Chapter 10
A.N: I just recently read Fairy Tail Zero, and wow was it not only amazing but totally messed with my stories origin. In case you haven't read Fairy Tail Zero I highly recommend it, now for those of you who have read it and know what I'm talking about these newt few sentences shall be addressed to you; everyone else just skip to the chapter.
For those of you who read the full 13 chapters of Fairy Tail Zero you learned as I did of Mavis' past actually being part of Tenrou Island and many other things. Seeing as how a lot of these facts would change my stories origin I will be ignoring these facts an explaining my own later on. Also for those of you confused about Mavis' body condition due to Law, I will say that for my story Mavis lost so of her lifespan, but her growth was not halted so she was a full blown adult when she met Zeref in my story. The will also be a nice surprise for everyone in this chapter.
Gildarts and Makarov quickly got over their stupor and prepared to attack when all they heard was chuckling. Both looked over to see young Natsu rolling around laughing so hard he was clutching his stomach.
"Pfft you should have seen the looks on your faces." Natsu got out in between a bout of laughing. Gildarts and Makarov though still held worry in their eyes as they looked back to the behemoth standing in front of them.
Igneel annoyed by Natsu still laughing lightly flicked him on the head with one of his talons. "The hell was that for Igneel that hurt." Natsu shouted at the giant dragon. As the two began to bicker back and forth Gildarts and Makarov stood rooted in place by their complete loss of words to describe what they were seeing.
"So Natsu let me get this right, you learned Dragon Slayer Magic from an ACTUAL DRAGON?" Gildarts asked by shouting. "Yeah this is my dad Igneel, he found me when I was a baby and taught me magic." Natsu said.
Igneel then looked at the two people Natsu was talking to. "It has always amazed me how far you humans have come in such a short time." Igneel said. As Igneel was talking several people began to come out of the guild and investigate the noise they had heard. Some were adults, but most appeared to be children around or slightly older than Natsu.
Igneel seeing all these people told Natsu he should introduce himself and everyone else though. At the mention of his name though a women of around average height standing at 5'2 had her interest peaked. As she moved past others and soon found herself standing next to Makarov she was frozen still by what she saw.
Makarov being the first to notice her as she was standing next to him spoke to her. "First Master is something wrong?" He asked. Before a reply could ever be heard though the young woman Mavis Vermillion rushed at young Natsu screaming his name as tears leaked from her eyes.
Natsu hearing his named looked at the source only to suddenly see a woman charging at him and before he could do anything he was engulfed in a hug by the same person. Natsu at first went to push the strange person off him but then he found that he couldn't.
'What is this strange warmth?' he thought to himself as he relaxed into the persons embrace and hugged back. Mavis was so overjoyed that her tears wouldn't stop. By then all the attention had been turned to the hugging pair with many left wondering.
Mavis then slowly pulled back as she looked at Natsu. "I've been waiting so long to see you again Natsu, now you're much bigger too; you've grown quite a bit." Mavis said. "First Master you know this boy?" Gildarts asked.
Mavis only hugged Natsu again. "Of course I know him, this is my son." She said. At that nearly all the people there had their eyes nearly sticking out of their sockets. "Son?" Natsu asked. Meanwhile Igneel looked on in interest.
Mavis then told the story of her past to all. She told all those present of how she fell pregnant, excluding who Natsu's father was, and how for a time she raised him, all the up to the point where she had to leave Natsu to protect him using Fairy Sphere.
"First master that was over a hundred years ago." Makarov exclaimed. Mavis then explained the special property of Fairy Sphere that trapped those inside of the spell in time until the casters condition was met. "If that was so long ago how are you still alive now?" Natsu asked while hugging his mother again.
"I used a Lost Magic that allowed me to live in a sense. The spell I used allowed me to place my physical body in a state of frozen time much like yours was, but use my magic I also created a physical manifestation of myself using pure magic, that what you see now. In a way I'm both alive and dead." Mavis said.
Many not knowing that was how the master was still alive were very surprised. People of course thought it was strange that their first master was still alive after many many years, but they had never questioned how. Igneel on the other hand was very intrigued.
"It seems my luck is just as unique as ever. Who would have thought I would meet the very same Mavis that Zeref always talked about, let alone be the one to find and raise his child." Igneel said.
"Zeref, how do you know Zeref?" Mavis questioned. Many others however took a step back in surprise at the mention of Zeref and the fact that Natsu was his father. "How do I know Zeref, that is an interesting question." Igneel said.
The mighty Dragon then explained how he had first met Zeref over 400 years ago when the man came to him with a request. He explained that Zeref's younger brother that Natsu had gotten his name from had died suddenly. Zeref had sought out many methods to try and revive his brother, but they failed.
