The year was X777 and a scrawny-looking young boy was walking through the woods of Fiore. He had a head covered in short brown hair. He wore a black jacket with a armor plate underneath it (Basically a black version of Jellal's Crime Sorciere outfit). Below the armor plating was a series of leather plates. In his right hand was a long metal staff, giving him the appearance of a wise young boy. Deep inside his body are four circular objects known as Lacrima.
'Now there must be someone around here that can tell me where I am.' He thought inspecting his surroundings.
The boy continued walking for several minutes, before spotting a cave in the distance.
"Well, here goes nothing." He prepared himself to approach the cave. A few minutes later he stood right in front of it. After calming his nerves, the boy entered the cave with his fist ignited to act as a light source.
"Hello, is anyone here!" He called out into the darkness.
Then a pair of eyes had glowed in the darkness of the cave and the floor began to shake.
"Who goes there!" A loud voice echoed through the cave.
"Who are you?" The boy questioned back.
The figure decided to introduce himself. "My name is Igneel and this is my domain."
"I'm Tyson." The boy introduced himself as well. "Was wandering through the forest when I spotted your cave."
"I see." Igneel muttered. "Come with me." He turned and took the boy into the cave.
Tyson and Igneel went deeper into the cave. A pit had been formed into the cave floor by Igneel.
"So, why were you in the forest all alone?" Igneel questioned the boy with curiosity in his voice.
"I have no idea honestly." Tyson shrugged his shoulders before snuffing out his ignited fist. "I was hoping you could tell me that."
"I wouldn't be able to tell you that, but I saw you extinguish that fire and can tell you would make a great Fire Dragon Slayer if you would accept the offer to train." Igneel proposed.
"That sounds great." Tyson nodded, then raised a eyebrow. "But when would we get started?"
"I'm glad you asked." Igneel told him. "Since it's late, we'll begin tomorrow morning." While speaking, Igneel felt the potential emanating from him and could tell he would go on to learn other types of Dragon Slayer magic in the near future.
(The next morning)
As proposed the night before, Tyson and Igneel got ready to begin training with Dragon Slayer magic.
"Before we get started, I want you to produce a fireball." Igneel instructed.
"Sure." Tyson covered his arm in fire and then pulled it back as a small fire ball was created.
"Obviously, we have our work cut out for us." Igneel let out a disappointed sigh, before continuing. "No matter, that was a decent enough start.
"Thanks dad." Tyson told him with a bright smile forming on his face.
"Now, watch this." Igneel instructed before opening his mouth and generating a stream of fire. The fire completely charred the nearby trees. It also left Tyson stunned at what he just witnessed.
"That...was...AWESOME! Do it again!" Tyson cheerfully insisted.
"Now it's your turn to try." Igneel responded.
"Okay." Tyson agreed and prepared his own attempt at a roar. Needless to say, his attempt wasn't the greatest as he was still a novice in regards to Fire Dragon Slayer magic.
'This will quite the challenge.' Igneel thought to himself. Clearly more time was needed.
After several hours Tyson was making slight headway. Igneel then decided to focus on his education starting with much needed social etiquette.
"Now, let's say I was a shopkeeper in the city and you needed to purchase something. How would you go about asking?" Igneel questioned.
"Maybe something like this. Excuse me, but would you have a light pen for sale?" Tyson questioned back.
"Very good." Igneel nodded, liking what he heard Tyson tell him.
More lessons then began including math, world history and writing. This went a lot better than the training with Fire Dragon Slayer magic as he was a quick study .
That wasn't the only thing which underwent a change. Tyson had lost a considerable amount of weight. He also grew a little and was nearly 4 ft tall.
The two had also grown closer during this time period. Tyson also worked on his manners, so he knew how to handle himself around others. He was both polite and patient.
This made Igneel extremely proud. Tyson was turning out to be a young man that any young woman would be lucky to have a relationship with.
However his major weakness: transportation needed to be addressed. He was subject to extreme motion sickness like every other Dragon Slayer.
