I'm sorry about the past chapters being few and far between. Really, I sincerely apologize. Actually the problem with the first break was that I had no idea what to write after they returned home, so I was subconsciously hesitant to continue on writing. The second week was due to issues relating to busy weeks. Only had about 3 hours to use my computer per day because of my schedule and it was usually after being dead tired.

I'm actually thinking of changing the picture. That original one is just a placeholder for something else that I probably won't get around to for a while. I may finish the story before updating the cover image. Nonetheless I'll get something at least a little nicer. Something with at least a title on it. (Don't expect something fancy)

And lastly, thanks for the motivation. I'm definitely going to keep up with the story. Here's Chapter 15.

In the center of Magnolia is a large tree that many people often come to visit. But by now, three in the morning, most people are asleep. That is, except for the four people traveling between worlds. A bright flash of light appears and expands around the great tree. In a matter of seconds, Sting, Rogue, Natsu, and Lucy appear from thin air.

"Okay Natsu, now what? And where are we? Can you explain why you're a fire professional now?" Sting asked.

"It's called Dragon Slayer Magic. I'm a Fire Dragon Slayer, so I use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. Also, we're in an a different place, known as Earthland. It's like an entirely different world, but no one else knows about Earth, so you'll sound crazy if you talk about it. We're going to go to the Fairy Tail guild to enlist Lucy and hopefully get a situation figured out for you two." Natsu said.

"So what's this guild thing you're bringing me to?" Sting asked.

"It's a place where people come together to do jobs for the community. Natsu says that his guild is basically his family, so the people who are there must be really close to each other." Lucy explained.

"Yeah she's pretty much right." Natsu confirmed.

The four of them walked up to the Fairy Tail guild hall, impressing the three who had never seen it before. Inside was an almost empty guild hall, aside from the Strauss family. Mira, the oldest, saw the four walk in but didn't pay enough attention to notice Natsu was one of them. So when she went up to speak to them, she spoke as if they were visitors from elsewhere.

"Welcome to the Fairy Tail Guild! Is there so-" Mira began before she saw Natsu with the strangers. "Welcome back Natsu!" Mira said with a smile. "Oh and you must be Lucy. You and Natsu look so cute together! Your babies will be so adorable! Make me a godmother!" Mira squealed, causing Natsu and Lucy to sweatdrop.

"Jeez Mira, yes she's Lucy, my mate. Calm down we aren't having kids yet." Natsu said. "Also I came here so that you could make Lucy a member of Fairy Tail. She's eager to join and I think she'll fit right in."

"Okay. Well you know that means their is going to be a party tomorrow for a new member as important as yourself Lucy." Mira said.

"Me, important? Why would I be important?" Lucy asked curiously.

"Well duh! You're one of the most prominent guild member's soulmate, plus you use a rare celestial magic or so I've been told." Mira explained.

"Okay well then what do I do to become a member? I'm pretty excited to join this guild. Natsu talks about how awesome it is a lot." Lucy said.

"Easy, you just have to get a guild mark somewhere on your body. And yeah, choose a color too." Mira said.

"Umm, pink. On the back of my right hand please." Lucy said after a few minutes of thinking.

"Is that because Natsu's hair is pink?" Mira said playfully causing Lucy to blush without answering. She left for a few minutes before coming back to put the guild mark on her hand. When it was done she couldn't help but smile at the new excitement that was radiating off of Lucy. "There you go, now you're an official member of this guild! Welcome to the family." Mira said.

"Also do you know a place where these two could stay? To say the least they're not really welcome back at their hometown anymore." Natsu explained.

"We should have a few extra beds at the infirmary. Since nobody took a job because of New Year's we shouldn't have anyone in there. Surprisingly, people were rather good about their alcohol this year." Mira explained.

"Also where's Happy? I haven't seen him in a while and I really owe it to him." Natsu said a little saddened.

"He's at home waiting for you. He said he would have a fish for you and everything." Mira said sweetly.

"Do you have any here? I think Happy deserves a fish for waiting and all." Natsu asked.

