Chapter 2
(7 years later)
In a small, run down dive on the outskirts of Oshibana Town. We find a familiar foe being heckled by the other drinkers.
"Hahahahaha!" A fat man with a scarred face and a beard began laughing up a storm. "Wow! After all that big talk The Mighty Erigor Of Eisenwald was defeated by a group of children."
The man in question, Erigor. Simply sat silent stewing in his defeat.
Erigor, the Grim Reaper Of The dark Guild Eisenwald. Using the Lullaby Flute, Erigor planned to destroy the Guild Masters Meeting, hoping to make a statement. He even planned to kill fairy tail guild master Makarov. But thanks to the efforts of young wizards Natsu, Gray, Lucy, and Erza, Erigor and his Guild mates were defeated and The people of Fiore were spared the wrath of Lullaby.
"Hey! Layoff the boss! He could still whoop all you losers butts!" One of the Eisenwald goons stood up in defense of his comrade, who still refused to speak.
"I don't know. If he gives me trouble I'll call my nephew, HE'S FOURTEEN! Hahahahaha!" Another bar goer bursted out laughing, and soon the whole establishment followed suit.
"Idiots…." Erigor finally spoke up. "None of you realize the destructive power of a Dragon Slayer. If it had been just an average wizard, there's no way those fairy tail goons would've stood a chance against me. But no, with my luck I ended up fighting with a monster." No one paid any mind to Erigor's rambling, instead they continued their drunken laughing. All except one patron, who was cloaked in a familiar black hood.
"Dragon Slayer?" The whole room went cold, causing the bar goers to shiver and shake. The hooded figure stood up and made his way over to the silver haired mage. "Now that sounds interesting."
"Hey!" The Eisenwald thug stood up between the cloaked figure and Erigor. "If you got a problem with the boss you can take it up with m-AAAAHHHH!" The thug looked down to find an arm phased through his chest.
"I really don't want things to get messy, so why don't you step aside." A ghastly voice crept out of the dark hood, causing the Thugs face to sweat and grow pale.
"Yes sir." He ran as fast as he could, straight out of the bar leaving Erigor Alone to face the frightening stranger.
"Ha! Don't think petty threats like that are gonna intimidate me. If you want me to talk, let's take this outside and settle this with our f-AAAAHHHHH!" Before Erigor could finish, the cloaked figure grabbed him by the head, forcing him to look into the deep darkness of the man's hood and two piercing red lights began burning back at him.
"Dragon Slayer Forbidden Art! Timor!" With that spell, the two red eyes flashed bright. Then Erigor's Irises changed to the same shade of glowing red.
"Ah! AAAAHHHHHHH! AAAHHHHHHHHH! What!? What the hell did you do to me!?" Erigor dropped to the floor and began to roll around the floor, gripping his head as if it was in pain.
"Calm down. Timor, it means fear. All the images you're seeing are just illusions and I can lift the spell if you really want me too." The cloaked figure said with a wave of his hand.
"Please, please! I'll do anything! Just make it stop." Erigor was on the verge of tears.
"Okay." The Wizard said slowly, drawing out every moment. "All you gotta do, is tell me what you know about the dragon slayer."
"Fine! His name is Natsu! Fairy Tail's Salamander! There guild is in Magnolia, that's where you can find him!" Erigor said, still rolling around in terror.
"Fairy Tail Huh?" The hooded figure snapped his fingers, dispelling the magic. Then removed the hood from his head, letting his messy white hair spill out. Mason had grown up into an adult Dragon Slayer. "Hey Bar Keep! How far is Magnolia from here!"
"Only a day away!" The helpful bartender called back from his hiding place.
"Oh that's great…"
"By train!" The bartender finished.
"Oh…." Mason's forehead began to sweat. "I think I'll walk…."
(Days later, in magnolia)
"Huh? So this is the big city?" Mason looked up and down the paved roads and tall houses. "It's kinda nice."
KABOOOOMMMM!
The ground began to rumble and shake, the very buildings started sway and crack.
