By the way I know this is a bit late to mention this but I thought of a good way to describe that Demonic Dragon form Natsu entered earlier, you know in Skyrim how Daedric stuff has that Demonic black look to it that's what his skin looks like and he has the same red pulsing across his body. To me a Dragon looking like that is pretty awesome.

Don't ask me why I'm saying that now it just came to me ok.

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

The Not So Desolate Continent

/Draconia – Southwest Coast/

Natsu, Eliza and Seilah emerged from the portal and looked around; the trio had emerged on top of a mountain near the South-Western Coast overlooking the beach.

"Huh so this is where we ended up," Natsu said mildly amused.

"It seems you still need practice with creating portals then Natsu," Eliza sighed.

"Hey they're spot on when I really need them isn't that what matters?"

As Natsu and Eliza debated Seilah began to look around the area and climbed to the peak of the mountain, her soft expression quickly turned into a frown as she saw smoke in the distance.

"Excuse me Master Natsu, Lady Eliza look over there I'm pretty sure that smoke isn't natural," Seilah said as the two looked over in the direction she was pointing towards and the two nodded.

"That's pretty suspicious for a place that isn't meant to have life," Natsu mused as Eliza scoffed.

"Do you really think all life was wiped out here surely some would have survived and even if they didn't I can bet some would have arrived later on from across the oceans."

"Yeah well something tells me those aren't friendly fires let's go check things out," Natsu said as Eliza and Seilah dashed after Natsu who had already covered the ground in between two of the mountains.

After running for several miles the group stood atop the mountain overlooking what could only be described as a massacre, the continent that Gods, Devils and Dragons all believed to be abandoned was indeed home to sentient life although one could question that after seeing the smouldering ruins below.

"Natsu look at that," Eliza said as she pointed towards some pale skinned humans with swords who had a strange race Natsu had never seen before on their knees.

Before Natsu could say anything the pale skinned humans beheaded the strange beings and began doing something strange to their corpses as the bodies were drained of all blood.

"What type of sick shit is this …"

"I don't know what that race is down there but I know exactly what the pale skinned ones are, I hope you believe in stories Natsu because those are Vampires the creators of Blood Magic and masters of the night."

"Vampires are you sure?"

"I'm positive and it would explain how they avoided the eyes of the Gods, Devils and Dragons on this continent for so long. Vampires are cold blooded and thus cannot be tracked through heat signature which is how we normally track sentient life as we scan the worlds. What the other creatures are though is a mystery to me I've never seen their like before."

"Well we'd better get down there and save some of them or there won't be any left to ask," Natsu said as the next group was beheaded and their blood taken.

"Agreed but we need to be careful they are masters of Blood Magic which is one of if not the oldest Lost Magic as it was one of the first to exist when magic began in this world and as we are outside the God and Devil realms our immortality is void."

"Never relied on it anyway Eliza you know that, come on Seilah let's go save those people down there."

"Of course Master Natsu it will give me a chance to try out the new abilities granted to me through our contract."

"Ah yeah I forgot about that," Natsu said sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Don't hold back trying to figure out how to use them though Seilah, things get rough tear them apart."

"Understood," Seilah said as she faded away which made Natsu raise an eyebrow.

"Well this should be interesting, guess we'll be the ones kicking this off then."

Natsu and Eliza jumped off the mountaintop and began running down the mountain at high speed which didn't go unnoticed by the Vampires who began mobilizing their forces rather quickly.

"Alright let's see what these Vampires have got," Natsu said with a grin as his arm turned into a blade and Eliza summoned an Ebony Sword.

"Skaar lothal ruu teest!"

Natsu raised an eyebrow at what one of the Vampires at the back shouted at him but ignored it as he and Eliza made contact with the group and engaged them.

"They have speed hell they might be faster than anyone in Fiore and these are the footsoldiers," Natsu said as he cut one of the Vampires who just barred his fangs.

"Tier lothal brumar skolatol!"

"This is bad they have a language neither of us can understand which means this group is old," Eliza growled as she dodged a spell from one of the Vampires in the back.

Natsu ducked under a sword strike and elbowed the attacker knocking him into his friends revealing a Vampire with a spell fully charged in his hand.

