The Run Away Circus * this is a pilot chapter, please leave your thoughts on the story in the reviews*

Lucy had been running for what seemed like hours but she didn't dare stop. She could hear the dogs' barks closing in on her for the second time. She had tripped once before, giving the dogs a chance to catch up and bit her in the left thigh and upper right arm. She had somehow managed to escape them and had made her way down the mountain forest, far away from the place she used to call home.

She was Lucy Heartfilia heir to the most powerful company in all of Fiore, and she was running away leaving it all behind. She had never asked for the life she had lived, she wanted to be free and travel the world. Although right now she had bigger problems right now, six to be exact and they were catching up with her.

She jumped over fallen logs and swerved around trees, she was almost at the bottom of the mountain she was almost free!

Her leg and arm were bleeding and her vision beginning to blur. Shoot she thought bitterly I can't go on for much longer. Ignoring the screaming pain in her leg she pushed herself harder as the lights became brighter and the sounds were louder. She couldn't have been more than 20 yards away from the tree line, only 20 yards from freedom.

15 yards . . .

10 yards . . .

5 yards . . .

Lucy was only a few feet away from the tree line. Just as she ran into the open field she tripped over a log and tumbled to the ground. Lucy felt the air escape from her lungs and a sharp pain shoot through her ankle. Lucy pushed herself into a kneeling position, wincing at the growing pains in her arm, leg, and ankle. She looked up to find herself in front of what seemed to be a tent the size of your average bedroom. Lucy looked around at the other things around her, there were many small tents like the one in front of her, about three dozen carts and horses, and one massive tent that sat in the center of the field. Lucy gaped in wonder since she had never seen anything besides the walls of her manor so this was a sight to behold!

The sound of cracking branches and heavy boots from behind her brought her back down to earth. The dogs and guards were still after her so this was no time be enjoying the sights. Lucy tried to get onto her feet but found that her leg and ankle were unable to hold her weight as she quickly fell back to the ground. Her vision started to blur even worse, she needed somewhere to hide and fast.

Out of pure luck a gust of wind blew past her a pulled up a loose piece of the tent material from the tent in front of her, revealing a hole big enough for a person to slip into.

"Over there by the tents! She must have gone that way!" she heard one of the guards yell. Lucy pulled herself along the ground towards the smaller tent. It was a tight fit but she managed to squeeze through the opening just in time. She watched as the boots of one of the guards stopped in front of the opening to the tent. Lucy held her breath, afraid to make the slightest noise.

"Did you see where she went?" asked one of the guards.

"She made it into this clearing that's for certain but after that we have no idea" said another.

"Maybe she followed the crowd down to the town after the show was done?" another questioned. There was a murmur of agreement as another spoke up, "Let's not waste our time here, everyone follow the crowd and search for the girl" ordered the leader. Lucy listened to the sound of their retreating footsteps, waiting until she was sure they were gone before peeking out the little flap to be sure. She opened the flap slightly and peered out side.

There was no one in sight.

Lucy leaned back inside the tent and sighed in relief she had finally done it! She had escaped!

Suddenly Lucy's vision started to go dark as she passed out inside the strange little tent, unaware of how drastically her life was about to change.

Author's Note

This is just a pilot chapter to see if anyone will even look at this story. The next chapter (if there even is one) will be up by around the end of the week if the feedback I get is good.

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