Hey guys! New story! Sorry I haven't updated on all my other stories, I have just been so busy! And yes you may ask, well why write a new story when you could continue your other ones? Well, the answer: I thought this story was such a good idea I had to write it! It's a bit sad but it gets better! This story is definitely a Nalu story, but of course it is. I mean why not... *awkward pause* Anyway, let's get on with the story! I hope you like it! Comment if you want anything specific done to the plot or anything to happen between these two love bugs *wink, wink*
- SkyWhispers13
"Lucy look out!" Natsu yelled.
"It's ok Natsu. I got it." Lucy said as she jumped over the enemy with ease.
He was destroying the entire forest. It was Lucy and Natsu's mission to try and stop it, but it didn't seem to budge.
Lucy was pushed out of the way by Natsu when the monster was about to hit her. Instead, Natsu took the blow and was smacked against the tree.
"Natsu! You ok?" Lucy yelled as she got back to her feet.
Natsu gave her a little nod and fell back down to the ground. He went on his knee and started to get back up, "Alright that's it! I'm all fired up now!" He punched his fists together and the flames turned on. Natsu leaped into the air and punched the enemy with all his might. "Iron fist of the fire dragon!"
The monster was pushed back to the ground and with that one punch, he didn't seem to get back up.
"Alright!" Lucy said as she ran over to Natsu and gave him a high-five.
They headed back to the guild without saying a word to each other. Natsu and Lucy were just enjoying the walk.
As soon as they entered the guild Natsu spotted Gray and started a fight with him.
"Fire dragon's roar!" Natsu shouted but nothing came out.
"Natsu, are you ok?" Wendy asked.
Natsu just hesitated and waited for a moment but spoke after a few seconds of silence. "My magic doesn't work at all!"
Everyone fell silent. How could one of the strongest wizards in Fairy Tail become the weakest in just a few seconds?
"That's weird. Let me see if Crux knows anything about this." Lucy said as she got her keys out. She felt like she couldn't feel any magic power coming from her keys but ignored it and tried to summon her celestial spirit.
It didn't summon.
Lucy tried one more time, "Open gate of the cross, Crux!"
The gate didn't open.
"My magic doesn't work either! That's confusing. How could Natsu's and my magic not work? Everyone else's does."
"Maybe it had something to do with that monster we just fought."
"For once Natsu, you may be right. There could have been magic resonating off of him making the wizards around him stop using magic."
"Yeah-HEY WAIT! I'M ALWAYS RIGHT!" Natsu shouted making Lucy chuckle.
The blue haired mage spoke up, "I could figure out what that monster was and study it. I have a complete encyclopedia on all the monsters in the world."
"Thanks Levy," Lucy smiled, "now if only we can figure out ho-"
Lucy was cut off by the panting and fast footsteps of Gajeel. He ran inside the guild and said with a calm face but freaked out voice, "Guys, you might want to see this!"
Gajeel lead everyone outside. Voices started to scream and the sunlight was slowly darkening.
"What the hell is that!?" Natsu yelled.
The entire guild - no, the entire town, looked up in the sky to see a giant ship covering the sun. Everyone observed it as the the large door at the bottom of it opened up to reveal a large laser. It came out of the little compartment and a large amount of light started to form at the tip of it.
Nobody knew what it was or what it was going to do so they just stood there waiting for it to do something.
Gajeel spoke up, "I say we destroy that thing, whatever it is!"
"Yeah!" The entire guild yelled.
Fairy Tail prepared for battle as mages were getting ready to summon their magic.
Cana tried to summon her cards.
It didn't work.
Lisanna, Elfman, and Mirajane were trying to turn into creatures with their takeover magic.
It didn't work.
All the dragon slayers couldn't feel their magic resonating from themselves, or anyone!
Not even Master Makarov could transform.
"We've lost all hope!"
"Why isn't my magic working!"
"Oh god! Are we gonna die!?"
Screams of hopelessness were heard all throughout the crowd.
"Stay strong my children! We're Fairy Tail! Of course we won't die! We will always be there for each other!" Master Makarov seemed to stay strong. He didn't let his guard down.
The giant laser attached to the ship seemed to be done charging because the light died down. A sudden flash was seen and it hit some people of Fairy Tail. The target seemed to be specific people because all the dragon slayers were now screaming in agony.
"Natsu!" Happy and Lucy yelled in unison. They both ran over to him and tried to calm him down. Nothing was working.
Levy and Lily ran to Gajeel, the Thunder Legion ran to Laxus as well as Mirajane, and Romeo and Carla ran to Wendy.
All the dragon slayers were screaming in agony. All you could hear for miles was their screaming.
Screaming.
Screaming.
