Hello everyone!
First of all I would like to warn you; English is not my native language, so you´ll have to overlook some grammar- or spelling mistakes.
Second of all, this is my first Fanfic, yay!
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My beloved butler
Chapter 1 – A new job
"But why can't he stay with us?" the small girl asked her dad. Tears were running down her cheeks.
"We can´t just let him live here forever, Lucy. I don't want that responsibility. Besides, that boy only causes trouble. It is for your own good."
Lucy kicked her father´s leg with her little foot and ran off.
"You get back here young lady!" her father yelled after her, but she didn't listen.
She ran to her room and threw herself at the bed where a young boy was sitting. The blond girl cried in to her pillow.
The pink haired boy looked at his friend.
"What´s the matter Lucy?" he asked.
"Why are you crying?"
Lucy looked up at him and sobbed.
"Because you have to leave, Natsu" she said and tried to wipe away the tears.
Natsu was quiet for a while and placed his index finger on his cheek. He started to think of a way to cheer her up.
"Don´t be sad Lucy. It´s not forever, I´m sure that we will see each other again!" he said with a grin.
The blond girl looked at her friend with big brown eyes.
"Do you promise?"
Natsu grinned even bigger and nodded.
"Of course! You´re talking about the great and powerful Natsu Dragneel! Besides, how hard can this butler-thing be? I´ll be gone for like… one-, two years tops!"
His promise calmed Lucy and she smiled at the boy before hugging him.
If it was any other day the boy would´ve tried to get away and scream something about girl cooties, but that wasn't a normal day, it was the day Natsu would go away to a school for butlers. Therefor he hugged her back.
"You´re so silly, Lucy! I´m the one that should be sad" he said with a smile.
Ten years had passed since Natsu´s father had died. Ten years since he last saw Lucy…
Jude Heartfilia, Lucy´s father, had sent him to a training school in England, where he had been taught to be a butler, just like his father.
He trained there for three years.
It was hard, and if any of the students messed up or failed at a task they were punished in one way or another.
At one time, Natsu had been without food for four days, and then there was another time where he had been beaten unconscious.
He hated that place…
If he could have used his power he would have burned that place to the ground, but a collar around his neck blocked his magic.
Some of the other student on the school had collars, just like his. He guessed that they could use magic too, but they weren't allowed to talk about it, so he never knew for sure.
It seemed like the teachers of the school was afraid of wizards…
When Natsu turned thirteen he was sent to work for a family in Norway.
The young teen didn't like it there.
The father was mean to Natsu and the other servants.
For about a year he was mentally and physically abused in that mansion.
Luckily for him, the man was arrested soon after that and Natsu was sent to a new family in America.
That family was okay. They didn't really see him as anything that was worth their time, so they let him be. All he had to do really was to bring them food and coffee and watch after the children.
But after about two years he was fired for breaking a plate.
He was sent back to the school again for about a year before he was sent to France to work for an old woman.
Natsu liked that lady; she was nice to him.
He didn't really work for her; all she wanted was some company.
Natsu lived with the lady for two whole years and was happy there. He spoke fluent French and with the money he earned, he could travel from time to time.
But one day, the old woman passed away and once again Natsu was sent back to training.
This time he was there for two whole years before he got another job.
And that bring us to where we are today.
Natsu was sitting in a horse carriage, looking out through the window.
He was daydreaming.
As much as he liked France or America, he was glad that this job was in England. It was his homeland.
The pink haired, young man woke up from his daydream when he recognised a lake that the carriage drove by. That was the same lake that he and Lucy used to swim in when they were kids!
He stuck his head out from the window and looked at the big building appearing in front of him. It was the Heartfilia mansion!
The carriage stopped outside the doors and Natsu wanted to run out and storm in to greet Lucy more than anything else, but he regained his calm and slowly walked out of the carriage.
And just like that, Natsu was left alone outside the huge mansion.
He cleared his throat and fixed his clothes before walking up to the door and knocking on it.
It took a minute before a maid opened the door.
Natsu knew that maid, her name was Hilda. She must have been at least seventy years old.
Her dark hair was more grey than black and she had a lot of wrinkles.
She looked a little shocked.
"Natsu?" she asked.
The young man wanted to hug the old woman but took a deep breath instead.
