CHAPTER 2

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AN: I will be mentioning a few things about the future of this story, so if you don't like spoilers please continue onto the chapter. If you're still reading this then here is the information. I am going to have Ur live in this story, and by now I'm sure some of you already know how, but that is beside the point. When thinking about saving her, I didn't think about how she would fit into the story and because of that I decided to make a few pairing changes. The new pairs will now be Natsu x Erza x Mirajane, and Laxus x Mirajane will now instead be Laxus x Ur. Also I looked into some info on the dragons and watched the latest episode and 50ft seemed too small for a king dragon like Igneel, so Igneel will now be 100ft tall when standing on all fours, and when he stands on the back two he will be 200ft tall with a 200ft wing span. Other dragons' heights will be mentioned as they are encountered. As a last thought before the chapter starts, Natsu will be joining Fairy Tail at the normal time, but he will also have 17 other people with him. Now I know what you're thinking, you're crazy, and who could they be, well all I have to say is you will be surprised, but I also hope you won't be disappointed in my decisions.

Chapter Start

Natsu couldn't help but enjoy the ride on Igneel's back; it wasn't every day that someone was able to fly on a dragons back. Igneel hadn't told Natsu where they were going yet, but he didn't seem to mind as he took in all the sights he was seeing while flying on Igneel's back.

After almost four hours of constant flight at just above cloud level, Igneel began to descend into the town where he knew Atlas was. Natsu and Igneel were both surprised when they landed in a village and several giants were staring at them.

While not nearly as big as Igneel the giants were extremely tall, at least 25-30ft tall. Several began to panic and where shouting something about telling the eternal flame, many more were charging to get weapons, but all the commotion stopped when a large blue flame fell from the sky towards Igneel.

The blue flame turned out to actually be Igneel's old rival and friend Atlas Flame. The giants cheered as they saw Atlas head towards Igneel. When he landed next to Igneel, it was visible for all to see that Atlas was much smaller than Igneel, being only about 85ft tall while on his four limbs.

The giants were afraid that their guardian might actually lose, but that ended when Atlas let out a chuckle or a dragons version of a chuckle anyway. "Igneel my friend what brings you to my home?" Atlas asked. Igneel only replied to Atlas by grabbing Natsu from his back and placing him in front of Atlas.

"I seem to have taken a liking to this child so I have been raising him as my own and teaching him my magic. While it is true that I could teach him all the elements, I wished to have him meet other dragons so I have decided that you would be the first he met. Also if you are willing you could teach him your special hell fire dragon magic." Igneel said.

Atlas only nodded his large head in thought before looking down at Natsu. "What is your name small one?" He asked. Natsu smiled up at the large dragon before speaking. "I'm Natsu Dragneel, son of Igneel." Natsu replied in his ever happy mood.

"Very well son of Igneel I wish to challenge you before I decide if I wish to teach you or not." Atlas said. "Alright I'm all fired up." Natsu shouted before he charged at Atlas with his right hand engulfed in his fire magic.

Before he even got close to Atlas though, Atlas blew a large torrent of his blue hell flames at Natsu from his mouth. Almost instantly Natsu was engulfed in the flames. 'What will you do now son of Igneel?' Atlas thought. A few seconds later though Atlas wasn't too surprised when he saw his flames disappearing as they were all swirling towards Natsu where he proceeded to eat them.

Once Natsu was done eating the flames he let out a burb and patted his stomach. "Those were some of the best flames I've ever eaten." Natsu exclaimed. At that Atlas let out a deep below and looked down to Natsu who was preparing to attack again.

"You entertain me Natsu Dragneel; I shall teach you my flames of Hell." Atlas said. Natsu quickly threw his hand up in the air and ran around before he went up to Igneel and told him he did it. Igneel also chuckled at his son's excitement. Natsu always had been an energetic one.

Over the course of eight months Natsu and Igneel remained in Sun village as Natsu learned from Atlas. In that eight months Natsu had become good friends with the village's inhabitants which led him to meeting his first human ever.

The human was a women by the name of Flare and she was just as surprised as Natsu to find someone her size seeing as they had both been raised by beings much larger than themselves. Flare and Natsu were good friends fast as they had so much in common.

Flare much like Natsu was learning magic from Atlas, but unlike Natsu, Flare was learning how to use the flames that Atlas had gifted to her through her hair. She liked to call it hair magic, Natsu on the other hand was learning Atlas's dragon slaying hell flames.

As the eight months flew by Natsu now found himself standing at the villages entrance on Igneel's back while the villagers were all waving at him and Igneel telling them goodbye and to stop by again. At first when Igneel told Natsu that they were leaving, he was confused thinking he still had training to do with Atlas.

