Hey thank you guys for the reviews. Yes I did forget about when naming off dragon slayers but i fixed that hastily. I really like how this story is coming along but I will quit before I hit 30. Probably before 20 actually. I started reading the "what if Natsu was raised by acnologia" fanfiction a and I like them a lot. That will very likely be my next production. Regardless, I will not start it until I finish this story.
Chapter 4
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"OH GOD WENDY HELP ME PUT BACK HER SOUL!" Natsu screamed
After about 10 minutes Lucy was healed up and ready to take on the world... After she had her partially melted ice cream
"Oi, Natsu." Lucy called
"Yeah"
"How exactly do i fit into this?"
Natsu sighed "I'll start from the day I came here. It was 4 years ago. I was walking with the old geezer and when we walked by a school, we both felt something terrible, but magnificent." Natsu said in a reminisce tone "He enrolled me in your school. When your mother supposedly died, however, the darkness grew. The two of us simply followed the magical pressure wherever it went. Unfortunately, it was not until a year ago that we were able to pinpoint the exact location of the person who was emitting said pressure. It was you, Lucy. You are a legendary wizard. One in a trillion. There are only a few people who have the ability to rival that strength. Those people would be me, the old geezer, Gildarts, and the two legendary wizards. Those wizards would be Mavis Vermillion, the Mage of light, and Zeref, the pacifistic mage of darkness. Zeref has been alive for over 400 years, but he earned the most sinister reputation in the span of 100. He went crazy and killed millions- no BILLIONS of people. I met the man once. He awakened something inside of me that I have can't fully control. I have the ability to use the magic that is strictly for killing. I can use death magic. Fortunately, I can control one aspect of death magic. If I were to have a fit of rage or any negative emotions were to spike, the darkness inside of me will most likely lash out and annihalate anything and everything. I met Zeref on the island of the fairies. Tenroujima. I also trained with him. That is how i can rival your inner strength. You, however, are different. Tell me Lucy what is darkness?"
"Uh I assume... Nothing, or black like the night of a new moon?"
"Wrong. Darkness is the absence of light. However, do you know what light is?"
"Light is the absence of darkness... Right?"
"Correct. You, however, are different from any of us. When your mother supposedly died, the darkness inside of you grew. The light faded by just a fraction. You felt it right?" Natsu said pointing at Lucy's heart
"Yeah of course I did! I didn't kill off my feelings so I could no longer feel pain!"
"Well over time, the light within you grew, while darkness has been growing inside of me." He said with as a tear fell down his face
"Natsu, what happened? Why are you all emotional all of a sudden? Did something happen back when you were youn-"
"SHUT UP!" He said, tears freely flowing down his face, while Lucy was taken back at his sudden outburst
Natsu leaned down, cradling his head in his hands "Lucy! Wendy! I need you both to run! Get as far away from me as you can do you understand!"
"Natsu, what's going-" Lucy was ripped out of the chair she was sitting in by Wendy and tugged outside the little shop at a full sprint
"Wendy what's going-"
"Natsu is having an outburst. Anything within 50 feet of him will die instantly. You'll understand when we get back. But for right now, we need to get as far away as possib-" Wendy was cut short by an explosion and flew through the air with Lucy, landing on the concrete outside while being pelted with debris from the explosion
After a few minutes, Lucy regained consciousness "what the actual fuck just happened?"
Then came a voice from inside "I'm so sorry. I couldn't control it." A figure said hunched over on the floor weeping
"This is my curse, Lucy. You have the same curse inside of you. However, you have a blessing that I am incapable of having. You have been blessed with the magic of light that I can never obtain. The darkness inside of me is too great."
6 years earlier
An 11 year old boy wandered through the forest on Tenroujima when he heard someone weeping. Intrigued, he decided to find out what that noise was
"No. Stay back! I don't want to hurt you!" A black haired man said
"If you don't want to hurt me then why would you?" He asked with a puzzled look on his face
The man though to himself 'this child. He isn't like the others I have come across. He isn't arrogant and doesn't seem rotten' "hey kid, what's your name?"
"Natsu Dragneel. I should ask you the same."
"My name. Well. You have heard of me. My name is Zeref. The Mage of death."
Natsu stood there looking at him "well that's a misleading nickname." He said with a large smile
"It isn't a nickname. Its a title given to the man who made the mistake of allowing darkness to corrupt his mind and soul. It is the title given to the man who attempted the mass genocide of the human race 321 years ago." He said now weeping
"You don't look like you're... How old are you?"
Zeref just laughed happily knowing that even though this kid just met him. A total stranger who had just told him of his attempt to destroy the human race was not concerned with the past, but rather his age
"Hey what's so funny?"
"You. You truly are different. Tell me, who are you out here with?"
"Well my dad dropped me off here. Told me to avoid deranged looking people and I would be safe."
Zeref looked at the boy and stared into his soul "You. You have the same darkness inside of you that I have in me. Tell me what is your father's name."
"Igneel!" Natsu said happily
"So. The king of dragons left you all alone out here? With nothing to defend yourself with?"
"Well you are wrong about that. He left me with life lessons and dragon-slaying magic!"
