Fairy Tail Minus One Chapter 2: Road to Dragon Queen
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Irene's POV
September 9, X376
Three months have passed since my mother rescued me from the clutches of the Dragon Bandit King Capoke. Back during the days of the Middle Age Magical Era which was known throughout history as the Dragon Ages, it was very easy for us to lose track of time. One day it was a nice warm summer and now winter was coming along.
Dragonv Winters were known as some of the harshest winters within the world and the weather would get so cold, boiling water would become icy cold and start to freeze. Unlike many inhabited parts of the world, Winter started to kick in before the fall season in Dragonv with much of the country experiencing drops in temperature. Even though it's still the summer, we're already going from scorching hot to breeze weather below room temperature levels.
Ever since the kidnapping attempt by Capoke, my mother and father have stepped up my training to allow me to take part in better training to defend myself. September 9, X376 would be the day I never forget. It would the day that my life really started, where I began my road to becoming the Queen of Dragons.
I was training with my father within our usual training grounds within the castle. The castle known as the Manga Carta was so large, you can fit the entire population of modern day Mongolia and the area of Mongolia Town on the first floor alone. The tallest building in Mongolia which was the Grand Mongolia Cathedral was merely the typical size of a Dragon Floor and the castle had 20 floors of that size. Overall Whitestone Castle was large enough to fit 20 Heartfilla Korzens and Mongolia towns.
Manga Carta was one of the 7th Wonders of the Ancient world. Before the advent of skyscrapers and advanced construction techniques and machinery, Manga Carta stood out as the largest structure ever created in the world towering over a mile-high. Even though I lived in this massive city-sized fortress, the scale of the castle never ceased to impress me. The castle represented the symbol of the alliance between Humans and Dragons and a symbol of the Golden Age of humanity at the time.
My dad and I were alone in the training room which was filled with swords, spears, and shields with us wielding wooden swords. He laid out a large claymore sword made fresh from Heart Kreuz in Fiore and then gripped his wooden sword firmly.
"What are you doing dad?" I asked my father.
"Watch and learn my dear daughter. Just remember the basics, then unleashed the energy you gathered. " My father said to me as he used an Enchantment spell to cut a sword in half using a wooden stick. Despite wood being much weaker than Iron, my father was able to effortlessly cleave through the newly forged claymore like a hot knife through butter, even leaving molten iron dripping out of the cleanly split blade from the speed and friction he swung his wooden sword through.
"Man that's so cool dad, you can cut swords with sticks? " I asked my father overjoyed by the sheer level of awesome my father has displayed.
"Enchantment magic allows you to use magical power to increase one's strength and concentrate magical power into whatever you desire. I enchanted this wooden stick to surpass the hardness of Iron, It's a very complex form of magic that takes years of training and experience to achieve." My father explained to me while I remained awestruck.
"I want to try it!" I happily replied as I grabbed the wooden stick and used Enchantment on it but due to my small body frame and lack of experience, I couldn't even scratch the blade. "It didn't break like yours."
"As I said before, it takes years of training to get it down properly. It takes a high level of intelligence and patience to use this magic properly, it also requires a vast amount of Ehterano to keep Enchantments working within a constant and consistent level however when one master the enchantment arts, they are capable of almost everything possible. The world itself becomes their oyster. During the Dragon War, I could enchant an entire Battalion of Dragons and human soldiers alike." My father explained to me as he bragged about his skills.
"You can enchant an entire army of people?" I asked my father.
"The Knightwalker family invented enchantment magic long before I was even born. I just happen to advance the great works of the Knightwalker family. In fact, the only being in the world who is a better enchanter than myself is Grandeeney and it's because Dragons are naturally stronger than humans." My father explained to me as he picks up the broken sword.
"Dragons can learn human spells ?" I asked him curious about that fact.
"Pretty much. Humans and Dragons share knowledge with each other all the time. It's because of Dragons, humanity was able to advance at a rapid rate." my father said to me as he placed the broken sword in the box of discarded weaponry.
"So can humans gain the powers and magic of dragons?" I asked my father curious to know if it was possible for that to happen.
"Sadly no. Humans are too frail to use Magic on the level of dragons and even if we did, Dragons are naturally resistant to magic, to begin with, given their hard scales withstand magical spells and absorb magic." My father explained to me.
"Then where do we have humans fighting alongside dragons if we can't help them fight the bad dragons?" I asked my father.
"Humans merely are for defensive roles, very few humans have the strength to match even a lower class Dragon and it wasn't until your mother were humans even allowed to fight in direct conflict with dragons." my father explained to me as he walked towards me.
"So you're saying only those who wield the Hoshigami No Satsuki can defeat a Dragon? " I questioned my father not happy about the reality of human limitations.
"Several humans have emerged to be powerful enough to defeat dragons, me included however against the most powerful of dragons, not even I stand a chance against them. Only those who wield the Hoshigami No Satsuki can defeat any and all dragons." My father explained to me in the bluntest fashion.
"I wish there was a way to fix the gap between human and dragon powers." I said to my father.
"Sadly there is no way for a human to do that. The only way one can even hope to achieve that power is with the One Magic." my father said to me with his stern tone.
"One Magic? " I asked my father.
"It's the source of all magic that is formed by the power of Love. " he answered.
"So this One Magic, can it bring happiness?" I questioned my father.
"Pretty much, the One Magic is said to be the source of magic throughout the entire planet. It is said that whoever finds the One Magic can wish apon whatever they want within this world." my father explained to me as he filled my head with adventure and mystery about the legendary One Magic.
"That sounds amazing...I want to search for the One Magic now! I can wish apon the whole world being covered in beautiful cherry blossoms and make it that humans can turn into dragons and dragons can turn to humans so we can be true equals to each other." I explained to my father about my ambitions.
