Author's Note: New NatZa story! I know I said that I'll probably finish my other NatZa story before starting a new one but this prompt has been in my head for quite some time already.

If you guys didn't know, I'm also on vacation, so my other stories will have infrequent updates 'til I get home.

This story might be a cliché but I'm a sucker for cliché stories. A few characters might be OOC but that'd because it's an AU story. This time, I'm gonna be using the Edolas counterpart personalities, so yes, this is my first Edo!NatZa story.

Well that's about it, so enjoy!

"Oi, Natsu!" Behind the door, an elder man pounded loudly on it. "Wake up!"

For about five minutes, the man's loud banging and the boy's alarm clock had been going at it in symphony in hopes of waking up the young teenager underneath his bed sheets, continuing to snore away every loud thing.

"You're gonna be late for school!" The man exclaimed as he continued on with his obnoxious knocking. Exhausted, the man had enough and entered his room using the old card trick in between the door and the wall.

As he entered the room, he turned off the alarm. Taking a step backwards, he saw his son sleeping soundly underneath his covers.

"Natsu, wake up son." The man now sat on the edge of his son's bed, now trying a different approach.

"…mhmmm… five more minutes…." He stretched his arms out from underneath his covers and turned away from his father.

"Oh for goodness sakes…" The elder man sighed. He got up from his seat and like he would usually do to wake his son up was completely drag him out of the bed. "WAKE UP BOY!"

"I'M UP! I'M UP!" In a disarray, the pinkette was finally out of his covers and got himself up from the floor he was dragged off onto. This was Natsu Dragion, a senior at Edolas High and the smartest kid in it. Added perks are being a huge geek as well as being a great artist

Natsu picked himself and the covers off the floor and threw them back on the bed. "Geez dad, do you always got to do that when I'm completely knocked out?" He asked his dad as he massaged the back of his neck and heading straight towards his closet.

"Who else would do it besides me?" He gave his son a goofy scorn while having his arms across his chest. "Anyways, breakfast is ready." And like that he was out of his room.

"Tch." Natsu couldn't help but to bring a smile upon his face. His father was a single parent after all, he tried his best to keep up with him. His father was a priest, and he tried not to disappoint.

He finally found some good clothes to wear. A white tank-top underneath a maroon colored buttoned up shirt, his jeans were black and his black and white Vans. He quickly changed from his sleep attire to that of his casual attire.

From there, he went to the bathroom and fixed his nappy bed hair. Throw some water, comb it up and add a bit of hair gel and his hair was now his regular spiky hair. He quickly brushed his teeth and soon, from the bathroom, made his way downstairs to the kitchen.

The scent of blueberry hit his nose upon hitting the last step on the stairs. He turned to the right and saw his father read the daily newspaper while having his morning cup of coffee. "Blueberry Pancakes?" He asked.

"Yup, eat up now." The man answered as he flipped through the pages, now entering the sports section.

Natsu took a seat next to him and begun to dig into his food. He poured syrup on his pancakes and with his fork, cut it into pieces, taking and chewing his pancakes little by little. By his side, a cup of milk was there for him, he sipped on it while still munching on his pancakes.

"I'm going to be home late." His father told him as he took his empty cup and placed it on the sink.

"Again?" Natsu said with a mouthful.

"Yeah," the man turned to look at his son. Half his plate was already gone. "Today there's gonna be an event at the church."

"Hmm, got you." He swallowed the remaining food down.

"Don't forget your keys," the elder man placed his son's spare keys on the counter. "You might be the smartest boy I've ever know but God forbid that you can be forgetful sometimes."

"Hehe, sorry," Natsu drank the remaining milk from his glass cup. He got up and took his dirty dishes to the sink. "Thanks for finding them."

"No problem son," the man now walked towards the coat racket where he got and placed his vest on. "Taking a cab to the church, you can take the car if you will to school."

"Alright, thanks dad, good luck." And with a simple goodbye, his father walked out of house, leaving the teenage pinkette alone.

After being all done with his breakfast, Natsu got his book bag ready. Having it held on one side of his shoulder, he got he keys that his father left on the counter and parted ways from his house.

He walked towards his father's car that was in the garage. Opening the garage door let the morning rays of light hit the car, showing the beauty of the car: a high powered Ford Mustang from the 70's. His father's greatest possession. Even a priest can admire a car like that.

Natsu made his way to the front of the car. He threw his bag on the passenger side and sat behind the wheel. He closed the door, adjusted the all the mirrors to suit him and turned the engine on. And like that, the pinkette made his way to school.

