When the Sky Falls for the Flame
This is my first story in quite a long time. But I do enjoy writing fanficton so I am going to start writing again.
A quick note: This is a Natsu x Wendy story that takes place 4 years after the Grand Magic Games Arc. I think is pair is utterly adorable and I really want to write a great fanfiction about them
Disclaimer:I do not own Fairy Tail or any of it's characters.
Chapter 1 - Dawn of a New Day
The Sun peaked over the horizon as the dawn of a new day swept over the quiet city of Magnolia. While most of the city was just now beginning to wake, there was one place that never truly slept: The magical guild Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail was a place where those who practiced magic were always welcome. Wizards from all over the land could join the guild to find work, safety, or just to make friends. Fairy Tail was truly the shining star of Magnolia.
In a particularly quiet section of town stands a large building known as Fairy Hills. This place is a dormitory that the majority of Fairy Tail's female wizards call home. Inside the halls of Fairy Hills sleeps a young, blue haired woman by the name of Wendy Marvell. Wendy is a wizard who has been a member of Fairy Tail for nearly four years. She practices Sky Dragon Slayer Magic, a rare form of support magic only taught to those who have been raised by a Sky Dragon. Despite being only sixteen years old, Wendy is an extremely talented wizard and a valuable member of Fairy Tail.
This morning however, she does not want to be either of those things.
As the morning sun shines in though her window, Wendy groans and pulls her blanket over her head. She was up late last night hanging out in the guild hall with several other members. Wendy did not get back to Fairy Hills until close to 4 a.m., so Wendy had gotten very little sleep last night. Her feeble attempt at making the Sun go away is thwarted by the sound of someone speaking next to her bed.
"Wendy Marvell, you will get up this instant." A voice said, clearly disappointed in the young girls behavior. Standing next to the girl's bed was Carla, A white, talking cat and Wendy's constant companion. The two of them had been together for nearly as long as Wendy could remember. While Carla had been at the guild hall last night, she had left the guild hall far sooner than Wendy had, so she was not nearly as tired as her young companion. "I told you not to stay out so late." Carla said jumping up onto the bed next to Wendy. "You should have left when I did. If you had, you wouldn't be in this sorry state." Wendy pulled the blanket further over her head so only the tips of her long hair poked out from underneath.
"mmmfmmm mmm mfffmm mfffm…." Replied the talking blanket. Carla sighed again and shook her head. Somehow, Carla understood every word.
"That isn't the point young lady." Carla said grabbing at the blanket. "If you keep acting this stubbornly, you will sleep your entire day away." Carla pulled the blanket and easily pulled it away from the half sleeping girl. "And that is completely unacceptable." Wendy, now blanketless, sat up in bed and rubbed her eyes.
"I wasn't planning on sleeping all day…" Wendy said sleepily. Carla jumped off the bed and walked across the room. "Just for another hour…" Carla crossed her arms in disgust.
"As I already said: That is unacceptable." The sassy cat said. "We had an early day today and you knew that. This is nobody's fault except your own. Now get out of bed and get ready. We have to meet the rest of the team at the Guild hall in a little over an hour." Wendy looked at the clock on the wall. Carla was right and she knew it. Her team was taking a job this morning and they wanted to get an early start on whatever job they chose. Wendy didn't want to miss that.
"Yeah, alright I'm up..." Wendy said climbing out of bed and stretching. She walked over to her closet and gathered up the necessary items for a morning bath. A quick dip in the bath was one of her favorite ways to wake up in the morning. "I'm going to take a quick bath, are you coming?" She asked. Carla nodded.
"Of course." Carla said. "We will be leaving early today and this will be our only chance for a bath before we leave. So let's go." Wendy nodded to Carla and opened the door to their room. The pair walked down the hall towards the open bath area. It isn't as private as their own bathroom, but Wendy prefers the large bathroom over their small one. As they drew closer to the bathroom, Carla looked up at Wendy. "Now that I think about it," She said thoughtfully. "Did you walk home by yourself last night?" Wendy shook her head.
"No." She said simply. "Natsu walked me home. He said he was heading this way anyway so it was no trouble." A small smile flashed across her face as she thought about it. Carla raised an eyebrow.
"Oh? He did, did he?" Carla asked. "Is that ALL he did?" Wendy felt her face get warmer as her cheeks turned red. She knew exactly what Carla was implying.
"Y-Yes that's all" She stammered nervously trying to ignore her rapidly heating cheeks. "W-w-w-what do you mean? What else would have happened?" Carla smiled, clearly enjoying Wendy's nervous reaction.