"What the hell was that!?" Mason exclaimed to himself, trying to keep his balance.
"You! Stranger!" A man called out from the window of his home. "Get out of here it's dangerous! The two top guilds, Fairy Tail And Phantom Lord are fighting! None of us are safe!"
"The Fairies and the Phantoms are at war? That can't be good." Mason's eyes widened, before a toothy grin formed on his face. "Let's just see what I can do about that."
"Mister…. You're crazy." The stranger commented.
"You're welcome!" With that Mason charged forward, towards the battlefield.
In no time at all, Mason had arrived on the scene to find a truly bizarre sight. A group of wizards battling swarms of cloaked ghosts as a giant robot with a cannon sticking out of its chest. "A robot huh? Can't say I've seen that before." Mason jumped down to the beach, landing next to an older man with a Pipe who was using smoke magic.
"Hey how's it looking?" Mason asked, the battered warrior.
"Not great…. The master is down and we're surrounded by these nasty phantoms that can drain your magic energy. Erza, Grey, Elfman, and Natsu went in to try and dismantle the cannon, but there master Jose is one of the 10 Wizard Saints, and They have a Dragon slayer of their own. The Iron Dragon Slayer Gajeel. Even those guys might be in trouble…" A sad puff of smoke followed the man's report.
"And Natsu is the Fire Dragon Slayer, right?" 'Alright, that means there are two dragon slayers here.' Mason started grinning again.
"Yeah….. Wait a second…. Who are you?!" Wakaba stumbled back just now realizing he gave away that information to a stranger.
"Don't worry about it!" Mason jumped into the air above the other fighters and used his levitation to carry him towards the Phantom Guild hall. But about halfway to his destination a swarm of phantoms flew in front of him. "Mmmmm…. Tasty…" Mason unhinged his jaw and the phantoms were sucked up into his maw like a funnel. "So there's a powerful wizard in there that can use Phantom Magic. Well unfortunately for him today doesn't look like it's going to be his day."
(Erza's POV)
'Crap! This is bad…. Jose's got me in his Shade Entangle. If this keeps up he's going to suck the magic out of me like he did to Master Makarov…' Erza Grunted and struggled as she tried to free herself from the purple ghosts. 'If only I hadn't used so much power already. If I could just get free!'
"While I've never been particularly fond of your guild, those feelings are not the reason I decided to attack your guild today. I was hired by the Patriarch of the Heartfilia Family to find his missing daughter." Jose explained.
'Lucy!'
"So that's why you decided to break the rules of the magic council?" A strange voice called out from another part of the room and I could feel my bindings loosening. The purple phantoms soon dematerialized and began to flow as energy towards the strange voice. "I'll be honest that wasn't the best idea."
"What the hell! Who are you? You're not a member of Fairy Tail, at least not one that I've ever seen." Jose cried out in frustration.
I was eventually released from the bindings and I immediately looked over to see who came to my aid. A dark ghastly cloak topped with snowy white hair and crimson eyes that were all too familiar from my youth and the time I spent in the Tower of Heaven, the Phantom Dragon Slayer Mason.
"No you're right, I'm not a member of Fairy Tail. I'm just here to have a chat with the Dragon Slayers, but I figured I should lend a hand to an old friend of mine." He smiled at me, and in a mixture of fear, confusion and admittedly a bit of excitement I could feel my face growing hot and turning red.
"You pests just keep coming out of the damn woodwork! But that's just fine! I'll send you all to oblivion! Dead Wave!" Jose charged a massive blast of purple energy and hurled it at Mason, who took a deep breath and swallowed it whole. "Stop it! You keep eating my magic! How the hell do you do that."
"You should already know Jose Porla, Guild Master of Phantom Lord. Isn't one of your most powerful wizards the Iron Dragon Slayer, Black Steel Gajeel?" Mason started grinning as Jose started fuming.
"No way! It's not possible you can't be."