"Destohal Fal Rumivest!"

A powerful crimson blast emerged from the blood smeared on the Vampire's hand and hit the spot Natsu was standing leaving Eliza shocked.

"What type of spell was that it was more powerful than a Five Layered Magic Circle!"

The attack tore up everything in front of it before hitting the mountain the two had come from and boring right through it leaving a large hole in it.

"I don't know what that was but I don't want to be hit by it," Natsu growled as he kicked a Vampire who was coming up behind Eliza.

"I must say you got lucky with that dodge I barely even saw you move."

"I used some fire to propel myself out of the way last minute, damn attack almost had me these guys are dangerous."

Changing his arms into claws as he rushed a large group of Vampires as his eyes glowed crimson.

"Demonic Flame Dragon's Dual Etherious Claws!"

Natsu began tearing through the Vampires no longer holding back to see if they could capture one, after that last attack it simply wasn't worth the risk.

The Vampire who appeared to be calling the shots scowled seeing Natsu begin to butcher some of them and began to shout.

"SAKAAR VEN LOS, SUKIREN BENO SII TAL EL VAL!"

As Natsu continued to tear through them his instincts kicked in and he was suddenly dodging a rain of crimson blasts which were falling down on him exploding on impact.

"What the hell is this!"

Natsu saw a Vampire up on one of the rooves of the town with his arms surrounded in that same crimson colour firing the blasts into the air, trying to make his way towards him however was useless as the others would push him back and he couldn't waste time fighting them since he had to dodge.

Just as he began to grow frustrated he saw the building explode and the Vampire was launched into the air before a now angry Seilah began to pummel him until he hit the ground creating a large crater.

"You dare prevent Master Natsu from slaughtering you like the scum you are I will show no mercy!"

"SETO VEN LOS RUMIVES NORUM KAAR TAAL!"

Natsu had no idea what the Vampire said but he didn't need to, the leader was pissed and now all the forces were converging on the three who weren't really tired but getting annoyed with the constant barrage of attacks.

"Nice attack earlier Seilah," Natsu said as he appeared beside her and he smashed a Vampire into the ground that Seilah launched towards him.

"There are more of them Master Natsu attempting to take positions around the town should I eliminate them?"

"Please do the last thing we need is more shit raining down on us," Natsu growled as he kneed a Vampire in the face sending him flying back only to appear above him and crush his neck with his boot into the ground before ducking and punching another Vampire who tried to hit him from behind.

"I will eliminate them at once," Seilah said as she vanished once more.

Natsu turned his focus towards Eliza who looked slightly angry and was now ruthlessly cutting down any that entered the circle around her, her eyes glowing crimson Natsu knew she was getting serious which meant that there was something more to this than he realized.

"I suppose I should get serious too," Natsu said as his magic power began to spike and the pressure around him began to increase. "Alright let's see how this goes I hope this attack works."

Natsu tapped his chest as several purple Magic Circles appeared on him and he disappeared from sight, reappearing in the middle of the group Natsu held out his index fingers and tapped them all faster than they could react.

"Devils Art: Gravity Repulse!"

The Vampires who had no idea what just happened were suddenly gone, some were hundreds of metres away whilst others had smashed into the mountain or through the houses in the town.

"Holy shit it actually worked," Natsu said in shock as Eliza appeared next to him.

"What technique was that one moment you were there the next you were over here and those Vampires were sent packing?"

"It's this move one of the Arch Demons a guy named Aizen suggested I use, basically since I'm a Devil now my durability has shot up massively so he suggested that I could use my Gravity Magic to help me enhance my speed. To put it simply I placed a series of seals on my body that when activated not only reduce my weight to zero but push me in any which direction I want to go as fast as I tell it to in my mind. Using such speed I then use these seals on my fingers here and tap my opponent placing a duplicate seal on them and send them flying backwards forcing the Gravity against them."

"I don't even want to know how you managed to figure out that Gravity could do all that but I assume there are consequences?"

"Yeah I can't use it for more than ten seconds or my body will collapse in on itself but that's ok I doubt I'll ever use it for more than that."

"Honestly Natsu you surprise me more every day, now then we're almost done with this scum where is Seilah?"

