The Dragon That Led Me To the Stars

A/N: Ready for chapter 3! You better be ready because it's here! So be prepared, for the epic awesomeness! You've all expected this, so to chapter 3. Let's go! ^.^

Chapter 3: The Fruits of Our Labor

After Lucy reassured Natsu and Happy that they would be just fine, the big giant in the room known as their Master made wind surronded him and he now had the form of a small man. "Heyo!" He said.

"EH! The Master's short!" Natsu exclaimed having a double take.

"Yup, that's Master Makarov. Don't worry, Gramps is pretty cool," the blonde said smiling.

"Okay you little brats! I just got more letters from the Magic Council. How many times are you kids gonna give me trouble?" he yelled as everyone slightly frowned. "But..." he paused jumping up and hitting the banister. "Ugh!" He quickly recovered and stood tall. "Screw the Magic Council! Things like these, are only going to hold us back. How can we move forward if people are restricting from living up to our true pontential! So once again, screw the Magic Council! This is the time where we can go past the beliefs that people tell us, and aim to be amazing wizards," Makarov said. "Because we are Fairy Tail!" He explained putting his hand in an upward gun postion as everyone did the same.

"YEAH!" Everyone yelled back as a reply.

"Wow, this guild really is amazing!" The salmon haired boy said.

"Aye!"

Makarov jumped down in front of three and waved then turned to Mira. "Hey Mira, so who are the new recruits?" He asked.

"This is Natsu and Happy," she replied.

"Ah, well it's good to meetcha kiddos, hope you enjoy the guild life," Makarov said.

"Yeah, thanks we will!" Happy replied grabbing Natsu and taking him over to Lucy. "Hey Lucy, whatcha doing?"

Most of Lucy's full attention was directed at the board she was looking at, but while she was searching for a form to grab when she temparily stopped and said, "I'm looking for a job request." and went straight back to looking as she shoved both of them off.

"O-kay," Happy muttered moving with Natsu to the bar. "That was weird."

"It was wasn't it. Luce was being weird about that board," his partner replied. He thought on why she would put so much effort into looking at small pieces of paper, and decided to ask Mira. "Hey Mira, why is Luce so weird with the board?" He asked.

Mira walked over and look to Lucy. She saw how determined she was to pick a mission, but it looked to serious. Something was behind the reason for this, but Mira felt this obligation not to say anything. She would let Lucy tell Natsu himself. "She'll tell you when she's ready, okay?"

Both Natsu and Happy turned to each other and shrugged it off, so when Lucy felt it was the right moment she would tell them. "Got it, well-" but before Natsu could finish his sentence he was stopped by the voice of a little boy.

"Why can't you go look for him Master? My dad's been up there for 9 days, he should be back by now!" The little boy yelled.

"Be patient Romeo! You're father is a wizard and can handle a mission on his own, he'll be fine," Makarov answered.

"But then why hasn't he come back yet?!" Romeo questioned.

"I said he can handle it! Now be patient and wait for him!" The old man replied earning a kick to the face from Romeo.

"I hate you, all of you!" He screamed running away crying from the guild.

Everyone just sighed and went back to their duties and activities as if that never happened. Of course they ignored it, till the blonde hit the request board causing some chatter. She then ran outside the guild, following Romeo.

"W-what was wrong with Lucy?" Happy inquired taken back by her display.

"She-she has dad issues. As you know Lucy's father, Igneel, was a dragon and years ago he left her alone in the forest. He just left without a word and left her their on her own, and with that muffler she always wears. She sees a part of herself in Romeo, so that's why she's so quick to help him," the model explained putting down a glass.

"I see. Now that we know what's going on let's go Happy!" The salmon haired boy said getting up leaving his partner a bit confused. "Don't give me that look. We're going to help Luce," Natsu explained as Happy nodded and followed him.

Romeo was currently crying on the steps by himself when he felt a strong, but gentle hold on his shoudler. "Don't worry Romeo, I'll get him back for you," he heard Lucy's voice echo in his ear as he stopped crying and wiped his tears.

The blonde was walking to go home for supplies when she saw Natsu and Happy running towards her. 'What are those idiots doing?' She asked herself. Soon they explained about Romeo's story and that they would like to come along, which Lucy happily agreed to and said they'd leave in the morning to where Romeo's dad was.

Morning came and the trio made their way to Mt. Hakobe. "I-It's freezing," Natsu and Happy shivered trying get any body heat from each other.

"Really? You guys are cold," the blonde questioned shrugging them off.

"And you're not?" Natsu questioned skeptically.

Lucy just laughed and replied, "Well of course I don't I'm a fire dragon slayer. Seeing as I use fire my body tempature keeps me warm, and when summer comes I don't get hot, so that's a bonus."

"That's so not fair!" The salmon haired boy sparked an idea and pulled out a key. "Open, Gate of the Clock, Horologium!" He said summoning a clock like spirit. "Hop in little buddy, it'll keep you warm."

"You got it!" Happy replied getting in. The blue cat gave a happy sigh as his small body was starting to heat up inside the walking, talking and moving clock. Natsu was still shaking though which Lucy noticed.

"Aren't you going to go in the clock guy?" She asked.

"His name is Horologium, and no. Happy needs all the heat he can get. Sometimes he gets sick easily," Natsu replied.

The blonde sighed and chuckled, "Geez, you're so stupid, you dummy." She unwrapped her muffler and took it off wrapping it around Natsu's neck. She moved in front of him and looked him in the eye. "There, that'll keep you much warmer now. Oh and by the way, I usually don't do this for people, so don't get used to it," she said increasing her pace, hoping Natsu didn't notice the slight blush on her face.

