Chapter Seven…
(Hargeon Town.)
10th of November 782 - Hargeon Town, Evening:
It was a few hours since Natsu and Happy left Fairy Tail with Levy McGarden, and it was evening when they entered the port of Hargeon. Hargeon was one of the Fiore's most beautiful old towns. Because it was a port town, it was somewhat bigger than most towns, it was is more prosperous and renowned for fishing rather than Magic, because only ten percent of the residence in the town has the ability to use Magic. Like any port city, it had its own large marina, located in the southern part of town. In the town, there is also a train station and a public park.
As they got into town, Levy was upset and said, "Really Natsu, couldn't we have taken the train? It would be much faster to get here, now we'll have to wait until tomorrow before we can even look for a boat to take us to Galuna Island."
"I know, I was hoping to get here a bit sooner," Natsu admitted, "but you know how I'm with travel. And I knew that when we got here that we would need to take a boat. So I was wanting to travel by vehicle as little as possible."
Levy sighed at this, she knew about Natsu's motion sickness, but she didn't know how bad it really was. "Can't you find a way to deal with your motion sickness somehow? It would be easier if we could get to places faster."
"To be honest, the people that I meet up with is trying to cut my reaction to my motion sickness down," Natsu explained to the blue haired Mage, "the plan is for me to be able to bare with the motion sickness enough so that whilst it'll still bother me, I will still able to fight on any vehicle I might have to."
Levy admit that whoever Natsu meet up with had some good idea with Natsu managing his motion sickness, even if it was only for him to be able to fight should he have to. It wouldn't fully get rid of his motion sickness, but with luck, it shouldn't be as bad and he could get on with life.
"Anyway, I would like you to see if you can get any books that can help us once we get to Galuna Island, just in case this isn't a monster behind the curse." Natsu told her.
"Ok, though where should I find you once I'm done?" Levy asked with a smile, somewhat happy with the change within Natsu. The Natsu from a few months back would charge into things without thinking, and fight first and often didn't ask questions later. But now, thanks to whoever is helping him, he seems to be planning things out before acting.
"I would say Hargeon Restaurant, for some dinner, and we can find a place to stay for the night." Natsu told her thoughtfully, here Happy asked if he could have fish for dinner, which Natsu agreed to, he said to Levy, "And whilst you look for some books, I've got a few things that I need to buy and things to do."
"Ok, so say we meet up in an hour?" asked the Solid Script Mage.
"That sounds fine, I'll see you later." said Natsu, and with that the two parted ways to do what they needed.
And Then…
Natsu first stop was the armour and weapon shops in the town, seeing that he had learnt Requip, Gnarl recommended that he get some weapons and armour for public show. Meaning as an Independent Mage, he would need weapons and armour to show off, something that wouldn't point him as the new Overlord. This was something Natsu agreed with, whilst he wouldn't normally use them, Gnarl warned him that now that the power of the Overlord has awaken, some of the Old Ones might reappear. Creatures, both light and dark, that long went into slumber, because they saw no need to stay in the world, or found it too boring, but now that the power of the Overlord has been awakened, who knows what else might have awaken. And because of this he might get jobs that force him to use weapons and armour that he wouldn't use before, as magic alone wouldn't be enough. Natsu didn't believe it, as his magic never let him down before, but he knew that Gnarl had been around longer then him and he knew what he was talking about. And so here he was getting weapons and armour just in case.
But as he was shopping, a thought came to mind about this job and future jobs, how he would get to them. Sure he could walk or use either the Netherworld Gate or one of the old Tower Gates, but when he was with someone that knew who he really was, all he could do was walk or use the train or boat - something he would prefer not do. He was dealing with his problem with motion sickness, yes, but he wouldn't want to go on train or boat unless he really had to. So he needed a way to think of another way to travel.
As he was talking about this to Happy, the blue Exceed asked, "Isn't there a way for us to use the old Tower Gates somehow, or have a vehicle created so that you can get about without being sick?"
"Hmm you know Happy, you have a good idea there mate." Natsu admitted thoughtfully, and then taking out a small Lacrima from his pocket. This was a Communication Lacrima, something that Gnarl give him before he and Happy left the Netherworld Tower, so that they could keep in contact without Natsu wearing the Overlord's helmet.
