Fairy Tail:

Nightmares are Alive

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any other anime's, TV shows, video games, or books that you may think of. I only own my life, my stories, my comp, and the following OC's: Nightmare, Azoth, Joseph, Rachel, Luther, Hex, Ronald, William, and several others that as of yet have not been named, and several original kingdoms I have yet to name, except for Droganaria and the Fretorian Empire, and several OC Guilds, including Lions Pride. All rights go to the Author and Creator whose names escapes me at the moment.

Hello~~~ PEOPLE! I hope you all had a wonderful day, I know I did. Ahhhhh, the joys of love! For all those who enjoy my parallel fic, Soul Eater: Nightmares are Real, I will be posting the first fight chapter very soon. Now then, on to the story! I thought long and hard about, and have decided on a Deeeeeelicious plot for this story, one to make even Batman's toes curl in delight and make a Qunari have a full blown grin! (For those who don't know who they are, look up Dragon Age.) That may be impossible, but I am going to bloody well try! So, Here is chapter 1, sit back, relax, have a bite or two… and enjoy the ride. Oh, and remember, "Looms in close" NO PISS BREAKS!

Chapter 1

"That's it you damn Flame head, Come get some!"

"Bring it on, ya damn stripper!"

Lucy sighed and shook her head at the familiar scene, smiling quietly to herself as Grey and Natsu started to fight again, fire and ice with the occasional piece of furniture and wood flying all over the place, hitting some of the guild members, who in turn started brawling with one another, and thus the guild dissolved into chaos, as usual.

"There they go again. Don't they ever get tired of doing this every hour of everyday?"

Even as Lucy said this, a small smile tugged on her lips as she watched Natsu kick Grey in the face, only to have an iron club come out of nowhere and slam into his face, sending him flying into the wall. He picked himself up, and charged back into the fight, fire streaming out of his mouth, punching whoever got in his way.

'What a complete idiot,' she thought to herself. However, her gaze softened as she watched him, a tiny smile coming onto her face as her eyes followed him through the crowd, trailing all over his body as a small blush came onto her face, growing by the second. Her eyes catches the scar upon his stomach, and her blush fades, as a frown settles upon her face. 'It's been three years since that day…'

Three years had passed since the titanic battle where Fairy Tail had defeated Raven Tail and its allies. It had been a hard fight: the Dark Guild had attacked in the middle of the day out of nowhere, taking them all by surprise. They would have lost too, had it not been for the townsfolk aiding them, and the arrival of Fiores Royal army and several other guilds.

As it was, many of them had sustained major injuires. Gajeel had gotten the worst of it; he had been facing off against Ivan Drevar, Raven Tail's leader, when the fighting began. Gajeel had been no match for the dark wizard, and had sustained immense injuries: One arm and leg had been nearly torn off his body, and he had been blinded in his right eye. The leg and arm were healed by Wendy, but the damage to his eye was permanent. Poor Levy had balled at the sight of Gajeels battered body, and she hadn't left his side the whole two weeks he had been hospitalized.

Natsu had also been wounded in the battle, having been ganged up on by several S-class wizards at once. He had beaten them all of course, and had been about to go help Gajeel when one of the S-Class wizards used the last of their magic, and rammed a fist of silver through Natsu's stomach, effectively taking him out of the fight.

However, that had no deterred Natsu, and he had stumbled away, arriving just as Ivan had been about to finish off Gajeel. Natsu had watched, trembling with rage, as Ivan blinded Gajeel and tossed him aside. Natsu had snapped then, and despite his wound, had charged straight at Ivan Drevar, roaring. When Lucy, Cana, Grey, and Juvia had found him after the battle had moved away from the city and spilled into the field, Natsu had been stitting on kneeling over Ivan, punching him over and over, again and again, tears of rage pour down his cheeks as blood splattered against his fists and face.

Lucy remembered how he had struggled against Grey, Macao, and herself as they tried to take him away from the fighting. It took them, plus three other members from other guilds, to hold him down long enough for Wendy to heal the wound. Lucy shivered softly as she remembered the scene: Natsu screaming in pain and anger, trying to get away from the hold, roaring fire; Macao, Fried, herself, and two other guild members trying to keep him still, arms straining to keep him down, while poor Wendy balled as she tried to close the wound.

Taking her mind away from that rather morbid time, she focused back onto Natsu, who was currently kicking Gajeel in the ball's who doubled over and threw up from the pain. Natsu stood on his back, laughing manically.

Lucy giggled at the sight, and her eyes looked at him fondly, studying his body again. The blush that had disappeared earlier came back with full force, and she unconsciously licked her lips. Natsu hadn't changed at all mentally; he was still the naïve, childish, loyal dork who charged straight into his problems. Physically, he was mostly the same as before, but his muscles were more chiseled and defined from training with Gildarts, a fact that had many a women drooling after him, leaving her to be extremely jealous. His face was sharper and hard, his skin looking tough, like that of a dragons scale. His body had kept its hard, muscular physique from three years ago, but it was now riddled with scars and cuts, making him seem dangerous and sexy, a sight that made Lucy weak at the knees. He still wore the same clothes as he always had, and constantly kept Igneels scarf around his neck, hoping to see the old dragon again.

Coming back to herself, Lucy moved her head to the side just in time as a fiery piece of wood flew past her, embedding itself into the wall right above Mirajanes head, who just smiled and continued to clean glasses, completely undisturbed by what was going on.

