"Well…I thought they needed a little push…" Mirajane explained carefully, even though her voice was calm, the evil smile remained. "Oh…does Natsu like her back?" Lisanna asked curiously (she knew Lucy liked him). "Positive." Mirajane said confidently. Lisanna's face slowly split into an evil smile that would rival that of her sisters. "I'm in." She said and the two sisters giggled madly.
"Igneel…used to sing it to me…" Natsu said quietly. Lucy sat shocked unable to comprehend what he had just said. "So…how did you hear it?" Natsu repeated. "My…my mom…she…sang it to me…" Lucy stuttered. "Mmmm." Natsu mumbled in acknowledgement. "Natsu….what do you think it means…when it talks about all those magic types?" Lucy questioned. "Well…Fire is me, Ice is Gray, Swords is Erza, Wind is Wendy, and Lightning is…Laxus?" Natsu said, confused at the last one. "And Celestial Wards…would be me…" Lucy added. "Laxus, why is he involved?" Natsu asked. "Dunno, but we should ask Levy to help us when we come back." Lucy tried to end the conversation, she just wanted to enjoy herself for now. "Okay..."Natsu agreed reluctantly. Immediately after he said that he started swaying. "Nghhh…Looshie…I feyul shick…" Natsu groaned. Hehehe he's so cute… "Okay Natsu, lay back down." Lucy said patting her lap. "Sanks." He said before falling asleep on her lap. I guess his motion sickness came back. She smiled down at him. "Kkch." A cold chill went down her back. There it is again… she darted around looking to see if anyone was looking at them, but all she saw were two flashes of white. Hmmm. She went back to looking out the window, and stroking (now she was aware that it wasn't Happy) Natsu's hair.
"She almost saw us!" Lisanna said worried. "Shhh…look." Mira motioned her with her hand. Lisanna peered around the corner and smirked. Hehehehehehehe. The sisters shared a knowing look. "Hehehehe, look out you two." They said in unison.
"We are now arriving at Synabl Station. Please-…" A voice rang out on the intercom. "Natsu…Natsu wake up…we're here." Lucy said softly. "We've now stopped at-…" With that Natsu sprang up. "Yesssssss! I'm all fired up!" He yelled, igniting the flames on his fists. Lucy chuckled at his quick recovery, and grabbed their things. "C'mon, let's go find Mira and Lisanna." Lucy said as they walked out of the train.
"Okay and then we…oops. Shhh, here they come!" Mira said awkwardly (they had been rehearsing their plan). Lisanna looked up and smiled as Natsu and Lucy walked over (Natsu ran actually) and stopped in front of them. "Hey guys, how was the trip?" Mira asked, smirking. "Good!" Lucy answered before Natsu said anything embarrassing. "That's good." Lisanna replied. She pulled a small bit of folded up paper out of her pocket and examined it. "Okay….It says here that the fair is open from 8:00am until 12:30am…" Lisanna read. "It's 1:30pm." Mira added. "So…we have 12 hours to roam around the fair!" Lisanna finished. "Awesome!" Natsu yelled, "Let's go!"
"Natsu, it's a F-A-I-R of course there will be rides!" An exasperated Lucy explained. "Nghhhh…." Natsu moaned as he watched screaming children fly by on a rollercoaster. "Sigh, what am I going to do with you?" Lucy asked herself. "Excuse me, but do you suffer from motion sickness?" Lucy turned around and saw that a tall, strange man had appeared behind her and was eyeing up Natsu. "Yah." Natsu said. The man smiled. "Then you will love it when you hear this!" The man explained how the fair had more "Motion sickness prone" people coming to it recently, so they made a special tonic to get rid of it. "Here." The man said handing Natsu a pink bottle, Natsu raised an eyebrow. "It's absolutely free, no side effects or anything. Just one drop and you'll be good for 24 hours!" The man added. Natsu immediately dropped a bit of the odd fluid onto his tongue. Tastes like…strawberries. The man's smile grew wider as he saw Natsu jump up. "Wow, I feel better already, this stuff really works! Thank you…um…" "Kiel." "Thanks a lot Kiel!" Natsu said smiling brightly. "No problem!" Kiel smiled back and waved. "C'mon Lucy, let's go!" Natsu said, pulling Lucy by the arm. "Okay, ow Natsu! Thanks again!" Lucy yelled as Natsu dragged her into the crowd. Kiel just smiled and waved until they were gone.