Igneel had known both the brothers so when Natsu had died he helped Zeref to try and revive his brother, but they had not been successful. Igneel thinking that all they would need was more time had help Zeref to use a spell that granted him more magical power and eternal youth, but the spell went wrong.
Zeref's magic had gained an evil essence and everything he created started to warp into evil creations of darkness. Igneel explained to Natsu that the reason he had been so angry about the Demon the encountered and growled Zeref's name was because he was angered by how a man's good intentions could be turned into nefarious demons.
The dragon then ended his tale by telling Mavis that see had finely set Zeref free when he met her. He explained that when Zeref's body went into a slumber do to the spell of eternal youth his soul lingered longer. Igneel told her that his soul had sought him out and told him of her and how she made him feel whole again after the loss of his brother.
"He even told me that he felt that what he was doing was the wrong course of action. Zeref said to me that he believed his brother would have wanted him to move on and enjoy his life without looming on the past. He believed that through you and his son that he mentioned that he could finely achieve that.
"Before he could tell me more about the child or its name though he fully disappeared into his slumber. I never imagined he would move on by allowing his son to inherit his brother's name." Igneel said as he finished his tale.
Mavis herself not having known all the details about Zeref's past felt sadness about learning of how horrid his past had been; but because she had been able to help him finally achieve a form of inner peace she was also overjoyed.
As the tale closed though Igneel took of the saddle that he had been wearing and placed it down with all the passengers inside now being visible to all. 'When he said he was traveling in a group of friends I didn't think he meant that many people.' Makarov thought, but at the same time a commotion broke out.
"Mystogan," "Jellal."
"Sorano," "Yukino."
"Kagura," "Simon."
"Gildarts," "Ur."
Was heard as all eight people shouted and six charged at each other. Jellal, Mystogan, Yukino, Sorano, Kagura, and Simon all rushed at the lost siblings and embraced them in a hug. Gildarts and Ur however were surprised to see one another.
Both talked to one another about how they hadn't seen one another in several years. Gildarts was surprised to see Ur away from her home having known her dream, and Ur was surprised to learn that Gildarts was a mage of the very same guild they had been looking for.
Once all the stories had been passed around about the siblings and being lost people started to calm down again while looking at all the new people who wanted to join the guild. On that thought Makarov made a coughing noise to draw everyone's attention to him.
"Right, well I can't very well deny any of you entrance into the guild seeing as how many ties you have to it, but why don't each of you introduce yourselves and tell me about your magic then we can go about having you join the guild." Makarov said.
The group all nodded in understanding and introduced themselves. Natsu seeing as there were so many new people started the introductions.
"My name is Natsu Dragneel, and I use Igneel's Dragon Slayer Magic that allows me to use other types of magic if I try hard enough."
"My name is Eric Dragneel, I am the adopted brother of Natsu, I use Poison Dragon Slayer Magic and this is my best friend Cubellios." Makarov looked at the snake for a minute before the next person spoke.
"My name is Gajeel Redfox, I use Iron Dragon Slayer Magic."
"My name is Flare Corona, I use Hair Magic that was gifted hellfire properties by Atlas Flame."
"My name is Rouge Cheney, I use Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic; this is my exceed friend that I found, her name is Frosch."
"Frosch thinks so too."
"My name is Ur Milkovich, I use Ice-Make Magic; these three are my pupils, but the last one is my daughter." Ur said as she pushed Gray, Lyon, and Ultear forward. Gildarts looked at Ur strange as she herself had told him that her daughter died. She gave him a "tell you later" look and the introductions continued.
"My name is Ultear Milkovich, I use Ice-Make Magic and Arc of Time Magic."
"My name is Lyon Vastia, I use Ice-Make Magic and am working on a snow version."
"My name is Gray Fullbuster, I use Ice-Make Magic and Ice Devil Slayer Magic."
"My name is Sting Eucliffe, I use Light Dragon Slayer Magic."
"I'm Lector, an exceed, nice to meet you."
"My name is Wendy Marvel, I use Sky Dragon Slayer Magic; these are my two exceeds Happy and Carla."
"I'm happy aye."
"Stupid tomcat, I'm Carla it's a pleasure to meet you."
"My name is Mystogan Fernandes, I use a magic stave to focus different types of magic but I specialize in sleep magic."
"My name is Pantherlily, I am a former warrior of the exceeds and can use magic to fight in a battle form while using a sword that changes size."
"My name is Juvia Lockser, I use Water Magic but I still don't have very good control over it since I have a large level of magic for my age."
"My name is Zancrow, I use Flame God Slayer Magic."
"My name is Kagura Mikazuchi, I can use gravity magic and am trying to learn how to use a sword."
"My name is Meredy, I use Maguilty Sense Magic."
"My name is Yukino Agria, I use Celestial Spirit Magic and I have three keys right now."
"Well then, thank you all for those introductions, why don't we return them for you." Makarov said addressing his guild members.