So when Natsu activated the Lacrima, he and Happy saw Inferna's face, who greeted them, "Hey Natsu, Happy, is everything alright? Are you returning tonight?" Normally Inferna would call Natsu Master, but it was Natsu's idea that when they were using the Communication Lacrima, they would call him by his name, so that should they be overheard, they wouldn't raise suspicion.
"No I was able to get an S-Class job." explained Natsu.
"So do you need us to send the Netherworld Gate to you?" Inferna asked her Master.
"No, I have someone with me -" Natsu told the Fire User, before explaining what was going on.
"I understand Natsu, is there anything else you need?" asked Inferna.
"Yes is Gnarl free, I need to ask him something?" asked Natsu as what Happy told him still weighed in his mind.
"Sure I'll get him for you." And with that, the image of Inferna disappeared and a few moments Gnarl appeared.
"Mas-, I mean Natsu, how can I help you?" asked Gnarl, hating calling his Master by name, it was something he had never done before, but it was something his Master told him to do whilst they were using the Communications Lacrima.
"Happy and I were talking about me traveling to get my jobs, when he pointed out something," Natsu explained to the Minion Master, "I want you to look for a way to use the old Tower Gates so everyone can use them and research some kind of Anti-Motion Sickness Magic and create a vehicle that uses it. Do you think you can do it?"
"In theory it's possible, if they were able to research a new power source, but why would you want to look into that?" asked Gnarl, not liking the fact the humans and the rest of Earthland could use the Tower Gates to get wherever they want if they were able to find a new power source to power them.
"So I can use them in public and not be suspected of being the Overlord." Natsu explained to Gnarl.
"Hmm, that does make some sense," Gnarl admitted thoughtfully, "but I don't like the idea that others can use it."
"Can't be helped," acknowledged Natsu, "if I want to keep a low profile and want to travel with ease, we'll have to make compromises."
"If that's the reason why would you want a Anti-Motion Sickness Magic Vehicle as well?" the old Minion asked.
"Two reasons, the first is for money," Natsu acknowledged thoughtfully, "as I'll be the one to 'find' these Tower Gates, I can make it so people would have to pay to use them and then I can ask for a percentage of the money for those who use it."
Gnarl admit that this was something useful, although he didn't like the idea of anyone else other than his Master using the Tower Gates, the idea of using them to get money would be helpful. Especially now, before a Overlord could kill and take the money as they like, but now with there being more powerful Magic Users, it was harder. Not only that, but they have Guilds that people could hire and take them down before they are ready. So they needed to be more careful and clever about how to get money, so they could build up before they could go on the all out attacks.
His thoughts were interrupted by his Master as he said, "As for the second reason, what if I get a job where I have to take things to one place to another, and magic could ruin it, we would need something to transport them. There could be some other reasons, so whatever the vehicle we have, it could come in handy at some point. Now I think about it, if possible, we should have a few weapons on it incase we need them."
"Hmm, that's not a bad idea Mas-Natsu, I'll see what I can do on my end." Gnarl told his Master before asking, "Is there anything else you want me or Inferna to do before you go?"
"Not that I can think of, no Gnarl," Natsu told the Minion Master, "I'll try and contact you again in a few days. If you need me, unless it is urgent only contact me during the night, as I'll be less likely be around people."
"Of course Natsu." and with that the image in the Communication Lacrima faded, and with that Happy and Natsu did some more shopping before meeting up with Levy.
And Then…
Outside of Hargeon Restaurant:
Hargeon Restaurant was a large, two-story building with tan walls. There were at least seven windows on the front side of the building. The windows all had blue shutters and the windows on the top floor were covered by a fishnet that hangs down from the roof. The roof of the building had purple shingles. A sign could be seen above the restaurant's entrance. On the sign, a purple fork and a blue knife intersected and the word Restaurant was written above them. There were several sea-themed items lining the fronts of the buildings. Those included: Several floaties, an anchor, and several barrels lined across the front.
Upon reaching Hargeon Restaurant, Natsu saw that Levy wasn't there yet, and so he and Happy sat down at one of the tables outside, and waited for the Solid Script Mage. It wasn't long when they saw Levy and waved her over to sit down with them.
They had ordered some food and when it arrived Levy asked, "So Natsu, how was the last few months for you? You seem to be different."
