Natsu looked at her as she wiped her eyes quickly, after releasing his hand. Lucy looked back at him for a few seconds in silence, as she lowered her hands from her face and back to her lap.
Scratching his head, Natsu broke his gaze from hers and looked around the library for anything that would make a good topic. Quickly drawing his attention, was the book she was reading. "Perfect, her book!"
"Have you read that book before?" Natsu pointed to it. Making Lucy smile.
"Actually yes It's my favorite book," picking it up off the table. "Key of the starry heavens has probably been my favorite book since I was a little kid."
"We still are kids. You sound like an adult already," Natsu laughed a little. "People need to give me a little credit, I already put together a lot about her by what she just said"
Lucy went back to being quiet. They both sat there in silence for a while until Natsu decided to speak again. "Well Lucy, I hope we can chat again the next time I see you." Natsu smiled and got up from the seat, waving goodbye as he walked away.
"Wait, Natsu." Lucy called out, causing him to look back to her. "I saw you had more than your fair share of books to put back into place. Would you like some help?"
"Sure, that would be great" Natsu smiled as he kept on walking.
"I don't know what it is, but I feel like I've met this boy before…." Lucy thought to herself, as she got up from her seat, neatly putting it back and hurrying to catch up to Natsu.
Time went by quickly for the two young wizards as they cleared the pile of books together.
"So Natsu, where are you from?" Lucy looked at him, as he put the final book he was holding away.
"Not much to say really. I live with my dad on the outskirts of Magnolia. He runs a small shop and I help out there from time to time. What about you Lucy?"
"Well it's just my dad and I too. He also runs his own business." Lucy turned around to head back towards the pile of books.
"Just her and her Dad as well?" Natsu scratched his head thinking about it.
Outside of Lucy's dream world, Porlyusica was sitting down watching over the two wizards. "Hmm, something doesn't seem right. It shouldn't have taken this long for Natsu to convince her… Their bond is extremely strong." Looking up from Lucy she saw Makarov enter the room.
"How are they Porlyusica?" Makarov looked at his two children on the beds.
"I'm afraid what I feared has happened. Natsu doesn't seem to remember the outside world either. He is just as much a prisoner in there as Lucy is."
"Are you sure? Is there anything we can do for them?"
"There may be a spell to pull Natsu out to talk to him, but we risk Lucy rejecting him out completely."
Makarov just sighed and looked at Lucy. "So our hands are tied…"
"For the moment, yes. Our best hope is that Natsu can figure out reality to the dream state."
"Whatever it is Lucy has created, it must be powerful."
Porlyusica just looked at him, but then quickly looked back towards Lucy and Natsu.
"The spell to pull out Natsu. I'll begin searching for as a last resort, so let me know if there are any changes." Makarov said, quietly walking out of the room. "Whoever has done this will pay severely for it!"
"WHAT!? Dinner is finished already?!" Natsu collapsed to the floor, white as a ghost next to Lucy's feet.
"Are you sure there's no leftovers? We were helping the librarian put books back." Lucy asked the red headed girl in front of her, who must have been at least 2 years older than her and Natsu.
"Being ill prepared can cost you on the battlefield! In this case, poor time management has made you lose the war for food!"
"What do you mean poor time management?" Natsu struggled to speak as he looked past the red haired girls feet. "I can see plenty of cake on the tables in there."
"What you see is a mere illusion from your hungry mind!"
"I understand the mind playing tricks on a person, but uh, I'm not nearly as hungry as my friend Natsu here… But I can see the cake too miss…?"
"My name is Erza Scarlett, and are you sure? I mean you're supporting your hungry comrade. You're helping him see through this difficult time of there being no food, so you've convinced your own hungry mind you see the food that he is seeing, to give him false hope until the sun rises along the horizon the next day!"
"No…. I just see the cake on the table Erza, and I was hoping we could have a few slices on the way back to the dorms." Lucy was now super confused on what was going on.
Erza just sighed. "Okay, Listen here I don't share my sweet cake with anyone. Anyone who wants my cake has to defeat me battle. Now are either of you up to that challenge?" Erza's eyes were now red as she stood over the two wizards with a dark aura around her.
"Uhhh, I'm good thank you, Erza! And I'm sure Natsu is good as well…." Lucy backed up shaking, her hands in front of her.
"A Brawl for food? Call me interested, Erza!" Natsu smirked as he stood up.
"Are you kidding me Natsu? You barely made it here from hunger and now you're going to fight her?" Lucy shouted, as she watched the pink haired boy stand up.
"Erza, if you can take me down, I'll surrender on that cake" Natsu stood ready for her.
"I can accept those terms. I hope you're ready, Natsu."
Natsu ran straight towards her as fast as he could, raising his fist, but before he could land a hit, Erza quickly stepped around it and back handed him straight into the wall. A massive crack was left in the plaster, as Natsu fell to the floor.
"I win, Natsu," Erza smiled as she turned back towards the hall. "Feel free to challenge me again whenever you feel up to it."
Lucy stood there, amazed. "Wow, she is crazy strong!" At the sound of a groan, she turned to look at Natsu.
"That didn't hurt a bit… I swear" Natsu struggled to speak. "A little help Lucy?" raising his hand up to her.
"You're such a hot head, Natsu." Lucy laughed as she helped him to his feet. "But if we're going to starve, we may as well do it together." Natsu couldn't help but laugh.
"Yeah, that sounds great to me Lucy."
As they both walked in silence towards the Fairy Tail dorm.
"So Lucy… what kind of magic do you want to study here?" Natsu looked at her.
"I want to study the same magic that my late mother studied. Celestial magic, it's the best way I can honor her memory. What about you?"
"Celestial magic? Is that like gate keys and the zodiacs? That is really awesome! I think that's the perfect way to honor your mother's memory. Well for me, I have a special form of magic my dad taught me. I just need to learn more about it. It's dragon slayer magic. It's why I'm here. I want to be the best, and be able to protect all of my friends!"
"Dragon slayer magic? As in the magic used about 400 hundred years ago to defeat and slay dragons? How could your dad possible know that ancient magic Natsu?!" Lucy was just amazed at the sheer thought of it.
"Maybe one day I'll let you in on a little secret Lucy" Natsu gave her a small smile. As the approached the door for the Fairy Tail dorm. "Ah here we go, finally!" Natsu cheered. "How do we get in exactly?"
"Uhh, I think I heard one of the second years say you hold your emblem up, then the door scans it and allows you entry." Lucy said raising her hand to the door, and a red beam shot from the Fairy Tail emblem on the door, scanning the pink one located on Lucy's hand, and the red emblem on Natsu's shoulder.
"Welcome, Fairy Tail members Lucy Heartfilia, and Natsu Dragneel." A female voice spoke out from the door as it opened for them.
"Okay, that is pretty cool," Natsu said as he walked through the door.
"Hey, Natsu…" Lucy spoke to him, as the door closed behind them, causing Natsu to turn around. "Thank you for spending the afternoon with me. When I came here, I didn't know anybody. Thank you for making me feel less like an outsider."
"It's okay, you said yourself back at the hall that we're friends. So thank you for being my first friend here as well. Anyway, I'm beat. Goodnight Lucy, see you tomorrow!" Natsu called out as he walked away from her to his room.
Having heard what Natsu said made her blush, "My first ever friend. Thank you, Natsu Dragneel."
Hey everyone sorry for the late chapter! I've been extremely busy!
I hope you all enjoy this short chapter and I promise I'll do my best to update more frequently from now on!Until chapter 5
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