"Countless people have searched for the One Magic including your mother, we've yet to find the One Magic but we believe it exists out there somewhere within this world. It's said that those who maintain a pure heart and have love can find it. Never lose your purity or your love of adventure and you will one day probably find it." my father said to me as he hugged me.
"Don't worry dad, I'll never abandon my love for nature, my love for adventure and my love for people. I love Humans, I love dragons and I love the people in this world. I will do anything to bring them joy." I replied as I picked up some flowers.
Oh, boy Irony is such a bitch looking at it. As I stand within my adult body observing my far younger, happier self, I get a sense of pure nostalgia. I remember how naive and happy I was. Those were the better times within the world. Back in those days, my heart was pure and my intentions purer...I wonder how it would be like revisiting my old self and showing her what I became instead...It would be interesting the say the least. If only the illusions of my past self can observe the dark witch that I've become.
In X376, I wanted to bring joy and happiness to the world, I wanted to become the greatest queen to ever exist within the world and I wanted to help all beings of life however In X776, I wanted to bring destruction and despair to the world and wanted to die so badly for the sins I've committed and the countless atrocities I've committed. 400 years really has changed me, hasn't it?
After I was finished training with my father. I clashed wooden swords with my mother with me becoming more into sword fighting as I parried blows from my mother. My mother was like a brick wall, regardless of the thrusts and attacks I threw at her with my wooden sword, she effortlessly blocked every blow at such blinding speed, I didn't even see her move her hand to block the strike with her wooden blade. Nothing less from the world's strongest woman and best swordsman in the world.
"Not bad my daughter, even though you're not fond of swords, you're good with a blade." my mother said to me with her rather elegant tone as she puts down her wooden blade.
"Thanks, mommy, I have to be good with a sword to be deemed worthy of wielding the Hoshigami No Satsuki ." I answered as I put down my wooden blade as my mother picks up her wooden sword and my wooden sword.
"Very good O Daughter of mine! After all, you can't become a true queen if you can't wield the blade passed down by your ancestors." My mother explained to me as she puts the wooden swords back in the box.
"Don't worry mommy, I won't let down the Dragonv family name. I will become the greatest swordsman, so great I can even beat you in battle." I stated as I was more determined to become better with swords despite my own lack of interests in swords.
"You're welcomed to try my daughter but you would need to look and have my body shape before that. Just remember to drink a lot of milk and eat your veggies okay. Now let's take you to see how the Dragons are doing. " my mother replied as we walked to check on the Dragons.
Walking across the massive Manga Catra was a form of exercise and fitness itself. The castle was so huge, it took at least one hour to reach one part of the castle to another. Like all buildings in Dragonv, size segregation was in place with humans having separate lanes to walk in to avoid being accidentally stepped on by Dragons who were the size of hills with separate rooms and separate stairways. It was like mouse holes compared to the size of a normal human's house, it would be surreal to anyone who lived in the modern era to be within a room the size of a modern day high rise building but in the days of Dragons and Dragonv, it was the way of life.
As I walked with my mother, I saw Ingeel with a female Dragon who Ingeel seemed to be very close friends with within the courtyard on a bench meant for Dragons to sit on. That dragon was none other than Princess Minue the Second, the daughter of Queen Minue who's resting next to a large tree together since they've starting to develop romantic feelings for each other. The Princess was the same figure and size as Grandeeney but had the appearance of a fish like Dragon with fins on her arms which are colored light blue with her underbelly and palms light blue while her body's scales are Sea Green and she has a long red mane.
Minue was from a far away land known as Atlantis, a whole country underwater that took up much of the Isghal Sea. A land that was known for mermaids and Water Dragons and being a paradise for the two races, two races that no longer exist thanks to the aftermath of the Dragon War.
Despite being a child, I picked up on the vibes Ingeel and Minue had for each other based on how my mother and father interacted with each other.
"Mommy, those two seem close to each other." I asked my mother.
"Very observant my dear daughter. Those two are in love with each other, much like your father and I are in love."My mother replied with a smile on her face.
"They must be very powerful give how much they love each other so much mommy like you and dad."I stated knowing that Ingeel and Eurbay despite being young dragons were amongst the strongest dragons in the world.
"They indeed do love each other, it's their love that allows them to tap into their true strength. Ingeel and Eurbay one day have the day to surpass not only Elder Sage Belserion but myself as well." My mother explained to me, explaining the power of love.
"Love can make one that powerful? You're so strong mommy, you're saying that their love for each other is stronger than your love for me and daddy? " I asked her curious about how love made one stronger.
"No it has little to do with their love when it comes to them, it's the fact they're already the strongest Dragons and even a human-like myself who is powered by love, as Dragons, they exceed that potential. At this moment, only one Dragon is stronger than Ingeel aside from Belserion." my mother explained to me as we walk more around the castle.
We then saw Metalicanaand Zeusei boxing each other within the Dragon boxing ring throwing punches at each other. The ring met to fit two dragons were as wide as a farm acre with the two dragons slugging it out in a friendly, competitive fight in a sparring tradition as old as ancient Gareica.
"I told already Metalicana, you're not as strong as me. " Zeusei said to Metalicana as he swings his right hook into the armored Dragon but the dragon shrugs off the blow easily thanks to his Steel Dragon Scales.
"Doesn't matter even if you are, you punch aren't doing shit to me without your Lightning amps and even then I can shrug it off." Metalicana replied as he trades blows with the Lightning Dragon King with his fists moving so fast, my young, untrained eyes were barely following the speed of the punches.
"So why do they fight each other when they're allies? " I asked unaware at the time about friendly competition.
"Sometimes amongst friends, it's natural for them to lock horns every know and then. The spirit of friendly competition between two worthy allies is what also allows Magic to grow stronger for pushing each other to their limits is what defines the power of the heart." My mother explained to me as we then walk to another part of the massive castle.
