I didn't explain NaWen Week, did I? NaWen Week is the where an author posts a one-shot every day for one week. This started yesterday, July 23 until July 29. If you don't read the Authors Notes... then you'll be confused. Very confused.

Question of the Day: Do you guys like these long one-shots? I don't mind writing for them at all. Just tell me when you review. If you review, cause I know alot of you that don't do it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima, Funimation, Crunchyroll, and other websites own it. Enjoy!

Pairing: Smarter! Werewolf! Natsu x Slightly older! Wendy. Hints of Werewolf! Romeo x Chelia. AU in a way. Sort of.. ish.

*~Natsu POV~*

I strolled along the halls of the castle, lost in thought.

In three days it will be my 17th birthday and I need a bride to become king. You see, I'm a werewolf or more precisely, a werewolf noble. Nobles are a bit like kings and queens, but instead of ruling a kingdom, you rule a world. My world being Earth.

My younger brother, Romeo, wasn't old enough to become king, as he's only fifteen.

"Bro!" Speak of the devil. I turned around with a raised eyebrow. "I heard there were a few human girls a little ways beyond here. Want to check it out before the rogues get there?" Romeo asked me. I could tell from his movements alone that he was excited and wanted to see these humans.

The rogues that he was referring to were werewolves that didn't belong to a pack and became wild. All packs were under a nobles control as long as the pack was in the nobles world.

I shrugged. "Sure. There's nothing to do here anyways." His smile got bigger and he dragged me to a forest clearing where we saw four human females.

One had blonde hair and brown eyes who was reading a book next to another which had short blue hair with brown eyes. Another had pink hair with blue eyes, she seemed to be staring at the stars along with another girl. The other girl was beautiful to say the least. She had long, dark blue hair and dazzling hazel eyes.

I glanced over at Romeo who was practically drooling at the pink girl. Does my little brother have a crush?

"Close your mouth, Rom. Who knows what could fly in." I couldn't contain my smirk as he snapped out of his dream world and glared at me.

"I want the pink haired girl. We can eat the other three." Romeo spoke, suddenly getting serious.

"Other two." I corrected him.

"Huh?"

"I want the one with dark blue hair." I told him.

He shrugged and focused his attention back to the group. At the same time we shifted causing a loud crack of our bones to scare the group.

Romeo and I stalked towards the group, myself going towards the girl with hazel eyes.

The blue haired girl was trying to whack me with her purse, but I dodged every time. At one point, I grabbed her purse with my mouth and threw it in some random direction. She looked at me with fear in her eyes and I suddenly felt sad, as though I was doing the wrong thing. I shook off the feeling and tackled her. She fell unconscious out of fear and I sweatdropped.

'Well that was easy..' I thought and looked over at Romeo who was licking the pink girl's face and she was laughing. The other two seemed to have ran off. I rolled my eyes and growled so only he would understand me.

Romeo sighed and knocked the girl unconscious. We carried them on our backs, back to the castle. The girl was actually very light and slept peacefully, snoring every once in awhile. I chuckled and trotted towards into the castle.

Once inside, I told one of the maids to change the girl into more appropriate clothes and place her in a room next to mine.

About two hours later, she woke up and looked frightened.

"Calm down, miss. Everything will be alright." I tried to soothe her.

Keyword: Tried.

She jumped out of her bed and started pacing around the room, completely ignoring my instructions. I started get frustrated and stood in her way then grabbed her shoulders to get her attention.

"Stop pacing. I told you everything will be alright, miss." I told her once again and she murmured something. "What was that?" I asked

"Wendy. My name is Wendy." Wendy gave me a small smile and I let go of her shoulders.

"Ok, then, Wendy. I'm Natsu. I'm guessing you're hungry, right?" She nodded vigorously making me laugh as I guided her towards the dining room. Wendy gasped once we entered and I could understand why. The dining room was huge and even had a chandelier. Only two places in the castle had a chandler which was the dining room and the ballroom.

"You like?" I asked her a bit smugly knowing what her answer would be.

"Of course I like it! It's huge!" Wendy exclaimed, looking at the chandelier along with other things.

"Eat whatever you want."

"Really?" She asked me in disbelief and I nodded. I watched her eyes light up as though she was a child and I saw her rumage the shelves until she came across one pantry.

"What's this one?" She asked me.

"Oh, that? It's just where we keep all the candy. We don't go in it often." Wendy looked at me and then the pantry back and forth until she opened the doors. She looked like she was going to drool over the candy. Wendy started scanning the candy choices until she came across one specific candy.

"Are these.." She took a pause to pick them up. "Salted caramel turtles?!"

