Fairy Tail New Generation: The Curse of the Phoenix

Chapter 1 - Prologue

*DISCLAIMER: Fairy Tail is not mine. I only own some original characters from the new generation. Other characters and most of the magic abilities belong to Hiro Mashima.

"Come on, Dad, it's noon already," I shouted from the living room to my father who was still blanking out on his bed, wearing nothing but shorts. His crimson hair was messy and his face looked like he really needed hours of sleep. I didn't know what he did last night, but he did come home very late—well, he usually hang around the guild, though. "Dad!" I shouted once again as I didn't get any response for a full one minute.

Still, silence, until mom decided to go in and say, "You can just go by yourself, Lu!" She seemed to be shouting from the kitchen, still cleaning the mess up after our breakfast—anyway, my father had breakfast together with us but went straight back to the bed and fell just like that. "Your dad won't be waking up, at least for now," she said again.

"Uh," I groaned, "well if that's the case, I'm off, Mom!"

"Pfft, Lucy's being called 'Mom'," another voice was heard from the kitchen.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT, YOU CAT!" Mom replied in a way that you would never want to experience. It was Happy, a blue Exceed who grew up with my father. As an Exceed, it seemed like the time was different for him as he didn't even change a bit while I grew up.

"Wait, Lucas, I'm coming too!" Happy shouted as he flew in a high speed toward me. In the same time, sounds of metal kitchen utensils clashing around were heard. "Your mom is still scary."

I chuckled at him. "I'm off, Mom!"

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Anyway, my name is Lucas Dragneel. Just from the name, you should've known, though, I'm the only son of the infamous Flame Dragon Slayer Natsu Dragneel and Lucy Heartfilia—I mean, Lucy Dragneel. I once heard that Heartfilia was a very renowned family, but it seems like Mom never have the urge to tell me the story behind her name. I'm currently 17 years old. Mom and dad said it has been 24 years since the last battle with the Alvarez Empire.

Fairy Tail is the guild that we're going to, a famous mage guild located in the town of Magnolia. It is now ruled by the eighth master, Laxus Dreyar—the one I believe to be the strongest mage in the guild for the time being. The last master, the seventh, died not long after the last battle with the Alvarez Empire. Somebody said it that the throne would be given back to the sixth master, Erza Scarlet—my parents' former teammate, but in the meantime, she, along with my parents' team, were in a 100-year mission. For such reason, Laxus was appointed to be the next master instead, since he was the grandson of the previous master. It was just a saying, though. I personally think he was really a candidate for the next master even before the previous master fell sick.

Speaking of that 100-year quest, yes, my parents and their teammates—Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet—

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"Hey, I was there too during the 100-year quest!" Happy, who was walking next to my feet, complained, hitting my shoes.

I glared down at him who was walking right next to me. "Could you not wreck the narration, please?"

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—yes, and also Happy, did go on one. But it didn't went so well—to put it simply, my mom said it ended horribly. They failed, in a way that they hadn't ever expected, in a way that they would never want for it to happen again. When I asked mom what the mission was, never had she answered me even one time. She just described it as a 'Horrible Mission'. The same goes for dad. But from what I heard is that they suffered from a catastrophic experience and went straight home after that.