"I am Mason Alastor, the Phantom Dragon Slayer. And you are one of the Ten Wizard Saints, and your specialty is Phantom Magic correct. Unfortunately your magic doesn't work on me, but mine on the other hand. Phantom Dragon's Shot!" Mason's entire arm was shrouded in purple light, then an incredible laser of Phantom Magic Energy erupted from his palm, blasting Jose in the chest and sending him flying. Even without the boost he received from consuming so much Phantom Magic, it was very apparent that he had progressed considerably as a wizard since the last time I saw him.
Mason jumped down from the top deck, and landed right next to me. "I'm not great at healing magic, but I can manage." He put his hands over me and a green light began radiating from his hands, it was a great help in soothing the pain of my wounds.
"What are you doing here? How did you escape the tower? Jellal said that the Guards took you away to be a sacrifice, I thought you were dead." I began rambling senselessly, not giving Mason time to answer even if he wanted to.
"Calm down, calm down. You don't have to be scared, I know about Jellal and I'm not with him. I'm here for the other Dragon Slayers." Mason grabbed my shoulders to keep me from panicking, and that's when I knew he was telling the truth. I could sense no malice form him, meaning that whatever sickness that had overtaken my old friend Jellal had not done the same to him. "I'll explain everything."
Crash! Before Mason could finished we both could sense Master Jose's Power building once more. "Scratch that, I'll explain everything later." Mason said as he removed his cloak. Underneath the black cape he wore a sleeveless white shirt with black pants, he also wore a black wristband on his left hand. "Chains!" Mason called out as he channeled his magic into the cloth changing it into a long metal chain. "My cloak was a gift from my father." He explained even though I hadn't asked. "By channeling my magic power into it I can change its form into a variety of different weapons or articles of clothing."
Magic power began to flow through chain as Mason started to spin it in his hand. "You hang back for now, I'll take care of this guy?" He looked over at me and smiled, just like another dragon slayer I know.
"Wait!" I shook those thoughts from my head. "I can't let you fight someone like him on your own."
"Actually you can." Mason took a step forward and that's when I say it. On the back of his shirt was the symbol of the armed forces that enforce the will of the Magic Council, the Rune Knights.
(Mason's POV)
"Let me reIntroduce myself, Mason Alastor, Phantom Dragon Slayer. Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit, and part of the Black Ops Unit. If anyone has the jurisdiction to take on a wizard saint, it's me." The black ops unit is supposed to be top secret, but I felt like bragging a bit. "Fighting between two official guilds in a public area, especially a city is like super illegal. I think I gotta take you in." I taunted as, Jose rose to his feet.
"So you're a Rune Knight? And a captain nonetheless, so the Magic Council is making Captains out of Kids. Who would've guessed they'd ever be so desperate. There's no doubting that this generation has talent, but they are certainly lacking when it comes to experience!" Jose threw forward his hand and a bolt of red lightning shot from his fingertips, nearly hitting me.
"So you're done using Phantom Magic? That's a shame, I could go for seconds." I started spinning my chain, and with strong toss I lassoed him in Iron. "These chains can channel my magic power, it can give you a nasty shock when your wrapped up like that."
"So these chains conduct magic energy? I think it's safe to assume that it works both ways." Jose flexed and the red lightning began traveling down my chain.
"Agh!" I dropped the chain before I could be shocked, and Jose was able to free himself. "That's a neat trick."
"You don't get to be recognized as one of the 10 Wizard Saints if you can't pull of this much." Jose let loose his magic aura. Purple energy and red lightning radiating from his body, it was utterly imposing. "Do you still wish to challenge me boy, you really wish to fight for a guild that you don't even belong to."
"I already told you Jose Porla, your under arrest for starting a fight that's endangering the lives of civilians, it's my job to take you down….. Or more like his job." Jose looked confused, so I stepped aside to reveal the other Wizard Saint Master Makarov Dreyar, who was radiating a bright light. "I suppose I can leave this to you?"
"Please!" The old wizards voice boomed with a massive power.
"Great. Cause I gotta go take care of some other stuff.." I said, getting ready to follow my nose to the other dragon slayers.
"Wait!" The Master of the Fairies called out to me. "Can I get your name my boy?"
