Here is a little Halloween themed chapter, so enjoy!
The day that the group got back to Magnolia, they wanted to go home and sleep. Natsu and Igneel had to show Lucy that all of her things were at their house, as she was walking to her apartment Natsu grabbed her arm and pulled her to him and Igneel on the side.
"We got all your things, you are now officially apart of the Dragneel family!" his smile was so bright and gentle that Lucy softly smiled to him.
Igneel wrapped his arms around both Lucy and Natsu and looked like her was going to cry, "I've never had a daughter before, they only left me with two boys!" Natsu just laughed but Lucy looked at both of them wide eyed, she's never had someone so glad she was there.
"You guys think that I'm part of your family?" she attentively asked.
They looked at her with matching smiles, Lucy smiled with them thinking that she could get used to them. Lucy thought for a minute about what Igneel said, "Wait, you have a brother?" she turned to the pink-haired boy next to her.
He looked up for a second, he swears that he told her about him once, but nothing came to mind, "Yeah, his name is Zeref and he's in college right now."
The three of them walked threw the door of the Dragneel house, it was quaint house. A four-bedroom house with 2 and 2 bath, Lucy thought I was huge from the small apartment she was living in. The porch was the size of the front of the house, it fit a small bench and a side table. When they walked through the door, the first thing Lucy saw was stairs going up to the second floor. Off to the right was the kitchen, all white appliances and dark oak cabinets. Before getting to the kitchen there was a door that she assumed was to a bathroom.
The other side of the stairs was the living room with a green couch and two darker green chairs on either side of the couch. A tv on the opposite wall and many photos on the wall. Baby photos of Natsu and some black-haired boy she's never seen. Then all three of the boys together in the next picture and some photos of Natsu's friends. Cute
Through a doorway was a dinning area with a long table, she didn't look very long because they walked up the stairs to a hallway that showed 3 bedrooms and a bathroom between two of the rooms. Natsu stood by one room waiting for her as she looked around at the photos and paintings.
"This one is your room and we share a bathroom." He noted with a smile. Lucy didn't know if she liked that, but she didn't really have a choice, hopefully there was a big bathtub. That would be a deal breaker.
When they entered her room, it looked the same as it was in her apartment. Her bed in the corner of the room with her dresser off to the side. And her desk, opposite of the dresser and all of her papers were there and her diary, "You didn't read that did you?" she asked pointing to her small diary.
Natsu just smiled sheepishly and turned his head away. Lucy walked over to him and punched him in the upper arm. They both laughed, in one of the corners, Plue barked and jumped up to her, licking her face.
"Aw Plue! Were they treating you well?" she asked as she pet the small lab.
Natsu looked offended and crossed his arms, "Of course I was! What do you take me for?"
Lucy completely ignored him to pet her dog she missed so much. "What does your room look like?" The teen grimaced at the question.
"Uh, not messy at all." Lucy seemed to see through his lie, assuming it was messy. "Oh, everyone at school was worried about you. They'll be glad to see you on Monday." Her eye widened, people missed her? They were worried about her? She still had some bruises on her face and arms and some on her stomach, but they were slowly going away.
"Oh," was all that came out of her mouth, she wasn't really sure what to say. It was all new for her to have people care about her in such a way that made her feel special.
Natsu smiled but then they heard a scratching at the bathroom door. He opened the door, letting a small Russian blue cat run into the room to Plue. The white lad sniffed the cat, cat sniffing Plue, then the cat licked Plue's nose.
"That's my cat, Happy. I've had him for a few years now. They have been getting along since Plue has been here." He sat in the chair at her desk.
Lucy looked down to her feet that was shifted from side to side, she was quiet and Natsu thought he had said something wrong and was about to apologize for it until Lucy spoke up, "Thank you so much." It was almost a whisper.
Natsu just started at her with wide eyes, he opened his mouth, but she spoke again, "I just really appreciate this, you didn't need to do any of this for me." The blonde fidgeted with the him of her shirt as Plue sat by her feet.
When she looked up again, Natsu was right in front of her with a serious look on his face. "Lucy, you are my friend and I would do anything for you. I brought you a home with friends and they all love you. We care about you a lot. I care about you." His last statement was quiet, but she still heard him, she looked him in the eyes. She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around his torso. He was stunned for a few moments until he wrapped his right arm around her lower body and his left arm around her shoulders, having that hand in her hair.
