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All of the sudden, she felt an arm grab her, covering her mouth, and pulling her to the side. Then everything went black. All she heard was a loud shout of "Lucy!"

Natsu had been talking too much. He talked too much to notice Lucy's disappearance until his question went unanswered. He whipped his head back to see a missing Lucy.

"Lucy!" he shouted, hoping to hear a reply. All his senses were able to pick up was her scent.

"Bingo!" he said smiling, following the scent.

'Where am I?'

Lucy's vision cleared. She looked around. She was in an old warehouse. Never had she seen a warehouse in Magnolia. Then, in the blink of an eye, a pain shot through her arm. She looked at her arm and noticed a small wound. Then she looked down and saw that she was tied to a chair.

"First catch of the day and we get the Heartfillia herself!" a voice exclaimed.

"You mean that she's the only one?!" another voice boomed.

"Sorry boss," the same voice whimpered.

"Ughh… One will have to do," a person identified as the boss groaned.

Silence filled the room as Lucy tried to find ways to escape. At first Lucy didn't notice, but a few minutes later her lungs started to hurt.

'What the… what's going on? AM I BEING POISONED?!'

"Fall asleep…" a voice whispered.

Lucy frantically searched for an exit. Her movements became slower as she grew more and more tired. Her eyelids sank down even as she fought against it. In the end, her eyelids won and she was fast asleep.

Natsu found his way to an old warehouse.

"Guess I have a few fights lying in front of me. Can't wait!" Natsu exclaimed eagerly.

Natsu punched down the front door which was almost broken down anyway. He saw five doors and as the person he is, he smelled each one. Lucy was in door number 4 and some other people were in door number 5.

'The people I need to fight. Hang in there, Lucy. I'm not leaving without a fight!'

Natsu barged into room 5 and all eyes turned to him.

"Who are you?" they all asked at once.

"I'm Natsu of Fairy Tail! Give me back Lucy!" Natsu replied punching the first man in sight.

"You're from an academy? Are we supposed to be scared?" a man asked.

Just go with it.

Natsu picked one of them up by his shirt and pushed him up against the wall. "Where is your boss?" he asked.

"Right here. What do you want?" the boss answered as Natsu dropped the man onto the floor.

"I want Lucy back."

"Ah… but you must understand that that is not how kidnapping works. We won't give back what we've taken without a deal. Besides, I can't just give you a Heartfillia! I'm surprised she didn't keep her identity secret at the school. Honestly. You students were so dumb that you didn't even notice her last name!"

"Her last name's Heartfillia?"

"How forgetful are you?"

"Hey! I can remember lots of stuff! Like every food I've eaten! Hamburgers, fries…"

Everyone in the room besides Natsu sweat dropped. While Natsu was too busy listing off all the food he ate, the boss snuck behind him and attacked him from behind him, but thanks to Natsu's hearing, he was able to block the attack.

Due to the impact, Natsu and the boss flew back, but were able to stop themselves. Indeed, the boss was no joke.

Natsu and the boss ran toward each other. They met and exchanged punches and kicks. The two were attacking so fast that their limbs blurred and no one knew what was going on anymore.

The two fists met once more, this time shakily. Sweat came down both of their faces. Miraculously, the boss fell down, eyes sliding closed.

Natsu ran immediately to door number 4. When he opened the door, he smelled the strong scent of sleeping gas. He untied her and noticed the small wound in her arm. He ripped off a piece of his shirt and wrapped it around the wound. He then carried her to outside of the warehouse and found an old tap. He put Lucy down and filled his hands with icy cold water and splashed it onto Lucy's face, attempting to wake her up.

"Kyaa!" Lucy exclaimed and bolted right up, only to see the smiling face of Natsu. "Why are you smiling?!"

"Because it was so cute when you said 'Kyaa!'!" Natsu replied still smiling.

Lucy blushed just a teeny bit and looked away. Which Natsu also thought was cute.

"Care to explain what happened and why your shirt is torn and why you're sweating like crazy?" Lucy asked Natsu.

"You got kidnapped. I beat everyone up. I bandaged your wound. Now you're safe, and I still haven't gotten a thank you," Natsu replied, eyeing her like it was the most obvious thing.

"Thank you, Natsu," Lucy replied, rolling her eyes, but she couldn't help but smile.

"Yeah, enough of the chit-chat! It's 5:30 already."

"One and a half hours!"

"Tracking you took at least an hour on foot. They used a car or something. Then I had to beat them up and bring you here which took around 30 minutes. If we go now, then you can make it back home at around 6:30."

Natsu pulled Lucy up and they both ran as fast as they could. They reached Lucy's house and collapsed to the ground. Finally, Natsu gathered some strength and bolted up, only to be surprised by a large mansion.

"HUGE!" Natsu exclaimed. Lucy elbowed him in response.

"Lucy-sama, you're back! Everyone was so worried!" A maid ran to Lucy and hugged her as tears ran down her face.

The other servants came out at the sound of the maid crying. Then they noticed Natsu.

"It's a boy!" another maid exclaimed, "Lucy-sama, you got a boyfriend on the first day?!"

"H - He's not my boyfriend!" Lucy blushed.

"That's what they all say!" the maid hugging her said.

"That's when they get together! It's so romantic!" the other maid said.

"You guys have read too many books," Lucy said laughing.

"So, what's his name?" a butler asked.

