Hello there viewers, I guess I'd figure to let you guys know that this story takes place during the Tenrou Island Arc when Acnologia attacked the island, but instead with him killing nearly almost all of the Fairy Tail members minus two surviving members afterwards.

This is just a heads up, but this is my first story that I plan on doing here, so if I make mistakes in this story, please let me know. I'd appreciate that a lot if you guys did that, so I can fix those mistakes.

Anyway, now that I've said that, Enjoy the prologue.

A Bond of Fire and Ice

Prologue

-Somewhere on Tenrou Island...

Tenrou Island...what was once a island of beauty...had become a land of death as Acnologia, said to be the most powerful dragon of them all arrived and completely destroyed the island and it's inhabitants.

Those inhabitants being the members of the famous Fairy Tail guild of Fiore as the entire guild had been completely decimated by the giant beast. None of them had stood a chance against Acnologia.

Fairy Tail's strongest members such as Erza Scarlet, Laxus Dreyar, even Gildarts Clive were killed fighting Acnologia. Even the Guild Master Makarov Dreyar stood no chance against the beast in his giant form.

The same was also said for some of the Dragon Slayers of Fairy Tail such as Wendy Marvell or Gajeel Redfox could not live up to there name as they were the ones to be slain by Acnologia.

Just about everyone had been killed by the gigantic dragon and it seemed that Fairy Tail was no more...

"Ugh...D-Damn it..." Natsu said, barely able to keep himself conscious.

...Besides two surviving members who had somehow survived the madness. The first one being now the last Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail and son of Igneel the Fire Dragon Kind, was Natsu Dragneel who was lying on the ground on his back.

He had not gone unscathed from the battle as his waistcoat was no longer on his body which revealed his chest to have multiple bruises and cuts that were deep, his trousers had holes all around as blood began to soak it and his trademark scarf was beside him, completely torn apart.

Not only was he bleeding from his body, but he was also bleeding from his head as half of his face was covered in his blood.

"M-Man...everything...hurts..." Natsu said, still barely able to keep himself awake "Y-You...awake o-over there...I-Ice P-Princess..."

"Ha...Ha...B-Barely...F-Flame Brain..." Gray answered, also barely able to stay awake.

The second one being the Ice user of Fairy Tail, son of Silver Fullbuster and his wife Mika, and former student of Ur was Gray Fullbuster who was laying on a tree a few feet away from Natsu.

Just like Natsu, Gray also wasn't unscathed from the battle as well as his white coat was torn from the right side which revealed blood coming down his right shoulder as a huge gash was there, his pants had holes in it just like Natsu's and he was now one armed as his left arm had been taken from him.

All in all, the two remaining Fairy Tail members were near the brink of death.

"Ugk...Darn...I-I can't m-move at a-all." Gray said "W-What about y-you?"

"W-What...do you...think?" Natsu answered "Been...in the same...p-place as always. You?"

"S-Same ...here." Gray answered back "We're...We're the only o-ones...left now...aren't we?"

"I-It...l-looks like it." Natsu said "I...j-just can't...believe it...everyone we know...the master...Lucy...Erza...they're all gone."

Gray could only close his eyes at the mention of his friends no longer with them anymore...especially Juvia.

"Juvia...w-why couldn't I protect you..."Gray said as tears formed in his eyes "I...failed you...I failed to protect you."

"Damn it...i-if it wasn't...for that damn Dragon..." Natsu recalled "H-He was...just too strong...for us."

"A-Are...you just gonna...remind me of...everything that...had happened?" Gray asked "It doesn't...r-really matter...since I-I can barely...keep myself awake."

"R-Right." Natsu replied "*Cough!*"

Natsu puked a bit of blood as he coughed, starting to feel himself lose consciousness.

"I-I...I don't think I can...last much...l-longer." Natsu barely said.

"*Cough!* S-S-Same...here..."Gray barely replied, the life slowly disappearing from his eyes.

"W-Well...if it...means anything...I was glad...to...be rivals...with you Ice Princess." Natsu said, a small smile on his face.

