It was a bright day on July X784, a day that would be remembered long after as the beginning of some of the most important events that had ever happened on the world of Earthland.
There was nothing particularly groundbreaking about this day, there was no army of the undead attacking, no dragons, no giant monsters, nothing out of the ordinary.
However, on one of the trains entering the small port town of Hargeon, there is a brown-haired dragon slayer staring out the window of the train car holding a wooden staff.
This is Tyson Dragneel, Son of Igneel, the Fire Dragon Prince, Dragon Slayer of Elements and S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail and the unofficial strongest mage in all of Ishgar, since he defeated God Serena the year before, but refused the position of God of Ishgar.
He had grown a lot these last 7 years, he now stood a colossal 6 feet 4 inches and weighs probably about 185 pounds due to the muscular physique he now boasts. His brown hair was now longer, going down past his shoulders an inch or more, making him look unkempt. There was now a scar underneath his left eye, from the middle of his left temple down to the left side of the bottom of his chin. Tyson's outfit hadn't changed since he was a child, still having the black t-shirt with the black cloak, baggy white pants and black combat boots.
He had spent nearly a decade learning and mastering several variations of Fire Dragon Slayer magic like Emerald, Freezing and Shadow as well as Air, Arctic, Cosmic, Darkness, Earth, Electric, Ice, Light, Solar, Storm, Thunder, Water and Wind Dragon Slayer magic.
Sleeping on his lap is a two foot tall light blue cat that was wearing a royal purple vest that had white edgings and had a light green backpack on his back.
This is Happy, he is Tyson's surrogate son, since he and Erza along with a few of their friends hatched him out of an egg that Tyson found in the forest surrounding Magnolia Town.
Happy is an energetic, fish loving ball of happiness, but when the situation called for it, Happy does have combat abilities that place him at low S-Class. Happy is officially ranked as a high A-Class wizard since he hasn't taken the test to become A S-Class wizard yet.
A conductor walked up to the two and said, "Sirs, the train will be moving again soon. Please depart if this is your destination."
"Thank you." Tyson replied after looking at the conductor.
He took hold of Happy and walked off the train, beginning to search the crowd for his target.
Happy woke up from all the movement and asked, "Tyson, are we in Hargeon yet?"
Tyson nodded, "We just got here. Now let's find the person who's using my alias and put a stop to it."
Happy nodded and added, "That phony won't know what hit him!"
Happy and Tyson came back to the guild a day earlier after a three month training trip to the frozen wasteland called "The Icy Wrath of Death" it is the coldest place in all of Earthland, temperatures there are reported to have fallen below -200 degrees Fahrenheit on the coldest winter days.
Tyson had been going there as a training exercise for the last 6 years, he goes and trains there in the winter time, when the temperatures are at their absolute coldest. He does this because the cold temperatures force him to use his magic to keep his body warm, so it is a constant drain and this forces his magic containers to get larger due to the continuous usage.
He and Happy heard that a man had been calling himself "Salamander" and this man had been in cities that mysteriously have had a number of their women at the exact same time this "Salamander" appears.
Tyson and Happy immediately knew the two were connected, so he and Happy immediately set out to capture this man and force him to lead them to the missing women.
Nothing is known about the man beside the fact he calls himself "Salamander" but Tyson figures that since he is abducting women, he should have a dark or malicious aura to him, so that could make locating him easier.
Tyson and Happy thus began their search for the criminal, unaware of their inevitable meeting with a future friend.
Across town, in Hargeon's only magic shop, there is a certain busty blonde named Lucy Heartfilla, who is currently looking for anything useful.
"What?! This is the only magic shop in town?!" Lucy shouted out in disbelief.
The owner of the shop nodded and said, "Since Hargeon is a fishing town, we don't have many wizards here, the most we usually get is traveling wizards, so there has never been a need for more than one magic shop."
Lucy nodded at that logic and once again began to look around the shop for anything that could be of some use to her.
Eventually she came over to the Celestial Spirit section and saw several keys, but almost all of them were of Silver Key Spirits she already had.
However, she then saw one she had been looking for a while now, she found the key for the little dog, Nikola.
She squealed with excitement and ran over to the shop owner, saying, "How much for this silver key?"
The shop owner looked at the key for a second and said, "Since the spirit is a really weak one, I shall give it to you for 9,000 jewels."
Lucy winced a little at that one, but paid the price and got a new key then she asked the shop owner, "Got anything else?"
The shop owner looked deep in thought and then said, "Oh! I may have something that might interest you!"
He went to the back of the shop and after ten minutes of looking, shouting and mild profanity, he came back out carrying a large brown leather book written in golden letters on the front, "Celestial Spirit Mage's Complete Guide."
The shop owner looked pretty smug with himself and said, "This little beauty here is an ancient book written by one of the most powerful Celestial Spirit mage's to ever live, sadly his name has been lost to history. However, he wrote down all his knowledge about Celestial Spirit magic, including several spells he created himself. Some of those spells were said to be SSS-Class in power."
Lucy was floored, Celestial Spirit mages could create such incredible spells? This book was a must have! "How much for the book?"
The shop owner looked down in deep thought and said, "Well, this is an extremely powerful book and as a-one-of-a-kind, is impossible to replace, so I will set the price at 1,500,000 jewels."
Lucy's spirit came out of her mouth at hearing that outlandish price, all that money for one book?! Lucy could understand where he was coming from, but there was no way she could afford such a book.
Lucy was about to say she couldn't afford the book when she felt a cool breeze and a voice say, "I'll buy it."
