Hey all, I had hoped to get this update out sooner but I ended up sick not long after my last update and it was pretty bad if so I wasn't able to do anything. Hopefully this chapter makes it up to you all.

Chapter 7

Natsu and everyone were sitting on the train with each having their own personal thoughts, Erza was thinking about Natsu and how he was doing after everything that happened, Gajeel was thinking along similar lines since he hoped that Natsu was alright so he didn't lose a sparring partner or at least that's what he told himself. Juvia was thinking about Gray, Gray was concerned for his friend and Happy was thinking about fish…typical cat. Natsu sighed to himself as he remembered what happened after the fight.

Flashback:

Shikage grabbed Natsu by the collar weakly and said quietly but loud enough for the others to hear, "The only other one I know of who knows this is your guild master, but Zeref is your father."

"Natsu, my master has lost his mind entirely, he is nothing like he was back in our day. He truly believes he will bring peace to our world if he kills anyone. You must stop your father Natsu."

Shikage started coughing harshly again and once he stopped he said in a very weak voice, "I don't know who she is personally but I can also tell you this, your mother loved you very much by what Zeref would say before he lost his mind."

After Shikage said that he dropped his hand to the ground as the last of the light left his eyes, but he had a smile on his face since he had the knowledge that Natsu was ready to save his everyone from his father. Natsu stared down at Shikage's lifeless form before bowing his head and he whispered, "I'll stop my father, I'll protect everyone precious to me."

Flashback End:

Natsu felt a hand on his shoulder and he saw Erza looking at him concerned and she asked, "Are you going to be okay Natsu?"

"I'm not sure Erza, but I'll try to be. Although I'm definitely going to talk to the master about this." Natsu replied but there was a slight dark undertone to his voice.

Erza smiled and kissed him lightly before she said, "I'll always be here to help you Natsu, never forget that."

Natsu nodded and rested his head on her shoulder and started to snore softly. Erza smiled at him and laid her head on top of his and quickly fell asleep with him and unconsciously wrapped her arms around him in her sleep.

A few hours later Natsu was jolted out of his sleep as the train came to a stop and he looked around and saw that they were at Magnolia again. He looked to Erza who had ended up sleeping in his lap and shook her lightly to wake her but she just mumbled, "Five more minutes."

Everyone in the train compartment sweatdropped and Natsu leaned over her and whispered, "There's a strawberry cheesecake at the guild waiting for you."

Erza bolted up yelling, "To the strawberry cheesecake!" Before sprinting off for the guild.

Everyone sighed at her and they all grabbed their gear before following after Erza to the guild. When they arrived they saw Erza sitting at a table munching happily on some cake and they sighed again and Natsu said, "Wow I didn't know there would actually be a cake here."

Erza heard this and looked at Natsu and walked over to him while glaring before she said, "So you were trying to trick me then Natsu?"

Natsu gulped and begged, "Have mercy?"

Erza patted him on the head and said, "This time."

Then they all heard a voice from the bar saying, "Welcome back everyone, I see that you got Lucy back safely so I have to say, well done."

They all looked over and saw Makarov sitting on a stool with a mug in his hands and Natsu tensed up before he stormed over to Makarov, grabbing him by the collar and shouted, "YOU KNEW WHO MY FATHER WAS AND YOU KEPT IT FROM ME! WHY THE FUCK DID YOU KEEP THE FACT WHO MY FATHER WAS AWAY FROM ME?"

The rest of the guild looked at Natsu in surprise while Makarov looked at Natsu with guilt in his eyes and he said, "I know how you must feel Natsu and I apologize for any pain I may have caused you but I didn't tell you to protect you. What do you think may have happened if people found out who your father was?"

Everyone waited for Natsu to reply, they could practically feel the anger rolling off him. After a few minutes Natsu had punched Makarov in the stomach and shouted, "YOU THINK THAT JUSTIFIES KEEPING THE FACT THAT ZEREF WAS MY FATHER AWAY FROM ME? I WAS IN MORE DANGER NOT KNOWING WHO IT WAS. WHAT IF PEOPLE CAME LOOKING FOR ME BECAUSE OF IT AND I HAD NO IDEA WHY?"

Everyone looked at Natsu with wide eyes for the fact he had punched their master and who he had shouted who his father was. Makarov picked himself up from the floor and said, "I'm sorry Natsu and I deserve far more then that hit you gave me, come into my office, I'll tell you everything else, there's no point in hiding it anymore."

Natsu took a few deep gulps of air before nodding and he said, "Fine, but you better not hide anything else."

Makarov nodded and walked to his office with Natsu following behind him who was still shaking lightly in anger. When they got into the office, Makarov went to the bookshelf and pulled a book down and opened it pulling out a key that was hidden inside it. He then sat at the desk and motioned for Natsu to sit down as well. Once Natsu was sitting he pressed his hand onto the middle of the desk and a magic circle appeared under it. After a few moments he pulled his hand away and the middle of the desk started fading away leaving a hole in its place. Natsu looked into the desk and saw an ornate chest which was a silver base color with green inlays all over it. in there which Makarov grabbed out before handing it to Natsu along with the key before saying, "This was left for you by your mother, you are the sole person who can open the chest with the key I gave you, inside you will find things left for you by your mother. I will not say who it is, just look and find out."

