A Lost Fairy

Natsu Dragneel is accused for the murder of Lucy Heartfilia. What happens afterwards? Heavily influenced by Andril's "Flickering Flames of Betrayal" contains spoilers.

AN: Welcome to my new fic. As the summary says, this fic was heavily influenced by Andril's "Flickering Flames of Betrayal" since it seems that they hasn't updated it in a while, nor have they written anything new recently. Hope you enjoy.

Everything was fine in the town of Magnolia. Bird chirping, people milling around, people talking. The usual. The only difference that day was that there was a council… transportation device (?) in front of the Fairy Tail guild hall.

"He would never do that!" Came the furious voice of Erza Scarlet denying the two council people that were there to take him away. "We know that Erza. The council doesn't however. From my short time being here, even I know that Natsu would never do anything like that. The damn council doesn't know Natsu like you or I do." Doranbolt told the redhead.

"How about the council gets their facts straight before accusing someo-" the woman started before getting cut off by the person accused of murder. "Cut it out Erza. It's the council we're dealing with here. They get what they wanted else I'm considered wanted and they'd stop at nothing to get me, and that would just mean trouble for the guild." The pink haired dragon slayer said to the swordswoman.

"But Natsu, they can't just accuse you with minimal evidence!" Erza said to the man. "I know Erza, I know. They just want me to get off the streets. To stop damaging things. Contain any problems with the public." He replied sincerely. "Fine… I'll stop pressing the matter even though this isn't right." The redhead said, slumping her shoulders sadly.

Natsu then turned to Lahar and Doranbolt, the ones sent to detain him. "Let's go guys. Can't keep those council bastards waiting, can we?" He said in a slightly joking voice. They walked out into the carriage, the guild standing back at the doors watching their comrade leave. "I'm really sorry Natsu. I'm only doing my job despite how wrong this is." Doranbolt said before he closed the hatch, confining Natsu in the back of the carriage.

1 Year Later

Over the past year, Natsu had gotten used to life in jail. He got 3 meals a day, was properly housed in proper living environments, and was able to keep busy with training himself.

He had visitors of course. The first person to visit him was Erza. She came the week after he was put in jail, always telling him about her day, what she did, and about how the guild was doing.

They were doing better than they both expected, since they knew that he was okay even though he couldn't be with them. They expected their guild to brood, do nothing. Instead, they had parties of people going out to investigate who had framed their favorite male dragon slayer (Wendy is their favorite dragon slayer in general. Who could not like her?), and people doing more jobs than usual, hoping to surpass the dragon slayer's record of completed jobs, at nearly 3 thousand jobs (is this reasonable? He has been there for years afterall).

All in all, Fairy Tail was doing amazing.

His second most frequent visitors were Mira along with Wendy, Happy, and Carla. They came together for whatever reason, and would to the same as Erza. Talking about their days.

He also had another visitor. Someone he didn't know. He felt that he knew them, it's just that he wasn't sure from where. It was a woman with dark blue hair. She was about the same height as him and she had rather large breasts. Whenever she came, they wouldn't talk all that much. Only small talk such as how their lives were. He came to know her as Sayaka.

It all changed in one night. 2:35 A.M, and Natsu heard very quiet footsteps, a person falling to the ground, the sound of metal, and then the footsteps led to his cell. What he saw was Sayaka, though she had a new addition. Her scent was of cinnamon and blueberries, the scent of someone he knew not too well, but nevertheless knew her. "Meredy? What the hell are you doing here?"

The woman then dropped the disguise. "Damn, it seems you still remember me after being trapped here for a year." The pinkette said to the man as she unlocked his cell. She then took him by the arm, brought him out of the cell, and then locked the cell back up. From there, they snuck out of the building, heading to an empty field.

"Where're we going Meredy? I don't see anything special about where you're leading me." He said with a raised eyebrow as he followed the pink haired beauty. Something that he himself also had to admit was true. The woman in front of him was beyond beautiful. "Oh shush, Natsu. There's an illusion ahead of us. Allows people to not see our little home." She said with a playful punch to his shoulder.

