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"Huh? Nasu? That's weird. What are you named after an eggplant for?" The fairy scoffs lightly, bobbing from side to side to swivel its attention around the room.

Nev laughed, "No no, NaTsu! With a Tea!"

"That's even weirder, drinking tea with eggplants." The fairy huffed, then rotated again, "So, Natsu huh? I'm ... I'm Apricot, yeah. Nice to meet you, heh!"

The door swung open on that note, with Lucy being dragged by Justine, the older girl squawking, "Justine, my hair isn't dry yet --! Slow down!"

Edited 2017-11-18 02:34 (UTC)

"Apricot huh. Sounds like a tasty name alright. Guess that's just how fairies like to decide names~" Natsu shot back with a cheeky grin right before Lucy was dragged into the room by Justine.

"Oh hey~ Lucy. Look who's here."

"Don't go getting weird ideas, buddy, I'm not food." Apricot huffed.

Justine giggled, letting go of Lucy's hand, and the girl straightened to try and wring her hair out - only to glance at her boyfriend at an idea, "Natsu, could you?" Dry her hair pleease.

Though when he directed her attention to something else in the room, Lucy glanced around from the excitedly practically -vibrating- children to Regina, and then th... the.. "Wh.. what is that is... that ...."

"It's a fairy!" Nev burst out, so beyond excited he couldn' even wait long enough for her to come to that realization herself.

"We found it yesterday when we were looking around in the forest!" Justine added, gloating. just a bit.

"Hah! I'm just messing with you. I'm more of a spicy food kind of -" He paused just as he turned around to greet Lucy wiht a grin. He held his hand up and ignited it with his perfect fire control.

"Come on then. You can come say hi too and I'll take care of your hair while you do~"

Apricot bobbed in the air a little, wavered a bit and turned her attention to Lucy when she came in. "And who's this?"

Lucy started a bit, moving over to Natsu's side so he could dry her hair, which was getting so much longer at this point, she thought about cutting it. A little bit. Except Natsu seemed to really like running his fingers through her hair, so ..cutting it could wait. "My name is Lucy," she said to the fairy, still kind of stunned. "How... did Nev and Justine even -find- you? I haven't seen a fairy like you in... well, ever. Except for that one time the I met the spirits of Genessia but.." uh. They were kind of assholes.

"Rule of thumb, spirits and fairies and pixies, they're all super different. *pause* Lucy eh? Those two little humans helped me out of a bind earlier, and offered to let me stay here to meet you. I had a pretty good laugh at the name of this place, lemme tell ya."

"A bind? WhaT kind of bind? Did you get stuck in a spiderweb or something?" Because he couldn't see the little kids fighting a monster to save a fairy just yet. So given the Fairy's size he had to presume something more small scale was involved.

All the while his hands kept running through Lucy's hair, drying it off so effortlessly.

"As a matter of fact, yes." If she had a body she'd be blushing. What a way for a fairy to go. "The little human boy smacked the web down so I could get unstuck because the little human GIRL thought I was a -bug-."

"I said I was sorry!" Justine protested, pouting. Lucy giggled, giving Justine a pat, relaxing with the feel of Natsu's hands running through her hair. So soothing.

"Yes yes, so you did, so you did. Well, at least you didn't want to put me in a jar."

Neveren offered NO apology, but gave an even bigger grin while Regine palmed her face. "Nev, really?"

"Hah well I'm sure you know they weren't trying to be mean to you." Natsu grinned from behind Lucy, putting the finishing touches on drying her hair when he saw Nev' completely unrepentant grin. Someone was really taking after his hero more and more by the day.

"I wanted Natsu and Lucy to see it!~" Neveren grinned at Regine. "It's cool!" Yes, he was definitely taking after Natsu.

Just as Justine was facepalming in a fashion that was frighteningly similar to Lucy's own reactions to Natsu's shenanigans. Lucy giggled a little as she caught the gestures from the kids, and as Natsu was finishing up with her hair, she glanced over her shoulder, "Do you see?" Look at those two precious kidlets. They're growing up so fast!

Regine tilted her head at the fairy, "So what brought you out this way Apricot?"

