AN/: Hey! I know I should wait to post this chapter, but I just can't wait! I uploaded this story just this morning, and already I've gotten so much positive feedback! I've been told this story looks promising, so I hope I can meet your guys' expectations. I think I'm starting at a good pace... what do you guys think? Oh! Thank you sooo much to everyone who reviewed so far! You have no idea how happy I am because of those little things! Without Further ado, here is chapter 2!

Last time on The Dragon Masters:

'Lucy… her family has something to do with the Dragon Masters?' Natsu thought. "I-impossible!" he breathed again quietly.

Lucy had already made it halfway to the foot of Mt. Hakobe. She didn't want to waste any time getting to the forest and getting that job done. She needed the money! Truth be told, she was a bit nervous; scared even. It would be difficult if she happened to run into a Dragon, or something. There was also no one there to cover her back, which made the whole thing a lot scarier. But she couldn't turn back. Even if she wanted to, she couldn't. It was as if something was pulling her forward. Latching onto her soul, and pulling her forward.

~Meanwhile Back At The Guild~

"What made you look this up, Levy?" Natsu asked with a serious expression.

"Well, there was a job request over on the board that had a funny aura to it. It was like it was pushing everyone away. So, I checked it out," the small, blue-haired mage explained.

"What, the job?" Natsu asked.

"No, you idiot! The reason why it had a funny aura!" Levy replied annoyed. She blew out an exasperated breath. "Look, I checked it out and it turns out a spell had been placed on it. It seems to be a form of ancient Dragon Magic; a summoning spell of some sort."

"That doesn't sound like any Dragon Slayer magic I've ever heard of," Natsu said, furrowing his brow. Gajeel nodded silently in agreement.

"Exactly! That's why I tried seeing if there were any other types of Dragon Magic. What I found was this stuff about Dragon Masters," Levy said, pointing toward the book again. "All of this is the history of the Dragon Masters, it seems. It explains some of the magic they have, and I found something fascinating! The summoning magic isn't possessed by the Dragon Master, but the Dragon of the Master. The magic focuses on attracting a specific person, and pushes away everyone else!" Levy was on a bookworm rampage again. It seemed that Gajeel could care less, but Natsu was both excited and scared out of his mind.

"That job, it didn't happen to be the one in Symphonia Forest, did it?" Natsu questioned anxiously. He made the connection fairly easily. Dragons summoning people, and a job where a dragon had supposedly been spotted; there was definitely a connection there. The fact that Lucy had explained to Mira that she absolutely had to have that job in particular, also contributed to the connection. But what didn't make sense to Natsu was why it was Lucy being summoned. His thoughts flashed back to the name Heartfilia. It was written on the page of a history book about Dragon Masters! 'What is the connection between Lucy's family and Dragon Masters?' Natsu thought. The voice in his head screamed out furiously.

Levy nodded and took note of the expression on the Fire Dragon Slayer's face. He seemed unbelievable worried.

"What's wrong, Natsu?" the petit script mage asked.

"Lucy took that job!" he shouted and grabbed the book from the table. "I'm borrowing this!" he shouted back as he ran to the doors of the guild.

"Just don't burn it, you pyro!" Levy screamed.

'This could be bad! This could be very bad!' Natsu thought as he rushed from the guild, Happy following closely behind him. He somehow managed to get a carriage to take him to the forest, and he found it record time.

"Natsu, do you think Lucy will be mad at me too?" Happy asked innocently. Natsu slumped further into the seat of the carriage, holding the history book open in front of him.

"I'm not sure, Happy," he replied monotonously. His attention was placed more on the page in front of him than on his little, blue friend. His attention was actually focused on the book so much that he didn't even have enough remaining attention to register the movement of the carriage, which in turn, eliminated his motion sickness.

Natsu's eyes scanned over the pages of the book and his mind soaked up every word each page held. He began to feel a bit like Levy when he found himself whispering things like, 'wow' and 'amazing' as he read the words. He truly was fascinated with the book, though. The history was something he'd wondered about when he was a child. Igneel had explained that it was fascinating and indescribable, and boy had he spoke the truth.

Natsu kept his eyes glued to the page. It read:

"Dragon Masters are masters of dragons. Each Dragon Master has his/her own dragon to command and serve. The relationship between the dragon and its master must be balanced, and each side must respect one another.

Dragon Masters were appointed by the dragons themselves. At first, this practice gave way to the creation of Dragon Slayers. The dragons chose a pupil and taught them the Dragon Magic of their own element and then would choose another pupil if they thought it was necessary, which was hardly ever the case. Originally, each pupil was known as a Dragon Slayer, and was chosen by a dragon under order of the law. Under the belief that no one party should have more power than another, the Elder Dragons stated that at least one human child had to be trained to use Dragon Magic of one element, and that there was to be one child appointed to each element. The children were to be known as Dragon Slayers, and were responsible of taking care of troublesome dragons, or slaying them, creating the term: Dragon Slayer.

