Okay I'm back with the next chapter, just so you know this will have a time-skip in it up until the start of the Edolas arc with a recap of the more important events that happen in the time skip, also I'm probably gonna reshape the whole Edolas arc as well but while still keeping the general idea of the arc you'll know what I mean when you read it. This chapter will also hint at multiple pairings Like LaLu, NaMi and Miraxus but none are for definite yet except for NaLi of course. So I hope you enjoy this chapter and remember fav, follow and review

"NNNAAATTTSSSUUU!"

Every member stood in awe at their long lost pink haired dragonslayer, he was finally back after two years he had finally returned. Some members had smiles plastered on their faces, some were failing miserably at holding back their tears and others were doing both. One particular member had the biggest grin on his face as he stood up on the second floor his arms folded as his eyes locked with Natsu's, both stared at each other in silence with smirks plastered on their face.

"So Natsu who's the shrimp?" the man asked, "Geez I'm gone 2 years and that's the first thing you ask me, well it's nice to see you too Laxus" Natsu relied sarcastically, "Well I'm just curious as to why there's some kid whose returned to the guild with my friend after he's been gone for 2 years" Laxus replied back in an equally sarcastic tone as he made his way down to Natsu.

The two stood in front of each other once again in silence as blue flames flickered of Natsu's body while golden arcing lightning started flowing off of Laxus' body. Everyone thought there was going to be another fight between the two where Laxus would end up KOing Natsu in a few hits, however that thought dissipated when the two locked hands as their retrospective elements sparked and flared around each other's hands.

"Daddy who is he?" Mashiro asked and all the laughter and cheering died down with everyone's jaw going slack, even Laxus couldn't utter words. "WHAT!" everyone shouted wondering what the hell had happened in Natsu's two years away from the Guild. "Haha yeah stuff happened don't worry I'll tell you later but not until after I talk to Mirajane and Elfman, does anyone know where they are?" Natsu asked as he wanted to get this out of the way as soon as possible so things didn't any more awkward. "Were here Natsu" a familiar voice called out from the bar but when he turned to face the source of the voice he swore it was a different person, "MMMIIIRRRAAA! What the hell happened you look…really girly and pretty" Natsu shouted as he saw Mira but she completely changed, she no longer wore gothic style clothing but instead was wearing a nice pinkish burgundy coloured dress which suited her very nicely.

Mira felt conflicted at what he said, on the one hand she felt embarrassed that he admitted she was pretty but one the other hand he said that she now looked girly which annoyed her a bit because the way he said it made it sound like he only realised now that she was a girl. Mira decided to pout in a childish manner before saying "For your information Natsu I am a girl, secondly I've always been pretty and finally I just decided it was time for a change" Mira replied half truthfully. Natsu sighed as he could no longer feel the strong magic within her, it was miniscule compared to what it used to be. He could only deduce that she blamed herself so much for Lisanna's death that she stopped using her magic all together.

Placing a hand on her shoulder and looking between her and Elfman who sat beside him at the bar brought them into a hug surprising them both. "I'm glad you guys are safe, I never had the chance to say it 2 years ago. If you've ever thought I blamed you for what happened to Lisanna I don't want you to ever think that, you are my family and two of my best friends. What happened then happened it isn't your fault, we all have to die someday we just never know when the important thing is we live on for them" Natsu said tightening the hug as all three of them started crying.

A few moments passed before they calmed down and the guild started to break out into an everyday Fairytail brawling party. However before this could take place Natsu took Mashiro up onto the stage and shouting out gained every members attention. "Okay listen up every this here is Mashiro Dragneel and yeah, she's my daughter!" Natsu shouted out as he placed his hands on Mashiro's shoulders. Once again the guild grew deathly silent as they stared at Natsu in disbelief.

"Natsu how is that even possible? You must have been like 12 when you it" a random guild member said causing Natsu's expression to darken. "I adopted her so she's gonna become a member, I found her outside her village so I took her in. Is there a problem with that?" Natsu stated in an intimidating tone as he saw Mashiro's expression sadden.

"WE'VE GOT A NEW MEMBER!" the entire guild cheered out in unison, well most of them anyway as Laxus just retreated back to his corner after he introduced himself as he wasn't what you call a socially active person.

The next few hours were spent partying and allowing Mashiro to get to know the other guild members, Mashiro instantly loved the guild it was everything Natsu had told her it was, the guild was fun, lively and there was never a dull moment. Although there weren't many people Mashiro's age apart from Romeo but there were other people who she instantly hit it off with. These people included Levy because Mashiro originally thought she was only a few years older than her, Cana because she was really funny and Mirajane and Elfman because they seemed really close with her 'dad' that and they were extremely kind and welcoming.

Mashiro had actually tried to get to know Laxus because he also seemed really close with Natsu but she chickened out because she thought he was kind of scary. So after all the formalities and partying it was approaching 5pm and Mashiro had just received her guild mark from Mira. She got the mark in the same spot and colour as Natsu's and when asked why she said she was gonna be just like her dad except stronger which caused everyone to laugh and smile at her determination.

"Hey Mira I just noticed but where are Gramps, Erza, Happy and the stripper?" Natsu asked after downing his mug of ale, "Well last I heard Master was at the guild master's meeting while Erza, Gray, Happy and Lucy went on a mission to defeat a dark guild but that was a few days ago." Mira replied confused when she saw Natsu's equally confused face. "Lucy?" Natsu asked still confused as he didn't know of any member that went by that name.

"Oh right you weren't here, well surprisingly enough Laxus went to Hargeon when he heard a rumour of a Salamander, so he went to investigate but found out that it was actually a slave trader who was using your moniker and the name of Fairytail to trick girls and using sleep and charm magic was going to transport them across the border. Lucy was one of these girls and got tricked because she wanted to join Fairytail so when Laxus found his ship after hearing this as you can imagine boom. Anyway Laxus told Lucy that he was a Fairytail wizard and left telling her that we were stationed in Magnolia so the following day she made her way and joined." Mira explained in surprised tone.

"Wait Laxus actually helped someone for free?" Natsu questioned in disbelief because as long as he had known Laxus he rarely ever did anything for anyone without getting something in return himself being one of the only exceptions. "Well I wouldn't say he did it out of kindness it was more like he thought she was Hot and wanted to score with her" Mira said with a slight pang of jealously in her voice. "Is that so, oh yeah that reminds me I need to talk to him about something. You mind looking after Mashiro while I talk with him?" Natsu asked before making his way to the second floor with two drinks.

Setting a drink down in front of Laxus Natsu sat opposite him, they sat in silence for a minute before Natsu spoke up. "So are you still planning on going through with it?" Natsu half-heartedly asked already knowing the answer, "Like I said last time it will depend on how things go, but I'm pushing more towards yes. However if something should happen that I can't stand then I will most definitely carry on with my plan." Laxus explained with an emotionless expression.

"Now let me ask you something?" Laxus said before taking a swig from his drink, "Fire away" Natsu replied then taking a swig from his own drink. "Will you still stand against me when I go through with it?" Laxus asked one again with an emotionless expression. Taking a drink Natsu then sighed, "Of course I will someone's gonna have be there to knock some sense into you and I can't see Gildarts coming back any time soon" Natsu replied getting a very noticeable growl from Laxus, "You think even if that old fart was here he could stop me?" Laxus asked this time a hint of anger in his voice.

