#edonalu2019

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Calling on all Writers & Artists in the FT fandom, to bring your love for Natsu Dragion & Lucy Ashley and help us celebrate them through art, stories, edits, etc.

April 15th-21st prompts

Day 1: Trust/Overcome

Day 2: Vacation

Day 3: Secret/Surprise

Day 4: Treasure

Day 5: Driving Lessons

Day 6: Scary

Day 7: Date Night

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The prompts are just suggestions, feel free to create your own. This week is simply to celebrate the Edo Natsu & Lucy. Have fun with it! Brotp work is totally okay too :)

Secret or surprise day 3 @fortheloveofnaluevents

“Natsu where are you taking me?” Lucy questions for the up-teenth time since they drove away from the guild.  

“It’s a surprise,” he responds without taking his eyes off the road.  

She huffs and crosses her arms, slumping back in the seat, “Dragion, I swear if I wasn’t worried about you wrecking, I’d totally man-handle you right now!”

“I know,” he grins, “and you know I might like that, but we’re almost there so just sit back and relax.”

Lucy rolls her eyes and tries to hide the fluttering sensation going off in her chest.  The relationship between them was strange to outsiders but for them it was a normal occurrence.  She was feisty, he was shy (except behind the wheel), but their opposing personalities work in synch with each other.  It’s the one great thing that came out of the magic battle. Without having to worry about being exterminated anymore, or the fighting for what little magic power they could get their hands on, it left them with more time to focus on what was important.

Namely each other.

And almost two years to the day since that final battle had been waged, Lucy found herself riding shotgun, in the vehicle she got for him, to some unknown location.  This was a little weird even coming from Natsu to pull a stunt like this on her, when he knew she hated surprises.  Giving them was exciting, getting them was nerve wracking to say the least.  She was a girl that preferred to be in control, except in one regard, but that’s for another story.  

“We’re here.”  Natsu stops the vehicle at the edge of a forest thicket.  “It’s just a 10-minute walk through the trees.”

“Great,” she unbuckles her seatbelt and opens her door.  Teasing him, “I hope we don’t run into anything in there I have to protect you from.”

Natsu blushes, “there shouldn’t be.”  

Lucy waits as he grabs a bag from the back seat and slings it over his shoulder.  Holding out his hand, she takes hold and they make their way with him guiding her.  Strange that this place seemed so familiar and yet she couldn’t remember why.  As she took stock of her surroundings, it was starting to dawn on her that this forest was young, maybe it hadn’t been around for very long.  That could explain why the area felt familiar and yet still so strange.  

Old foundations, crumbled stone or brick began to pop through the brush.  The further they walk the more and more manmade structures began to materialize like a lost civilization that had been swallowed by nature. Okay, now she really was getting confused.  Why would Natsu drag her out to a place like this?

Unable to contain her curiosity any longer, Lucy finally tugs him to a stop.  “Okay mister, tell me where the hell are we, or I ain’t goin’ any further.”

Natsu blinks, “you really don’t remember this place?”

“No, I don’t.”

“I guess I’m the only sappy one.”  He kisses her hand and tugs her forward a few more feet.  “Almost to where I wanna show you, I promise.”  

But this time, instead of walking in silence Natsu points things out along the way.  A road through the town.  Structures that used to have businesses in them.  Different stores and eateries.  Homes.  Again, some of the names he was pointing out seemed to dance just at the tip of her tongue. It was quite frustrating that she couldn’t seem to remember!

“Here we are.”  Natsu stops in front of what used to be a fountain in the middle of a former square.  He drops his bag next to the broken wall.  “Too bad Emperor Faust destroyed this place.  It really was a peaceful city.”  He looks back to Lucy who is just staring at the area, turning her face, “10 years ago, this is where we originally met.”  A look of shock falls over her as he continues explaining.  “The guild used to be,” he points due East, “a block over past that crumbled building.  I was on an errand when I ran into you here at this fountain and asked if you needed help.”  He chuckles, “after telling me to mind my own business, you rambled out that you were looking for a place called Fairytail.”

“I-I remember,” Lucy’s voice is quiet and trembling.  Not many things could get her rattled but this…. “I had nowhere else to go and people told me Fairytail took in orphans like me,” a single tear spills down her cheek. “You guys were so nice, but then all the attacks began to happen on guilds… it wasn’t long before we left this place.”

