Katie: You knew this was coming.

Natsu: What? What's coming?

Katie: Nearly every NaLu shipper has read/written one.

Lucy: Na-what?

Mirajane: NaLu! You and Natsu, silly!

Natsu and Lucy: WHAT?

Katie: It's time for what I call… the "NaLu cliché, Lucy runs away" story!

Natsu and Lucy: Oh, Mavis.

Katie: What?! Do you even read the fanfic lists I give you for research purposes?

Natsu: I don't do research.

Gray: Of course you don't!

Natsu: Get ready to die!

Happy: Fairy Tail is owned by its true creator, not Katie!

She couldn't help but cry. He had ditched her, just like that, for someone else. The blonde celestial mage had been all ready to tell him the news…

"So, Natsu, I have some big news!"

"Well, uh, Luce, there's something I need to talk to you about first."

"What is it?"

"I'm, um, going to start dating Lisanna."

"You're breaking up with me?"

"Sorry, but I think it's the best thing to do. You need someone less… destructive."

"But, Natsu…"

He had just walked away. Lucy hoped his sharp Dragon Slayer ears couldn't hear her heart shatter as he left.

"'Natsu, we're going to be parents!'" she muttered under her breath. "I should have made him listen to me. Maybe then, I would still have him."

That evening, when she got home, she knew the solution. Without a word to anyone else, she packed all of her belongings and left. Magnolia. Fairy Tail. Natsu. Maybe by leaving, she could leave her pain behind. After all, she had someone else to worry about besides herself. The baby. The very child she had wanted to tell him about before he had shattered her heart into a million pieces.

"Goodbye," she murmured. "Goodbye, Magnolia. Goodbye, Fairy Tail. Goodbye, Natsu."

Natsu cursed himself mentally. Why hadn't he made sure Lisanna wanted to date him before he had dumped Lucy? If he was lucky, maybe she would take him back. Then again, maybe he had been a bit too blunt when he had dumped her. She had also had something to tell him, but what?

"Hey, Luce!" he called as he used the spare key to her apartment. "I just came to apologize." Looking around, he realized all of her belongings were gone. To make things worse, she was gone, too. A piece of paper was on the desk. He grabbed it and ran down to the guild hall.

"What is this?" Erza asked as Natsu handed her the paper.

"I don't know. I just went to her apartment and I-I found this on her desk."

"Whose apartment?" Levy asked.

"Lucy's."

"Was she there?"

"No."

"Besides, shouldn't you have returned the key she gave you?" Happy snapped.

"What are you talking about? They're together!" Mira asked.

"Not anymore. Didn't he dump her last night?"

"He WHAT?!" Levy yelled. She ran up to Natsu and slapped him across the face. "How dare you?! You know as well as anyone else how sensitive Lu is!"

"I, um—"

"Perhaps we should see if this paper is any clue," Erza suggested, opening said paper. She began to read aloud…

"'Dear Fairy Tail,

"'Chances are someone snuck into my apartment and found me gone. I am so sorry for just leaving like this, but I just couldn't stay. Natsu just ditched me, and I couldn't take it. One day, my reasons for leaving will be explained. Levy, I would have gone to see you, but I was too upset and embarrassed. Erza, I didn't want Natsu getting hurt, so I didn't tell you. Gray, Juvia, I wish you every happiness together. To Fairy Tail in general, you all are like the family I never had. I am so, so, so, sorry for leaving. And tell Natsu to be more careful in the future.

"'Love, Lucy.'"

The entire guild was silent for one minute. Then a scream of pain erupted. Mira was holding Natsu by the back of his neck. A huge welt was already forming on his head.

"HOW-DARE-YOU!?" she yelled at him, slamming him against the bar counter with each word. "YOU-DROVE-LUCY-AWAY!"

"I'm-ow-sorry!"

"'Sorry' won't bring her back!" Erza yelled angrily. She and all the other guild members proceeded to attempt to murder Natsu. He did manage to escape, and hid in his house until the rest of the guild calmed down… which took two weeks. By that time, he felt like crap. What was the point of staying if the one girl he really cared for was gone? He, Natsu Dragneel, was the biggest idiot in Fairy Tail. One of the many, many things that plagued his tiny brain was what Lucy had wanted to tell him. And what did she mean by "be more careful"? Little did he know his questions would be answered in ten years.

Natsu: Why ten years? And what does she mean by "be more care"—Oh, now I understand.

Lucy: I understand it, too. *glares at Natsu*

Katie: Ooh! Drama!

Gray: Shut up!

Katie: Make me, Ice Princess!

Gray and Katie: I'm gonna freeze you into a block!

Gray: Just because you're a Dragon Slayer doesn't mean you're stronger than me! I have three years on you!

Katie: Age doesn't always count for maturity and power. Just look at Natsu. And Wendy.

Gray: I'm going to kill you, kid. *gets slapped upside the head by Erza*

Katie: And I'm not a kid! I'm fifteen!

Happy: Anyway, read and review!