Hey minna, Ana here. Are you ready for day 2?

This is the longest day of the week because I got way too envolved when I was writing. You may find some silly references (some are not proposital, they happened by accident) and I hope everybody enjoys reading!

A shoutout to all the new followers and favorites! I'm really happy to see people enjoying my writing!

Reviews:

Paige'slibrary - Well, if chapter one got you right in the feels, expect more to come. There are even days with angst in this fic, so you might want to prepare yourself for them.

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World 2 - The witch and her familiar (Day 2 - Gratitude)

All the beginning witches of Fiore's Magic School were reunited in that room. It was time to summon a familiar that would be their companion for the rest of their lives.

Among them, there was a clumsy witch named Lucy. She was really anxious because she didn't want to mess up like she usually did.

Her turn came. And in the end she messed up, not been able to summon a familiar. A total failure again, as it was not her first time trying.

That night, Lucy went to the summoning room, to try to summon her familiar. She chanted the spell and the magic circle lighted up. Then, an explosion threw her back and she lost consciousness.

Lucy woke up with somebody poking her face and asking her questions. It took her some time to realize something was wrong.

If she was alone, who was poking her face?

"You finally woke up! I was afraid I had hurt you badly."

She looked up and saw a boy with bright salmon hair and forest-green eyes which were almost black. He looked really worried, but she didn't know why.

"Who are you?" She asked, even though she was a bit stunned.

"I'm Natsu!" He answered grinning. "You kinda summoned me a few minutes ago."

"So, you're my familiar? Even though you're human?"

"Yep, but I'm not human. Hey, hey. What are you doing?!"

Lucy didn't believe him, so she started to check if he was human or not. And she did find some characteristics that weren't human.

"Checking. I guess you just look human. I did find fangs and some scales. Humans don't have that."

"So... Your name. You haven't told me. We can't make a contract if I don't know your name."

"Lucy. I'm Lucy. And are you serious about the contract? I don't think anyone would like to contract with such a klutz as I..."

"I'm serious." He said extending his hand to her. "You seem to be a nice person, I hope we can have fun together Lucy!"

"Ok." She answered and shook his hand, sealing the contract. "Let's try it, Natsu."

But things weren't as easy as they sounded. Lucy was still the laughingstock of the school and was still one of the clumsiest witches in the place. Natsu was a powerful familiar, but he couldn't use most of his power. And because of that, Lucy felt like she was dragging him down.

She was sad and feeling useless. So she decided to break the contract. It would be best to both of them. She would not drag Natsu down anymore if their contract was broken.

They were alone at the oldest school building. In fact, they were in the least visible part of the building, so that nobody knew what they were doing.

"Natsu, I want to undo the contract."

"What?! Why Lucy? Did I do something wrong? If I did, I'm sorry!"

"You did nothing wrong. I'm the problem here. I don't want to drag you down anymore..."

"You think you're dragging me down because I can't use most of my power? That's not your fault weirdo!"

She was taken aback by his sudden outburst. Then he continued talking.

"If you hadn't summoned me, I would still be bored. And people would still be calling me unwanted. So, I'm glad to be contracted with you Lucy."

She didn't know that he was also an outcast. Lucy still wanted to undo their contract, but she was not sure of it anymore. Natsu realized that and decided it was time to make things even more interesting.

"Do you want to get stronger, Lucy?"

"Of course I want, Natsu! Why are you asking that?"

"If we make a stronger contract, we can get more powerful, Lucy. Do you want that?"

"I-I-I... YES! Let's do it."

He approached her slowly and when she least expected it, he kissed her lips. A bright light appeared and covered the two of them for a small period of time.

When the light faded, Lucy was blushing really hard and Natsu had a smirk on his face.

"What the heck, Natsu! Don't go out kissing girls without telling them first!"

"But you agreed, Lucy! And a kiss is no big deal!"

"It was my first kiss, baka!"

He paled when she said that. Natsu realized he may have messed up badly.

"I'm sorry Lucy! I didn't know! But I guess it was my first kiss too... By the way, don't you feel more powerful?"

"Now that you said that, I do feel more powerful. Like my magic is coursing in a more intense way than before. And Natsu..."

"What?"

"...What happened to you? You look less human than before."

"I just got closer to my original form. Which means that I can use more of my power now!"

And after they made a more powerful contract, they also started to grow in magic. Their relationship was in good terms and they were always helping each other. Time passed and Lucy was not the laughingstock of the school anymore, which made the people who used to bully her the most, get really upset.

It was finally the final test to graduate. The test was simple: you had to fight other witch and her familiar and your grade was based on your performance, although it didn't matter if you lost or won.

Lucy had to face her worse nightmare, the meanest girl in school and her annoying wolf-like familiar. It was a tough fight, but Natsu and Lucy had surpassed many challenges together. They waited for the right moment and turned the fight in their favor, winning it not long after that.

They graduated as honor students and finally left the school. They went home, to Lucy's house and just enjoyed spending time together.

"Hey Natsu."

"What Lucy?"

"If you want to leave now, I won't hold you back. I'm grateful for everything you did for me, so if you don't want to continue stuck to me, I understand."

"I won't leave you, weirdo. I already told you why. Besides, it's always more fun when we are together!"

Lucy was speechless. Natsu was really happy to be with her, and that was all that mattered.

"Anyway Lucy, wanna come with me?"

"Yeah!"

And they never left each other, their bond unbroken forever.

I will post day 3 today later, because I will travel during the rest of the week (from the 3rd to the 7th). Which means days 4, 5 and 6 will be late.

Don't worry. I will leave them at my Tumblr anadragneel-chan so that you can read the chapters before I come back.

~Ana/Chibi~