“That’s probably why you don’t remember it like I do,” he smiles.  “But I thought it would be the perfect place,” he prompts her to sit on the wall, then takes a seat beside her, “to take the next step.”  Natsu pulls a small box from his pocket. Opening it up, he holds it out for her.  “I know I’m not the greatest catch, but I’m loyal, honest, and I’ve loved you since we were kids.  Lucy Ashley, will you please marry me?”

“You, dork!”  She bear hugs him, “took you long enough to finally ask me!”

“S-So, is that a yes?” he squeaks.

Day 7- Date Night @fortheloveofnaluevents

Natsu insisted on taking her on a date to celebrate their engagement and he had the perfect place in mind in hopes that she would say yes.

He takes her hand in his letting his thumb gently caress the back of her hand as she admires the ring on her finger while the other hand loosely hangs across the wheel as he drives through a series of twists and turns with the moon high in the sky illuminating their path.

Natsu parks the car atop of a cliff overlooking the lights of the royal city then proceeds to grab some items from the back before opening Lucy’s door to help her out, “My lady,” he says holding his hand out to her with a soft grin.

Lucy takes his hand with a slight eye roll and a blush to watch Natsu as he sets up a picnic area next to the edge of the cliff setting a blanket down on the ground then food and candles on top of it as Natsu takes a seat with his legs dangling off the edge and a hand motioning to the spot next to him, “Care to join me?”

Date night day 7 (Modern AU) @fortheloveofnaluevents

Natsu pulls his car into one of the drive-in movie’s parking spots and looks over to his passenger, “we got about 15 minutes till it starts, do you want any snacks, cause we should order it now.”

“Yeah, maybe a drink and some popcorn…. Oooh,” she slaps his shoulder, “see if they have those fancy seasonings for the popcorn too, like the sriracha powder!”

“Oww,” Natsu rubs his shoulder, “why do you always gotta hit me?”

“That’s just how I show I care.”

“Tch.”  As much as he wanted to keep arguing, he knew it would be pointless, and probably more painful.  So, instead he quietly places their orders as Lucy grabs the blankets and pillow’s they brought along to set up on the hood.

Lucy Ashley was the closest thing to a best friend that Natsu had.  Sure, it was an odd relationship.  People assumed she was the bully ordering the weaker guy around because Natsu could never turn her down.  Take their current situation.  Lucy never asked if he wanted to see the movie, rather she showed up at his house and told him they were going.  But that was another interesting quirk about her.  The things she demanded often revolved around something he enjoyed anyways. Like this movie, that he had talked about before it came to town.  She could have chosen any of the five other movies playing, but she picked what she knew he would like.

By the time the food arrived, Natsu and Lucy had settled onto the make-shift recliner they had created. Two large downy blankets running from the roof, over the windshield, and the hood, plus a couple of oversized body pillows made watching the movie here at the drive in, just as comfortable as a couch.  Natsu hands Lucy her own bucket of popcorn complete with the fiery powder he couldn’t handle before diving into his own.  

“What’s this about again?”  She asks him.

“It’s a space odyssey where this girl lands on a planet of robots and meets a human that was raised by the king of the robots since he was a kid.  The king asks her to take the guy with her on her adventures and that’s what the movie is about.  They run into all kinds of good guys, bad guys, they find out the guy is connected to some kind of legendary like mother of the universe, it’s pretty weird and fascinating at the same time.”

Lucy laughs, “sounds like something you’d be into.  So does the guy and girl end up together?”

“I have no idea,” Natsu blushes, “I’m not really watching it for that part.”

“Oh.  Right I forgot…” her voice tapers out.

“Forgot what?”

“It’s nothing,” Lucy turns back to the screen, “not a big deal.”

It was hard to tell with the dim lighting, but Natsu could have sworn Lucy was blushing.  He turns away to the screen as opening credits began. ‘Probably my imagination,’ he counseled his confused and curious mind. It was time to focus on the movie anyways.  But why was she blushing?  They weren’t talking about anything embarrassing.  ‘Let it go and watch your movie!’  Natsu takes one more glance at his friend and gives in.

She could help but wallow in her popcorn as the movie progressed.  It was a good movie, don’t get her wrong, nice plot, lots of funny moments and action, not to mention the cute couple the main characters were turning out to be… But, ugh, that was part of the problem.  Natsu for his part was enthralled with the whole movie.  Somewhere within the first 30 minutes he’d grabbed the pillow, placed it on his lap leaning into it, and was soaking in every detail as if she wasn’t even there.  This damn oblivious man!  

