The dragon's ear twitched in annoyance. He stood there in a clearing patiently, his wings tucked at his sides. The sun's harsh glare was beating down on his ruby red scales. The forest was silent, something unusual for the area. It was usually a lively place with animals everywhere and the breeze passing by every so often. Today, however, was different. There was no chattering, no scampering, no breeze.

The small blue animal on top of his head mewled. "Natsu," he whined cutely, poking at his ear. "Not now Happy," the red dragon growled lowly. The small blue cat on his head pouted, his blue fur slick with sweat. "But Natsu, it's really hot out here," he complained, spreading himself out on the dragon's head. The dragon didn't reply to his blue companion, but instead, kept his gaze steady on the one thing in front of him.

The small cat whined softly but did not make any move to say anything again, knowing just how important it was today.

It was early in the morning when they had found her. The two had just been soaring above the forest, eager to reach the lake on the other side. The lake provided them with everything they needed. Drinking water, baths, and most importantly, their food supply. It may sound disgusting, eating fish all the time, but if they could survive, it was all that mattered. Besides, the lake occasionally carried seasonal clams and oysters, how, they had no clue. Natsu missed the luxuries of his past life but he knew that he would never get it back.

Till today.

The two had gone for their usual trip to the lake to grab some food, when Happy had spotted her. It was weird really, where they found her. She was lying on her side, by the edge of the forest. Happy saw her when he saw a flash of bright gold and decided to fly down and investigate. At first, Natsu didn't think anything of it. Everyone in the kingdom had fallen asleep under the cursed spell, perhaps the poor girl had been going through the woods when it happened. Then Happy decided to point out a few things.

"First of all, it was snowing really hard," he mewled. Then he had pointed to the girl. "And look at what she's wearing. It's hardly fit for autumn, much less the snow storm. While we're talking about how she's dressed, look. Nobody in our kingdom has ever seen clothing like that. She's showing so much skin." And what he said was true. The girl by the forest was dressed weirdly, something Natsu had never seen before. She had on a simple white tunic but the sleeves were missing and the neckline plunged too deep for Natsu's comfort. She had on trousers, which was not even the insane part since girls aren't even supposed to be wearing trousers in the first place. The trousers she had on only reached down to mid thigh, covering almost nothing at all. On her feet were the strangest pair of shoes the dragon prince had ever seen.

Happy had smirked at Natsu with a knowing look. "She's a foreigner Natsu! She could be the one to finally break your spell!"

Needless to say, the two had missed their breakfast, waiting in the hot clearing for the girl to finally awake. Happy groaned softly, just woshing for the blonde to wake up already. He had been here for hours. He was sure it was noon already and he was tired. Not to mention the fact that they both didn't eat breakfast yet.

Then to his utter relief and slight surprise, a soft groan was heard. Natsu's ears twitched automatically and he shifted, craning his neck to examine the girl in curiosity. The blonde groaned again, and her arm moved to seat herself on her elbows. Natsu almost jumped back in surprise. Could you blame him though? It's been four years since he had seen a human being move. That's right. Four years. That meant that the third petal had fell. Only two remained on the Gracidea.

The shriek of the girl jarred him back to reality. He winced as the loud, high pitched noise hurt his highly sensitive ears. "Oh look! The weird girl woke up!" Happy said excitedly, spreading his wings and drifting down to the floor in front of the girl. She screamed again.

"Owie, why are you screaming weird girl?" Happy meowed, holding his ears. Natsu agreed silently. Why was she screaming so much?

She screamed again. "WHY IS THERE A TALKING CAT?!" She screeched loudly, her eyes wide. "Oi, all cats talk, stupid," Happy grumbled. Her eyes were probably budging out of their sockets now. "Cats do not talk! And not even talking, cats are not blue and cats definitely do not fly." Happy turned to the large dragon behind him with a frown. "She's weirder than we thought she would be," he said seriously. Natsu couldn't help but to let out a laugh, well the best a dragon could do for a laugh.

Then the blonde's eyes looked past the abnormal talking cat to realize that she forgot there was a dragon standing before her. She had somehow forgot that there was a big, red, probably 60 ft tall dragon standing, sitting whatever, right in front of her! She swallowed thickly, her eyes wide, and her breath caught in her throat. She couldn't even scream because her voice just wouldn't come out. As she stared in fear at the large dragon, she wondered if she had went crazy.

She did fall off her horse. And she probably hit her head while going down. Yeah, that's right. She was probably just hallucinating. She let out a crazed laugh that had the cat and the dragon look at each other with unease. "Wow I sure did hit my head pretty hard," she giggled, struggling to stand up. "Hallucinating a dragon and a talking cat." She giggled loudly and leaned against the tree behind her for support as she shook her head.

"Um Natsu? I think she's a lost cause. She's kinda...crazy," Happy said, his face saying it all. Natsu snorted. Lucy laughed again. "Did you hear that? Now that thing has a name too. Maybe I am crazy." Natsu felt a little hurt. She had openly called him a "thing." Well, she did seem a bit off so he supposed it was...the appropriate response. Natsu snorted loudly, catching the attention of the girl who stared at him. Natsu rose to his full height of 50 ft tall and stared down at the girl who was openly gawking at him. "What is your name?" He asked, his voice coming out in a low rumble.

"Oh so now you can talk too? I knew I'd be an awesome writer," the ditsy blonde giggled, her eyes wild with amusement and a touch of insanity. Natsu stared at her in silence for a few seconds. "I am Natsu, the fire dragon." The blonde laughed loudly. "That's a bit cliche but oh well. A talking dragon and a flying blue cat is good enough." Happy flew down to her eye level and said firmly,"You need mental help."

Then, as if something had snapped, the blonde looked at them both with wide eyes, as if just realizing the situation she was in.

She promptly fainted.

Natsu sighed. This was going to be a long year.