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Spending day after day in the cabin Natsu had built near the Guild, going on missions and living, being WITH Natsu was plain and simple, pure. Heaven. Lucy could genuinely not think of any time she was as happy as she was with him. It still amused her to think of the times she was too flustered to acknowledge her feelings for him, until things came to a head.

And then the kids came along during that mission - Nev and Justine, along with their 'mom' Regine. If Natsu becoming an integral part of Lucy's life was like completing her, then the kids and Regine were the added frosting on a perfected cake. Yeah that metaphor was all over the place. GRANTED it was a little difficult to get time alone with Nev and Justine almost demanding their attention a good amount of the time, but she didn't mind, and didn't think Natsu did either. They had their evenings together, and their little hiding spots to sneak away to, sometimes just for fun.

Meanwhile the first rays of light were beginning to filter in through the window-shades of their room, with Lucy snuggled up against Natsu's side, an arm wrapped around him with a faint smile on her lips. Not quite awake yet, but in that in-between point of just about to rouse. The birds had barely even begun to chirp when the distant BAM! of a door swinging open, followed by barely hushed giggling voices and scampering feet could be heard by Dragonslayer senses with ease, obviously heading towards said cabin.

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"Thanks Justine." Natsu managed to say before chuckling and following Nev who seemed to be completely buzzed with excitement for showing him what exactly the two kids had found.

"So you want to give me any clues about what you found?"

Justine headed upstairs to wait for Lucy to come out of the shower, meanwhile, while her little brother excitedly bounced on his toes. Once they got going, he could barely contain himself to stay at Natsu's side, "Ummm, it's a... uh... it's like a bug, but girly!"

"A...bug but girly?" Yeah Nev was losing Natsu fast but he couldn't help but feel more and more curious about it all. SO he followed Nev at his quick pace quickly making their way to the place where this grand discovery was made. All the while several creatures were popping up in his mind that he felt could fit such a vague description.

Nev didn't offer any more clues than that, but he didn't have to. When he excitedly pushed the door open, Regina was the first to be seen, standing behind the counter. She gave a bemused smile towards Nev, and apologetic one to Natsu. "I tried to tell them not to bother you two so early. Is Justine with Lucy?"

"Yes she is~. I asked her to lead Lucy here after she was done with freshening up. So. What's this about a weird bug I hear from from Nev?" He said after greeting Regina with a chuckle.

Regine inwardly cringed at the 'weird bug' comment, "Well, it's ... over there.." She said, glancing over towards what looked like an arts and crafts little house on the table. A poorly made arts and crafts house because it shuddered, shook and then fell apart as something glowing a bright red zipped up from the remains.

"Weird Bug? WEIRD BUG? What the hell, how many times do I have to say it! I'm a FAIRY, F-A-I-R-Y! You humans have NO manners, what do I have to do lay a curse on you to -"

Nev pointed, "See, it's the bug!"

"Goddamnit." The fairy in question barely had a form, just a ball of light and dragonfly-like wings but the voice was definitely female. And though it didn't have a /face/ per se, it did have a way of seeming to 'look' at each person in the room till it settled on Natsu. "Who's THAT?"

The bug speaks?! Though wait. Did she just...she did. She said Fairy. Natsu's eyes went wide as plates since this was the first time he saw a fairy in the flesh!

"I'm Natsu. You're really a fairy?!" Could they taste the excitement coming from the Dragon Slayer? Most likely. It was pretty much the same as Nev's. But at least he stopped calling her a bug.

"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 Date: 2017-11-18 02:34 am (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 Date: 2017-11-20 01:56 am (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."