"Well finding the right people who are willing to help you to train will do that for you Levy," Natsu said with a true smile, "let me ask you how many time do you think I asked for training to get stronger and able to control my magic better?"
Here Levy wasn't able to say, as she wasn't close to Natsu, not that it mattered, as a few moments later, Natsu answered for her, "I lose count how many times I asked for help. They said that they didn't want to bother with someone who is weak, someone who can't control their own magic by themselves, and someone who was stupid to think that he was raised by a dragon."
"I'm sorry to hear that Natsu," Levy apologized, before she went on say, "whilst I don't know if you're telling the truth about being raised by a dragon or not, seeing that they were meant to be extinct for a few hundred year. But if you didn't act so rush and dumb, I think that they might help you to train."
Natsu decided to gritted his teeth about the dragon part, as he new the truth about it now, but that didn't mean the memories didn't still hurt. So he went on about acting dumb, "I only act dumb as it was the safest thing for me."
"What do you mean by that?" Levy asked in confusion.
"It was shortly after I joined Fairy Tail, they learnt that I couldn't read and write, which was half true." Natsu admitted darkly.
"What do you mean half true?" Levy asked in interest, as she was getting to know her former Guild Mate better.
"It's a long story, one I don't want to share with others, but just say that although my ass of a father did teach me to read and write, it wasn't the right thing for today's world. It wasn't until I left Fairy Tail that I learnt the truth, but that's a story I'm not willing to tell either." Natsu told her darkly as he remembered how badly his so called foster father fucked up.
This confused Levy, as from what she could tell until Natsu left Fairy Tail, he was someone who wanted to find his foster father, be it dragon or not, all he cared about was to find Igneel and have a happy family life again. But whatever happened in the last few months seemed to change this fact, by the sounds of things, Natsu learnt something that made him angry at his father for some reason. She wanted to ask but knew that Natsu wouldn't tell her, so she didn't push about it.
"Now, as I begun to say, when they learnt that I couldn't read and write, the bitch Erza decided to teach me." Natsu bitterly informed the Solid Script Mage, "Sure she taught me in a few days, but that's because she wouldn't allow me to sleep at all, and only give me a few minutes to rest so I can eat and drink, and use the bathroom should I need it. She only taught me because she thought it as some kind challenge, she didn't even really bother to explain things to me, instead she forced the information into me."
"And so instead of wanting to learn more, you decided to play dumb instead of risking learning from her again." Levy finished off, realizing what happened. Erza was a nightmare at best of times, and a bit of a stick in the mud too, someone who would belittle them for fighting and breaking things, and breaking the rules, but do the very same thing herself.
"Yes, but with the people I met, they were willing to take time and teach me what I needed, be it the basic everyday things or training. If I don't understand something, they would explain it to me, and not threaten me like Erza might have done to me." Natsu explained to the young Mage, "I'm not saying I have learnt all I can, far from it, but I'm getting better and over time I'll be better."
Levy smiled at this, before asking something she wanted to know, "So, Natsu, how does it feel like to be an Independent Mage?"
"I'm enjoying it to be honest," Natsu admitted, "not only am I learning to control my magic and learning things that I should have, but the people that I met up with have been helping me with my training. Something that we don't get at Fairy Tail, to be honest with you, I'm shocked that Fairy Tail is one of the strongest guilds in Fiore. If the Guild Masters trained their Guild Members, the members could become much stronger than us in no time."
"Really?" Levy asked in shock. She has been in Fairy Tail for a few years, and became a team with Jet and Droy, known as the Shadow Gear. Not once did she think that another guild could become stronger than Fairy Tail.
"Yes, as most guilds in Fiore only train in one kind of magic, like I used to, my Dragon Slayer Magic," explained Natsu, "there are only a few that would train in more of one magic. Sadly from what I could learn, most who train in more than one magical art are Dark Guilds, as they want more power than anyone else."
"Is it that bad if we keep training in the magic we're good at?" Levy asked in interest, "So we can be more powerful in that magic, and able to deal with anything with ease."
"You would think so, wouldn't you." acknowledged Natsu with a smile, having a nice conversation with his former Guild Mate, "Until I found the people who helped me in the last few months, I thought the same, thought that my Dragon Slayer could do beat anything, but yet I found I was wrong."
"What do you mean?" asked the Solid Script Mage.
