Nastu didn't get it. It was just an old mirror, wooden elaborately carved frame with a shield on the top showing an old seal, he did recognise the symbol, it was the symbol of the fairy's, an old story his father had told him as a child. The fairies that had tails, that cast spells on ordinary things so they would do extraordinary things. But the mirror itself was rubbish. He had hung it on his wall across from his bed, it gave a reflection but it was curled and distorted, it wasn't a good mirror. And what Natsu understood the least was the fact that he liked it anyway, and that he had decided to buy it.

He sat on the end of his bed and looked at the mirror. He only lasted a few minutes before he stopped and turned away from it. He had get to college, the mirror wasn't going anywhere. He left his empty house and headed for college, he met his friends, Grey and Gajeel and their girlfriends Juvia and Levy in the cafe like he did every day.

"Hey Natsu." Grey nodded in greeting, he had one arm around Juvia's shoulders and she was cuddling in happily.

"Hey Grey," he replied slumping down into his chair.

"Natsu, is there something wrong?" Levy asked, earning a jealous growl from Gajeel who wanted all her attention, but she waved his off with a flutter of her hand.

"No Levy," Natsu shook his head "I'm fine."

"You need to get a girlfriend Natsu." Levy decided "I have a friend who I might be able to convince to go on a date with you..."

"Sorry Levy," Natsu shook his head "I don't like blind dates, they always seem to end badly for me."

"That's because you're never gentle." Levy said. "You talk too much."

"But Levy that's who I am… if it's a girl… I want them to like me for who I am." Natsu said. "And I'm not a quiet and patient guy."

Levy sighed, "I know Natsu." She said "But you could try to calm it down a little bit sometimes."

"Ok Levy I'll try." Natsu nodded, just as a shrill bell erupted though the room and they had to leave for class.

When Natsu got home he threw his bag on his bed and pulled his iPod and headphones out of his pocket. He lay on his bed and turned on his music loud… filling up the empty silence of his home. He lay there shifting every now and them until he found himself hanging his head of the end of his bed facing the mirror. He closed his eyes and listened to a few tracks. When he opened his eyes the view he saw nearly caused him to fall off his bed. In his mirror he could no longer see his own distorted reflection but a clear view into another person's home. It was a female's bedroom, the walls were cream and a small bed could be seen in one corner with white sheets laced with sky blue. Laying out on a thick, fluffy white rug was a girl. She had shoulder length blonde hair, a little of it tied back with a blue ribbon on one side. Her eyes were mostly hidden by the fact her eyes were down, looking at an open notebook on the ground in front of her and the fact she wore large thick glasses. A pink feathered pen was posed above the paper as she seemed to think about something for a moment.

She eyes roamed the room until they came to the mirror and passed it by… her head snapped back to the mirror as their eyes met. Deep, shocked blue meeting equally shocked dark eyes. Natsu slowly twisted so he was up right, and rubbed his eyes, but she was still there frozen when he looked back. He pulled his head phones form his ears and got down from his bed, walking forward towards the mirror. In the mirror the girl slowly sat up, Natsu could help but notice her large bust as she moved. She got to her feet and they stood opposite each other in the mirror.

"Who are you?" he asked.

She blinked at him and shook her head. She leant down scooped up her pad and pen, she opened it at the back page and he watched as she wrote something down she turned it around and read what she said.

~I can't hear you. I don't think the mirror works like that.~

Natsu nodded and looked around for something to write a reply on. He moved across the room to his desk and grabbed an old note pad he had never used and a pen. He went back to the mirror and wrote a message, keeping eye contact with the girl.

~I see, I'm Natsu by the way.~

She smiled and wrote something down, the pink feather brushing lightly across her flawless skin. ~I'm Lucy, nice to meet you Natsu.~

~You too,~ he wrote.

Lucy looked at him and frowned, she quickly wrote something down. ~Are you real, people don't normally appear in my mirror?~ she asked in her note.

~I was last time I checked~ he showed her the message with a swift nod of his head.

He saw her laugh and couldn't help imagine the sound of light twinkling bells. ~You're quite the comedian Natsu.~ she wrote.

~Thank you, I do try.~ he did a mock bow.

Lucy wrote something and then moved forward again and pressed her hand against the mirror, she revealed her message. ~This feels really weird, you look just like a reflection on a mirror, but you're somewhere else.~

Natsu smiled and lowered his head to write a reply but when he looked up all he saw was his own distorted reflection. He sagged, seeing Lucy was gone. He moved back and sat on his bed staring at it. Would he ever see her again? That beautiful girl who had appeared in his mirror unexpectedly that evening, would he ever know more about her? All evening she played on his mind and she kept glancing at the mirror hoping to see her there again, but she wasn't and finally he managed to fall asleep.