Chapter 2

Astoria?

"C'mon Natsu, you wanna help Lucy, or not?" Happy shouted across the train station. Natsu tried walking over to the train, almost falling over the thought of vehicles. He wobbly stepped inside, fell down, and started to look like a plum.

"Wappy, why do weee... Need tooo do d-dis?" Natsu stuttered, almost forgetting the reason why he came here. Happy face-palmed, groaned, and continued.

"To. Help. Lucy." He said. "Sorry that we have to go on this for 3 hours..." He whispered as he began patting his back like last time.

"Happy, Natsu, I'm gonna get some food for us, I'll be right back." Lucy said.

"CHOO CHOO!" the train started. Natsu looked up and at the window to see moving trees, buildings, and more things.

"Oh n-" His head hit the floor as the train jumped. He was knocked out cold.

"Natsu? Natsuuu?" Happy yelled. "Are you in there? Well, at least he won't have to suffer from this."

After 20 minutes on this "hell-ish bus ride" for Natsu, Lucy was buying some food for her team. Although the line was very short with only 1 person in front of her, it took very long.

"So first of all, this lady is ordering almost everything on the menu..." She shouted in her mind. The 35 year old lady was looking around the menu while tapping her long, sparkly (yes, sparkly), painted fingernails on the marble counter.

"Hmmm, ugh, how much are the Panda Bites?" She moaned. The candy seller looked up at the lighted board to see a panda designed marsh mellow.

"Would you want 10 bites, 15 bites, or 20 of 'em?" He said in a scratchy voice while ruffling his crazy hair.

"I would like 20 bites." She said. He stepped back and pulled the cabinet behind him.

"That'll be 1 Jewel." He said calmly while giving her the little marsh mellows.

"Thanks..." She said, oddly while giving him 1 Jewel and snatching the junk food out of his big hands. Lucy looked at her go out the door, her face with disgust from her attitude. She walked forward to the marble counter.

"Hi, may I have yogurt, fish, and some..." She looked up to see if there were any spicy foods.

When Lucy was ordering food...

"Natsu?" Happy asked Natsu.

A few minutes after Lucy left to get food, Natsu finally woke up.

"Y-yeah?" Natsu slowly said. Happy patted his back.

"Is there anything fun to do here? All there is here are a few windows to look at the ocean. I really wanna see some fish." He replied. Natsu tried looking around and saw nothing really fun to do.

"I have no idea... G-gosh... Now t-that I think about it, if w-we had Wendy, this would p-probably be e-easier for the

both of us." Natsu stuttered.

"Aye..." Happy said. He looked around, looking desperate. "Hmmmm, oh, I think I have an idea."

"Hmm?" Natsu asked. Happy ran to a soft chair and started to jump on it, but unfortunately, for Happy, he lost interest easily.

"I'm just so used to being in the air." Happy sighed. He sat down on it and started to kick his little feet.

"Ding."

"What did you say, Natsu?" Happy asked, curiously.

"I d-didn't say anything."

"Do you know what that weird sound was?"

"N-no."

Happy slid under the table, than he tried reaching to see if there was a loose pipe or something that fell from the ceiling of the train. He finally felt something very cold. As he pulled it out from underneath the table...

"NATSU!" He screamed. " Look what I found!" He raised the sparkling item into the air for his best friend to see.

"W-what's t-that?" He questioned.

"I don't know." Happy poked it, than looked closer. "Wait... Is this what I think it is?" Natsu, suddenly not feeling motion sickness, got up, sprinted towards Happy, and kneeled to get a closer look at the little item.

"WHAT!?" Natsu screamed. "Is this a dream, if not, Happy, we're gonna be rich!"

"Natsu, what is-" Happy was cut off by a thud. The train went faster than before and the motion sick Dragon Slayer fell to his back, helpless from his condition.

Happy ran to him. "Natsu! Are you alright?"

There was no answer.

"Great! He's knocked out again!" Happy raised the item to his face. "What is this?" he thought.

"Hey guys, I got so-" Lucy barged in. She put the food on the table besides the entrance of their train room and ran to Natsu and Happy.

Minute 38

"So, you just found this lying on the floor underneath the table?" Lucy asked scratching the back of her head.

"Aye." Happy replied. Lucy studied it a bit more.

"Happy, can I see that?" Lucy questioned. Happy looked down at the item, than looked back at Lucy.

"Uhh, aye, as long as you be careful with it! Natsu said something about being rich." Happy replied. Lucy grabbed the ring from Happy with caution and brought it to her face. After a few seconds, her expression went from confused to surprised. Her jaw hitting the floor, her eyes wide open, and than, she jumped up and down.

"Oh my gosh! Happy, this is real gold and diamond! This is real!" Lucy screamed with joy.

"Really? You gotta be pulling my leg..." Happy said in disbelief.

"Do I lie to you?"

"Yes... Almost all the time..."

"Oh... Forget that I said that, thanks to you, Happy, we're gonna have way more than 700,000 Jewels!"

"Hmm? Why are you guys all happy?" After their encounter with real gold and diamond, Natsu woke up to the scream of Lucy and Happy. Natsu got up, still weak from his sickness. He looked out the train's window and saw nothing moving.

"I'm cured!" He yelled. He ran towards Lucy and Happy and asked, "So, why are you guys yelling like lunatics?" They both glared at him.

"You yell like a lunatic almost all the time..." Lucy interrupted.

"Well I'm sorry that I want food, or a fi-" Natsu was cut off by Lucy running to the table.

"Speaking of food, I got all of you some of your favorites!" She said. Lucy passed some raw fish to Happy, gave Natsu some chili, and started to open her yogurt. "These things were actually hard to buy without having someone giving me a weird look. So, can you guys enjoy it so I don't have to go there again?" Natsu and Happy both nodded, and started eating like wild pigs.

"Guys! Can you NOT make a mess!?" She shouted. Of course, they ignored and started to make a huge mess. Lucy sighed and than pulled out the ring that Happy found. "So about this ring Happy found..." They both looked up after putting their foods on the floor. She smiled, congratulating herself of finally getting their full attention.

"Wha awout it?" Natsu asked with food still in his mouth. He completely forgot what it was after he got knocked out.

"Well, it's made outta gold and diamond!" She shouted. "But, I think it has an owner... Her name might be A-Astoria." Lucy hesitated, trying to pronounce the name carved into the golden ring.