Igneel had a smile on his face as he recalled the way Tyson was cured of his motion sickness. For two weeks he ad been stuck on a boat that Igneel had borrowed.
Although the motion sickness was no longer a issue, Tyson had developed a hatred for boats and sought to avoid them at all cost.
He then approached Igneel. "How did I do, dad?"
Igneel smiled and said, ["Tyson, you have grown immeasurably since you first began your training with me and what you just did was very impressive for a child your age. If I had to rank you using the human measurements, I would say you are a high end A-Class wizard, maybe low S-Class. But you are only six, you have much time to continue to grow. I estimate you shall be ready for Fire Dragon King Slayer Mode in about two more years of this intense training. Just out of curiosity, what other Dragon Slayer magics do you think you'll learn?"]
He was overjoyed. Igneel had told him stories of how powerful Fire Dragon King Mode was, and in only two short years he could wield such power.
Igneel then said, ["It's time for bed. Come on."]
Tyson nodded and then father and son flew back to their cave and soon fell asleep as darkness covered the land.
Three hours later...
He woke up hearing the sound of thunder.
Then he came up with a not so good idea.
"A lot of people use lightning magic, I should learn how to use my magic to either redirect or divert lightning away from me and this thunderstorm is the perfect way to do so." He thought.
He quietly left the cave and climbed up to the top.
Once there, he started to draw a symbol into the ground. It was a Dragon Glyph. This was a offshoot of Dragon Slayer magic that had multiple uses.
They are extremely difficult to use due to the fact they are very complex.
Tyson then faced the direction of the storm, as lightning began forming in the sky.
He adjusted his senses to the max and and watched as the lightning bolt began to descend from the heavens in slow motion, to him at least.
Time moved extremely slowly for Tyson as he watched the green lightning bolt come at him.
Tyson then swung his right fist in front of him, hitting the lightning bolt away from himself.
He smirked, then grimaced as a few bolts of electricity arched their way up his arm, showing that his lightning redirection wasn't perfect.
Tyson then smirked again, this was going to be fun.
Three hours later...
Three lightning bolts came charging at Tyson and he knocked them away, striking the ground about ten feet away from him, causing small fires.
He fell to his knees and panted hard, he had been redirecting lightning continuously for the past four hours and his magic reserves were now depleted.
Tyson saw the fires and began to take a deep breath in, drawing the flames inside his mouth.
But then, a large blue lightning bolt came flying down and got sucked down inside his mouth as well.
His eyes shot open and as unbelievable pain arched throughout his body, it felt as if every single nerve was on fire.
But beneath all the pain, he felt something, something incredible, he felt the lightning bolt being turned into magical energy just like his fire was. The energy was then stored in a lacrima inside his body.
'Well there's another Dragon Slayer magic I just learned.' Tyson thought to himself.
Tyson then saw another lightning bolt coming at him and he got an idea.
He opened his mouth and sucked the lightning inside, just as if it was fire and just like when he eats fire, he felt his magic grow as he ate the lightning.
Tyson was ecstatic as he was now a Electric Dragon Slayer as well.
He then heard chuckling from behind him and when he whipped around to see who it was, he saw his father standing about fifty feet from him.
"Oh hey, dad. How are you doing?"
Igneel laughed as well and said, ["I am fine. I was having a nice dream and then I heard a explosion coming from the top of the cave and once I saw you weren't by me, I knew you had something to do with it. But imagine my surprise when I saw my son using his fire to redirect lightning and then he ate some lightning and then gained another element."
He lowered his head. "Are you angry?"
Igneel then said, ["No I am not angry, just surprised, you have done something no Dragon Slayer has ever done before, you have merged another element with your Fire Dragon Slayer magic. I believe a trip to an old friend of mine is in order."]
"Who?" Tyson asked.
["The Lightning Dragon King, Thundreas. He is an old friend of mine. He will be able to teach you Lightning Dragon Slayer magic and while he is doing that, I will teach you a new aspect of your Fire Dragon Slayer magic."] Igneel replied.
"Thank you, dad." Tyson respectfully said.
