Fairy Curse
Chapter one-Golden bows and Cursed arrows
Gray:

Grey fell to his knees in front of his best friend, blood had collected in a pool around Natsu, his Rosy hair stuck to his forehead and a line of blood was travelling down the side of his face, how could this have happened?

Only an hour earlier they were making their way back home after a long mission. Natsu had been acting strange, for him anyway, his behavior at the time would have been seen as normal to people who did not know him.
Happy was sat on his shoulder, Gleefully ranting about how they were going to eat fish when they made it back to the guild, Lucy and Wendy were having a conversation about Mirajane's fashion sense, as most girls would.
Erza and Grey were listening to Happy, or trying to, as the case may be. While Natsu was staring off into the distance, a very rare thing for the young dragon-slayer to do as he could hardly manage to think about things for more than a minute before making some snarky comment about how he could 'easily beat Gildarts' or challenging Gray to a fight.
Carla was talking to Panther-lily as Gajeel was folding is arms and refusing to talk to anyone, he had insisted on coming on the mission, apparently he had been having some 'personal problems' back at the guild, but being Gajeel, he had been the first to tick off the enemy and had caused him to destroy a near-by house, of which the locals were not very happy for, and Gajeel had come away with only quarter of the reward he deserved for the mission.

Natsu was the first one to hear the whistle of the arrow, as it came soaring through the air towards them, Natsu grabbed Wendy and hoisted her up in the air, causing her to scream and cutting off happy mid-sentence, the arrow sunk itself into the ground where Wendy had previously been standing.
By this time, Grey had realized what was happening and looked towards the direction of which the arrow had come from, but Erza had already grabbed the attacker by the scruff of his tee-shirt and was madly yelling at him, Natsu put Wendy down and everyone had come running over to where Erza was standing.
"What the hell are you doing?!"Erza yelled, shaking the man violently, the man only smiled at this and remained calm on the other end of Erza's rage, something that even Natsu and Grey couldn't master.

The man was blonde, and had a large scar running down his face, which caused him to become blind in one eye. His one blue eye observed them all slowly.
"I wasn't particularly aiming for the girl, it just so happened that she was in the way. She isn't the real target here."He smiled slyly and looked suggestively behind the group towards Natsu, Everyone followed his gaze and froze in horror at what they saw, Erza dropped the man and he brushed off his shirt.

Natsu's face was pale; he had a look of pained-shock and was looking down towards his chest. Wendy and Carla squealed in horror as they saw the tip of the arrow sticking out of Natsu's chest, blood streaming down in a steady line and collecting in a pool at his feet. Natsu fell to his knees and revealed the hooded man behind him, who was holding a grand looking bow with golden dragons etched into the sides.
The man smiled smugly from underneath his hood and showed sharp white teeth before disappearing in flash of black smoke. Natsu coughed up blood and then collapsed onto the hard stone floor beneath him; his head hit the bricks with enough force to break a window.

Lucy screamed, her high pitched wail of terror could have been heard for miles, she ran towards him, tears ran down her panic-stricken face as she flopped down next to him.
"N-Natsu? Natsu, wake up, Natsu!"She paused and looked around desperately, her eyes landed on a distressed looking Wendy, the girl was shaking, and Gajeel had covered her eyes.
"Wendy? Wendy! What are you doing?! Save him! You have to help him Wendy!" Lucy shrieked hysterically, her hair coming loose from her ponytail.

Erza Knelt behind Natsu, her hands hovered in the air, unsure of what to do, an expression of Incredulity on her face. Grey too slumped in front of Natsu, his face a mixture of shock and anger, he looked towards the area where the blonde man had been standing, but he obviously wasn't stupid; the man had already disappeared.
Happy truly was a disconsolate sight, he was mumbling incoherently and looked dazed, like he couldn't accept the situation; panther-lily grabbed his shoulder to steady him. Wendy suddenly broke free of Gajeel's hold and ran towards Natsu, like she had awoken from a dream, she immediately checked his pulse, and after a good while, a flicker of hope flashed across her face.
"He's still alive! I have to do something! Anything, but I don't know what to do!" Carla came to stand next to Wendy and looked up at her with Concern. She put her paw on Wendy's shoulder and opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Lucy's bawling, she was slumped over Natsu's chest, sobbing into his blood-stained clothes.
"Do something!" She wailed. Gajeel looked away; this was one sight that he had never wanted to witness, as he did, he noticed the small archaic looking town at the edge of the hill, and an idea came to mind.
"The townspeople!"He said, and received some confused looks from Carla and Panther-lily, Wendy looked at him ponderously, but then she suddenly seemed to realise and shot to her feet.
"They should have a surgeon, right?!They have to help us!" She ran towards the town and Carla abruptly followed, dragging panther-lily with her. Gajeel gave Gray a reassuring look before setting off in the same direction. Erza adjusted Natsu's head so it rested on her lap and brushed his hair out of his face, his breathing was harsh and pained, and it was getting slower. Lucy desperately clung to his side; blood coated the front of her jacket and her hair stuck to her face from the tears. Happy sat near Natsu's head, dejectedly calling his name.

Gray looked around for any clue as to who those men were; he couldn't stand to see his friend in such a state. Why had they gone after Natsu? And why did they need to target Wendy first? To test him? But why, if they were just going to kill him anyway? He's lucky that the hooded man missed his heart, Gray thought. Missed? Did that man really miss, or was it intentional?