Hi guys!

I'm a huge fan for NaLu and my hopes of seeing them canon is still strong, regardless of what people say.

Well, I better not bore you all to death with my miserable personal life.

Without further ado.

Lucy Heartfilia

The area she stood didn't seem familiar in any way. She stood alone in the clear area of tall grass that reached her hips. The tall grass were gold-coloured. Sakura blossoms seemed to dance in the breeze blowing from somewhere. Sakura blossom trees encircled the area in large numbers, making it impossible to see past them all.

There was a figure. Judging from the stature and built, Lucy guessed it was a male.

A male that stood and watched her, with an arm reached out towards her as if calling her.

He had horns and wings. Bigger than her. Courage fillled her body and she took a cautious step forward.

"My name is Lucy." It didn't seem like it heard her. It still remained quiet.

"Who are you?" No response.

"I said, who are you?" She asked again, louder this time. But the figure just stood there as if watching her yell out in desperation. Suddenly, the figure raise his hand and stretched it towards her. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't see him. Even though the sunlight shone around them, it seemed as if a dark cloud loomed over him, therefore only showing an outline of his figure.

"Trust me." it spoke. And then she realized as her heart throbbed painfully in her chest.

"END."

Her dreams were always the same.

Ever since she left the Heartfilia manor three summers ago, her dreams had became very vividly in details in her mind. She always started her dreams in the middle of the golden fields and the cherry blossom petals encircling the air in a warm, spring embrace. And a man always standing on the other side. As if waiting for he. As usual, he will always outstretch his hand to her and say those words. And as always, her response always remained the same. And END? She had never met anyone, or in fact, anything names such as that.

The cold December wind blew against the wooden frame of the windows. Reluctantly, Lucy lazily kicked the warm mink away, plucked herself from her bed and attempted to rub the sleep away from her eyes. With a muffled yawn, she stood up slowly and padded her way across the floorboard towards the kitchen. On the way, she decided to pick an old grey shirt from a nearby chair and slipped it to cover her naked body. The apartment that she had bought five months ago seemed a bit lonelier now that she had moved away from her parents for independence - so far, it didn't feel right without her parents. It had two bedrooms, each with their own heater, closets and bathroom, one kitchen and a very large wooden decking for the mornings when she wanted to sleep outside whilst the town below blossomed with life.

Last night, she had attended a party with her friends, all whom had their own partners and in the midst of her group of friends, it dawned suddenly on her that she was practically a loner. Fortunately, the men that flirted with her failed miserably at their advances and soon left her alone. She had left the party early - making up some kind of pathetic excuse to go home because she had promised her parents to call them. Halfway home, she had stopped at McDonalds, purchased a family pack and happily caught a taxi back to her apartment. Since then, she had been watching romcoms, having therapy sessions in her head about her lack of dating and social skills and eating burgers to make up for the self-guilt trips during the movies. Of course, whilst she had prolonged her eyelids from falling, sleep was a battle that she couldn't win against, so in the middle of a crime-genre flick, her eyes closed; only to wake up to the television still on and the next season playing.
Opening the fridge, she viewed the contents before sighing disappointingly - it seemed there was simply no diary product in her pantry nor her fridge. Closing it abruptly, she turned, flicked the coffee machine on and haltingly grabbed a pair of sweats, a thrown sweater and clumsily brushed a hand through her messy blonde tresses. Quickly washing her face and plucking the keys, she shut the door to round around the corner shop to purchase some items.

"Lucy?" The named girl turned around with shock. Damn. She had only left her apartment for 2 seconds and she was already recognized at 5 in the morning? Must've had too much drink last night.

A male, the girl noted. However, her recognition of the guy proved futile. Trying to cover up, she laughed sheepishly. There he stood in all his exercise glory in front of her - as if mocking her abrupt fashion decision in the early hours of the morning. He wore a black pants, a gym bag and running shoes. He was holding a water bottle and his phone in his left hand. Did she mention that this guy was practically oozing pure male sexiness even in this forsaken cold morning?

"What are you doing here?" He asked again. Lucy felt a blush coming to her cheeks. Her mouth opened and closed like a gaping fish.

"H-Hey man?" She finished lamely. Should she say some more? Would he recognize that she doesn't even remember him? She silently prayed that he wouldn't notice her stutter.

"You forgot didn't you?" At this sentence, Lucy was seriously considering changing pubs - there must be something inside the drink that caused this apparent memory loss.

