~Just so you guys all know, this is Fairy Tail from Natu's point of view! It's my first fanfiction but I gladly accept all criticism in order to improve!~
IN HARGEON
"Ummm… Sir?" I heard someone say to me. It sounded faint even with my highly sensitive ears but that might be because of the fact that I was currently doing my best not to barf all over the floor of the train.
"We've reached Hargeon, Natsu! Get up! Get up!" Happy said excitedly while tapping me with his paw.
"I-Is he all right?!" The train conductor asked.
"Aye! This always happens to him."
"Never again… I'm never riding a train again…" I held in my barf once again. Oh, man. If I don't get off soon, someone's going to have to clean up the floor of the train. The best I could do was get up and lean out the window for some fresh air.
"If our information is correct, the Salamander should be in this town. Let's go." Happy said.
"G-Gimme a minute first…" I need to regain my strength before we start looking for Igneel. Feeling just a little bit better, my ears heard the worst sound in the world. The sound that means the train is starting again. "HELP ME!" I screamed in desperation to Happy as the train left the station with me still in it. I couldn't take it anymore. I was on the verge of passing out until Happy flew over to me and grabbed me. He flew us all the way back to the station. I am so lucky to have a flying best friend.
We decided to walk around the town. "Man… I wound up riding the train twice…" I groaned, feeling the after effects of motion sickness.
"You're no good when it comes to riding things." Happy decided to add.
"Not to mention I'm hungry."
"And we don't have any money." Happy is really making things look worse. Ugh. I started to think about the reason why we came to this town in the first place.
"Hey, Happy. This Salamander has to be Igneel, right?" Someone is going to get burned if it turns out this Salamander person is just some stupid non-dragon.
"Aye! Igneel is the only fire dragon I can think of." Obviously, Happy has never met a dragon but how can there be another fire dragon in the entire world besides Igneel?
"Yeah, huh?" I noticed a large crowd ahead of us with girls screaming things like "Mr. Salamander", "You're so dreamy!" or "Please burn me!". "Salamander?!" Happy and I both yelled. We started to run toward the crowd. "See! Speak of the devil!"
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
I noticed a fragrant coming from the group of girls surrounding Salamander. It was a really nice smell and if I had the time, I would've stopped to find out who it belonged to, but right now Igneel is my main priority. "Igneel! Igneel!" I couldn't wait to see my father again. After all this time, I finally get to meet him. "Igneel!" I finally broke through the barrier of girls to find… a strange man with a weird tattoo on his forehead. Definitely not a dragon. What a huge disappointment. "Who are you?" I asked. He seemed rather shocked that I didn't know him.
"Would the name 'Salamander' ring a bell?" I didn't care about this human weirdo so I started walking away. "You're gone already?!"
"How rude!" I got kicked in the head by a girl with brown pigtails. "Yeah! Mr. Salamander's a great wizard!" Another girl with lighter brown hair pushed my face to the ground. In case you're wondering, Happy was on the sidelines watching as the girls beat me up. The previous two girls grabbed my legs as another girl with a headband grabbed my neck with her legs and started choking me. Another girl joined in and now both my legs and arms were being locked by these girls. Happy is still on the sidelines, admiring the murderous intent these girls have for me.
"What's with you chicks?!" I managed to choke out.
"Now, now. That's enough. He didn't mean anything by it." I looked over to him and saw a LONG line of girls just waiting to grab hold of me and pummel me to the ground. They all turned to him with hearts in their eyes as he gave me a small white board with some crappy writing on it that said 'Salamander'. "Here's my autograph. Feel free to brag to your friends." No way in hell is Gray ever going to know how some girls managed to beat me up.
"No, thanks." Immediately, I felt the murderous intent directed at me again and the next thing I know, I'm upside down next to the trash can.
"It wasn't him after all." Happy finally says something. Thanks for helping me out, Happy.
"Well, I have business at the port, so I must be off." The girls were devastated by this fact. "Red Carpet!" The Salamander person used his magic to produce some kind of showy purple fire that doesn't even deserve to be called fire. "I'm having a party on my boat tonight. You're all invited!" And with that he left.
"Who was that?!" I still had no idea what had just happened. The nice smell I noticed earlier came closer.
"He was a real creep." I turned to look at the voice, who also happened to be the source of this sweet fragrance. It was a blond girl. "Thanks!"
"Huh?" First girls hit me now a girl is thanking me? Girls are so weird. She took Happy and me to a restaurant and ordered some food. I was liking her already.