We then saw Venomisky and Grandeeney playing chess within Venomisky's quarters. Grandeeeny and Venomisky were much more into mental games of wit than competitive combat often fought using chess with a board wide enough to take up the space of an average room in a house made for humans with chess pieces almost as large as a human body.
"You're move Venomisky."Grandeeney said to Venmonisky with a serious look on her face.
"I already got you were a want you, checkmate." Venomisky replied with a smug smile.
"You always beat me in this game, then again you're the brains of the protection force." Grandeeney stated notably upset she lost again to the witty Poison Dragon King.
"One must always think 3 steps ahead of their opponent." Venomisky replied as he leans back on his massive stool.
Meanwhile, Skiadrum and Weisslogia are training with Belserion within a large room by Dragon standards that was the size of Rosemary Village who were using their Dragon Magic to battle the Grand Sage Dragon as a duo. It was the first time I've seen the famous Dragon Dou do their teamwork and team attacks.
"White Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk" Wesslogia and Skiadrum chanted as they dash at Belserion moving at speeds too fast for the untrained eye to see but being the last of the strongest race of Dragons, Belserion blocked each of their blows with no visible strain or effort despite being an elderly dragon.
"Not bad but you're still not at the level of your fathers. Your teamwork is impressive but to properly use the White Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk, you need to be in perfect harmony with your teamwork." Belserion explained to the two young Shadow Dragons as he goes to resume training when we interrupted him.
"Hey, Belserion Sensei!" My mother said to Belserion in a notably cheerful tone.
"Hello Queen Écarlate, how are things with you? " Belserion asked her happy to see his former student.
"Fine, just walking around with my daughter in the castle." my mother answered.
"I was training my students on how to fight like their fathers." Belserion stated.
" I see, they're quite talented individuals. Anyways can they take a break for a bit while we talk alone? " my mother said to me as she prepared to talk politics with my foster grandpa.
"Sure thing. Weisslogia, Skiadurm, take five and talk with the princess for a bit." Belserion replied as the Dragon Dou take a breather to hang with me.
"Weisslogia, Skiadurm, how are things with you guys?" I asked my Dragon Uncles.
"Fine princess, have you been training in your magic?" Skiadrum answered with a question.
"I've been training to try to cut swords with a wooden stick. One day I'm going to make the world bloom of cherry blossoms." I explained to my Dragon Uncles.
"Well, you need to become very strong to do a spell like that and a lot of training." Weisslogia replied with his playful manner.
"Can you guys help me become stronger as well?" I asked them.
"Sorry but you're too young to train with us! You need to become an adult to train with a dragon. Your mother would kill us if any harm came to you." Weisslogia explained to me much to my own disappointment.
"Let's instead play some catch." Skiadurm replied as he threw a cotton ball towards me which I was able to catch, despite being a large cotton ball to fit in a Dragon's hand, I was able to catch it and throw it back and play with the dragons.
While playing with the Dragons, I overheard the conversation between mom and Belserion regarding the climate of the time. Dragonv being such a massive country and using magic from Dragons to help cultivate the land gave our country the largest resources of aquaculture and technology at the time that made every country want to join trade routes with them.
"So how is the management of world trade going ?" Belserion asked my mother.
"Fine, we got all the countries within Isghal including the recently established Stella country to join the Dragonv Trade Union. All but one country in Isghal has joined our trade federation which is the Kingdom of Serenity." My mother explained to my dragon grandpa as he takes in the points.
"I'm not too surprised. The Kingdom of Serenity has always been hostile to Dragonv, after all, the Grand Serena Empire once controlled Dragonv up until we became our own nation." Belserion stated with a stern and unsurprised look on his face.
"It makes no sense why they rather choose isolation than being part of our booming trade with the world. Do they wish to be isolated? Why continue to live backward with Dragon and Human relations?" my mother replied with notable fury and frustration.
"Humans can be stubborn at times, give the Kingdom of Serenity some time. Hopefully, it's future ruler would see the error of the ways of the Serenity Kingdom. Because of the established trade pact, the world is seeing a record boom in aquaculture and technology. Serenity was the hardest hit country in the Dragon War, eventually, they will come to our terms." Belserion said to my mother.
"I just don't get how is it that they continue to allow themselves to be dominated by Dragons who are for the barbaric practice of sacrificing humans as a blood ritual. I thought such a barbaric practice would've died out within the Crocus Empire yet a good part of the world be it, Cina, Germa, Garibel or Serenity is still run by this backward tradition." my mother explained to my dragon grandpa upset that parts of the world still practice human sacrifices on human beings by dragons.
"We can only hope with the defeat of the Dark Dragon Tribe and the success of Dragonv would bring the values of the Manga Carta to other parts of the world." Belserion replied as he scratches his chin.
"So seems like your students are growing pretty fast." mom said to Grandpa Belserion while I play cotton ball with Wesslogia and Skiadrum.
"It's good to see the new generation of Dragon King's fight to reach the pinnacle of their strength. I was worried that the current generation won't keep the pace but they're all growing at such a rapid rate in terms of strength. At this rate, all of them might surpass even my power." Belserion explained to mother regarding the training of the new generation of Dragons in the Dragon Protection Squad.
"Agreed, they really are motivated by their loyalty and love for humans and understand what their fathers and mother fought so hard to protect. So anything that came through the Wish Box today to do ?" my mother asked Belserion.
"Nothing much, with so many people getting their request done by your Dragon Forces, people have been rarely requesting personal requests from the Queen themselves. You've done such a great job maintaining the country that your parents would be proud of you. However, you, did a request from an old friend Kajeel who wanted to deliver you a newly polished Hoshigami No Satsuki given it's gotten slightly rusty from the lack of use but most of the people are busy and you have your own meeting with the Gappionese Shogun and Emperor Sherigu Mikazuchi about improving trade relations." Belserion explained to my mother.