"It'd be close but he wouldn't be alone and even you couldn't take on the entire guild, the master and Gildarts." Natsu stated not shifting under the glare he was receiving from Laxus who then stood up, "Well it's good to see you know who you're messing with should it ever come to it" Laxus said as he starts walking away but stop at the top of the stairs "Oh a Natsu congrats on becoming a dad" he said with a smirk before turning into a lightning bolt and exiting the guild.

"Laxus?" a voice coming from the guild doors said as Natsu had sat back down at the bar in front of Mira. "Oh welcome back Master" Mira said welcoming Master Makarov back, she was about to say that Natsu was back but stopped when she saw him place a finger over his lips and pull both his own and Mashiro's hood up. The rest of the guild saw this and went along with it as it was nice to see a more playful side to Natsu so they only greeted and welcomed the Master and the rest of team Erza back.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO THE GUILD!" Erza shouted or demanded as she slammed her gauntleted fist into what was left of a table. This caused Natsu to smirk when he came up with an even better idea of what to do now, pointing for Mira to get him a slice of strawberry cheese cake. Seeing what he was up to Mira immediately got out a slice of said cake and watched anticipation for the end result. "WELL I'M WAITING!" Erza shouted out once again causing a few people to quake in fear.

Clearing his throat and deepening his voice to an unrecognisable pitch Natsu said "I would be what happened miss" Natsu said with his back still turned, Erza, Makarov as well as the others turned to the bar to see a hooded figure who wasn't giving off any magic energy which seemed very suspicious Erza and Makarov who had some of the keenest sense out there next to the dragonslayers that is. "Oh I wonder what this tastes like" the figure said causing Erza to freeze, there in front of this person was her one true love, the light of her life and all that was good in this world…a slice of her beloved strawberry cheese cake.

"M-m-m-my cake" Erza stuttered out in what some people thought was fear, "Oh shit Erza's gonna kill that guy!" Gray said fearing for the stranger's life. Erza was walking up to said stranger when he had put a slice of cake into his mouth, the familiar clinks of her armour were like music to Natsu's ears as he smirked and Mira was trying to keep a straight face while Mashiro was trying to figure out what was going on. "DEAR GOD THIS TASTES AWEFUL, WHO CAN ANYONE EAT THIS, THIS THING!" Natsu said as he pushed his acting skills to the max.

"YOU FIEND! DIE!" Erza shouted as she summoned a sword out of thin air and prepared to strike down this blasphemous stranger. However she was very surprised when she saw a familiar blue flame coated hand grab her sword, "Jeez Erza it was just a joke…ugh" Natsu started saying but was tackled to the ground by a blue blur. "NNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTSSSSSSUUUUUU!" the blur cried out as it buried it face into Natsu's chest, "Hey Happy miss me much?" Natsu asked sarcastically.

"Wow so you're Natsu? Happy has told me so much about you, I'm Lucy by the way" a blonde teen who looked around seventeen said cheerily while offering Natsu her hand. "So you're the newbie, well it's nice to meet you" Natsu replied taking her hand and offering his trademark grin in return. "I've finally met him, I've finally met the real Salamander" Lucy thought while internally screaming like a little fan girl.

Natsu was about to tell Makarov about everything when he felt a hand come across his face, the whole guild made a collective gasp and Mashiro was about to attack the owner of the hand for assaulting her dad but halted her assault when Natsu started laughing. "I'm sorry Erza but was that supposed to hurt, because if it was then you truly haven't gotten any stronger in the last two years." Natsu said in a mocking tone which caused a tick mark to appear on the scarlet haired knight forehead.

"Haven't got any stronger huh? Fine then Natsu I challenge you to a duel and before you say you aren't interested the winner of the fight get to make the loser do whatever they want for an entire day" Erza said earning another collective gasp from the crowd as Natsu smirked which if she was honest slightly unnerved Erza. "Now I'm interested so I'm just gonna state what the penalty will be when you lose. I'm gonna pick an outfit out for you and you have to walk around the guild all day wearing it without retaliating to other guild members for let's say inappropriate comments." Natsu said with a smirk that could put the devil to shame.

At that very moment most of the male guild members/perverts were having severe nosebleeds as they knew this could quite possibly be the best day of their lives. The females residents of the guild had scowls on their faces for as long as they had known Natsu never once had he shown a perverted side, Mira on the other hand was now banging the bar top in laughter while trying to keep her sides from splitting.

Erza now stood frozen in definite fear of the consequences, she had never beaten Natsu before but that was two years ago. According to the council she had strength comparable to that of a wizard saint due to the training she went through over the last two years, she also had a variety of armours and weapons that she didn't have back then so she knew she was definitely more powerful than back then. However the problem was she didn't know how strong Natsu had become over these last two years hell she couldn't even sense an ounce of magic emanating from his body.

"What's wrong Erza is the Fairy Queen scared to face a little dragon?" Natsu asked in a taunting voice as he leaned against the bar top. "Don't be absurd I'll face you anytime and when I win this fight well…I was going to make you my personal butler for the day but instead I'll do exactly as you and make you wear whatever I want for the day." Erza replied angrily at the start but then calmed down as she continued to talk and finally transformed into her own devilish smirk.

Cana had already made a betting pool with a majority going for Erza as they hadn't met Natsu before but those who knew Natsu well enough placed their bet on him, these people consisted of Makarov, Mira, Elfman, Happy and Laxus who just came back to the guild because he forgot he sound pods. As everyone made their way out to the battle field Cana filled Laxus in on the bet the two made which caused him to start laughing. "What's so funny colonel cunt?" Cana asked with a raised eyebrow, not caring to much about the insult Laxus explained to Cana why he was laughing.

"I'm laughing cause there are gonna be a lot of happy old perverts after this, judging from the magic energy I sense from Natsu he's got this in the bag" Laxus said which caused his grandfather to over at him beaming with happiness. "You can sense his magic well how strong is he?" Makarov asked a little surprised he was able to but linked it to the possibility of Laxus being a Dragonslayer, "He's a lot stronger than when we last saw him, not at my level yet but he's definitely stronger than your average S-class wizard. Heck he might even give that wizard saint Siegrann around for his money." Laxus said with a grin on his face as he thought about challenging Natsu to a fight after this.

"You must be joking, I know Natsu's all ways been string but Siegrann is the 9th wizard saint!" Makarov stated in disbelief. "Old man do I look like I'm joking or when was the last time I actually made a joke? Now shut up there about to start. The entire guild was gathered at the side lines of the battlefield waiting for the fight to commence, Mashiro stood with Mira and Elfman and had taken down her hood revealing her white and pink streaked hair. "GO DADDY WIN!" she shouted out getting a few awes from some of the guild members and a collective "WHAT!" from Happy, Erza, Lucy, Gray and Master Makarov.

"Oh yeah I almost forgot, Happy meet your new sister Mashiro" Natsu said sheepishly while scratching the back of his head. Happy then headed over to Mashiro and looked at her in silence as she did the same to Happy, "Yay I have a sister!" Happy shouted out. "Kitty!" Mashiro shouted out catching the cat in a bone crunching bear hug causing some guild members to laugh and even get Laxus to smile.

