Hey, everyone! This is my first fanfiction ever and it was quite funny how I came up with the idea. My friend and I were talking about our dream Nalu ending and I sort of came up with the idea. And I thought it would make a great story so…yeap. Please don't forget to drop a review and follow this story…your support means everything to me~ Over and Out!

DISCLAIMER: IF I ACTUALLY OWNED FAIRY TAIL, WHY WOULD I BE WRITING FANFICTION, I WOULD RATHER BE DRAWING KICK ASS MANGA CHAPTERS! CHARACTERS BELONG TO HIRO MASHIMA~

Chapter 1: The Truth

"Lucy!" His voice reverberated in my ears, it sounded like a magical chime, I had always hoped that it would never end. Bit by bit, I am starting to fall deeper and deeper into the spiral of intimacy. Never had I thought that I could fall for that pink-haired idiot.

However, I did not have the courage to ever let the other guild members know about my feelings for the notorious Salamander. To hide my emotions, I would deny any chances of the both of us evolving into a couple whenever we were the targets of the guild's incessant teasing. Now, everything was different. Every aspect would be seen in a different light.

It was the war against Acnologia and the Alvarez Empire. Acnologia would be inactive for a certain period of time, due to the Dragon Slayers' admirable efforts in injuring him. Right then, Zeref's silhouette shifted in the distance. He approached me, his facial expression remaining profound. The both of us made eye contact throughout the time he took to approach me. My blonde locks swayed with the direction of the wind, my brown orbs stayed still, not willing to show any signs of giving in. The man standing in front of me have been living for centuries, and he possessed immense magical power. He was also the beloved of our first guild master. My mind was racing: Why would be approach me? Am I going to die? What is going to happen to me?

As though he had read my mind, he started," I see you are a great part of Natsu's life. He feels deeply and greatly for you, Lucy Heartiflia." I flushed deeply at his astounding statement. This lead to an even longer string of queries. What did Natsu have to do with him? What has our conversation have anything to do with my bond with Natsu? Questions swirled through my mind like a whirlwind, never failing to fill me up with even more curiosity. He opened his mouth and started," Lucy, I really need you to believe in what I am going to confide in you. There's absolutely no reason for me to lie to you now. This is the absolute sincerity. You can choose what to do with this piece of information in whatever way you like though. Natsu is E.N.D, E.N.D stands for Etharious Natsu Dragneel. He was my brother at first, but after his death, I kept his body to resurrect in the future. After living out my life, seeing a countless number of deaths, foolish people serenading and treating me like a God after my calamitous curse took effect, I decided to create Etherious in order to destroy my catastrophic presence on this planet. I created a limitless number of demons, but the strongest one I created, a fire demon, was none other than Natsu. I used my brother's body to give him life as a demon. He was then raised by the King of Fire Dragons, Igneel. And that is pretty much his story until today."

My mouth hung agape, unable to immediately digest the information that came in a huge chunk. My best friend (and my secret crush) had been a demon all along? My head hung in suspense, trying to fully comprehend the full situation. The huge weight of reality dawned upon me as I looked up to further question the black wizard. Curiosity overwhelmed me as I stuttered, "W-hat…is h-he…supposed to d-do?" "He would have to destroy me." Zeref replied, sounding tenser than he usually was. It was then that it struck me. A daunting the truth that no human would ever be prepared to face. I was shaking uncontrollably, tears welled up in my eyes, preparing to trickle down my porcelain cheeks at any point in time. I bit my lip so hard that I could taste the cold, metallic taste of the crimson liquid. My fist clenched, as my fingernails dug deep into my skin. All the memories came back, as drops of salinity started to pour down, unwilling to be kept captive in my eye sockets.

He held out his hand as we were escaping from the guards.

His goofy grin.

"Save your tears for when we win."

Him catching me, risking his own life in the process, not even once but twice.

Finding him snuggled up with Happy, leaning against my bed, muttering my name.

His whole body engulfed his flames when he was fully determined to save his dear comrades.

Hugging him so that he would not do anything so reckless that would cost his own life.

Embracing him from behind to let him know of my limitless gratitude for him.

Being in his warm embrace when I lost Éclair.

Even those moments when he would break into my house and I would almost immediately kick him out.

The time when he uprooted a whole Sakura tree and let it sail on the flowing river, just for my sick self to see.

Just every single essence of him. (His beloved scarf too.)

Was he really a demon? He was ever more caring, more compassionate, more humane, more loyal than any other human being I have met. He had never shown even one slight chance of being an Etharious.

As my train of thoughts came to a halt, realization dawned upon me. I breathed in a huge breath, allowing it to give me strength and courage to finally clarify the huge elephant in the room at that moment.

"Zeref…Will Natsu….." (To be continued…)