"I've been so busy training my daughter, I almost forgot about my planned meeting with the Mikazuchi Noble Family. I'll just have to get my daughter retrieve it for me.." My mother replied.
"You're sure you want to do that after what happened 3 months ago ?" Belserion questioned.
"Trust me, Irene should be able to handle most petty thieves. She'll never take on my footsteps if she doesn't start at least basic training at a young age. If you wish, you can observe her progress as she brings the swords back and intervenes when you think she can't handle the threat." My mother explained to Belserion with a smile, expressing confidence in my abilities to bring back the sword as she heads towards her meeting.
"Fine, I'll make sure your daughter is safe and sound and make sure no meddlesome lowlifes are going to harm her. " Belserion replied determined to make sure my very first mission goes without a hitch.
While I was playing with Skiadrum and Wesslogia, Grandpa Belserion arrived to catch the ball.
"Tiem for you two to resume training." Belserion said to them.
"But we were just getting to the fun part." Wesslogia stated with his childish tone.
"Let's just go do the training." Skiadrum replied with his much more serious tone.
"What am I suppose to do with the training? Where did mommy go? " I asked my grandpa.
"Your mommy is busy with diplomatic relations with our distant ally Gappione. She's asked you to help bring back her sword within the Redfox Blacksmith shop not too far from here." Belserion answered.
"So I get to run an errand to bring back mommy's sword? Can I touch it before giving it to mommy? " I asked him curious to see the sword for the first time.
"Sure, just don't play with it, it's not a toy one should play with." Grandpa Belserion replied.
An Hour later in Whitestone One
I walked down the street with her kendo stick as self-defense weapon across the massive city of Whitestone One, the middle age eqauilvent of New Crocus City. The cobblestone streets were filled with humans on horse carriages and Dragons roaming around alongside livestock ranging from cows and pigs of normal size to cows and pigs large enough for Dragons to eat. There were vegetables and crates that were large to accommodate the food meant for Dragons and humans alike.
Before the advent of magical vehicles, humans rode on horseback and carriages while some even used Dragons to travel across countries. It was one of the fastest ways to reach parts of the world. a horse carriage and a buggy would take at least 3 weeks at best to cross from Dragonv to Fiore, by comparison, a Dragon can reach Fiore using its top speed that average humans can handle in merely 3 to 5 hours. Only the richest of humans could afford such a service.
Walking around the cobblestone city took a while but I was able to find the Redfox Family Armory. a large 3 dragon story shop not far from the castle. The shop contained virtually every weapon a human can also for ran by Kajeel Redfox, the greatest weaponsmith within the world and retired Grand General of the Human Defense Corps and Calvary legion of Dragonv.
The shop was wide enough to fit dragons and humans alike with Dragons and Humans purchasing weapons and armor alike. There were hundreds of swords, axes, and spears within weapon racks and containers with blades ranging from those small enough to hide in a pocket used by humans to swords as long as human buildings.
I walked into the employee's room when I saw a young boy around my age with short hair within a bob cut with notably tan skin wearing a green tunic and peach trousers who was playing with wooden sculptures of two soldiers fighting each other. One of them was a Dragonv Imperial Solider and the other was a dark wizard, something little boys often did in a time before mass-produced action figures and video games.
"Is Kajeel Redfox here?" I asked the young boy.
"My dad is busy working on a new blade." the young boy answered as he plays with his action figures.
"So that means he's the legendary Blacksmith Kajeel who served in my mother's army." I stated ecstatically to meet the legendary Grand General who helped fought the war.
"Wait you're the Princess of Dragonv, awesome I never thought I would see you here. .It's not often nobles talk to commoners like us." the boy explained to me notably shy around me given I was of the highest noble class. Kajeel's family were originally farmers from the Seven Kingdom.
"My mother always said that there's no such thing as a commoner or noble, only people. My mother cares about equality and cares about sharing and helping others, she made a wish box which allows people to send in requests and that's why I'm here. I'm here to retrieve the repolished Hoshigami No Satsuki but first, what's your name?" I asked the boy, this would the one of the defining moments of my life.
"My name is Erenjack Redfox princes Dragonv." the boy answered looking down on himself with a lack of confidence.
"Don't be so formal, just call me Irene." I replied as I humbly told him to not be so formal around him causing him to blush.
"Anyways my dad is busy so I'll just hand the sword to you."Erenjack stated only to have it take from his hand from a theft.
"So those sculptures, did you make them?" I asked the boy curious to see his toys.
"Yep, dad taught me how to make my own toys. I even made this wooden sword here." Erenjack said to me as he picks up a wooden claymore style sword and carries it in his hand as one would expect with someone with no swordsmanship training.
"What are you doing? That's not how you hold a sword. " I said to my new friend as I manage to pick up the sword and hold it in the right formation.
"Whoa, you can use a sword?" Erenjack asked me awestruck at my form and use of a sword.
Kajeel came out to see me with his work upon on and smelter gloves carrying a large bag full of weapons.
"Going to make a quick delivery son, watch over the shop for a few minutes...Oh, it's you, Princess Irene...Where's your mother?" Kajeel said to his son as he lugs around the massive bag of weapons with ease despite the weight of the bag.
"She's busy with adult things, she sent me to get the Hoshigami No Satsuki for her." I replied.
"It's in the back of the store, careful not to play with it. One wrong move could end up destroying this whole building and the surrounding city." Kajeel explained to me as he walks out of the shop with the tools.
"So want me to show you around the shop before dad comes back and you get the blade?" Erenjack asked me
"Sure thing!" I answered as we took a small tour around the shop.
The shop had at least 100 human employees and 20 Dragon employees working on constructing a variety of different weaponry. Despite being peacetime, people loved buying swords and other weapons as collection and business were solid for the time period.
We then reached the room Kajeel used to smelt weapons and forge them himself and what sat there was the Hoshigami No Satsuki on top of the shelf in the room. The Legendary Blade was a Wazsihiki style blade with a crimson Japanese style Dragon engraving on the blade itself with a crimson red hilt with a red taseel on it.
