The Paradox of Time - A Fairy Tail Fanfic

Chapter 10

"You see that?"

"Yeah, it's huge!"

"How do we get it?"

"Well, we'll knock it down!"

"But what if we break it?"

"You're such a wimp, Natsu. We can cook that thing for breakfast!"

A young boy and girl stood in front of a tree, looking at a big blue and white egg. The egg had a flame design on it, its blue pattern decorating the surface of its shell. The girl was only 12 years old, with the boy seemingly around the same age as her. She pulled out a slingshot, one eye squinted as she took her aim. "Watch this, I'm gonna snipe it in one go..."

Just before she could shoot, Natsu jumped in front of her. "Siren, wait! Let's not hurt it... I'll just climb the tree instead..."

Siren released a puff of air, frustrated. "Why do you have to be so booooring..."

Natsu faced this tree, and prepared himself. Due to the intensive training that he's been through with uncle Seph, he was able to easily hoist himself onto a low tree branch and scale his way up. The egg seemed to be half his size, but Natsu was still able to wrap his small arms around it and bring it back to the ground.

Siren seemed to be drooling when she laid eyes on the egg. "You want it scrambled or fried?"

Natsu gasped, defensively hiding the egg behind his body. "We're not gonna eat him! I think I wanna take care of it instead..."

"Ew... like a baby?"

"No! Like... like a pet!"

"What is Diesel gonna say about you taking care of a baby?" Siren seemed to be an inch taller than Natsu, with her short, rose-gold hair in two French braids. Both of their heads weren't shaved yet, with Natsu instead sporting his hairdo with a messy style. She wore a stripe shirt and overalls, cuffed up by her ankles, revealing her bare feet, whereas her smaller friend had a blue t-shirt and shorts, with worn-out sneakers on.

Natsu looked at the egg in admiration, with a small warm feeling budding inside his heart. "I dunno what he's gonna say, but I don't care. I'm going to take good care of this guy..."

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13 years later, Natsu was running, tightly holding the same small figure he took custody of years ago. An unconscious cat was in his arms, burnt and battered in critical condition.

"Hey Happy... come on, buddy, wake up..."

No response.

Tears brimmed the dragon slayer's eyes, as a swarm of hateful comments convulsed his mind. How can I be so reckless? I should've never done this mission... I should've never brought Happy along... This is all my fault... I did this to him. He's gonna die, He is going to die... Natsu couldn't even focus on where he was heading, bumping and shoving people aside on the streets as he ran to the only place he could think of. Within the town of Magnolia was Diesel and Ruby's house, and he could only hope that they'll be able to help him. What would have taken half an hour to get there took him only a matter of minutes, thanks to his enhanced speed.

It was 9:30 at night, and a loud banging noise was heard at Ruby's door. She opened it, shocked to find Natsu there, leaning against the wall as he panted heavily.

"Natsu... what's going on?"

Natsu was looking down at Happy, not able to remove his eyes from him. "It's Happy... he's not responding to me..."