|Hey guys! Welcome to Heartfilia Family Secret! Yes this is also going to be a romance story with Natsu and Lucy because I'm Nalu trash… ahahaha!

All fairy tail based is created by the wonderful&amazing Hiro Mashima!

Like I said it'll be Nalu idk about lemon but I think I can work something out for ya loves xo

Enjoy this new story I hopefully commit to bahahha!

Chapter 1: Photo.|


Lucy sipped on a cup of warm, lavender tea. The lavender provided by Mirajane who freshly picked the herbs the day before per-request from Lucy. She moaned from how delicious the flavor was. The smell of lavender reminded her of sweet summer, so fresh and bright. Oh how she missed those warm summer days.

In the midst of her day dreaming, A slow late autumn breeze cruised through her room, making her snap back to the reality that summer was over and it was on to a lot of layers and a higher chance of a cold. She groaned before standing from her chair. "I wish magnolia was always warm…" huffing out in displeasure she mumbled a few crude words she had for the Mother Nature.

Cold winds kept washing up into her apartment, turning the once pleasant moment, into an uncomfortable winter hell. Lucy quickly grabbed her long sweater and yanked it over her back and arms before rushing to her window and slamming it, rather loudly, shut. That deserved her a good banging on her wall from a not-so-amused neighbor.

"Keep it down in there!" The neighbor yelled, shaking the wall in the process.

Lucy was tempted to yell back for all the times HE was loud with his girlfriend… but decided she wasn't in the mood for another yelling battle between co-existing human beings. "Sorry Sir, don't know my own strength I guess!" she scratched her neck and laughed nervously.

Again, the neighbor wasn't so amused with her response, thinking she was being sarcastic and unsympathetic. In a mocking tone he replied. "Gee, you would think a damn Fairy Tail wizard would know, now wouldn't they?" Cleary, he was not that familiar with the guild if he really just implied we don't make a mess with a bang.

Now Lucy was the one not amused, but she wasn't about to let him ruin her day anymore then it kind of already is. "Alright, well you have a good day, bye now!" She grabbed her celestial key's and purse before rushing out the door. Ignoring the few comments the man said as she was leaving.

It was a busy Sunday. The streets of Magnolia where filled with little stands all up and down the roads. It was so hard for Lucy not to stop at every little clothing, magic and tinker shop that came her way, she never bought anything because you know, rent and all, but she always imagined just going on a shopping spree for herself and just throw money at everything that caught her eye. Unfortunately reality checks in every so often to remind her she was far from rich, and rent wasn't her only money vacuum in her life. Natsu was one hell of a person to feed, at least Happy was satisfied with a simple fish you get for a few bucks.


Lucy finally reached the guild after countless window shopping moments that left her lingering longer then expected.

She pushed the doors open, it was loud as usual, even though more then half the guild members were out on jobs. Though, who was she kidding it doesn't change anything, could be one guild member, Natsu in-particular , and still make a loud ruckus to shake the grounds we stood on.

Speaking of Natsu, he came prancing over like usual and wrapped an arm around Lucy, slouching, using her as support. "Sup Luce, how's It hanging." Pun intended, he gave her a big smile and was returned with a brighter one.

"I'm alright, I guess. My neighbor, Mr Issac was a total jerk this morning! Totally put me in a sour mood." Lucy rubbed her head in frustration.

Natsu raised his eyebrow. "How so? Were you singing again? If so I wouldn't blame him." he laughed at his own joke which wasn't very amusing.

Lucy ignored him completely, not even bothering to yell and threaten his life. She proceeded, "So I was in this sweet daydream about Summer and then this nasty cold breeze came through which was the first horrible moment of the day. So I went to shut my window and my neighbor just started banging on the wall and shouting that I was being loud! I barely even slammed it! Total jerk, Right?" She had tried to be a big person about it but that doesn't mean she didn't take offense.

With a huff of exhaustion, she looked up towards her friend. She was met with squinted eyes and a mean smirk. "How bout I give'em a good ol' beat down for ya Luce!" Natsu proclaimed while making a fist and grabbing his bicep.

