A/N: Because Nalu has destroyed my life, I've decided to write a story about the perfect couple (that totally needs to become canon before I die from drowning in my tears.) Hope you like this new story and don't forget to review... Or I will be sad...

Timeline: Year X792

Chapter 1: Unforgettable moments

A mysterious figure emerges from the shadows of an ally way. Their face hidden by a ragged hood and an emotional expression hung on their face. The steady pace they have been making comes to a stop when they hear a noise from the end of the dark ally way.

"I know you're following me."

The figure waits for a reply but no one answers. Smiling from under the hood, the figure begins to laugh lightly.

"And here I thought you wanted to see her."

With those simple words, a salmon haired boy appears from the corner of the ally way with his arm crossed and his eyes avoid contact with the figures.

"Oh Natsu, you only had to say hello." The hooded man smiled.

Natsu wanted to kick this guys to the ground as quick as he could, but he wouldn't want to risk his friend's life.

"Where is she you bastard." Natsu spat. He didn't want to play any games.

"She's right here." The figure said, as he grabbed a hold of a bottle from under his cloak. He lifted it up to reveal a light mist was trapped inside.

"Lucy!" Natsu yelled to the bottle. He began to step forward, until the hooded man held the bottle back.

"Have you got what I asked for." The figure asked, whiles he slowly swung the bottle side to side.

Natsu hesitantly pulled out a long silver necklace from his pocket and looking at it intensely. Taking his eyes off the diamond shaped necklace, he looked at the figure in the eyes.

"There. It's yours." Natsu threw the necklace towards the figure and he caught it without looking. Natsu's rage was growing. "Now give me Lucy!"

With a sigh. The Figure unscrewed the top of the bottle which cause Lucy's spirit to travel to the ground and regain her body. She was weak and looked as if she had been attack.

"You said she wouldn't get hurt!" Natsu yelled. The hooded man brushed it off.

"I said I'd do my best not to harm her." The figure explained, looking at the necklace, "I did my best but somehow she ended up with these marks on her body." He then gave a light chuckle. "I guess that'll make her think twice before trying to run away whiles screaming your stupid name."

Natsu was taken aback. She was shouting his name. His. Of course she done that because she was hoping that he would help her, but he didn't. Natsu then made his way to Lucy who was still on the ground finding it difficult to move. Natsu wrapped his arm across her waist and swung her arm across his shoulder, to help her stand up.

"Natsu..." Lucy voice was shaking, "What's... going on?"

"It's ok Luce." Nastu said to her whiles she made it to her feet. "Everything's going to be ok."

They both turned to leave but the figure wasn't quite through with them yet.

"I'm disappointed in you Natsu." The figure's voice was much more intimidating then before.

Natsu stopped his tracks but didn't turn to face the figure. Lucy looked up toward Natsu to see that he didn't look so confident.

"What do you mean?" The salmon haired boy asked, trying to act as natural as possible.

"I ask for Fairy Tail's eternal chain," The figure then threw the diamond shaped necklace to the ground. "And you give me pathetic piece of plastic!"

Natsu pushed Lucy behind him protecting her in anyway he knew how. Ready to fight, Natsu's hand turned to fire.

"I won't let you hurt her anymore you bastard!" Natsu yelled to the figure.

Natsu's breath was heavy and his heart pounding. Lucy was swaying side to side lightly as she held on to the back of his shirt. She was getting weaker. He wrapped his left arm behind himself to where Lucy was hanging on too, hoping he could comfort her but also use his body to shield her. No one was going to hurt her again, he needed to make sure of that.

The figure gave a soft laugh. "Oh Natsu," he sighed, "You had one simple job and you couldn't even do that."

The figure then extended his arms in Natsu's direction. His hands began to glow a grey colour as he smiled.

"I guess I have to kill Lucy then."

"NO!" Natsu shouted as he covered his body to protect Lucy's.

A bright, white light flashed toward him as he kept his grip on to Lucy. Something was wrong. The blonde began to receive unknown cut all over her body. He could sense it. She cried out in pain to every single wound she received. Natsu was scared and confused. He was protecting Lucy from the blast with his own body, so why was she getting hurt and not him?

When the light disappeared, so did the figure. Natsu began to smell something terrible. He looked down to Lucy who was covered in her own blood. Natsu jumped off her and began cradle her in his arms.

"Lucy...LUCY!" He yelled to her as he tried to shake her awake.

The blonde slowly opened her eyes to see Natsu crying. She then looked at his hands to see that they were covered with her blood. She didn't have long left.

"Natsu..." She breathed.

The pinkette's eyes darted to Lucy's. He smiled gently down to her as he was thankful she was awake. Lucy's hand reached up to his cheek and she smiled too. Natsu's face changed from relief to concerned again. He was beginning to worry that maybe Lucy wouldn't be able to hold on any longer.

"I'm really glad... we got to meet." Her voice was getting weaker.

"H-hey, d-don't talk l-like this is the end." Natsu stuttered. He couldn't find the right to say. "You're going to be a-alright,"

A tear fell from Lucy's eye as she kept Natsu's cheek in her small palm. Her arm grew weaker but Natsu held his hand to hers so she could keep her hand on his cheek.

"Please Lucy, don't." He pleaded. Her eyes were gently looking towards the sky. Natsu began to break down into tear again. "We were supposed to have more adventure's together."

Lucy slowly closed her eyes as she smiled. Even when she was dying, she smiled so the Dragon Slayer would feel at ease.

"You were my favourite adventure." And with that, her final words were said.

Lucy's arm became dead weight, but Natsu refused to believe it. He kept her hand on his cheek as he cried.

Lucy was gone.

Lucy was dead.

