Request Pairing : NaLu, Monster AU. Nastu as a vampire and Lucy as a Frankenstein monster.

- Sant'Anastasia, Italy, 1745

It was a dark and frosty night. Natsu had just finished feeding on a deer that was too slow to escape his hungry fangs. It's been a while since he'd fed on a deer this big, or fed on a deer at all. They were scarce the last few centuries. The townsfolk had rapidly grown in numbers which decreased the numbers of deer. Luckily, he could feed of off other things than just deer, although he tried to refrain from feeding on humans. He had a partner, once. She was the most beautiful vampire in the land, hair as white as snow, eyes brilliant blue, but she fed on humans. She made the mistake by feeding in the same town for a second time. The townspeople found her while feeding and staked her heart with a single hawthorn. The act unfortunately didn't instantly kill her. While she struggled to get away, the townsmen closed in on her, stuffed her screaming mouth with garlic, and decapitated her. He can still see the pleading shock in her brilliant blue eyes, telling him that for once he was right. He can still smell her flesh burning as they celebrated their victory, and his loss, around the fire. That was that was 400 years ago. He had hoped that the loneliness would gradually disappear, but he wasn't lucky enough for that to happen yet. Natsu to was just about to pounce a rabbit as a dessert drink when he heard a twig snap behind him. The rabbit fled the scene as Natsu turned around to see whatever it was that made the twig snap. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a human girl. At least, it looked like a human. He could sense the warmth and blood flow that her body produced, but she wasn't human. Not in a way like the townsfolk were. She was man-made, a humanoid so to say. Her big brown eyes were glosses over with a watery white sheen. She had translucent pinkish skin that barely concealed the muscles and blood vessels underneath and long blonde locks that framed her face. She was the most beautiful creature he'd ever laid eyes on since, her. The creature looked distressed and was fleeing from something. Natsu was cautious of fleeing creatures, whether they were animals or humans. The latter were usually being chased by the townsfolk with torches and pitchforks for witchcraft. This time, he caught a whiff of, wolf. He hadn't seen a wolf for a long time, and hadn't fed on one for even longer. Before he knew it, he'd placed himself between the creature and the wolf.

"I favored the rabbit as dessert, but you look pretty delectable too, guess I'll consider the deer as the Antipasto." Natsu said with a smile as he liked his lips. The wolf momentarily froze in its steps, until his fight-or-flight reaction took place. It tried to flee, sensing Natsu's blood lust. The wolf was however, just like the deer, too slow to escape him. Natsu drank until he was sated. He drank way past that point. He was sure his belly would be bulging, but he didn't mind. It's not every day you get to feed on a deer and a wolf. He suddenly remembered that creature was behind him too. He stopped feeding and turned to greet the creature. She was standing there, tree branch in hand ready to defend herself from him.

"Easy there, I'm not here to harm you, milady." Natsu put his hands up in surrender. When she finally decided to trust him, Natsu stepped around the creature examining her. "I see Dr. Frankenstein has been working wonders again, has he not." The mention of his name earned a furious "Tsk" from the creature. She stood there, armed with the deadliest scowl he'd ever witnessed. "I take it you don't think too highly of your creator." He stated as he cocked his head in interest.

"That man may have created me, but he deeply despised me. Persuading me to make love to that other creature who claimed me to be unsightly. The creature told that man 'I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel'. Don't I ought to be the Eve? He left me to my own accord and abandoned me in a kennel when I refused. Would thy think highly of thine creator in such events?" Natsu looked at her saddened expression. He was shocked hearing her tell that story, he knew Frankenstein but didn't exactly recognize him in her story. He must have feared for his life to create another creature.

"The creature has followed your creator all over the continent, murdering every single person Frankenstein has cared about. It was probable that he created you out of fear, so that the creature would have a mate. I fathom that was the general idea. It was wrong for the creature to call you unsightly, for you are brilliant." Natsu exclaimed excitedly. He hadn't felt this way in a while, for centuries to be exact. He looked at the creature and saw a faint blush color her cheeks.

"Is it acceptable for thou to claim such? Doth thy not have a vampire partner awaiting you?"

"Not anymore. She got murdered by some townsfolk in Bacoli 400 years ago."

Silence. That was all she had to offer. He didn't blame her. He remembered the few encounters he had with Frankenstein's first creature. In the first few months he didn't know how to react to news like this too. Their emotions we'rent fully developed yet.

"I doth not know what to say." She said with a hint of frustration.

"No worries, where did you learn to speak?" He soon discovered she had the same fate bestowed upon her as the first creature. Learning how to speak by listening to townsfolk talk, hiding from them and being shamed away whenever she did reveal herself. Some people were kind to her, and let her stay in their barns, fed her secretly and clothed her. Luckily for her, she wasn't as abnormally tall as the other one.

"Why art thou so kind to me?"

"I told you earlier, you are brilliant. I find you intriguing and quite frankly, I want to be with you and get to know you better. I can teach you a lot of other things. You won't have to run away anymore. I have a cottage further in the forest. The humans don't wander down that deep. You'll be safe." He felt energized by her. He wanted to spend the rest of their remaining time together with her. To show her exactly what kind of creature she is, one worthy of loving, care and appreciation. If it's not by the person who created her, or the creature he created her for, he would gladly take that role upon himself. He might be a vampire, and she might be a man-made human, but that did not stop him from already loving her.

"Alright, I accept thine offer. First, please state thine name so we can make acquaintances."

"Ah, yes. Let's get the formalities out of the way. Milady, my name is Natsu, Natsu Dragneel. What may your name be?"

"I have not been given a name. People merely call me creature or monster."

"Would you like a name? You can choose out of any name you have heard that you liked." She pondered his question for a while and decided on a name.

"Yes, I would like to be named after the only woman who cared deeply for me, until she passed of olden age. My name will be Lucy Heartfillia

"Well Lucy Heartfillia, pleased to make your acquaintance."