Disclaimer : I do not own Fairy Tail, if I would, Natsu and Lucy would already be a couple. (Hiro Mashima owns Fairy tail)
Nashi's P.O.V
''DAD! NOOOOO!'' Nashi screamed at Natsu.
''Damn it Natsu! Why would you do that? How stupid can you be?'' cried Lucy
''I couldn't le-leave y-you to d-die...'' said Natsu. He had jumped in front of Lucy to save her from Gray's dark ice spear and got pierced right through the heart. Blood was leaking out from the lethal injury and his magic was flowing out of his dying body. ''Now... ru-run away!'' he managed to whisper before falling face forward onto the cold ground.
All that Nashi heard was «I couldn't». Nothing else could be heard over all the rage and hatred that took over her mind. She couldn't think. She was about to start fighting the murderer of her father, no matter the consequences, when a hand quickly shut out to stop her and she was dragged away by her crying mother.
''NOOOOOOOO!'' Nashi screamed as she woke up, sweaty, in an unknown bed. Where was she? She couldn't tell, although if she had to guess, she'd say it looked pretty similar to Fairy Tail's guild hall. She took a weary look around and noted that nobody else was in the room.
Slowly, she got herself out of bed and went to explore her surroundings. However, her expedition was cut short as she carefully set a foot out of the room and stopped, shocked. Friends, family that were supposedly killed were all standing in front of her, smiling... Alive! Everyone! Aunt Mirajane, Aunt Levy, Uncle Gajeel... And most importantly, her own mother was there, animatedly talking with Levy. Even though she looked much younger, she could easily recognize her. The moment Nashi's eyes took in the scene, she rushed towards her mother, tears spilling over her cheeks.
''MOM!'' she screamed over the sound of the busy hall.
Everything went still. Every pair of eyes was riveted on the child making her way through the crowd to the woman she called her mother.
''Wait, what?'' yelled Lucy, startled. She did not expect that.
''Ho-ho Lucy! You didn't tell us you had a boyfriend.'' said Gray, walking over to them with a smirk on his face, but he didn't make it far, as he was noticed immediately by Nashi who lit her hands on fire and tried to hit him with an admittedly pretty good punch aimed straight for his face, but was easily blocked by Gray's fast reflexes. ''What the heck, kiddo' back off!''
''You murderer! What are you doing here! How dare you?'' Nashi screamed at the confused ice mage's face. Not a word could be heard in the guild's hall. Shocked faces were looking over the whole ordeal, but no one seemed quite as confused as Lucy and Gray, who had just learned in rather strange way that they apparently were, respectively, a mother and a murderer.
''What are you talking about? Who are you?'' Gray asked.
''How do you not know me? My name is Nashi Dragneel!'' announced the girl in an annoyed voice. As soon as she finished her sentence, the whole guild went crazy, crazed chatter filling up the silence and frantic eyes trying to get a closer look. Lucy who turned as red as a tomato, was awestruck. Nashi, not one to miss an opportunity, took advantage of the current situation to grab her mother and lead her out of the guild hall.
Lucy wasn't having any of it. ''What are you doing? Stop!''
''What do you mean, Mom? And what is he doing here?'' Nashi asked impatiently.
''First of all, I seriously doubt I am your mother, I mean, that's impossible, I haven't… Well… I mean… IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, OKAY? Second of all, Gray is my friend! Why shouldn't he be here?''
When Lucy finished her sentence, Nashi started realizing what had happened. Connecting the dots wasn't that hard when life was basically throwing hint at her face. Besides, no matter what her friends thought of her, she was a very smart teen. She hadn't yet had any way to verify her theory, but she suspected being sent back in time. She had to admit that would be kind of cool. Only kind of. Her mother used to tell her how her life was before Nashi was born, the days when Gray wasn't possessed by the demon Arcturious. When everyone was still alive. She had always wished for a glimpse of those times, and here she was, experiencing it in person. Nashi remembered what her mother told her before she was brought here : «Find Natsu and me as soon as you can, tell us what happened…whatwillhappen...». Wow, okay. That really made more sense now.
''Follow me please... We have to talk...'' Lucy barely knew anything about this girl that didn't seem that much younger than her, but she still could feel that they had a deep bond. Weird. But she always did love mysteries, so she followed the pink-haired teen.
Even though this Magnolia wasn't exactly the same as her own, the basic layout was the same. Her mother showed her the way to her old apartment plenty of times. So she let her feet take her there, knowing that it would freak out her young mother, but if it would make her listen to what she had to say even a slight bit more readily, she deemed it worth it.
''Hey, how do you know where I live? You're not a stalker, are you?'' Lucy asked, scrunching her eyebrows together in a worried fashion. The only response Nashi gave was an all-knowing smirk as she got ready to enter the apartment through the window, as her dad taught her to. Thinking of him brought tears to her eyes, but she hastily wiped them as soon as she felt them coming since she knew she would soon see him alive and well. She would save the future, no matter what.
''Oh, come on!'' Lucy whined as she saw the young teen force her way through her window. A bit too much like Natsu, actually. ''Now I gotta handle two of them...''
Sighing as she came in through the door, you know, the normal way, she was surprised to see two shapes in the dark; one lying on the bed, and another one hugging it. Obviously, Natsu had broken in again earlier in the day. She could easily recognize his tall frame from the little one, but what worried her were the small whimpers that seemed to be coming from Nashi.
Waking up groggily form his nap, Natsu was shocked to feel skinny arms clinging to his neck and a light weight on his chest. Definitely not Lucy, then.
''Hum, hi? Who are you? Luce? Who is this?'' he asked, trying to shake the sleep from his eyes.
''Good question! Apparently she's... a relative!'' Lucy answered.
''Not just any relative. Your daughter. You and Natsu's daughter, to be more precise.'' One could never call Nashi subtle, but at least she was honest. Both Natsu and Lucy were too shocked by this statement to even try to formulate any sort of answer. Their faces were going through different and very interesting shades of red when faced with the implications, clashing horribly with Natsu's hair. Before they could even begin to get over the shock, Nashi thought she might as well finish them off, while she was at it.
''Also, another detail you might want to be aware of... I'm from the future.''
Cliffhanger! Sorry, but I just couldn't resist this! I just want to take the time and thank everyone (again) for just reading this story! Hope you enjoy it obviously. So yeah, I hope to see you in the next chapter too!
