Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail nor Walt Disney's "Aladdin".

In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner mage named Natsu Dragneel and his mischievous blue-furred flying feline companion, Happy, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Lucy Heartfilia from the schemes of the evil Lightening Dragon Slayer, Laxus. Natsu's whole life changes with one rub of a magic ice lamp called the Ice of Wishes as the level-headed, cool-tempered Gray appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery. However, the relationship between the kind Princess and protective Dragon Slayer are tested as the two mysterious people watch them, hoping Lucy and Natsu are ready for an enemy that cannot be seen...

Aladdin's Fairy Tail

by

Magnafeana

Chapter Seven:

Enter Gray the Ice Genie

"You wanna go, dragon idiot!"

"Bring it on, ya half-naked pervert!"

"Fine with me! Ice-Make…"

"Fire Dragon's…"

Wendy laughed nervously at the loud explosion that boomed in front of her, briefly flashing in a fit of orange and gold before dissipating into gray smoke. She watched as Natsu growled at his opponent, his fists engulfed in the fires of rage. His opponent gritted his teeth, his fists clenched as he panted slightly.

Charla sat on Wendy's lap, examining the fight with a look of disapproval. "How idiotic," she muttered. "Can't they think of anything else, but fighting at a time like this?"

Wendy sighed. "Natsu's more of the fighting type whenever someone insults him," she clarified. "I think Mister Gray is like that too." Wendy looked back at the two of them. She had to admit to herself that Gray looked quite… beautiful. He was somehow shirtless –his torso defined and muscular— with gentle navy blue eyes (now that glared in irritation at the pinkette) and unruly, yet handsome black hair. He bore dark green pants with a metal chain attached and a sword necklace. Was that the Fairy Tail insignia on his chest?

"Is that all you got, fire breath?"

"Oh, I'm only gettin' started, moron! I'm all fired up!"

"What type of line is that, freak?"

"Why don't I show you!"

"Ice make: Battle Axe!"

"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!"

Around twenty to thirty minutes ago…

Natsu blearily reopened his eyes, groaning at the prospect of waking up again. He just wanted to sleep. And eat fire. And then sleep again. That's it, he was going back to sleep… But what happened to that old guy? And why did his body feel terrible?

Instantly leaping to his feet, and ignoring the staggering pain, Natsu glared around, his fists re-igniting into flickering flames. "Where is he?" he snarled. "Where's that old traitor? He needs to learn not to mess with a Fire Dragon Slayer!"

Wendy yawned and opened her eyes slowly, stretching her sore body out. Rising to a sitting position, she blinked her eyes a few times to take in their new surroundings, pricking her ears and smelling for new scents. She could smell just… rocks. All she could smell, all she could taste was the earth. No wind, no sand, just… rocks… And strong magic.

She yawned once more. Where were they? She looked around, ignoring the furious words of her old brother as he demanded a fight with the old man like a delusional madman. Walls of muddy-brown boulders that created a spacious cavern enclosed them. Looking up, and blinking to adjust to her surroundings, she couldn't see a glimpse of light. Just more and more towering walls of rock.

"Come out and fight me, you coward! Stop hiding!" Natsu shouted, stomping around the secluded hollow.

Wendy rubbed her eyes until the fuzziness went away and her sight could fully grasp her situation. "Natsu, please keep it down," she requested sleepily. She sighed when her rampant brother ignored her.

Happy soon woke up from his state of unconsciousness, along with the little dog, both looking around with tired eyes and aching bodies. "Why is he so loud?" Happy murmured wearily, shaking his dirtied fur.

"We're trapped in here and you just want to fight a man who isn't here," came an irate hiss directed towards Natsu.

Everyone looked around to see the white-furred she-cat standing on a small rock platform, her arms crossed and a reproachful blaze in her brown eyes.

Natsu gave her a confused look, surveying his surroundings in silence. So they were trapped. Big deal. He could force his way out. He grinned, flashing his canines. "We won't be trapped for long," he reassured, igniting his feet. "Fire Dragon's…"

Charla's eyes widened. Did the fool not sense the magical energy surrounding the walls? "Natsu, wait—!" she tried to warn, but in vain. He did not listen.