The people who had ran over to the dragon slayers had tears in their eyes. Especially Lucy and Happy.
Natsu kept screaming and dropped to his knees while he held his head. He seemed to be in complete pain. One by one the dragon slayers couldn't be heard anymore.
Laxus.
Wendy.
Gajeel.
As Natsu laid on the ground, his screaming died out, but he was still conscious. All the other slayers were not. His eyelids were getting heavy and his heartbeat was slowing down. Now all you could hear were the whispers of people and loud sobs of Lucy and Happy pleading for Natsu's life.
Lucy bent down next to him and shouted, "Natsu! Please! What's happening?! Please, I can't lose you!"
All Natsu could see was the tears that were streaming down Lucy's face and the crying Happy who was by his side. He couldn't hear anything. All he could hear were his thoughts. It's ok Lucy, don't cry. No matter what happens I'll be at your side. Forever and always.
His eyes were starting to flutter close. Lucy heard Natsu mutter something.
Natsu closed his eyes and that was it. There was no magic resonating from him. No breath. No pulse.
"Natsu!" Lucy yelled crying her eyes out.
She held onto him and embraced him.
"Natsu! Please! Come back! I-I love you!"
Where am I? My head hurts and I can't remember anything.
My eyes focused on a white sheet that was covering my face. As I sat up, the white sheet slid off of my face onto my lap.
I looked at the area surrounding me. The walls were made of red bricks and the ceiling of black painted wood. Light was shining in on me and I hissed as I looked at it.
The window was cracked while the curtain made the place look abandoned.
I slid onto the edge of the bed where my feet touched the cold floor. I stood up and wobbled to the side as I walked over to the window. I had a bit of trouble walking and lost my balance as I made it to the glass.
I lifted my head back up from my feet to look in the distance. What was I seeing? Crumbled buildings, slightly clouded sky, and bodies. One by one, side by side. Laying in the sunlight. Dead. Trees are growing where buildings used to be and plains of dried grass are placed out in the distance.
I couldn't bare to look at anything else I turned around. Four beds were side by side. One with my crumpled up sheets. The other three with sheets over bodies. I could hear breathing from one. The soon breathing one sat up like I did and looked around the room before staring at me. His hair was black and he had piercings all over his body. I saw the black mark on his left shoulder. I remember seeing it from somewhere. I then looked at my right shoulder from reflex and saw the same emblem but colored red.
The only thing I could think of it being was a family emblem so I smiled. He gave me a half smirk, half smile back.
Well, after it being months of surviving, the four of us got along quite well. We decided to say the emblem on each of us was a family sign and so we assumed each one of us were brothers and a sister to each other. We do have the same magic after all. We have dragon slayer magic. Mine is fire, my "twin" brother Gajeel's is iron, my little sister Wendy's is sky, and my older brother Laxus' is lightning.
We're all pretty strong on our magic and through these months we've been training.
One day we were hunting for food and came to a large hole in the ground. A ladder led down the hole. There were tunnels and tunnels underground. It seemed to be abandoned but from the smell of fresh scents, it wasn't. We heard people coming around the corner we had to leave but hopefully we'll get to go back and explore some more.
"Natsu! We've got a problem!" My little sister called from a tree.
"Yeah, what is it?" I said and hopped up to her branch.
She pointed in the distance. We could see deformed creatures of all shapes and sizes.
"Oh great. Gajeel take care of Wendy!" I hopped off the branch while hearing Gajeel complain about how he should get to fight.
"Fire dragon's wing attack!" I shot a large blaze of fire into the field of monsters making the whole entire field light up with fire.
Our group was walking back to our territory after a hunt. One after one, people were going to the hole into their not so new home. I felt the wind brush past my skin making my hair flow to the side. People paused as the field in the distance lit on fire. I, for one, didn't care. Fire reminded me too much of a certain person. It was two years ago that happened but it still bothers me.
"Erza," Gray yelled, "get Juvia! The field's on fire!"
"I'm already on it Gray!" Juvia lept through the hole in the ground and splashed water all over the field.
Yes, Juvia calls Gray by his name without the -sama. A month after the catastrophe, Gray realized his feelings for Juvia. As Gray and Juvia were having a 'moment' in the rain, Juvia decided she was still in love with Gray but in a much more loving and passionate way. She stopped calling him Gray-sama and started calling him Gray. Their now engaged and will be married in a few weeks.
I stared as the fire was turning into steam floating into the blue clouded sky.
No one cared for the reason of the fire and just went underground again.
I started to put my foot onto the ladder when I heard a faint shout.
"Hey! Who put out my fire!?"
I looked towards the steam again. As it started to clear I saw a figure.
No, it couldn't be.
The man came into view and I saw his appearance.
Scar on his neck.
Onyx eyes.