Beside her, Makarov sat grinning happily, watching as his children 'played' with each other. He hadn't changed at all; he was still the old, eccentric, caring, and otherwise insane master of the guild. Gildarts stood next to him, grinning also, his eyes following his daughter Cana. Gildarts had remained the same the past three years, although he had stopped wandering off, something that made Cana happy. Gildarts had recently taken Natsu and Grey under his wing, a prospect that made many of the guild members terrified, which amused Natsu and Grey to no end.

Lucy watched the guild fight amongst each other, a tender smile tugging on her lips as she watched the familiar scene that had occurred daily throughout her life in Fairy Tail. The people she loved danced, fought, and cried together and she felt content watching them all.

'This… This is my family… this is my home.' She thought to herself, and closed her eyes. Life… Life was goo-

The guild doors slammed open, making everyone freeze and look in its direction. Macao ran in, panting, sweat rolling off him. He looked down at the floor first, catching his breath, then he looked up, and everyone could see the alarm and fear in his eyes, and the hair on the back of their necks stood up.

"E-everyone, come quick! T-theres a-a body outside of town!" Macao then turned and ran back outside, leaving everyone staring at where he had been. Then Natsu jumped, and ran after him, eyes wide with awe and excitement. Happy followed him, eating a fish, and pretty soon the whole guild was empty.

Lucy lagged behind the pack, as the entire Fairy Tail guild ran after Macao, some of them, Cough*Erza, Natsu, Grey* Cough, overtook him. Lucy stopped in the middle of the road to catch her breath, watching as she was left behind. She pouted and stomped her foot, and ran after them. "Geez, slow down, will ya! It's just a body!" Lucy saw them stop right outside the city, and she screeched to a stop. She looked at the crowd and saw that they were murmuring nervously, each trying to get to the front and take a look. She huffed, and started to make her way through the crowd, trying to get to the front.

As she goes through the crowd, she notes with growing nervousness that the people in the front are dead silent, even Natsu, whose pink hair she followed like a beacon. Finally, she made her way to the front, trying to see what could have shut up even Natsu. She made to the front, and looked at her friends faces. All were pale white, even Grey, who was comforting a crying Juvia. Natsu and Happy were wide eyed and sickly pale, like they were going to puke. Hell, even Erza was looking pale, a tight grimace spread across her face as she stared down towards the middle of the crowd. Lucy followed their gaze, her stomach tightening with fear and apprehension. 'What could be so bad as to…to…' Lucy's thought trailed, nausea and horror growing in her as she looked at the… thing… on the ground infront of them

Warning: This scene contains extremely graphic scenes of blood and gore. All people who have weak stomachs, or are too young should not read ahead, but instead skip ahead to the end of the scene. Don't say I didn't warn you.

The body was a human's, that much was for damn certain. Around it, pieces of steel plate were torn to bits, but other than a few bruises on the arms and some discoloration on the chest, most of the body seemed to be untouched. It seemed to be a young male, judging from the lean muscles on the naked chest chest and arms, almost like an acrobats. However, it was the face that made Lucy sick to her stomach… or rather, lack of a face.

The boy's face was bloody and battered, and at first, Lucy thought his skin had been cut open. However, on a closer look, she saw that in fact, the entire face was ripped: ears, nose, lips, eyelids, everything. The only part that was left on the face was a large patch of the forehead. The hair looked like it had been scalped away by a rusty knife; jagged cuts riddled the muscle underneath, showing pieces of the skull. The boy had obviously been conscious when all this happened, as shown in the obvious agony shown on the faces muscles.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Romeo, who was standing in the front, pick up a stone, and throw it at the corpse. The stone hit the chest, and it suddenly ripped open, and Lucy and several other people shrieked, while other retched and swore violently. A squirming mass of large centipedes were writhing around where the organs and rib cage should have, eating away at the inside of the flesh and muscles, thousands of them inside the corpse. Lucy looked back at the face, and saw some writing on the large patch of flesh on the forehead. " Hey… theres some writing on the forehead." Lucy, Grey, Juvia, Natsu, and Erza all crowded around the head of the body, and looked down at the forehead, trying to read the writing. As they read it, their blood ran cold, and they each shivered at the insidious message literally carved into the forehead:

NIGHTMARES ARE ALIVE

DragonRider: HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO EVERYONE! It is I, Dra- 'gets dragged away, punching and kicking sounds are heard, silence… then walks back, Nightmare in side view lying down bleeding out the head.' S-sorry about that… Now then, Here is the News~~~! For those who were upset by my Authors Note, I have decided to completely ignore the fucking thing, and go ahead and do all the chaps free of any charge. All I ask is that you please R&R my stories if you want, and if you don't, I understand. Thank you for your time, and I will be cranking out the fight scenes for Soul Eater soon.

Now then, concerning this chapter; MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I AM INSANE! I am so evil I can barely stand it! "Laughs evilly, similar to a certain evil doctor, then calms down and gets serious." But to be serious, thank you for reading this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it. For those who ignored my warning and threw up, I WARN'D U! Also, those wondering why I didn't do a character description for Lucy or the rest of the guild, it's because I am saving them for a couple of chapters. If you want me to do that next chapter, tell me so I can do it.

Now then, for all those who have seen my profile, and have seen the quotes on them, and are wondering, 'Who the fuck is Jack Strider and what the fuck is No More Heroes?' Jack Strider is the protagonist for series I am planning called No More Heroes. For those who are wondering what it is all about, maybe I will post it one day at the end of my Nightmare Series.

Now then, on to the reviewing please children. All potential flames will be punished by Erza.

Erza: What did I say about that! WELL!

Dragon Rider: Have a great day, y'all and I hope to see you soon. Later's. "Bows"