Disclaimer: I don't own fairy tail, or any of the characters, the story how ever is MINE! MUHAHAHAH! If I did own fairy tail, Nalu would have been created by now.
FIRE AND STARS
CHAPTER 3
Gray, Erza, Happy, Natsu and Lucy and gathered around the request board, deciding which job to go on. "Hey, said Gray, this one looks good, and it pay-
-Gray! My beloved, please take me with you! Why must you choose that blond blabber mouth over me!
-Blabber mouth!" Lucy exclaimed. "Well, said Erza, a little extra help might come in handy, this one looks difficult.
-I am over the moon! Finally, I am going on a job with my beloved Gray! Words cannot express how-
-Yeah, yeah, we get it, you wanna come with me!
-So what's the job" asked Natsu. Erza pulled down the piece of paper. "It's a missing people case, five to be exact. All of them had gone into a forest, and never came out.
-To creepy! No way!" Exclaimed Lucy. "It pays 100000 jewels, and a celestial key.
-Hmmm, which one?
-The giant Dragon
-Draco! Wow, apparently he has a bad temper... but he is very powerful.
-Lucy! You need to get that key! He's a freakin' Dragon Luce, the most powerful things ever!" Shouted a very exited Natsu, who seemed to have twinkily eyes, just thinking about dragons. "Alright! Alright, you can stop drooling on my shoulder!" Lucy shouted back. He had been doing puppy dog eyes at her, and grinning, Lucy couldn't help but find his grin cute, the fang like teeth gave it a touch of je ne sais quoi. Natsu probably knew that, as he was always grinning when asking Mira for something at the bar, hoping it would be on the house. But Mira could see through even the most intense forms of cuteness.
"So, are we going?" Asked Erza. "Where exactly is it?" Replied Lucy.
-The forest of fallen stars, poetic name, I like it." Ezra said back. Lucy's mouth turned into the most widest grin ever, and her eyes were wide. She jumped up and down. "Did you just say the forest of fallen stars?!
-Yes, why?
-None of you know anything about it?
-No "Said Gray , "No" said Happy, "No" said Erza, "No" said Juvia, "No" said Natsu. Lucy looked at them with an expression of bewilderment. "You mean to say that none of you know!
-Just tell us about this freakin' forest!
-Magic word.
-What? I'm a dragon slayer! I don't need to say the magic word!
-Say. It.
-Pfff...Please Lucy Heartfilia, friend of all people, and prettiest person in fairy tail, tell us what the deal with this forest is.
-Thank you. Before I tell you, I'm going to explain something about constellations to you. They all have a story. For example, Virgo searched the world for peace, bringing her scales, Libra, along with her, but none was found. She looked up at the sky and thought she might find peace up there, so she went to the forest of the fallen stars. And Aquarius, who was trapped by the gods because of her beauty, and she spent most of her life bringing water to them, so she ran back down to earth, into the forest of the fallen stars, and wished that she could be somewhere that the gods wound'nt know, and she became a constellation. They all happened in the forest of fallen stars." Lucy said, amazed by it. They all looked back at her. "She may be pretty and dumb, but that was impressive" said Juvia. This was a serious compliment coming from Juvia. Lucy looked back and said "Thanks Juvia.
-Don't start looking at me like I'm your friend, the only one with a place in my heart is Gray.
-Juvia, I know you have a thing for me, but seriously, relax! I can't date a girl who doesn't want to be with anyone else!
-S-Sorry Gray-Sama...
-Don't call me Gray-Sama either. I'm a friend, call me Gray." Juvia was over the moon. Jumping about like Lucy had been, images of her and Gray getting married, having babies, kissing... "Juvia, back down to earth!
-Y-yes Erza, sorry...
-So Lucy, you're saying that all the constellations originated from that forest? Pretty amazing...
-Yes it is, come on, let's get going!"
So they went and told Mira, and left to go to Magnolia station. "I've changed my NO, let's not do this one, nothing involving a train, come on, don't be cruel!
-Poor Natsu, he's in a total spas.
-Don't worry Lucy, I'll take care of him." Replied Erza. She walked over to him, put him on his feet, holding his shoulders straight, he looked at her confused until-BANG- her armoured hand came crashing down on his head, and he was out cold. She put his limp body over her shoulder, walked past a shocked Lucy and said "See, no more spas." And climbed aboard the train. Gray and Juvia sat in two seats next to one another, as Happy, Lucy, Erza and unconscious Natsu sat in four seats facing one another. Erza put Natsu next to Lucy, he leaned on her arm, still out cold. "Erza, wasn't that, a bit, harsh?