Her head was shoved into his neck as they hugged tighter. Then the door burst open with Igneel popping his head in, "What do you kids want for dinner?" Not noticing that they were embracing each other.
Natsu groaned, "Pizza is fine old man!" he yelled still holding Lucy tighter to him, she giggled at their exchange.
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The whole night consisted of laughs and jokes from the three of them with a whole lot of pizza. Lucy was having the time of her life, she has never laughed so much; It was right after 1 in the morning. After that she went back into her room, but the walls looked so bare, no artwork, no pictures. At that moment she knew that she needed to make this place her home again.
Plue jumped up on the bed and looked to her, she pulled out her phone to take a picture of his cuteness.
The morning came, Lucy woke up to Plue licking her face and the sun shining through her curtains. Lucy looked over to the other side of her bed to her phone, it was 9:09 a.m. not to late but it was late for her.
When she groggily got up to the bathroom she saw the big tub they had, and she sighed in relief. She found her own tooth brush on the counter and she smiled, they really took care of all her things. When she was brushing her hair, she could hear Natsu snoring from the other side.
Walking in the kitchen she saw Igneel, also looking sleepy and holding a steaming mug. "Hello." She muttered as she opened the fridge.
"Hey there, little lady." He slurred but lazily smiled at her. "Natsu still not up?" he asked.
She shook her head and pulled out some eggs and bacon, "Can I make some food?" she asked not really knowing if she could use their food. He nodded but commented for her to make some for him.
When Lucy was almost done with the bacon she heard a groan and then a loud yawn," Here comes the lazy bum." Commented Igneel as Lucy turned around to look at Natsu.
He was only wearing a pair of pajama bottoms, messy hair that was sticking up everywhere and his eyes were still closed as he walked into the kitchen. "You're a lazy bum." With sleep heavily in his voice but when he looked up at the smell of food he smiled at Lucy. "Hey Luce."
Her cheeks flushed pink, "Hey Natsu." He wasn't wearing a shirt and she had to admit that he looked really good, good enough to lick. She shook her head at the thought, they weren't even dating and she just got back yesterday.
The pink-haired boy plopped down in the chair next to his father but laid his head on the table with out-stretched arms. His father nudged his shoulder, "She just moved in and she's already cooking for us." They both laughed as Lucy just giggled while putting the bacon on a plate.
"I really don't mind; you guys have giving me so much. It's the least I could do." She grinned softly at the two of them.
"Aww, I've never had a child be so thankful." After Igneel's comment, Natsu punched him in the arm. Lucy is still stunned that he calls her his child, she feels great to actually be part of a family that cares for her.
Suddenly Gangsta's Paradise by Coolio feat. L.V. was sounded from Natsu's pocket, he slowly scrambled to get it out since he was still sleepy. Then he saw who was calling him and then scrunched up his face before answering it, "What the hell do you want popsicle?" a pause was heard but Lucy could hear Gray talking from the other side, then Natsu looked up at Lucy, "If she wants to but I'm done to do that today."
Lucy tilts her head at the mention of her name, "He wants to go to the haunted house downtown for Halloween, you wanna go?" he asked pulling his phone away form his mouth.
"Sure, that sounds like fun, who's going?" Lucy set the plate of bacon down with some eggs while Igneel got plates and drinks for them.
After talking for a couple minutes Natsu spoke again, "Juvia, Gray, Levy and Gajeel are going Erza and Jellal are studying too much to go with us." He told her and rolled his eyes at the last part. Lucy chuckled but she understood why Erza and Jellal were studying, they were the top students in school or they could be doing something else which made Lucy blush.
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Lucy groaned as they sat on the porch, the two were waiting for Gray and Juvia to show up since Natsu's Jeep was totaled. He is getting a new car when he can pay for it, which might be a while. Natsu was messing around on his phone, he texted Gray about 10 minutes ago and he said he was on his way.
"They'll be here any minute." He grunted, sitting on the steps next to the blonde. She laid her head on his shoulder, he paused and looked down at her but said nothing.
When Lucy opened her mouth to reply a dark Chevy impala, honking his horn obnoxiously, they stepped in the back as Natsu was yelling at Gray. "What took you so long ice prick?"
Gray started driving down the street but before he could retort Natsu Lucy spoke, "This is a really nice car Gray."
"Why thank you Lucy. At least someone is nice." Juvia turned around to talk to Lucy.
