Hey guys! LM here! Again, sorry for not updating yesterday.. I got sick and well I just couldn't update. So I decided I'd put the first to chapters up today. I really hope you like it, because I've had a major hard time writing it! Anyways.. Hope you all are shoppping for friends and family, because Christmas is only 13 days away! I know I've started. BTW! I suggest from now on listening to Fairy Tail music while reading. For this chapter, try these songs in this order: Multiflora, Fairy Tail Main Theme Slow, The Firebird and it's Powerful Destruction, Now, here's chapter two.

Natsu clenched his fists. This was for Lucy.. He was going to do it. Even if it was embarrassing, he would do it for her. Because she was his partner. Right? Natsu shook his head and ran out the door of his and Happy's house. He had to get this done, before anyone noticed he was gone. Natsu sprinted down out of the forest where his small house was nestled, and into the town of Magnolia. Once he reached the town, he realized he had no idea what he wanted to get. What do girls like? Pretty stuff? Lucy likes clothes.. She's always worried about her's when they go on a job together. So that must mean she likes them! But what KIND of clothes? And where would he even buy them? Maybe Levy knew.. She was her best friend, right? But he couldn't let anyone know that he was buying Lucy something. It would be too embarrassing. So, Natsu decided that he would just look aorund until he saw something that caught his eye.

Natsu walked around the bustling market of Magnolia, where everyone was scurrying around in the fresh winter snow to buy gifts for friends and family. He tried to keep a low key, in case anyone saw him. As he walked down the streets, he left melted foot prints in the snow from his abnormal body heat. Natsu walked by store after store, seeing many things HE would like but none good enough to give to Lucy. As he scanned the area, he prodded his mind over and over what girls liked. They liked pretty things, thoughtful things, and fancy stuff. So what was pretty, thoughtful, and fancy? He racked his brain for the answer going over all the items on the face of the earth. And then, just as he was about to give up, Natsu saw what he wanted to get Lucy.

Natsu's eyes widened as he burst into the small store. There were so many sparkling things around him, he couldn't even remember which one he saw. He wandered around the store aimlessly, trying to figure out what he wanted to get Lucy. Finally, Natsu built up the courage to go and ask the clerk. He wanted to stay away from as many people as possible, but he was getting no where with this shopping thing. So, he awkwardly made his way up to the clerk's desk. He stood in front of it, nervously, and fidgeted with his scarf. The clerk looked up, and cleared his throat.

"Yes, sir, how may I help you?" He asked. Natsu averted his eyes, and rubbed his head.

"Um, I was wondering.. I have this friend.. And, I uh don't know what to get her. Think you can help me?" Natsu said nervously. The clerk chuckled in response.

"I see. So you're having trouble finding something for your girlfriend?" He asked.

"What's a girlfriend? I mean, Lucy's my friend, and she's a girl, so I guess she's my girlfriend." Natsu said bluntly. The clerk shook his head and smiled.

"Kids these days.. Alright, son, follow me." The clerk stood up and lead Natsu to the window display, and pulled out a small box from beneath it. He turned and handed it to Natsu, who took it gently as possible. He narrowed his eyes, examining the box.

"I don't think Luce wants a box, mister." Natsu said.

"Try opening it." The clerk said. He wasn't really sure if he was joking, or was just stupid. Natsu carefully opened the small velvet box, and his eyes widened when he saw what was inside.

Inside the box was a small ring. It was a light brown stone, just like the color of Lucy's eyes. The ring itself was made of a shimmering gold. (The gold on the ring isn't expensive in these times) Natsu smirked to himself. This was exactly what he was looking for! It was pretty, thoughtful, and he was positive it was fancy.

"This ring is made from a stone only found in Magnolia, called the Stone of Mages. It symbolizes the power of a bond between the mages in our guilds. Wizards often give it to their guildmates, teamates, or partners. If I'm not mistaken.. You're a mage yourself, are you not?" The clerk asked.