"I should. Let me check in the Happy fridge." Mira said. The Happy fridge, as the name implies, is a fridge specifically for storing fish for Happy. "Yeah there are a few in here, would you like one?" Mira asked.

"Well yeah!" Natsu said.

Natsu grabbed the fish from Mira in his left hand and took Lucy's hand in his right. After saying good night, they walked to Natsu's home. Of course Lucy had no idea where he was going but trusted Natsu's judgement. She didn't think she'd have to worry if she was near him a lot.

"Lucy how does living with me sound?" Natsu asked.

"Absolutely wonderful. It'll be the three of us. You, me, and Happy. We'll go on adventures together! Doesn't it sound great?" Lucy said cheerfully.

"You know, we can start practicing your magic after breakfast tomorrow." Natsu said.

"Really? Thank you so much Natsu!" Lucy said cheerfully.

"Okay shhh. We're almost home. We just gotta stay quiet for a little bit. I don't want to wake him." Natsu whispered to Lucy. Then he and Lucy took quiet steps towards the front door and opened it. Natsu's house was actually clean, unlike how he had left it. He looked just as surprised as Lucy looked happy to know that she was going to be living in a normal house.

"NATSUUUU" Happy screamed happily while flying straight towards Natsu to hug him.

"Hey there happy, I missed you too buddy. It's okay though, I brought a fish."

"A FISH? FOR MEEEE?" Happy asked, well, happily.

"Who else loves fish as much as you?" Natsu asked while petting Happy.

"No one!" Happy said in between bites. After he finished his fish, he saw that Natsu wasn't actually alone. He had someone with him. A girl too. "Natsu, who's that?"

"That's Lucy! Remember what I said about dragon's mates. She's mine!" Natsu said cheerfully.

"You found one Natsu? I never would have thought you could." Happy said bluntly.

"Thanks for believing in me, buddy." Natsu said with a frown.

"Does that make her my new Mama?" Happy asked excitedly.

"Yes, you could say that." Natsu said.

"AYE SIR! I'm Happy, Lucy! Will you buy me fish?" Happy asked.

"Sure I can buy you fish." Lucy said.

"Aye! Natsu, she's okay by me!" Happy said.

"Can you only think about fish?" Natsu asked.

"I don't see you thinking about anything else besides your dragon's mate." Happy said.

"Shhh.. Happy don't tell anyone that. I thought we had a deal to keep it secret." Natsu said.

"Keep what a secret?" Lucy asked.

"Aye! Natsu spent half a year looking for his dragon's mate and came back with nothing. I thought the guy was doomed to be alone." Happy said while snickering.

"What's so bad about that? Not the alone part, but looking for a mate?" Lucy asked.

"Well, you see... Umm... How do I explain? The guild kinda thinks I'm dense. So I use it to my benefit. But if they found out that I actually was pretty smart, they'd start teasing me a whole lot more for some of the things I do. Especially if they found out about the searching for dragon's mate thing. They think I'm too dumb to be romantic at all since I've never shown interest in a girl. But I had to tell Happy, because nothing gets by him." Natsu said.

"Aye! But I won't spill if you give me fish!" Happy exclaimed.

"Well it's already late, we should go to bed. We've got a lot of introducing to do tomorrow! I bet they can't wait to meet you!" Natsu said cheerfully. Lucy got into bed and made herself comfortable on a half of the bed. (A.N. I decided to give Natsu a bed back in Chapter 2. So yes, he has a bed. Plus Lucy would undoubtedly make him get one if he didn't.) Natsu came in and slept next to Lucy, making sure to wrap his arms around her waist and pull her closer. Happy got into bed last, curling up into a ball on one of the pillows.

The next morning, or really afternoon because it was 12:30, the three woke up to the bright light emanating from the window. Happy got up out of bed first, and looked out the window next to the bed. Lucy was next, but she couldn't get up because she was pulled in by the strong arms of the dragon slayer. Groaning she turned to tried to turn in place to face Natsu so she could tell him to get up.

