Author's Note:
Hello everyone quite a few people started to follow my story right off the bat and that makes me happy but not much comments on it yet or reviews, there was one person who reviewed what made me have to face palm myself for not seeing this big-time error I set up for myself, this is a fairy tale the anime story where Natsu and happy turn into the overlord, and I'm not talking about the anime Overlord I'm talking about the video game Overlord with the minions and the idea of domination and destruction, I am sorry for anyone who thought I was talking about the anime instead of the video game.
The Fairy Tail Overlord: Chapter One…
(The Minion Master…)
21st of June x782 - Magnolia Town:
Walking down the streets of Magnolia Town, Natsu, who was carrying a crying Happy, they were near the exit of the town when a sobbing Happy spoke for the first time since they left Fairy Tail Guild Hall, "I-I'm going to miss mum."
"So am I bud, so am I." a tearful Natsu admitted to his best friend/son, "I finally started to realize how much I care for her, how much... how much I loved her, and now I'm unable to tell her this."
"Wh-What are we going to do now?" Happy asked his father and best friend.
"I don't know," Natsu sighed as he thought about it, "I don't want to go back to the Guild, but I don't know what else to do."
"Then don't," Happy told his friend, "I didn't like how they treated you back there. Just leave and never go back."
"I don't either pal," Natsu told the blue cat, "but I have no real money to leave the area. The house we have I built myself, and the money we make is for our food, unless we catch it ourselves, the odd things we might need and the rest of the money we get goes into the repairs to the buildings I destroy."
"So what are we going to do now?" Happy had asked once again, not wanting to go back to Fairy Tail after how they treated his 'father.'
"I don't know buddy," Natsu sighed once again, as they left the town, and were heading towards the forest for the night. "But I think you and I use the little money we have and get away from here for a few days to think. However, I think unless something comes up, I'm afraid that we might just be coming right back here. As I don't think anyone else would have us."
"I might be able to help you young Master." Someone with a deep old voice said behind them.
As Happy and Natsu turned round to see who was talking to them, they saw no one, until they heard a small cough that is. Looking down they saw an old small grey Gremlin like creature, with yellow eyes, grey hair, and small beard. "Who are you?" Natsu asked the strange creature.
"I am Gnarl, the Minion Master for the Overlord, Master." The strange creature now known as Gnarl informed Natsu.
"Who or what is the Overlord, and why are you calling me Master?" Natsu asked, confused.
"An Overlord is the Overlord of Evil." Gnarl said as if his short answer explained it all.
"Does that mean that this Overlord controls all evil?" asked Happy.
"It isn't as easy as that, but in essence, yes, with time the Overlord controls most evil," the Minion Master told Happy and Natsu, "the Overlord truly can't control all evil, otherwise it wouldn't be true evil. Evil is all about Domination and destruction, those who are evil, will always fight for control and more power, either by conquering lands or burning those who they hate beyond all others to ash, wanting to be in control themselves or to bring suffering to those they believe deserve it. So you see, the Overlord is constantly fighting to keep his power and to fulfill whatever goal or desire that they wish."
Natsu found this somewhat interesting, and in the mood he was in, he didn't care about talking to someone who seemed to be the bad guy. Something as a part of Fairy Tail, he would often fight against. "And the reason you called me Master?" Natsu asked the minion, although he suspected what was coming, he wanted to hear it from Gnarl himself.
"Because you are the new Overlord, Master." Gnarl told Natsu.
Now normally he would tell the minion where to get off, seeing he wasn't evil, nor would he be interested in the idea. But with everything that had happened that day, he needed something to keep his mind off it all. The less he thought about Lisanna's death, the less he felt from the loss of her and not knowing what to do next.
"But why me?" Natsu asked with honest interest. "No offence, but I normally catch the bad guys, not become one. So why would you pick me as your new Master?"
"Aye." Happy agreed.
"To be honest I do not know." the old minion responded, knowing that he can't really force this.
