A Holiday Surprise

I don't own Fairy Tail. All rights and everything belong to the creator, Hiro Mashima. How's it going everyone? First off, I want to say thank you to all those who favorite, followed, and reviewed this story. You are guys are the best and I appreciate it so much. Second, after this, I may be slow on the next one because I'm about to be busy with finals and such. So, without delay, here's the next chapter. Enjoy.

(Normal POV)

A couple of days had passed and Natsu was on a train ride back to Hargeon….. except for the fact that his stomach hates his existence. The one time he needed those pads and he forgot them. What's worse, Hargeon is a 3hour train ride. Natsu just wished it was closer than this instead of feeling like he's going to die times 50.

Natsu though, is glad that his bros are heading back to Hargeon, but they'll be arriving a day later because they wanted to finish up some Christmas shopping. Natsu was also sad because he wouldn't see Lucy for a little while. It turns out Acalypha was in the opposite direction and half the amount of time needed to get to Hargeon from the university.

"Why is Acalypha so far away? Then Lucy would be closer and I get to see her more," Natsu said in a sickly voice.

"WHEN WILL THE TORTURE EEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND?!"

The train whistled loudly as Natsu continued to suffer from his motion sickness.

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Meanwhile in Acalypha, Lucy just arrived back and found her mother and father at the luggage claim.

"Hey guys!"

"LUCY!"

Lucy ran into her parents embrace and return embrace. Afterwards, they grabbed Lucy's luggage and drove back to the family home. Along the ride, Lucy told her parents about her first semester, the good times she had, and Natsu. Lucy's mom, Layla, was happy to hear about Lucy's experience, but when Lucy's dad, Jude heard about Natsu, he had that father look in his eyes.

"What's wrong Dad?"

"It sounds like to me that this Natsu seems a bit like a troublemaker."

"Oh no. Natsu's a great guy Dad. I'm sure you guys would get along well," Lucy said in a worried voice. Lucy had to lie a little because in truth, Natsu is crazy, but she didn't want her Dad to know otherwise she'd probably have an ear load.

"We're home Lucy," Layla said in a cheerful voice. Lucy then turned her head to see the house she missed. The Heartfillia house is shaped like a small castle, but huge. The house can handle 15 to 20 people living in there. There's also an indoor pool, 2 hot tubs, game room, movie room, a humongous kitchen, FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD, 5 vehicles that includes; trucks, FJ cruisers, and jeeps, and finally, a gym. All in all, it's a great house/castle.

The Heartfillias are actually rich because Jude is the head and owner of the Heartfillia Railroad company, which is a company that builds and fixes all railroads in the entire country of Fiore. Thus explains why Lucy has so much money to shop.

Lucy and her parents got out and had one of the few maids they had helped unload the luggage. Once everything got unloaded, Lucy and her parents adjourned to the living room to relax and continue talking about things that has happened during the semester until Layla perked up about something.

"Oh Lucy, we forgot to tell you something."

"Oh, what's that?"

"Your father and I are thinking about going somewhere for Christmas. We got in touch with old friends of ours from high school and they said that they would like for us to come over to visit and we were wondering if you would like to join us?"

"Hmm, I don't know, I didn't want to travel much for the break. Who are these friends of yours?"

This time, Jude spoke while Lucy was taking a sip of her tea. "Our friends are Igneel and Grandine Dragneel."

As soon as Lucy heard the name, 'Dragneel' her eyes widened and she spat her tea in the air with her parents shocked.

"Lucy, what's wrong? Is something wrong with the tea?" Layla asked with concern.

"No, it's not the tea; it's just that, Natsu's last name is actually Dragneel."

Both parents were a little shock because of this.

"Igneel did mention that they had adopted a boy a while back. It could be possible," Jude said.

"If so, then I'll come too." Lucy said with joy in her voice.

"I'll call Grandine and tell her about you and I'll ask her if her son's name is Natsu." Layla said while pulling out her phone and getting ready to dial until Lucy spoke.

"Hold on Mom."

"What's wrong dear?"

"If Natsu is their son, there's something I wanna do." Lucy said with a wicked smile on her face that seemed to scare Layla a little.

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Meanwhile in Hargeon, Natsu was getting his welcome home treatment the second he got off the train which includes: Wendy giving him medicine while hugging him, Grandine hugging and kissing him nonstop, and Igneel putting Natsu in a headlock before the two of them started wrestling. After a couple of minutes, the two of them just laughed before agreeing to call it a draw…. until the next time they wanted to brawl, which could be in another hour or less.

The Dragneel family then walked for home, because it is only a 7 minute walk from the station to their and plus Natsu still hates vehicles, with Natsu telling his family his time at University. When Natsu mention Lucy, Igneel started teasing him.

"Ohhhhhh, so my son now thinks women exists. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Shut up old man. I know they exist. It's just I wasn't interested back then."

"And now you are. So tell me, is this Lucy hot? Have asked her out or even kissed her?"

Natsu blushed before getting into a fit.

"THAT'S NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX, YOU INSANE OLD MAN!"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING INSANE AND OLD?!"

