#hargeon port

[beargyufairy]

I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind

[through-a-blackhole]

golden

Summary: All Natsu knew when he met her for the first time was that Lucy was the weirdo with golden hair, golden keys, and golden smile.

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The first time Natsu Dragneel meets her, the first thought that enters his mind is the fact that she is the weirdest girl he has ever met,

He sees some guy with puny flames pretend to be a mage from Fairy Tail, even going as far as to use Natsu's identity as the Salamander, and immediately his world is turned upside down.

There is a blonde girl who thanks him and Natsu is confused. He broke the spell, the girl explains, and he doesn't care. Igneel isn't in this town and all Natsu wants to do is go back to the guild, fish with Happy, or start a brawl with Gray. But then the weird girl tells him that she'll treat them to a nice meal and Natsu never says no to food so this time it's him who's thankful.

The weird blonde girl becomes the nice blonde girl and Natsu is hooked. Yeah, she's nice but she's so loud. She's vain and loud and talks so much but then she mentions being a mage and wanting to join Fairy Tail.

And the first thing that enters his mind is there is no way on Earthland that this princess will ever fit in with his guild. One look at her and Natsu knows she's royalty; she has probably never even seen struggle her whole life.

For the first time in all his life, Natsu has never been proved wrong multiple times in such a short period.

The blonde girl, Lucy, can fight. She causes a wreckage that ruins the entire port of Hargeon and before he knows it, he's taking her hand and bringing her to his guild.

"Come with me," he says but what she really does is enter his heart.

They become teammates, and then best friends, and he wonders when he ever had this much fun in life.

Lucy is a wonder and she surprises him day by day. She yells and kicks him out of her apartment, but then he knows she secretly loves having them over when she doubles her groceries and never leaves her window unlocked. She gets mad when he sleeps in her bed yet he notices the spare pillow on her bed cover.

So Natsu keeps these little discoveries to himself and treasures Lucy like how she treasures her spirits. And slowly, she infiltrates not just his mind but also his heart.

It is impossible to not think about her, Natsu decides. The more he gets to know Lucy, the more he wants to keep her to himself.

Natsu has never been this exhilarated before. Love, he thinks, is silly.

He learns of her departure and hightails it to her home, and she's shocked that they came to get her. He feels the fear leave his body when she tells him that she just wanted to say goodbye one last time, and she walks back with them to Fairy Tail.

The estate and the garden (which they all mistook as a village) serve as a reminder of how Lucy Heartfilia grew up with wealth and power, and the way she sighs at a high-paying job reminds him that she left all of it for him.

His heart jumps. She left her comfortable life the moment he told her to come with him on an adventure. And Natsu gives her adventures as he promised. But new adventures come with new scars. Soon, her skin is peppered with small streaks of scars, new and old, and his heart feels heavier whenever he sees them.

She jumps off a tower blindly just because she knows he will catch her. And he does.

His body is crushed under rubble and Lucy is getting beaten right before his very eyes, and he begs her to run, but she stays because it's more fun when we're together, she says.

She is beaten black and blue against Sabertooth, unconscious and bleeding, and she has the thought to apologize how she didn't win first place for Fairy Tail.

Her body starts merging with the infinity clock and Natsu's blood is frozen in fear but she finds the courage to laugh. I'm a Fairy Tail wizard. It's almost a reminder to him. And then the entire ship explodes and he sprints across the entire field just to catch her and he does.

She turns invisible and the entire guild forgets her, but Natsu remembers her with his heart and not just his brain, so he says her name out of habit and love more than memory, and she is visible again.

It is the time for viewing cherry blossoms and playing games with his guild and he can't even enjoy it when the person he wants to be with most is stuck at home with a cold. So he uproots the biggest, brightest tree he can find, sails it down a river, and hopes that Lucy won't feel left out.

He doesn't know when or how it starts, but soon it's not just his mind and heart that's full of Lucy. His home is littered with memories of them: their first job together, rubble from the fight where he asked her to run away with him, Lucy's maid outfit, the fake Salamnder signature.

She's golden, he thinks. Everything about her is bright and precious and he must protect her. This nice weirdo who bought him a meal and rewrote his entire life to save him.

Natsu Dragneel is in love with Lucy Heartfilia, he decides. And he doesn't know what to do, so he tells her honestly.

"We'll always be together from now on." I'll always be with you. You'll never be alone again. I'm in love with you.

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Thank you for reading this short story! :') I missed writing, kinda rusty but I hope you liked it! I love Nalu so tell me if there are any prompts you'd like me to do <3

[newtthetranswriter]

Hi could I get a natsu x reader where before Lucy joined the guild natau and the reader go on a mission together but goes horribly wrong which causes the reader to go in a coma and doesn't wake up when Lucy joins and when the reader wakes up she looses her memories so natsu does everything to get them back for her making him feel guilty

Burning Memories

Word count: 3198

Paring: Natsu x fem reader

Warnings: Amnesia, possibly ooc Natsu, the timeline may be wonky but hey whatever, let me know if I missed anything

A/n: Hello, thank you so much for the request. Sorry it took a while but I’m happy with how it turned out. The ending isn’t perfect but if anyone is interested I’d be willing to make a part two. Anyways I hope you enjoy and as always remember to hydrate or diedrate.

   He had no idea what went wrong. It was supposed to be an easy mission, kill the monster and collect the reward. That’s it, they had done this kind of job hundreds of times so how did it go so wrong. Watching the beast slam Y/n into the wall behind him scared him. Not because he feared for his own safety, but because why wasn’t she moving. That was the only thought going through the Salamander’s mind.

   After barely managing to distract the monster, he grabbed Y/n and ran. Natsu’s only priority was getting Y/n back to Fairy Tail and getting her help. As he rushed back to the guild hall with his unconscious partner, he couldn’t help but thank whatever higher power that their job wasn’t far from Magnolia. After all he wouldn’t trust just some random person to take care of Y/n.

   When he arrived at the guild hall, he was greeted at first with the normal ruckus of the Guild. But as soon as they noticed the wizard in his arms and the panicked look on his face, every one went silent. Makarov acted first, instructing Mirajane to lead Natsu to the infirmary and ordering for Gray to fetch Porlyusica. Once Natsu had laid Y/n in one of the beds he refused to move until he knew how Y/n was doing. It took Gray and Elfman to pull him out of the room so Porlyusica could check on her.

   The wait for news was stressful to say the least. If anyone walked into the guild hall at that time they would see two things. First being that the entire guild was silent, and second being Natsu knocked out and trapped by one of Freed’s enchantments. It was the best bet for everyone to knock him out because while he was awake he wouldn’t stop trying to get back to the infirmary.

  After what felt like hours Makarov and Porlyusica exited the room. As if sensing a change in the room Natsu shot up slamming into the invisible wall around him. “How is she? Is she ok? Let me outta this thing.” He was frantic as he tried to get out and to his friend.

  “You’re not leaving that enchantment until you calm down. As for Y/n, all we can do is wait. She’s still unconscious and we are unsure when she’ll wake up.” Makarov said, silencing the fire wizard. Everyone else in the Guild was silent taking in the information, one of their own was hurt and there’s nothing else they could do. Eventually Porlyusica left the hall, leaving the Fairies to worry by themselves.

   After about a month there was no sign of improvement in Y/n’s condition. She still laid in the infirmary bed unmoving. Natsu had spent nearly every day sitting by her bed telling her about everything that has been happening in the Guild. And not that he would admit it but when it got late and Happy would fall asleep on the unconscious girl’s chest, Natsu would beg for her to just wake up so he could apologize for letting her get hurt.

   It had been another two months with no sign of improvement in Y/n’s condition, and Natsu hadn’t gone on a job since the incident, wanting to be there when she woke up. But eventually a rumor reached the guild hall of a so-called Salamander in the port town of Hargeon. After much convincing from Happy and Mirajane, Natsu finally left the guild hall. If there was no sign of Y/n waking soon he might as well see if this Salamander was Igneel.

   Time skip

    Now four months after the tragic incident, there was still no sign of improvement. Even though she had long since healed from the injuries, Y/n was still in a coma. And while the entire guild was worried about her they all continued to go about their lives. Natsu even somewhat returned to his normal self. Fighting with Gray over random things and going on jobs with Happy and Lucy. Even if he began to settle back into things, he couldn’t shake the guilt he felt over his comatose friend.

    Not wanting her to think he forgot about her, Natsu would take one day after each job where he would sit with her and just tell her about how things had been going. He knew she likely couldn’t hear him but it gave him a sense of peace to talk with her again. There was also a small piece of him that hoped talking with her would help her wake up sooner. And that’s how life went for the dragon slayer, for some time. Go on jobs with Lucy and then return to the guild hall to update Y/n about how the job had gone.

    Time skip

     After taking an S-Class job without permission, being nearly killed by Erza for taking said mission, and finally completing the job; all Natsu wanted to do was get back to the guild and update Y/n on how he completed an S-class job. But what he was not expecting was to enter the guild hall and be faced with the clearly wide awake Y/n speaking with Mirajane. He was rendered speechless as he took in the sight. His best friend who had been unconscious for months was up and walking around like nothing happened.

    ���Hey Flamebrain, are you going to actually go in or are you just going to block the door?” Gray asked, trying to get Natsu to step into the guild hall instead of standing frozen in his spot.

    Natsu didn’t respond, he just kept his eyes focused on Y/n’s smiling face. So many emotions were running wild in his mind, not knowing how to respond to this new development. The group behind him, looked around the frozen mage three of them being just as stunned by the sight and the fourth being slightly confused.

    “Who’s that talking with Mira? And why do you guys look like you’ve seen a ghost?” Lucy asked not having seen Y/n before now.

     “It’s Y/n.” Was the only response she got from Natsu before he moved across the hall.

     The blonde took a moment to process what he said before realization struck her. “Wait, that's Y/n. But I thought she’s been in a coma since before I joined the guild?” She asked turning to the Ice wizard next to her.

     “She was, but I guess she woke up while we were gone.” Gray answered, also moving to greet his friend. Erza and Happy also followed, excited to check on their friend.

     As the group arrived next to Y/n and Mira, Natsu was once again at a loss for words. Unsure of how to speak to Y/n after spending so long talking and not receiving any response. When he finally settled on what to say, He was cut off.

   “Gray, Erza it’s great to see you guys. I’m sorry to have worried you guys for so long.” Y/n said smiling at the two wizards, completely ignoring the pink haired man beside them. “How did your mission go?” She asked.

    The small group all shared a slightly concerned look, because prior to the incident, if Natsu had gone on a job without her, Y/n would immediately demand an update on how it went. But now, she showed no sign of interest in Natsu, not even looking in his direction. “It went pretty well, if it wasn’t for the hot head over here though I might have died.” Gray said, taking notice of the clear confusion on her face when he pointed to said hot head. “Anyway, how are you doing? When did you wake up?” He asked.

    Y/n shook off the confusion, before smiling back at Gray. “Oh, I’m good. I woke up yesterday. Again I’m sorry for causing so much trouble, you all must have been super worried.” She said, glancing to the side at the somewhat familiar stranger next to her. “It also looks like we got a few new guild members. Hi, I’m Y/n it’s nice to meet you both.” Y/n turned to where Natsu and Lucy were standing holding out her hand for them to shake.

    That one interaction caused Natsu to finally break. “What do you mean ‘nice to meet you’ ? You've known me for years. We’ve been partners for years. Hell, I sat with you almost everyday while you were in your coma.” Natsu said his anger was bubbling up. He didn’t mean to sound upset or rude, he was just confused. Had Y/n really forgotten the last five years of her life? No that wasn’t it, she was talking with Gray and Erza like she normally would.

     “I’m sorry Natsu, I should have had someone meet you at the door and worn you. For some reason it seems that Y/n has forgotten some things.” Mirajane said, taking notice of the troubled look that was now present on Y/n’s face.

     Mira’s words however did nothing to calm Natsu, if anything it made things worse. “What do you mean ‘some things’? She clearly remembers all of you. It’s clear that I’m the only one she forgot.” He snapped, causing the whole guild hall to fall silent.

     “Hey calm down Natsu, I’m sure she’ll remember you soon. She was in a coma for almost five months, you have to give her time to readjust.” Gray said, placing a hand on Natsu’s shoulder hoping to calm him down.

     Natsu just scoffed, shrugging the wizards hand off of him. “Easy enough for you to say. Y/n remembers you.” He said turning away from the group. “Whatever, I’m going for a walk. Are you Happy?” He asked the cat as he began to make his way out of the guild hall, through the back doors. 

    The blue cat looked at his friends who were slightly shocked from the wizard’s outburst. “I’ll try to talk to him. It’s good to see you awake Y/n.” Happy said before conjuring his wings and flying after his friend. “Wait for me Natsu.”

     After the door closed behind the two, all eyes were on Y/n. “Hey are you alright?” Gray asked, noticing that the girl was holding back tears. 

     Y/n just shook her head. She had no idea what just happened, but seeing the pink haired wizard upset and storming out of the guild hall because of her made her heart hurt for some reason.

    “You really don’t remember Natsu, do you?” Erza asked, concerned for both her friends.

    Processing the question, Y/n tried to dig up any memories of the fire dragon slayer, but came up blank. “I’m sorry. I really don’t know who he is.” She said shaking her head, trying to pull up the missing memories was really irritating her. “Really, I’m sorry. I want to remember him. I never want to hurt my friends in any way, but I just don’t know who that is.”

    The group was silent and eventually the rest of the guild went back to their regular conversations. After thinking for a moment, Lucy got an idea. “Wait, you remember Happy don’t you?” Lucy asked, receiving a nod paired with a confused look. “Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Lucy, a celestial wizard, and don’t worry about having forgotten me, I joined while you were in your coma. But anyway, if you remember Happy then you should have memories of Natsu. Afterall, they never really leave each other’s side.” Lucy explained her idea after introducing herself.

   Y/n thought for a moment trying to remember anything that had to do with Happy. Of course she remembered the blue cat who could fly and talk, but even looking back she couldn’t remember the pink haired wizard. “I don’t know how to explain it, but I can remember Happy clearly, but I still have no idea who this Natsu is.” She said, holding on to her hair in frustration.

   “Hey it’s okay, you went through a lot. Just relax, I'm sure the memories will come back with time.” Erza said, resting a hand on Y/n’s shoulder. “For now we just have to be patient and try to jog your memory somehow.”

   Y/n just nodded. “I should go talk to him though. He’s upset with me and I don’t know why but it hurts to know that I caused his pain.” She said looking at the requip wizard. “Do any of you know where he may have gone?” She asked, looking at her friends.

   “I don’t know if that’s a good Idea Y/n. Natsu’s a hot head, and he seemed really upset. Maybe you should give him some time.” Gray said, hoping to persuade Y/n to not go after the mage. Seeing the look of desperation on her face, Gray sighed. “Fine, He’s probably sitting at the beach behind the guild hall.” He pointed towards the back of the hall.

   She nodded in thanks before running out of the hall. Y/n may not remember Natsu but she felt the need to make sure he was okay. Once outside she looked to the shower line, seeing the pink haired wizard sitting with his knees to his chest. Next to him sat Happy who looked to be trying to cheer him up.

   “What do you want? It’s not like you know me, so why are you out here?” Natsu spat, not even turning around.

   Resisting the urge to turn around and leave, Y/n just walked closer and sat beside him. “I just wanted to make sure you are okay. Even if I don’t know you, my emotions are responding to yours.” She said, hoping to get him to open up.

   He just turned to look at Happy who sat on his opposite side. “Yeah right, Erza or Gray probably sent you to try and get me to calm down.” He was being defensive. Natsu wanted to believe Y/n so badly but he couldn’t get his hopes up. 

   “That’s not true. I came out here because seeing you so upset because of me hurt. It felt like my heart was going to break if I didn’t come check on you. My mind doesn’t know you but my body does. Please just talk to me. I want to know why I feel this way.” Y/n practically begged the Dragon slayer to listen. She didn’t know why she was so desperate for him to talk with her, but she couldn’t ignore the feeling.

   Natsu sighed before looking out at the water in front of them. “We’ve been best friends since you joined Fairy Tail five years ago. It was alway me, you and happy going on jobs and kicking ass.” Natsu began explaining. Y/n just listened hoping that something he said would trigger a memory. “You even helped me kick Gray’s ass a few times. On long train rides you’d do anything to keep my mind off my motion sickness. If you were having a bad day, I was the first to know. Everything was great until five months ago.” He reminisced, looking over hoping something clicked for Y/n.

  “When I got put in a coma?” Y/n asked, earning a sad nod from her companion. “I remember going on a job that was supposed to just be taking out a monster that was causing trouble in the forest, but something went wrong. Next thing I knew I was in the guild hall being told it’s been five months.” She explained what she remembered, curious what Natsu had to do with it. “But I thought it was a solo job?”

