Natsu stood in front of a burning Fairy Tail. He ran to the door only to be burned by the flames. A strange feeling to be sure but he put up with it for the voices inside the burning building. Lucy, Happy, Erza, Gray and everyone else was crying out in pain from just behind the door, Crying out for Natsu to save them, to help them. Natsu tried to get past the fire, to eat it like he normally would, but he couldn't. Natsu began to cry as his friends voices disappear one by one.

"No! Not again! I can't stand losing anyone else!"

Natsu Dragneel fell to the ground landing on his back, tears flowing down his face. As he cried Natsu saw a circling dragon in the sky.

"Dad?"

Natsu woke up to Happy flying over him with a worried look on his face.

"Morning Happy, whats with the face?"

"You talk in your sleep."

"I do not."

"How do you know? Your sleeping!"

"Hmm, that's a good point Happy. Come on, lets get to Fairy Tail."

Natsu jumped out of his hammock and walked over to where his dresser was leaning against the couch.

Happy watched as Natsu rummaged through his dresser, worried about what his friend had said early in the morning. As Natsu turned, pulling on his vest, he tripped over a weight that was laying on the floor.

"Happy we should really clean this place."

He said jumping back up.

"Aye."

As they were walking to the guild there was something different. Happy was the first to notice the deference.

"Natsu your scarf!"

Natsu had forgotten his scarf back at their house.

"What the! How did I forget my scarf. Igneel gave that to me, how could I forget it?"

Happy was only getting more and more worried about his partner.

"Natsu! Wait up!"

Lucy Heartfilia had seen them and ran up to them.

"Hey Lucy."

"Natsu why aren't you wearing your scarf?"

"I forgot it..."

Lucy saw the worry on her friends face.

"It's okay Natsu, we can just go back to your house and go get it."

"No Lucy you go to the guild, pick out a job or something. Happy and I will be there soon."

As Natsu turned Lucy saw the scar. Natsu had a ragged scar on the right side of his neck.

"How did he get that scar?" She thought walking to the guild. "I wonder if anyone else knows about it?"

As Lucy walked to the guild she began to realize how little she actually knew about Natsu. She trusted him with her life, but he never talked about his past. Then again none of them did, the only reason any of them knew anything of the others is because of some weird circumstance. So far all she knew about the pink haired dragon slayer was from what others had told her. She knew he was raised by the fire dragon Igneel, and she knew that he had disappeared some time ago. She knew that he was good friends with Elfman and Mira's younger sister Lisanna, and that he doesn't like anyone to talk about her in front of him. Lucy decided to let it go, if Natsu didn't want to talk about then he didn't have to.

"But how did he get that scar?"

Natsu and Happy went back to the house and got the scarf. As Natsu carefully wound the scarf around his neck, his hand brushed the scar on his neck, memories came flooding back. But he pushed them down.

"Focus on today. Don't dwell on the past."

He said to himself, out loud however he said.

"So Happy, how do I look?"

"Like Natsu 'Salamander' Dragneel!"

Natsu laughed.

"Good, lets go partner! Lucy's waiting. Hopefully with a hard job for us!"

"Aye!"

Lucy was sitting with Levy Jet, and Droy when Natsu and Happy entered the guild he could hear them talking from the door. The two girls were talking about Lucy's book, and the guys were arguing about who was stronger. He stood by the door, and looked at the guild he had called home for so long and smiled. He loved it here, the fights the people the fights. This was the only guild he had ever considered joining. He looked at all his friends, then suddenly he remembered his dream and went cold. The sound of his friends crying out, dieing, froze him to the core.

"Natsu!"

Lucy had seen him and was waving him over. Natsu forced a smile on his face and walked over.

"Hey Natsu. You'll just love the job that Lucy picked out for you guys to do."

Levy said smiling.

"What you pick."

"Well you looked a bit down this morning so I chose one I knew you would love."

Lucy held out a piece of paper, and Natsu took it.

"A monster hunt?"

"A monster hunt worth 300,000 jewels!"

"Sounds fun! Right Happy?"

"AYE SIR!"