"Oh, nothing never mind. Forget I said anything." She said as she entered the open bathroom. Wendy sighed and followed the evil little cat.
Nearly an hour later, Wendy and Carla were approaching the Guild Hall. The walk from Fairy Hill to Fairy Tail's guild hall only took less than ten minutes so they were in no major rush. After just a few short minutes, the guild hall came into view. A gentle chill ran through Wendy. She always got chills whenever she saw that building. It represented something incredibly precious to her: family. When Wendy first came to Fairy Tail nearly four years ago, she was alone in the world. The only true constant she had in her life was the small white cat walking next to her. Everyone else in her life either walked away, or literally didn't exist. But Fairy Tail was different. She knew even before she walked through those doors that no matter what happened to her, no matter how nervous or scared she was, this place was safe. No one in Fairy Tail would ever judge her. She was a member of the Fairy Tail Guild. No… A member of the Fairy Tail Family. And she knew that would never change.
As she reached for the door handle to open the door, the young woman was powerless to stop a large grin from spreading across her face. It was nearly time for a new adventure to begin. Wendy turned the handle and began opening the door when suddenly-
CRASH!
The doors to the guild hall were forcefully flung open and something flew out of them. Wendy was hit by the door and thrown to the ground. The young woman yelped in pain as she sat on the ground next to the doors.
"Ow…" She whined, rubbing her face. "That really hurt. What the heck was that?" Wendy looked at the object that had knocked her off her feet. Laying on the ground a few feet away from her was a half-naked man with dark hair. Wendy immediately recognized him. His name was Grey Fullbuster, another wizard of Fairy Tail. Specifically, he was an Ice Wizard, and he had a few very strange habits. Most notably, Grey had a strange habit of stripping off his clothes for no reason. "Grey?" She asked. "What's going on? Are you alright?" She stood up and tried speaking to the man, but her questions were ignored.
"Dammit! That was a cheap shot you jerk!" Grey shouted as he jumped to his feet and leapt back inside. Wendy pouted and carefully peaked around the door. Carla quickly spoke up.
"Careful child." She said sternly. "No doubt those hooligans are fighting already." Carla shook her head. "I swear: how can they have this much energy at this hour. They should be putting that energy into something more productive and less ridiculous." Wendy really wasn't listening. She poked her head inside the hall and looked around.
It was just as Carla had said, the entire hall was in chaos. Everywhere she looked Wendy saw nothing but men and women flying in all directions. Furniture was flying and people were shouting constantly. Another smile spread itself across Wendy's face. This was just another perk of being a member of Fairy Tail: Thing were never boring.
Wendy carefully inched her way around the edge of the room, trying to avoid the fights erupting all around her. She made her way to the back wall of the guild where a beautiful woman with long white hair stood behind the bar cleaning and working as if nothing was going on. This beautiful woman was Mirajane Strauss, one of the more powerful and more laid back wizards in the guild. As soon as she saw Wendy and Carla approaching, Mira grinned and waved her over.
"Good morning, Wendy, Good morning, Carla." She said over the ruckus. Mira suddenly ducked as a chair sailed across the room and slammed into the wall behind her. "I hope you didn't have too much trouble getting through that." She said giggling and standing back up holding a few pieces of the projectile chair. "Anything I can get for you two?" She asked politely. Wendy shook her head.
"No thanks Mira." She said over the shouting. Wendy and Carla both sat down at the bar to hopefully avoid being dragged into the brawl, "We were supposed to meet the rest of our team this morning to take a new job," She said gloomily. "But I'm guessing that won't be happening for a while…." Wendy dropped her head onto the bar with a soft thud. Mira brought her finger to her chin and glanced up at the ceiling.
"Hmm, I'm pretty sure that's how this all started." Mira said thoughtfully. She shrugged. "Oh well. Anyway I wouldn't worry about it. This shouldn't last too much longer." Mira motioned back towards the brawl in the middle of the guild. Most of the combatants were in fact on the floor and either weren't getting back up or were fleeing to the edges of the hall to escape. "See? Almost over." Carla shook her head again and Wendy nodded.
"I see that." She said smiling. As the chaos began to die down, Wendy was able to scan the room for the other member of her team. She quickly picked Grey out of the crowd. He was often at the center of these fights so he wasn't hard to miss. Not far away, Wendy spotted another member of her team: Erza Scarlet. Erza was an imposing woman and was considered one of the most powerful wizards in the guild. She used a type of magic called Requip Magic that allowed her to equip any magical set of armor and weapons she chose. Erza was near the center of the fight too, but she was more interested in scolding the combatants rather than fighting them.
