Hello and welcome to a new story that I will call "Dragon Son" that I will work on when I can't write any chapters for my other story check it out (Only Time Can Heal a Dragons Heart) if you haven't seen it. So don't expect daily or regular chapters. This is a retell of fairy tail check the summary for details. Now let's have some reading fun k! (Sounds like an enthusiastic English teacher.)

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

I don't own Fairy Tail

Chapter 1: Reunion

After Igneel left, Natsu searched for months, but never found a trace of him. After having had enough of his travels, he decided to join the guild Igneel mentioned to him.

Fairy Tail would be his home from now on.

Four months had passed since he joined Fairy Tail, and he was quite happy, life at Fairy Tail suited Natsu quite well, his rambunctious and energetic personality led to many brawls and fights at the guild which became the norm.

He made friendships that would last forever and rivalries that would never end.

Erza had been tutoring him on how to read and write for a while now, and he was getting better by the day.

Mirajane always teased him, about how childish he was and that there was no way he was raised by a dragon.

And Gray always fought with him, verbal and physical, about almost anything, these were the people that meant the most to him (besides Igneel of course).

Gramps and Lisanna were the only people that believed that Natsu was truly raised by a dragon, but he never said anything about it.

On a regular day at the guild you can find Natsu and Gray fighting and Erza scolding them whilst Mirajane taunts Erza, while Cana drinks, (even though she's under age) and Lisanna tries to calm her sister down.

The rest of the guild just watched on with amused faces, Macao and Wakaba talked about "youth" and such, Elfman played with his bird, and Reedus painted a portrait of the scene.

Then Erza left the guild to go get some cake, leaving a fuming Mirajane behind, needing to release that aggression, she called out her second favorite enemy, Natsu.

"Hey Natsu come over her a second!" she beckoned loudly with an evil smile on her face but only to be ignored by the dragon slayer that was still in a verbal war against Gray.

Only pissing her off more she walked over to the fighting mages and punched Gray straight in the face, sending him flying into the wall.

"Don't ignore me, stupid dragon boy!" She screamed and then uppercutted him sending him flying into one of the beams on the ceiling before he came crashing down.

"Now that's what you get for ignoring me," she said as she crossed her arms and stared at the barely conscious for of Natsu.

"Ignoring you?" he asked,

"What do you mean, I didn't ignore you, and why did you hit me, that really hurt," he whined, only to receive a kick to the face knocking him out.

When he awoke he was in the same place he was in before in a crater in the wooden floor in the center of the guild.

"Damn that Mira, she's always so mean, if Igneel were here he wouldn't allow stuff like that to happen."He said rubbing his aching chin before he heard a voice come from behind him.

"What was that, dragon boy, something about that dragon you tell everyone raised you? Too bad he's not real, if you were actually raised by a dragon, you wouldn't be so weak now would you? Mirajane said mockingly.

"I'm not weak, your just freakishly strong, and I didn't make him up I really was raised by a dragon." He said as his eyes started to tear up.

"Awwweee is the baby gonna cry, does little baby Natsu miss his made up dragon, of course he does, and doesn't he just look so adorable when he cries. She said in a way you would talk to a baby or a dog.

"Shut up you Goth slut, I think it's about time you stop picking on Natsu, who know maybe he really was raised by a dragon, now if you want to fight someone, how about I beat the shit out of you." Said Erza walking into the guild.

"So, tin can returns for her daily dose of whoop ass, bout time, you've been looking a little too cocky for my taste, how about we bring you down a notch". Natsu, hearing this scurried away knowing that he had no intention of getting caught up in the middle of that fight, he rather liked having his body in one piece.

Before the fight could start, a massive, terrifying roar erupted throughout Magnolia, fear spread its way throughout the guild except for one particular individual dragon slayer. "IGNEEL!" he screamed.

The sound of massive wings could be heard approaching the guild, but everyone in the guild as well as Magnolia were frozen in place.

Natsu ran out of the guild, to see a tremendous red dragon approaching the guild, "IGNEEL!" Natsu screamed, tears pouring from his eyes, "I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T ABANDON ME!"

