Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

Fire Island

The beginning of this chapter was someone else's idea, but I don't remember who it was, and as for the rest of the chapter, the idea is mine.

16

Fire Island

Natsu was getting ready to go to the guild when a knock caught his attention. He opened his front door to find someone from the Magic Council standing there with a serious expression.

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "What would someone like you want with me? I haven't destroyed anything this time," he questioned rudely.

"That may be true, but that is not why I'm here." The man pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and looked at its contents. Without returning his eyes back to Natsu, he said, "Natsu Dragneel, on behalf of the Magic Council, we would like to know what had transpired here in Magnolia on the day of Easter. It says here that a lot of the townsfolk and all Fairy Tail Mages - minus yourself - have been emitted to the hospital to get their stomach pumped. We of the Council want to know why that is."

Natsu scrunched up his face. There was no way he could tell the Council that Zeref cursed him to be encased in a chocolate egg for everyone near him to eat until it wore off. They would want to know why Zeref was cursing him and how long he's been doing it, which were questions he didn't have answers for.

"All I know is that everyone was cursed to eat a bunch of chocolate eggs, and I was the only one not affected," he explained before slipping past the councilman, who tried to stop him, but Natsu ignored him. He needed to get to the guild, find a job, and avoid everyone from the Magic Council for a while until the Easter incident blew over.

Natsu was still in the forest when he came across a burning bush. He paused, wondering how a bush was on fire when it wasn't dry or hot out. He decided to investigate. He walked over to the fire with zero worries and sniffed the flames. It smelled normal, but he could tell there was magic involved. He opened his mouth wide and took a bite. Forest leaves and burning trees filled his mouth, but he was eating from a bush, so why was there a forest taste to it?

Natsu pulled away to think, but purple flames covered him as soon as he stood straight. He was startled, thinking someone tried to attack him, but he didn't smell anyone nearby. He tried to eat the new flames, but it was too late, the flames disappeared.

The pink-haired dragon slayer was confused as to what happened. He looked around, but the burning bush was gone along with the forest he knew. He didn't recognize where he was. The forest he stood in was filled with tall trees with a thick canopy. The air smelled of the forest, ocean breeze, and ash.

'What's burning?' Natsu wondered, so he climbed a tree and poked his head out of the leaves at the top. In the distance was smoke, but they were coming from more than one place. The sky was dark with black smoke, causing the island - for he was surrounded by water - to look like it had a permanent storm, but there was no rain or lightning. "Where the heck am I?" Natsu questioned aloud, knowing that Zeref had to be behind this.

He jumped back down to the grown in hopes of finding a note. He found it beside a pile of leaves that sparked and burned. Natsu picked up the note and began to read.

If you are reading this, then that means you found my cursed fire. You already see what it did. It sent you to this island that has no food, only fire. The only way off the island is if your friends find you. If they don't find you within a week, I'll come and get you myself. - Zeref

"No food...for a week...? HOW AM I GOING TO SURVIVE?!" Natsu shouted to the heavens for no one but him to hear.

"Has anyone seen Natsu?" asked Happy.