"Knock it off all of you!" Erza commanded. She had a very strong presence and most of the brawling guild members quickly backed down as to not incur her wrath. "This is no way for a civilized guild to behave!" She shouted as she began physically separating the guild members. Wendy nodded.
"So there are those two," She said to no one in particular. "And if they are there, then he should be-" Her words were cut off as a small explosion sent most of the remaining combatants flying in random directions. Standing in the center of the explosion was a pink haired man with a huge grin on his face. His name was Natsu Dragneel. The same Natsu that walked Wendy home from the party last night. Seeing Natsu standing in the middle of the room grinning like an idiot and fighting anyone that came into arms reach made the smile on Wendy's face grow even larger. 'Yep. There he is.' She thought happily. Natsu was a strong and funny young man that practiced Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. Both he and Wendy practiced Dragon Slayer magic, but his was considerably more geared towards offense than hers was. The two of them had been close friends for years and Wendy had a bit of a crush on him. He was the one that originally saved her and brought her into Fairy Tail. As soon as she joined Fairy Tail four years ago, she almost immediately joined Natsu's team and as she had grown older, she had developed a crush on the young man.
As Wendy sat there watching Natsu turn his attention to Grey and Erza, she felt her cheeks getting warm. She shook her head and continued scanning the room for the remaining to members of their team. Not seeing either one of them she looked at Carla, who was still facing away from the brawl.
"Hey Carla?" Wendy asked. "Have you seen Happy or Lucy since we got here?" Wendy scanned the room again to try and find them but quickly found her attention resting on Natsu. She shook her head again and turned back around in her seat to avoid watching him again. "I haven't seen either of them yet." Carla snorted and turned her head away.
"As if I'd care about where that tomcat is!" Carla stated a bit too defensively. Wendy giggled. Happy was the name of Natsu's cat. He could also talk just like Carla but he was blue instead of white and he was a bit on the ditzy side. Happy had a serious crush on Carla and a lot of people said she felt the same, but even after all this time, Carla would never admit it. It was adorable to watch. Before Wendy could say anything else Mira interrupted her.
"Ahh Wendy?" Mira said flatly. "You might want to move…" Wendy cocked her head at Mira.
"Umm.. excuse me Mira but why wou- EEEEEP" Wendy squealed as her answer was prematurely cut off. A stray Natsu had been thrown from across the room and he had crashed into her. Wendy and Natsu slammed into the bar and bounced over it, landing on the floor behind it. "oww.. that really really hurt…" Wendy moaned quietly. Natsu sat up and giggled.
"Whoops. Sorry about that Wendy." Natsu chuckled. "Didn't mean to drag you into this." He stood up and held out his hand to her. "Need a hand?" Wendy smiled and felt her cheeks getting warm again. She ignored it and nervously held out her hand.
"S-Sure Natsu. Thanks." She said as he pulled her to his feet. Natsu grinned at her.
"No problem." He replied. Before he could say anything else Carla pointed a paw at him.
"You barbarian!" She exclaimed angrily. "Be careful where you launch yourself! You could have crushed poor Wendy!" Natsu laughed.
"Nah, I wouldn't do that." He said nonchalantly. "And if you are going to yell at someone," He jabbed a finger at Erza. "Then yell at her! She's the one who threw me!" Carla huffed and ignored him. Natsu rolled his eyes and turned his attention to Wendy again. "Whatever, so fellow Dragon Slayer, wanna help me crush Erza?" He asked with an evil grin. Wendy felt an icy chill run up her back. She'd love to help him but not with this. She shook her head quickly, feeling her hair bounce from side to side.
"N-No thanks Natsu." She said timidly. "B-but you go right ahead. I'll cheer you on from here and I'll even heal you afterwards, okay?" She said with a weak smile. His grin turned from evil to warm in an instant and he gave her a thumbs up.
"Sounds like a plan to me!" He shouted and jumped up onto the bar, much to Carla's disgust. He was about to leap back into the now nearly dead brawl when he stopped and looked at Wendy. "Oh right, I almost forgot." He said grinning. "We will get our job and take off as soon as Happy gets back with Lucy. She was taking too long. Okay?" He asked. Wendy gave him a thumbs up and smiled back at him.
"Sounds like a plan to me!" She said mimicking him. Natsu howled and leapt at Erza. Wendy sighed and took her seat back at the bar. She could feel her cheeks still tingling and asked Mira for a cold glass of water to cool them down. As Mira handed her the drink she heard a commotion behind her.