"Our?" He asked. "Yeah, I live here with Jellal. This is the Crime Sorcière guild hall. Though, it's more of a guild home. We live, eat, and do pretty much everything there." She informed. "Ah, I see." He said.

They entered the illusion field, bypassing it because it was set so that people who were set for the spell's settings were able to get through. Convenient, huh? You and your allies can get in, but any enemy can't. The perfect safe haven for fugitives. This was something that Meredy explained to Natsu on their way there. "This is pretty cool. Very convenient." Natsu commented, causing Meredy to blush at the indirect praise. "Thanks, it took me a year to develop it. Before this, we had no permanent base of operations. We were always moving." She said as they approached the building.

The building on the outside was magnificent. Even in the dark of the night, Natsu could see the flowers in the front of the house, properly cared for and beautiful. "The house looks amazing. Those flowers are really nice looking." He told the girl with a sincere smile. "Thanks. The garden was something for me and Ultear to care for when we had nothing to do. Though, we still haven't found her." She said nearly silent towards the end, tears welling up in her eyes at the mention of her mother.

Natsu noticed this and immediately pulled her into a soft, comforting embrace causing her to tense from the current situation. "Hey, it'll be alright. We'll find her eventually. Now that I'm here, it should be easier since I'm a dragon slayer." He said, soothing the girl. "A-alright Natsu. I'll try to pull through this for you. I don't think Ultear would want me moping around." She said to the man that was comforting her. "Don't talk like she's dead Meredy. I will find her even if it's the last thing I do." Causing the young woman to release the pent up tears.

"Why would you do this for me?" Was all she asked. "Well, for starters, Ultear is my friend, even though we didn't really see face to face at first." He said, chuckling as he remembered the first time he met her as Zalty. "The second reason is because I know how much she means to you. Despite you knowing that she was the one that destroyed your village, I can tell that you still love her despite that." This caused her to slightly stop her tears.

"The third reason is because I really don't want a beautiful girl such as yourself in despair. It doesn't really make me feel good." He told her as she instantly stopped crying, surprised at what he said. "Y-you really think I'm beautiful?" She said. "Well duh! Anyone with eyes can see that. You probably don't hear that often since you only really speak with Jellal, and he's probably thought of you as a sister by now, so saying that you're beautiful out of the blue would just be really, really awkward for the both of you." He told her, complete sincerity in his voice.

This caused her to start hyperventilating. She had developed a crush for the man after the year that she spent, popping in and out to talk to him. She admired him for his looks, personality, his determination, admiration for friends, his drive to do anything for a friend, and more. The traits that he displayed while in a setting like jail, made her respect for him increase.

Most people would be brooding about having to be in jail, but he just lived life to the fullest. Never once did he give up on anything, and he talked to her with enthusiasm with every word.

Hearing him call her beautiful had set her off, and she was now a hyperventilating, excited mess. Just then, Jellal decided to pop his head out of the door. "You two love birds done?" He asked teasingly, causing Meredy to blush and Natsu to just laugh at the poor girl's expense. "It's not like that!" She said. "Oh quiet Meredy, I'm fully aware that you like me. I know I'm stupid, but not that stupid." He said.

After she calmed down, Meredy led Nastu into the house, showing him around the place. Their first stop was their living room. It had a TV, a nice three set of sofas, a fireplace, and a bookshelf contains plenty of books. Next, they went to the kitchen, the place she referred to as Jellal's play place. She explained that it was because he was obsessed with cooking for whatever reason, and would find any reason to cook.

After some more locations including the dining room, training room, and bathroom, explaining how the shower worked (we all know the problem of going to someone's house and not knowing how to operate the shower), they eventually ended up at the master bedroom. The place where Natsu would be staying.

"And this is where you and I will be sleeping." She said, slightly blushing and also surprising the man. "You too?" He asked. "Y-yeah… I slept with Ultear, so now that she's gone and you're here, you have to stay with me since the other rooms are either used for Jellal, or are our storage rooms or research rooms." She explained, still blushing. She then yawned, not surprising since it was 3 in the morning. "Alright Natsu, let's get to bed, okay? Don't try anything though or else you won't wake up with your pride intact." She warned as she climbed into bed, the other pinkette doing the same. "I'm not like that, Meredy. You should know that by now." He said.