Natsu looked down at the muffler and grabbed it and brought closer to his face. He lightly sniffed it. 'It smells like vanilla and strawberries. So this is what Luce smells like. She has such a soft scent-! Oh wait that's weird to sniff a person! Am I blushing? I think I'm blushing, crap!' He thought using the muffler to cover his blushing face.

After the tempature got decreasingly low, so even with the muffler Natsu had to step inside Horologium. They traveled for about 20 more minutes later till the blizzard increased and something dropped from the high mountains in front of them.

"Ah!" Lucy shrieked as the thing revealed to be a monkey, but also classified as a mountain vulcan.

"Woman! Woman!" The vulcan cheered examining Lucy's body and slightly getting aroused at it. "Me like woman!"

"You pervert, don't even try!" The blonde yelled back lighting her hands in fire.

"Yeah, back off monkey!" Natsu exclaimed stepping out of Horologium. The vulcan didn't pay any attention to Natsu and instead went back to fawning over Lucy and kept chanting "woman! woman!" Natsu got angered and punched the vulcan in the back, earning his attention. "How about you back off because Luce doesn't belong to you!" He screamed so protectively and while using the nickname he gave Lucy she couldn't help but blush.

"Woman mine!" The vulcan shouted grabbing the blonde by her waist and taking her away.

"Natsu, Happy! Let go of me you perverted monkey!" Lucy screamed, disappearing with the vulcan as Horologium went back to the spirit world.

"Lushy!" Happy yelled. "Natsu, what do we do?"

"We have to go to the top of them mountain to stop that vulcan and get Lucy back," he answered as the two started trailing up the mountain.

After aimlessly following the vulcan's foot prints they made their way to a cave where they heard loud yelling. "How do you like that you perverted monkey! Because there's definitely more where that came from!" They head Lucy yell from inside.

"L-Luce...what is she doing in there?" Natsu asked going pale.

"Calm down Natsu, let's go inside and get her and ask," Happy replied flying in as Natsu quickly paced behind him. "Lushy!" The blue cat screamed spotting Lucy fighting the vulcan. "See Natsu, she was just fighting the vulcan."

"What did you think I was doing with him. Cuddling?!" The blonde responded dodging on of the vulcan's attacks. Lucy swiftly lite her hands in fire and started a hand-to-hand combat fight with the vulcan, who was surprisingly keeping up with her.

"Phew," the salmon haired boy said in relief. "I should probably give Luce a hand. Open, Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" He yelled grabbing a key with horns and a ax at the bottom, summoning a spirit with the appearance of a cow along with a gigantic ax on his back.

"MOOO! I was summoned!" Taurus exclaimed.

"Taurus!" Natsu barked, "I need you to help out Luce over there," he instruted pointing to Lucy with the vulcan.

"Oh my! She's beauuuutiful! And with such a nice body as well. Miss Luuuucy!" The cow looking spirit praised.

Lucy grit her teeth by getting pushed back by the big ape and wiped her mouth turning to Taurus. "Stop with the praising crap and get you're polka dotted ass over here!" She ordered getting up.

Taurus's face suddenly got serious and nodded pulling out his ax and swinging it as the vulcan causing it to jump back. The vulcan tried hitting Taurus, but the spirit smacked him with the soft, not sharp side of his ax throwing him back.

The vulcan's back smacked against the wall as it cracked. He jumped out of it and smirked all the way and rushed himself to Taurus as he readied his fist. He was about to swing as the air caught the momentum when Lucy intersepted him. "Fire dragon iron fist!" She shouted hitting the vulcan down on the ground with her dragon's fist.

"Natsu..." Happy said.

"Sssh! I'm concentrating buddy," he replied.

The vulcan got sick of this and got angry, running wildy to the two. As he was running a leathery whip wrapped around his ankle, caught it and it was pulled making him fall over. "Yes!" The salmon haired boy cheered. "Thanks for you're help Taurus. You can go back now," Natsu said.

"Of course. Bye Miss Luuuucy!" He replied disappearing in a shimmering golden light.

Lucy just scoffed and moved some extra strands from her face lowly muttering, "What a pervert."

"Yeah, no kidding," Natsu agreed. The vulcan that they fought was against the wall, and passed out when smoke surronded it and it turned back into a man. "Woah, it's a dude!"

"Macao!" The blonde said running to the man. "Macao, are you alright?!" She inquired holding him up.

Macao slightly coughed and nodded while Lucy grabbed a first aid kit and started treating his wounds. After everything calmed down Happy asked, "How did this guy turn into a vulcan?"

"It's a spell called takeover. Takeover is a spell that allows a person or thing to takeover to take something over completely with control," Lucy answered. "Now come on Macao, we're gonna get'cha home." She hosed up Macao and they made their way back to Fairy Tail.

Romeo was sitting on the step thinking about how much he had begged his dad to go on a mission just so the kids at his school would stop teasing him. 'Dad...please come home.' He begged from the deepest part of his mind.

"Hey kid!" He heard a voice yell. He turned around to see Lucy carrying Macao, along with Natsu and Happy as he ran straight to his dad and hugged him tightly.

"Daddy!" He shouted embracing him tightly. "Lucy, thanks for bringing my daddy back. You two Natsu, Happy!" Romeo said smiling.

"Course Romeo," Natsu said with Happy.

"Now come on you two, let's go!" The blonde said grabbing Natsu's hand running off with the two.

A/N: Hope you guys enjoyed, well get ready for chappy 4 up next. PopMania, out~ Bye~