"Don't worry guys I'll explain after I win this fight!" Natsu exclaimed while taking a battle stance igniting his hands in his azure flames, snapping out of her confused state Erza re-equipped into an armour Natsu had never seen before "RE-QUIP; FLAME EMPRESS ARMOUR" she shouted out as a bright golden light surrounded her. After it dissipated it revealed Erza in a brand new armour that had red dragon like wing appendages on her back and dragon like claw appendages cover her feet up to her knees but was then further covered by a black coloured durable material, from her fists to her elbows were covered by red with orange trimmed gauntlets that appeared to have claws at the ends of the fists.

Erza's body was covered by a skimpy one piece suit that comprised of a heart shaped orange metal trimmed top that came down into a red and black flame like design on her toned stomach and was completed by the same orange metal trim in a v shape over the black durable material. Around her neck she wore what appeared to be an orange coloured metal collar, finally Erza had her hair held up in twin pony tails by a pair of black horn ornament while she stood firm with her orange hilted, red bladed sword across her body.

"You don't stand a chance now flame brain, Flame Empress Armour nullifies all fire based attacks!" Gray shouted across at Natsu waiting for Erza to end the battle in a single strike. Natsu merely smirked while keeping his attention solely focused on Erza "We'll see" was all he said but taking of at phenomenal speeds that only Laxus, Makarov, Mira and Erza could follow. Azure Dragon's Iron Fist!" Natsu shouted as Erza was sent skidding back in a ball of blue fire.

With a swipe of her blade Erza has dispersed the flames and was smiling, "You're gonna have to do better than that" she said confidently but it faded when she saw Natsu laughing, "What the hell are you laughing at, this is a fight so take it seriously!" Erza shouted at the dragonslayer while glaring harshly at him. "Sorry Erza, I'll admit you've definitely gotten stronger but you don't realise how much stronger I've gotten just look at your chest plate." Natsu said while pointing to the right side of his own chest causing Erza to look down at said piece of armour and what she saw shocked her greatly, the armour she had designed specifically to fight Natsu had the right side of its breast plate slowly crumbling away piece by piece.

"Would I be right in saying that your armour only halves the damage done by fire based attacks?" Natsu asked as he placed his hands in his pockets, Erza only nodded to show he was right causing the dragonslayer to sigh in disappointment as he thought he was gonna get a challenge. "Well there's your problem and also the reason you're chest plate is still intact at all, I probably could have ended up destroying your armour if it wasn't resilient to flames." Natsu explained in a neutral tone

"Wow your so cool daddy" Mashiro exclaimed with starry eyes as Natsu literally and figuratively did a 180 and gave a thumbs up to her while having one eye closed and slightly sticking his tongue out, Erza just stood there shaking in Anger that Natsu was taking her so lightly so she decided that she was gonna go all out and show that smug ass what she was really capable of. "RE-QUIP; PURGATORY ARMOUR!" Erza shouted as she was once again surround in a bright light.

Natsu smiled as he felt the magic power increase drastically, "I might get my challenge after ugh" he said but was interrupted when he was sent flying back crashing into the wall which crashed down on top of him. "DADDY! NATSU!" Mashiro and Happy called out in worry while Erza stood there clad in Black and grey spiked armour holding a spiked mace taller than herself while smiling. "I win you pompous ass." Erza said in a satisfied tone as she began to walk away but stopped when she felt the magic power increase.

The rubble that surrounded Natsu began to lift off the ground due to the pressure his power was giving off. Everyone could see Natsu was definitely pissed at from Erza sneak attack, they could also fell the temperature rising but one thing that surprised them was that there was also a cold mist that surrounded Natsu's feet. Natsu walked a few feet forward and let the magic die down causing all the rubble and debris to fall back to the ground, he then stared intently at Erza which caused her to flinch and Laxus to stifle a chuckle as he had misgauged Natsu's abilities he was stronger than he let on, Laxus was thinking he was possible SS-class material and Laxus would now as himself and Gildarts were the only wizards capable of any Job that was SS-class or above in the guild.

In a flash of speed Erza wasn't fit to follow Natsu disappeared from Erza's sight only to reappear behind her in seconds "Freezing Azure Dragon's Jaw!" he shouted as one hand became cloaked in ice and the other in azure flames before joining them together and bringing the combination down onto Erza causing an explosion of white mist and azure flames to occur obscuring everyone's vision.

When the smoke and mist was cleared everyone was shocked to see what had happened, they saw Natsu standing over an unconscious Erza who lay in 30 foot wide, 7 foot deep crater with her purgatory armour shattered to pieces, she was slightly bleeding and badly bruised but nothing Life threatening. "Natsu what the hell was that?" Makarov asked, "What was what?" Natsu replied not knowing what Makarov was talking about.

"You used ice magic along with you fire magic!" Makarov practically shouted at Natsu, "Don't be stupid gramps that's impossible right guys" Natsu said turning to the rest of the guild who shook their heads to show Natsu was wrong. "Seriously I wonder, no it's not possible" Natsu said to himself as he thought of the only possibility that came to mind. "Lisanna what did you do?"

"Natsu you won the bet, so what will you be making Scarlet wear?" Laxus asked curiously snapping Natsu out of his trance and causing a devil like smirk to appear on his face. "Well originally I was gonna make her wear a copy of my clothes but since that sneak attack I'm taking it to a whole new level and as soon as her injuries clear up well let's just say you'll want to be here." He said but kind of felt bad because he didn't remember anything past getting flung into the wall so had no idea how he won although he knew he would have won anyway.

"With the injuries she's got I'd say 2-3 days at the most before they completely fade." Natsu said giving Laxus an estimate of when to be at the guild, although Natsu knew of Laxus' plan for the future they were still friends and all friends had there fights so until then he was just gonna make as much out of the time he had until Laxus puts his plan into action.

2 days later

Over these two days Erza had been recovering from her injuries while Natsu was helping Mashiro adapting to guild life and teaching her how she could unlock her magic container, this was great for Mashiro as she couldn't wait to start learning Magic but the lessons had to be put on hold today because today was the day Natsu would collect on his bet. All the guild was gathered except for Gildarts and Mystogan, they had made a large crowd in the centre of the guild hall waiting for Natsu to arrive with Erza in whatever sort of costume he had concocted.

They waited in anticipation for what seemed like ages but the anticipation was soon lifted as they saw Natsu walk in through the guild doors with the most evil smirk they'd ever seen. "You guys ready to see the greatest thing ever?" Natsu asked rhetorically but he still got an answer from the Master, Macao and Wakabe who all shouted in unison "YEAH!" all of them having perverted grins on their faces.

Everyone watched as a shadow slowly grew larger as it made its way to the guild doors, what they saw Natsu made every members jaw drop and nearly every male have a nosebleed that could put someone's life at risk from blood lose. Standing in the middle of the guild hall was none other than Erza Scarlet but not in her usual attire, no today she had become Neko-Erza. She wore a pair a cat ears on her head, had a collar with a bell on it around her neck and even had a pair of white cat paws and a tail. But the most embarrassing thing about the outfit was what was cover her body… practically nothing, to cover her breasts all she was given was a thin white furred bra that barely covered her breast and plain whit panties that came into the tail and like the bra left little to the imagination.

Erza was definitely embarrassed beyond belief as she was desperately trying to cover herself up and the fact she wasn't allowed to retaliate made things worse for her because she would have to put up with all the men ogling her. "If you don't stop staring I swear I'll carve out your eyes tomorrow!" Erza said in a threatening voice, "I definitely think it's still worth it" Natsu said as he took out a Lacrima camera and started taking hundreds of pictures from different angles. "Aw you look so cute Erza" Mira said in a mocking voice while trying to contain her Laughter.