   Natsu shook his head. “You’re right about the monster in the woods causing trouble, but it wasn’t a solo job. We took the job because it was routine for us, track down the beast, roast it, and collect our pay. But apparently the job request got put on the wrong board.” He explained looking back at the water. “It was supposed to have gone up on the S-Class board, but was put on the regular one by mistake. Anyway, we went out looking for it and quickly found it in a cave. It was going fine until I looked to make sure Happy was ok and the beast grabbed you.” He was gritting his teeth at the memory. “By the time I heard your scream, you had been throwing into the wall. I acted as fast as I could distracting the beast, before grabbing your limp body and running as fast as I could to the guild hall for help.'' By the time Natsu finished retelling what was surely one of the worst days of his life he was holding back tears.

   Y/n sat stunned hearing the whole story of what had happened that day. “Wow, I’m so sorry. If I was stronger than I wouldn’t have gotten hurt like that and I would still know who you are.” Y/n said playing with the sand beneath her feet.

   “You have nothing to be sorry for. It’s not your fault. If anything it’s mine for not realizing that the reward on the job was too much for a regular request. It’s my fault for not keeping an eye on you. It’s my fault for not being strong enough to protect you.” Natsu said, each sentence conveying more of his guilt. “I’m sorry, Y/n because I was weak, you got hurt and lost five months of time. If anything, you forgetting me is like my punishment for failing as a friend.” He finished, his tears that he was holding back now freely falling down his face.

    As Natsu buried his face in his scarf, Y/n was at a loss. “It’s not your fault. I may not remember exactly what happened but you can’t take the blame. And you can’t possibly think me forgetting you is just punishment for you. It’s hell finding out that there’s this person who I apparently spent so much of my life with that I no longer remember. I want to remember you, every fiber of my being is begging me to recognise you, but nothing comes up.” Y/n said, letting her tears fall. “If we truly are as close as you say we are, please help remember you, Natsu.” She asked, looking him in the eyes when he turned to face her.

   Coming to a decision, Natsu quickly jumped to his feet. “Right, I can help you get your memories back. It’s my fault you lost them therefore it’s my responsibility to help you get them back.” He said proudly looking at Y/n, offering a hand to help her up.

    “How do you plan to do that Natsu?” Happy asked, flying to be eye level with the two humans.

    Natsu thought for a moment before responding. “I’m not entirely sure, but I won’t give up until Y/n remembers everything.” He said, earning a sigh from his cat and a chuckle from his friend.

    It was true, none of them knew how to bring back Y/n’s memories, but Natsu was not going to give up. He would spend the rest of his life trying to help Y/n get her memories back, and if that didn’t work he would just make new ones with her.

[locketlace]

little Nalu soulmate blurb I wrote and didn’t bother to check over

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Lucy is ten when the mark appears, years after her mother’s passing.

It’s a small pink flame, surrounded by stars, resting just above where she thinks her heart is.

Lucy’s father is disappointed at the sight, and immediately ushers her out to report to his business partners that she does not share any of their children’s soul marks.

He may be disappointed, but it’s the first sign she’s ever gotten that there’s someone out there for her, after years of rotting away behind the locked doors of her mansion.

Lucy dives into every book in her family’s library on soulmates, from educational non-fiction to fantasy romances.

Soulmates, Lucy decides, are the greatest thing this world has to offer.

From then on, Lucy spends most of her time daydreaming about who her soulmate could be.

A brave knight, who comes to sweep her off her feet to steal her away from her father? Or a stunning princess, who grabs her hand and pulls Lucy into a beautiful fantasy land?

Whoever they are, Lucy knows they will save her. They have to.

For the rest of her childhood—and far into her teenage years—Lucy daydreams about her mysterious soulmate.

During fancy parties where Lucy is forced to stand at her father’s side while he talks nonsense to other powerful men, she dreams of her Knight breaking through the doors and pulling her away. She dreams of her Princess grabbing her hand and pulling Lucy into a dance that makes her forget all her worries.

But no knight or princess ever comes, and suddenly it’s too late.

Lucy is seventeen with her mother’s keys and dreams of being a wizard, when she overhears her father arranging her marriage to a man she’s never even met.

Lucy can’t wait any longer, she has to get out now.

So she leaves, running away into the night with nothing but a handful of cash and a few pairs of clothes—and her mother’s keys, of course.

Then, Lucy meets him.

A pink-haired weirdo, who drains half her savings and is apparently looking for a dragon with his talking cat.

Lucy doesn’t know exactly what to make of such a man, so she brushes the meeting off and follows the wizard Salamander onto his boat, hoping to leech off of him long enough to join Fairy Tail.

And then the man—Natsu—from earlier is falling onto the boat, with his cat who can apparently talk and fly.

Lucy is less than impressed when he immediately eats wood, and she has to pull out Aquarius to save both of their butts, wrecking half of Hargeon’s port in the process.

By the end of it, Lucy is tired, wet, and broke. Not only that, but Salamander is still, somehow, fighting.

Lucy is ready to scream, but Natsu is tearing his coat off, revealing his arms.

More importantly, revealing what is on his arms.

On one shoulder, the mark of Fairy Tail is proudly displayed, a blazing red color.

On the other, sits her soulmark. A pink flame surrounded by shining stars.

Natsu Dragneel is Salamander, a wizard of Fairy Tail, and her one and only soulmate.

She nearly passes out at the revelation, and then nearly passes out again when Natsu, somehow, eats fire.

His weird cat kindly informs her he’s the son of a dragon, like he wasn’t already impossible enough.

Then, the fake Salamander is out cold on the ground, and the royal military is chasing after them for drowning the port—hey, it’s a port, what did they expect—Natsu is grabbing her hand.

Her soulmate is grabbing her hand, dragging her back to his guild.

Natsu is far from what she expected, but, she thinks with a smile on her face, he might not be so bad.

[deathexe-writes]

Big thanks to @quickbeam2727 for helping with the fic!!

Word Count: 8147

CW: Mentions of throwing up but nothing happens, general Fairy Tail violence, mentions of human trafficking (Salamander/Bora talks about drugging and selling a bunch of girls)

Chapter Summery: Lucy wants nothing more than to join Fairy Tail, the most rambunctious wizard’s guild in Fiore. When a phony lures her onto his ship with the promise of getting into the guild of her dreams, her newest friends arrive to bail her out!

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Episode 1: The Fairy Tail

“The Fairy Tail”

“In a land far far away, lies the kingdom of fiore, a small peaceful nation of 17 million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace. For most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some however, magic is an art, and they’ve devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they ply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore. But there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born. A guild that will no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.” Explains the Narrator.

“This is the port town of Hargeon” The Narrator continues.

“Excuse me sir.” The train attendant attempts to get the attention of the two on the floor of the train car. 

One of the people on the floor has short, spiky pink hair and is dressed in a sleeveless, gold trimmed, black waistcoat, left open and untucked, exposing his bare chest. He has a gold trimmed, black cloth around his waist that reaches his knees, held by a leather brown belt with a silver buckle, he's wearing white knee-length trousers with black ribbon ties, a thick black wristband on his left wrist, black open-toed sandals and a white scale-patterned scarf. (description from wiki)

The second has [Hair Length], [Hair Colour] hair in [Hair Style] and is dressed in a dark blue jacket with a white fur trim, she wears a black choker with two blue gemstones, she has a blue cropped tank top and a tennis skirt in the same colour, she has black gloves that only cover her middle finger while leaving the others bare, she wears blue stockings in different lengths, the left one goes to mid thigh while the other is knee length, she has dark blue leg warmers and black mary jane shoes.

“Natsu! (Y/N)! We made it to Hargeon! Come on, get up already!” Exclaims Happy, a small blue cat, while patting Natsu on the head, another small cat named Lumi, although grey, stands beside Happy with a worried look on her face. Natsu can be seen laying face down, groaning in pain due to his motion sickness. (Y/N), in a similar predicament to Natsu, groans in pain as well.

“A-are they alright?” Asks the attendant.

“They're fine, this always happens when they travel” Explains Happy, as if it’s a normal occurrence, Lumi nodding in agreement.

“Never… I'm never riding a stupid train again” Natsu struggles to get out, almost throwing up as he speaks.

“Mhm…” Agreed (Y/N), in the same boat as Natsu. The two, overcome by motion sickness, are face down next to the exit. The two cats are nudging both (Y/N) and Natsu to wake.

“If our information’s correct, then we should find that salamander somewhere in this town.” Happy relays to (Y/N), Natsu, and Lumi, even though the two humans are unable to hear him.

 Happy exits the train car, while Lumi strains to drag (Y/N) out. Natsu, still motion sick, leans out of the car window; arms and head fully outside, as if about to throw up.

“Let’s go.” Happy says to the other three.

“Just give me a second, would you?” Natsu struggles to ask.

Workers shovel coal into the engine. As the train starts, Natsu’s head and arms are still sticking out of the window. Happy and Lumi look back and stare at the train as it gains momentum and accelerates down the track toward the horizon, (Y/N) still face down on the ground groaning in pain.

“NOOOOOO!!!!! NOOOOOO!!!!!” Cries out Natsu speeding down the tracks.

“Uh-oh, there he goes” Mutters Happy.

(Y/N) stumbles as she gets up, off of the ground, Lumi patting her leg as if to comfort her. (Y/N) looks around, noticing their missing friend.

“Hey Happy? Where’s Natsu?”

~ Somewhere else ~ 

“WHAT?!” Exclaims a girl with brown eyes and shoulder-length blonde hair tied by a blue ribbon in a small ponytail to the right side of her head with the rest of the hair loose. She's wearing a mainly white sleeveless shirt that has light blue accents and a darker blue skirt, she's wearing a belt that, along with keeping her skirt up, holds her Celestial Spirit keys and a whip with a heart-shaped end. She's wearing black, leather high heeled boots. (some description from the wiki)

“You mean to tell me there’s only one magic shop in this whole town?” Asks Lucy to the shopkeeper. She has her hands planted on the counter of the shop.

“‘Fraid so. The people around here are more fishing folk than they are magic folk.” Explains the shopkeeper as Lucy sighs looking up exasperated.

“I reckon most people in town don’t even know how to use magic. I built this shop to sell to the wizards who happen to pass through.” The shopkeeper continues.

Being told there is only one magic shop in town, she makes a distraught face and sighs again. Lucy turns and faces the wall as she puts her hands on her hips, face full of disappointment. 

“Oh, man. I came out all this way for nothing.” Lucy says dispiritedly.

“Now, now, don’t say that, little lady. I have all the latest goods. Let me show you a few.” The shopkeeper pulls out a box of Colours Magic and presents it to Lucy, pointing at it with excitement. “This Colours Magic is popular. It lets you change the colour of your clothes anytime you want.” 

The shopkeeper gives an example by demonstrating how Colours Magic works. A magic circle quickly emanates and then vanishes as he activates the magic item. The shopkeeper pivots and faces the wall, his right arm raised above his head, left arm holding the magic item at his side. As he does this his shirt changes from a yellow to purple. He has a look of delight upon his face. He swings his arm to the left as his shirt turns green. 

“I already have one of those. What I really want are some powerful gatekeys.” Explains Lucy.

“Gatekeys, huh? That’s a rare request.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy curiously.

Lucy gasps as the shopkeeper pulls out a brown box with a red interior and a gatekey sitting on top of a white pillow. The gatekey is silver, the bow of the key (a/n: the part you hold) has a white circle with what looks like the silhouette of the side view of a snowman, and the key wards (a/n: part that goes into the lock) are in the shape of a dogs paw with the middle having a little white circle.

“OH, WOW! It’s the little doggie!” Exclaims Lucy excited.

“Yes, but that one’s not very powerful, you know.” The shopkeeper tells Lucy.

“I know, but I really, really want it.” She says with a bashful expression, hand on her face. Lucy has an ecstatic look. She presents the “Key of the Dog” to the shopkeeper. 

“So how much?” Lucy inquires.

“20,000 Jewel.” 

Joy turns to dismay. Lucy faces the shopkeeper, head bowed slightly in irritation. 

“I’m sorry, but how much was that again?” Lucy asks as if she misheard.

“I said 20,000 jewel.”

Lucy sits on the counter, one leg crossed over the other, smiling seductively at the man, one hand resting on the counter the other on her head, winking at the shopkeeper. 

“Aw, come on. How much is it really worth? Surely, you can cut me a deal?”

~ Timeskip ~

Lucy stormed angrily down the street, stores and shops lining the road. Arms swinging in an angry fashion as she marches through the street. 

“I can’t believe he only knocked off a thousand jewel. That stubborn old geezer must be blind. That trick usually works. So much for using my feminine wiles.” She grumbled to herself. 

Lucy suddenly stops as she hears the cheers and screams of girls chattering. She turns to the right and goes to the wall of the bridge and looks down to see a crowd of girls fawning and surrounding a man. Two admirers of the man run across the bridge to get to him. 

“Are you serious? He’s really here?” Girl #1 says in clear excitement.

“It’s Salamander!” Girls #2 shouts in elation.

“Salamander?” Lucy says in a confused tone, Lucy then comes to the realization that they’re talking about a famous wizard. “As in the wizard who uses fire magic you can’t even buy in stores? WOW! He’s in this dead-end town” She clasps her hands in excitement. 

~ Somewhere else ~

Natsu and (Y/N) are walking down a narrow empty street with Happy beside him and Lumi holding onto (Y/N)'s shoulder on her back. Both of them are walking at a slow pace and slightly hunched over, Natsu walking with his arms slightly out as (Y/N) is holding her stomach. Natsu has a backpack and other items on his back, while (Y/N) has her own bag. 

“Man. I wound up riding the train twice.” Natsu groaned out.

“You’ve got to get over that motion sickness.” Happy tells the two Dragon Slayers.

“Now I’m so hungry I could eat my hand.” Natsu mumbles.

“I could go for something to eat too now that you mention it.” States (Y/N).

“It’s too bad we don’t have any money for food.” Says Happy.

“Hey, guys. This salamander we’re looking for has got to be Igneel, right?” Questions Natsu.

“Aye, it has to be because the only fire dragon I’ve ever heard of is Igneel.” Happy agrees with Natsu.

“That’s true.” He agrees.

“I mean, we can’t forget that it might not be Igneel, guys. Although it’d be nice to ask about Nivalis, if it does turn out to be him.” Demurs (Y/N) in reluctance not wanting to disappoint the two.

The four notice a crowd of cheering girls in front of them yelling things like "SALAMANDER!”, “YOU’RE SO HOT AND DREAMY!”, “AND SO HOT!”. 

“Salamander?” Both Natsu and Happy question turning to each other with a gleeful look and run toward the crowd, (Y/N) and Lumi reluctantly trailing behind.

“HA! Well, speak of the devil. We’re in luck today, guys.” Natsu announced to the group. 

“AYE!”

Salamander does a series of hand movements that ends with him extending his arm out and then pulling his hand beside his chin with it in a fist with his pointer and middle finger extended. The crowd of admirers cheer and scream excitedly around him. Lucy, amongst the crowd, has her mouth wide open and her face blushing, her heart beating rapidly. 

‘Why is my heart beating so fast? What’s gotten into me all of a sudden?’ Lucy thinks.

“You ladies are all so sweet.” Salamander says to the crowd of girls. When all of a sudden he looks at Lucy.

‘He looked at me!’ She brings her hands to her heart and weeps as if struck by Cupid. ‘Is it ‘cause he’s a famous wizard? Is that why my heart’s throbbing out of control?’ Lucy, suddenly overcome with love, approaches Salamander, hopping on one foot to him. 

‘Could it be? Am I in love?’ She has a dreamy look on her face.

“IGNEEL! IGNEEL!” Shouts Natsu, running towards the center of the crowd.

‘Is he the one?’ Lucy continues to think.

“IGNEEL, IT’S ME!” Natsu continues to shout for who he thinks is Igneel.

Natsu and Happy shove their way through the crowd, Natsu with an excited look on his face. (Y/N) with an unsure expression, gently pushes past the group of girls to follow after him. As they get to the front of the crowd, a look of disappointment crosses their faces. 

“Who the heck are you?” Questioned Natsu and (Y/N) in unison.

 Salamander recoils at their question. 

“WHO AM I?! I’m Salamander. Surely you’ve heard of me before? HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!” 

Natsu and (Y/N) walk away defeated. Salamander has an aghast look on his face as the four walk away from him. Admirers attack Natsu, missing (Y/N) as she ducks out of the way covering her head, kicking him to the ground.

“YOU’RE SO RUDE!” Girl #9 exclaims.

“SALAMANDER’S A GREAT WIZARD! YOU BETTER APOLOGIZE TO HIM OR WE’RE GONNA RIP YOU TO SHREDS!” Girl #10 threatens.

“What is it with you girls?” Natsu wheezes out. Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi look on at Natsu, concerned for his health.

