Ok, so this is a new story. It's also the first one I've posted here. So yay! I feel really good about this story, and I have most of it planned out! Please leave a review if you have the time. I'd really appreciate any advice, or helpful criticism, or even just your thoughts on the story. Now, let's do the disclaimer, and get on with this chapter, shall we?
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, however much I love the series! T-T
As soon as I woke up, I knew something was wrong. My body felt all out of proportion. I opened my eyes and looked down at my hand. In its place was a scaly, golden claw.
I let out a scream, but it came out as an animalistic roar. I scrambled out of bed, rushing to the bathroom as best I could on four legs. Clambering on top of the sink, I looked at my reflection in the mirror. What I saw caused me to roar again in surprise.
I was a small dragon. Roughly the size of a house cat, I was covered in golden scales. Small horns twisted out of me head. On my back was a pair of delicate wings. To test out my new, strange muscles, I tried to unfurl them. They opened up easily with a soft swishing sound.
Yes! This is amazing! I cheered in my head, but then I frowned. Brown eyes stared at me worriedly in the mirror. What am I supposed to do about this? I thought frantically.
"Happy! There's a teeny-tiny dragon in Lucy's bathroom!" Natsu's voice shouted from behind me.
I let out another terrified roar, and this time, a stream of flames burst from my mouth, scorching the mirror.
I whirled around to scold Natsu without thinking.
"Natsu, you hot-headed idiot! What are you doing breaking into my apart—" I realized that I was talking normally and stopped abruptly.
Natsu's eyes were wide with shock. He blinked twice, slowly, and then, in a questioning voice said, "Lucy?"
"H-hey Natsu," I said weakly.
His face broke out into a toothy grin.
"Lucy is a dragon! You're a little dragon! And you use fire! This is awesome!" He started to laugh maniacally as Happy strolled in.
"Natsu, what are you talking about? Where is Lucy?" The blue Exceed asked, not believing a word his partner had said.
I sighed tiredly before speaking again, "Happy, this is me, Lucy. I woke up in this body this morning. I don't know what happened." This sounded ridiculous even as I said it, and Happy obviously thought so as well.
He snickered, covering his mouth with his paws.
Before I could tell him off for laughing at me, Natsu spoke.
"Oi, Happy! Should we take Lucy to the guild? I want to show everyone!"
"Aye sir!"
Before I had time to respond, Natsu grabbed me and started running. All of a sudden I felt myself falling, and I instinctively wrapped myself around the closest thing possible, which happened to be Natsu's arm. I heard a soft thump and felt the dragon slayer start running again. I opened my eyes and realized that we had jumped out of my window and were headed toward the guild building.
I started to struggle, flailing my dragon limbs and whipping my tail back and forth. It was no use. My tiny body was no match for his strength, and I remained pinned to his chest.
I tried pleading with him, "Natsu, please don't do this! I don't want to go to the guild looking like this!" He shook his head and kept on running and crazy grin on his face.
"You should stop trying to get away, Lucy," said Happy from where he was flying behind us.
"No, you stupid cat! I don't want to go!" I screamed back at him angrily. I twisted my neck around to face forward so that I could at least see how far away we were from the guild. To my dismay, I saw that we were almost there, and it looked like Natsu was going to crash into the doors in a second.
"Natsu, stop! We're going to crash!" I yelled in his ear, getting extremely nervous.
He kept going, and at the last minute thrust his leg out to kick the doors open. They flew open with a bang.
"Everyone, look at Lucy!" Natsu shouted, effectively getting the attention of everyone in the guild. He grinned and held me up for inspection. Everybody just stared at him, and I sighed exasperatedly.
Then, Gray called out to his rival, "What are you talking about, idiot? That's not Lucy. That's a little . . . animal or something, anyway, what's going on with you?"
Natsu shook his head excitedly. "Nope, this is Lucy. She got turned into a tiny dragon! Isn't it awesome!?"
Wendy took a step in our direction and sniffed deeply. "Well, it does kind of smell like our Lucy-san," she said hesitantly.
Levy walked up to me and Natsu. Peering into my eyes intently, she asked, "Is that you, Lu-chan?"
I nodded my reptilian head and responded sheepishly, "It's me."
The whole guild burst into chaos. People swarmed around us, talking loudly and asking questions rapidly. Others gathered into small groups and talked amongst themselves while casting speculative glances over at me.
Then, someone grabbed me out of Natsu's grip. Seconds later, I was staring into the red eyes of the iron dragon slayer. Gajeel squinted at me skeptically before saying, "What the hell happened to you, bunny girl?" He started twisting me around to examine me from different angles, and I started to get dizzy. I thrashed my little body in vain. When he turned me back to face him, I growled angrily and spat my golden flames at his face. Startled, Gajeel dropped me and raised his hands up to his face.
Without thinking about it, I spun slightly in the air to land gracefully on my four paws. I scowled up at Gajeel, and snapped at him, "I am not a toy to play with! So don't just pick me up and poke at me! It's not polite!" I flapped my wings with agitation.
