Hiya! This is my first fanfic... Don't leave mean comments!

I don't own Fairy Tail, or any of the characters, no matter how much I wish I did! :P

I kept my eyes shut forcefully. I didn't want to leave my peaceful dream quite yet, but the wisps of my elegant dream world slowly floated out of my grasp, right through my fingers, no matter how much I attempted to keep hold on them.

Reluctantly, after a minute, I opened my eyes, only to see a familiar light pink invading my vision.

"Lucy... KICK!" I yelled. The sleeping Dragon Slayer was caught by surprise as the innocent teen practically flew through the air out my window, flailing his arms about in a failing attempt to stop himself from falling to the ground below. I sighed, shaking my head, as I walked about, getting my things ready to take a needed warm bath.

I entered my bathroom, touching the water lightly with a few fingers, to test if it was a good temperature. I smiled, for it was exactly how I liked it, then quickly slid out of my clothing, eager to sit in the steaming water.

I ran my fingers through my hair, letting the fragrance of the shampoo waft into my nose, overloading it with the gentle scent of lemony citrus and honey. After rising the soap out of my hair and washing my body, I drained the water from the bath. Stepping out, I wrapped a towel around myself, and got dressed shortly after.

Smiling, I stretched, refreshed, and I stepped outside of my house, locking up my door. I slipped the key into a pouch attached to my brown belt, separate from quite a few other gold and silver keys that each had an emblem on the top.

I finally reached my beloved guild, Fairy Tail, where I knew my closest friends were waiting, including the pink-haired Dragon Slayer. Pushing open the guild's doors, and seeing the same chaotic table throwing and fighting brought a wide grin to my face, one that almost rivaled that of the Dragon Slayer's famous carefree smile.

"Ice-Make: Lance!" The familiar voice of my ice-mage friend rung out. Lances made of ice appeared, and shot themselves at my furious pink-haired friend.

"Fire Dragon, Roar!" The Dragon Slayer yelled out, and his cheeks inflated, while his hands placed themselves on either sides of his mouth. A red symbol appeared, and fire blasted out of his mouth, through the symbol at the ice mage. The ice lances were lost in the spewing fire, to the Slayer's advantage.

"Ice-Make: Shield!" Gray, the black haired ice mage yelled back, as the powerful fire hit the wall of ice.

"Fire Dragon—" The slayer stopped speaking suddenly, both he and Gray's faces pale.

"Erza!" They said in perfect sync, and somehow quickly had their arms around the other's shoulder, their faces taken over with a scared, fake happy look.

"Natsu. Gray..." the scary red head said menacingly, then turned around to look at me. "Lucy..." The moment she turned, the two mages both had evil air surrounding them once again.

"I'm going on a job..." Erza said, holding up a flyer. "It says specifically an ice mage would be recommended to come. It involves going up a large mountain, and defeating a beast. The flyer says that fire mages have always gotten defeated, because of the certain power it has..." Erza jerked a thumb back at Natsu. "So, Lucy, since Gray will be going with me, would you mind watching over Natsu?" I looked at the redhead, my eyes slightly widening.

"What's going on?" Gray asked cluelessly, only to get a death glare from Erza, and he didn't ask anything else, let alone utter another word. There was no arguing whatsoever with the devil.

Erza turned to face me once again. "So, will you make sure he doesn't wreck a town while we're gone?" She noticed my eyes were still wide in alarm, and sighed. "The job should take only 2 weeks at best, so it's not that long of a stretch of time." I remained silent, not replying, and the air around Erza became dark and menacing as she evilly grinned "You. Will. Watch. Natsu. Am. I. Right?" Her overpowering voice wasn't asking me—she was ordering me. Once again, no disagreeing with Erza, or the punishments from her would be unimaginable.

I shivered from the thought, and gave in reluctantly, murmuring a quiet "Hai, Erza..." and backed away slowly. Thankfully, she turned back towards Gray and Natsu, her attention focusing back on the two mages. Erza walked up, giving Gray an effortless kick in the shin, and punched the side of his arm.
"Gray. Get your clothes, then let's get outta here." The ice mage had a horrible habit of unknowingly stripping down to his underwear, gotten from his old mentor who taught him his Ice-Make powers, Ur. He looked down at himself, not realizing he was half-naked beforehand, then under Erza's glare he went off to find his other clothes.

I looked at my best pink-haired friend, inwardly smiling to myself. I was happy that Natsu and I could see each other for a few weeks without him constantly fighting with Gray, or Erza terrorizing us all. Natsu's always been my closest friend—he's saved my life well over once, and introduced me to my new family, Fairy Tail. I would forever be in debt to the Dragon Slayer.

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I quietly watched Erza and the frightened Gray leave, my eyes trailing after them before they slipped out of sight. I never noticed Natsu walk up to me, or how he sat next to me. As the two left, I got lost in my thoughts, leaning my head against one of my fists.

"Lucy...?" The familiar voice of my best friend barely broke the stream of my whirling mind, but I snapped myself out of it, noticing that Natsu had appeared next to me.

"Hey, Natsu!" I said, pure happiness invading my tone, and I looked at the teen who was sitting on a stool to my right.

"You okay? You sorta seemed pale..." I looked down, partly ashamed that my worries would keep me from my pink-haired best friend.

"Yep! I just sorta zoned out," My face unknowingly took on a shade of light pink.

"Good..." he murmured, then spun the stool to face the bar. "Mira? Can I get a water?"

"'Course, Natsu!" In no more than 10 seconds, a glass of water filled to the brim with ice was sitting in front of the Dragon Slayer. Mirajane smiled, tilting her head, then went off to help a few other guild members.

Natsu picked up the cold glass, taking a small sip. I noticed he was less joyful and childish than usual, and in a gesture of comfort, I put my hand on his shoulder for a moment. I felt a blush coming on, and let go, looking at the table with my hands on my forehead.

"Natsu, are you alright?" I asked, barely audible, but his sensitive hearing must have picked up every word.

"Why wouldn't I be?" He underwent a serious mood change, back to his happy self, the words accompanied by his signature huge grin. I decided to leave the matter be for now. I was simply happy that Natsu was back to his old self... what I didn't realize at the time, was that he was blushing horribly when I had turned my head earlier.

"Right!" I said, grinning back, only until Natsu's face went pale, and his eyes widened. I noticed he was looking at the entrance to the Guild's doors, and I followed his gaze.

My own eyes enlarged as I saw an unfamiliar face, with blue eyes and shoulder length white hair. She looked very similar to Mirajane, and I remembered the time Mira told me about the old days in Fairy Tail, where the girl, Lisanna, and a little Natsu would play very realistic house together, with an egg that later hatched to turn into the the blue-furred flying cat, Happy. This must be the Lisanna person that was here before I was.

Everyone in the guild copied Natsu's actions, once they followed his line of sight, seeing the blue-eyed girl standing in the entrance to the Guild, her hands laced together behind her back. Time seemed to freeze, nobody daring to breathe as the girl took her first step inside the Guild, her eyes moving around as she was possibly looking for a certain person.

"Natsu..." she whispered, as the depths of blue found the Dragon Slayer beside me. Lisanna suddenly ran over, wrapping her arms around him, face filled with sadness, and glee. The pink head was stiff, still in shock, like the other members, not daring to move. I was the first one in the Guild to speak since Lisanna's arrival.

"Natsu, is this..." my voice trailed off, for I didn't need to finish the sentence.

Hope you all enjoyed the first chapter! I would've made this chappy longer, but I want to see what you guys think of the start. Feel free to make suggestions! Tell me if I should continue!

Nya~

-xXSnowyHitsugayaXx (Snow)