Pushing him, she said, "Natsu!" Frustrated, she said his name once more. No response from Natsu. As she was about to say his name third time, he quickly kissed her. A few minutes later when he pulled away he smirked saying, "Gotcha Lucy."

"Whatever Natsu, we can't sit around all day." Lucy huffed.

"Sure we can. I wouldn't mind spending the whole day lying down snuggled right up next to you." Natsu said.

"That's not the point! What I mean is we have to get to the guild!" Lucy said.

"Why? I wanna stay here." Natsu said while pouting.

"Why would you want to stay here?" Lucy asked curiously. "Last night you seemed excited. You said they'd love me there."

"That's the problem Lucy! They'll be so interested in you that I won't get any time for myself!" Natsu said causing Lucy to blush.

"Jeez Natsu. Don't worry I'll make sure to spend plenty of time with you at the guild today." Lucy said, causing Natsu's fears of not being able to spend time with her to ebb away.

"Alright then! Let's go to the guild. We can start practicing your magic today! I can't wait to see what it does!" Natsu said cheerfully.

"Wait you don't know what it does? I thought you said that you knew what magic it was." Lucy said surprised.

"I know it's celestial magic. I don't know what it does though. I asked Gramps for starry magic and he gave me the keys and said they were 'Gates of the Zodiac' or something." Natsu explained.

"Oh well then I guess it will be a surprise to the both of us!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Let's hurry up. I can't wait!" Natsu cheered.

The two of them headed out the door, with a sleepy Happy behind him. Happy yawned again, probably for the fourth time that morning.

"Happy you're really tired, why don't you take a nap?" Natsu asked.

"You really mean it? There? Are you sure? Last time you got mad at me." Happy asked.

"That was years ago! Besides Happy I owe you a bunch for looking out for the place while I'm gone. And you'd make a cool hat." Natsu said cheerfully.

"AYEE! Thank you so much Natsu!" Happy said before landing on Natsu's pink hair and falling asleep.

Curiously, Lucy asked, "Is that... difficult? Keeping him up there?"

Natsu smiled before replying, "Nope, the real difficulty is getting him off me. Last time he did it, I was fourteen and could not get him off my head for the life of me. He holds onto my hair in his sleep like it's a lifeline." A few seconds later they were back at the guild doors and Natsu saw Lucy tense. He could see how nervous she was to meet all of these new people.

"Don't worry Lucy," Natsu said, "They're awesome. Besides I won't let them get too close to you, you are mine after all!" Natsu said proudly while offering a bright smile that seemed to make all of her fears melt away. She smiled back before nodding and together they walked in, hand in hand.

"THERE SHE IS!" Mira shouted. "Oooooh! She's holding Natsu's hand. Isn't it so cuuute!" Mira sang happily.

"I admit, they do look pretty good together. I could definitely drink to that." Cana said.

"Isn't drinking in the morning for depressed people only?" Gray asked.

"I've only been drinking in the morning for three years now. Do I look depressed to you?" Cana asked.

"Guess not." Gray said before walking away, not knowing that it was towards Natsu and Lucy. When he got to them, he was honestly curious as to why someone would even go near Natsu.

"So you're fire-stick's girl? Seriously what kind of brainwashing did he do to convince you?" Gray asked.

Before Natsu had the chance to reply with an insult, Lucy answered, "He didn't brainwash me at all. Honestly Gray, you should know that he does have a sweet side to him."

"Wait..." Gray said confused, "How'd you know my name?"

"Well, Natsu used to tell me stories of his guild and he happened to tell me how you have the ability to uhh... lose your clothes." Lucy answered.

"So? I do sometimes. But what's that gotta do with knowing my name?" Gray asked, not getting it.

"Look down." was all Lucy said before Gray realized he had lost his shirt. Blurting a few curses, he left to go find it.

Natsu laughed at his mate's conversation with Gray. Surely he'd remember something like that forever. Lucy saw some people greet her. She found everyone to be overwhelmingly nice though a little confused how Natsu was able to get a girl like her. She didn't understand why until she remembered Natsu telling her that the guild thought he was an idiot. She giggled, realizing that they didn't know their Fire Dragon Slayer as well as she did. After about ten minutes of being asked questions about who she was and such, she went to sit down with Natsu at a table.