"We are going to have so much fun. Juvia has never been to a haunted house before." She gripped her seat and smiled to Lucy who in turn, smiled back.
"You know, I don't think I have either." The blonde gripped her seat belt tight, Lucy has only ever hung out with them at Fairy Tail but this seemed different. This was new for her, she glanced over at Natsu who was having a loud argument with Gray. Juvia was cheering on her beloved Gray while Lucy was just observing everyone.
Then Lucy realized something she had read before, that people should go to an amusement park or a haunted house because the adrenaline will make you like the other person better.
"Why doesn't Juvia just put some music on?" the blue-haired girl turned on the radio while the two boys were grumbling to themselves. When Juvia stopped on a station they were playing Halloween music since it was the season.
"Ohh, this is a good one!" She commented and turned the song up louder.
Don't fear the Reaper- Blue Ӧyster Cult
Juvia sang along with the radio, Lucy was laughing at how much she knew the words, the blonde has never heard of this song, but it was growing on her, "Come on baby, don't fear the reaper. Baby take my hand, don't fear the reaper." She took one of Gray's hands and he just glanced at her and smiled before turning back to the road. "We'll be able to fly, don't fear the reaper."
Then after a while Natsu started to sing along with her as Gray was trying to sing with Juvia. Then it all turned into a yelling match as Juvia stopped when it became too much. Even after the song was over Natsu and Gray were still yelling at each other.
When they passed by the festival Lucy could see a lot of people and a lot of orange. The front of the festival had a large banner that said, 'Magnolia Halloween Festival' with a cute little ghost floating around it. She saw tons of stands and could smell food from the street. She even heard Natsu's stomach grumble.
Natsu's pink hair was flowing in the wind as he was sticking his face out of window, "Food." He muttered, Lucy thought he might be drooling.
When the four of them walked to the entrance, they were all looking for Gajeel and Levy. "Why don't I just call Levy?" Lucy asked, pulling out her phone. She stopped walking but Gray and Juvia walked into the festival.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lev, where are you guys? We just got here." Lucy shifted her feet when Natsu stepped next to her and slid his arm around her shoulder.
"Oh, we are pulling up now. I see you guys actually." Levy commented and started giggling.
Lucy stepped closer to Natsu when she saw a group of boys ogling at her. "Okay, we'll just stay here." Then she didn't see Juvia and Gray anymore. "I guess Gray and Juvia left us here."
"Gajeel and I will be there in a minute." Then she hung up, Lucy just hugged Natsu tighter. They just stood there until Gajeel interrupted them by punching Natsu in the head. "What the hell?" Natsu yelled and turned to face a tall black-haired man.
"Lu!" a small blur came at Lucy then a thump around her middle. Levy hugged Lucy and was making sure she was okay. Lucy hugged her back but not as aggressively.
"Hey, Lev."
As the two boys started yelling, their girls pulled them apart. Lucy pulled Natsu towards the food stands and they bought a few things with Levy and Gajeel. After a while they found Gray and Juvia at a stand where they had a water gun shooting at an angry looking clown. Juvia was shooting into the clown's mouth. When the bell dinged Juvia shot up and cheered. She hugged Gray around the neck as he laughed.
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Much later when it was getting dark, the group had agreed to go into the haunted house, it was they're last stop before going home. As they approached the house, Lucy looked around with gravestones in the front yard and cobwebs all around, she had to admit that it looked pretty fake. The guys also agreed "This sucks." Gajeel grunted.
"Yeah, this looks like it's going to be lame." Natsu whined.
They all stepped up to the door and walked through, making the door creak. The front room had only a table in the center, it was full of dust and on the right side there was a door, there was nothing else there. Lucy walked up to the table with a bowl on it and she peered inside of it. It held plainly, fake looking fruit. When a hand launched out to scare them only Levy screamed.
Everyone else laughed, then moved to the next room off to the side, when Gajeel opened the door a witch on a broom popped up to scare them. It didn't scare anyone and Gajeel just stared at it. "Really?" then he punched the cardboard cutout, out of his way. Lucy and Juvia just shook their heads, their first haunted house has been sucky.
After going through a few more door and a ton of stupid jump scares, they found the exit in big bold letters. "Finally." Natsu whined and opened the door but it wasn't an exit at all.
"What?" Gray looked around at the vast darkness, there was one light on in the center of the room.
Sitting in a chair, was a man in dark clothes with his head down. In his left hand he held a big machete dripping what looked like blood.