"Look at you, you are a Solid Script Mage and so you are a range fighter, what happens should someone can close in and stop you from using your Script Magic? You would be useless and out of the fight, but if you were trained to fight and even learn some new magic to help you, you would be able to fight in close combat fights better."
Levy looked thoughtful at this, she never thought about that before, that learning to fight better or learning a new magic could help her in close combat better, it was something she would have to think about. But if that was true, than from what she saw, Natsu hadn't learnt any close combat magic. But then again his Dragon Slayer magic had both, and even without it he was good at fighting. But still, she had to ask, "Natsu back at the Guild, I saw you doing doing Fire Make Magic, how come? Why not another element or power? And have you learnt any close combat magic?"
"The reason I learnt Fire Make is for two reasons, the first is that it takes less power to use than my Slayer Magic, so I could use it more than my Slayer Magic." Natsu explained to Levy, "So unless the enemy is powerful, I'll be using Fire Make first and Dragon Slayer second. As for the reason for it other than some other element or power, I learnt that everyone has some kind affection to an element, and I found that mine was fire magic. So I was advised to learn all kinds magic I could, which is why I'm learning Fire Make."
"I didn't know that," admitted Levy, this was something she didn't like, as she was a researcher, and this was something she would have wanted to know, "so what about your combat magic? Did you learn any?"
"Yeah I did, which is one of the reasons I went shopping," explained Natsu, "you see I learnt Requip and so I was buying weapons and armour to go with it."
"Really?" asked the blue haired Mage, "Are you as good as Erza?"
"No, but is anyone?" Natsu asked with acknowledgement to Erza's powers, "At the moment it takes me about ten seconds to Requip something. To be honest this skill is something all Mages should learn, it is very useful."
"Is it really that useful?" asked Levy, who never thought about learning this skill.
"I believe so yes," Natsu admitted, "for fighters like me, Mages can store weapons and armour, and for Mages like you, you could store books and such, making it so you can hold things with ease. And I think that Holder Magic Users should learn this, so that they can keep their Magical Items safe from being stolen."
Levy had to admit that now she thought about it, Requip seemed more useful than she first thought, and something she needed to look into in the future. Than wondering what happened with Happy, she asked, "So Happy, how have you been the last few months?"
"Not bad thanks Levy," Happy admitted with a smile, "I was able to learn some Wind Magic skills."
"Really? I didn't know that you could do magic like that." said Levy.
"Neither did we either," admitted Happy, "but during Natsu's training, I experimented and found out I could do Wind Magic. Not much, but enough to help me in fights so that I'm not so useless in them."
Levy was amazed, she didn't know that Happy could do magic, but to find out that he could, both he and Natsu would have been happy about this, as both work well together. Now that Happy had his own magic, they should be able to work even better together. Then out of interest, she asked, "Have you two thought about returning to Fairy Tail?"
"To be honest no we haven't," this came from Happy, "they belittled Natsu and, whilst there are a few, most of them are weak and not helpful."
"It's true," Natsu continued from there, letting Levy take in what she was hearing, "the main problem is the Guild Master. Whilst I'm grateful for the old man's lack of rules, seeing that if there was more I could have been kicked out of the guild a long time ago. But now that I think about it, I think there should have been more rules, so that we know our limits and so that those who don't do requests, would be forced to or be kicked out of our guild, two who comes to mind are Nab and Vijeeter. Vijeeter just dances, and Nab just stands at the noticeboard to looks like he is busy, none of them bother to do requests and make us look bad. And I believe they shouldn't be at Fairy Tail."
Levy had to agree with Natsu, Nab and Vijeeter were two of Fairy Tail's most useless members who don't bother in going on requests. But the Master wasn't bothered by that, and allowed them to do what they wanted. She went on to listen to Natsu as he went on to say, "Because they don't do any jobs, I can't really tell if they are weak on not, but whilst I can think of many who are weak, I can think of two right of my mind who's not only weak but bothersome are none other than your own team mates, Jet and Droy."
Here Natsu put his hand up to stop her from saying anything before he went on to say, "I know that you want to defend them but think, how many times do they fuck up when they are on a job with you, and you have to rescue them or deal with whatever problem they caused? I know the old man want us to find our own power and train ourselves, and rules that limit our powers should be ignored. But I think he should have at least trained us, so that we won't destroy as much and aren't a problem to others like Jet and Droy can be for you. Not only that, but there should be rules about bullying and picking on those who believe in something different then the rest do, if that happened and someone trained me, I don't think I would have left the Fairy Tail. But with how things turned out, I'm happy it happened, as I wouldn't be as strong as I am now nor would I be getting stronger as I train."
