Disclaimer: I don't own FT... but I wish I did. The plot is also not really mine, it was inspired by this photo I saw online so yeah... I hope I do justice for the story.

Burn

NatsuxLucy

Chapter 1: Caves and Castles

"Ne, Natsu..." a growl emitting from said subject of interest as if saying 'don't bother me. I'm sleeping'

"Natsu... I can't breathe..." she wheezed.

One eye perked open to see a little blonde princess, face down underneath his scaly, red tail. He lifted it and the little girl scrambled from beneath it.

"Ne, Natsu..." her voiced called out once again.

"What now?" he grumpily replied, his voice cracking due to his sleepiness.

"How come you always turn into a dragon when you sleep?" she whispered, lying down next to him.

"How come you have so many questions in the morning?" he whined, lying straight on the cold, hard ground of a cave they call home and putting an arm over his eyes.

She sat up, pouting at him. He cracked open an eye, looking at his cute, little, blonde friend.

"You didn't answer my question."

"Fine..." he sat up as well, "I don't know why, but I do. At least I don't turn into a big, scary dragon that will eat you!" he said as he tackled a now giggling girl.

"Haha. You can't do that! You're just a kid, like me!" she shrieked when the boy nuzzled her neck.

"Well, when I grow up, I'll turn into a big, strong, scary dragon!" he exclaimed sitting back up, the little girl following suit.

"You won't eat me, would you?" she shyly asked him.

"Of course not! You're my princess" he stood up, pointing at the blonde, "and a dragon protects his princess!" he proclaimed, pumping his fist and standing tall.

The girl stood up beside him, holding his shoulder.

"Well, don't get too fired up, Natsu. You've still got a long way to go before you could even start a fire." she said, smiling at him.

He turned to her, smiling the goofy grin, showing of his pearly whites. "Don't you worry, Luce! I'm getting the hang of the fire thing as fast as I could!" as he said it, he put his hand out, opening his fisted hand, as a puff of smoke erupted from it.

Lucy laughed out loud.

"Sure you are..." she teased as she walked further in the cave to get ready for the day.

"Where is my child!" a woman in her mid-30's screeched.

Currently, the whole castle is in a rampage looking for the King and Queen's only daughter.

"The young princess, is nowhere to be found in the castle, your highness." a knight bowed down.

The Queen turned to her King and cried. All the King could do for is wife for comfort is to hug her. He kissed the top of her head before saying, "Search the whole kingdom in search for my daughter. Do not rest until you do."

"Yes, your highness." the knight replied before standing up to leave.

The knights explored the whole nation in search of the young princess. Every corner, every nook but nothing. The knights queried the villagers if they have seen the blonde child however, still nothing.

They handed out fliers of the young princess with the reward of great value so that it could hasten the process. All it did though was slow down the search as a number of people would come forward to 'report' when they a caught a glimpse of the child and the knights would go to said place only to return empty handed.

Once, they heard that she ran into the forest with another kid of the same age. This devastated the royal couple as they couldn't believe their child ran away into a dangerous environment where wild animals and strange plants grew.

It used to hurt the king and queen more when they get their hopes up only to be crushed further but after years and years of the same thing occurring, they kind of gave up, assuming she's dead.

The queen still had that inkling of hope though. She prayed that one day, her daughter be returned to her arms, safe and sound.

"Ne Natsu..."

"Hm..." said young man hummed to tell that he was listening.

"Natsu, I can't breathe." she whisper ed.

"Oh.. sorry..." he softly replied, lifting his arm and turning to his side, facing away from her.

She grumbled before pouncing on the sleeping man.

"Natsu! Stop sleeping! You're burning daylight!" she yelled at him, straddling his hips, shaking him simultaneously.

"Geez, Luce... You can't just keep pouncing on me like you used to anymore." he breathed, picking her up from his waist to place her on his side.

"Oh..." was all Lucy could say before slightly blushing when she realized what she'd done.

Years have passed and they've grown up to be a handsome young man and a beautiful young lady.

Natsu have also learned how to control his dragon-turning ability so that he can do it any time he wants. He's trained how to create fire as well which came in handy for nights when it was cold.

Lucy on the other hand, has grown to be a great cook and a has learned a bit of self-defense as well. The two of them would spar, Natsu trying to go a bit easy on her but still letting her have a difficult time fighting the man.

She had matured into a busty blonde. Even Natsu, couldn't believe how she grew up to be that curvy. Well, he has also developed his body into a toned build. Sometimes it would be hard for him to keep his hands to himself especially when the girl would cuddle up to him on cold nights. The same could be said about the blonde beauty as he would just wear a vest that didn't cover up the toned front for everyone to see.

"So, Luce, what did you plan to do for the day?" he said yawning as he has just woke up.

"Let's go get some breakfast first. I'm starving." she stretched, standing by the entrance of their cave.

"Me too." he laughed, walking towards his companion before putting an arm around her shoulders and her around his waist.

Uh... Hi? This is my first chaptered story of Fairy Tail. I hope you like this first chapter. If not, review and kindly tell me what's wrong. Huhu. I accept constructive criticism. Be nice! ;A;

-Lara P. [12/9/14]