Although the closer she got to town the more that feeling grew, so she ran just incase someone really was following her. She ran as far as her kegs could carry her, which ended up being pretty far because she wasn't even in town by the time she stopped, she was actually on the east end of town closer to the mountains. 'Who ever that was I bet I lost them, but where am I' she thought panting for air. 'I might as well sleep here since I am tired' looking around to check if the coast was clear, Lucy started to lay down on a patch of soft grass falling asleep. Unknown to her something was soaring the skies above. 'I cant believe that I went the wrong way' Natsu thought as got closer to the mountains. He started to look around for a place to sleep and what he found shocked him. Not only did he manage to find a cave, but he also found a girl sleeping on the ground without a care in the world.

'Is this girl crazy, just sleeping on the ground like that' he thought obviously upset at this girls stupidity. 'well I might as well take her to the cave i found so nothing happens to her' with that thought he swooped down, picked her up and headed toward the cave. When he got there he set down gently and lets sleep overcome him. When Lucy woke up that morning you can say she was definitely surprised. "AHHHHHHH!" she screams staring at the now awake beast in front of her.

"Hey, hey calm down will ya" he said sleep lacing his voice

"What am I doing here? What are you going to do to me? Are you going to eat me?" Lucy asked practically hyperventilating

"Hey, first you need to calm do, I'm not going to do anything to you" Natsu says trying to calm down the frantic girl.

"To answer your questions, first off I saw you just sleeping on the ground and I didn't want to leave you there so I brought you here" he started as soon the blond had calmed down.

"Second, I'm not going to do anything to you, okay and last, I'm not going to eat you I don't eat people" he finished as he stomach started grumbling at the mention of food which did not seem to reassure Lucy at all. He then looked down at the girl to see her frightened out of her mind.

"I said I wasn't going to eat you so I won't okay, don't look so scared….." Natsu started.

"Lucy, my name is Lucy Heartfillia" she finished for him.

"I'm Natsu, Natsu Dragoneel, it's nice to meet you Luce" he greeted her.

"Luce?" she question.

"Yeah, my nickname for you, so can you cook because I'm starving" he stated while his stomach grumbled again.

"Yeah, I can but there is nothing for me to cook with" Lucy pointed out.

"Don't worry, I'll get you something to cook with" Natsu says as he flies out of the cave. During his search for food he found a lake that was teeming with fish. He somehow managed to gather a lot and take it back to the cave, where Lucy had started a fire. "Why so much fish?" a bewildered Lucy asks.

"I like to eat a lot" Natsu states. She just sat there shaking her head accepting the obvious truth as she started to prepare the fish. As much as Lucy wanted to leave and find Mira's place, she decided to stay and keep the friendly red dragon, that said he wasn't going to eat her, some company. They had talked all day about anything that came to their minds and everything seemed to be perfect and peaceful in the world during that time, but actually it wasn't.