A/N Hi everyone! Thanks for reading chapter one! I hope you liked it! Anyways, this takes place the same day as the last chapter, however, it is later in the morning, at the guild hall. Okay!
"Natsu? What's wrong with you?" Lucy asked. The fire wizard had been unusually quiet all morning, and compared to the loud and noisy guild hall, he seemed a bit off… which wasn't very common for him.
So, obviously, his best friends Lucy and Happy we're worried about him.
Happy floated over to Natsu. "Yeah, Natsu, you can tell us!"
Natsu sat completely still. "I just need some time alone to think, that's all."
"Well, that's a shocker, it's not like you do that very often." Happy snorted, laughing.
Natsu stood up and slammed his glass drink on the bar counter. "I said, GO AWAY! Do you not get it?! I don't want either of you anywhere near me!" he shouted, raising his voice so loud that everyone in the guild hall could hear him.
The room was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.
After a few moments, Lucy ran out of the guild hall, clearly in shock at her best friend's statement about her.
Happy sat next to Natsu. "Look what you've done, Natsu! You made her sad!" Happy sighed. "Buddy, can you please tell me what's wrong?"
Natsu was reluctant, but he told Happy everything. About his dream. About how he and Lucy "died". About how it felt so real, so real, that it felt like it really did happen. About wanting to protect Lucy.
Happy was silent for a moment, like he was trying to pick out the right words to comfort his friend.
"Natsu, you had a nightmare. So what? It may have felt real, but it wasn't. It doesn't change anything. And that's no excuse to talk to your friends like you did. I think you scared her with your reaction." Happy informed Natsu.
"I...I did? I didn't mean to." Natsu looked surprised.
"Why don't we go find her so you can apologize?" Happy suggested. "With your nose, I'm sure it won't take us long at all!
"You're right! Let's go find Lucy!" Natsu jumped up.
Happy was right. It didn't take long for Natsu to find her. Lucy was sitting on a bench in a nearby park.
Lucy glanced over at them, and immediately looked away after recognizing them. It was clear that she was upset.
"Hey, Luce? I'm really sorry. I don't know what's up with me today." Natsu told her. She just ignored him.
"Luce… I got us a job! It can cover your reeenntt!" Natsu taunted, stretching out the word rent to make it sound more appealing.
"REALLY?!" Lucy looked at him excitedly.
"Yep! You need 70,000 jewel, right? This job pays 400,000 jewel!" Natsu confirmed.
"Alright! Let's go!" Lucy yelled, happily. They were about to leave when they heard a voice coming from behind them.
"Not so fast." They turned around and saw a menacing figure looming over them. "I'm coming with you!" Erza smiled.
"Alright! I'm all fired up now! You can fight me when we go!" Natsu screeched.
"Aye sir!" Happy said excitedly.
"Okay, let's head to the train station so we can make it on time for the next train." Lucy suggested.
Natsu's face turned a bright shade of green. "T-Train? P-please, no… I can't ever… go on one of those… ever again...I feel sick just thinking about it!"
Lucy glared at him, then grabbed his hand and pulled him in the direction they needed to go in.
"We already know you hate trains, but we're taking one and that's final." Lucy said.
TIME SKIP: LATER ON THE TRAIN
Natsu had an uneasy feeling stirring inside of him. He decided to push it aside, though. He assumed it was just the train making his stomach churn.
A/N Thanks for reading!