"Hehe...y-you too...F-Flame...Brain..."Gray said, his eyes closing at the same time.

One last breathe came from the Ice user before his body had stopped moving which marked the end for Gray Fullbuster of Fairy Tail.

"I-I...I'm...g-gonna miss ya...Gray..."Natsu said, his eyes also closing.

Then the Fire Dragon Slayer's last breathe came as well and this marked the end of Natsu Dragneel and the end of Fairy Tail.

The only thing that was left besides the bodies of the two, was for a young man to come from the trees besides the two, leaving a trail of dead tress behind him.

The young man had short black hair which was combined with a high collared black robe, a white toga draped around his torso and he also wears a pendant around his neck.

The young man looked at Natsu with sad eyes, as if he had failed to do something.

"Natsu...I had only hoped that you hadn't died from him...but it's too early for you to die...well...for me anyway." The young man said "Luckily...I know a way that will be able to let you live...and for your friend as well."

As a corpse would, Natsu didn't reply.

"During the many years of learning dark magic...I was able to laern a magic that would be able to send you back in time." The young man explained "The only problem being I don't know exactly what time you'll end up in...it should let you be able to remember everything that had happened until now. Not only that, but you'll keep all off the powers you had learned from your past battles."

Once again, Natsu didn't reply.

"Think of this as a Gift..." The young man said as his hands began to glow "from your brother...as a new beginning...and a new goal...to stop me."

The young man then proceeded to close his eyes as he began to chant words silently. As he began, a small glow appeared underneath the two. Then the same glow began to envelop them completely before-

*Poof!*

They were no longer where they were now, leaving the young man to stand there with a small sad smile on his face.

"I hope...you'll be able to become stronger than you had ever been...hopefully strong enough...to defeat me." The young man said.

He continued to look up as the young man who was known as the "Black Wizard" was now the only person to be left on Tenrou Island.

-Inside Natsu's Home...

Natsu...

"Mmm..." Natsu moaned.

Natsu...

No answer.

"NATSU!" The voice yelled out.

"GAH!" Natsu cried out as he jolted up.

He was breathing heavily as he woke up. He began to rub his head as he sat up on his hammock, trying to-. Hold on...Hammock? When was he laying on a hammock? He remembered laying on the grass at-

"You alright Natsu? Your sweating a lot." The voice said.

Natsu's whole body froze when he heard that voice. He'd recognize that voice miles away. He looked to his right and flying right in front of him was little cat buddy, Happy who currently had sort of a worried look on his face.

"H-Ha...Happy? Is...that you?" Natsu asked, his breathe taken away.

"Uh, of course it's me Natsu. Who did you think I was?" Happy asked, now a little confused.

"Oh...right." Natsu said "What the heck's going on!? First I find myself in a hammock which looks like to be at my home, then suddenly Happy is alive and kicking right in front me?!"

"Natsu? Are you alright? You almost look a bit pale." Happy asked.

"Huh? Oh, I'm fine...just...fine." Natsu told Happy.

"Well...if you are, we should get going to the Guild! So we can get some jobs!" Happy told Natsu.

"Jobs...right." Natsu said, trying to figure out what was going on.

Deciding to do what Happy said, he had gotten out of his hammock and proceeded to exit his home with Happy following him, while a small look of worry towards Natsu as they headed to Fairy Tail.

-At the Entrance of Fairy Tail...

After about five minute walk, the two found themselves at the entrance of the Fairy Tail Guild. Natsu looking at the guild in complete shock.

"No way...It's Fairy Tail...but...how?" Natsu thought to himself.

"Natsu?" Happy called out.

"Huh? Y-Yeah Happy?" Natsu asked.

"Are you sure your alright? You've been acting strange the entire way here." Happy asked.

"Oh...everything's alright. Let's just...go inside." Natsu told Happy.

"Ok then." Happy said, uncertainty in his voice.

Then with a small push, unlike how he barged in, opened up the doors and as he enterted...he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Everyone...everyone was here...doing things like they had always been here...talking to each other...drinking...fighting...but more importantly...they were enjoying themselves and were-

"Alive...everyone's...alive." Natsu thought to himself.

