a/n: So, here comes the second chapter! *drum rolls* Faster than I thought, I'm surprised. Thank you so much for all the feedback (To 4ever-a-fairy, I'm glad to hear about that. I realised it later but I tried to fix that in this chapter. I hope it helps and makes the story better. )

Okay, here you go!

Disclaimer:- I don't own Fairytail. Mashima-sensei does!

A letter to Igneel

Chapter-1

Home

"Make yourself comfortable," he said, shoving those unidentifiable fallen objects out of his way. "Sorry for the mess. I live here alone. Also I can't afford a maid so the place ended up like a garbage can. Don't bother yourself. I promise I'll clean it up tomorrow- first thing in the morning"

Her eyes seemed to scan the place she was going to live in for that night. It was spacious, except for the numerous things scattered here and there. It wasn't a really good place to stay but considering she had no other alternative she could go to, this probably was the best (the park near the forest would be just dangerous wouldn't it be?).

"Why don't you take my room? I'd sleep here on the couch for the night. We'll clear up the other room which has old stuff so you could stay there, okay?" he grinned at her. This was getting too difficult. Here was he, who was trying his best to try and talk to her, and she, who doesn't speak any more than a 'thank you'.

She mouthed a 'Thank you, Dragneel-san(oh, how he hated it when anyone called that. Calling him Natsu was easier, wasn't it?)", before leaving for upstairs. She cleared a few stuff from the bed, neatly arranged and laid on it, her eyes wandering of to take in the twinkles amidst the dark sky.

"Just this night, Lucy. Tomorrow I'll leave this place" So was her last thought for the day before her eyelids began to close and she drifted into sleep.

…..

It was still early in the morning, the sky still engulfed by the black of the night. Although in some corner of it, red of the sun began spreading its shades across the black canvas. No soul in the locality seemed to have had a restless night except for one. The blonde who was new to the place couldn't quite sleep well. Though her body might have given up to sleep considering the amount of travelling she'd done to reach the place and the turmoil her mind went through when she learnt about her father's friend, the sound of the snoring, presumably belong to the pink haired male who was downstairs woke her up. Being a light sleeper did help her this time for she couldn't trust the man, not quite. Despite the fact that he seemed friendly, over-friendly if she may say, she remembered the warning her caretaker gave her when she left her place to meet this 'Igneel' person.

"Don't trust anyone Lucy-sama. The world outside is cruel and not quite like what you see within these four walls of the Konzern. You should keep your guard on, no matter where you are. IT could get really scary"

Her care-taker's words still rang inside her head. She may have laughed and talked to him. That didn't imply that she trusted him. No, she did not. She only accepted him offer as she had no where to go and she definitely didn't wanted to be stranded in the middle of nowhere. She made up her mind. Once the night goes down, she's going home.

She got off the bed. It was getting scary in this place. This was nowhere near to how her place was. Her home was tranquil and beautiful, not noisy and scary like this one here. She couldn't stand to stay here any longer. So she decided…

Dragging her luggage making as small sound as possible, she made her way to the door, passing the sleeping individual who was muttering about ramen in his sleep. She opened the door with an effort to not wake the sleeping man and turned around.

"Gomen ne, Dragneel-san… I couldn't stay. Anyways, Guests are not always welcome, are they?" was all she said, before walking away from the man and this place. She should still be able to catch the train to Acalypha.

"Hmmm… Yummy…. I want more! I want more! Mira, get me some more rame- Thud!" A bump formed at the place where the ground met his face. He yelped in pain but then again drifted back to sleep, unaware of the runaway guest.

…..

"Maybe, I should get something for Lucy too. Who knows when she might have eaten last? I guess ramen might do" he said, before grabbing his coat and leaving to get something to eat. He didn't bother to wake her up because he thought she might need some rest. It was 10 a.m. already. If he ate any later, he might as well grab a lunch or a brunch, whatever they call it. He couldn't go to his favourite shop if he wanted to keep his guest alive. So, he got some ramen from a nearby shop and went upstairs and entered without knocking.