This is the one thing that he hated. Over all the years that Gnarl has been serving The Overlord, most Overlords he served were already outright evil, in one form or another and were quite willing to be the Overlord. And then there were the few that were left for dead or were near dead before being brought to him. However they had no memories of their past, and just went with the flow or they wanted revenge, as those choices were obviously the easiest at the time.
But then there were those who were on the side of good, these ones confused the hell out of him, why the Tower Heart or as it was now called the Nether Heart, picked them he never could understand. As almost all of the time they turned down the Overlordship, as they were too bloody heroic, then there were the rare few who agreed to it because they were at a bad point in their life for some reason, and decided to try being evil for once. Some fully embrace the position, and became wonderfully evil, and truly monstrous Overlords. But then there was always a small few that couldn't, and used their position for somewhat good deeds. This sickened the old Minion Master, as it was his purpose to serve the Overlord of evil, not the Overlord of charity.
So Gnarl decided that when he found a potential Overlord that was a hero, he would be honest about any questions they had, as much as it sickened him to do it. That way, both of them could get on with their lives, and Gnarl could find a true Overlord to take up the mantle.
"The Netherworld Tower, where I came from, is somewhat sentient, Master," explained the Minion Master, "and with what little magic that it has left, it can inform me of a new potential Overlord who can help us regain the power the Tower needs. And you, for some reason, are the latest potential Overlord to be found, Master."
Now on any other day, like not listening to this minion, Natsu would not even think about agreeing to becoming this Overlord. But the problem was that with everything that has happened that night, he was really considering doing this, becoming this Overlord person, as Gnarl so elegantly put it. Since he joined Fairy Tail, he fought against bandits and other Dark Mages, not once did he think about becoming one.
But now, he realized it might not have been the right thing to do, whilst he did these things, the guild would often look down on him, acting as if he was stupid, and make fun of him. Without Lisanna there, there was no reason for him to go back, or to even live, if he was honest with himself. Maybe this new change in his life was something he needed?
"Before I decide, I need to know, will you give me the training to make me stronger, and able to control my powers?" Natsu asked Gnarl.
Gnarl was shocked here, he thought that someone like this pink haired boy would turn down the position of Overlord when he heard that he would be evil, many heroes had done this in the past. He must have come at a time when his person had hit rock bottom, but he feared that this person could be one of the heroes that would use the Overlord powers for good. However seeing that this new potential Overlord seemed to want to take up the role, he had to take this to the end. And who knows, perhaps this new Overlord might not turn out like the other heroes in the past.
"Yes we can give you the training you need," Gnarl told Natsu, "we don't want a weak Overlord."
Natsu turned to Happy and asked, "So what do you think buddy? Should we do this? I won't do this if you won't follow me."
"Will there be fish?" Happy asked the Minion Master, thinking about his favourite food.
"Once we find the Blue Minions, we can get you as many fish as you can eat." Gnarl told the blue cat.
"Why do you need to find these Blue Minions to get the fish?" asked Happy.
"Other than the Blues, the rest of the minions can't swim," the old minion told Happy, "so unless you want to get them yourself, we can't get the fish until we have found them. But once we find them, we can get as much fish as you would ever want, so much in fact, that you could never run out."
"Natsu, let's go, let's find those Blue Minions, so I can get the fish." Happy said excitedly.
Natsu just smiled at his friend/son, yeah getting that much fish would make up Happy's mind about going, which Natsu in turn was happy about. As nothing was left for him here, he was more than happy to leave Magnolia Town and start anew. So with a sigh, Natsu said, "You've got yourself a new Overlord Gnarl, my name is Natsu and my little blue friend here is Happy."
"Great Sire," the Minion Master told the two, somewhat excited and worried about getting the new Overlord on his side, "now we should start walking before it gets too dark. We've got a few days of walking ahead of us."
"Where are we going?" asked Natsu as the three of them started to walk, or in Happy's case, flew.
"Shirotsume Town," Gnarl told the Dragon Slayer, "just outside of the town there's a hidden Netherworld Gate that'll take us to your new home."
"Isn't there another way to get us there?" asked Natsu, as happy landed on his shoulder, "The same way that you got here perhaps?"
