Disclaimers: I do not own Fairy Tail
A/N: So this story was on Romeo's Life but I decided to give it it's own story.
Magic Council's Enforcer has been moved to Romeo's Life
Check out my other stories such as Fiery Hurricane of Love, The Wild Master, and Boy from Magnolia.
The Extinguishing.
No one knows exactly when and where it began, but the first official record of it in Fiore occurred in the royal palace itself in X794. Queen Hisui and her father, the former king Toma E. Fiore, were working late into the night looking over that documents that were informing them of the progress of the reconstruction going on throughout the country in the aftermath of the invasion when the Queen felt a tad chilly and summon one of the royal servants to light the fireplace within the room, but upon doing so, something strange happening. The servant, who was an average mage, went to summon a small fireball to throw into the fireplace...but no flames came forth within his hands. The servant went to try and again but the same result occurred.
Embarrass by his mediocre performance, the servant excused himself and went to fetch another servant working the late shift who could also do fire magic. But this servant's attempt was no different than the last and that is where the Royal Family began to suspect something was amiss.
Before long, reports were coming in from all over the country; mages finding themselves unable to cast any magic that had even a whiff of fire in it. Soon Queen Hisui from receiving intel from her spies throughout the land that this problem wasn't just a problem for Fiore, but for everyone. All three known continents of Earthland were experiencing this epidemic as not even a small, simple, fireball could be summoned by even the most powerful of mages and magical items that produce flames simply cease to function. No one could figure out what causes this nor could be even being to devise a solution to it. So just like that, all of the magical flames in the world were snuff out.
X794
Before the Extinguishing
Some time ago, the young mage known as Romeo Conbolt left the guild to go train on Tenrou Island in order to better himself and become a much more powerful mage so he would not be completely overshadowed by Natsu and the others. It was Master Makarov who provided the idea and the means of getting there, allowing him to use the guild's personal ship to get there but warning him that the currents have gotten more violent since the incident with Acnologia all those years ago. Nowadays, there was only a small window of time when the currents and tides were calm enough for a ship to get through without a hassle and that the boy would be stuck on that island until that day came back around. After the guild master went over a few charts he determines that Romeo would not be able to return to the mainland for at least eighteen months.
While this development did make Romeo balk for a moment, (and cause his dad to go hysterical) he eventually decided to take that chance and it took only a couple of hours for him and Master Makarov to convince Macao that this was a good path for the teenager to take.
After packing his things and saying goodbye to the guild, Romeo set out on his journey to Tenrou, landing on the island the next day, (luckily the ship basically move itself thanks to the runes etched into it by Makarov and Freed). Romeo had to survive off the island itself after a while since he only brought enough food with him to last the first three months, but there were plenty of fruits and wildlife to accomplish that. On top of that, he had a communication lacrima with him that he could use in case of an emergency and the guild would most likely just borrow Blue Pegasus's airship to come get him.
Unfortunately, that was destroyed about two days into his stay after his campsite was attacked by a Rollidillo that rolled over it before Romeo could scare it off.
X796
Hargeon Port
After a year and a half from the day he landed, Romeo set sail back for Hargeon Town, but the port was completely filled with ships. Every pier was used up by either merchant vessels or military ships; so much that he had to anchor the guild ship a good two miles away from the port and used the rowboat to go ashore.
"That's something you don't see every day", Romeo told himself as he jumps out of the rowboat and walked up to the beach, "Wonder what's going on."
He strolls to the forest until he came to the main road that would lead him to Magnolia, but upon coming out through the trees he notices a military checkpoint had been set up a couple of miles from his hometown, the guards at the post demanding money before allowing anyone to cross.
Romeo ruffles through his pockets and pales when he discovers that he didn't have enough money to pay the toll.
"Why is there a checkpoint here to begin with?!", Romeo thought as he silently bypasses the checkpoint, never once drawing any attention in his general direction.
"I'm finally home", an eighteen-year-old Romeo sigh awhile later as he looked upon the Kardia Cathedral of Magnolia and beyond it at the guild building of the mighty Fairy Tail magic guild, "Hard to believe I have been gone for more than a year. Can't wait to see how everyone been doing."
Such thoughts of pleasant reunions were pushed out of his mind upon him entering the town of his birth.
"This is new", Romeo tells himself as he began to walk down the main road toward the guild hall where he suspects his father and the others would be at this time of day. Along the way, he passes by the bakery and notices an extremely long line that went down the block and from his angle he could see the bakery staff frantically try to fill orders as they scrambled about.
"I don't remember them ever having a problem with that before I left. Does everyone all of a sudden want bread for some reason? ", Romeo thought to himself as he turns his attention toward the town forge where the local blacksmith was currently having an argument with what seems like an army officer.
