OKAY, SO I KNOW I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN FOREVER SO FORGIVE ME! (Please?) With the holidays coming up I have family coming over and my father's making my brothers and I clean the shit out of our house so I haven't had time to really sit down and get into my zone to write. I'll probably get back onto a once a week schedule after January-finals month (please, dear god, help me to not crash and burn)

Hey! I decided to make these things called Hidden Chapters which are parts of chapters that I've written, but don't really fit in anywhere. I'll periodically post them in any order so they won't always relate to what currently going on in the story. Some of them will be funny and others serious. Some will be long while others are short. It really depends on the scene. Also, message me if you want to know more about a scene along the actual plot line that you thought I hadn't really explained well and I'll try to get around to writing a Hidden Chapter about it.

So anyways,

Enjoy!

HIDDEN CHAPTER #1: FIRE DRAGON TAIL ROOT!

"Natsu, Natsu, NATSU! YOU HAVE TO GET UP!" Happy screamed at his salmon-haired friend, shaking him violently jolting him awake from his slumber.

"What, I'm up!" Natsu yelled, looking around the clearing they were currently staying at. Nothing appeared out of the ordinary to Natsu so why was Happy waking him up? "What's wrong?"

"It's Iraneth! Natsu, he's acting crazy!" Happy said frantically pointing over to the large shadow in the darkness that was his grandfather. He was hunched over something, laughing madly.

"Iraneth," Natsu mumbled standing up and making his way over to him. "Hey, Iraneth! What are you doing up late at night?"

Iraneth didn't reply, only his loud laughter rang throughout the clearing.

"Iraneth," Natsu tried again.

"Natsu my boy! You must come over here at once and try this! I had though they had burnt it all to the ground hundreds of years ago! Come now," Iraneth said joyfully.

Natsu walked over to the old dragon, looking inside his outstretched palm. Inside lay a bright red root. He sniffed it lightly, only to be engulfed with the second most wonderful scent he's ever smelt. It made his mouth water and feeling of hunger like he's never felt before come with it.

"Oh Mavis, Iraneth. What is it?" Natsu asked licking his lips. It smelt like a mixture of dragon's fire and honey.

"This is, Fire Dragon Tail Root. Only fire dragons and fire dragon slayers can eat it. When eaten, it'll increase the dragon's magic power and flame intensity. The effects, of course, are permanent and there's no limit on how much you can eat before it stops working. I, in fact, have eaten more than thousands of them in my lifetime and my powers have only gotten stronger after each one." Iraneth gloated. He seen Natsu's longing expression and let out a loud laugh. "Of course you can have it, my boy. After all, I did find them for you training."

Natsu looked at it for a moment before he took it in his hand and carefully placed it in his mouth. It tasted even better than it smelt. Natsu let out a small moan as he chewed down on the plant, he wanted to eat these for the rest of his life. He moved his hand to grab more, but Iraneth stopped him.

"Now, Natsu, it's dangerous to eat more than one of them at a time until you get used to it. The side affect can be a bit….contiquental. Even after your first time you'll-" Iraneth said, but Natsu wasn't paying attention to him anymore.

His bones began have a slight ache to them and a sharp pain began pounding itself against his head. He shrugged it off trying to pay attention to what Iraneth was saying, but found it hard to. The ache in his bones along with the pounding in his head began to become more uncomfortable to unbearable as the minutes ticked by.

Natsu let out a groan dropping to the ground, hands clutching the sides of his head. He felt like there was a fire going throughout his entire body- which normally which would be a good thing- I mean, he couldn't get hurt by fire. Natsu liked the feeling of the flames licking at his skins, jumping up and down his arms as they did their dance. He enjoyed the heat they radiated, keeping him warm even out in the freezing cold temperatures and how the heat seemed to frighten his enemies with the feeling of it against their skin. Yes, normally Natsu loved fire in general, but this burning sensation, it was just wrong on so many levels.

Natsu felt like his whole body was being stabbed over and over again. Like some poison had entered his body, dissolving his bones one by one.

His whole body shook violently on the ground as waves of pain crashed inside his body. Natsu, curled up into a fetal position on the ground opening up his mouth and let out a blood curtling scream.

It seemed like ages until the pain finally started to leave Natsu's body and he finally became aware of his surroundings. The sound of running water was the first thing Natsu noticed along with a heavy feeling on his chest. Natsu's eyes-along with his whole body felt like lead weight which he concluded was better than the pain from earlier. He never wanted to do that again.

It took him a while before he was finally able to fully open his eyes. Natsu blinked once, twice as he waited for the blurriness of his vision to clear. It wasn't a long wait as they cleared up soon after. He looked down and seen Happy sleeping on his chest, a frown carved into his face. Blinking, Natsu looked around where he was laying to see that the were in a cave behind a waterfall.

"Oh, so you're finally awake then." Iraneth's voice rang out. Natsu turned his head to see the large red dragon known as his grandfather curled up towards the back of the cave. "You might want to let that cat know you're alive. He hasn't been himself since you went down."

Natsu struggled to sit up only to be met with a sharp pain in his abdomen. He hissed in pain slowly lowering himself to the ground again. "How long has it been?"

"About three days give or take. The root was painful, yes? It's always like that for first timers like you. God, I remember the first time your father had one a few hundred years back! He screamed so loud and was still screaming until he woke up a week later." Iraneth laughed.

"Wait, a week! He was out for a week!" Natsu yelled shocked.

"Yes, it's like that for most dragons. You're the only one I know who's lasted only three days. Most dragons go for weeks if not months." Iraneth sighed, looking up at the cave roof. "Maybe it's because you're one of those human dragons it sped p the effect. The root shouldn't have affected you until a day or two after consumption, but with you the effects happened within minutes of you eating it."

"Is that bad?" Natsu asked.

"I'm not sure," Iraneth replied quietly.

It was silent for a few moments, not a word spoken between them.

"Hey, Iraneth?" Natsu called out, making the older dragon look over towards him.

"Hnn,"

"Can I have some more?"

a/n: It's in third period because I felt like writing it that way.