This one-shot takes place almost seventy years after the events in the last chapter/episode of Fairy Tail. The characters in this one-shot will be Natsu Dragneel, mentions of the rest of the guild members, and some kids that are OCs without names.

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The strongest magic guild in Fiore has expanded in almost every aspect of the word. For example, the building had to be renovated to fit all the brand new members. Merchandise for all the members have been made, even of those who passed away. No one will ever forget how Fairy Tail and the guilds of Fiore saved the Magic World, especially Fairy Tail on numerous occasions.

But the years, of course, took their toll on everyone. The master stepped down after three more years, appointing the notorious Gildarts as officially the eighth master of the guild. He then retired from the guild after a year of overseeing from the second floor. About four weeks after, Laxus went to his house to visit with his child when he found the old man in his chair, not breathing, but a peaceful and solemn look on his features. The news spread to the entire guild, and while some did not know who the old man was, the ones who did were certainly affected the most by his passing. Every one of them had their hearts touched by the old man in one way or another, and on the day of his funeral; not a single one of the girls held back their tears while almost all of the males joined them.

Team Natsu and Shadow Gear almost all settled down. Gray finally accepted to go out with Juvia and they found it was the best situation. He proposed three years after, from some encouragement from Natsu and Elfman. They had two kids, each inheriting one of their magics.

Elfman in turn finally stopped his "Manly Performance" and settled down with Evergreen. The two got married and lived a happy life with one kid who had his own specialty of magic that wasn't Takeover, or Fairy magic, but rather, wolf magic. The ability to track, think, and attack like a wolf. But he soon inherited his father's "Manly Charade".

Lucy finally found a date that wasn't part of the guild, but rather was a normal man. They found each other on the Lacrima app "Linger" and met. They went on more dates until she declared it official and retired from her life as a mage. They had a daughter and would show up at the guild from time to time to show her off to Lucy's family.

Jellal and Crime Sorciér we're cleared from all their crimes and became a legal guild. All free to do as they wished so long as it was legal. He and Erza finally gave it a shot, and what started as a small crush from both ends, soon blossomed into love and marriage. Erza took her two week leave of absence and they went on their honeymoon. Coming back with exciting news for the entire guild.

Wendy and Chelia finally tied the knot once they were both of age. They adopted a little girl who specializes in Sky Devil Slayer magic.

Gajeel and Levy made it official after being caught doing the "Horizontal Tango" in the guild library one day by Natsu, who was there to expand on his education. He said nothing, but the two decided to come out with it and announced that she was pregnant. They got married after having twins.

Charle and Happy finally mated and had a few kids of their own.

The only one who didn't settle down was the leader of the two previously joined teams. S-Class mage Natsu Dragneel still went on adventures after everyone got together. Instead, he decided that he should actually try to work up an education, and used the money he had saved up from previous years to apply to a university. He surprised everyone when they heard the news, and that he got accepted into the most prestigious school. He got his Doctorate and then went back to the guild to continue his life as a mage. He even bore a new outfit. Gone was the black vest with gold trims, white trousers, and black sandals. Now he wore a sleeveless undershirt and a black jacket that didn't limit his movement whatsoever. On his legs were white combat pants, with black combat boots to join him. When asked why he didn't have a girlfriend, he would simply say that he was honestly scared of that type of commitment. And if it did lead to something more, his magic was slightly different than Gajeel and Wendy. The female Dragon Slayer's body was meant to produce a child after her and Chelia got an embryo transfer from someone who was kind enough to oblige, and Gajeel's magic could design a safety mechanism for his unborn child. While Natsu's case was different.

Not only was he still part demon, his Fire Dragon Slaying Magic was meant to cause destruction. Not only that, but his Flames of Emotion would also rise if the child were to inherit his magic. If the child did, the chance for the mother to not survive the pregnancy or the chance for a stillbirth was too high. It was a risk he couldn't take, and a pain he wouldn't be able to handle it.

