Hey!
We were both kinda bothered by how ooc Natsu seemed in this chapter so we went ahead and changed the ending. Again, sorry for the lack of updates, writers block is a peasant.
Disclaimer: all the characters for this story belong to the fabulous Hiro Mashima.
Enjoy!
Time skip a week
Lucy's POV
Hello Mama,
It has been a week since Natsu and I found each other. He has been coming to see me every day, just to hang out and talk. It has been really fun. He introduced me to Happy, his flying cat! I mean seriously, who has a flying cat. Oh and he can talk too! Apparently he and Natsu are like buddies or something…anyway, Natsu wanted to know if I was a wizard, why I don't know. I told him I was once a celestial wizard. Yes I said once, Mama, I haven't called my spirits since I left. He kind frowned at that a little, I don't know why he did that either. He then told me that he was a fire dragon slayer! A DRAGON SLAYER! I was so amazed, I didn't know what to think. Then of course he showed off heaps with tonnes of cool tricks. But I didn't really mind.
Speaking of Natsu, he was supposed to meet me today, he is already ten minutes late. Suddenly I heard a rapping sound on my window. Yep, my window. You see Natsu isn't exactly normal so he doesn't use the door like a normal person, rather he comes in the window. AND he barges in whenever he wants. I don't really care though. I miss you Mama.
Love Lucy
I turned away from my writing to see Natsu standing in front of my window, waiting for me to stop writing. I smiled at him before he spoke up.
"I'm gonna take you somewhere really cool today Luce." He said.
And without waiting for my reply, he grabbed my hand, dragging me down my stairs and out the door, waiting a second for me to lock it, before continuing to drag me all the way to wherever we were going.
"Natsuuu, wait up, I can't walk that fast!" I called out to him.
He didn't slow down as he continued pulling me to the north of town. I had no idea where we were going. All I knew was that he was really determined to get there quickly.
I was still going over these thoughts when suddenly he stopped. As far as I could tell we hadn't made it to wherever it was we were meant to be. Natsu turned around to me and began to take off his scarf. As I opened my mouth to question him he tied the piece of clothing around my head, acting as a blindfold.
"Natsu, why have you put a blindfold on me?" I asked.
He chuckled softly and I felt him lean forward towards me. I gasped and felt my face heat up as he whispered in my ear,
"It's a surprise."
I felt him pull back again and then I heard him laugh at me, a loud laugh that made me highly annoyed.
"What's so funny?" I huffed.
"Y-your f-face! It looks s-so stupid!" he managed to wheeze out in between his obnoxious laughing.
I huffed, blowing out my cheeks, before blindly turning and walking, all the while trying to undo the scarf blocking my vision. I heard pounding feet as, I assume to be Natsu, ran up behind me. I felt his abnormally warm hands grasp my shoulders and spin me around, pushing beck the way I had come. The whole time he was pushing me there Natsu apologised for upsetting me, then overriding the apology by saying that my face did actually look really stupid. And then he would start again.
This continued until I felt a jerk on my shoulders indicating me to stop and I could hear muffled voices coming from in front of me. Natsu undid the scarf and wrapped back around his neck.
"Here we are!" he cheered, his voice the very essence of joy.
I scanned the double doors in front of me and gasped as I recognised the strange symbol on top of the places name. Natsu cleared his throat and spread his arms wide, his back facing the doors.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!"
Lucy Flashback
The carriage rolled to a stop and the person who saved me asked if I was alright. I told her I was fine. Then she asked me what a little girl was doing out by myself. I giggled silently as I realised she must have thought it strange that a child be unaccompanied in a carriage. I told her the truth.
"I'm visiting my papa at work." I said.
The lady out the front then started mumbling until I heard her shriek.
"Gotta go!" she yelled.
As she jumped off the carriage she held up her hand. On it was a pink symbol, much like the one on the big building in the town. The one that sounded really fun and had a lot of noise coming from it. I got out of the carriage to ask her to stay when I saw my papa's household running towards me. They all looked terribly upset and suddenly I felt awful.
When Ms Suppetto reached me, babbling away to herself, I asked her what that place was. I pointed to the massive building as I asked so she knew which one I meant.
"Oh that?" she said. "That's the wizard guild, Fairy Tail."