"Off dealing with more of those stupid Vampires who fire those barrage attacks," Natsu replied getting a nod from Eliza.

"Alright then let's wrap this up I have something I want to discuss with you both."

"Alright got it," Natsu replied as he began to rush towards the Vampire who had been shouting orders in the back the whole time, seeing that he was now in the line of fire instead of fleeing like any sane person would the Vampire smirked and exploded into a swarm of bats heading towards Natsu and reappearing in front of him in the fraction of a second.

Natsu ducked under the attack and countered only to have his attack blocked by the Vampire who tried to knee Natsu in the chin, Natsu let loose a small torrent of flames burning the Vampire's knee and causing him to burst into the swarm and reappear behind him with the same speed from earlier with a blow heading towards Natsu's head.

Natsu raised his arm and blocked the attack before tapping the Vampire's knuckle with his index finger pushing him back, Natsu raised an eyebrow when the Vampire instead of being flung back skidded back around 10 metres tearing up the ground with his feet.

"Well now aren't you just a cut above the rest that was 125x Gravity on that seal you know …"

The Vampire cocked his head as he disappeared in a swarm of bats before appearing above Natsu with a strange crimson sphere in his hand, Natsu instinctively dodged the attack as he fired it blowing a hole in the ground creating a small crater before disappearing and reappearing beside Natsu who blocked his kick.

"Damn this is getting rather interesting …"

Natsu's eyes began to glow crimson as the Vampire turned into bats again however when he reappeared to his shock Natsu's fist was already there to meet his face and he was sent flying back.

"I don't have time to see your skills anymore there are more important things to do, Hellfire Dragon Monarch's Nova," Natsu said as he summoned a miniature sun in the palm of his hand and threw it like a ball at the Vampire who easily dodged it.

What the Vampire didn't expect however was when he dodged it for the small Nova to suddenly expand and engulf him as he hissed out in pain and agony before being consumed by the flames.

Turning his gaze towards Eliza who had all but slaughtered the remaining Vampires who tried to flee Natsu sighed and sat on a protruding rock near him as the War Goddess walked over to him.

"That Vampire was even faster than the others I'd say he was a Captain of sorts."

"Yes I was thinking very much the same, these Vampires are far stronger than any I've ever seen before and these ones looked like a mobilized force."

"Mobilized for what though?"

"Master Natsu I think I may have an idea," Seilah said as she walked over to them with a body slung over her shoulder.

"Oh boy this ought to be good," Natsu said as she dumped the body in front of them and the three collectively narrowed their eyes at the emblem on the armor.

"No matter where I go that damn Empire always follows, fucking Alvarez AGAIN are you kidding me!"

"Zeref seeks to unite the world under one ruler so it's not all that surprising that he found this place and noticed it was inhabited by the Vampires and whatever those people are and decided he needed to bring 'order' to it."

"These Vampires are strong though which means that if Alvarez is indeed still here and fighting the Vampires they would have someone strong from the Spriggan or Leichart 12 leading them isn't that right Irene?"

"My my you seem to only become stronger with each and every meeting Natsu," Irene said as she materialized in front of the trio.

"I take it by the fact that you aren't attacking us that you have a proposition," Natsu said with a blank face as Irene nodded.

"You've seen these Vampires and you've seen what they did to this town but do you know why they did it?"

"For the blood so that they can use their stronger Blood Magic spells," Eliza said as Irene nodded.

"Love us or hate us Natsu but surely you can agree that this menace needs to be destroyed, imagine this scum running rampant across the globe harvesting the blood from every living being around it wouldn't be a pretty sight to be sure."

"So you are asking for our help is that what this is, the Spriggan and Leichart 12 not enough to handle this? Which ones are here besides you Irene?"

"A fair question I suppose, aside from me Brandish is here since she always goes where I go and a member of the Leichart 12 named Yasmin."

"Before I agree to anything I want to know one thing, Scarlione after I left what happened?"

"Both sides lost," Irene said as Natsu looked at her shocked. "Although the Spriggan such as myself and Brandish were not present as we were at the border with you Achnologia tore both forces apart and consumed them it was most … unpleasant."

"So that means the Queen is dead then, Solomon too?"