"Well... I can't say that I remember either." Lucy offered lamely. Scrutinizing her attempt to even muster an normal look. The guy before her blinked a couple of times before laughing at her antics, nevertheless, he held a hand out and gave her a full grin which she clumsily took his hand and mustered a confused smile back.

"Natsu. Natsu Dragneel. Classmates since 1993. We used to go to the high school back in Fairy Tail. Remember?" The memory wheels turned and suddenly, Lucy returned a grin of her own with a slight dust of red on her cheeks.

"Of course! You were quite shy back then. I see you lost the nerdy glasses, braces and the awful bowl-cut." A snicker.

"That wasn't the kind of memory I was aiming for." He replied sparingly, regardless, the blonde-haired girl giggled with the memory in mind.

There was a moment of voluntarily exchange before he ran a hand through his spiky salmon-coloured hair. His deep-olive eyes casted down to the ground momentarily before adjusting his bag on his shoulder and looking back at the girl before him. He really had grown, Lucy noted.

"Say.. Are you doing anything later?" Lucy blinked. Was he asking as a friend or...? Suddenly, she mentally kicked herself. Of course. They went to the same high school so maybe he wanted to catch up?

"Uh.. No, I have nothing planned - besides a quick trip to the market to purchase some much needed items." She responded, silently noting the way his eyes brightened.

"Would you like to have lunch later? For old times sake." Lucy fought off a smile.

"Sounds great. Let's meet at this spot at noon."

Breakfast time was definitely occupied with thoughts. After the sudden reunion with one of her old classmates, Lucy returned home with her groceries and began preparing her food. The digital clock chimed that it was almost seven, with only a few time to spare, Lucy fixed herself her second cup of hot coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs on toast. After her return from the supermarket, she had missed four missed calls from her friends and one call from her parents. The sunlight crept slowly into the kitchen, slowly filling the room with yellow specks across the wooden board. After her breakfast, Lucy cleared the table, washed and dried the dishes before moving to do some home chores. It really wasn't on her agenda, but seeing as that it was a bright and sunny day, she might as well make use of the sunlight. After making a quick stop to the supermarket again, she placed her four bags of groceries on the kitchen countertop to fill the empty pantry. The clock on the wall to her right chimed on the hour and she quickly remembered her plans with Natsu - she swiftly packed away her groceries into the cupboards, the fridge and the pantry before making her way upstairs.

"It's not a date. We are merely catching up." Lucy spoke into the phone. Her best friend since kindergarten, Michelle Floras had called as soon as Lucy stepped out of the shower. Luckily enough, Lucy had originally left her phone in the kitchen but decided against it. With a selected ringtone playing, Lucy knew who was calling.

"Merely catching up? I beg to differ." The voice cracked in response. Lucy stood at the cupboard before pulling out a plain white long sleeve shirt and black denim overall dress that reached her thighs.

"Keep begging, thats the only thing you're good at." There was a sharp gasp in the phone and Lucy failed to keep the chuckle from creeping up into her throat.

"Look, that was a one-time thing! I can't believe you still remember that!" Lucy rolled her eyes.

"Because I was the one who tried stopping the game, you idiot. "

"But... But we were both drunk! I asked you and you said so yourself!"

"I pretended so you can quit getting me involved in your little games. Serious, Michelle, who plays cops and beggars with actual beggars?" Lucy spoke, holding the phone with her right shoulder whilst slipping the strap of the denim on her left shoulder.

"A-Anyway... Besides the point - you do realize that you're basically eating with the high school nerd that had the biggest crush on you for like, four years straight. Isn't it awkward? He just, like, popped out of nowhere and then suddenly, every student knew about his crush."

"Hey, I didn't think he was that bad. Besides, I wasn't looking for a relationship at that time. And I'm still not. I'm just going this for old times sake," Lucy replayed the same sentence from that morning. Natsu was definitely one strange one that she came know. Despite the awful appearance and weird rumours, Lucy didn't think it mattered too much.

"Whatever. So what time do you plan to meet him? Ugh. Just thinking about him sent toe-curling shivers." Lucy rolled her eyes again. Of course, trust her best friend to make a big deal out of practically nothing.

"Okay drama queen. I should be meeting him down in fifteen minutes. You know, he doesn't look half bad now." There was a sharp intake of breath on the receiver,

"Lucy - earth to freaking Lucy, it's either you're blind or literally crazy. Keep your location on so I know to at least find the body." Lucy laughed out and faced to look at the long-length mirror. She looked cute, but casual. Which was what she was aiming for.

"Fine. I gotta go man. I've got to do my make-up and all."

"Are you freaking serious?! You're putting make-up on for this aloof-"

Click.

