Prologue:

"Land Hooo!" Erza shouted, using a hand to keep her weight back to avoid falling into the water from her dangerous perch on a rather ominous pirate ship. "54 degrees to the left."

"Thanks, Erza," Lucy shouted back and went to work, steering them in the right course. She was captain, after all and this was her ship: The Zodiac.

"Levy, have any idea where this land is?" Lucy called over her shoulder to a rather mousy looking girl. Levy was the sailing master and oversaw all charts and maps as she planned their course.

"I think this is Magnolia of Ishgar."

"Yeah? Anything good?"

Levy scanned a few of her papers, searching for the right information.

"Holy… Cap'n, this place is a gold mine!" Levy quickened her research. "It says here that King Igneel actually brought the country back from the dead by becoming the number one trading spot in all of Fiore. We could get supplies for months from here!"

Lucy smiled as excitement filled her heart. A new day and a new jackpot for stealing.

"Juvia, take the wheel. I'm going to do a bit of… Brainstorming."

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Chapter 1: What if we Run Away?

"Oi, get your butt over here before I get Jellal to do it for ya!"

Natsu groaned as he rolled over to face the evil person who had interrupted his precious sleep. He should have known.

"Damn it Ice Princess. Go away and let me sleep." He mumbled.

"Yeah, I don't wanna be here either, but you really need to get up or you'll be late. You and Gajeel have sparring in 30 minutes." Ice Princess reminded Natsu.

"Well that's too bad. I just want to sleep so Gajeel can go away and die." Natsu whined, trying to burrow deeper in his covers.

"So do I, but I'm stuck looking after your sorry ass cuz it's my job as your head knight, so do your job as the Prince of Magnolia, which starts with getting up to eat before your father finishes the bacon."

Natsu stared at the idiot in front of him, contemplating his options. Get some bacon, or sleep. It was a no brainer.

"Fine, you win Gray. Now get out of here so I can get dressed and eat my bacon."

Gray smirked and let out a chuckle as he exited Prince Natsu's chambers.

"Oh shut up!" Natsu roared from his bed as he stiffly got up. Yawning, he started to rummage for some clothes.

Gray was hysterical outside, leaning on the wall to support his weight. He didn't notice Jellal walk up and stop short at the sight of Gray.

"Do I even want to ask?" Jellal raised an eyebrow as Gray started choking in surprise.

"Um... no," Gray said, recovering. "Do you have the positions for tonight?"

Jellal nodded. "The usual. Gajeel, you, and me on personal guard for Natsu. We have Carla on Wendy."

Gray nodded and felt a pang of guilt. Natsu had no idea of what was happening tonight. He expected that King Igneel would fill him in probably during breakfast.

"What's tonight?" Natsu appeared, leaning on the wall casually, dressed in pants and a tunic. His sword was in its holster on his waist.

Gray and Jellal cursed, but were saved by a booming voice.

"Something important, so please listen to me for once, you brat." It was King Igneel.

Natsu narrowed his eyes at his guards before following his father who was already walking away with a bacon strip in his hand.

Both walked into the dining room and took a seat. Natsu wasted no time to start inhaling his bacon and pancakes. Something seemed off though.

"Hold up old man," He said, pausing from his desperate consumption of food. "The cooks never make pancakes. What's this all about?"

Igneel coughed nervously. "Well, since you're 18, you need to find a woman"

"Not this again," Natsu moaned. "I ain't ready and I think I already told you that the last 40 times you've brought this up."

"And I said if you didn't pick a woman soon, I'd pick one for you." Igneel looked really ashen.

Natsu paled. "You didn't…" He trailed off.

"Well, you remember Princess Lisanna, right?"

"I think so…. We used to play with each other as kids all the time… why? What does she have to do with this?"

"Well, Queen Mirajane offered an alliance between our nations and…"

"No way." Natsu snarled, standing up. "I'm not marrying her. Sure, she's nice and stuff, but I'm not marrying anyone I don't love so you can stuff that half-baked idea up your you-know-where."

Igneel banged his fist on the table. "You're getting married and that's that. We can NOT afford to lose this alliance." He left no room for argument, and Natsu knew if he put up a fight, his father could and would barricade him in his room.

Natsu glared at his father. "When is it even happening?"

"Tonight."

Natsu could feel the world fading away as he digested the new information. No… not yet… not so soon.

"Tonight?" He whispered. Then, everything went dark.

-meanwhile-

Lucy smirked as she talked things over with her team. She had picked Erza, Juvia, and Levy to accompany her on this scavenge. Her plan, get as much as possible.

"Well, tonight is the perfect night to do this. Turns out that there is a Royal Wedding tonight. We couldn't do better." Lucy was gloating.

"Who?" Juvia asked.

"Prince Natsu of Magnolia and Princess Lisanna of Strausslandia." Levy was reading this from newspaper she picked up. From where, nobody knew.

Yet, nobody noticed Lucy's smile falter.

"And the guards? Who's in charge?"

"Let's see, it seems that we have Jellal Fernandez for the Dragneel side and, oh god, Laxus Dreyar for Lisanna."

Lucy winced because Laxus' reputation preceded him. A brutal and cut-throat soldier whose strategies were flawless. No one was able to get past him and survive.

"So… would you say that the guards will be focused at the wedding today?" The question was directed to Erza, who had the most knowledge in this subject.

"Most likely. There will probably be a few stragglers in the castle to take care of people like us, but the weakest of the bunch. Easy to take out."

Lucy nodded and asked Juvia about the layout of the castle and prizes.

"Well, we need to hit one of two spots: the vault and the Prince's room. The vault is the easier one as long as we can crack the lock. If we do that, we get thousands of dollars. But, of course, there's the Prince's room which holds millions of dollars in jewels and decor."

Juvia had a gleam in her eye as she answered, which gave Lucy some shivers.

"Well, then… let's dock and mingle. Some petty theft, nothing too big. At 5 PM, we meet up and get ready, got it?"

"Aye!"

"Virgo, dock the ship!" Lucy shouted as she headed to her room, The Captain's Quarters, to change a little. Something light, not too heavy.

As she fished out some clothes, she almost knocked off and broke her only picture of her mother. She took a few minutes to actually look at it before blinking her eyes and putting it back. Now was not the time.

Within minutes, Virgo had expertly docked the ship and Lucy's team disembarked, fully equipped with weapons and supplies.

"Good luck, Princess," Virgo called.

Lucy waved a hand in acknowledgment as she blended in with the surroundings.

"Oh, we're gonna get soo rich," She sang to herself.

(1071 not including prologue)

Well, I hope you enjoyed this since this was the winning idea from a small poll in Breath, my other story (that is over 2 chapters) at the moemnt. Honestly, from what I have written, it's going to be a little slow to start, but not uncomfortably slow if you know what I mean. Also, I have found it really hard to speel acknowledgement and I'm pretty sure I just spelled it wrong. Reviews and Feedback are always welcome, just no character hating pls (unless its Jiemma whos a serious ahole.)

Love y'all!