"I wonder how much Sorcerer Weekly would pay for these photos." Natsu said directing his question to the entire guild while waving his lacrima camera from side to side. Erza froze in horror at this, her guild seeing her like this was one thing but photos of her like this being published in Fiore's most popular magazine was a totally new level of horror. "Relax Erza I was joking…although I might make a few print outs for a couple of friends and anyone else willing to buy them." Natsu said pausing in the middle to hear Erza's sigh of relief only to trample all over any thoughts of being able to retain her dignity.

"Anyways I'll be seeing you, Mashiro wants to learn dragonslayer magic so we're gonna start her proper training today" Natsu said as he waved to everyone making his way out of the guild but stopped at the doors and turned back around at the bar, "Hey Mira you wanna come with, Mashiro was saying she really enjoys you being around so I was wondering if auntie Mira would mind tagging along" Natsu said showing her his usual toothy grin.

"I'd love to Natsu let me just finish this order" Mira happily replied giving Natsu her bright cheerful smile that could brighten anyone's day. "Sure I'll wait outside for you" Natsu said before walking out to the guild's gates waiting for her.

6 months later

It has been six long months since Natsu returned to the guild and a lot had happened, for starters Natsu and Mira were almost always together with Mashiro either training, playing or hanging out, many of the guild thought of them as the resident family due to some rumours that were circulated through sorcerers weekly about Natsu and Mira being a couple. This was not the case however, while they had grown close that was it, they could both appreciate the good qualities about one another and definitely found each other attractive but there relationship never escalated beyond friendship if they were to say what they had between them it was that they had become best friends.

Other things that happened was the battle with Phantom Lord a guild who was considered equal in terms of power to Fairytail but always held a grudge against them. There Master Jose Porla had been hired by Lucy's father to retrieve her from Fairytail whatever the cost. However Phantom Lord's efforts were thwarted when their element four were defeated by Elman, Gray Natsu and Erza, their guilds ace Gajeel Redfox who was also the Iron Dragonslayer was defeated by Natsu after a gruelling battle, while not as strong as Erza Gajeel's defences were incredibly strong. Only Phantom Lord's Master remained but he was defeated by Fairytail's own Master Makarov.

During the all-out guild war the Fairytail guild hall had been destroyed and was in need of rebuilding, during this time Fairytail found out that Loke Fairytail's resident playboy was actual a celestial spirit, Loke was Leo the lion the leader of the zodiac and after Lucy saved him from losing his life force due to him being banished from the spirit world the celestial spirit mage gained a new golden key as well as tickets to Akane resort which allowed herself, Erza, Gray, Happy, Mira, Mashiro and Natsu to go to this resort. While Erza and Gray weren't happy that Natsu got to tag along they decided to put up with it since it was Lucy who owned the tickets and decided to invite him.

However festivities were cut short as the resort came under attack from some old friends of Erza who ended up kidnapping her and Happy. Natsu using his enhanced senses quickly tracked down where Erza and Happy were taken but before even thinking about that made sure Mashiro was safe with Mira who although didn't have all of here magic back had managed to reclaim some of it thanks to Natsu. What was going to happen next would end up being Natsu's toughest battle yet, thanks to the former member of the element four Juvia Locksar they were able to get into the structure known as the tower of heaven with relative ease.

It was there after finding Erza that they all discovered of Erza's past involvement with the dark tower and its current ruler Jellal Fernandez the supposed twin brother of Siegrann Fernandez, apparently Jellal had once been a kind boy but he soon became deranged, power crazed and obsessed with someone called Zeref. Eventually after defeating all of Jellal's subordinates Erza came face to face with the boy she once knew and engaged him in battle even with the knowledge of an impending etherion strike. However the etherion strike was all part of Jellal master plan because upon the etherion strike's impact on the tower it was converted into a giant magical Lacrima.

Jellal also had another plan in store for Erza and as she expected Siegrann was not Jellal's twin brother but instead was a thought projection and when it returned to his body hi magic was fully restored. Everything was going according to Jellal's plan that was until a certain pink haired dragonslayer came in and stopped his ritual to bring back Lord Zeref using Erza's body as a re-creative vessel. What followed suite was a titanic battle between someone who was ranked a wizard saint and one of Fairytail's strongest wizards, the battle raged onto without either side showing any signs of giving up until Natsu began to run ow on magic from his previous fights in the tower giving Jellal the opportunity to cast a deadly magic spell known as Altaris that could have killed Erza and the dragonslayer but one of Erza's old friend Simon Mikozuchi blocked the attack at the cost of his own life.

Jellal mocked Simon's bravery and sacrifice which caused Natsu to strike out a Jellal take a desperate decision to defeat said mage, grabbing a shard of etherion Natsu ate the magical lacrima that made many other types of magic other than fire which felt like poison flowing through his veins temporarily until he somehow managed to successful convert the absorbed power into his own magic causing him to activate the initial stage of the ultimate form of Dragonslayer magic, Dragon Force. With his new power Natsu easily defeated Jellal and rescued Erza, however the effects of eating etherion quickly caught up with him leaving him unconscious when they arrived back at the beach resort.

With the tower of heaven behind them and returning to their guild hall the group had discovered that not only Juvia had joined Fairytail but Gajeel as well, while some people had major issues with this Natsu didn't in fact he was actual happy that there was another person like him in the guild so after quickly getting any past misgivings out of the way Natsu welcomed Gajeel to the guild, Erza was less than pleased but she was in no place to argue, she had begun to see Natsu in a new light after he rescued her even after ignoring him for years except to only fight with him so she promised herself that she would respect Natsu and the decisions he made.

However no sooner than they got back did Laxus put his plan into action, Phantom Lord was the final straw for him, Makarov had gone soft and had turned Fairytail into a joke so he decided that he was going to force Makarov to hand over the guild by making the entire guild fight each other in a battle royal until they found him and defeated him. To ensure Laxus' plan would work he had several back-ups, he started by using Evergreen one of the members of his elite squad the Thunder Legion to turn the competitors of the miss Fairytail competition to stone and hold them as hostages threatening to use his lightning to destroy the statues if the guild members didn't follow the rules of the battle royal.

Angered by Laxus' actions the guild members spurred into action to find and beat the crap of the lightning mage, Makarov and Natsu were about to leave when a magic ruin stopped them. Makarov was puzzled as to why Natsu wasn't able to leave because the ruins only stated that you couldn't leave the guild if you were over 80 years old or were a stone statue. So Makarov and Natsu could only sit back while the guild fought one another or members of the Thunder Legion in an attempt to find Laxus. After less than an hour over half of the guild had wiped itself out, Makarov was left with little option but to give up but then after realising Gajeel was still in the guild they were planning on sending him out to fight but just like Natsu he couldn't leave the building because the ruins wouldn't allow him to leave. So with little choice Natsu decided he was going to melt the stone off of Erza's body and after panicking due to her face cracking Erza was released from the petrification magic and revealed that the effects of the magic may have been weakened due to her artificial right eye.