Happy had joined the conversation through Lucy's rant. He may not know the whole context but he was supportive of Natsu and his wishes to beat up someone. "Aye! Natsu will give'em hell Lushy, and I'll scratch his eyes out too If you want!" Happy yelled with excitement. He landed on Lucy's other shoulder and showed off his sharp claws for confirmation.

Tempting as it was, Lucy Couldn't do that to her poor soul of a neighbor, "No, he wouldn't stand a chance and that's not fair, is it?" she laughed and took a seat at the bar, waving at Mira in the process.

The boys erupted in a sinister laughter. "Yeah that punk wouldn't know what hit him. I'll pound him with the biggest Fire Fist the world's ever seen!" with a jolt of energy he lit his fist in excitement.

"Aye sir! Give him a good right hook too, just so he knows not to do it again!" Happy jumped up and smiled. He was so supportive of his Dragon slayer it was utterly adorable.

Before long the two where reenacting all the fight moves they knew and off in their own little world. Leaving Lucy to in the hands of Mira the She-devil.

"Good morning Lucy! The usual?" Mira smiled toward Lucy in her normal Happy-Go-Lucky self. She was cleaning out a mug in the process.

With a quick glance, Lucy nodded in approval. Her usual consisted of a berry milkshake, with extra strawberries, and an egg omelet filled with all kinds of goodness, too much to explain.

Levy decided to leave her conversation with Gajeel, much to his displeasure, and join Lucy at the bar. She had recently read an amazing novel and she felt it would be a disgrace to their friendship if she didn't share every detail of every page. It was a pack they had made from day one, share every incredible book with each other no matter the time of day. One time, Lucy even sent a 20 page letter to Levy describing her experience and the amazing writing of a book called "Withering heights" while Levy was out on a job.

With a skip In her step and her blue hair bouncing along with every step movement, she reached her busty blonde bestie with a huge smile on her face ready to eject her feelings of this new book onto her. "Lu! This new book I've been reading is tooootally amazing! Okay so-"

Before she could even start her explanation she gets cut off by a very obnoxious Natsu and Gray shouting at Lucy about some sort of fighting. She signed but quickly turned the frown back into a beaming smile. With Natsu around, it was hard for them to ever get alone time to talk about what everyone else finds boring, books and authors.

Levy mouthed "rain check" with a sympathetic smile. Lucy nodded and mouthed "sorry" back with a apologetic smile.

"Yo Luce, who do you think could kick Erza's ass, Me or ice princess! It's definitely me right!?" Natsu gestured with his thumb at himself. He was obviously asking her because he was sure she would be on his side 100%.

Lucy cleared her throat and entwined her fingers together. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "With deep thought and analyzing each of your powers from the time I've known you both, I've come to the conclusion that.." she paused, giving off the suspensive, giving hope.

"It's definitely me, Natsu couldn't hit a target if it was right in his face!" Gray smirked, thinking he was the obvious answer.

"Yeah right, I could too hit a target if it was right in my face!" Natsu spit back with a to his knowledge, a 'great' comeback. Giving him a deserved eyeroll from half the guild.

Lucy furrowed her brows. "Shush! As I was saying… The person who could kick Erza's ass is…" Everyone got quiet, they wanted to know who she was going to choose. Who she believed was stronger.

"Neither of you!" She smiled brightly at the two, making their hopes die with just three words. Erza on the other hand, was very satisfied with her answer.

Gray crossed his arms and scoffed. At least he was handling it a little bit better then our dear friend Natsu. "Oh come on Lucy! You know I could beat her with the snap of my fingers! Besides, you're supposed to choose me cause we're friends, but I guess we aren't, are we!?" Natsu started to pout like a little child, something he was known to do. His ego was hurt, but obviously Lucy meant it in a playful way.

To be perfectly honest. Lucy knew Natsu really could beat Erza, she knows first hand how strong he is capable of being. That being said, he would never actually full on fight Erza even if his life depended on it. She meant a great deal to him even if he never says it. Just like Gray... now that's a person he would never tell how he really felt about him.