"Sadly no," Gnarl said with a sigh, before he went on to explain, "I took a Minion Gate to get here, which the name suggests, is a gate for minions only. There used to be a Tower Gate around here, but it is inactive because of the lack of power the Netherworld Tower has got right now. Although the Netherworld Gates are better to use, unlike Tower Gate, they regain one's power and begin to help you recover, should you be injured. Not only that, but once the Netherworld Tower is fully powered, we can have a Netherworld Gate appear anywhere in the world, as long as the land is flat enough for one."
"You keep on about power, what is this power you need?" Natsu asked the old minion, "And how do you know this Netherworld Gate will work?"
"I'll explain everything once we get back to the Tower, as it is unsafe to say more out here where anyone can hear us." The Minion Master explained to Natsu, "As for will the Netherworld Gate work, it should, as over the years the Tower will give certain gates power to run for a few years, so that should we find a new Overlord, we can bring them back to the Tower. In this case, the nearest active gate is outside of Shirotsume Town."
"Once we get back to this Tower of yours, is there a way to find out why I was picked for the role of Overlord?" Natsu asked in interest, as he was wondering why he was picked for an evil role considering up until now he had done nothing but good.
"Once you take up the power of the Overlordship, we should soon find out why you were picked." Gnarl told Natsu.
And without another word, the three of them continued on with their journey to Shirotsume Town, and little did those know back at Fairy Tail, a new, greater evil would soon be awakened. And it would be all because of their foolish actions towards Natsu.
And then…
23rd of June x782 - Fairy Tail Guild Hall:
It has been two days since Natsu Dragneel left the Fairy Tail guild, it was somewhat a sober time for guild members because of Lisanna's death. The funeral would be in the next few days, as they were waiting for the Guild Master to return from the latest Guild Meeting with the other Guild Masters. But it was more quiet than normal, and people put it down to Natsu not being there, picking fights with people, trying to see who was the strongest. Sure there will always be fights, but not as much as with Natsu being around.
As the Guild sat around quietly drinking, and comforting the remaining Strauss Siblings, the guild doors opened to reveal an extremely short, elderly man. He had black eyes, with white hair and a thick white mustache. He was wearing a white shirt which had the Fairy Tail mark in the centre of it which was black, he was also wearing a pair of orange shorts and hoodie, and a blue and orange striped jester's hat. He was the Guild Master, Makarov Dreyar.
As he entered his Guild and saw the mood, he asked, "What happened here?"
It was a young teen with long, scarlet hair and brown eyes, wearing a steel cuirass, a blue skirt, black boots, and diamond shaped silver earrings, Erza Scarlet, who explained what happened.
Once he was told what happened, Makarov was somewhat shocked not to see the Guild's Dragon Slayer, and had to ask, "Where's Natsu? Is he on a request or something?"
"The hot head has left Master." a young young teen with spiky black-colored hair, told the Guild Master. He was Gray Fullbuster, he had dark blue eyes, and his body was toned and muscular. He had nothing on other than a necklace, which resembles a sword with a stone in it, a metal bracelet and a pair of boxer shorts.
"Gray your clothes!" one of the Guild Members cried out.
"Damn it, when did that happen?" yelled a shocked Gray, as he had once again removed his clothes without realizing it and he didn't know where he placed them.
"What do you mean?" Makarov asked in surprise, he didn't think that Natsu would just up and leave like that.
Again it was Erza who explained what happened a few days ago, and to say that Makarov was upset, was an understatement. He could understand them being upset at how Natsu was acting, but he could understand the young Dragon Slayer even more. One of his two and only best friends were killed, so of course he would be upset at the young girl's death.
What upset him the most was that it was Erza, who had in fact told Natsu to leave and not to return until he apologized to Mirajane and Elfman, for the way he acted. And that the rest of the guild agreed with the Requip Mage, be it out of fear of what she would do to them if they didn't, or that they honestly agreed with her. Sure Natsu was a bit out of line, but it was understandable, and he would suspect even he would react the same as Natsu had, if something similar were to happen to him. But the problem was that he believed that he knew Natsu well enough to know that the young man wouldn't be returning for some time, as he believed he was right in his actions, and for this one time, Makarov believed the young Dragon Slayer was right too.
