Disclaimer: I do not own fairy tail, Hiro Mashio does. If I owned fairy tail Natsu would be an invincible badass.

Ok so I have read hundreds of fanfic on so many websites and one day I just decided, hey, why don't I take a stab

at this. So here is my first attempt at a fanfic, hopefully it doesn't suck. Also to let you know I can be some what obsessed with crack pairings. I'm not saying this will be a crack fanfic, I support some of the more common pairings too but we're just going to have to see what happens for I have not decided the pairings.

Summary: What would happen if Natsu and Happy are coming home from a job and find a village on fire. Who did this? And why? But the bigger question is how Natsu ended up with a baby. And will he be up for the challenge?

Deep in a forest located in the country of Fiore, the magic capital of the world, we find our hero and his furry sidekick. Why are our heroes in the middle of a forest? Well the answer is actually pretty simple. Natsu and his blue exceed partner Happy are on their way home to Fairy Tail, the strongest guild in Fiore, after a long and tiring mission that was much longer than expected. The mission was supposed to take a few days at most but ended up taking two weeks after the client greatly underestimated the enemy they were meant to destroy. The mission was to eradicate a small dark guild terrorizing a little village in southern Fiore. Natsu was more worried about the train rides than the actual mission, oh did I forget to mention are hero has a bad case of dragon slayer induced motion sickness. Well his car free persona about the whole thing ended when he got to their base. Apparently no one decided to tell him the guild had three S-class mages, go figure. But in the end, like always, our idiotic fireball came out victorious, mostly. He had such a hard time on the train he decided to walk home. WALK. And so they ended up in a forest who knows where, trying to get home.

"Naaaaatssssuuuu"our blue fur ball complained, "our we there yet? I want my fish"

"Happy, you asked that five minutes ago, I already said I don't know." Our pink haired friend countered. He sighed and they started on their way again.

"You know this is all your fault" Happy dead panned, " if we would have took the train I would have been home to my fish already!" Nastu only sweat dropped at his antics.

They walked for about ten minutes until last Natsu suddenly stopped, his hair shadowing his eyes.

"Natsu? Is something wrong" Happy asked nervously, it was rare to see his partner and best friend act so serious and when he did, there was a reason. Instead of answering his friends question, Natsu lifted his nose and took a few sniffs with his dragon slayer enhanced sense of smell. Natsu narrowed his eyes and looked to Happy.

"Hey… Do you smell smoke"

After that everything happened so fast. Before he knew it he was running to the source of the smell, Happy now with his wing magic, something all exceeds are born with, following close behind. He stopped at at a river to take a few more quick sniffs before rocketing forward again.

Happy was having a hard time. Not with keeping up, he was used to the inhumanly apples his partner possessed, but with the simple question he keeps repeating in his mind. Smoke? Happy was confused and thought what could be burning way out in the middle of a forest. A forest fire? But it was no forest fire.

After what seemed like hours of running and jumping over rivers, fallen logs, and large boulders they finally made it out of the forest into a large clearing over looking a beautiful lake a quant little town. They both would have been overjoyed by finally finding civilization after what seemed like days of wondering in that forest if not for one small fact. The town…. Was on fire.

Natsu did the only thing he could think of, run into the town and look for any survivors. Something most people would not do for fear of getting burned. But Natsu was a fire Mage, fire had no affect on him at all. But as much as he didn't want to think what caused this, the farther he went the more he wondered. There were craters all over, as if some bombed the town. Buildings were crumbling from the fire and the canal that ran threw the town was all dried up. The roads were in shambles and the once glorious statues that stood tall were now in pieces, scattered across the town. But that was not what horrified Natsu the most. No, he could care less about the state of the town. What horrified Natsu was the people. They were gone, they were dead.

Bodies lined the streets lying in their own blood. Some intact and slightly burned not enough to kill, while others were mutilated. One arm would be ten feet away from what looked like the body it was supposed to be attached to. Some corpses were missing heads and others had missing limbs, that was what horrified him. No, horrified is not a good word, there were no words to describe what he saw that, a day he would always remember and would always haunt him. It was something no one as young as him should lay eyes on. The image of the burning village covered in the innocent would be cemented into his head for the remainder of his life. He knew them and there that this village did not suffer a little fire, this village was attacked.

Natsu sunk to the ground in agony, tears streaming down his face, taking in the sight before him. No No No No. This can't be happening. I was to late….to…..late. He punched the ground making a small crater from impact and looked up into the red sky colored by the sun slowly dissepering into the earth.

"DAMN IT" he yelled,"WHY, Why, why" he repeated the word till not even the fine ears of a dragon could hear it. Happy came up behind him, in a similar state as Natsu, tears still streaming down a face that did not match the name he was given.

" You can't blame yourself for everything Natsu" Happy started, he opened his mouth to continue instill he saw the face of his crying friend and closed it. It felt like decades before any one spoke and it was happy agin this time, "let's look around, there could still be survivors".

