I don't own anything fairy tail related. At all
For Lisanna Strauss, the world was a beautiful place, the way the colours of the sunset illuminated those of the land, the way the softness of pink and the calmness of blue lit up the sky while tinged with oranges and yellows, painting the heavens in a wondrous glory
The exotic colours of the birds and the bodies her magic changed her into were brilliant and captivating, she remembered a time when these colours were unknown to her and wonders how she had never known the world was this beautiful
She and Natsu kept their ability to see colours a secret from the rest of the guild simply because they could, it was a game to them now, an unspoken challenge to see who would cave first and let it slip, they also quickly learned the reason for the Colourscape becoming apparent to them and it caused insane levels of awkwardness between the two (at the time) pre-teens
Luckily it quickly passed and the two were basically in a relationship now, although they may as well have kept it a secret as well because nothing really changed, neither were much for public displays of affection and didn't really hold hand so they were free should magic need to be used
But when alone by their hut and in the forest they both loved dearly, away from prying eyes you really could tell the two loved each other, the way they had cared for Happy in his early years showed testament to their bond and comments made on their tag teaming when on jobs generally said it was harder to find two people who worked together so well outside of marriage
The only people who had even an inkling of an idea were Alzack, Bisca and Mira, the first two because she was fairly certain they were in a relationship exactly the same as her and Natsu's and her sister because she was the one person she spent the most time with besides Natsu
Mira actually knew a lot more than Lisanna initially believed, she knew of a shared bank account that her younger sister and Natsu put at least twenty five percent of their earnings in when the finished a job and if she had to wager a guess from the little clues her youngest sibling unwittingly dropped she would say that the money was for the two of them to buy a property together somewhere
And she wouldn't be far off, the shared bank account was something the two had created a couple of years before with the plan to purchase the land around the hut they built in the forest and to build a proper house and be a real family
Lisanna thoroughly loved her life; she had two loving siblings, a loving boyfriend? Fiancé? Husband? What was Natsu to her? Well whatever it was it didn't matter, she had a son in the form of a fun loving, flying cat and an amazing family in the form of Fairy tail
She had her eyes set towards the future, adventures with her sibling and Natsu and eventually settling down and having a family, Lisanna knew exactly what she wanted for her future and as did Natsu, unfortunately we don't always get what we want
Natsu lay completely relaxed in his large double hammock with Happy curled up at his side, his brain was slowly waking up from a night's sleep that only could have been improved if Lisanna was there with them, but alas she and her siblings had gone on an S class mission and he hadn't been allowed to join them
Natsu slowly opened his eyes expecting to be met with the soft brown of his ceiling only to see a dull grey, his eyes snapped open in shock and he quickly sat up, rousing Happy from his slumber
"What's wrong papa…" Happy moaned sleepily, Natsu was rapidly looking around his room
It was gone, everything, it had all had the colour drained out of it, the world was dull greys and whites again, it hadn't even been this dreary when Igneel left, turning to his small blue companion he discovered to his horror that he too had had his bright vibrant blue ripped out of him
He quickly stumbled out of bed and got dressed, running out of the front door, and staring at the sky, Happy lazily flew out after him, starting to wonder what had gotten Natsu so worked up, before he could voice his concerns Natsu spoke
"Happy… What colour is the sky?" Natsu asked in a voice that seemed broken, Happy looked at him funny before raising his eyes to look up
"It's still blue… Why?" Happy asked
"Because it all looks grey to me" Natsu said in a quiet voice causing Happy to grasp the situation and his eyes widened in shock and fear
Natsu then broke out into a run and sprinted towards the guild with Happy following behind him chanting in his head mamas going to be fine…, over and over, while Happy himself could see in full colour and had been able to from birth he knew that humans didn't have that gift normally and that his parents had something special that let them see the Colourscape
As they approached they noticed the guild's doors were closed, the doors had never been closed before and Natsu developed a dreadful feeling in his gut, Natsu's reckless run thought the guild doors caused a lot of noise and the silent members inside all turned to look at him
Many of the grey faces had lines of tears running down his face and many looked shocked and grief stricken at Natsu's spontaneous appearance many of them wondering how he knew something was wrong through the grief