"I'm telling you that we need those swords!", the officer yelled.
"And I'm telling you, that it's going to take time. I don't have a fancy magical forge anymore that doesn't burn through coal, plus I have to stop every few minutes to readjust the heat so the metal will come out perfectly and not shatter!", the blacksmith counters, "Hell, speaking of coal, my shipments have to come all the way from Bosco due to there not being any large natural mines in Fiore!"
"Perhaps it's time the Royal Army took its business elsewhere", the officer threatened.
"Ha!", the blacksmith barked, "Good luck with that! If you can find a blacksmith who's not having the same problems as me, I'll gladly quit and go work for them!"
The two continue to argue back and forth as Romeo walks by them, wondering to himself what exactly was going on.
"Is his forge broken or something? Is Fiore about to go to war?", Romeo tells himself as he spots the guild hall coming up.
"I'm pretty sure someone can fill me on the details when I get to the guild."
Romeo pulls up to the massive front doors of the guild hall but doesn't push open the doors for something caught his attention
Or to be more exact the lack of something caught his attention.
"It's quiet", Romeo told himself, "Too quiet, usually there's a brawl happening around this time. Maybe Natsu and the others are out on a job", as he pushes open the guild hall doors.
To his utter shock and disbelief, the guild was completely full yet no one was being rowdy or anything. Everyone was simply sitting down, their faces looking down at their glasses.
"Did someone died?", Romeo thought as he made his way to the tavern where Mira was serving drinks. Along the way, he looked around for his father, Natsu, or anyone of his closest friends but none were to be found.
"Hey Mira", Romeo says as he pulls up a seat, catching the model/overly powerful mage's attention.
"Oh my stars, is that you Romeo?", she gasps putting down the drinks she had in her hands, "You're already back from Tenrou?"
"The one and only, how has everything been?", Romeo asks, hoping to get a feel on what has been going on since he left.
"Well, you know", Mira started out with a sigh, "It has been doing as good as it can get ever since...well you know. How have you been coping?"
Romeo raises an eyebrow, "Coping with what? What has happened since I been gone?"
Mira shakes her head, "Please don't be one of those mages that are still in denial, Romeo. You're better than that."
"What are you talking about-", Romeo started to say before a voice broke through the air.
"Fire getting low again", causing Romeo to turn in the direction of the voice, where a random member of the guild was standing next to, like he said, a fireplace.
"Since when did we get that?", Romeo thought as he turns to see Mira and a couple of other members walking over to it with the bartender carrying a box of matches while the guys behind her were carrying some cut up logs.
"Looks like it's going to be another tough winter for Fairy Tail", Mira murmurs as she walks by Romeo, "With the cost of matches and lumber going up again."
She was only a dozen steps away from her destination with a stream of flames shoots over her head and arches downward into the fireplace, setting it ablaze and instantly warming up the entire building, almost smothering it in heat.
After a few moments of staring at the blazing inferno, Mira and the rest of the guild slowly turn around to look back at the tavern where a nonchalantly Romeo was still sitting with his hand stretch out and flames still dancing at his fingertips.
"I don't know why you guys even brought a fireplace in the first place. But hey, if Master Makarov approve it then who am I to question it?", Romeo spouts off before finally noticing the stares he was getting from everyone.
"What? Is there something on my face?"
Mira slowly walks over to Romeo and takes him by the hands and starts leading him up the stairs to the Guild Master's office.
"Hey, what's going on here?!", the fire mage questions only to be ignored and since he didn't have the strength to break free of Mira's grasp, he decided to just go along with it.
Only after she burst open the door to reveal Master Makarov, Laxus, Macao, and Wakaba discussing something did she speak again...
"You're not going to believe what just happen!"
Natsu Dragneel aka Salamander.
Ezra Scarlet aka Titania.
Wendy Marvell aka The Sky Sorceress.
Gajeel Redfox aka Black Steel.
Juvia Lockser aka The Rain Woman.
Elfman Strauss aka Beast Arm Elfman.
Mirajane Strauss aka The Demon.
These are just a few of the alias given to the most skilled mages of Fairy Tail. Names that struck fear into the hearts of the foes far and wide and were known across Ishgar and beyond. Names that were constantly making the headlines, especially after the Alvarez war.
But they are not the focus of this tale for that honor belongs to another. One who was raised within the guild since his first days on this planet. One who despite fighting in the frontlines of the Alvarez conflict and has proven himself time and time again has yet to earn a name for himself. He has only earned the unofficial title of….
Romeo Conbolt, son of the Fourth Guild Master of Fairy Tail.
But now after the "Extinguishing", he has earned a new title:
Romeo Conbolt aka The Last Fire Mage.
A/N: So basically him being on Tenrou allow him to escape the effects of the Extinguishing.