Chapter 1: My Dreams of Dread and Fear

Eternal darkness…that was all that he could see. Natsu has been walking for about an hour...or more? He didn't really know, but all that he knows is that he's been walking for hours, probably in circles as well. But, who knows? It was hard to tell time and direction in pitch-black darkness. Then all of the sudden a piercing scream echoed through the darkness…it sounded like a girl's scream…it sounded like Lucy's.Natsu immediately sprinted towards his partner's screams of pain, calling out her name in the process.

"Lucy!" Natsu called out desperately, while running and looking for signs of a blonde haired mage.

"Lucy!"

"Lucy, answer me dammit!" Natsu cursed in the lack of response.

Another shriek of pain resounded in the darkness, only causing Natsu to pick up his pace. The stench of something foul and metallic reached his nostrils, worry began to pool in his stomach and fear gripped his heart and tightened its hold on it. Natsu could only hope that it wasn't Lucy he smelt.

Natsu tripped over something that was on the ground. He also felt something wet and sticky on his hands; he turned to look at his hands. Red. Red, blood stained hands. And it smelt exactly like Lucy. Natsu started to tremble slightly; he stood up and turned around to look at the fallen figure. Golden blonde hair that was slightly darkened by the dirt, slightly revealing clothes covered in blood, golden keys attached to her belt stained with red blood, curvy figure, large chest, a sword piercing her chest directly at her heart and lastly a pink Fairy Tail guild mark on her right hand.

Collapsing onto his knees, he wept silently, letting loose a few tears he began to mourn over of his precious nakama, his partner, his teammate and most important person in the guild.

'I was late…' Natsu thought wretchedly

'I was late to save her again'

Then all of the sudden the darkness began to engulf the bloody corpse, causing Natsu to break out of his mourning and tried to reach out and save her. But he was already too late the darkness already engulfed her.

"LUCY!"

Natsu woke up in a start, with his body glistening with sweat and his breathing uneven. Looking at his surroundings he sighed heavily, he was at his house and it was in the middle of the night.

'It was only a nightmare…' Natsu thought covering his face with his hands. He's been receiving these nightmares of Lucy dying ever since Future Lucy died and all of them ending in the same way. Of course he isn't the only one being plagued with the horrible dreams, Happy has also being plagued with nightmares of Lucy dying. The poor exceed was traumatized by her future self's death. But, it wasn't their Lucy but it was still Lucy, no matter when she was from she was still Lucy.

Natsu vowed to protect the future and he succeeded, he protected his and Lucy's future. And yet, he was still plagued by these horrible dreams but he should be happy! Their Lucy was still alive and breathing and he couldn't help but wonder if their Lucy died.

'No' Natsu thought shaking his head, 'I stopped that future…Lucy's alive' But he was still uncertain that he would fail to protect her, what if she dies when he wasn't there to protect her?

"Natsu…?"

Natsu was brought out of his pondering by a timid voice, which could only be the blue neko. Happy was shivering either from the coldness or the dream he had, he looked so vulnerable like a homeless kitten.

"Hmm?" Natsu replied.

"I had a nightmare again…" Happy said wailing and buried himself in Natsu's chest. Natsu brought a comforting pat to the neko's furry head and he sobbed into his chest.

"Natsu," Happy sniffed. "I want to go to Lucy's"

Natsu smiled "Okay, let's go to Lucy's" and besides he too needed comfort from his partner's presence. And hopefully that Lucy hadn't noticed their clingy-ness to her and the consistent need to 'break' into her house and sleep on her comfy bed that was drenched in her scent…hopefully.