Chapter 4

Who Is She?

Why is Natsu so dense? He ran into the forest and as he kept running into the forest, it got darker and darker. Lucy yelled out his name, but he ignored her. Happy than flew into the forest, trying to make sure he was safe, so Lucy did the same.

She swept off the mud on her favorite outfit and ran. The deeper the scarier. Well... For her it was.

Soon enough, she got lost. She couldn't see a thing in sight. "Natsu!?" She cried, "Happy!?" She yelled, but no one answered.

Natsu's P.O.V

"Lucy, do you know where the sound was coming from?" I yelled. "Luce?"

I stopped running and crossed my fingers, hoping to find Luce. As I turned around I saw no one but Happy.

"Natsu, I thought she was following us! I swear!" Happy sadly whispered.

"Woah, woah, woah! Happy it's not your fault! I bet she's still at the entrance." I replied, flailing my arms around him. "C'mon, we gotta go see if she's alright."

As we both made our way to the tiny light, we heard a faint scream coming from the middle of the forest. I stopped in my tracks.

"Happy, did you hear that?" I asked cautiously.

"Aye, it sounded like Lucy!" He yelled.

I ran quickly, faster than I ever did. I think, I don't remember stuff that easily...

Mud was splattering everywhere I ran as I tried listening to the emptiness of the forest to try to catch another scream. If not, anything that can help me.

"Natsu! Quiet!" Happy whispered.

We both stood still trying to hear even better than last time. Than I heard the trees move. "Lucy!?" I desperately shouted. "Luc-"

"Thud!"

I looked behind me to see a black figure approaching my way. I went into my fighting stance until...

"AAGH!" I turned around to see Happy on the ground.

"Happy!" I shouted. Than, I felt a sharp pain in my back and soon enough, I blacked out.

25 Minutes Passed

My eyes fluttered open and saw nothing but darkness and a little candle on the side of my rock hard "bed". I reached for my face to get the gunk out of my eyes, but I looked over and noticed a long trail of chains connect to all of my limbs and dug into the ground. I could hardly move.

"Lucy? Happy?" I shouted. There was a long echo and all I could hardly think was what I was in for.

Where the hell am I? Was this a prank that they set on me? No, this isn't the guild that would do this. It has to be those good for nothin' bandits!

I sighed, hoping something would come in here and get me outta these uncomptorble chains. Than I remembered,

"I'mma dragon slayer!" I said happily.

I started burning the chains with my hands and feet, luckily the plans worked and once that was over, I hoped out of the bed and onto the floor. I rushed to the front of the cell and burned it to a crisp.

"N-Natsu?" I ran to the familiar voice that caught my attention. It was Lucy. But... She was also in the chains, and I thought it would be a long challenge to get her outta them without giving her burns.

"Happy!? I called.

"A-aye? Where are we?" He stuttered in an uneasy tone.

"Dungeon?" I replied "Anyways I need a plan to get you guys out without hurting you two!"

"I'm out!" Happy yelled, he ran to the front of the cell and slide through the columns. "Ta-Da!"

I laughed, "Okay, Luce, have you seen a key anywhere?"

"Natsu?" Happy interrupted, "Can't you just bend the metal?"

...

"Thanks!" I smiled. After, I burned the cell's door and pushed through, making it fall to the dirt floor. "Lucy, you still there?"

"Of course I'm here! Now get me out there's a bug on the chain!" She squeeked. I rolled my eyes and started to pull the metal chains off.

Surprisingly, these were pretty easy to get off for a lot of smart bandits!

"Okay!" I yelled in relief, wiping the sweat from my brow. "Let's go!"

As we all walked to the hallway, which was awfully quiet, I finally heard a creak, which turned into a sudden shake in the ground.

"W-what's happening!?" Happy screamed. He held on to my shoulder, and Lucy held onto my other arm.

I felt like one of those annoyed dads...

"N-Natsu, look!" Lucy whispered as she pointed to the crevice opening in the ground.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" We all shouted in terror. We were falling and suddenly, I blacked out... Again.

10 Minutes Passed

Normal P.O.V

"Hello?" Lucy said while trying to get up from her bruises and kickin the pebbles off of her.

Natsu's eyes opened and than Happy's.

"Hey, do you know where we are?" She asked.

"I don't know anything, Luce."

"Are you alright?" A mysterious voice said. It caught all of their attention. "Helloooo?!" She yelled even more.

Lucy, Natsu, and Happy stood up. Natsu got his fighting stance ready.

"Are you deaf!?" The mysterious girl yelled.

"Uh... N-no... Who are you?" Happy asked, he was hiding behind Natsu. The figure finally came out of the darkness, the light from above outlining her face. She looked up, than walked slowly towards them.

There was silence, everyone was shocked. Besides Happy.

"You guys DO like each other!" He murmured under his breathe without anyone hearing.

"Hello, I'm Nashi."

She had big brown eyes, like Lucy and the almost exact pitch as her too. That's not all, she had long flowing hair and the same color just like...

Natsu's.

Natsu and Lucy were opening their mouths, trying to say something. Than closing it all of a sudden.

"I'm... Your daughter... Kinda."