…

"Hey Fireball." Natsu's childhood friend, Gray Surge, greeted the pinkette by his nickname. Like usually, the man always had layers of layers of clothing over him, even on the hottest days. Gray sat right next to him in the lunchroom.

"Hey bro." Natsu greeted, sliding a bit to his left as he let Gray sit next to him. It was almost impossible for Gray to sit properly even with the layers of clothing.

"Don't worry about me, not really struggling or anything in trying to sit down…" Stating the obvious, Gray had trouble, like always, in siting down properly.

"You know, if you had taken my advice and just wore a pair of clothing, you won't be having this problem, ya know?" Natsu rolled his eyes. Countless times has he told his friend to only wear a pair of clothing. It was like the information went inside one ear and out the other with him. Still, being friends, Natsu still helped him out.

"Whatever," Gray finally sat down properly, at the cost of holding his breath in every now and then to fit. "Thanks."

"Don't mention it." Natsu turned his attention back to his book.

Just as it was just him and Gray sitting together in peace and quiet, it was all done when another of his childhood friends went up to his desk and sat next to him. "What's up, scrubs?" Lucy Ashley, a teenage blonde. A tomboy at times and likes to mess around with both Gray and Natsu.

"Hey Lucy." The two greeted at the exact same time.

She and her brunette girlfriend took the seats right in front of the two. "Hey guys." The brunette greeted the two.

"Oh, hey Cana." Natsu didn't notice her until her greet.

"Hi Cana." Gray greeted her.

"What are you guys up to?" Lucy asked while she made her hair into a ponytail.

"Nothing much, I just sat down and Natsu is reading some incomprehensible story." Gray told her.

"Pretty much." Natsu confirmed as he flipped to the next page of his book.

Struggling to make her ponytail, Cana helped her. "Thanks babe." Lucy thanked her, kissing the brunette on the cheek.

"No problem, next time, you should really untangle your hair, it's a mess." Cana advised her.

Just as the peace and quiet was dying, another one of their friends came to the table. "Hey guys." A man with long green hair and casual clothing greeted. He also wore a brown beanie.

"Hey Freed." All four greeted in harmony.

Freed was not the brightest needle in the haystack, however, he is the chillest in the group. "You guys wanna smoke some weed?" He was the pothead in the group.

"No thanks." Gray declined.

"Gonna have to pass." Lucy as well.

"As stressed as I am as well, gonna have to give you a pass too." Cana let him down as well.

"What about you, Natsu?" Freed gave his undivided attention to the pinkette.

"Hmm, I'm sorry, what? I wasn't listening." Natsu rolled his attention to his beanie wearing friend.

"You want to smoke some weed?" Freed repeated his question once more for the pinkette.

"Yeah, no, dad would kill me." He declined as well.

"Alright, won't pressure the topic anymore." Freed now sat down next to Cana.

Just as the peace and quiet was coming back, the first bell to first period rang. The ever so filled lunchroom started to become empty with every second as each teenager, from freshman to seniors all exited out of the room.

"I'll see you guys later." Natsu was the first to get up from his seat and leave.

"See you man." The rest followed his steps and made their way out.

His first class was Biology, but before he can go to his class which was on the third floor, he had to go to his locker which was on the second floor.

Making his way throughout the school, his locker was found at the end of the hall. Putting in his combination on his lock, he unlocked and quickly skirmishes through his rubble and found what he was looking for: Biology 101 Textbook.

Just as he was about to lock his locker and leave, an unexpected person whose locker is next to his was here: Erza Knightwalker. The most badass chick in Edolas High. Her hair was her best feature, a darkened red like the finest wine. She wore a leather jacket that matched her pants and boots. She was infamous for her antiques with her crew.

"Oh, you still come to school?" Natsu jokingly said to her.

"Ahaha, very funny Dragion," Erza scoffed at his joke. She closed her locker and turned to look at the pinkette. She and him were the exact opposites when it came to personality. "Another joke like that and maybe I'll introduce you the floor."

"Another threat like that and maybe I might introduce you to my book." It was always neck to neck between the two.

"Tch, whatever, I got important things to do." Erza soon left his vicinity.

"Phew… that was close…" Natsu never really had the heart to do, even have the guts to wholeheartedly tell her that. A woman like that, he was surprised he was still breathing. He looked at his wristwatch and saw that he only had a few minutes left before the tardy bell rang, so he hauled ass.

…

"Strauss!"

"Here."

