chapter one
Natsu sat in a jail cell waiting for his sentence to be up, why? Simple he went overboard on a job, and there was nothing Makarov could do to get him out of it.
Fortunately, his sentence wasn't very long, only three months, so it wasn't that bad.
Unfortunately, because of this, he was expelled from Fairy tail, but he free to join up after his sentence is carried out.
The cell he was sitting in was your standard six by eight cell with one window.
"Man it sure is boring here.."
"Aye sir.."
Why is Happy here simple he didn't want to leave Natsu, after all, since the day Happy was hatched they been together ever since.
Happy isis jailed alongside him, in fact, he was given an item to phased through the bars at will the only rule is Natsu can't use it.
He mainly uses it to get himself some fish and bring Natsu his meals.
Natsu though went over how this all went down.
Flashback start
December 1st X784
Natsu was on his way back from a solo job after all he wants to be an S-class wizard.
Little did he know this would be his last job for the fairy tail guild.
He now stood outside the guild hall doors, and with one swift kick, the door came flying open.
"Sup guy back from my mission," he said proudly.
What he wasn't expecting was dead silence and Lahar of the new magic council.
"About time you showed up, Natsu I'm placing you under arrest" Lahar said
"What, what I do?" he yelled.
"Destruction of property and a priceless artifact, the artifact alone would carry a life sentence."
"A life sentence that's not fair!"
"Normally yes but the village that houses this artifact acknowledged your strength in defeating the Wyvern-"
"So you're saying I won't be put away for life," he said with hope.
"LET ME FINISH! Anyway, the village was in dire straights financially with the wyvern. Fortunately, that isn't a problem; there predicted to make a full recovery. This weighed in on the decision for punishment you are sentenced to three months at era magic prison," he said begrudgingly.
"Gramps," he said sheepishly.
"Sorry Natsu there nothing I can do."
"Oh, come on!"
"Do you want to tell him or should I," Lahar informed
"I will."
"What's going on?" he said nervously.
With a sigh" Natsu because of your necklace action, you are expelled from fairy tail."
"WHAT! you can't do that."
"My hands are tied boy, hey look on the bright side you free to rejoin the guild after your sentence is done," he said with a reassuring grin.
This eased him a bit," guess I'll see you all in three months."
"Hey after your done why don't you go on an igneel search," Gray said sarcastically.
Not picking up on the sarcasm"That not a bad idea since I'm not a member I'm not crunched for time," he with enthusiasm.
"Don't take to long," Makarov said with a grin.
"Got it, gramps."
"I'm going with," Happy said
"Why? You had nothing to do with it," Natsu said curiously.
"I don't care we're partners where you go I go," he said with conviction.
"Fine you won't be punished, but you stay with him," Lahar said as put Natsu in magic restraining cuffs.
"Happy want your mark removed to," Makarov said
"Aye sir" both Natsu and Happy got there fairy tail marks removed.
"Right this way."
Man and exceed left fairy tail the day leaving the guild in a downed state but it didn't last long as the friends were gone only away.
Flashback end
That was one month ago; it wasn't so bad until the news hit him about Tenrou island.
He had a hurricane of emotion; the only thing keeping him from getting in more being in prison longer was Happy.
After all, he doesn't want to have a life sentence.
It wasn't all bad he was in the same prison as jellal they didn't see each other often.
it took some time for Natsu not to see him in a bad light after that they were practically friends.
And they even spared with each other without the magic of course when they were let out on the yard for exercise.
When Natsu gets out of prison, he planned on going back to fairy tale to help them out at first.
After thinking about it some more and some input from Happy and Jellal he decided to go on an extended train trip since it was a dragon that destroyed Tenrou island.
Wanting to know how everyone is taking it Natsu does something you would never think he would...he wrote a letter to fairy tail.
Dear fairy tail
It's Natsu I heard about what happened on Tenrou. Just to let you know your not alone even Jellal yes that jellal is grief-stricken too. You'll never believe it but were become friends...its what gramps would have wanted.
But that's not important what I'm trying to say is I won't be returning to fairy tail Why? Simple after hearing the new, I decided to train. I'm doing this to become stronger to make sure what happened to our family will not be repeated. Happy feels the same way as I do, on that note you better not be slacking off while I'm gone or you're going to regret it.
Sincerely Natsu Dragneel.
Natsu folded up his letter and mailed it off.
One week later
"Dragneel you have a letter."
Natsu practically jumped out of bed standing before his jail cell door with excitement.
"Here you go," he practically ripped it out of the man hand.
"Is it from fairy tail," the blue exceed shouts.
"Yep let see what they have to say."
Dear Natsu
It's Macao message received, to say were sad was an understatement. After reading your letter to the guild, a new wave of happiness washed over the guild. It became clear to us we don't want to go through that again. Everyone and I mean everyone started training again, words can not express our gratitude for getting out of our funk. We hope your training goes well and make sure to visit us.
Sincerely Macao and all of Fairy Tail
"Well I'm glad they're getting better now Natsu," he said
"Thanks, buddy."
"So what do we do now."
"Train I can't use my magic that does mean I can't work out."
"Aye Sir"
Two months later
"Well, Jellal looks like this is where go our separate ways," he smirked.
"Aye, sir."
"If I had the power it gets you out of here, but I don't," he said
"Its no problem Natsu hope we see each other again someday," Jellal said
With his piece spoken Natsu and Happy leave to do era magic prison.
"So where we headed Natsu."
"Don't by yet might as well explore Fiore while doing some training."
And so Natsu and Happy headed of
ok that's it for the prologue
sorry this isn't near as long as I normally go for if you read my other story
the reasons why this chapter is so short
1 A lot of RL stuff was getting in the way before and after the day to post this
2 I could have brought it up to 4000 words like I wanted to do but I'd be crunched for time since I put out two chapters a month
3 id rather have shorty chapter id be proud of over a half-assed long that I would be happy with
4 I might adopt this prologue bit for future stories I don't know at this point
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