"There are scattered survivors yes however there is no chance the Queen of Scarlione is amongst them, as a final act in order to save as much human life as possible she somehow managed to reconnect with the land momentarily and with its power land a blow on Achnologia that actually harmed him. I don't know what this attack was but it would have to have been one of absolutely unfathomable power to do such a thing however she died the moment she completed the attack and turned into a tree from what I heard."

"I see … thank you for telling me this, I suppose this is the end to a chapter in my life knowing that Scarlione truly is no more I just hope Illyandra forgives me in the afterlife."

"So what do you think about helping us get rid of this Vampire menace?"

"What's stopping you from turning on us after the jobs done?"

"Listen I'm not without morals Natsu if I make a deal I honour it, should you choose to help us you will not be harmed at all even as we part ways. As far as I'm concerned this Vampire threat is one that simply cannot be ignored as I'm sure you three have already noticed. The one that you fought Natsu was a mere Captain yet he had speed that rivals Fiore's Wizard Saints that alone is cause for alarm. We need to wipe them out and quickly imagine what the higher ranking ones can do if left unchecked?"

"I agree as much as I loathe to work with Zeref's little Empire this threat isn't one that can just be ignored or overpowered with just the three of us," Eliza said as Natsu sighed and nodded.

"Alright fine we work together to defeat the Vampire threat I was actually concerned about how we were going to beat them anyway, that Vampire I was fighting got hit with 125x Gravity and barely got sent back at all which means they are highly durable. The last thing any of the other nations needs is some external threat emerging to wage war on the world one is enough," Natsu said as he looked to Irene who just shrugged.

"Alright then follow me we'll head back to camp and don't worry it isn't some large military base, we lost most of the soldiers for that …"

Natsu just shook his head wondering how he gets himself into these situations as he followed the scarlet haired mage back to the Alvarez Camp.

/Alvarez Camp/

The group arrived at the rather underwhelming camp as Natsu who normally remained composed burst into laughter.

"THIS is the might of Alvarez, three tents and one of them is torn in half oh this is just too much!"

Irene to her credit didn't get angry and instead just sighed and shook her head.

"There were more of us but the Vampires cut us down rather quickly if it weren't for the Commanders, myself, Brandish and Yasmin there wouldn't be anything left."

Natsu stopped laughing and nodded knowing that her statement was true.

As they group entered the camp all the Alvarez soldiers were instantly armed and ready to fight.

"Look it's him the one that butchered our forces in Scarlione!"

"Lady Irene captured him here of all places!"

"His Excellency will be pleased!"

"Shut it you pathetic weaklings as if I'd allow myself to be captured," Natsu said in annoyance as the soldiers quickly shut up feeling an immense pressure looming over them.

"Interesting, where we go you seem to follow Natsu was Scarlione not enough for you?"

"I would say it's nice to see you again Brandish since you aren't exactly unpleasant to be around unlike the rest of your group."

"I agree although I wish you wouldn't judge Lady Irene so harshly."

"I have my reasons but as you can see I'm not foolish enough to deny her help, so fought any Vampires of note?"

"Aside from the Captains I have fought one which had the ability to morph its body into a strange Demonic bat like creature, all notable stats rose as a result making it one of the fastest beings I've seen."

"I see and where would that rank on this hierarchy Irene thinks she has figured out?"

"If you two would skip the little chat we could get to the war tent and I can show you," Irene said as she pointed her staff to the largest tent and the group entered.

As soon as Natsu entered the tent he could feel the shocked and enraged eyes of the other occupants in the room and gave his best grin.

"I see you lot aren't too happy to see me then?"

"Lady Irene what is the meaning of this," one of the Commanders shouted as Irene smacked him over the back of his head.

"All of you be silent he has agreed to ally with us in order to wipe out the Vampire menace and we need all the help we can get!"

"But Lady Irene the might of Alvarez is absolute!"

"Absurd, look at our forces you fool we've been getting whittled down to nothing over the last month and a half these things are a threat unlike anything we've come across and you think pathetic words like that will make the reality that we cannot stop them alone go away!"

"Lady Irene calm down it's not that the lower soldiers are angry about it's the fact that Natsu Dragneel was allowed to freely walk into this camp."