Lucy turned around to see a whirlwind and saw our main protagonist after he descended and placed his staff against the counter, in his arms were a number of magical items, ranging from a cursed sword that could summon magma, to a Take Over Soul that has a demon with a mastery over lightning and so on and so forth.
Tyson set the items down on the counter and said, "Please ring these up."
The shop owner nodded and added the book to the pile. In total his order cost 50,000,000 jewels, but thankfully Tyson stored his cash in his pocket dimension, allowing him to carry his total amount of 400,000,000 jewels.
See, he is extremely thrifty, since he built his house outside of Magnolia, he didn't have to pay a landlord, so no money drain there, plus he only spends money on food and a few gifts for his friends, plus he is an S-Class wizard, so he gets jobs with rewards into the 1.5 million to 3 million jewel range, so he saves up a lot.
After paying, Tyson requiped his order into his pocket dimension, save for the book, which he hands to Lucy after grabbing his wooden staff.
Lucy looked shocked and said, "Sir, why did you give me the book if you spent a million and a half for it?"
He replied, "I don't use Celestial Spirit magic and since you're in possession of Celestial Spirit keys, the book would be of more use to you."
Lucy looked at the book and said, "I can't accept such an extravagant gift, it's too much."
Tyson replied, "Well I don't need it, so you're stuck with it."
Lucy looked at the book once again and sighed, saying, "Fine, you win. I'll take the book. BUT! I have to pay for lunch."
Tyson turned to her and said, "That isn't necessary."
Lucy shook her head and said, "I owe you, so come on."
Tyson sighed in response, "If you insist. I'm not going to fight with a girl whose mind is made up. Just wait a few seconds for my best friend. He went over to the fish shack to get a mackerel, so he should be back soon."
Just then a voice said, "Hey Tyson, who's the blonde?"
Lucy looked down and saw Happy eating a mackerel while staring up at her.
Lucy then shrieked, "You're a talking cat?!"
Happy nodded and said, "Technically speaking, I am an Exceed, but that's beside the point. Who are you?"
The blonde haired mage recomposed herself and said, "I am Lucy. Tyson met me at the magic shop and bought me a rather expensive book, so I decided to pay him back by paying for lunch."
Happy just shrugged and said, "Lead the way."
Later, the three of them were eating at a small restaurant and having a nice conversation.
"So, you are the Fire Dragon Prince and your dad was the Fire Dragon King, Igneel, who is currently inside you creating antibodies so you don't turn into a dragon?" Lucy asked in complete disbelief.
Tyson nodded, "Yeah, I also happen to be a S-Class mage of Fairy Tail known as the Dragon Slayer of Elements."
Lucy's eyes turned into stars within seconds and said, "Fairy Tail?! I have always wanted to join Fairy Tail?! You guys are amazing!"
Tyson and Happy chuckled a little at her behavior and Happy said, "Aye! Fairy Tail is the best guild in all of Fiore! And Tyson here is our guild's strongest member."
Lucy's eyes grew enormous and her jaw dropped to the ground, inciting more laughter from the two.
The more she thought about it, Tyson did seem to be familiar and after a little bit of thinking, it hit her like a magic mobile to the face.
"You're the Salamander of Fairy Tail! The mage who controls the hottest flames on Earth! It is also said your flames can burn the darkness out of magic and even outright destroy magic itself! Is that true?" Lucy asked.
Tyson nodded and said, "My flames burn at such an intensity that magic itself is destroyed, but when I turn my flames up to that point, I am a danger to everyone around me in a five hundred foot radius, being inside said radius is extremely dangerous and can lead to major injuries and if you're inside there long enough, death."
That statement shocked the young lady who said, "Seriously?"
The fire mage nodded and said, "I of course have never actually killed anyone before, but I am not overselling the danger of my flames, when I get to that point, run as far as possible."
The blonde then asked, "So is there a test or exam that I have to pass in order to get into the guild?"
Tyson responded, "All you have to have is magic, show up and you're in."
Lucy was stunned and asked, "Seriously, it's that easy?"
Tyson nodded, "Fairy Tail is like a family, we never turn down potential family members, regardless of their past."
Lucy smiled, her love of Fairy Tail was growing more and more by the second just listening to this young man tell tales about the legendary Fairy Tail.
Happy then asked, "So what kind of mage are you?"
Lucy took off her key ring and showed it to the two mages across from her and said, "Well I am a Celestial Spirit mage, I form contracts with celestial spirits and call upon them to aid me in battle. The silver keys are common and powerful, but the golden ones are Zodiac keys and there are only 12 of them. I personally have Taurus the Golden Bull, the Water Bearer Aquarius and finally Cancer, the Giant Crab."
Tyson nodded and then told her, "I already know about Celestial Spirit magic, we have a Celestial mage back at Fairy Tail."
This was shocking to the blonde who asked, "Really, who?"
"Her name is Yukino Agira. She, along with Minerva Orland joined Fairy Tail on the same day three years ago. I trained both her and Minerva to be stronger and a year later Minerva became a S-Class mage and Yukino became one last year. Both like to stay away from the public eye, they want to become better mages before going public." Tyson explained.
Lucy was intrigued, she had never met another Celestial Wizard before, "How many keys does Yukino have?"
"Yukino has three Silver keys and three Gold Zodiac keys. She has Caelum, the Chisel, Polaris, the Bear Cub and Deneb, the Swan, her Zodiac keys are Pisces, the Paired Fish, Libra, the Heavenly Scales and finally Ophiuchus, the Snake Charmer." Happy said.
Lucy was confused, she had never heard of Ophiuchus, so she asked, "I have never heard of Ophiuchus before, what kind of Zodiac is she?"
