Hey guys! Araiya here! This a Halloween special story, and only 2 chapters long. It's a break off from my original story Fairy Tail OC, so there will be no OC characters from that story in here. Hope you enjoy, the next chapter will be up on midnight tomorrow. Also, make sure you check out Fairy Tail OC if you get a chance. Happy Halloween!

Lucy sat at her house, frustrated. How was she supposed to figure this out? You see, ever since Lucy had joined Fairy Tail, it had always puzzled her about the name of the guild. Did fairies actually have tails? She would probably never know. And there was no way to even try and find out if Natsu kept up that annoying munching!

"Natsu!" Lucy snapped angrily.

"What?" He replied innocently, with a mouthful of potato chips.

"Would it kill you to chew with you're mouth closed? It's ruining my concentration." She said, trying to calm herself down.

"Oh. Sorry, Luce. By the way, what is it you're concentrating on so hard?" Natsu asked curiously. He got up from the chair he was lounging on, and peered over Lucy's shoulder to see what she was doing.

"Nothing, really.. I'm just trying to do a bit of research." Lucy said frustrated.

"Agh!" Natsu said, stumbling back. "What would make you possibly want to spend time reading boring books like that?" He said, disgusted.

"If you MUST know, I'm trying to figure out if a fairy really has a tail." She said, turning to him in her chair.

"Oh, you mean like the name of our guild?" Natsu said, somehow catching on.

"Yeah.. But the thing is, I'll probably never see a fairy so it's kind of impossible to know."

"Oh." Natsu said. "Well, I think I'll be heading out now." Natsu stood up and stretched out his arms, walking over to Happy. "Let's go, Happy!"

"Aye sir!" Happy chirped. "Bye, Lucy!" They both said, waving. The two flew out the window and out of sight.

"Honestly, why can't they just use a door like regular people?" Lucy said sweatdropping.

(I forgot to mention.. It's October 30th for them as well)

Natsu headed back to the guild, and burst open the doors. And just like usual, he was greeted by an angry Gray.

"Natsu! What took ya so long?" Gray said, smirking.

"What's it to you, droopy eyes?" Natsu replied.

"Well, considering you've been slacking off on the Halloween preperations, I think it's everyone's business to know where you've been. Now get back to work!" Gray ordered.

"Shut up! I'm gettin' to it." Natsu said, walking over to Mira. "So what do ya need me to do?"

Mira thought for a moment. "Well, we could always use you to light the lanterns and keep the fire going.. But I think Romeo can take care of that.." Mira studied the plate she was washing. "I really don't know, Natsu. I guess for now you can wait until someone needs you. Thanks for the offer of help, though!" Mira said, smiling.

"Ok then. Thanks, Mira!" Natsu said, jogging off into the direction of the guild's doors. He had something he needed to do.

"Natsu, where are you headed?" Erza called.

"Just into town for a bit.. I'll be right back!" He said exiting the guild.

'That idiot. What does he think he's doing?' Gray thought to himself.

Later, when the guild had finished preparing for the Halloween festival, everyone was sitting around. Natsu still hadn't returned by the time Lucy had come to join them.

"Any luck?" Levy asked Lucy, who had her head resting on her hands. "Not really.. I don't think I'll find an answer since there have been no reported accounts on anyone actually seeing a fairy."

"That's too bad. I was hoping to find out myself." Levy said, looking into space.

"Hey, where's Natsu?" Lucy asked.

"Not sure.. No one's seen him since this morning. He said earlier that he was going to town for a bit then coming right back. He's long overdo." Levy explained.

"Hmm.. Maybe I'll go and look for him." Lucy said thoughtfully.

"Want me to come with you?" Levy offered.

"No, I won't be gone long. I'll just follow the path of destruction he probably left around town!" Lucy said, giggling. She stood up and waved goodbye to Levy.

"Be back soon!" Levy called.

Lucy walked the path of the market, looking for any possible signs of Natsu. 'Where could that idiot have gone?' She thought to herself. One of the shop owners noticed her, and beckoned her over.

"Young lady, is something troubling you?" The old lady questioned.

"Somewhat.. Have you seen a pink haired guy walk through here recently?" Lucy asked. The lady's face went pale.