"I hope you don't mind but I got some food for you Lu-" he stopped in his words, "-cy"

"Lucy, are you having a bath?" he called out. He waited for 1 minute, 2 minutes…. 5 minutes…. 10 minutes… He pressed his ears to the door of his bathroom to hear nothing but silence. He opened the door to find the said room empty.

He ran downstairs and checked in his kitchen. Then he ran outside to the park, searched his locality, and did everything in his power to find her. There was no sign of the above mentioned girl.

"Crap, where is she?" That's when it struck his mind. There was no luggage stranded in any part of the room. She might have as well…. left.

…..

"Why doesn't this piece of junk work?!"

"Ara, ara, Natsu seems to be more irritated today than any other day" a female said, watching the pink-haired male shout at his computer. Her long white hair flowed to her knees while her lips kept on the smile despite the disturbance.

"Maybe he had a bad morning. The load of the previous assignments must have gotten to him. Erza-san must have gone a little easy on him, ne Mira-nee?" another female with white hair reaching upto her shoulders and younger than the other said, watching him helplessly.

"Stop it, Tabasco-freak! We're trying to work here"

"There came the most anticipated shout. If we're not wrong, there will soon be a fight," a blue-haired female said, her eyes not leaving her books but her mind reading the situation. From her chair in the office, she counted numbers as if knowing well the patience level of the two arguing men- one of whom is the much mentioned pink-haired male while the other is the never mentioned (so far) raven haired man.

"in 10, 9 ,8, 7,…."

"Go Levy go!" two males cheered her from behind. She smiled at them, her teammates and look back to find a new addition in the number of people- a black-haired male with piercings all over.

"Not Gajeel too! I told him not to…. This can start any moment unless…"

"What's happening?" an authoritative voice drew their attention to the source and the three men hugged each other sideways at the sight of the red head to whom the voice belonged.

"No,"

"Nothing"

"Just planning a…"

"pajama party"

"because we're…"

"Good friends?..."

They said in turns, not even sure of what they had been speaking, hoping she'd buy that. That female could be the most dangerous person in the entire world.

"It's good to hear that" she said, walking away and allowing them to breathe in relief.

"That was close" they said in unison, "it was because of you!" they accused.

"And there they go again" Levy sighed, retreating to her books.

…

"To think the day went this bad…. Where is she? I don't know where she lives. Neither did my old man didn't mention anything about having a friend who had a daughter or any such story, nor did her old man write the address on the letter's envelope. How will I take care of her when I don't know where she is?!" he talked to himself while walking back to home.

"If she had some sense of the world, it's alright. If she's a total amateur at this outside world, then she's in serious trouble. I did promise that old man I'll take charge of things in his absence but it seems… I'll fail this time. And that man's last wish too…. Crap! What am I thinking? Maybe she returned. I should just hurry up," he sped up his pace and hoped to have some good news. However, reaching home, he found none. Was she a twenty year old or two year old- leaving without telling anyone? What was she thinking of herself?!

Tring… Tring… Tring…

Then his annoying phone rang.

"Moshi moshi?" he said, his tone rough as though he'd chop the head of the person who called him at the wrong time.

"Huh? Erza?" the irritation left his voice and his mind chose the words carefully.

"What? To Crocus? Errr…. You see… I have some… No! No problem! I'm always free to go there. What?! with Gray?! No way!... I mean no way I'd have any problem. We're good friends… Yeah, trust us on that. Yeah, yeah. I'll take care of it. Bye, Good night!" he ended the call. And he thought she'd come tomorrow of the day after. He looked into the fading sun and wondered what was happening. What kind of game was this? This is not even funny.

a/n: How was it? Good? bad? Worser. Let me know your thoughts about it. Please post your opinions, suggestions and comments in the box below. They'll definitely make my day and keep me running through tough time.

I'm trying to finish the next chapter of Secretly Married and Be my wife; So stay tuned for them too!

Thanks for reading and good night to all!

beatress