The ruin system was quick to update the number of remaining contestants to three when Erza was released and it quickly added a fourth who they quickly deduced as Mystogan, so after leaving Erza soon found Evergreen and thought if she could defeat her then the petrification on the other female wizards would wear off. After defeating evergreen the other girls were released but Laxus had a backup plan...the Thunder Palace.

The Thunder Palace is an immensely powerful an dangerous spell that requires the user to use their magic to charge up a certain number of Lightning Lacrima, and judging by looks Laxus had sent up at least 300 of the floating Lacrima and after a demonstration curtesy of body link magic one lacrima had enough power to take out a mage. Luckily Levy after a long struggle had managed to dispel the ruins allowing Gajeel and Natsu to go looking for Laxus, all the members of the Thunder Legion had been taken down, Lucy and Loke had taken out Bixlow, Erza had beat Evergreen and Mira forced Freed into a forfeit after spontaneously getting her powers back so with Mashiro in the capable hands of Levy Natsu and Gajeel had set off in search of Laxus.

After a large explosion Natsu, Erza and Gajeel made their way to Cardia Cathedral with Natsu and Erza arriving at the same time only to see a slightly Damaged Mystogan and Laxus who didn't have a scratch on his body. However after Mystogan's identity was revealed as Jellal he explained that he wasn't the same Jellal she knew and disappeared in a mist leaving Erza and Natsu to battle Laxus. However as she wasn't faring well against Laxus Natsu told Erza to take care of the thunder Palace and that he would take care of Laxus and so began Natsu Hardest battle to date, he had always wanted to have a proper 1 vs 1 fight with Laxus before but he had gravely misjudged Laxus' power. Natsu believed after casting such a draining spell as the Thunder Palace and with the sheer amount of Lacrima above the City that Laxus would be a bit drained but he showed no signs of weakening ad was almost certain that was closer to Gildarts than he originally guessed. Even while not holding back Natsu was completely over whelmed by the Lightning mage and watched in fear as Laxus was preparing to strike him with his raging bolt attack, Natsu could see Laxus hesitate a bit and before he unleashed the attack he saw Laxus look away with a frown on his face.

Thankfully Gajeel swung in to save Natsu's ass just in time before the attack that would have turned him o ash struck. So although Natsu wanted a one on one he teamed up with Gajeel to defeat Laxus once a for all, unfortunately just when the fight seemed to be going their way Laxus revealed something that even Natsu didn't know…Laxus was a Dragonslayer and with this his power increased drastically, it was almost like he hadn't fought at all. After being completely defeated in battle against the new dragonslayer Natsu and Gajeel were barely able to stand and this is when Laxus decided he would use his final weapon.

Laxus had become completely engulfed in his own desire for power that he went to drastic measures, somehow Laxus had managed to master the ultimate judgement spell…Fairy Law! As he was midway through casting it Levy burst into the Cathedral trying desperately to call out to him, according to what Porlyusica had told her Makarov was on death door and upon hearing this they all saw Laxus recoil at the mention and thought he was coming back around.

However his thirst for power had to strong a hold on Laxus and he finally cast the Fairy Law spell, all waited for the golden light to engulf them thinking this was the end. But realisation hit them, they were in fact still a live and relatively undamaged. Laxus on the other hand was left severely drained of magic power and shocked that the spell didn't take effect, although he was secretly relieved that it didn't work. After Freed came in explaining that Laxus not only inherited his grandfather's magic but also his heart and that his magic could see into it revealing that deep down he cared about all the members of the guild and the people of Magnolia.

But Laxus still couldn't accept this and once again went into a berserker like state, so mustering up what strength he had left Natsu made a final stand against Laxus in order to bring his idiot friend back. While Natsu was expecting a slightly easier fight he was dead wrong, even after casting such draining spells as Thunder Palace and Fairy Law Laxus still had plenty of magic power in reserve, but it wasn't enough as Natsu saw an opening for an attack and released everything he had on his friend thus defeating him.

After the battle of Fairytail everyone was recovering but none so more than two dragonslayers, Natsu and Gajeel were so badly bandaged you could almost mistake them for mummies, they had broken ribs, cracked jaws, Natsu had a broken arm while Gajeel had a broken leg but because they were dragonslayers they had a higher pain thresh-hold and advanced healing capabilities. Then to everyone's surprise and anger Laxus strolled into the building as if he hadn't done a thing, he was heavily bandaged as well but only on his forearms, upper body and temple.

Laxus said he needed to see the old man but everyone stood between his and his destination, Natsu got up a walked over to Laxus before pointing at him and saying some incoherent words that apparently only Laxus and Gajeel could understand. Wondering what he said Lucy turned to Gajeel who explained that Natsu said next time they fought it was gonna be a fair fight, mono e mono and that next time he wouldn't lose. This shocked all the members as they believed Natsu beat Laxus but Gajeel quickly corrected them by pointing out the difference in damage between the three wizards, that they had broken bones and were bandaged from head to toe compared to Laxus who most likely only had some burns, bruises and maybe some cracked ribs at best.

Everyone in the guild took in the difference between them and couldn't believe that two of their strongest members were admitting that even together Laxus probably would have Killed them if he was at full power.

Laxus just continued to walk ignoring the glares sent his way, when he arrived at Makarov's bedside he explained why he did what he did and was fully prepared for the consequences, but truly he knew that he couldn't ever be prepared for it. Makarov excommunicated Laxus from Fairytail and wanted him out of Magnolia as soon as possible because the pain of banishing his own grandson who he watched grow through the years was too much, he could sense Laxus' regret with every word the blonde spoke but what truly got to him was how he said goodbye and it brought the old man to tears.

However it was only during the fantasia parade which Laxus stayed to watch a bit off that he truly knew that he regretted his actions, he felt it as he was leaving and was compelled to turn back around an that's when he saw it, the thing that finally brought him to tears. There standing atop all there floats were all the Fairytail members, no his family using the sign he created on this very day so many years, he remembered the meaning all too well and that meaning brought him to tears knowing that they still cared for him after all he's done. After Fantasia Makarov explained that Laxus isn't the same as Natsu and Gajeel, he explained that Laxus was very sickly as a young child so his father implanted a dragonslayer lacrima into his body fusing with his developing lightning magic turning the Lacrima into a Lightning dragonslayer lacrima.

A few weeks after fantasia the Fairytail guild was called upon to form a guild alliance with three other guilds in order to defeat the dark guild Oracion Seis one of the heads of the Baram Alliance. These guilds were Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus and Cait Shelter. When Fairytail, Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale had gathered they began pondering about the Cait Shelter guild which they had never heard off before and why they were only sending a single member when the rest had sent three or four. Fairytail had sent team Erza and much to Natsu's dismay had sent him and Happy under Makarov's order so it was either go or face the Titan's wrath, Blue Pegasus had sent the tri-mens and much to Erza's horror and annoyance Ichiya Vanderlin Korabuki. Lamia scale were the ones who sent three members but they were going all out as they had sent three of their strongest members, Sherry Blendy, Lyon Vastia who also happened to be an old rival/friend for Gray, the third and strongest member from Lamia scale as well as the strongest wizard there was Jura Neekis of the ten wizard saints.