Michelle Floras and Lucy had met during their kindergarten years. Michelle's mother was a servant in the Heartfilia family, so when she brought Michelle over to the Heartfilia compound, the two instantly became best friends since the first time they met. Nevertheless, the two became inseparable. Making sure that three days never go by without physical contact with the other.

Lucy pulled on some winter socks before slipping in brown leather boots before checking herself one more time. Satisfied with her look, she grabbed her white denim jacket, her phone and keys and closed her apartment.

The walk to the designated meeting spot wasn't too far from where Lucy lived. In fact, it was just rounded along a couple of blocks from her apartment, over a little bridge that was next to a water canal and then it overlooked the rest of the street. Interestingly enough, the spot was more attractive for couples and families, however, Lucy didn't feel too intimidated by the social saying.

Nevertheless, she still had a shock when a hand gripped her shoulders.

The blonde swiveled on the top of her boots and crouched in a defense stance right in the middle of the street.

"Whoa - it's just me." Natsu chuckled, his hand hung in the air from where she stood and he pulled it back, ran his hand through his hair and stuffed it in the pockets of his black pants. Lucy sighed in relief and stood properly, adjusting her clothes and brushing off the creases. As she settled her frantic heart, she eyed her companion and took in his appearance.

He wore a dark olive fitting sleeve-shirt, outlining his bulging muscles and hard chest. Alongst with black chinos tucked into dark olive Timberlands.

"So, do you do that every time someone sneaks up on you or are you taking classes?" The blonde strode forward and stood in front of him.

"Mavis, don't do that again. You scared the lights out of me." The boy before her let out a chuckle before shrugging his shoulders,

"Hey, if I knew you were this jumpy, I would have done more that tap you on the shoulder." Lucy glared at him before they both fell in step taking a walk.

Nevertheless, the memory of getting frightened by Natsu seemed hilarious after awhile. Lucy almost forgotten how she almost kicked the guy.

"You still haven't answered my question." Lucy blinked back into their little conversation.

"What was your question, sorry?" He laughed at her before stuffing his hands inside his pockets,

"I was just asking whether you get all ninja-like when someone scares you." Lucy glared at the pinkette momentarily before sighing audibly.

"It's nothing really. I've taken classes when I was younger, so one might call it a reflex."

"Yeah right. A dangerous reflex." The pinkette scoffed, earning a 'friendly' smack to the head.

They had found a spot around another block and decided to have lunch there. The building had a wooden theme atmosphere. There was a little area that surrounded the cafe like a cosy cabin, apparent to the fact that it had a fireplace as well to warm the area. The sounds playing on the PA System sounded softly at the corners of the cafe. Shrugging off her jacket and hanging it on the rails, the two individuals made their way to the farthest area of the cafe. Interestingly enough, Lucy noted that the cosy cafe was empty.

"So... You've been here before?" Lucy inquired, taking a full view of the place before laying her eyes on her companion, who shook his head.

"No. I just thought the sign outside with fire looked very enticing." Lucy giggled at the response.

"Of course. You were always pinned as the pyromaniac." She joked and he rolled his eyes.

"Now before I can explain myself, you have to at least admit that looking at fire has something soothing about it with the way it just dances on the wood." Lucy bit back on a laugh.

"I don't think its dancing on wood." The blonde replied, imagination running wild in her head. The pink-haired teen scratched his head and looked up thoughtfully with a finger to his chin.

"Hmm... You're right. It's more like someone dressed in red, orange and yellow doing yoga on a tree bark." Lucy smiled.

"You're quite humorous. I had no idea that you were like this." Lucy spoke under her smile, looking away shyly as the boy in front of her stared at her. Almost immediately, her cheeks became embarrassingly hot and her mouth muttered in an attempt to redirect his focus.

"Well, not that I didn't think I found you sour, but I just haven't really held a conversation with you - and there were times- oh god, I'm rambling-"

"Good afternoon. My name is Wendy. May I take your order?" A small voice interrupted the rambling blonde. Silently, Lucy thanked the heavens for the awkwardness as the waitress had come to their table. She seemed like a normal, timid girl. Blue hair with dark brown orbs, Lucy noted. No older than thirteen or fourteen of age.

"I'll just have a glass of water." Natsu spoke first, skimming rapidly through the menu. Lucy added that she'll also have a glass of water.

"And anything to eat?"

"Hmm..." Natsu flipped from one side of the menu book to other, "I'll just have a bowl of chips. With the spiciest chilli flavour that you have. " Wendy nodded as she wrote on her notebook, underlining chilli in bold letters,

After circling the word chilli numerous times, she turned to Lucy, "And for the lady?"

