Trapped in Love (NaLu fanfic)

Chapter 12

Lucy's POV

We're walking threw the forest, keeping out guard incase a monster attacked us. We were looking for a rare plant. The request didn't say what made the plant rare but we didn't mind. We then heard some rustling in the bushes.

"What was that?" I ask a little scared.

"Just the bush, but don't keep your guard down!" Erza firmly stated. We all nodded. I glanced back over at the bush, wondering if whatever was behind it, was going to pop out any minute.

I then notice something blue in the bushes, I looked like a horn. The creature then charged out of the bush and towards us. I then saw Natsu hit the thing, his fist engulfed in flames. I smiled but then brought my attention back to the path.

"Geez. Do you think the plant would even be here?" Gray asks, starting to get a little irritated that we haven't found the plant yet.

"We'll find it, but it might take a while." Erza replied. Gray sighed. I glanced over at Happy, who was walking beside me and asked him something.

"Don't you think that this forest is creepy?" I whispered to Happy. He looked at me and nodded.

"Yeah." Was all he said. This job was going to be tougher than I imagined. We continued on the path, carfully keeping our guard. I was walking behind Natsu, knowing that if something happened, he'd protect me.

- A 3 hours later -

"Ugh! We're never going to find the plant!" I said, starting to get tired. We haven't ran into any trouble in the past 3 hours but we could soon. I looked over at Erza, who was not even one bit tired.

"C'mon guys! Hurry up your pace!" Erza demanded. We all nodded in response, not wanting to argue with Erza. We hurried up our pace, and trotted behind Erza. Happy was lucky because he had wings.

We all then heard loud footsteps behind us. We turned around, seeing that it was some kind of monster. It was huge. I stood frozen in place, not knowing what to do. I then had an idea.

I pulled out Loke's key and chanted out,

"Open! Gate of the Lion! Leo!" I chanted. Loke apeared in front of me and waved.

"Hey Lucy!" He said. I pointed at the monster thing and Loke nodded.

"Regulas Impact!" He yelled, punching the monster thing until it was dead.

"Thanks Loki!" I smiled. He smiled as well and then disappeared back into the spirit world. I looked back at my friends. They looked a little suprised.

"What? All I did was beat the monster, well, Loki did, but you know what I mean!" I said. They all then smiled.

"Great work, Lucy!" Erza said, pulling me towards her, my head hitting her armor. Ouch.

I smiled and walked right next to Natsu. He grinned at me, and I smiled at him. He then grabbed my hand and held it. Natsu then stopped walking, sniffing something out.

"Hold on! Something here smells strange!" Natsu said, continuing to sniff. He then pointed more into the forest.

"I think that's the plant." I heard Gray say. We all ran towards the plant to observe it. It looked like it to me! Erza plucked the plant from the ground and looked at it for a minute, then looked back at the picture of the plant on the request.

"There exactly the same. This is the plant." She said. We all smiled and headed out of the forest.

- After the finished their job, and got their reward and headed home -