"So this is the legendary sword my mom uses? It's much smaller than I thought it would be. Looks nicely polished and everything!" I said to Erenjack as I marveled at the craftsmanship of the blade.
"Dad spent a whole week trying to get the blade to be as good as it is. Anyways you should take this and..." Before Erenjack can hand the sword, a cloud of smoke appears covering our eyes and blinding us as the sword is taken from us as a grown man appears at our line of sight.
I saw the man barely, he was a man of average height and average build wearing a purple eye mask and had spiky blue hair with a purple hood on with a purple cape with a large sack on his back with various amounts of valuable items he's stolen from the store. The man used his Fire magic to create a fire to distract the employees long enough for him to escape.
"No, he stole mommy's sword!" I shouted as I ran after the theft but I was grabbed by Erenjack.
"Wait, Princess, he's a grown adult, there's no way we can beat him. " Erenjack shouted as he runs to get his dad who was busy forging a blade for a customer.
"Wait, Princess, he's a grown adult, there's no way we can beat him. " Erenjack shouted.
"I'm not going to let him steal mommy's sword." I replied as I pushed him off of me and ran after the theft.
We begin the crazy chase around Theft was as fast a cheetah, swiftly moving from building to building in a blink of an eye. I was at a disadvantage chasing him given he was older, more experienced and had more stamina but thanks to my training with mommy and daddy and enchantment, I was able to keep up with his immense speed as we ran down the alleyways.
The theft then jumps over a 2 story wall thinking he would've finally lost me but thanks to my training, I was able to perform a backflip over the massive wall and landed right in front of the theft.
"You're an awfully persistent little girl, however, I wield the legendary Satsuki Blade, the blade used to slay the Dragons. You know how much time it took planning this perfect Heist. Do you know how much this would fetch me to sell this weapon? You best leave or I'll cut you down with the weapon myself." the theft said to me as he arrogantly barged about the weapon in his hand.
"I'll like to see you try then." I replied confidently I can take him in a sword fight given his posture and stance was clearly that of an unskilled swordsman.
"HAHAHAHA! A mere wooden sword against the blade that can cut mountains, how hilarious is that? You might as well fight a Dragon with a butter knife. " the theft mockingly laughs as he goes to attack me with the Satsuki blade but I easily dodged the slashes without a hair being touched on my body.
The theft tried to combat me with the Katana but it was clear his skills with a blade were merely lackluster waving of a blade with the skills of a normal human with a knife. Despite my very young age, I knew the basics of a sword and how it was an extension of one's body whereas the theft merely thought of a sword as another weapon to be used.
Another factor that had this fight entirely in my favor was the fact I was the daughter of the strongest woman in the world and possibly the strongest woman within history and the most skilled magician within the world regarding my father. Despite the theft being three times my size and age, I was much stronger and faster than him. In fact, his attacks compared to my speed was equivalent to a turtle trying to outrun a cheetah.
The theft throws around the blade flailing the blade like a confused drunk as each of his sword strikes come nowhere near close to hitting me while I manage to sidestep each of his attempts to thirst the blade against me.
"You brat hold still while I skewer you with this blade." the theft shouted as he wildly flails around his sword without the slightest bit of skill or technique while I effortlessly parry his strikes with me barely breaking a sweat.
"Your problem is that you see the blade as another tool, big mistake! You can never use the true power of a sword as long as you lack the heart and skill to use it. " I explained to the theft as I easily duck, dodge and roll away from his attacks waiting for him to burn out his energy.
"Don't give me that shit, like I need heart to cut you down. " the theft shouted as he seemingly slashes at me with the blade coming at my forehead but I swiftly evaded the slash last second ducking down while losing a few strains of hair.
"You can't beat me with that blade. You're not very good with a sword are you mister? " I said to him with a mocking tone which really angered the theft.
"You're right, but I excel in magic! Prominence Typhoon!" the theft shouted as he shot a large purple fireball towards me catching me by surprise and hitting me square in the face, knocking me away from him.
I struggle to get back up from a devastating fire spell but realize fast enough my left leg had mild burns on it and it was hard to move my leg around. I try to stand but the theft draws the blade closer and my body froze with fear.
"I must give you credit little girl! You were able to have fought me off long enough for a girl your age but you're no match for the Master Theft Jora Noseberg! Farewell, meddlesome brat." Jora said to me explaining himself gloating as he drew his blade closer to me. Despite the theft being nowhere near my level, he wielded the legendary Hoshigami No Satsuki, even in the hands of the unworthy, it would more than enough to kill a child.
At the moment I felt fear beyond anything I experienced beforehand. I thought for sure that I would be cut down at the beginning of my life before I got a chance to even become Queen. However, the blade connected to my neck but rather than being decapitated, the blade shattered on my neck like paper machete.
"What I'm alive? But how?" I asked myself shocked as for how I somehow survived a slash that should've decapitated me...It was then I learned I instinctively used an enchantment in a desperate attempt to minimize the damage to my small frame from this guy, the Armor Enchantment, however, made me realized that the theft made one fatal flaw into using the Hoshigami No Satsuki, he never had the real one. In fact, the blade is so powerful, no mere mortal could wield it.
"Impossible! This Hoshigami No Satsuki is said to cut through a mountain range with a flick of a wrist. How is it that it broke hitting the neck of a fucking child ?" Jora shouted losing his temper in horror of what just happened.
"Just as I thought, Erenjack gave me a replica blade by accident. The real Hoshigami No Satsuki wouldn't break so easily on my neck." I said to the theft as I felt on my neck.
The theft looked horrified that his sword shattered on my neck as if I had Dragon Scales.
"HOW! HOW DID YOU BREAK A SWORD AIMED AT YOUR NECK ?"Jora shouted as his pants become notably brown and wet as well as smelly.
