A/N: Hey guys! This is my very first story and I hope it's good, because I've read some fanfics that have a really good plot, but really bad grammar. Or, it doesn't really flow smoothly. I hope mine isn't like that. Give me feedback please! And on with the story!

They had been best friends since the start. Ever since he pulled on her pigtails, at age three, on the beach. She was with her family at the time. And he, with his. Ever since then, they spent every day of that summer together. He introduced her to all his friends one day, and she swore it was the best day of her life.

Although wealthy, Lucy Heartfilia did not have many friends. It wasn't as if she was unpleasant, it's just that she never spent much time outside of her family's property. Until Natsu.

"But….but….why?"

"Natsu, my mom is sick and we have to move. I've told you a million-bajillion times already," five-year-old Lucy explained.

"We have a hospital in Magnolia! She could go there," Natsu exclaimed.

"No she can't," Lucy countered, "She needs better… stuff." What was it called again? Eclipsment? E…equipment?

Natsu looked downwards with a pout on his face.

"But we'll come back," Lucy said, not wanting to see the expression on her usually cheerful friend, "I promise."

A/N: So? how was it? I know it's really short, but i promise the next chapter is longer. This one is just a prologue, a preview. Review, review, review!

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