Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

The Parakeet and the Raven

I decided to write a chapter for this fanfiction instead of 'Our Shinigami Brother' because I need to plan out that fanfic and remember what I wrote before I make mistakes. So, I'll probably write a few chapters in this fanfic before returning to that one. Enjoy!

19

Zeref had hidden under an invisibility spell as he broke into the Fairy Tail guild hall. It was early morning, so the master and a few members ate breakfast, clearing a path to the request board. Zeref smiled, but the smile had a playful quality to it.

The dark wizard stood in front of the board and scanned the area. No one was looking, so he quickly slapped the page he held to the board. It was a job request he made for his little brother to take. Of course, he laid a curse on the page that would only affect Natsu, and he made sure Natsu would be the one to take it.

Zeref looked around the room again, seeing the people sitting closer to the board looking up, wondering what that sound was. He did slap the board pretty hard, but oh well.

Now that his curse was in place, Zeref left the guild hall just in time to see Natsu approaching the building with his blue cat companion. An excited dark smirk stretched across his face when he followed his little brother with his black eyes. His prank would begin soon, so he should get moving.

Natsu entered the guild, ate breakfast, and stood before the request board.

"What job should we take, Happy?" Natsu asked.

"Um, actually, Natsu, Lucy asked me to go with her on a solo mission already," said Happy.

Natsu turned his wide eyes to his best friend. "What? When and how did that happen?" he asked.

"Lucy said she needed help with flying, so she asked me."

"Why didn't she ask me to come along as well?"

"She didn't ask you because the job doesn't involve fighting."

Natsu's face pinched like someone put pickles on top of chocolate cake. "Oh, well... you have fun, I guess...?" he said, not sounding sure if his friend would have fun on a job that sounded boring.

"Oh! Natsu, there is a job asking for your help specifically." Happy's words brought Natsu back to the real world, and he looked at the board again. The middle of the board contained a job request asking for Natsu's assistance.

Natsu pulled the page from the board and read it. It asked him to lift a curse on the city where all inhabitants were turned into animals. It reminded him of his first S-class quest, but it must be a lot easier than that since it was on the downstairs board.

"Lifting curses isn't really my thing, though," Natsu muttered but accepted the request anyway since he was asked to help.

As Natsu left the guildhall after showing his master the job, he heard Makarov mutter, "I don't remember that job being there earlier."

Natsu followed the instructions on the request page and stood before a wall surrounded by a thick forest. He looked at the opening in the wall, wondering where the door was, but he couldn't think about it for long. The sensation of his skin crawling reminded Natsu of spiders. However, when the dragon slayer looked at his arms, he noticed pin feathers growing beneath the skin. His eyes widened in horror as more feathers grew, and he shrunk. When the transformation ended, Natsu noticed his body was covered in light pink bird feathers.

Slowly, Natsu looked around at the suddenly larger environment. There was a puddle he missed lying next to him. So Natsu looked into it to see what he had become. His head was a darker pink, matching his usual hair color, with dark red patches on his cheeks.