Fated Encounter

"Ice Dragon's Roar!" A small light blue haired girl yelled as she breathed in deep and blew, shooting out a stream of small ice shards at a tree with a red and white target painted on it. Most of the ice shards pelted the tree, only some of them hitting the target.

"How was that Mother? Did I do good?" The little girl asked the large female ice dragon, her sky blue eyes sparkling.

"You're definitely doing better but you still have a long ways to go my dear Luna." The pale blue, almost white dragon chuckled as Luna's facial expression turned into a pout.

"Darn! I've been practicing a lot and I'm still bad at it." Luna said as she crossed her arms in frustration. The ice dragon lowered her head and nudged Luna's shoulder encouragingly.

"You're still learning, Luna. You'll get better with practice and patience. You've come a long ways since we started. Remember the first time you tried Ice Dragon's Roar? You could only breathe out a small cloud of frost." The dragon chuckled at the memory. A small smile appeared on Luna's face.

"Yeah, you're right. One day I'll be as strong as you and be able to shatter mountains with my breath attack!" Luna said, beaming up at the dragon who laughed.

"Someday, my dear, someday. You still have quite a ways to go before you become that strong. But I believe in you. You are Luna Crystelle, daughter of Prisma, the Great Ice Dragon Queen, after all." Prisma said, lovingly nestling her huge muzzle against Luna who giggled. Suddenly, a grumble came from Luna's stomach and Prisma chuckled.

"Looks like someone's hungry. Shall we take a break to eat?" Prisma asked Luna as she perked up at the thought of dinner.

"Yeah, I'm starving! I'll go catch some fish." Luna said as she ran off towards the creek. When she got to the creek, she created a sharp icicle harpoon with her magic. Carefully stepping into the creek, she stood still and waited for some fish to pass by. A couple of large trout were heading downstream right towards Luna.

"That's it, swim right to me." Luna said quietly as she took her stance. As the trout were about to pass Luna, she speared both of them with the icicle harpoon in one go. She kept spearing trout until there was enough fish for herself. Prisma always caught her own food, so Luna didn't have to worry about catching any fish for her. Thank goodness, there's no way little Luna could carry all the fish needed to feed the two of them. Luna carried the fish to the clearing in the woods where she and Prisma were practicing her ice dragon slayer magic.

"Mother, I'm back!" Luna called out for the Great Ice Dragon Queen, but Prisma was nowhere in sight.

"Huh, maybe she went hunting for herself. Oh well, might as well get the fire started." Luna said as she went off to gather firewood and two stones. She returned to the open space and arranged the firewood in a teepee formation. She then grabbed the two stones and struck them together, creating sparks which ignited the kindling wood and started the fire. She fanned the flames to make them large enough to cook the fish. Luna then went off into the woods and found a stick to roast the fish on. As she made her way back to the campfire, she wondered where Prisma could have gone. Usually she waited for Luna to get back before going hunting. Well, it did take a while to catch enough fish for her voracious dragon slayer appetite. It was July 7 and it was right before the trout would be returning to the ocean, so there weren't very many fish heading downstream yet. Luna returned to the campfire and started spearing some fish on the stick to cook them. She sat on a large rock and roasted the fish over the fire until they were cooked through. She cooked all the fish she had caught and Prisma still hadn't returned.

"Mother, all my fish are done cooking! Are we going to eat together?" Luna yelled into the woods. No response, not even a rustle from the trees or bushes. Luna shrugged and started eating her fish alone, thinking Prisma was busy with something important she wasn't notified about. By the time she was done eating, it was starting to get dark. Prisma was still nowhere to be found which was starting to worry Luna. She got up and started searching for the large ice dragon.

"Mother! Prisma! Where are you?" Luna called out but to no avail. It was completely dark and Luna was getting really worried and lonely. She searched for hours more with no results. Eventually Luna just returned to the open space in the woods and curled up into a ball, tears streaming down her face.

"Mother where are you?" Luna said quietly before starting to sob. She cried until she had no more tears left and fell asleep. A rustle came from the bushes in the near distance, waking Luna up. Hoping it was Prisma, she perked right up. Without thinking, she sprang to her feet and started running towards the noise.

"Mother? Is that you?" Luna called in the direction of the rustling noise as she ran towards it. She ran through the brush and collided with something, hard. Luna fell backward and hit the back of her head on the hard ground. Everything went black as she lost consciousness.

"Hey, psst! Are you alive?" A voice echoed in Luna's head as something poked her cheek. Her eyes fluttered open to find young boy around her age with spiky light pink hair hovering over her. He wore an orange shirt and brown pants with a white scaly scarf wrapped around his neck.

"Oh thank goodness you're awake. I was starting to think you'd never wake up. Are you okay?" The boy stood up, holding his hand out to Luna. She sat up and hissed in pain as the bump on the back of her head throbbed.

"Oww, my head really hurts." Luna said as she took the boy's hand and he helped her up to her feet. She immediately got dizzy, falling into his chest.

"Whoa now, take it easy. You just woke up after being knocked out for a couple of hours." The boy said, standing Luna up and keeping his hands on her shoulders to prevent her from falling over again.

"But I need to find my mother. She's an ice dragon." Luna said groggily as the boy raised his eyebrows.

"Your parent is a dragon too?" The boy asked as Luna's head tilted to the side.

"Too?" She said as the boy smiled proudly.

"Yep! My dad is the King of the Fire Dragons. His name is Igneel and he's the best dad ever! But... he disappeared earlier this evening. I've been looking for him ever since with no luck." The boy said, his smile replaced by a sad frown.

"My mother's name is Prisma, the Great Ice Dragon Queen. She disappeared earlier this evening too." Luna said as she started sniffle as tears fell from her blue eyes. She missed Prisma dearly. The boy started rubbing Luna's back to comfort her. His hand was unusually warm. It was very different from Prisma's refreshingly cold touch, yet it was still comforting and pleasant.

"It'll be okay. We'll find our parents together! Oh by the way, my name is Natsu, Natsu Dragneel." Natsu smiled, widely. He had little fangs just like Luna. He must have been a dragon slayer too. Luna stopped sniffling, wiped away her tears and managed a small smile.

"I'm Luna Crystelle." Luna introduced herself to Natsu. He held out his hand and Luna took it. The two children then started looking for their dragon parents together hand in hand until they decided to call it a night. They sat down in a forest clearing against a large dead tree trunk that had fallen over. They were tired from walking and calling out their parents' names. It was still nighttime and the moon shone down brightly over the forest. Luna looked up at the sky, thinking about Prisma as Natsu stared at her. The moonlight reflected off of her long, silky light blue hair making it shimmer as it flowed gracefully in the gentle breeze. A faint blush dusted his cheeks. Luna noticed Natsu staring at her and turned to face him.

"Is something wrong?" Luna asked Natsu as he snapped out of his trance, his blush disappearing.

"O-oh it's... it's nothing." Natsu stuttered and Luna giggled. Silence followed for a while until it was interrupted by Luna yawning, causing Natsu to yawn also. Luna's eyelids were getting heavier and heavier with each passing second as sleep slowly consumed her. She leaned against Natsu's warm shoulder and fell asleep. Natsu was also feeling the effects of the long night and laid his head on top of Luna's cool one and drifted off to sleep. As they slept soundly against one another, their opposing body temperatures kept them at a comfortable, balanced temperature throughout the night.