Tyson then said, "She is the thirteen Zodiac and she isn't really well known, but Yukino found her key in an abandoned mining tunnel."
"Ah." Lucy said.
Tyson added, "Well come on. Happy and I are on a mission and when we're done, we can go to Fairy Tail."
Lucy gained a look of excitement and said, "I'm going to go to Fairy Tail! This is AWESOME!"
Tyson and Happy laughed and Tyson said, "Well Lucy we will be off. Go to the train station and at 10, we'll be there to take you to Fairy Tail."
Lucy excitedly nodded and then the three parted ways, two headed to continue their hunt for the impostor, the other going to get her stuff so she can be ready to join Fairy Tail.
Later that day...
Lucy had gotten all her stuff packed at her hotel and was now on a park bench reading a Sorcerer Weekly magazine.
"Wow, Fairy Tail destroyed another building? They are just a riot! Oh look at Mirajane! She is so awesome! I can't wait to get into Fairy Tail." Lucy squealed as she sat on the bench.
"You want to get into Fairy Tail?" A new voice asked.
Looking up, Lucy saw a relatively tall and slim man who has dark blue hair, he has a tattoo reminiscent of a pair of tongs placed horizontally above his right eyebrow, covering part of the right side of his forehead.
The man is wearing ornate clothing, with the most visible piece being a dark, high-collared cape almost reaching down to his knees, possessing a lighter inner part and light edges adorned by a pattern of many rhombs. He has a inner white shirt, a pair of ruby red pants, three golden bracelets on his left wrist and a pair of rings on his middle and index finger.
The ring on his middle finger is golden and on the bottom part is a black clover symbol, while the ring on his index finger is a darker shade of gold, but this one had a circular red gemstone, while a light pink gemstone is placed on top of the red one.
The man walked over to Lucy and said, "I can get you into Fairy Tail if you want to join."
Lucy shook her head and said, "I already have someone to get me into Fairy Tail, the Salamander."
The man looked a bit shocked and said, "Well that might be a bit tricky since I am the Salamander."
Lucy narrowed her eyes and said, "You aren't the Salamander, I just met the Salamander. He is taller and more broadly built than you for one and he has brown hair. Nice try."
The man then narrowed his eyes and said, "I tried to be nice, but since you aren't cooperating, I guess I'll do this a different way."
Before Lucy had a chance to react, the man waved his hand in front of her face, his palm sending out several particles of white light, causing Lucy to lose consciousness.
The man caught her and said, "You are coming with me, willing or unwillingly."
The man then started to walk towards his yacht, the unconscious Lucy draped over his shoulder.
Meanwhile...
Tyson and Happy are currently going through the city, trying to find any leads about the Salamander, but no one they had talked to had seen the Salamander.
"We're getting nowhere. There aren't any clues as to Salamander's location." The brown haired dragon slayer said to his partner.
"I know Tyson. This is so weird. We should have seen some sign to where the Salamander is." Happy said back.
The dragon slayer and the Exceed continued on their journey to find the impostor, but time was quickly fading away and soon, it was nearly ten o'clock.
The two were by the pier when Tyson turned to Happy and said, "Let's call it a night. We still need to board the train and get Lucy to Fairy Tail."
Happy nodded and the two were about to go to the train station when two young ladies walked by them, one of whom said, "Did you get invited to Salamander's party?"
Tyson and Happy stopped and gave the girls their complete attention.
The other girl shook her head and said, "No, I really wish I could have gone. Salamander is the coolest mage ever!"
Tyson then said, "Excuse me, but did you say Salamander's hosting a party?"
The first girl nodded her head and pointed out to the ocean where a yacht was sailing, "That is the Salamander's boat. He is throwing a party on it. I wish I could have gone, with him being a member of Fairy Tail and all."
Tyson's eyes narrowed and he turned towards the boat, saying, "Happy?"
Happy replied, "Yes, Tyson."
"Let's go." Tyson said as a whirlwind formed around his body.
Happy nodded and then from his back came a pair of white angelic wings and the blue cat began to fly towards the boat.
Tyson used the whirlwind to propel himself towards the boat.
The dragon made into human flesh and the blue Exceed flew towards the yacht, determined to end the Salamander's reign of terror.
Woe to anyone in the way of an angry dragon and his son.
They are not known to be the most merciful of people when they are crossed.
Meanwhile...
The moment Lucy regained consciousness, she immediately knew something was incredibly wrong.
For one thing, she was in a fancy room painted gold with extravagant furniture.
Another was that she didn't have her keys on her anymore and the book she had gotten was not with her anymore either.
The final reason was she couldn't remember anything after that creep had waved his hand in front of her face.
Lucy got up and began to look for a way out of the room when a part of the room to her right opened up.
The creep that knocked her out came into the room with an extremely annoying smirk on his face and said, "Enjoying the room?"
Lucy snarled, "No, and tell me where I am right now!"
The man didn't seem the least bit concerned with her anger and then raised his right hand, snapping his fingers.
Within seconds, two large thugs came into the room and grabbed Lucy's arm, beginning to drag her away.
"Just showing you your future, my dear." The creepy man said.
The group of four went to the main deck, where to Lucy's horror, there was a large number of women that were unconscious and were being placed in chains, also being taken below deck.
"Wha...what is going on?" Lucy asked in disbelief.
The creep smiled and said, "To put it simply, I wooed a large number of women with my Charm spell and then I knocked them all unconscious. Now we are restraining them so when we get to Bosco to sell them all off, they won't be injured."
Lucy gasped and shouted out, "You're a slave trafficker!"
The creep's smile increased and he said, "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Bora the Prominence, former member of the Titan Nose guild."