He opened his mouth and spoke the well learned words;
"Hello, my name is Natsu Dragneel and I´m the new butler."
Natsu looked around as he walked behind Hilda towards Jude´s office.
The mansion looked almost the same; light blue walls, huge windows, white roof and red carpets, but he noticed that all the paintings that used to cover the walls were gone.
Hilda knocked on a door and waited for an answer.
"You may come in" a voice said from inside the room.
The two servants walked in to the office and took a stand in front of a man.
The man looked up from his paper work and turned his attention to Natsu. He eyed him from top to toe and didn't seem that impressed.
"Welcome back, I suppose" he said in an emotionless tone.
Natsu had to bite his tongue to stop himself from hissing something inappropriate to the man.
"Okay Natsu… You can do this. Straighten your back and do exactly what you are supposed to" the young man thought to himself.
"Thank you, Jude… I mean, Sir" he said as he bowed deep.
Jude raised one of his eyebrows and started to smile.
"Looks like you´ve learned a thing or two" he said.
Natsu straightened his back and looked at the man.
"Indeed I have, Sir"
Jude rose from his chair and walked up to the teenager.
"Just because you´re back here doesn't mean that you can behave like you used to, understood?" he said.
"Of course, Sir"
"The only reason that I picked you was because there weren't any other servants available. You are a butler now, and I will not tolerate any mistakes, do you understand?"
"Yes, Sir"
"And you are not allowed to have any kind of relationship with my daughter"
"Understood, Sir"
Jude nodded.
"Good. Now, move along. Hilda will show you around and tell you what to do for now" he said as he waved at them to get away.
The maid and Natsu walked out of the room and started to travel down the corridor.
Hilda turned towards the boy.
"You have grown to such a handsome man, Natsu" she said with a smile.
"How old are you now?"
Natsu smiled towards her.
"I´m turning twenty soon" he replied.
Hilda nodded.
"You should see Lucy. She´s a woman" the maid said.
Natsu smiled when he heard her name, but stopped when he thought about what Jude had said; "And you are not allowed to have any kind of relationship with my daughter"
Hilda saw his face and smiled gently.
"Don´t worry young boy. Master Jude rarely leaves his office. You can still meet Lucy"
Natsu stopped and looked at her.
"I could? Are you sure?" he asked with hope in his eyes.
Hilda laughed at his avidity.
"Yes. But not right now. She´s in class at the moment and won´t be available until supper. But then the master will be there, so you´ll have to wait until later this evening"
Natsu nodded. He had been waiting for ten years, so a few hours didn't seem that long.
"Now dear, go wash up and then come downstairs and help me set the table" the old woman said before walking away.
Natsu walked into the servant´s bathroom and started the water. He took of his gloves and washed his face.
He looked at himself in the mirror and started to think back to when he used to live in this mansion.
Back then he was just a small, ten year old boy with messy hair and filthy cloth.
Now, he was a twenty year old man with his hair carefully slicked back and was dressed in black pants, a white button downed shirt and a black vest. And, of course, the brown collar.
The pink haired man put his gloves back on and walked down to the dining hall.
He started to help Hilda set the table.
The clock turned five and Jude came down to the dining hall, just on time.
Natsu, along with the old maid, stood lined on the table´s left side and welcomed the master.
It didn't take long before a woman stormed in.
Natsu´s heart skipped a beat. He could recognize that golden hair anywhere.
Lucy…
"I´m sorry I´m late papa, my teacher didn't let me go" the young woman said as she walked up to the chair by the table.
She hadn´t noticed Natsu yet.
The pink haired man walked up to Lucy and pulled out a chair for her.
She sat down and turned her head towards the butler.
"Thank y…"
She became quiet and stared at him for a moment. Her lips were slightly opened.
She almost looked like she had seen a ghost.
"Natsu?!" she screamed and stood up so fast that the chair fell over.
Natsu wanted to scream. He wanted to hug her and never let go, but he couldn't, not now at least.
"Lucy, calm down" Jude demanded.
The blond looked at her father and struggled to remain calm.
Natsu picked the chair up and once again pulled it out for his childhood friend.
She sat down again.
"Natsu will be working here for a while and you will treat him as a butler, not as a friend"
Jude commanded.
Lucy nodded silently.