"May the defendant please rise." The judge finally broke the silence in the court room, waiting for the final appeal in the case.
Natsu Dragneel stood up, facing charges of what seemed to be vehicular manslaughter of 5 innocent bystanders. "This is it." Levy McGarden, his lawyer said.
"Natsu Dragneel," the judge took out what seemed to be envelope. Inside of it has the jury's decision on the case. "You are hereby sentenced with the Death Penalty."
"What?" Natsu angrily whispered.
"You can either die by lethal injection or death by electric chair, your choice. You have three months," the judge's last words were official. "Your time will be spent at Magnolia Prison." The judge swung his hammer one last time.
Everybody in the court room left, with the exception of Natsu, Levy and a few guards. "This whole case was controversial." He said to his lawyer.
"Yeah," Levy agreed. "The police report is sloppy as fuck, witnesses claim to have said the same damn thing, I mean anybody can be driving at a damn Sedan in the middle of the night and your car wasn't even a sedan. It just fit the description."
"Conspiracy." Natsu muttered.
"Yeah, I'll see if I can find more solid proof," Levy said, waving to the guards to pick up Natsu. "This does not seem to add up."
"You have three months Levy," Natsu said, as he was placed his handcuffs by the guards. "Find proof that proves I didn't do it."
"I will." Levy picked up her briefcase, waving goodbye to her client.
Natsu was escorted by the 2 guards to what seemed to be a black tinted window car. "Magnolia Prison, where is that at?" He asked the guards.
"Not far from here Mr. Dragneel," one of the guards opened the back door for Natsu, letting him in. "Just for your information, I think your case was a pile of crap."
"Oi, Sting, no conversing with the prisoner." The other guard told his partner.
"It's true, the majority of the case was all controversial, you even know it Rogue." Sting spoke his mind about the case, having the same thoughts as Natsu.
"Finally, someone other than Levy agrees with me on this." Natsu was somewhat happy to know that there were a few people who agreed with him on his appeal.
"I guess you're right to some degree," Rogue got on the passenger side of the car, closing his door. "But who are we to judge a Judge's order?"
"Apparently, we'd be considered anti-death penaltists," Sting got behind the wheel, putting in the key and turning on the engine. "Wait a minute, why are we driving him to the prison?"
"Apparently, the cops are hold up at a crime scene." Rogue told Sting.
"Hmm what exactly is happening?" Sting asked, still not having drove out the parking space.
"Some nutjobs going by the name of Oracion Seis are holding up a bank, and have over a hundred hostages." Rogue said.
"Geez, and I thought this world wasn't going to hell." Natsu finally broke his silence.
"Oi, Mr. Dragneel." Sting called out to him, which surprised Natsu.
"Um yeah?" Natsu awaited for Sting to begin his conversation.
Sting stopped the car at a red light, now able to converse without any trouble. "Your case wasn't the only controversial one around here as well."
"Oh really?" Natsu raised an eyebrow, seemingly showing a slight interest in the topic.
"Are you talking about Erza Scarlet's case as well, Sting?" Rogue somewhat assumed what Sting was about to talk about.
"Yeah." Sting answered, finally having the go in the traffic light. He took a turn to the right, stopping again at a red light.
"What about her case?" Natsu seemed more intrigued in her case.
"Apparently she was also given the Death Penalty," Sting drove again. For the next ten minutes, he drove straight then, along with other drivers, stop at what seemed to be a train passing through. "For her, she was convicted of murdering a senator's brother."
"How is her case just as controversial as mine?" Natsu asked, seemingly losing interest.
"Well, what do you call a person who was in two places at one time?" Rogue said.
"Omnipresent?" Natsu seemingly answered a rhetorical question.
"Controversial you idiot." The train finally made its way through its path, finally opening its crossover path with that of the street. Sting continued on the path to the Prison.
"Still, she could be lying." Natsu somewhat tried to be on the offensive side.
"Yes, because surveillance isn't enough to prove that she was somewhere completely unrelated to where the Senator's brother was at?" Rogue continued with his conversation.
"Oh shit, really? How in the fuck did she get the death penalty?" Natsu was slightly mad, over his own case and very well much mad at her case.
"Controversial." Both guards said at the exact same time.
"I swear, our justice system is fucked up." Natsu sighed, but seemingly was content over the fact that he wasn't the only one screwed over by the Justice System.
"I hear you," Sting agreed. He turned, making his way into Magnolia Prison. "Here we are."
Natsu looked outside his window, looking at the prison from the outside before making his way inside. "It's pretty huge."
"Yup, they keep the notorious thugs around here." Rogue commented on the prison.
"What does that say about me?" Natsu asked.
