Narrator POV

Lucy Heartfilia was only 16, yet she had a secret. Since she was little, growing had always seemed to be a challenge for her. On her sixteenth birthday,she froze in time, never to age again.

Since then, she has disappeared, but she decided to stay true to herself and stay Lucy Heartfilia instead of forging a new name.

Ever since, she had been moving around, babysitting for money.

One day, she was traveling alone on a road when a great dragon appeared. Upon seeing him,she felt her blood run ice-cold. She prepared her zodiac keys ready to fight if she needed to.

However the dragon, or rather Igneel deemed himself trustworthy and led Lucy to a cave where a young boy slept.

Igneel did not talk, but instead began to leave after showing her the child.

"Hey you!" She exclaimed, running after him, yet being knocked back by his swift tail.

Inside her head, a voice whispered"The boy",Lucy looked at the sleeping child then understood.

"You're going to leave him aren't you?" She asked in shock. She watched as the serpent looked back one last time, then lifted his powerful wings and soared away.

Lucy's POV

I pitied the small child who lay sleeping, unaware that his protector had left him. I decided that it would only be fair to him if I took him with me to the next town, and found him a new family.

I made myself promise that I wouldn't become emotionally attached to this boy. After all, for a person who has no family, that happens easily.

It's been two years since I picked Natsu up out of that cave. Since then we've been inseparable. I decided it was best if I told him the truth, with a little twist. Igneel left because a mob chased him out of town and I found Natsu alone in the cave.

Since I'm so young, we have to pretend that I'm his long term nanny because otherwise they'll put him in foster care.

Natsu's seven now, and he's beginning to hit puberty. I noticed that lately he's been eating double the food, changing sizes in clothes like a banshee, and getting frustrating mood swings.

I also notice, he's been looking at me different. Sometimes, it creeps me out, because he goes into a trance of sorts. I think... I think he has a crush on me.

I mean, not that I'm surprised, I mean look at me. I'm Lucy, who wouldn't?

Anyways, back to the point, I know he'll get over it, he's just a little kid.

What I'm worried about is when he finally gets up a decides to leave me.

I don't think I could survive that.

He means too much.