Prologue Part 1
Commander Lucy Heartfillia-
It's been about 2 years since we've been in a war against the Kingdom of Hercus. To be honest, this war has been getting on my nerves, and I'm not the only one to be thinking this.
I am commander of Fiore, and Gajeel Redfox is second in command. His majesty is Maxon McGarden, and his wife is Lily McGarden. Their daughter, also my best friend, is Levy McGarden, we've known each other since birth. My father was commander during the time, and my mother was her majesty's advisor. My mother was also best friends with the queen, my dad was the same way with the King. They met each other after her majesty married the crown prince.
We were on bad terms with the kingdom of Hercus, but one day they came and attacked the palace. They killed many people, and my mom and dad died protecting the Queen and King. I was 17 years old during the time, and my dad taught me how to fight, it was my job to protect Levy.
After that day, the King called on war with Hercus. And I inherited the commander position, as my dad's last wishes.
At the moment, Gajeel and I are going over the next and hopefully final battle strategy before we present it to his majesty.
"I think we should send out some of our rouges first. We can drop about 15 off at the top levels to get rid the guards on the high ground. Then after the outside top areas are cleared, we should send some more to kill some of the guards grading the walls outside and at the gate," I say pointing to the areas we would drop them off at.
"Sounds good. Then what?" Lieutenant Gajeel asks.
"We can hopefully save some of our captured soldiers, then get our spies to plant a bomb in the heart of the palace."
"The heart of the palace is too open, they might get spotted. It's too risky if we want to make this attack successful."
"True, may-"
I was interrupted by a knock on the door. I turn off the lacrama that shows the map of the Hescus' palace off.
"Come in," I say. The door opens and in comes Levy's maid, Sarah.
"Sorry to interrupt, Commander, but her highness invites you to tea on the gold patio to talk to you about important matters," She said in her soft voice.
"Okay, tell her I will be there in a bit," I tell her.
"Understood," She gives me a quick curtsy and teleports out of the room back to her highness. The maids and butlers that personally serve the royal family have the power to teleport. This power was granted by the royal family them self. However, for safety precautions, a magic book is kept somewhere that takes notes on when, where, and what they do when they teleport.
I start walking towards the door, then realize that I forgot to give orders to Lieutenant Gajeel. I turn around.
"You are excused, for now, you may do as you wish in the meanwhile. I'll send a staff member to come get you after I finish talking to the Princess," I say to him. Gajeel's face turns bright red.
"Are you okay?" I ask him.
"U-uh, do you mind, if you have the chance that is, to tell her highness that I said 'hello'?"
"Um, sure. Is that all?" I ask him.
"Yes, that's all, and thank you."
"Anytime," and with that, I walked out of the room. Gajeel doesn't talk or meet with Levy as much as they used to before the war. They've both been busy with their duties. And I'm pretty sure Gajeel has a crush on Levy, but Levy denies it.
I get lost in my thoughts and accidentally run into a maid pushing a cart.
"I am so sorry, I wasn't paying attention," I say to the maid as I help her pick up the plates on the floor.
"Don't worry about it Commander," She replies to me. After picking up the plates she gave me a curtsey, said thank you, and went back to what she was doing.
The palace has seven layers. The first layer is the basement, the layer with the dungeon. The second layer is the royal ballroom and the throne. the third layer of the palace is the dining hall, kitchen, library, food storage room, the training rooms for the guards and soldiers, and the bronze patio. The silver patio is for big garden parties. The fourth layer has an indoor pool, guest rooms, a spa, the infirmary, and the silver patio (for tea parties less urgent, or just for fun tea sessions). The fifth layer has all of the meeting rooms. The sixth layer is where my room, Gajeel's room, and some of the king and queens advisors. Last but not least, the seventh layer is the rooms of the royal family. The gold patio is on the seventh floor. If a royal member invites you to tea on the gold patio, it's serious.
As I approach the doors to the gold patio, the two guards that guard the doors opens the doors and salutes to me. I give them both a nod in acknowledgement and appreciation.
I walk out to see that Princess Levy is already sitting and waiting for me.
"Sorry for making you wait, your highness," I bow to her highness.
"No, you're fine. Take a seat," Princess Levy says to me. "Tea?"
"Yes, please," She signals Sarah to pour me some tea.
"So as you know, hopefully, the final attack is coming soon," she starts, "I thought it would be a good idea to get some extra help to make sure it ends once in for all."
"Excuse me, your highness, but what do you mean extra help?" I take a sip of my tea.
"I have contacted one of our strongest allies, knowing that Hercus is quite strong them self, and asked if they can lend us some troops," she tells me
"What!?" I blurt out. She gives me a weird look. I wipe my mouth. "Which kingdom?" I ask her as I take a sip from my tea.
"The kingdom of Furnella is coming to help, along with their commander," She tells me calmly. I choke on the tea once again.
"I'm sorry your highness, but I believe there is no need for extra help. Our troops are surely strong enough to handle the Hercus kingdom without any help. Especially from the Furnella kingdom."
"I knew you would say that. The Hercus kingdom is quite unpredictable, and as the future ruler of this kingdom, I believe this is the safest, and the best course of action."
"It may be the safest, but it definitely is unnecessary." I start to raise my voice.
"This is my decision, we are getting extra help so that we don't end up like last time." She starts to raise her voice also.
"Yes, I understand where you're coming from, but why the Furnella Kingdom, why not the kingdom of Galena or something? Or here is a better choice, how about no help. Asking for help in our war would make it seem like we can't handle ourselves!" I tell her as I stand up.
"I don't want to risk it again!" She stands up.
"But Levy, asking for help can ruin our reputation as one of the strongest empires! And you know that I have a personal thing against the Furnella kingdom! I don't mean to be selfish, but I definitely don't want Fiore to be loo-"
"Commander Lucy Heartfillia!" I stop talking. "The King is letting me make the choices in this war! I don't want to embarrass myself, and I'm sure you don't want to embarrass yourself either. So put your personal feelings aside and deal with it! Understood!?" She yells at me.
I give her a blank face. "Understood, your highness."
"You may be excused now." With that, I bowed to her and started to walk away.
"By the way, Lieutenant Redfox says 'hello'" And with that, I left the patio.
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