Me- Oh my, I haven't written in quite sometime, and I feel completely horrible about that. I've been crazy busy with college work and stuff that I haven't updated any of my stories in a long time, but the good news is that I will be updating them each as I slowly get back into my writing habbits. It always use to relax me, and it always made me so happy when I got a review, or the fact that someone enjoyed it. I'm slowly getting better wuth writing and hopefully that will help me write even better fanfics for everyone. On another note, I've decided to work on a novel of mine in the works. I can't give out much details about this particular novel but once I finish it I promise I will reveal to you guys the name so that you can go and read it and stuff hehe. I also have other projects I have been working on. I have a manga idea I would like to start eventually, and of course if able too I would love for it to become and anime, and be as popular as I'm hoping it will become. I was even thinking of using fairy tail as a leverage point and using the fairy tail characters in place of the ones I invented so that the story can be written out, but then the story would be given away. Tell me what you guys think though, because all of your opinions matter to me. Without further ado, I've decided to make a comeback with a nalu story, and I hope you guys enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own fairy tail, cause if I did then Natsu and Lucy would already be together.

Summary: One night Natsu crawls into Lucy's bed, having felt something bad was going to happen. Little did he know that someone he cared about would be gone in an instant.

Shadows

Chapter one: Lucy

It was a chilly night in the town of Magnolia. Everyone was at peace as they slept in their warm and cozy beds, snuggled under the security of their blankets; However, a certain blonde couldn't get to sleep.

"Why can't I think of anything!?" The blonde yelled as she ruffled her hands through her hair. When she looked down at the white piece of parchment, she sighed for the upteeth time that day as nothing came to her mind. The problem she had was worse then any dangerous mission she had encountered, she had...writers block.

"Maybe I'll think of something tommorow?" The blonde thought whilst smiling brightly. She had always loved writing and had been dying to write her novel, but when she finally got time, she couldn't think of a single word to begin. She stretched as she got up from her desk chair, wandering over to fall on top of her bed, which in reality seemed like the best option for now. She quickly manuveured herself so that she was under the covers and in perfect comfort as she closed her eyes to drift off into sleep.

Little did she know, that a certain salmon haired dragon slayer was coming to visit. She was to far gone to notice the slight draft that chilled her as the breeze hit her exposed flesh. She paid no mind to the other side of her bed suddenly getting lower as a body crept into her bed. She did;however, notice the fact that her body was heating up expotentially. She suddenly started to break out in a sweat as she opened her eyes, to hot to stay asleep. That's when it dawned on her that her team mate had snuck into her bed again. Angered by his sudden disturbance, she yanked at the covers, exposing him completely as she glared at him from where she sat on the bed.

"Natsu!" She yelled as he opened one eye to look at the blonde whom did not seem to happy with him at the moment.

"Lucy, go back to sleep." Natsu whined as he buried himself further into the pillow.

"Why are you in my bed!?" Lucy snapped again as Natsu looked up at her fully for the first time since he arrived.

"That's simple, it's because Lucy's bed is so much more comfortable then my own." He answered without a hint of hestitation.

"Natsu, get out!" She proceeded by pushing him toward the still opened window.

"Lucy, you normally yell at me to go through the door, their must be something wrong with you, weirdo." Natsu teased as he laughed at Lucy's face that was turning redder by the second.

"Natsu, I just want to go to bed, in peace, without any interuptions," She explained. "so I'm begging you, get out, before I force you."

"I can't do that." Natsu stated as he looked into Lucy's brown eyes.

"Why...not...?" Lucy stammered as she pushed a strand of hair behind her ear, not atempting to look him in the eyes.

"Because, I have a bad feeling, and I don't want to leave you alone." He answered honestly as Lucy looked up at him.

"Fine...you can stay, but not in my bed." Lucy sighed as she pointed to the couch. Natsu grinned from ear to ear as he ran to the couch and went to sleep immediately. She couldn't keep the smile off her face as she watched him, but that was until a certain flying cat interupted her thoughts.

"You liiiikkkeeeeee him." The blue furball said as he flew through her bedroom window.

"Shut up you stupid cat," She yelled with her fist in the air, but then she immediately calmed down as she looked at her cat companion. "Happy, Natsu seemed to have a bad feeling, and refused to leave, but I don't understand what he meant by that exactly."

"Natsu kept saying how he had a feeling you were in danger, so he rushed over here without me, but now I'm here too, and we are gonna protect Lucy." Happy replied while flying down onto her bed.

" I can take care of myself, but thank you for always worrying about me." Lucy stated as she pet Happy whom had fallen asleep on her bed. She looked over toward the window as she noticed that it was still open. She immediately went over to shut it, but it didn't stop her from the feeling she received from being near the open frame. It was an intense stare of longing, and she felt as if somebody was watching her from the shadows. The feeling froze her at the window, but it didn't last long as she was yanked away from the window and into strong arms.

