What if Lisanna never 'died'.

A/N: Firstly, spoilers for those not up to the Edolas arc. Secondly, NaLi warning to all those die hard NaLu shippers.

(X782)

"Lisanna? ... Lisanna!" Mirajane sobbed onto her limp sister as an anima opened up. "Please...don't go..."

"It's all my fault... if I hadn't tried to do a full-body takeover, Lisanna wouldn't be..." Elfman had just managed to transform back into himself. "I'm never doing that again... a real man would never hit a girl, let alone his sister..."

Lisanna's brow furrowed. She then slowly opened her eyes as she coughed up blood. "Elf-nii-chan, Mira-nee... did we... did we get them?" Her voice was hoarse, as if she hadn't used it in years.

"Lisanna!" They both cried. "Thank goodness you're okay!"

(Back at the guild.)

Lisanna was in critical condition, she had a few broken ribs, a broken arm and internal bleeding. She was resting at the guild infirmitary. Two voices could be heard from afar, they sounded as they were getting closer. Those voices belonged to two of Lisanna's closest friends; Natsu and Happy.

"Dammit! You could have taken me with you! None of this would have happened if I'd have gone with you!" Lisanna would have gotten angry at Natsu for saying that, if it weren't for the tears in Natsu's eyes.

"They're sooo in looooovvvveeee!" Happy teased, whilst hovering in the air, using his wings

"SHUDDUP!" They both shouted, with a slight blush on their cheeks.

"Flame brain, you, me, right now, time to finish our fight!"

"Can't you see there's no time for that or is your brain frozen? Why can't you just let it go already?" Natsu shouted back at Gray, before mumbling under his breath. "Like you would beat me anyway"

"Umm, sorry to interrupt your quarrell, but Gray, your clothes?" Lisanna pointed towards Gray.

"Hrk! When did that happen!?" Gray looked down, realising he was in his underwear.

(X784)

"Urp, if only Lisanna could come with us" Natsu and Happy were riding the train into Hargeon, where there was a rumoured 'Salamander'. Thinking it was Igneel, a fire fragon who was also his foster father, Natsu and Happy gave chase.

"Natsu, come on! We're here! Happy tried to get Natsu up and off the train when it reached Hargeon station. Before he knew it, the train left with Natsu still on it.

In the meantime, a young woman with straight, mid length blond hair and brown eyes sulked her way down a street. "1000 Jewel, is that how much my looks are worth!?" She grumbled. "In the end, I still had to pay 19000 Jewel for a simple little key."

A few girls passed by, talking about this person named 'Salamander' "Didja hear?"

"Hear what?"

"you know, the famous Salamander is in town! Squeeeee!"

The blonde straightened her posture. "Salamander! The fire wizard who uses magic you can't buy in a store!? That Salamander!?" A small blush crept up on her face. The woman then made her way down to where a blue haired man, wearing a purple cape was. Heaps of fangirls were surrounding him.

The one rumoured to be 'Salamander' was showing off his fire magic. Natsu, who was still a bit sick from riding the train twice and Happy noticed this. "IGNEEL" Natsu ran off toward the fire, with Happy flying behind him. "I FINALLY FOUND HIM!" He shouted, only to find it was a fire Wizard and not the fire dragon he was searching for.

Barging in, Natsu broke the Blonde woman's fixation on the Salamander, causing her to realise the creep was using a charm of love ring, which was magic that was banned by the magic council. The Salamander offfered Natsu an autograph, which he declined. The fangirls started attacking Natsu, but the Salamander turned their attention back to him, by inviting them all to his sailboat.

The blonde helped Natsu up, taking him to a nearby resturaunt. "So you're Natsu and You're Happy, correct?" The blonde wanted to confirm.

"Aye!" Happy put a paw in the air.

"Nice to meet you, the name's Lucy! Anyway, thanks!" The blonde- Lucy said.

"What for?" Natsu looked confused.

"The Salamander had me under a charm spell, if you hadn't of come barging in, I would've still been under that creep's spell. So, what brings you two here?" Lucy asked.

"We're looking for a Salamander, but this guy wsn't the real one." Natsu sighed.