He did find somebody, though. One day he announced that he would leave on a three year training trip, and to see if he would be able to find any Dragons or even Dragon Slayers out in the world. He saw someone who resembled his brother and the first master, but he knew it was their reincarnations who don't remember him or the guild. Hell, he even met a doctor that resembled Acnologia's human form. One day he was out, and found a female Dragon Slayer that was his age. The two started a relationship that could've blossomed into something more, but she died after a group of mages who hunted Dragon Slayers found them and murdered her. He killed them all in his rage, and after that, he closed himself off to loving someone like he did her. He always knew that somehow, he would never find someone else like her again.

So, after everyone went and got hitched, he took solo S-Class missions. Sure, he would miss the times with his team, even Gray and him finally got over their rivalry and started acting as true brothers. But he never complained about it.

Twenty years passed and the children of the mages all called him Uncle Natsu. He continued training everyday, and took up Gildarts' spot of the Ace of the Guild. The kids had their own and the ginger-haired master knew that his time was coming for him to step down as well. He looked around and noticed how Natsu was bringing everyone together again to tell them another story he went with his team, who had all stopped being active mages. He made his decision right there on who would be successor, and knew that the previous masters were looking down upon him with pride.

He made the announcement and announces that Natsu would be the new Master of Fairy Tail. Everyone cheered as the old man stepped off the stage and Natsu took over.

Thirty years passed and the members who started first started settling down started to feel their lives dwindle. Gildarts passed away fifteen years before, and Natsu gave a speech about the man who was his father figure. He and Cana both recognized each other as kind of Step-siblings. Laxus was next, passing away after a battle with Cancer. Erza's time came for her and Jellal while on a cruise. The ship wrecked and all of the passengers including them were killed.

Gray and Juvia both fell asleep for their last time, in each other's embrace. Lucy had died after a heart attack. Elfman and Evergreen suffered the same fate as Gray and Juvia.

Finally, it has been sixty seven years after the events of the Alvarez War. Wendy and Chelia passed away peacefully in their sleep, Gajeel died four years after his wife Levy had, finally meeting her in the afterlife.

Natsu was the last one alive. Walking out of his office, he finally understands why Makarov called everyone his brats, but how he always loved them. He sat down at the one spot that was kept from the guild all those years ago. The Master's barstool. He looked at his children and remembered when Makarov sat him down on his lap one time there when he was a kid, looking over at every one of the members. He smiled.

The kids of the guild all came up to him, they all looked like his friends yet younger.

"Master Natsu! Tell us another story!" The one who resembled Gray requested. Juvia's counterpart agreed.

"Yeah, Gramps! Tell us about the war and how you fought your brother!" Gajeel's mini-me yelled. He laughed at that, remembering his old days of calling Makarov that same name, saying that was the old man's way of payback.

The youngling got smacked on the head by a red-headed girl wearing the exact suit of armor that Erza did when she was a kid. "You shouldn't speak to Master Natsu like that!"

He laughed with joy. "You know, you remind me of your great grandmother! Man was she a hard hitter."

"Tell you what. I'll tell you about another story. One that's never been told before." He grabbed Wendy's mini-me and sat her on his lap. "About my journey before being a guild master."

The kids all sat down around him, starry eyed and all.

"Now. I left one day to get stronger. I told everyone where I would be, what I was doing, and how I was. I'd call in every two months about my condition."

"While I was out and about, I met many people, but I also met dragons. There was one named Valith. He was a scary one, but nice once you got to know him. He taught me new ways to control my fire and enter my Dragon Force with free will. After we parted, he gave me this here hat." He pointed to the cowboy hat on his head, a black and azure blue scale pattern looking just like his scarf.

"I continued on my journey until I met this beautiful woman. She too was a Dragon Slayer like me, not a fire type, but a smoke type. Man. I think about her to this day. She was everything I wasn't, and vice versa. Two sides to the same coin. But one day while we were out, we ran into some bad people. Dragon Hunters, we call them. They hunted us slayers down, calling us a threat to humanity like Acnologia. They got her and man did I fight like hell. You know the no-killing rule this guild used to have?" They all nodded. "After this incident, we changed it to 'No killing unless last resort'. Pains me to this day."

"What did you do?"

"Well I did what I always did. I lived on for her. Because you don't die for your friends-"

""You live for them."" They all echoes. He smiled and laughed heartedly.

