Fairy Tail - In Our World [Natsu x Reader]

Chapter 9: Just Dropping In

        (A/N): Wrote the rough draft for this chapter/thought of ideas for it as I flew 39,009 ft above the ground. At around 2:00 am. The outside temperature was -67 F. (-55 C) Yeah, I was in a plane returning from a vacation in Alaska. I'm not sure if you guys have ever flown past/over a thunder storm, but it's pretty spectacular. Anyways, just thought that might be interesting. Onwards toward the chapter!

"Wake up, (Y/n)," Natsu says, shaking your shoulder. You blink tiredly, stretching your sore muscles. "Did you... take the entire night shift?" You mumble, still trying to shake off sleep from yourself. He smiles. "Lucy looked tired. She even snored some. And you needed rest," He says simply. "Mmmm.. yeah I guess so," You reply.

Natsu walks over to wake up Lucy. You stare at the charred area where the fire had been. It was out now, though. You stretch again, standing up. Yawning, you nearly double over when you stand up. "Uggghhhhhhhhhh... Neeeeeddd... Fooooooood..." You collapse back on the ground, holding your already complaining stomach. "Already got it covered!" You look at Happy. He had a large stack of fish in his hand. "I went fishing with Natsu earlier!" He exclaims, seeming proud.

Although you were hungry enough to eat the fish raw, you force yourself to wait. They were slowly cooking over the fire that Natsu had started. As soon as the first batch was done, you rip into one of the steaming fish. "H-hot!" You yelp, managing to swallow the burning fish. "Ouuuuuu..." You complain. You can feel your tongue burning. It had been scorched. You hear Lucy mutter something, and Natsu laughs, not bothered by the temperature of the food. He'd already eaten around seven fish. "Yeah, yeah... whatever..." You mutter, glaring softly at the pinkette who was taunting you. You continued to ravenously gulp down the fish once it had cooled down more.

After everyone finished eating and packing, you head for the car. You carry your few belongings – a pocket knife and a box of matches. You had grabbed the matches, which had been conveniently lying around the police station, not knowing they would be pretty much useless because of Natsu's magic. But you saw no reason to throw them out, and they were easy to carry.

You unlock the door, which you kept unlocked at all times. Something falls out of your pocket. "Wha... Oh," You mutter, stooping to quickly pick it up. "Hey... What's that?" Lucy asks, peering over your back. You turn around quickly, slipping it into your pocket. "Oh, nothing," You reply too quickly. "(Y/n)... Was that what I think it was?" You don't say anything. You weren't sure what too even say.

After a long pause, you nod. "What... You didn't steal one of mine, did you?!?" She asks, whisper-shouting. "N-no! Of course not! I... found it." That wasn't a complete lie. "Can I see it? There are only twelve golden keys... I have ten of them. It might be one of the ones I don't have!" She had a sparkle in her eyes; you had never seen her so excited.

You hesitantly hand her the key. She turns it in her hand, frowning. "I... This key isn't familiar to me... I know the other celestial spirit who has the other two golden keys. So I guess it wouldn't make sense for this one to be one of hers. But I... I don't even know the name for this one..." She examines it more, a furrow in her brow. "Hey... (Y/n)? We should keep this a secret from Natsu and Happy for now... I... I have a bad feeling about this key... But keep it somewhere safe." She hands you the key, and you slip it back into your pocket.

Lucy hadn't seen the other pendant, but a gut feeling told you she wouldn't recognize it either. But you were curious. "Hey, Lucy?" She turns back around, facing you. "What's wrong?" She asks. "I... there's something else." You take out the other item – the star pendant. Lucy looks at it, a surprised expression on her face.