"Oh, this and that. We fairies normally stay close to home, but I went out to explore a little. Anyway, since he helped me out, I promised I'd grant one wish of his~!"

Regine quirked an eyebrow. "... grant a wish?" Did fairies do that kind of thing..?

Well Natsu couldn't be any prouder about his little copy and he knew Lucy had to have no small measure of joy seeing justine mimic so many of her mannerisms too.

Oh a wish huh? You better make it a really good one then!" he said to Nev. Natsu was definitely not going to steal that opportunity from the little guy.

Lucy chuckled at how proud he looked, and glanced over at Regina, who was looking ..kind of confused. Well, Lucy gave her a reassuring sort of shrug. They didn't know anything about fairies either, so maybe there WERE some that cast wishes. Still.. "In all of the stories I've read I never heard of a fairy that granted wishes." Lucy mused, mostly to herself.

"It's not something we go around telling people - can you imagine the number of humans that would be hunting us down?" Apricot turns its attention to Neveren and Justine, who now had to do some serious pow-wowing, and they huddled up to toss some ideas back and forth. Some of the suggestions were 'a life time of candy' 'a life time of ice cream' 'a horse' and 'a dinosaur'. But neither kid could decide on their pick.

Even though Nev is the one who actually rescued the fairy, he didn't want to make the wish without his sister's input. The two children stared at each other for a moment or two, then glanced at Natsu and Lucy, then back at each other. And simultaneously, "I know what the wish is~!" BIG GRINS all around.

"Oooh that makes sense. You'd definitely want to keep it a secret." Natsu agreed with an unearned nad sagely nod. Out of the corner of his eye he looked over to the two children and for some reason he....had a feeling to be wary seeing the two reach a consensus about some thing as big as a wish. What were they plotting...?

"Right Right? You're pretty bright, for a human."

Lucy stifled a slight snicker, raising her hands to thread her fingers through her now properly dried hair. That done, she pulled her hair over her shoulder and leaned back slightly, counting on her beloved partner to support her and not let her fall flat on her back so she could lean against him instead.

Regine eyed the pair with a bemused smile, and then glanced at the kids as Apricot hovered a little closer to the children. "Okay? And what's your wish? Speak up speak up~!"

Neveren and Justine grinned excitedly at each other, bouncing a little on their toes. "We wanna see Natsu and Lucy's home!" Smiles never vanishing.

Lucy blinks in surprise - though thinking about it, she probably shouldn't have been. "Guys.." That's.. they've been trying to go home for over a year and they've been unsuccessful. "You know -"

"Done~!"

A flash of light follows the words, blinding the contents of the room. When the light fades -- both children are gone.

Well it was a simple concept to grasp really. Though being around Lucy had certainly made him more prone to grasp such things. However nothing could have prepared him for the wish that came from the two children's lips. And before he could even say a word the Fairy went into action, the two little ones disappearing from the room leaving Natsu hocked with wide eyes.

"H-hey! You're going to bring them back right?" he said turning to the fairy.

Regina straightened like she had been hit by a bolt of lightning when the children vanished, "Where are they!?"

"Jeez, didn't you listen to the wish? They wanted to see those two's home." Seeing Regine was rightfully distraught, Lucy straightened and moved over to the other woman, who clamped a hand on Lucy's arm almost painfully tight. Apricot turned in Natsu's direction next, sounding perplexed. "Bring them back? Uh, that wasn't part of the wish."

Lucy stiffened, turning to stare at the fairy, "Wait a minute... you can't seriously be telling me you sent two children," granted they were only a little younger than Wendy, "And you have no intention of bringing them BACK?"

"Thaaaat's about the long and short of it?" Why is this such a difficult concept?

"Hey this isn't a joke. YOU KNOW THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO STAY THERE!" Natsu snapped, his temper starting to flare dangerously. He was already locked onto the fairy and any attempt to escape would end very very quickly at his hands.

Hearing the fairy outright say she had no intention of bringing those children back - well Natsu was plenty angry but Regine flew into a rage, almost lunging out of Lucy's grip. "BRING THEM BACK!"