Lucy groaned internally, what did she expect?  She should have known him well enough by now to have been able to figure out how he would behave.  And yeah okay, so it’s not like there was any reason for him to act any differently. They were after all just two friends watching a movie together.  She hated to admit how much she loved his shy personality, but at the same time, always having to be the dominant one got tiring sometimes.  Throw in the fact that Natsu never picked up on any cues she tried to throw on occasion and voila, frustration city.

‘Fine!  If that’s how it’s gotta be!’  

Dropping her popcorn tub on the side of the car, she reaches over and pulls his out of his hands and give it the same treatment.  “Hey! I wasn’t done with that,” Natsu gripes. But she totally ignores his kvetching, shifts her legs to the side, pushes him off so he’s no longer leaning on his pillow, and lays down with her head effectively on his lap facing the screen.  “L-Lucy?”  The final touch was pulling his arm to drape around her mid-section, then placing one of her hands under the pillow, clutching lightly to his thigh.  “Lucy, why’d…”

“Shhh,” she snuggles down to get comfortable, “watch the movie.”

Suddenly the cooler air of the night was replaced with the rise of his body temperature and Natsu gulps hard.  How the hell was he supposed to focus on the movie now!  He closes his eyes and tries to focus on evening out his racing heart. She was probably getting tired. No sweat.  No point in getting all worked up for nothing.  Though she’s never laid down on his lap before.  And she’s never put his arm around her body before. Natsu tries desperately to erase the thoughts he was having.  No, it’s not possible that Lucy had those kinds of feelings for him!

As much as he’d fantasized of such a possibility, Lucy had always just treated him like, like just a really close friend that she was comfortable around.  Maybe she was cold and that’s why she wanted his arm around her for the additional heat.  Yeah, that was a good possibility!

“Y-You know, if you’re getting cold, we have an extra blanket.”

“I’m not cold,” she mumbles, rolling her eyes at the realization that he still wasn’t picking up the signals!

“Then if you’re getting tired, we could just go.  I-I could always watch this later…”

Lucy turns onto her back with a groan.  “Dragion, can’t you just be normal and figure out what I’m hinting at already!  Or do I gotta spell it out for you?”

Natsu blinks at her confused, “spell what out?”

“Oh, My, God!”  She sits up.  “I don’t know if I should smack you or just leave you here confused or maybe both!”  

“Wait, don’t tell me you like me Lucy,” Natsu shifts uncomfortably, “I-I never would have imagined that you would.”

The normally headstrong and feisty girl sudden feels a bit tongue tied.  “Wh-why wouldn’t I?  I mean…” her fingers fidget in her lap.  “I know I’m kinda mean to you but it’s because I don’t know how to just come out and say how I really feel.”  Did the air get even warmer?  “Y-You know what never mind,” Lucy moves to get off the hood, “sorry I ruined the movie for you.”  But just as she about to slide off the hood, Natsu grabs her arm.

“Wait.”

When she turns back, his head is hung low and his bangs have fallen to cover his eyes.  “Why?”

“You didn’t ruin the movie,” he mumbles, “I’m just a little shocked, is all, cause I like you too.”

Lucy moves back closer to Natsu and tips his face up.  “Do you really?” her voice is hopeful.  

He nods as the blush on his cheeks intensify, “I—I,” he scratches the back of his head, “kinda already pretend these are like dates we’ve been going on.”

“Oh, you’re a sweet little dork,” she caresses his cheek with a smile.  “Then shall we finish our movie date?”  

Day 2: Vacation @fortheloveofnaluevents

Warning, there is smut below the cut.  Lol, alright anyone that knows me should’a seen that coming ;)  @random-rave I don’t know if I really followed the prompt but this is how it turned out xD

Louen had turned into a ghost town after magic was gone and their black market subsequently shut down. But where there is a will, there is a way and with the advent of mobile vehicles again, their desert oasis was the perfect spot for a new sport.  Racing.  Wide open spaces, sandy trails and the natural rock channels that litter the area were perfect conditions to create multiple tournament tracks.  

Natsu was thrilled when a contest for couriers was announced.  His nickname was earned by word of mouth but now, if he won, there could be no denying that Natsu the Fireball Dragion was in fact the best of the best.  His girlfriend Lucy agreed to help on one condition, if he won, he had to take her on a real vacation with the prize money. Easy agreement for the man when the title was all he really cared about.

As he sat behind the wheel in the pit area waiting for Levy and the rest of Shadow Gear to prep the outside of the vehicle, Natsu checked and rechecked switches, gears, and power levels.  Lucy had found a way to add a booster feature for short bursts of speed that would be helpful on take off’s and straight stretches.  It was a still a prototype she had been working on for the government, so this was going to be its test run and she wanted to make damn sure it would work.