He then drifted off the sleep, muttering things about "beautiful" and "perfect". He turned in his sleep, his arm draping over Meredy causing the girl to slightly tense. She calmed down however when she felt his steady breaths, and steady heartbeat, signaling that he was in fact, asleep. He was however still mumbling things in his sleep, and she decided to just listen to the things he was saying.

"Meredy *inhale* sure is *inhale* beautiful…" He said in his sleep, causing the girl to go completely still. 'H-he wasn't kidding was he? He seriously thinks I'm beautiful huh? Wait… He's dreaming about me?! I don't know whether to be creeped out, or happy that it's me.' She thought to herself as she slowly fell asleep, snuggling into the man that was hugging her, unknowingly comforting her. The last thing she heard was him mumbling about how perfect she was in all aspects of herself.

A smile spread across her face. Her first genuine one since Ultear disappeared.

Perfect ending moment but I don't feel like ending it here

The Next Morning

Meredy woke up to the strangest feeling in the world. For starters, she woke up and felt like she had just slept for hours on end, feeling more than amazing. The second thing was that her arms were around something. For a second, she thought it was Ultear, and her eyes shot open, only to be met with the face of Natsu Dragneel. Third, she felt a strange… Thing, pressed up against her uh… Lower regions. Then everything hit her. She had just slept with the man, though, not in that way.

'I-is that his… Oh my god, it is! It's so… Big… What the hell? How does no one notice this? Does he not get hard around other women or something? Or maybe he's just learned to keep this under check, but can't right now since he's asleep. Huh. Well, that sure is big… I wonder if it'll fit ins- stop it Meredy! You can't be thinking these things! You barely know the guy on a personal level even though you've been visiting him in jail! You can't be thinking about if his oh so delicious co- stop! Naughty Meredy! Stop it!'

She continued to have an internal battle with herself, and found herself more aroused than ever, so before she did anything she would regret (she most likely wouldn't regret it), she quickly removed his arm, and got up to take a shower. She then noticed how cold the house was, and how much heat the dragon slayer emitted. The area of the bed was at a cozy temperature of high 70 degrees (Fahrenheit because 'merica).

She took one final glance at the sleeping dragon slayer, a small smile spreading across her face as she did so. She then proceeded to enter the bathroom, into the shower, brush her teeth, and do whatever girls do. When she was finished, she was met with the sight of Natsu standing outside the door, waiting for her to finish. He went in, did his stuff, and they both went downstairs. What they saw wasn't surprising… To Meredy that is. They went down to the sight of a frantic Jellal trying to cook their breakfast to perfection. "Don't bother him while he's doing this. He gets really worked up if you mess with him while he's cooking." She informed the dragon slayer who gave a nod.

Jellal eventually finished their perfect breakfast consisting of bacon, grilled to perfection, eggs, cooked to perfection, and bread, toasted to perfection. "This is really good Jellal!" Natsu said, causing the man to face palm. "Thank you Natsu, but I know that already. I spent hours making this, so if it wasn't perfect, I probably would have just fallen down and died." He said as he ate his food. "Well damn Jellal, when me and Ul complimented your food the first time, you passed out from embarrassment from the praise. It seems you've come a long way." Meredy said in a teasing voice.

The three finished eating (much to Natsu's dismay), and they began to talk. "Alright, so, first course of action is to track down Ultear. Now that I'm here, us finding her should be pretty much guaranteed. I'm a dragon slayer, so finding her will be easy with my advanced senses." Natsu said, looking at Meredy with concern. "Well, we were going to look further into the guild that framed you, but I think Ultear is of more importance." Jellal said to the two other mages.

The three set off, Natsu being able to pick up her sent. It led them to a house near the outskirts of Crocus. They knocked on the door, and what they saw surprised them all. It was the woman that gave them the letter from Ultear. When she saw them, she tended slightly, the grip on her cane increasing a bit. This didn't go unnoticed by Natsu, but he decided not to mention anything about it. "Ma'am, we're here looking for our long lost friend. Her name's Ultear Milkovich." He said politely, surprising the two mages behind him. Since when was he able to be polite when talking to someone?