"Heyheyhey, who's joking!? The kids made a wish, I granted it, THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS! You humans make stories about people making wishes and having them granted all the time, you KNOW how this works!" HUFF. She's feeling so darn unappreciated! "And I don't know anything about you little humans anyhow! They asked to go to your place, I granted the request. I didn't do anything wrong."

"Not my fault they didn't think their wish through more clearly." That fairy almost sounded like it was smirking. Amused even.

"Bring them BACK. NOW." Lucy added her voice to the protests, scowling.

"Hmph. You have a lot of nerve, I do a nice thing for some kids and everyone gets all pissy." Yeah that fairy was totally going to head for the nearest window. SO ungrateful and inhospitable these humans!

Edited 2017-11-20 01:56 (UTC)

Fire erupted all around the room blocking off any exit with flames meant to scorch even dragon scales. Yet nothing was truly burning. That applied to both Regina and Lucy of course. However if the Fairy so much as brushed against a single flame she would feel the heat quickly spread to show that yes she did not enjoy the same credentials.

"You. Bring. Them. Back."

Regina started in surprise when the flames erupted around them, glancing at Natsu in clear alarm. Lucy only gave Natsu a brief glance, but she had complete faith in his abilities - he's grown so much and come so far she wasn't the least bit worried.

The fairy on the other hand, was more than a little nervous about the fire, and tried to scoot past the flames -- failing utterly when its wings get a little singed. "EEEK! Hot! hothothothothot!" Apricot yelped, quickly flitting back. "What's the big idea you jerk~!" She scowled.

"BRING THEM BACK!" Regina snapped when she realized the building wasn't burning down around them.

Apricot dropped onto the table and would glare if she could. "Okay look I'll level with you, if I could bring the little humans back, I would! (maybe) but the fact it, there are rules, and the wish was phrased as a one way thing! I can't bring THEM back HERE even if I wanted to. I'm sorry you're out of luck, and burning me isn't going to change that." HMPH.

"I heard that!" Natsu snapped and a tongue of flame shaped like a sinuous dragon's head, snapped right at the fairy as Natsu's gaze turned so fierce it was as if the flames around him were starting to turn blue.

"If there is no way start thinking of one. Because of you don't I am going to give you the world's quickest tan. Only sunburn is going to look like a small blush after I am through with you. You're going to wish you were put in a jar before you thought about tricking us."

OSHIT. "EEK!" Apricot quickly flitted out of range of the fiery dragon head, genuinely wondering if this was the end of her adventurous ways!

"I didn't trick anyone! You humans are all the same, making your wishes then complaining when things don't go your way or turn out different from what you expect! I-"

..maybe she should NOT sass the guy who could literally burn her with a thought. "Okay okay okay! Lemme think here a minute!" UHHH. She's gonna hover as far from any fire she can, nervously. "I've got it! Okay! Uh - I meant what I said, I can't bring them back HERE, but how about I send you guys to where I sent them instead? That's fine right?"

There was a sudden flicker in his expression as the fairy managed to conjure up a solution. Send them to where the kids went. Back home. Away from the Hands... But this wasn't just about him and Lucy as such he didn't relent just yet.

"All three of us."

Lucy.. didn't even expect the fairy to make that suggestion. HOw long had it been since they've been home? How many years?

But she wouldn't want to leave Regine, especially with the kids missing now, and she was glad Natsu thought of her - no, she expected it. Silently, she nodded to Natsu's stipulation, reaching over to clutch Regine's hand.

The fairy bobbed in the air a moment, silent for a while, "Fine, all three of you. But you gotta get rid of all this magic stuff, or it'll interfere with my magic. Else I can't be certain I'll send you to the right place."

Edited (oops formating n.n) 2017-11-21 00:32 (UTC)

Natsu narrowed his eyes and receeded his flames. "Don't even think of lying or trying to trick us. I can hear everything about you. The way you breath, how quick your heart is beating. The moment I hear anything that gives me reason to think you're going to screw us over, you're ash."

Y-yeah the fairy was kind of nervous now. Her little heart was beating a mile a minute. "Y-yeah yeah." She hovered in a circle, "Move closer, you lot, I can't transport an entire room."

Lucy frowned, but she moved over towards Natsu, pulling Regine with her. "I don't have a good feeling about this," she murmured to Natsu. Though they didn't have a lot of options here.