Chapter 1

Year x370…

A large red dragon was laying in a cave with one eye open and his head down on the ground. He was a large crimson colored dragon. He had beige colored scales on his chest and underside, as well as on the bottom of his feet. He had beige skin on the webbing of his wings, and it was slightly tattered, as well as dark red spikes running up his back. He had large red claws on his hands and feet, and a large pointed snout with an "X" shaped scar on it. He had a long neck that also had spikes on it. His head had a beige lower jaw, and his upper jaw had a spike and the end. He had 4 horns pointing out the back of his head, and two fin like pieces on the side of his head. This dragon was Igneel.

He heard some rustling in the bushes outside of his cave. He raised his large head, and his neck moved it 10 feet in to the air. He looked out and saw a head of black hair come into view. Soon a man, no taller than 5 feet 10 inches stepped out. He looked to be no older than 20. He had a kind smile, yet it held much pain, as well as razor sharp pointed teeth. He was wearing high collared black robes featuring a golden trim, and a white flowing toga draped across his torso from his left shoulder to his right hip as well as a loose piece of the toga hanging down to the back of his knees. He held a boy that looked no older than 4 years of age in his arms. The boy had a head of pink spiky hair and was wrapped in a brown blanket. The only thing he was wearing was a pair of beige shorts with no shoes or shirt. This man was Zeref Dragneel.

Igneel asked in his gruff voice, "What do I owe the pleasure of a visit from the black wizard?" in a bit of a mocking tone.

Zeref smiled and then Igneel questioned as he was startled, "What are you doing with a child and why does the child smell so much like a demon?!"

Zeref kept his smile and said, "This is my younger brother, Natsu Dragneel. He smells like a demon because he is one, my most powerful one to be exact. His full name is E.N.D, or Etherious Natsu Dragneel, but just call him Natsu."

"How is your brother a demon?" questioned Igneel.

"I resurrected him as a demon."

Igneel took a step back, as he was now a little afraid, which is saying something given that he is a dragon. "So you're a cursed one?!" Igneel shouted in shock.

Zeref said, "Yes, I am. That is why I can use black magic." he formed a ball of pitched black energy in his hand.

Igneel, regaining his composure, asked, "So why have you brought me a child?"

Zeref smirked, "I want you to raise him." Igneel gasped, "What?! I could never raise a child! The mighty Igneel is too dignified to belittle himself with such a task!"

Zeref kept his smirk as he thought of using Igneel's huge ego against him, "Metalicana, Grandeeney, Weisslogia, and Skiadrum are raising children of their own. If they can do it but you can't, wouldn't that make them stronger dragons than you? That would be quite peculiar given that you are a dragon king and all..." Igneel grit his teeth as Zeref's grin grew.

Igneel caved into his demands, "Fine! What do you want me to do with him anyways?"

Zeref replied, "I want you to teach him dragon slayer magic. He is a demon, so he has limits far beyond any human, so I expect you to teach him everything, including dragon force, and from this he can fullfill a goal mutually beneficial to both of us."

"And what would that be?"

"To kill Acnologia."

"WHAT?! Do you understand how outrageous that is! Even I can't kill that fake dragon... AND I'M ALMOST 1,000 YEARS OLD!" shouted Igneel in shock and a bit in anger, "You want me to train your younger brother, who for the record looks no older than 4, and train him to kill the most powerful creature in existence. That is impossible."

Zeref continued talking calmly with his soft smile, "It is not that strange. He is strong enough that by the time he is twenty he should be able to kill me, an immortal. He will be more than capable of killing Acnologia."

"If you say so. I will do my best, but just know, you could die, and that blood would be on your hands." Lectured Igneel.

Zeref nodded his head, "I understand all too well, Igneel. I have a few more things I want you to know. I do not want you to tell him that he is a demon and that he is my brother. If someone were to figure out his connection to me, he would surely be targeted for that. He currently has no memories before now, so he will be easy to teach and convince. If there is no avoiding the topic however, you may tell him."

He then handed Natsu to Igneel, who picked him up in his large clawed hand. Igneel was about to ask Zeref something, but before he could do that Zeref had disappeared in a wisp of black smoke. Igneel looked down at Natsu who was still sleeping and said, "You don't look that scary for a demon."

Natsu slowly stirred as his eyes fluttered open and looked up at Igneel with wide eyes and wade a wow sound. He then asked, "Are you a dragon?! I always wanted to see a dragon!"

Igneel was pleasantly surprised that the boy wasn't scared but chuckled and said with a large amount of pride in his voice, "I'm not just any dragon, I am the great Fire Dragon King, Igneel!" And so the two started their small journey together.

x376…

It had been 6 years since Natsu had started his training with Igneel, and he was now 10 years old and was now 4 feet 7 inches tall. Igneel had been training him vigorously, so he already had a very defined muscular body. He had mastered dragon slayer magic to a point that he could now fight Igneel to some degree without getting absolutely destroyed in a fight, although Igneel only used 25% of his total strength. Igneel knew that if Natsu had to be able to kill Acnologia, then he would need to be stronger than even him, so he gave Natsu experience with killing dragons. He had racked up a count of over 30 dragons and now has to worry about covering his scent and tracks as to no draw any attention to him from the anti-human faction.