The announcement finally comes over the PA that all racers should be at the starting line in 10 minutes.

“Well she’s ready,” Lucy hoists the wrench she was holding onto her shoulder, cocks her hip, and grins. “You better win Dragion, and make sure not to wreck her either.”

With a smirk of his own, he slips his goggles on, “of course, I’ll take good care of her,” he rests his arm on the window edging and pats the door, “she’s my baby too.”

“I know, I know,” Lucy rolls her eyes, “I think you love this car more than me.”

“Come here,” he motions with his finger.  When she gets close enough, Natsu cups the back of her neck and yanks her down, landing a forceful kiss.  “There’s nothing I love more than you, understand?  Im’ma win this thing and take you on that vacation you deserve.”

“Hmm,” Lucy kisses him back, “you do that, and I’ll give you a second prize back at the hotel…”

Trust or Overcome: Day 1 @fortheloveofnaluevents

She found him sitting behind the wheel of his old hot rod.  For a time, Lucy stayed back hidden behind a tree just watching him as his hands glided over the steering wheel, gripping, releasing, sometimes turning it from side to side as if reliving an old memory.  Her heart sank the longer she watched her crush because she knew how much Natsu missed driving that thing.   He was such a pansy outside of it, but behind the wheel he really did earn the nickname “Fireball.”  Oh, how she secretly missed that side of him!

He leans forward, resting his head against the steering wheel with his eyes closed and hands still gripped at the 10 and 2 positions.  Six months have gone by as Edolas slowly learned to cope with the loss of magic. It was hard on everyone, but especially those that relied on it for everyday living.  Like he had once upon a time. Couldn’t be a fast courier without transportation.  Prince Jellal and teams of Edolas’ engineers were working to find a way to bring power back to the people and all Natsu could do was wait.

“Yo, Dragion!” Lucy acts as if she hadn’t been watching him for over half an hour, sidling up to the window of the car.  She rests her forearms on the edging.  “You done sulking yet?  Get out of the damn car, it aint never gonna drive again.”

“You disappear for two months and the first thing you do is tease me?” Natsu lifts up his head and glares at her. “Typical Lucy Ashley fashion.  Why don’t you just leave me alone and go beat up on someone else today.”

Oh, he did not just go there!  “Get out of the damn car Dragion!”  Lucy yanks open the door and pulls the man out by the scruff of his coat. “Is this all you did while I was gone the two months, sulk in this hunk of metal?!”  She pushes him into a kneeling position.

His hands fly up to cover his head, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry Lucy!  Please don’t hit me!”  A slight tinge of pink coats his face, “I was lonely with you gone but this makes me feel better.”

Lucy stays the hand that was ready to smack him, blushing at his response.  “W-Well, I had something important to do.”  Yanking him back to his feet, she huffs, “I don’t know why you’d be lonely when you got the guild to hang out with.”  

Natsu’s mouth snaps shut while a deeper blush starts to set in.  He wasn’t ready to elaborate.

She starts to push him to walk forward, ignoring the mounting nervous energies starting to swirl around them, “I got something to show you back at the guild.”

Since he lived only a couple blocks away from the new guild location, the walk itself didn’t take very long.  But before they made the final turn into the gate, Lucy yanks him to a stop and pulls a rag out of her brazier.  “It’s a surprise,” she explains, placing it over him like blindfold, “so no peaking!”

“I won’t, I won’t,” he cringes as she pulls the knot tight.  

He places his trust in Lucy, walking in the direction she guides him to.  Natsu can hear voices around him whispering, recognizing familiar guild members along the way and her shushing them lest they give away the surprise. She grabs both of his arms and turns him to face a certain direction, ordering him not to move, to which he complies, then the sounds of fabric rustling, being pulled and sliding along some kind of surface.

The next thing he feels is the knot being undone from the blindfold.  Natsu closes his eyes, when the glare of the sun hits them, throwing off his vision for a second.  Then he blinks, was he seeing things correctly?  He blinks a second time and now Lucy is waving a hand in front of his face. “Are you in shock Dragion?”  She laughs, “Natsu it’s a new vehicle just for you, say something!”

“H-How…. F-For me?” he turns his head slowly to look at her directly, “Why?  Where’d you get it?”

“This is what I been working on for the two months,” she smiles and runs her hand along the smooth metal surface.  “Prince Jellal contacted Levy and I to help work on new modes of transportation.  He let me keep the prototype.”