"Yeah, why? You like them?"

"Like them? I love them! They're my favorite candy in the world! Can I have them? Please?" Wendy begged me for the candy and I just nodded. I laughed when she started jumping up and down in joy, hugging the candy.

"Thank you!" She bear hugged me and I reluctantly hugged back. I'm not a huge fan of hugs and try to avoid them any way possible. I pulled away after a few seconds and looked at Wendy. She was already munching on the candy with chocolate smeared on her face. I laughed once again and grabbed the bag from her hands then held it out of her reach.

"You shouldn't eat all of that in one sitting." I advised her and she rolled her eyes.

"You're not the boss of me! I'm 15!" She retorted back with her cheeks puffed out cutely.

"Wendy, I can't take you seriously with chocolate on your face. Besides, you're in my house and under my rules."

"This isn't your house. You don't look old enough to be by yourself. Where are your parents?" Wendy asked after wiping the chocolate off her face. I could feel my anger consume me and I unconsciously started glaring at her.

"I live here with my brother and that's it. We don't talk about my family. Understand?" I didn't exactly ask as it was more of a command.

Wendy nodded shakily. "Crystal. Yes, sir." Her eyes reflected sadness and once again I felt that same ping of guilt, but this time I couldn't ignore it. I dropped the candy and hugged her against my better judgment.

"I'm sorry." I whispered in her ear and she hugged me back.

"It's ok." We stayed like that for awhile, just hugging each other. She started playing with my hair and I flinched. I didn't like it when people played with my hair, but Wendy seemed to be an honorable exception.

She giggled in my ear, "Your hair is pink. I like it."

"It's salmon." I corrected her and she ignored me, continuing to play with my hair softly.

"What's this all about?" I heard a familiar voice ask from up the stairs. Wendy and I let go of each other awkwardly.

"Nothing," I say hurriedly.

"Mhmm. Anyways, Natsu we need to talk." Romeo rolled his eyes at first, but I followed him into a hallway.

"Listen, your birthday is coming up and you need to find a mate. You don't have much time left." His mood quickly became more serious as did mine.

"Yes, I know. But what do you want me to do? We've checked all the packs on Earth and my mate isn't in any of them."

"Have you maybe considered that maybe your mate isn't a werewolf?" Romeo asked in a tone that I couldn't describe.

"What are you implying?" My voice changed to that of suspicion.

"I'm implying that maybe your mate is human." My eyes widened and I looked away from him.

"That is a very rare case."

"But there is a possibility. You said it yourself. We've checked all the packs on Earth. What else can we do? Face it, Natsu. Your mate is most likely human…" He took a pause and I looked back into his eyes. "Just like mom was."

I bared my teeth at the mention of our mother and Romeo defended himself by glaring at me. He knew how I felt about that topic; he felt the same, after all.

"I'm not asking you to completely immerse yourself in this theory or to stop looking for a werewolf mate. But I am asking-" He stopped himself to put a hand on my shoulder. "-for you to think about it and consider it as a possibility." Romeo walked away leaving me with much to think about.

2 days later~

I had gotten to know Wendy more while also thinking about what Romeo said. I still couldn't accept it; I didn't want the same fate as my father and brothers did.

"Natsu-san." Wendy snapped me out of my thoughts. "I was wondering why there was a ballroom."

"Oh, it's just for special occasions like parties, birthdays, and sometimes holidays. Nothing special." I shrugged.

"You have to invite to one your parties. Please, please, please?" Wendy asked me with puppy dog eyes. I was basically immune to them, but I said yes anyways.

"Thank you!" She yelled and stopped herself from hugging me as she now knew that I didn't like it.

"Since it's your last day here, why don't we use the ballroom tonight?" I asked her, not completely thinking through that idea. But, it was true. I was going to let her free the next morning. I had already explained to her that I'm a werewolf and she took it better than I thought she would.

"Really?"

"Of course. I'll get one of the maids to help you get changed." As soon as I said that, a maid came and swept Wendy away from me. I chuckled and walked down a hall, surprisingly meeting up with Romeo.

"How's the bubblegum chick?" He raised an eyebrow before realizing what I meant.

"Chelia is doing well. Have you thought about what I said?" I sighed at his question and stopped walking. He stopped walking as well and turned to face me.

"I have, but it's hard to believe."

"You need to start believing it soon. The ball for your birthday and hopefully coronation is tomorrow night."

I sighed. "I know, Rom. You shouldn't be stressing over my issues like this."

"You're my brother, it's what I do." He smiled at me and I had to return it.