Everyone bar Natsu had continued there mingling chatting about who this member from Cait Shelter could be and that they must be powerful of they are just sending one wizard. No one noticed her enter apart from Natsu who had caught a familiar scent but couldn't quite place it which he found odd because he could remember everyone's scent. But even upon seeing her he couldn't remember who she was, it was only after she tripped and screamed that she caught everyone attention, there in front of them stood a small girl with long deep dark blue hair, she fiddled on the spot trying to introduce herself and judging by her actions she couldn't have been any older than 12. She finally managed to introduce herself as Wendy Marvel the sky dragonslayer which caught all their attention, well almost everyone Natsu was trying to wrap his head around the fact that he found the combination of her name and scent so familiar that he could've screamed at the top of his voice in frustration.

After Wendy had done her share of mingling much to her discomfort but with the aid of her best friend Carla who was a white talking cat just like happy she managed to get through it. Finally she made her way over to Natsu which was her true goal but before she could get beyond introducing herself personally to Natsu team Erza along with Lyon had ran off in anticipation for the fight ahead. Natsu apologized to Wendy saying that they'll talk later before he sprinted off after everyone with Wendy following close behind.

Thanks to team Erza and Lyon sprinting off into battle unprepared shit hit the fan and Wendy was captured by the Oracion Seis who were far more powerful than any of the wizards anticipated and so after Erza had been bitten and poisoned by a massive purple snake all the members set out to find and Save Wendy so she could heal Erza before it was too late. The reason Wendy was needed for this is although she hasn't got her offensive dragonslayer magic down she is very prominent in the healing and enchantment aspect of her magic.

After finding Wendy in a cave and Much to Natsu surprise he also finds a still alive Jellal, recklessly Natsu rushes Jellal only to be slammed into the wall by an intense blast of heavenly body Magic, suddenly Jellal turns on who appears to be the leader of the Oracion Seis and attacks the man known as Brain, Luckily for him he manages to get away from the attack. Finally after getting Wendy back to the campsite while Gray held off the member of Oracion Seis codename Racer, Wendy was finally able to heal Erza but it cost the little dragonslayer a good deal of magic.

The coalition of the light guild members soon learned that the Oracion Seis' objective was to uncover a magic known as Nirvana, a powerful magic that could switch light and dark, good to evil. They wanted to use this magic to rule and nothing could oppose them if they were successful, however Erza after hearing Jellal's name bolted up and began to hunt down said man until she followed him into a cave, but much to her surprise before she could strike him down it appeared as if Jellal didn't know her and as it turned out he had lost his memory with only the knowledge of how to use some magic and the fragmented memory of the name Erza. After Erza explained who she was and all that Jellal had done he wanted to rectify his actions by taking his life and so he placed a self-destruction spell on himself and the beam of black and white light behind him which was part of Nirvana's seal, if it was destroyed then Nirvana could never be used again.

However things didn't pan out the way they wanted, while two of the Oracion Seis had fallen and the member codename Hoteye had joined the side of good actually due to Nirvana's effects Nirvana itself was released and it turned out that it was an ancient walking city. This spelled bad news for Natsu with his motion sickness but thanks to Happy he could soar through the air a defeat anyone in his way, well that was what he thought until he had to engage in a super aerial battle with the member codename Cobra and his snake which sprouted wings and began to fly. Yet again Natsu was in for another tough battle and it only go tougher when he found out that Cobra's magic could help him hear Natsu's thought. But after landing a hit or two Natsu was completely thrown off as Cobra revealed he was a dragonslayer from the newer generation and explained that he as 2nd generation because he got his powers from a poison dragonslayer lacrima just like Laxus.

The new information completely threw Natsu off and soon he found himself on the defensive, but after a long hard battle leaving him numb from the poison affecting his body Natsu finally beat Cobra albeit accidentally by using his greatest power against him…his ears, after Letting out an inhuman deafening roar that could magic a dragon's Natsu literally blew out Cobra's ear drums. Now unable to move from the poison motion sickness combo Natsu was helpless as Brain dragged him off to use Nirvana's effects on him to turn him into the newest member of Oracion Seis, Brain's plan was thwarted by the efforts of the wizard saint Jura who easily defeated him leaving only two members of Oracion Seis standing, those being Hoteye or Richard as he is now known and Midnight who were currently in battle. However Richard fell as he gravely underestimated Midnight's strength leaving him as the only member of the dark guild standing who was now facing off against Erza and Jellal.

After healing Natsu and temporarily subduing Natsu motion sickness, Wendy and the others found out that the first target of Nirvana was in fact the Cait Shelter guild. Wendy now feared for the lives of her guild mates, so much so that it brought he r to tears but her worries were soon quelled when Natsu promised her that he wouldn't let any harm cone to her guild as long as he was still breathing. So as everyone thought of ways to stop Nirvana Wendy said she may now a way without specifying and went looking for Jellal thinking he might be able to stop it. Shortly after Wendy left Natsu, Jura, Happy, Lucy and Gray received a message via telepathy from Hoteye telling them they needed to go down to the lower levels beneath the throne room and that's where they could stop Nirvana. However none of them suspected that it was actually Brain using what strength he had left to pose as Hoteye before he faded into unconsciousness.

The group made their way down to the doors beneath the throne room, unsuspecting of anything when they opened the doors and then it happened before they could even blink. An overload of magic exploded in front of them with the purpose of taking their lives, however thankfully to the speedy reactions of Jura who managed to create a magic barrier while taking the full brunt of the attack himself everyone was saved with little more than some cuts and bruises on their bodies. The same couldn't be said about Jura though, he was heavily damaged and as bleeding a bit, looking back to see if everyone was okay he smiled and then collapsed to the ground in a near death state.

From afar Midnight looked to where the explosion sounded as he continued his battle with Erza which he thought was going rather well because she hadn't landed a single hit in him. That soon changed because in the short time they were battling Erza had figured out how his magic worked and within an instant was in front of him and using the palm of her hand sent him flying. Erza pointed out that he could only focus his magic in one area at any given time and that his magic only works on her armours and weapons but not her own body. However that's when Midnight unleashed his true powers, at the midnight hour his powers increased and his appearance changed to that of a monster's. He showed Erza illusions of people she had lost and told her that it was her fault for their deaths and that she was even more at fault for The Tower of Heaven than Jellal was because she had the chances to do something about but didn't.

However it was all an illusion and due to Erza's artificial right eye she was able to see through it and defeat Midnight, with him down all the members of the Oracion Seis were defeated. Or so they thought and due to an explanation from Klodoa the seventh unofficial member of the dark guild who also happened to be a possessed staff told them that each member of the Oracion Seis was a key used to seal away the true identity of their Guild Master…Master Zero. Brain was the outwards knowledge seeking personality but Zero's personality couldn't be any more different, the personality that was Zero seeks only destruction, pure and utter destruction. Natsu and Gray learned first-hand just how powerful Zero was as he easily defeated them in a single move proving that he more than double the power of Brain.

As Nirvana came into range of the Cait Shelter guild hall it prepared to fire it canon at the guild, but as it was about to fire when the magic bomber Christina which was temporarily repaired thanks to the combined efforts of the Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale launched an attack powerful enough to damage one of Nirvana's legs enough to alter the direction of its canon just enough to save the Cait Shelter. Using his archive magic Hibiki from Blue Pegasus gave all of the wizards all of the info he could find about Nirvana and that in order to stop it they would have to simultaneously destroy all six Lacrima that powered it.

