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Harry saw Natsu pat Romeo on the head before walking off to go find Macao. Romeo is still crying while watching Natsu's retreating form. Harry walks up to the boy.

"Romeo, there is no need to worry. You know Natsu is going to find your father," Harry said softly with a small smile on his face.

Romeo looks up to him. "I know, but I just can't help but worry," he said, still sobbing.

Harry thought for a moment on how to get Romeo's mind off of his worries. After a bit of thinking, an idea popped into his head. "How about me and you go on some small jobs?" He sees that this gets Romeo's attention. "After that, we can go do some shopping for maybe a magic book and/or some toys and maybe some ice cream. Do a few more jobs, if we have time, and then go get some dinner. Sound good?" Harry asked.

Romeo's teary eyes lit up at doing some jobs, even if they are small and just around town, and getting ice cream, because what kid doesn't like ice cream? "Can I pick where can go to eat, Harry?" Romeo asked.

Harry shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see why not."

Romeo jumped for joy while shouting, "Yeah!"

"So where would you like to go? Or did you hear Natsu say something?" Harry asked on a gut feeling.

Romeo grinned. "You got me. Yeah, I heard Natsu say stuff about your cooking, and when he brings dad home, my father is going to need food too," he answered. "Not only that, but I had some of your cooking before." He leans toward Harry's ear. "Don't tell Mira this, but I think your cooking is better," he said.

Harry laughed, "Yeah, some of the other guys think so too." He got up from his crouch. "Let's go to the guild so we can pick some jobs, do a little shopping, get Ice Cream, do some more little jobs if we have any, and then we'll go back to your house, so I can start on dinner. I'm sure Natsu will be back by then."

Romeo seemed to really like this idea, because he had the biggest grin on his face that could rival Natsu's.

Before they could leave to get the jobs, they heard running footsteps. "Hey, do you know which way Natsu went?" Harry turned to see that it was Lucy who asked and was running.

"He went that way. If you keep running, you'll catch up to him," Harry answered.

"Thanks, Harry!" Lucy said while continuing to running.

Harry laughed while watching her go, and focused his green eyes back on Romeo again. "Let's go, or else we might be late on making dinner," he said jokingly.

They did about 10 small jobs before window shopping. Romeo saw a book about the history of fire magic, and asked if they could buy it. Harry bought it for him with some of the money they got on the little jobs they did. Romeo didn't want anything else, but he did want to get his father something. So, they looked around in the shops some more until they found a blank snow globe that records a memory and places it inside the globe. The shop owner had to show them how it worked, and it gave Harry another small memory of a picture of two people that was moving. The people were his parents, and they were dancing in what looked like a park from what he could remember.

They bought the snow globe, and then went to get ice cream. They talked for a little bit while licking at the treat, and when they were done, they left the ice cream shop.

Harry checked to see the time, and saw that they only had time for one more job before they have to go back and make dinner.

The job was to help an old lady with her grocery shopping, bring the bags back for her, and putting the food away. She paid 200 Js and gave them some cookies that she baked earlier that day. They thanked the lady for the cookies, and said goodbye before leaving.

Harry walked Romeo home while still holding the cookies. He also gave the rest of the money they got from the jobs, which were 200 Js each. So, before they went shopping they had 2,000 Js, when they bought the book, which was 30 Js, the snow globe, which was 10 Js, and the ice cream, which was 20 Js, left them with 1,940 Js. Then they did the last job that they got another 200 from, which leaves Romeo with 2,140 Js. Romeo was walking home very happy, and that make Harry glad, but he can tell that he was still worried about his father.

They got back to the house, but before they could go inside, Fawkes shows up and lands on Harry's shoulder.

{I saw the train. They will be here shortly,} he reported.

Harry nodded his head in thanks. "Thank you, Fawkes." He looked back down to Romeo. "Let's get cooking. You're father and the others will be here in about 5 to 10 minutes," Harry told him.

