Hi guys. Stellar Flames here, this is the twenty-sixth chapter of the fan fiction me my friend have been working on. We mainly have the set characters we act as, but we also take turns with the less common characters. with our names we like to go by our favourite character, so I'm lucy, my female friend is natsu . together we worked together to create this fan fic.
thanks to everyone who has reviewed, I love hearing what you have to say so we can improve the story if we need to.
We do not own fairy tail, fairy tail belongs to Hiro Mashima
Erza: *walking back in from observing the crater* Lucy? I thought you'd still be sleep
Lucy: *breathing heavily* (he must be having another nightmare) *places a hand on Natsu's forehead to calm him down* nah I just woke up *looks at Natsu* he had another nightmare and I saw it. It woke me up
Erza: Are you okay?
Lucy: yeah, just didn't expect that to happen
Erza: What did you see?
Lucy: Natsu and his family. Natsu was playing with his brother running around with a crystal lacrima and he dropped it in front of his father. His father almost beat Natsu to death for breaking the lacrima
Erza: Natsu's family?
Lucy: yeah, before he met Igneel. His real family
Erza is about to ask another question, when Natsu in his sleep grabs Lucy and turns over pulling her down with him
Erza: Maybe we should talk about this in the morning *smiles*
Lucy: uh okay *falls asleep in Natsu's arms*
-The Next Morning-
Lucy is still asleep
Gray: AHEM!
Natsu rolls on his side to get away from Gray and ends up on his back, waking him up instantly. Natsu winces and yelps in pain
Lucy: *sits up quickly from hearing Natsu's yelp. Her heard spinning* huh...Natsu are you okay?
Natsu: I just turned onto my back... it hurt... a LOT
Lucy: do you want me to heal you
Natsu: *smiles at her* only if you're up to it
Lucy: of course *smiles back at him and heals his back*
Natsu: *smiles and sighs in relief* Thanks
Lucy: *smiles at him* no problem. I'm happy to help
Erza: Well now that you two are up, how about some breakfast?
Lucy: sounds good
Natsu: *smiles brightly* Awesome. *Stands up and holds a hand out to Lucy*
Lucy takes Natsu's hand and smiles
Later on that day, the team are going over the map of where Igneel could be
Lucy: so we've checked here *points to where the crater is* so where else do we have to search
Natsu: okay, well we can cross off these locations; Igneel didn't like going near places where people could stumble across him.
Lucy: *crosses off areas on the map* so where else
Natsu: Volcanoes, caves and forests are our most likely options. But if it's a forest there'd have to be a lake
Lucy: what about lakes?
Natsu: It's unlikely if the lake had no cover near it. He was always paranoid about being discovered
Lucy: okay *crosses off areas with uncovered lakes* anything else
Natsu: We're looking for somewhere with animals for hunting too. I don't know how long he's gonna stay, but considering how long it took Lucy to find him he's probably changing his location every few months
Lucy nods
Lucy: so where should we start
Natsu: The volcano is probably our best bet. But the question is... can you guys handle the heat?
Lucy: yeah I can, how about you Gray and Erza
Erza: *requips into flame empress armor* Always ready for a challenge
Lucy: awesome, are you up to it Gray?
Gray: I'll just suck on my ice
Natsu: Okay. Let's go
Gray: If he can do it, it'll be a walk in the park *gesturing at Natsu*
Natsu: We're going into my element here. You'll be lucky to last an hour
Gray: yeah and I've been doing a hell of a lot of heat training for similar quests
Lucy: how about me?
Natsu: A recommendation from me. Wear something that won't overheat you. Volcanoes can get hot even for dragon slayer standards
Gray: if it gets to hot you have that clock guy
Lucy: how could you even suggest that Gray. Horologium can feel the heat as well. I don't want him to burst into flames
Gray: then this should be fine *looking at himself realising he has stripped during the conversation*Lucy it was just an idea
Natsu puts his vest on wincing slightly as it touches the bruises
Erza: Let's go
Lucy: *nods* okay
Gray: flame butt if it hurts that much forget the vest
Lucy face palms
Natsu: *ignoring Gray* Erza? How long will it take us to get to the volcano?
Erza: around a week
Gray: fine. I was only thinking of your own comfort not that it affects me, suffer if you want Lizard lips
Lucy crosses her arms. And taps her foot. Then glares at Gray
Natsu: *grabs his bag as well as Lucy's and starts to walk towards the door* Let's go *exits the hotel*
Gray: let's just go
Lucy: wait for me *exits hotel*
The team have been travelling for a few days and are now camping at the edge of a lake in the forest
Gray: I'm going swimming
Lucy: it's been a while since I've been camping *she wriggles her toes in the grass* it feels good
Natsu is already floating in the water
Erza: *sitting next to Lucy* Have you and Natsu talked about what you saw a few nights ago?
