One Night in the Forest: Prologue

The group put down their things and Natsu used his magic to create a fire. They sat around it as the flame lit up the night. Erza searched in one of her bags and pulled out a huge assortment of meat. Natsu began drooling as everyone else sat stunned, even Gajeel raised an eyebrow at the amazing sight.
"Use the flame to heat the food and eat." She smiled at all of them as they reached for the food; Natsu & Happy of course taking most of it. They all ate quietly and everyone, save Natsu & Happy who were happily stuffing their faces, could feel the eerily awkward silence creep around them. Even though they all knew one another no one had never gotten a chance to be alone together anywhere besides the guild before. Even on the last mission Wendy, Lucy, Gajeel, and Natsu went on Lucy, Natsu, and Happy two did the majority of the talking.
Save for "Team Natsu" most of the group had barely had interaction with one another outside of huge missions or the guild hall. Erza, noticing the awkward situation, came up with an idea. She looked over to Natsu, who sat next to her, and motioned her eyes to a small clearing past the trees.
Natsu, who still had a huge piece of meat in his mouth, gave Erza a confused look. She motioned her eyes again, this time more forcefully, but Natsu was still not getting the message. Fed up she raised her hand and decked him in the back of the head in one fell swoop, knocking him out. Natsu fell to the ground as the others looked at him more than a little afraid at Erza's sudden attack.
Erza grabbed the unconscious Dragon Slayer under the arms and began dragging him in to the clearing, smiling nervously at the group.
"Oh my goodness Natsu what happened to you?" she said facetiously hoping the others would buy her lie. "Let me take you into this small clearing and see if I can get you back on your feet." She then looked at her friends with a huge fake smile, no one was fooled, but this didn't sway Erza. "We'll be right back." Soon enough, she and Natsu vanished from sight.
The fire continued burning as the remaining members of the group once again found themselves in silence. That is until Gray stood up.
"All this quiet is killing me, I'm going for a walk." He began walking towards the trees behind where he was sitting. Juvia, seeing this as an opportunity to get closer to Gray, rose from the log she was sitting on and ran after him before he was out of eyesight. "Wait for me Gray, I'll come with you."
Gray looked back her and kept walking, "Fine, suit yourself. Just don't get lost"
"O-okay." Juvia replied nervously as the two walked off into the trees.
A few minutes later, Lucy was the next to rise from where she was sitting. She stretched her arms over her head. "I think I'm going to see what kind of animals live in this forest." She then looked down at Wendy who was looking at Carla and Happy talk. "You wanna come with me Wendy?"
Wendy looked up at her with a smile and nodded. "Sure." She answered happily as she rose from the ground. She then looked at Carla "Do you want to come Carla?"
"No, I'm fine right here. Just be careful Wendy." she said in her motherly tone.
Lucy following Wendy's example asked Happy the same question.
"Do you wanna join us Happy?"
"No, I'll just sit here with Carla and wait for Natsu." A small gleam then appeared in the blue Exceed's eyes and his mouth began to water as he looked at Lucy.
"But if you see any fish bring me some, ok?"
Lucy looked at him with a hint of annoyance in her eye, "We just finished eating."
He looked down at his small feet and tightened his lips in frustration, "No. Natsu ate it all."
Lucy giggled, "Okay if I see a fish I'll bring it to you."
His eyes lit up, as he looked up at her. "Really? You mean it?"
She nodded at him with a smile and Happy jumped for joy. "Yaaaay! Fish fish fish fish…" he did a little dance as Lucy and Wendy walked opposite the path Gray & Juvia walked. "We'll be back soon." Lucy called before she and Wendy were out of earshot.
Happy stopped dancing and began drooling in anticipation of the meal he hoped would come, when Carla began talking to him.
"Happy, would you mind flying with me for a bit? I feel a bit bored just sitting here."
"Sure, okay." The cats smiled at each other as they activated their Aero magic and sprouted their white angel like wings from their backs. In a matter of seconds they had cleared the canopy and were above the forest, flying away at a steady pace.
As the fire continued to roar, Levy blushed when she realized that everyone had left camp…
Everyone except for her and Gajeel.