Hot & Cold [Natsu Dragneel X OC]

Fated Encounter

"Ice Dragon's Roar!" A small light blue haired girl yelled as she  breathed in deep and blew, shooting out a stream of small ice shards at a  tree with a red and white target painted on it. Most of the ice shards  pelted the tree, only some of them hitting the target.

"How was that Mother? Did I do good?" The little girl asked the large female ice dragon, her sky blue eyes sparkling.

"You're  definitely doing better but you still have a long ways to go my dear  Luna." The pale blue, almost white dragon chuckled as Luna's facial  expression turned into a pout.

"Darn! I've been practicing a lot  and I'm still bad at it." Luna said as she crossed her arms in  frustration. The ice dragon lowered her head and nudged Luna's shoulder  encouragingly.

"You're still learning, Luna. You'll get better  with practice and patience. You've come a long ways since we started.  Remember the first time you tried Ice Dragon's Roar? You could only  breathe out a small cloud of frost." The dragon chuckled at the memory. A  small smile appeared on Luna's face.

"Yeah, you're right. One day  I'll be as strong as you and be able to shatter mountains with my  breath attack!" Luna said, beaming up at the dragon who laughed.

"Someday,  my dear, someday. You still have quite a ways to go before you become  that strong. But I believe in you. You are Luna Crystelle, daughter of  Prisma, the Great Ice Dragon Queen, after all." Prisma said, lovingly  nestling her huge muzzle against Luna who giggled. Suddenly, a grumble  came from Luna's stomach and Prisma chuckled.

"Looks like someone's hungry. Shall we take a break to eat?" Prisma asked Luna as she perked up at the thought of dinner.

"Yeah,  I'm starving! I'll go catch some fish." Luna said as she ran off  towards the creek. When she got to the creek, she created a sharp icicle  harpoon with her magic. Carefully stepping into the creek, she stood  still and waited for some fish to pass by. A couple of large trout were  heading downstream right towards Luna.

"That's it, swim right to  me." Luna said quietly as she took her stance. As the trout were about  to pass Luna, she speared both of them with the icicle harpoon in one  go. She kept spearing trout until there was enough fish for herself.  Prisma always caught her own food, so Luna didn't have to worry about  catching any fish for her. Thank goodness, there's no way little Luna  could carry all the fish needed to feed the two of them. Luna carried  the fish to the clearing in the woods where she and Prisma were  practicing her ice dragon slayer magic.

"Mother, I'm back!" Luna called out for the Great Ice Dragon Queen, but Prisma was nowhere in sight.

"Huh,  maybe she went hunting for herself. Oh well, might as well get the fire  started." Luna said as she went off to gather firewood and two stones.  She returned to the open space and arranged the firewood in a teepee  formation. She then grabbed the two stones and struck them together,  creating sparks which ignited the kindling wood and started the fire.  She fanned the flames to make them large enough to cook the fish. Luna  then went off into the woods and found a stick to roast the fish on. As  she made her way back to the campfire, she wondered where Prisma could  have gone. Usually she waited for Luna to get back before going hunting.  Well, it did take a while to catch enough fish for her voracious dragon  slayer appetite. It was July 7 and it was right before the trout would  be returning to the ocean, so there weren't very many fish heading  downstream yet. Luna returned to the campfire and started spearing some  fish on the stick to cook them. She sat on a large rock and roasted the  fish over the fire until they were cooked through. She cooked all the  fish she had caught and Prisma still hadn't returned.

"Mother, all  my fish are done cooking! Are we going to eat together?" Luna yelled  into the woods. No response, not even a rustle from the trees or bushes.  Luna shrugged and started eating her fish alone, thinking Prisma was  busy with something important she wasn't notified about. By the time she  was done eating, it was starting to get dark. Prisma was still nowhere  to be found which was starting to worry Luna. She got up and started  searching for the large ice dragon.