Chapter 4: Not So Sweet Home
Cana, Lucy, Happy, and Natsu told Gildartz all the times ever since he left for another century quest after the conflict with the Neo-Oración Seis and the Legion Platoon of Zentopia. They told Gildartz about how they managed to win the Grand Magic Games and bring home the trophy. Gildartz knew that they'd be able to pull it off. "Well, I proud of you guys. I knew you guys could pull it off." Gildarts pats Natsu's back, unware his patting made the pink spiky boy go flying across the room. "So then what happened?" He asks the girls.
Lucy gives Gildarts her story on how the Eclipse Project affected her Celestial Spirits and their rebellion to be free from their mages. But little did they know that it was the so-called 13th zodiac Ophiuchus the snake charmer who was behind the scheme. But like before, the Fairy Tail wizards were able to restore balance in the Celestial Word and freed the Celestial Spirit King.
But after the ending of the Eclipse Celestial Spirits story, Lucy frowns. "Natsu and Gray had been called for a problem in the Village of the Suns. But little did we know, there was a bigger scheme behind it." She tells him. She couldn't go one because of something that made her weeps. Cana rubs the blonde hair girl's back to comfort her. Gildarts smiles down to them. "Lucy, you don't have to tell us anymore." He tells he softly. Lucy nods back. "I bet Cana told you what happened." She looks up to him. Gildarts nods, "Yeah. But I think you guys are here for something else?" He leans down to the girls.
Before Lucy could responds, Natsu spoke first. "We need your help to get into the area where Master Makarov took you before we competed in the Grand Magic Games." He said to Gildarts seriously. Gildarts raise his one eyebrow. "Wait. What?" He asks them. Natsu groans. "Lucy, Happy and I were at the debris of the guild and discovered a door. We wanted to get in, but it's locked tight. And I was curious if you could open it?" Natsu explains the situation. Gildarts lies back against the back of the chair. "Well I'll tell you this, that door is strictly forbidden for anyone to get into except the masters of the guild.
Knowing that the guild is disbanded, Gildarts should know how hard it must've been on himself and the other guild members. "Sure." He smiles at them for his answer. The kids couldn't help but smile brightly. Natsu shouts in pure joy. "Alright!" He is about to run out the door, but Gildarts grabs the boy by the scaly scarf. "We're taking a break for the night. We'll do it in the morning." He looks towards the girls. "I assume you must be very tired from finding me all this time." He said with a smile.
Lucy smiles and yawns. "Yeah. It's even worse when Natsu doesn't want to be any train. Only by foot." She said as she rubs her feet from their soreness of walking all week. Cana wraps her arm around Lucy's neck, "Yeah, you can crash with me." She smirks with a drunk blush on her cheeks from drinking a lot. Lucy laughs nervously, "Sure." Lucy nods as she and Cana go to her bedroom.
Gildarts only smiles as he watches the girls make their way to Cana's room. He turns back to make sure the Natsu is doing okay after what happened to him recently. "We'll be back at dawn." Natsu said to him as he and Happy get to the door. So much time has pass that Natsu and Happy know fully well that it's best that they check to how things are back in their own little cottage.
It doesn't take Natsu and the blue flying cat to make back to the little cottage that they call home. Before this place, they'd crash at Lucy's apartment because they commented that her place is way better than their little cottage. When they make it to view, Natsu and Happy discovered it wasn't what was it like the last time they remember. The first thing is their sign has been tilted as well as soaked that mold has been noticed on the surface. Just looking at it just made they groan. Well I guess that's what happen whenever the owner is away for a year. "Well at least we can clean the sign." Happy spoke optimistically. Natsu just nods and goes to the door. He touches the handle and call feel how cold it it. "Let's just go in and call it a day." He said as he opens the door. They go inside and the strong scent of dust invaded their noses. They begin to cough like crazy. Natsu instinctively ignited a flame from his hand to light up the room.
No doubt about it. Their home is a completely pigsty. Dust is everywhere around, the floors, the shelves. Before they went off for they training, the only person who was able to find the place is Lucy. However, when Natsu and Happy managed to hatched an egg, Lucy guided their team to here. Happy flies up to the hammock that is hanging up and snuggles onto it. "Oh how I miss sleeping in here." He sighs happily. Natsu smiles as he gets up there but sits on the side. He finds the blanket that goes with it. He takes it out and shakes it to get all of the dust off. He gets back in and wraps Happy into the blanket. He walks towards his bed and does the same thing. Once satisfied, he takes off his cloak that he got from Gildarts, then his jacket. However, he leaves his scaly scarf on. He gets under the covers and gets in a comfy position. Before he goes to sleep, "Natsu?" Happy turns his head to him. "What?" Natsu looks back at him. "I just hope the Gildarts will be able to get into the room that we couldn't get into." The blue tells him tiredly. Natsu smiles as he gets back up and rubs the cat's head. "I'm pretty sure he can do it."
Happy nods from hearing those confident words from Natsu. He then goes into dreamland. Just seeing Happy sleeping like the dead couldn't keep Natsu from changing his expression of confidence. He gets back into his bed and goes to sleep. But before he closes his eyes, 'I just hope he can pull it off.' He thought before going to his own dreamland.