Hiro Mashima--nalu 1

It was finally that day. Lucy Heartfilia’s birthday that is. She didn’t have her father to send a present, again, like all those other times he was still alive. To be fairly honest, she wasn’t expecting much to happen on this day. But that was the most wrong thought she had all day!

Now she was walking by herself (with the exception of Plue) back to the guild. It was quiet. Too quiet. She had passed her house not that long ago, and amazingly, Natsu, Happy, Gray or Erza were not inside.

"Why do you think it’s so quiet, Plue?" she asked the small spirit by her feet. Like always, Plue did...