I'm back! …again. Er, hi. Yeah, I have some spare time at the moment (it's a while till my last exam) so I decided to update this. Plus, I've been itching to work on it.

So this chapter's gonna be a tad tragic (despite my hatred for those kind of things) but I promise that the cutesy stuff WILL happen, just hold out for a bit longer!

So anyway, on with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I still don't own Fairy Tail, duh

Chapter Three: Natsu's awakening

His mind was cold, dark, and seemingly empty. All that remained in his mind was the image and the memory of the pain that he felt when enduring Zeref's attack. Natsu, stuck inside his own conscious, tried desperately to make sure that he could run from the nightmare, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't escape the horrible memory that haunted him. He was plagued, being forced to watch himself being tortured by Zeref's magic, being forced to endure the pain that he had previously felt after defeating Zeref. His mind, still fragile, was continuously being forced to endure the same pain over and over until there was nothing left…

"Nat…su?" He said with a questioning look on his face as he stared at Lucy. "Natsu… is that my name?"

Lucy's world broke. She stared at his questioning face as he expected an answer, and continued to look into his eyes as she still noticed that there was something missing. Tears began to well up in her eyes, despite her trying to hold them back. She got up and left to leave, "Yeah, that's your name alright" she said, trying to put on the best façade that she could in the current situation. "It's great that you've woken up, I'll go tell the others." She attempted to smile at him.

"The others?" Natsu questioned?

"You know, the other guild members." Lucy explained to him, wondering what was up. She had her suspicions, but she tried to hope for the best and that Natsu was just playing a joke on her. He had to be. He couldn't be suffering from…

"Guild members?" Natsu's questions continued to be asked. "We're in a guild?"

Lucy turned to leave, muttering "…yes" as she left. She located Levy and cried into her shoulder.

"Lu-chan, what's wrong?" The bluenette asked the blond. "Did something happen to Natsu?"

"…yeah" Lucy managed to get out. "He woke up"

"Then that's great, Lu-chan!" Levy said in excitement. "But if he's awake, why are you crying?"

"I… I think he's got amnesia" Lucy sniffled, struggling to explain.

"WHAT?!" The entire guild said in unison, completely shocked at the news.

"Lucy, please, explain" the Master said calmly as he sat down on the table in front of Lucy. "Take your time."

"I-I-I was sitting next to Natsu as he slept, and-and I found myself falling asleep" She explained. "I felt like I had slept for hours, then when I woke up, I saw Na-Natsu sitting up and staring at me." Lucy stifled. "I was so happy that he was okay. I called his n-name and he asked whether it was his name and where we were"

"Sounds like the characteristics of amnesia to me" Porlyusica stated. "Unfortunately, there's not a lot we can do. We could try to heal his mind" she pointed over to Wendy "but it's possible that with his mind in such a fragile state that it would do more damage than good"

Lucy began to understand the meaning behind her words. With Natsu's mind in such a fragile state due to the amnesia, it's completely possible that he could end up mentally disabled if they tried to tamper with his mind right now. "Could the healing be done when his mind isn't so fragile?" Lucy asked.

"Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work like that" Porlyusica said, racking her mind for information on amnesia. "When a person suffers from amnesia, they either remember pieces from their past or they remember nothing at all. Sometimes, the feeling of not knowing something about themselves can drive them… insane" Porlyusica tried to soften the blow, but it still had the same impact. "Usually, when someone suffers from amnesia, their mind is fragile until either of the outcomes I stated before happen. If it's the first outcome, then there is no need for healing. But if they go insane… there's not a lot we can do"

"But there's a chance healing could work right now?" Lucy asked in hope. She didn't want to lose her best friend, but she also didn't want to have to wait for his memories of her to come back.

"There's a very slim chance, but I should warn you, if it goes wrong, he cannot be saved. His mind will be turned into nothing but a dull husk, his body nothing but a reminder of what he used to be." Porlyusica warned Lucy, trying to imply that it was a bad idea.

Lucy got the message, and shuddered. She wanted to help her best friend, but she also didn't want him to become a vegetable. "I… I understand" she stated. "I guess all that we can do is help him through it" Lucy put on one of the best façades she had put on in a while, and the others seemed to buy it.

"Why don't we all go see him?" Mira asked. "He might remember something if he sees us again."

"That's a great idea, Mira!" Elfman shouted in joy. "It's a man!"

So the whole guild somehow managed to get into the guild's infirmary. Natsu looked around at the faces that now occupied the room, and once in a while, his mind would click at the sight of them.

When he laid eyes upon Gray, he jumped up and shouted "Gray, you bastard!" trying to start a fight as he ignited his flames. Upon noticing that his fist was on fire, he started to panic. "AAAAAAH, WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" he shouted, as the guild laughed at the sight of his stupidity.

By the time that he made it around the roomful of people, he managed to remember Laxus, Master Makarov, Gajeel, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Charles, Happy, Pantherlily, Jet, Droy, Elfman, Mira, Juvia and Gildarts (when his name was mentioned). He said that he remembered some things about Alzack, Bisca, their daughter Asuka, Cana (though she wouldn't be too hard to remember), the Thunder God Tribe and Romeo. However, as for the rest of the guild, he said he couldn't remember them.

Upon hearing this, Lucy began to tear up and left the room. She sat at the bar, her face down on the table, and cried her eyes out. Her best friend… the one that she... well, loved, couldn't remember her? That news was just too tragic.

She was soon followed by Lisanna, who sat next to Lucy at the bar and comforted her. "I know how you feel, he was important to me too." Lucy sat up when she heard this, and looked Lisanna in the eyes. "Just hearing that he doesn't remember me… remember us… it's truly tragic." She began to have tears well up in her eyes. "But that doesn't mean that he won't remember us if we try. All we can do now is help him back to his old state of mind." Lisanna said in a positive tone.

Lucy wiped the tears out of her eyes and looked back to Lisanna. "Yeah, we've got to try our hardest." She said, with a determined look in her eyes. She knew that she could help Natsu have his memory restored, and she was determined to make sure that it happened.

And she knew just where to start.

Okay, more cliff hangers. But, I mean, come on, Fairy Tail leaves us on cliff hangers all the time, so surely I should be allowed to as well? This is a Fairy Tail fanfic after all.

So yeah, I came up with that ending very quickly, so if it's crap, it would be great to know! Leave a review! It really, REALLY, helps me out.

I don't know how long I'm going to keep Natsu's amnesia going for (for how many chapters, anyway) but I plan for it to wear off in the second last chapter, or maybe halfway through the last chapter (I haven't decided).

Anyway, I'll see you on the next chapter!

Chapter Four: Memory Jogging