"Oh yes. He came to my shop and asked how to find something." The lady shuddered. "That brat ended up destroying my magic orb and running off without even paying!" She explained angrily.

"Oh, sorry about that. He's just an idiot. What was he searching for?" Lucy asked curiously.

"He wouldn't say.. He just asked for me to tell him his future of finding what he was looking for. An odd one, he was."

"I see. What direction did he head to?"

"That way." The old lady pointed down the market street, and towards the path to the outer woods.

"Thank you! And, sorry again for what he did.. I'll ask him to come back and pay you." Lucy said, sweatdropping.

"Please, no. Keep him AWAY from my shop!" The lady said ready to pull her hair out.

"Will do.. Thank you!" Lucy said, waving and heading towards the woods.

'I wonder what he was looking for..' Lucy wondered. She was walking down the path to the woods of Fiore, a creepy place filled with dead trees during this time of the year. As she was making her way to the woods, she noticed that it was beginning to snow.

'Crap! I need to get out of here!' Lucy panicked. She ran into the woods, hoping it would just be a light sprinkle. She could survive that. She walked around, calling out Natu's name.

"Natsu! Naaatsu!" Lucy called. "It's me, Lucy! Natsu!" Lucy sighed. This was no use. She needed to get out of the woods because the snow was starting to pick up. She peered around, hoping to see a glance of his pink hair. But instead, she heard something. She heard a tiny laugh. Almost like a child playing in the snow.

"Hello?" Lucy said. "Come on out! My name's Lucy.. You shouldn't be playing here. It's starting to snow. Hello?" Lucy walked a bit further, towards the noise of where the laughter was. Then, it stopped. She froze in her spot, getting this terrible feeling that someone was watching her.

"W-who's there?" She said, paralyzed with fear.

"I don't think you should be playing here, either." Came a whisper, that sounded like it was right behind her. She didn't dare turn around. Instead, she let out an ear peircing scream. Lucy ran in the other direction, and turned to exit the woods, not looking back.

Lucy kept running, until she made it back to the guild. She threw the doors open, collapsing to her knees in exhaustion.

"Lucy!" Levy cried, running over to where she was. "What happened?"

"I heard a voice, in the woods.." She said, trying to catch her breath. "Couldn't find.. Natsu.." Lucy breathed. Levy helped her stand up, and walked her over to a chair.

"Take a couple deep breaths, then try and explain to us what you saw." Lucy took a second to catch her breath, then told them the story of how she went in the woods to look for Natsu, then heard the laughter.. Then the voice.

"Oh my." Mira said from the bar. "Do you think it was a moster?" She said, looking worried.

"No, I don't think so. Actually, it sounded like.." Lucy stopped, scared of what she was about to say.

"Sounded like what?" Levy asked, a bit frightened.

"It sounded.. Like Natsu." Lucy said, looking down. "But it wasn't.. Natsu. It was his voice, but.. It was scary. I can't really explain it."

"Natsu, huh?" Gray said, leaning back in his chair. "That idiot was probably just trying to give you a good scare."

"I don't know.." Romeo added thoughtfully. "That doesn't sound like something Natsu would do to Lucy.

"You're right." Erza agreed. "It could have been just some boys from town who wanted to prank a girl alone in the woods. But still, there's something not right with this situation." Erza said thoughtfully.

"I hope you're right. Natsu's still not here, is he?" Lucy said worriedly.

"No.. He hasn't returned." Levy said sadly. "I'm not sure where he is."

"Guess all we can do is wait."

After relaxing at the guild for a bit, Lucy decided it was time to head back home. 'Maybe Natsu will be there, waiting for me. Just like he always is.' Lucy hoped. As she was walking along the empty path to her apartment, she got an eerie feeling again. She decided to brush it off as just being scared from her earlier encounter, but the feeling pressed on and got worse. It finally got to the point where Lucy couldn't stand it anymore.

"Who's there?" She said, stopping. No answer. "I said, who's there?!" Lucy said angrily. She turned around in frustration. Lucy gasped.

"Natsu?" Lucy breathed. "Oh. It's just you. You had me scared to death, you idiot!" Lucy said angrily. Natsu didn't reply. He just stood there, leaning against the wall of an apartment, arms crossed and head down.