"Thanks to using Armor Enchantment taught by my dad, I was able to prevent a fatal strike but I wasn't expecting that blade to break so easily. I have to assume it's cheaply made Aluminium meant to be a realistic toy sword. " I explained to Jora based on the training I got from my mother.
"No, this can't be happening, I got a toy sword by mistake? Well, I'll just have to make up my disappointment by killing you then little bitch! " Jora shouted as he takes out an actual knife and comes at me.
"Do you know who you're fighting against? You're fighting against the princess of Dragonv, Irene Dragonv." I replied to him as I block his sword with my hardened enchanted Wooden sword.
"Crap, you the daughter of the legendary Queen of Dragons? That explains why you're so monstrously strong...I'm dead if I harm you so I'm doing what I do best. Running away."Jora replied as he ran away at maximum speed using flames to boost his speed to moving faster than the speed of sound.
"Oh no you don't, you're going to pay for taking mommy's sword in the first place. Venier" I replied as I dash at full speed outpacing the man and appearing in front of him in which he attempted to block my attack.
"Enchantment Arms: Dividing Moon" I countered as I managed hits the knife out of and manages to break Jora's Right arm with a single fast stroke just like mom taught me.
"No! She's as talented as her mother...I never stood a chance." Jora said to himself out loud as he holds on to his hanging right arm trying to put it back at its socket being internally snapped in half.
"That took everything out of me but I was at least able to disable him from attacking." I said to herself as the theft surrendered as Erenjack and Kajeel arrive at the scene to see me panting while the prep is down with a limp Right arm.
"Did you do this?" Erenjack asked me in his usual stern voice.
"Yes, he was trying to kill me. I apologize for using too much force...He's not dead, is he?" I asked Erenjack and Kajeel concern about my opponent's condition.
"No, he's far from 's pretty banged up though, you broke his arm pretty badly. You are definitely Lady Erza's child to be so strong at such a young age." Kajeel explained to me as he picks up the knife in Jora's hand which has a notable crack on it.
"I was able to crack Iron." I stated cheerfully happy to see my skills progress within a short amount of time, however, my body felt fatigued from the output of magical power I unleashed within that attack as it was the first time I used an Enchantment arms spell in battle.
"Yep, quite impressive. you're clearly your father's child when it comes enchantment magic and your mother's child when it comes to swordsmanship. You're going to be one hell of a queen when you grow up." Kajeel explained to me as he picked up the heavily demoralized theft and tie his hands up and walks him towards a horse carriage wagon meant to transport prisoners with several royal soldiers already here.
"Wait where's the real sword? " I asked him wondering what happened to my mother's sword.
"Here's the actual Hoshigami No Satsuki, my son accidentally gave you the replica I was going to give him mistaking it for the request order commission." Kajeel replied as he presented the newly polished blade within it's Scarlet Scabbard he had within the wagon and gave it to my hand.
"So I don't have a replica to play with? Darn!" Erenjack whined upset he didn't get his weapon.
"That's what you get for giving her the wrong tool son. Doesn't matter, I'll make one for you again later. After all your birthday is tomorrow." Kajeel said to his son with his usual stern and strict tone.
"Thanks for the weapon. I love like to visit you again Erenjack...It was really fun hanging with you." I said to the young boy as I walk away with the sword.
"Man I wish I was as strong as the princess, she's so awesome."Erenjack said to his father talking about me as I walk away from the scene.
"She is the daughter of Queen Ecarcalte, it's to be expected looks like you've taken a liking to her Erenejack, perhaps you and her would one day be a family together." Kajeel said to his son joking around.
"What do you mean by that dad ?" Ernejack asked too young to understand what he was saying.
"You'll understand when you growup." Kajeel replied smirking picturing me and Erenjack as a happy family...If only that came to be instead of what actually happened.
Back at Manga Catra
I returned the sword to my mother who just finished her conference with the Gappionse leaders within the room with my mother wearing a red Kimono. The Emperor of Gappione was a tall middle-aged man with a scar on his face with long purple hair in a ponytail with a thick beard and mustache with slanted yellow eyes. Outside of the room I also met a young girl who was surrounded by Samurai bodyguards. Much like her father had a Kimono on with long purple hair and slanted yellow eyes. Unlike my mother, the Emperor of Gappione entrusted his daughter to carry a real sword for self-defense.
"So you were able to retrieve the Hoshigami No Satsuki, my dear daughter? " My mother asked me with her regal tone.
"Yep right here mommy, just as you asked." I answered as I hand the blade to her.
"Kajeel did a great job, as usual, preserving the craftsmanship of the blade. Honestly, I hope one day his son is as good as his father because one day, this blade and kingdom would be yours." My mother explained to me as she marbled at the craftsmanship of the blade from the Redfox Blacksmith.
"I don't know, you're so strong mommy, I don't know how I can match you." I stated not confident I can ever measure up to her strength.
"Trust me, I see great potential within you, you just need time to achieve that great potential of yours." My mother replied only for the Emperor to talk to my mother again.
"It seems like your daughter has also trained in the arts of swordsmanship much my own." the Emperor said to my mother with his stoic tone.
"You're daughter Kanzaki seems to have picked up some swordsmanship from you given the way she holds her blade." my mother said to the emperor pointing out that she's holding her blade within a stance common with Itajutsu users.
" I wager that my daughter could defeat your daughter within a sparring match." Emperor Shiergu said to my mother stoically betting on his daughter to beat me in a fight.
"Don't underestimate my daughter Irene, she's trained from the best swordsman in the world, she's a girl genius. I guess a small sparring match wouldn't hurt right Irene?" my mother stated confidently that I can prevail in this battle.
"Don't worry mommy, I won't let you down." I replied believing I could beat my opponent within battle.