"…Claw!" Natsu powerfully kicked one of the walls. However, one his foot touched the wall, his fire was immediately put out and he fell back onto the ground.

Wendy looked at her brother in slight frustration. "Natsu, there's too much magical energy for any of our attacks to work," she wearily said, steadying herself as she got to her feet. She sighed when Natsu growled out an "I'll just have to try harder" and ignited his hands.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

The end result was his arm quivering and a static shock electrifying his body.

"Fire Dragon's Sword Horn!"

The end result was Natsu clutching his head and muttering curse words.

"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Crimson Lotus Fire Dragon's Fist!"

Again, Natsu was forced back onto the floor, this time rolling around on the floor because the wall backfired every punch he made.

Natsu heaved himself to his feet and wiped under his nose, grinned. "Maybe this will do some damage. "Lightning Flame Dragon's—"

"Sky Dragon's Roar!"

Natsu staggered backwards, falling on his rear-end as a mighty gale knocked him over. When the attack was finished, Wendy stood in front of her brother, uncharacteristic seriousness piercing her young eyes.

"Natsu, our magic won't work at all. We need to find another way out of here, okay?" Natsu nodded, making Wendy visibly relax. She looked up at the ceiling, disappointment dripping in her voice was she spoke: "So that old man got away with the lamp, didn't he?"

Natsu growled and slammed a fist onto the ground. Dangerous anger flashed in his onyx eyes. "I should've trusted my instincts on that guy…" He gave Wendy a curious look. "Didn't he smell a little… different to you?"

Wendy thoughtfully agreed. "Yeah… Sort of like… a dragon slayer…"

"But not exactly," he added, blinking up at the ceiling. "I sensed some dragon slayer power, but it didn't feel right."

"And now he has the lamp," she quietly remarked. The blunette dug her hands into her slightly stained dress, tensing.

"I wouldn't say so."

Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and the little dog looked at the smug Charla. On her tail was the ancient lamp, swinging carefully back and forth. Surprised, the others rushed towards her, Natsu taking the lamp into his hands.

"So this is what gramps wanted," he mused, dangling the magical item in his hands without care. "It's just some dirty gravy boat."

Wendy sweat-dropped. "Natsu, it's actually a lamp," she pointed out.

He shrugged. "Same thing." A mischievous grin broke out on his face. "Let's light it on fire and see what happens!"

Charla, Wendy and the little white dog gave Natsu an incredulous look while Happy cheered for the idea. What was wrong with this guy?

Igniting his hands, Natsu watched eagerly as the magical lamp began to engulf in his flames, turning hotter and hotter with each passing second.

Until…

"Why the heck am I on fire!" A voice howled painfully from somewhere, the lamp recoiling from the flames and somehow leaping away from the Fire Dragon Slayer.

Instantaneously, smoke lifted itself from inside the smoldering lamp, landing right in front of the confused and startled group. The white smoke swirled around, sculpting itself into the shape of a male. Color and life flooded into the figure, making out to be a lanky teen boy panting in front of them, with green army pants, a pristine white shirt and black sneakers.

He glared accusingly at Natsu who narrowed his eyes in distrust. "What's your problem?" he roared with blatant dislike. "Were you trying to kill me, idiot?"

Natsu crossed his arms, somehow unfazed by the fact a living, breathing man erupted from the vintage item. "I didn't even know you were even in there, moron," he growled back in the same irritated tone.

The man glowered with raging black eyes, running a hand through his spiky black hair. "Hey fire freak, mind telling me why you had my lamp in the first place? Don't tell me you rubbed me!" he said uneasily.

The pinkette stared back furiously. "Why would I ever want to touch you, pervert?" he retorted scathingly.

Instantly, both boys were head-to-head, glaring at each other with equal resentment. Wendy sighed and shook her head. Why couldn't Natsu be a little nicer to this guy?

