I feel like this story's going downhill. The beginning was pure gold, but now... On with the story!

All four dug in. Natsu was a sloppy eater. Food flew out of his mouth and occasionally sprayed onto the others. At one point, Erza got so mad that she threw a whole bone at him.

"Hey!" Natsu exclaimed.

Erza glared at him and he flinched. He made a mental note not to upset her.

"Anyways, we should discuss the cure," Lucy said.

"The ingredients are a bit strange," Erza added. "They should be possible to obtain."

"We can easily get the item and dragon breath," Jellal said. "If we travel, we can get the same poisoned water that poisoned Natsu."

"What about the fang and pink feather? Those animals aren't exactly common," Lucy asked.

"What are you guys talking about? Hey, can I have your deer, Jellal?" Natsu interjected.

"Here, take it. We should head to bed. It's getting late and we need to be up early," Jellal answered.

"Alright. Lucy, did you bring a blanket?" Erza asked. When her friend shook her head, she replied, "We can share."

Erza pulled out the blanket from her backpack and set herself underneath it. Lucy crawled into it.

"Night, guys!" Natsu curled up near the fire and Jellal covered himself with his black coat.

"Good night," Lucy yawned. She snuggled next to Erza and closed her eyes.

Around midnight, Lucy woke up. The ground was hard and rocky and it was killing her back. She softly sighed. At least at home she had a comfortable mattress. She quietly crept out of the cave. She leaned her back against the wall and stared at the sky. The moon was bright, the stars were dancing. She felt a tug on her heartstrings. I miss you, Mom...

She remembered when she and her mother would dip their feet in the fountain and stare at the stars. Her mother would always point out the constellations and make up a story about each.

Look, there's Ursa Major. She's a bear. A huge one! She walks across the sky, looking for fish.

That's silly, Mommy! There's no fish in the sky!

There are! Pisces. She keeps looking for them, but they're sneaky and always find a way to escape her.

Lucy smiled at the memory. She looked around, trying to find the two constellations.

"Couldn't sleep?" Lucy turned her head to the left to see Natsu standing in the cave's entrance. She was amazed. How did he leave the cave so quietly, especially since he was the size of a two story house.

"Yeah, the floor's rockier than I'm used to," she answered.

"Oh, okay. You wanna sleep on my back? Jellal rode on me once and he said he was soft," the dragon replied. He spread his wings, offering Lucy to climb on.

"Um... Okay..." She pulled herself off the ground and started to climb on him. Her foot kept sliding around, due to the scales. She quietly growled and forced herself up.

"Mm. It's comfortable," she yawned. And it was. The scales were actually quite soft and they reflected some of his body heat onto her. She curled up and fell asleep.

"Morning, Lucy!" Lucy blinked open her eyes. Erza's face was in front of her's. The sky was still dark.

"What time is it?" she yawned. She rubbed her eyes, checking to see if the sky was actually dark.

"Almost 4:30 in the morning," she answered. "You fell off of Natsu's back during the night, by the way. You ended up sleeping next to him."

"Is everyone else wake?"

"Not yet. I'll wake them up, now." Erza walked over to the extinguished fire and shook Jellal awake. He continued sleeping. Erza shook him again. That failed and she then elbowed his ribs. Still sleeping. She tried again, but elbowed him harder.

"Lucy, start the fire."

"You're not going to light him on fire, are you?" Lucy knew Erza; she would resort to drastic measures if all else failed.

"No. Of course not. I thought we should finish off the deer for breakfast." Then, she nudged Jellal. Nope, still sleeping.

"Fine, if I really have to..." she murmured. She tilted his chin up and brought a hand to his face. To slap him.

"OW! WHAT HAPPENED?" He jolted and saw Erza standing next to him.

"Erza, really?" Lucy had finished making the fire and was roasting the small amount of vension left.

"He wouldn't wake up," she shrugged. "I'll go wake up Natsu, now."

She left the cave and hit Natsu's snout. With a start, he woke up and immediately freaked out.

"AH! JELLAL! WE HAVE INTRUDERS!" he shouted. Then, he realized it was Erza. "Oh, hi!"

"Breakfast time."

The two walked back into the cave, where a marvelous scent filled the room. Lucy was tending the fire and Jellal was roasting the deer. The blue haired man waved them over and handed Erza a slab of cooked deer.

"Hey! Where's mine?!" the dragon roared.

"It's still cooking. You have a really big piece," Lucy replied. She flipped the meat to check if it was ready. It still wasn't done.

There was a small silence. Natsu's stomach growled multiple times and Jellal occasionally patted his snout to calm him down. When his portion of the deer was done, he wolfed it down.

"Mmm. Is there more?" he asked.

"You finished it," Jellal replied. "We should get going. The sooner we cure Natsu, the better."

"Okay, but can we at least wait for daylight? It's still kinda dark outside," Lucy pointed out.

"But if we leave sooner, none of the locals will see Natsu. It's better for us, since they will think we're with the dragon," Erza said.

"Well, we are..." Lucy countered. "Then, let's leave at dawn. Everyone should still be sleeping and we have daylight."

"Then, we have to wait until 6 AM. Which is in an hour," Jellal stated.

After enduring the hour, all four were ready to go. The instructions were with Jellal, as the girls carried the supplies. Natsu had offered to carry them, reluctantly.

All three hopped onto his back, Jellal in the front, Erza in the middle, and Lucy in the back, near the tail. Their backpacks full of supplies were hung on the dragon's tail because the ridges made sure it wouldn't fall.

Lucy was gripping onto Erza's waist, afraid of falling. Erza, on the other hand, had her hands on Natsu's back.

"Lucy, are sure you don't want the middle?" she asked.

"No, it's fine. There's more room back here. I'll be fine!" There was more room in the back. To fall. And if she needed to throw up, 270 degrees of wide open space was around her.

"Let's go!" Natsu roared. For a more dramatic effect, he let out a massive fireball. Without any hesitation, he flew right through the flames, earning cries of anger from his passengers.

"Yeah! FOR ADVENTURE! AND TO CURE ME!" he cried out.

"AYE!" the others shouted.

Updated early, since I need to type out Valentine's Day fanfics. Hopefully, I'll update this soon! 2/15/15 Update: Sorry, but this will be the last chapter. I have no idea where this story is going and I'll just leave it as a really bad open ended story. Sorry!