[Grandpa?]

[age: 7]

All she wanted to know is where her grandpa was.

{When I'm down and I'm forgotten

You'll forever be my father}

"Hey mom?" Nashi walked inside of their home and closed the door, a curious look on her face as she set her backpack down.

"Yes?" Lucy poked her head out of her study, glasses settling on the bridge of her nose.

Nashi met her mother's brown eyes with her own, a certain desperation in them as she rushed toward her.

"Mommy do you have a dad?" The seven year old asked innocently, hugging her mom tightly. Lucy blinked in surprise, slowly wrapping her arms back around the confused girl.

A soft smile stretched across Lucy's lips, "of course baby," she said, patting her daughter's back. She pulled back slightly to look into Nashi's eyes, searching the girl. "Why?"

"B-Because it was career day and Cynthia's grandpa came in and he was really old looking and he said he was retired-" Nashi blurted out nervously, her eyes darting around the room.

Lucy smiled down at the pinkette, standing up straight again. "Mommy?" Nashi called once more. "What's retired? Does it mean he get's tired easily?" Nashi asked in confusion. Lucy giggled at the small girl's logic, shaking her head.

"It's like...you get too old to work anymore and so you don't but still get paid." Lucy put it in the simplest form possible, guiding Nashi towards the kitchen for her daily snack.

"Oh!" The girl exclaimed in realization, nodding her head like she approved of the definition. "So daddy's retired, right? He's really old!" Nashi giggled mischievously, humor dancing in her eyes.

"Daddy's not that old." Lucy giggled along, thinking of the reaction Natsu would give if he heard that. She shook the thought away, rummaging in the fridge for some apple juice.

Nashi took her seat at the kitchen table, waiting patiently for her mom. She kicked her legs to busy herself, thinking thoroughly of questions to ask.

"Nashi!" A voice yelled from the entrance to their house, a loud slam heard. Nashi jumped in her seat in surprise, wide brown eyes directed towards her father who was stomping into the room.

His onyx eyes connected with her brown ones and seemed to hardened as he towered over the small girl, annoyance rolling off of him.

"I got a call saying it was career day!" Natsu demanded, crossing his arms. "Why didn't you tell me?" He grumbled childishly.

"I forgot..." She mumbled sheepishly, staring down at his feet. Natsu sighed, shaking his head.

"But I would've been the coolest parent!" He whined, causing Nashi to smile slightly. She looked back up to her father, a cute grin stretching out on her face.

"But you're already the coolest to me!" She exclaimed, glomping him. He couldn't help but smile, swelling with pride at her little compliment.

"Behind mommy of course." Lucy spoke up, eyes dancing with amusement. Nashi jumped off her father and nodded in agreement, getting a "hey!" of protest from her father.

Is this what they call 'girl power'? He thought watching as his two girls laughed in sync. He shook his head, huffing. "I'm still waiting for our son." Natsu grumbled, staring pointedly at Lucy. She stopped laughing, a certain gleam in her eyes.

"Birth a kid and we'll talk." She replied, seemingly innocent to Nashi though dangerous in the eyes of Natsu. He huffed once more like a child, and Nashi seeing her father's chagrin, decided to change the topic.

"Daddy guess what!" She called. Her dad turned his gaze towards her, his cloudy mood instantly vanishing when he saw her grin.

"What?" He replied, grinning just the same.

"Mommy has a dad!" Nashi beamed, walking over to her father. "And I was wondering...do you have a dad, daddy?" Nashi mumbled shyly, feeling bashful asking her own father the question.

Though this went unnoticed to Natsu who seemed to turn as bright as the sun itself. "An old man? Of course!" He nearly shouted, just thinking of his father got him excited. Seeing how happy he was made Nashi happy who nearly jumped, giddy to know of her grandfather.

"Sweetie everyone has a dad." Lucy added sweetly, staring at the pinkettes warily. If they mess this kitchen up again someone's dying. She thought evilly, chopping symbolically at the strawberries.

"Really? Even Happy?" The girl gasped, her eyes widening in awe.

"Aye~" A sleepy voice spoke up, Happy floating in lazily. Nashi giggled, sitting down at the table where her mother set her snack out.

"Mommy can you tell me about your daddy first?" Nashi asked innocently, staring hopefully up at her mother. Lucy stared at Nashi in surprise, a gasp escaping her lips quietly.

"M-My daddy?" Her voice came out quiet, a sorrowful look replacing her smile. Natsu tensed, not liking where the atmosphere was going.

"How about I tell you about my dad fir-"

"Well he was rich." Lucy cut Natsu off quickly, her smile coming back as if it had never vanished. She continued working on Natsu's snack, reminiscing the past. "Sometimes the wealth went to his head." Lucy mumbled as if she was speaking to herself, though Nashi listened earnestly.

Natsu sat uncomfortably as he listened, remembering when they had walked to her father's grave and those cruel girls yapping about their own dads.

"But he loved me," Lucy continued on, oblivious to Natsu's feelings. She turned towards them, setting down his sandwich. "Though he wasn't good at expressing it sometimes, I always knew." She winked at her daughter, a soft smile playing on her lips again. "And I loved him, too. No matter what."