Natsu was waking up in the cave as the rays of light shined onto his face. He was leaning against a large scaly dragon, this being Igneel. Natsu opened his eyes and cursed the sun quietly as he could not eat it. Natsu was about to do what he does every morning, which is fill Igneel's nostrils with charcoal, but stopped as he remembered his dream from last night and thought it would be wise that if he wanted answers from Igneel, he would need to be kind to him today. Igneel tended to brush off sensitive questions, but he needed answers. He walked up to Igneel head and shook him awake.

Igneel raised his large head into the air and roared, "WHO DARES WAKE THE MIGHTY IGN-" He then looked down, "Oh, it's you, Natsu." Igneel was curious. He wholeheartedly expected Natsu to shove charcoal in his nose, but it didn't happen. He decided to brush it aside for now. Igneel said, "I expect you to be ready for training when I get back."

Natsu said, "Okay dad!" Igneel was puzzled. He knew that Natsu was never this cooperative but he just thought, 'If he is being more cooperative, it makes my life a whole lot easier.' Igneel, with one flap of his giant wings, thrust himself into the air and flies away to go and get breakfast for himself and Natsu.

10 hours later…

Natsu had just finished his training for the day which consisted of a harsh workout that no human could accomplish, but luckily Natsu wasn't a human. It started with meditation for 2 hours, as he started at 8:00 in the morning. He did this so that he could focus his magic and not waste any. He had a tendency to expel large amounts of magic from himself, and he was working to make it so that all the magic he used went towards combat and his magic attacks only. He then had to learn for 2 hours, which he hated from the beginning of his training, but then a woman named Anna started teaching Natsu, which made it much easier. She taught him almost anything a normal person should know, and much more. She also had "The Talk" with him, which Igneel thought he shouldn't have as he was too young, but Anna did it anyways. One thing that he thought was peculiar about her though was that she had so much inside and personal knowledge about Acnologia.

Igneel then trained him after lunch for 6 hours in physical workouts. The first 3 hours consisted of training his muscles to get stronger, such as when Igneel makes Natsu climb a mountain with a 40 ton boulder strapped to his back… 20 TIMES! He then works on his magic for 2 hours, creating new spells, and perfecting his control over his fire as to not waste magic. He has recently developed fire armor, which is where he covers himself in a thin layer of fire for protection, as well as scale armor, which is where he covers himself in dragon scales or just a part of his body for defense. One thing that interested Igneel about this ability is that his scales were silver instead of being red like the dragon they came from and stuck out in a spiky plated fashion rather than lay flat like traditional dragon scales. They also had a red glow emitting from beneath them and fire flowed out from the spaces beneath the scales. He then spars with Igneel for 1 hour so that he can get experience fighting dragons, although Igneel only goes at Natsu with 25% strength or else Igneel would absolutely destroy Natsu in a fight.

Igneel and Natsu were now eating a pile of deer that Igneel had gotten for them, and Natsu had cooked it himself for them. Natsu took a break from eating and said to Igneel, "You probably are wondering why I have been so cooperative today and didn't wake you up by shoving charcoal in your nose, right?"

Igneel replied, "Yes, yes I am. What is your explanation?"

"Well I know that you sometimes just brush off sensitive topics so I needed to get on your good side today."

Igneel was curious now, "Go on?"

Natsu inquired, "Who is Zeref?"

Igneel froze, 'HOW DOES HE KNOW ABOUT ZEREF?! I NEVER TOLD HIM ABOUT HIM!'

Igneel said in a much calmer voice as to not alert Natsu of anything. He really didn't want to tell him. He asked, "Why do you want to know?"

"Well for the past week I have been getting this odd reoccurring dream every night. I am 4 in all of the dreams. The first part is one of me sitting at a table inside of a house. There is a pink haired man that looks like me, but with shorter hair, and obviously is a fully grown man. There is black haired woman, who had large breasts like Anna, and this young boy, only a little older than me in the dream. I call the man dad, and I call the woman mom, and I call the black haired boy brother, as well as Zeref. It then cuts to another scene of dragons flying over the village burning everything in sight. I see my mom and dad dead, and then I die as Zeref tried to save me. It then shows another scene where I am in this weird transparent egg thing with bubbling liquid inside of it, and me floating in it. There are these black tendrils leading out of it all across the darkly illuminated room. Then a much older looking person that looks just like an older version of this Zeref guy comes in. He is wearing these black robes with golden trim on them and this thing, I think it was called a toga. He kneels down to he was at the same level as the egg thing, and sort of hugs it. He then says that he is my older brother, and that I am E.N.D, or Etherious Natsu Dragneel." explained Natsu.