Hehehehe. "Good job Lisanna!" Mira said as she appeared from behind a fair tent. "Piece of cake." Lisanna boasted as she transformed back into herself. "I never knew you were so good at making remedy potions Mira." Lisanna said in awe. "Just a trick I picked up when I was little." Mirajane explained while giggling. Their plan was in action.
"Wow! That was great Lucy! Let's do it again!" Natsu indicated, waving his arms like a mad man. "Natsu…we've been going on rides nonstop for 3 hours! Let's do something else." Lucy moaned. "Like what?" Natsu asked. "I don't know…" Lucy spotted a large food truck selling ice cream. "How about we get some ice cream?" Lucy suggested, pointing in the direction of the truck. "Okay!" Natsu agreed happily.
Lucy licked her rainbow swirl ice cream, unaware that Natsu was staring intently at stared at her lips for a moment before shaking his head wildly. You mustn't think like that Natsu! He scolded himself internally. He returned to his own ice cream, spicy jalapeno, and looked at the rides around him. There were 7 rollercoasters, 3 kiddy ones, and 4 adult ones. Then there were about 20 odd rides that couldn't really be classified, and the "Ferris wheel." Natsu whispered. "Hmmm, did you say something?" Lucy asked. "Nope! Nothing! Hahahahah ha ha heh hah…" Natsufake laughed. Lucy raised an eyebrow, but decided to brush it off. "So…whaddya wanna do next?" Natsu asked, licking his ice cream. Lucy looked around for a moment. "Let's play some games!" Lucy decided, finishing her ice cream. "Hehe, I'm going to beat you Lucy." Natsu said challengingly. "Yah right!" Lucy retorted, and they both ran to the first booth they saw. 5 hours past (I'm not kidding) and both had won and equal amount of games. "Ooooh…" Lucy awestruck. Natsu followed Lucy's gaze to see she was looking at a big blue cat stuffy, which quite frankly, resembled Happy, a lot. Natsu smiled as he looked at Lucy's face. She looks like a kid in a candy store. Lucy turned around and smiled brightly at Natsu. "I'm gonna win it!" She exclaimed, and then took off for the game.
"Ring the bell, win a prize!" The advertiser yelled. Lucy stopped and watched as a strong looking man swung down on a platform with a large mallet. She watched as a little light shot up a long, red pole, announcing his strength. Although the strong man hit with all his might, it only made it halfway up the pole before stopping. The man running the station smiled evilly, and looked for his next customer. "I'll do it." Lucy said smiling at the owner. The strong man who lost laughed and said "Have fun with that one, girlie." The man sat down on a bench nearby and watched. The owner smirked and did his little "step right up" routine guiding her to the platform. Natsu stood and watched, smiling the whole time. The owner handed her the large mallet and was shocked when she did not even flinch at the weight difference. He backed up and watched, smirking ever the while. Lucy raised the mallet behind her head, and brought it crashing down into the platform. She watched as the little light zoomed up really fast and then stopped at the second to last "strength tick". Lucy frowned. It's rigged. The two men froze in shock at the little blonde's incredible strength. Lucy put her hands on her hips pouting, "Stupid thing." She mumbled. The owner quickly recovered, the smirk returning on his face "Aww you win some you lose some dearie." The man said dryly, putting out his palm to receive the money. "Let me try…" Natsu said confidently. The man glared, then smirked. "Sure sonny." He said, leading Natsu to the platform. Natsu took the mallet in one hand with ease, and then he smirked. Natsu brought the mallet down casually, yet strongly down on the platform with one hand. The little light streaked up the pole, and in the blink of an eye, the bell rang. Having rang the bell, he placed the mallet on the ground, paid the man for Lucy, grabbed the stuffy and Lucy, and left. The owner growled angrily "What an odd bunch!" He hissed to himself, squeezing the money in his fist, and then retired to smirking as he helped another customer with the game.
"T-thanks Natsu." Lucy said shyly, hugging the stuffy tight to her face. "No…prob…" Natsu said slowly. Dang she looks cute right now! Half of her face was covered by the stuffy she was cuddling, and she was skipping joyfully next to him. Natsu quickly checked the time at the nearest food truck, trying to distract himself from her. "It's 10:00pm." He told her. "O-okay." Lucy stuttered. Why is my heart beating so fast?! Natsu thought.