Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored

The Early Mouse Gets the Cheese

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Zeref was peeking into Natsu's house through his window, just to make sure no one was awake. When he saw no one he quietly opened the window farther. 'Good thing I opened it a crack earlier while Natsu was out,' thought Natsu's older brother with an evil grin on his face and softly chuckling to himself with shadows covering his eyes with only a red shine in one of them.

He crawled through the open window and made his way over to the fridge. Once in front of the cooling device, Zeref opened it and looked in to find the right product he was looking for. 'There it is!' He grabbed the cheese from the fridge while cackling to himself quietly. 'Now to curse it!'

He placed his curse onto the cheese, and then laid it back where he got it from. With one more chuckle, he closed the door of the fridge with a soft thud. After that, he made his way to the front door. He pulled out a slip of paper and tape from his toga, and then stamped them onto the door for his little brother to find later when it was already too late.

Once checking to make sure the paper was secured, he headed back to the window he came in from. He slipped through the gap again and closed the window fully this time before walking away from the house. 'Good thing I know he eats ham and cheese sandwiches on days he's supposed to go on a mission the moment he wakes up.' With that last thought, Zeref teleported back to his palace for some sleep.

Natsu walked into the kitchen so he could get a quick bite to eat before meeting up with his friends at the train station. He had to make something small, or else he would be under threat of coughing it back up later.

He strode over to his fridge and took out the ham and cheese from within, and then grabbed the bread. He made his sandwich and quickly ate it while making his way to his shower. He had a hard time removing all of the dirt and dried up sweat that formed in his sleep, but he managed. After he was finished with his shower, he put his clothes on and headed for the door.

Just as he was about to twist the handle he spotted a note taped onto his front door. His body and mind froze. He didn't want to read it, but he had a feeling that he was already cursed by Zeref... again...

He grabbed the note off the door and read it. It said:

Within the hour of eating the cheese, you'll turn into a mouse. -Zeref

Natsu was right; he was too late, but by how much? He quickly looked to his clock to see the time, and much to his horror, he only had ten minutes left before he turned. 'I have to get to the guild, NOW!' He swung the door open as fast as he could and ran straight for the Fairy Tail guild hall.

Nine minutes, it took Natsu nine minutes to get to the guildhall. 'That is a new record,' he thought, 'but now I have only one minute to explain everything!' Natsu slammed the doors open when he entered the guild, making everyone jump since they thought Natsu would be with his other teammates and not here.

"Gramps! I don't have much time! ZererfcursedthecheeseandnowI'mgoingtoturnintoamouse!" he said, but not everyone was able to keep up with his fast pace of speech, so some of them mumbled, "What?"

Not even ten seconds after Natsu said what he said, a pink cloud surrounded him in a great, big POOF! Everyone watched to see what was happening to Natsu this time. When the smoked cleared, they didn't see anything for a moment. They were wondering if he became invisible or if he was teleported to some uncharted island, but then they got their answer from the sound of a squeak. They all turned their gaze down to the floor where they heard the tiny noise, and there on the wooden ground is a small, pink-furred mouse with Natsu's scarf shrunken down to fit.

There was silence within the guildhall. It became so quiet that the people outside were worried about the members of the guild because they have never heard the building so quiet before, not even when a lot of their most powerful went missing for seven years.