Lucy: *sitting in her bikini* no not yet
Gray makes an ice shark fin and swims up to Natsu
Erza: Why not? Does he even know that you saw it?
Lucy: everything's just been full forward I wanted to let him settle down before I tell him. And I don't think he knows
Erza: It's good to have the old Natsu back though *looks out to the lake and smiles*
Lucy: yeah, it is *smiles brightly*
Gray makes the shark fin larger
Natsu: *opens his eyes and full on slams into Gray, shattering his ice fin* Nice try icicle breath
Lucy giggles
Gray: bout time, but this was more to get a reaction from the shore *smiles at Erza and Lucy*
Lucy blushes
Natsu: *smiles* I'm just glad to see them smiling. It's been a while
Gray: it's been a while but all this is going to be worth it when you get to see Igneel
Lucy: hey Erza do you wanna go for a swim
Erza: No thanks. I'll wait here
Lucy: okay. *slides into the water, which is nice and cool*
Natsu: -smiles when he sees Lucy coming- Hey, Lucy
Lucy: what *afraid he's gonna tackle her again*
Natsu smiles evilly and starts approaching her
Lucy: oh no you don't *starts swimming away*
Gray dives into the water making her think he's coming for her
Natsu: Gray! She's coming your way
Lucy: huh?
Gray: *pops up right in front of her* hiya
Lucy: kyaaa
Natsu sneaks up behind her and tackles her again
Gray: *laughs while he swims away* Lucy you need to be aware around us
Lucy: *comes up coughing, she frowns* hey natsu
Natsu: Come on Luce. Smiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiile *pulls a massive goofy grin*
Gray: Swim away flame brain
Natsu: *face drops instantly and he starts backing away* Oh, no. Lucy... come on now
Lucy grins evilly and starts chasing after natsu. Natsu starts swimming away from Lucy. She catches up to natsu and tackles him into the water
Gray: *climbs out* Erza isn't it nice just to take a break and have fun. How long has it been?
Lucy: haha gotcha back
Natsu: *comes up coughing* Okay. *smiles* I deserved that
Erza: It's a nice change of pace
Lucy has big bright smile on her face. She starts splashing water at natsu and starts laughing
Natsu avoids the splashes and picks Lucy up damsel-style. He grins evilly
Gray: *stands next to her deliberately dripping on her a bit* the waters nice
Lucy: kyaa. Not again
Erza: I just don't feel like swimming
Natsu: Not quite *jumps up to the top of a really tall tree*
Lucy: *holds onto natsu tight* kyaa
Natsu: *yells loud enough so Gray and Erza can hear* CANNONBALL! *jumps down into the lake*
Lucy holds on really tight as Natsu jumps
Gray: *freezes the splash* didn't get us
Natsu: Umm... Gray... You missed Erza
Lucy is coughing when she surfaces the water
Natsu: *looking down at Lucy who is still in his arms* I didn't scare ya too bad did I?
Lucy frowns at natsu. But once she see's Erza drenched she starts laughing
Gray: sorry Erza I thought I made it big enough
Lucy: *blushes once she realises she's in his arms in just a bikini*I'm fine *face still red*
Natsu: *carries Lucy to the shore and puts her back on the towels the girls set up* So, What's the plan now?
Lucy: give me a minute I need to dry off *she gets up and moves slightly away from everyone. Her body goes alight which dries her off. She walks back and sits down*
Natsu: THAT is never gonna get old
Lucy: what
Natsu: You . Using fire.
Gray: He already thought you were hot stuff,
Lucy blushes deep red. Natsu instantly goes red
Lucy: (is it true)
Natsu: (Yeah...)
Lucy: (thanks. btw I.. think the same about you) *she smiles*
Natsu turns an even darker shade of red. Lucy giggles. Natsu closes his eyes then takes a deep breath. He pauses mid-breath and starts sniffing the air
Lucy: what's wrong?
Natsu: It's that smell again
Gray: wasn't me
Lucy: he means the fire gray
Natsu: It's not that. It smells just like that crater
Lucy: do you wanna check it out?
Erza: We have a few days before we'll get to the volcano. So there's time
Natsu: We should check it out. I only just picked up the smell
Lucy starts pulling on her clothes
Lucy: *finished changing* okay are we ready to go
Natsu: *starts running ahead* If you guys wanna join me, you'd better hurry up
Gray: let's go, no point me changing I'll be naked in a minute
Lucy runs after natsu
Erza runs after the team
if you guys want to see visual images of what me and my friends imagine the characters to look like, go onto my deviantart page. my deviantart user is called iluvmj4everrr.
so what did you guys think.