Igneel chuckled and then said, ["You're welcome, now let's get to bed. You have a big day tomorrow."]
The two then went back to their cave and soon both were asleep.
The next day...
After both Igneel and Tyson woke up, and had breakfast, they flew off towards another part of Fiore.
This part of Fiore was right next to Waas Forest, it as a series of mountains and they went to a specific one that was very close to where Mount Hakobe was located.
They landed at the base of the mountain and saw a deep dark cave.
From within the cave came a loud roar, accompanied by a voice saying, ["Whoever comes here, prepare for death!"]
Igneel then shouted out, ["What if it is a very old friend?"]
Silence rained until several loud steps were heard and from the cave came a massive dragon.
This dragon looked very different front Igneel. Where Igneel was crimson red, this dragon had light yellow scales, his wings had light yellow as well, while this dragon was also a lot thinner in terms of muscle mass compared to Igneel and he had four horns on the back of his head, not two and his eye's were light blue.
The dragon looked at Igneel with shock in his eyes and said, ["Igneel? Is that you old friend?"]
Igneel nodded and this new dragon began to laugh and then took Igneel into a hug.
["Igneel! It has been far too many years since I last saw you! How have you been?"] The new dragon asked.
["I am well Thundreas. I have come to ask you for some aid."] Igneel said to the now known Thundreas.
Thundreas then said, ["Anything you need, I shall help."]
Igneel nodded and then showed Thundreas Tyson and said, ["This is my adopted son. He is learning Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, but now a recent development needs your immediate attention."]
Thundreas cocked his head to the side and said, ["What could possibly happen that would require my help?"]
Igneel then said to him. ["Do it."]
Tyson nodded and and then concentrated on that feeling of fire and lightning he felt last night and sure enough, after about fire seconds, his entire form burst into flames and then blue electricity began to crackle all over his body as well.
Thundreas looked absolutely gobsmacked, never in all his years had he ever seen both Fire and Electric Dragon Slayer magic.
He turned to Igneel and said, ["Tell me everything."]
Igneel then told him everything that happened last night, Tyson going up to practice lightning deflection, him eating fire and lightning by accident and then his new Fire Lightning Dragon Slayer Mode.
Thundreas was quiet for a few minutes before he said, ["Igneel, I owe you more than I can ever possibly repay. I would be honored to teach your son Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic."]
Igneel nodded to Thundreas and then said, ["Thank you old friend."]
Thundreas nodded back and then turned to Tyson. ["Well, are you ready to learn Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic."]
"You bet."
Igneel and Thundreas chuckled, this was going to be fun.
Time Skip...Two years later...
"[Alright, show us what you can do!"] Thundreas roared out.
He nodded and then said. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!"
Tyson charged towards the set up training grounds of boulders and smashed his fist into the larger boulder, turning the entire thing into dust.
For two years Igneel and Thundreas had trained him to his utmost limit.
His Fire Dragon magic was now stronger than ever before, he was now about 35% of Igneel's maximum strength, for an 8 year old, that was unprecedented.
He went through the moves, Fire Dragon Iron Fist, Wing Attack, Sword Horn, Flame Elbow, Brilliant Flame, Crushing Fang, Grip Strike, Roasting Bath, Fire Dragon Claws, and of course the Roar.
The Secret Slayer Art's were next, with Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon's Fist, and Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade.
Igneel gave him some fire to restore his magic and and then he began to show off his Electric Dragon Slayer magic.
"Electric Dragon Iron Fist!"
"Electric Dragon Iron Kick!"
Igneel then said, ["Now, show me the Crimson Fire Dragon moves that I taught you!"]
He nodded and then focused on his internal flame, which began to change from it's usual orange, to that of crimson red, much like Igneel's scales color.
Tyson then shouted out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Cataclysm Fist!"
His right fist was engulfed in crimson flames and then he charged for the side of the training arena.
Once he punched the side, it sent out a massive shock wave as over 40 feet of the wall was just obliterated from the initial impact of the move.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Roar!"
