Yo. Thanks for the submissions peeps.

Also, I'm still accepting at least a few more submissions at the moment. Throw an OC to my PM if you are interested. I'll be moving the OC template to a separate section itself.

Enjoy this chapter too.

Wendy awoke to the sound of falling rain. Blinking blearily and wincing against the heavy drumming sound, it took her several moments to remember where she was; she took shelter from the rain in a small village she visited before during her travels. She had sensed the storm approaching long before it could be seen; the winds blowing in from east and the distinctive fresh, earthy aroma from the air and plants indicating the approaching storm front. It was sheer luck that there was a someone generous enough to allow her to rest in their home.

But as her mind drifted into thoughts of the family, a grim look could be seen on her face. Should I really be staying here…? She thought to herself, her eyes slowly scanning the room from the bed the family allowed her to sleep in. The place was neat, smooth wooden floors and walls, lined with simple and neat furniture. Although there was nothing really special to note about the place, it was way more aesthetically pleasing than the times she had to sleep in abandoned houses or caves.

How would they feel, she questioned darkly to herself, If they knew who I was?

She placed her left hand over to her right shoulder, touching the scar that ran across her guild's insignia, a dreadful reminder of the horrible event drilled into her mind. Wendy shivered as a chilled breeze of air slipped through the cracks of the window, swirling across her skin. Her eyes were cast towards the window next to the bed, seeing the black clouds gathering above the dark sky, showering the earth with countless water droplets. The sound of rain hitting against the glass was like multitudes of pendulums striking one another in a disorderly fashion, one never hitting another at the same time, creating a chaotic song of disarray.

A roaring crash of thunder boomed outside, causing Wendy to suddenly whimper at the sound. Quickly throwing the bed blanket over herself, she covered both of her ears with her hands and curled into a tight ball.

But even as the thunder continued to howl across the sky, exhaustion's grasp would not let her go so easily. The monotonous thudding of rain was slowly deafening in her ears, and she felt herself slip away into another bizarre dream. Slowly, the sound of rain and thunder molded into the sounds of colliding magics and explosions.

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"Natsu, where are you going?" shouted Wendy, a futile attempt to stop him from leaving. Natsu, blind fury surging through his veins, clenched his fist tightly, blood dripping from his nails cutting through his skin. He was not the type of person to stand around doing nothing, especially not when his comrades were being slaughtered on the field.

"You can't leave me here alone!" Wendy shouted again with a strained voice. In that moment, her vision was starting to go again because of her wounds. She caught a swift loss of balance, only to catch herself with a small step and continued, "What am I supposed to do without you!?"

Natsu was caught completely off guard by her outburst. However, his hate and disdain for the enemy was too stubborn. "I'll return," He replied sternly. "I'll kill every last one of them… And then I'll return. Trust me on this, alright?"

Tears began to form in Wendy's eyes as her emotions flared with anger. "If you go back now, you'll just get yourself killed! This time it's not like before! We can't save them! Stop trying to be the hero!"

Silence grew between the two of them. Eventually Natsu slightly parted his mouth with the intention to speak, but hesitated. After a few more seconds of soundlessness, he then finally spoke. "I'm not a hero Wendy… You should know that by now," He responded, "I'm just someone who wants to protect all of you. I don't want to let those precious to me get taken away. They are risking their lives for us, and I want to do the same."

Wendy gritted her teeth, a shadow forming over her eyes. "You have no right to want to protect us… We have no business being protected by you... You think you are going to do this for others, but in truth you are only thinking about yourself…"

"As long as you and everyone else I can save is safe, I'm fine with-" Before Natsu could finish his sentence, Wendy struck him with a slap to the face.

"Why are you so intent on continuing to fight...?" Wendy questioned, "You know you want to be hero, even if you deny it… You can't protect yourself from them, so how are you going to save our own? Huh, tell me! How are you going to make sure that you can save anyone if you just end up dying?!"

Again, her vision began to blur. She stumbled and was about to fall forward before Natsu caught her in his arms. Wendy placed her head on top of his chest and raised a hand once again to punch him, but was weak and strengthless. "How?! How…?! How…? Tell me, how…?"

Natsu felt her conscious slipping away. He gently moved her hands away and picked her up, sitting her down next to the wall. "How indeed…" He whispered to himself. "If I only knew. Sorry, Wendy... I'm going."

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Silence was what broke Wendy from her dream. It took a moment for her to realize that the storm had passed, the black curtain of rain vanished and the rising dawn arrived. Birdsong arose from the dripping trees and it was if the rain had never been. Blinking away the last holds of her groggy state and the visions in her mind, she sat up on the bed.

She had experienced dreams like these for all these years since then, and it was no easier each time. She sighed, shaking her head before standing up to get ready.

"Hey…!" Someone shouted from the other side of the door.

The first OC submission will be introduced next chapter. As to who's OC it is, i'm not going to reveal. :P

I hope you peeps will continue to follow the progress through this story.