My eyes lit up as I heard it was a guild. I had always wanted to go to one, show them what I could do with my spirits. Mama always used to tell me about the different guild and she said Fairy Tail was one of the liveliest and it was definitely the strongest. Papa always called them a menace when they showed up in the papers from time to time, but I thought they sounded wonderful.
"Fairy Tail, huh?"
End of Flashback
I remembered fondly the time I had been saved by that member of Fairy Tail and it was then that my learning of the guilds and my magic progressed. My right hand tingled and edged a little closer to my key pouch. I hadn't called them out in so long. Even still I kept my keys on my belt, just to have them around.
Natsu waved a hand in front of my face and I broke out of my trance. I smiled broadly at him and he turned back towards the door.
"Ready?"
"As I'll ever be."
"Don't worry Luce, they'll love you."
He smiled brightly before grabbing my hand and pulling me forwards. There were butterflies in my tummy as I took another look at the emblem over the door. He kicked down the door, still holding my hand and yelled at everyone inside,
"I'm home!"
The yelling inside seemed to intensify if that was possible. Several people jumped out of their seats and objects seemed to fly out of nowhere, and all of them were headed straight for us. I barely had time to react before Natsu pulled me out of the line of fire. I watched as lots of empty beer mugs hit the door that we were standing in front of a moment ago. This was more lively than I'd expected, and a lot more violent. I turned around, expecting to see Natsu there but he wasn't. Instead he was having a wrestling match on the wooden floor with a half-naked guy. I sighed before taking notice of where I was standing. I was in plain sight, next to the door. That wouldn't have been a problem if the entire guild hadn't joined the fight. But they had. Not wanting to get hit, I tried to make my way to the corner, avoiding flying objects and people as I made my way cautiously around the edge of the room. I reached the corner, pushing my back against it to make myself a smaller target.
I had been standing there for about nearly three minutes and the fight hadn't died down. Suddenly, I saw Natsu receive a chair to the back of the head. He slumped over backwards, falling hard on the floor. Alarmed, I disregarded my safety for an instant and ran to him. Natsu's raven haired opponent raised his fist in victory, yelling about something involving victory. I threw myself down next to Natsu, shaking him gently. The ruckus of the hall continued, no-one really payed attention to Natsu's fall except the guy who beat him up. I grew more and more worried as I continued to try and shake him awake.
I had been shaking Natsu for about a minute when his eyes suddenly opened. I sighed in relief, slumping over. But Natsu wasn't paying attention to me. All his attention was focused on the shirtless guy preaching his victory on a nearby bench.
"YOU DIDN'T WIN STRIPPER!" he yelled furiously.
"SURE I DID PYRO!" the guy yelled from the bench.
Natsu clenched his fists, pushing himself to his feet. His undiluted fury was obvious. I backed away as Natsu leapt at the guy on the bench, knocking him onto the floor and attacking him with his fists. I don't think I've ever felt more alive, the adrenaline coursing through my veins. Fairy Tail's passion was tangible, their spirit completely and utterly alive. Natsu and the dark-haired, half-naked guy were still on the floor, wrestling as if their lives depended on it. I had moved slowly out of the fight, closer to a set of stairs that looked like they led to a mezzanine level. Following this line of thought and keeping out of the way of flying objects, my eyes followed the stairwell up to the second level. As I scanned across the second floor, my eyes were drawn to a familiar figure. Gasping frantically, dashed towards the stairs. There was no way! He couldn't possibly here. If this was him that could only mea…
I tripped over Natsu. My train of thought broken, I concentrated wholly on surviving this fall. Joining this fight was not on my list of priorities right now. Before I had a chance to get hit by any stray fists, I felt a hand wrap around the back of my shirt. I was lifted out of the fray, just as a charge of electricity filled the guildhall. The fight came to a sudden halt, no-one expecting the sudden shock. Surprised faces turned in my direction, towards my saviour. Several seconds later, I found myself being set down on an undamaged bench at the front of the hall.
"Didn't expect to see you here Blondie"
I let out an excited squeal, turning around to embrace my childhood friend.
"It's been a while, hasn't it Laxus!"
Still a cliffhanger! Feel free to review this update, but not much has changed.
P.S- sorry in advance if our next update takes forever to happen. :)
