Hey, guys! This is my first fanfiction, so I hope you will enjoy it! I am not American so I will beg you to excuse my grammar or spelling mistakes.

Well, hope you like it!

Chapter 1: Memories

She was 4 and she was wandering all alone in the innermost of the wood. The spots of light that were shining on the grassy ground through the tall trees played and walked along with her small and curious steps. She stopped when she saw a boy about her age playing with some kind of toys and making funny noises while sitting down. He suddenly stopped as well when he realized he was watched. He raised his face and saw a little girl about his age with blond little hair that was shining like gold in the warm light. Her big brown eyes had tears in corners which meant she cried. She had her finger on her lip while she looked at his pink hair. After a few minutes in silence when they gazed in each other's eyes, she broke the silence giggling sweetly. Then a heavy noise of an army with maybe one hundred of knights came closer and closer. The little girl looked in the direction of the noise, then she started running. The boy looked puzzled as she got further and further. All he could understand while the army passed near him, running in the fugitive's way, was that she tried to get away from them.

Natsu was sitting on a red, royal couch by the fire, looking at the snow that was falling slowly through the cold window. It was weird to have snow, here in The Kingdom of Fire, but The Kingdom of Snow had fallen in the war against The Kingdom of Water, and Natsu was a good friend of the princess of the snow, so he decided that his father's kingdom should go into mourning. He was sad that this happened, but he liked snow. Mourning was white for the Kingdom of Snow.

Then he decided he should cheer up everybody, but he didn't really know how. He remembered again how he met her. It was summer . Little did he know back then…

The next day she was again in the same forest, looking for a specific someone. She turned around like hundred times only to see the same pink hair as the day before. Then finally she smiled happily and walked closer to a little boy that seemed to sleep on the soft grass. She tapped his shoulder shy and waited for a reply. He turned around sleepy to face the one who woke him up. When he saw her, he asked confused:

''W-Who are you?''

The girl smiled.

''Oh, I know!'' he said smiling as well. ''You're the girl from yesterday! Why were you trying to run from those soldiers? Did they do anything to you?''. He waited for her answer, but she just looked at him with her big and innocent eyes.

''What's wrong? You can't speak?'' he asked. She nodded slowly .''Why?'' he asked again, but the answer didn't come. ''Anyway, why are you here? You can really get in trouble if the royal army is following you again.''

She laughed. ''What? What's funny?''. She raised her finger showing his hair. ''What's so funny about my hair?'' he said angry. ''Do you have any idea who you are talking to?''. She stopped smiling as she looked questioning at him .''I'm Natsu S. Draganeel , the prince of The Kingdom of fire, son of the well-known King Igneel D. Draganeel, also known as The Dragon of Faith and Strength!. Who are you as you dare to laugh at me?''. The girl took out of her little bag an old notebook and wrote slowly something. Then she showed it to the boy.

''LUCY…'' he read. ''Your name is Lucy? But I was asking for your rank! As you can see, I am a very important person!''. The girl seemed very amused by the boy's behavior. She giggled again while he was talking. Then she started to write again something in her little notebook, After a long while- she just learned how to write- Natsu was able to read:

''I ...PRINCES…OF LIGHTING…KINGDON…Huh? You mean you are the princess of The Lightening Kingdom?''said the boy while his face suddenly turned pale. ''Oh crap! I'm sorry I spoke to you like that! I didn't know you are the princess of The Lightening Kingdom…You know, my dad told me he is in really bad relationship with your dad. Please don't tell him, OK?''. Lucy laughed and nodded fast to calm the boy.

''By the way'' he said'' why are you here, in our kingdom?''. Lucy's face turned sad as she faced the ground.

''That's right, you ran away. But why from your own kingdom? Didn't you like it there?''. Lucy's eyes denied it while shaking sadly.

''I guess they caught you yesterday, didn't they?...You know, you can come to my kingdom! My dad will be more than happy to have you in our family!'' he said with enthusiasm. Lucy seemed so happy with this idea! She thought Natsu would be a great friend…and her only one. She didn't have any at her castle, that's why she came back to see if Natsu was still there and if they could be friends. But as she was going to accept, she heard a voice that threw all her happiness away in the moment she heard it.

''Princess Lucy! Are you there? Please come out! The king is very worried about you! Princess Lucy!''.

''Oh no! They came for you. Don't worry, I will save you, Lucy!'' Natsu said happily as he stood bravely. ''I will come this night at you and I will bring you to my dad, so you can live happy with us! My dad is great! He will love you and you will love him, too! You'll see! All you have to do is put a big, red ribbon at your window and I will find you!''. Lucy wiped out her tears and nodded smiling. Then he easily pushed him, like telling him to go. As he ran, he screamed: ''Keep your window open!''.

Natsu laughed as he remembered how foolish he used to be. He became so easily friends with her and he wanted so much to save her… But…Natsu thought…For so many years he kept on thinking about her. She really was a good friend, though she didn't do much…And as time passed he thought and thought…and now he came to a decision. He wanted to cheer up his people and he wanted to find her. It was more because he wanted to find her so much, it was like he missed her. So he entered the throne room purposeful, and said cheerfully:

''Hey dad,… I'm thinking about having a ball…''

Hey, I hope you liked it until now. Please review!