Another day, another chapter! SORRY if the format seems hard to read, fan fiction seem to want to post my file differently, oh well!

Chapter 4 – Are you a(Void)ing the question?

"Lucy!" You're a Dragon Slayer!"

Lucy stared at the white exceed and to the shock of her companions burst into loud laughter, clutching her sides as tears poured down her face.

"Oh- oh my! Charle! I thought you were being serious!" gasped Lucy and she fell backwards into the water still laughing.

Lucy opened her eyes and saw the serious, slightly annoyed look on Charle's face. Instantly she froze up.

"Dragon Slayer? That does kinda make sense when you take everything into account." Said Wendy looking up to the dark sky, an intense look of concentration on her face.

"Wait? Are you guys being serious?" asked Lucy gaping at her friends in surprise.

"Void?" whispered Charle, looking at the stunned stellar mage.

"Remember that dream you told us about? About the elements Tengoku said you could eat? I remember you saying that he said you could eat all the elements under his rule?"

"Yes but-!" Lucy's eyes widen and she stood up, pointing an accusing finger at the white exceed.

"Wait a minute! I only told Wendy about these dreams! How do you know about them!"

For the first time since Lucy had known the cat, she had never seen her blush and look away guiltily. Even Wendy turned towards her partner and frowned.

"Heh… well remember that night when I fell asleep downstairs? I was actually ears dropping on you guys." Said Charle as she sweat-dropped.

"Unbelievable!" snorted Lucy crossing her arms and glaring at the white exceed. Wendy nodded her head and stood by Lucy, also crossing her arms.

"L-look! We're getting off topic here!" yelled a red faced Charle as her companions continued giving her the "Erza" stare.

"Lucy! I think you might be a Void Dragon Slayer!" shouted Charle no longer able to look at her friends intense stares.

Lucy and Wendy glanced at each other and then back to the white exceed, who had sunk into the water so only her cat like eyes shown.

"Void Dragon Slayer?" asked Wendy confused.

"Impossible!" yelled Lucy frantic, waving her arms like a mad women and causing some of the women soaking blissfully in the hot spring nearby to stop and stare again.

"There's no way I'm a Dragon Slayer! Those dreams are just dreams!"

"What about your physical changes?" asked Wendy sitting back down so the warm water covered her shivering shoulders from the cold night air.

"I… I don't know anymore…." Whispered Lucy looking extremely confused and upset.

"I say we stop and leave it." exclaimed Charle making the other two stop and stare.

"There must be a reason for why this is happening. Why don't we wait until you have more of those dreams?"

"Dreams….." muttered Lucy quietly to herself. Maybe the white exceed is right, the answer to all of this might lay in her dreams.

It was midnight and Lucy still hadn't fallen asleep. She looked over to the other bed and smiled faintly at her snoring friend, the white exceed curled up in ball on the pillow.

To be honest, Lucy worried about what she might dream off she she fell asleep. A faint smell of ash wafted into the room causing Lucy to frown slightly, the smell seemed familiar to her, it made her feel safe and relaxed.

Lucy closed her eyes and felt herself slipping away instantly, the dream world beckoning her with welcoming arms.

"TENGOKU!" screamed Lucy as she ran through the astral plane looking for her mentor, tears streaming down her slightly pink cheeks.

"Tengoku PLEASE! ANWSER ME! TENGOKU!"

Lucy collapsed to a stop and panted, her chest heaving painfully.

"Tengoku… I need you. M-my m-mother! She d-dead! Please answer me!" the girl looked around, the silent air surrounding her. The voice she longed to hear didn't speak to her.

"TENGOKU! DON'T YOU LEAVE ME TOO! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE!" screamed Lucy at the top of her lungs and slammed her tiny fists on the ground.

When the booming voice of her mentor, her friend and father figure didn't answer, Lucy knew then she is alone. Her friend would never ignore her in this state.

Lucy threw her head to the heavens and screamed. The air filling with the sounds of despair and angst as the girl's world fell apart along with her shattered heart.

Slowly Lucy opened her eyes and became started, her vision blurry. Then she suddenly realized she had been crying, her face and the pillow her head rested on soaking wet.

"Stupid dream…." Muttered Lucy then stopped, her face flushing a brilliant red as she felt something warm and heavy slung over her waist.

The smell of ash from last night surrounded her strongly, the source of the scent seem to be generating from behind her. Slowly Lucy twisted her body around and came face to face with a sleeping Natsu, his mouth wide open showing his gleaming canines as drool dribbled down his face to the soft mattress below.

"Natsu! No way! How can he be here, in my bed!" thought Lucy frantically unable to move her body due to the shock and numbness that coursed through her.

What felt like an eternity pass and Lucy felt herself calming down slightly as Natsu continued to snore, light snores from the other end of the room told the stellar mage that Wendy is still sleeping. She couldn't help it, the scent that is wafting off from the Fire Dragon Slayer make her feel relaxed.

Lucy stared at her nakama's face and felt her face blushing deep red as Mirajane's words from the past echoed in her mind.

"I bet Natsu likes you!"

Impossible, the idiot is too dense to ever recognize or be in love, even if it was dancing in front of him naked with Grays boxers stuck to his head.

Natsu gave a little grunt and closed his mouth slightly; Lucy smiled warmly at his child-like face and couldn't help but think how cute he is asleep.

"C-cute?" Lucy thought as her eyes widen. Natsu grunted again and Lucy gave a small squeak as the arms around her tightened, pulling her closer so that her face went right to his well-toned chest.

That's was it for Lucy, she did pretty good holding herself back but now she snapped.

"PERVERT! GET AWAY FROM ME! SEXUAL ASSULT!" screamed Lucy as she pushed with all her might against the salamander, using her feet for good measure as she kicked him off the bed.

Wendy woke with a shout then screamed as she saw Natsu tangled up in Lucy's blanket on the floor.

Charle woke up wondering what the hell is going on when she suddenly froze, Happy curled up besides her holding onto a fish.

"PERVERT! GET AWAY FROM ME! SEXUAL ASSULT!" screamed Charle as she grabbed the fish from blue exceeds paws and belted him with full power across the face, sending him flying.

"Owwwww…. Luce you're so mean!" groaned Natsu rubbing his head as he stood up, pulling the blanket off him.

"Mean!" spat Lucy glaring daggers as a dark aura surround her, Natsu went wide-eyes and started to shudder with fright.

"Natsu! What are you doing here?" asked Wendy surprised sitting up, Charle beside her hissed angrily at the blue exceed who peeped from behind Natsu's shoulder, hiding.

"Oh Hi Wendy" smiled Natsu, forcing all of his attention on the young Dragon Slayer so he didn't have to look at the "Erza" glare emitting from a red faced Lucy.

"I heard what you guys were up to so me and Happy decided to tag along! We ran all the way to this place and followed your scent until we found you!"

"Typical!" snorted Lucy crossing her arms, blowing hard through her nose.

"Now with that out of the way! Let's get some breakfast!" cheered Natsu, flame dancing in his mouth as Happy cheered behind him.

"Aye!"

"Rico, it seems the seal is cracking at an accelerated rate!"

"Yeah, it seems our friend is going to recover her sealed magic and memory a lot sooner than I thought!"

"What are we going to do?"

"We can actually turn this to our advantage! Come! It's time to plan a new course of action! Soon, we will have the key to ignite our rise to destiny!"

"Lucy, soon we will be a family again!"