Um hi guys! This is my first story so please be nice! :) I love Fairy Tail and especially Natsu x Lucy! 3

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Oh, btw, its a happy ending. So no worries!

I don't own any of the characters, Hiro Mashima does!

Thank you and enjoy!

Amnesia

Chapter 1

She knew this was a bad idea from the beginning.

"Luceeee!"

She turned to face a very excited dragonslayer crouched on her windowsill, with a flying blue cat trailing behind him. To be honest, she was looking for some peace and quiet so she could sit and work on her novel. Whenever Natsu showed up, however, peace and quiet went MIA. She sighed and put her work away. "What is it, Natsu?"

"Well…" He looked a bit nervous, and she could see his face turning a light shade of pink. Her mind immediately went into overload. Was he going to...? No! He's Natsu! He's as dense as a rock! He would never understand her feelings… She shook her head furiously to rid her mind of the images of her together with the pink-haired boy. "Your face is really red, weirdo." The dragonslayer said as Happy sang happily in the background about how Lucy's face looks like a big tomato.

"I'm fine!" She hurriedly changed the topic after delivering a punch to Happy, "What do you have there?" Lucy pointed to the piece of paper sticking out of Natsu's pocket.

"Ah… Um… Promise you won't get mad!" He looked thoroughly guilty, she decided.

"Okay, spit it out," she commanded.

Natsu unrolled the piece of paper slowly and carefully, as if it would decide the fate of the world. When Lucy saw the large "S-Class" at the top of the page, she knew exactly what her friend had done. After all, the same thing had happened not too long ago, when they made their excursion to Galuna Island.

She would scream at him first, then Lucy-Kick him out of the window, she decided. "You never learn, do you?!" The celestial mage whirled around to glare at the pink-haired boy, but stopped when she saw the hopeful look written plainly on his face. He looked like a little boy waiting for Santa Clause to drop by on Christmas Eve.

"Luce… Let's go on another S-Class quest!" He flinched when she shot him another death glare. "Please? It'll be fun! Just you, me, and Happy! And look at the reward!"

Lucy's eyes nearly popped out of her head. 100,000,000 jewels? 100 MILLION? That's… a thousand months of rent! Her brain shut down at all the zeroes. All the clothes, all the stuff she could buy… Heck, she could probably even buy her own place to live instead of renting, not that she really minded, though.

She cleared her throat. "Well, since I do need rent money…"

"Really? You'll come?" Natsu jumped from the windowsill to her room and pulled her into a hug. Lucy could swear her head almost exploded. Thank God he couldn't see how red her face was. When he finally let go, the dragonslayer's eyes were sparkling with anticipation. "See ya, Luce! I gotta go prepare!" He gave her a boyish grin that made her heart leap, before jumping back out of the window with Happy.

She trudged downstairs to her livingroom, arguing with herself about the decision she made. Her intuition was screaming at her not to go, but the reward dominated her mind. Not to mention Natsu, she thought to herself.

"Yo, Lucy!" Grey sat on her couch, butt naked.

"Kyaaaaa!" Next thing Grey knew, he was Lucy-Kicked out onto the street unceremoniously. "Get dressed!"

A few minutes later, he appeared at her door again, fully dressed. "Can I come in?" She nodded. He sat down and continued. "So, I heard that someone stole a S-Class mission request. Do you happen to know anything about that?" He leaned forward and raised an eyebrow.

Lucy freaked out. She'd never been good at lying, and Grey obviously knew the truth. The cat's out of the bag, she thought grimly. "Erm… Yeah, about that…"

Grey waved his hand dismissively as he unconsciously started stripping again. "Natsu and Happy stole it. I know." He leaned forward again. "I'm not here to investigate. I want in."

"EH?"

"Or would you rather I tell Erza about it?" He smirked, pulling out the trump card.

Lucy imagined Titania's reaction and shuddered. "I guess you can come, but-"

"Okay, thanks! Bye!" And the stripper was gone.

How did she always get stuck with these weirdos?

Then, she realized that she didn't even know what the quest was about.

Her whip bounced uselessly off the monster's thick hide as Taurus was knocked out.

"Mooooo! Sorry, Lucyyyy!" He disappeared in a gold flash.

She was exhausted. They've been fighting for quite a few hours now, and her magic reserves were all but depleted. She groaned. Now what could she do? If she'd known that they'd be fighting a Chimera, she never would have come. Not even for the reward. Apparently, the monster had been terrorizing the surrounding towns and was the cause of many wizard deaths. She'd been fighting with Grey to take down the Chimera, but its snake tail had knocked him unconscious. His limp form was now leaning against a tree behind Natsu, who was holding the monster's offspring (who knew it had a nest!) at bay. Waves after waves of the mini monsters just kept swarming him, just to get scorched by his flames. It was clear however, that even Natsu was getting tired. His movements were slowing and becoming sloppy, and his flames were flickering out.