"NATSU NO! KNOCK IT OFF!" Erza shouted followed by a loud thud that sounded like someone being slammed against the wood floor. After that everything went quiet. Erza's authoritative voice cut through the silence like a knife. "That's enough all of you! Look at the mess you made. Anyone who can still stand better start cleaning or you will answer to me!" Erza exclaimed. The brawl ended completely and everyone who could still stand began helping clean up the mess they had made, with Erza's supervision of course. Wendy quickly drank her water and spun around on her chair. She jumped off her seat and began walking over to the others. Carla looked over her shoulder.
"Wendy? Where are you going?" She asked. Wendy turned around but kept walking towards the others.
"I'm going to help clean up. I might not have fought but I can still help the others clean up. We are family after all." She said simply. "Oh and I might heal Natsu." She replied sweetly. Carla sighed and walked over to help as well. Wendy spun around and started cleaning up the broken pieces of furniture. As she helped she heard a strangled moan a few feet away. She glanced over and saw Natsu twitching on the floor. She smiled warmly at him. "Hold on Natsu. I'll heal you in a second okay?" Wendy's heart ached as Natsu answered with a weak thumbs up before probably losing consciousness. Wendy turned her attention to Erza who had Grey pinned to the floor beneath her foot.
"Umm… Excuse me Erza?" Wendy asked quietly. Erza turned her attention away from the struggling man beneath her foot and looked at Wendy. A sweet smile appeared on her face.
"Oh good morning Wendy." Erza replied sweetly. "How are you feeling today? I know you were out pretty late last night. You must be exhausted." It unnerved Wendy how quickly Erza could go from the most terrifying person in the world to the sweetest and most polite person you would even meet in a heartbeat.
"Oh…I'm okay t-thank you for asking." Wendy answered "I was just wondering if we were planning on leaving soon." Wendy asked. Erza nodded.
"We sure are. We just have to wait for Happy to bring Lucy. We think she slept in." Erza motioned to the request board where all of the job requests were posted. "I was just going over to pick our job. Would you care to join me?" Erza stepped forward putting all of her weight on Greys back earning a grunt of pain from the pinned man. Wendy nodded happily and followed her over to the board. They stopped right in front of the board. There were dozens of jobs listed and Wendy had no idea where to start.
"Uhh... Do you have any idea which one to pick?" Wendy asked. Erza nodded.
"I certainly do." She pointed at a request on the board. She snatched it off the board faster than Wendy could read it. The only thing Wendy was able to read was the word "CONVICTS". Erza motioned over to Mira behind the bar.
"Hey Mira," She called. "We're taking the convict job." Mira called back in agreement as Grey struggled his way over to the two women.
"That's the job we're taking? I read that one earlier. It sounds like a piece of cake." He said rubbing his back. "Alright then let's go. We can meet Lucy and Happy along the way." Erza nodded.
"Agreed. We have wasted enough time already. Let's head to the train station." Erza said motioning for the others to follow. "I have all my stuff outside so let's leave immediately." The rest of the team agreed and headed for the door.
Erza, Grey, Wendy and Carla walked down the road leading up to Lucy's house. They planned to stop by her house to collect her and Happy before heading to the train station.
It was going to be a beautiful day and Wendy couldn't be more excited to go on another adventure with her friends. The only problem was that she couldn't shake the feeling that they were forgetting something. Wendy decided to ask the others.
"Hey guys," She asked. "Is it just me or are we forgetting something?" Grey sneered.
"Oh I don't know." He glared at Erza. "Maybe we should ask the foot shaped bruise I have on my back." He snapped. Erza refused to acknowledge his complaint and answered Wendy.
"No, I can't think of anything." She said thoughtfully. "Maybe you are having this feeling because we haven't met up with Happy and Lucy yet." Wendy nodded in agreement.
"Yeah you might be right…" She replied. She wasn't entirely convinced though. She decided to ask Natsu. "Hey Natsu?" She asked. When she received no reply she stopped and looked around. "Natsu?" She asked again. Again, there was no reply. Wendy was puzzled for a second before her eyes widened in shock. At that same moment everyone else came to the same realization and froze in place. Erza was the first to speak.
"We didn't…." She said quietly. Carla sighed.
"Oh for Pete's sake." She groaned. Grey choked.
"You can't be serious!" He exclaimed. By this point Wendy was panicking and nearly in tears.
"OH MY GOSH I DIDN'T HEAL NATSU!" She shouted in horror. "OH MY GOSH I LEFT HIM OUT COLD ON THE FLOOR!" She shouted louder as she spun around in place and began running back towards the guild as fast as she could. She only made it a few yards before she tripped over her own feet and fell flat on her face.
End Chapter 1