Ash wakes up in a dark room, with only a light where he is sitting. He was strapped to a chair. "Where am I? Where's Pikachu? How did I get here?" Ash asks. He hears a voice in the darkness. "Relax. I know you have a lot of questions, but answer my questions first, and then I will answer yours. Agree?" The voice sounded familiar to Ash but didn't know from what.
"At least tell me where I am!" He screams. The voice kept calm. "You are in a safe place. That's all you need to know." "Like hell I am! I'm strapped to a chair!" Ash yells. "I'm not going to hurt you unless you do not calm down." The voice says with a little hint of sternness.
Ash started to struggle. He felt this little surge start going through him. Just as the surge was going to let him escape, he was punched in the gut with a green fist. "What was that for?" Ash says when he regains his breath.
"It was to calm you down. Now, did you feel a surge in you, telling you to break out of the chair and hit me?" The voice asked. "Yes." Ash said right away. "Do you feel it now?" Ash did not, actually. "No." "There you go. That's why I punched you." The voice said calmly.
"Are you ready to cooperate now?" The voice asked. Ash sighed and nodded his head. "Okay. And, I'm sorry." The voiced sounded sincere. "Question one: What do you remember?" Ash answered right away.
"I remember you punching me in the stomach." The voice gives a little chuckle. "Very funny. No, I mean do you remember anything before you woke up in this room." Ash had to think for a minute.
"All I remember is going to get Erza and Serena for dinner, and then a black…thing attacked me." Ash said. "You remember nothing else?" The voice asked. Ash actually did have a dream. He remembers seeing visions of him attacking a hooded figure. Summoning other creatures too.
"I also remembering having a dream where I attacked a hooded figure with magic, but I don't know magic. Also, I remember summoning these weird black creatures." Ash explains. Ash hears a pencil being scribbled on a clipboard.
"Next question: Did you get a good look at the figure that attacked you?" Ash had to think for a little bit. "It had claws, was black, and was stalking me and messing with my head, other than that nothing." Ash explains. Again he hears a pencil scribbling.
"Why don't you just read my mind and get this over with?" Ash asked harshly. There is silence for about 30 seconds and then the voice said "There secrets in a person's mind that are just meant to be that way. I'd rather not poke through you head and find secrets I don't want to know and you don't want me to know."
Ash nods his head, signaling the next question. "Before the next question, I need to tell you what happened to you when you were passed out. Are you okay with this information?"
Ash thought about it. He did something while he was passed out? If so, he wanted to know. "Yes, I am okay with it." Ash says. "Very well." The voice says.
"When you were passed out, you were possessed by a magic demon that took control of your body. You attacked your friends in bloodlust anger, sending other demons after them, attacking them yourself, and nearly destroying them." The voice explained. Ash was speechless. When it was said out loud, everything came back to him. Fighting Natsu, summoning other demons, and everything else.
"I…I…" Ash didn't know what to say. He hears the pencil scribbling again. "From the look on your face you already remembered everything. That was going to be my next question. Now, for your cooperation, I will allow you to ask me questions." The voice asked.
"Can I see my friends?" Ash asked, getting a little scared. "Not right now, when you have answered all my questions, then I will let you see your friends." The voice said. "Okay then. Now, who are you?" Ash asked. He heard the clipboard be put on a table and hears footsteps going up to him.
A face reaches the light and Ash instantly knows that is the person who stabbed him. "My name is Mitchell. I was the one who calmed you down when you were being controlled." He says. When Ash saw him, he didn't feel anger or fear. He actually wanted to thank him. He wasn't going to let that show though.
Mitchell goes back to the darkness and flicks on another light switch. Lights fill the room blinding Ash for a second. He then gets a good look at his surroundings. It is a medium sized room with a carpet. It had some paintings and was almost relaxing, if he wasn't tied up that is.
"Now then, I'm sure you have a lot of questions so ask away." Mitchell says sitting in a chair. Ash was silent for a minute and then asked "What's wrong with me?" he was scared, angry, and had no idea what was happening to him.
"There's nothing wrong with you. You have just stumbled upon a very powerful magic. If you cannot control that magic, that magic will slowly take over and, if not trained properly, will destroy you." Mitchell said. Ash started to panic a little bit but knew if we would get to anxious, he will be punched again.
"How were you able to beat me?" Ash asked. Mitchell smiled at that question. "It's because I am like you. I have that same power inside of me that is also inside of you." Ash looked at him. He seemed just like any other 14 year old, but Ash thought people who had this power always lost control.
"How do I control this power?" Ash asked. "The same way I control it. Practice, hard work, and a lot of training." Mitchell said. He gets up and loosens the rope on Ash.
"You have been controlling your anger so much that I'm pretty sure your beast is done trying to control you for a little bit. So now, you can see your friends." Mitchell says smiling. Ash gets up and walks toward the door. He looks back at Mitchell.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Mitchell says. They walk out of the room and into a hallway. Mitchell goes in front of Ash and Ash follows him. When they reach the end of the hallway, there is a door.