A jet of crimson flames that was 6 meters wide came roaring forth from his mouth and carved a trench into the ground from the shear heat of the move.
The roar went for about 100 meters and then finally died down.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Eternal Flame!"
Tyson then threw out both of his arms with his hands open and from the palms of his hands came two streams of fire that struck the side of the training arena.
Crimson Fire Dragon's Eternal Flame is an interesting spell, it produces two unique streams of fire that cannot be put out unless the caster wishes them to be.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Hammer Strike!"
Crimson Flames engulfed all of Tyson's arm and then he ran towards the wall again and smashed it into the side of the arena, causing yet another crater to be formed.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Cannon Blaster!"
Tyson reared back his left arm, where a magic circle appeared and then Tyson threw his arm forwards and from that magic circle came a large crimson dragon that roared as it flew into the opposing wall, blowing up a massive chunk of the arena.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Inferno Overload!"
Tyson's entire body became engulfed in crimson flames for three seconds and then the flames exploded, scorching everything in the next 50 feet in every direction.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Fire Drive!"
Tyson once again became engulfed in crimson flames, but unlike with Inferno Overload, these flames were not erratic, but were calm and collected.
He then once again yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Meteor Impact!"
Tyson then flew up into the air due to two streams of fire that were coming out of his feet.
His flames were then formed into a sphere around his entire person and then the sphere that was Tyson went hurtling into the ground, causing another massive crater to be formed in the abused arena.
He got out of the crater and yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Magma Core Implosion!"
Tyson formed a crimson/orange ball of pure fire above his head that was easily over 7 meters tall and then he threw it forwards.
When it stuck the ground, it caused a 70 foot wide, 150 foot deep crater to be formed and a incredible shock wave to be sent out.
He then yelled out, "Crimson Fire Dragon Solar Blitz Assault!"
Tyson crossed his arms in front of him in an "X" form and then they glowed crimson red and then he threw them out in an arc away from his body and hundreds of small red balls of fire came flying out, striking the side of the area, causing yet another impressive crater to be formed.
His knees were starting to buckle from underneath him, using over thirty spells in rapid succession was extremely taxing, but he knew that he was almost done and this was all to better himself.
Tyson then said, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Volcanic Purgatory Blast!"
Tyson's right leg glowed crimson and then he smashed it into the ground, causing three lines of crimson energy to go out from him and travel towards a single target.
Once they reached it, the target exploded in a massive geyser of molten magma that lasted for about 15 seconds and then finally stopped.
Tyson smirked, that one had given a lot of problems in the past, but finally he had mastered that extremely powerful move.
He then yelled out, "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Apocalyptic Firestorm!"
Tyson growled as his entire form glowed crimson and then five magic circle's appeared before him and then he roared out as the five circles spun around in front of him.
They then sent out a 5 meter stream of fire each and then the streams of fire combined to form a 25 meter wide stream of hellish flames that scorched the earth to dust if it was closer than 50 feet from the jet of flames.
When the river of flames struck the side of the training arena, it destroyed the side and anything near it for them next 300 meters, where it finally died out.
After a few minutes of regaining his energy, Tyson stood back up on shaky legs.
Igneel then came over and picked the tired nine year old up and took him back to the cave.
While flying he reflected on how much his life has changed these past two years.
He had grown to be 4 foot 5 inches tall, he now weighed 69 pounds, due to all his muscles he gained from all the strength increasing drills he did.
His hair had grown even longer and it was even shaggier than before.
Tyson now had a six pack, extremely defined biceps and triceps, while also now having much broader shoulders than before.
He and Igneel had grown even closer these last two years, sometimes spending entire days just goofing off or spending time learning more about each other.
Tyson would spend hours at a time listening to Igneel's past adventures and he grew to love the fire dragon king all the more, while Igneel found the new more mature Tyson a wonderful son, but even if he had continued to be a dense moron, Igneel would have loved him all the same.
Tyson and Thundreas had also formed a close bond, a brotherly type of bond, Thundreas being the older brother who loves to annoy the younger brother to the point of insanity. But the two of them would lay their lives down for each other in an instant if the situation called for it.
