Sorry for rushing the last chapter. I wanted to finish that little part before moving to bigger things. Since I am having so little feedback, should I discontinue it? Nah. I will finish it. For myself. But come on people, at least tell me if this is good or bad or what am I doing right or wrong.

Some comments will be nice.

Disclaimer: Do not own the anime and the idea. Only adopting the story from Tearless Rain.

From the point Laxus arrived, he knew something was wrong with the fire dragon slayer. He had a gut feeling. The attacks of his felt powerful, but hollow. He had a gut feeling that this ran deeper than just the attack of Grimora Hearts, he just had no way of confirming it. The fight against Hades had been a hard one and he had combined his magic with Natsu, causing the fire mage to make it his own. In all his years he had never heard of anyone being able to do that. This made him wonder about the mage, if he was even human.

Meanwhile, someone else was having same thoughts through their heads but instead of waiting, the raven haired slayer decided to confront his nakama. He moved toward where the said mage was.

"Alright Salamander, what is going on?" he pressed, pissed when he was just ignored.

"Hey. I am talking to you" he snapped before grabbing the arm of the fire mage but suddenly the arm was shrugged out of his hold and he was subjected out of his hold. He lifted his eyes from the arm to glare at the smaller wizard, but the look in those onyx eyes terrified him. They were filled with darkness but looked dead, as if belonging to a human who had seen too much and was just waiting for death to come take him.

"Na, Gajeel, am I a monster?" the pink haired mage asked. The long raven haired man looked a little taken back.

"Of course. You are the strongest beast Salamander." He meant it as a complement, but somehow it upset the other. This both unsettled and worried Gajeel and not used to these feelings he snapped out.

"Damn you Salamander. You are a nascence" he bit out. The expression on the pink haired mages face grew sadder if it was possible. Gajeel might have said something more but a loud rumble filled the place.

"That's the roar of a dragon" someone who vaguely sounded like Wendy said. From a distance a large blue-black figure emerged. Cries were heard all over the place, but for Natsu it was like a dream. Acnologia was like another brother-father figure for him. He stepped forward but saw the dragon ready his paw to swipe. 'He's attacking' his mind supplied. Why was the only thing his mind asked as the huge dragon attacked again and again. Can it be that he didn't remember him. But Acnologia did not remember him? How come? Zeref recognised him, then why not Acnologia? Maybe something had happened.

He saw the dragon attack his family members of fairy Tail. He had a decision to make, to allow the dragon to kill his family or help them hurt Acnologia. He didn't want to hurt Acnologia, but his family

The ones who took him in after the disappearance of Igneel. Who showed him kindness again. Who saved him from his darkness. He heard the cries of Lucy and Erza ad the dragon attacked.

"There will come a time when you will have to fight me. Do not hesitate"

The words sounded vaguely like Acnologia and he firmed his decision and joined the battle. He will defend his new home.

For his friends Gray, Erza, Lucy.

For his family.

For Fairy Tail.

'Decided to join Natsu. Will you kill me, just as in your nature to kill all the demons Zeref created?' the voice taunted and at that time the wizard realised that the dragon in front was not the honour bound Acnologia he knew.

'Y-You took him over. Give him back' he cried in his mind, realising that the demon had overtaken the dragon. The battle was fought long and hard, but unfortunately they were no match for the dragon. He prepared for his final strike. Whole of the present guild held hands and formed a circle. Together in death, that was what they wanted.

'Sorry guys. I could not save you. I wish I had the power to save you' Natsu thought before he felt Acnologia release a wave of dark magic powerful enough to wipe them before flying off. The markings of his flashed just as a light shield covered them. When it subdued he looked around and found the only one awake.

"W-What is going on here?" he asked to no one in particular. He was not excepting an answer so he jumped into air when he did receive the answer.

"I converted the power of your bond into a fairy sphere to protect you, one of the three grand fairy spells" the voice was melodic, calming him. He looked as a small girl materialised from thin air.

"Mavis-nee?" he asked uncertainly as he reached forward with his hand to touch her, but she dodged his hand.

"Of course silly it's me. Seeing you I think you remember a lot" she asked, her green eyes peeking with curiosity at him.

"Most of them. I know about the powers and that I will not awake them for a while" he said, then decided to look around so he missed the nervous look the blond was giving him. The place was surrounded by water.

"Ah, about that" she whispered catching his attention. "You activated them" she said and on his confused look pointed at him. He looked only to see his body filled with markings extended on his chest and back all over and one arm till wrist. He freaked out for a second before calming.

"So what do these markings do? And what are they?" he asked, totally confused. He knew next to nothing about his powers except what he had seen in his dreams. The blond sweat dropped.

"Eh. As far as I know these are the Phoenix markings. Only the royal family of phoenix have these. They change colour as you change element and magic you use. Also, they allow you to use and copy different magic, and your eyes turn purplish-red" she said. "Of course, we have next seven years to experiment and teach you" she said and once again saw the pink haired mage's face turn confused.

"What do you mean by having seven years?" he asked, tilting his head to one side. She sweated.

"You see since this spell was so big, it kinda was casted for seven years. It puts everyone to sleep and they do not age and will continue to age accordingly. Neither will you for the matter, but then even after you leave the spell, you will not age" she muttered but having incredible sharp ears he was able to hear it.

"What do you mean?" he asked, more like yelled and she just giggled.

"S~I~D~E E~F~F~E~C~T~S" she sang "And we have to work on increasing your knowledge too" she yelled as she ran down followed by a pink haired mage yelling her that he will kill her and he was not an idiot. Around them others slept peacefully.

Seven years had passed and a ship came to the abandoned place. The dome moved and with that the whole place shook. A blond figure lead them toward where the others were.

"Hey, I found Natsu" a voice said and Natsu was glad that he decided to lie down like that so it all appeared natural.

Soon all lost members were gathered and got the shock of their life to know seven years had passed. The blond was back.

"Who are you?" the very basic question was asked.

"I'm Mavis Vermillion. The first master of Fairy Tail" she said and by the dump fold expression she knew that they were in shock.

Later, everyone boarded the ship to leave the island not noticing the first master following them, except a certain salmon haired mage. He had changed his clothes when the markings had appeared and was now wearing a long coat which was closed and had one sleeve to cover up his markings. He was quite excited to see the changes that had happened. Besides, he had a feeling that this new dawn will bring a new era and he wanted to see it, even if he was stuck as a sixteen year old kid forever. He wanted to go home.

Home.

"Ah. I wonder where home is?" he wondered. He missed a blond sneaking in his side, or if he did he did not give any indication.

"I once heard home is where the heart is. Unfortunately or fortunately my heart had always been with Fairy Tail" Laxus commented, looking at the dragon slayer and noted, "Yes something was wrong. He was about to say something when suddenly Natsu grinned brightly.

"Then welcome home Laxus" he said and a small smile crossed the bond's lips. Maybe smile was contagious after all.

"Ah." He muttered.

"You survived after all, Natsu. Things are finally in motion. Hurry up. I can't wait to get out of this curse. E.N.D. is finally awake, if only a little. Soon, we will meet. Hopefully you would have killed Zeref till then" the shadow said as it tossed a man into lava below, he moved and a mountain was visible.

"Soon" he said as the markings on his body glowed for a second "Son" with that he disappeared into a bundle of flames, not even giving a second look to the burning man below.

Please review. Next chapter will mark the official beginning of the GMG arc, and all the fun will begun.