"What are you supposed to be?" Natsu spat crossly. "Some stripper?"

The young man cursed himself when he realized he had somehow lost his shirt.

"You got a lot of nerve trash talking a genie, loser," the black-haired man sneered back.

Natsu's heated face abruptly turned into childlike eagerness, grinning his signature happy-go-lucky grin at the wary man. In a flash, he began jabbing the young man from his cheeks, to his torso, to his legs. "You mean the type that grants three wishes?" he asked in admiration.

The young man looked in agitation as the Fire Dragon Slayer continued to prod him as if he was a sheep and the pinkette was a shepherd. "Yeah, moron, I'm a genie." The black-haired man looked into the distance, gazing at the anxious Wendy, the untrusting Charla, the trembling dog and the excited Happy with kinder eyes. "Hi there," he greeted softly. "I guessing this thing belong to you." He nodded at the pinkette, who jabbed his shoulder as if expecting magic to happen any moment.

Wendy laughed sweetly. "Yeah, that's my brother, Natsu. And I'm Wendy," she introduced, walking towards the young man. He seemed trustworthy enough. Unlike the old man, he radiated honesty and safety and kindness from his body.

The man flashed her a gentle smile and reached out his hand. "I'm Gray Fullbuster," he responded in kind, allowing the girl to shake his hand.

Charla stepped forward and examined Gray with unconvinced eyes. "So you're a genie?"sShe asked. He nodded in confirmation. "But I can sense you have another magical power."

Gray, shoving Natsu away with a swift motion, brought his hands together, closing his eyes in concentration. When he reopened them after a few seconds, he opened his hands, revealing a gleaming icy Fairy Tail insignia floating daintily in his hands. Everyone –save for Natsu, who sat on the floor like a child, grumbling – watched the glistening creation in awe and admiration as it gently dispelled and gave off sparkling particles in return.

"So you're an Ice Mage? That's so amazing!" Wendy breathlessly praised, wanting him to do more magic.

Gray smiled happily, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Nothin' special actually," he brushed off nonchalantly, ignoring the "His magic isn't even that great" from Natsu. "When you've been alive for as long as I have, you learn new tricks with your magic."

Charla blinked at him, unguarded curiosity in her unblinking gaze. "When you've been alive for as long as I have…" rang in her ears. How long had this boy been alive? He looked only the age of perhaps eighteen years old.

Happy looked up at the genie with cheerful eyes. "My name's Happy, and the lovely beauty over here is Charla." He flicked his tail to the mature she-cat, who disregarded him with huff. "I'm sorry for Natsu. He may be dumb a lot, but sometimes he's less stupid."

Natsu leapt to his feet, seething. "Don't apologize for me!"

Gray smirked, glancing at the furious Fire Dragon Slayer. "Nah, don't worry about it. I'm used to people getting angry at my awesome powers."

"Awesome? There's nothing great about it!" Natsu shouted, lighting his fists subconsciously.

Wendy took the opportunity to question Gray and tried hard not to get irritated by her brother's constant insults towards Gray. "Do we all get three wishes?" she asked.

The Ice Mage genie thought for a moment before shaking his head. "No. Only the person who rubbed my lamp. So you're idiot brother over there," he pointed at the raging slayer with indifferent eyes.

"What was that, Ice freak?"

"Though, there are some limits on my magic," Gray added, ignoring Natsu once more. "I can't bring people back from the dead, I can't make anyone fall in love and the whole 'wishing for more wishes' thing is a no-go."

"Okay." Wendy replayed the three lamentations in her head, careful not to forget them. Knowing Natsu, he would stupidly wish for more wishes because he ignored Gray's warnings.

Natsu snickered. "Limits on your magic? What type of genie are you, stripper?" He taunted, watching in satisfaction as Gray tensed angrily.

"Ice-Make: Death Scythe!"

Natsu barely leapt out of the way as Gray swung his crystal scythe at the unsuspecting dragon slayer, glaring murderously. Natsu safely landed back a few feet from the enraged mage, growling.

