Eye of the Black Dragon

The Spirit Mistress and the Dragon Slayer

"Gah!" Lucy moaned as she walked down the road. The entire day, she had been trying to find a store with decent prices. Granted, there was no such luck.

"Why is it that whenever I'm low on my money, the prices go up?" she complained as she stormed down the street," I swear...."

She sighed as she sat down on a bench

"Man, is joining Fairy Tail even worth it?" she wondered out loud. Despite those words, Lucy quickly shook them out of her head. Of course joining the Fairy Tail guild was worth it. Anything would be worth it!

As she sat down, she noticed a a tall figure walking her direction. He was wearing a black cloak with a hood, that obscured his face.

Might as well ask this guy for directions, she thought. She then stood up, and hurried over to where the person was.

"Excuse me?" she said," Do you know if there are any cheap stores nearby?"

Unfortunately, the person didn't even answer. Instead, he just walked right past her.

"Um, hello?" Lucy called. Again, no response.

"Its not really worth it," a voice said. Lucy looked down and saw a blue cat. But that wasn't what got her. It was the fact that the cat just talked. Lucy yelped slightly.

"What are you screaming about, I'm just a cat," the cat said," My name is Happy."

"But cats don't talk!" Lucy said.

"But I just did," Happy said with a shrug," Its kind of weird." Lucy sighed, as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Well," she said," Why didn't that guy answer me?"

"That guy doesn't normally talk to people," Happy said," He barely talks to the other people in our guild when he's around."

"You guys are part of a guild?" Lucy asked.

"Aye! Fairy Tail!" Happy said proudly. Lucy's eyes widened, before a huge smile came up.

"You mean...," she began, but she didn't get to finish.

"Hurry up!" the man in the hood called to Happy.

"Coming!" Happy said, as he ran after the cloaked figure, who Lucy figured the cat was with. Lucy sighed, figuring it wan't worth pursuing them.

She then continued walking down the direction she was intending. However, the blonde was soon broken from her thoughts when she heard the distinct sound of fangirls. Lucy turned, and saw a crowd of women gathered around. From where she was standing, she could only make out "Salamander".

Curious, Lucy headed down there. As she pushed her way through the crowd, she saw a tall man with purple hair posing.

"Please ladies," he said," One at a time."

This is "Salamander" she thought to herself, arching an eyebrow. But then, a strange feeling came over her. Her heart began to beat faster.

"What.. is this?" she stuttered, as a strange sensation spread through her body. She looked at the man naming himself after an amphibian, but then, there was a familiar voice.

"Out of my way!"

The feeling instantly left Lucy, and she looked over her shoulder, to see the same black cloaked individual and blue cat walking over.

"Who the hell are you?" Salamander demanded.

"Shouldn't I be asking you?" the man said, as he approached.

Salamander flipped his hair.

"Clearly you don't know who I am," he said," I am the legenda..." Before he could finish, the cloaked man held up his fist, and smashed it into Salamander's gut, sending him flying, and crashing into a wall. Lucy gasped at how easily the hooded figure trounced this guy. Apparently, the force of the attack blew his hood off, revealing spiky pink hair, and sharp features. Lucy's heart sped up for a moment again, but she managed to calm it down.

"SALAMANDER!" all the fangirls cried as they hurried over to where their "beloved" was.

"Don't you think that was a bit much, Natsu?" Happy asked as he walked up.

"No," the man, who Lucy decided was named Natsu, said frankly, before turning, and walking away. Happy hurried after him.

"Wait!" Lucy said as she ran over, and grabbed Natsu's shoulder. Natsu shot a look towards her darkly, which made Lucy briefly recoil.

"Can you help me?" she asked.

"Again, no," Natsu said as he began to walk away again.

"But I just need directions!" Lucy explained, as she hurried after him.

"I'm not a map," Natsu said.

"Come on, Natsu!" Happy said with a smile.

"I said no!" Natsu said.

"Please!" Happy said as he tugged on Natsu's pant leg, which caused him to trip. The pink-haired teen however, managed to balance on his hands, and land back on his feet.

"Fine!" he said," What do you want?"

Lucy, taken somewhat aback, jumped from foot to foot briefly.

"I was wondering if you could help me find Fairy Tail," she said," I could really use some directions." Natsu blinked.

"Fairy Tail?" he asked," Are you a mage?"

"Yeah! I'm a Stellar Spirit Mage!" Lucy explained.

"So you handle with spirits, eh?" Natsu said," Whatever. Just..." Suddenly, Salamander hoisted himself up.

"You bastard!" he yelled," Who do you think you are?" Natsu just turned back briefly in a lazy fashion, and kept walking. This got Salamander mad, as he held up his hand, and a magic seal appeared, before he shot a stream of purple fire at Natsu.

"Look out!" Lucy said, as she jumped at Natsu, but suddenly, something pulled her back. And up.

The blonde looked up, and saw Happy... with wings.

"You can... fly?" Lucy stuttered. Happy nodded.

"Aye! I'm a mage too!" he said proudly.

"What about Natsu?" Lucy asked.

"Natsu is an S-Class mage, that's nothing for him," Happy said. Natsu just turned, and swatted the flames away with a flick of his wrist. Salamander's eyes widened in horror.

"But...," he said. Natsu narrowed his eyes, as he dropped his cloak. It revealed a solid black vest with blue outlines, with black pants with blue outlines. Around his neck, was an obsidian necklace. And on his right shoulder, was the Fairy Tail symbol, in black, but it had a blue outline. Salamander's eyes widened.

"That... symbol," he stuttered. Natsu just walked forward slowly.

"I know who you are now," he said," You're that lame copier, Bora." The man, recently revealed to be named Bora, fell down on his back.

"But... but...," he stuttered. Natsu clasped both of his hands together, and his own magical seal appeared. His necklace then began to glow slightly.

"That seal," Bora said, before realization hit him like a typhoon," You're Fairy Tail's Chaos Dragon!"

"Chaos Dragon's Cannon!" Natsu said as he shot a stream of energy at Bora from his hands. However, it missed.

"It missed!" Lucy said.

"Natsu never misses," Happy said. Lucy looked up briefly. Bora was panting heavily at what just happened.

"Get out of my sight," Natsu said. Whimpering, Bora scrambled away.

Happy and Lucy landed.

"You guys coming?" Natsu asked as he began walking.

"Aye!" Happy said as he soared after Natsu. For a second, Lucy didn't know what to do. Natsu stopped and turned.

"Coming blondie?" he asked. Lucy blinked, before smiling and nodding, and hurrying after Natsu.

"What's your name?" Natsu asked plainly.

"Lucy."