-ARE YOU QUESTIONING MY JUDGMENT!?
-N-n-no, s-so-sorry...
-She's just worried because she luuuuuurrves him.
-We all know Happy, everyone in the guild knows.
-WHAT!? One I do not and two, and two...
-What's two?
-Natsu doesn't even know what love is!
-Don't underestimate him." Said Erza. "Whatever." Replied Lucy.
The train journey lasted two hours, in which Gray drew on Natsu's face, Happy ate ten fish, and Ezra requiped into a dinosaur for no utter reason, literally. There had been a big blank, and suddenly, Erza was a mini Tyrannosaurus-Rex. Lucy yelped "What the hell Erza! Why!" A smiling Erza just shook her head to her baffled comrades. Then five minutes later, Gray put his arm around Juvia's shoulder, everyone thought she had become catatonic, until she looked up at Gray, trying to contain her excitement, and smiled at him. He pulled her in closer, until she was resting on his shoulder. They both had smiles on there faces, Juvia blushing heavily though. Happy muttered quietly "There in luuuuuurve...". The train came to a halt. And they all climbed off, Erza carrying Natsu. She threw him on the floor, asked Juvia to splash him with cold water. She did, and Natsu scrambled upwards and yelled "FIRE DRAGON ROAR!" And a stream of fire came from his mouth. He finished then looked at them, realised he was drenched, saw the train, saw Erza, and put two and two together. "ERZA I SWEAR AS SOON AS WE GET BACK TO THE GUILD I WANT A REMATCH!" Everyone looked at him disparingly, and walked out. They all found there way to there hotel, where they were staying the night, before heading into the forest. It was very classy, a porter showed them to there room, a giant space that almost looked like an apartment, which it practically was. There was one slight problem. There were only two double beds and one single. Erza walked over to the porter. "I believe I asked for five people. The porter replied "Yes ma'am, and as you can see, there is room for five people." And with that, he walked away. Erza sat down on the single, and requiped into heavens wheel, staying on guard. "Hey! No fair" said looked extremely pleased. She sat on a double bed. "It's ok Gray, come with me...
-What?
-Come with me.
-Well...ok." leaving Natsu, Happy and Lucy. "Well I always sleep on Natsu's feet.
-And I always sleep in Lucy's bed." Said Natsu. Everyone looked at them, hoping that Natsu might of accidentally said there were a couple. "Yeah, only after pushing me out!" Everyone sighed and continued sorting themselves out. "This time I'll push you out when you're asleep!
-Wow, such kindness." She said, her expression unchanging.
Night came, and Juvia was already settled in bed, with a Gray that didn't move one inch next to her. Erza requiped into pyjamas, and Natsu took of his sandals. Lucy was out on the balcony, sitting on a recliner, looking up at the stars. It was a habit of hers. Natsu got up, and walked outside. He sat down in the recliner next to her. "What's that star?" He asked pointing to the brightest one. "The north star, brightest star.
-When can I have my lesson?
-What?
-My star lesson, you said you'd give me one.
-Oh yeeeeaaaaah...about that...
-Please, please,please,please,please?
-Fine.
-What do you find so interesting about stars?
-That's my business" said Lucy, looking away. She had her keys in her hand.
"Okay, then how many constellations are there?
-88, but I bet there are more, undiscovered ones.
-Really? How can you tell which are which?
-I've been watching the stars since I was a toddler, with my mom, before..." Lucy fiddled with the keys in her hands, suppressing tears. Natsu had no idea what to do, a drunk Elfman had once told him, that females where strange creatures. He reached out his hand and patted her arm. She looked up, surprised at his effort to comfort, and smiled at him, he smiled back. "Sorry, she said, I've never really spoke about what stars mean to me.
-You can stop.
-No, I promised you a lesson, here it is. So yeah, if you watch them constantly, it ends up being like your watching a map, you know where everything is.
-So we're this Draco dude.
-See the north star? Move a bit east, to that other bright star, that's Draco's body, those five stars zigzaging.
-Wow! He's giant!
-Yep, in a way, he reminds me of you." Said Lucy, blushing. Natsu looked at her. "Why?
-Draco had another friend Dragon. They garded the golden apples of the gods, but a man called Hercules had to get the apples. The godess of war, Athena, helped by killing Draco's friend, and threw him to the heavens. So Draco flew up, looking for his friend, just as you look for Igneel..." This time, Natsu looked down at his hands. Lucy felt bad about reminding him, she patted his arm, just as he had, he smiled too. "So, where's that maid?" He said, trying not to make Lucy feel guilty. Natsu continued asking questions, and Lucy kept answering his questions. "So, what's so special about stars" He asked. "There amazing, light burning at incredible-
-No, I mean what's so special about them to you?