"Well, you're not notorious, Mr. Dragneel." Sting came to a stop, stopping the car all together.
The guards got out first, second behind them was Natsu, escorting him to the prison's front door. "I'll take it from here boys." A tall blonde with what seemed to be a scar on his face, took over the escort.
"Ok Officer Dreyar," Rogue said, going back to the car. "Tell your grandfather I said hi."
"Will do," the blonde grabbed Natsu by the arm and took him. "See you boys."
The officer took Natsu inside the Prison. "Wow, this place on the inside does not look that bad actually." Natsu commented on the fanciness of the prison walls and such.
"Easy Mr…."
"Mr. Dragneel. Natsu Dragneel." Natsu repeated his name for the officer.
"Easy there Mr. Dragneel, I don't converse with people on Death Row." The officer snickered, passing other officers and guards on duty.
"What if I told you I've been wrongfully accused?" Natsu said.
"What if I told you I've heard it all before?" The officer slightly mocked Natsu.
"I should've guessed you've heard it all before." Natsu somewhat sighed.
"Like I said, not talking." The officer no longer talked, finally reaching what seemed to be the Warden's office.
He seemingly opened the door, being greeted by an old but short man. "Laxus." The warden said, reaching in for a hug to the officer.
"'Sup gramps," Laxus stopped the hug, introducing the new inmate. "This here is the new Death Row inmate."
"Another?" The old man put his hand on his chin, seemingly finding it suspicious. "What's your name kid?"
"The name's Natsu Dragneel." Natsu greeted, reaching in with his hand, awaiting for a handshake.
The warden greeted back, also reaching in with his hand, somewhat appreciating the handshake. "Natsu Dragneel? Odd name, but whatever. I'm the Makarov Dreyar, Warden of Magnolia Prison."
"Makarov?" Natsu repeated his name, somewhat getting accustomed to it.
"Yes," the warden went to his desk. "Laxus here, is gonna take you to processing and your cell. How much time do you have?"
"Three months." Natsu answered.
"Just like Scarlet, interesting…," Makarov murmured to himself. "Anyways, off with you."
Laxus took Natsu again, this time for processing. For the next 20 minutes or so, he changed to an inmate suit, put his belongings in a box where it would be stored until a loved collects it after he dies, and continued to his cell.
As he entered what seemed to be the C-Wing part of the prison, he noticed someone. The mysterious red headed girl who also received the Death Penalty on faulty evidence. "Was that Erza Scarlet?" He asked Laxus, who then opened the cell next to Erza's.
"Yup," he took of Natsu's chains and closed the cell door behind him as he went in. "Probably the last female you'll ever get to see in your life." He snickered away.
Natsu sat on his bed, thinking over his own case. "I fucking hate this," he whispered to himself. "In three months, I'm gonna either die by lethal injection or electric chair." He then looked over and saw another inmate.
"What are you looking at!?" A long yellowed haired man said, having a tattoo that somewhat resembled that of a heart.
"Nothing, I didn't mean to look at you." Natsu turned and looked back at his ceiling before the man called out to him.
"Better turn you ugly ass motherfucker." The long haired man now insulted Natsu.
"What did you say?" Natsu quickly got up from his bed, being right behind his bars.
"You heard me, I called you an ugly ass motherfucker." He repeated himself once more to Natsu.
"Tch, big words coming from a dumbass." Natsu retorted back.
"Why you litte-"
Suddenly, both were interrupted by a guard doing his rounds for the day. "Enough!" He somewhat yelled.
"He started it." Natsu somewhat said.
"I don't care who started it," the guard came closer, revealing himself to Natsu. "I just want you both to shut the hell up!"
"Why are half naked?" Natsu raised an eyebrow, seemingly questioned the guard.
The guard looked down, realizing he has no shirt on. "It's a habit. New to Magnolia prison?" The guard asked Natsu.
"Yeah. The name is Natsu Dragneel." Even behind bars, Natsu reached in for a handshake.
Realizing that Natsu posed no threat, the guard reached in as well, giving him a handshake. "The name is Gray Fullbuster. You're on Death Row as well?"
"Unfortunately, yeah." Natsu said, sighing and sitting back down on his bed.
"You? On Death Row!? What'd you do? Kill the Warden's dog?" The long haired man laughed, mocking Natsu.
"Quiet down Zancrow!" Gray, with his baton, hit Zancrow's steel bars, somewhat scaring him.
"Thank god," Natsu said, thanking Gray for shutting Zancrow up. "And yes, I'm on Death Row."
"So exactly what did you do to get on Death Row?" Gray asked, somewhat wanting to hear Natsu's story.
