Traveling Through Time - Next Gen.

"Hey! What are you guys doing here?!" Younger version of Natsu asks, confused and surprised.

"What the heck!? How long have we been gone?" Nashi asks, getting up off the ground.

"It's been a couple of weeks, maybe a month and a half at the most." Erza answers, holding a rope that's connected to ALL of her luggage.

"Where are you guys coming from?" Luke asks.

"We are on our way back to the guild from a job, come along with us, we are actually heading there now!" Natsu exclaims, before everyone starts walking back towards the guild.

"Speaking of the job... When I took this job, I was originally thinking it'd be more of a solo mission, you know? So why'd yall have to come along?" Lucy asks, while holding on to Plue in one arm and the job request in the other.

"Awe come on, isn't it obvious?" Natsu asks, while Lucy looks at him confused.

"We are Fairy Tail's strongest team, so we have to stick together." Natsu replies with a thumbs up and his signature smile.

"Aye sir!" Happy adds, while sitting on Gray's shoulder.

"And don't you forget it." Gray adds, smiling, Erza smiling too.

"Yeah we are!" Lucy agrees, with a huge smile, hugging Plue. Nashi looks at the other's and they are all smiling at the scene.

"No job is too tough, not for me, Happy, Erza and Droopy Drawers over here." Natsu says, enthusiastically.

"Don't call me that." Gray says, with a frown.

"Hm.. We are quite a capable bunch." Erza states, proudly.

"True that!" Happy adds.

"You forgot about me!" Lucy says, angrily.

"Oh lighten up, I'm messing with you Loopy!" Natsu says, happily.

"Well I don't appreciate it and that's not my name." Lucy replies, upset.

"Please forgive me, I truly didn't mean to upset you. I let myself get carried away, it will not happen again. If you would like, you may strike me now." Erza says, apologetic and determined.

"It's okay, I really don't think it's in my best interest." Lucy responds.

"Smart move." Natsu and Gray say, and the future group look at each other, feeling at home with Team Natsu. Happy flying above everyone, as they walk down the street in Magnolia.

"So what happened after you got sucked into that magic circle? If you don't mind me asking." Lucy says, looking at Nashi, who's walking next to her.

"Well we got sucked in, fell through an endless black hole for a while, then a bright light appeared below us, and we showed up here. Dropping us on the hard ground." Nashi explains, and Lucy nods.

"I bet your guild is worried sick about you guys." Gray says. As they are all walking down the road, they notice townspeople looking at them with sorrowful expressions and whispering to one another.

"Why is everyone staring at us?" Gray asks, not looking at anyone a cross the road from them.

"It's not the good kind of staring." Emma adds.

"It feels like pity." Erza says, as she turns her head forward, looking at the guildhall and gasps.

"What-Why does the guild hall look so weird?!" Nashi exclaims, in concern and shock. Everyone races to the guild hall, once they reach it, they see iron rods throughout the entire guild hall.