Chapter 1
-The Meeting
Somewhere at a forest- Normal P.O.V
It was a bright sunny day. There were some clouds in the sky, almost blocking the sunlight. Among them theres something which seem s to be flying in the sky. It was flying towards a nearby forest. It was getting bigger and bigger as it came closer. It came close enough to be clearly seen by anyone.
It was a huge, red colored dragon. It had spikes along its back to the end of its huge tail. It also had a yellow underside and yellow eyes with black pupil.
It flaps its huge wing as it tries to find something. After about ten minutes in the sky, it came to a halt.
It landed smoothly on the ground. It landed in what seems to be an open area, completely surrounded by trees. There was something on its back. There was some pink spikey and fluffy thing on its back. It started to move. It slowly rose from its place. It turns out to be a looked like he was 7 years old or something.
"Why are we doing this again Igneel ?" he started to speak.
"Ahh… Natsu . You're finally awake. I thought you were going to sleep there forever. Oh and if I recall it, you had already asked me that question for the tenth time. I know you're not a genius or something, but how could someone not understand something so simple? Now listen. If you ask me that question again, you won't be having meat anymore for a long time. We are doing this so that you can have friends – human friends. You got that…."
He finished with a growl. "Aye sir!" Natsu answered timidly to Igneel.
20 minutes later-Normal P.O.V
They have been there for a while now. Natsu is asleep on Igneel's back again.
"Where are they? It's been quite a while now. Are they lost or something? Huh….." He sighed talking to himself.
"Sniff…sniff… they're finally here. Natsu , wake up they're here." He said. He rosse slowly so that Natsu won't fall. He stared at the lane in front of them.
Then, slowly a woman with blonde har came to sight. She didn't flee at the sight of the dragon. She just smiled and walked casually towards them, holding a girl's arm with the girl also had blonde hair just like the woman. The little girl didn't notice the dragon in front of her. She was paying her attention to a family of bunnies in the bush near them. That was until she heard a voice. Though it sounded more like a growl actually. "Layla… it's been awile hasn't it." She turned.
What she saw turned her legs to jelly. She almost fell to the ground. But she just squeled and hid behind her mother's dress. "Yes. I think so too, Igneel. Maybe, about five years. My, Igneel have you became a little bit bigger?"
"I think you're right. And maybe I am a little bigger than normal. Is that your daughter, behind there?" he told her. "Yes she is. Lucy come here, don't be afraid. Igneel this is Lucy, my five year old, beloved daughter." She said with a bright smile on her face.
"Hi there, little girl. Nice to meet you. My name is Igneel. Don't worry I don't bite. Tell me your name." he said softly to the scared little girl with a smile.
"H-hi... My n-name is Lucy. N-n-nice to m-meet you t-t-too." She, stuttering said still scared of the humongous creature in front of her.
"And this is N-…. Oi! Wake up. They're already here." He bellowed shaking his body. Lucy just watched. "Then something, or rather someone fell from the dragon's huge back. He had spikey but tidy hair. He might have been sleeping on the dragon's back." She thought to herself. Natsu woke up with a moan. "Why did you do that for? It hurts you know." He said angrily.
"Serves you right. They're already here and you're still sleeping up there." He said, still angry. "But, I was tired." He answered. Then Igneel swung his giant tail and hit Natsu on the head. "Now shut up and greet our friends here." He firmly told Natsu. Natsu murmured something at the corner of his mouth. Then he bowed and said "Hi my name is Natsu. Nice to meet you. One day I'm going to be the strongest mage in the world." He said all strong and mighty. Then he got another hit on the head. "Oww… What now..?" he asked still in pain.
"Where are your manners?! At least say you so-" he was interrupted by Layla. "It's okay Igneel. Hi there Natsu. My name is Layla and this is Lucy. Nice to meet you too." She said with a kind smile. Lucy just smiled at him.
Now that they have introduced themselves, they sat down and started talking about the plans for the week.
"So what have in mind for the for us?" Natsu asked. "Let's just say that you don't have to know that. All we could say is that we would have some fun this week." Layla told him. "What kind of magic does Lucy use?" Igneel asked. "Celestial Spirit Magic. Just like me. How about Natsu? Does he use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic?" she asked curiously. "Yes." He answered shortly. "How come you don't talk?" Natsu asked Lucy who was sitting in front of him.
"I think shes still a little surprised and scared." She said. " Of who?" Natsu continued. "Maybe, me. Am I right Lucy?" he asked. Lucy nodded and said "Yes, a little. Sorry." Igneel only smiled. " It's okay. It isn't something normal to see a dragon, so I don't mind." There was silence for a few seconds. Lucy opened her mouth to say something, but thought not to say anything. "Weird.." Natsu mumbled. Unfortunately for him Lucy heard him and yelled at him.
"Who are you calling weird!?"
"You of course, who else?" he exclaimed still smiling. " Why you…" she said standing and started to chase him around.
Igneel and Layla just sat there smiling as they watched the kids running around. Lucy ran as fast as she could, but still couldn't catch him.
Layla took her eyes off them to talk to Igneel. "So, how did you come here?"
"Flying of course." Igneel answered.
"No, I meant how did you find this place?" she told him.
"Oh, well, since the map you gave me was small, I had Natsu to read it for me. How was yours?" he asked. "It wasn't the best of journeys, I could tell you that. We took the carriage until we arrived at the front of the woods. Then we walked all the way here. And along the way she kept asking where are we going. I just said "We are going to see a friend of mine and his son." You should have seen her face when I said "his son". She was so shocked that she frozed at the place she was standing. How about Natsu?"
"Well he just slept all the way here. But he was shocked when I said you had a daughter." Igneel said with a little smile on his face.
Lucy had finally caught Natsu off guard and threw herself on him, and sat on him. Igneel and Layla just laughed as Natsu was struggling to get up.
Igneel and Layla were old friends;
Natsu doesn't have friends and so does Lucy;
Now the two of them have met;
What will happen next?
Read on to find out!