"So Natsu, how come they knew about everything I liked and didn't?" Lucy asked.

"Well because... You remember that Christmas present? How would they get you stuff if they didn't know anything about you. So of course I had to tell them about you!" Natsu exclaimed.

"I guess so. But still it's shocking because I knew about the guild and the guild knew about me but I'd never been here until just now. That doesn't happen very often does it?" Lucy asked.

"I guess not, but as long as you're happy, I don't really care how often it happens." Natsu answered simply. The two sat there and ate a breakfast together, Happy still asleep on Natsu's head. They were about to get up when Gajeel, Levy, and Lily came through the guild doors exclaiming, "We're back!" Upon Levy's request, the three stopped by Natsu and Lucy. As they were on their way over, Gajeel overheard their conversation, which happened to be about him.

"Who are they?" Lucy asked.

"The short one is Levy. She loves books as you probably know. Gajeel is the taller one with piercings. He's annoying as hell, but he's fun to fight. Lily is his exceed." Natsu explained.

"Gajeel and Levy doing a mission together? They don't seem like the type that'd get along." Lucy observed.

"Oh you should probably know that Gajeel is an Iron Dragon Slayer. So he's in the same boat as me when it comes to mating. And you see Levy, she's actually his mate. He's laying low about it, because they didn't have the greatest first encounter, but Gajeel is trying his best to win her heart over." He explained.

"Oh." Lucy said, unable to comment further because Levy had approached them.

"Hey Natsu! Is this Lucy? You said she loves books right?" Levy asked, unable to hide the excitement in her voice.

"Yeah I like books a lot. You were the one who sent me the books, right?" Lucy asked.

"Yup! That was me. I'm Levy, by the way. I was hoping to have a new reading buddy around here. From how Natsu described, aside from all the 'she's perfect', you and I seem to have lots of similar interests." Levy said excitedly. The "she's perfect" part caused Lucy to seriously blush. She was really happy that Natsu would think something like that of her, when she thought she wasn't even close to being perfect.

"So Salamander, this is your mate? You snagged her quick. Props to you man, only three weeks." Gajeel said, honestly congratulating Natsu.

"Yep, she's my one and only." Natsu said while wrapping an arm around her and pulling her closer.

"Yuck. You sound like one of those books that shorty reads." Gajeel huffed.

"Gajeel they're romance novels! And they're not disgusting!" Levy said irritated.

"Tch. Whatever." Gajeel said.

"So Lucy, would you like to come see my book collection sometime soon?" Levy asked excitedly.

"Sure, once I'm unpacked and all. I still haven't opened all my stuff. I just got here, actually." Lucy said.

"You already found a place to live? I didn't see you at Fairy Hills." Levy said.

"Actually, I'm living with Natsu. His house is nice, plus since we're together forever, it only makes sense to be in the same house." Lucy said.

"Natsu is letting someone besides Happy live with him? No way!" Levy said.

"Yeah he asked me himself." Lucy said.

"WHAT? When Gray tried to bunk with him back when they were kids he refused him. He didn't even let his childhood friend Lisanna stay there." Levy explained.

"You make it sound like it's some kind of special title to live in my house." Natsu said.

"That's because it is! You don't let anyone in!" Levy said.

"Well she's my mate. What kind of person would I be if I didn't live with her?" Natsu asked.

"Good point." Levy said. "Well I'll meet up with you later Lu! I can't wait to show you my book collection!" She exclaimed. Levy got up and left the table, Gajeel and Lily following behind slowly.

When the three had left, Lucy asked, "Are you sure Gajeel loves her? I can't see it. He calls her shorty and doesn't treat her with much respect."

"He has a.. um.. different... way of showing his affection. But it's pretty obvious he loves her. He went on a mission with her just because her team wasn't there. And it wasn't even a difficult mission either." Natsu explained.