Before Harry made it to Romeo earlier that day, he sent Fawkes to keep an eye out for Natsu's return. This is why the phoenix wasn't with them all day.

They all go inside, and Romeo sat at the kitchen table while Harry got ready to cook. He turned to the boy, who is smiling brightly and swinging his legs back and forth, before asking, "What do you want for dinner?"

Romeo looked up in thought with a finger under his chin. "Um… pork chops with mash potatoes, and corn," he answered.

Harry nodded, turned back to get everything he would need to make dinner, and got started with cooking. After a few minutes of just hearing the food sizzling, Harry asked, "So, what job did Macao go on?"

Romeo's head bent down, so he could hide the sad look in his eyes, but Fawkes told Harry what the boy was feeling. "It was to take down some Vulcans. I don't know how many the job said though," Romeo replied quietly.

"Why did he go on the job?" Harry asked gently.

"…Because I pushed him into it," Romeo admitted.

"What do you mean?"

"Some kids were making fun of me and my dad by saying 'who would want to be a mage?', and 'mages are lame, and are drunks'. They also said that they themselves were going to be knights, which is a real job, like their dads."

Harry shook his head with a small chuckle, which startled Romeo, who snapped his head back up to look at Harry. "Those kids are in for a nasty wakeup call if they do that. Like when they see a monster that only an S call mages can take care of. They will one day find out how much danger a mage puts themselves in more than a knight ever would. So, don't listen to those kids. Even if I would like to go out there and show them myself what a mage can really do, but it's not worth it."

{They're here,} Fawkes said, but Harry was confused for a moment until he remembered that they were waiting for Natsu, Lucy, Happy, and Macao.

"Romeo, can you get the door while I watch dinner?" Harry requested. Romeo nodded, and then ran to get the door the moment there was a knock. Everyone came into the house, and Natsu put Macao on the couch with Romeo clinging to him. Natsu turned to the smell of food and saw Harry in the kitchen.

"Hey, Harry. Wow, that smells really good. Mind if we join?" Natsu asked.

"You're lucky I know you so well, or else there wouldn't have been enough. Why don't you go and tell the guild that Macao is alright, and then come back." Harry turned his green eyes to Lucy. "Do you want to join?" he questioned.

Lucy nodded her head with a smile. "Yes, dinner sounds great."

"Alright, then you can relax and help keep Romeo busy since it looks like Macao isn't doing so well."

Lucy does just that while Natsu ran out the door so he can tell everyone what happened, and then get back as soon as possible, but Happy decided he wanted to stay.

"10 Js says Natsu gets in a fight with Gray while he's in the middle of bragging," Harry said.

Romeo grinned. "You're on. I say before he starts."

"Deal." Harry and Romeo shake the other's hand, sealing the deal.

While Harry was cooking, the others were talking about what happened with their day, so he listened. He heard Macao tell Romeo that if the kids pick on him again, tell them if their dads can take on 19 Vulcans by themselves, because mine can, which surprised Harry; that couldn't have been easy taking on 19 of those things.

Natsu came back beat up, but on time since Harry just finished cooking. Harry asked him what happened, and Natsu said that once he was in the guild hall saying he was back, Gray said that it was unfortunate, so they got into a fight. Harry was a little sad he lost, but the happy look on Romeo's face when he handed the money over was enough for him to cheer up.

"Alright guys, dinners done. Natsu, did you even get the chance to tell them you even got Macao back?" Harry asked.

"Uh…no…it slipped my mind," Natsu said sheepishly while rubbing the back of his head.

Harry sighed, "Next time I'll send Lucy or Happy with you." Everyone sat down to eat after that.

'Who was that boy?' After the boy ran off, Voldemort has been trying to find him, so he could find out how he survived the killing curse. 'He was definitely a dark wizard, if the tree dying wasn't a giveaway for him using death magic. Not only that, but when he threw those balls of death at me, he's eyes turned red. He's a powerful dark wizard indeed.' Voldemort was still walking in the forest that he found the boy in, because he's still trying to find him again.

