Lobster

On a beach late at night, the waves were crashing against the sand and the rocks that were in their path.

A child was dressed in a black high collar robe with a large white toga draped around his torso.

He had short black hair, dark eyes and abnormally sharp canines, in his hand was a pendant of himself and another child that had cherry blossom pink hair.

He had a look of sorrow on his face and he muttered to himself. "Another failure.. I wish those old men would just leave me alone to my research."

His name was Zeref Dragneel and he had lost his family but was in the pursuit of a way to bring back his brother.

He was seeking all kind of possible paths available to him but most were not ethical means that would be accepted by any of the older generation that saw his pursuits as dangerous.

Zeref continued to stare blankly at the picture on the pendant in his hand and he occasionally showed a look of sorrow. "I am all alone."

As if answering the call from his lonely soul that needed to be supported during his time of need, something washed up on the shore in front of his feet. "Hm?"

His black eyes looked down towards the small creature that was a dark red colour and had pincers, it was a small and weak lobster that he would not be able to survive if it was left alone.

It reminded him of the brother that was so easily taken from him by the dragons that were difficult creatures to fight back against so he felt the urge to take care of the lobster.

Rather than putting it back into the sea, he had picked it up to take it away with him.

He walked back towards his home with the lobster in his arms and kept it by his side as his pet and only companion.

It was by his side during the failures and successes that he had encountered during his journey towards resurrecting his brother.

There were obstructions from those around him at every turn when he started to dive deeper into the connections between life and death.

Mildian Magic Academy was the main place that he and the lobster had lived and where most of his research was done.

The lobster was his only comfort in the cruel world that wished to deny his wish of getting his brother back.

That was until one day that there was a sudden malfunction that happened with one of the magic research projects that had become too volatile and exploded.

The lobster was lost and Zeref was alone once again, he later found success with different projects and created many demons along with the demon that was END but that was only after a tragedy that would later take place within the academy.

What he did not know was that the continued exposure to all kinds of chemicals and magical research over the years had caused a slight mutation to the lobster that had been by his side all that time.

Zeref was later removed from the academy for breaching the sacred teachings of Ankhseram and had met a similar fate of being corrupted by something once he was cursed by Ankhseram and then killed everyone around him with the curse of contradiction.

The lobster was left behind since it was believed to be dead when it was exposed to the leaking contaminants and the explosion that had followed but it had miraculously survived.

Once the rubble had been removed once Zeraf had left to go on a journey all on his own, the lobster had finally emerged and it looked far more energetic than ever before.

It had intelligence in its eyes and the moment that the survivors that were not near Zeraf at the time of his mass killing had appeared in its eyes, it had shown a look of disdain towards them as it thought to himself. 'Damn conformist posers.'

He had watched on as his only companion in life that treated him well had been met with constant scoldings and as the elders rallied together to scold and punish Zeraf.

The lobster developed a natural hatred towards groups and those that were a part of some kind of power structure that made and enforced any kind of laws.

There was a deep disdain and hatred inside of the lobster that had only grew as time had passed which would help to contribute towards its future nickname as a 'Menace to Society'.

For the time being, it had went over the research that it had remembered from its time by the side of Zeraf and had stayed as a pet at the academy.

That was until the day that one old man had tried to cook him and he had had enough..