"Yeah! And so is Lucy. Thanks, mister clerk, this will be perfect for her!" Natsu closed the box and safely tucked it into his backpack he brought. He pulled out 30,000 jewel, handed it to the clerk, and ran out of the store. Finally, now he can go wrap this present and hide it until Christmas!

Natsu ran throughout the streets of Magnolia for the second time that day. He flew past the passerbys, and the clerks who's carts he knocked over while heading over to the forest where his home was. In fact, Natsu was running so fast, he nearly passed Mira who was walking on the sidewalk in the opposite direction of him.

"Natsu?" Mira said, stopping the mage. Natsu slowed to a stop and turned to face her.

"Oh, hey Mira!" Natsu smirked.

"What are you doing here out in the market?" Mira asked. Natsu looked away. This was the kind of thing he wanted to avoid..

"Oh, you know.." Natsu brushed off.

"You know what, never mind." Mira said, cutting him off. "I need you to come back to the guild with me!" She took his hand and started dragging him in the opposite direction. Natsu panicked.

"W-wait.. Is Lucy there?" Natsu asked hurridly.

"No. We were hoping you would know, but you weren't there. Anyways, I'm glad we found you. Let's go!" Mira began to head back to the guild. Natsu sighed in relief, knowing Lucy wouldn't see the present yet. But if she wasn't at the guild, or at her house, where was she? Oh well.. He didn't have that much time to worry about it.

Once they reached the guild, Mira filled in Natsu what was going on.

"So after Lucy told us all about Christmas, we decided we would have a Christmas party." Mira said, once Natsu joined her at the bar. "And we thought we should do something fun at the party, which is going to be 'Secret Santa'." Mira explained, smiling. Natsu blinked. More secrets? He didn't think that it would be this hard to keep the one he already has.. He didn't want another!

"What's Secret Santa?" Natsu asked worriedly.

"Basically, you draw from a hat a person. And whoever that person is, you have to get them a gift and you can tell anyone who it is you drew." Mira said. "Then, on Christmas day, everyone reveals who they got and they give eachother their presents." Natsu thought for a moment. If he got Lucy, then technically it would only count as one secret. So he HAD to make sure he got her.

"Now, write your name on this peice of paper." Mira said, handing him a slip of paper and a pen. Natsu's face lit up. Lucy's scent must be on this pen if she wrote her name as well! So he could just sniff out the right paper when he's drawing. That's it! Natsu jumped up after writing his name. He put the pen to his nose, and took a deep sniff. Then he handed it to Mira.

"Ok, let me draw a name!" Natsu said, getting 'fired up'. Mira giggled.

"Well you seem pretty excited. Ok, I'll let you draw." Mira bent under the bar and pulled out the small basket that held all of the member's of Fairy Tail's name and handed it to Natsu. "Now, close your eyes." She said.

Natsu closed his eyes, and took in a deep whiff of the basket. He bent his head closer, causing Mira to wonder what was going on in his head. He slowly reached in, and picked out a slip of paper. Natsu opened his eyes, and very cautiously opened the paper and read the name on the inside.

Lucy Heartfilia

And there it was. In her prim, neat hand-writing, he had drawn Lucy's name. Perfect! Now he only had to get her one gift. That saved him another lie.

"YEAH! I'M GETTIN' ALL FIRED UP!" Natsu yelled. "Thanks, Mira!" He called. Natsu ran out the doors of the guild, leaving them all in the dust. Hopefully he wouldn't encounter anyone on the way back home when he went through the town. That place was full of people, and it was bound to have SOMEONE who needed to speak to him.

Natsu flew down the path that led back to town, and he sprinted past vender after vender. People yelled and cursed at him as he flew by, knocking their things over once again. He was sure to regret this sooner or later, but he couldn't think about that now. He needed to get home. As he ran through the streets, he got more and more excited. And when he was stopped for the second time today, all that excitement melted away and turned into annoyance.

"Natsu Dragneel, is that correct?" A hooded figure said. Natsu had been stopped by the man in an empty allyway.

