Princess and the Thief
Thieves and Fire
I stood at the end of the hallway full of fancy portraits and vases worth million's of jewels, but I ignored them focusing on the great door ahead of me.
The door was made of pure iron 3 feet thick. 5 huge locks sealed the door shut but I laughed at their feeble effort. I lit my hands on fire with great orange flames and melted the 5 locks with ease.
I pushed open the door slowly as to make no noise. I crept inside gazing at the room inside. It was made of metal on all sides cold, bare, and bleak, but in the middle of the room sat a small altar.
On the altar sat a glass case and in the glass sat a flat stone. The stone was the size of a hand and dark red. It was charred and cracked but I could still recognize it.
I lifted up the glass and grabbed the stone. I shoved it into my pack and turned to leave. I heard a loud ringing now echoing across the castle.
"Shit" I ran out of the room before spikes shot from the walls. I was so happy I finally found the stone I forgot to check for magic alarms. Now the whole castle knew where I was.
I ran down the hallway no longer caring to be quite. I took a right and ran into some of the guards. Before they could respond I had pushed past them knocking them down with flaming fists.
I took two more rights and a left before running into a garden. I stop. Standing in the middle of the garden was a man in a mage's uniform, blonde hair and a lightning scar over his right eye.
"Come on Natsu again?" The man said with a smirk.
"You know why I have to do this Laxus." I hear men file behind me and Laxus.
"I know but it is my job to protect the castle and the treasures so hand it over and I will talk to the king to let you go."
"Sorry Laxus, no way." I say lighting my hands. "I need this more than your silly king."
Laxus only shakes his head and then releases a bolt of lightning from his hand towards me.
I dodge and run towards him "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" I yell as a punch him but he only dodges as I keep punching. He then catches one of my arms and lifts it above him opening my stomach.
He releases another bolt of lightning into my stomach sending me flying through the garden's wall. I get up and puff up my cheeks, "Fire Dragon's Roar!" sending a huge ball of flames towards Laxus.
"Lighting Dragon's Roar!" He says as he too spits a torrent of lightning. The attacks collide in mid air but his attack breaks through mine and hits me sending me through three more walls.
"Ugh" I struggle to get up as a pile of rubble falls on top of me. I push of the rubble and see Laxus puffing his cheeks once more.
I begin to get out of the way when I hear a girl's voice. "Hey! What the hell is going on here?"
I turn around and see a beautiful blonde girl with amber eyes, her hair tied into a bun behind her head. Her dress was long and white with gold ridges. A ring of keys is by her side.
She starts to run towards me and doesn't notice Laxus about to attack. Laxus sees the girl too and tries to stop his attack but it is too late.
The attack heads straight for the girl who hears it, turning towards the attack and stares with wide eyes.
Although I might be a thief, liar, enemy of the kingdom, and many other things, I was not a person who liked to see someone die in front of them. Even if that person is an enemy.
I sprint towards the girl and shove her out of the way getting her out of danger but me into it.
"Shit" I say right before it hits me knocking me through two more walls where I collapse, now unable to move. I look up at the girl who is again running towards me and see she is alright. I smile before floating into unconsciousness.
Lucy's POV
I am getting ready for bed when I hear the sirens go off. I know it means someone has broken in and I am supposed to stay in my room but I wanted to check it out.
I run out of my room wearing my dress from the evening and run towards the treasure room. I come across some guards thrown against the walls unconscious and burned but still alive. I get some servants to take care of them when I hear an explosion from the garden.
I run towards the source of the noise when down the hall a man bursts through the walls slamming into the wall and falling into a pile of rubble. I run towards him as he gets up and turns to run and yell "Hey! What the hell is going on here?"
He turns around and the first thing I notice is his hair. It was pink. I mean who has pink hair? He had a rather handsome face and deep onyx eyes. He had a white scarf around his neck that reminded me of scales. He had black pants and a vest with gold trimmings. His vest was open showing his abs and chiseled chest. He was covered with cuts and dirt like he had just been in a fight.
I run towards him until I hear something coming towards me. I turn to the hole in the walls and see Laxus with a look of shock on his face and heading towards me was his lightning roar. I stop my eyes wide with fear looking at the oncoming attack.
Right before it hits me I feel strong hands push me out of the way and here the attack hit someone. I sit up and turn around to see a new hole in the walls.
I run through them and see the man with pink hair lying in the rubble of the walls. "Hey! Hey! Are you alright?"
He looks up at me and I swear I saw a smile on his lips before he collapsed again.
I run towards him and lift the rubble off of him. I pull his body from the rubble and lay him on his back. I search frantically for a pulse while I hear Laxus yell at me for me to get back.
I feel a pulse and let out a sigh of relief. Laxus runs towards me and pulls me away from him. "Hey what are you doing, Laxus?" When I see guards surround the collapsed man.
"Arresting a criminal." He says as he searches me for wounds.
"A criminal? What do you mean?" I ask as I gaze to the pink haired man.
"He is the one who broke into the castle. It was my job to stop him but why are you outside of your room, Princess? Did you not hear the alarm? You could have been hurt!"
"Nevermind Laxus. Take the thief to the dungeon. I will talk to the princess." A short man with white hair and a beard said walking up behind them.
"Alright Gramps." Laxus said as he picked up the unconscious man and took him to the dungeon.
"Master Makarov? What are you doing here?" The princess asked standing up.
"The same thing you are doing here, young Lucy." He paused, "Do you want to know who that boy was?"
"Yes, do you know about him?"
"He goes by many names, the one you would recognize is The Salamander." The old man said with a smile.
"The Salamander. Do you mean the enemy of the kingdom, Salamander? That was him?" SHe said with bewilderment.
"Yes that was him, but he is really not a bad person. He only broke into the castle to get back what is rightfully his. But anyway, I would like for you to come with me when I visit his cell. What do you say?" Makarov said with another smile.
"Um, sure. I want to know why he saved me if this guy is really The Salamander." And with that they began to walk after Laxus towards the dungeon.
