Bet You Didn't Know

4. Dragon's Laugh

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Today's useless fact people will be at the bottom of the chapter.

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Bet You Didn't Know

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Dragon's Laugh

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It was nighttime when one Natsu Dragneel, seven years, twelve weeks, five days and seventy-two minutes old, woke up under his Father's wing due to something... whimpering. He tried to ignore it at first, to drown it out with his Father's snores... but it was just there. In the back of his head, that small little whimpering that sounded like a kicked puppy.

No matter how much Natsu moved, or how he covered his ears and growled, the whimpering wouldn't stop. After about ten minutes into trying to forget the noise, Natsu rose up from beneath his Father's wing and saw red. He stomped around his Father's back as he tried to find the source of the whimpers. Normally, Natsu just would have screamed be quiet, but remembering how last time he did it Igneel had woken up and knocked him out... Natsu thought it would be better to just find what was making the noise... and kill it.

Natsu jumped off his Father's back and landed on his feet, the shock echoed through his legs but quickly left so he continued his quest. It wasn't hard finding the whimpering voice, the moment Natsu jumped down it became louder. He discovered it was no where around Igneel's sleeping body so he decided to head into the forest. The whimpering only became more quieter so he went back into the clearing. This game of hide and seek was starting to annoy young Natsu Dragneel.

Sure he liked the game, only because when he played against Igneel it was so easy to spot him and when Igneel played against him he could fly making it easy to spot his salmon locks of hair, but for right now Natsu started growling and mumbling under his breath as he started looking around his home. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, trying to locate at least the direction from where the noise was coming from.

And then he heard it, towards the right side of him. Natsu grinned and started running over there, he saw a flash of blonde and orange out the corner of his eye when he ran past a boulder. It took him a second to stop and look behind his shoulder in wonder of what that blonde and orange thing could be.

"Lucy?" Natsu yawned walking towards her.

Little Lucy sat behind the boulder, hugging her knees tightly to her chest and burying her face in them as if to muffle her cries. When she had heard her name Lucy had instantly froze, she tried her best to wipe her tears away and be as silent as a mouse.

"Lucy, what are you doing over here?" Natsu yawned again finally reaching her.

And here he thought that an animal was making the noise and that he was about to have a midnight snack. Lucy stayed as solid as stone, barely moving in front of her student in hope that he wouldn't see her and just leave.

"Were you the one making all that noise? Well keep it down! I'm trying to sleep over there!" Natsu yelled.

Lucy flinched and nodded her head once, Natsu saw it and smiled satisfactory to himself. He walked past Lucy and the boulder back towards his Father to get some well needed rest. Not wanting to have to climb onto his Father's back again, Natsu decided to make his bed underneath one of his claws for warmth instead. Lying down on the cool grass, young Natsu Dragneel closed his eyes and started drifting off to sleep.

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There was a sound of an owl echoing through the forest and Natsu shot his eyes wide open. He moved from his sleeping spot, walked back towards Lucy and just stared down at her.