Okay, I'm satisfied. People like StiCy? But other like RoLu and NaLu and whatever. So I would like to know something. If your ship didn't become a cannon in this story, who would you like to be paired with the male counterpart. I think that makes sense. XD

But don't say NaLi. NaLi is NOT happening. If I don't end up pairing Lucy with Natsu, I REFUSE to make it a NaLi. I don't like NaLi, I never have and never will. Sorry. ^_^ If Lucy doesn't mate with him, he'll probably be a loner. _

Natsu: Well, I HAVE to go with Lucy then, right?

Sting: Ah, no.

Happy: Rose-chan doesn't own Fairy Tail!

Sting: Off topic much?

Lucy: AND ON WITH THE STORY!

-Lucy-

I run faster, further away from Sting giving him the time he needed to… Um… Well… Yeah. I blush at the thought. Stupid Lucy! Don't think about that. I stop and put my hands on my knees breathing heavily. A few feet in front of me there is a lake. The water reflects the grey sky and looks unwelcoming and freezing. Out of nowhere a breeze springs up and I shiver. I turn to go back but something stops me. A large, heavy something. When I turned around, Natsu, who was apparently racing Laxus, hadn't been looking where he was going and had barreled into me full force sending both of us tumbling into the water.

"Luce!" His surprised voice reaches me seconds before the water covers my ears. I open my mouth to reply but instead get a mouthful of salty water. Salty? What the heck? I feel Natsu's arms enclose around me and pull me up out of the knee deep water. I splutter and cough, expelling water from my lungs and try to breathe at the same time.

"Lucy! Hey are you okay?" Natsu stare at me in concern. I cough and keep trying to rake in air. I couldn't have swallowed this much water in the second I was underwater. Could I? Black spots dance in front of my eyes and I feel myself swaying in Natsu's arms.

"Lucy! Hey! Lucy!" His voice is getting louder but further away, I shiver as the cold air bites my skin. I'm drowning above water.

"Lucy!" He's panicking now, I can hear it in his voice. He pulls me out of the water and lays me on what I assume to be the ground. I can't see him or anything else. My lungs demanding air now. Something hard and hot strikes my chest, purging my lungs of the icy water. It streams out of my mouth and my face is tilted to the side, so it doesn't run back down my throat. The thing strikes again, this time with more force and more water cascades out of my body and trickles down my chin. I cough again and blink, there's no water left and I can breathe again. I take a deep breath and wince. The thing that struck my chest had been Natsu's hand and it slides my shoulders to curl around my head. He leans over me eyes crying out in relief.

"You okay?" No. My throat's burning. I mumble something unintelligible but he must've understood that I wasn't going to die anytime soon because he sits up pulling me with him. The wind attacks me, now soaked to the bone and shivering like nothing else.

"Cold." I whisper. He shrugs out of his cloak and peels off his shirt. "What are you-?" He grabs the bottom of my shirt and roughly yanks it over my head. His face blushing furiously. He's seen me naked often enough and it didn't bother me when he saw me anymore. Other people, were different matters entirely.

"Um… Body-to-body contact works right?" He pulls me closer to him and I snuggle into his chest. I was definitely warmer now, Natsu's natural temperature was about twenty degrees higher on cold days so he was my personal, portable heater. I try to get as close to him as possible without exposing myself to the wind.

"Lucy? Natsu?" Laxus strolls out of the trees and I blush. Natsu and I are shirtless and… This is gonna be hard to explain. But amazingly, Laxus seems to get it. He takes off his heavy coat and throws it at Natsu who stands and pulls me into the fetal position against his chest, wrapping it around my quivering form.

"I'm so gonna get sick." My voice grates against my raw throat and Natsu half-laughs.

"Yeah. Probably."

Before I can say anything else a loud animalistic screech comes from the lake. I peek over Natsu's shoulder and scream despite my aching throat. Rising up out of the lake was a beast. Four kilometers long, covered in blue and green scales It had blood red eyes and glistening fangs that could tear you apart in seconds. Dragon. Natsu turns and I see his eyes widen in fear, not for himself, but for me. Laxus pushes in front of Natsu.

"Go! Get her outta here! Go!" Natsu nods and clutches me to his chest. He sprints away and I see Sting staring with wide eyes.

"Don't just stand there! Kill it!" Natsu yells at him while he runs past. We get further and further away and eventually stop. He crouches down and lays me on the grass, propping me up against a tree. It's a few minutes before I snap to my senses.

"Stop! We have to go back! We have to help them! W-"

Don't worry blondie, we've got it under control. Cobra's voice rings in my head.

