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Seconds.

That was all he had.

And he let it waste away.

He was stuck with his decision.

His terrible decision...to crumble.

To shatter.

To collapse.

It was all his fault.

The moment of truth, the moment to escape, memories. They flooded his head, taking over his body. And refusing to release.

How weak was he?

Things turned sour right at the moment of any hope of redemption. And now he was trapped. Forever.

"You said you wanted to join Fairy Tail, right?" Natsu asked, holding Lucy's hand tightly, running, and then he smiled. "So common!"

Lucy's face brightened, as she smiled and raced alongside Natsu, intent on joining Fairy Tail.

Anyone could guess it.

Natsu had no idea of the adventures yet to come.

Yes, adventures.

Scars.

Tears.

Yells.

Laughs.

Emotions.

It is always unavoidable in life, and no one can know when they are going to come, or why.

Tears are shed from anger, and sadness. From fear.

But they are also shed from happiness, and joy. And those are the kind of tears Natsu loves.

On their way back to the guild, they had to stop a few times. And Natsu took those opportunities to get to know Lucy better before she was bombarded with new friends and relationships, with questions and praise.

He must say, that it was happy to think about. Knowing Lucy was amazing. Her aura was kind, and sweet, but it also had a hint of rage, and spunk. And stubbornness. But that was what made her, her. Lucy Heartfilia. The celestial wizard of the Fairy Tail Guild.

The one and only.

"Igneel taught me...he did! He taught me how to read...and write! And...and...he did!" Natsu cried.

"Hello child...what is your name?"

"My name is Natsu Dragneel!" The boy replied with a smile.

Igneel nodded. This child was trying to show himself as strong. He was trying to hide the fact that he was terrified.

"Why are you scared?"

The boy took a step back. "T-terrified? W-why?"

"Because I am a dragon. I understand that...But you have no need to worry, my boy. Now, come."

His one moment to escape, faded away immediately, as he felt himself falling. Falling into a magic place, that would drain him of his magic, and use him to destroy those in his path.

He would be used as a battery.

He would be used as a weapon.

And he would destroy his friends.

"So what are you guys doing here anyways?" Gray wondered.

"We scoured the towns, and came up empty handed." Wendy explained. "Some of the members went back, to explain the situation."

"But since we finished, we all decided, on our own, that some of us should head to the mountains." Levy added.

"Yeah, and we met at the path towards these mountains, and decided to head in together." Lisanna finished.

"We'll find Natsu." Romeo said determined.

"We have too."

Those bastards...why would they...how could they...?

Zeref wondered this as he stealthily entered the camouflaged structure. His steps were barley hearable, as he basically ran to find his brother, worried sick.

Suddenly, he stopped when he heard a terrified and pained scream. His eyes became wide, and he stared running through the giant building.

And he stopped again when he saw a person...

Gray froze, (no pun intended), in his tracks, when he saw the figure standing there.

"Zeref..." He muttered.

Zeref watched, afraid to move, but yearning to go and save his brother.

Then a red haired woman, ran and stopped by Gray's side, along with a busty blonde.

"Is it?" She murmured.

"Yes..."

"Well..." She took a deep breath. "We'll have to worry about him later. Right now, we have to save Natsu!"

They're here for Natsu too...? Zeref thought.

Zeref stared at them, and then started running. He had to talk to Natsu, and he had to save them. He ran past them and ran as hard as he could, as fast as he could.

Tears started falling from his eyes, dripping from his cheeks, as he continued to hear Natsu's pained screams.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" Zeref repeated. "I'm so sorry Natsu!"

Everyone else was crying as well.

Lucy tried to keep herself from crying to loudly as she ran, but she couldn't hold her tears back or her sobs.

Poor Natsu...! She thought.

She tried to cover her ears, to keep from hearing Natsu's screams of pain. She glanced to her side, to see Erza on her right, her face contorted in anger, and sadness.

And then she looked to her left, and saw Gray's jaw clenched, burning anger in his eyes, but also worry.

They had split up to look for Natsu, but now Lucy saw the others coming from a fork, and they joined up.

"Hahaha..." Hideo laughed. "Look who's coming."

Hideo looked down at the weak Natsu Dragneel.

"Your friends. I'm going to use your magic to destroy them. And you will get the front row seat." Hideo smiled. "Activate it!"

Hideo started laughing maniacally, as a gigantic monster rose up, breaking through the ceiling.

"Unlike that Daphne fella, I don't have to be inside it! I can control it from here! More magic!" Hideo yelled.

Natsu screamed in pain as magic was forcefully drained from him.

High and large, the monster rose. A fake monster, but a monster.

The Fairy Tail mages there, stopped immediately, and stared at the giant monstrosity.

The thing destroyed all of the base, and roared in the air.

Everyone stared at it. Zeref was luck enough to have used his magic to get out in time, but it put him away from the monster, and Natsu.

No one wanted to admit it, but it was most certainly Natsu inside.

Zeref could feel the energy coming from the monster, recognizing it as Natsu.

He clenched his fists.

How dare they...?

Instinctively, Erza requiped, getting ready to take down the monster, and save her friend.

Everyone got ready to fight, Lisanna, Gray, Wendy, and even Happy.

Lucy pulled out one of her keys, Loke, and got ready to summon him, also getting ready to fight in her Star Dress.

Then they started attacking.

"Open! Gate of the Lion! Loke! Star Dress...!"

"Ice Make...!"

"Requip!"

"Sky Dragon...!"

"Iron Dragon...!"

"ROAR!"

"Unlimited!"

"Heavens Wheel Armor!"

Zeref watched in amazement, as they hit the monster with force.

The other Dragon Slayer's magic didn't do more then a dent. The Requip wizard actually made a deep dent, but not much, the other wizards didn't even scratch it.

Except one.

The ice make mage. Surprising enough, he actually hurt it more then all of the others.

Zeref knew it immediately. An Ice-Devil-Slayer.

But unfortunately, this is E.N.D magic. The monster roared in anger, and stomped on the ground. And kept attacking ruthlessly.

But the Fairy Tail mages held their ground.

Lucy jumped up and yelled, "Regulis Lucy Kick!"

Erza kept attacking with her armor.

Gajeel and Wendy attacked with their dragon slayer magic.

And Gray with his ice make.

The others that were there, did as much as they could.

Zeref heard a voice of someone yelling..."ARGH! MORE MAGIC!"

And then...the disgruntled pained scream.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHHHH!"

Zeref's eyes got wide, and his body shook. His eyes turned to red, and he growled, jumping high in the air, magic energy growing...and growing. He was angry.

"YOU...BASTARDS!" He yelled.

How dare they hurt Natsu...

"YOU WILL PAY!"

I know...I know.

Terrible.

I'm trying to write the last couple chapters.
I think I'm gonna write 5-6 more. Depends.

ALSO!

I need a vote.

Should Happy and Carla use their magic? Bceause the exceeds there have the ability to transform into something like a "human" form. You know, Pantherlily does it, and Carla uses in the manga, so why not Happy too?

So VOTE! Should they?

:D

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-Roxkey-san, A.