Lucy grinned. "I'd like a bowl of garlic bread. Thats all." Wendy also wrote down the order and gathered the menu books,

"Please let me know if you would like anything else. I'll be around."

After the blue-haired waitress named Wendy left, Natsu looked cautiously around before leaning his elbows on the table, his smile had quickly disappeared as soon as Wendy left.

"Lucy - I really need your help. I don't have much time. There's only so much I can do." His voice was shaking. Lucy felt the fear inside his voice.

"I don't understand. Natsu, what's going on-?" The pink-haired male reached over and grabbed her right hand into his. His warm hands felt calloused against her soft ones.

"I've tried to protect you, Lucy. All these years, I've been protecting you." He spoke hurriedly. His eyes darted around the corner before returning to settle on her confused face. "They've been trying to find you but I've only been keeping them at bay. But, you need to trust me."

"You're scaring me. Natsu. Please, just tell me what you're talking about. I don't know. Who are you trying to protect me from?" Suddenly, if possible, the fear etched on Natsu's face increased ten folds. His grip on her hand also turned deathly. His attention moved away from her face and looked pass her head, as if there was someone right behind here. Which Lucy doubted because the wooden wall was at the back of their booth. Looking at his face, she noticed that his iris turned into slits and that his face was scrunched up in fear and hardened with protectiveness.

"They're here."

"Natsu - Natsu, you're hurting-" Lucy's eyebrows frowned in pain but was immediately cut off,

"We have to go. Right now." He tugged her quickly from her seat and dashed forward to grab her jacket at the rails, returning quickly and throwing the piece of clothing at the blonde whilst keeping an eye out. Merely going with what he was doing, Lucy turned to the frantic pinkette,

"I don't understand the situation, Natsu. At least tell me what's going on." Lucy said. As soon as she tugged the zipper of her jacket close, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards the kitchen of the cafe,

"Wendy! Call back up, they're here!" The pinkette shouted, as he passed the small waitress who was carrying their drinks. Lucy watched as the little girl nodded determinedly and dropped the drinks she was holding, running to the reception area and grabbing an orb.

"Come on, Lucy!" A voice shouted and the said girl broke into a sprint to follow the salmon-haired teen. Only to briefly turn around and look back, Lucy saw as the waitress named, "Wendy" yell out something, her blue hair turn pink and a sky-blue atmosphere surround the waitress.

"Natsu - what about Wendy? We need to go back and get her." The sprinting stopped abruptly. But the boy who held her wrist tightly stood deathly still. They stood at the back of the building, in an alleyway that led somewhere. The alleyway was surprisingly empty,

"She can handle herself."

"She's just a child!" Lucy screamed.

"A child who can take on anything. Please Lucy, just follow me. After this, I'll explain everything to you." He demanded, pulling her wrist to show the urgency.

"But-!"

A sudden explosion pierced the back building, and a figure flew out, slammed against the concrete walls of the alleyway and dropped like bag of weights to the ground. As the rubble and smoke cleared, both Lucy and Natsu watched as the injured figured stood up with blood around her arms,

"Wendy!" Lucy yelled, grabbing hold of the said girl's attention who glared at Natsu.

"What are you still doing here?! Get away!" Natsu nodded in frantic urgency. His large hand grabbed Lucy and tugged her to the alleyway,

"We have to go." Another blast blew towards the escaping duo. This time, dark smoke emerged from the rubble. With the sound of boots stepping on broken rocks and concretes, Natsu felt the back of his hair stand on the edge. A chuckle emitted from the smoke. Lucy watched in horror as the sound of boots sounded louder until it stopped at the edge of the exploded part of the building.

Three figures stood at the entrance whilst another three stood at the other building that exploded first.

"Where do you think you're going, little brother?"

I've had this idea for awhile. I just feel that maybe there's a change with how things should be depicted. Many others in Fairy Tail will be revealed later on in the chapters. But for now, I'm just scratching the surface of the plot here. The next chapter will finally inform the readers of what is going on.

I plan to update a new chapter per week. Preferably on Fridays or Sundays as I have more time on my hands during those days. Regardless, I hope this chapter has gauged interest in readers. I have a lot of things planned for this story and I'm still writing another chapter for my other story "Going undercover".

I feel somewhat that I'm moving the story line too fast. Let me know so that I can make appropriate adjustments to suit the pace.

Please review. I've been feeling quite rusty with my plots.

Hope you've enjoyed my story thus far.

B7K