Everything was exactly how he ha remembered it...Jet and Droy were talking with each other with Levy besides them...Cana was drinking from a giant barrel...and Mira was cleaning cups at the bar.

The only people that he didn't see were Wendy, Gajeel, Juvia and...Lucy.

"I don't see Lucy here...where could she be?" Natsu thought to himself.

He was brought out of his thoughts as a voice called out to him. That voice being Mira.

"Oh Hi Natsu! It's nice to see you!" Mira said.

"Oh...Hey Mira." Natsu replied.

Her happy smile then went to a small worry face, noticing his tone.

"Is everything alright?" Mira asked.

"Everything's...alright." Natsu said.

"Are you sure? I can see that your sweating." Mira asked.

"Mira's right Natsu. I don't usually see you sweat like this before." Makarov said as he walked to where he was standing besides Mira "Is something bothering you my boy?"

"Oh Master Makarov...everything's alright...just-"

Suddenly his instincts kicked in as he turned around quickly, surprising both Mira and Makarov as he brought his right hand up to catch a fist that was aimed at him. He would have sent a fist back at whoever it was if he hadn't seen the face of who it was.

The person to have sent the fist...was none other than Gray. Wearing his usual attire of a white coat and black pants, and he had his pendant around his neck as well.

"Gray..." Natsu whispered.

"Gray! What was that for?" Mira asked, confused.

"I don't know. I was just wondering if Flame Brain had a good reaction..." Gray said, trailing off.

Natsu happened to have caught a glimpse of his eyes pointing to the door.

"Turning out that he does have a good reaction." Gray finished saying, as Natsu let go of his fist.

"Oh...well, it's good to see you as well Gray." Mira said "Even though that was sudden.

Makarov was being quiet as he had noticed the glance the two had. Mira may have not seen it, but he had as he noticed that the two's eyes when they looked at each other almost...seemed like they were at a loss for words.

"It's nice to see you too. Well, I better get going. I got a...job to do." Gray told them "So I'll see you guys later."

With a wave, Gray proceeded to exit the guild as he went to go do his "job".

"I wonder though why he decided to do that to you suddenly Natsu." Mira asked.

"I think I'll see you guys later." Natsu said suddenly.

"What?! But you just got here!" Mira asked, truly confused now.

"I...just forgot about something I need to go get." Natsu said "Come on Happy."

"Uh...Ok." Happy said, also confused as well.

Then just like Gray, Natsu left the guild as well, leaving a very confused Mira and Makarov looking at Natsu with studying eyes.

"First Gray does that, then Natsu suddenly leaves? Oh...my head hurts." Mira said.

Makarov ignored her, as he continued to wonder what was going on with those two.

"Something must be bothering Natsu...I think the same could be said for Gray as well." Makarov thought to himself "Only time will tell I guess. I have a feeling though that things might be changing here."

With that only thought in his mind, he went back to his drink and Mira continued to have a headache after what had happened.

-In the streets of Magnolia...

"So Natsu...what's this thing that you need to get?" Happy asked.

"It's something important." Natsu said.

"Well, what is it?" Happy asked.

Natsu didn't want to tell him the real reason why he actually left the guild. He didn't want anyone else to get involved with whatever was going on.

"I hate doing this to you buddy, but I need to." Natsu thought to himself "Happy?"

"Yeah?" Happy said.

"I need you to head home. There's something I gotta go do." Natsu told Happy.

"What?! But why?!" Happy asked.

"Look, I gotta go do this alone and you can't come with me. So I need you to go back home. Alright?" Natsu asked.

"A-Alright...you'll be back...right?" Happy asked.

"Yeah..." Natsu trailed off.

Doing like he said, Happy continued down the path back to there home, leaving Natsu alone.

"Sorry buddy...I can't explain what's going on." Natsu said to himself.

With that in mind, he turned around about to go search for Gray before he had suddenly appeared from an alley.

