Destiny vs Luck

by Sencil4

This starts out in a short story about Natsu and Happy reading out of an unfinished book that Lucy wrote to be caught later, but he and Lucy end up conversing about it. It is not double spaced. The rest of the chapters will be different scenarios no more rated than T. I don't write sex scenes.*disclaimer* I don't own Fairy Tail, and if I did, I wouldn't change a thing about it.

8. Tiger

Tiger

"Oh, so you're the boy we've been looking for," cooed Erza after walking toward Timothy. She squatted to his level beside him and continued, "We are from a magical guild, and it's in our request to find you, Timothy." "Really?" he said, incredulous. He broke his eye contact with her and wiped his dark brown dis-leveled, greasy hair from his semi-smudged face. Then, Timothy's eyes lit up in excitement as he looked back at her. "Your from Fairy Tail? I know Fairy Tail," he said while gesturing with his arms. Lucy smiled at this comment. "You guys are famous!" Timothy exclaimed while looking at all of them in turn. Natsu grinned widely, and everyone else grinned except for Carla who looked preoccupied in thought. "Aye!" said Happy. He continued, "So, where is your friend?" Happy looked back and forth through the cave's shadows. It was difficult to decipher what was inside other than what was lit up by Natsu's flame.

"Oh, um…. Tiger is outside looking for food…. He's kind of mad at me, that I followed him out here." Timothy grinned sheepishly. Everyone was silent at this. Erza then opened her mouth to speak, but Lucy said in a loud voice, "Wait!... Isn't this a cat we're looking for? Why is it out there looking for food? For Timothy? Is it that smart?" Lucy aimed her last sentence at Timothy. While Lucy calmed herself down from her outburst, Natsu gave her a knowing look and then glanced back at Timothy. Erza and Happy looked perplexed while Wendy stood calmly beside Carla. Carla was staring at Timothy in an enduring way. "Oh, yeah- he is..." said Timothy suddenly nervous. "He's a really good hunter though." Then, he promptly shut his mouth.

Erza patted the young lad on the back reassuringly, and while he almost fell off of his stony seat, she started to ask, "Natsu, what's—" Natsu smiled and turned his head toward the cave's entrance. "Why don't you come out and introduce yourself?" he yelled in a steady voice, cupping his hand over his mouth to make his voice more directed toward the visitor.

The group heard a light cough and then heard some light footsteps approach them. Natsu's firelight slowly revealed a striped Exceed, orange in color. His rounded ears were flattened against his crown while his long tail twitched sporadically, and he wore a brown pouch upon his back that looked full. Timothy smiled in relief.