Hola mi amigos! Tenry no hoko, bringing you the prologue to a new story called The Children of Chaos. I must say, I'm rather happy with myself for thinking this one up. This will be one of my longer stories. This will be one of my darker stories. Will there be pairings? Maybe. Will there be comedy? Well it wouldn't be me if there wasn't some funny stuff here and there. Will there be action? Oh hell yes! This is rated M for a reason, and since I don't do lemons, you can guess what that reason is (not that there won't be any smexy stuff, just nothing explicit).

So, with that out of the way, let's get started.

Prologue

400+ Years Ago

The two hooded figures stood in front of a massive doorway-looking structure. At first glance, you wouldn't believe it went anywhere. It wasn't attached to anything. If you saw it today, you'd probably just think it was a piece of modern art or something with its elaborate design; the bottom half being dark blue and the top being green and split into twelve segments, a circle in each one, and in the center was a sun with a moon just below it. There were two pillars on each side, with a leg shaped support on each. They were connected by an arch, and, at the very top of the arch was an emblem of the sun being covered by the moon.

An eclipse.

Yes, to any non-mage, you'd think this massive doorway was just another waste of the king's money.

But these two knew better.

This was no ordinary gate. Any mage worth his salt could feel the immense magic power this thing was emitting. And after many cruel years of war and being hunted by the kingdom, they'd finally gathered enough.

They were finally going to do it.

"Zeref," asked one figure. From the voice alone you could tell it was a female, if the blonde locks spilling out from her hood didn't already give it away. "Are you sure this will work?"

"I am, Anna," responded the other. His voice was cool, yet filled with a deep sadness. One that could also be seen in his piercing red eyes. "If I didn't, then I wouldn't be sending my own brother."

Anna looked down to the ground. Her eyes were distant, and threatening to spill tears.

"Anna, I know what you had in the past, but that's over. There's no saving him, and it's my fault. This is our only hope now. We can't defeat him in this age, there's not enough ethernano left. We barely even have enough to do this."

The celestial mage tightened her fists, steeling her resolve. "I know. This has to be done. I just wish there was another way."

"There isn't," the dark mage said solemnly, then looked to the sky.

"The dragons should be here soon. We'll say our goodbyes, then send them off. To an age when the world's magic supply has been restored."

One by one, the dragons came. The first to arrive was a pure white one with a mane around its head and enormous, almost angelic, wings. In its claws it carried a small blonde boy.

The next one was almost the complete opposite of the other. With pitch black scales, horns on its head, and demonic looking ruby eyes, you'd believe it was something straight out of a nightmare. Yet, despite its appearance, it was gently cradling the small black-haired boy it had in his claws.

Next came a light-blue-almost-white, feathered dragon. In her talon-like claws, she held a young blue-haired girl.

The fourth dragon that flew in wasn't quite like the other three, being the only one made of his own element. His entire body consisted of metal, and he had a cold, sharp gaze. In his claws was another ebony-haired boy, this one older than all three of the other children.

The fifth and final dragon was the one Zeref had wanted to see most. A smile almost crossed his lips as he saw the red-scaled fire dragon descend to the earth, for he could also see the pink-no, salmon, as he had constantly been reminded-hair of the sleeping boy in the dragon's claws.

"Natsu," Zeref whispered with a small smile.

"Zeref," the red beast growled, "This had better work."

"Yeah!" agreed the metal dragon, "My brat's barely learned anything. Though it's his own fault, not listening and shit..."

"Metalicanna!" shouted the feathered dragon, "There are children present!"

"Eh, whatever Grandine. There asleep anyways."

"Hrm," Grandine growled, "Well, at least you got to teach Gajeel some attacks. I only had enough time to teach Wendy basic healing and enchantments."

The black dragon spoke up. "Grandine, they'll be fine. You know we'll always be with them."

The sky dragon scoffed. "I know."