Unfortunately Zero had the same magic and heard everything said through the mind link and told the coalition that he would be positioned at one of the lacrima so they had no chance of destroying it before the canon recharged in the next 20 minutes. So Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Ichiya and Wendy made their ways to each of their designated lacrima, but Natsu being Natsu picked up Zero's scent and picked the lacrima he was at so he could take him on without anyone getting hurt.

Natsu shortly found Zero at lacrima number 1 where they engaged in a rather one sided battle with Natsu just about managing to defend himself, after Natsu used a piercing spell to block Zero's dark capriccio he was about to attack but was halted as a fireball made contact with him causing him to lose balance. Natsu looked to where the source of the magic came from and much to his disgust standing there before him was Jellal Fernandez and now he was going to end him. However much to Natsu's surprise he didn't even try to defend himself from Natsu's punch and after Jellal quickly explained his predicament Natsu still found it hard to believe so taking this opportunity Zero unleashed an attack in order to destroy the two of them, this completely caught Natsu off guard causing him to loosen his grip on Jellal enough so that Jellal could quickly block the attack to save Natsu much like Simon did in the tower of heaven.

Jellal then offered Natsu a golden flame he called the flame of rebuke to restore his power so that he could defeat Zero and save Wendy's guild. Natsu accepted the flames and turned to face Zero while Zero explained that Natsu had made a mistake by eating the flames of rebuke as he now shared Jellal's sins but that didn't bother Natsu as he charged at Zero to engage in battle hopefully on more even terms this time. Zero only realised that by eating those flames Natsu had achieved a legendary form of Dragonslayer magic called Dragon Force said to bestow upon the caster strength comparable to the mightiest dragons but Zero could immediately see that Natsu didn't have complete control over his Dragon Force so it wasn't going to be anywhere near as powerful as it was supposed to be. None the less this still intrigued Zero because if there was a way to harness that power he believed he could become invincible.

The fight raged on but as Zero thought Natsu hadn't complete control over Dragon Force and now only had to wait for 2 minutes before he could destroy the Cait Shelter guild, however Natsu wasn't giving up anytime soon, so as a last ditch effort he summoned his golden flames and prepared a secret arm and charged toward Zero who countered and effectively stopped it by using his own ultimate spell that summoned forth human like shadows that seemed to drag Natsu into another reality. He felt defeated he was out of power and had no idea what to do, then he heard him a voice that he hadn't heard in years. The voice belonged to his dragon father Gandora, as he spoke saw a vision of him and Gandora when he was young he stood beside the large blue scaled dragon that had red sclera a sight that would give any child nightmares but Natsu found it peaceful and calming to be around the dragon. From what he could see in this vision it looked one of the many training sessions Natsu had which involved him smashing boulders five times larger than himself. He would often complain to Gandora that this was way too tough for a kid but it was what Gandora said that would always get him fired up again.

Gandora always told Natsu that he should never doubt himself because Natsu was his son and no matter what Gandora would always be proud of him. Remembering these words Natsu felt all his power return to him, on the other side of the reality back in Fiore Zero stood in awe and Fear he could see cracks and golden flames forming in thin air and in an instant the air broke apart like it was a pain of glass causing a sea of golden flames to flood out into the cavern where he stood, the flames were burning away the shades as well as Zero's magic and in the middle of these flames stood Natsu.

A look of pure unadulterated anger was plastered on Natsu's face as he walked through the flames, his eyes looked like white sclera and the scales that covered his body began to take on a sort of reddy pink hue. Natsu stopped but only to let out an almighty draconic roar that shook the air around him, he then launched himself at Zero fist cocked back before striking Zero in the face. The force of the impact created a crater and caused rubble and other pieces of debris to scatter around the place. Natsu knew he was running out of time so went with the most powerful spell that came to knowledge an advanced dragonslayer secret art, a hidden fire form.

The force behind the attack catapulted himself and zero through several floors until he reached the magic lacrima shattering it while the others simultaneously destroyed there lacrima. This meant with the defeat of the Oracion Seis and Nirvana's destruction the coalition had achieved their goal, the bad news was that the entire structure was starting to collapse which meant everybody was running for their life and those too injured to run were carried by those who could.

Victory would have to put on hold as the newly formed council showed to arrest Hoteye and Jellal for their past crimes after the whole council ordeal was out of the way everyone went back to the Cait Shelter guild to recover and it was the next day they discovered why no-one had ever heard of this guild before, this guild only had one active member and that was Wendy two if you count Carla the rest were figments that a powerful spirit created with his residual magic and also happened to be the one who created Nirvana. Wendy was devastated to find that the people she spent all those years with weren't actually real and to see them all disappear in front of her emotionally crippled the child. After this Wendy and Carla were invited back to Fairytail, on the way back she continued to thank Natsu for saving her and her guild as she had calmed down a bit she understood that it was better that they were finally able to rest in peace than continue to watch over Nirvana and it was definitely better than having to watch them be destroyed by that magic canon so she was grateful to Natsu because in the end even though they disappeared Natsu had protected her guild and kept his promise.

Wendy and Natsu quickly became friends and so did Mashiro, after a week of being at Fairytail Wendy had already got a close group of Friends. These were Carla, Natsu, Happy, Mashiro, Erza and Mirajane. After a while Wendy had also started viewing Natsu as a big brother and Mashiro was like a little sister to her and it was rare not to see Wendy with him, Mashiro, Carla or Mira. The next few weeks proved interesting if anything, first ever since they returned from defeating the Oracion Seis Lucy seemed to get very flirty with Natsu which didn't go unnoticed by the dragonslayer although he made not attempts to stop her but at the same time he didn't act upon them and the entire guild bar Mashiro knew why and so did Lucy herself. Lucy learned a few months ago that Natsu used to date Lisanna who was Mirajane's little sister and that she had died on a mission, she also learned that this was the reason why Natsu disappeared for two years but she believed that Natsu needed to get over it because she wasn't going to come back. So who better for him to start a relationship than herself? She had wanted to meet him for a long time and had started developing feelings for him ever since he rescued her from Gajeel in the Phantom Lord.

However much too her disappointment he never made advances on her no matter how straight forward she was without embarrassing herself too much. The second thing that happened was the alleged sighting of a dragon which caused both Natsu and Wendy to track down the witness to ask them. But it turned out to be a trap some whacky woman who wanted to use Natsu as a power source to fuel a machine she created called the dragonoid. After the whole incident passed Natsu had nightmares for a couple of days caused by the intense pain he felt as the machine drained his magic dry but thanks to the collective effort of the Fairytail Mages they were able to free the dragonslayer from his prison.

The third and final not to mention the most exciting thing of all was the return of Fairytail's Ace Gildart's Clive who has finally come back after 3 years from his century Quest. However while everyone was expecting success of Fairytail's strongest member they were shocked beyond words that he stated that the job was too tough for him. Everyone was shocked that there was a job that was too tough for him although there were a few who caught the slight sense of fear in his words, these few people were Natsu, Makarov and Mirajane.

Later that day Natsu came by Gildarts' house as requested by the Crash mage, Gildarts had called Natsu out for a very serious reason but couldn't help but ease him a little as he remembered how flustered the slayer got when he teased him about Lisanna. But much to Gildarts' horror he had found out that one of the children in the guild that he considered his own had lost her life at such a young age, he regretted everything he said when he saw how hurt Natsu looked and sounded just mentioning the incident. Natsu had originally planned on introducing Mashiro to grandpa Gildarts and catch up with his father figure but he needed to leave now luckily he left Mashiro outside when they arrived as he suspected Gildarts was gonna make this mistake although he couldn't really blame him, Gildarts had been away from the guild without any communication whatsoever.