It seemed impossible to grow any larger, but Natsu’s eyes were practically bulging out of his eye sockets!  He grabs her face between his hands and smashes his lips to hers.  She squeaks from the sudden intrusion, her eyes wide and flared.  “Thank you, Lucy!”  He kisses her a second time without any thought before realizing what he had just done. Audible gasps followed by an eruption of fanfare bring him back to the reality that he just kissed Lucy Ashley!  “Oh, shit, I’m sorry!” he cringes back, “I-I was just excited a-and…” but he’s cut off when she grabs him and returns the favor.

More echoing catcalls ring through the air.  “You are such a dork, Dragion,” Lucy punches his shoulder, “no more sulking okay? It’s time to move forward.”

Treasure day 4 @fortheloveofnaluevents

It was all over. Magic was gone.  Their government was… not in complete shambles, but having been gone for so many years, Prince Jellal had a lot of work to do rebuilding Edolas into a better world than his father’s regime had left behind.  Once the dust had settled, the guild members slowly gather themselves to find a new base of operations.  Maybe here in the Royal City since the Prince asked them to stick around.

Lucy finds Natsu lying down still exhausted from the whole ordeal and plops down beside him.  She was too damn worn out to do much of anything so why the hell not take a break.  When she sits down, she hears a crunching sound in her pants pocket.  ‘What was that?’  She wondered as she reached in and pulled out a folded-up piece of paper.  Her eyes light up the moment the words began to flow…

To my counterpart,

From the moment I landed in this parallel world, I never really had much time to just sit and take in what beauty it really had to offer.  Your world gives me a sense of wonder or maybe it’s just because we’ve never been here before, that it’s all so fascinating.  So, as I sit here staring out of the window while you, Natsu, and the others sleep, thinking about all of the things I wish I could explore here is keeping me awake.  I really should be sleeping too but….  

I digress.  Lucy, it’s so strange to feel like I’m talking to myself and yet I’m not at the same time.  You look like me, sound like me, but your personality is…. I wish I had more of your confidence.  I wanted to die when you dropped that towel, baring your, OUR, naked body to Natsu and yet, at the same time jealous that you could be so comfortable within your own skin to do it.  And that pervert, as if he’s never seen it before.  Anyways, the point is, I think if we could have spent more time together, I could have learned more from you and you could have learned more from me. We are like two halves of the same person in a way.

As I write this letter, I have no idea what the coming days will be for any of us.  I know that our mission is to get our friends back and go home, but for you and yours it could become a much longer road yet to travel.  It’s difficult for us to understand sometimes because magic flows much more freely on Earthland and here it is limited.  But if after all of this is over, Edolas’ supply of magic withers away, I hope that you all are able to move past it.

Magic is just a part of life, and like many things, sometimes things in life must come to an end and that’s okay.  There are more important treasures that we should seek and hold onto like our family and friends.  Cherish your friends Lucy, for they are your real source of magic and power.  Fairytail would be nothing if not for those ties of love and trust that binds us all together.  And that includes us, your Fairytail family from Earthland who will forever be in your hearts.  Maybe someday we will find a way to meet again.

That being said, I am leaving you a gift that might make your journey’s a little easier.  How interesting that your possible salvation would be hidden away in your own history.   So, as soon as you can, go back to the hotel we stayed at, ask for the same room.  Underneath the bed you will find a loose board in the floor, and there you will find a history book.  Read pages 365-370 and you’ll see what I mean.  

Love,

Lucy Heartfilia

PS.  Be nicer to Dragion.  He’s such a sweetheart that loves you (I know you love him too)    ;)        

She had been so engrossed in the letter that she hadn’t noticed Natsu had been reading over her shoulder.  Lucy sits up straight, her eyes misted, as the letter settles into her lap still clutched tightly.  ‘Freaking Heartfilia,’she muses, a grin slowly forming on her face.

“T-That was so sweet of her!”

‘What the fuck?!’ Lucy turns to the boy bawling beside her.  “Y-You read it?!”  ‘Oh, shit did he see that last line?!’

Natsu nods as he wipes away the tears.  “I’m gonna miss them too!”

Lucy rolls her eyes, but chuckles, “you are such a dork Dragion.”

His cheeks flush pink and he averts his eyes, “But is it true?  A-About t-the thing she said about you l-liking me?”

Her eyes flare wide and she grabs him in a choke hold, pinning his arms behind his head too.  “Do not,” she whispers, “tell anyone.”

“Y-yes Ma’am!”