Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail, I do not.

A Dragon's Heart

Whenever I think back to those days, one thing always comes back to haunt me. The fact that it all could have been prevented if I had only gone with her on that damned mission. Then again, and I hate saying this, fate does have a weird way of making things happen.

It all began a few months ago at the guild hall. Fairy Tail had just recovered from an enormous battle and the only thing to do was to celebrate! At the bar, Natsu, Happy and Grey were bickering about who actually won the battle while Erza, Wendy, and Carla sat not too far away making fun of the men.

"Carla, are you okay?" Wendy asked her white exceed friend. The white cat-like creature sat there, her eyes wide open with fear as she received a premonition. Once it was over, she shook her head and looked up at her friend and smiled.

"I'm fine, Wendy! Just thinking." she replied looking at her paws with worry.

A large bang sounded from the other side of the bar where Natsu and Grey were talking. Natsu had slammed his cup against the countertop and lifted his right hand in flames.

"YOU WANNA GO, STRIPPER?!" he shouted challenging Grey to a battle. But Grey just sat there frozen as he looked at the guild entrance. Natsu, looing at him confused, turned his head and saw a blonde figure stumbling into the guild. It was Lucy, and by the looks of it, she was badly injured. Natsu gasped and looked at his partner with fear, "L-Lucy?" he whispered.

Lucy limped quietly into the guild and looked up, her eyes dark clouded with pain. "N-Natsu….E-Erza…..He…They…" she stuttered before she lost her balance. Natsu ran over to catch her just as she was falling, "WENDY! HELP!" he shouted to the sky dragon slayer. Wendy quickly ran over to them and began to heal Lucy. Erza was right behind and looked outside the guild entrance to see if anyone had followed Lucy. She turned and saw that her friend had been bruised badly from what looked like to be an ambush. "Get her to the infirmary, Wendy. Elfman! Help Wendy get Lucy to the infirmary! Natsu, Grey, come with me!" she yelled giving the orders.

Elfman walked over and lifted Lucy gently out of Natsu's arms while Wendy continued to heal her. Natsu looked at Elfman and mumbled something to him, "Please watch over her…" Elfman nodded and walked away with Wendy. Grey and Natsu approached Erza with questioning eyes, "What is it Erza?" they both asked.

"We need to investigate this. We only just got back a few hours ago, so this must have been a planned attack on Lucy. We will go to her house and search for any clues, but keep your eyes peeled."

The three walked to Lucy's house without seeing anything suspicious, but what welcomed them at Lucy's house was another story.

Upon entering her room, it looked as if a battle had taken place. The furniture was beaten and broken, but nothing seemed to be robbed. Erza noticed a small piece of purple wool and water near the bathroom.

"Looks like Lucy was using Aries and Aquarius to protect herself and fight off whatever came in here."

"Erza! Natsu! Look!" Grey shouted pointing at burn marks on Lucy's table. Natsu and Erza looked at the burn marks and saw that it was a threat letter to them specifically.

Fairy Tail,

This is only the beginning. Your celestial mage was able to beat me this time, but next time, I won't go so easy. I will resurrect the Baron and Fiore will be mine!

-The Devil

The three wizards looked at the message and anger filled their hearts. Natsu growled and lift his fist on fire.

"WHO DOES THIS GUY THINK HE IS? He can't just attack Lucy and get away with it!"

"Natsu! Calm down!" it was Grey. "Now that we have some evidence, let's go back and check on Lucy." He said leading the three out of Lucy's house.

"Guys…" Happy finally spoke up, his voice trembling. All three of them turned around and saw the blue cat shaking as tears ran down his face. He was holding Lucy's keys, "They seem afraid…I can feel it in my paws…" he choked. Natsu smiled and picked up his partner.

"You hold onto them, okay buddy?" he said walking out of Lucy's room. The three began to walk back to the guild hall, but what they didn't see was that someone was watching them from afar.