"WHERE ARE THEY!?" Natsu screamed in desperation, Erza choked back a sob, her normally bright red hair a dark grey, she approached him and opened her mouth to answer but no words came. Aggravated and afraid Natsu grabbed her collar and pulled her down to eye level
"WHERE'S LISANNA!?" He screamed with an abnormal lack of self-preservation and tears pricking at his eyes
"Sh-she's 'hic'…" Erza began before tears welled up in her eyes and she began to sob, shocked at the fact Erza was crying he let go of her and took a step back, casting a desperate look around he noticed the unanimous grief stricken faces of the guild
"Where is she?" He asked timidly. It was Makarov who spoke eventually spoke up
"Sh-she's dead child…" She said before casting his eyes to the Earth and letting tears fall, hearing what he had been dreading Natsu's legs failed him and he collapsed onto his knees with a look of unbridled shock
Happy broke into tears and flew directly into Natsu's arms and cried into his chest, looking at the winged feline in his arms with unseeing eyes Natsu was broken out of his shock, he wrapped his arms around the last member of his family, curled upon himself and roared in sheer anguish
The entire town heard the impossibly loud sound and all went silent understanding the pure dejection conveyed by the noise, in the guild's infirmary Elfman was roughly awoken from his feverish slumber by the sound, he looked around in terror before his eyes fell on his sister who was lying with tears silently falling down her face
"Mira! What is that!?" Elfman asked, scared that the beast had returned
"That Elfman… Is the sound of a dragon's heart breaking." Mira responded in a dismal tone
The funeral was held a week later, it was supposed to be a small quiet affair but after Natsu's roar, the whole town knew that the youngest of the Strauss' was dead and they all came to pay their respects
The grave was laid, words were spoken, the sun even had the decency not to shine, but Natsu barely heard any of it, he had gone deep into depression, the only thing keeping him from just shutting himself in his house was Happy, who he was grateful for and to
He just could barely believe it, all their plans for the future, all the sweet words and the promises made, they were all worthless now, Lisanna was dead, he had been left behind once again, at least this time he had Happy, that was something
He didn't blame anyone for his loss, not even after he found out about Elfman's mistake that had ultimately led to Lisanna's death, he didn't blame Elfman or Mira, he appreciated they were grieving as much as him over the loss of their baby sister
No he blamed fate, how he hated fate, it was a conniving bastard, it gave him things to appreciate and love then cruelly ripped them away for no reason, Natsu had never really been much for philosophical pondering but he spent at least a month wondering why do bad things happen to good people
He was a good person wasn't he? What had he done to deserve this? Well whatever it was, if he was indeed a bad person, he knew for sure that Lisanna wasn't and that she had never done anything to deserve retribution
And so Natsu concluded that the universe was a bitch and decided to do all in his power to make it as bearable for others to live in, fate wouldn't be able to one up him a third time.
Once the guild felt it safe to talk about what happened they asked how Natsu had known something was wrong even though they hadn't sent anyone to tell him yet and seeing no reason to lie, he told them…
It was a surprise to everyone except Gildarts, Mira, Alzack and Bisca who had all suspected it to be the case, he told them that the two of them had been able to see colours since basically Happy hatched and explained why they kept it a secret with a dry laugh
And eventually life returned to normal around fairy tail, although those that knew him noticed that Natsu was more reserved than he used to be, only getting 'fired up' at the prospect of a challenge rather than every little thing but at the same time had more conviction and dedication towards the guild and people in general
Mira noticed in particular the peculiarities that Natsu displayed, she knew that he still deposited money into the bank account he and Lisanna had shared, that is when he returned with a reward at all, more often than not he would turn down a reward or spend most of it on repairs to damages he may or may not of caused
He worked solo only, his only back up being Happy who rarely left his side for any reason and actively pursued any rumour involving dragons or the like in search of his lost father, although that changed with the appearance of a new member named Lucy
Natsu had met Lucy in Hargeon while rumour hunting, she was a celestial spirit mage with a pretty complexion, her appearance and a series of incidents involving both Erza and Gray had inadvertently created a team, one that Natsu himself 'lead' and was thusly named 'team Natsu'
Mira, personally was overjoyed that Natsu was talking to people again, she knew her sister would have been devastated by the way Natsu had slowed right down, while it was still Natsu, it just wasn't the same
Natsu was seemingly getting his fire back.
Fuck it! I can't get it any longer than that, it will do just fine