Lucy gave him a withering look and said, "You are the worst type of wizard there is. Taking these women from their homes and selling them as slaves, you're a waste of a human being."
Bora appeared unmoved by Lucy's words and then he reached into his pocket, showing her the key ring.
Lucy gasped, "My friends!" She said, worried for her friends.
"It's not like you'll be needing them again, considering you'll never be free again." Bora said, throwing them over the port side.
"NOO!" Lucy yelled as she saw her keys being thrown overboard, most likely to never be seen ever again.
Bora walked over to Lucy and cupped her face, saying, "Don't worry, the pain will stop after a few days."
Bora turned to his accomplices and said, "Take her below deck and get her restrained. She will fetch a hefty price, so we don't want her to be damaged."
The grunts nodded and began to walk towards the main deck, where Lucy would be chained and imprisoned until they reach Bosco.
Lucy had tears running down her face as she thought about her predicament.
'So, this is how my journey ends. Me being taken and sold as a slave, never to join Fairy Tail, never to go on adventures and make friends, or fall in love. My future is going to be full of darkness and pain. I am sorry mom, for such a failure. You would have had all these guys defeated and broken in only a few minutes.'
"Wait!" A new voice yelled out. The thugs scanned the room for the source of the voice and eventually spotted a black-haired man in the corner of the room Lucy was being held in.
"I won't let you do that." The man continued. He was dressed like a matador, and had a holster strapped to his side containing a decent-sized sword.
"Who are you?" Bora angrily asked the intruder.
"Who am I. Here's your answer, scum. Knight Rebirth." The black-haired man drew his sword and raised it into the air. He was enveloped in energy and after a brief explosion, was covered from head to toe in thick black armor.
"Black Knight, Hyuuga!" He exclaimed, sliding the sword against his armor.
Then something smashed into the deck only twenty feet away from Lucy.
Wood splinters went everywhere from the force of the impact and a dust cloud had been sent up from the objects landing.
Every one of the people on the deck stopped and stared at the dust cloud, waiting for whatever was underneath to show itself.
Eventually, the dust cloud disappeared and from it came the imposing and dangerous looking form of Tyson Dragneel, who was pissed, along with his partner Happy, who was no less angry.
His face twisted into a mask of simmering and incredible anger as his eyes darted all over the ship, searching for his enemies when his eyes landed on Lucy.
"Lucy?" Tyson asked, surprised. "What are you doing here?"
Lucy's eyes lit up, there was hope! "Tyson! I'm glad to see you! These guys are slave traffickers!"
"Is that a fact?" He asked, a massive amount of heat was being released from his body and his expression changed to one of unrestrained fury.
His eyes changed to burning coals, while a bright orange magic aura began to form around him.
The wooden deck beneath him began to simmer and blacken as Tyson's temperature began to rapidly climb.
Happy was no different, his eyes also changed, from their usual black to a bright green color, his face also transformed into one of murderous rage.
Tyson then asked in a cold tone, "Are you injured?"
Lucy shook her head, "They haven't physically hurt me."
He nodded and said, "Happy?"
Happy replied, "Yes?"
Tyson said three words that doomed the traffickers. "Wipe them out."
Happy's face turned into a malicious smile. "With pleasure."
Tyson then moved so fast it was like he disappeared and when he reappeared, his fist was firmly in the gut of one of the goons, who doubled over in intense agony, only to be kneed in the face so hard his nose was in a billion different places.
Happy on the other hand was surrounded by some goons, and one of them said, "It's just a little cat! Let's kill em and eat em!"
Happy looked directly into that man's eyes. "You get destroyed first."
Before the group could respond, a large black cloud appeared around Happy, shielding him from view.
The goons surrounding Happy coughed and sputtered from the smoke.
When it cleared, a much different Happy was standing where the blue cat once was.
This feline was 7 and a half feet tall, rippling with raw muscles. The feline stood on two legs, and had azure fur covering his entire body, while several plates of gold metal covered his chest, he has three that formed a combat shirt of sorts, a pair on his legs that covered almost all his lower legs, while two golden gauntlets were on his forearms. He had on a helmet that covered his forehead and had a spike protrusion on either side of the head and on his shoulders were golden shoulder pads with a silver spike in the front and a silver spike on the back, while the straps for his breastplate had a silver spike on them as well and on the back of the armor were six silver spikes. This cat had a face that was more reminiscent of a tiger and the canines were over three inches long, while a large blue cat tail was swinging behind this mighty warrior.
The goons were so stunned, they couldn't react when this new Happy's right fist struck out and sent one of the goons flying back across the deck.
Happy turned around towards the other goons that were shaking in fear and said, "So, anyone want to make fun of the cat now?"
The goons all shook their heads and Happy smiled towards before he and Hyuuga began to make short work of the group.
Meanwhile with Lucy, she was in awe as the three began to fight and effortlessly defeated the goons on the ship as if they were nothing more than children.
'I can't just stay here and do nothing. I have to help, somehow.' Lucy thought.
Lucy then noticed her two guards were distracted, so she wretched her arms out of their grasp and then elbowed both men in their pride and joy, dropping them to the floor as they gasped in pure agony.
Lucy then ran over to the port side of the boat and jumped off the ship.
She plunged into the warm waters as she began to look for her Celestial Spirit keys.
After a few minutes, she found them on a rock formation and swam over to claim them.
After getting her keys back, Lucy swam up to the surface and grabbed one of the keys.
"Open, Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!" Lucy shouted out as she placed one of the keys into the water.
A golden glow appeared and from the golden glow came a beautiful blue mermaid carrying a large water urn in her hands.
Aquarius turned towards Lucy and said, "What did you do this time, dear child?"
