AN- Hi guys! Uh… well… it's my first ever time trying something like this. And honestly, I'm nervous. Anyways, please give me tips to improve my writing skills (I doubt I have any). My first fanfic. Enjoy!

Chapter 1 Natsu's Nightmares

Natsu shifted around in Lucy's bed, sleeping. He was having a nightmare again. There were tear streaks across his face, he was letting out soft whimpers and his breaths were fast and short.

Lucy was awakened by the sounds of his movement and whimpers. She sat up on her futon (I heard it's some kind of fold-able bed that is laid on the ground, for guests) and looked up to the bed that Natsu was sleeping on. She saw Natsu's usually joyful and happy face, contorted with fear and sadness. ' He must be having that nightmare again. ' she thought with a sigh and saddened eyes.

She sat at the edge of her bed, took Natsu's head into her lap and ran her hand through his hair gently, stroking it, while softly humming a lullaby her mom used to sing to her when she was little, to relieve her of her own nightmares. Slowly, his whimpers died down, his face became calm and peaceful again and he started to breathe normally. She let out a huge breath of relief. She let her head rest on the bed's headboard beside her and went to sleep.

Natsu's had nightmares since Future Rogue killed Future Lucy in front of his eyes during the GMG event. He was afraid of not being strong enough to protect his little sister (Lucy). Lucy felt helpless, only being able to calm him down during his nightmares and not stop it completely. She tried her best to find someone to help him get rid of his nightmares, but, was yet to find one such person.

The Next Morning

Natsu woke up with a groan as usual. He had a surprisingly good sleep and was feeling great. He opened his eyes to find himself looking at Lucy's dragon pajamas. Wanting to know why, he got up and saw Lucy sleeping in a sitting position. ' I must have had a nightmare again. ' he thought. He felt bad making her wake up in the middle of the night to make him calm down. Then he grinned, he knew what he was going to do to make Lucy happy.

Lucy woke up to the smell of something burning. Not being the morning person everyone thought she was, she left it alone thinking that it was only Natsu cooking and tried going back to sleep. ' Wait… Natsu cooking! Shit! ' she thought with fright.

She threw herself off the bed, stepping on Happy in the process, and dashed to the kitchen. She almost fainted at the sight of Natsu sticking a couple of fish, not on top of the fire but, in it and at the same time holding a paper fan and waving it at the fire. If she was not so horrified at the sight then she would be wondering how on earth the fishes hadn't turned to ashes already.

"Hey Luce." Natsu greeted grinning widely at her.

"NATSU! Don't 'Hey Luce' me! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" she screamed.

"Don't mind me, I'm just smoking a couple of fish for breakfast today" he replied. Coincidentally, all the fishes turned to ashes.

Well, according to Lucy, it was better than last time when he tried to 'smoke pancakes' instead.

"Damn it! I don't understand what I'm doing wrong. The same happened the last eight times." Natsu mumbled to himself.

Lucy's jaw fell wide open. 'The last EIGHT TIMES! Just how many fish did he try to cook? All my money!' her mind cried. Then Happy came in with tears in his eyes. Lucy would have thought it was cute if she didn't know him better.

"WAAAHH! Natsu! Lucy stepped on me and it hurts so much. She must be really fat." Happy whined with tears in his eyes, appearing really innocent.

"What did you say cat!" she said, glaring at him when she heard the last sentence.

"I agree with you Happy. Lucy needs to stop eating all the oily food she makes." Natsu agreed with Happy.

"Mhm." Happy and Natsu said in unison while nodding.

That was it. They made Lucy's anger go off the charts when they uttered the comment about her cooking. If you were outside Lucy's apartment at that time, then you would be able to see a teenage boy and his cat getting kicked out of a window by a girl shouting 'Get out!'. Natsu and Happy landed face first onto the ground.

"We were just stating the facts. Nothing to get so angry about." Happy mumbled to himself.

"It's okay Happy. Forget about it. Lucy is a weirdo anyways. We'll see you at the guild Lucy!" Natsu exclaimed as he got up, not an ounce of anger in his voice.

She tried to ignore what Natsu said, her eye twitching. "Yeah whatever. Just get going already." she replied from her window, can't help but sound annoyed. But, unknown to the two, when she turned away from the window she smiled fondly.

"Stupid people." she muttered under her breath.