Fairy Tail: Lost Christmas (NaLu Fanfic)

Chapter 8: Warmth

Hi guys! I am back with a brand new chapter. Yay! I improved the photo so the words are clear now (this is for the people who have seen the previous photo I posted).

And it was my 17th birthday yesterday...well I have a twin brother, so it was both of our birthdays. I was planning on updating it on my birthday, but we partied too hard. Woo party hard! Just kidding, but I hope you enjoy this chapter.

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I dedicate this chapter to Briarbell.

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"D-did we r-really have to t-take a carriage?" Natsu was currently having his usual motion sickness. His head was sticking out of the window just in case he felt like throwing up.

"Of course we do. Mt. Aurora isn't within walking distance," Happy pointed out.

As the carriage continued to move along the frozen pathway, the temperature gradually decreased. Although she had the appropriate attire for the frozen tundra, Lucy was still shivering. The celestial spirit mage even grabbed Happy to cuddle him for warmth. Despite her efforts, Lucy was still cold and Happy was starting to shiver as well.

"Lucy don't you have anything in your bag to keep us warm?" asked the blue exceed.

"I do, but my bag is in the trunk of the carriage."

Lucy and Happy suddenly felt something wrapping around them like a blanket. Both of them looked up to see Natsu wrapping his arms around them.

"Natsu you don't look sick anymore. What happened to your motion sickness?" asked Lucy.

Natsu's cheeks puffed up, which made Lucy and Happy quickly distance themselves away from him. Natsu did his best to suppress the incoming barf by swallowing it. After that, he coughed a little bit. Lucy and Happy were kind of grossed out by Natsu and pretty much kept their distance, no matter how cold it was.

They were suddenly being pulled back into his embrace.

"Natsu as much as I like you, I don't want to have your barf on me," said Happy.

"I second that," said Lucy.

Natsu just tightened his embrace around his partners. "I know that I have motion sickness, but I'm willing to suppress it so that my teammates won't freeze anymore."

"Natsu..." Lucy said as she looked at her partner.

"Well, it is cold..." Happy cuddled the dragon slayer and got comfortable. "Arigatou Natsu!"

Lucy just smiled and returned the Natsu's embrace. "So warm..."

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"I'm sorry for the inconvenient stop, but this is as far as I can go," said the driver as he pulled his carriage to a stop.

The three mages got off of the carriage, which made a certain dragon slayer scream with joy.

"Anyways thanks for the ride. You have been a great help," Lucy said as she handed the jewels to the carriage driver. The old man accepted his reward and rode back to town.

"We're finally here," said Natsu. Team Natsu then observed their surroundings. There were many mountains of various sizes; all of them were covered in a blanket of snow. There were snowflakes that were slowly falling out of the starry night sky. The moon was shining bright, with little slits of silver lights making the snow glow.

"Mt. Aurora is so pretty," said Happy.

"I've read about this place before, but I never knew it would be this beautiful," said Lucy.

Natsu smiled at the happiness of his best friends. As much as he enjoyed the scenery and the bright smiles of his teammates, they still had a mission to carry out.

"It's already late. We should find a place to camp out," Natsu suggested. The two agreed with his suggestion and followed the dragon slayer.

The team was luckily able to find a cave within a few minutes. As they entered the cave, Natsu lit up his hand to illuminate the dark cave.

"I'll just get some fire wood, so stay here," said Lucy. Then she went off into the snow.

Natsu and Happy were waiting for the return of their partner. They were starting to get worried due to the fact that she has not returned for a while now. Just before the two left the cave to search for the celestial spirit mage, she returned with a bunch of fire wood, but she was shivering so much that you can tell it from a mile away.

"I-I got the f-fire w-wood." Lucy was stuttering due to cold.

Natsu and Happy ran to Lucy and led her to where their stuff was. They quickly arranged the fire wood and used Natsu's magic to light it up.

"We were worried about you Lucy," Natsu said as he wrapped a blanket around the girl. Happy tried to help Lucy get warm by cuddling up to her; he was now on the girl's lap.

"Thanks guys." Lucy sneezed and brought the exceed closer to her chest.

"Please be careful next time okay?"

"I will Natsu," replied Lucy.

There was an awkward silence and everyone seemed to be in their own little world. Lucy decided to break this silence.

"You know Mt. Aurora is known for its auroras, which shine in various colors. They make the starry night sky look so beautiful."

"I want to see one!" Happy said with excitement.

"You would have to be lucky to be able to see an aurora. I've always wanted to see one though," said Lucy.

Happy was kind of sad that he might not be able to see one. He suddenly felt a hand on his little head. The exceed looked at Natsu and saw him giving a reassuring smile.

"Don't worry Happy. I bet we'll be able to see one really soon!"

Natsu's reassuring smile cheered up Happy, who was smiling after the boy's comment. All three of them smiled, in hopes of encountering an aurora.

After their conversation, the three mages decided to go to sleep.

As Natsu started to put out the fire, he noticed that Lucy and Happy, both of them falling asleep right away, were slightly shivering. He extinguished his flame and then sat down next to his partners. He wrapped his sleeping bag around himself and Lucy and Happy to keep them warm. Lucy suddenly laid her head on the dragon slayer's shoulder and smiled. Natsu smiled and then kissed her on the forehead.

"Good night Lucy. Good night Happy." Before Natsu dozed off, he thought he heard Lucy say good night as well. With sleep taking over, the dragon slayer slowly fell into dreamland.