Before I knew it me and Kanzaki were with wooden swords within a space between Dragonv Imperial Guards and the Gappionese Samurai with my mother and father on one side and the Emperor and his wife on the other side.
"So ready to do this?" I asked the girl but she didn't reply at all as if she was mute.
"Not much of a talker is she? " My mother asked the Emperor notably surprised at the sheer stoicism of the young 6-year-old.
"My daughter takes things seriously, she rarely talks unless needed." the Emperor explained to my mother within his soft-spoken tone compared to my mother's more outspoken
Then the duel began. Me and Kanzaki clashed our wooden swords with each other as we go for thrusts, swings, and slashes however as the duel went on, the gap in our skills became clear. Kanzaki was far better than me when it came to swordsmanship.
I swing my blade towards her and try to knock the blade out of Kanzaki's hand but she stops my parry and almost knocks my sword out of my hand. I was putting so much effort and energy into each of my swings and moving around too much while Kanzaki stood there barely moving a step, barely breaking a sweat. Eventually, when I was worn out, Kanazaki knocked my wooden sword out of my hand, having easily defeated me in combat.
"Incredible, to think your child was so skilled with a blade." my mother said to the emperor.
"Your child isn't too bad at this but Kanzaki was born to be a swordsman. She idolizes your ancestor Satsuki Hiro Mujika for the last few months. The problem with your daughter is is that her heart isn't within the sword fully and because of that, she lags behind my daughter." the emperor said to my mother as she goes to attend to me who was crying from my first loss.
"I lost Mommy, I failed you!" I said to her as I cried on her shoulder.
"Don't cry my dear Irene, there's always someone better than you. The opponent you fought was someone who trained exclusively in swordsmanship whereas you devoted your training to both swordsmanship and magic. While you have the potential to be the strongest human in the world, doesn't me you can also be the most skilled in all the areas of magic and skills in the world." My mother explained to me stating that it's not possible to be skilled with every single skill in magic possible.
"So you're saying I can't be the strongest swordsman and the strongest mage in the world?" I asked my mother wondering about what she meant by that.
"You can be a great magician and swordsman but in order to become the best at what you do, you need to specialize and devote your time and devote your time into a skill. Don't pressure yourself into a skill you feel you're not the best at, be yourself, work on your abilities and one day you'll develop your own fighting style." My mother said to me as she picked me up and we went to the flower field.
While I was playing in the flowers, Belserion then arrives to tell my mother his status report.
"So how did things go with her quest?" my mother asked.
"She was able to capture Jora Noseberg, the most notorious theft who tried to steal the Hoshigami No Satsuki but was foiled by Irene. She was able to defeat her opponent using Enchantment to block his attack and break his arm and cracked his knife."Belserion explained to mom.
"That's impossible, she just learned enchantment 3 months ago. It took Charles 3 year just to break through Bronze when he was taught this magic at age 10, you're saying my daughter has that much potential within her?" mom asked Belserion.
"It seems so, she is after all the combined offspring of you and Charles, still to learn basic enchantment on a beginning level for 3 months is an impressive feat. That would mean that she has a pretty high intelligence to have learned it that quick. So I was right to suggest that she could surpass even me one day. She's going to become a great legend." My mother said about me impressed at my skills.
"So what happened? Irene seems down." Belserion asked my mother.
"She had a sparring match with the Princess of Gappione and lost badly. She's feeling a bit down because her physical strength and swordsmanship isn't as good as the princess. I wasn't expecting Kanazaki to be that skilled so fast, I pushed my daughter too hard too fast" My mother said to the dragon notably upset that she pushed me too hard.
"Don't worry, Irene would eventually reach your levels of skill at the rate, she just started her training after all."Belserion stated with his grandfatherly tone.
"One day my daughter would become a legend" My mother replied with an optimistic viewpoint.
I've become a legend alright..just not the one you would be proud of mother. Looking back at all this, it's quite hard to believe that I would become everything I was taught to hate. As I drift in and out of consciousnesses as my life unfolds before my eyes yet again I'm only reminded further of my failures in life. I had such great potential and I blew it away.
September 9,x376 was where everything began for me. I was able to defeat my first criminal on my own, I was able to meet my first best friend within my life and met my first rival within my life, a rival who at the time was more skilled than I was at the time and it would take up to my adulthood to surpass. Soon I would meet my first love, completely blow my chances with them and end up with a second lover who would be the harbinger of destruction who would begin the dark path I wanted up until this point. Had I continued to pursue my first lover our notice their feelings sooner, this could've been prevented altogether.
End of 1st Person POV
3rd Person POV
Irene as an adult cries from her eyes as she looks at her younger self with her mother within the flower field when she sees the scenery turn black again.
"Am I finally dying? Everything has gone cold and black. I want this torment of being reminded of my failure to be ended. I've suffered enough damn it!" Irene said to herself only to see another imagine appear which changes the scenery that Irene is around.
She sees a Univriesrty building within the middle of a large ancient city where she sees a young Zeref at the same time give a piece of paper to 3 elderly men who are going over the paper.
"You wrote this? " One of the elders asks Zeref.
"Yes! It wasn't easy, I spent the last 3 months studying books to research how to bring back the dead and stuff. Wasn't easy having to go through a thousand books on magic." Zeref explained to the elderly men.
"It's amazing to see a 6-year-old have so much knowledge of the ancient arts. Even most adult men can't use but you need to tone down on the revival of human beings." Said one of the elders as he grapples his long beard pondering the young boys with.
"Yeah messing with forbidden magic is something that shouldn't be done by adults let alone children." one of the elders said to Zeref concerned about his safety.
"Using forbidden magic such as that is what cursed the Gacriean Empire in the first place into a millennium-long gender war. Because of that curse that created the Amazons and Adonis, we've banned any research into forbidden magic and maintained it to this day." Another elder said to Zeref showing concern for Zeref's advanced intellect.