The guild laughed loudly at the hurt puppy look the two had plastered on their faces. Priceless. Lucy covered her mouth to substance her laughter, she had a blush of amusement on her face.

Erza walked up behind Natsu and grabbed his shoulder. "So you think you can beat me, huh?"

Natsu became stiff with fear. Gulping the last of the moisture from his mouth, he braced himself for the punch he was about to receive. Which he did receive by the way.

With a two loud bang from Erza's armored fist. Both Natsu and Gray laid on the ground, birds chirping around their heads, whistling early morning bird tunes and that was the end of that.

With the final bite of her meal, Lucy got up and left the guild, waving everyone a goodbye and saying she would be back either later that night or early morning depending on her motivation.

Members of the guild waved and called out their goodbye's before returning to their drinking, fighting and gambling. Natsu and Gray slowly recovering from their enormous headaches.


The day had gone by quickly, Lucy did a little shopping, which consisted of food and some bathroom essentials, stopped by the library to return and pick up a few books, which took longer then the average person as she couldn't help but stop at every shelf she walked past. After that she stopped at a little food stand on the corner and got herself a small sandwich to go while making her way back home. She desperately needed a bath and relaxation time. Hopefully she wouldn't walk in and find a bunch of idiots rummaging through her home or another run-in with her not-so-friendly, jerk of a neighbor.

It was about 5:50 when she finally reached back at her apartment, her neighbor and his girlfriend going at it like animals. Disgusted but glad she didn't have to deal with him right now.

Rolling her eyes she unlocked her door, preparing herself to yell at who might be in there without her permission. "Alright, whoever is in my apartment I'm going to kick your a-"She stopped to find nobody was there, much to her relief. "Finally, a night I can spend alone and quiet. Lucy time."

With a smile, she threw her purse at the nearby couch and placed her keys on her nightstand and let her jacket slide off her back and onto a nearby chair, telling herself she'll hang it later.

Lucy took out a few grocery's that she had bought early, she decided to make a stew tonight for dinner, she had been craving it all day and decided why the hell not.

After putting the rest in the fridge she grabbed a pot and placed it on the stove. Since she had a special lacrima based stove, a typical stew would take hours while her's will only take about one. Pretty neat, it came with the apartment.

"Alright, now let me make sure I have everything I need… beef, tomatoes, carrots, onions." She carried on down the list of ingredients, she forgot to grab some bay leaves, but she'll make do without.

Slicing and dicing her ingredient and throwing them all together was very easy for her, she learned how to cook from her mother, who taught her a lot in their short time together. She still remembers the first thing she ever made with Layla, it was simple but messy. Biscuits, homemade. She burnt the first batch but was successful on the second, of course now looking back, Layla helped Lucy a little extra so they wouldn't burn again.

Thinking about her mother made Lucy feel her heart strings being pulled, but she smiled from the fond memories they had together, they urged her to take out her mother's belongings and take a peak at the past. She complied with the urge and let her stew simmer for a while.

Before taking out the boxes from her closet, she changed into some comfy pajama's, long pants with little polar bears on them, and a white tank top lined with lace. It was a bit nippy out, if you catch my drift, so Lucy threw on a white zip up jacket and started up her fireplace, unfortunately it's much easier with Natsu around since it took about 10 minutes to get it started with the last remaining matches she had. Even his fire was warmer then these standard flames, funny actually, Lucy never thought fire would have a difference but Natsu sure changed her outlook on that.

Once the fire started going, Lucy signed in relief as she sat back, taking a breath from all that pent-up frustration from the matches that wouldn't stay lit. "Need to go check on that stew before anything else." She signed while forcing herself to stand again. It was painful leaving the warm air behind.

It was about 5 minutes out from being finished so she grabbed a few bowls before realizing she only needed one. It actually made her sad knowing she was eating alone, usually Natsu and Happy and sometimes Gray and Erza would 'join' her for dinner without asking, but for some reason it made her sad at the thought of eating alone. But, She shrugged it off and carried on getting her dinner prepped, her hunger was more overpowering then feeling a little lonely.

