tail. I was only able to use a little to try and get the letters to you and stuff."

"Why aren't you supposed to do magic?" Metalicana asked.

"Well, I got expelled from Fairy Tail my third year, got my wand snapped in half and everything. Makarov let me stay on as a groundskeeper."

"Why were you expelled?"

"It's getting really late, and we have a lot to do tomorrow," Gildarts said loudly, completely ignoring the previous question, "Got to get to town and get your books."

The two of them left, leaving the other three to freak out over Jose's new tail.

So sorry I haven't updated in almost two weeks, school is just driving me nuts. I also wanted to explain the whole wand thing. In this world wands are for beginners and the better you get to less you need it and you can use your hand by itself instead like Gildarts. And I know, no more divided chapters. If you prefer the divided chapters tell me in the reviews and I will continue that. Thanks.

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