-Oh... it's complicated...You wouldn't understand.
-Hey! What makes you think that?
-It's...it's, more than just the fact that I find them pretty, or that they're sparkly, it's...
-It's what?
-It's like as if you were asking me why I liked fairy tail. Some people are my best of friends, some I don't particularly like, but I have a responsibility to look out for them, and them for me. With stars, and being a celestial wizard, I love all my spirits, some more, but I need to look after them all, be aware of there feelings. Stars are alive, and always there, no matter what.
-I see.
-You...do?
-Yes, I feel the same way about fairy tail, so I can imagine how you must feel for your spirits.
-Wow, no one has before." She immediately regretted saying that, in case Natsu got the wrong idea. She got up looked at the stars one more time, before yawning. "I'm going to bed, she said, coming?" She asked. "I'll stay out here a bit longer, thanks for the lesson." He said, grinning. Lucy got into bed, pulled the duvet right up to her cheeks, and thought to herself 'Mom, I know you would be teasing me right now, but stop, we're friends, nothing else. Night mom.' then she fell asleep.
Natsu stayed outside for a long time. He had his attention on the north star, it was extremely bright. But his thoughts were interrupted, by that scent, really close, just underneath him. Making the least noise as he possibly could, he climbed over the balcony wall and hung by his arms. Bellow him, a window was open, and the smell was coming out off the window. It was dimly lit. Natsu swung himself back and forth, until he had enough momentum to jump through the window, landing silently on the ground. The smell was strong. He found a t-shirt, he sniffed it, holding it close to his nose, it defiantly belonged to his attacker. It was small, and a woman's shape. He looked around more, no one was in the room. At least, that was what he thought, until he heard the sound of a shower turning on in the bathroom. He would have tried to see who his attacker was if he wasn't scared of seeing whoever she was he continued to look. He found a folder, and he was about to open it when the shower turned off. He placed himself next to the door, hoping to surprise his attacker. A rustle of clothes could be heard, Natsu was thankfull. Then everything went quiet. He leaned in closer to the door, hoping to get a better sound, until-BANG- the door flew into his head, and a girl dressed in black from head to toe, with a black scarf covering her face ran from the room. Dazed by the smash, Natsu didn't go after her. He got back up, and made his way to the table where the folder had been, only to realise it wasn't there. He growled. Natsu climbed back up to there room, he walked quietly passed a snoring Gray who had Juvia on his chest, smiling in her sleep, Erza, who was also snoring, and finally got into his own bed, where Lucy was sleeping. He climbed in as quietly as he could, as not to wake her up, lay down, put his arms behind his head, and slowly fell into an uneasy sleep, full of dreams of light and burns, dragons and stars, and one that had been reoccurring. He stood in the middle of a field, everyone of fairy tail around him, dead on the ground, his closest friends nearest to him. All he could do was look around him, he couldn't move at all, go to their help, even though it would be useless.
A/N: Ooooh! Getting all Nalu-ish in this chapter, I'll have more action in the next. I wanted to make a little point about the form of dialogue I use. I've just realise you probably have no idea why I add hyphens, it's because I live in France, and over there we right dialogue like that, but I will do it the normal way now, sorry for any inconvenience :$ also, we need to have a talk, about lemons... should I do one? Please tell me yes or no :3
Erza: Roji.
Roji: ...Yes Erza?
Lucy: Erza, you should stop butting in at every end.
Natsu and Gray: Oh-Oh...
Lucy: What? It's not like Roji will make Erza punch me... right Roji?
Roji: Sure, but just to tell you, I try to keep the characters who they are, so...
Lucy: Please no!
Erza: Lucy, she's bluffing. She can't control us in this part.
Lucy: few...hold on, doesn't that mean you can punch me anyway?
Erza: yes. But I won't, only if you do one thing for me.
Lucy: *gulp* what?
Erza: Hmmmmm...let me think about it, till the next chapter.
Gray: This is gonna be bad.
Natsu: No kidding.
Hetty: SHUT UP YOU FAIRIES!
Natsu: NO, YOU SHUT UP! JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE ROJI'S SISTER DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN-
Hetty: SHUT THE BLOODY HELL UP!
Natsu: *cowers behind Roji* Roji, please do something about her, she scares me to hell!
Roji: I know...I know, I have to live with the monster!
Hetty: SHUT UUUUUP!