After the boy, who wore clothes that look like they are not from this time, showed the kind of magic that he uses, and how deadly it could be, Voldemort wants to not only find him to find out how he got death magic, or how he lived the killing curse, but to also see if he could get the boy to join him. If he can't get the boy to join him, then he will make him tell him how he survived. Voldemort may be insane, but that doesn't mean he isn't observant. He saw the boy's eyes; they looked older than he did. Seen death, seen wars, seen everything; the boy lived through a lot, but looks so young.

Voldemort stopped walking after a thought hit him. 'No… There is no way… Could that boy have found a way to become immortal? It would make sense for how he lived the killing curse, and why his eyes look the way they do. But judging how he appears, he found it at a very young age. He looks younger than even Harry Potter right now. But how did such a young child find a way when even I, who am older, couldn't? Unless…could that boy be Zeref? …No, there is no way that's him. He didn't want to kill me, and he didn't know who I was. Zeref is known to enjoy killing, so that boy can't be him,' Voldemort mused. He'll admit the boy is immortal, but he won't admit he's Zeref. It doesn't match up to him. The boy is soft for a dark wizard, whereas Zeref was ruthless. Zeref killed without mercy, without caring for who he kills. The boy isn't like that at all.

But then why does the boy use death magic? A magic Zeref is known for? A small voice in the back of Voldemort's head tried to reason. Voldemort shook his head of the thought. 'There still no way that's him. The boy had a sad look in his eyes; Zeref would never have that. Not only that, but if Zeref was alive this whole time, then why didn't he make one small sound for four hundred years? That man is dead, and this boy is just someone that may have been forced by his parent when they were alive to be just like Zeref, but failed in some aspects.'

Zeref might not have wanted to kill anymore. Four hundred years is a long time, after all. The voice was so small and quiet that Voldemort didn't even hear it, or he just chose not to. 'I'll find that boy, and found out how he's immortal and who he is.' With that last thought, Voldemort disapparated out of the forest.

TBC

Alright, this was a slow chapter, but the Lullaby arc is coming up in the next chapter, or at least the starting point of it. So, there will be some action soon. There will be a flash back to how Harry met Erza, so I'll have to think on that; I want to make it funny. :) Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and please vote on the poll. It'll be there till the end of October.

Harry: Voldemort doesn't think that's Zeref, but then again I can't blame him.

Zeref: Speaking of Voldemort… *looks on Harry's shoulder to see a small, white, red eyed mouse* is that him?

Enj/Dark: Yup! That's him! =D

Voldy: I AM GOING TO KILL YOU! DX

Enj/Dark: You do know that I could kill you, bring you back, and kill you again over a 1,000 times, right? Oh, and you can't kill me here. Zeff, show him what I mean.

Zeref: *Throws ball of death at Enjali, hits her, but it doesn't kill her.*

Enj/Dark: See? It didn't even hurt; although, it did feel cold. :/

Natsu: *Laughing at seeing Voldemort's shocked face.*

Harry: *Can't really see Voldemort's face, so he was also looking on in shock* How did that happen?

Voldy: For once, I agree with him. *hissing*

Enj/Dark: In this world, in this plane, I'm the ruler. What I say goes.

Natsu: She's like a god here! *still laughing*

Zeref: Goddess, Natsu. Since she is a girl, the term would be goddess.

Harry: Same difference. -_-

Voldy: TURN ME BACK TO NORMAL, YOU EVIL DRAGON!

Enj/Dark: Thank you! ^-^ But since I'm evil, I'm not going to listen to you. You're stuck like that until you get off your high horse.

Voldy: I WILL BE THE LAST THINK YOU'LL EVER SEE! DX

Enj/Dark: No, you won't. :P

Harry: He's angry. :( Are you insane?

Zeref: You just noticed that?

Natsu: Please review! :)