No!

"Lucy. Do it now." My head jerks up at the sound of my name, but it wasn't Natsu who'd said it. I squint at a glowing figure a few feet away. Before I can make out who it is, Natsu steps in front of my line of vision and hands me his now dry shirt-I didn't miss his open vest at all!

Lier.

Shut up Cobra!

Natsu tugs it over my head and fixes the coats around me. Then he tilts my head so I can't escape his gaze.

"Stay." His breath warms my face and I can only nod. He kisses the tip of my nose, spins on his heel and runs back towards the Dragon. I can hear the roars of the beast and yells from my comrades. I shiver, not from cold this time, but from fright.

"Lucy!" Rouge skids to a halt beside me but Cobra ignores me and keeps running. "Are you okay?" I nod. My earlier mishap had left me weak and cold, but I wasn't hurt.

"You should go help." I say wincing at my voice. Rouge shakes he head and sits beside me. He pulls the coat off me and rearranges it to sit over both our shoulders. He brings me into his arms and I stiffen before relaxing into his warmth as I anxiously wait for my Dragon to return.

-Dragon-(Possibly Arex? O.O)

NO! I watch as the fire-boy takes the girl away. Kill the blonde girl. That was all I had to do. My only mission, and I failed. How can I face mother now? Even with my extra powers, manipulation over water, I was a failure. I hadn't been able to kill anyone yet. Not even the teeny-tiny blue haired morsel. Even she had evaded me.

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Kill the blonde girl. Bring her lifeless body back, or don't come back at all.

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All I had to do was kill her. And I had been so close, that fire-boy had fallen into the water with her and while she was submerged I filled her lungs with as much water as they would hold. If the fire-boy hadn't been there, she would have died for sure. And the lightning-man, he protected them both. There's no other option then. They all have to die.

-Natsu-

Protect Lucy, protect Lucy. Keep her safe. Keep Lucy safe and away from danger. Don't let her get hurt. Fight for her. Don't let her get hurt.

"Kya!" Wendy screams and is blown back by a jet of boiling water.

"Wendy!" I swivel around to see if she's okay. She has small burns on her arms and is soaking wet but she skids back on her feet and stands to face to Dragon again. I turn around again to face the Dragon but when I do, its tail whips up and catches me in the chest, throwing me back against a tree. My neck snaps back and hits the tree full force. The stench of blood fills my nose.

"Natsu-nii!" Wendy's panicked cry is the last thing I hear before I black out.

-Laxus-

Natsu's head hits the tree and the momentum throws him onto the ground. Wendy screams his name but he doesn't move. Blood is heavy in the air and it trickles onto the ground from the back of his head, staining his hair red. I run over to the lake where the Dragon sits and I shove my hands into the freezing water. With as much force as I can I charge my hands and electrocute the water. The Dragon screeches and keels over into the water, it's form still and lifeless. I collapse onto my knees. Wendy rushes over to Natsu, healing him frantically.

"Is it dead?" Sting's voice cuts through the quiet.

"It should be."

Before we can approach it, the thing rears its head and prepares for another attack. Rouge's not here, Natsu's out for the count, Wendy's not a fighter, Cobra's injured and Sting and me are out of magic. Weakly I raise an arm to cover my face but before it can attack, it is enveloped in black light and disappears. I look up, standing on the opposite bank is a young boy. About seventeen years old, tangled long black hair, maybe six feet tall, well built and an arm raised toward where the Dragon stood seconds ago and his finger tips are smoking slightly.

"Everyone okay over there?"

When we don't answer he wades across the water, not seeming to notice the cold and shakes himself dry when he reaches us. Cobra is concentrating on something I can't see and the boy offers his hand to me. I ignore it and brush the dirt from my pants.

"Natsu-nii! Natsu-nii!"

-Cobra-

We're done here Lucy. You can come back now.

Okay. Rogue and I will be there in a minute.

"Natsu-nii! Natsu-nii!"

I disconnect myself from Lucy's mind and tune in to Wendy's instead.

No, no, no, no, no! What's going on? This shouldn't be happening. His body… It's rejecting my magic completely!

… Because I'm lazy and evil and sore (The gym, is evil -_-) I can't be bothered writing anymore. But, I felt like updating and… Well yeah. So! Some food for thought:

Who was the person Lucy saw?

What were they talking about 'Do it now'? (perverted or no? XD)

Who is the boy?

Why is Natsu's body rejecting Wendy's magic?

Lots of thinking. Answer in your reviews and I KNOW you'll review because you love me. ;)

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