"I'm gonna die either way, even if I didn't actually do anything," Natsu began. "I was framed for vehicular manslaughter, said I killed 5 people."
"You're saying you didn't do it?" Gray asked.
"Yup, all the evidence was all controversial. None held no type of merit whatsoever, hell even the car was a Sedan. I don't even own a Sedan!" Natsu somewhat grunted, revealing the evidence that convicted him the first place.
"Ouch, sounds very suspicious, almost like a conspiracy." Gray added.
"Yeah, now I'm stuck in this crappy cell," Natsu laid back on his back, closing his eyes. "I have to wait until my lawyer actually gets proof that I'm innocent."
"Who's your lawyer?" Gray asked.
"Levy McGarden." Natsu said.
"Her? She's good. If you want solid proof, she's one of the lawyers you really need to count on," Gray said, starting his rounds once more. "You hear that Erza, you're not the only one anymore." He said, passing through her cell.
She didn't say anything. She just kept in her silence.
"So you believe me?" Natsu got up from his bed, and went towards his bars, seeing if the guard believed him.
"I hear you," he said, about to turn in the next hall way. "Just trying to comprehend it now."
"Ugh." Natsu went back on his bed. He turned to his side once more, looking at Zancrow, the other inmate.
"Jesus Christ, do you have some sort of disorder that makes you want to pierce those eyes at me!?" Zancrow grunted, turning to his side, avoiding Natsu's line of sight.
"Geez," Natsu turned again, facing his ceiling once more. "What did you do to end up here?"
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Zancrow menacingly laughed. "Do you really want to know?" He turned to look at Natsu, making Natsu somewhat uncomfortable.
"Yeah why not?" Natsu, now being the one avoiding the eye contact.
"I went to a hospital?" Zancrow began.
"And what? Killed a doctor or something?" Natsu assumed much.
"Nope," Zancrow, more loudly, laughed. "I killed every baby and their mother while they were asleep."
"…" Natsu just looked at his ceiling, somewhat scarred internally.
Within the next hour, Natsu had fallen asleep.
The next day came. "Yo, Natsu get up." A familiar guard voice said, knocking on his cell bars with his baton.
"Ugh, what time is it?" Natsu rubbed his face, wiping away the crust from his face along with his saliva.
"It's about to be 7:30 a.m." With Natsu's vision becoming stronger, he noticed it was Gray who woke him up.
"What happened to the other guy?" Natsu seemingly looked over to the next cell, seeing it was empty.
"You mean Zancrow? His execution was yesterday at midnight," Gray revealed to Natsu. "Oi Erza, get up."
"Good riddance." Natsu was silently content with that.
Suddenly, a blonde female nurse came by with what seemed to be syringes, and other medical supplies. "Natsu Dragneel?" She called out.
"Yeah?" He said.
Gray seemingly opened his cell door, letting the nurse come in and do what seems to be a checkup. "I'm Nurse Lucy, I'm here to do a check up on you." She took out a clipboard and begins writing with her pen.
"Is it mandatory?" Natsu seemingly resisted the checkup.
"Yes," Lucy put the clipboard back on her cart. "Stretch your arm out, I'm going to check your blood pressure."
"Great," Natsu, irritated, stretched out his arm, letting Lucy put the blood pressures cuff. "So this is how I start the day, huh?"
"Only for today, I do another one before your execution date." She checked the monitor, observing the blood pressure.
"Was that supposed to make me feel better?" Natsu asked her.
"Not really," she took off the cuff and proceeded to get a syringe. "Now hold still."
"Ouch." Natsu was slightly hurt by her action.
"Sorry, that's why I said don't move." She put a simple Band-Aid on him.
"What's next?" He asked her.
She reached in for her clipboard. "Now I'm gonna ask you a series of questions now, you ready?"
"Yeah."
After several minutes, he made it to the last questions. "Ok now, have you ever had sex?" She revealed.
"…" Natsu didn't answer.
"I'll take that as a no." She marked on her clipboard.
"I'm guessing we're done here right?" Natsu asked.
Gray opened the cell door once more, letting Lucy exit out. "Yup." She answered.
"Good." Natsu laid down once more, staring at the ceiling once more.
Gray had gone back to take his rounds, leaving Natsu and Erza alone for a while.
"I heard your story yesterday, kiddo." A female voice suddenly spoke.
"Erza? I thought you were a mute of some sort." Natsu was surprised that she finally spoke.
"No, I just chose not to speak."
A/N: Hope you like it. This is definitely a Nerza/Natza fanfic but this will be my first attempt at Gale/Gajeevy. Bear with me, the first chapter maybe slow, but overtime, it'll get better. Thanks and leave a review, I'll update soon.