"You stupid brats," Makarov sighed at his children, "don't you understand what you did, more than likely Natsu won't ever come back."
"Not like that's a bad thing Master," Fullbuster said with a shrug, "it would only mean less damage around here. We all know that the flame brain is the main cause of most of the damage here and on requests as he can't control himself."
"And it's not like he won't ever come back," one of the guild members called out, "where else will he go? He has nowhere else, and sadly he'll be back."
"I hope you are right, Tang, I hope you are right, as I fear what will happen to Natsu if he doesn't come back." as he said this the old Guild Master sighed again, "But didn't any of you think about his feelings? I'm not saying that he was in the right with how he acted, same with how you lot acted wasn't right, but his actions can be understood. He had just lost his only friend other than Happy, so yes, of course he would lash out the way he did. As much as you and Mirajane don't want to hear this Elfman, but Natsu is right, you are at fault for Lisanna's death." Makarov looked at the Strauss Siblings as he told them this sadly.
"You tried a Full Body Take-Over when you and I both know that you weren't ready for such a thing." an upset Makarov told the young man who was currently sobbing, Elfman tried to explain his actions, but Makarov held his hand up to stop him from talking. "I don't care if you thought you had no other choice, you should have ran or done something else. You knew that doing a Full Body Take-Over under such conditions was a bad move, as when you're not ready to do such a thing, the monster could control you for a short period of time or even permanently. A Full Body Take-Over should only be done when you have others there to help you, to make sure you don't go on a rampage should the monster take control of you at first. As much as you might dislike it, I'm sorry to say that Natsu had every right to blame you for your sister's death. To be honest you should have taken him with you, as Lisanna might be alive today."
"But Master, he is weak and destructive, he would have done more damage than good." This came from Erza.
"Yeah, and the flame brain is stupid as hell." This came from Gray.
"More damage than The Beast himself?" Makarov asked the young woman coldly, "Natsu might not be as strong as you, Mirajane, and a few others, but he is quite stronger than Elfman and Lisanna, perhaps even combined. If he went with them, Lisanna might be here now." Then the Guild Master looked at Gray coldly, and said, "He might not be as smart as you and the others, but that's not for lack of trying to learn. He is only afraid to learn because of his experience with Erza, the way she taught him would put fear of learning into anyone. If that wasn't the case, he would be as smart as a normal child."
"Come on, Master, he believed he was raised by a dragon," one of the Guild Members called out, "how stupid can you get, we all know they have been extinct for hundred of years. If one was about, wouldn't we know about it by now? Or even heard of such a thing?"
Makarov rubbed his eyes at this, it is true that dragons have been extinct for hundreds of years, and that should there be one, people would have seen one by now. But the fact still stands, for Natsu to learn Dragon Slayer Magic without the aid of a Lacrima, the only way for him to have learned the lost art, he would have had to be taught by a real dragon. Which is why he knew that there was some truth behind Natsu's words, but he couldn't understand why the others couldn't believe him, as no one had seen one for hundreds of years. The only thing close to dragons were the wyverns, but they couldn't talk like the dragons could, or at least that's what people believed.
"It doesn't matter if he believed he was raised by a dragon or not, he is a Fairy Tail Member and should be treated as such, but he wasn't." the old man told them sadly, "And I am partly to blame for that, as I didn't give him the time of day to help him as I should have. But I always believed that you all should rely on yourselves, and ask for help from other Guild Members, to build a better relationship with each other. As Fairy Tail is meant to be a family, and should work and learn together, but sadly as of late, that isn't the case. So a few things have to change. The first is that should Natsu return, we'll have to treat him properly. Next we should, anyone, ask for help, we do so without bullying and without the threat of pain and fear being put into them." Here he gave knowing looks towards Erza and Mirajane, knowing what the two of them were like.