As much as she hated to admit it, Natsu was right not only about the rest of her Guildmates, but about Jet and Droy. Levy didn't want to admit it, but at the age of fifteen, she knew that both Jet and Droy loved or more than likely lusted over her and have since she started Fairy Tail. And most of the time the problems that her two teammates caused were because they were trying to impress her instead of doing the job properly. And the Guild, whilst friendly and welcome anyone into their Guild, did have problems accepting those with believed in something outrageous, unless they could back it up.
For the first time in the years she joined Fairy Tail, she was thinking differently about all of them, and not in a good way either. And it took someone who she never talked to much to open her eyes, she had a lot to think about. As she was finishing her dinner, she asked something she was curious about, so before she left to go to her room to think, she asked, "Have you considered joining another guild?"
"No, none of the guilds in Fiore are strong enough for me," Natsu explained to Levy, "it is best if I stay independent, as that way no one would be able to hold me back from getting stronger."
Levy had to admit Natsu was right, if what Natsu was saying was true, none of the guilds within Fiore would hold him back. Then a thought occurred to her, and asked, "Why don't you create a new Independent Guild, so that those who want to get stronger, but feels that the guilds in Fiore would hold them back could join."
"Me running a guild?" Natsu asked in jest, "Do you really see me as a Guild Master? I have no idea how to run a guild."
"So you think that Fairy Tail's First Master knew how to run a guild when she started Fairy Tail?" Levy asked Natsu with interest, "No she had advisors to help her, just like you do. In fact, who are the people who are helping you? You never said who they were. In fact if you don't want to be the Guild Master one of them could be."
Natsu realized that Levy was serious about this, about him starting an Independent Guild, and becoming a Guild Master. He never really thought about it, all he cared about was becoming stronger, so that he could become a better Overlord and being an Independent Mage and going on jobs was the ideal plan as he could get experience, and find things that he might not otherwise. But starting an Independent Guild, that had some merit, a lot in fact, as he could find people with darkness within their hearts and have them join his Overlord Army. Not only could he find those like him, but he could get more money and find more information about the whereabouts of the rest of the minions were. He would have to seriously think about this and talk to Inferna and Gnarl about it.
Thinking about Inferna and Gnarl, his mind went back to Levy's question about who were the people who were helping him. He knew he couldn't tell her the truth, at least the full truth anyway, but she might keep going on until she got her answer. So after thinking about it for a few moments, he answered her, "Who I am with are people who want to keep themselves anonymous, as should certain people learn they are about them they would try and hunt them down. As they used to run in a bad crowd, and teaching me is a way to repay for their misdeeds. So not only could they not become a Guild Master because of this, they admitted they were more followers than they were leaders and would prefer me as the Master and them working in the shadows."
Whilst not the full truth, it was also a truth: they do want to stay anonymous, but not because of they the reason that Natsu told Levy, but because they won't ready to show themselves. They needed to get stronger before they could fight, as there was too many powerful Mages for the minions to face. And he was right, they were followers, and he was their Master already.
For Levy though, she could understand the reason of the people that was helping Natsu, if they were Dark Mages and were now trying to redeem themselves, they wouldn't want to be known. Not if they still wanted, but wanted to make a difference to the world to make up for the misdeeds. And for them being followers instead of leaders, she knew that there were some who don't have what it takes to lead but only prefer to follow. She knew better to push about things that has no concern to her, so she said, "I see, in that case if there's nothing you want to talk about, I think I'll go to the hotel to book a room and read up before I turn in for the night."
"Until we get to the island and find out more about this job, there's nothing to talk about." Natsu informed the blue haired Mage, "We'll meet up here at nine o'clock to find a boat to get to Galuna Island."
"Okay see you in the morning." Levy bid Natsu and Happy goodnight, before she left to book a room for the night.
WIth Levy gone and not needing to sleep at the moment, Natsu and Happy took a walk around the town for a while.
