I don't think you guys want to wait to see what happens, now do ya?

Natsu: *holding shotgun* What is this?

Me: NATSU YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT UNLESS YOU WANT TO KILL ME!

Natsu: So I just hit you with it, and you're dead?

Me: *face palm* *sigh* You are never gonna learn, are you?

Time to get back to the story now!

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Fairy Tail or any of the characters.

Recap:

Erza sighed. She had hoped Wendy found at least something to give them a clue of what they're going through. Apparently not.

As if on cue, Natsu shot up. He was sweating and looked like he was on the verge of a mental break-down.

"Lucy."

Chapter 10

"What about Lucy?" Gray and Erza said, simultaneously. Maybe Natsu could tell them what was going on, since he was the one that was going through it. Well, he was the awake one out of the two.

Natsu looked from side to side, looking for his best friend. When he turned his head to the left, he saw her and let out a breath he hadn't known he was holding. He reached out and grabbed he wrist and found her pulse. He smile and was relieved. Lucy was alive, not dead. He didn't care right now about the pain that is spreading to his stomach, even though it feels a lot like transportation, so he'll care in a few minuets. But right now, all he cared about was that he didn't kill Lucy.

He felt Lucy's hand shift in his, so he looked down and saw their fingers intertwined. His smile broadened. Somehow, it just felt right. Well, he's always felt comfortable with his partner, but this felt like a different kind of right.

"Natsu," Lucy mumbled in her sleep. He figured that she must have gone through that same thing, because it felt like she wasn't letting go anytime soon. He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze, and then it hit him. It was terrible, pain mixed in with motion sickness. He was trying to hold in whatever food he had left in him, so he would puke on anyone. If he did that, he would definitely be dead. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. Dead.

Erza decided to put him out of his misery and punched him in the gut to knock him out. She smirked. What on Earthland just happened? Erza thought.

"Well, this going faster than what I thought." Gray said, with a devilish smile creeping up on his face. This was all just to good to be true. No one would believe that Natsu Dragoneel is holding Lucy Heartfilla's hand and she's not trying to kill him. Well, she is asleep, but who cares? Nothing like this has happened in, well, it's never happened!

"Yes, it is. Never would I have thought that Natsu would do that." Erza just couldn't stop staring at their intertwined hands, thinking of her own almost non-existent love life. Sometimes life can be cruel, as it has been to her. Of course, right now is not the time to think about that. Right now is time to fix them, see if Lucy remembers the two she forgot, and then do some meddling with Mira. If her calculations are correct, Mira will try to barge in, in three, two, one.

The door swung open. "What's happening with Lucy and Natsu? My match-making senses are tingling!" Mira said, while trying to get a look at her latest project. She couldn't see them because Erza and Gray stood in front of the two. It is better for everyone that she finds out later on instead of now.

"Match-making senses? What are those?" Wendy asked, thinking it could be like a sixth sense, but if it was, why didn't more people have it?

"It's nothing that concerns you, Wendy. And Mira," Erza turned to Mira, giving her a death glare. "You are not to come into this room again unless we ask for you. Understood?"

Mira sighed. "You guys are no fun." With that, she turned and walked out of the door.

"Who would've guessed that she actually could be right about this?" Gray stated, making sure t be vague so that Wendy wouldn't ask questions. She didn't ask any questions about that because she thought that she's find out soon enough.

"Gray," Erza turned to face him. "You and I both need rest. I'm sure that Wendy is able to handle things for a while on her own." She started to walk out the door while Gray was refusing to leave.

"But what if something happens again?" Yes, Gray was concerned about that, but what he really wanted was to see if anything else happens while they are still asleep, or how they will react when they wake up.

It seems as if Erza can read his mind, for she stopped, turned around, gave him a death glare, and started dragging them out of the room saying. "Gray, it is time for your punishment."