Natsu watched as Igneel landed as softly as possible in front of the guild, so as to not make any buildings collapse.

Natsu ran to his father and jumped and grasped onto the dragons snout and hugged him fiercely.

"I thought you had abandoned me." He said as he released his father and started to wipe the tears away from his eyes.

"I could never do that to my son" he said as he smiled down at his child.

"So how have you been these past months my boy?" Igneel said as he looked around.

"I've been great, I love it here at the guild, I have lots of new friends here, even if I hate a lot of them," he said with a grin, but then as he remembered his guild mates he called out to them.

"Hey guys, it's alright, you can come out!" He yelled to them, soon the guilds members started funneling out of the guild trying to witness the magnificent sight before them, most rubbing their eyes or pinching themselves to see if they were hallucinating or dreaming this.

Soon murmuring started throughout the crowd, "Holy shit, I guess Natsu wasn't lying after all." But there were a few members, the ones that teased Natsu the most that just stayed silent as they started feeling bad for calling him a liar and an attention seeker, none feeling worse than Mira.

"Let's take this behind the guild shall we," said the Master as he started his way around the outside of the guild hall and everyone followed suit.

"So you're the famed Igneel, Natsu has told us quite a lot about you." Master said.

"I am indeed Igneel, father of Natsu." Igneel said proudly.

"And I am sorry for leaving you without notice and for not returning sooner, there were troubles I had to deal with. I had to attend a meeting for the Dragon Kings." He said looking at his son. "

Kings?" Natsu said curiously

"Yes, Kings, for I am not just a fire dragon, I am the King of Fire dragon, Igneel" He said proudly once again.

"But if this was just a meeting how come you were gone for so long?" Natsu said a little annoyed.

"My son, whenever the Dragon kings meet, we speak in dragon tongue, an ancient and complex language, and as with any ancient language, saying anything important is worth taking a long time to say." Igneel explained.

"Well that's just stupid" the dragon slayer said which made everyone including Igneel sweatdrop.

"But now that you're back, we can go back to normal right?" he said excitedly.

"Well, not exactly," he said slowly.

"What do you mean?" he said growing a little worried.

"While I will not leave you forever I cannot stay with you, I have come back to finish your training and give you a means to call for me should there ever be a reason I am needed." This relieved the dragon slayer but also saddened him.

"You have a proper home here, with friends and an entire family to take care of you, but no need to worry I will be training you for quite awhile,"

This snapped the dragon slayer out of his emotional fit.

"Awe yeah, I'm all fired up, and when I get back I will beat the shit out of Mirajane, Erza and Gray, but not like there would be any change with him." He said earning a few glares from the crowd.

"Oh Natsu, you really are an idiot, and why do you wish to fight these people so much?" Igneel asked, causing Erza, Mira, and Gray to shrink down.

"Well, Erza's always bossing me around, Mira's always teasing me, and saying that dragons were extinct, and stuff, while Grey is just a douche." At this steam could almost be seen rising from the middle of the crowd.

"Well, I can see why this Mira wouldn't believe in your stories, they do seem a little on the ridiculous, but I mean come on, how could such a small boy imagine something of such glory, honor, ferocity, and straight up awesomeness? The dragon said raising his chest and spread his wings in a show of dominance.

"I know right, they are idiots" Natsu said grinning. This earned quite the sweatdrop from the crowd.

Natsu and Igneel had been catching up for the last few hours before the sun started to set. Everyone had gone back into the guild, having their fill of the dragon.

But the sounds of the dragons voice could still be heard whenever he laughed.

"You should be getting some sleep Natsu, you have a long day ahead of you tomorrow, you'll say your goodbyes and then we will leave, but for now go back into the guild and call for your master I need to have a word with him." So Natsu got up, gave his father a hug on the arm and walked into the guild.

Not long after, Master Makarov came out and started his way towards the dragon.

"Natsu said you needed to talk to me?" Makarov asked.