"Well dragon slaying magic is powerful... Do you see that tree over there?" Zeref asked as he gestured over to his left
"Yeah. Why?"
"It is the second tallest tree on the entire island. Use your favorite attack to knock it down."
Natsu nodded, stared at the tree, and begun "IRON FIST OF THE FIRE DRAGON!"
Natsu roared at the tree, punching a massive dent in the bark, but not toppling the tree
Zeref sighed "if he thinks that that is enough power to survive on this island alone. Well. Put bluntly you would be dead within 3 days."
Natsu stared at the man in horror "th-th-that was w-w-w-"
"Stop stuttering, boy. To put it more bluntly, if you had any shred of power, you would be able to take down that tree" he said pointing at the massive tree in the center
Natsu looked up at the tree, horrified of how weak he was
He got down on the ground at Zeref's feet and started begging "pleasetrainmepleasetrainmeplea-"
"Shut up, kid. I already decided that I would. Now I am going to do something for you. What I will do is only available to people like us. People who have been abandoned by the world and have darkness in their very soul. This will be... How should I put this... Excruciating. You may at times wish that you were dead. Brace yourself." He said in an aggressive fashion
"Fangs of darkness,
Come out to play,
The master is calling,
No longer keeping you at bay,
The winds of change are upon us,
This much is true,
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
TODAY IS THE DAY THE WORLD WILL RUE!"
He incanted as he dug his hands through Natsu's chest, Natsu was screaming and writhing in pain, but he remained absolutely still, not wanting to anger his new, petrifying master.
Natsu awoke 3 days later. At first he thought 'It was just a bad dream. Nothing more' when he heard a voice from in front of the cave
"I know what you're thinking. It wasn't a dream. You have been asleep for three days. It's still early into the night. Get up. We have training." He said as he stood up with a menacing grin that Natsu could not see
Present day
"That bastard made me so strong. Strong enough to kill anyone." He said with a steady stream of tears flowing
"We trained for two years. I can mostly control the outbursts, but I can't do it every time. I killed countless creatures, we left the island multiple times and we went to a guild once. That guild was known as the 'Feral Power' guild. It was the second strongest guild, the only guild stronger was Fairy Tail. Zeref went with me and told me to annihilate everybody. I obliged. In a single move, 'Death Magic: 1000 Years of Damnation', i obliterated not only the guild, but the whole town of Lorengia with it. Put simply, I was capable of the genocide of billions of people. The town's population was over 600,000 people. There was not a single survivor."
Lucy gasped in horror hearing this story
"And the really fucked up thing about it was-" Natsu paused "I enjoyed it."
Wendy and Lucy looked at each other in absolute horror. How can someone this powerful and dangerous be a normally functioning human being?
4 years ago
Natsu joined the guild after the disappearance of Zeref. He only joined because his master told him to. When he did, he was murderous. The day he walked in the guild, all of the people in the room stopped what they were doing. They saw a salmon-haired child walk through the guild in black robes similar to that of his master's, wearing a pendant of a dragon around his neck. His aura screamed 'get in my way and I will not hesitate to remove your existence from this world'
"I need to speak with the master of this guild." He said matter-of-factly
Not a soul in the guild moved. They were too busy fearing for their lives.
"I said.-"
"That would be me, my boy."
"Well. Master was incredibly correct in his statement that you were a tiny man."
"What can I do ya for?" He asked
"I would like to join the guild. It was my master's final order."
"Okay. But there are ground rules in this guild. 1. No killing guild mates. Brawling with them is okay as long as you don't break too much. 2. You may never tell anyone about the guild's secre-"
"You mean like fairy glitter? Save your breath old man. I'm not interested in that little bitch attack."
Makarov stood there absolutely dumbstruck
"Who told you of the existence of-"
"My master."
"And his name would be?" Makarov ushered him on
"Well. Everyone knows him. I met him on Tenroujima which by the way isn't exactly a 'secret hide out'. It was incredibly easy to find. Also I may have annihilated a bunch of trees and wildlife. Don't worry I left the big tree unharmed."
"I SAID WHAT WAS HIS NAME!" Makarov stated getting slightly annoyed at how familiar this boy was with Fairy Tail's secrets
"I was getting there. Keep your pants on back there, stripper." Natsu said towards a young boy in the back who responded with 'shit. how come this happens?!'
Natsu cleared his throat "as I was saying, my master's name is Zeref."
Makarov, along with everyone in the room, was absolutely shocked. The Black Mage was alive? And he had an apprentice to top it off?!
"Well in that case." Makarov said, everyone in the guild looking at him with fear, begging him not to allow the new child to join
"Welcome! Eh... What was your name?"
"Natsu Dragneel."
Makarov again stood absolutely dumbstruck
"Master? What's wrong?!" The entire guild asked in unison
"Natsu Dragneel. Is the son of. The king of. Dragons." Makarov said, struggling to keep his conciousness
"Boy. We need to talk. Come to my office. Gildarts!" Makarov yelled
"Yeah?"
"Make sure nobody listens in on this conversation. Really just beat the hell out of anybody who comes within 20 feet of the door."
"You got it chief."