“Now, now, that’s enough, my lovelies. Let him go. I’m sure the poor boy didn’t mean anything malicious by it” Salamander urges the girls to let Natsu go.

“Salamander!” The group of girls coo.

Lucy looks at Salamander with her arms crossed, a disgusted look on her face. She furrows her brows and glares at him.

Salamander signs an autograph for both Natsu and (Y/N). He throws a wink in (Y/N)’s direction, as an attempt to charm her. The both of them have a look of annoyance on their faces, (Y/N)’s face showing more of a grimace than annoyance.

“And here’s my autograph, kids. Now you can brag to all your friends.” Sounding quite smug and pleased with himself. The crowd of admirers are shocked that the two were receiving an autograph from Salamander.

“No, thanks.” “Yeah, no thanks.” Natsu and (Y/N) speak at the same time.

The crowd of admirers turn from shock to anger once again as the two refuse the autographs. Natsu suddenly found himself on the ground once more in a pile of garbage bags, on his back, with his legs sticking up. Happy, his body turned towards Natsu, but his head towards Salamander, looked on in slight amusement. (Y/N) and Lumi gaze at Natsu with a concerned look on their faces, as if to ask “Are you okay?”

“Guess it wasn’t him after all.” Happy comments dejectedly. 

“Definitely not him.” Natsu groaned.

“I feel like I could’ve seen that coming a mile away” (Y/N) said as if stating the obvious with an unimpressed look on her face, her arms crossed, Lumi nodding in agreement.

“Well, I'm afraid I must be going, ladies. I have business to attend to.” Salamander proclaims to the group.

“You’re leaving already?!” The crowd of girls protest as they turn to him in unison. 

“Time for the red carpet. HA!” Salamander stretches out his arm and snaps his fingers. 

A red magic circle appeared from where he snapped his fingers and a circle of purple fire arose from where he stood, as it quickly lifted him from the ground. The crowd of admirers are awestruck at the performance, as he shoots into the sky on his fire. 

“I’m having a soirée on my yacht tonight! And you’re all invited, especially you, [Hair Length] [Hair Colour]ed beauty!” He called out to the crowd, specifically singling out (Y/N).

Natsu, now sitting up, looks up at the sky where Salamander once was in confusion, (Y/N) standing beside him, arms crossed over her chest, with a disapproving gaze, looks in the same direction. Happy looks quite impressed by the performance. 

“Who the heck was that guy?” Natsu wonders. 

“I don’t know, but he was a real creep.” Lucy states to Natsu and (Y/N).

“Hmm?” The four turn their heads to see Lucy, who walks up to them. 

“Thank you for your help.” Lucy smiles and raises one hand in thanks, the other resting on her hip.

“Uh?” Natsu stares cluelessly at Lucy.

~ Timeskip ~

“My name is Lucy. It’s nice to meet you.” She introduces herself to the group.

“Hi.” Happy says with a mouth full of food.

Natsu and Happy are inhaling food and drink items at a rapid pace as they sit in a booth in a restaurant with Lucy, (Y/N), and Lumi sitting across from them, (Y/N) and Lumi calmly and politely eating next to Lucy on the inside of the booth, a stark contrast to their counterparts. Lucy attempts to talk with Natsu and Happy. Several other patrons at the restaurant have mixed looks of disgust and confusion at the scene of Natsu consuming his food at an alarming rate. 

“Um, Natsu, Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, was it?” She confirms with the group.

“Hm-hmm, you’re so nice.” Natsu states, with his mouth full of food.

“Thanks. You can slow down. We’re not in a hurry. And food is kinda flying everywhere.” She nervously says to the two shovel their faces with food, as some of it bounces off her head and begins dripping down to her eye. (Y/N), looking on in amusement, giggles quietly to herself. Natsu and Happy have many dishes piled beside them, (Y/N) and Lumi have a considerably smaller amount next to themselves.

‘There goes the money I saved at that old geezer’s shop.’ She thinks to herself as if she was starting to regret bringing them to the restaurant.

“Evidently, that Salamander guy was using magic, a charm spell, to hypnotize the ladies in town into thinking they were in love with him. Charm spells have the power to attract people to you against their own will, but they’ve been banned for years.” She explains to the group. But her expression and tone changes to one of disgust. “Nobody even sells them anymore. He must have gone through a lot of trouble to get his hands on it. What a creep. I totally fell victim to his spell, but I snapped out of it thanks to you barging in when you did. I really can't thank you guys enough.” Her manner changes to appreciation towards the end.

“No problem.” Natsu mumbles through the food.

“I know I may not look like it, but I’m a wizard too.” Lucy tells them, which catches (Y/N)’s attention.

“Is that so?” (Y/N) inquires, raising an eyebrow, her interest slightly peaked.

Lucy turns towards (Y/N).

“Yeah, but I haven’t joined a guild yet or anything. Oh I should probably explain, huh? See, guilds are these organizations where wizards come together to share information, and find work and things like that. Unfortunately, you aren’t considered a full-fledged wizard until you become a member of a guild. But there are tons of them all over the world! I’ve heard it’s really tough to get into the more popular ones.” She reveals to the four of them. “And the guild I want to join is the most popular one there is.” She continues in a dream-like state. “Yeah~ they’re the greatest and they’re always featured in Sorcerer Weekly.” She sighs dreamily as the others look at each other in confusion. “Oh, if I could actually convince them to let me in, I think I’d just about die.” Lucy continues to fan-girl to the four.

“Yeah?” Natsu replies, almost bored at the topic as Lucy monologues on.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I guess all this wizarding talk must sound like a bunch of gibberish to you, huh?” Lucy waves her hand up and down at Natsu with her elbows on the table in a dismissive manner. “But I’m telling you, I’m definitely gonna join that guild someday. And then I'm gonna take all kinds of exciting jobs and make tons of money.” Declares Lucy.

“Oh, yeah?” He says uninterestedly.

“You talk a lot.” Happy states, looking bored.

“Uh… oh, man, I almost forgot. You guys came here trying to find somebody, didn’t you?” Lucy wondered.

“We’re looking for Igneel.” Happy states.

“We heard a rumor that a Salamander was gonna be coming through this town, so we came here to see him. Turns out it was somebody else.” (Y/N) says in a dejected tone looking a bit disappointed.

“Yeah that guy didn’t look like a salamander at all.” Agreed Happy, while looking at Natsu.

“No kidding. I bet that poser can’t even breathe fire like a real dragon.” Natsu crosses his arms as he finishes a pizza, looking let down. (Y/N) looks at him in understanding.

“Uh, I don't get it. Your friend Igneel looks like a dragon?” Lucy questions, confused.

“No, you got it all wrong. He doesn’t look like a dragon. He is one.” Natsu days as if the answer was obvious. Lucy recoils in shock when Natsu says Igneel is a dragon.

“Huh?” Lucy faltered at the idea of an actual dragon.

“Aye, Igneel is a real-life fire dragon.” Happy confirms.

“Huh?!” Lucy shouts in surprise.

“Even in this magnificent world of magic, dragons are considered extraordinary, mystical creatures. They are rarely seen by the human eye.” The Narrator explains.

“Why would a fire dragon show up in the middle of town?!” Exclaims Lucy as the others look at her flabbergasted, as if they hadn’t thought about it.

“Uh…” Both Natsu and Happy say as (Y/N) and Lumi look at her stunned.

“IT’S TOTALLY RIDICULOUS!” Lucy shouts at them. “Well, I should get going. Enjoy the rest of your lunch. And maybe I’ll see you around.” She continues as she puts some money on the table and gets up to leave.

“Thank you, ma’am. Please come again. OH!” Says the waitress as Lucy reaches the door, when she’s suddenly shocked by what she sees behind Lucy.

Lucy, noticing the waitresses expression, looks back to see what she's staring at. As she turns her head she notices both Natsu and Happy on their knees on the floor bowing to Lucy. (Y/N) and Lumi can be seen still sitting in the booth, (Y/N)’s elbows resting on the table, leaning her head on one hand looking on in amusement, as if what Natsu and Happy are doing is completely normal. Lucy’s expression changes to one of complete shock and embarrassment at what the two are doing. As she giggles nervously, not sure how to react, the other paterons look at Natsu and Happy in confusion.

“THANK YOU FOR THE FOOD!” “THANK YOU!” Natsu and Happy praise Lucy for paying for their food. 

“CUT IT OUT! YOU’RE EMBARRASSING ME! Look, it’s cool. You guys helped me out earlier. So let’s just call it even.” She nervously insisted too the two. Natsu and Happy then look at each other sorrowfully.

“I feel bad, though, ‘cause we weren’t even trying to help her.” Natsu mutters to Happy.

“Aye, we owe her something.” Happy murmurs back. Lucy puts her palm to her head and exhales in exasperation. Natsu suddenly has an idea on what to give her in compensation. 

“OH, I KNOW! Here this is for you.” Natsu, quite proud of himself, gives Lucy the autograph of Salamander. 

“NO WAY!” Lucy, visibly angry at this offer, shouts at Natsu, who’s grinning widely.

~ Timeskip ~

“This is the wizarding magazine, Sorcerer Weekly.” explains the narrator.

“Oh my. Looks like the Fairy Tail guild’s out there causing trouble again.” Lucy says while sitting on a park bench. “‘Demon bandit clan wiped out, but seven homes destroyed.’” She chuckles reading out loud, now laying on her back on the bench, kicking her feet in the air. “Talk about going overboard! The centerfold’s Mirajane. She’s so pretty. I wish I knew how to get to be a member. Do you have to apply or maybe interview with them? I don’t know.” She wonders out loud. “But I’m so gonna join Fairy Tail! They’re totally the coolest guild ever!” She giggles, closing the magazine, now sitting upright.

“What was that? You want to join Fairy Tail?” Salamander emerges from the bushes behind the bench, surprising Lucy.

“SALAMANDER!” Lucy exclaims in shock at the sudden appearance of the creepy man. She stands and points at Salamander with a disgruntled look on her face.

‘I’ve been looking all over for you. I wanted to personally invite you to the party I’m having on my yacht tonight.” Salamander tries to persuade Lucy.

“Your charm spell won’t work on me. That magic’s weakness is awareness. It doesn’t work on people if they know you’re using it.” She snaps, pointing angrily at him.

“Just as I thought. I guessed you were a wizard the moment I laid eyes on you. No matter. The invitation still stands.” He persuades.

Lucy turns from Salamander, crossing her arms. 

“Well, you can forget it. I wouldn’t be caught dead at a party being thrown by a creep like you.” Lucy’s words seemed to have wounded Salamander’s ego.

“A creep? Why would you call me that?” He asks, seemingly wounded by the thought. Lucy turns back towards him.

“Your spell. Using it to make yourself popular.” She states, offended.

“Don’t be mad, my dear. It’s all good fun. I just wanted to feel like a celebrity at my own party. Can you blame me?” Salamander winks at her as she starts walking in the opposite direction.

“This just proves that even famous wizards can be big idiots.” As she walks away, Salamander says something that catches her attention.

“You wish to join the Fairy Tail guild, right?” He asks, very confident that his plan will work. “Have you ever heard about Salamander, one of Fairy Tail’s wizards?” He continues, as Lucy turns to face him.

“Well, yeah. You’re telling me you’re him? You’re that Salamander?!” She exclaims in surprise.

“That’s correct. And if you want to join, I could probably put in a good world for you.” He tells her.

“I would love to go to your party tonight.” Lucy, hearing she could possibly get into the Fairy Tail guild, is suddenly taken by Salamander. She giggles, clasping her hands together and stands up close and personal to him

“Wow, that was even easier than I thought it would be.” He mutters to himself.

“So, you really think you could get me into Fairy Tail? No kidding?” Her eyes sparkle at the prospect of joining the famous guild.

“I don’t see why not, but you can’t say anything about the charm spell.” Salamander tells Lucy.

“I won’t say a word!” 

“Good. Then I'll see you at the party tonight.” Salamander makes a magic circle and purple fire appears as he flies off into the sky, leaving Lucy by herself.

“YOU GOT IT, MR.SALAMANDER, SIR.” She squealed, waving to him with a look of admiration on her face as he flys away. “He got me! I was pseudo-charmed. But… HOORAY! HE’S GONNA GET ME INTO FAIRY TAIL!” She jumps into the air. “I just have to keep my mouth shut and try to be nice to that sleazebag until then.” She giggles to herself.

~ Timeskip ~

Natsu's leaning with his back to the railing, to his left is (Y/N), leaning with her front on the railing with Lumi on her back, looking over her shoulder. Happy sitting to Natsu’s right. They’re on a winding road that overlooks the city to the ocean. Happy is looking at the ship that Salamander is hosting his party on. 

“That was quite a meal, hey, guys?” Natsu asks the group, (Y/N) nods in agreement.

“Aye. Hey, look, do you think that’s the boat where that Salamander guy is having his party?” Happy asks. Natsu looks out at the ship and immediately feels ill and puts his hand to his mouth and gags. 

“I’m gonna hurl!”

“Oh, come on. It’s not like we’re going aboard or anything.” Happy comforts Natsu, (Y/N) turns to him, now resting her side on the railings.

“He’s right Natsu, we're not even close to the boat, and you’re getting sick. You know I get bad motion sickness too and you don’t see me wanting to throw up at the thought of riding one of those death traps.” She teases him.

“OH MY GOSH! That’s Salamander’s yacht, isn’t it?” Girl #1 says wishing she was on the boat. Happy notices a group of three girls further down the road.

“I wish I could have gone to his party.” Girl #2 laments.

“Who’s Salamander? Girl #3 questions.

“Whoa, you’ve never heard of him?” Girls #1 asks back. “He’s a super famous wizard who’s in town right now.” 

“Yeah, and he’s a member of Fairy Tail.” Girl #2 says.

This catches the group's attention as they look towards the girls.

“Fairy Tail?” Natsu questions to himself. He furrows his brow as he looks out at the ship in the distance frowning at it. He immediately feels sick again as he squats down, hands on the railing, frowning at the ship, (Y/N) looks at him and sweat drops, sighing.

“So he’s in Fairy Tail, is he?” He says skeptically. 

~ On the boat ~

“It’s Lucy, right? That’s a lovely name.” Salamander compliments her.

“Yeah, thanks.” She says as he pours her a fizzy orange drink.

“I’d like to toast your beauty. Now, open up wide, Lucy. Savour the taste of each flavourful drop as it enters your mouth.” Bubbles float up from the liquid going in Lucy’s direction. 

‘CREEPY! I’m strong. I can get through this.' Lucy thinks in an attempt to calm herself.

Lucy looks annoyed at Salamander, when suddenly, she stands and sweeps the bubbles away with her hand. She grits her teeth as she looks at him. 

“What do you think you’re doing? I know what you’re up to. You’re trying to use sleep magic.” She asserts as she notices a charm ring on Salamander’s finger. He pivots and looks somewhat amused, chuckling.

“Very impressive, my dear.” He commends her for seeing through his lie.

“Look, I don’t want to give you the wrong idea. Yes, I really want to join the Fairy Tail guild, but I’m not gonna date you to make that happen.” She admits to him. He chuckles at the thought, turning away.

“You’re quite the handful, aren’t you?” He mocks her.

Curtains are drawn on either side of the room and Lucy turns to look behind her and gasps as she sees multiple men carrying women who had fallen asleep due to the charm. 

“What’s going on here?” She implores, now nervous.

“Welcome aboard my ship. And you’d be wise to behave yourself until we make it to Bosco. Don’t make me angry.” He threatens Lucy as his tone becomes dark.

“We're going to Bosco?! You said you’d get me into Fairy Tail!” Lucy Exclaims. She turns back around to face Salamander.

“Forget it. I just said that  so I could lure you here and make you one of our slaves.” He admits to Lucy not even one bit ashamed.

“How could you?! You’re gonna kidnap all of these girls?” She interrogates, as the men around her, still holding all of the incapacitated girls, laugh.

“That’s our Salamander, all right” Minion #1 states.

“We got a big haul this time.” Minion #2 says.

“Why you!” Lucy pulls out her celestial keys, but before she could summon a spirit, Salamander casts a fire spell that whips the keys out of her grasp and into his hands.

 “Hmm. These are gatekeys. So you’re a Celestial Wizard. Only the wizard who is contracted can use this magic. So these are absolutely useless to me. Whoops.” He then throws the keys off the ship and into the water. Lucy, looking devastated and stressed, begins to cry, as the girls are still knocked out and the men around her are still laughing at her. 

“You used magic to take advantage of others. You’re the worst wizard alive!” She yells in a choked out tone.

Natsu and (Y/N) suddenly crash through the roof of the ship as they land on the floor. Lucy smiles at the unexpected arrival of the two.

“Hey I know you!” Lucy, surprised with the appearance of Natsu and (Y/N), smiles as she wipes her tears away.