"I understand that Yasmin but you do realize that even myself, Brandish and you combined can't hold them off forever?"

"I know which is why I support the decision; to have E.N.D fighting alongside us in battle against these abominations in conjunction with our power will assure victory. And if my eyes do not deceive me the woman with the scarlet eyes is Eliza the current Goddess of War and the one with the horns is a Demon like E.N.D which only further solidifies our chances."

"Well at least not everyone in Alvarez is stupid," Natsu said as the Commanders and grunts shot him a filthy glare while Brandish smirked and Yasmin sighed and nodded.

"Hence why they never make it beyond Commander, looking past an enemy to attain victory is always an option even one such as yourself."

"Anyway if we're through insulting the lower ranks we have information to discuss," Irene said as everyone who wasn't a Commander or soldier had the decency to look slightly sheepish.

"Alright first off Irene I want to know about this ranking system you have on these things and how you came about acquiring it, for you to rank the one I fought as the second weakest I have some serious concerns."

"Yes I figured you would want to get started on that first, when we first arrived here on the Emperor's order we set about establishing a base. The first few weeks went fine and the base was built but then one day it went from peaceful to what looked like a siege with wave after wave of those Vampires assaulting us from all sides. Now you see the first thing the three of us noticed as the battle raged on was that they seemed to operate in a very predictable and outdated style by having the lowest ranking units at the front and the highest ranking units at the back. Here is out ranking system," Irene said as she tapped her staff and a see through image appeared on the table with the structure.

Guide To The Recently Discovered Vampire Menace

Tier One – Fledgling Vampire:

These Vampires appear to be the fodder used by the Vampire army and are not only high in number but also well trained and deadly at long and medium range, capable of using powerful Blood Magic spells thought lost to the annals of history they should not be underestimated.

Ranking these Vampires to our own forces places them at least on par with a Lieutenant in the Alvarez Army.

Tier Two – Seigemaster Vampire:

Powerful Vampires who are always found behind the Fledgling Vampires that possess overwhelmingly powerful Blood Magic spells capable of causing widespread destruction and mass loss of life, these Vampires have been identified as the Captains of the lesser Vampires and will bark orders at them until either victory is achieved or he is forced to take the field.

Under no circumstances are any Alvarez soldiers below the rank of Captain to engage these beasts and even then if the Captain does not possess a 4:1 advantage immediately flee or face certain death.

These Vampires seem to be able to turn themselves into bats and move faster than Hypersonic Speeds suggesting some kind of augmentation through Blood Magic, in addition they are highly durable and have enough raw strength to lift a boulder seventeen times the size of itself.

Tier Three – Vampire Nightwalker:

A truly terrifying Vampire variant that is only seen at night, the Vampire Nightwalker has the ability to bend shadows to its will using Blood Magic and can render itself invulnerable through the use of darkness should one not possess a magic able to counter or break it.

The Vampire Nightstalkers are few which suggests they are assassins sent to infiltrate and cause chaos amongst enemy lines, usually found in groups of two to three the Nightstalker will combust if captured and have no qualms leaving comrades behind.

Although not as physically strong it is advised that no ordinary Alvarez soldier engages this variant as they more than make up for their lack of physical strength with cunning, ruthlessness with Blood Magic and a blade and the shadows.

Tier Four – Vampire Necromancers and Necro Lord:

The Vampire Necromancers are a powerful group who are able to raise beings from the dead using Blood Magic, frail and sickly looking these Vampires rely on their minions to do the fighting however they are by far one of the biggest threats out of all the Vampires so far.

The Necromancers seem to be capable of summoning horrors of the likes of which have never been seen before, one example was a Necromancer who summoned a four year old child who's face had been cut clean off to the point that you could see inside her head. Said child also had limbs either rearranged or replaced with something like a sword or mace and had a device dug into her back like a sort of generator that allowed the use of electricity into attacks.

This child despite having her face torn clean off had a smile that legitimately went ear to ear as if her jaw had been altered for this very purpose, the teeth had been replaced with small knives that were protruding from the jaw and forehead respectively.

