Chapter 3
*slams head against desk repeatedly* I can't apologize enough to make up for how long I made you guys wait for this chapter! I had no idea what to do with this chapter, but there's nothing a little writing-a-chapter-at-midnight can't fix! So I've been thinking, since this fanfic is about halfway over after this chapter, what should I do for my next story? I'm sorry to disappoint you, but my next fanfic won't be on this website. It will be called "Be You Already" on Wattpad under the name Nalu4Lyf3 (I'll edit this name later if its incorrect). It will be an awesome story about being yourself and not caring what others think. It won't be based off any show, movie, or book so idk how many people are going to read it, so when you see this story appear on Wattpad, be sure to check it out please . I'm trying to keep these author's notes really short, I really am, and I apologize if you won't get another fic from me on this website for a while, I plan on posting art of the characters for every chapter so I have to use Wattpad. Without any further ado, let's begin chapter 3!
No one's POV
Feet slapped against the muddy, rain-drenched earth as Lucy led Gray, Erza, Wendy, Happy, Carla, Mirajane, Levy, Gajeel, Juvia, and Makarov through the shadowy forest to Magnolia. Dark gray clouds spread out among the sky like a blanket, stretching as far as the eye can see. Rain drenched down upon the small party as they navigated quickly through the maze of trees. "Gajeel, Wendy, can you pick up Natsu's scent at all asked Lucy as she almost smacked face first into a low-hanging branch. Both pointed their noses into the air and sniffed, trying to filter out the scent of rain, looking for Natsu's, but to no avail. "I'm sorry Lucy, but I can't smell Natsu anywhere. This rain is washing out all the other scents." Wendy stated as the Iron Dragon Slayer simply nodded in agreement at her statement. "Waaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Wendy screamed as her shoe connected with a root sticking out of the earth, bringing her crashing down to the muddy forest floor. Levy ran up to her, grasping her hand with her own, and pulled her back up to her feet. "Are you ok Wendy-chan?" Levy asked as she brushed the mud off Wendy's face. "I'm ok Levy, but we have to keep moving. Look, I'm starting to see Magnolia now exclaimed Wendy as she pointed in the direction they were running in. All members of the party looked in the direction she was pointing in. Sure enough, if one looked closely, they could see the vague outlines of buildings against a grim background. "C'mon! We don't have time to waste!" Lucy stated, her tears hidden by the rain as they ran as fast as their legs could take them. "Jeez, stupid flamebrain, what the hell were you thinking?" Gray yelled angrily as he caught up with the others.
Natsu's POV
The sun gleamed a fiery orange, basking the sky in it's warm light. White fluffy clouds leisurely strolled across the sky as happy trees danced with the cool billowing wind. This was my view from the Grand Magic Games Coliseum wall. When the games aren't being held, the Coliseum is open to the public, but no one else was in the Coliseum at this time of day. It must be about 7:30 am right now, I thought to myself as I watched the few awake in town open up shop for the day. I yawned tiredly and grabbed the apple next to me I had carefully picked from a tree in the forest outside Crocus. I slipped my teeth into the perfectly-ripe apple's flesh and bit off a chunk. I chewed the piece in my mouth, letting the sweet red delicious's flavor flood my mouth as I thought back to the recent events. Should I have done that? They may think that was really reckless, but they'll thank me soon enough. I reassured myself as I took another bite of my apple. My mind immediately drifted to Lucy. Lucy… My thoughts went back to her as she screamed "NATSU?!" with such fear in her voice, and later the determination that took it's place as she ordered me back into the house right away. I promised I would protect Lucy from all harm, and instead I almost killed her… I thought of her golden glowing hair, her brown sparkling eyes, her angelic smile, her luscious lips… I reeled back at these thoughts in my mind. What's with these thoughts? She's my nakama, that's it! A sharp, pulsing pain throttled my body onto my hands and knees, my apple rolling aside. Gasping for breath, the last thing I remember is maroon, scaly claws where my hands used to be.
Lucy's POV
As we were calling out Natsu's name into the wind while walking around Magnolia helplessly, Erza suggested that we split up to cover more ground in hopes of finding him sooner. Just as we were about to put Erza's plan into action, a small, stout man wearing a tailored suit, his face adorned with a moustache curled at the tips, his squinted eyes located underneath plain brown hair, approached us. "Excuse me, but are you looking for your pink-haired friend" he inquired, startling the small party. "Yes kind sir, have you seen him anywhere?" asked Erza hopefully, knowing she had a good lead. "Why yes, he popped in here to buy himself a cloak and walked out to the pharmacist on the other side of the road." The man explained. "Thank you sir, you have been a great help to us." Said Makarov as he nodded to the man, who nodded in return. "Stop by again soon chuckled the man as he watched the team enter the medicines and potions shop. "Hello, how can I help you?" asked the woman kindly. "We were wondering if you saw a hooded man enter this shop this morning." stated Levy, looking to the kind lady in hopes for an answer of any kind. "Hmmmmmmmm I did see a man with a cloak and pink hair walk in here this morning. He told me he wanted to get out of Magnolia but he didn't know where to go. I thought it was strange that he wasn't with anyone, even Happy, but I told him Crocus is a good place to go. He bought some Dramamine, a new motion sickness drug, and walked out of my shop and put his hood on. So a hooded man didn't enter my shop, he left it." The woman joked, hoping to brighten their obvious gloomy mood. "Thank you so much ma'am, you did a great service to us." Erza said as she shook the lady's hand and walked out of the shop with the rest of the team. They soon arrived at the train station, bought their tickets, and waited patiently for the train. After about 20 minutes, the train screeched to a halt in front of them and the team got on board while Gajeel and Wendy hesitantly followed behind. As the train rolled along to Crocus, Wendy and Gajeel keeled over in their seats, their faces turning green. "Why is the room spinning…" "Damn, I'm gonna hurl any sec now." Erza walked over to the two sitting side by side and fixed the problem real quick with a fatal blow to the gut each. "It should only take about 45 minutes to get there so just settle down." Erza stated as the others sweatdropped. As the train slammed on the brakes in front of the city, both Fairy Tail's and the other passenger's jaws dropped to the ground at the sight before them. Instead of the glorious city of Crocus, laying before them was a city of fire and smoke. Fire billowed out of every building and covered every tree. Smoke filled the city like a poisonous fog. As the other passengers rushed to the conductor to get back to Magnolia, the Fairy Tail team looked closely through the smoke and fire and noticed a lone figure standing in the middle of the city, wearing a pink head of hair and a cloak flapping in the wind.
So what do you think of this chapter? So you will probably get one chapter a week for this story until its completion, because I will be working on "Be You Already" on Wattpad under the name Nalu4Lyf3. I should be posting my first chapter for that story in 2-3 days, so please go check it out ^w^ . I'm not going to say anything about it, except for the fact that it will be an original story, with original characters! If you don't want to and you aren't into those kinds of stories, that's fine, I won't force you to read it, I'm just saying you'll be getting chapters for this story less often and you won't get a fanfic from me on this website until I finish that story. That's all for now, until next time, !