"Next, if you want to go to the next level and for exemple want to do a Full Body Take-Over or something just as dangerous, I want you to do so in a safe environment, and around those who can help should things go wrong, so that something like the death of Lisanna doesn't happen again." Makarov explained to the Guild, before he went on to say, "And lastly, if you have problems with anyone, I want you to come to me, as I don't want what happened to Natsu to happen with the rest of you."
There were a few shocked faces at this, not sure what to think of this new announcement, but seeing that it came at a sad time, it was to be suspected. Some didn't like that the Master of Fairy Tail wanted Natsu back, as they thought things would be better without him around.
"Now I want Macao and Wakaba to search for Natsu as fast as possible," he told the two Guild Members, who seemed to not want to do this, but seeing the Master told them to do it, they had no real option but to do so, "as I don't want him to miss Lisanna's funeral. And I worry that he might do something stupid if he is left alone for too long. Now let's prepare Lisanna's funeral, and make it one that would fit her as the member of Fairy Tail that she was."
There were a few mutters of, "More stupid than normal," as people went off and started to help with Lisanna's funeral, as Macao and Wakaba went to search for Natsu. Little did they know, but they would not find Natsu, and would not see him for quite some time, and by then many things would be different.
And then…
23rd of June x782 - Shirotsume Town:
It had been a rough few days for Natsu, as a few hours after meeting the Minion Master, they came across a group of bandits loading a carriage with their gear. The Minion Master had the idea of knocking out the bandits, taking the horse and carriage with everything else they had for themselves, Silently happy was glad that Natsu and him didn't have to do such an Act and was worried that this creature would force them to do it, as it would make their trip to Shirotsume Town faster. Natsu wanted nothing to do with the idea, but he was out voted by Happy and Gnarl, and so Natsu knocked out the bandits and took the carriage and headed off in the direction of Shirotsume Town.
Whilst Natsu was out of it, he heard Gnarl say how pitiful it was for the new Overlord to have motion sickness. He also heard Happy ask why Gnarl wanted the bandits knocked out and not killed, as he thought that as someone who was evil would want them dead. Gnarl explained that until Natsu became the new Overlord and gets the gauntlet, their deaths would be wasteful. As once they get the gauntlet, he could gather the life force that came from killing them.
They got to Shirotsume Town early that morning wearing cloaks that they acquired from the bandits, they were resting up at a small restaurant in town. As the group was eating something before moving on, Gnarl seemed to be in shock as he saw five short men, in a horse drawn carriage which was hauling a huge orb, heading towards the mansion at the top of the hill.
"It can't be." Gnarl said in surprise.
"What is it, Gnarl?" asked Natsu, wondering what is so important about the orb.
"That orb... that's the Nether Heart."
To be Continued!
Author's Note: Here ends Chapter 1 of The Fairy Tail Overlord, and I want to thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm still surprised that people seemed to like this story so much, but I am glad, and I hope you all keep on reading and reviewing, more reviews the better, as I know I am doing a great job at this new story of mine. There'll be a few twists and turns in the story, some of which, unless I talked to you in replies to your reviews, I hope you enjoy and guess as to what will happen.
Please know that any flames will be ignored, any guest 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.
I'm still looking for a Co-Writer/Beta Reader to help me write this story, I want someone to talk to about ideas and suggestions about the part I'm writing and how to make it better. If you only want to be a Beta Reader, I'm looking for someone who is willing to alter things to make it better, even if it means deleting or rewriting it, or adding things to it. parts of it. So if you are interested, and you are a fan of Fairy Tail, knowing a lot of it, please leave a review or PM me.
Thank you for reading this story, and I hope you'll leave a review letting me know what you think. 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. So you know.
People confirmed in the harem already.
Natsu's harem.
lisanna.
Wendy.
Lucy's harem.
All her spirits.
Happy's harem.
Carla.
Carla's mother.
People who are in relationships or going to be in the story.
Gray with Juvia.
Gajeel with Levy.
Rogue and sting, not sure who's on top yet.
Erza with Jellal and Simon.