The three went into the cave and Tyson stiffly got off Igneel and walked over to the cooking cow.
After they had eaten Igneel then said, ["Tyson, these past two years you have grown stronger than I could have ever predicted for a child your age. Tomorrow, you and I shall return to our old cave and once there, we shall finalize your training. I shall teach how to achieve the Ultimate form of a Dragon Slayer: Dragon Force and once you have mastered that, I shall finally teach you how to reach Fire Dragon King Mode.]
His eyes widened, could he have finally achieved his dream of being able to freely use Fire Dragon King Mode? And he would also be learning how to use Dragon Force, he had read legends about what Dragon Slayers could do while in Dragon Force. This was almost too good to be true, but he knew Igneel would never joke about something like this, so it must be true.
Tyson nodded and said, "I am ready father."
Igneel looked him in the eyes and said, ["I know you are. Once you have completed this final stage of your training, you shall be the Fire Dragon Prince, second only to me in control of all Fire Dragons.]
Tyson nodded and then he felt his eyes growing heavy and then he let out a yawn and then began to fall asleep.
He nuzzled next to Igneel's face and was soon out cold.
Igneel chuckled and little and said, ["Sweet dreams, my son."]
Thundreas then said, ["That boy is one of a kind. I know he shall not only beat Acnologia, but Zeref as well and he shall bring in a new age for the dragons."]
Igneel nodded and said, ["I know too, but my worry is that after the war, will there be anything left of this sweet boy, or will be become a damaged, broken soul like so many before him?"]
Thundreas then said, ["I have faith that he shall continue to be the wonderful little boy we have been training these last two years. I have hope. There is no way he won't find a wonderful mate for himself, one who will be his anchor to keep him sane and firmly in the light."]
Igneel then chuckled and replied with, ["I guess you are right my old friend. It is ironic, a hundred years ago I was the one giving you hope in your darkest hour and now here you are helping calm my worries."]
Thundreas smiled and said, ["What are friends for?"]
Thundreas then settled down and soon drifted off to sleep and Igneel followed suit.
His final thoughts before he fell asleep were, ["What did I do to be blessed with such a great son and a wonderful friend? I am just glad I did it. I don't think I could have stayed sane without the two of them."]
The next morning, after the three had eaten breakfast, they said their goodbyes and then the Fire Dragon King and his son flew back to their old home, but not before Thundreas gave him a gift.
It was a massive two foot long, 10 inch thick book that had a massive golden dragon on the front.
["This is a book that was written by a Dragon Scribe, a person who dedicates their entire life to the study and understanding of everything that relates to us Dragon's. I was given this book a few years back by the last of the Dragon Scribes. They all died out due to numerous raider sad bandits attacking their monasteries to steal their artifacts. I pass the book onto you, for I know you shall keep it safe. For, within the pages of this book s the complete history of the dragons and everything you could possibly ever want to know about Dragons and Dragon Slayers. Keep it safe."] Thundreas said as he gave him the book.
Tyson was in marvel of the priceless artifact that was now in his hands and he said, "I shall keep it safe uncle."
["I know you shall. Now, hod still. I am going to teach you how to place the book in a pocket dimension for safe keeping.] Thundreas said as he raised his middle and index claw to Tyson's head.
You cannot just be given information about how to use Dragon Slayer magic, you must practice and be taught. Even second generation dragon slayer are taught, they are just taught by the dragon's within the Dragon Lacrima's and they never know they are being taught, but that is a story for another time.
The magic Thundreas was teaching Tyson was a simple spell that only required a mental capacity, not a physical one like Dragon Slayer magic.
After a few seconds of glowing, the claws moved back and he had the information on how to place the book in it's separate dimension.
The book glowed red and then disappeared into it's pocket dimension.
He then gave Thundreas a hug and then Igneel and Tyson flew off back to their original home.
They reached their old home after about 6 hours of flying and once they got there, the first thing they did was get the place looking good once again.