"Really?" Nashi gasped, almost bouncing in her seat. "Can I go meet Grandpa?" She asked hopefully.

"Ah Nashi I don't really think-"

"Sure," Lucy once again cut her husband off. He turned towards her pointedly, wondering what she thought she was doing.

She met her husband's confusion with a smile and a wink, asking him to trust her. "We'll go see him next week, okay?" Lucy asked, sitting herself down finally. Nashi cheered in agreement, gulping a few more strawberries down.

(Though unknown to her parent's, she knew of her grandfather's...'predicament'.)

"So what about you dad?" Nashi asked as she sucked on the strawberry juices.

"My dad?" Natsu seemed to straighten in his seat, a wide grin stretching across his features. "Well my dad is probably the coolest dad in the world!" Natsu declared, getting a giggle out of Lucy who just shook her head at his actions.

"Not true!" Nashi argued immediately, "you're the coolest dad~" she giggled.

Natsu smiled at his daughter, shaking his head. "Cute points don't get you out of trouble." He hinted, causing her to pout.

"Anyway, he was a huge dragon." Natsu started. When Nashi perked he knew this would be a good story. "Red and big and rawr~!" Natsu roared himself, causing a few napkins to go flying. Lucy quickly bonked him on the head, scolding him for roaring in the house.

"What? It wasn't a fire dragon roar or anything..." Natsu grumbled, rubbing his head. No matter, he continued his story with an eager Nashi. "As I was saying before mommy rudely interru-ow!"

Lucy once more hit him before grumbling about idiots, picking herself up and getting a drink.

"He taught me a lot of stuff! Like my magic." Natsu displayed proudly, setting a single finger on fire as to not burn their entire house down. "He also teached me how to read and write!"

"Taught." Nashi corrected her father before Lucy could. He furrowed his eyebrows, tsking her correction. "Whatever, jeez I didn't sign up for another Lucy-owww!"

"Will you stop hitting me?" Natsu pled, rubbing his sore skull. Lucy gave him an evil glare, taking a sip of her tea so he wouldn't notice her smile.

"Let me finish the story!" He exclaimed to the air, slamming his fists onto the table in determination. He stared straight into his daughter's eyes, intimidating her slightly.

"Yosh! Okay so he taught me how to fish with my mouth, too!" Natsu blabbered on and on about his dad and the memories they shared, and even though it would seem boring, Nashi listened to every word.

After a while Natsu yawned, realizing he had went off in a tangent.

"What happened to Grandpa Igneel?" Nashi asked curiously, blinking up towards her father in wonder.

His smile slipped off his face and he looked down for a moment, not able to meet her gaze. "He...he disappeared." Natsu confessed, his voice not as hyped as before.

He felt something take his hands and noticed both of his girls staring at him with the same determined brown eyes.

"We'll go find him!" Nashi promised, excitement bouncing in her eyes. Lucy nodded in agreement, her eyes glowing with love.

The fire mage smiled himself, ruffling his daughter's hair. "We can't, you're still in school." Natsu reminded. Nashi scoffed, standing up with a gleam in her eyes.

"No way! I'm gonna go find Grandpa Igneel for you and bring him back, promise!" Nashi shrilled, bouncing at the thought. Natsu chuckled at her attitude, shaking his head.

"It's okay, I never said we wouldn't find him, just not right now. Besides, I have to look after you two!" He jumped up also, stretching out his limbs.

"More like I have to watch after you two." Lucy corrected, giving his cheek a peck. He gave her a sheepish grin, causing her heart to kick start.

"We can all go find grandpa! And then we'll be a whole family again!" The small girl cheered, voicing out her thoughts and questions she'd ask her grandfather. Natsu smiled at her, nodding in agreement.

"Yosh, I'm all fired up!"

"Not you too!" Lucy complained teasingly, cuffing her daughter's head playfully. The small girl squealed in response, jumping into her mom's arms to hug her tightly.

"Hey don't leave me out!" Natsu protested, engulfing the two in a bear hug. They both squealed in protest, their breath escaping them.

"Aye Sir!" Happy cried, diving into the middle of it all. Nashi laughed, pulling Happy close to her chest.

And thus was the Dragneel hug.

*Nashi said the 'Yosh fired up' thing at the end, incase that didn't make sense...xD

And since only a small percentage of humans on Earthland are mages, I thought that they'd still have school, y'know? And of course Lucy being intelligent, she forced Natsu into allowing Nashi going :3

Hope you enjoyed~ I'm thinking of more ideas and I'm gonna try to actually pick this back up, not just leave it sitting...

Also IMPORTANT! I know you guys want a little brother but...I just don't think I can. I mean I only did Nashi because she's (semi sorta) real, but not a brother..and also what would I name him? Not Ryu, everyone does Ryu ToT if you leave a suggestion I might make a little brother..I guess? :P

Oh and for a future chapter what kind of magic should Nashi have? Not Fire dragon because only a dragon can teach (right?) so...yeah..please leave suggestions :D