Lucy looked sheepish and moved her two index fingers together nervously, "Well, I got kidnapped and taken aboard a slaver ship, but then two Fairy Tail members came flying out of nowhere and the Black Knight was hidden among the thugs, they are currently destroying the crew members. I was hoping you could wash the ship to shore for us?"
Aquarius looked at Lucy for a few seconds before she sighed and said, "Only you Lucy could get into that much trouble in a day."
Lucy looked really sheepish now, but before she could retort, Aquarius raised her urn and a massive wave washed under the ship, carrying it back to shore, doing very little, if any damage to the pier.
Lucy smiled and said, "Nice job, Aquarius!"
Aquarius puffed up her chest and said, "Well, what do you expect of me, Aquarius the Water Bearer, one of the most powerful Celestial Spirits in existence."
Lucy rolled her eyes and then said, "Mind helping me to the shore?"
Aquarius huffed, "What am I? A glorified carrier?"
Aquarius raised her urn once again and another wave came in, this one much smaller and a lot slower, so as to not hurt Lucy.
After a minute of traveling, the two reached the shore and Aquarius said, "Alright Lucy, my times up, just remember I am available to be called anytime, just try not to get into anymore trouble okay?"
Lucy nodded and then gave Aquarius a hug, before she returned to the Spirit World.
Lucy then heard a noise to her left and whipped around, only to see Tyson, Hyuuga and Happy in his tiger form standing over the bodies of the beaten and broken bodies of the crew.
"Tyson!" Lucy called out to him.
He turned towards Lucy, smiling.
The black-haired dragon slayer and his trusted partner jumped down towards Lucy.
"You alright?" He asked Lucy, checking her for injuries.
"I'm fine. How about the rest of the women, are they okay?" Lucy asked.
Happy nodded and said, "They are alright. Just a few bumps and bruises, nothing serious. We do need to get the authorities to arrest these wastes of space that dare call themselves humans."
Lucy nodded and was about to run off to go get the authorities when a giant skull shaped ball of fire came flying towards the group.
Lucy screamed as she shielded her face with her hands, but to her surprise, there was no pain, just a slurping sound.
She turned back towards Tyson and was gobsmacked to see the black-haired dragon slayer eating the giant ball of fire as if it was a simple smoothie on a hot summer day.
Tyson ate the fireball, belched and then glared at the person who threw it.
Standing on the deck of the ship was Bora, who looked absolutely livid.
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DESTROYING MY SHIP AND SHIPMENT!?" He shouted out in barely controlled rage.
Tyson continued glaring at Bora and then he rolled up his right sleeve to show off his right shoulder and on it was a red Fairy Tail symbol.
"My name's Tyson Dragneel, son of Igneel and the Fire Dragon Prince, as well as a Fairy Tail wizard. I will not allow you to continue using my Salamander title for illicit purposes." He exclaimed.
Bora glared even harder and then ignited his flames underneath his feet and flew into the air.
"Prominence Typhoon!" Bora yelled out as he stretched his arms wide out to the sides as a magic circle appeared in front of his chest and from the circle came a massive swirling vortex of flames that came rushing towards Tyson, who didn't even react.
The flames struck him, engulfing him in their unholy destruction, but Tyson was undeterred. These flames were nothing but the weakest of embers compared to the power of the Fire Dragon King.
Tyson raised his right hand and swiped it, causing the flames that surrounded him to be instantly extinguished.
Bora, consumed with rage, didn't notice the flames didn't hurt Tyson, so he continued to attack, this time he used, "Red Shower!"
Bora, atop his swirling vortex of flames keeping him a-lift, raised his right hand and a magic seal appeared, causing a shower of fierce purple flames to be fired at Tyson in a scattered pattern, causing damage in a mild area.
However, these flames were even weaker than the Prominence Typhoon, so these small little puffs were nothing to him.
Tyson still hadn't reacted, his facial expression was still stone-like, with a glare that could kill a elephant leveled at Bora.
His apparent inability to be hurt by his person sent Bora into a even deeper rage, causing him to use one of his most powerful spells in his arsenal. "Hell's Prominence!"
Bora placed both hands in front of him aimed directly at Tyson and gathered his energy in between his hands.
Lucy could sense the power behind that spell, while not even close to the power Aquarius showed and by the standard, nowhere near the power of Happy's abilities, it was still a respectably strong spell, but Lucy refrained herself from yelling out to Tyson.
Lucy didn't know why, but something about his complete lack of care for such a spell, made Lucy come to the conclusion he knew what he was doing and she should just watch.
Bora finished gathering his power and with a final yell of, "TAKE THIS!" He sent a large laser-like blast of magic towards Tyson, who remained still.
Just when the blast was about to strike, the beam suddenly began to break apart as if it hit a wall and suddenly, visible to the others, there was a dome of energy surrounding him, protecting him from the power of the spell. The force of the spell hitting Tyson's protective barrier caused fierce winds to be generated and sent all over the port.
"Alright." Tyson muttered. "I'll blow you away."
"Blow me away, I'd like to see you try." Bora scoffed.
"Gladly." Tyson began sucking in air. "Wind Dragon Roar!"
"Happy, what was that?" Lucy asked in a quiet, almost scared voice.
"That my little lady friend." Happy replied as he turned towards Lucy with a look of nostalgia in his eyes, "was his aura and Wind Dragon Slayer magic."
"His aura and Wind Dragon Slayer Magic?" Lucy asked, confused.
"Aye, over the years he's taught himself several other varieties of Dragon Slayer magic besides fire."
