[Hi there darlings~ i'm back with a new chapter! i've been having bouts of inspiration lately! thanks for VampyreEmoHunter's review! *gets Hibari Kyoya-kun(KYAA) to bite you back with love* i'm doing my best to add NaLu fluff! cuz i still love them. and i just saw FT's manga side story and realised. MASHIMA-SAMA IS A NALU, GRUVIA AND GALE SHIPPER TOO! Natsu, rejoice!

Natsu: Im all fired up!

Lucy: NATSU SHUT UP! *face turns red*

Me: guys, control yourself. i do not own FT! HIRO-SAMA does!]

So… hi. 3 years later and a new fairy tail 100 year quest has been released and so I decided its time to get back on :3

To whoever thought the story was great, I thank you (looking at you Cookie ily 3) and im sorry I left it all hanging. Its been an agonising 3 years in university. And dealing with my own mental health was a train wreck. So I will try to upload another chapter later next month! Do take note this is a story that will be constantly on hiatus. Im sorry and thank you.

WARNING! FT AIN'T MINE, SLOW UPDATES, POSSIBLE OOC-NESS AND LIGHT CUSSING. But expect good grammar, cause I can't stand bad grammar (no offense to anyone out there)

Rewritten 17/1/15-3/6/15, Uploaded 29/10/18

Magnolia Train Station

The train station was really bustling at this time of day. People rushing in and out of platforms. A typical afternoon at Magnolia Station. Almost.

A very pale Natsu Dragneel was slouching on a bench eyeing the train he calls 'the monster'. His blue exceed partner was trying to cheer him up but was failing miserably. Lucy Heartfilia had opted to blatantly ignore the pink haired mage's odd noises and was talking to an 'obviously amused by Natsu's predicament' Runa Crystalia.

"Natsu is probably the only person I will ever know that can produce that kind of indescribable expression." Runa said shaking her head. "And I've been alive (technically) for almost a century!"

"I guess so." Lucy laughed "By the way, how come you barely have any luggage..?"

"Well... it's thanks to this little fella over here!" Runa patted her waist pouch proudly. "My pouch is my life. There's a enchantment on it that links the opening to a different dimensional space which is much bigger than this pouch itself. Then again, I don't have much stuff to begin with. I carry a small bag for the stuff I might need at hand. And partially to look a little more normal I guess?"

"Fairy Tail doesn't have the definition of 'normal' in its dictionary…" Lucy sighed as she glanced at the two least normal people in the vicinity, namely Natsu and Happy, to which the blue cat was doing some weird dance to get the pinkette's mind off the train.

"Really now? I disappear for a century and we turn into a madhouse?" Runa laughed out loud, seeming rather content with how the guild turned out.

"Yeah... that was... honestly I don't know, I joined after that happened." Lucy sweatdropped.

"... Uh huh. Are train rides so... common now?" Runa eyed the train with a mix of awe and curiosity.

"Were trains rare in your time?" Lucy questioned, albeit a little taken aback.

"Rare is an understatement. There was only one in my area. And I only rode it once as a special treat." Runa said with a glassy look in her eyes. "So much has changed. Everything looks so much cleaner and neater, but I can see the guild hasn't changed much spirit-wise. Sanity-wise… I think I can still turn a blind eye…"

"Somehow I feel like I should apologise for that…" Lucy somehow just felt compelled to apologise for (mostly) Natsu.

"Nah, don't. it has its perks."

Throughout the conversation, Runa couldn't help but glance at the hilarity of the pinkette and his exceed.

"Pfft… Is he always like this?" Runa muffled a giggle.

"Yeah. He hates transport. It's a dragon slayer thing. They get motion sickness. Wonder why." Lucy pursed her lips and tilted her head in thought.

Now this got the not-yet-announced-to-the-guild dragon slayer's attention. "Dragon slayers get motion sickness?"

"That's what they claim anyway." Lucy snorted.

"Hang on. Did you say 'THEY'?" Runa asked with wide eyes.

Lucy blinked. "Oh right you don't know do you? We have 3 dragon slayers in the guild. Natsu, Gajeel and Wendy. You'll meet the other 2 in due time."

At this point Runa looked ecstatic. In which Lucy was probably taken aback with.

"It's a happy day today…" Runa mumbled with a silly grin on her face. But the grin soon turned to confusion. Then realisation. Then a whole array of expressions. Poor Lucy didn't know what to make of it.

Runa's POV

I'm really not alone anymore. There are more of my kind.

"It's a really happy day today…" I mumbled to myself. "This is awesome! There are more dragon slayers! Wait. But then… how did they become dragon slayers? Could it be! There were some dragons still left in Earthland! Lucky punks. The universe makes a mistake and we pay heavily for it…"

"Err… Runa?" Lucy peered into my face, confused.

"Ah… Sorry… I was… lost in thought…" I explained sheepishly.

"LUCY! RUNA!" a booming (and somewhat scary) voice called our names.

We turned our heads towards the source of the voice and found Erza. With Gray cowering in fear behind her mountain of luggage. And I mean a mountain.

"HOLY F*CK!" curses slipped from my mouth.

"That's Erza for you…. We never know why she needs so much luggage." Lucy shook her head in resignation.

"She's the total opposite of me when it comes to luggage! So much that it's scary!" I exclaimed, a shudder running down my spine.

"Erza is Erza after all."

"There you guys are. I was wondering if you'd be late." Erza said.

"Nah. It's all good. I got our tickets by the way. With Lucy's help of course." I replied after calming down and putting my jaw back in place.