"So that's how it is. That was a cheap shot, stripper!"

"You wanna go, dragon idiot!"

Back to the present…

"Um, Mister Fullbuster?" Wendy quietly called out in her shy voice, trying hard not to blush. Somehow during the match, Gray had lost his pants, shoes and socks, now revealing his black boxers and his defined, yet exposed body.

Gray paused in working his magic and looked gently at the twelve year-old, who smiled timidly at him. "You need something, Wendy?"

"No, it's just…well…you're pants…"

The genie looked down and muttered a curse when he realized he was missing his jeans, searching the cavern for any sign of them. Once he located his pants and his shoes, he pulled them back on quickly, ignoring the wild laughter from Natsu.

"And Mister Fullbuster?" Wendy called out once more in her shy voice.

Gray smiled at her. "No need for the formality. Just call me Gray," he interrupted kindly.

She nodded, blushing. "Well, Gray, do you know if there's any way out of here?" she questioned, looking down at Charla, who looked in disapproval at the fired up dragon slayer. "This whole place is filled with strong magic, and I don't think any magic will be able to get us out of here."

The teenage boy frowned, scrutinizing the cavern for any sign of weakness. "You're right, Wendy," he remarked. "It's some pretty strong magic." Natsu smirked, about to say an insult when Gray beat him to it. "But my magic can easily bypass it, no problem," he ended in a note of smugness, watching Natsu's jaw shut tightly, irritation glinting in his eyes.

Wendy's face brightened. "Really?" she asked.

Gray nodded. "The moron just has to wish for it first," he added, jabbing a thumb at the offended Natsu who sat on the floor like a chastised child.

Wendy looked over at the pinkette with pleading eyes. Natsu scoffed and turned his back on the group, muttering, "I'd never ask that ice princess for help."

Gray shrugged, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "That's fine then. It already sucks that I'm stuck with you until you make your three wishes. So just hurry and make 'em so I can get back in my lamp."

Natsu childishly stuck his tongue out at the genie before crossing his arms. The youthful blunette sighed, holding Charla in her lap a little closer. "C'mon Natsu," she begged. "Gray says all you have to do is wish for it, and then we can go home!"

He looked away, glaring hard at the rocky walls.

The black-haired ice genie gave the pouting girl a calm look. "Hey, don't worry, Wendy. He's just upset because he's not strong enough to break the strong anti-magic spell cast on these walls," he reasoned.

Immediately, Natsu leapt to his feet, his hands ablaze with the flames of anger. He turned around and stalked over to the man, fists balled up furiously. "Shut it, ice freak. We can get out without your help," he snapped, forcing himself to relax and his building flames to simmer down and evaporate. He shuffled over to Wendy, giving her his famous lopsided grin. "C'mon. Let's get out of here."

She gave him a confused look. "But Natsu–"

"I'm sure if we make a unison attack, we'll break down the walls," he cut in in an assuring tone.

Wendy bit her lip, still uncertain. She could tell that her brother's stubbornness and pride would never allow him to ask Gray for help. But Gray was their only hope. No matter how strong both dragon slayers were combined, they'd never be able to break such strong magic. Not even if they combined their roars.

"Natsu, I don't—"

Natsu cut her off her again. "Look, we don't need that ice stripper to help us," he insisted. He tugged on her arm. "We can get out of this without him. I bet he was just lying about his magical power anyway."

Wendy looked at the Fire Dragon Slayer with bewildered eyes and shivered. The temperature had suddenly dropped to a subzero chill. Natsu seemed unfazed, gazing at her with playfulness. But to the young female, the cold was something she could handle. Unlike her brother, she did not have a fire inside her to keep her warm.

"Err, Natsu?" Wendy quietly called, shivering even more as the temperate steadily dropped to even lower degrees.

But Natsu ignored her. "Don't believe a word he said, Wendy. We can just leave him."