Just as soon as Natsu and (Y/N) get on the ship, they feel the effects of their motion sickness and turn away, much to the surprise of the crew and the annoyance of Lucy.

“I knew this was a bad idea.” Natsu says, covering his mouth, crouched away from everyone.

“Oh god, why did I agree to this? I blame you for this Natsu.” (Y/N) says, trying not to throw up her lunch as she’s kneeling on the floor, trying to hold herself up.

“You two are so lame!” Lucy shouts as Happy and Lumi appear, hovering over the hole Natsu and (Y/N) made.

“Hey, what are you doing here, Lucy?” Happy questions to her, just as surprised as she is.

“Oh, Happy, Lumi, this jerk tricked me. He said he was gonna get me into Fairy Tail. Hold up, since when do you two have wings?” Lucy explains, but stops as she notices both of the cats suddenly have wings, Natsu and (Y/N) still keeled over on the floor.

“I’ll explain that later, okay? Hold on!” Lucy screams as she’s suddenly picked up by Happy’s tail and flown away off the boat. The crew is dumbfounded at everything that has transpired in the last few moments.

“After them! We can’t let them report this to the magic council.” Salamander shouts to his crew.

“Wait, what about Natsu and (Y/N)?” Lucy asks.

“I can’t carry two people.” Happy states as Lucy shivers from the wind.

“PROMINENCE WHIP!” Salamander shoots multiple columns of fire at the two as Happy dodges them with ease, Lucy screaming in alarm as she’s essentially flung around. Salamander and the crew stare up at Happy and Lucy as they fly away.

“That cat’s quicker than he looks.” Salamander states.

“Hey, guys.” The crew turn to see Natsu and (Y/N) in the doorway, still struggling to get up, growling. “(Y/N), you go make sure Lucy and Happy are okay, I’ll deal with these guys.”

“Yeah, sure, anything to get me off this ship. Come on Lumi, let’s go.” (Y/N) agrees as Lumi picks her up by the back of her jacket as they fly to where Lucy and Happy are.

~ With Lucy and Happy ~

“What about Natsu, (Y/N), and the other girls?” Lucy inquires.

“We got a problem, Lucy.” Happy announces.

“What do you mean?! What problem?!”

“My transformation’s up!” As Happy ran out of magic, both he and Lucy fell into the water below, both screaming. Lucy conveniently falls near her celestial key ring. 

‘My gatekeys!’ She thinks as she swims towards them.

~ With Natsu ~

As Natsu is on the floor of the deck, being kicked by the crew, Salamander faces away over the side of the ship. 

“Forget about them. Let’s continue on towards Bosco.” Salamander commands just as Natsu blocks a kick with his arm and rises to his feet. 

“The Fairy Tail guild… you’re a member?” Natsu questions as he struggles a bit to push away the boot shoving him down, hearing the supposed Fairy Tail member. 

~ With Lucy and Happy ~

At the same time, Lucy swims to the surface of the water, just as (Y/N) and Lumi find them. 

“Hey, guys! Did you find Lucy’s keys?” (Y/N) inquires as she and Lumi drop into the water and swim to Lucy and Happy.

“Yeah! And I think I have an idea to get that ship to the port.” Claims Lucy looking at her.

Lucy then uses Aquarius’ key to summon her. The gatekey is golden, the bow of the key is in the shape of an upside down urn with handles on the sides, it has a white oval in the middle of the urn with two crests of the Water Bearer, two parallel waves, with a heart on its base, and the key wards are shaped similarly to a mermaids tail, with "fins" sprouting out of either side of the base of the bow, and four more at the tip, curling towards the center. (Description from the wiki)

“Here we go. OPEN, GATE OF THE WATER BEARER, AQUARIUS!” Lucy yells as she recites the command to summon her. Aquarius has a long, blue fish-tail, light blue that reaches up to her waist, and a large bust. Aquarius' wearing a dark blue bikini top and on each arm, she has a golden armlet and bracelet. Aquarius also has a circlet, three piercings on her tail, and a golden belt at her waist and light blue crystal earrings. A dark blue tattoo resembling the Aquarius zodiac symbol rests right under her collarbone. (description from wiki)

Aquarius hovers above the four looking annoyed. 

“A fish!” Cheers Happy. “A mermaid!” (Y/N) says, astonished with stars in her eyes, mouth agape, as Lumi has a similar look on her face.

“Not for you!” Lucy asserted to Happy.

“That was awesome!” “Wow, that’s amazing!” Happy and (Y/N) both say, amazed by Lucy's magic.

“That's the power of a Celestial Wizard. Whenever I use my gatekeys, I can summon spirits from other worlds to help me.” Lucy says quite proud of herself. “Listen up, Aquarius, I want you to use your power to push that back into the port.” Lucy points at the ship. Aquarius looks to her irritated, and scoffs.

“You’re supposed to come from the spirit world to help, not give me attitude!” She yells at Aquarius.

“I wouldn’t make her any angrier, Lucy” Worries Happy.

“I’m inclined to agree with him, Lucy, she already seems kinda pissed.” (Y/N) states with uncertainty as Lumi clings to her back slightly afraid.

“Let’s get something straight. The next time you so much as think about dropping my key, you’re dead.” Aquarius scolds, glaring at Lucy.

“It won’t happen again.” The three say in unison in a fearful tone. Aquarius then summons a massive wave of water that sweeps the ship as well as the four of them to the shore. 

“HEY, DON’T WASH ME AWAY WITH IT!” Lucy screams as she’s swept away with the wave. As the wave crashes into the port, it causes large amounts of property damage. Happy has his head stuck in the sand, his tail swishing back and forth, Lucy kneeling on the ground next to him with a pissed expression. (Y/N) lays on her front with her arms outstretched in front of her, with a dazed look on her face, Lumi laying face up on (Y/N)’s back, also dazed.

“What’s the big deal? You think you could have tried not to sweep me up with the ship?!” Lucy says in anger to Aquarius.

“Oh, that was an accident. I didn’t mean to get the ship.” Aquarius says nonchalantly.

“WAIT, THAT MEANS YOU WERE AIMING FOR ME?!” Lucy fumes at her.

“Don’t call me for a while. I’m going on a week-long vacation with my boyfriend. And he’s hot.” Boasts Aquarius as she disappears to the spirit realm.

“YOU DON’T HAVE TO RUB IT IN!” Lucy snaps at her as she vanishes just as Happy finally pops out of the sand. (Y/N) sits up, rubbing her head, holding onto Lumi, as the left sleeve of her jacket slides down her shoulder.

“I’ve got an idea! If the fish lady gives you any more trouble, you can call me to take care of her.” Happy suggests to Lucy.

“I don’t think that's a good idea, Happy.” (Y/N) says as she and Lumi sweatdrop in response.

“I don’t think I can handle much more of this stupid cat.” Lucy whimpers, facepalming. 

A crowd of concerned people start gathering around the wreckage of the ship. The boat in question was on the shore, on its side, essentially half buried under the sand because of Aquarius’ wave. 

“What happened?” A concerned bystander asks.

“That ship was thrown into port.” Another one says.

“That hurt. What in the–” Salamander rubs his head to stop it from hurting as he notices Natsu on the top of the turned over ship.

“NATSU!” (Y/N) and Lucy yell in unison as they run up to the site of the crash, carrying both cats.

“So you claim to be a member of the Fairy Tail guild?” Natsu growls out the question to Salamander and his crew, staring down at them.

“So what’s it to you? Go get him, men.” Salamander commands his men while looking up at Natsu.

“Sir.” They say in unison as they run at Natsu.

“Let me get a closer look at your face.” Natsu states while dramatically throwing his jacket off, Salamander smirks as his men come rushing at Natsu.

“WATCH OUT!” Lucy shouts to warn him.

“Don't worry about him. I probably should have told you this earlier, but he’s a wizard too.” States Happy while sitting on Lucy’s shoulder eating a fish, she gasps in disbelief. (Y/N) stands to Lucy’s right looking up at Natsu while he fights the oncoming foes, hands on her hips, proud smile on her face as she watches. Natsu punches Salamander’s crew to the left, with a glare on his face.

“My name is Natsu. I’m a Fairy Tail wizard. And I've never seen you before!” He declares, Salamander looks at him with shock, as Lucy looks at him with amazement.

“You’ve got to be kidding me! So Natsu is a Fairy Tail Wizard” Bewildered, Lucy looks to (Y/N) as she sees a blue Fairy Tail guild mark on her left bicep. “(Y/N), you are too?!” Lucy says, her mouth gaping. (Y/N) looks at her with a sheepish expression on her face.

“Guilty~” (Y/N) says in a teasing tone.

“That mark on his arm, this guy is the real deal, Bora.” One minion says to him, frightened.

“Don’t call me that, you fool.” Bora says panicky. His crew becomes increasingly concerned as Natsu’s power becomes apparent to them. 

“I know him. That’s Bora the Prominence.” Happy informs Lucy, his arms crossed with a mad look on his face.

“Rumor has it, he was kicked out of the Titan Nose wizard guild a couple of years ago because of bad behavior.” (Y/N) continues for Happy, an equally livid expression on her face.

“I have no idea what you’re trying to do here, buddy, and I don't care if you’re a good guy, bad guy, or what. I’m not gonna let you dirty the Fairy Tail guild’s name.” He says, infuriated as he walks slowly and menacingly towards Bora and his crew.

 “And what are you gonna do about it? Stop me? PROMINENCE TYPHOON!” Bora smiles and taunts him. He makes a magic circle and shoots fire at Natsu. 

“NATSU!” Lucy shouts in distress seeing Natsu get hit with the blast of fire. She goes to see if he’s okay, but just as she is about to move, Happy moves in front of her as if to block her. (Y/N) puts her hand on Lucy’s shoulder to stop her as well. Lucy looks at Happy seeing a determined look on his face as he looks in Natsu’s direction, she looks (Y/N)’s way to see she has the same expression on her face too. Lucy looks back towards Natsu in awe.

The girls Bora and his crew kidnapped can be seen running away from the crash site screaming.

“That’s the way it goes. The bigger the talk, the weaker the man.” He chuckles, turning away, expecting Natsu to be defeated. 

“Aw, this is so gross. Are you sure that you’re really a fire wizard? Because these are the nastiest flames I’ve ever tasted.” Natsu, unharmed from the fire, snarks. Bora turns back in surprise to see Natsu is unscathed and eating his fire. This horrifies Bora and his crew as they scream terror, and Lucy as well.

“Thanks for the grub, poser.” He states in a sarcastic manner.

“What’s going on here? Who is this kid?” One man asked, horrified.

“Fire magic doesn’t work on Natsu.” Happy reveals, an ominous look on his face.

“I’ve never seen anything like that.” Lucy says, alarmed, staring up at the Dragon Slayer.

“Now, I’ve got a fire in my belly that’s raging to get out. Here it goes! FIRE DRAGON ROAR!” as Natsu holds his hands up to his mouth, an orange magic circle forms, and a tremendous gust of fire comes from his mouth, demolishing everything in its path. Lucy and (Y/N) block debris from their face, Lumi hiding behind (Y/N), and Happy watching on unfazed. The ship is turned to ruin, with the crew under the wreckage. Bora escapes the blast of fire by floating on his magic.

“Hey, Bora, I swear I’ve seen these two before. The pink hair and scaly-looking scarf, and the girl with the [Hair Colour] hair and that jacket. There’s no doubt about it. They’ve got to be the real ones.” Minion #3 quavered, as Natsu, through the smoke can be seen, his eyes glowing orange.

“SALAMANDER?! Then you, (Y/N), you must be The Iced Serpent?!” She asked, alarmed. She looks to Natsu, then to (Y/N), who has a very serious look on her face, her gaze sharp.

“I hope you guys are paying attention! This is what a Fairy Tail wizard can do! HERE I COME!” He crouches down slightly, his fists are on fire as he leaps toward Bora.

‘RED SHOWER!” Bora grunts as he shoots fire-like bullets at Natsu as the Dragon Slayer runs at him. Natsu dodges Bora’s attacks and leaps up at him and punches him, as Bora falls to the ground. 

Lucy, watching Natsu from the distance with Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi, is awe-struck. 

“So he eats fire and then attacks with it? But how does he do it? Is it some kind of spell?” Lucy wonders, one hand clutched to her chest, the other by her side.

“He has dragon lungs that allow him to breathe fire, dragon scales to help him to dissolve the fire, and dragon claws for attacking with fire. His brand of fire magic is one that allows his body to take on all the qualities of a dragon. It’s an ancient spell that’s rarely used anymore.” Explains Happy to Lucy.

“Seriously?” She says in shock.

“This particular magic was originally used to deal with dragons. (Y/N) has the same magic but with ice instead of fire.” Happy continues.

“Whoa, really, you too (Y/N)?” She asks in awe.

“Mh-hmm!” (Y/N) confirms with a smile on her face and a nod of her head to Lucy.

Natsu lands on a nearby roof as Bora shakes off the rubble that landed on him. Bora casts “Hell Prominence” at Natsu again, which leaves him unscathed. Bora hurls a giant fire beam at him which he catches and promptly eats. 

“It’s called Dragon Slayer magic. Igneel was the one who taught it to him, Nivalis was the one to teach you, right (Y/N)?” He confirms with her.

“Yep! She was the best teacher I could ask for.” (Y/N) answers back, a wistful smile on her face, as Bora can be heard screaming in the background.

As a last ditch attempt to defeat Natsu, Bora throws a giant fireball at him, which Natsu promptly catches and devours.

“Now, that was a hefty meal. You’re not doing too bad. But I’m about to cook you like a smoked fish!” Natsu proclaims to Bora

“You're gonna do what to me?” Bora starts tearing up, scared at the thought of being cooked like a fish.

“Get ready. FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!” As he punches Bora, he launches through multiple buildings, and finally into a church bell, making it ring loudly.

“Don’t be silly, Natsu. Everyone knows you smoke food with smoke, not fire.” Happy corrects him in a playful manner.

“Oh, wow. That was amazing. But he overdid it.” Lucy states in astonishment, which quickly switches to concern.

“Aye.” “Yeah…” Both Happy and (Y/N) say in unison.

“Oh, shut it, cat.” Lucy says in response. As she says this, the Royal Army can be seen running towards the crash.

“THE ARMY?!” Lucy shrieks as the army arrives, when suddenly Natsu grabs her forearm and drags her alongside him, (Y/N) running behind them with an excited urgency, her hands on Lucy’s back, as if to push her along.

“Oh, crap, we got to get out of here!” He exclaims, pulling Lucy with him, as they run from the army.

“Where the heck are you taking me?!” Lucy screeches. 

“Just come on! You said that you wanted to join the fairy tail guild, didn’t you?” Natsu questions with a joyous look on his face as he looks back at Lucy.

“So let's go!” (Y/N) continues for him with an overjoyed smile on her face as she looks at Lucy.

“All right!” Lucy, now overcome with a cheerful air to her, runs along with the two Dragon Slayers, as Happy and Lumi fly above them.

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[the-dragon-hearted]

This motherfucking city gives me so much anxiety. Because all my life I've assumed that's the ocean. Right? Magnolia has a bay. That big blue thing? Ocean. Sea. Maybe bay.

Which explains the canals, right? Yeah, Magnolia is a smaller port city tucked into the mountains and is very useful for some of Fiore's minor trade upriver because it has a train station right there. Its canals give easy access to goods moving inland because of the quick connection to transportation. EASY~

YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULDN'T YOU!??

You see it? DO YOU SEE IT!? Above Hargeon, like 100 miles from any body of water?? OKAY. SO NO OCEAN THEN?? We got the train tracks, though! One win!

Maybe this map is just wrong. Let's look at a different one:

We don't have a lot to work with here but you see that three story one with the red roof that's def the original Fairy Tail guildhall and is also COMEPLETELY FUCKING INLAND. OKAY, NO OCEAN THERE EITHER - I mean, at least we have a river close by BUT NO LAKE?? No OCEAN? You expect me to believe THIS:

Is a RIVER!????

NO OCEAN AT ALL!????

So. Just so everyone knows, I'm making my own fucking map and geography for the fanfiction. Don't come at me. Magnolia is on a bay now, and no one's gonna change my mind. Mountains to the north and east, forest to the west, big ass bay to the south.

THAT'S IT, I'M GOING TO BED NOW!

THAT IS OCEAN GODDAMMIT! NO WAY THAT'S A FUCKING RIVER -

[fairydares]

WIP Wednesday

Yet another bit from what I'm working on for Nalu Week, this time for Day 6. AHH it's coming up, really gotta finish up here!!

Working summary: Lucy knows she shouldn’t have run away from home—especially not just to see a Meteor Shower. But what’s a Princess to do when the Dragon Tails only appear once every 100 years but your King (and controlling father) won’t budge? Besides, it’s not like she knew an actual dragon was going to crash-land right at her feet!

