Prologue
Natsu
They were in a mountain. Well, it was really a volcano, which burned all who weren't Dragon Slayers. Fire was burning everywhere but Natsu himself couldn't use any of it if he didn't want to die on the spot. Then again, considering Lucy's fate, he might as well risk it. He pulled Lucy's head to his lap and fruitlessly tried again to wake her up.
"...Lucy...wake up...please..."
Natsu wrenched his tear stained face from Lucy's unconscious body and glanced at the stars above flying towards them. A fire dragon was in the sky, battling a magic that even he couldn't put a stop to. If Lucy was to die, then why the hell was he still here?
"It's too late for her, Dragneel," a voice said darkly. "She...no...her parents chose this fate for her."
Clenching his fists, he controlled his tears and looked up at the voice in front of him.
"Her parents wanted to protect her..." He stood up and glared at the person in front of him with a murderous rage, laying Lucy gently from harm's way. "What the hell did you do, Zeref? You jackass..."
"I didn't do anything," Zeref replied nonchalantly. "She chose this."
"You made her choose this!"
"How can anyone resist true freedom in this world, hm?"
Gritting his teeth, he started thinking about various ways to murder Zeref. But without Atlas Flame's fire and Gray's ice make magic, he couldn't hope to save Lucy. In addition, the Celestial Spirits will die as well without their former owner. There had to be a way...
A/N: Hello! Hope you like where I'm taking this! I said this earlier but this is my first Nalu specific fanfic. Feedback would be immensely helpful. Thanks!