Lucy made her way into her living/bedroom and put her bowl of steaming stew on the coffee table, and a glass of wine she insisted she earned for today. With a nod she approved of her successful dinner. "Alrighty, time to get those boxes while it cools."

Lucy made her way to her walk in closet with a step stool. She climbed up on the stool but still wasn't tall enough so she had to resort, embarrassingly, to use her tippy toes.

She finally reached and grabbed the big box but didn't expect the weight of it to be so significant. It was too late, she already had the box over her head... way over. The weight of the box threw her off her feet.

She fell.

The box went flying and Lucy panicked and tried grabbing her hanging clothes for balance but they came flying down with her. She fell and hit the ground with a loud thud, clothes and hangers draped over her, tangling themselves together.

A banging noise came from next door again "How many times do I have to tell you, Keep it down!" her neighbor yelled yet again before going back to his girlfriend.

She rubbed her head before she realized something hadn't quiet made it down yet. "Oh no.." She swung her head up to find the box had hit the shelf and busted open and heading straight for her, all the goods that rested inside coming down at rapid speed.

She was so involved in the moment she didn't register the loud "Lucy move!" being yelled at her. Quickly, she wrapped her arms around her head and turned over, preparing her body best she could for the impact awaiting to come into contact.

Almost like in slow motion, the box came tumbling down, heavy items like small boxes, books, pictures and albums falling out and towards her. Lucy clenched every muscle trying to make an armor out of herself as if it was possible but the only thing she felt was a gust of wind and heat. The loud sound of the box and it's belongings slammed into the person on top of her, causing grunts of displeasure erupting above her.

Something sharp had cut her leg and caused Lucy to jolt in pain and quickly opening her eyes but instead of facing the harsh pain in her leg she was met with Natsu kneeling over top of her, his forehead touching hers, his eyes and teeth clenching shut. He was embracing the pain from the objects that bruised and cut him in this unfortunate event.

Natsu opened his eyes slowly and made eye contact with Lucy. They shot open once he came-to, he didn't quiet know what happened all he saw when he walked in was Lucy laying on the ground and danger coming her way, so the hero that he is, jumped in to protect her.

"Lucy, are you alright!?" He shot up, a few papers sliding off his back.

She sat up, almost hitting him in the head from being so close. "Yeah… I think so? My leg though, I think It got cut." She looked down and started rubbing around the wound, but quickly realized this was only a minor thing for her compared to Natsu who absorbed most of the injuries.

"Oh God! Natsu are you alright!?" She got out from underneath him, not really registering the very, what you would say, risqué position she was in before. If someone had walked in, there would be questions no doubt but she wasn't really thinking about that, she was more worried about the damage done to her best friend.

Waving his hand, Natsu nodded his head. "Yeah, don't worry about it Luce, I've been through way worse, you know that!" He said it through this giant smile on his face, it baffled her how he wasn't scolding her for being clumsy like he usually does.

She didn't buy it. Lucy quickly stood up, despite the pain in her leg from the cut that was rather deep and walked to the bathroom to grab a first aid kit.

Natsu stood up on his own, despite his very intense back pain. It got cut and bruised in the process from the heavy books and sharp objects, he even got a few paper cuts of all things.

"Really Luce I'm fine!" He yelled out to her as he arched to crack his strained back.

Walking out into the living room, Lucy shook her head. "No, you aren't. Now take off you vest I need to clean you up."

Knowing he couldn't convince her otherwise, he slid his ripped, blood stained vest off and hung it on the bed post. He proceeded to tie his scarf around his waist so it wouldn't get ruined from the two bleeding cuts on his back, not very large but deep for sure, probably from the pointed objects. There was also a big bruise on his rib from a large photo album slamming into his side, and one on his lower back and shoulder from old, heavy books.

Lucy rushed over and sat the first aid and herself next to her hurt friend. Tying her hair back she started to clean his wounds with some peroxide which made Natsu flinch a few times from the sudden stinging. "Sorry…" she said in a low, apologetic voice but she continued to wrapped them up tightly and put cooling pads on his back to ease the swelling.

