Chapter 4: Goodies

The four began to wonder to the train station. Natsu and Gray had already purchased tickets in the hopes to find their 'Lucilia'. Happy made light chatter with the blond as he rest in her arms. Gray and Natsu walked a few strides ahead.

"Do we have to take the train?" The pink haired teen whined, his whole body was slouched, his arms nearly dragging along the ground.

Gray chuckled, "Well, we could just walk to Magnolia if you want to reach get there five months from now."

Lucy visibly winced at the thought. "What's so bad about the train?"

Natsu stared at her in complete dismay, disguised littered his face. "Everything," he whispered darkly loud enough for only them to hear. Gray tried hard to hide his laughter at the drama. "It is the cause of the worst illness in the history of sicknesses."

Happy looked up to Lucy. "He gets really bad motion sickness." He summed up through the drama.

"That's it? I thought you were going to say something worse." She paused for a moment gathering her thoughts. "Have you ever tried ginger tea or roots? They're a natural remedy, it wouldn't make it go away completely but it will help, just have a cup every two-three hours and you should be good." She pondered thoughtfully.

Natsu glanced over at his partner. "Do you think that would work?" His voice remained deep and slightly dark.

"It should, I've heard that it works before."

"Most trains do cater ginger tea." Lucy stated.

The pink haired teen looked back at her and stared for a moment trying to figure if she was bluffing. He quickly looked back in front of himself. "Alright, once we get to the station I'll get the tea, hopefully it works." His voice was laced with uncertainness. His expression turned slightly green at the thoughts of the train ride.

Gray chuckled as they continued to walk in relative silence. They soon arrived at the train station. "We have an hour until the next train. You can go off for now, meet back hear at ten minutes too." Gray announced.

"Lucy, lets go get this tea!" Natsu enthusiastically shouted. He grabbed the girl's wrist and began to drag her towards the food and drink stand. The blue cat flew just over head.

The stand was moderately busy, they got into line and viewed the products as they waited.

Lucy glanced over the list of beverages they offered and sure enough ginger tea was on the list. "See, I told you they'd have it. Order it with lemon, I find it tastes better with a little bit of a lemony kick." She pointed to the name on the list.

He nodded in response, "Do you want anything while we're here?"

She glanced of the menu seeing if anything caught her eye. The only thing that looked appetizing was the teas and baked goods. "A chocolate cookie would be nice." She said quietly, she didn't like relying on others to get her required needs. She preferred being independent but there was only so much she could do.

The elderly couple in front of them had received their order and left to wait for the train. They stepped towards the till where a middle aged woman was eager to take their order. "What will it be, darling?"

"A ginger tea with lemon, four cookies, 10 assorted sandwiches and 4 water bottles."

The woman imputed the order into a register. Lucy took into notice of the wrist band he wore with wires connected to the register. She leaned over closer to get a good look at it. Lucy had always been intrigued by magic. It always drew her nearer.

The lady began gathering the contents of the order. Natsu watched Lucy's fascination with the magic operated object. He watched as she peeled it back, layer by layer, with her eyes, figuring out how it operated. He knew they'd need to figure out if she possessed away magic ability, it would change the game completely.

The woman came back with a large bag of goodies and a drink tray. "That will be 3000 jewels, darling."

Natsu grabbed the bag and handed it to Lucy. He pulled out his wallet and gave the woman the allotted amount plus a tip. He grabbed the tray of beverages and walked off with Happy lazy gliding above their heads and Lucy trailing slightly behind him. He led them to a bench where they sat looking through the goodies.

The pink haired teen grabbed a sandwich and cookie, taking a bite out of both. "It would taste better with a firey spice." He literally spit with his mouth full of food before he swallowed.

Lucy shuffled further away from the barbaric teen. "Ew, chew, swallow, then talk." She grabbed a cookie and began nibbling on it, the opposite of the beast next to her who had inhaled the food. "You should have the tea so it will settle in your stomach before we leave." She said behind her chocolate chip baked good.

He grunted in understanding and drank the contents of the disposable cup in one go.

Happy plopped down between the teens. "It would have been better with fish, you know."

"Fish with tea?" Lucy looked quizzically at the cat.

The exceed laughed whole heartedly. "No, in the tea." He said as if it was a normal to add it.

"Your so weird, Lucy." Natsu piped in.

Yeah, I'm the weird one. She rolled her eyes and stared off in the distance. She saw a small object grow larger, heading towards the building. As it got closer she jumped up and grabbed all of the food.

"Are you stealing all the food?" Natsu asked slightly amused.

"No!" She pointed behind her towards the track. "The train is early!"

With that Natsu jumped up and grabbed the rest of the items before Lucy could and grabbed her wrist. Happy flew up onto Lucy's head as Natsu went into a full out sprint mode dragging the poor girl with him.

"Natsu!" Her face was slightly flushed as she tried to keep up with the racing teen.

AN: ok I hope most of you saw my apology, again I had exams, studying and projects. When I went to write, guess what! The motherboard broke! Anyways I got it back yesterday and kinda slightly word vomited this out because of my guilt from not updating. I know it's been a long wait but it will do, I'll write the next chappy within a week. So read on!

-animeditto