"He can also create a barrier around himself that destroys the magic behind a magical attack, leaving beam or energy attacks like Hell's Prominence, nothing more than hot air. Physical magical attacks are rendered useless, due to the fact that they all rely on magic to make them so effective." Happy explained to the shock and awe of Lucy. "Remember when Tyson said he could destroy magic around him?"
Lucy nodded and Happy then said, "Well, this is a much safer version of that technique. That technique is a active magical ability, the user must conscientiously make the choice to use the ability. This technique is so powerful, that those in it's target area are completely unable to execute any and all magical activities. That is, if they aren't knocked unconscious by the power of the flames. The technique he is using right now on the other hand is a passive magical ability, it is always in use. This technique creates a small perimeter around Tyson, 2 feet from him in all directions, that destroys magic, but he can turn the power of the barrier down to the point where the barrier does minuet amounts of magic destruction, so that he doesn't hurt his allies' ability to fight."
Lucy looked back at Tyson in newfound awe that he could execute such a simple, but incredibly powerful ability at the same time. She could only dream of doing such a incredible technique, while he has two different techniques that do the exact same thing, only in different ways.
Back to the fight, Tyson still hadn't moved or done anything to Bora at all, causing the slave trader to grow even angrier, so much so that Bora forwent any thought at all and was now just throwing magical attack after magical attack at him, each one being destroyed by the power of the barrier and leaving him completely fine, much to Bora's increased anger.
Then, Tyson just vanished.
Bora was shocked and now looked around him in a desperate search for the Son of Igneel, who appeared before Bora in a flash and now had his right fist driven deeply into Bora's gut.
Bora let out a wordless scream as he felt all breath driven from his lungs and a pain the likes of which he had never felt begin to tear through his insides.
Bora's flames disappeared as Bora wrapped his arms around his waist, trying desperately to stop the pain, but before he could react, a face appeared before him and gave him the most brutal headbutt of his life, causing Bora to not only start seeing stars, but his nose was also destroyed.
The force of it sent Bora flying into the ground, where he laid in a crater, broken, bleeding and so very much in horrible pain.
Tyson looked at him laying pathetically in front of him and said two words, "You're through."
He then turned towards Lucy and Happy, instantly losing the anger in his features and smiled at the three.
Lucy smiled back towards him and said, "Tyson, that was awesome!"
Hyuuga nodded, "He had it coming."
Tyson laughed a little and said, "You didn't do bad either, Lucy."
Lucy's face fell at those words and said, "Yes I did. I was kidnapped by that creep and had to have you three rescue me. All I did was ask Aquarius to take the boat back to shore."
Happy placed his left hand on her right shoulder and said, "It's alright Lucy, you made a few mistakes, so what? I didn't become this powerful in a day's time. It took me six long and painful years to get this strong and I am nowhere near as powerful as Tyson, despite being trained by him the longest. You can't give up after just one bad incident, you will get nowhere in life."
"Besides, we had to help you Lucy. You're our friend." Tyson said, smiling at her in a comforting manner.
"But, I'm not a part of Fairy Tail yet and you've only known me for a day." Lucy shot back.
"That doesn't matter, you want to join Fairy Tail and you have a really good heart, that makes you a friend in my book." He retorted.
Lucy was stunned by their kindness and calm words. These two, she had known them for less than a day and they had shown her more kindness and warmth than her own father had shown her in the last seven years or so after her mother's death.
Lucy couldn't hold in her tears and she began to cry, causing two of the three males around her to begin panicking and comically tried to apologize to her for whatever they did.
"I'm not sad. I am happy." Lucy clarified, causing Tyson and Happy to let out a breath of relief, if Erza found out they made her cry.
Both shivered as they thought of the red haired knight, although Tyson was a lot more powerful than Erza, she still terrified him, especially after what happens to people that mess with her strawberry cheesecake.
Poor Jimmy, they were continuing to find blood all over the guild and that was a year ago.
Also, that hole in the right wall from when Erza used a support pillar to send Jimmy flying halfway to Crocus is still there, only now Erza had the hole framed as a warning to everyone what would happen if they hurt her beloved desert ever again.
Even Tyson wasn't immune from her wrath, only she didn't use physical methods of torture to get revenge on him, she mentally tortured him until he snapped and begged for forgiveness after accidentally lighting her cheesecake on fire once.
The things she did are best left unsaid, unholy abominations of terror and darkness that were never meant to ever see the light of day, dreams of perpetual darkness and pain, how she discovered these methods of pain is going to forever remain a mystery and perhaps, it's better that way.
Returning to the present, Tyson gave Lucy a hug and just let her release her pain for a few minutes, then let her go and asked, "Feel better?"
Lucy nodded and wiped away the tears with her left hand.
Happy then said, "Now, the next order of business is to release all the captive women and get these unsavory slavers to the authorities."
Tyson nodded and said, "Lucy, you and Happy go and get the women."
"We'll handle restraining the slavers." Hyuuga added.
His two companions nodded and ran off to do as he requested.
Tyson and Hyuuga began the process of bending metal railings into temporary cuffs and chains to prevent the slavers from attempting to escape, but eventually they were all restrained.
Meanwhile, Lucy and Happy had freed all the captive women, who were extremely grateful to have their freedom once again.
Just as the last woman was set free, all aboard the ship heard the sounds of clanking armor and marching feet.
Stepping out of the deck, Lucy and Happy saw three divisions of Rune Knights coming towards the ship.
Tyson jumped over the deck and walked towards the captain, who was doing the same.
"Greetings. I'm Tyson Dragneel, SSS-Class mage of Fairy Tail."
The captain was shocked to see such a powerful wizard here in Hargeon of all places, but quickly recovered and said, "Hello, I am Mathew Vest, commander of the garrison here in Hargeon. Can you please explain what happened here?"