"What? Flame brain is out for the count already?" Gray snickered, coming out from behind Erza.

"Urgh… I'll get you for this later Ice princess!" Natsu retorted with much effort.

"Gray... Your clothes." Lucy facepalmed

"Crap! Where did they go?!" Gray yelled when he looked down and saw nothing on him.

"Over there." I said absentmindedly pointing to a pillar where his clothes were.

"Enough. Gray, get you clothes and let's go. If we leave any later it might get dark before we even REACH Oshibana." Erza snapped.

On the train…

Natsu was as pale as ever. And the train hasn't even started moving yet! We were all sitting in a booth. Me, Gray and Lucy on one end while Erza, Natsu and Happy were opposite us.

"Ugh…" Natsu moaned.

"I guess it can't be helped. I'll put him to sleep." Erza said.

Natsu immediately turned his eyes to Lucy, pleading for salvation. I had no clue whatsoever as to what Erza was gonna do, but I can guess it wasn't pleasant.

"H-hang on Erza. I-I'll sooth Natsu." Lucy spoke just before Erza was gonna… do whatever she was gonna do.

Erza's eyes widened. "Really? That's nice of you, Lucy. I'll leave him in your hands." And then they switched places.

As we all sat down, the train finally began moving. But…. Just as it did, the same nausea that hit me on the boat with master came back. I paled. So this is what Lucy meant by 'dragon slayers having motion sickness'. This is what Natsu is feeling. I TOTALLY understand him now. And Lucy just had to notice.

"Runa? Are you ok? You look a little pale…" Lucy asked me, concerned.

"Yeah… I'm fine, I think I just ate something bad just now." I replied forcefully. Lucky I know how to keep my composure. Well, definitely more than the pinkette that is.

I looked over to Natsu, who was now lying on Lucy's lap, with her hand in his hair, stroking and curling the mess of pink. After a moment, I noticed Natsu fall asleep with a small smile on his face while mumbling Lucy's name so softly only dragon hearing could've pick it up. He was obviously contented with having Lucy as his pillow. Although I could feel something more from them… Wait, was Lucy blushing ever so faintly? OH HO. This should be interesting~

"Well, we have 3 hours before reaching Oshibana so I guess we should rest up." Erza said to me before closing her eyes.

"Aye….." And then Happy drifted to sleep on top of MY lap. Beside me, Gray too had fallen asleep.

"I guess I should sleep some too…" I said to myself, trying my best to block out the nausea and drifting off to my own little paradise.

No one's POV

3 hours later at the outskirts of Oshibana…

"ALL PASSENGERS STOPPING AT OSHIBANA, WE'LL BE REACHING IN 3 MINUTES. PLEASE GATHER YOUR LUGGAGE."

The annoying broadcast woke up the Fairy Tail mages from their slumber. Most of them anyway. 'Natsu is not to be awakened until the train stopped!' was what Lucy said. Looks like she was trying to prevent being puked on. Runa didn't look like she was waking up anytime soon either.

"WE HAVE REACHED OSHIBANA STATION. PASSANGERS PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR LUGGAGE. THANK YOU."

The train slowly ground to a halt. The moment the train jolted and stopped, the two dragon slayers awoke. Although one was more… dramatic than the other. Natsu's eyes snapped open and he took less than 3 seconds to jump from the train seat to the station platform while jumping for joy. Runa just smiled and stretched, while Happy flew to Lucy.

"SWEET GROUND! HOW I'VE MISSED YOU!" Natsu was crying tears of joy. "I AM NEVER RIDING IN A TRAIN EVER AGAIN!"

"Natsu… you always say that." Lucy sighed in defeat.

"Aye. Lucy's right Natsu." Happy said from above.

"He does?" Runa asked, colour returning to her face.

"Yeah. And yet we always manage to get him on a train."

"Cuz he has ash for brains" Gray snickered

"Whaddya say you Ice block?!" Natsu was back in fighting mode now that he was off the train.

"I said imma freeze your ass!" Gray retorted. This got Runa's attention.

"Drop even one degree of the temperature, and you're gonna be the frozen one!" Runa growled, not wanting succumb to her low resistance to cold.

"The hell?! You're on his side?!" Gray was taken aback by the fact that another ice mage had sided with a fire mage over him.

"I'm on nobody's side. If I start sneezing there'll be hell to pay. Do I make myself clear?!" Runa glared daggers at the two.

"A-AYE!" Natsu shivered.

"U-UNDERSTOOD MA'AM!" Gray saluted.

"Good." Runa said satisfied. "And Gray? Your clothes."

"CRAP. NOT AGAIN!" Gray yelled.

"I think we got ourselves another Erza." Natsu whispered (more like whimpered) to Gray, completely unaware that Runa could hear them.

"For once… I agree with you." Gray whispered back while getting his clothes back on.

Before they knew it they ended up with a large bump on their heads, mumbling 'sorry' to Runa.

Dragon hearing can be scary on certain people.

Before long Erza came with her mountain of luggage. "Ok let's go find an inn to check into, then I'll explain our mission. It's getting too dark to do anything now." Erza ordered.

"On it!" Runa said happily. And then she ran to the information desk.

"Looks like the mission will go quite smoothly at this rate." Erza said, quite satisfied.

"Let's hope so…" Lucy said softly to herself.

"By the way, what happened while I was gone? I heard some commotion." Erza asked the two boys, causing them to look at each other as if they were having a telepathic conversation. Happy sensed danger and flew behind Lucy for cover.

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"NOTHING AT ALL!" The two boys then blurted out simultaneously.