Pink hair.
Yes, it is.
I covered my mouth to keep myself from crying.
It didn't work.
I just let my body sink into the ground. The tears in my eyes started to slide down my face. I didn't make any sound but I stared into those dark eyes as he stared into mine. I could see the way his eyes darted up and down to look me over. He must of stared at the mark on my hand because he just kept looking at it.
He was snapped out of his trance and started to walk towards me. Dream land started to rush over me. I expected him to put me in a tight embrace and then kiss me and tell me his feelings for me. I wanted to feel his warmth again. I wanted to see his toothy grin again.
None of that happened.
"Hey, sister! I see you have the same family crest as me so you must be my sister! What type of dragon slayer magic do you have? What's your name? Do you have anywhere to live?"
I saw his toothy grin but it wasn't as strong as the one that he gave me when he knew Lucy. The real me. That Natsu that was standing in front of me wasn't the real one. The Natsu I knew was real and he knew me well enough that he could guess some things about me and get them right.
I couldn't take it. I wanted the real Natsu back.
The day he died, I kept his scarf with me. Although it brings back memories, they were always sweet ones. I would hold on to the scarf and just sit still closing my eyes. All the memories would come pouring in and I would smile. Although it hurt to know that he was dead, I smiled. From that day on, I always wore his scarf and never took it off. I guess the scarf was his lucky scarf! It never gets dirty and it never gets lost. Now that lucky scarf was mine. I always feel like he's right by my side whenever I touch that scarf. That's why I wear it. I feel like he's with me all the time, guiding me through life. He probably felt the same with Igneel whenever he wore his scarf. That's why he never forgets it. That's why I never forget it.
I grabbed the scarf that was around my neck with one hand. I closed my eyes and wiped away my tears. I smiled. I felt like Natsu, the dead, old Natsu, had his hand over mine and whispered into my ear, "I will always be right here with you."
My thoughts were interrupted when the dragon slayer said, "Hey! That scarf looks familiar!"
I opened my eyes to see him still standing there. I totally forgot about him. My dreams are much stronger than reality it seems.
I had to ask, "Please, tell me! Are all the other ones with you? Wendy, Gajeel, Laxus?"
"Yes," he answered simply, "so why don't you come down with us? You are apart of us right sis?"
"No. Natsu I...I...We are family, but we're not related! Don't you get it? What's wrong with you!" I started shouting at him shaking him back and forth by the shoulders.
"Don't you remember anything? Two years ago? Please tell me you do! I'm Lucy! Everyone inside that underground tunnel is your family! Same as Wendy, Gajeel, and Laxus! Everyone inside there! Gray, Erza, Lisanna, Mirajane, Master Makarov! Please tell me you remember! I mean, how are you even alive? You died! Why are you here now!"
Everyone heard my shouting because they all started to come out from underground. As they saw Natsu they stared. All that was heard was the wind and my screaming. The tears that once dried on my face formed in my eyes again. I lunged into Natsu and embrace him in a tight hug.
I whispered, "Natsu. I missed you. Fairy Tail missed you. I'm so glad you're back. We all are are."
There was a long silence. Now all you could hear was the wind flowing past everyone, making leaves blow as they gracefully galloped along the ground.
"I'm sorry. Let me get this straight. You are my family but you're not related to me? And what's Fairy Tail? Who's Gray and Erza? How do you know about me, Gajeel, Wendy and Laxus? Plus, we died?"
My heart broke. I could hear the silence of everyone's shock. Even mine. I could hear my heart shattering into a million pieces, decaying as they slowly floated to the bottom of my empty body. I was hoping he remembered me, everyone else, Fairy Tail. I looked at his confused face, into those onyx eyes I loved. He stared back at me, but not the way he did before all this happened. I had lost all hope. They dragon I loved was gone. I guess my fantasy of the dragon and the princess never came true.
"Hey! Dummy, what's taken you so long?" A deep, clear voice called out.
Everyone looked passed Natsu to see three more figures. They came into view and everyone gasped. It was them. Laxus, Gajeel, and Wendy.
"Laxus/Gajeel/Wendy!" Mirajane, Levy, and Romeo called out.
They and hugged them like I did but gave the same confused face Natsu did.
"I'm sorry," I pulled away from his warm body, the cold meeting mine again, "I'm sorry we bothered you. We'll just be going back inside."
Everyone put their head down as they returned underground.
I was walking back too but I stopped and looked at the new Natsu once again. He started walking back with the other dragon slayers towards the other direction.
"I'm sure," my voice started to get shaky and hiccupy from trying hard not to burst out crying. "I'm sure Happy would've been very.."
I didn't think he could hear me now.
"Very…"
He's not in view now.
"Happy to see you…"