Tyson nodded and said, "Myself and Happy came here to look for the fake Salamander and investigate the mysterious mass disappearances of women in the towns Salamander visited. I spent 12 hours searched and got nowhere, then overheard a party on the yacht behind me being thrown by said Salamander, a Fairy Tail mage. I knew the man was a impostor due to the fact that no other Fairy Tail mage was in this city and I am the Salamander, so me and Happy flew out to the boat to investigate and imagine my surprise when I saw my friend Lucy had been kidnapped and about to be restrained, then taken somewhere to be a slave. Naturally this caused me and Happy to become incredibly angry, so we and Hyuuga began to knock the crew out and try to take control of the ship, while Lucy went overboard to summon her Celestial Spirit, Aquarius to get the boat back to the pier. Once back at the pier, I engaged the fake Salamander in combat and discovered he was actually Bora the Prominence, a mage that was excommunicated from the Titan Nose guild a few years earlier for unacceptable behavior. I quickly defeated Bora and since then, myself and my three companions restrained the ship's crew and freed all the captive women on board, that's when you guys showed up. Good timing actually, we were about to go get you."
The captain absorbed all of that knowledge and then said, "On behalf of the people of Hargeon, I thank you for taking the fake Salamander down and saving our people. I dread thinking what would have happened to them had you three not stepped in."
Tyson waved his right hand dismissively and said, "It was nothing, he got what was coming to him. I'm just glad I was able to stop him and of course sock him in the face a few times."
Vest chuckled a couple of times at that one and then turned back to his soldiers and said, "Come on men, let's go round up these no good wastes of human beings and get them locked up."
The men all stiffened and yelled out, "Yes sir!" then ran towards the vessel to apprehend the slavers.
A good thirty minutes later, all of the slavers were placed into magic mobiles and taken towards the Hargeon prison to await trial for their actions.
Tyson searched through the ship and uncovered records of Bora's clientele, previous trips, everything about his illegal actions, it was enough to put him away for a very long time.
Meanwhile, Happy and Lucy were helping get the women back on their feet, some were on that ship for a few weeks before being rescued and were starving as well as dehydrated, so Happy and Lucy were giving them some of their magic to help get their bodies back to a healthier setting and they were accompanied by several magical doctors who also helped out.
By the time the slavers were taken to prison and the captive women were in a healthy enough condition to be moved to the hospital, it was 11:30pm.
Lucy, Happy, Tyson and Hyuuga were all tired, so they went to a hotel and once there booked two bedrooms for the night and once inside, all four crashed into the criminally soft beds and fell asleep within seconds.
Time skip...
The time was just about 9'O clock in the morning, so the sun was now fully in the sky, lighting up the world with it's golden brilliance.
We find our black-haired main protagonist and his partner-in-crime of an Exceed currently doing morning exercises.
Tyson was currently sweating as he lifted a large barbell set with 500 pounds on it, however, it weighed more than that and he was using a lot more effort.
On the right barbell and on his left shoulder was a strange symbol resembling a Y surrounded by flames, while also being surrounded by a O. There was also a Z on the left side and a reverse Z on the right side.
This is a Dragon Glyph and this Glyph increased the gravity of an object, making it harder to move, this is the preferred method of training for Dragon Slayers that bothered to learn Dragon Glyphs.
The current gravity increase on the barbell is 40 times it's usual weight, so right now Tyson was lifting 20,000 pounds easily, while he himself underneath the effect of 40 times his usual weight, making it 40 times harder to lift the barbell then usual, so in reality, Tyson is training with 400 tons of weight and had been doing it for 2 hours.
His morning exercise consists of: wake up, trains for 4 hours doing chin ups, squats, a 4 km run, weight lifting, etc, then have breakfast.
Happy does this exact same routine, save for the fact that he only has his 500 pound barbells set to 20 times earth gravity and he himself has his own gravity set to 20 times it's usual, only a quarter of what Tyson can do.
Tyson then set his large barbell on the ground and waved his hand on where the symbol was and it disappeared in a flash of red particles and he did the same to his left shoulder, where the same thing happened.
He looked over to Happy, who was in his tiger form doing the same thing to his light blue barbell set.
Tyson then concentrated on the barbell set and with a flash of golden light, the barbell set disappeared.
He had learned a little bit about Requip magic, which allows the user to send objects into a separate pocket dimension that they and only they access at all times.
Requip allows for the storing and taking of anything stored within requip, making anyone who uses the magic a literal walking armory, that is if you are proficient with it.
Tyson and Happy learned just enough about requip so they have a massive inventory that can hold a maximum of 75 objects, although larger objects take up more space, so it is not a given number.
Tyson wiped his face with a towel, then tossed it to Happy, who shrunk down to his regular form and also wiped his face, although due to the fact that Happy is a cat and not a man, the towel didn't work as well for Happy as it did for Tyson.
He and Happy began to walk towards the hotel cafeteria, discussing whether fish are better cooked or in fact if they are better raw.
"Fish are best cooked Happy. When you cook a fish with the right spices and seasonings, they are divine, but when they are raw, they're just meh." Tyson countered.
Happy gasped as if he had just heard the most sacrilegious thing of his life and said, "How dare you sir! I shall have you know, that fish is best when it is raw and nothing that spews from that filthy sacrilegious mouth of yours shall make me believe otherwise!"
Happy and Tyson glared at each other for a few seconds before both broke out laughing.
The two of them then went and got in line and after getting a hardy set of food for breakfast, they went to a table.
After a few minutes, Lucy and Hyuuga came down, got their own plates and then joined Tyson and Happy in eating breakfast.