"Well, what Salamander were you looking for?" Lucy was now curious.

"A Salamander's a fire dragon." Natsu replied.

"Aye, his name's Igneel!" Happy exclaimed, munching on a fish.

"Wait! What would a dragon be doing in the middle of town!?" Lucy shouted. The rest of the meal, she spent talking about wizards and joining a guild.

After the meal, Lucy sat on a park bench, reading the Sorcerer Weekly Magazine. "Wow, Mirajane is the centerfold this time! She looks so fearlesss in hese outfits! Man, it must be cool being a Fairy Tail wizard! Hopefully I can join that guild!" She squealed.

"So, you want to join Fairy Tail, huh? I can help with that. You see, I'm a Fairy Tail Wizard." Salamander said

"So you're the 'Salamander' from Fairy Tail I've heard about, the one who has the best rep for damaging stuff?" Lucy asked.

Salamander flinched, he then bowed to Lucy. "Forget about that, how about you come onto my sailboat tonight? I can put in a good word with our master.!"

Lucy squealed with delight"Wow ! Really!?" After Salamander left, she muttered "Crap, I was Psuedo-charmed!

During the night, Natsu overheard two girls talking about Salamander being Fairy Tail's 'Salamander' "Fairy Tail huh?" He then threw up a little in his mouth, looking at the boat Salamander was supposed to be on. "We'll see about that" He then got happy to fly him to the ship.

(I can't be bothered writing the fight scene, sorry)

Palace guards came running after Natsu. After all, he did destroy half of Hargeon port. "Wait, where are you taking me!?" Lucy tried tugging her arm out of Natsu's grip, but despite being a fire dragonslayer, and the real Salamander of Fairy Tail, he had an iron grip.

"Well, to Fairy Tail of course! You want to join, don't you!? Well, what are you waiting for!?"

The next morning, Lucy entered the guild for the first time. "Natsu, we still didn't finish our fight from last time!" Gray shouted.

"Oh, you're on, Ice queen!"

"Gray, your clothes?" Cana pointed out.

"I don't have time for that!" he replied. Suddenly, Gray's underwear were in Natsu's hands. "Excuse me miss, but could I please borrow your underwear?" He casually asked Lucy.

"Ahh, you must be frightened, young lady, allow me to escort you out of danger." Loke flirtatiously picked Lucy up.

"Natsu! Give Gray back his underwear!" Lisanna ordered. "If you won't, you won't get a kiss~" Lisanna teased.

Natsu's face went pink. "Fine, now where's my kiss?" Natsu took it seriously.

"I-I didn't mean it like that!" Lisanna went red in the face.

Everyone stopped as thhe master walked in. "Master, we have a newcomer!" Mirajane shouted.

"M-master?" Lucy stammered, surprised when the Master shrunk down so tiny.

The guild master, Makarov started complaining about the councel sending lots of letters of complaint and bills for damages. "I say, too heck with the council!" Master Makarov set the paperwork alight, tossing it to Natsu, who caught it in his mouth, eating it. "So, you're a new member, yes?" He asked.

"Yes, that's right! My name's Lucy"

Makarov noticed Lucy's Gatekeys, mentioning nothing about a celestial wizard, as everyone in the guild knew Loke disliked Celestial Wizards, though none of them knew the reason. "Welcome to the guild, Lucy!" Makarov then placed the guild mark on Lucy's right hand.

Lucy soon learned a lot about her comrades. First of all, Mirajane modeled for Sorcerer Weekly. Loke liked girls. Gray had a habit of unconciously stripping. Cana was the guild's heaviest drinker. Natsu and Gray were rivals and the fact that it was clear as day that Alzac liked Bisca and Bisca liked him back, though neither knew the other's feelings. It was the same story about Natsu and Lisanna. The fact is, there was a bet about which ppair would become a couple first.

A/N Sorry, it isn't exactly like the episode (S), I decided to change hings up a bit, as there was some evidence, hinting that Natsu and Lisanna liked each other when they were younger, and I also wanted Mirajane to still have a feisty side to her. Also, Natsu's submissive side as most of the personality changes were because of Lisanna 'dying'.