"Lucy!" Natsu screamed as he bolted up from his hammock.

He looked around to see him in his house. His exceed, Happy, was flying above him trying to calm him down. Natsu then felt sweat all over his body and he was still breathing heavily. After a moment a pure panic, the pinkette was able to realise that he had experienced a nightmare. One that he simply wouldn't forget.

"Happy... It's ok... It was just a nightmare." Natsu sighed, as he laid back in him hammock.

Taking slow breaths, he buried his face with his hands, trying to forget the cruel dream he just had. Happy hugs Natsu to assure him that everything will be okay.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Happy asked.

"No, I'm fine." Natsu heart rate was slowing down, which made it easier for him to fake smile to his best friend. "It's best you go back to sleep."

The blue cat then flied to the couch so Natsu can relax on his own. Natsu waited until Happy was sleeping, until he threw on clean clothes and headed out his door.

Walking down the path to Lucy's house, Natsu was remembering his twisted dream. Lucy broken; blood dripping from her soft skin, her clothes torn at every angle, her body trembling in fear. He knew it was only a dream but he had to see Lucy. He needed to see Lucy.

After a few minutes, Natsu was finally standing outside her apartment. He looked toward her window to see that it was open, as usual. He jumped onto the tree near her apartment and then on her window. He was expecting to see his blonde friend sleeping peacefully in her bed as usual, but no one was there. Natsu began to panic as he entered the house. Everything looked in place but where was Lucy?

"Lucy!" He yelled whiles searching the house, "Lucy!"

"Be quite will you," a voice complained, "It's the middle of the night."

Natsu's best friend Lucy, had just exited the bathroom. Natsu let out a breath of relief. Lucy was ok, nothing was wrong. He then looked at the rest of her body to see she was in her normal clothes.

"Eh Luce, why are not wearing your pyjamas?" Natsu asked.

Lucy blushed when he asked her. She then looked sad as she was remembering something.

"I had a nightmare and I wanted to check you were ok." She confessed.

Natsu was shocked to hear this. They both experienced a dream that involved each other. Natsu needed to know what she dreamt about.

"What happened in it?" He asked.

"I really don't want to say," Lucy said, sadly. "I don't want to relive it."

Natsu began walking closer to her and looked at her chocolate coloured eyes.

"It's ok." He smiled, "It was just a nightmare. It can't hurt you."

Lucy sighed. She really didn't want to remember, but Natsu wasn't going to let this go. She brought her eyes back to his.

"Ok."

The pair sat around her table. Natsu was prepared to hear her nightmare but Lucy was slightly hesitant to talk about it. She then plucked up the courage to speak.

"Well it was started when we were in the guild. Everything was as crazy as usual, but the guild doors flew open with this strange looking man." She explained.

"He wanted something to do with Mavis's necklace, the eternal chain. He was convicted that I had it, so he..." She paused. Lucy began to feel the warm water building up in her eyes. She needed to be strong so Natsu wouldn't think she was weak.

"He then came over to me... and tried to attack me but... you got in his way. Whiles you both were fighting, I turned around to see that everyone in the guild had disappeared and it was only you, me and... That hooded man. He kicked you to the floor which weakened you. When the man went in to stab you, I leaped in front of you to receive the attack but..." She trailed off once again.

Natsu felt like the dream was similar to his, which frightened him. He needed to know how it ended, but he most defiantly didn't want to make Lucy uncomfortable. To his surprise Lucy began to continue the story.

"The blade... It phased through me and... And into you..." Lucy closed her eyes containing the tears in her. She took slow breaths trying to finish the story of her terrible nightmare.

"I held you... in my arms as your smile faded... and your body gave way. You died Natsu."

It was bad enough that he had a Nightmare about Lucy's death, but now Lucy experienced one with his death. He knew how painful that dream was to him and hoped that Lucy wasn't experiencing the same. Lucy finally gave up on being strong and let her tears escape her face. Natsu held her tight as he stroked her hair.

"It's ok Luce, I'm right here." Natsu added, as he gently began rocking her side to side. "I'd never leave you, even in death."

Lucy was so grateful that he came into her house and held her. Wait, why was Natsu in Lucy's house? The blonde then gently pushed Natsu away from her.

"Natsu, why are you in my house?" Lucy asked, wiping her tears away, "You know how late it is."

Natsu blushed at her question. Should he tell her about his dream too? He didn't want to worry Lucy, she just experienced a very vivid and cruel nightmare. But then again, so did he. Natsu scratched his head, quickly thinking of a lie.

"My hammock was uncomfortable... And I wanted to sleep in your soft bed." He lied. Natsu didn't like to lie, but knew it was best to tell her tomorrow when she wasn't so shaken up.

Lucy rolled her eyes. "Of course that's why Natsu came." She thought. She let out a sigh and smiled to her partner. "I'm going to get changed into my pyjamas again. You can stay as long as you behave yourself."

Lucy exited the room to her bathroom. Natsu didn't know what to do. He could go back home now because Lucy was ok, but she did look a bit shaken up about the dream and she offered him to stay the night. After debating in his mind for a minute, he decided to stay and jumped into Lucy's warm, soft bed.

When Lucy came out of the bathroom, she saw Natsu sleeping in her bed. "I meant that you could sleep on the couch, not in my bed!" She yelled.

The blonde was used to Natsu inviting himself in her bed without realising how strange it looked. Lucy really didn't find her couch comfy and she could do with the company, so she laid on the other side of her bed. Lucy could feel herself slipping into a peaceful sleep. The last thing she thought of, was Natsu's dying words to her in his dream.

"You mean the world to me."

A/N: This took me a week to write because I am a hopeless human being who tries to avoid as much responsibility as possible... Don't forget to review!