If she’d had more worldly experience, Princess Lucy might have predicted that her seemingly simple, reasonable plan would go awry. For that reason (and the fact that he’d—totally unfairly!—forbade her from experiencing this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity) the whole thing was really the King’s fault…at least, that’s what Lucy told over the coming days. But when she first crawled out of the false burial in the Port Town Hargeon’s graveyard, she had no idea what was in store for her. And so even as she gasped from the exertion of both sloshing through the disgusting secret tunnel and muscling the heavy stone aside, sucked at a tender broken fingernail, and toiled just to roll to her back in the dirt, she couldn’t have helped smiling if she tried. There was no sense of foreboding, no premonition of what was to come. All she felt was triumph, glee, and excitement. “A clear sky,” she chuckled. Twinkling stars filled her eyes as they widened. “Ha! Guess I really am ‘Lucky’ Lucy. How do you like that…Your Majesty?” With difficulty she sat up, only for her smile to vanish and her eyes to bug as she got a look at the surrounding scene. Chipped graves loomed at a tilt against the deep blue sky. Squeaking bats silhouetted themselves against the full moon in leathery flashes. Somewhere, a wolf howled. “Creepy much?" she muttered. "EW! THAT BUG CRAWLED ON ME!” She shot to her feet, exhaustion lost for a brief instant as she clutched and tugged at her skirts in a frantic search for more. With a sigh of relief, she dropped them, ignoring the heavy sway to briefly pinch the bridge of her nose.

[happilychee]

ultear, meredy, and the sea

inspired by a convo with @thehylianidiot

♡ when lyon melted the iced shell around deliora, ur's body and consciousness flowed into the ocean.

♡ sometimes, when she's feeling lost, ultear goes to the beach and stands on the sand for hours. water laps at her ankles, and she feels an inexplicable draw to the tide. if she listens closely, she can just barely make out a woman's voice humming a long-lost lullaby.

♡ before their attack on tenrou island, ultear takes meredy to the beach. it's a quiet trip, and meredy doesn't understand the significance of this moment yet. it's when they're in the waters around tenrou, ultear's blood staining meredy as she hauls her mother onto the small boat, that she sees the figure: a lean, athletic woman with short, dark hair shimmering in the distance. maybe it's her sensory link magic, maybe it's the heightened emotions of the day, maybe it's a subconscious instinct, but meredy nods to the woman, pressing her hand to her heart. ultear coughs up seawater, and the figure disappears.

♡ ultear casts lost ages. she's alone, surrounded by the rubble of destroyed buildings, and there's no water in sight. but when the spell rushes through her, she swears she's in a river, the current threatening to drown her, and someone is trying to pull her out.

♡ meredy takes ultear to the seaside. crime sorcière is put on hold. ultear survived last ages, but it took her magic, and none of them know how to keep going.

♡ ultear walks along the beach. she walks and walks and walks until the sun starts setting. she turns, facing the horizon and opening her arms. the wind caresses her, soothes her pain, and she can almost feel her mother's touch.

♡ meredy starts talking to the water. ultear is a quiet companion, and jellal comes and goes like the tide. meredy talks about her parents, blurred faces she can't remember. she talks about grimoire heart and meeting ultear. she talks about them now, something fundamentally lost in her mother. she talks about ur, who she knows so little about. "I think she would've loved ultear." meredy whispers, and the water seems to dance.

♡ on a particularly bad night, full of nightmares and delirious cries, meredy runs into the ocean. her hands glow pink as she activates a sensory link. that familiar, unfamiliar figure appears. meredy feels a sense of relief, crashing into the tide. the young woman falls asleep in her grandmother's arms.

♡ it's later, much later, when ultear and meredy find themselves on the beach together. ultear feels better, more grounded. she talks more and laughs more and even teases meredy sometimes. they might move again, perhaps to be closer to gray or lyon. meredy likes the idea, as long as they stay by the sea. ultear doesn't argue, splashing her playfully.

♡ the boxes are packed and gone, carted off by lyon, gray, and the ever lively team natsu to hargeon. the cottage is empty, a layer of sand on the windowsill. jellal is waiting for them at the train station. ultear and meredy stand on the beach, water swirling around them. meredy clutches ultear's hand, activating her magic, and suddenly there's three of them. it's one of the only times she sees her mother cry.

♡ ultear brings a pretty glass bottle of seawater into their new apartment, placing it on a little table. it fits right in with the vase of blooming white flowers and the framed pictures of a younger meredy, gray and lyon arguing, jellal and ultear laughing.

♡ they've settled in well. hargeon is a beautiful port town, and ultear feels color creep back into her life.

♡ in the dead of night, when everyone is sleeping and only the sea marches on, ultear hears a faint voice telling stories to her daughter, and smiles.

[genavere]

Fairy Tail - RE:Script

Episode One: Hargeon

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Chapter 3

Sitting in the diner, Lucy was dying on the inside as she watched the boy who saved her, one Natsu Dragneel, consume plate after plate of food. Next to him, sitting on the table, was his cat, Happy, who had caught up with them in the alleyway with her hat in hand. A plate piled high with raw fish sat in front of him. To the side was a plate holding just the bones.

Why had she agreed to pay for their meal, she lamented silently. Growing up, she had always been told to pay back favors and to never owe someone, and he had saved her. But with how he consumed everything set before him, all the money she had saved when purchasing the silver key would be spent on this bill alone. And that meant no staying at an inn until she earned a decent amount of jewel back.

If she were honest with herself, not being able to stay in the port town another night could be a blessing. After the scene she had made and not knowing when exactly she had lost her hat, more than just Natsu and Happy might have seen her hair. Staying in the same place would not be safe.

A heavy weight settled in her stomach at the thought she would have to ask Cancer to cut and dye her hair.

Pushing her own food around on her plate, she instinctively pulled her hat down further and sighed. How much longer could she do this? Running from spies and mercenaries. Finding work and relying on the kindness of strangers to give her a chance. In the end, would she have to go back just to stop the fear of being dragged back?

No, going back would never be an option. Not only would she lose all the freedom she currently had, but she would have to give up all her keys. That was something she would never do, willingly or not.

“So, Luigi, was it?”

A muscle twitched above her eye. “The name is Lucy! How many times do I have to tell you that?”

“Probably another five, if you ask me,” Happy said, munching on another fish.

Pursing her lips together, she took in a deep breath and tried to calm herself. Her anger had gotten away from her once already; it would not be proper to allow it to happen again.

“Oi, what does that mean?” He glanced down at the cat—a blue cat, something she had never seen even with pampered noble girls who sought everything. “I can remember things just fine!”

“No, you can’t.”

“Yes, I can!”

“Nuh uh, even Teacher says so!”

“T-that’s beside the point!”

Happy looked at her and tilted his head over. “You do look awfully familiar, Lucy. Are you a wizard or something?”

Natsu turned to face her again, his nostrils flaring as he audibly sniffed the air. His face scrunched up in disgust. “Oi, Luigi, when was the last time you washed?”

Clenching her teeth, she dug into her pocket and slammed down a some jewel. “Thank you for the save earlier.” Sliding out of the booth, she grabbed her bag and slung it over her shoulder. “Good luck with finding work with that Salamander guy here.”

“H-hey! Wait! Looney!”

Count backwards from ten, she told herself without looking back and pushed open the door to hurry along the cobblestone path. It was time to move on, start toward the next village, town, or city she came across and keep a low profile. Have Cancer change her hair color—even if it would hurt not to see the golden locks of her mother—and find honest work.

Closing her eyes, she tilted her head back and when she silently reached zero, she gazed up into the clear blue sky. From the position of the sun, it had not even hit noon yet, which meant there were several hours until nightfall.

A deep ache pulled at her muscles and settled heavily into her bones. Exhaustion pulled at her shoulders and pushed the thought of collapsing against a wall to the forefront of her thoughts. To sleep and forget the real world.

Footsteps came up behind her and she sighed.

“Look, Natsu,” she said as she turned, not willing to put up with being called Luigi or be in debt to anyone anymore, “thank you for your help, but—”

A fist caught her jaw and knocked her to the ground. Stars danced before her eyes and a groan slipped between her lips before she could even grasp what happened. Had she offended Natsu by leaving like that?

Rough hands pulled her up and her hair was yanked back along with her hat.

“This is her,” an unfamiliar voice blurred in her head. Wait, she blinked, could voices blur? “Bora said to bring her unharmed.”

“She’ll heal before we get to Bosco,” another voice rumbled behind her. Too close…they were too close! “That’s if Bora decides to sell her.”

Laughter swirled around her and a cloth pressed against her face. A cold smell filled her lungs before she recognized the familiar scent of a sleeping potion. Limbs refused to move, too heavy to fight gravity or listen to any commands. For the briefest moments before everything went black and the world disappeared from around her, the memory of a bright grin and warm laugh came to her.

Maybe, just maybe, she had walked away from someone who could have been a friend.

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“Man.” Natsu let out a loud belch and patted his full belly. “I can’t believe that weirdo actually paid for us to eat like kings.”

“Natsu, her name is Lucy!” Happy flew up from the door of the diner and landed on his shoulder, much too full to fly or walk. If he tried to do anything that involved moving too much, he felt all the food he had consumed would go to waste. That would be a crime to all the yummy fish!

“Eh, who cares, it’s not like we’ll see her again,” he said with a shrug. “But she did seem pretty cool. I kinda wish she hadn’t stormed out like that.”

“Yeah,” Happy agreed. “Didn’t she say something about that fake Salamander guy?”

“Yeah, she did.” He stopped in the middle of the road and frowned. “I wonder what she was doing here.”

Happy shook his head. “You really are hopeless. She said she had been trying to find work.”

“But what would that have to do with the fake me?”

He shrugged, hanging over his friend’s shoulder, his tail twitching. “Beats me. She didn’t really say much.”

Natsu frowned. Most of dinner had been spent with small talk and consuming food. Neither of them had revealed much about each other, but it was strange that the odor on her kept him from getting her real scent. It made him wonder if the clothes that she had were from someone else.

That made no sense to him. Every woman he knew loved to shop or dress up in some way. Even Erza proved that by filling her spacial storage to fit every type of clothing she could ever need.

That made him think.

“You know, Happy,” he said, lifting his nose to sniff the air. “Loony seemed pretty nice, even when she lost her cool.”

“Yeah, she was.” Happy snuggled closer to Natsu’s neck and closed his eyes. “Even willingly getting me fish without complaining.”

Catching a scent, he turned and started after it.

They should have gone after her right away, he knew that. He knew that Teach would be disappointed in him if she knew they hadn’t. But, true to their nature, they were not ones to waste food. Many plates still were piled high, and even her plate sat with untouched food on it. No way would they leave all that, especially if someone else paid for it. It had to have been no more than five minutes for them to finish the rest...then another five minutes when the last few plates they had ordered came out.

Thankfully, the amount of Jewel left on the table had been enough. Sure, he knew they could have paid for any extras easily, but searching for it through his bag would have been a nightmare. After Teach had found some of the magazines Gildarts had given to him while gathering dirty laundry, she refused to clean it out for him.

That left him with being in charge of his own bag, and Gildarts punished with serving maid duty in the guild hall for a week. Outfit and all.

“Hey Happy,” he asked, turning down a side alleyway, “did Luigi ever say she was a wizard or anything?” The scent was close and he began to look around the area. but he could not sense any magical energy. Everyone had a bit of it, even those who did not use it in any way. If she had some, he could not remember sensing it or what it had felt like. Sheepishly, the only thing he seemed to remember had been all the food, and laughing whenever her socking that phony came up.

Still, something about her threw him off. It was familiar but different.

“Nat~su!” Happy dragged his friend’s name out in the biggest sigh. “Her name is Lucy!”

Down the road, a group of what looked like dock workers stumbled their way up. Some laughed and cheered. Others held their friends up, clearly the designated sober ones of the group. A few of them grumbled and swore, shaking their callused fists in the air.

“Calm down, old man,” one of the younger men complained, trying to keep his older companion upright even with every launch of a fist. “Just enjoy a day off and some free earnings.”

“All ya young boys are still wet!” The oldest of the men complaining slurred his words and stumbled. “That ship…bad omen, that is!”

“Whatever you say, gramps.”

“They take the women away!” His voice rose up in a tune that carried each word. “Away they go, to Bosco town. Where gold be weigh’ and tears be laid. To Bosco town, they go, ne’er a hair—” His lips pressed together around green skin.

The younger man barely had time to yank him to the side, where he proceeded to throw up all of what he had drank earlier. “Geez, gramps!”

The others laughed, pointing fingers and falling over each other. “Why would Fairy Tail steal our women? The Legendary Titania would easily cut them down if they tried!”

Natsu and Happy watched the group continue on, both frozen in place. They had heard Lucy talk about the ship a bit while they ate, but they had not thought of it as anything other than a party ship from her description. There had been other impersonators of Salamander in the past; all had been easy to deal with and scared away with a flash of fire. They had thought this would be the same.

“We need to hurry,” Natsu said, spinning around to follow the scent again. They would find her first, then go and check out the ship. A wave of nausea crept up the back of his throat at the thought of stepping foot on it. The rocking motion…the sway of the horizon…

“I might be sick…”

“Natsu!” Happy gripped his scarf and shook him. “Stop thinking about it or we’ll get nowhere!”

“Stop…shaking me…” He dug into his pocket and pulled out the peppermint cloth and slowly took in a breath. Nothing would cure the nausea, but it did help. When he felt like his stomach would not flip inside out on him, he continued in the direction of the scent, hand on the wall next to him.

Looking further down, Happy perked up and pointed. “Hey, look! It’s Lucy’s hat!”

“That’s strange.” In the short time they had known the girl, he had been able to tell she felt uncomfortable without it on. Another contradiction to every other woman in his life. Even he could say his clothes were better than hers.

Walking to it, he bent forward to pick it up, wondering why she had left it in the street. His nose twitched, the peppermint clearing enough that he realized there were other scents clouding over hers. Suddenly, the reason why he could not feel her magical energy hit him.

He swiped up her hat and clenched it. Straightening, he turned and narrowed his eyes in the direction of the harbor. “They have Lucy.”

“Are you sure?”

“Positive. And we’re gonna get her back.”

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Author's Note:

You know when you get really depressed every time you look at your growing older puppy and realize your time is short with them? And then you find out they have tumors all over their body, so you know that time is even shorter than you originally thought? Then you think, I should get another dog to learn from my old pup!

I adopted a 4 month old puppy...she is a handful, but super sweet and loves to cuddle with me. Unfortunately, she can find everything you thought you hid like a toddler with a super nose, and she ate an entire tube of toothpaste. The poop does not smell very minty coming out, I will tell you, and it makes a mess--so that is why this chapter is a day late. Spent most of yesterday, last night, and this morning with her, taking her outside, cleaning up messes, and trying to get sleep as I could.

Sorry for the delay!

Also, I apparently got ahead of myself and put the 3rd chapter up on AO3 instead of chapter 2 before I realized my mistake.

Due to that, I will be posting the next chapter next week for anyone who might have already started reading it. Sorry about that!

See you next week, and thank you for reading!

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been tagged by the lovely @tokkias for this writing wip game thank you sm mya rules: share the first line (or two or more!) of every current wip you have (that you feel comfortable sharing) and tag some writer friends! feel free to add the titles of your documents if you see fit

note none of the names listed are the actual names i will be going with or they have - i just think they're funny placeholders (also if you wanna know more about them just ask lol

damn natsu's old: Hargeon, the port city that should have banned him ages ago but never did. Natsu was glad he was still able to walk through it and everything since last time. Sure, the last time was a long while ago, but still, it wasn’t everyday you almost destroy a whole port.

milliana's ever growing cat collection: “Meow meow meow meow. Meow meow? Meow!” Milliana told the stray kitty in front of her. She kept scratching its face as the cat rubbed against her. This was her new best friend, sorry Sho. “I love you so much, Archduke Sparkles of Rainbow Valley. You’re going to come home with me and be so loved.”

freed's not gay??? clickbait: Freed was surprised to see he got mail from his family. It had been a while since he heard from them last. Honestly, he didn’t think he would get any letters from any of them unless something terrible happened to them all.

comic con meet n greet minus the comic and con: “So Levy,” Lucy began one day as the two friends were sitting in the guild together. She played around with the straw in her drink, moving it from one side of the glass to the other.

get blueshelled bitch: The apartment was packed with snacks for the upcoming Mario Kart tournament. They wouldn’t even be having this shit if Jet didn’t tell Bix he was better at Mario Kart.

tagging: @creaticare @genavere and uhhhh whoever else wants to join in

[fairytail-backgrounds]

Hargeon port & Bobo's boat

Fairy Tail, Ch. 25

[beargyufairy]

Invisible String Theory - NaLu

“All along there was some invisible string tying you to me” - Invisible String (Taylor Swift)

“One single thread of gold tied me to you” - Invisible String (Taylor Swift)

Part 1: Natsu and Lucy’s Initial Meeting - Trip to Hargeon

Natsu went to the port city to search for his father (Igneel) in hopes of reuniting with him.

