THIRD PERSON'S POV

Lucy woke up early that morning still feeling a little groggy and tired. She stretched and tried to roll over to the other side of the bed but she bumped into something warm. Lucy froze and her heart started beating faster. She braced herself then leapt out of bed and tore the covers off. Natsu was laying there snoring and slightly drooling on her pillow. "Natsu!" Lucy kicked him in the face.

"Oww! Lucy! What'd you do that for?" Natsu was rubbing the swollen red spot on his cheek.

"Why were you sleeping in my bed?!"

"You said I could spend the night!"

"On the COUCH! And that was when I offered, you can't just sneak in here and sleep in my bed when you want!"

"Sorry Luce." Natsu grinned. "I changed my mind after I got home but by the time I got here you were already sleeping and you looked so peaceful I didn't want to wake you, so I just laid next to you."

Lucy sighed, her anger slowly ebbing away at the sight of his crooked grin. Then, a small blush crept up on her cheeks. 'I just spent the entire night in the same bed as Natsu.' Lucy thought.

"Hey Lucy, are you alright?" Natsu asked, noticing her red color.

Lucy covered her face and quickly turned around. "I-I-It's nothing!" She said frantically as she rushed out the room, almost tripping over her own feet. "I'll go make us some breakfast!"

Natsu and Lucy entered through the double doors of the Fairy Tail guild and was immediately called over by Makarov. "Natsu! Lucy!" He waved them over. To his left were Erza, Gray and Juvia.

"Alright." Makarov said in a serious tone. "Now that all of you are here, I can explain what's going on."

"Is everything alright Master?" Erza asked.

"There have been several sightings of a blue and silver dragon up at Snow Peak."

Everyone's eyes widened. "With everything that has happened, I want the five of you to go there and see what you can find out about these sightings. It seems we have a new enemy bent on going to war with Fairy Tail and we need to find out if that dragon is allied with them."

"Master, what should we do if we meet the dragon?" Erza asked.

"We'll take it out!" Natsu slammed his fists together.

"No!" Makarov said gravely. "Do NOT engage with this dragon. I don't know if it's actually Hydra or not but I do not want any of you risking yourselves unnecessarily. This mission is strictly for gathering information."

Makarov sat there staring at them with a serious look. They all glanced at each other and nodded. "Good. Now go, I'm counting on all of you." Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray and Juvia left and began making their preparations. "Stay safe, my brats." Makarov said after them.

"Kyaa!" Lucy slipped and fell in a face plant on the ground. Juvia stood behind Gray snickering.

"Rah!" Lucy grumbled as she got up. "We've searched out here for hours and there isn't any sign of life let alone a dragon. And it's freezing!"

"It's not that bad." Gray said.

"Say that with some clothes on!"

"Gah!"

"She was here." Natsu sniffed the air. "Hydra was here. Her scent is still pretty recent."

Suddenly the ground began to shake violently. A loud BOOM resonated through the mountains and large amounts of snow began rapidly falling toward them. "Avalanche!"

They all jumped in different directions to avoid getting buried. Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand and pulled her into his chest. "I've got you Lucy!" He shouted as a wave of snow covered the both of them.

When the snow and dust cleared, Natsu and Lucy found themselves alone near the edge of a canyon. "Natsu, where are we?"

"I don't know..." Natsu growled. "Damn! How did this happen?"

"We all got separated." Lucy glanced around nervously. "Where did everyone else go?"

Natsu sniffed the air. "I can't smell them. I don't think they're anywhere near us."

"That's a pretty good sense of smell you've got there!"

They both quickly looked toward the source of the noise. Standing there was a man in all black clothing with a white sleeveless jacket. He had jet black hair with purple streaks and standing next to him was a short plump man about half his size. "We've found you." The short man hissed.

Oh no... Lucy's eyes widened in horror. "Who the hell are you?" Natsu stepped protectively in front of Lucy.

"My name is Mhiel." Hissed the shorter man, prolonging the sound of the s.

"You can call me Vhiel." The man with the black hair said. "And we have a proposition for you, Natsu Dragneel."

"Proposition?"

"Yes." Mhiel smiled, baring his yellow canines. "Our master would like you to give that celestial wizard on your back and destroy the Fairy Tail!"

"Like hell I will!" Flame surrounded the pink-haired mage. "I won't let you lay a finger on Lucy or on Fairy Tail!"

Vhiel chuckled. "It doesn't matter if you come willingly or not. You will help us annihilate Fairy Tail."

"Natsu don't!" Lucy shouted, but it was already too late Natsu lunged at the two of them, anger blazing. Mhiel reacted first. He clenched his fist in an upward motion and a pillar of stone shot out from the ground, colliding with Natsu's face. Before he could recover Vhiel punched his chest with a shadow fist, sending Natsu crashing into a tree.

"GRAHH!" Natsu roared and let loose a powerful jet of flame from his fist.

'NO! If this continues Natsu will-' Lucy thought

Natsu growled and leapt at Vhiel with both fists a blaze. They were soon locked in combat, with flames and shadows dancing around them. They seemed evenly matched, countering each other blow for blow, but then Vhiel jumped backwards and a stone fist connected with Natsu's stomach, sending him a few feet backward. Natsu remained on his feet but he faltered and coughed up blood from the impact.

"It's over." Vhiel pulled back his arm and shadows swirled around his hand. He thrust his arm forward and Lucy stared in horror as the shadows raced toward Natsu with overwhelming ferocity.

"NO!" She screamed. I won't let you kill him! Lucy gritted her teeth and leapt in front of Natsu. She shrieked in pain as the shadows enveloped her, losing consciousness as she slammed into the ground. She bounced once and then slid off the edge of the canyon.

"LUCYY!" Natsu fired a huge blast of fire, sending Vhiel and Mhiel flying several feet backwards. He ran toward where Lucy fell and jumped over after her.

Vhiel and Mhiel slowly got to their feet and walked over to the edge of the canyon. "Master is going to be upset." Vhiel fidgeted nervously as they looked down into the dark abyss.

"Maybe." Mhiel smirked. "But in the end its two less obstacles we have to deal with. Even if they survive the fall, there's no way they can survive what lurks down there."