A/N: Okay, so this might be a little confusing, but it works. I'm sorry if you have no idea what's happening. Basically, this is meant to leave you guessing. Use your imaginations.

A bright light, more luminous than anything any of them had ever seen, was blazing above them. It was something inexplicable, something so strange that none of them could describe the effects of it afterward. It was... cleansing.

"Well, seems it worked, huh?"

A voice rang out along the white.

Lucy, Erza, Jellal and Natsu all clung to each other. Memories were gained back, returning to caverns of the mind that seemed empty. The pieces of a large puzzle began coming back together.

Everything stopped. Every painful thing that was happening at that moment froze and discontinued. Natsu, moments before seeing the love of his life and not recognizing her, was whole again. Lucy, who knew that Natsu didn't recognize her, was relieved. Erza and Jellal, both trouble individuals, were met with a certain peace.

The mages back on earth, that had been suffering such harsh things, also paused. The whole world paused.

And then everything started again.

First, it was quiet. Nobody dared to move. They were all sitting in their guild hall, like they had never left. Everyone was healed, physically and emotionally. Natsu sat in the center of the hall, his form shaking. Lucy was beside him, as she should be.

"What the hell was that?!"

The silence broke in an instant. Long lost family members and friends and comrades hugged each other and didn't let go. Reunions were sweet, but short. Everyone wanted to greet each other. No one seemed to want to know what the heck had happened. Too many tears were being shed.

Natsu stood, his hand in Lucy's. He gazed down at her soft face, and the beautiful brown eyes that peaked up at him. Before he knew what he was doing he was hugging her tight, never wanting to let her go ever again.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Luce. Never. I'll never do something like that again."

"What do you mean?" asked Lucy, her eyes wide. Natsu looked at her. There were tears in his eyes. It was so unlike him.

"It... was me. I caused all of this."

"WHAT?! Why?"

"It was... erm... because..."

"Yes? Because?"

"I made this wish."

"And what was this 'wish' you made?"

"It was that... uh..."

"Hm?"

"That you would... and I..."

"Natsu, just tell me already. I won't get mad. We're together again."

"It was that you would, um, love me."

He knew it sounded stupid, but that was what he really wanted. His greatest wish was that no matter how it happened, Lucy would love him.

He hadn't realized that the author had set it up so that it wouldn't be so easy. In fact, he had to have a magic spider, a coffin, love potion, a curse, and a kiss to make it all happen.

Lucy touched his face, trailing her finger down his chin.

"Well I have to admit that you're an idiot," she whispered, "But it seems that it worked, didn't it? It's all better now. The nightmare's over."

"Yeah... Still doesn't change tha-"

She cut him off, not wanting to hear him blame himself again. Her mouth covered his in a matter of seconds, and she kissed him fiercely, hungrily. Her arms wrapped around his neck to bring him closer, and he suddenly realized that his arms were encircling her thin waist.

"Lucy," he muttered into the kiss. She smiled.

"Whoah, what did he say before they started making out?"

"That he started all of this?"

"Oh, my god. He's SUCH an idiot!"

"Yeah, and he doesn't even notice us talking about him. He's too busy smooching Lucy."

Lucy pulled back, frowning at the remarks made by their close friends and guild mates.

"Hey, don't be hating on Natsu. He's had a hard time. He didn't mean to do any of this."

"Yeah, but he's the one who decided to use that spell," said a familiar voice. They flinched. Makarov.

"Nevermind."

Natsu stood, a pink tinge on his cheeks. And he began to explain. Why he loved Lucy, how long he loved Lucy, and why he would do anything to have her.

"Um..." said Gray, backing away slowly, "That's not what we wanted to hear... We wanted to-"

He was cut off as Erza stepped up, holding Jellal's hand. "Not that. Natsu, you just announced that you were in love to the whole guild. What do you have to say for yourself?"

She squeezed Jellal's hand and he realized something. Everything he'd ever thought about her leaving him was wrong. She was there all along.

So Natsu blushed. God, it was embarrassing. He'd explained all that and it wasn't even what they wanted!

But then he looked down into Lucy's eyes and forgot all of the worst. He had his life cut out for him, sitting on the floor.

Never mind that. It isn't even our concern. It's Natsu's Predicament, not ours.

FIN

A/N: I think I actually might cry.

You know, I had a dream once that I had just given birth to this baby, and I looked down at it, and it was ugly, but it was my baby. I think I have a very similar feeling looking back on this typo-riddled work.

This... this monstrosity is my very first work. I'm not proud of it, but at the same time, I am. I'm finally finished with it. I will most likely end up re-writing it at some point in my life. But now I'm about done being tied down. I'm free. Many more fanfictions will come, you can be sure of that. All of them will hopefully be awesome, funny, and amazing. None of them will be my first. This one keeps that title.

Thank you all for reading! If you want more, feel free to check out my other works. I have several up.