Chapter 2 (The girl with the key and the boy with the flame)
THE BOY
This chapter is about a boy, a 17 year old boy named Natsu. This boy had certain, habits, and certain reasons why he had those certain habits. Like the way he would spike up his pink hair so that it was one of the things that made him stand out most. That was because when he was younger someone had pulled a prank on him by shaving his head off while he was asleep because they hated the colour. But he didn't care if he stood out, so he made sure he did. Pink was his natural colour, so he didn't feel trapped by it. Though he had many others (but it would take far too long to explain just a few more) there was one which stood out most, the one that would really get a reaction from certain types of people. It was the fact that he was scarred to fall asleep. As soon as the sunset finished and the moon began to rise in its place fear would fall over him. Not because he was afraid of the dark. No that would be too easy. But it was really about what happened when he fell asleep. He would have countless nightmares every night. And it was always the same nightmare laying over again and again and again in his dream.
"Natsu! Wake up!" yelled the (Quite crazy) white-haired girl as she walked past his door to see that he was still asleep. As soon as he realised that it was morning again he leapt out of bed just as if he had been bitten by something in there. "Morning Lisanna." He greeted the girl as he grabbed his Backpack, his shirt and his shoes and ran out into the lounge room. "Natsu." She frowned as he sat down and tied up his shoes. "Just because we've known each other since childhood doesn't mean that you need to greet me like family. "Treat me politely as if you had just met me!" She smiled bossily and walked into the kitchen. Natsu rolled his eyes. Yes he and Lisanna had grown up together and they were practically family, but he did find her fairly annoying. "Ok." He huffed. "Anyway I'm off!" He stated as he slipped on his shirt. 'Already?" Lisanna pouted. "but you havnt had breakfast yet?" "I know." He relpied walking out the door. "Ill be having it at Gray's." Lisanna shrugged and continued cooking in the kitchen. "more for me then." Was all he heard her saying as he began making his way down the street. He was running, with his backpack thrown onto his back bouncing lightly with each step he took. "I dreamt about it again." He thought to himself as he ran around the next corner. "Why is it always that one dream?" He didn't bother thinking bout it since it gave him the shudders, instead he began to sing quietly to himself. "Fairy where are you going? Hikari, zenbu atsumete, kimi no ashita terasu yo." He breathed heavily as he tried to squeeze out the words whilst trying to run. The song he was singing, was sing he's known when he was little, even before he met Lisanna. He doesn't remember who had sung it to him, nor what that person had meant to him. All he knew was that he had that person no longer. And that he would have to go on with life with no one but probably Lisanna till he grew old and died. He continued singing, "Oh yeah. Kikoiten no kaka no koewah. Oh yeah. Karatate sakebu kara. Oh yeah-" he was forced t o stop singing –and running- as he found himself colliding with something. It was in fact Gray. "oi, what the hell?" Gray laughed as he helped Natsu to his feet. "Where were you going?" he asked. "To your place?" Natsu replied confused. Gray laughed again. "We had agreed on going to your place today." Gray stated. Natsu thought over the conversation they had had the day beforehand and remembered now quite clearly that they had agreed on staying at natsu's for the day. "Oh well." Gray smiled. "I guess we can go out for breakfast or something instead right?" Nastu nodded in agreement. And straight away the two of them ventured off towards the closest bakery/cafe. The cafe that they had chosen to eat in at, was a small cottage themed bakery called 'lil Blu'. It was very fortunate that this was the closest cafe because that morning because they both had very little money, and it was specials day today on all pastry-based foods and desserts. "Think we'll meet anyone new today?" Natsu asked. For as I mentioned before he was lonely and in need of more friends. "I dunno." Gray replied. "But I hope so cause im getting pretty bored of just you everyday." He smiled and winced as Natsu punched him in the forearm (Playfully) before stopping. "I want that." he stated as he starred in the bakery window at a new cheesecake that was on newly-released special. ""The blue water ice cake?" natsu read the label aloud. "Sounds liquidy." Gray smiled not taking his eyes off of the cake the whole time and walked into the shop (Still starring at the cake) "I would like the the blue water ice cake please." he spoke to the cash register and he smiled plotely before tapping the screen in front of him, "Anything else?" The man asked. "Oh yeah and a chilled hot spicy burrito." Natsu demanded politely. "Uhm im sorry sir but his is a bakery, we dont sell hot foods. " nmatsu sighed dissapointedly and looat the menu u on the wall. "then ill have the spiced pastry cream dish thanks." The man nodded and the two boys as they walked away and sat at a small two-seated table at the front window of the bakery.
Not long after their foods had arrived and Natsu (very nicely) had paid for it all in an apology for confusing the lot that morning. "ray objected but Natsu insisted. It didnt take long at all for thew two of them to finish their food and prepare to leave, they had the whole day planned out and they didnt want to waste any time sitting down doing nothing. Once they left the door to the cafe they didnt know what they would do next, so they stood in the middle of the pathway deciding on how they should spend the day. When suddenly (!) gray jumped wildy and stepped back a few metres,ernd natsu cracked up laughing when he saw was a small pink umbrella that had hitgray Gn the leg nd that he was only being a sook. "gray rubbed his head and picked it up. "Where the hell did that come frio?" Natsu laughed. "I think it rolled down the street?" Gray suggested while scratching the back of his head. "Well then who's is it?" natsu questioned. " I dunno," Gray replied. "Lets go see.
"Juvia!"
"Woah, what was that?" Natsu looked around cautiously. "It came from over there, C'mon this may belong to them." Natsu agreed and simply followed as Gray led the way towards where the noise had come from. When they had approached their goal, they met a girl. She had blonde hair, brown eyes, nice neat clothes yet she looked as if she had run for a while. on the otherhand She was soaking wet. "oh that's right." Natsu thought. "It was raining while we were in the cafe."
soon after they found out that it was another girl that the umbrella belonged to and she was strangely sitting behind a pot plant before she revealed herself. gray had explained her as 'absolutely beautiful' as they walked off. he had also asked her to lunch, which left Natsu a loner, and her wouldvnt asked the blond girl, aka Lucy to lunch if she hadn't randomly run off before he had the chance to.
Well thats it! hope you enjoyed :)
~Katara Devine
next chapter- Chapter 3, a key golden trapped in an endless flame of fire. (sorry for the few mistakes)