"Yeah, what's it to ya?" He said, putting his guard up. Being caught in an allyway was never a good thing.

"I heard you're searching for a dragon." Natsu's eyes narrowed.

"What do you know?" He said, getting serious. Who was this man, and did he know Igneel?

"I heard about a dragon that was up in the west forest." The hooded man said, standing his ground. "If you're interested, it should still be there." Natsu grunted a thanks, and jumped onto the roof of the buildings that surrounded the allyway. Even if he didn't know that man, could he trust him? Anything to do with Igneel.. He couldn't take chances. Natsu had to check it out, even if it was a trap. Natsu clenched his fists, and lept off the building and onto the next one's roof. He lept from building to building until he made it to the edge of Magnolia, next to the Western Forest that surrounded the town. Natsu jumped onto the grassy area below, and looked around the edge of the forest. He saw the sun setting in the West, and headed in that direction. He made his way deep into the forest, using his nose to guide him.

He decided he'd be in the forest awhile, since he didn't know exactly what area to be looking in. So he went ahead and unloaded his bag, and as he was dumping the things out, he noticed Lucy's present tumble out with his blanket. He quickly picked it up from the soft grass, not wanting to get it dirty. He held it tight in his hand, when he heard a soft voice call his name.

"Natsu?"

He turned, getting into a fighting stance. He watched as the figure stepped out of the bushes, and into the light of the bright fire he made next to his stuff.

"Lucy? What are you doing here?" Natsu said, sighing. He thought it was that freaky guy that had told him about the dragon.

"Oh Natsu! I was so worried!" Lucy said, catching him by surprise. She ran from the bushes, squeezing him in a tight hug. Tears streamed from her eyes. Natsu's eye's widened. Did he do something to make her worry? Or did someone else do something to her?

"Why were you worried? Lucy, what happened?" Natsu said, holding her at shoulder length. Lucy took a deep breath and wiped her eyes.

"This morning, when I left the guild after telling you all about Christmas, Loki came through the gate and told me something the spirit King saw in a vision. He saw you, and something was wrong.. And I panicked so I went to find you! I've been looking for you in this forest all day, I thought something had happened to you, stupid!" Lucy said, crying more. She covered her face with her hands, and leaned back into his chest. He put his arms around her in return, trying to comfort her.

'Does this mean something's going to happen to me?' Natsu wondered. If that vision from the spirit King was true, then Lucy could also be in danger by being around him. He tightened his grip on her present, wondering if he should give it to her now. But Natsu's thoughts were interrupted. His ears perked up, and he pushed Lucy behind him.

"Natsu, what's wrong?" She said, holding on to the back of his vest. She looked at his hands, and noticed he was holding something.

"I hear something.. Flying. Lucy, stay back!" Natsu yelled. He ignited his hand, and prepared for what was coming towards them. Maybe this was the spirit King's vision, what if something happened to them?

The tree's leaves around the two began to rustle. They grew louder, and soon the air was filled with them. Natsu saw in the reflection of the moon, a large creature flying towards them. It grew bigger, and bigger until it broke down the trees and landed in front of them. The large creature towered over the two mages, and let out a mighty roar. Natsu tried to catch a glimpse of the creature, but was thrown back by the power of it. He pulled Lucy close to him, as they were sent flying into a tree. It snapped in half, landing on them. Before Natsu could even react, something grabbed him by the arm. It lifted him up out from under the tree, and he saw two things as he was being taken away into the sky. The first, was Lucy. She was unconcious under the tree, and he wasn't able to help her this time. And the second, was her present. Leaving Natsu's hand and flying to the ground as he was losing conciousness himself.

"Lucy.. I'm sorry." He whispered, as the creature flew off with him in his grasp, into the dark night.

Tried to go off on a dramatic note there.. PLEASE let me know if I failed or not. I need feedback, guys! I need critisicm, because I want my writing to get better for all of you who read it! Anyways, chapter three will be up tomorrow night. Hope you're liking it so far. Merry Christmas :)