afterglow | natsu x reader

Chapter 47: Time Machine*

a/n: this is not an "official" chapter you could say. just something i thought i'd post until i figure out the next chapters.

this chapter takes place before the s class trials!

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"This is stupid!" Lucy whines as she places another book into the shelf.

"It's not so bad." I say as I hand Gray another stack of books.

"It's our punishment... for destroying the city on our last job." Erza said.

"But you were the guys who destroyed the city—!" Lucy's eyes turn to Natsu and we all follow her eyes.

"Natsu... where's your scarf?" Bonnie asks.

"I'm thinking...." He answers.

"We can totally see your panties from up there!" Gray blurts out randomly. I look up at Lucy and he's right.

"Stop starring!" She yells. I giggle and look back at Natsu. He's still in deep thought. Without his scarf I realise something.

"Natsu... where did you get that scar?" I ask and point to his neck.

"Now that I think about it, I don't know either. Tell us the story." Erza gets a closer look at the scar.

"I forgot too." Gray comments. Natsu then starts shaking and starts sulking, "I-It was a m-monster." All our jaws are to the floor. Someone who makes Natsu scared?

"Nat—! Wahhh!" We turn to Lucy and see ladder wobbling.

"Lucy!" We all exclaim and all dive beneath her to catch her. Sadly though, while diving, we all crashed into each other's head. Lucy lands on top of our pile. Thankfully, safe.

"Whoa! What's that?!" Gray yells and a purple light starts shining. Before we could do anything, it blinded us and we couldn't move.

We all feel the ground below us feel different. Gray, Lucy, Erza, Bonnie, and Happy get off and I'm able to stand up since all of them were stacked onto Natsu and I. Speaking of Natsu. Poor guy was at the very bottom.

"We're outside the guild?" I question.

"Guys!" Bonnie exclaims and points to the guild. It's back to how it was....

"Did we go back in time?!" Lucy shouts and picks up a white book that came with us.

"We have to hide!" I tell them and start pushing them behind a bunch of boxes in front of the guild. Four little figures come out the guild.

"It's a tag battle then!" One of them shouts. As they step into the light, we get a good view of who they are.

"So cute!" Lucy gushes. It's little Natsu, little Gray, little Erza, and little me! A tiny Bonnie also comes out a second.

"Nope! I'm just here to watch." Mini Erza tells Gray.

"You're making me handle them on my own?!" My younger self asks Erza. Erza nods.

"Today is the day Gray..." Natsu cracks his knuckles and Gray smirks. Both charging at my younger self.

"We beat Y/N!" Gray finishes as his fist is ready to collide with me. It was so fast you couldn't see it. I took the two out so fast. If you blink, you'd miss out.

"It'll take years to beat me!" My younger self starts bragging.

"Hey!" Natsu and Gray yell at me. I sweat dropped.

"Get up... Stand up... My younger self will say these things." Erza says quietly. We turn to her and then back at our younger selves. My younger self was trying to help Gray and Natsu stand up. Younger Erza stepped in and stopped me, telling Bonnie and I to scoot back.