Meeting Natsu

"Wow! This place is so grand, old man!" Natsu exclaimed in surprise when he walked into the restaurant.

He was amazed by the beautiful decorations around the interior of the restaurant, then he saw something that deeply attracted his attention.

It was a statue of a creature that resembles a dragon, but, it was this statue that deeply attracted Natsu.

Because this statue looked too similar to Igneel, even the scars on the face of the dragon was similar to Igneel.

It was surrounded with flames and radiated a ferocity different from Igneel's majesty as the Fire Dragon King.

But, even so, it still delighted Natsu when he saw a statue of his Father here, it meant the one celebrating here may have seen Igneel.

Maybe he would also know where Igneel have gone to, Natsu was excited upon those thoughts, he took Makarov's hand and quickly asked.

"Old man, where is he?"

"What?" Makarov asked back a bit confused by what Natsu meant.

"Where is the one celebrating his birthday, I have questions." Natsu answered seriously which instead made him more cute instead.

"Excited are we? Alright, I'll take you to meet the protagonist of this party." Makarov laughed and then waved for a waiter and asked where John was.

After receiving the information that John was with Sebastian in a balcony on the second floor of the restaurant.

Makarov pulled Natsu up the second floor and searched among the different balconies on the second floor, finally in the one facing the Kardia Cathedral he saw John and Sebastian sitting there watching the hustle and bustle of the lively street.

John heard their footsteps and looked behind him and saw Makarov and Natsu, he smiled upon seeing the pink haired boy that was about the same age as him.

"You're here early, old man. Sadly we can't start the party yet, the others' has still not arrived at the party." John smiled at Makarov then turned to look at Natsu and asked.

"So, who's the kid? Is he a rookie who just joined?"

"Yes, I picked him up in the forest outside of Magnolia, he got good potential just a bit lower than yours, but he will grow to be a strong man for sure." Makarov answered with a proud smile for discovering Natsu.

"Right, I haven't introduced myself yet."

"Hello boy from the distant past, my name is John, an S-Class mage and the protagonist of this party." John stretched out his hand to Natsu.

Makarov's and Natsu's expressions changed upon John's words, they were bewildered at what John just said.

"What do you mean by that, John?" Makarov asked in confusion.

Although Natsu did not speak, his confused eyes already told them what he wanted to say, he also wanted to know what John meant by that.

"Only time will tell the meaning of the words I spoke of, when the time is right, all mysteries will be laid bare for you to see." John spoke mysteriously but Makarov got irritated by the way he spoke.

Makarov hand's extended and smacked John to the ground and complained loudly. "You damn brat! Stop with your flowery nonsense and just explain what you meant already!"

"It isn't nonsense, Old man! It's up to time to unvail the secrets of this boy, Natsu Dragneel!" John roared in protest to Makarov while rubbing his head that got smacked.

It was fun messing with the plot and altering it, but John didn't want to cause too big of an effect to bring upon changes that he can't handle, so regardless of how many times Makarov asked him about Natsu, all his answers remained the same.

"How did you know my name?" Natsu suddenly inserted in their banter, causing the two to look at him.

Upon hearing Natsu's words did Makarov remembered that he didn't introduced Natsu to John, so how could John know Natsu?

Makarov looked at John with a questioning glare, but John avoided his eyes and whistled like it was none of his business, Makarov sighed knowing he won't be getting the answer he wanted from the other party.

"Hey! Why are you ignoring me?! I'm asking how do you know my name?" Natsu shouted from the side once again attracting their attention.

"It doesn't matter, I know a lot of things about you, I know that you use the ancient dragon slaying magic, I know that you are taught by the Fire Dragon King Igneel, and I know that you are currently looking for Igneel." John said with a mysterious smile that blurred Natsu's knowledge of him more.

Natsu became annoyed at the way John acted so he jumped up and raised his fist which then ignited with flames as a red magic circle appeared on it and then punched, he shouted.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"

John smiled and a hexagonal shield appeared in front of him and blocked the punch, meanwhile a claw was already placed on Natsu's neck.

A gloomy magic power pressed on Natsu as he gasped for breath inside the area, John's eyes turned into slits as he warned Natsu.

"Control yourself, Natsu, other's won't be like me, remember to think first before you act lest you brought danger to those around you."

Then he withdrew his magic power leaving Natsu sweating on the spot, Makarov didn't interfere as this was indeed a valuable lesson to learn.

"I know you wanted to ask if I know Igneel, and yes I know him but that does not necessarily mean that he knows me."

"Anyway, don't be so full of questions and just enjoy the party for today." John smiled and took a sip of orange juice.

Natsu nodded with cold sweat, Makarov pulled him down back to the first floor to help him relax himself from the conversation just now.

"He really does feel like someone from the past." Sebastian spoke while looking at Natsu heading down the stairs.

"He feels out of touch with the people around him, right?" John asked with a smile.

"Yes, but that will fade out too as he lives with the people of this era, he really is as special as you said John."

A few moments earlier, inside Natsu was a world full of flames and lava with volcanoes erupting every now and then.

A dragon with dark red scales, strong muscles, and scars all over its body, it looked exactly the same as the one statue that Natsu was attracted to.

Except it exuded a dignified royal like aura instead of the ferocious beast like aura of the statue that Natsu has seen.

"This kid is not bad, he's comparable to some of the geniuses in my times." Igneel praised when he saw through the magic power of John.

"Still, how did this kid know that Natsu was from 400 years ago?" He muttered to himself when he heard what John said.

After a lot of complaining about John when he threatened Natsu, Igneel look at Sebastian, and it just so happens that their very eyes collided.

Sebastian smiled at the dragon with interest in his eyes which caused Igneel to shiver in fright, he quickly shook his head while thinking how could someone see him when he's inside Natsu.

Yet, when he raised his eyes he saw that the man in black clothes was still looking at him with interest.

'What kind of ancient antique did this guy come out from?!' Igneel thought with fear of the unknown which is Sebastian.