"Uh," Lucy said taking a slow step forward, then the guy looked up, he was wearing a large mask that covered his eyes but not his sinister looking smile. All of them gasped, Gray grabbing Juvia's arm and pulled her closer. Gajeel just stepped in front of Levy while Natsu stared at the dude from beside Lucy.
Then he stood up and everyone started yelling, "Hey man." Gray yelled pulling Juvia to the door behind them but it shut close on them; Lucy and Levy screamed.
"Whoa– ", before Natsu could finish the man started running towards them, then everyone scrambled.
Gray was trying to pull open the door, but it wouldn't budge, and Lucy and Levy ran around the guy, screaming Natsu and Gajeel were touching the walls to see if there was a door they couldn't see.
"Found it!" Natsu yelled and everyone ran towards him, Juvia was behind the guy with the machete and ran past him when he reached for her.
"Ah, he touched me!" she screamed as they all ran into the door to the next room. Natsu slammed the door shut, everyone was breathing heavily now.
"Why was that not the exit?" Natsu yelled by the door.
"I don't know but I don't think we have a lot of time to figure it out." Lucy quietly said as she was pointing to a little girl turned away from them crying. Gajeel mouthed 'what the fuck?' to Levy who shrugged. "Um, hello?" Lucy asked while holding her hand out.
"Where is my mommy?" her sweet little voice asked. No one answered her because they didn't know. When they didn't answer she got louder, "Where is my mommy?" They back up into a small bed with drawing on it of dead bodies and blood everywhere. "Where is my mommy!?" the little girl screamed.
Then she just kept screaming while the group ran to the side wall, they couldn't find a door, but Lucy saw that the fireplace moved a little when Gray bumped into it. She rushed behind Gray and started to push the mantle on the fireplace, "Luce what are you doing?" Natsu asked. She started to push open the secret door and Natsu told everyone to keep going through there.
Now it was dark, no lights, no people, everyone sighed in relief. Levy and Lucy were hanging onto each other and Juvia was hanging onto Gray, who was equally doing the same to her. they were looking around when Natsu and Gajeel touched some cloths hanging from the ceiling.
"What is this?" Natsu asked pulling at the cloth but stopped when he heard maniacal laughing, then they heard the sound of a chainsaw from behind them, the girls screamed again while shoving forward.
Lucy and Levy disappeared right through the cloths, Natsu and Gajeel went after them while Juvia and Gray slowly walked after them. The chainsaw got louder to them, so they started running with the rest of them; the laughing didn't stop either. Juvia screamed again, "Stop touching Juvia." She yelled behind her.
Gray pulled her will him and they ran into the rest of the group who were staring at the big exit sign with one door, "Is it real?" Levy whispered to Lucy who shrugged and shook her head. "Gajeel, you open it." She pushed him towards the door, but he turned to look at her again.
"Why me? Why not Flame tard?" the brute man grunted and pushed Natsu towards the door.
"What are you scared Gajeel?" Gray mocked, still hooked to Juvia.
"Look at you ice prick, holding onto your woman cause you're scared" Lucy just rolled her eyes and with shaky hands she turned the door handle and pushed the door opened to see the field ground and she could hear the laughs of the festival grounds.
They all sighed when they saw normal people and the trees and such. Even though the everyone was shaking, they all laughed at one another. "So, everyone want to go to my house for some movies?" Natsu offered as he raised his hand. They all nodded, walking to their cars to slowly come down from their scare.
The movies were all action and some comedies but no romance the guys and Juvia out voted Lucy and Levy on that one. Juvia was, surprisingly, not a fan or romance movies, in her opinion they didn't seem as real as her and Gray. The man in question just rolled his eyes at her but smiled. When no one seemed to answer Natsu on what movies they should watch, he glanced around and saw that everyone was asleep.
Levy sleeping in Gajeel's lap as he was asleep on his hand leaning over the couch. Gray and Juvia were asleep on the floor with Juvia also in Gray lap but it looked like he was falling over. Lucy was on one of the chairs curled up having her head on the armrest. Natsu went and let Igneel know that his friends were staying the night.
Natsu picked up Lucy and laid sideways in the chair and had her lay right on top of him, he got comfortable while Lucy shifted to lay her head on his shoulder and her arm across his chest. He just smiled and went to sleep.
Thank you for reading this chapter and thank you guys for the reviews. I really appreciate it! Happy Halloween guys! Till next time!