"Yes I did, I have a few things to tell you, first we will be gone for a year, and after that I will bring him back here and then I will leave, but when he comes back he may still act like the immature idiot you know and love but he will be different, his strength will have increased ten-fold, he will will have control over what we call dragon force, I won't bother explaining you'll just have to witness it for yourself, and he will know the extent of his powers, anyway, you will need to be careful, he might accidentally hurt one of his friends in a friendly fight, he might not know his own strength, after all the hell I'm going to put him through is like nothing this world has seen since ancient times. We are leaving tomorrow morning, I advise you to tell everyone to arrive here early to see him off." Igneel said.

"I see, I will do just that". He said before walking back into the guild.

"LISTEN UP BRATS!" Makarov yelled at his children.

"Natsu is leaving very early tomorrow, so get here early if you want to see him off and wish him well." This brought a surprise to the guild.

"So soon?" many of them said.

"When will he be back? Others asked.

"He will be gone quite a while, about a year.

So please, get here early and say goodbye to your Nakama."

Mirajane was frozen, 'he was really leaving,' she had to do tell him she was sorry before he left.

'I know, I'll get here earlier than the others so I can apologize to him alone'. At this she walked out of the guild deciding she needed a good night's rest.

Mirajane woke up just the sun was peeking over the horizon, quickly she remembered Natsu and rushed to get dressed.

It only took her about 30 minutes to get showered, dressed, and for the rest of her preparations. Once fully prepared, she rushed out of her house and towards the guild.

Once there she saw nobody, not even Natsu, she walked inside the guild and took a seat.

"Natsu sure is taking his sweet ass time getting here." She said aloud, the words echoed through the guild before being interrupted by another voice,

"What do you mean, I've been here for a while now," Natsu said walking out of the shadows.

"Why didn't you say anything when I arrived, I've been waiting for a good long while" she said a little annoyed.

"First of all, you've only been here like 10 minutes, second I really didn't feel like talking, and since when do you ever want to talk to me", he said making her feel a little guilty.

"Yeah about that, I'm really sorry about how I've acted towards you ever since you came to the guild, I should have been at least a little nicer, and I shouldn't have not believed in your dad's existence." She said.

"Since when does the almighty Mirajane ever apologize" he said with a smile, which soon turned into laughter, which turned into hysterical laughter, but as his laughter died down, a soft warm smile spread across his face.

"Thank you Mira, really, it means a lot," this caused a blush to spread across her face.

"It's no problem, I just felt really bad for all that I've said to you, and now while nobody else is here," she quickly leaned In and kissed him on the cheek before turning away, with a mad blush on her face. Natsu just stood there, not sure what a kiss on the cheek meant, but for some reason it made him feel warm, not heat warm, a different kind of warm, a nice kind.

Soon, everyone started to arrive. It didn't take long before the guild was full of all of his friends all hugging him and hysterically crying.

The only ones not crying were Master, Mira, Erza, and Gray, Master, because he was trying not to show any emotions, Erza because she needed to keep up her appearance, Mira, because her mind were full of embarrassing thoughts, and Gray because, well, fuck Natsu, the only reason he showed up was so that he could tell Natsu that nothing would change, and he'd still kick his ass.

But it didn't take long until you could hear Igneel approaching on from behind the guild. "Well, I guess that's my cue, goodbye everyone, I'll see you in a year," he said with a grin.

He walked towards the rear entrance, before he stopped, he raised his right arm into the air, extended his thumb and index finger, before saying.

"I'll be back soon, done worry, I'll be safe" he said not looking back.

"Oh and Gray, try to train while I'm gone, I'd rather not kill you by accident when I return." Then he walked out the door, everybody followed him quickly to see him flying away on Igneel's back.

Mirajane just looked into the sky and smiled warmly, "Come back soon Natsu" she said softly as a slight blush appeared across her face.

This went noticed by all of her guild mates, except for one scarlet haired girl, who had an evil smile across her face as one word escaped he mouth, "Leverage" she said internally laughing like a maniac.

There you have it Chapter 1 to "Dragon Son" I hope you enjoyed it, don't forget to check my channel and check out my other story/stories. Leave any tips/advice/suggestions/questions in the review or just PM them to me, id be glad to answer or take a look at you pm/review. Thanks for reading, from your favorite bear of the elements, Windbear.