"Natsu Dragneel," Lucy replied.

"Natsu? As in summer?" He looked at Natsu.

"Why were you late?" the head housekeeper interrupted.

"Uhh… I... " Lucy started.

"She joined a club and it ended late," Natsu filled in.

"Oh? Well then, you must be hungry! Come now, dinner is done!" the butler exclaimed.

"Bye Luce!" Natsu yelled running off.

'Luce?' Lucy thought.

"Huh? Lucy-sama has a nickname?" the maid hugging her asked.

"He just called me that for the first time…" Lucy replied blushing.

"You like it, don't you?!" the maid exclaimed.

"Not really…" Lucy said turning away.

Lucy was surrounded by servants all wanting to hear who the new guy was. They questioned her until she reached the table. Surprisingly, no one had noticed the bandaged wound. They were too busy questioning about her day and Natsu.

She sat down at the table. Jude was already seated. A servant set her food in front of her. Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, a piece of steak, beans, and a slice of cake. The two only looked at the food and ate in silence. Lucy then dismissed herself from the table and went upstairs to her room. It was cleaned, and her personal maid, Virgo, was getting her stuff for the bath.

"Sorry I wasn't here this morning, Princess," Virgo apologized.

"It's okay," Lucy replied.

"You like him, don't you, Princess?"

"No, I don't! He's just a friend!"

"Princess! What happened to your arm!"

Lucy had forgotten about the wound. "I just fell."

Virgo approached her and took off the bandage. "Isn't this the cloth from Natsu's shirt?"

"Umm… no?"

Virgo rolled her eyes. She examined the wound carefully. Her mouth widened. "Princess, this is from a knife slash! Just what happened?"

"I can't tell you."

"I won't tell Jude. Trust me. I know how much going to Fairy Tail Academy means to you."

Lucy took a deep breath and explained everything that had happened. Virgo listened carefully and nodded her head. Lucy finished the story at the part when she got home.

"Princess, I think I'll need to bandage it. I'll make the bandage the same color as your skin, no one will notice," Virgo said.

"Thanks."

Virgo stopped it from bleeding and Lucy stepped into the bath. She soaked in there for a while thinking of what had happened. She got out of the bath and wrapped a towel around her. She changed into her night clothes and Virgo bandaged the wound. Lucy started her homework and let her hair air dry.

She took her phone from her backpack and turned it on to see a many, many texts from Levy and the worried servants. She ignored the texts from the servants and responded to Levy's with, 'Funny story. I'll tell you tomorrow.'

Then she turned off her phone and tied her hair into a ponytail. She turned off the lights and jumped into bed. The clock read 10:00.

Natsu ran home. He opened the door and took a big sniff. It smelled old and full of food, just the way he liked it. He walked in and over to the couch, setting his stuff on it, right beside his favorite book. It had a simple name. 'Dragons.' He knew a lot about them. If you asked him, he would spend hours talking about how fierce and amazing they were.

Then he noticed a note on the kitchen table. It read:

Natsu,

I am working late today. There are leftovers in the fridge. You have to come to work this Saturday and Sunday too. Also, I want you to clean your room. No excuses!

-Igneel

Natsu sighed. His dad was the owner of their family restaurant, 'Dragon's Meal'. They had hired a few workers to work on weekdays, but on weekends it was him and Igneel with the occasional worker.

Of course, he didn't cook. He was the one who served the food. Having to smile and be in good graces, even on rough days, was just about the only thing Natsu could do. No one knew about his job as a waiter, and he planned to keep it that way.

He looked in the fridge and picked out some ramen. Rummaging some more, he found a soda. He reheated the ramen and ate. Then he went upstairs and was somehow able to clean his room, with the occasional 10 minute break.

Soon after he cleaned his room, the front door opened and a proud Igneel walked in. Natsu ran downstairs and smiled at his dad.

"Hey, Natsu! How was school today?" Igneel asked giving him a big smile.

"There's a new girl named Lucy, but other than her, it's the same as always," Natsu responded.

"Really? No dragons flew through the roof?"

"Dad! You know that's not gonna happen!"

Igneel also loved dragons. That was how Natsu had gotten interested. Even if Natsu had never seen a dragon before, Igneel was like a dragon father to him. Unlike other parents, Igneel didn't mind if Natsu skipped class. He wanted Natsu to achieve success the way Natsu wanted to. It may not have seemed like it, but Natsu knew enough to get a good job. He was also happy, and that was all Igneel wanted.

"Well, it's getting late. Time for bed," Igneel said putting his stuff down.

"Already?" Natsu asked.

"Natsu, it's almost midnight, and you have school tomorrow."

"Alright."

Natsu left and went to bed, falling asleep almost immediately.

Lucy and Natsu both drifted to deep sleep, disregarding everything that had happened that day.

Hello To The Few That Are Reading This!

Lucy was already living in the town. She just went to a different school. Since she already lived in the town, she knows her way around.

Igneel is human… You can't have dragons if magic doesn't exist!

There is indeed a warehouse in Magnolia, (Fairy Tail 2014 Episode 51 Fairy Tail of The Dead Meeeeeeeen! Ichiya Virus.) Yeah I just brought your worst memory back. You're welcome!

I was really hungry when I was explaining dinner. My poor, poor stomach.

The poll is still up, so please vote.

Thanks to my sister for editing!

Peace Out, till next time!

-RainbowMagic657