But as Natsu was about to leave Gildarts revealed the true reason why he was stopped on his quest, a dragon and immediately Natsu froze in place as Gildarts explained what happened with Natsu interrupting every now and then demanding where he last saw the dragon. Gildarts then revealed something that horrified even Natsu, he knew there was something strange about the way Gildarts was walking although he could obviously see the man was injured from the bandages covering his stomach but he never could've imagined this. Gildarts explained that the dragon had ripped off his arm and his leg and then it gutted him, Gildarts also mentioned that the fight was over before he knew what hit him even when he went all out. Natsu was about to argue that he could defeat the dragon and force it to tell him where Gandora, Glaceon, Grandeeney and Metalicanna were, but he didn't because he remembered Gandora told him even with Dragonslaying magic you're never guaranteed to be able to defeat a dragon and a second thought occurred to him of the worst case scenario what if he died fighting this dragon? Who would take care of Mashiro and help her deal with another loss like the one she suffered when they first met? So he decided to give up on the matter although every fibre of his being screamed for him to go.

Changing the dreary atmosphere to a more upbeat one Natsu introduced Mashiro and explained her circumstances and Gildarts being Gildarts instantly fell in love with the little girl almost crushing her in one of his bear hugs causing Natsu to laugh a bit but panicked whenever he saw the colour drain from her face then causing him to try a crowbar the child from Gildarts grasp. After a few hours of catching up a getting to know each other Mashiro had started calling Gildarts Grandpa Clive and sometimes Grandpa Gildarts which said man was ecstatic about and so the next few days were spent between the three helping Mashiro and her magic along. But try as they might they were finding it difficult to teach the child dragonslayer magic although she was able to use basic fire magic and sustain a flame for more than a few minutes which is impressive for someone her age.

Now we find ourselves at the present in Magnolia where there are three figures standing out in the rain, they are Wendy Marvel, Carla and finally Mystogan. "You're my Jellal" Wendy managed to choke out, "I'm sorry Wendy I didn't want to leave you behind all those years ago but I never would've guessed are paths would cross again like this." Mystogan/Jellal said in a monotonous tone as he looked upon the trembling child. "Please you must leave right now, get as far away as possible…ugh this one is too powerful I can't hold it back much Longer" he grunted out in pain as he collapsed in pain onto one knee while holding his head.

"What are you talking about, what's wrong?" Wendy asked panicking slightly, "Very soon everyone in Fairytail and all of Magnolia will disappear and there's nothing we can do to stop it" he explained still in pain. "We have to go warn them!" Wendy shouted as she ran off to Fairytail before Mystogan/Jellal could stop her, he only looked into the stormy sky as it slowly began to happen all around them. Before Wendy could get o the guild a bright white Light surrounded her and everything in Magnolia. Wendy got up to see that Magnolia now looked like a dessert waste land and she was all alone or at least that's what she thought until she heard a the familiar voices of Happy, Carla and Natsu.

"Wendy is that you?" Natsu asked as he could make out a silhouette of someone, "Yes Natsu I'm over hear" she replied in a very relieved tone that she wasn't alone. "What happened?" Natsu asked as he looked up to the white portal in the sky. "I'm sorry Natsu I couldn't stop it" Natsu heard a familiar voice say, he turned around to see Mystogan/Jellal with his mask off. "What do you mean?" Natsu asked as he glared at Mystogan, "I haven't been completely been honest with Master Makarov, My Name is Jellal Faust prince of Edolas an alternative reality to that of Earthland where there is an alternative counterpart of everyone from this world in some shame or form. If you can understand that then you should be able to guess from my appearance that I'm the Edolas counterpart to this worlds' Jellal Fernandez." Jellal explained in a sad tone as not only had he failed his mission but also his guild and family.

"I see I thought there was something different about you from the Jellal that I know, normally I wouldn't believe something like that about alternative worlds but with all the crazy stuff we've been through I can't really say I'm surprised. So where is Mashiro and everyone else, where is the guild and the rest of Magnolia?" Natsu asked while looking towards the sky. "Everyone in the guild and Magnolia except for you dragonslayer, Happy, Carla and Myself have been absorbed into Edolas where the King has converted them into a Magical Lacrima that he plans to use to replenish Edolas' magic supply. Edolas is different from our world in the aspect of Magic here we have an infinite supply of magic while Edolas' magic is slowly decreasing. Dragonslayer magic is the key to returning everyone back to their normal forms but we only have a few days to do so before we lose them." Jellal explained solemnly while Natsu Listened as anger coursed through his very being.

His magic started to flare to unbelievable heights, it got so bad that Natsu's flames engulfed his entire body turning white in the process leaving only red piercing eyes and a flickering silhouette visible to those there. The heat he was emitting caused whatever debris was around him to lift off the ground and caused the others to take a step back to avoid getting burned "This bastard thinks just because he's king that he can use our friends lives just so he can have some more magic!" Natsu growled in anger

"Natsu" Wendy and Happy thought in worry

"If this bastard thinks he can get away with messing with a dragon's child then he's in for a rude awakening!" Natsu seethed in anger as he started to suppress his magic "Jellal would I be right in saying we wouldn't be able to use our magic in Edolas?" Natsu asked in a calm tone but on the inside he was ready to tear who ever this king was apart. "Normally yes but with these you'll be able to use and regulate your magic in that world, these are something I invented should such a situation ever arise, they are called X-balls and will allow you to use Magic in Edolas so take one now and then use Happy and Carla to fly as fast as possible into the portal and you should be able to get to Edolas. The lacrima will most likely be in the centre of the Kingdom somewhere near the Palace" Jellal explained as he held out two small orange balls.

"While you go ahead I will stay here and close off any other portals that could potentially open while also searching for anyone who was left behind." Jellal said before disappearing in a puff of smoke leaving the dragonslayers and the cats to their own devices. "Natsu what are we gonna do?" Wendy asked with a slight tremble in her voice telling Natsu she was afraid for her friends and family's safety. "We go and Kick this King's ass to save our friends now let's go, Happy max speed" Natsu said in a slightly angry yet confident tone.

"AYE SIR!" the blue feline responded before picking the dragonslayer u and flying up towards the portal at tremendous speeds, "Carla you too!" Wendy shouted to her feline companion who followed Happy's lead. As they got half way Carla began to speak "Okay Happy we've got to give everything we got, child hold on…here we go!" she began softly before turning into a shout as the two felines hit speeds they never had before causing Natsu and Wendy to wince in slight pain a the force generated by them at such speeds.

Looking up to the skies they saw the white portal began to pulse in a multitude of colour, the pulsing only got faster the closer they got until eventual a strong white light engulfed them, all they could do was…

"AAAAAARRGGGGHHHHH!"

"OKAY I think that is enough I originally planned to write this as two separate chapters but I got caught up in the whole recap thing for the time skip my bad. Well I hope you still managed to enjoy this chapter and that you'll keep reading the chapter and before I get any complaints like I told you I slightly changed how the canon occurs with them being able to use Magic in Edolas from the get go but that has a purpose which you will see in the next chapter so if your gonna review well you've been told so if you have any ideas for this story I'm willing to hear them