"Go on lover boy. I'm sure your princess is waiting for you." He blushed but walked towards his room where Chelia must be. I had a good laugh before getting ready for the dance with Wendy.

Later that night~

I was waiting for Wendy patiently when I heard footsteps coming from the top of the stairs. I turned and my jaw dropped at Wendy. She was even more beautiful than she was before. She caught me staring and blushed before…

She tripped and started falling down the stairs. In an attempt to catch Wendy, I ran up the stairs to stop her. She ended up stumbling on top of me somehow and we were tumbling down the stairs together. Once we were down the stairs we burst out laughing, not realizing our positions. We didn't realize that Wendy was accidentally pinning me to the floor. She suddenly blushed and I realized what was going on.

"Sorry!" We both shouted once she got off of me in embarrassment. We had a good laugh out of that as well.

"Well, let us dance." I grabbed Wendy's hand and pulled her up along with myself.

"Eh? But where's the music?" Once she asked, Juvia started playing piano somewhere that Wendy couldn't see her.

We started dancing together for hours until our feet hurt. The entire time we danced Wendy was smiling with a certain glimmer in her eyes. It made me smile as well and our eyes locked a few times. After dancing for so long, we reached the balcony where Wendy started staring at the sky.

"You know what I want to be when I get older?" She asked, not looking at me.

"What would that be?" I stood next to her grinning a smile I haven't had on my face in a long time. She looked me straight in the eyes with a smile I've never seen on anyone before.

"An Astrologer. My parents want me to become a doctor, but.." She paused to take a look at the stars. "I like following my dreams, y'know?" In that moment, when I saw the light of the stars reflecting in Wendy's eyes, I felt an entirely new feeling. I can't explain it.

She looked away from the stars and laughed a bit. "But I'm just talking nonsense."

'No you're not. follow your dreams. I'll be right there behing you.'

"What about you?"

"Huh?" I asked, confused.

"Don't you have any dreams?"

"To find my mate and become the king." I said with confidence.

Wendy rolled her eyes. "I mean real dreams. You finding your mate or whatever is your destiny, not a dream. What do you wish for?"

I looked down, sadness consuming me. "To find my brothers."

"Your brothers? What happened?" I looked at her, my eyes still reflecting hurt.

"I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't bring up your family."

"No, it's fine. I needed to tell someone anyways." I said before taking a deep breath. "My father was a werewolf like me and my mother was a human. My older brothers, Zancrow and Zeref, were full werewolves. My mother was horrified by them, but kept it a secret to herself. When she was pregnant with me, she had hopes that I would be a human. I ended up as a full werewolf as well. Her dreams were once again crushed but they were destroyed when Romeo was born. He is a half-human, half-werewolf hybrid. My mother was enraged that she didn't get a human nor a daughter and killed my father. My two older brothers escaped and ran far away from Earth. Before she could get to Romeo or I, she was captured and killed in front of me."

I looked at Wendy and her eyes were filled with tears, some rolling down her cheeks.

"Why are you crying?"

"It was just that sad." She hugged me and cried on my shoulder. "I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry."

"Calm down. It's not your fault. Oh, you humans, so sensitive." I teased her a bit earning me slap in the arm. "You should get ready for bed. You'll be leaving tomorrow at eight" Wendy nodded, sniffling, before making her way to her room.

That night when I went to bed, I had nightmares of rogues attacking Wendy. They sliced her skin, cut open her stomach and licked all her blood off her bones. Her screams were silent but her tears were visible.

I awoke in a cold sweat and gasped for air. I knew right then that Wendy was my mate. I had been oblivious to the obvious signs and felt like an idiot. I looked at the clock.

5:47 a.m

It's way too early, but I checked on her anyways. To my surprise she was awake with her back to me as she looked outside.

"Grandma, it's me again. I did it. I fell in love. He's a great man, really. He's also a werewolf. His name's Natsu. I have to leave his home today though. I don't think he wants me here." Wendy said aloud with sorrow dripped from every word.

"That's not true." I spoke up and made my presence noticeable. She turned around with shock across her features.

"Natsu-san." Her voice trailed off.

"You don't have to leave. You can stay here. With me. Of course, I don't want you to leave. Wendy," I reached to grab her hands in mine. "You're my mate and I want you to stay here with me forever and always." I placed my forehead on hers. I looked straight into her now glossy eyes.

"Don't cry. Please." I begged her in a quiet voice.

"I-I'm sorry, but I can't help it. I'll stay here with you. I'll be your mate, Natsu-san. Forever and always." I wiped her tears away, my hand still intertwined with hers.

"Good." I kissed her small nose. "I can be happy with you because you're my new dream, Wendy."