Then they got lunch and then they began to train.
Little did Tyson know these next two years would be the toughest years of training he has ever faced.
Time skip...Two years...
["Alright Tyson, show me the results of these last five years of training!"] Igneel roared out.
He nodded and then showed off all of his spells, each one now being well over 25 times stronger than what they were before they began the new training.
Tyson himself was now ten years old and he had changed a little since he was eight.
He now stood at 4 foot 10 inches and now weighed 85 pounds.
His black hair was now able to touch his shoulders if it ever went down, but it perpetually stood up in thick spikes.
He now had an eight pack and his muscles were even more defined, he looked like a small body builder and had a body most men would kill for.
Tyson still had his torn tan shorts on.
He and Igneel had spent the last two years increasing his magic container even more so he could use all of his spells one right after the other and still be able to stand and move.
It was bitter work, but the results were worth it, he now had magic levels that would make him the fifth Wizard Saint and he was only ten! He has many more years to grow and become even stronger.
He just finished up with all his spells when he activated one of is two new forms.
Dragon Force.
Tyson was engulfed in a massive amount of golden flames and then he shouted out, "DRAGON FORCE!"
He then showed off his newest Secret Slayer Art.
Tyson shouted out, "Hidden Fire Form: Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!"
He rocketed off towards a nearby peak and smashed right through it, causing the entire peak to explode in a massive explosion.
Tyson grinned, Phoenix Blade was by far one of his favorite moves, even though he could only access it in Dragon Force, meaning he couldn't use it whenever he wanted to, it could kill somebody.
Tyson then went back to Igneel, who said, ["You have done well my son. You have mastered Dragon Force and can access it whenever you want to. Now all that remains is for you to show me if you have mastered Fire Dragon King Mode."]
He nodded and then the golden flames disappeared from his body.
Tyson then closed his eyes and began to focus on his inner flame and began to feed it more and more energy.
The area around him began to heat up quickly until after about thirty seconds, his form was consumed in a massive amount of golden fire that caused the surrounding 100 feet to burst in flames.
On Tyson's right arm is a tattoo. It is a dragon in shape, with four wings, two on either side of the body and another two below them. The dragon tattoo is known as the Fire Dragon King tattoo and can only be given to someone by Igneel, making that person a recipient of a lot of Igneel's power.
The tattoo is currently glowing bright red, showing that he is currently in Fire Dragon King Mode.
Usually, Igneel's power would be used to power this mode, but Tyson wants to earn that much power, so he is using his own magic to power this mode and eventually, this mode will be as powerful as it would be if Igneel was the one powering it.
He then opened his eyes and showed that they had changed, they were now slitted and draconic is appearance, as now his sclera being yellow now and his pupils black, making his eyes look almost exactly the same to Igneel's.
He then shouted out in a loud voice that was much deep, more animistic, as if spoken by a dragon, "FIRE DRAGON KING MODE!"
Tyson then yelled out, "FIRE DRAGON KING ROAR!"
He bent his head back, took a deep breath and then threw his head forwards and unleashed a 50 meter wide golden fire breath attack that instantly vaporized a nearby stream due to the insane heat being produced.
The attack continued for about half a mile and carved a 20 foot deep trench where the breath attack had gone.
Tyson then ignited his fist with the golden flames and charged up the power to his fist for about 15 seconds and then shouted out, "FIRE DRAGON KING DEMOLITION FIST!"
He then punched the ground underneath him, causing the hill he was standing on to explode in a shower of dirt and rocks.
Once the dust cleared, the 100 foot tall hill Tyson was standing on was now a 45 foot deep crater.
He smiled, he had finally mastered Fire Dragon King Demolition Fist, his second most powerful attack, next to Fire Dragon King Roar of course.
Tyson then closed his eyes and after five seconds his Fire Dragon King tattoo stopped glowing and then golden flames receded, leaving a slightly panting Tyson, Fire Dragon King Mode was his most power form and so it drained his magic extremely quickly.