After a few minutes of eating in comfortable quiet, Lucy asked, "So Tyson, when is the train for Magnolia coming in?"
He replied, "The train will come in at 10:30 sharp and then it is a three hour train ride to get to Magnolia, then it's a simple 25 minute walk from the train station to the guild."
Lucy's excitement jumped, today was the day she would join the greatest guild ever, Fairy Tail!
"Anything you want to know about the guild?" Tyson asked.
Lucy thought for a bit then said, "So, besides you, who are the strongest people in Fairy Tail?"
He swallowed a piece of steak and answered, "Well, besides me the other strongest members of the guild are: Gray Fullbuster, Ryu Yamamoto, Thor Odinson, Mirajane Strauss, Laxus Dreyar, Mizu Hydroplex, Ur, Cana Alberona, Erza Scarlet, Minerva Orland, Yukino Agira, Lisanna Strauss, Elfman Strauss, Mystogan, the guild's ace Gildarts Clive, and finally our master, Makarov Dreyar.
"Wow, there sure a lot of really strong mages in Fairy Tail aren't there?" Lucy asked in awe.
"Yeah, we have the most S-Class mages of any guild. If two or more potential S-Class candidates prove they have what it takes to be a S-Class mage, then the S-Class mages vote if one or more potential S-Class wizards are allowed to become S-Class. Most of the wizards mentioned beforehand were actually at one point students of mine." Tyson said with slight pride.
"Really?" Lucy asked.
"Yep. Gray, Cana, Erza, Mira, Lisanna, Elfman, Minerva and Yukino were all at one point or another, my students. They saw how powerful I was and so they asked me to train them and I did. I pushed them to their absolute breaking points and then pushed them beyond it, for I truly believe that it is when we are pushed to our absolute limits that we can truly shine."
Lucy thought about what Tyson said and saw the logic behind it, when someone pushed to their absolute limits, they grow so much more from that than anything else.
Lucy then asked, "Would you please train me?"
Tyson looked at Lucy for a few long moments, causing her to fidget in her seat uncomfortably, but then he grew a large grin and said, "Sure, I'll train you."
Lucy smiled and said, "Thank you! You won't regret this!"
He nodded and replied, "There's a lot of potential inside you Lucy. But to tap into it, you are going to have to really work for it."
Lucy nodded, "I promise I won't let you down and once a Celestial Spirit mage gives their word, they can't go back on it."
Tyson nodded, "I've heard Yukino say that many times. But right now, we need to eat and get ready, that train is coming in about a hour, so we need to hurry over to the train station."
They nodded and the group of four quickly ate their breakfast, got their things from their rooms and turned in their keys, then walked over to the train station.
Once there, they saw they still had about 30 minutes before their train arrived, so they sat down and began to talk.
Lucy then remembered something and turned to Happy, "Hey Happy?"
Happy turned toward her, "Yes Lucy?"
"How did you transform into that large tiger form?" She asked.
Happy explained, "It is a ability of all Exceeds to be able to transform into a battle form, either as large winged four legged tigers like my great-grandpa was able to, or as the much more common two legged humanoid tiger form like I can. I simply focus my mind on my battle form and let my magic wash over me, transforming me into the mighty battle form. My battle form has the unusual ability to be able to extend a large golden blade from my wrists to do additional damage. My armor is also extremely resistant to any physical damage, while energy attacks still do a lot of damage, so my fighting style is heavily close quarters combat. I also like to use a trident I keep in my pocket dimension."
"Pocket dimension?" Lucy asked.
"Aye, it is where requip magic users store their weapons. Requp magic works a lot like Celestial Spirit magic, save for the fact that most Requip users can only summon or de-summon weapons, while masters of this magic can summon or de-summon entire suits of armor to aid them in battle, although this is a very high level technique and most never get to that level." Happy explained further.
"Ah. That makes sense. So, in your opinion, who has the coolest magic in the guild?" Lucy asked.
"Easy. Tyson."
"Tyson?" Lucy asked.
"Aye! His brand of magic allows him all the capabilities of two dragons." Happy said.
"Two?!" Lucy asked in shock.
"Aye Sir! He also knows fifteen other Dragon Slayer magics." Happy said cheerfully.
"What does that mean though? What are the benefits of this?" Lucy asked.
"Well, he has dragon lungs to eat fire and lightning, dragon claws to attack with fire and lightning, and dragon scales to dissolve fire and lightning. This lets him be unhurt by most fire and lightning attacks, while he can use fire and lightning to attack in pretty much anyway Tyson can think of and finally he can eat fire and lightning to not only give him back all of his strength, but it also lets him heal a little bit from wounds, although this healing ability is very limited and only does small cuts and bruises, normally, thankfully Tyson is the furthest thing from normal there is, so he can heal from a extremely light to heavily moderate damage, so from a paper-cut to cracked bones, but internal bleeding and other wounds of that magnitude are off the table."
Lucy looked back at Tyson in awe, the ability to destroy magical attacks and then heal cracked ribs from just eating fire and lightning? Just how powerful was he?
Just then, the train for Magnolia arrived, so Happy, Lucy, Hyuuga and Tyson all got onto the train and after twenty minutes of waiting, the train set off for Magnolia, home of Fairy Tail.
He closed his eyes and started to fall asleep while Lucy started to read a book and Happy was lying in her lap purring as she scratched his back.
Tyson's dreams consisted of a certain red haired knight, with sparkling brown eyes waiting for him.
'Hold on a little longer, Erza. I'll be back shortly.' Tyson thought as he, Happy and their new friends set off for the greatest guild in the world, Fairy Tail.