Hello, my children! A lovely, dreary fog has settled in today, so be on the lookout for zombies. They could be anywhere… R&R, if you please.(^u^)

Natsu's POV (Sorta kinda little bit not really… no.)

Natsu could not believe it. He could not. Fucking. Believe it. That chick had somehow wormed her way into the Cirque, and to top it all off, he had to be the one to train her in the art of magic.

'Just my life' He thought bitterly as he walked through the rows of tents that housed Fairy Tail's mages with Lucy trailing closely behind. She looked around, fascinated with things that Natsu had always found normal.

'She looks pretty cute right now, seeing as she's not trying to kill us anymore' Natsu's inner devil thought. Before it could get another word in, Natsu squashed the voice out of existence for now, a skill that he had mastered a short time ago.

"Not today, you little bastard." He muttered under his breath. Lucy had picked up on his remark, and momentarily stepped out of her reverie.

"Huh? Did you say something, Natsu?" She asked.

"Nope." He said matter-of-factly. Natsu absolutely did NOT want another kick in the head. Especially one he didn't particularly deserve.

Besides, she was an enemy. Someone who would be entertaining to defeat but not too easy like Ice Princess. He could tell that she had a much stronger will than Gray, but she also had something that Gray most likely would never get, and that was dignity. Lucy was chock-full of it.

"Hurry it up, Luce."

"Who are you calling Luce?" She demanded.

"You. Now move it along, 'cause you'll be seeing all this pretty much every day from now on." Natsu smirked when he saw her puff up with anger, all of it without an outlet, and he could guess who that outlet would wind up being.

He had just taken up a defensive stance when a little girl called out to him.

"Natsuuu!" Eddie ran up to him and held out her arms, as if expecting a hug. With Lucy forgotten, he bent down, picked Eddie up, and swung her around in full circle. When he came to a stop, he was facing a surprised Lucy.

"You know Eddie too?" She inquired.

"Of course!" Natsu said, while him and Eddie both grinned very similarly at her.

"She's my daughter!"

HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA! Just when you thought I had reached rock bottom of the pit of Evilness, I pulled out a shovel and a stick of dynamite! Review! And a message for Gothic Bananas…. I look forward to your long string of pissed–off PM's I am sure to be seeing veeerrrry soon…..