He turned to Igneel, who had a massive smile on his face and then Igneel said, ["Tyson, five years ago you asked me to increase your training and I did. You have grown stronger than I could have ever imagined in such a short time. You now have power equal to 52% of my own and at the age of ten? That is nothing soft of astonishing. You have grown up into a fine young man, I have no doubt that you will continue to grow up into an amazing man and I know your dream of becoming the world's strongest mage is going to be a reality, for I know your drive. When life knocks you down, you get right back up, all the stronger. They can break your body, but your spirit is all, but unbreakable and that is your greatest strength. I know you will go on to do amazing things. You are the son of Igneel after all."]
Tyson smiled up at his father and said, "I couldn't have done it without you dad."
Igneel smiled down to his son and then said, ["Come, it is getting late, it's time for supper and then sleep."]
Tyson nodded and got onto his dad and they flew back to their cave.
Once there, Igneel then went and got supper.
After they had eaten, the two settled in for sleep, but Igneel couldn't sleep.
["It's time. I will have to leave him, as will the other Dragons, they too will have to enter into their apprentices bodies to prevent them from turning into dragons. My son, I never wanted to leave you, but this is for the best. We cannot allow them to turn into monsters like Acnologia did all those years ago."] Igneel thought.
The mighty crimson red Fire Dragon King then turned and looked down at his son's sleeping form and couldn't help, but smile at him.
["This boy has gone through things that no child should have to and now he is going to lose his remaining family once again. I am so sorry. I could stop this if I would, but I can't. I can only hope that you will one day forgive this old lizard for his mistakes. Goodbye, my son."] Igneel thought as his form began to glow and then he broke apart in red particles and then entered into Tyson's soul, where he began to create antibodies to keep him from turning into a dragon.
Tyson slept through all of this, unaware that he is now alone for the second time in his life.
Time skip...
He eventually woke up and saw that Igneel was not in the cave with him.
'Outside.' Tyson thought.
However, after four hours of waiting, Igneel did not come back and this caused him to start to worry.
"Something must have gone wrong. I have to find him." Tyson thought in worry.
Tyson stepped out of the cave and shouted out, "IGNEEL! WHERE DID YOU GO?!"
He then sniffed the air, but there was no recent scents of Igneel that were not earlier than last night.
Tyson then began to run through the forest, shouting Igneel's name, trying to find his father.
However after eight hours of searching, he came back to the cave defeated.
Tyson just stared at the cave wall.
He was tired and hungry.
Tyson then saw a glint of metal in the back of the cave.
Feeling curiosity, he walked to the back of the cave and once there, he found a large red and orange chest and had a sealed lock on the front with the Fire Dragon King symbol on it.
Tyson pressed his thumb up against the seal and then the seal opened up and so did the chest, allowing him to see what was inside the chest.
There was an entire outfit worth of clothing, some boots and finally, there was an envelope on top.
He took hold of the envelope and opened it and began to read.
{"Dear Tyson,
If you are reading this letter, then I have left you.
I never wanted to do this, but I have no choice in this matter, I have to do this.
I know you must be feeling hurt, betrayed, lonely, even angry, but please allow me to explain myself, if you listen to this old lizard's words.
I am not with you, but I have never left you."}
He looked at the letter with confusion, if Igneel had never left him, there where in the name of Ishgar is he? Tyson began to read once again.
{"You see, I have never left you because I am within you. More specifically, I am within your soul.
What I am doing there is of extreme importance. I am creating anti-bodies to prevent you from transforming into a dragon.
Yes, such a thing is possible. How do I know this you may ask? I have seen it happen.
During the Great Dragon Civil War, there were a number of Dragon Slayers in the conflict. The most ruthless of them all was Acnologia, he personally slew dozens of dragons and due to his massive usage of Dragon Slayer magic, he eventually became a dragon himself. He then stole the souls of many dragons, myself included. This lowered our powers many times, making it nigh impossible to stop Acnologia. Acnologia then took the title of Dragon King and that is a title he has earned, due to his immense strength, only I could possible stand up to him, but as I am right now, I would most certainly die.
