Fairy Tail

is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being collected and published in tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, with 16 released as of August 2009. An anime adaptation that will be produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight is expected to be released in Japan on October 12, 2009. The series follows the adventures of the sorceress Lucy Heartfilia after she joins the Fairy Tail Guild and partners with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.

The series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008.

Plot
A young sorceress,, travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical. Along the way, she meets, a teenage boy looking for a dragon named. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer. He offers her membership into the guild, which she accepts, and they become a team performing various missions for the Fairy Tail guild.