When he questioned Atlas about their training though, Atlas told him that he had taught Natsu everything he needed to know. Atlas informed Natsu that he had taught him all he could with the hell flames and that all Natsu had left to do before the hell flames were mastered was to incorporate the hell flames into the techniques Igneel had already taught Natsu.

With that information in hand Natsu and Igneel set off to go see the next person Igneel had in mind for Natsu to meet. Once again Igneel had not told Natsu who they were going to see, so Natsu had to just admire the sights he saw over the course of the week it took to get where they were going.

When Igneel said they had arrived though Natsu was confused as the only thing he saw in sight was several mountains all around, they were not near any kind of civilization, but on second thought Natsu decided that made sense if they were looking for a dragon.

Natsu was about to question where this dragon was until he heard a loud voice call out. Iron Dragons Roar. After that Natsu watched as a large blast of what appeared to be a liquid like beam of iron shot out from the mountain several feet in front of them.

Following the roar was a small boy about Natsu's age maybe a year older flying out of the cave. Following after him was a large dragon about 75ft tall that looked to be made out of metal. Once the boy regained his footing he breathed in a large amount of air before a magic circle appeared in front of him.

The boy then let out a stream of iron much like the dragon had while calling out. Roar of the Iron Dragon. While much smaller in size, the roar of the smaller boy seemed to be almost as deadly; that was until the dragon batted the breath away with its wing.

The small boy was about to say something to the dragon, maybe even yell at it, but that stopped when the dragon turned its attention to Igneel noticing his presence. "My King." The dragon said simply. Igneel only grunted before looking over at the small boy.

"I didn't see you as the kind of person to take someone in, let alone teach them your magic Metalicana, what changed your mind?" Igneel questioned the other dragon. Metalicana only grunted a response making Igneel chuckle before looking at the small boy.

"And what is your name boy?" Igneel asked once more. The small boy still in awe at seeing the massive being that was Igneel finally regained his focus. "My name is Gajeel, Gajeel Redfox. Who are you sir, I've never met another dragon?" The now named Gajeel asked.

Metalicana looked slightly afraid as if Igneel would incinerate Gajeel on the spot for not showing him respect. Igneel only let out a massive roar of laughter before turning to the small Gajeel. "My name small one is Igneel, and I am king of the dragons." Igneel then turned to Metalicana. "Metalicana my friend you should know by now that you don't have to address me so formally." Igneel then let out a massive sigh.

"Besides I've had to deal with a small brat like yours, I can't get any respect from him." Igneel said as he moved his neck to his back and grabbed Natsu and then set Natsu down in front of Gajeel. "This annoying little brat is my son and apprentice Natsu." Igneel said with a sigh.

Natsu and Gajeel then began a conversation with one another as Igneel and Metalicana also started a conversation together. For several minutes the two groups carried a conversation until Igneel and Metalicana went over to Natsu and Gajeel.

Metalicana then began to explain to Gajeel and Natsu that Igneel had asked him to teach Natsu Iron dragon slayer magic and that he had accepted. Metalicana then told Gajeel that since Natsu would be doing the beginner exercises that Gajeel could begin on his advanced lessons.

While at first surprised to be getting a sibling disciple Gajeel first asked how it was possible for someone to learn more than one dragon slayer magic. Igneel then told Gajeel about him having the unique ability of absorbing and using all elements.

He then explained that he himself could have taught Natsu but believed it would be better for him to learn from other dragons to get a feel of the world around him. Once he had finished explaining Gajeel simply accepted the answer and then turned to Metalicana to start his new advanced lessons.

After almost 18 months, or a year and half Natsu had once more been told by his mentor that he had learned all he needed to and that all he had left to do was put the element of iron into the dragon slayer moves he had already been taught.

When Natsu had questioned Igneel about how long they had been away from their home, Igneel told Natsu that it had been a little over two years and that they were approaching the middle of the year x774.

Once Natsu was ready and had said his goodbyes to Metalicana and Gajeel, he and Igneel took off into the sky. After they had traveled for a day or so Natsu noticed that they had entered an area where there was a lot of snow.

This caused his mind to drift off to what the next kind of dragon he would be meeting would be like. Natsu had several thoughts, ranging from water, ice, snow, and any combination of the three. Natsu's thoughts ended though when he felt Igneel make a sharp turn and change directions.

"Igneel what happened where are we going?" Natsu questioned, but he wasn't expecting an answer when he saw what appeared to be anger in the old dragon's eyes. Natsu was able to hear the one word that Igneel did say though, Zeref.

Natsu had no idea what it meant, but if it made Igneel mad then Natsu knew it could not have been a good thing.