Mitchell opens it and they walk through. Ash looks around and sees everyone looking at him. He makes a big toothy grin. "Hey guys." He says. Just then, nearly everyone rushed up on him asking questions.
"Ash, are you okay?" "Did you get beaten in there?" "If these guys did anything to you…" Just then everyone froze. Literally. Everyone was frozen in ice. Ash can see their eyes moving around.
Just then, a woman that Ash has never seen before walks in front of them. "Guys, don't attack him with questions yet." She says. "Luna's right. We have no idea what anxiety can do to his inner demon." Mitchell says. Mitchell then places his hand on the ice again and melts it in an instant.
"I can't believe I got frozen twice." Natsu says bitterly. "I'm surprised I got frozen. I'm an ice mage for crying out loud!" Gray complains. "Anyway, How've you been Ash?" Clemont asks him.
"Let me sit down first." Ash says. Everyone sits down where they were before and Ash grabs himself a chair. "Okay, so I assume you guys know of my magic?" Ash asked.
"Yep, Demon magic." Makarov says. Ash nods. "Well, apparently, if I can't control it, it will control me and eventually kill me." Ash says. There were a couple of gasps.
"And that's where my brother and I come in." Luna says. Everyone looks at the siblings. "What do you mean?" Ash asked. "Well, we talked about it and well…" Mitchell started.
"We want to teach you how to control your power." Luna finishes. The guild and Ash and his friends look surprised. "Where will we find enough room?" Ash asked. Luna and Mitchell smile.
"Where you got them in the first place, our home." Luna says. "And when she says 'our home', she means ours and Fairy Tail's." Mitchell says. "What do you mean?" Makarov asked.
"Master Makarov, we don't know where your guild hall is. It could be destroyed, it can be in Earthland still, it can be halfway across the galaxy for all we know!" Luna says.
"That's why we're going to let you use our mansion as your temporary guild hall. That is, if you want to." Mitchell says. The guild looks at Makarov for a response. "You have been so kind to us…" He starts.
"First you give Erza and Serena gear and said their credit was good, then you helped Ash and us out by controlling his demon and offering training. Now, you want us to use your own home as a guild hall. I am grateful for everything you are willing to do for us." Makarov says with a smile.
"Hang on." Levy butts in. "You said that Ash's power came from your home right? How did it come from your home exactly?" She questions.
"I'm assuming that it came from our mansion. It is where we got our powers after all." Mitchell says. Ash nods. "Actully, yeah I think that is where I got this power." Everyone looks at him weird. "Well I didn't want to worry you guys but, when that explosion happened in the training room, I felt a little weird afterwards. I think it was the magic boiling up inside me." Ash explains.
Luna nods. "That new magic is what that demon that attacked you smelled. It was a fresh body that it can control. Not a lot of Demons agree on us with our ruling." Luna said.
"Oh yeah the Demons did mention that Ash was the prince. What's all that about?" Lucy asked. "Ah crap we were hoping to fill you in on the politics later." Luna said.
"Well, it goes like this. For basics, Luna and I are the king and queen of the demon world." Just as Mitchell said that, the Thunder God Tribe went into agro mode and drew their magic on them. "You're the ones that are a danger to us?!" Freed yells.
Mitchell and Luna don't even flinch. "Look we'll explain everything all right." Luna says. They look at Laxus who angrily looks back at them. They sit down and allow them to tell the story.
"It goes like this: When Zeref still ruled the lands, he always had his demons by his side. Destroying everything they can lay their claws on. However, Zeref noticed that things got out of hand and wanted to go away from the world. When the Demons found out, they had no leader, and thus, created even more chaos." Mitchell explains
"However, about half of the demons were smart and said they needed a new leader. They found this leader, and taught him the demon magic we use today." Luna said. "Your ancestor." Ash concluded. The sibling nodded. "When he was able to defeat an entire army of demons, they made him king. And he was the one that sent the demons down into the underworld. Some, like lullaby, were still existent on Earthland but they seemed no threat so he ignored them. Half of the demons agreed to leave Earthland alone while the other half did not." Luna said.
"Ever since then, our family has held the throne to Demons. That is why we are the king and queen of it. That was, until you came along Ash." Mitchell said. "That was when the demons who didn't want to be locked up in a cage decided to take action. So they sent one after you to destroy your humanity and let the beast inside you dwell up, and destroy everything. Which means, you are the prince of the underworld." Mitchell concludes.
Ash is stunned. The entire room is stunned. Mitchell places a hand on Ash's shoulder. Ahsh looks at him and sees a smile on his face. "Don't worry, with me and my sister by your side, you can control this within 2 months." Ash can't help but smile back.
"All right you guys, pack your bags. We're going to the guild hall." Makarov says. The entire guild starts to cheer. Everyone gets ready and sets out. To the new guild hall.
Find out what happens in the next chapter