That was something they could both agree on. Natsu slowly got to his feet, a little tipsy and first but steadied himself out. They decided to split up to greater the chance of finding someone before is was to late. But Natsu was barely even looking. He was to distraught to really pay attention to his quest of finding life. He walked at a sluggish pace and it was more of a shamble then a walk as he dragged his feet in sorrow. He wanted to leave and never come back, but he knew this was the right thing to do.

He went along for some time till his ears picked up something that at the time was music to his ears.

It was the cry of a baby.

He had never run so fast in his entire life and he never thinks he ever will. His body was overpowered by joy and hope pushing his body to beyond his limits. When he got to the source of the noise it could be considered a sad and horrible sight, but to him it was one a joy and hope. What he saw was inside a burning house was a woman, or what was left of one, with her body charred and broken wrapped around a small bundle of blankets protecting it from the ocean of drowning her. Natsu, not affected by the heat, jumped into the house and ran up to the woman, she was still alive.

When he got there he ran to her and put his hand on her arm. Her body twitched in surprise and used all its strength to identify the cause. She was even more surprised to see a young man looking down at her with evident concern in his eyes. But the most prominent feature was his pink hair. Wait. Pink hair was all she thought. But then it hit her like a load of bricks there is a person in front of me. And she smiled up at the man.

Natsu was at least to say, very, very confused. Did this lady just smile at me, WHILE SHES BURNING ALIVE. He did the most logical thing someone could have. He panicked. He grabbed the women and was about to take her outside of the burning house when he felt a soft, frail hand on his arm. He looked down at the lady and she shook her head.

"No" was all she said.

"No?" If Natsu could get any more confused he would have been right then and there.

"Ple...ase" the lady struggled out. She then shoved the bundle into Natsu's arms with all her might, which was less than if a normal person would have handed it to him.

"Pro…tect…ba...by…go" was all she said before she went limp in his arms. He wanted to save her and get her out of the building before it crumbles, but he knew it would do no good. So he took the bundle and said,

"I promise I will protect this" he motioned to the bundle. He knew she was already gone and didn't hear, but he needed to hear it. He got up and ran outside right before a huge support beam came down on all that was left of the unfortunate lady only for the rest of the to come shortly after.

He looked down at the bundle of pink blankets in his arms and slowly unwrapped it to find a sleeping baby with bright orange hair. Because of his great sense of smell, 72x better then the finest hunting down, he could tell the baby was female. Natsu then looked up at the burning house and thought I never for that lady's name. He then looked and the baby sleeping as if nothing ever happened. Or your name. He sighed and wrapped the baby back in the blanket and held it close to his chest only to be broken from his thought by a familiar voice.

"Naaaatsssuuuuu" Happy yelled, tears streaming down his face. "I've been looking everywhere for you, I thought something happened to you" he chocked out and hugged his partners arm. When Natsu didn't answer he looked up to see Natsu looking at a burning house.

"Natsu…."no answer, "is something wrong"

"Charr"

"Chart?" If happy wasn't confused before he was now. Natsu only chuckled, not a happy chuckle a solemn sad chuckle.

"No happy not chart, Charr" he looked at Happy, his face red from fresh tears, "I found someone". This surprised Happy.

"What. Where?" Happy had a flutter of hope in his chest the fell to pieces with his partners next action. No words where needed to explain what happened when Natsu's line of sight went back to the burning house. Happy's eyes widened when he realized what his best friend meant and unshed tears formed in his eyes.

"Charr" Natsu repeated the word bringing Happy out of his sorrow. Happy was about to respond when Natsu continued, "I will name her after the pain her mother went through to protect her, Charr. Charr Dragneel".

It was then Happy noticed the bundle in Natsu's arm and floated over to sit on his shoulder, his wings disappearing. He looked down to see a sleeping baby girl wrapped in a pink bundle of blankets.

"Happy. Meet Charr Dragneel" Natsu smiled down at the little girl as she stirred from her slumber. The baby slowly opened her eyes and looked up at her rescuers. Not really knowing what was going on, who would blame her she's a baby for heavens sake, she smiled and giggled up at them. Her eyes were a beautiful purple that glowed bright with determination. For the first time that day Natsu and Happy smiled.

Natsu and Happy stood atop a cliff looking down at the town. The fire had been put out not long after the Rune Knights appeared. Natsu told them what happened and gave him detections to the closest town. Charr had already fallen back asleep when the knights got there and they hesitated to ask why the "All destructive Salamander of Fairy Tail" was holding a baby of only a few months old. So the topic was left undiscussed and they went on their way.

In the end, mostly due to the fact of their new companion, took the train home to Natsu's dismay. When they got to Magnolia it was almost dark and everyone at the guild would have headed home. They decided to head home and visit bright and early in the morning. Everyone was probably worried sick by now. So Happy took Charr home and Natsu went to get some stuff for the baby with the reward money he just got, not to mention some much needed advice from the store employee. He got everything set and headed home. Even though people think he's an idiot, he's not, he's only a bit dense when it comes to socialism. Even he knows you need stuff to take care of a baby.