Wendy, who was witnessing the whole thing, sweat-dropped. Why does he need punishment? Wendy thought. She hadn't been there to see what happened, therefore, she had no clue as to what was going on. She let her eyes wander around the room, until noticing that something, or rather someone, was missing. I wonder what Charla could be doing right now. Wendy finished her food and went to an unoccupied bed to rest for a while. If this kept going like it has, she was going to need all rest she could get.

"Master, why am I accompanying you? Shouldn't someone with greater knowledge about this be with you?" Charla asked. Right before the Master left abruptly, he asked her to go with him to wherever he was going. She went, although she was worried about Wendy. She knew she would try to hard and most likely exhaust herself.

Makarov stayed silent for a while. He wasn't going to tell her just yet, it wasn't time to. They walked in silence, well one was walking while the other flew, until they made it to Mongolia park. Charla figured that Master didn't want the other guild members to hear this, so it must be important. Makarov stopped and faced the exceed, with concern written all over his face.

"I know that you had a vision about this. I must ask you, what happens to Lucy?" Makarov's voice was filled utter seriousness and concern. To Charla, he resembled what she would think to be a father, although she could not be certain. When she hatched, all she had was Wendy and Catishelter, the guild made completely for Wendy. She never knew what a father would be like, but if she had to take a guess, this would be it.

"Well..."

Wendy sat up, stretched, and yawned. At some point, she had fallen asleep. She wasn't asleep too long, though, just about forty-five minuets. She stood up and walked over to Natsu and Lucy, about to start working on them again, when the window opened and Master Makarov and Charla came in.

Wendy smiled, at least now she knew who she was with. "Ah, there you are, Charla." Turning her attention to the Master, she continued. "What brings you here? They're doing fine right now, and I'm sure with a bit more work, they'll be up in no time."

"Wendy, I know this may be hard for you, but you are not to use anymore magic on them unless they direly need it." Master Makarov said. It pained him to say that, but he had to. He was the only one who knew the full extent of the spell, so only he would know what would happen. But even though he knows the spell very well, what Charla had told him troubled him deeply.

Wendy looked shocked, as was expected. "Why?"

Master sighed. "If you would continue, the magic will end up fighting your, which will end up hurting all of you in the process. Also, they would stay how they are for longer, with less improvement and less chance of having Lucy remember. But, I do want you to watch over them. If anything happens, I will permit the use of magic on them, and also have someone tell me."

Wendy's face fell. "Oh, okay, I will do that. Is that all?" Wendy wanted to help her friends, but if she would just end up hurting them in one of the only ways she knew how, she knew she couldn't help like that. If she could only watch, then that is what she will do to help them.

As if he knew what she was thinking, Master spoke. "Don't think that you were hurting them the whole time. What you did will help them greatly. Besides, you didn't know. And yes, that is all." Master walked out of the infirmary.

Unbeknownst to them, Natsu had woken up during their talk. He acted like he was still asleep so he wouldn't draw attention to himself. Now that Gramps was gone, he figured he'd let Wendy know that he was awake, if she didn't know already. He sat up and tried to stretch out his arms when he noticed that something was in his hand. Weird. He looked down to see Lucy's hand in his. He didn't remember doing this, so he thought that either Gray or Mira did this.

"Natsu! You're awake!" Wendy yelled and ran over to him.

"Yeah, I am. Now can I have some food? I feel like I haven't eaten in YEARS!" His stomach grumbled in agreement. He tried to get up and run down to the bar to get food, but he was pulled back. One hand was still intertwined with Lucy's, while the other was being pulled by Wendy.

"I have to see if there's anything left of the spell!" Wendy said then pushed him on the bed. Normally, he wouldn't be affected by her push, but right now, he was to tired to even notice that she pushed him. He thought it was weird that he was tired after being asleep. He let Wendy check over him to see if he was good, which he was. He remembered this time that He was still holding Lucy's hand and tried to let go, but her grip was tight and strong. He kept trying to free his hand, but it didn't work. At some point he gave in and "asked" Wendy to go get him some food.

