Natsu now sat at the guild with Romeo, Gray and Lisanna at a table. He ate while complaining about how Lucy threw him out. "She shouldn't have thrown you out that way." Romeo agreed. He hadn't told them the whole story yet. "You most likely deserved it." Gray added effectively starting a fight between the two of them. Lisanna sat watching Gray and Natsu bicker with Happy perched on her lap. "You'd think by now he'd learn not to not evade her privacy by now, hey Happy." Lisanna didn't realize that Happy went there on his free will but he thought that Lisanna would get mad so he lied saying Natsu forced him there. Lisanna being gullible to Happys' lies believed him. "Aye." Happy replied.
When both boys settled once they both ran out of breath. Natsu made his way to the bar and sat one of the stools. He rested his head on the counter watched as Kinana and Mirajane clean around him. "Natsu is something wrong?" Kinana asked him. "I bet its girl problems" Mira put her index in the air and went into a daydream. Natsu and Kinana just watched with blank expressions. "Lucy kicked me out of her house again, this time she looked sad for a second." Mirajane quickly snapped out of her fantasy. "I knew it was something to do with Lucy!" Mira exclaimed quite pleased with herself. "If something big was up she'd tell you wouldn't she, nothing to worry about Natsu" Kinana tried to comfort her friend. Before anyone could reply Natsu catches the familiar scent of Lucy, His head sat straight up and he watched the guild doors, several seconds later they hear a familiar voice from the guild doors. "Hey everyone!" Lucy's familiar greeting. She seemed a lot happier than she did before.
Lucy wears her familiar white and blue top with a darker blue mini skirt, purplish blue socks that went all the way to her thighs and brown boots. Each guild member waved saying 'good morning.' Levi was the first to approach her. "Hey Lu-chan!" Natsu turned around and laid his head on the ground zoning out and not listening to their conversation he guessed was mostly about books.
When Happy flew off to find Carla, Lisanna moved from her table to sit at the table with Levy and Lucy. "Hey Lucy, I heard you had unwelcomed visitors this morning." Lucy let out an exaggerating sigh. "You heard right, but how?" Lucy asked curious. "Natsu hasn't stopped complaining how you threw him out. If he wasn't complaining about that he's depressed because he doesn't understand why you were sad. Why were you sad Lucy?" Lisanna asked concerned. "Oh it was nothing." Lucy relied. "Lu-chan!" Levi asked sternly. This was the first time she heard this. "Well I just had a bad dream that's all." This made her two friends very curious and Lucy then had to tell her whole story about her nightmare.
Meanwhile Natsu left the guild with an idea to cheer up his best friend. "Natsu what's your idea?" Happy asked flying next to Natsu. "Yesterday we were in town and she found this book she really wanted but couldn't afford. If I buy it for her now she might be her usual loud self." Happy smiled. "I wonder what is wrong with Lucy?" Natsu questioned. "Maybe she ate a bad fish?" Happy guessed. "Yeah maybe." Natsu replied.
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Lucy stood at the mission board. She picked out a job to do on her own. It seemed simple 'rid the town from the thief gang. Reward: 200,000 jewels.' With the help of some of her spirits she could have this done by night fall. She grabbed the paper from the mission board and walked to the bar. "Hey Mira, I'm going to do this one. Hopefully I'll be back by night fall." Lucy told the bar maid. "You're going on a solo mission, you sure? I mean Natsu would go with you-", "No! I mean no it's fine, I can do this on my own." She said. "Oh okay then Lucy, please be careful." Mira waved Lucy goodbye before she wrote down the details in the job book. Mira felt concern for her friend.
Natsu made his way to the guild holding the book under one arm; he wondered what Lucy saw in this book. It seemed boring; about a girl gets into danger and the prince of her dreams comes to her rescue. He didn't quite understand the fascination she had in books but they made her happy so he was glad. He stepped into the guild with Happy perched on top of his head. "Luce! Lucy!" He heard no response. Natsu ran towards the bar. "Hey Mira where's Lucy, did she go home?" Mira flinched when he approached her. "Oh ah Natsu, Lucy well she left on a solo mission a while ago." Natsu was taken aback by what Mira had said, he stood rigid "why would she go on a solo mission, what kind of mission?" Mira handed him the sheet of paper with the details. "She should be back by tonight, why don't you ask her then." Natsu handed back the sheet of paper. "Yeah I will." He muttered he sounded slightly angry to Mira. "Natsu don't be mad at her, she's just worried about something but she'll be fine." Lisanna approached from behind him. Levi followed, "its Lucy remember 'she's tough as nails' just as you said that time she fought with Bixlow." Levi added. Lisanna smiled and clasped her hand in the air. "Exactly!" The girls both wanted to be as cheerful for him as possible. "Why won't she tell me what's wrong?" He asked. "Because it not a big deal, she just got a fright last night from a nightmare and now she went on a job on her own because she's paranoid." Lisanna told him.
"Oi Natsu!" Natsu flinched and yelped because that voice was no other than the strong and ferocious Titania; Erza Scarlet. Erza gave Natsu the nastiest glare. "What did you do to Lucy?" Erza had recently been talking to Mira. Natsu gulped. "I didn't do anything I promise." Natsu tilted his upper body up and down repeatedly. "Erza-san Natsu really didn't upset Lucy. He just annoyed her. I don't think you have the full story." Levi tried telling her. "Then I want the full story." Levi and Lisanna pulled Erza to the side and told her. They figured Lucy wouldn't mind them telling Erza because they were like sisters after all. Erza listened intently to Lisanna and Levi; nodding her head with her index finger and thumb on her chin. "If Lucy is so concerned about this dream why doesn't she ask Cana, she should be able to tell Lucy or Natsu's future or something by those tarot cards?" Erza asked the girls when they finished. "I think she wanted too but Cana left for a mission yesterday." Erza didn't know this because she had been on an S-class mission a week ago and had only just returned. "I guess we'll have to wait until they both return." Levi said.
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By the afternoon practically the whole guild found out about Lucy's dream, Natsu sneaking in her bed and in on her bathing. It was none other than Lisanna who told Natsu the events of Lucy's dream. It scared him too but only a little because he didn't believe dreams could become reality.
How he could be so wrong….