"That's right my children. And when I finally left our place, I remembered something she told me. "I will always live within you, for you are living for me." I loved that woman with everything I had, and knowing that I'm going to see her soon, makes my life all the more happier." He set down the child.

"Now. Erza 'Titania' Scarlet. She was a warrior of justice, but she had a terrible origin story. Her life started out as a slave. But she escaped and vowed that she wouldn't show weakness ever again. Mirajane 'The Demon' Strauss lost her parents when she was young. Her sister then disappeared for two years and she shut herself away from magic. Gray Fullbuster. His parents were all killed by a Demon from the Book of Zeref: Deliora. Lucy Heartfilia. Her mom sacrificed herself to bring me and four others to this time. Then her dad died while she was in a sleep like state."

"Why are you telling us this?"

"Because we had a horrible life growing up. But we picked ourselves off the ground, shook off those shackles, and moved forward, knowing that in order to protect our family, we must grow stronger together. That is what makes a Fairy Tail mage. Not by how much power you have, but how far you're willing to use that power to protect those around you, even if it costs your life."

The clock rang, signaling time to close, and he stood up and smiled.

"Everyone! After this day, I will be retiring. I've lived a long life, and I've figured out that I must join my friends on the other side finally. I'm over four hundred, nearing five, years old and I must step down as your master. I loved raising every single one of you, and I hope I did a great job. My successor will be..."

Well. We don't need to name that.

He went home that day, not to the house the town provided him, but to the shack that stood tall and proud in the woods. Passed a missy sign that could barely be read. "Natsu and Happy" it said, and inside he went. He had kept it clean and dusted over the years and finally decided to return.

The two hammocks were still hanging, and he laid on his, patting a green nap sack that laid on the other.

"I'll see you soon, everyone."

Natsu Dragneel, The Salamander, closed his eyes for the last time.

When he opened them, he stood in front of the guildhall, but not the one he was the master of.

No

The one he had first ever walked into. And what greeted him inside, was something that put a smile on the old man turned into teenager's face as he opened the doors.

"About time you showed up, 'Master Natsu'!" A cold hand clapped him on the back. Looking behind him, he saw Gray Fullbuster, with a shit-eating grin on his face. Not the old man that had passed years before, but the same one from when they had finally won the war. I'm fact, everyone seemed to go back to those days, except Makarov and Warrod. Makarov looked just like he did when he became master and Warrod looked as he did during his travels with Mavis, Yuri, and Prechtt.

"Jesus, you're dead but still strip? I thought you would've stopped!" The two butt heads for a moment and started laughing whole heartedly, hugging each other afterwards.

"We missed you man."

They released and he was slammed into an iron breastplate. "Glad you're finally with us, 'Master'!" Erza jokes and hugged the man. He returned it with full force.

"I was right. Your great granddaughter is just like you." He left and stood beside Makarov, Mavis, and Prechtt, giving the short man a hug. "In fact, everyone's great grandchildren looks exactly like their double from when we were kids and acts like them two. A whole bunch of brats!" He and Makarov shared a laugh as they both knew the painful trouble. "Heck! Gray's double and Mira's even called me 'Gramps'!" And a roar of laughter followed. They released and he went to the middle. Saying his hellos to everyone until he ran into the final two people he needed to see.

"Welcome home, my son." A large crimson dragon stood tall and proud as he lowered himself to the young man. Natsu hugged his snout for the longest time.

"Hey, dad. I missed you."

"I missed you as well. But there's someone that can't wait to see you behind me." He raised his tail and out from under it ran up a woman in tears.

"Natsu."

"Maria." The two wrapped up into a warm embrace that seemed to last eons.

"You're home."

"And I'm not ever leaving."

The guild of Fairy Tail threw a party the only way they knew how, and to say it was amazing would be a huge understatement.

Everyone was finally home.

End

This one is shorter than the rest, but I feel as though this was the best turnout.

Let me know what you think, and ideas for the next short stories are always helpful as well. If there's someone you'd like to see, or an OC you'd like me to add in, comment and I'll put them in.