Lucy was escaping her father (Jude) in order to achieve her dream/freedom and eventually ended up in Hargeon.

Both of their journeys to the city is due to their respective relationships with their dads, connecting them in this manner.

Additionally, Natsu accidentally broke Lucy out of her love trance from Bora’s ring/spell.

They both ended up at this point due to their respective desires to meet Salamander (Lucy wants to meet the mage who’s in Fairy Tail and Natsu wants to meet Igneel).

While it is known the spell is broken after realizing that it’s a spell that was casted, it can also be noted that Lucy was the only person to break out of it due to Natsu’s interference.

Furthermore, Lucy followed Bora into his ship due to her desires to be in Fairy Tail as she was promised.

Of course that ended up being a trick, however Natsu also boarded that same ship because of Bora’s deceptions regarding Fairy Tail.

Lucy and Natsu, once again, ended up in the same situation but this time it was related to Fairy Tail.

Essentially, their meeting led to Lucy joining Fairy Tail with Natsu’s help and the rest is history.

[subject-layla]

Oh, I have a theory about this. If you look to the canon, you'll notice that Lucy summons her golden spirits constantly since she's 10yo (at the very least) due to her mother's death, but I think she's been summoning silver keys even before that. Her magic is one of the few that has a natural progression in Fairy Tail, so it's safe to assume she went to summoning silver keys to summoning golden ones to being able to summon more than 2 spirits and so on.

And if Erza manipulating the whole space around her is an impressive feat, Lucy being able to bring creatures made of magic is no small feat (but yes, her magic is almost aways treated as some kind of joke)

We don't know exactly how celestial magic works, but it's safe to assume that celestial mages are rare and, due to the very nature of the keys, hunted to some extent. We even have a few examples of that in cannon: Angel being responsible not only for Karen Lilica's death, but also other celestial mages, Zoldeo running away with Capricorn's key, the whole Key of the Starry Sky Arc. Now, Lucy spent a year between running away from home and entering Fairy Tail, and I don't believe she took a lot of money when she left the Heartfilia State, which to me implies she did at least some jobs during this period, the problem is: Lucy is a mage in the classic sense. What do I mean by that? Right at the beginning of Fairy Tail, on the first mission Lucy and Natsu do together, we have the Vanish Brothers and in their monologue, they say that wizards spent years training curses to break the opponent body, and because magic is related to one's wisdom (I'll dive into this in a moment) wizards don't train their bodies, being easily defeated when it comes to physical strength. Natsu on the other hand isn't the stereotypical wizard and I believe that what makes Fairy Tail unique is exactly the way they see magic (even if we find examples of this in other guilds).

So when Lucy starts her journey, I believe she was a wizard in the classical sense, focused on wisdom and knowledge, but not in her physical training, and that is noticeable by the way she recognizes the Charm magic used by Bora, or even the way she knows Daybreak has a spell on it, she knows magic, can feel it and probably is the one who had most study in the area, what she lacks isn't power, is control and real life experience.

Another thing: I believe the lack of control Lucy has over her spirits is a way to say that she can't control her magic with precision as well (at least, at the beginning). Natsu destroys Hargeon port and the beginning, but she too is responsible. Her whole magic is based on trust and she embodies the "power of friendship" better than anyone at Fairy Tail. A celestial wizard is bound to the promises they make, to their contracts. Karen died because she mistreated her spirits, Angel loses because even if she knows her spirits, their bond lacks this quintessential part of being a celestial wizard.

So, yes, I do believe that in terms of raw power, she's equally capable as Erza, but she loses due to her inexperience in combat and strategic thinking when it comes to the use of her power. She spends too much too fast, and sometimes she doesn't uses the right spirits for that situation (I believe that this also ties to the contracts and the general idea of making Lucy's power the butt of the joke)

I hope that my explanation is ok. English is not my first language, but I'm trying and I can spend hours dissecting Fairy Tail

And so what if I decide Lucy's magic reserves are on the same level as Erza's? Who will stop me

[divinikey]

@deifiedsuccubus liked for a starter!

to say lucy felt...weird around the other was no mistake. she wasn’t sure where she stood in the other’s book and that made lucy feel both strange as well as worried. it wasn’t much on lucy’s end, because well. the past was the past. though she knew that for others, a lot of her actions still bled into the present. still, lucy gave her a light smile. act with kindness and all, right?

“minerva--what a surprise to see you.” it was as neutral as a place for them both could be--hargeon. “are you here for the tea sale as well?” lucy was. well she was always looking for a bargain and hargeon being a port city meant it was filled with them. the rebuilding effort after the war made it easier for them after other cities to go back to some semblance of normalcy.

[redhairedwolfwitch]

Child of The Galaxy - Fairy Tail x Fem!Child!Reader - Chapter 7.0 - 7 Years Later - X791 Arc

Acnologia

Previously on Fairy Tail...

Whilst Makarov fought Acnologia, your body washed up on the shores near Mermaid Heel's Guild.

Whilst the rest of Fairy Tail from the S-Class trial tried to fight Acnologia, all was failing.

"Who is that?" A Member of Mermaid Heel spotted your body, as Tenrou Island disappeared off the map.

"Y/n." Kagura realised as Mermaid Heel pulled you from the shores, your forehead bleeding down to your eyebrow as you laid unconscious, but the trauma was still there. And the survivor's guilt.

/// 7 Years Later - X791 ///

A thirteen year old boy with a Fairy Tail logo stood at the Hargeon Port, glaring at the ocean slightly.

Little did he know, an older figure, eighteen years old in fact, hide in the shadows, cloaked in dark blue, accented with silver constellations.

"How long are you going to stare out to the sea?" Bisca asked, as Alzack pointed out, "our job's done. Let's head back to the guild."

"C'mon kiddo." Bisca added as Alzack reminded the boy that his dad would worry if they took too long.

"Natsu..." Romeo murmured to himself, as Alzack turned slightly, spotting the familar portal from the corner of his eye.

"Y/n's out on that job with Mermaid Heel, right?" Alzack murmured, as Bisca frowned.

"She's supposed to be. Why?"

"Romeo isn't the only one who misses the others." Alzack sighed, watching Romeo stare out at the sea.

///

Kagura spared you a glance as you stopped what you were doing, looking up from the map to stare at the sky.

"Y/n?" Millianna frowned, notice you tear up for a moment before letting out a breath and going back to what you were doing.

They were back.

"Just sensed something. It's okay, let's get going." You stated, pulling your cloak further around yourself as Kagura nodded, but Millianna wasn't quite so sure.

///

"Say, where is Y/n? Did you find her after she disappeared on Tenrou Island?" Gray asked as Natsu began to glance around for you.

"Y/n's..." Macao paused, letting out a sigh that had Makarov frowning.

"Is there something we're missing?" Erza asked as she and Mira walked over for the conversation.

"Y/n washed up near Mermaid Heel's guild 7 years ago. She's not been the same since, but right now, she's on a mission with Mermaid Heel. It seems one of our few steadier sources of income was people requesting her alongside other guilds for jobs." Macao explained, folding his arms as he frowned at the bar countertop.

"Not been the same how?" Erza frowned as Mira had a sad look on her face.

"She blames herself. She escaped the Island as Acnologia sent her flying into her portal she was trying to save everyone with. That kind of mental pressure can be brutal on anyone." Mira realised as Macao nodded gruffly.

"Not just mental pressure either. That boulder Y/n took to the head left her with a scar to remember." Wakaba added before the conversation twisted to another topic, as Lamia Scale arrived.

///

A rare smile crossed your lips as you landed on the ground, sensing Makarov, Erza and Mira destroy Twilight Orgre.

That smile slid into a glare as you focussed back on the job you were on with Mermaid Heel, throwing yourself back into it as Kagura watched over you.

An unspoken bond between the two of you was reinforced when you woke up in Mermaid Heel's infirmary, traumatised and she was the only one there.

7 years since that day, and nothing had changed. That bond was as strong as ever.

///

[deathexe-writes]

Big thanks to @quickbeam2727 for helping with the fic!!

Word Count: 8033

CW: Mentions of throwing up but nothing happens, general Fairy Tail violence, kidnapping (vulcan taking Lucy)

Chapter Summery: Lucy’s dream comes true when Natsu, (Y/N), Happy, and Lumi take her to their headquarters in Magnolia to meet the rowdy members of Fairy Tail. For her first job, Lucy braves Mt. Hakobe with her new friends to find a missing wizard.

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Episode 2: Fire Dragon, Monkey, and Bull

The Magic Council is having a meeting regarding Fairy Tail, and all the mischief they have caused. There are nine members, all standing on their own magic circles on a much larger magic circle.

“Those idiots from fairy tail have gone and done it again! This time they destroyed an entire port!” Council member #1 says.

“What is the matter with them?” Council member #2 states with disdain.

“I’m actually quite fond of those dimwits and their laissez-faire attitude.” Council member #3 says with amusement.

“Hmm. They may behave like fools,” says council member #4 “but we mustn’t forget they are also an extremely capable lot.”

“Yes, that’s true. They present quite the quandary.” Council member #5 states.

“I think we should just leave them be.” Council member #3 says, “After all, if it wasn’t for those fools, think how boring this world would be.”

~ Somewhere else ~

Natsu, Happy, (Y/N), and Lumi arrive with Lucy to Fairy Tail. The fire mage has his fists on his hips and looking quite proud of his guild as he looks up. (Y/N) can be seen standing next to him, holding Lumi to her chest, looking up at the guild sign with the same amount of fondness Natsu shows. Lucy is carrying her suitcase behind her and has an ecstatic look as she stares up at the Fairy Tail building. Happy is standing behind the group in the middle.

“Welcome to Fairy Tail!” Says Happy excitedly. 

Lucy giggles with joy, Natsu then kicks the door open with a seemingly furious look on his face. (Y/N), Lumi, and Happy are behind him with a look of amusement on their faces. 

“WE MADE IT BACK ALIVE!” Shouts Natsu as he kicks in the door.

“WE’RE HOME!” Happy yells excitedly with him.

Many members of Fairy Tail are seen in the guild hall sitting at various tables and visiting with one another. A few turn and smile, greeting Natsu and (Y/N) at their arrival. Lucy enters, smiling widely at the site of the guild hall. 

“So I heard you went all out in Hargeon, Natsu. Had to go starting trou–” The guild member starts saying to Natsu, before he’s cut off with a kick to the face from the latter.

“AAH!” Shouts Natsu as he delivers a kick to the member seemingly out of nowhere.

“Why did you do that?!” Lucy puts her hands up in distress with a frightened look on her face. (Y/N), standing next to Lucy while Lumi hovers next to the Ice Dragon Slayer, is not as surprised that Natsu does this.

“You lied about that Salamander! I’m gonna kick your butt!” Natsu says to the member, raising his fist at him angrily.

“Don’t get mad at me. I’m not the one to blame here.” The kicked member responds “I’m just passing along a rumor I heard!” He shouts back.

“IT WAS JUST A RUMOR?!” Natsu asks angrily.

“YOU WANT TO FIGHT?!” The member asks Natsu equally as angry.

“LET’S GO!” Natsu shouts at him as tables and guild members start flying through the air.

“Now now, Natsu, I think you need to calm down–!” Happy says, shaking his paw up and down with a smug look on his face as an attempt to de-escalate the situation, before he’s thrown into the fray. The whole guild can be seen  in a fight now, people getting thrown every which way, some landing on eachother.

‘Oh, wow! I’m actually standing inside the Fairy Tail Guild Hall.’ Lucy is in awe of where she is. (Y/N) and Lumi smile fondly at Lucy’s excitement.

“So Natsu and (Y/N) finally made it back, huh?” A boy turns around in Natsu’s direction, shirtless and pantless, just in his underwear, he has an angry expression on his face as he grits his teeth. He has spiky black-colored hair and dark blue eyes, he's wearing a necklace, which resembles a sword with a stone in it, and very long, knee length underwear.

“This is Gray Fulbuster. A very talented wizard, but he tends to– well, he has a bad habit of taking off his clothes.” The Narrator introduces Gray.

Gray walks slowly toward the fight. A woman can be seen drinking wine from a champagne glass, observing the chaos that's been unfolding. She seems mostly unbothered by the current state of the guild, just slightly irritated. She has mid-back length medium brown hair, and large dark brown eyes. She's wearing a light blue bikini top, a pair of capri pants, with two bands hanging from each leg and a light belt covered in heart motifs loosely tied around the waist. Her shoes consist of a pair of high-heeled sandals. She also had a pair of metal bracelets adorning her biceps and three silver bracelets on both wrists.

“It’s time we settled things once and for all.” Gray states, angrily marching towards the fight.

“Gray, your clothes?” The woman reminds said boy of his missing clothing situation. He half-heartedly directs his anger towards the woman.

“I don’t have time for that!” The ice mage shouts at her.

“This lovely lady is Cana Alberona. She holds the title of Fairy Tail’s Heaviest drinker.”  The Narrator continues his introduction.

“You see? I don’t date the men here because they have no class.” Cana can be seen drinking directly from a barrel, much to the shock of Lucy. 

“Come here and fight me, Natsu!” Gray shouts kicking someone behind Natsu. As he’s still fighting the man who told him the rumor, grabbing his arm and his face. 

“Not until you put some clothes on!” Natsu shouts back.

“It’s only noon and you boys are already whining like spoiled babies.” A large, muscular man approaches Lucy and (Y/N), crossing his arms. He has white hair styled upwards in long, spikes, his dark eyes possess no visible eyebrows and his rectangular, elongated face has a stitched scar running down its right side, crossing his right eye. He's wearing a dark blue jacket, held closed on the front by a line of large buttons, with similar buttons on the sleeves’ back and the zip located on the high collar left open. The back of his jacket is adorned by large, light kanjis, which read “No. 1". He has loose pants that match his jacket, held up by a simple belt, and traditional Japanese geta sandals.

“This brute of a man is Elfman, a muscle-bound wizard who believes that all you need to solve any problem are two strong fists.” The Narrator continues.

“I'm a real man. You want me to prove it to ya!” Elfman shouts to Natsu and Gray, stomping towards the two.

“I can’t believe he’s encouraging them.” Lucy sweat drops, muttering to herself.

“Don’t worry Lucy, he’s normally like that.” (Y/N) reassures her, looking in the blondes direction, an easy going smile on her face at the chaos going on.

Natsu and Gray both simultaneously punch Elfman, sending him flying in the air. 

‘They knocked him out that easily?!’ Lucy thinks to herself, shocked at the display. Giggling can be heard behind Lucy and (Y/N) as they turn towards it.

“Jeez, it’s so noisy around here, huh?” Another man sits behind the two on a bench against the wall with two women sitting in his lap, his arms resting on their waists. His hair is kept in a mildly short, spiky cut, with spiky strands covering his forehead, and other, longer ones jutting upwards from the top of his head. His left ear is adorned by three earrings: a stud and two rings, a green coat with a wide collar, complete with prominent, spiky, brownish-white fur trimming lining the hood, over a light red shirt covered in many flower-like motifs, black pants and whitish sneakers, each adorned by a pair of light green stripes.

“This is the lady-killer, Loke. Ranked high on the Most Eligible Wizard Bachelor’s list.” As the narrator finishes introducing Loke, he’s hit in the forehead with a glass cup. 

“Are you all right?” The one of the girls he was flirting with asks him, concerned. 

“I’m gonna go fight, only to protect you two.” He woos the girls as he joins the fight. 

“Good luck, Loke.” Both say simultaneously.

“He’s definitely off my list…” Lucy crosses a picture of him out. “What the heck is wrong with these people? There’s not one sane person in the whole place.” As she says this, there are many guild members fighting. “No offence (Y/N).” 

“None taken, don’t worry.” (Y/N) chuckles at Lucy’s bewilderment as Lumi has a small smile on her face. 

“Hello! Are you new here? And (Y/N)! I see you and Natsu are back, how’d looking for Salamander go?” A voice asks behind the two. As she and (Y/N) turn, Lucy recognizes who it is.

“It’s Mirajane in the flesh!” Lucy gushes, she has her hands on her cheeks and hearts in her eyes. Mira closes her eyes and smiles at her as she holds a tray with drinks on it as Lucy fangirls about her.

Mira has long, white hair which curls slightly at the ends, with two bangs framing her face and reaching down to her chest; her hairstyle's most distinctive trait is a short, upward ponytail obtained by gathering and tying the hair covering her forehead and she has large blue eyes. She's wearing a sleeveless, ankle-length maroon dress with a pleated skirt. The chest is adorned by a large, pink bow, and similarly colored trimmings frame the neckline, acting as straps, and circle around the waist. Mirajane also wears high-heeled shoes that match her dress, and accessorizes with a small chain necklace with a blue oval gem attached to it, and a bracelet made of white flowers circling her right wrist.