"Natsu? Are you ok?" Lucy said, stepping forwards a bit. Natsu put his arms down, and stood up to his full height. He lifted his hand, and ignited it.

"N-natsu?! What are you doing?" Lucy said, taking the step she had back. Natsu stood there for a moment, then turned to Lucy.

"I told you, you shouldn't be playing here." Natsu said. Then, the unthinkable happened. Natsu charged at Lucy. She stood there, frozen. 'Snap out of it, Lucy!' She thought to herself. She shook her head, and dodged Natsu's punch. "Natsu! Stop it!" She said, getting annoyed. Was Natsu actually trying to hurt her?

Natsu turned and faced Lucy again. His fist still ignited, he threw another punch and kick at her. She dodged them, and fumbled for her keys.

"Open, gate of the lion! Leo!" Lucy summoned Loki. "Hello, miss Lucy. How may I help you today? Oh, I see Natsu is here." Loki turned to Natsu. "Nice to see you again." Before Loki could react, Natsu punched him in the jaw. "What the hell Natsu? What's going on?" Loki said angrily.

"There's something wrong with Natsu.. Don't hurt him!" Lucy said afraid.

"That's going to be a problem.." He said, gritting his teeth. "I'm not sure if I can help you with this one. I think we should head back to the guild. Think we can lose him?" Loki said, not taking his eyes off Natsu.

"I'm not sure.. But it's worth a try!" Lucy agreed. "Let's go!" She took off in the direction of the guild, afraid of how things might turn out. As she was running, she realized that she didn't hear the sound of Natu's footsteps behind them. She turned, and saw that he wasn't following them.

"Loki, he's not here." Lucy mentioned, nervous.

"I know.. So where is he?" Loki said frustrated. Lucy didn't want to think about that. Instead, she just kept running.

"Lucy, I don't think Natsu will attack us just yet. I suggest you let me return to the spirit world, and you summon Crux. Maybe he can tell us what's going on." Loki advised.

"Are you sure?" Lucy said hesitantly.

"It's worth a try. Good luck." Loki said, returning back to the Celestial Spirit World. Lucy reached for the old cross's key, and summoned the old man.

"Open, gate of the southern cross! Crux!" He appeared beside her, levitating to match her speed as they sprinted towards the guild.

"Yes, how may I help you?" He asked.

"I need you to tell me what might be wrong with Natsu." Lucy said, starting to get out of breath. The cross fell asleep, although still following her on her way to the guild.

"Aha!" He said, snapping awake. "What is it?" Lucy asked.

"Natsu.. He is-" But before the cross could get out his words, Natsu stepped out of the shadows and tackled him to the ground.

"Crux!" Lucy cried. "Natsu, stop!"

Crux disappeared back to the spirit world, and Natsu turned his attention back to Lucy. Fear crossed her face, and she began to run faster than she had ever run before. 'Natsu.. Stop! I know you're still in there. Fight what ever's keeping you!' Lucy thought, fighting tears. She ran faster and didn't even realize it when she had arrived at the guild's doors. They burst open, and she came running in for the second time that day.

"It's.. Natsu!" She said, once again out of breath.

"Lucy, what is it?" Erza said, rushing to the front of the guild, where Lucy was leaning against the doorway.

"He's coming.. There's something.. Wrong with Natsu!" She said, standing up. Erza's eyes narrowed, and she peered outside. She didn't see anything, but she could feel something coming their way.

"Everyone! Be on your toes!" Erza requiped into her Flame Empress armor, not knowing what to expect.

"Natsu.. I saw him on the way home. He wasn't him self. And then, he tried to attack me!" Lucy said, her face in her hands.

"What?" Gray said, stepping up. "Why would Natsu attack you?"

"I don't know! Crux was about to tell me, but then Natsu attacked him.." Lucy said, shaking her head. "I don't know what to do!"

Just then, Lucy heard the tiny laughter again. She pulled her head up, and her eyes widened. "No.. No, no, no!" She cried. Lucy turned her head, and saw the shadow of Natsu standing in the doorway.

"It's time you learned. You shouldn't play there."

Oooh, cliff hanger! I just love them, even if most don't. Chapter two will be up tomorrow at midnight.. What do YOU think is wrong with Natsu? Thanks for reading!