Natsu gasped at the form ahead of him. He tried to talk, but his words ended up in a slurr of something between a snort and a roar.
"This has to be some sort of a dream!" Is what he wanted to say. It certainly was dreamish. His body had completely changed structure. He was a scarlet and golden dragonet, with wings that shimmered in the light. His eyes were a shimmering yellow, and he had a powerful spiky head that resembled Igneel's. The golden scales crept up his back and eventually changed to silver all of the way up to the top in a pattern like fire.
"Natsu..." Lucy muttered.
More than ever, Natsu wanted to talk, to tell her it would be okay. He stared into her gorgeous brown eyes hopelessly.
"Okay, Natsu..." Wendy started. "Can you try and get off of the bed?" He nodded. "Good, now remember you've changed a lot, so take a break if you need to."
He put all of his energy into flipping over. He forced his weight onto his right side, putting his left claw over his right. He pushed up, careful not to hurt his wing. When his wings slipped back into their places, he crouched down on the bed he was strewn on. He closed his eyes in satisfaction, the hardest part was over. He slid off of the bed, trying to remember how Igneel stood. He almost perfectly mimicked it, but he must have misplaced one of his feet, as he slipped down to the cold floor.
Gray stifled a laugh. Natsu glanced sharply at the demon slayer, and he then tried again, this time gathering all of his strength.
He succeeded, although his legs were shaky. He slowly attempted to walk. He attempted to say "Yes!" He was met by the same growling sound.
He noticed some things when he standed tall. He was taller than everyone, and by a few feet, too. He could easily stare down upon them all.
"Okay, Grandeeney, you can come in now." Wendy called out.
"I told you not to call me that, Wendy." Porlyusica entered the door that was by the bed. "Natsu you have a visitor."
Outside the door, Natsu could hear two voices arguing.
"Let me see him!"
"Trust me, you won't want to!"
"Nothing you say will change my opinion, Charle!"
It was Happy. Natsu dreaded this moment, but the longer he delayed it the more the exceed would long to see him.
Lucy walked up to the door, and opened it. She softly said something. "Charle, let him in, he deserves to see what happened to Natsu."
Natsu found a way to sit down on the floor. It was hard with his talons because they kept slipping on the tile, but he made it work. He had his tail slipped around his front feet.
From what he could see, Charle looked at Lucy. "I guess so." She then looked at Natsu. "Do you really want this?" She said quietly, "He'll be devistated."
He nodded.
"Well..." Charle said, "Happy, come on in, I guess..."
Happy stepped through the door. His face changed from anger to shock. He ran up to Natsu, tears forming in his eyes. "Natsu, I'm sorry, I should have gone with you, I... I..." He started sobbing, and his words were becoming unrecognizable. Natsu attempted to console the crying exceed by letting out a soft purr of sorts, but this only made Happy cry more.
Its going to be okay, Happy, I swear. I'll make this work. Natsu thought. Happy stopped crying for a moment.
"Natsu..." Happy wailed.
Porlyusica cleared her throat. "Let's leave these two alone for a little while. Then I need to talk to you, Natsu." She suggested.
Natsu nodded.
I hope Happy will be okay.