"Skiadrum is right," Zeref spoke now, "You all don't need to worry about a thing. Your children will be sent to a better age. One with magic. One where they can become stronger. The portal may separate them when they arrive, but I believe they will find each other. They won't be alone. They'll have you and they'll have each other. Together, they'll make it. They'll be the ones who can defeat the evil that I myself had a hand in creating."

The dark mage walked over to the red dragon's claw, and looked at the sleeping boy. "And one day, I know you'll defeat me."

He looked back up to the fire dragon, who was still glaring at him. "Igneel, king of the fire dragons, thank you for looking after my little brother."

"Mrmm ..."

Zeref gave one final smile to Natsu before glancing over his shoulder. "Anna, it's time," he said. The dark mage then got all the dragons and children in position, and all ten of them where enveloped in a bright, white light that carried them all to another time.

"Goodbye, my shadow."

"Goodbye, my light."

"Stay safe, my little hatchling."

"Later, brat."

"Goodbye, my son."

The light disappeared. All of the dragons and their children were now gone. The two mages that remained left. One to go into hiding for a couple hundred years, the other to pass on the location of this gate, so someday one of her descendants could open it in their time.

Yes, it had all gone exactly as they had planned.

Or so they thought.

What they hadn't known, was that the very evil they planned to vanquish with this scheme, had been watching the whole time.

July 7th, Year x777

A pink-haired boy stood crying alone in an open field. He tightly gripped the white, scale patterned scarf around his neck; the only keepsake he had of his father.

"Igneel!" the boy cried, "Igneel! Where are you?!"

The boy was silenced by a familiar sound of flapping wings and the familiar gusts of wind those wings created. While all the wildlife in the area scrambled to get away from their source, the boy faced it with a wide smile, "Igne-! Wait, you're not Igneel?"

The boy looked at the creature with a confused expression. It was a dragon, he knew that for sure, but it wasn't the one he was looking for. This one was mostly black, with some blue markings and a white stomach. The one he was looking for was... red? Yeah, red! Or was it orange? No... that's a vegetable. He was pretty sure the color was red. Red was the color of fire!

"No, I'm not." the creature responded, "But I can take you to him."

The pinkette grew excited at the idea of seeing his dad again.

"Really?! You can?!"

"Yes, I can. Climb on."

Natsu did as he was told and got onto the dragon's back. The great beast spread its wings, and took off with astounding speed.

"Where are you taking me?"

"To a special place. It's somewhere where you can practice your dragon slayer magic."

"Cool!" the boy grinned ear to ear, "Hey, are you a friend of Igneel?"

The black dragon shifted his head so he was looking at the boy, but also where he was flying. "Friends? Not... exactly."

"Oh... but did you know him?"

"We were... acquainted." The black dragon turned away from the boy as he said this, then turned it back. "Tell me, boy, what's your name?"

The boy smirked proudly and jabbed a thumb towards himself. "I'm Natsu Dragneel! Son of the great and awesome fire dragon Igneel!"

"Natsu, eh?"

"Yup!" Natsu continued to grin, "What's your name?"

"I have gone by many names throughout the years," the black dragon said,

"But you can call me, Acnologia."

A / N:

Duhn duhhhhn Duhn!

Now, before this goes any further, I want you all to know this won't be your average "Natsu gets raised by Acnologia" story where its just dark!Natsu with Acno powers. As you can see, Natsu's already been trained by Igneel. He already has his Fire Dragon Slayer magic.

On top of that, I intend on doing a couple more things to try to deviate from that over-used plot (not as over-used as Lisanna replacing Lucy and her being kicked out of the guild, but still).

Of course characters might be OOC. Alternate timeline, deal with it. Natsu (and a few others) will be a lot darker. Evil? Maybe. But definitely darker. Possibly also smarter.

Thanks for reading! I hope you liked it. This was beta-ed by BarelyProdigies, and he's also a writer, so go check out some of his stuff. Fave and Follow if you want, but please leave a review. Reviews can both help me and make me want to write. Unless they're flames. Then I feed them to Natsu.