After Lucy finished cleaning him up she stood and picked up the bowl of still warm stew from the coffee table and handed it to Natsu. "Here. You deserve this." She practically shoved the bowl in his face as a apology gift and grinned sheepishly.

He didn't hesitate for a second before snatching it from her hands. "Wow thanks! The whole reason I came over was cause I had this feeling you made something super delish and then when I got here it smelled like heaven so I rushed inside! Only to find you falling flat on your ass." He laughed.

Lucy rolled her eyes at that last part, but flattered that he thought her food smelled, in his words, heavenly. "Well... go on and taste it. Tell me how it is." She grinned.

Natsu happily obliged and took a big spoonful of stew and plopped it into his mouth. The second those sweet juices of the buttery, melt in your mouth beef touched his taste buds, he practically fainted. The sweet taste of the cut-up carrots just fell apart in his mouth, the sauce sending shivers down his spine. It wasn't even spicy like he likes most things, but man oh man was this a heavenly meal.

Natsu moaned before sinking back into the pillows that Lucy had propped up for him. "Oh god Lucy, this is unbelievable! Where did you learn to cook like this!" He practically drank the rest of it he ate so fast.

Lucy couldn't help but blush, it was such a compliment that he enjoyed her food so much, she never really cooked for him before, only making him sandwiches or throw in the oven meals. It was very rare that she had time to actually cook a decent meal and not let it burn which is what Natsu was used to tasting since he always preoccupied her with his nonsense.

"Thanks Natsu, it means a lot. I have more in the kitchen and I know once I finish talking you're going to go get more so I ask that you leave me at least one bowl, please?" Lucy basically just begged him not to eat all her food that she was so looking forward to this meal.

With a nod, he was off, like the injuries were nonexistent anymore. "Thanks Luce!" is what followed from the kitchen. She could only laugh.

While Natsu was filling up on her dinner, Lucy decided to clean up the mess in her closet. She walked over to her closet but once she saw the catastrophic reality laid before her, she felt horrible. "All of this fell on top of him…? If he hadn't shielded me I could've been seriously hurt." She felt beyond guilty for the accident she cause. She shouldn't have been so careless.

"Thanks Natsu..." She whispered to herself.

Lucy bent down and started collecting all the papers up first, they were mostly just diary pages her mother had written when she was a young teenager, but Lucy had already read through them about a million times. Layla stopped writing in her diaries shortly after Lucy was born since she didn't have the time with an adventurous rug rat running around and teaching her life lessons and schooling.

After picking up all the papers and setting them aside in a neat pile, next was the photo albums and then the books and the little decorative boxes her mother made that held some old jewelry and prized possessions.

Once everything was put back into the box she dragged it out to her living room. She kind of just wanted to look at the photo albums but might as well take everything since it caused so much trouble in the first place.

Natsu emerged at that moment to see what was now on display. "Is this the stuff that physically assaulted me?" he said jokingly.

Lucy laughed and nodded. "Yeah it's a box of my mother's belongings and some photos."

Natsu squinted. "Oh great. So your mom doesn't like me and planned this all out so I would get beaten, huh? Tryin' to scare me away, well you can tell her I ain't leavin!" he scoffed and crossed his arms.

He was obnoxious but adorable. Lucy smiled "Don't be silly, my mother would've loved you Natsu. Plus, she would be super grateful to you for protecting me all the time." Blushing, she scratched her cheek.

Natsu was now starting to blush as well. "Well gee Luce." He scratched his neck and smiled.

The mood fell once he saw her face fall to a frown. He was about to ask what's wrong but she beat him to the talking. "But again, I am really really sorry, Natsu. It's all my fault, I was careless and didn't mean for you to get hurt like that."

"Lucy, it was just an accident, it wasn't your fault and besides, At least I was there so you didn't get hurt. Knowing if I gotten here any later you could've gotten really hurt and that would've been far more painful to me then these cuts and bruises. You know that." He said this like he had said it before, like he was just reminding her, it touched Lucy deeply, knowing he cared so much about her made her feel not alone, like he was there no matter what. It meant more then he knew to her.