However, some dragons believed that if each party worked together, formed friendships and built trust, the system used for punishing irresponsible dragons would be more effective. To a certain degree, the Dragon Elders agreed, but they had many trust issues with humans, and therefore decided to grant the privilege of forming alliances to only a single family. This family was a very trusted ally with the dragons, and was blessed with power and wealth. This family was the Heartfilia family, a very well known family amongst the dragons. The Heartfilia family was responsible for the creation of the techniques used by Dragon Slayers; a spell called Dragano. They had found a way to make Dragon Magic compatible with the human body, since before the development of the Dragano spell, Dragon Magic was too powerful for the human body to handle, and often tore bodies apart.

Since the Heartfilia family was such a trusted ally, the Elder Dragons granted some dragons permission to form bonds with their pupils, but only if the pupil was a Heartfilia. These pupils became known as Dragon Masters, and were mages that eventually mastered the art of Dragon Magic. Dragon Masters were always stronger than Dragon Slayers, because Dragon Masters formed bonds with their dragons. The bond strengthens each party's magic because when the bond is made, both the dragon's and the human's magic combine into one.

Dragon Masters, though similar, are not at all the same things as Dragon Slayers. Indeed, Dragon Masters were rare. Since their magics had to bond, dragons had to find a human whose magic was capable of bonding with their own. These humans were found by using a summoning spell that locked onto a compatible magic once it made contact. The summoning spell was usually placed onto an object that lots of people made contact with often. If a person didn't have magic, the spell had no effect on them. If a person did have magic, but it wasn't compatible with the magic of the dragon who casted the spell, it would reject them and push them away. If a person did have compatible magic, but wasn't a member of the Heartfilia family, they would also be pushed away. So, obviously, if a person came along who had compatible magic, and was a member of the Heartfilia family, the spell would accept them.

When the summoning spell accepted a person, first it would latch onto the person's magic and pull that person toward the spell. Once that bond is made, the spell then pulls the accepted magic closer to its caster, or the dragon. After that, once the mage makes contact with the dragon, their magic bonds, the summoning spell is released, and training would begin."

The carriage shook and seemed to jump to a halt. Natsu closed the book and hopped out onto the soft ground.

"Wow! We're here already!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Aye! That book sure made the time fly!" Happy said excitedly as he flew from the carriage.

"Yeah, who knew that Lucy's family was so important?" Natsu laughed. He tried to act as if he was perfectly fine with what he'd just read. But, truthfully, he was freaking out. His mind was asking a million questions all at the same time. It was like his mind was overloading and it was going to short circuit at any moment. It sounded like a factory inside his mind; the main sound being one thought that screamed "Lucy is a Dragon Master!" But, then again, that wasn't quite true, was it? Based on what he'd just read, it would only be the beginning for his dear friend, Lucy.

Natsu was keeping his cool. Happy, however, wasn't doing so well with that.

"Natsu, can you believe that Lucy might be a Dragon Master? This is so crazy! I wonder what kind of magic she has! What kind of dragon do you think she has? Maybe I'll ask her!" Happy said in one breath. He was twitching and shaking like Plue did all the time as he wrapped his arms around Natsu's forehead.

"Happy! Calm down! Lucy probably doesn't even know any of this yet, and we don't want to dump all of this on her. Remember, she's probably pissed at us for ignoring her!" Natsu shouted angrily. He still felt bad about ignoring Lucy, and still couldn't think of a way to make it up to her. What could he do for her that would be big enough to make up for the two months he'd forgotten to talk to her, forgotten to notice her, and forgotten to be there for her? She was his second best friend next to Happy. 'How?' he wondered. 'How did I manage to forget about Lucy? Of all people, why her?'

The two had walked aimlessly into the forest. It was aimless because Natsu had managed to get lost inside his head. He couldn't stop thinking about everything; he couldn't stop thinking about Lucy. And he couldn't figure out why. Everything was circling around Lucy that day. Lucy, Lucy, Lucy!

"Luucyy!" Happy shouted, flying off to the right. Natsu blinked and regained awareness of his surroundings. 'Thanks, Happy,' he thought. He let his eyes follow the path of the Exceed and his eyes landed on someone rather familiar; a girl with blonde hair, and a ring with Celestial keys on it hooked onto her belt.

"Lucy!" the Dragon Slayer shouted in realization.

"N-Natsu?" Lucy stuttered.

END NOTE: Sorry the ending of this chapter isn't so exciting... Or is it? I don't know. I want your opinion! Yosh! I sound like one of those weird guys from the commercials that talk to you LOL! Do I get the beautiful present of more reviews this time? Is my story worth the reviews that I want? Anyway, I love hearing what you think of my story. LATEZ for no-OWWW i just stubbed my friggin toe! LOL BYE!

~Allie-K

Oh yea and I'm sure you smart ones out there (not meaning smart $$s) will prolly ask about Levy and the whole book thing... just saying...