Natsu put the key in and turned it slowly causing a low hissing noise with the lid popping open. Natsu carefully lifted the lid up and what he saw made his heart jolt, there in the chest was what looked like a letter with a necklace that had a locket attached to it on top of it and under it all was a photo. Natsu gingerly picked the necklace up before looking it over; it was on a gold chain with a small orb at the base of it. Natsu carefully opened the locket up and saw two faces looking back up to him, on the left side was his father Zeref who was facing right with his face looking over his shoulder and he was smiling into the picture. Natsu looked him over taking in his looks; he was a young man with piercing black eyes and short wild black hair. Natsu could tell he was powerful just by looking him over in the picture.

The other picture was of a young woman with long flowing blonde hair and large bright green eyes. In Natsu's opinion she was gorgeous and stared at the picture with a longing expression. He laughed to himself lightly as he saw the single strand of hair that poked upwards that looked like it never wanted to stay down. She was facing the picture directly and had one of the brightest smiles Natsu had ever seen in his life. He closed the locket and saw on the back two engravings which said, "Natsu my son, grow strong so you may better protect everyone you care for from the madness of this world. I love you son."

The engraving was marked by a Z and the other engraving said, "Natsu, always know that I will always love you and never forget those who are close to you." It was marked with an M.

He couldn't stop the few tears that escaped his eyes and he carefully set the necklace back down before reaching into the chest for the last two items. He set the letter down and looked at the photo first and felt his heart stop; the picture showed a beautiful sunset on a cliff with his father standing just behind his mother and had his arms wrapped around her in a loving fashion. What he saw in his mother's arms brought more tears to his eyes; in her arms was a one year old Natsu who was reaching up to grabs his mother's hair with both parents smiling down at him with love in their eyes. Natsu set it down as more tears escaped his eyes and he picked up the last item; the letter.

Makarov watched sadly as Natsu opened the letter and Natsu read;

To Natsu, my beautiful boy,

Natsu before I begin just let me say that I love you and I'm so sorry that I won't be there to see you grow up. It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that after the night is over I will no longer be alive. Your father has lost himself to darkness and is no longer the loving man I once knew, so I have decided to bring an end to his madness. I will be going to battle soon to stop his army of demons and I'm afraid the only way I can stop it is by using a spell that will take my life as payment. I am so sorry that I cannot be there for you my son. As you grow up, make sure you eat plenty of vegetables to grow big and strong and always protect those you hold close to your heart. In a few minutes I will be sealing you in a spell to protect you from any harm that can only break when you're in a safe area with someone who genuinely wants to take care of you, I don't know how long that will take, but I know you will be safe until then. I will be sealing you with a spell called Fairy Sphere; it will protect you from all harm and stop you from ageing. I'm sorry son but I have to go now, as I'm writing this you're next to me sleeping peacefully seemingly oblivious to everything around us. You're currently six years old and I have to say that these last six years have been the best of my life with you. I hope that one day you will find your way to Fairy Tail; the guild that I currently lead for I am leaving this letter and a few other things with my predecessors in hopes that they can give everything to you when they think you are ready. I love you son, now and forever. Live free and be strong.

Love from your mother: Mavis Vermilion

Natsu was crying heavily by the time he finished reading, he couldn't stop it. He dropped to the ground with his head in his hands and cried for his parents, both mother and father. Makarov looked at him sadly before walking up to him and giving him the biggest hug his tiny body could. Natsu latched on to him; looking for any signs of comfort he could and kept crying.

After about ten minutes Natsu had finally stopped and looked at Makarov before saying, "I'm sorry for how I acted earlier Master, I was just so mad that this was kept from me but I forgive you. You did everything in hopes of protecting me so I won't blame you for this."

Makarov patted him on the back in a comforting way and said, "It's alright my boy, I had expected you to go on a rampage when you found out and I thank you for forgiving this foolish old man."

Natsu then stood up and looked at everything he got from the chest before he picked the necklace up and put it around his neck. He then put the photo and letter back into the chest before picking it up and headed for the door before saying, "I'm going home for a few days now, I'll be back then."

"Take as long as you need Natsu." Makarov said before he sat down back at his desk.

Natsu walked back to where everyone else was and immediately went to Erza who was sitting at a table with Happy, Gray, and Gajeel who were all waiting for him. When he got to them they all took note of the necklace he now wore and the chest in his arms and Erza stood up wrapping him in a hug before asking, "How'd it go?"

Natsu opened up the chest and handed her the letter that he got along with the photo for her to see. Erza read the letter and by the time she was finished her eyes were wide open and she carefully set it down before looking at the picture and couldn't help but smile at the picture. She set it back down and hugged Natsu closely again before whispering, "She really loved you Natsu."

Natsu forced back a couple of tears again and hugged her back saying, "Thank you Erza."

As they hugged Gray asked, "Natsu, do you mind if I read the letter and looked at the picture?"

Natsu turned away from Erza and said, "Go ahead Gray, you too Happy, and Gajeel I don't mind."

Both Gajeel and Happy moved next to Gray as he picked the letter up and started reading. By the time they finished they all had their jaws on the ground and then Gray shouted, "YOU'RE THE SON OF THE FIRST GUILD MASTER?"

Well there's the end of chapter seven, I don't know about anyone else but ever since I saw Mavis in the anime/manga I've always liked the thought of her being Natsu's mother and I wanted to put that into the story from the very first chapter and finally was able to do it so hurray. I hope you all liked it.