The soldiers who witnessed this horror were mortified and almost lost the will to fight just from seeing it, what followed however was a brutal massacre as the child tore through a one hundred strong battalion of soldiers and was only stopped when Lady Yasmin rushed into enemy lines and killed the one who summoned it thereby ending the connection.

The Vampire Necromancers are to be killed on sight if possible however do not engage if you are outnumbered.

A special variant of the Vampire Necromancer was also identified and dubbed the Necro Lord.

Where the Vampire Necromancers summoned horrors from your worst nightmares the Necro Lord did one better, as if it knew exactly what your worst fear was it would smear some blood and that very fear would emerge before your eyes however like the aforementioned child it would be disfigured beyond recognition and be a gruesome sight to behold.

There is only one known encounter with the Necro Lord and the soldier who encountered it was left so scarred we were forced to end her life as she was no longer capable of functioning as a basic human being.

When asked what the Necro Lord did that frightened her to such an extent she revealed the previously mentioned information and said that if such a magic truly existed that one could take your worst nightmare and make you beg and scream for your original worst nightmare to return that the concept of real fear must have been lost to the ages and that the Necro Lord had discovered it.

If the Necro Lord is sighted you must flee immediately and report it to a Commander or one of the Spriggan or Leichart 12 and pray that they can kill the abomination.

Tier Five – Arch Vampires:

The last of the Vampires seen on the field of battle regularly, Arch Vampires are without a doubt some of the strongest beings to walk the world being able to compete with an entire army by themselves.

Little else is known about them or their numbers however if one does appear only the Spriggan or Leichart stand a chance, the one that we have fought is responsible for decimating our current forces and was killed by Lady Irene personally after battle.

From here we now enter what Lady Yasmin has dubbed the Royal Family who are the strongest of all the Vampires.

Royal Family Tier 1 – Vampire Prince:

A Vampire who is the son of the current leader of the Vampires and a powerful threat, able to take on both Lady Yasmin and Lady Brandish in combat the Vampire Prince should not be engaged under ANY circumstances or else destruction and death awaits.

To clarify this Vampire is at the level of many of the Spriggan or Leichart 12 so flee if sighted.

Royal Family Tier 2 – Vampire Queen:

A ruthless bloodthirsty Vampire who attacked after Lady Yasmin and Lady Brandish fought off the Vampire Prince, fiercely protective of her son she boasts overwhelming power so much so that Lady Irene herself was unable to defeat her only stall her until we were able to flee.

Unlike the Vampire Prince the Vampire Queen is able to utilize her unique abilities to a higher potential and was seen using her Blood Magic to halt a meteor called down by Lady Irene and toss it back into space a feat which shouldn't be possible.

A being that can rival Lady Irene is a being that we simply cannot afford to engage unless we have more of the Spriggan or Leichart 12 with us so fleeing is advised.

Royal Family Tier Three – Vampire King:

A being that boasts power along the same lines as Lord August himself, after Lady Irene fought the Vampire Queen to a standstill the Vampire King appeared and spoke one sentence to her.

"You know not what darkness awaits your kind at the end of days, when the moon bleeds so too shall mankind and the Vampire shall reign supreme."

Without looking away from Lady Irene the Vampire King destroyed a mountain range in one attack and disappeared in a swarm of bats leaving a message scrawled in blood that read leave or don't your destruction is come.

Against such a foe we truly have no hope even Lord August would be hard pressed to beat him, final recommendation is to flee back to Alvarez and beg Emperor Spriggan to come handle this monster personally.

Natsu finished reading the report and just sat down in a chair with a look of shock on his face as Irene, Brandish and Yasmin looked at him.

"You now see why I requested your help Natsu?"

Natsu just slowly nodded his head as he processed what he'd just read, a being that without batting an eye levelled a mountain range and it was MORTAL!

"We will help you Irene you have my word, to be honest I thought you all were just joking about the Vampires but this … honestly this is quite disturbing."

"Thank you Natsu I'm glad you can see the severity of the situation these Vampires are one of the greatest threats I've seen in a long time and need to be stopped," Irene said as the group nodded slowly.

"So where do we start," Eliza asked with a stony gaze as Irene pulled up a makeshift map and pointed to a location on it.

"We start by killing every last Vampire in our old base."

I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one!