I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.

I am dedicating this story to my best friend of six years now, Shanté. She has helped my through a lot. She has been there when no one else has, and through my bad times and good times. Like I said in that thing we did in year five, 'I hope we are best friends untill we are old and wrinkly'. You truly are my best friend. :)

-Chapter 1-

It was a normal day in the guild, Fairy Tail. It was loud, rambunctious and there were brawls starting everywhere. The usual. Natsu was sitting at the bar talking to Mirajane and Happy about the latest mission they went on, waiting for his favourite Celestial Mage to show up. Then suddenly the guild doors burst open and Loke, Lucy's most powerful Celestial Spirit, came bursting in holding what looked like a small girl in his arms. He had a frantic look on his face. As soon as Natsu spotted him, he shot up out of his seat and ran over with a worried look on his face.

"Where's Lucy?" Natsu demanded in distress. "She-She's here," Loke held up his arms for Natsu to see. "What the hell happened to her?!" He shouted, rage taking over.

"When I came out of the Spirit World, I found her like this, all bruised and scratched in the forest!" The Lion Spirit explained frantically. "You what?!" Natsu screamed, taking the child into his arms and holding her protectively.

"I sensed something was going on and I came out to see if she was okay, and like I said, found her like this! So I then ran all the way here!" Loke explained again. "What is going on?!" Erza came and pushed everyone back so she could see, Gray right behind her.

Natsu stood there with a look of pure rage on his face, glaring at nothing in particular. "It's Lucy," Loke told the Re-quip mage. "Get Wendy!" Natsu barked out. Everyone started shouting for the young healer. When she emerged from the infirmary, gasping at what she saw.

"What happened?" She asked, a look of worry crossing her features. "Loke found her like this," The Fire Dragon Slayer supplied the information for the girl. Natsu looked down at the girl in his arms and looked at her face, how could someone do this?

When they arrived in the infirmary, Natsu gently put the Celestial Mage down in one of the beds, but stayed by her side. Wendy then started to examine her and when she finished examining her, she said, "We need to get Levy in here. She can do a better job at examining her,". The said girl went up to Lucy and started to read a book with her Gale-Force glasses.

"She's been put under a spell," The blue-haired girl explained, "What kind of spell?" Natsu inquired. "It's a spell that makes the person the caster wishes, turn into a four year old again. It's says, that the victim of the spell will be stuck a child for 2-6 months!". Everybody froze at that statement.

"How do we get rid of the spell?" Gray asked, worried for his teammate, "There is no current cure for it. The only way for her to get back to normal is wait for it to wear off," Levy told them. Every one was silent, thinking of some other way to get by this. "Well, if that's the case, then... who is gonna look after her?" Erza asked the question everyone wanted to know the answer to.

"I could do it!"

"No, I'll do it!"

"What about me?!"

"SHUT UP!" Everyone was silent at the Fire Mage's outburst. "I'll look after Lucy," he simply stated. No-one wanted to argue with the angry Dragon Slayer, so they all nodded their heads in agreement. "We will stay at her house and look after her, right Happy?"

"Aye, sir!" The blue Exceed replied in a happy tone. The girl on the bed suddenly stirred and jolted up. "Mama!" She screamed and everyone covered their ears and cringed. Natsu was the first to react and sat down next to the crying girl.

He wrapped his arms around her small figure and cradled her. "Hey, it's okay. You're safe with me," he said in a gentle voice. Everyone was surprised at the action and either stared or left the room, giving them some privacy. "Natsu?" She whispered into his chest, "Yeah, it's me," he replied, kissing the top of her head. "You liiike her," Happy said out of no-where. "Shut up," the Salamander retorted, sending the cat to go sulk at the bar, saying how he was being mean.

They were silent for a while, until her sobs died down to mere sniffles. "Who were all those people?" She asked, his eyes widened. She didn't remember?

"They are your friends," he replied, the girl nodding. "What do you remember before waking up?" He asked. "I-I don't remember anything except you," she whispered. He was surprised, to say the least. "Anything else? Like if you saw anyone or anything?" He said in a questioning manner. She shook he head no.

She got off him and wiped her nose and eyes. Natsu looked down at her and sighed. What was he going to do?

He stood up and went to pick her up, he realized that she was only wrapped in her shirt that she, he assumed, was going to wear to the guild that day. He panicked and quickly picked her up and ran down the stairs, to where Mira was. "Mira! We need to go and get her some clothes!" He shouted. "What do you mean, Ash For Brains?" Gray asked.

"You wanna go, stripper?!"

"Anytime, Flame Head!"

"Are you two fighting?" Erza inquired. They immediately hooked their arms over the others shoulder and said "No, Erza!"

"Good, now what were you going to ask, Natsu?"

"Uh, we need to go clothes shopping for Luce," he replied. "I would love to go with you!" Mira suddenly piped up. "Erm, I-I guess?" It was more of a question than an answer. Mira squealed in excitement and nearly fainted. In the mean time, Lucy was on Natsu's hip clinging onto his scarf like a life line and was staring at all the strange people. She tugged on his scarf to get his attention.

"Natsu?" She asked in a small voice. He looked down at the small child in his arms and replied, "Yeah, Luce?"

"I wanna go home," she answered. "Uh, Sure. We can go home," he replied in a gentle voice. She softly smiled up at him, everyone cooing and awing in the background.

"Happy, you coming?" Natsu shouted over to the blue cat, "Yeah," the Exceed replied.

Natsu started to walk out of the guild doors when he heard Erza yell, "Make sure you take good care of her, or else!" And he replied with a shaky, "Aye, sir!"

They started to walk home under the stars when he felt a small weight on his chest and looked down to see a head of blonde hair leaning on his chest with the end of his scaly White scarf clutched in one of her small fists. Don't worry, I'll make sure whoever did this to you will pay.

-A/N-

first chapter, yeah! Hope you enjoyed!