Ok guys, here's chapter 3. Thank you for the support and I appreciate how nice you all are! ^w^

The Girl with the Key and the Boy with the Flame

Chapter 3

A golden key trapped in an endless flame of fire.

Lucy p.o.v

I hadn't realized how much time I had wasted as I talked to those guys. I completely forgot that I was running away in the first place! Not that I didn't enjoy meeting them all, they were really nice (Especially that Natsu bloke) but their niceness distracted me!

I've been running for about ten minutes since I left them near the cafe, and I was now surrounded by a gigantic forest with trees so high you couldn't see the sky. Not even the sunlight was tricky enough to squeeze through the tiny gaps that were replaced by tiny dark green leaves. "Ugh!" I moaned aloud as a hit a rock against my ankle. "Will this ever end!?" I screamed and the trees around me exploded with birds trying to escape the beautiful prison. If I could fly, I would be outa here in no time! ...I would already be outa here! I ran continuously until yet again my legs felt like they would collapse. It was late afternoon when I finally decided that I may as well find a place to stay for the night (and get something to eat). As you would expect, it's fairly hard to find a good place to stay in the middle of the forest. Unless you slept in a tree, but out here you don't know what you would find, maybe a wild mountain lion or a leopard. And leopards drag their prey up trees to eat them, so yeah, no.

I eventually (after about another few hours of walking) found a pretty big cave in the side of a big mountain. Its walls were chipped as if it were once a mining cave and it was about 5 meters in diameter and about 15 metres long. I walked in, but not too far because I didn't have any light to guide me, and stopped at what seemed about halfway through. I had to make do with what little supplies I had, my bare hands. I didn't know how to make fire so that was stuffed, I didn't know how to hunt so that was stuffed, and I didn't know anything about nature and natural foods so that was also stuffed. I sat down awkwardly with my legs crossed and my arms behind me supporting my back. Somehow I ended up on my back (With my legs still crossed over) and I soon fell asleep.

Natsu p.o.v

I waved goodbye to Gray and Juvia as they walked away for lunch and I made my way back home since I had nothing else to do. It was a nice day, and I couldn't help but feel a spring in my step as I walked. As I approached the front door I could make out Lisanna's figure behind the kitchen curtain, she had just burned her finger on the stove and was now panicking as she ran around looking for something to ease the pain, then she found the freezer and dipped her hand in ice-cold water that had originally been there for me. Well, guess what I won't be drinking? I began to walk away from the house. Little miss dip your hands in Natsu's water you. I turned around quickly and realized that Lisanna was eyeing me off, so I ran as fast as I could around the corner and down the street towards the park.

I sat down at a bench near a big oak tree and examined the scenery around him. Not long afterwards I noticed that this was where Gray and Juvia were for their lunch/date thingy (I could see them at the other side of the park near the playground). So I left. The only other place I could think of going to was risky, if I was found there I would be in big trouble. But I loved the location, so, that where I'm going I guess.

It was through the forest, and it was a very big forest, trees, everywhere, so many that you could hardly make out the sky above them. I especially loved being here during the night, cause the animals make it exciting and challenging. Now, what I'm looking for is a cave. It's not that big of a cave, but what counts is what's inside it. Mystery, adventure, and a whole lotta' fun! Since I was on the opposite side if the forest to the cave it took all afternoon to arrive and it was nightfall when I finally found the cave, I approached it and walked straight on in. But I tripped on something halfway through and couldn't quite make out what it was.

No one's p.o.v

"Oi!" a voice filled the darkness of the cave and Natsu trembled as he realized that it was another person who was in there, a girl. "Sorry!" He replied to the quite familiar voice. "Who the heck are you!" the voice asked angrily. "I'm Na-Natsu." He replied, his voice quite hazy. "Natsu!?" It replied. "Natsu pink hair Natsu?" "Yeah." He answered completely confused. "Who are you?"He demanded, "A chick right?" He heard a long sigh and the voice finally replied. "I'm Lucy, the girl you met earlier on today?" he began to blush (Though he didn't know why) "L-Lucy!? Seriously?" "Yes yes it's me Lucy! Now hurry up and help me up!" he obeyed and did so. "Why are you here?" "Cause I needed some space. You?" "Yeah, same." The two teens sat awkwardly in amidst of the cave and didn't say a word for about half an hour.

"I have a lighter." Natsu stated. "We could light a fire." Lucy face palmed (Though he couldn't tell in the dark) and she agreed. They crawled around the room searching for any twigs or branches that they could use. In the end they could only find a handful of things or so but it was better than nothing. They got the fire started and as the room exploded Lucy noticed a group of ancient symbol written along the wall. "What's this?" She asked. Natsu shrugged, "they've been there since I can remember. "They've always seemed real mysterious to me." Lucy smiled in anticipation. "I know these." Natsu looked at her. "You do?" She nodded. "My tutor taught me ancient languages, this looks like Xotaku." Natsu frowned, "Did you just make that word up?" She giggled, "Nah, I thought it was weird the first time I heard it too, but it's a real language," Natsu smiled and starred at the wall, "Well than go ahead, read it."

It was then, that night. Both of them had felt it, and both of them knew it too. When Lucy had seen Natsu with her in that cave for the first time her heart skipped a beat and felt as if it was engulfed with flames, and when Natsu had realized that it was Lucy who he's tripped over he felt as if the box that his heart had been locked up in for all that time was finally opened. She was the key to his heart, and he was the fire that ignited her's.

I know the ending is a bit cheesy but i hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for the support! :D

~Katara Devine