And Then…
As Natsu and Happy were looking around the town, Natsu picked up a scent of a man following him. At first he thought nothing of it, as it was a town and people could be going the same way as him. But to make sure that was the case, he took a route that unless they were following, they wouldn't normally take. And soon he knew that he was being followed, even if they were hiding, so without turning around, he called out, "You have ten seconds to either turn around and leave me alone, or show yourself now."
"My apologizes, but I wanted to see how good you were." said a voice behind Natsu and Happy.
When they turned round they saw a relatively tall person with his face hidden behind a white mask with black eyeholes and green lines above the eyes. He was wearing a dark gray hooded cloak which was fastened just below the collar and hid most of his body. Under the lower half of his cloak, he wore gray trousers and boots.
"What do you want from us?" asked Happy, who was ready to fight this man.
"Nothing from you, but I want something from the young man with you." came a male face from behind the mask.
"Who are you and what do you want from me?" asked Natsu.
"My name isn't important," the masked man told Natsu, "I just want to know, are you really an Independent Mage?"
"And if I am?" Natsu asked scopically.
"If you are, I want to hire you for a job," explained the masked man, "you see my employer's daughter has recently run away from home and I was sent to find an independent person to search for her."
"Why did she run away?" asked Happy.
"I wasn't told the full details, but over the last few years since my employer's wife death, the two haven't been getting along for a while, and I think that she had enough and ran away." explained the masked man.
"Why me? Why not ask some Legal Guild?" asked Natsu.
"Because if he did that, others could find out and my employer prefer to keep his family affairs private." the mysterious man informed the Dragon Slayer, "So should he go to a Legal Guild, more people could find out, and some people might use this information against my employer. But if he hired an Independent Mage, the likelihood of someone finding out is minimal."
Natsu didn't know who this person's employer was, but he didn't feel like searching for someone's missing daughter would be any fun. He would be more interested if he was going to rescue her from some sort of monster he had to fight, or some bandits. But looking for someone, that's not as interesting. So deciding to turn the man down, he said "I would like to help you, but I have a job and I don't know how long it'll take."
"I heard that you're planning to go to Galuna Island," the masked man informed Natsu, "you'll find that getting a boat will be difficult. As there's been rumours going about for the last few weeks that the island is cursed and demons are running about on the island, and because of it, no boat is willing to take people there."
"And how can you help?" asked Happy.
"My employer runs a few companies, and he has a few boats in town," explained the masked man, "if you agree to look for my employer's daughter after your job, I'll agree to arrange for a boat to take you and your partners to Galuna Island for free and take your partner back to her guild once the job is done. Afterwards I will bring you to my employer's estate so you can talk to my employer face to face about finding his missing daughter."
Whilst Natsu had planned not to help this man finding his employer's runaway daughter, as he found it a boring job, he would be getting a boat ride of this for free, and someone to take Levy back to Fairy Tail too. Knowing that this was too good to pass up he said, "Fine I'll do it, I'll meet your employer after this job, but he better make it worth my time to do so."
"Don't worry he'll make it worth your time as long as you find his daughter," the stranger told Natsu, then a thought occurred to the stranger and he asked, "is there anything my employer can do to help you out to find his daughter?"
Natsu thought about this for a moment before replying, "Two things, first I want a list as to where she might go, and second I want a magical sealed box with some sort of clothing that she wore last, it would be helpful if it wasn't washed." then seeing the confused look on the man's face, Natsu explained, "You see I have the ability to pick up scents of people, so having something of hers with me will help me find her faster."
"I'll inform my employer of this, I don't see a problem with it," the masked man informed Natsu, "in any case, I'll meet you and your friends tomorrow at the docks at 10pm."
"That's fine with me," Natsu told the man, "by the way my name is Natsu and my partner here is Happy. If there's nothing else, I bid you goodnight."
And so with nothing else, the three parted ways for the night, going wherever they were sleeping for the night.
And Then…
11th of November 782 - Hargeon Town, Hargeon Restaurant, Morning:
It was nine o'clock in the morning and we find Levy McGarden sitting outside of Hargeon Restaurant, waiting for Natsu to arrive. As the receptionist at the hotel informed her that Natsu was awake already and he had asked her to inform McGarden that he had gone out for a run and would meet her at Hargeon Restaurant.