I know you and so as your father, I order you to stay away from Acnologia. He is a lot stronger than you are currently, but I know that one day you shall be able to fight and slay him, but as you are right now, you are not yet ready to face him.
I think that is high time that you go rejoin society, you have spent far too long trapped in my dingy cave.
Meet new people, make friends, fall in love, make mistakes, have insane adventures, but most importantly, live like a DRAGON!
Show the world that special spark that I saw in your eye's all those years ago, show them who Tyson Dragneel, Son of Igneel, Prince of all Fire Dragons, can really do.
And one day, we shall meet again and be a family again, but until then, LIVE.
Before I leave, I want you two know two things:
One: I love you more than anything else.
Two: There is nothing that you can ever do that would make me stop loving you.
Until we meet again, my son.
Your father,
Igneel."}
Tyson reread the letter three times.
"I hope to see you again, dad."
He then remembered what his father had said and then he stood back up.
Tyson then reared his head back and yelled out, "I'LL SEE IGNEEL AGAIN AND SHOW HIM JUST HOW POWERFUL I'VE GOTTEN!"
He then went back to the chest and put the clothes on himself and then went to the lake to see what he looks like.
He now has on a black T-shirt with a red dragon's head on the chest, while a large black full body cloak with a red dragon on the back is also worn. He now has a pair of dark blue pant's on that go all the way to his ankles and he is also wearing a brown belt that has a silver belt buckle on it with a dragon symbol etched into it. He now has black combat boots on that have seven silver metal straps on them, he also has a pair of black finger-less combat gloves on that had a blue flame symbol on the top of the glove while still wearing the black version of Jellal's Crime Sorciere outfit and finally, he has a white scaly scarf that is wrapped around his neck.
He saw his reflection and said, "Damn, I look good."
Tyson then began to walk off, he was headed towards the sea.
Standing by the lake, was a green haired young boy.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"I'm Mizu Hydroplex. The Water Dragon Slayer." Mizu introduced himself.
Elsewhere...
In a dark, depressing dungeon, there sat a little girl.
She was a petite girl, had scrawny limbs, but that was probably due to her being kept as a slave.
She was the same height as Tyson, but had very little muscle mass on her body.
Her most prominent feature was her shoulder length scarlet red hair that would have been breathtaking if not for the dirt in it.
She had a faded blue work outfit on that had a few tears in it due to all the wear and tear that was placed upon it.
Her name is Erza Scarlet, a child from Rosemary Village, a place that has been burned to the ground due to Zeref cultist's raiding it and kidnapping all the children to be used as slave labor.
The year is X777, the day is July 7 and Erza and some of the other captives are thinking about starting a revolt to try and escape this hell-hole.
Erza is about to go to sleep when she felt something, something at the edge of her consciousness, telling her to hold off starting the revolt for a few more days and then help will arrive.
She doesn't know why, but she trusts this feeling and decides to wait a few more days for this help to arrive.
She then starts to fall asleep, but before she does, she whispers, "Please, whoever you are, please, help us escape. Please."
Erza then falls asleep, but she feels an emotion she has not felt since she arrived at the Tower of Heaven, she feels hope.
With Tyson...
Tyson is currently at his makeshift camp when he hears a soft whisper in his head saying, "Please, whoever you are, please, help us. Please."
"Sounds like someone is asking for our help, well let's not disappoint them." Mizu said to him in a determined tone.
Tyson instantly feels his heart quicken at the sound of this melodious voice and feels an unexplained urge to defend this voice's owner to his last breath.
He then whispers back, "I am coming and when I arrive, I swear I will fight to my last breath for you."
Tyson then eats the campfire and begins running towards the sea, not caring if he has to run all through the night, he just cares that he reaches the voice's owner soon.
Tyson and Erza don't know it yet, but their long fated meeting is about to take place and soon the Dragon will find his Knight and woe be anyone who hurts the Knight, for they shall feel the wrath of a angry dragon.
Those Zeref cultists won't know what hit them until it is all over.