Chapter one

He ran through the streets as fast as he could. People were behind, yelling, carrying torches and pitchforks in their hands. Faster, faster! His mind screamed at him.

He didn't even know what he did wrong. All he was playing with his magic and before he knew it, a building was on fire. What's wrong with that? With his sensitive ears, he heard the villagers calling him 'freak' or 'monster'.

Turning sharply into a dark alleyway, he hid behind one of the large dumpsters. The peoples ran past, still screaming at him. When the light of their torches disappeared, my legs caved in and fell on the dirt floor panting. He's lived here ever since Igneel left, which was only a year ago. When he just lite the building on fire, it was his first time using magic since his training with the dragon.

Ruffling his salmon hair, he leaned back onto the trashcan. Looking up to the sky, he noticed a big shadow going slowly across it. He furrowed his eyebrows together; it didn't look like a cloud.

Seeing a glint from the shadow, he watched it fall down to the earth. Realizing it was heading straight toward him, he scrambled to his feet and ran behind the trashcan. Hearing a light thump from in front of him, he peeked out from his hiding spot. Right there was a girl who looked around twelve, dark red hair, and dark brown eyes. She wore some kind of weird of looking armor over a whitish dress with a brown belt holding a sword; black tights clamped to her legs, brown boots going to her halfway to her knees; her hair was tied into a long braid that went down to her waist.

"You behind the dumpster," she said in a cold voice. He looked behind him, noticing it was just he and she in the alley, he pointed to himself to make sure she was talking to him.

"Yes you," she huffed in annoyance. "Come out from your hiding spot." He hesitated for a moment. But when he saw the glare she was giving him, he quickly came to stand out in front of her. "Are you Natsu Dragneel?" Natsu nodded again. "Well," she smiled, "I'm Erza, Erza Scarlet. Can you please follow me for a moment." Erza turned her back on him and started to walk off. He just stood there, watching her leave. Turning back to him, she narrowed her eyes, "Now," she hissed.

That got him moving.

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"Where are we going?" Natsu whined. They've been walking for what seemed like hours through a forest and yet haven't arrived at their destination. The thirteen year old sent a glare to the eight year old, making shivers ride up his spine. "We're almost there you pest."

Before long, they came up to a big ship. It looked like a four-sailed ship without the sails, wings were on the side of it, shadowy figures were bustling around the deck. "Come," was all the red head said, walking up to a rope ladder that was dangling on the side of the ship. Following her up the ladder, he climbed onto the deck.

"Hello Natsu," an old voice greeted. Turning his head to the side, he saw an old man around his height sitting on the railing of the ship. "How do you know my name?" Natsu asked, turning the rest of his body to face the man. "I know a lot of things about you, child." He chuckled.

Just then, the ship creaked. Stumbling, the salmon haired boy noticed the wings were flapping up and down. Before they knew it, they were above the clouds. Natsu eyes gleamed as he looked down from the railing at the glowing lights from the buildings from below him.

"Where are we going?" Natsu asked, ripping his gaze from to the earth to the old man. "It depends, have your ever heard of the Castle in the Sky?" His eyes widened. He remembered when Igneel told him about it. It was a palace that was said that when a kid is having a hard life, a ship would fly over your house, and take you to the castle to live there for the rest of your life. Of course, he thought it was just a bedtime story, I mean, who would believe in a flying castle that stood in the middle of the sky?

"You mean that's real?!" He shouted. The man nodded, "Of course. All over the world, parents tell their kids about the magical castle that floats in the sky. I haven't met a person who hasn't heard of it. So, would you like to live in the castle?" Natsu shouted a 'yes', punching his fist in the air.

That's how it all began.

9 years later

A seventeen year old ran through the hallways and into a big room bustling with people. Running over to the head of the room, he slammed open the door, panting. "I-is there gasp something the matter pant Gramps?" Natsu gasped out.

The old man that helped Natsu out long ago, turned around in his chair. The old man grinned a cat like grin. But then his face turned serious. "We have a pick up." The salmon boy eyes widened. They haven't had a pick up in years. The last one was a girl named Wendy.

"Who is it?" Natsu asked, sitting down in a chair across from Masters. "A girl name Lucy Heartfillia. She's around sixteen years old and she's been having the hardest life for a while now-" Master explained but the teen interrupted, "Why didn't we pick her up then?" The old man sighed, "We've been losing track of her every time we're about to pick her up. But now she's in Hargeon at the moment, and this it the time to jump in. I'm counting on you to pick her up." The onyx eyed boy nodded before getting up.

"Oh, and Natsu!" Master yelled. Said, he turned his head over his shoulder. "Be careful with her. She's just about ready to break."

Natsu just nodded, walking out the door. Luigi here I come!

A/N: New story, I got this one from a song. I was just texting my friends until one of them suggested I listened to Castle in the Sky. It just came to me after I listened, and bam, one story up!

I hope you like the first page of it, and will wait to see what'll happen next.

-Luvviez