"I'm Lucy. It's nice to meet you!" She said cheerfully.
"Aye!" Happy replied. Happy and I introduced ourselves. Then, we began to stuff our faces with as much food as possible.
"Ummm, Natsu and Happy, was it?" She asked.
"You're really nice!" I told her. I was so hungry and this Lu-something buys me food.
"Okay, just slow down a little. Stuff is flying everywhere…" Not going to happen anytime soon. "So that Salamander guy was using a Charm spell. It can attract people to you, even against their will. Sale of it was banned years ago, though. What a creep, going that far to be popular! But I broke free of the spell thanks to you barging in! So this is my thanks!"
"I see." So that's why she said thanks, I thought, as I tried to eat an octopus.
"Believe it or not, I'm actually a wizard myself!"
"Oh, yeah?" A girl who buys food for me is definitely a good person to have at Fairy Tail.
"I haven't joined a guild yet, though. Oh, guilds are organizations where wizards gather to share information and find work. You can't be considered a full-fledged wizard unless you're in a guild. There a lots of guilds all over the world, and it's apparently really tough getting into the popular ones! The one I want to join is filled with amazing wizards! Oh, my! I want to join it, but I bet it'll be tough!" I exchanged looks with Happy. Man, she may be nice but she's noisy.
"Uhh…" I was about to tell her I know all this because I was a wizard but she interrupted me.
"Oh, sorry! This wizarding talk must sound like nonsense to you, huh? But I'm definitely going to join that guild! I bet I can find lots of big jobs there! " She looked really happy.
"Y-yeah?" I guess I can't force her to join Fairy Tail if she already has another guild in mind.
"You talk a lot." Happy mentioned. Way to point out the obvious. Luckily, she seemed to not hear him.
"Come to think of it, it sounded like you were looking for someone." She asked.
"Aye! Igneel!" My best cat friend answered.
"We're here because we heard a Salamander was coming to this town, but it was someone else." I recalled the disappointment as I ate a pizza.
"Yeah, he didn't look like a Salamander at all." Happy added, reaching for another fish.
"A Salamanders' a fire dragon, so we thought he'd be Igneel." I was still disappointed about my results today.
The girl was obviously confused. "What kind of person looks like a fire dragon?"
"He's not a person. Igneel is a dragon." I clarified for her.
"Huh?" She looked more confused than before.
"Aye! He's an actual dragon!" Happy repeated.
The face she made when she finally got it was pretty funny. Her brown eyes got huge and her mouth was wide open. "HUH?!" I waited a moment to let it sink in. Even I know that dragons are pretty rare to see. "Why would there be a dragon in the middle of town?!" She shouted. Happy and I both froze as we processed that information. We hadn't thought of that at all. "You just now realized that?!" Wow, we must look like idiots. "Well, I should be going. Enjoy your food." She stood up and left the table, leaving some money behind.
What a nice person she was! Happy and I both knelt on the ground and hollered "Thank you for the meal!"
She obviously didn't feel thanked. "Stop it! You're embarrassing me! It's okay! You helped me, so now we're even!"
"We weren't trying to help her though…" I mentioned to Happy.
"Aye, I still feel indebted…" I suddenly got a perfect idea to thank her.
"I know! You can have this!" I handed her the Salamander signature I got earlier.
"Don't want it!" She roared.
She left and Happy and I continued eating until the chefs kicked us out for eating up the entire food supply. It was dark by the time we were out. "We ate so much!" I was pretty satisfied now.
"Aye!" Happy stared at the sea. "Say, is that the ship where that Salamander is having his party?" I looked over and immediately felt the need to barf. "Stop feeling nauseous just from the thought of it."
We heard some girls talking. "Look! Look! That's Mr. Salamander's boat!" "I wish I could've gone!" "Salamander?" "You haven't heard? The famous wizard Salamander is in town! Heard he's a member of Fairy Tail!"
That got my attention. "Fairy Tail?" I glared at the ship. Then slapped my hand over my mouth as I held back my big dinner. "Fairy Tail…" I felt really angry now. "Happy, fly me above that ship. We're going to go beat up this 'Salamander' person."
As we drew closer to the boat, I heard familiar voices. One belonging to that girl who bought us food and the other to the fake Fairy Tail imposter. "Happy, now!" He let go of me and I crashed through the roof of the boat, to find the girl surrounded by a dozen guys. "Natsu!" She smiled as she saw me, but I saw those tears before she wiped them. Now this imposter was really going to pay. At least when we got to land.