"Thank you Natsu, truly." She smiled at him, with a small blush lightly kissing her cheeks. Which prompted him to blush even brighter, he hid his face before she noticed with his scarf that was around his neck again.

Pushing his mouth into his scarf, he mumbled. "It's whatever…" but suddenly it hit him. His scarf fell from his face and his evil smirk was uncovered.

Lucy's smiled dropped into an 'uh-oh' face. "Oh God. What are you thinking."

He crept a little closer. "Photo albums you say?"

She nodded unknowingly about what he was thinking. "Yeah… and?"

"Baby photos." He replied.

Still confused she furrowed her brow and raised her shoulders, shaking her head in the process.

"Naked baby photos." He replied again. Evilly.

"Hahaha you wish… I don't have any of those." Lucy started to sweat nervously, which means she couldn't hide it from Natsu.

"LIAR!" He pounced at the box and so did Lucy, clashing and fighting over the photo album literally titled 'Baby photos.'

Determined, Lucy kicked at the poor, already injured boy but he felt no pain he was too determined for pain. Holding her back he grabbed it from her gripping arms. She reached high for it but tumbled forward from loss of balance and as punishment, Natsu sat on her while he opened the burgundy colored cover.

"Let's see here…" he started shuffling through the album not really caring about the sentimental ones, he just wanted to have black mail on the poor girl.

She kicked her heels up and flailed her arms. "Come on Natsu, don't do this! Please!" She begged and cried.

He shook his head before he finally found what he was looking for. "Well well well, looky here. Little bitty Lucy naked in a bathtub." He smirked evilly and laughed.

Crying out again, Lucy slammed her face into the ground just a bit too hard giving herself a headache. "Please don't…" She had seen that photo a million times and it's still so embarrassing, she was a chunky baby, about 6 baby fat rings on each arm and cheeks like chipmunks. She swore to never let that photo be seen by another human being, not even plue her most trusted friend.

Slowly, Natsu pulled the photo out, making her anxiety rise faster. Finally, it slid out [insert dirty joke here] "That's odd." Natsu questioned.

This made Lucy offended. "Don't call my baby self Odd! You jerk!" She started flailing again, trying to break loose.

"Lucy chill, I mean this." He brought the photo down to her level and he was right. It was bent in half.

Lucy squinted at the photo and tilted her head. "What the…"

Natsu stood up to let Lucy go. "You didn't know that it was bent? This whole time?" He questioned, curiously.

"No, why would I think to take the photo out in the first place?" She questioned him, a bit with an attitude.

He frowned at her. "I was just asking, Geez." He put his hands up in defense.

Lucy took the paper from him and looked at it closely before finally opening the folded half, her heart started to race. She wasn't prepared for what she was about to see, not in a million years would she have guessed this. Her world was about to flip upside down.

A shaggy, blonde haired boy, smiling brightly at baby Lucy. Bubbles covered his body and a little whipped cream shape on his head. He looked so happy, so full of life. He looked older then Lucy but she wasn't sure. He oddly enough looked a lot like her and her mother...Actually, he looked almost identical to herself and Layla.

"Who is that Lucy? A cousin or something?" Natsu asked, concerned about this strange boy in the bath with baby Lucy.

"I-I don't know." Lucy turned over the paper and the words hit harder than the picture. Her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she took a sharp breath in. Her pale, shaky hand covered her mouth once the words engraved into her forever memory.

Everything had gotten so serious so quick. Natsu couldn't see what it read so he waited anxiously for her to tell him. "Well. Who is it!?" He asked again.

"No way…" Her voice shook a little.

'Bath day with my two beautiful children, Kyle and Lucy Heartfilia- xoxo Layla Heartfilia'

"My brother."


|Well I finished my first chapter of my new story and it was really fun to write. I feel like this story should do better since my writing has progressed some more and it's not stupid like my other stories beginning ahaha… oof.

Anyway, if you guys can also fact check me on some stuff that would help me out! Just message me and I'll correct it right away!

Thanks you so much everyone for reading this first chapter and I hope this story goes far, like I said before, Ill try to continue my old story but I can't lie, I got bored with it. Oof again.

Love you guys as always- Pheebs.|