He turned back to them to see their faces. "What? I can be nice when I want to you know. Besides, I don't think it would be alright to just barge into someone's home asking questions and expecting answers." He then turned to the woman. "Can we come in to do some looking around?" At this point, the woman was beyond nervous, and in a fit of her nervousness had quickly said yes, not thinking about it.

Natsu entered the house and they looked around. He thought of something and quickly put it into action. He turned around, took Meredy in his arms, and quickly kissed her full on the lips. The reaction was instantaneous. The woman's eyebrow slightly twitched, trying to keep her calm. This just confirmed his suspicions even more. This also left Meredy a bumbling mess. She just walked around, following Natsu as she touched her hands to her lips, savoring the feeling.

He eventually followed the trace of Ultear's scent to a wardrobe. "Wait, don't open that!" The old woman said, but a second too late. The wardrobe was completely open, showing an orb on top of some clothes. "Did you really think you could hide from us Ultear Milkovich?" Natsu said as he held out the clothing, showing that it was the clothes that she had worn during her time in Crime Sorcière.

Ultear's world instantly fell down around her. She slumped her shoulders, defeated. She then walked to Meredy. "I'm sorry for leaving you, Meredy… I just… I just couldn't come to think of myself seeing you again. I mean, just look at me! I'm an old woman now, and nothing can change that." Just then, Natsu cut in. "In Ages Past." Was all he said. Ultear instantly knew what he was talking about. "How do you know about that spell?!" She said bewildered.

He chuckled lightly at what the woman had said. "Well, when facing your enemy, it's best to know what they're capable of. I did my research already, so I know a lot about your magic." He informed her with a grin. "Also, if you're wondering how I know it was you, what tipped me off from the start was when you tensed up when you saw us. Next was when I was talking politely to you. Then I noticed how nervous you were. You said we could come in too quickly and without thought." With each revelation, the other three mages' eyes widened with every word. Just how smart was Natsu?

"Finally, the real kicker that wasn't physical evidence was when your eyebrow twitched when I pulled Meredy into a kiss. Something that I, and I'm pretty sure she, very much enjoyed." He said, causing the girl to blush and Ultear to snap. "Dammit! I knew having a child despite the amazing time we had together would be my downfall!" She said comically, causing both Jellal and Natsu to sweat drop while Meredy just pouted. "Really mom? I'm really that much a nuisance to you?" She said teasingly.

"I couldn't perform that spell Natsu. No one would be willing to give their own time for mine." The old woman said with a sigh. "I'll do it." He said, surprising her. "B-but, no! I can't do that Natsu! How could you throw your life away for me!" She half yelled at him. "It's because I know how much you mean to Meredy, and I don't want her sad when I know I could have changed that. Please Ultear. Do this for me… do this for Meredy. I care more about her happiness than mine." He said, completely seriously.

She took time to think about it. Either take the life of someone for her own youth and her daughter's happiness, or live old and die before her daughter, bringing grief to her and those that she held close. "Okay…" She said, tears streaming down her face.

Natsu then sat on the ground and Ultear placed her hands on his shoulders. He held his arms out open palmed in above his knees as he sat. "In Ages Past." She said, tears still streaming down her face. What happened next confused them both. Natsu's arms lit with a light teal colored flame, and instead of him getting older, nothing happened to him. Ultear however was rapidly de-aging back to when she was in her 20's. The woman then collapsed from magic exhaustion, directly onto Natsu.

He took her in his arms and carried her to her bed. It had taken them nearly the entire day to find her, and they would need their sleep. They decided to sleep there, Meredy sleeping next to her mother, while Natsu and Jellal slept on couches near a small fireplace. All the while, Natsu's mind sorted through newly gained information. Some… Troubling information.

Tartarus Headquarters

"So it appears that Master has awoken." A beautiful demoness said to another demoness. "You're in charge while I'm gone Kyouka. I'm going to go find master." The demoness said. "As you wish, Sayla." And with that, the woman disappeared into the shadows.

The Next Morning

Ultear Milkovich woke up to a strange sensation that she hadn't felt in years. Her arms were around a smaller person, her face was covered in a mop of pink hair. She then remembered everything that happened the previous day. She shot out of bed instantly, startling the young woman beside her. "Natsu!" She said as she remembered how the man willingly let her take his life… But why was he sleeping on her couch?