"Gray..." Natsu said, at a loss for words.

"Natsu..." Gray said, also at a loss for words "You as confused as I am?"

"Depends, did you wake up as well-"

"Suddenly in our homes as we should have been on Tenrou Island? Yeah. I did." Gray interrupted him.

Natsu breathed a sigh of relief as he was glad that he wasn't the only one to have remembered everything that had happened.

"I don't know how...but...somehow we're back." Natsu told Gray.

"Yeah...you don't think...that we somehow...traveled back in time?" Gray asked.

"Well, since I didn't see Lucy or Wendy...that's probably it." Natsu said.

"Right, not to mention that I didn't see Juvia at the Guild." Gray said "So...you know what that means?"

"What?" Natsu asked.

"You serious Flame Brain!? If we're somehow back in time, that means that all of what had happened at Tenrou never happened!" Gray explained "Meaning..."

"Meaning...we could start over." Natsu said, realizing it finally.

"That's right." Gray said "We'll be relieving all of our past adventures again."

"That also means...that we can get stronger as well." Natsu said "Since we're back in the past somehow, this will allow us to get stronger."

"Yeah...strong enough...so that we can take down that dragon freak." Gray said, his hands turning into fists "I'm not going to forgive that bastard for what he had done..."

"Me neither..." Natsu agreed "Should we tell the others?"

"As much as I would...I don't want them to get dragged with our problem about being from the future." Gray said.

"Right...so then...what should we do?" Natsu asked.

"I've been thinking about this...and if the others heard me say this, they probably thought I would have gone crazy...but...I think that me and you should go on a four year trip." Gray told Natsu.

"A Four year training trip? Are you sure about this?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah...like we said earlier...we need to get stronger...and I think that this might be the only way for us to get stronger than we ever thought possible." Gray explained "So... you with me on this?"

He rose his hand at the same time he finished his sentence, Natsu looking at it for a moment.

"...Yeah...let's do it." Natsu said, grabbing Gray's hand with his own.

"Good. We better send a note to the others to know what we're doing." Gray told Natsu.

"Right. Where do you wanna meet?" Natsu asked.

"Tomorrow morning at the Mountains." Gray told Natsu "I'll take care of the note."

"Alright. I'll head home then so I can get my stuff ready." Natsu said.

With their plan set, the two went about to go do the things they needed to do, so that they could prepare themselves for the future events to occur.

-At the Fairy Tail Guild...

Dear Master Makarov,

Sorry if this is sudden, but I'm going on a four year trip with Natsu to go do something important. You don't have to worry about us while we're gone. We hope that you understand Master.

Makarov could only wonder even more of what was going with those two as he had gotten this letter from Gray and Natsu. It troubled him a little bit.

"Why are those two suddenly going off just like that? I don't have a clue as to why they're doing this." Makarov thought to himself.

"Oh, what do you have there Master?" Mira asked.

"It's nothing you have to worry about. Just some...files." Makarov told Mira, lying slightly as he put the "files" into his pocket.

-At the Mountains...

Gray was currently waiting for Natsu to arrive as he had a backpack strapped to his back with the things he was going to need for this four year training trip.

He hated having to leave Fairy Tail like this, but he needed to in order to become stronger for what's to come.

"Sorry I'm late!" Natsu called out to Gray.

Gray looked behind him and saw Natsu finally arrive with a backpack strapped to his back as well.

"Did you get everything you need?" Gray asked.

"Yeah...I did." Natsu told Gray "Sorry I was late, I had to sneak past Happy as he was sleeping so that I didn't wake him up and let him know of what was going on."

"It's fine." Gray said "Anyway..."

Gray looked towards the path as he saw nothing but just mountains and mountains.

"You ready to do this?" Gray asked "No turning back."

"What do you think? Of course I am Ice Princess." Natsu told Gray, a smile on his face.

"Heh, if you say so Flame Brain." Gray told Natsu, a smile on his face as well.

Then without saying another word, the two had set out on ther four year journey in order to get stronger. Who knew how much the two would change during these four years.

End of Prologue

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