When she left, Lucy shifted to where she was facing Natsu. Her one hand was still intertwined with his, while her other one was holding the back of his hand. It looked as if she were holding a teddy bear. Natsu noticed that her face didn't look like she was in pain, although she was, but looked like she was terrified. Although no one will know it, but she is still in her Death Dream. Natsu had a slight idea of what she was going through, because he went through some of it himself. Of course, he didn't have it to the extent that she is.

He also noticed that she was shivering. He couldn't set anything on fire unless he wanted to be killed by Erza, and he couldn't heat up the room unless he wanted the same fate. So, he did what came to mind first. He scooted over to her bed and wrapped his free arm around her waist to bring her closer to his heat. She automatically move closer to her heat source.

"I don't see anything!" Wendy yelled, using her free hand to cover her eyes. The other hand was holding a plate of Natsu's Fire Chicken.

Natsu looked over at her doorway to see a scared Wendy, an amused Erza, and a deathly pale, but grinning, Gray. Wendy ran up, set the chicken on his bed, and ran out the door.

"Food!" Natsu yelled and removed his arm from her waist, sat up, and started gobbling down the chicken. It stayed silent for a minuet until Gray decided to break it.

"So you do have a crush on Lucy, eh?" If you looked at them now they still do. Lucy still has a hold of Natsu's hand!

Natsu choked. "Hey, I tried to let go, but she has a death grip on my hand!" To show that he isn't lying, he swallowed the rest of his food and tried to get free again. It didn't work.

"Here, I'll try." Erza walked up to them and tried pulling their hands apart. She tried for ten minuets.

"If you keep this up, you gonna rip my arm off!" Natsu said. Sure, he kinda wanted his hand back, but not at the price of having his arm ripped off!

"Fine." Era let go and walked back to where she was.

Natsu looked at her, dumbfounded. "Who are you and what have you done with Erza!" Normally, Erza would've just kept going, but this Erza, or whoever she is, just stopped.

Erza felt the need to pound his head in. The only reason she stopped was because first of all, she didn't want to hurt Lucy, and second of all, she could see that Lucy wasn't going to give up his hand anytime soon. "Natsu, I am Erza."

"Prove it!" Natsu said. Even if that person did use ex-quip magic, he wouldn't believe it. There was only one way he would believe that that person was Erza.

Erza sighed. She knew what he was thinking. She walked up to him, un-equipped her armoured hand, and let him sniff it.

"Yep, that's Erza!" Natsu said. She just punched him on the top of his head and got her armour back on.

Then the door opened. Master Makarov came in and walked to Lucy's bed and just looked at Lucy. He looked depressed now. Sure, they were all sad that this had to happen, but depressed? What is he not telling us? Erza thought.

"Master, we need to talk. You have to tell us what you are hiding." Erza figured that what he wasn't telling them was a crucial factor to all of this. But if it was, then why wasn't he telling them?

"Erza, you do not need to know. If you did, I would've already told you." Even though he was the only one who knew the full extent of what could happen with the spell, what Charla had told him troubled him greatly. "But I do need to tell you all something important."

"Can't we wait until Lucy wakes up?" Natsu said. He didn't know what happened when he was unconscious, so he has no clue as to what is going on.

"Natsu," Makarov's heart broke as he had to tell them this. "That's the problem."

Erza and Gray's eyes widened. They understood, but just couldn't believe it. Natsu, on the other hand, tilted his head to the side to show that he didn't understand what was going on.

Makarov sighed. He was having to hold back tears because of this. He knew that he would have to be strong for Natsu, because he just might try to go on a rampage, or just be very depressed. Either way it would not be good.

"She's in a coma."

How'd you like it? My internet shut down at one point so I had to re-write part of the chapter. Anyway, you guys should still come up with names for the monster from last chapter!

Natsu: Your brother taught me how to use it.

Me: Oh, well, I guess I'm dead now. Bye! *Runs away screaming*

Natsu: I wasn't going to kill you...yet... If you guys want to save Johny, which I doubt because who would want to save her, just review!

Bye guys!