"Mmm, not right now… 5 more minutes." He said, still asleep. She then took note of the rather large bulge in his pants. 'Holy fuck, that thing must be at least 10 inches! What the fuck!?' She thought. Little did she know, her daughter was also thinking something similar. 'I'm seriously wondering if that thing can fit inside me now. I mean, it's obvious that I like him, I won't deny that, and it seems that he likes me too, but… That thing between his legs is way too big! I mean, just look at the size of that thing!' She thought, while a small droplets of blood came out of her nose. This of course didn't go unnoticed by Ultear. Her eye's widened as she saw her daughter.

"Meredy…" She said, a dark aura around her, her eyes becoming red and her hair flowing around her. This immediately snapped the girl out of her perverted thoughts. "Y-yes mother?" She said, sweat running down her. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" The raven said as the dark aura around her gave way, and she developed a perverted smile. She then brought her daughter into a big hug. "Oh, I'm so proud of you! Bringing home a man with big meat!" This of course got Meredy all freaked out. "What the hell mom!" She said as she slapped her mother lightly. "It's not big, it's huge!" She corrected.

"You do have a point there my dear daughter. Though, I'm not really sure if I should call you my daughter anymore. I'm about 3 years older than you now (Ultear is 24)." She said. "You're willing to share his meat though, right?" She added as an afterthought. "Well, he isn't really mine at the moment. I probably would though. We do share everything after all." The pink haired Mage said to her mother. "Wanna wake him up now?" She asked. "Eh, why not let him wake up on his own?" She said as she took her daughter out of the room. "Good point. He doesn't really do anything." They then began to prepare food for when themselves.

1 week later

In the past week, Ultear had moved out of the house she was just living at. All her stuff was moved back to the Crime Sorcière guild house, where she was now sleeping with both Meredy and Natsu. The two women insisted that he sleep in the middle. Something about him being their personal heater. He was fine with this of course. If they were happy, he was happy. Most of Fairy Tail was now aware that Natsu had been broken out of prison and was now with Crime Sorcière. They were aware that some guild had framed Natsu, and had some proof, being small things like fingerprints, blood samples, and such.

Erza along with some others had been visiting them recently, and they always came and talked for a good amount of time. Wendy was one person that came along, always wanting to go to see her older brother. Mira came as well, stating that she missed the dragon slayer. Something that was very much true. How could you not miss the heart of the guild? He was okay, she knew that, but it didn't stop her from being sad that he couldn't actually be with them. She somewhat liked the fights he started, even if she was the one to clean up after them.

Everything changed one day.

Wendy, along with Erza, Mira and the exceeds came. Minutes into their talking, a sudden Fog rolls through. "What perfect timing." A voice said as suddenly, Mira and Erza were on the ground unconscious. "We'll be taking these beauties real quick. Good to see that the one our boss wanted out of this guild is doing well." The voice said with an evil, sinister laugh.

Next thing you know, the fog rolls back out… And some people were gone. The others were too shocked at what just happened to actually do anything. "Natsu, what the hell do we… Natsu?" Meredy asked as she looked for the pink haired dragon slayer. What they hadn't known was that Natsu decided to hitch a ride on that little cloud, leading him directly to the dark guild's headquarters.

"And you guys thought you could escape me? With my friends? Over my dead body." A voice sounded through the dark guild, scaring everyone there. The next thing you know, everyone's unconscious from severe pain overload due to burns to the skin, the guild's building is on fire, and Natsu is walking out of it, Erza and Mira over his shoulders, while an unconscious Wendy was in his hands. "No one touches Wendy without my permission." He said. "The price in doing so will be your life, especially with what you were planning to do with them." He said as the building suddenly exploded behind him. Debris rained down everywhere, not a single piece hitting him though.

Nothing would get in his way of saving his friends. Nothing at all.

AN: I don't even know anymore. The last moments of this chapter were so… Crammed. I have no idea. End of chapter one though. This probably won't go on for too long. Maybe three or four chapters at most. Pairing will be Natsu X Ultear X Meredy. Something like that.