Gajeel pulled his hands away from his face slowly. He smiled wolfishly down at me. I gulped, suddenly remembering that I was talking to a very powerful, very violent dragon slayer.
"You wanna go bunny girl? I'll kick your dragon ass!"
I hesitated, no longer as confident as before. Then, I looked down at my claws. They were razor sharp, and gleamed in the brightly lit guild hall. Smirking as best I could with my strange snout, I looked up to meet his challenging gaze.
"Don't be so sure about that, Gajeel! This body isn't as weak as my human self!" I proclaimed proudly.
With a sharp flick of my wings, I propelled myself directly towards Gajeel's face. His eyes widened ever so slightly before narrowing again. He drew back his arm to strike, and I heard him shout, "Club of the Iron Dragon". Hoping desperately that it would work, I angled my wings to bank left. When the long pole of Iron shot past me, I clutched onto it with my claws. There was a loud, ear-numbing screech like the sound of metal grating on metal.
Gajeel grunted out of surprise retracted his club until I was gripping onto his bare arm. I took a deep breath, thinking hard about my golden fire, and imagined it coming out through my paws. When I opened my thick lids, there were bright flames encasing my hands.
They seared Gajeel's arm. He snarled and flung me across the room. As I lay dazed on a table, I became aware of the guild shouting about the fight. Some of them were cheering for me, exclaiming about how I had actually managed to wound the iron dragon slayer in combat. Others were teasing him for getting hurt by a little dragon or a woman.
I heard someone running over to me. It was Natsu. His face was full of excitement as he picked me up and started to chatter animatedly.
"Luuuccccyyy! That was so awesome! You totally beat that metal-head bastard!" He happily congratulated me on the fight. Then he paused, a slightly devious look on his face. "I have an idea, Lucy! Let's go and train together! It's going to be so much fun! I'm getting all fired up!"
Before I could fully comprehend what he had said, I was in his arms again, getting dragged along just like earlier.
Master Makarov sat on a railing on the second floor of the guild, closing his eyes in deep thought. This is suspicious. Lucy just turned into a dragon randomly? It doesn't make sense. Could it be that someone is after her? Perhaps it would be wise to watch her for a while. If she is in any danger, we will find out. I know Natsu stays with her often, but even with his strength he's just too much of an idiot to protect her properly.
His concentration was broken by a red haired mage walking up the stairs to him. "Master, what do you think of this situation? Is it the work of a dark guild maybe? They always seem to be coming after Lucy, and there is no way that a transformation like that could happen on its own." Erza's voice was full of concern.
Master smiled beneath his bushy moustache. "Perfect timing Erza. I am not entirely sure of what is going on myself, but I intend to find out. Can you perform a small task for me?" The knight nodded swiftly. "Well then, I want you to watch over Lucy. Do not let her out of your sight unless you know for sure she is with another guild member. I want you to inform me if you notice anything odd regarding her. If someone should try to kidnap her, you are to apprehend them immediately and bring them here to me. Do you understand? Something is up, and I don't like the way it looks at all."
Erza nodded again. Respectfully, she responded, "I will do as you say, Master. Nothing will happen to Lucy while I am with her!" She turned on her heel and went back downstairs, prepared to start her mission.
Makarov returned to observing his "children" from the railing. He smiled as he saw Natsu run off with Lucy in tow. She'll be alright. With both that idiot and Erza protecting her, nothing could go wrong! Not to mention, Lucy is a pretty strong mage herself, stronger than she lets on. Yes, she will be just fine. Now I just have to find out why she has transformed. Levy will be most helpful with that, I think.
He hopped off of the railing, grabbing his staff as he did, and walked into his office to begin shuffling through a pile of paperwork.
Lucy padded softly over to her bed. After almost drowning in her bathtub, she had settled for washing in her sink. It had been harder to scrub with her odd body, and as a result, there were still some dirty spots on her scales.
After being kidnapped by Natsu, he had taken her to some spot up in the woods where he had made her train with him. She had been made to run, fly, and demonstrate everything that she could now do as a dragon. And the most fun of all, she had been forced to have practice fights with Natsu in order to "toughen her up", as he put it.
Lucy was exhausted. She sighed wearily when she saw a pink head of hair poking out from under her fluffy blankets. She jumped up onto the bed, her tired muscles screaming a protest. She crawled over Natsu's body to get to the other side, and stared at him as she settled in. His face was peaceful, and his lips were curved up in a small smile.
He really is cute when he is sleeping. There's such a big difference between this calm, sleeping him, and the usual loud, silly him. Lucy thought wryly. Then, Natsu reached out to her with one of his hands, still sleeping, and pulled her close to him. "Luuuuccccyy," he murmured quietly.
Lucy smiled at his actions and decided against trying to escape his embrace. Instead, she snuggled further into his warm chest and closed her eyes. Soon, she was asleep.
By the way, I forgot to mention this before, but the title is subject to change. It all depends on how the story turns out!