Chapter 5: The Fire Dragon Slayer

The four men charged at him with fists, but scarf boy didn't move and inch. he was just grinning. What in the world is this guy thinking? He really is insane.

"You think you can mess with a Dragon Slayer? Fire Dragon, Roar!" A massive amount of flames came from his mouth as he defeated all four of the men who attacked me. Wow he took em all in one hit! I look at our surroundings to find that several buildings were destroyed along with the four guild members.

"Hey...uh..Scarf boy? I think you over did it." I say looking at what was left of the buildings. He turned around and faced me. He wore an untucked , sleeveless, gold trimmed, black waistcoat with white knee-length pants, and black open-toed sandals. The waistcoat was unzipped so it exposed his bare chest revealing the amazing six-pack he had and on his left wrist he wore a thick black wristband.

"Oh. I guess I did huh." He said. He just looked around at all the stuff he broke like it was no big deal. "Serves them right for trying to rob a helpless girl." Wait...Did he just call me helpless?

"I'm not entirely helpless you know. I could of handled it just fine on my own" I say crossing my arms and glaring at him. He didn't seem to get the hint that I was mad and just smiled at me.

"Sure." He said giggling. I have to admit his smile is kinda cute. But he just called me helpless.

"Even though I could of handled it fine on my own, thanks for the help scarf boy." I say walking away. I maneuver around what's left of the alley and start looking at my map again. But I noticed the more I walked the more Scarf boy kept following me. This went on until I finally turned around and said "Can i help you?" He just grins at me again. This boy is really irritating.

"It seems like you need an escort, I'm Natsu Dragneel by the way."

"I'm Nova. and I don't need an escort. I'm a wizard too."

"Then why did you need me to help you out hm? Come on tell me where you're going and I'll help you get there."

"I'm headed towards the Magnolia Hotel and I can get there fine by myself."

"Do you even know where it is?"

"Yes."

"I doubt it."Natsu laughs and then takes the map out of my hands. He turns it around and hands it back to me. "First off, your map is upside down, and secondly, you're going the wrong way." He takes my hand and gestures towards the opposite way of where I was going. "Follow me, the Magnolia Hotel is just in the center of town, where my guild happens to be." he tugs on my wrist but I don't budge.

"Guild?" I ask. He turned towards me and I got a good look at his right shoulder, there's a red mark right on his arm that resembles the guild Fairy Tail.

"Yep I'm a member of Fairy Tail. I'm also known as Salamander but most people just call me Natsu."

"Oh so you're the one who destroyed the Hargeon Marina?"

"Uh well...Yeah." He said smiling, his cheeks turning pink. I laugh and decide to follow scarf boy...I mean Natsu to the hotel. "So you visiting magnolia? where you from?" He asked turning his head to face me as we walked,

"I'm not from anywhere really. I basically just stay at a different hotel in a different town every week. The desk lady at Crocus told me about some special events that were gonna be here in Magnolia. So I decided to go."

"Oh, you mean the summer festival? Yeah that's great. Anyways, you travel a lot? That must be fun."

"Not really, it gets kind of boring all I do is use up all my magic energy to get to another town using that weird SE-plug." That seems to catch Natsu's attention. He stops and faces me.

"Magic energy...you're a wizard? Why didnt you say so what guild are you in?" Did he seriously forget that I mentioned this earlier when he called me helpless?

"I did mention it earlier, and no I don't belong to any kind of guild. I haven't joined one yet, and I don't know when I'll plan to. I lost my friends, family, and home all in just one day." I say. Natsu's eyes widen. I look at the ground. Thinking of my mom, Gray, even my Uncle...Thoughts about them give me a pained look on my face all the time. I was surprised when Natsu took notice. I sat down on one of the benches at the park we stopped at. Natsu comes up to me and stands in front of me.

"Hey…" Natsu put his hand on my shoulder and made me face him. He had a concerned look on his face. "Are you ok?" That question made me snap. Im not ok. I never was to begin with. I started crying and Natsu freaked out not knowing what to do. "Hey you can talk to me about it don't cry." Natsu pulled me in for a hug. We just stayed like that until I pulled away. I sat still, burying my face in my hands. "I see...You've been by yourself for all of this time….With no place to call home." My eyes open after I hear his words. How did he know? How could he know what I'm feeling? "I've felt the same way you know. I know what It's like to lose family. I know what It's like to feel pain. We all do."

Natsu sits down beside me. "Look. I don't know what happened in your past, and you don't have to tell me about it either. There's just one thing you got to remember. We can't live if we don't keep running forward….You say you're on your own and you don't have a place to call your home, or a guild to call your family. Why not have Magnolia be your home, and Fairy Tail be your family?" I look up at him tears welling up in my eyes.

"I haven't had a family in eight years, and I haven't had a home in ten. I don't want to lose anymore...I don't want it to happen again I-"

"Stop worrying about the future, Nova. We don't have to know what tomorrow holds! That's why we can live for everything we're worth today! You know….The real sin is averting your eyes and failing to believe in anyone. So don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest, let's keep on going to the very end." He smiles at me and I just can't believe it."Trust me. it'll be fun. You will be happy here. If you let us be your family we will always be here for you, no matter what." He then stood up and held out his hand. "Come on let me at least show you what its like."

"Natsu, I still need to recover my Magic Energy. Is it ok if we just stay sitting here a bit longer?" Natsu agrees and sits back down on the bench beside me.

"You know, one of my comrades in the guild has felt the same way you do."

I tried my best to listen but I got so tired that I only heard parts of his sentence. "His name is _and he lost his _ and master due to this powerful _ called _. He uses _magic and I'm sure you and _will get along just fine…." I close my eyes and smile as I start to fall asleep leaning on Natsu's shoulder. Today was a good day.

To Be Continued In Chapter 6: Celestial Keys And Flying Cats