Fairy tail:the jewel is born

Part 4

It's been a long walk, I hear them talking about how they're going on a quest and yodda yodda yodda, for some reason I fall to the ground, Natsu hears the small "pat" noise and gasps, I am out cold. 6 hours later... I wake up to an old man staring at me. Is that a jesters hat he's wearing? I don't care. But he does, his eyes start to tear up and he hugs me. "My oh my." He says. "I thought I would never see you again." "I'm sorry." I say. "Whatever they did to me made me lose my memory." "I know" he says, "I watched them do it to you." "What?" I say. "Yeah gramps, what're you talking about?" Natsu asks. "9 months ago, I was teaching some kids magic, to defend themselves from the people that encased Lance and many others, and put an end to their memory. Lance was my favorite student, at the time I didn't know his name, but I did know he was leading with me, his spirit was free and his movements were his and his alone, every move or spell I taught him, he would personalize it, to fit his style of magic, haha... It always worked perfectly, until that one fateful day, and on that day..." He winced and teared up for the second time, with tears streaming down his eyes he started to speak again, "They caught him off guard, he thought each and every one of those awful monsters that trapped his family and friends were completely gone, he started to hand me a gift box and smiled at me, he had that smile that made your body tingle with joy. 'Here gramps, I know it's been rough but without you... I don't know what I would do, and I just want to thank you' I have that wonderful conversation scarred into my brain, after that they threw one of those amulets at him, and the horror in his eyes when he was sucked into that awful thing, and now all he knows is Natsu. Oh that poor boy. I am trusting you to take good care of him, I'll try to find a way to bring him his memory back. In the meantime, Natsu you must teach him to fight." "FIGHT?!?!?" I ask him. "Yes, we NEED you to fight, I cannot say why, but it is very important, without you, a thousand like you will lose their memory and become slaves. And if you decline, Natsu can do whatever he wants with you, and you will see how the others are treated." The old man's eyes narrowed. "So, Natsu, what will you do with him if he declines?" Natsu grinned. "Let's just say it has to do with some really giant, really sweaty, really stinky socks and you will be in the middle of it, you want that?" "No, please no, sir." I say. Hey don't get me wrong, i want to help my people, but if I could change to big right now, this kid would be going down, but for now he has one two many feet on me so I think I'll stay away from the socks. "Alright." He said. He grabbed me by the leg, I hate that, and threw me in the air then changed me back. Why I was out cold, I'll never know, but I am excited.