As she was waiting for her companions, she was thinking about what happened the night before. Natsu had given her a lot to think about, things that she never would have thought about in the first place. Mainly why she really was with Jet and Droy: sure she enjoyed being in Shadow Gear, but as Natsu pointed out the night before, and something she didn't want to admit, that both were weak and didn't train that much.
Not only that, but they both try to impress her, as they had feelings towards her that she did not have for either of them. And now that someone pointed it out, whilst they were friends with them, it made her feel uneasy. Not only that, but more often than not, when they try to impress her, they put their jobs into danger and she would have to get them out of it.
Now that she thought about it, she was only with Jet and Droy because they were the first ones to accept her into Fairy Tail - and then the rest of them followed. And because of this they formed Shadow Gear, and never thought about it since. But now, she didn't know what to think.
Her thoughts were interrupted as she saw Natsu and Happy walking towards her, and she said when they got to her, "Morning Natsu, Happy, the receptionist told me that you were up early. What were you doing?"
"I was doing some physical training." Natsu informed Levy, leaving out the part about Happy's training.
"Oh why is that?" Levy asked in interest.
"Well one of the Mages main weakness are their bodies," explained Natsu, "most of us train our minds only, to make our magic stronger. But should we face those who are stronger physically and trained to fight against Mage, we could have problems. So I train to get my body stronger too, so should I find myself against such people, I wouldn't have much problems in fighting them."
"I never thought of it like that," Levy admitted thoughtfully, before asking, "so when do you want to try and find a boat."
"Actually, I was able to get a boat last night," Natsu admitted, and he explained what happened the night before, before he said, "so let's find this person and get on with this job."
Levy wasn't sure about this mysterious man that appeared to Natsu, but then again, there were a lot of people who would do such things. Wanting to keep family affairs private, and hiring people like Natsu to keep things private. She just hoped that this wouldn't bite Natsu later. Either way, they got a free boat ride out of this, so it wasn't all bad. And so the three of them left. Soon they found the mysterious masked man and he took them to a huge shiping boat, and they departed for Galuna Island.
To be Continued!
Author's Note - PLEASE READ TO THE END: Here ends Chapter 6 of The Dragon Overlord, and I want you to thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. This chapter was much easier to write than the last one, I was able to concentrate way much better. I hope you liked how I wrote the chapter about Levy, I'm trying to make her more interesting, I might not give her to Natsu, but wanted to change her about a bit.
Been watching Fairy Tail, and I come to this: If Natsu alone beats Acnologia, I'll have to call to call bullshit, he wasn't able to do so before the timeskip, even with two other Dragon Slayers and his guild at his side, so if he does so I have to say fuck that. He hasn't gained any sort of training, nor gained any powers, to do so now would be impossible and would be bullshit.
Next I have to say that Carla is one stuck up pussy, and would love to see someone pull that stick out of her ass roughly. No one in the guild has done anything against her, and she acts as if they are all below her. And she keeps her visions to herself, when letting others know might have helped in some way. So I would like ideas as to how Happy could 'tame' her, as in this story he'll be smarter and stronger, and wouldn't take crap from the white pussy.
I have watched Episode 198 where the Eclipse Gate is destroyed, which got rid of the dragons and got rid of future Rogue and Lucy, which was meant to stop the future from happening. But if that was the case, then the games wouldn't have happened in the first place. And the buildings would be fixed, not having been broken in the first place, and Ultear wouldn't have to use the Arc of Time and get old. So all that saga was confusing as fuck and so the ending didn't make any sense to me.
And during the Grand Magic Games, we meet Ivan Dreyar and his guild Raven Tail who seemed to be after Fairy Tail, because Ivan's dislike of Fairy Tail and it seem to have some kind of dark secret - which we learn meant to be the Lumen Histoire. Afterwards we don't see nor hear anything about Ivan nor his guild other than Flare Corona. I don't know about you, but this was a poor plot point to add the Lumen Histoire. It would be more interesting to see more of Raven Tail in some form before and/or after the Grand Magic Games.
Whilst watching the Tartaros storyline, I realized that if Erza wouldn't break after everything that they done to her, how would Natsu break her? So I have to think that I won't add her to Natsu's Harem.
Talking about Tartaros , all the demons use Curses instead of Magic, so I was thinking that seeing that Natsu is now a hybrid of demon and dragon, should he have a Curse too, to go with his demon side. If so, what should his Curse Powers be. I would like to hear some of your thoughts about this, so if you could come up with ideas for these powers and what they could do, I would like to hear them.