"Yeah it's very different. But if she likes that, then I guess it's good for her." Lucy commented.

"Oh it's definitely clear she loves him back. Otherwise she wouldn't have forgiven him for what he did so easily." Natsu explained.

Just then the guild doors opened again. Another figure stepped inside the building, this one was alone. She had scarlet red hair. Lucy couldn't help but admire her beauty. Then she started walking towards them. She sat down in the chair previously occupied by Levy and said, "Good Morning, Natsu. Mind introducing me?"

"N-not at all. Lucy, this is Erza. Erza, this is Lucy." Natsu said.

"You're Lucy! Wow, Natsu you actually got a normal girl. And she's good looking too!" Erza exclaimed.

"Hey! Since when were you so casual? And of course she's beautiful, it doesn't take much to realize that." Natsu said bluntly.

Both Natsu's and Erza's comments caused Lucy to blush considerably so she didn't say anything.

"Well as Natsu said, I'm Erza Scarlet. If Natsu gives you any trouble you can come to me." Erza said.

"Alright." Lucy said, "Though, knowing him, I don't think he'd hurt me. He's been anything but mean these past few weeks I've known him."

"Really? I'd expect him to be super violent around anyone." Erza said surprised.

"He's had a sleeping Happy on his head for the past few hours. I doubt he'd hurt me." Lucy explained.

"If you say so. I trust that he'll protect you with his life." Erza said sternly, receiving a nod from the dragon slayer. "Alright well I'm going to go pick a mission. What do you say you, Gray, and I go on one together?" Erza asked.

"I can't right now. I want to help Lucy learn magic, and then maybe she could come with us. I'll be able to next week." Natsu said.

"Ok then. The five of us will do a mission next week." Erza said.

"Five?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah. You, Gray, Lucy, Happy, and me. That's five, isn't it?"

"Oh okay!" Natsu said happily.

"In the meantime I'll be around the guild, so speak up if you ever need me." Erza said before getting up and walking away.

"Hey Lucy, you think anyone else will sit down here and talk to us?" Natsu asked.

"I don't know Natsu. Has everyone come back yet?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah just about. As far as I'm aware. Though I can't help but feel as though we're missing something." Natsu said.

"INTRUDERS!" Erza screamed. "IN THE INFIRMARY!"

"-or someone." Natsu said. "Better help them out." The two got up and walked over to Erza who was pointing a sword at the two who were standing just outside the infirmary door. The guild was entirely silent except for the footsteps of Natsu and Lucy.

"Yo Erza, it's ok. It's just some friends I brought with me from Earth. They didn't really have anywhere to go so I told them they could come with us!" He explained.

"What are their names?" Erza asked.

"The blond haired guy is Sting and the black haired guy is Rogue." Natsu said.

"Did you just say Sting? and Rogue?" Erza asked.

"Yup those are their names." Natsu answered.

"Sting and Rogue come with me. We have to go see the master. This is urgent." Erza explained. "MASTER!"

"What is it now, brat?" Makarov asked.

"Sting and Rogue. The two you talked about. They're here." Erza said.

"Oh my. Would the two of you come with me please?" Makarov asked. Both Sting and Rogue nodded before following him into his office. "So you're not from a world with magic, I presume?"

"Nope." Sting answered.

"I happen to know two or so dragons who were looking for two people named Sting and Rogue. They said that the two were from a land without magic. Seeing that you are the two that these dragons seem to be looking for, I was wondering if you were interested in going to them. They'd teach you dragon slayer magic like the magic Natsu has if he's shown you. Would you like to train under them?" Makarov asked.

"Sure, magic power sounds very interesting." Rogue said.

"I agree. I'm all for learning some magic like Natsu has. His roaring thingy is so awesome. He charred up this one person with just one breath!" Sting said while remembering the encounter with the police.

"Great. I'll inform them immediately. You two will train with them for a couple of months at least." Makarov said. "They'll teach you Dragon Slayer Magic."

"So Natsu, when do we start learning my magic?" Lucy asked.

"Right now, of course!" Natsu said cheerfully.