When he got home he noticed on rather big problem. Something he didn't mind when it was only him and Happy living there. But now with a baby and it being a girl he new he would have to fix it. But not just that, there were multiple modifications that needed to be made, but those could wait. Right now he needed to clean his messy, MESSY, MESSY house. This would be the beginning of many changes for the Dragneel household.

*Time Skip 3 hour*

Natsu was now exhausted while laying sprawled out across hi now clean sofa. His living room, kitchen, and sleeping courters sparkled around him. He never knew how filthy his house was till then. I should of cleaned my house ages ago. He got up and dusted himself off, I need a shower he thought so he got his clothes and went to the bathroom to freshen up. Happy already fead Charr and put her to bed while he cleaned.

He was standing under the hot water, so hot it would scald anyone but a fire mage like him, when a thought hit him. I'm going to need another bathroom later on. Then he thought some more. Scratch that, I'm going to need a bigger house. He was broken from his thoughts when he heard a ruff pounding on the bathroom door.

"Naaaatsssuuu, Charr won't stop crying" Happy yelled. "Save me"

Natsu chuckled to himself and finished up his routine and turned off the hot water. He dried of his hair and got dressed in a pair of identical white pants to his usual pair. He draped the towel over his shoulders and came out to a crying baby and a flustered Happy. Natsu would have laughed at his flustered friend if not for the crying baby.

"She just ate so that can't be it" Natsu shouts over the baby's cry as he walked over, "did you check her diaper?"

"Yes of course I did!"yelled a even more flustered Happy as the cries grew.

"Give her to me" and Happy was grateful to oblige. After Natsu had the crying baby, he walked over and turned of the lights. He stumbled over to his hammock at layers down, baby still in his arms.

"Natsu what are you doing" Happy asked when the cry turned into sniffles.

"I was thinking she was lonely so I'm going to let her sleep with me for now" Natsu yawned and fell asleep the baby almost instantly afterward.

"You big oaf" Happy smiled up at the two. He put a blanket over them carful not to fully cover the baby and went to his hammock for some much need rest.

It was past noon by the time Natsu woke up. He recalled what happened the day before as he looked down to see the baby sleeping soundly in his arms. He then looked up to see happy sprawled out on his miniature hammock perfect size for exceeds. He turned his head to look at the clock and sighed. So much for getting to the guild bright and early. He got out of bed and placed Charr next to Happy and covered the with a blanket. He got dressed in a getup not like the one he was wearing before. His other one was all ripped from the job and needed repair. It was a nice hot summer day in Magnolia so he wore a maroon skinned tight shirt showing his great figure with no sleeves. He had a identical pair of pants to his white ones but in a black color. He then wrapped his precious scaly scarf given to him by his foster dragon parent Igneel, around his neck. He would then top it off with his usual brown sandals.

He was in a pretty good mods today and wanted to let the duo sleep so he decided to make breakfast. Contrary to what some would believe, Natsu was actually a fantastic cook, something only Happy knew. His skill could even rival Mirajane, if not better. Natsu just liked to eat at the guild with his friends then cook himself so according to Happy this would be a rare treat. He made eggs and bacon for himself, fish for Happy obviously, and warm milk for the baby which he slowly heated in a sauce pan.

Happy woke up to a beautiful smell of freshly grilled fish to then realize he was snuggled with the baby. The baby later waked to come eye to eye with the blue exceed. Her eyes became watery as she failed to see the pink hair one she loved. But before she could make a sound two strong arms lifted her up and she was met with those two onyx eyes she was searching for.

"Are you hungry princess" he said as he walked to the table, baby on hip. Happy followed behind only to zoom ahead at the sight of fish. Natsu fed Charr and she fell asleep while Natsu ate his own food. By the time they stepped out of the house and Natsu slipped his sandals on it was already two in the afternoon.

As they walked threw the streets of Magnolia, Charr had woken up to see the ruckus of Magnolia in its prime. Throughout the entire trip to the guild they got looks of "ahs" and "oos" and a bunch of people begging to hold Charr. After what seemed like Centuries they got to the guild. You hear what sounded like a regular brawl in Fairy Tail. It feels like it's been ages, Natsu thought. He looked down at the little girl in his arms to see her starring at the building with wonder and said,

"Welcome to Fairy Tail Charr"

Wow, that took awhile. I'm pretty happy with the ending result. The reason this chapter is long is I love long fan-fictions, the longer the better. If I continue this fanfic most of the chapters will be long. Now I'm still trying to figure out who is going to be the "mother figure" of Charr. Believe me with a father like Natsu she needs some sanity in her little life. Probably that "mother figure" will be the main pairing which is still undecided. I'm thinking of maybe making it a harem story. I WANT YOUR OPINION. There is a possibility that there will be no pairing at all and Natsu does most of the work and the whole guild helps. I'm leaning that way but what do you want.

1. Pairing Story – Who

2. Harem Story – Who

3. Just Natsu

Plz give me your opinion. Peace