Mended: A Broken Story

Drifting

July 11th

~Natsu~
Where... Where am I? It's dark, that's one thing for sure.

"Natsu..."

That was-

"Lucy? Lucy! Where are you?"

Hey, I think I see a way out!

Eh, where am I now? It was dark but, I could see since the place was covered in flames.

Wait... FIRE?! HOW THE HELL AM I NOT GETTING BURNED?!

"Son, you're as dense as usual."

And that... That's-

"Igneel!" I smiled brightly and turned to see a huge dragon.

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" I freaked a bit and the dragon laughed.

"Natsu, it's still me!" the dragon continued to laugh.

"Igneel?"

"Natsu, look how much you've grown! I haven't seen you in over 400 years!"

"400 YEARS?!"

"That's right. You don't remember your time in Earthland." the dragon's claw poked my forehead and suddenly-

"Nani? Igneel! What was that?"

"That, Natsu, was your power restored to you. You lost the pure fire of a dragon slayer when E.N.D. had corrupted your soul. When your soul ended up on Earth, your power disappeared completely."

I felt it. Magic. It was pulsing through every fiber of my being.

"You've also had your Earthland memories restored as well. They might be painful to watch though..." Igneel looked sad.

"Papa!"

"Eh?"

"That must be one of them, Natsu. In Earthland, you had a daughter, who adored you. Her name was Nashi."

"Nashi... And Nashi's mother was-"

"Natsu! What are you doing just standing there? We have to go to the guild!"

Lucy's voice shouted through the fire-covered area.

"Lucy. I married Lucy! I married the most beautiful wizard ever!!!" I started acting like a high school girl who just got noticed by senpai.

"Don't get too cocky, son..." Igneel, the dragon, sweat-dropped and other voice erupted.

"I did it. I found it."

"That's Gray..."

"His own darkness blinded him and he opened the seal that I placed inside of you to hold him."

"Him, Igneel?"

"E.N.D., the only demon I couldn't destroy..."

"Demon?"

"Don't you see it, Natsu?"

Someone else appeared in the fire-lit room. He looked exactly like me but, his eyes were the color of blood.

"You... You've already taken away his first life! What more could you want?!" Igneel shouted.

"Buzz off, Ig." the copy smirked and Igneel disappeared.

"Igneel! What'd you do to him?!" I began to shout and he put his hands up.

"Calm down, Natsu. I just wanted to talk." I slightly pulled down my defenses and he began to speak.

"Look, I only wanted one thing. I wanted to find my parents, the real ones, not the dragon who tried to kill me at first sight." he cringed.

"Then, why? Why did you destroy everything in Earthland?!"