Edited chapter 1


Natsu sat in a jail cell, waiting for his sentence to be up. Why? Simple, he went overboard on a job, and there was nothing Makarov could do to get him out of it.

Fortunately, his sentence wasn't very long, only three months, so it wasn't that bad.

Unfortunately, Natsu is expelled from Fairy tail. But he is free to join up after his sentence is carried out.

The cell he was sitting in was your standard six-by-eight cell with one window.

"Man, it sure is boring here.."

"Aye, sir.."

Happy is here because he didn't want to leave Natsu. The two have been together ever since the day Happy was hatched.

Happy isn't jailed alongside him. Instead, he's given an item to phased through the bars at will. The only rule is Natsu can't use it.

He mainly uses it to get himself some fish and bring Natsu his meals.

Natsu's thoughts went over how this all went down.

Flashback start

December 1st X784

Natsu was on his way back from a solo job. After all, he wants to be an S-class wizard.

Little did he know this would be his last job for the fairy tail guild.

He now stood outside the guildhall doors, and with one swift kick, the door came flying open.

"Sup guy back from my mission," he said proudly.

What he wasn't expecting was dead silence and Lahar of the new magic council.

"About time you showed up, Natsu. I'm placing you under arrest," Lahar said

"Wait, what I do?" he yelled.

"Destruction of property and a priceless artifact, the artifact alone would carry a life sentence."

"A life sentence that's not fair!"

"Normally yes, but the village that houses this artifact acknowledged your strength in defeating the Wyvern-"

"So you're saying I won't be put away for life," he said with hope.

"LET ME FINISH! Anyway, the village was in dire straights financially with the wyverns. Fortunately, that isn't a problem; there predicted to make a full recovery. This weighed in on the decision for punishment. You Natsu is sentenced to three months at era magic prison," he begrudgingly said.

"Gramps," he said sheepishly.

"Sorry, Natsu, there's nothing I can do."

"Oh, come on!"

"Do you want to tell him, or should I," Lahar informed

"I will."

"What's going on?" he said nervously.

With a sigh," Natsu, because of your reckless actions, you are expelled from fairy tail."

"WHAT! you can't do that."

"My hands are tied, boy. But, hey, look on the bright side, your free to rejoin the guild after your sentence is done," he said with a reassuring grin.

This eased him a bit, "guess I'll see you all in three months."

"Hey, after your done, why don't you go on an Igneel search," Gray said sarcastically.

Not picking up on the sarcasm, "That's not a bad idea since I'm not a member I'm not crunched for time," he said with enthusiasm.

"Don't take too long," Makarov said with a grin.

"Got it, gramps."

"I'm going with," Happy said

"Why? You had nothing to do with it," Natsu said curiously.

"I don't care. We're partners where you go I go," he said with conviction.

"Fine, you won't be punished, but you stay with him," Lahar said as he put Natsu in magic restraining cuffs.

"Happy want your mark removed to," Makarov said

"Aye, sir" both Natsu and Happy got their fairy tail marks removed.

"Right this way."

Man and exceed left fairy tail that day, leaving the guild in a downed state.

Flashback end

the first month of his sentence wasn't bad until the news hit him about Tenrou island.

He had a hurricane of emotion. The only thing keeping him from getting more prison time was Happy.

After all, he doesn't want to have a life sentence.

It wasn't all bad. Natsu's in the same prison as Jellal.

It took some time for Natsu not to see him in a bad light. After that, they were practically friends.

They even spared each other without magic, of course, when they were let out on the yard for exercise.

When Natsu gets out of prison, he planned on going back to the fairy tale to help them out at first.

After thinking about it some more and some input from Happy and Jellal, he decided to go on an extended train trip since it was a dragon that destroyed Tenrou island.

Wanting to know how everyone is taking it, Natsu does something you would never think he would...he wrote a letter to fairy tail.

Dear fairy tail

It's Natsu. I heard about what happened on Tenrou. Just to let you know, you are not alone. Even Jellal, yes, that jellal is grief-stricken too. You'll never believe it, but were become, friends! It's what gramps would have wanted.

But that's not important. What I'm trying to say is I won't be returning to fairy tail. Why? Simple after hearing the news, I decided to train. I'm doing this to get stronger. To make sure what happened to our family will not be repeated. Happy feels the same way as I do. So on that note, you better not be slacking off while I'm gone, or you're going to regret it!

Sincerely Natsu Dragneel.

Natsu folded up his letter and mailed it off.

One week later

"Dragneel, you have a letter."

Natsu practically jumped out of bed, standing before his jail cell door with excitement.

"Here you go," he practically ripped it out of the man's hand.

"Is it from fairy tail?" the blue exceed shouts?

"Yep, let's see what they have to say."

Dear Natsu

It's a Macao message received. To say we were sad was an understatement. After reading your letter to the guild, a new wave of happiness washed over the guild. It became clear to us we don't want to go through that again. So everyone, and I mean everyone, started training again. Words can not express our gratitude for getting out of our funk. We hope your training goes well and make sure to visit us.

Sincerely Macao and all of Fairy Tail

"Well, I'm glad they're getting better now, Natsu," he said

"Thanks, buddy."

"So what do we do now."

"Train, I can't use my magic. That does mean I can't work out."

"Aye, Sir"

Two months later

"Well, Jellal looks like this is where we go our separate ways," he smirked.

"Aye, sir."

"If I had the power, it gets you out of here I would, but I don't," he said

"It's no problem. Natsu hopes we see each other again someday," Jellal said. With his piece spoken, Natsu and Happy leave the era magic prison.

"So where we heading, Natsu."

"Don't know yet. Might as well explore Fiore while we train."

And so Natsu and Happy headed of


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