Okay, I'm going to clear something up.
My sister read my story and she was horrified when she thought Natsu was falling in love with Layla...
WHAT!
Natsu cant be Nice?! he cat think someone's beautiful and kind without loving them?! -_-
Geepers Larenzo. He's Just nice. he's Not hitting on Layla. She just reminds him of Lucy.
Sorry I'm done with my rant lol. I don't own fairy tail.
Enjoy.
Natsu's P.O.V
He repeated the cycle of blackness in his vision, and everything slowly coming to. He was still at the Heartfilia estate. From what it looked like he was standing in the same place when he was talking to a five year old Lucy. He might have even though the lacrima hadn't worked if Lucy wasn't gone and the smell of the Hollow fruit was now gone. He smelled nothing. The fire mage must have skipped forward too far.
Natsu was about to time travel again when he heard it with his sensitive dragon hearing. It was crying; A child's tears for that matter. Without hesitating he began to run towards the weeping. It brought him to the front of the estate, and there he saw a familiar figure kneeling in front of a grave. Her blond hair cascaded over her head hiding her face. and her hands were pressed against her eyes.
A sharp pain stabbed at him. It was Lucy in front of her mothers grave. Layla; that cheerful and beautiful woman he'd only knew for a minute, but even so he felt sadden too. that was the power of a Heartfilia woman he guessed. Lucy had that same effect the first time he met her.
Slowly Natsu made his way over to the child, she didn't notice him, not until he cleared his throat. She jumped and fell backwards onto her bottom. Her face was tear-stricken, and her brown eyes were red and puffy from all the crying. It was the same dull brown he recognized when Lucy was sad. All the light was gone.
"D-d-do i k-know you?" she said, her Hiccup-breaths(?) interrupting her as she talked. (A/N: I dont know what those things are called. you know when you cry a lot and you can talk right. you know what I'm talking about...right?)
I didn't surprise Natsu that little Lucy didn't remember him. He met her over 5 years ago for a matter of seconds. He knelt down next to her, setting the lacrima down, and helped her to her feet.
"Not really," he said truthfully. "But i knew your mom." Her eyes went wide.
"You knew momma?" She wiped the tears form her eyes, but they were replaced in a second. the dragon slayer nodded.
"All I'm going to say is that she was a kind and beautiful woman, and one day you're going to be just like her." He held his arms open. Lucy watched him with a surprised expression, but she jumped into his arms and began to cry again. Natsu's heart sped up as he wrapped his arms around the shaking Lucy. To see her in so much pain, hurt him. As he said before he hated when she cried, and he wanted to bring the happiness back into her heart.
Suddenly Without thinking he lifted her and begun to swing her around as fast as he could. Small giggles replaced The sobs. It was like music to his ears. He threw her up in the air like a baby. She let out a squeal and he caught her, and went back to spinning Lucy. And now she was laughing. He was able to distract her long enough to stop crying. There were still tears on her face, but she was smiling.
Natsu set Lucy back on the ground. she swayed a little in dizziness. She smiled up at him, and he smiled back. And looking into her chocolate eyes made him realize why he was there in the first place. the hollow fruit was not here, but earlier in time. He had to go back.
"Lucy, I have to go now." he sighed sadly. She frowned, but she didn't protest. instead she hugged his leg.
"Thank you." She whispered. Natsu ruffled her hair with his hands, and pet her. She backed up, and waved.
"Don't worry Lucy, you'll defiantly see me again." he gave her a final toothy smile and picked up the lacrima he'd set down a second ago.
"1 year into the past." Yet again he was enveloped in blackness, and he felt himself moving in the emptiness of time.