The Chimera suddenly caught her off-guard and charged. The goat head rammed into her and sent her flying backward into a tree. The pain was excruciating. Lucy crumpled to the ground, knowing that she had broken something. She opened her mouth to scream, but all that came out was blood, sickly sweet and dark. The Chimera turned away from her, knowing she could no longer move, much less do any damage. It focused instead on the Salamander, who was massacring its offspring. With a roar, it bounded toward the boy, who was hopelessly trying to fend off the masses of lion-snake-goat hybrids.

"Natsu…" Lucy tried to warn him of the approaching danger. "Natsu!" She was out of breath and knew that more than a few of her ribs were broken. "Natsu, WATCH OUT!" She summoned all of her strength and shouted. Pain overwhelmed her, but she managed to get on her hands and knees.

Said dragonslayer turned at the sound of her voice and saw the great mother Chimera bounding toward him, murderous intent evident in its black eyes. Oh, crap. He thought. This time, he really didn't know what to do. All around him were little poison baby Chimeras trying to kill him, and in front of him was their angry mom. He knew that Grey was behind him, knocked out and useless. Lucy was… Where was Lucy? He looked around for the pretty blonde, but she was nowhere to be seen. He felt his chest tighten at the thought of her getting hurt.

There's nothing left to do but fight. After half a minute of fighting, though, he could tell that he was being overwhelmed. His magic power was at its limit, whereas the monsters just kept coming. "Don't give up…" he muttered to himself like a mantra, all the while losing hope in the battle.

Several cuts on his arms were bleeding freely now, which only seemed to excite the monster. The lion head roared almost triumphantly as the Chimera increased the speed of its attacks. It was all Natsu could do to just guard himself. As the lion head and the goat head attacked the boy relentlessly, the snake-headed tail prepared to strike with its lethal poison. It knew that there was no cure for the toxin, save for death.

Fire. Natsu tilted his head in the midst of the battle. He could smell fire somewhere close. Finally, he saw Lucy crouched behind a great tree trying to start a forest fire. He grinned, appreciating her actions. If he could eat the fire, he might have a chance! All he had to do was buy some more time for the fire to grow.

With renewed vigor, Natsu continued the battle, evading the monster's attacks and throwing in his own attacks. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lucy flash him a thumbs up as the forest came alive with dancing flames. The fire dragonslayer relaxed for a moment, enjoying the warmth his element brought him.

The Chimera took this chance to strike. Fast as lightning, the snake tail sprang forward, fangs glinting in the light of the fire. A drop of poison fell from its mouth, and a hole opened up in the earth where it landed. Natsu was oblivious to its attack as he prepared to dine on the fire and replenish his depleting magic power.

"NATSU!" Out of seemingly nowhere, the celestial mage's figure rammed into him and knocked him back. The snake's fangs sank into the girl's side.

From that moment on, the world moved in slow motion for the dragonslayer. Everything was warped and twisted, like seeing a 3D movie without special glasses. The Chimera roared, conquering, as it surveyed its handiwork. Lucy fell from the snake's jaws ever so slowly, like she was made of paper. She was smiling her gentle, pretty smile. He stumbled forward in shock to try and catch her, but it was like moving in molasses. She fell before he could get to her. Her side was turning purple and her face was turning white. Her forehead was covered in sweat and her chest heaved irregularly. Worst of all, she was turning cold, like she was… dying. Natsu picked her up carefully, bridal style.

"Luce," he whispered; his voice hoarse. "Luce, please…" His vision blurred as he realized he was crying. "Goddammit!" His voice cracked dangerously.

Her eyes fluttered as she felt a tear land on her cheek. "Natsu?" Her voice was nothing more than a breath, but to her nakama it was louder than thunder. "Hey Natsu, don't cry… I'm fine…"

Her body temperature dropped further as the purple stain spread across her middle. He raised his own body temperature in an attempt to warm her. The great Salamander, usually so happy and cheerful, didn't know what to say. His nakama was dying in his arms, and it was all. His. Fault. "I'm so sorry, I'm SO FUCKING SORRY!" His body shook as he cried painful tears of regret. This was worse than when Igneel left. This was…

"Shh… It's not your fault. Don't say that." She raised a shaking hand and wiped his tears away. "You're so warm…" She closed her eyes and leaned closer to him.

He put his forehead to hers. She was freezing now. He felt her eyelashes brush against his eyelid and he opened his eyes to meet the chocolate brown orbs that he loved so much. The fire of the forest flickered in her eyes. "Natsu, I love you." She smiled.

"I…I love you too, weirdo." She sighed in contentment and closed her eyes. Natsu felt her go limp in his arms. "Luce! Lucy! Stay with me! Please!"

And the world came crashing down.