"I can't handle this after all!" I felt sick again.
"Whoa! So uncool!" What a rude thing to say about someone who was going to help her.
"What are you doing, Lucy?" Happy called from above.
"Happy! I was tricked! He said he'd get me into Fairy Tail! Wait, you have wings?!" I felt a bit happy knowing that the guild she wanted to join so much was mine.
"We can talk later! Let's go!" Happy grabbed her waist with his tail and flew out of there.
"Urgh! After them! We can't let them report us to the council!" The imposter ordered. "You're not going anywhere! Prominence Whip!" He wasn't going to catch Happy with that weak magic of his. "Damn that nimble cat!" See? I was right.
"Hey…!" I managed to get into a kneeling position, glaring furiously at 'Salamander'. I was panting really hard but motion sickness isn't going to get in my way of beating him up. No use. I am just too weak on transportation so soon his men were kicking me. I blocked one of the kicks. "Fairy Tail… You?!" I couldn't wait until my fist connected with his face. All of a sudden, a huge wave came and pushed the ship to shore. This is really not helping my motion sickness. Still, now that we're on land, I felt a whole lot better.
"Damn! What in the hell?!" I heard the imposter say.
I stood up. "Natsu!" Her voice tells me that she's fine and so's Happy. Now, I don't have to worry about them. I glared at 'Salamander'.
"You're a Fairy Tail wizard?" My anger was almost uncontainable.
"Yeah, so what?!" He dares to say he's a part of Fairy Tail? "Get him, men!" His crew started to come towards me.
"Let me get a closer look at you." I took off my outer clothing.
"Natsu!" She screamed, worried about me. She really was nice. It's decided. I'm taking her to my guild.
The two men came closer. I easily slapped them away with my right hand. "I'm Natsu of Fairy Tail! I've never seen you before in my life!" I yelled in frustration.
"Fairy Tail? Natsu's a Fairy Tail wizard?!" I guess I forgot to mention this fact to her when we were eating.
"Th-That emblem! He's the real deal, Bora-san!" One of his men yelled.
"You fool! Don't call me by that name!" Pfft. Bora. What a stupid name.
"I don't care if you're a good guy or a bad guy…" My anger was making me all fired up. "But I won't let you tarnish Fairy Tail's name!"
"And what are you gonna do about it, kid?! Prominence Typhoon!" He sent a stream of that purple fire headed straight for me. This was going to be a piece of cake.
"This tastes horrible." I wasn't joking. This crap was the worst fire I had ever eaten. "Are you really a fire wizard? This is the worst fire I've ever tasted." I continued to shove the fire into my mouth. "Thanks for the meal." Burp. Excuse me.
"Wh-wh-who is this guy?! " They were all scared now.
"Now that I've eaten, I feel re-energized!" I punched my two fists together. "Here goes! Fire Dragon Roar!" A wave of fire came from my mouth and destroyed everything in front of me. Bora was the only one who wasn't hurt. Tch.
"Bora-san! I've seen this man before! That pink hair and scaly-looking scarf! No doubt about it! He's the real-"
"Salamander!" Lu… luigi? Cried out.
"Pay attention, now! This is what Fairy Tail wizards are like!" I covered my hands with fire and leaped at Bora.
"Red Shower!" Bora panicked. I swiftly dodged all of his attacks and jumped to punch him in the face. Now that felt good. He got back up though. Good, now I can punch him again. "Hell Prominence!" I wasn't hurt at all. I smirked at him. "Damn it!" He threw a big ball of his purple fire, which I caught easily and swallowed.
"Now this is a hefty meal!" Even if it was disgusting. "I'm going to cook you like a smoked fish!" And feed you to Happy as a punishment game for the next time he leaves me to get beaten up by girls. "Say goodbye! Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" I sent him flying all the way to the bell. I heard the guards coming and I got scared about what the old man would say about this. I quickly grabbed Luigi's arm and made a run for it. "Crap! Let's get outta here!"
"Why do I have to?!" She shrieked as I dragged her away from the scene. I can't believe she was actually asking that.
"You wanna join our guild, don't you?!" I looked back at her surprised face and smiled. "Come on!" Her face lit up as she yelled "Okay!" and started running with us away from the army. I was having a lot of fun. I haven't felt this happy since Lisanna's death. I wore a big smile as we ran toward Fairy Tail.