A/N: This is my first story I have written. Literally. So if there are any mistakes or you have any opinions on the story please leave a review. It'll help me a lot. I wrote this after seeing one of rboz's artwork. I'm not really sure if the artwork was based off another story but if so, please tell me. Thank you. :)

This story is based on my favourite FT pairing: Gajeel & Levy.

Levy McGarden, a princess of a small country encountered a life changing event with a bloodied Gajeel Redfox on her ordinary reading days. What happened to him? What will happen to Levy's life after this?

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters. Hiro Mashima does.

Our First Encounter

Levy sat in her secret garden, an abandoned field of blue forget-me-nots she stumbled upon after running away from always being followed by her palace guards, head engrossed in yet another novel of fantasy-adventure and romance. A gentle late-autumn breeze blew, making the pale blue field sway lightly, sending Levy chills down her arms.

"I should have worn a thicker cloak and dress just now." She sighed to herself. Something caught her attention in the corner of her vision. She looked up and quickly shut her book. Is it one of the guards? Have they found out my hideout? Her heart raced as her brain goes through many possibilities. A tall, dark figure clad in armour with a sword in hand stumbled into the field slowly.

The man stood tall just a couple of feet away on Levy's left. Levy slowly trail her gaze up the man until she reached his face. Levy couldn't breathe, much less scream. The man had long jet black hair reaching his waist and fierce red eyes but that wasn't what scared Levy. He had blood stained all over his armour and sword, his face half covered in blood making some of his hair plaster to his face. What in the Mavis happened to him?! She wondered.

He stared at the tiny girl sitting amongst the pale blue field. She was extremely tiny in his opinion, her sky blue curly hair framing her face and simple orange dress with white frills around her collar and sleeves made her look like a child but she had such a mature look in her brown eyes making her evermore beautiful. "A-are you...a fairy...?" he whispered with his exhausted voice. She cocked her head to the side, confused. Cute. He thought. She was about to say something but he didn't hear anything as all his senses shut down and vision blur, collapsing onto the field. "Stay with me! Don't die on me!" was the last thing he heard then he fell unconscious.

Levy was panicking. The man lay limp on the field not responding to her cries. Stood up hastily and ran as fast as she could back to the palace to get help. Wait for me! Please don't die! Please Mavis! Save him! She pleaded to the skies thinking of the man in the field.

Aye, I'll continue this story if the reviews are great. Even so, thanks for reading this. Till next time :)