It was now 4th period, Natsu was now in his Art class. The teacher had begun taking attendance. While doing so, Natsu began drawing. He would usually draw in his black small book, whether it'd be an animal like a tiger or a small comic strip. It didn't matter but when he started to draw, he didn't stop.

"Dragion." The teacher called out his name.

He wasn't paying attention as his whole attention was diverted to his newest drawing.

"Dragion!" The teacher raised his tone a bit higher, but still, no bulge from the pinkette.

Lucy, who was conveniently sitting right behind him, kicked his chair. With that, he jumped a bit. "Huh? Oh, uh here sir."

"Hmm, keep your head here Dragion." The teacher advised him.

"Uh, yeah, sorry," Natsu wryly chuckled to himself. He turned his attention to his friend, moving his whole body to the opposite side of the chair. "Did you really have to kick my chair?" He whispered.

"I'm sorry, what?" Lucy smirked, doing an impression of him, wholeheartedly mocking the pinkette.

"Haha, very funny." He turned away from her and began to draw in his book once more.

His attention however was turned to the classroom's door when it unexpectedly was open. Again, Erza appeared with a tardy note. "You're late as always Ms. Knightwalker." The teacher took her note.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." She took the first seat she saw.

"The nerve of that woman, huh?" Lucy whispered to Natsu.

"I try not to bother with nuisance." Natsu rolled his eyes. Erza was always late to class and always made an impression when she came by. It somehow bothered Natsu but not enough to make a fuss about it.

"Ms. Knightwalker, come to my desk please." The teacher had put up the assignment on the chalkboard. He went to his desk, followed by Erza who seemingly sighed and dragged her foot along the floor.

Natsu stared from the corner of his eye. No matter, if it didn't involve him in some way, he didn't show any interest.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Lucy tried to gossip.

"Don't know, don't care." Natsu now tried to do the assignment at hand.

"Ms. Knightwalker," the teacher took a seat behind his desk. While there was a seat, Erza didn't bother to sit as she had hoped this was going to be quick. "You're failing my class."

"Whoop de doo, you're like the 4th teacher that has told me that." Erza lifted her arms above her head, mocking a cheer.

"I'm serious," the teacher took off his glasses, showing some seriousness in his next line. "This is art, the easiest subject in High School, and you're literally the only person failing it, it has me quite concerned."

"Since you're so worried, help me out then," Erza sighed as she leaned in closer on his desk. "Give extra papers, assignments, I don't care."

The teacher sat in silence for a bit, thinking of what to do to increase her grade. He looked at his students, particularly a pinkette and back at her. "Alright, the school is about to have an event a week from today and they need mural on the empty, spotless walk that is outside near the central doors."

"Cool then, I guess I get too draw stick figures on it." Era said jokingly.

"Haha, no, that'd be ludicrous," the teacher now sat up straight. "Mr. Dragion!"

"Hmm?" Natsu turned to look at the desk where the teacher sat. He could've sworn he heard him say his name in the presence of Erza.

"Mr. Dragion!" He called out to him once more.

"Is he seriously calling me?" He lowly said to himself and Lucy.

"Yeah, better go check on what he wants." Lucy said. Instead of doing the assignment, she was just busy playing around with her writing utensils.

"Okay I guess…" Not letting him wait any longer, Natsu got up from his chair and went straight to his desk. "Eh, what's up?"

"You're gonna help Erza here paint the mural of our mascot on the central wall of the school." He told the two.

"What!?" The two said loudly in unison. They couldn't believe that he had just paired the two up.

"What?" He had no idea what the fuss was about between the two.

"You can't pair me up with him!" Erza told him.

"I second that." Natsu wholeheartedly agreed with her on that.

"And why is that?" He placed his arms across his chest, hearing their explanation.

"Because we hate each other!" The two said in unison.

"You guys sound like a married couple," from the expression he gave them, he was highly amused of this. "My decision is final."

"You can't be serious!?" The two continued to speak in unison.

"Unless you want to see your failing grade go up, you 2 are stuck together," he advised them. "Now, go to your desks, you have some work to do."

With sighs and groans, the two walked away from his desk. One pouting over it while the other angered over it.

"Hey, you okay?" Lucy asked as the pinkette sat right back in front of her.

"No, I just got appointed to help Erza, of all people…" He placed his head over his books, continuing to pout over this.

"Bummer."

Author's Note: Well here's the first chapter to this! Hope you enjoyed this. If this story becomes a hit, I might do more Edo! NatZa or more pairings like that in the future. Also, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Years!

I'm also doing this cause I may have watched the movie A Walk To Remember, so the whole bad girl, good boy is basely loose on it.

Well, see you guys later!