Possible Harem Members:
Edolas:
Edolas Levy.
Edolas Erza Knightwalker.
Edolas Lucy Ashley.
Edolas Lisanna.
Edolas Jellal. (I'm thinking about turning him female, who'll pretend to be a male to hide from her father. As in the show I find it hard to see that Edolas Jellal's father didn't send people to stop his son from closing the Anima portals. But in this story, I might send a few to Earthland to do so. Please let me know what you think of the idea.)
Earthland:
Gajeel Redfox (Still looking for a good female name, please give ideas.)
Laxus Dreyar. (Female name: Lexis Dreyar.)
Lucy Heartfilia.
Lisanna Strauss.
Mirajane Strauss.
Cana Alberona.
Juvia Lockser.
Erza Scarlet. (In two minds about this one, too much of a stick in the mud for my liking. The main problem is how to turn her, as after everything she has been through, she wouldn't submit to anyone, especially Natsu. So if you really want her, give me good believable ideas how I could do this. Some people suggested that I should make her into a slave, what do you think.)
Wendy Marvell.
Mirajane Strauss.
Bisca Connell. (Before she joins Fairy Tail, instead of Erza finding her, it would be Natsu.)
Kinana.
Zeref.
Millianna.
Flare Corona.
Ultear Milkovich.
Meredy.
Angel.
After talking to the Beta Reader I'm using, I've decided not to share girls with Happy, instead give him his own harem. Which lead me to this question, who should Millianna be with, Natsu or Happy? Please vote, the winning votes will decide what path I'll take with the story. A few things you should know about as you vote, no matter who Millianna ends up with, because of her fixation on cats, Natsu will make her into a Cat Monster of sorts. Although, as someone pointed out, Happy don't get anything, so if it is a close call, I might give Millianna to Happy, but I'll wait and see the results. If Natsu wins by a landslide, I'll give Millianna to him, I do keep my word on these things.
Millianna with Happy
Millianna with Natsu
Don't care what happens to Millianna
Please know that any flames will be ignored, any guests reviews that aren't useful to make the story better, will be deleted! I am a dyslexic, and had a bad schooling so without a Co-Writer/Beta Reader, my spelling, grammar and the way things are written will not be as good as the rest of the work here. So please don't moan about this, as it can't be helped.
And lastly, I would like to ask if you like this story to read The Magical Academy of Fiore by James Schaeche, it is an interesting read. It is an AU story, where there's no guilds, but they learn magic from a High School. It is a good read and I recommend you to read the story.
Either way, thank you for reading this story, and I hope you'll leave a review letting me know what you think, and any ideas you might have, as I'm looking for some. As I would like your thoughts about my first ever Fairy Tail story, be it bad or good, so please leave a good length review. One thing I'm looking for are ideas for new Overlord Items, and how to add them. I hope you can help me out.
Overlord Log!
Overlord Items:
Eye of Evil: An Orb to allow the Overlord to spy on people.
Coffin of Regeneration: A Coffin that can heal anyone from near death.
Spell Stones: Got a few spell from Overlord that I'll use, but I would like ideas for more spells that I can use. So ideas are welcomed here.
Mana Pillars: Going to be called something like Power Pillars or something like that, which give the person as the name suggests, gives power to the Overlord.
Health Pillars: Not going to appear, as I can't see how I could use them.
Minion Totems: Not going to appear in the story, as I don't like the idea of limiting how many minions Natsu can use at a time. Not only that, I had no idea how to add them into the story. Unless you have an idea how to alter them to fit into a story.
Tower Heart: To follow the Followship of Evil, the Heart will now be called Nether Heart.
Tower Smelters: Unlike the games, the first Smelter will still be at the tower.
Minion Hives:
Brown Hive: Like in the game it'll be in the tower.
Red Hive: Like the game not in the tower, in this story the Red Minions will be found near Sun Village.
Green Hive: Like the game not in the tower, but I am unsure where it'll be found, so ideas would be welcomed as to where to find it. Was thinking of some kind of swamp or something.
Blue Hive: Like the game not in the tower, in this story I was thinking they could be found on Galuna Island, unless you can think of another place for them to be found.