“Hey Mira!” (Y/N) greets her favourite barmaid, as she smiles at her. "It was okay, it definitely wasn’t who we were looking for though.” (Y/N) responds a bit dejected, shrugging at Mira.

“This is Mirajane. A beautiful wizard who’s known for her bikini-clad photo spreads in Sorcerer Weekly magazine. She is currently an employee at fairy tail.” The Narrator explains.

“Um, don’t you think we should try to stop them or something?” Lucy asks, one hand to her mouth the other pointing at the fight with a concerned look.

“It’s always like this around here. I just leave them alone. Besides–” Mira gets cut off as Elfman gets flung into her to the shock of Lucy and (Y/N). “It’s kinda fun don’t you think?” She finishes as she passes out under an unconscious Elfman.

“AHH! DON’T DIE, MIRAJANE” Lucy screams as she flails her arms in bewilderment. She’s hit by Gray's body, as he’s thrown by Natsu. As she’s hit by his body, (Y/N), startled by what’s happening, moves to the side to avoid getting knocked over as well. Lucy’s shocked to see Natsu take Gray's underwear, leaving him entirely naked.

“GIVE ME BACK MY UNDERWEAR, JERK!” Gray shouts at Natsu. Lucy screams at Gray's nakedness, blushing as she covers her face with her hands, peeking through her fingers, (Y/N) and Lumi copy the blonde's actions (excluding the screaming) as he turns to Lucy and (Y/N), addressing the former. “Excuse me, miss, could I please borrow your underwear?” Gray asks as if it’s completely normal to ask for a girl's underwear. 

“AS IF?!” Lucy hits him with a table leg, (Y/N) looks at her with surprise, her eyes wide and a small open mouthed smile on her face. Loke then suddenly picks Lucy up in a bridal carry, as she looks deeply disturbed, while (Y/N) and Lumi have disapproving expressions on their faces at Loke's actions. (Y/N) has her hands on her hips, the grey cat copying her actions.

“These guys are all so insensitive. A woman has needs–” Loke suddenly gets cut off as he’s uppercutted by Elfman, sending him flying. (Y/N), startled once again, takes a step back to avoid the commotion while Lumi covers her ears at the loud sounds happening all at once, an upset look on her face.

“REAL MEN SPEAK WITH THEIR FISTS, LOKE!” Elfman shouts, Natsu then kicks him away. 

“I told you to butt out!” Natsu yells at him as he kicks Elfman. 

“Aye…” Happy weakly mutters out.

Cana, still sitting at the bar with her back turned to the chaos that's been unfolding, looks irritated as she attempts to drink in peace. “It’s so loud. So much for having a drink to relax. That’s enough, you guys. I suggest that you knock it off.” She pulls out a tarot card and activates a teal magic circle.

“Oh yeah? Says who?” Gray taunts, his fist in his palm, summoning a light blue magic circle as well. Elfman shouts as he also makes a purple magic circle, transforming his right arm into a rock arm. 

"You punks can be such a nuisance." Loke states, using a magic ring that summons a green magic circle. 

"I'm ready for ya!" Natsu’s fists are on fire, as he prepares for further fighting. 

"They always fight like this?" Lucy asks while holding Happy in front of her head like a shield. (Y/N) now back to standing next to Lucy, as the Dragon Slayer pets Lumi's head to calm the grey cat, looks at the Celestial Wizard in amusement.

"Uh-huh." Happy confirms while smiling. 

"You don't seem worried!" Lucy says while sweating profusely.

"WOULD YOU FOOLS STOP BICKERING LIKE CHILDREN?!" The Guild Master suddenly appears, towering over the guild hall and all its members.

"He's huge!" Lucy says bewildered, (Y/N) can be seen snickering to her right. Lucy’s eyes and mouth are open in shock and horror at the size of the Guild Master before everyone.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know you were still here, Master." Mira states.

"Did you say Master?!" Lucy says startled as she turns towards him. 

"Man, talk about a bunch of babies! Looks like I won this round, you guys!" Natsu has his fists on his hips and laughs, as everyone stops fighting with each other. As he laughs, Makarov steps on him causing (Y/N) to grimace and Lucy to make a noise in fear. 

"Well, seems we've a new recruit." Makarov notices Lucy, startling the blonde.

"Yes, sir!" Lucy squeaks out. He retracts to his normal size to the astonishment of Lucy as she stares dumbstruck. Makarov raises his hand to greet Lucy. He is an extremely short, elderly man. He has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair, he also has a thick white mustache. He's wearing an orange sweater with drawstrings and matching pants, he has a white shirt with a black Fairy Tail emblem in the middle. He has an orange and light blue "jester-like" hat, his shoes are pointy and brown.

"Nice to meet ya!" He says in a joyful tone to Lucy, smiling at her and (Y/N). 

"He's tiny! This little guy's really in charge here?" She sounds astonished at the Guild Master's appearance.

"Lucy, don't be rude." (Y/N) says jokingly with a slight smirk on her face looking at her, still petting Lumi as the grey cat hovers beside her.

"Of course he is! Allow me to introduce the Fairy Tail Guild Master, Makarov." Mira introduces Master Makarov to Lucy. After introductions, he turns and leaps to the second floor overlooking the guild common area. He hits his back on the railing and ends up on his back and groans in pain for a moment before getting up to his feet, standing on the railing. 

He clears his throat and begins to lecture the guild, as everyone looks at him with a bit of guilt.

“You’ve gone and done it again, you bunch of clods. Just take a look at how much paper work the Magic Council sent me this time,” He raises his hand to show a stack of papers and continues, “This is the biggest pile of complaints yet." 

"Remember the magic council? Well, they monitor all of the different wizard guilds." the Narrator explains.

"Have you lost your minds?! All you kids are good for is getting higher-ups mad at me!" The crowd murmurs to each other at this, looking guilty. (Y/N) holds her left bicep, as she and Lumi look down slightly in regret, while Lucy looks at the Guild Master in concern for the guild. Makarov exhales and continues, “However… I say to heck with the Magic Council.” He says before setting the stack of papers on fire, and throws them down into the crowd. Natsu jumps up and catches the stack of flaming papers and begins eating it as Lucy looks on in awe.

“Now listen up. Any power that surpasses reason still comes from reason, right? Magic isn’t some kind of miraculous power. It is a talent that only works when the flow of energy inside of us and the flow of energy in the natural world are in perfect synchronization. To perform magic, one must have a strong mind and the ability to focus. It should take over your being and come pouring out of your soul. If all we do worry about following rules, then our magic will never progress. Don’t let those blowards on the council scare. Follow the path you believe in. ‘Cause that’s what makes the Fairy Tail guild number one!”

He points his fist in the air with his index finger and thumb extended, the other guild members copy this action, cheering with each other.

~ Short Timeskip ~

"There. Now you're an official member of the Fairy Tail guild." Lucy gasps and squeals as she gets her guild mark, which is on the back of her right hand. She stares at it in wondrous joy as Mirajane welcomes her to the guild. 

"Hey Natsu, (Y/N), look. Mirajane just put the official Fairy Tail mark on my hand!" Lucy excitedly shows the two that she is now a member of the guild.

 "Oh yeah? That's cool. Welcome to the guild, Loony." Natsu looks uninterested with his back turned to her, at the request board, (Y/N) standing to his left, seemingly more interested than he is, turns her head to look at the Celestial Wizard.

"The name's Lucy!" Unimpressed by Natsu’s lack of enthusiasm, she yells to correct him. 

"That's great Lucy! Really proud of you!" She smiles at her, her hands behind her back with Lumi standing on the ground, clinging to her leg shyly. She then turns back to looking at the request board.

"This is the request board. The wizards can pick from any of the jobs listed on the board. Each presents a unique challenge, and a different pay rate." Explains the Narrator.

"Make sure you pick one with a big reward, Natsu!" Happy reminds Natsu, standing to his right.

"Whoa, 160,000 jewel to get rid of some thieves?" Natsu picks a job from the request board, excited at not only the reward, but to also get started on the job. (Y/N) seems equally as excited, peaking over his left shoulder, both hands resting on said shoulder at the piece of paper.

"Sounds good to me!" Happy sounds just as excited as Natsu and (Y/N).

"How come my dad hasn't come back yet?" Romeo, a young black haired boy, concerned that his father has not returned home, asks Makorov, who is drinking on the counter at the bar.

"You're starting to get on my nerves, Romeo. You're a wizard's son. Have faith in your father and wait patiently for him." Makarov scolds Romeo.

"But sir, he told me he'd be back in three days. And he's been gone for over a week now!"

"If I remember correctly, he took the job on Mt. Hakobe." Makarov off-handedly comments.

"That's right. And it's not that far from here, so why won't somebody go look for him?!"

"Listen, kid, your old man's a wizard. And like every other wizard in this guild, he can take care of himself. Now go home, and have some milk and cookies, and wait!" As he continues to drink and shout at Romeo, Natsu and (Y/N) look on solemnly as Makarov reprimands the young child. Mirajane drys a plate looking disheartened as Lucy looks saddened at the scene.

"JERK! I HATE YOU ALL!" Romeo has had enough of Makorov and punches him in the nose and runs away, out of the guild, crying. 

"That's gotta be tough." Lucy says, saddened at the display.

"I know it sounds like the master doesn't care, but he really is worried." Mira explains to Lucy, sympathizing with Romeo.

Natsu punches the job board, leaving a crack in it as he walks away. 

"What do you think you're doing?! You almost broke the board, Natsu." Nab exclaims to the fire wizard.

Makarov sighs as Natsu and Happy walk out of the guild hall, (Y/N) and Lumi trailing after them, as both Dragon Slayers carry their bags with them.

"This doesn't look good, Master. You know how they can be. I bet they're going up to Mt. Hakobe to save Macao." Nab says concerned to Makarov.

"When are those kids gonna grow up?" Says the one Natsu punched when he entered the guild with Lucy and the others.

"Who knows? Going after Macao isn't going to do anything except hurt his pride." Nab replies.

"Remember Nab, we can't choose another's path. Just leave them be." Makarov says self-opinionated.

"Why did Natsu and (Y/N) get so upset?" Lucy asks concerned for the two after Natsu's outburst as she looks in the direction they went.

"Probably because those two and Romeo have a lot in common. I think they see themselves in Romeo. Just because we're members of Fairy Tail, it doesn't mean we have our own personal issues. We've all had our fair share of suffering and loss." Mira explains solemnly to Lucy as she continues to wash dishes.

~ Timeskip ~

"Why'd you come with us?" Natsu groans out to Lucy.

He's lying on his stomach on the bench in the carriage they're riding in. Lucy and (Y/N) are sitting opposite him, although (Y/N) is leaning on Lucy in the same condition as Natsu, as Happy and Lumi sit on the floor.

"I thought maybe I could help. Wow, you guys really do have a serious case of motion sickness, don't you? It's just another reason to feel sorry for you." She says in a presuming tone as she puts her hands to her face in false sympathy.

 "What's that supposed to mean?!" Natsu groans out, almost offended at the implication.

"Oh, nothing! Forget I said anything." She says flustered, when she suddenly has a somber expression recalling something Mira told her.

~ Flashback ~

"Many years ago Natsu's father and (Y/N)'s mother left and never came back. Well, technically they weren't their real father and mother, but the ones who raised them. They were actually dragons." Lucy pictures two dragons and gasps in alarm at the thought.

"THEY WERE A WHAT?!" She yells out in fright. "They were really raised by dragons?" She continues her question as Mira nods in confirmation.

"When he was a little boy, a dragon found him in the forest. He took him in and taught him about language, culture and magic. But one day, the dragon disappeared and never returned. The same goes for (Y/N)." Mira continues her explanation for Natsu and (Y/N)'s reaction. 

"So those dragons must have been Igneel and Nivalis." Lucy says in realization. 

"That's right." Mira confirms for Lucy.

"They both live for the day when they finally see Igneel and Nivalis again. It's kind of cute, don't you think?" She giggles softly in a fond manner at the thought of the two.

~ Present ~

The carriage suddenly stops, as Natsu and (Y/N) perk up at the abrupt stop.

"I guess we're there." Lucy states.

"ALL RIGHT! WE'RE STOPPED MOVING!" He and Happy laugh and dance merrily at the stopped carriage as the former has fire coming from his mouth. (Y/N) sits up from her slumped position, glad at the halted carriage, although she and Lumi have more decorum than the other two. (Y/N) smiles warmly at their (mostly Natsu's) reaction.

"I'm sorry, but this is as far as I can get you." As the driver reveals this he opens the doors to show they've arrived at a vast, snow covered mountain range. Strong winds blow ice and snow across the land as dark clouds cover the sky. 

Lucy sits down in the opening, looking around as she gets out, (Y/N) sits between her and Natsu, holding onto Lumi, ready as well. Lucy looks out at the frozen wasteland they arrived at. Natsu stands to the girls' left, observing the landscape. Happy is holding on to the door, trying not to get blown away in the wind. 

"WHOA!" Happy exclaims as he clings to the open door.

"Where the heck are we, Natsu?! It's a frozen wasteland!" Shouts Lucy through the howling winds.

~ Timeskip ~

Natsu, Lucy, and (Y/N) are walking along the mountain side, as the relentless wind and snow continues to inhibit their progress. None of them dressed for the weather. Lucy is walking behind Natsu and (Y/N), Lumi is being held by the latter, and Happy is clinging on to Natsu’s shoulder. Lucy looks uncomfortably cold, as she rubs her arms in hopes to bring warmth back into them. Natsu and (Y/N) look unbothered by the weather.

"Why is it so cold?! I know we're on a mountain, but it's summer right now! There shouldn't be a blizzard like this anywhere!" Lucy complains to the group.

"That's what you get for wearing light clothing." Natsu responds, looking back at her.

"Oh, please! You guys aren't dressed for it! Now hand over that blanket!" She demands from the fire wizard as she tugs on the blanket attached to his backpack.

"Gosh, she just keeps on talking, huh?" Natsu comments.

"Aye…" Happy agrees.

"Oh, I know! OPEN GATE OF THE CLOCK CONSTELLATION, HOROLOGIUM!" Lucy makes the impromptu decision to summon one of her spirits. The bow of the key is designed similar to a cuckoo clock with the crest in the middle, colored brown. The spirit is a tall brown grandfather clock with long, black arms, a glass case, a Roman-numerical clock at the center and a small face at the top with slit eyes and a thin, twirly, mustache-like mouth. The other four look amazed at the sudden appearance of the celestial being. 

"A clock, whoa." "That is so cool!" Natsu and Happy say simultaneously as they look on in amazement.

As Lucy is now inside Horologium wrapped in Natsu's blanket, she begins to speak, although none of the others are able to understand her.

"Wait, I can't hear you." States Natsu in confusion.

"She says, "I'm staying in here, and I'm not coming out."" Horologium repeats what Lucy is saying.

"Then why'd you come along?" (Y/N) asks, confused.

""What kind of crazy job would force Macao to come to a place like this?" She inquires." Horologium relays.

"You should have asked that before you came with us. He went to slay a vulcan. It's a big monster." Natsu crosses his arms as he and (Y/N) converse with Lucy through Horologium. Lucy gasps in dread at this as he and (Y/N) continue walking alongside the mountain to find Macao, leaving Lucy and Horologium behind, not bothering to wait for them to catch up.

""I want to go back to the guild," she proclaims." Relays Horologium.

"Go ahead and be my guest, I say back." Natsu says sarcastically, marching on, as (Y/N) giggles into one of her hands at the remark, the other still holding onto Lumi.

"Aye." Happy says in agreement. 

~ Timeskip ~

"MACAO! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Natsu shouts out to Macao as he and (Y/N) continue to climb the mountain. "MACAO!" Happy shouts.

"Natsu! Happy! Be careful! You're gonna cause an avalanche if you continue all this screaming. If you do that, we, well at least the two of you, won't be able to look for Macao at all. Plus, with all this yelling you might attract a monster to us." (Y/N) scolds the two, a stern look on both her and Lumi's face. Just as she says this, a vulcan jumps down from higher up in the mountains, smashing the ground in front of the group. Natsu and (Y/N) are able to dodge in time, as Happy and Lumi scramble away from the vulcan. The monster chuckles at them.

"See! What did I tell you!" She reprimands the two with a stern look on her face. Natsu and (Y/N) are in fighting stances as Lumi, down by (Y/N)'s leg, is cowering behind the ice mage, while Happy stands beside the fire mage. 

"THAT'S A BIG VULCAN!" Happy, startled, exclaims.