"Lucy, don't go near the window." Natsu scolded as he closed the window with one of his hands as he held Lucy with his other.

"Natsu, what's out there?" Lucy wondered what that feeling was, and why Natsu felt that she was in danger. was it simply an instict of his as a dragon slayer. Lucy knew that dragon slayers took on certain characteristics of dragons, and that meant that they also went through mating season, and had strong insticts to protect the one they care about at all costs. As the last thought entered her mind, she blushed at the thought of being the person that Natsu cared about the most.

"Lucy?" Natsu questioned her as she looked up at him.

"I don't know what's out there, but I do know that whatever it is, has been watching you. I wasn't sure about it until tonight at the guild, but now I'm positive." Natsu answered her, and it made Lucy even more afraid of what was waiting for her in the pitch black darkness.

"Natsu, I'm scared." Lucy admitted as Natsu embraced her and brought her body close to his.

"I won't let anything happen to you." Natsu promised as he thought 'I won't lose another person I care about.' Something that he dare not say.

"Natsu..." Lucy whispered as looked at him fondly. Natsu was a dragon slayer, and he wanted to protect what he cared about most. She knew it was her, and she felt an overwhelming amount of happiness wash over her as she walked back to bed to crawl underneath the covers with happy laying peachfully next to her. Without an afterthought, she wrapped her arms around the blue furball as he unconsciously nuzzled her neck. She felt secure , and safe, but it didn't stop her thoughts from wandering to whatever could be outside her bedroom window.

"Lucy?" Natsu questioned while he glared at Happy who was being smothered by Lucy, whom at the moment seemed content in where she slept. Natsu didn't mean to feel jealous of happy, but he did. He got kicked out of Lucy's bed and yet Happy was welcome to sleep with her. His jealousy got the best of him as he jumped over Lucy to the other side. He couldn't hold back as he himself got underneath the covers as well and pulled Lucy closer to him.

"Natsu, what are you...?" Lucy began to question as Natsu shushed her as he fell asleep while holding the blonde in his arms. Lucy gave into his embrace as she fell asleep, accepting the fact that Natsu was to stubborn to let her sleep with Happy and yet not him. She couldn't help but giggle at the thought as she entered dreamland.

When Lucy opened her eyes, all she saw was darkness, at every turn. She attempted to call out, but her mouth couldn't make the words. All of a sudden a voice began to whisper to her.

"I will make you mine..." The voice whispered as Lucy spun around looking for the source.

"That dragon slayer will never claim you, but as for I, I won't hold back." The voice cackled as Lucy atempted to yell out but still nothing.

"I've been watching you for quite sometime, and I know what you are to me now, and once I get to you, no one will ever hear from you again." Lucy's eyes widened as she spun around in the direction of the voice bur it was still to dark, that was until light shown through the darkness.

"Lucy, Lucy, wake up!" A voice called her as she opened her eyes fully to look at the voice that had called her name.

"Natsu, what time is it?" She questioned as she let out a yawn.

"Time to go to the guild." Natsu explained as Lucy looked at him for a minute before snuggling deeper into the covers.

"I'll sleep, you go." Lucy told him as she closed her eyes once more. Only to be woken up by Natsu again.

"No, I already told you that I wasn't gonna leave you alone, so we are going together." Natsu said stubbornly.

Lucy sighed as she got up from the bed to go get a shower. "Lucy where are you going?"

"To take a shower, Natsu." She looked at him for a moent before turning back around to proceed to her bathroom.

"I'll come with you." He stated as Lucy did a 180 to look at him to see if their was a sign that he was joking, but he wasn't.

"You can't come with me, Natsu." Lucy stated as the redness was returning to her cheeks.

"What's the big deal, I see your naked body all the time." Natsu said as he began to walk towards her bathroom.

"I'll just get dressed, no need for a shower, lets get going." Lucy stammered as she hurriedly changed without taking her pjs off which was a hard task to manage. Once she had completely change into her usual outfit, she took Natsu's hand and dragged him out of her appartment to wander off to the guild. Unbeknowst to her that she should have stayed at home.

End of Chapter 1

Me- Please let me know your thoughts, and in the next chapter I will respond to any questions anyone may have. I've read billions of fanfictions where there was always dragon mating season and it made me want to create a story nearly like that, but with more of a yandere type of effect to it in a way which will be explained later. now of course I'm sure based off the dream you've figured out by now what the stanger is, but I'm unsure if I should use a character we already know or to make one up. But I hope that everyone enjoys this story because this story is gonna be a bit of a ride.