Lucy and Levy stood with Gajeel in his garage. It was like the man never left the room, which was nearly the case. If Gajeel didn't have Levy he'd probably only leave the space to buy food and take those weird bi-weekly runs he liked.

Levy told her that, sometimes, when she slept over with Gajeel he'd sneak out of bed and tell her that he was going to be right back. Of course Levy thought nothing of it, Gajeel was hardly the type to be dishonest; Lucy knew the man was whipped. But one night Levy's curiosity got the best of her, so she followed him. The petite woman trailed behind her boyfriend, at the time, until she saw him run into the forest, she tried to follow him but was too slow to catch up with his pace. In the end she decided to go back to bed. The next day, her boyfriend had sat her aside and told her about what he did whenever he went out. It was a bit odd that he informed Levy the day right after she followed him, almost like he knew she was there the previous night, but they both brushed it off as a coincidence. And for some reason that was the thing Lucy decided to think about at that moment while her blue-haired friend spoke,

"-and then I pulled up to the curb beside Lucy who was lying in a puddle of her own blood! I mean, can you believe her? I can't anymore; at least not when she's drunk!" Levy was sweet, but she acted like an over-protective mother sometimes.

"I'm sure there wasn't that much blood. Give me a break, I hardly get that drunk. This was a special occasion because I wanted forget about-" she stopped and bit her lip, looking at the floor.

But Levy would have none of it.

"Yeah, well, that's not the point! You could've died if I hadn't found you, what if whatever bit you hadn't decided to leave? You could've been eaten!"

"But I wasn't, I'm fine Levy; I'm alive." Gajeel grunted from where he stood between them,

"That was pretty stupid, Bunny Girl." Lucy's cheeks puffed with indignation.

"Well, I'm sorry I was drunk and cou-" she stopped to sniff the air, "Wait, what's that? Do you have a new air freshener or something? It smells… delicious." As Lucy said, a scent unlike any other she'd ever encountered invaded her nostrils. No, invaded wasn't the right word; Lucy welcomed the scent with open arms. It almost smelled like warm cinnamon swirled together with soft smoke, it was an uncanny combination, but one that made her delirious and warm. She felt comforted and… aroused? That couldn't be right, it was difficult to get Lucy heated up in a sexual sense, it was the reason why a lot of her boyfriends abandoned her.

As these thoughts floated through her mind, Levy and Gajeel stared at her, the latter staring more intensely. Levy blinked in confusion,

"Lucy… your eyes…" Gajeel snapped out of his reverie and almost shouted.

"Bunny Girl, are you sure you don't know what bit you yesterday? Did it look anything like a wolf?"

"I-I don't-" a body collided with hers. Suddenly, the smell that she, just a moment ago, was enraptured with surrounded her and wrapped her in a cocoon of bliss. A face was shoved into her neck as a moan of contentment was voiced from it.

"Salamander? What wrong with…" As Gajeel stepped forward a growl ripped from the person on top of her, effectively stopping Gajeel in his tracks.

Lucy could barely pay attention to what was happening to her, all she knew was the body on top of hers, the arms around her, and the nose that nuzzled into the crook of her neck. She felt warm, safe. She felt at home? It had been too long since she had felt that way.

Suddenly, the nose in her neck turned into a tongue, and then a pair of fangs and then all she could feel was a tantalizing mix of pain and pleasure causing her to cry out. Lucy clutched the head at her neck and pushed it deeper into her, encouraging it. She needed more, she was so turned on it hurt. She vaguely noted her soaked panties and her pebbled nipples. The man, she finally noticed, was pushed flush against her, she could feel something hard pressing against her as she knew he could feel her chest pressed up against him.

He withdrew his teeth and licked the new wound. Lucy shivered as he nuzzed his nose against her once again and lifted his head so his eyes could meet hers. His eyes glowed a bright amber that looked almost like liquid as the mixed colours in his irises danced. His expression practically shouted, 'Danger!' but even so, she couldn't move her eyes away from his even if her life depended on it. In fact, it felt like she'd die if she removed her gaze from his.

Natsu was on fire. His whole body felt like it was engulfed in flames and he couldn't stop it. Though, if he had a choice, he'd never stop it.

The dazzling blue eyes staring back at him could freeze time, they were so beautiful and expressive. The moment he saw her he knew, he knew he'd found the one that everyone talked about. His one. All the wolves in his pack always went on about how every wolf had a destined mate that they were destined to be with. A blind date that fate had set up with every wolf. It was stupid; if Natsu wanted to be with someone then he'd be with them; simple as that. But the girl under him made him think twice.

He'd talked to Alzack once about finding his mate, Bisca. Alzack had described that once he had touched his mate that lava shot through his veins and a sense of rightness bloomed in him like a rose. Leave it to Alzack to be as poetic as a pansy. Natsu had dismissed what his pack mate has said and shoved it to the back of his mind. Until now.

Natsu could feel all the wolf had said and more, oh so much more. He needed this woman, he needed her to be in his life, and he needed to be in hers… and speaking of being in something…

"G-Gajeel… What's happening? Why is Natsu on top of Lucy? And why did he bite her? Gajeel?"

It was then that Natsu was snapped back to the real world. He turned towards his pack mate and sent him a look, Gajeel nodded and slung an arm around his mate.

"C'mon Levy, we'll explain everything in a second. Let's just go make some of that tea that you dumped in my kitchen or something." He pulled her along towards his kitchen as Natsu went back to staring at his mate.