"Uh, I'll tell you later. I'm probably gonna have to Arrest you too." I said before running off.
"Wait! Why do I have to go to jail!"
(In the Wreckage of the Phantom Lord)
I could hear Voices as I approached the familiar dragon like smell, so I figured I should activate my Invisibility Magic, I don't wanna interrupt. When I found them they were both laying on the ground and there magic was dangerously depleted.
"Yeah. Metalicana disappeared on me Seven years ago the Year 777." A gruff voice said, and by the name of his Dragon I could assume this was the Iron Dragon Slayer Gajeel.
"777… That's the same as Igneel…" A much more upbeat voice replied, that must be Fairy Tails Dragon Slayer Natsu. "July Seventh 777….."
"What a coincidence." I decided to speak up, dispelling my invisibility and making myself known. "The Dragon I was raised by Buruut left me on the same day. July Seventh 777, so weird right?"
"WHAGH! WHO ARE YOU!"
"ARE YOU SAYING YOU WERE RAISED BY A DRAGON TOO!"
The two yelled at me, I guess it makes sense they'd be startled. "Oh crap, that's my bad. I really need to get better at Introductions Huh? I'm Mason Alastor, the Phantom Dragon Slayer. I came to Magnolia to talk to Natsu, but when I heard there were two dragon slayers in town. I had to talk to both of you."
"What the hell! Another Dragon Slayer." Gajeel spoke up. "What the hell is a Phantom Dragon?"
"Like your dad was dead?" Natsu tried to follow up.
"No. It's really simple how come this always confuses everyone, it's a Dragon who uses Phantom Magic. But that's not the point." I cleared my throat before continuing. "My father told me that once he left, I needed to find the other Dragon Slayers. He didn't tell me why, only that it was extremely important to find all of you. I don't know how many Dragon Slayers there are, there could be 3 more or 30 more, but that's not important."
"Wait!" Natsu interrupted. "So you're Dragon said that all the Dragon Slayers had to be together for some super important thing. I bet it's a tournament, to find out which Dragon Slayer is the strongest! That's so awesome, Alright I already beat Gajeel so I'll fight you next."
"This is stupid…" Gajeel mumbled.
"A tournament?" I asked myself. "That could be it… But I feel like if it was trivial like that Buruut would've already told me. I've done research and descovered legends of Dragon King Festivals, and people wielding the Dragon's magic becoming Dragon's but those are all legends. Whatever it is, I think it's big. And now that we've found each other, we should stick together so that when whatever it is comes we can be ready."
"And if it really is a Tournament, then we can use each other to train!" Natsu got really excited, to the point he was even able to sit up. "Hey Gajeel, sense your guild is probably gonna get disbanded, you should join Fairy Tail."
As Natsu said this, I picked up on a faint sound, like someone said the word "Law!"
Then FWWWOOOOOSSSSHHHHHH! An enormous wave of Light covered everything in sight, I've never seen an Etherion Blast, so this is truly the highest concentration of magic power I've ever seen in a single spell.
By the time the light had Dissipated Gajeel was gone….
(Later, 3rd person POV)
Fairy Tail immediately began to celebrate their victory over Phantom Lord, but this would be short lived as a group of Rune Knights appeared on the Beach to confront Fairy Tail's Guild Master.
"Master Makarov Dreyar! You're under arrest!" The head knight announced pointing his spear at the old mage.
"No way! I don't wanna go to jail!" Makarov began to sob, embarrassing his guild members.
"Wait a second!" A voice called out from the shore. All eyes turned to see Mason who was Carrying Natsu on his back and in his hand he held a medallion with the Rune Knights insignia on it. "Mason Alastor Head Captain of the 2nd Custody Enforcement Unit, Black Ops division. I'll handle things from here."
(Author's Notes)
Thank you guys for the support on the last chapter, I made sure I was quick to get this one out.
The way this story works is rather than retelling every event from the story, I'll only focus on what mason does. So all the fights will be his, and stuff like that. If you guys have any suggestions let me know.