"Such works go against the mighty Lord Ankhseram, Anskerham cursed us before and he would curse us again if we anger him and if you anger him. Please refrain from the research of this caliber again Zeref, you're a very smart child. Possibly the smartest child in the world, stick to researching topics that can help us." One of the elders stated notably panicked about pissing off their god.
"Okay then, I was just curious after all, why is it that we live and die?" Zeref replied as he holds onto his papers.
Irene observes what happened with Zeref wondering why is she peering into his life.
"This again? Zeref and I don't share any blood, I thought it was Natsu that I had a connection to because of the Dragon Seed yet I'm able to see parts of Zeref's life within my own. Almost as fate is intertwined with each other. Now I can see clearly what brought Zeref into Darkness looking back at all this and how his actions would later bring me on a path of darkness...Does that mean that I would also see the life of the person who made me experience love for the first time of my life?" Irene said to herself as she observes Zeref's life within her own memories and then holds onto her heart thinking about who her first lover was before her husband.
To be continued
(A/N: Yep we're seeing the start of Irene's path to becoming the badass she is known within canon. I had a chapter in which the Dragons get a bit of development as side characters within the plot even though they're not the main focus of the chapter, don't worry the dragons would each get their chance to shine before inevitably being put to pasture by Ancologia.
Yes, Kagura's ancestors were a ruling feudal Japanese family and yes the princess who pwned Irene in battle is the direct ancestor of Kagura Mikazuchi herself and yes I do intend to make her kinda of a rival to Irene, for the most part, to be a test mark of her skills as her early life. Sick tune to see more of that.
Also, Kagura isn't going to be the only side character who would have an ancestor within this fan fiction, there are going to a lot of other names appearing from time and again as we go into the world of Fairy Tail pre-Series.
But let's talk about Ernejack, yes this is the father of Gajeel and he would become Irene's closest friend,he would play an integral role in Irene's development and would be the most notable of the Frist generation of Dragon Slayers alongside Irene and stick tune to when I show more of the Dragon Slayers parents when we get to that.
Like VoGoshinki's Qunicy Fairy Tail storyline, the A/N would contain a measurement of MPF levels of each character that has fought within battle up until a certain point within the chapter so you can get a good example of how strong each character is.
The MPF level of this series would go up to as far as 100,000 MPF as maximum power levels. Here are some examples.
1-5 MPF: Below Average human strength/ average magic level of a child
5-10 MPF: Level of a normal human
10-25 MPF: Level of a Peak Human
25-100 MPF: Level of an average D rank Mage/. Small Building level attack potency/AoE/Durability, Transonic speed. Uses very basic beginner spells
50-100 MPF: Level of an average C rank Mage/Average Rune Knight mage. Building level potency/AoE/Durability/Subsonic speed. Uses basic Magic spells
100-300 MPF: Level of an average B rank Mage/Lieutenant Rune Knight-Mage level. Large Building level potency/AoE/Durability/Supersonic speed. Uses Medium level Magic Spells.
300-1,000 MPF: Level of an average A rank mage/Rune Knight-Captain. City Block to Multi-City Block level attack potency/Hypersonic Speed. Uses High-level Magic Spells.
1,000-5,000 MPF: Level of a rookie S Class Mage/Rune Knight-Major. Town to City level attack potency/ Massively Hypersonic Speed. Uses Advanced level Magic Spells
5,000-10,000 MPF Level of an average S Class Mage/Rune Knight Colonel/ D Class Civilian Dragon. Large City to Small Island level attack potency/ Massively Hypersonic Speed+. Uses Master level Magic Spells
10,000-15,000 MPF. The level of an experienced S Class Mage/Rune Knight Division Commander/ C Class Soldier Dragon. Island level to Small Country level attack potency/ Massively Hypersonic Speed+. Uses unique level Magic Spells.
15,000 MPF-20,000 MPF. The average level of an SS Class Mage/Rune Knight-Lieutenant General/ B Class Elite Soldier Dragon. Small Country to Country level attack potency/ Massively Hypersonic Speed++
20,000 MPF-40,000 MPF Level of the strongest Gulidmasters/ Four Gods of Isghal level /Rune Knight General/ A class Commander Dragons. Country-level to Contitent level attack potency/ Massively Hypersonic Speed+++ to Subreailstvtic Speed
40,000-80,000 MPF. The level of the strongest mages in the world/Grand General of the Rune Knights/ S Class Commander Dragons. Large Country level to Contitent level attack potency. Sub-Relativistic speed
80,000- 100,000 MPF. Level of a Demigod(Zeref, Ancologia) At least Contitent level attack potency. Sub-Relativistic to Relativistic speed
100,000 MPF+Level of a god. Able to potentially destroy the entire world!
Irene(: Age 6)125 MPF
Erenjack:4 MPF
Kajeel:16,314 MPF
Jora Noseberg:95 MPF
Capoke:17,183 MPF
Queen Écarlate(Rusty, no Hoshigami No Satsuki)35,207 MPF
Zeref( Base full power) 60,000 MPF-100,000+ MPF with Fairy Heart
Ingeel(Young, Pre Dragon Festival)36,306 MPF
Zeusei(Young, Pre Dragon Festival)38,965 MPF
Metalicana(Young, Pre Dragon Festival)37,932 MPF
Grandeeney(young Pre Dragon Festival) 32,513 MPF
Skiadrum and Wesslogia(Young, Pre Dragon Festival)35266 MPF
Venomisky(Young, Pre Dragon Festival)34,021 MPF
Belserion: 48,000 MPF
Anyways there are only 2 chapters left within the beginning origins arc before we cut to the next arc which would focus on Irene as a Teenager which would be a nice exploration into Dragonv and surrounding countries. Stuck tune for the next chapter when we finally introduce the secondary star of the show, Anna Heartfilla. Remember to review/fave and subscribe and please leave feedback and criticism within the chapter you review.)