"O-okay." Was the last thing he heard before the couple left.

His beautiful mate stared up at him, her golden locks framing her porcelain face.

"Who're you? W-what's happening?" amazement and curiosity coated her husky voice, it was all Natsu could do to not smash his lips against hers.

"The name's Natsu, and didn't your pack tell you about true mates?"

What? True mates? Pack? What was happening?

"W-what? What are you talking about?" The pink haired man above her stood, connecting their hands in the process while she also got back up.

"Now that I mention it, what pack are you from? I've never seen you before, I'd definitely have known if I had." His eyes darkened as hers widened.

"Pack?" She questioned. Natsu held both her hands in his and rubbed his thumbs over the backs. If Lucy could purr she knew she would've right then.

"Wait, you're a wolf, right? You have to be; I can feel it."

"A wolf? I'm a human! Do I look like a wolf to you?" Her eyes flashed and he growled.

"Are you saying that you were turned? That's impossible!"

"Again, what?"

Natsu led her by the hand to the living room and sat her down on Gajeel's old monstrosity of a couch. Lucy noted that his eyes had changed from a liquid amber to a deep forest green. His newly green eyes kept contact with hers as he plopped down on the couch beside her. This man obviously had no grace.

"Listen, if you don't know what you are you had to have been turned recently." she furrowed her brows,

"What do you mean? Turned? Is that some weird slang? Are you okay?" Lucy certainly was not okay, the only thing keeping her from freaking out was Natsu's comforting touch; but even that confused her. Everything about today was just a mess.

"Calm down…" he stopped. Scratching the back of his head with his free hand he asked, "Umm… right, what's your name?" the blonde's jaw dropped, was this guy serious? How could he forget to ask for her name? And why would he ask now of all times?

"Lucy. It's Lucy. Now can you please answer my questions, I'm freaking out right now." he opened his mouth to speak but he was interrupted.

"Doesn't look like you're doin' so hot explaining things to Bunny girl, Salamander." Gajeel said as he and Levy walked into the room. Both Natsu and Lucy's heads turned towards the two as spoke again.

"She was bitten yesterday, got one heck of a bite, I think she was turned then." Natsu shook his head. Lucy noticed that he still hadn't stopped touching her, she pulled her hand from his but he gripped her tighter.

"Hardly anyone survives the change, but to not have any side effects isn't possible."

"Gihee, you're acting weird Salamander; you're not usually one to question things. Could it be that you're worried about your maaaate?" Gajeel spoke the last word teasingly, causing Natsu to growl. The two girls in the room watched the exchange with confusion, what in the world were they talking about?

Levy was the first one to voice her confusion, "Side effects? From what?" Gajeel turned to her,

"I'd offer you a seat and some tea but Salamander's fat ass is taking up all the space on the couch. Get up, would ya fat ass?" Natsu growled low in his throat, his eyes shifting back to amber.

"Alright, alright, keep your damn seat. Just calm the fuck down." As Levy reprimanded Gajeel about his language, Lucy instinctually wrapped her arms around the man beside her.

"Natsu, calm down." He immediately turned to her, "What the hell is going on?"

"Gajeel, explain. Now"

"Ask nicely, you alpha son a-"

"Gajeel!" He groaned,

"Alright. Fine. Bunny Girl, Shrimp, don't freak out when I say this but, we're werewolves." The room was deathly quiet until the two girls who were addressed started laughing hysterically,

"W-werewolves? You gotta have a b-better lie than that!" Levy sputtered out.

Lucy spoke next, "Are you k-kidding me? Was that w-what all that was about? With the p-packs, and turning? That's r-ridiculous!"

"Wow, bolt head," Natsu glared at the other man in the room, "way to ease it in."

"It wasn't like you were doing any better!" They ceased talking as they waited for the girls to settle down.

A newly recovered Lucy stood, the man beside her slightly pouting at the empty space she left, though he still held her hand In his.

"So you're kidding with the werewolf thing, right?" Gajeel shook his head,

"No, we're dead serious. We're werewolves and you are one too now."

"W-what? Me? Why-" she paused to collect her thoughts before narrowing her eyes, "Prove it."

"Gajeel. Wolf. Now." Natsu commanded.

"Why're you being so pissy today, ass. Do it yourself." The piercing studded man grounded out.

He growled once again. Seriously, Lucy almost thought that foam was going to drip from his mouth.

"Just do it."

"Fine." Gajeel proceeded to get on all fours and suddenly, the sickening sounds of cracking bones filled the air making Lucy want to cry out at how painful it sounded. The man's skin shifted and moved and at the same time it made way for the thick coat of midnight black hair that sprouted. The blonde couldn't take the sight so she covered her eyes with her free hand, the other being squeezed by Natsu.

When all was quiet again, she peeked through her fingers and found a large black wolf in the living room next to Levy who instead of her eyes, covered her mouth in horror.

The wolf looked at her with steel gray eyes that screamed, 'Believe me now?' She nodded.

"So… werewolves…" Lucy said silently.

"Yeah, werewolves." The pink haired werewolf sitting on the couch chuckled.

A/N:

Yeah, the chapter didn't turn out as great as I wanted it to so... Anyways, Hope you enjoyed the story! I actually really feel really happy whenever someone reviews, so thanks to those who did! Have a cool time wherever you are, you wonderful people who are giving my fic the light of day!