Happy slunk over to Wendy, hiding behind her as his fur bristled in fear, his eyes wide. Even Charla seemed uncomfortably, her fur prickling with uneasiness as her hackles rose. The little white dog pressed closer towards the blunette, scared. All of them looked at the unaffected dragon slayer with apprehension and puzzlement. Did he honestly think insulting a powerful genie was okay to do?

"Um… Natsu?" Wendy called out once more, irritation piercing her mocha eyes. He once again disregarded her call.

"Now let's move it. We can get some dinner after we get out of here. Or breakfast? Or lunch?" He furrowed his eyebrows, lost in his own words. How much time had passed since they were in the cavern? They hadn't been unconscious for too long right? Maybe it was still nighttime.

Wendy peered over Natsu's shoulder to take a look at Gray. His head was hung with his hair covering his eyes. However, she could see his teeth gnashed together as he withheld his raging fury. His body looked tense as if impatiently waiting to punch Natsu for all of his constant insults. Gray's hands were clenched tightly, a white mist enveloping each well-formed fist. The blunette inwardly shrank back in fear. This was bad. If Natsu kept up at this rate…

"Let's try combining our dragon roars! Its probably a stronger attack than the ice princess could make anyway." Natsu grinned innocently at her, seeming to disregard the alarm that flashed in their widened eyes.

Wendy tried once more to bring Natsu's attention onto her. "Na—"

"So you think you can just walk out on me, huh?" came an irritated low growl. All eyes were now on the shirtless man, eying him warily or in smugness.

Natsu crossed his arms against his chest and nodded. "Why not? You're not exactly useful for a genie," he brushed off as if it was the simplest thing. Wendy, the two Exceeds and the white canine gawked at him as the temperature rapidly decreased. What was he trying to get at?

Gray glared at the Fire Dragon Slayer, ice-cold malice and roaring hatred intermingling in his fierce eyes. "Dragon breath, I didn't ask for you to rub my lamp. Until you make your three wishes, I'm stuck with you. So make you wish already."

Natsu scoffed, smirking smugly at the angered genie. "Why should I? Aren't you a genie with limits?" Natsu sneered. He earned a scowl from Gray and he smirked in triumph. "I don't want your help and I don't need it. So just stay out of my way, ice idiot," the pinkette ordered not unkindly.

How could he be so calm! Wendy mused, alarmed. His eyes were narrowed with disdain, yet she barely recognized that behind that blunt resentment was… mischievousness and… satisfaction?

It was almost as if he knew what he was doing.

Natsu's words sent Gray over edge. Enough was enough.

In a placid tone, Gray said, "Look, aren't you the one who woke me up? Aren't you the one who rubbed my lamp? Didn't you call me here?" With each question, his voice arose, frustration dripping in heavily. He prowled closer to the group with narrowed, angered eyes. "And all of a sudden you're walking out on me? I don't think so! You're gettin' you're wish flame-brain."

With a flamboyant hand wave, Gray flattened one hand in front of him, palm side up, and placed a fist on top of it. "We're gettin' out of here so hang on!" Before anyone could realize what was happening, a flash of white enveloped their bodies. In the blink of the naked eye, the group of six disappeared instantaneously, leaving behind a silent and empty rock cavern. Not a wind stirred to bashfully play with the loose rocks and grit.

Just silence.

Utter silence.

Author's notes: I apologize for the strange ending. I hope that you all liked Gray's entrance. I'm sorry Robin Williams, but to have Gray enter as someone that Natsu get's along with and befriends isn't something that would happen in Fairy Tail. Speaking of that anime... I am very excited that Fairy Tail 2014 Subbed is popping out more episodes! And Fairy Tail English Dubbed is getting more episodes! I cried when I learned of this. My pillow was soaked, my parents thought I went crazy and I started to sing to 200 Miles and S.O.W. Sense of Wonder in fluent Japanese. I'm such a nerd. Most of my iTunes is filed with J-Pop or K-Pop from various anime shows and movies or Japanese and Korean bands and I'm able to sing in the language. I have normal American songs too, but... I like J-Pop a lot so...

Well, so long for now!

Aloha!