"Huh?" The vulcan grunts out, snorting, as if searching for something, when suddenly he chuckles. The vulcan takes off in the direction the group was coming from, leaving Natsu and (Y/N) where they are. 

"HEY, WAIT!" Exclaims (Y/N), as the group looks in the direction the vulcan runs off in.

The vulcan finds Lucy and Horologium. He picks up the spirit, which horrifies Lucy, as she is still hiding in him. 

"Me like human woman." The vulcan states running off with Lucy and Horologium over his head. 

"So it can talk, huh?" Natsu, covering his fist with his other hand, smiles at the thought of fighting the vulcan, while it takes off.

""Don't just stand there. Hurry up and save me," she yells furiously." Horologium relays as the vulcan giggles still running off with Lucy and the clock spirit.

~ Timeskip ~

"Near the summit of Mt. Hakobe…" The Narrator reveals.

The vulcan can be heard grunting happily as he had taken Lucy and Horologium to his cave. Lucy is quite anxious at the turn of events. The vulcan can be seen dancing around the clock, clearly happy with himself. 

""How did I get myself into this mess? And what's with this giant monkey?! Why is he so excited?" She asks tearfully." Relays the clock spirit covering his face. 

"WOMAN." The vulcan puts his face up to Lucy, looking at her through Horologium’s glass, steam coming from his nose as she whimpers from the close proximity.

Horologium then vanishes back to the celestial spirit world, much to the dismay of Lucy, who breaks down crying at being left alone with the vulcan.

"Where'd you go, Horologium?! Don't you disappear on me!" She cries out.

"Sorry, but my time is up. Take care." The clock spirit can be heard as he disappears.

"GIVE ME AN EXTENSION, PLEASE!" She wails out at Horologium.

"HEY, YOU BIG APE! WHERE'S MACAO?! TELL ME!" Natsu can be heard shouting as the vulcan is about to grab Lucy, catching their attention. Natsu and (Y/N) storm into the cave, Happy and Lumi flying behind them. 

"Whoa!--" Natsu grunts out as he suddenly slips on the ice and falls on his back, spinning down the ice with his legs sticking up. (Y/N) slides to a stop where they 'planned' on stopping as Natsu continues sliding, she crosses her arms, putting a hand to her face, sweat-dropping.

"Whoa. That wasn't cool. Why does he feel like he has to make an entrance all the time?" Lucy has a very distressed look on her face as she rests her face on her palm, her expression mirroring the one (Y/N) has. 

"Great job, Natsu, amazing entrance." (Y/N) sarcastically comments, standing beside Lucy, hand still on her face, arms crossed.

"Spill it, monkey. Where is our friend?" Natsu grunts out upside down to the vulcan. Lucy and (Y/N) quickly walk over to Natsu, (Y/N) standing beside him, as Lucy stands behind the two.

"You understand me, right? He's a human man. Now tell me where he is." He demands to the vulcan. The beast seems to think about Natsu's question for a second.

"Man?"

"That's right! Where are you hiding him?!" He once again demands to the vulcan, a serious look on his face.

"Don't you think you might be jumping to conclusions?" Lucy questions, concerned.

"Man!"  The vulcan waves his hand at Natsu and (Y/N) and points to his right.

"Hey, I think he's gonna show us! (Y/N) c'mon!" He grabs (Y/N)'s wrist, pulling her towards the hole.

"Natsu, I don't know about this! What if it's a trick?" She tries to reason with him, although it seems to go through one ear and out the other as he drags her to the hole anyways. The two look out of the opening the vulcan pointed to, the wind was still howling.

"MACAO! WHOA– MONKEY!" Natsu yells out, when the vulcan pushes the two out of the hole, sending them falling down the mountain. 

"GODDAMN IT, NATSU!" (Y/N) screams out in frustration at Natsu as she falls with him.

"NATSU! (Y/N)!" Lucy yells in distress as she rushes over to the hole and looks down to where the two fell.

"NO LIKE MAN. ME LIKE WOMAN!" The vulcan whoops out happily as he jumps from foot to foot in glee.

"This is bad news! He can't survive out there. Maybe (Y/N), but not Natsu." She says in concern, "NATSU! (Y/N)!" Lucy continues shouting for the two.

"Woman. Woman. Woman." Grunts the vulcan. "Woman Woman Woman Woman Woman." He repeats five more times, chuckling to himself. This seems to be the breaking point for Lucy as she turns back to the vulcan, casting aside her blanket, frowning at the beast.

"All right, you pervy monkey, you're going down! OPEN, GATE OF THE GOLDEN BULL! TAURUS!"  Lucy summons her spirit Taurus, the Golden Bull. A head of a bull is carved in the base of the bow with two horns sprouting out on its side, surrounding a white center with the crest of the Golden Bull, colored in black. The blade of the key is designed similar to that of a two-sided axe, each side designed with an S facing the opposite direction. The blade culminates in a pointed tip. As he appears, he flexes his muscles and cow bells and moos can be heard.

The spirit is an extremely tall, heavily muscular and athletic minotaur. His body is covered in a black and white pattern similar to that of Holstein Friesian cattle, and the upper part of it, from the waist up, seems more massive than the lower one. His head is bovine in shape, with small, elongated ears jutting outwards from the sides of his head, and a pair of horns, testifying him as a bull, sitting on top of it. He has dark eyes, and his flat nose bears a large golden ring in it, similar to those worn by real bulls. The tail sprouting from his back, ending in a dark tuft.

Taurus wearing a dark indument, similar to a pair of swim briefs, held up by a silver, studded belt, with a belt buck reminiscent of his symbol. He also wears simple dark boots, and has a brown belt circling his neck, to which a golden cowbell is attached. His forearms are wrapped in bandages, and he wears brown fingerless gloves. Crossing his chest diagonally and passing over his right shoulder is a large, plain dark belt closed by a simple buckle, to which attaches his signature axe.

"Cow?" The vulcan says in a confused manner at the sudden appearance of the bull spirit.

"I should warn you, monkey boy, Taurus is the most powerful celestial spirit that I have a contract with." She remarks angrily to the beast.

"Oh, wow, Miss Lucy. I almost forgot what a nice figure you have. Why don't you come give me a smooch?" The bull spirit unashamedly flirts with Lucy.

"Oh yeah, and he's a big perv too." Lucy puts a hand to her head in discomfort at Taurus' flirtations.

"No touch my woman!" The vulcan demands at Taurus.

"Your woman? Them's fightin' words, you moo-nkey!" Angerly, the bull spirit gets ready to fight the vulcan.

"Get him!" Lucy commands Taurus as he leaps up into the air, wielding his axe and making a swinging motion as he strikes the ground. As he does so, a shock wave from the force of the axe is sent toward the vulcan, forcing him to dodge.

 "He's fast!" As she says this, the vulcan leaps in the air to take a strike against Taurus. Miraculously, Natsu and (Y/N) return as the former kicks Taurus in the jaw, thinking he was another monster.

"Natsu!" Lucy shouts in shock. Not only at the entrance, but also him attacking her spirit.

"Looks like this is the end for me…" Taurus groans, knocked out because of the fire wizard. "Epic fail!" Distressed, Lucy exclaims looking in Taurus' direction. "Hey. So how come there are more monsters now than when we left?" Natsu gestures to the vulcan with his thumb, wondering why there are more monsters than before with Lucy.

"HE'S A FRIEND, DUMMY! ONE OF MY SPIRITS!" Lucy is beyond pissed with Natsu now,

"That guy?" Natsu, confused, points with his thumb at the vulcan. (Y/N), arms crossed, face-palms at Natsu's stupidity.

"No, Natsu! Obviously not him!" (Y/N) scolds him, exasperated.

"NOT HIM! THE BULL!" She yells, then stops, as if coming to a realization, "Wait a minute, how were you able to survive out there?" Lucy continues, confused. 

"Happy came to save us. Thanks, little buddy." Natsu 

"Yeah, thanks, Happy!" (Y/N) commends Happy at the save.

"Aye!" Happy says. Lucy crosses her arms when Natsu says Happy rescued him.

"So you can't handle other modes of transportation, but flying with Happy's okay? Also, Happy, I thought you could only carry one person at a time?" Natsu looks offended when Lucy implies that Happy, and by extension Lumi, is a mode of transportation. 

"I don't remember saying that." Happy feigns ignorance to the question directed to him.

"What kind of stupid question is that? Happy isn't a mode of transportation. He's my friend. I mean, duh." Natsu stares at Lucy with a look of exasperation as if it's the most obvious thing in the world, as Lucy has a blank expression on her face in response.

"You're right. It was totally wrong of me to compare the two." Lucy says in a sarcastic manner.

"Don't worry Lucy, they're just being dramatic." (Y/N) states to Lucy, right hand waving up and down, her left resting on her cheek, eyes closed in an almost delighted manner, a smile on her face.

"MY WOMAN!" The vulcan jumps up from behind Natsu and (Y/N), about to strike both with his giant fist. Natsu blocks the attack with his arm, as (Y/N) dodges out of the way towards Lucy, as if to protect her from any attacks or debris.

"You listen up. I consider everyone in the Fairy Tail guild my friend." He states determinedly with a grunt as he's kicked by the vulcan across the cave. The force of the kick causes Natsu to slide across the ice, still on his feet, arms blocking his face.

"Whether it's Gramps and Mira, or even those annoying jerks Gray and Elfman." He stands straight up from his blocking position. "Happy, (Y/N), Lumi, and Lucy too. They're all my friends." A red magic circle appears beneath his feet as fire starts coming from said magic circle.

"Which is why…" He continues as the vulcan shouts making an attempt to attack Natsu, "…I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT MACAO!" As the beast is about to strike him, Natsu delivers a fire kick to the vulcans stomach, making the monster hit the ceiling of the cave and fall to his feet across from Natsu, as stalactites of ice fall. He grins at the vulcan, ready for the beast's attack.

The vulcan claps his hands and ice shoots toward Natsu, Lucy, and (Y/N). Lucy jumps out of the way of the incoming ice, Natsu remains standing where he is, melting the ice as it hits his body, his arms outstretched to either side of him. 

"ICE-MAKE ICE WALL!" (Y/N) makes an ice shield to protect her and Lucy. Her ice seemingly has a light purple hue to it, as opposed to the blue tinted ice surrounding them, as a large wall of ice shoots up from the ground in front of them. (hex #ccccff if anyone's curious)

"YOUR ICE ATTACK HAS NO EFFECT ON FIRE!" Natsu shouts as he's pelted with icicles that melt on contact. The steam from the melted ice clears, now showing the monster, who can be seen holding onto Taurus' discarded axe and wielding it with intent as the vulcan chuckles.

"That's not good." Natsu states with a frown as Lucy and (Y/N) have a shocked look on their faces.

"He's got Taurus' axe!" Lucy says, alarmed.

"Please, be careful, Miss Lucy." The bull spirit groans out with a dazed look on his face.

The vulcan swings the axe horizontally at Natsu as he backflips away from the attack. The vulcan tries two more vertical strikes at Natsu, which he dodges with ease. Natsu then slips and falls backwards, much to the shock of (Y/N) and Lucy. 

"NO!" "NATSU!" Lucy and (Y/N) shout simultaneously in distress at Natsu. 

The vulcan takes this opportunity to strike at him while he's on his back. Natsu manages to sit up in time as he uses his hands, straining to stop the blade by pressing his palms together to each side of it. 

"Go back, Taurus! If you go back beyond the gate, your axe will disappear too!" Lucy desperately commands to Taurus without success, trying to shake him awake. (Y/N) kneels beside Lucy, also attempting to shake him awake, while also keeping an eye on Natsu to make sure he's still doing alright.

Natsu uses his fire magic to heat up the axe, causing it to melt and drip into his mouth. The vulcan makes a questioning sound at the sight. Lucy and (Y/N) look at what's happening, as the former is surprised to see Natsu able to heat the blade. Happy and Lumi are flying beside them, also observing the fight. 

"Is he melting the blade with his body heat?" Lucy asks unsettled at the display of strength.

"Uh-huh." Happy responds back.

"Oh yeah, now I got some fire in my belly." Natsu, mouth full of melted metal, says. He shoots the hardened metal at the vulcan, pelting him with said metal as the monster falls backwards, whimpering in pain. Natsu hits his fists together and quickly summons a magic circle. 

"EAT THIS! FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST!" Natsu leaps up with a fist on fire and punches the vulcan, sending him flying backwards, landing on his back upside down. 

Natsu, Lucy, and (Y/N) stand before the unconscious vulcan. Happy and Lumi hovering beside Lucy. 

"We beat him!" Happy yells in delight.

"Yeah, but wasn't this monkey supposed to tell us where your friend is?" Lucy comments.

“Oh. Forgot about that." Natsu chuckles, scratching the back of his head. 

"Well, I don't think he's gonna do much talking." She retorts back.

The vulcan suddenly begins to emit a strong light along with a large amount of magic. The group shields their eyes. 

"What in the heck was that?" He says in shock at what's in front of him. 

"Macao?" Both Natsu and (Y/N) gasp out simultaneously as their eyes widen in shock at the sight before them. Macao now in place of the vulcan. 

"Are you telling me that big perverted monkey was actually your friend this whole time?!" Lucy exclaims out, confused.

"Yeah, he must have been taken over by that vulcan." (Y/N), distracted, explains to Lucy, almost in a daze due to the shock of the reveal. 

"What do you mean, 'taken over'?" The latter asks back.

"It must have used a possession spell on him. You see, vulcans survive by stealing people's bodies and taking them over. They're evil body snatchers!" Happy explains for (Y/N) to Lucy.

~ Brief Timeskip ~

Macao is laid on Natsu's red blanket with bandages covering his stomach and arms. Natsu, Lucy, (Y/N), Lumi, and Happy are all kneeling around him. 

"It looks like he put up a good fight before that vulcan finally got to him though." Solemnly Happy states looking at the poor condition Macao ended up in.

"Macao, don't you die on me! Romeo's waiting for you! Open your eyes!" Natsu in desperation yells at him not to die.

"C'mon, Macao! You gotta wake up for Romeo!" (Y/N), with a similar desperate air to her, pleads with Macao to wake up.

"Natsu? (Y/N)?" Macao’s eyes slowly open, much to the delight of everyone present, he groans, confused at the sight of the fire and ice wizards. 

"You're okay!" Natsu, elated at Macao's wellbeing, has a large smile on his face. (Y/N) and Lucy have large smiles on their faces as well at the conscious man laying in front of them. 

"I'm so pathetic. I defeated 19 of those brutes." Macao states disappointed in himself.

"Huh?" Disbelief can be seen on Lucy's face at the confession. 

"But the 20th, that's the one that got me. I'm so angry with myself. I'm embarrassed to go home and face Romeo." Macao can be seen stewing in his shame, struggling to even get the words out.

"Don't be like that. Come on, man. You beat 19 monsters." Natsu says in an encouraging tone to the beat up man.

'No way. There were 20 of those giant monkey things? And he took on the job all by himself?' Lucy's in disbelief to learn how many vulcans there were, and Macao was able to defeat nineteen of them. Natsu extends his hand to help Macao up as (Y/N) and Natsu have an excited look on their faces.

"Now let's go home. Your little boy's been waiting for you." (Y/N) says excitedly.

'They're amazing. I can't even begin to compare to them.' Lucy thinks to herself with a fond expression. Happy calls her out on it and makes fun of her. 

"Why are you grinning like that, Lucy? It's creepy." Happy jests at Lucy, paw to his face.

"I'll show you creepy. Watch your back." Threatened Lucy through gritted teeth. 

~ Timeskip ~

The sun is setting as the group of wizards and flying cats return back to Magnolia, just as Romeo is sitting on the stairs, upset. 

"Hey, Romeo!" Natsu yells to Romeo as he and the others smile and wave at him. Romeo’s eyes widened in disbelief, he begins to cry as he sees his dad again. 

"DAD!" He leaps up and hugs Macao, causing them both to fall to the ground. Lucy looks shocked that they fell. The others are smiling joyfully at the heartwarming scene. 

"You came back! I'm so sorry, dad!" Wails Romeo, crying in his dad's arms as they both sit on the ground.

"No, I'm sorry for making you worry." Reassures Macao to his son, squeezing him tight.

"I can handle it, 'cause I'm a wizard's son." Romeo says with conviction.

"Next time those bullies pick on you, here's what I want you to say: "Can your old man defeat 19 monsters by himself? 'Cause mine can." Macao instructs his son. Romeo gets up and shouts to the group as they walk down the street as the sun sets.

"NATSU! (Y/N)! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!” Romeo shouts after them.

"No prob, kiddo." Natsu shouts, waving back at the boy.

"Aye!" Happy adds.

"LUCY, THANKS FOR HELPING TO BRING MY DADDY BACK TO ME!" Romeo shouts at Lucy.

Lucy turns to wave back at Macao and Romeo, giggling as she does so.

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