"YOU BECAUSE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THAT'S OLD AND INSANE!"

"WELL, WHAT ABOUT YOUR MOTH-!"

Igneel didn't finish because he saw his wife with a deadly aura surrounding her and a deadly glare to match.

"Who else is old and insane darling?"

Igneel panicked before saying his next words.

"No one dear. You are the youngest, most beautiful woman there is."

Grandine then went back to her cheery self before giving Igneel a peck on the cheek and walking along side with Wendy. Igneel then gave a sigh of relief before Natsu spoke.

"Suck up old man."

After that, well….. remember when I said it would be an hour or less before they brawled again… WELL IT WASN'T EVEN 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY GOT BACK INTO FIGHTING EACH OTHER.

Grandine and Wendy just sigh and resume walking; leaving the two men to their little father-son bonding moment or so they think lol.

Just then, Grandine got a called before reaching the house.

"Hello….. Oh hi Layla…. I'm doing well, what do you need….. yes my son's name is Natsu…. Yes his hair is salmon….. Oh really….. Alright, I can't wait to meet your daughter…. Ok, talk to you later, bye.

Grandine hung up before Wendy spoke to her.

"Hey mom, who was that?"

"That was Layla dear and it turns out we're going to have an extra guest here."

"Ok, sounds good to me."

"By the way, where are the boys?"

"They're still fighting where we last saw them."

"Cover your ears then dear."

Wendy did before Grandine sucked in a big amount of air.

"IF YOU BOYS ARE NOT HERE IN 1 MINUTE, YOU GET NO FOOD TONIGHT AND TOMORROW!"

"You think they heard that mom?"

"Just wait and see dear."

When a minute almost past, the two of them saw two figures running like their lives depended on this. Before they made it, they screamed one word.

"FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!"

And boom, they made it inside the Dragneel home, which was a two story tall and wide house, while Grandine and Wendy went inside as well.

Another thing to know is that Igneel is a firefighter, which is one of the reasons why Natsu loves fire, and Grandine is a licensed pilot. The Dragneels are not as rich as the Heartfillias, but they're still rich.

After Natsu got unpacked and such, he came back to the kitchen to eat with his family while continuing to tell tales of his time at school. When he mentioned Erza, Igneel started to get a little nervous if she is scary as his wife, which he doesn't want to say and admit otherwise he'll lose his arms and legs. Natsu even showed his family his latest art pieces and they were impressed.

Of course when they saw Lucy's picture, the teasing resumed and Natsu was completely embarrassed, but then wasn't when he had Grandine's special desert: A chocolate cake with hot sauce and spicy peppers in it (I know, that sounds gross, but hey, it's Natsu we're talking about. And don't even get me started with Igneel lol). After dinner, Grandine and Wendy took care of the dishes while Natsu and Igneel brawled for like the umpteenth time of the day. The reason why… Igneel stole a piece of Natsu's cake.

Igneel and Grandine then told Natsu that some old high school friends of theirs are coming over to visit later the week and for Christmas. Natsu seemed uninterested at first, but perked up a little when he heard that their bringing a special guest with them. Of course Natsu kept asking who it was, but all his parents and sister said was, 'Can't say." This caused Natsu to have a fit and again, fight Igneel, this time… FOR REASON AT ALL!

Natsu gave up for the night before turning thinking how winter break was going to be. But he wishes that Lucy was here to make things even better. But he shrugged and went to dreamland for the night.

During the week, Natsu kept pestering to his parents about who this special guest is, but still no answer. Along with that, Natsu met up with Gray and the others when they got back, only to lead to a brawl between Natsu, Gray, and Gajeel over nothing as usual with Jellal muttering, 'when will they grow up?'

Natsu also managed to get some more Christmas shopping done with his family, as well as decorating the house for the holidays. And every now and then, Natsu and Igneel would brawl here and there over many things, even who gets the first bite of Grandine's special holiday brownies.

All in all, Natsu is having a good time being back home. But he still had the beautiful blond in his head still. He was still able to text and call Lucy during the week to chat and such. But then, Natsu became sad and depressed when he heard that she and her family are going on a vacation in a couple of days and won't be able to talk to him for a little while. This of course made him sad, but he promised Lucy he would cheer up and wait till it was over. Lucy even mentioned she had a surprise the next time she see him and this made Natsu even happier. But what Natsu didn't know, was that this gift may make him the happiest man in the whole country.

Time continued to pass and it was now the day that Igneel and Grandine's friends would arrive and Natsu right now… IS STILL ASLEEP! But he's about to get surprise awakening.

Natsu was now starting to wake up from a long sleep.

"Oh man, I must've slept for a week. What time is it?"

"It's a few minutes past noon."

"Oh I see, than-."

Before Natsu finished his sentence, he realized he recognized that voice and when he turned towards the direction of the voice, he freaked out.

"LUCY?!"

Sorry to leave you all on a cliff hanger, but I wanted to make the next chapter a good one. I'm sorry it took a while. I HATE WRITERS BLOCK SO MUCH. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and I'm sorry again for the cliffhanger. I promise the next one will be great and better. Until next time, later.