~Welcome to 'The Unison of Kinds'~
Chapter 1

"This is the Kings job, not mine." She hissed at her plump adviser through the gritted teeth of a smile, gracefully waving at the petite elf that bowed to her and walked out. Sitting on the throne was Lucy Heartfillia, daughter of Jude Heartfillia, Princess of the great elfish kingdom of Cor. Cor resides in the dense forest of Chroí, center of the country, Fiore. The city itself is impenetrable. No one but elves enters or leaves the great city, however travelers or tradesmen may visit Vas. Vas is a small town outside the city that deals with trade in and out of Cor, as well as housing travelers. Not many elves live there these days, but those seeking the protection of the forest find themselves settling there.

Nobel subjects of the Elfish kingdom can seek counsel with the monarch on any problems they may have. Lucy, however, wasn't the current monarch. Her father, Jude Heartfillia, was and he gives Lucy the jobs he didn't deem worthy for a king, which meant he ignored his subjects. This left Lucy to do all the hard work, and at the end of the day, she still wasn't allowed out of the castle.

"I request a break." Lucy demanded, her servants and advisers nodded and promptly left the throne room. She sighed, looking up to the ceiling. She observed every crack on the ancient painting of the old times.

"This is my life now, Mama. You proud of me 'cause I'm not even proud of me that's for sure," She dropped her rehearsed regal voice for her own normal one. She used to love running round this room as a child, climbing the ivy vines that swirled up the pillars without a care in the world, while her mother would counsel her people – even commoners could seek counsel! The people adored her mother, and she adored them back. She only hoped to be like her, but not with her father around. She sighed again, and regained her sophisticated posture.

"I have decided," She called out, everyone that was previously in the room scurried back in, "I have decided that I'm done for the day. I'm not feeling well, my adviser shall view the last few people."

"Princess, if I may speak, we only have one more viewing," The servant spoke, in a kneeling position, face to the ground.

"What is more important, my health or the last viewing?" She rhetorically asked. She stood up, bowed her head and left. She closed the side door behind her, leaning against it. She heard the main door slam open, causing her to jump. Her heart raced in anxiety, she contemplated going back in but decided on opening the door slightly and listening in.

"Seriously, Erza, I still can't believe they have pointy ears," a boy cried out to this Erza. Lucy couldn't see who walked in due to a pillar obstructing vision. However, she could sense it, they weren't elves - which meant trouble.

"Natsu, we are here for serious business," A woman, Lucy could only presume was Erza hissed back at 'Natsu'. She heard the royal guards draw their weapons, which was to be expected. 3 outsiders just got into, not just into the so-called impenetrable city or Cor, but the royal castle.

"Hands up, how did you three get in to Cor?" A guard spoke. So there are 3 of them, she thought.

"Look, we just want to talk to the king. To cut a long story short, we are mages from various kingdoms who belong to the mage guild Fairy Tail. We require the elves help about Zeref." She heard a second boy say this time. From what Lucy heard the guards didn't listen to them, she heard them get hand cuffed and escorted out. She knew they were getting escorted out due to the sounds of hand cuffs and the yelling of the three people. Lucy knew they would be dumped at Vas, she ran to her quarters getting changed into the set of clothes she uses to sneak out of the castle.

She took off her crown and shrunk it to fit round her wrist, so it looked like a silver bracelet with a crystal. Common people won't be able to identify the crystal as belonging to the royal family so she had no need to hide it. She wore clothes common with the average elf – black shorts, a hooded green top that went up the neck, thigh high socks outlined in green swirls and knee high black boots. The top had 4 peplums that looked like leaves and it had a diamond hole outlining her breasts. The hood attached to the bottom of the tight material that clung around her neck. The clothes material was sown with the gift of the forest imbuing protection onto it. She gave one last look into her room from her window, put her hood up and jumped. As she ran out of the castle grounds, she couldn't help but wonder who the hell was Zeref? And what the hell is a mage?

A/N: Hello, this is my first story. I'm so nervous, but excited at the same time! I'm not very good at writing, but I love creating worlds and planets. I have notebooks full of worlds, their history and their lore. In fact, I haven't written fiction since high school so I'm rusty but practice makes perfect, eh!
I based Lucy's 'common' outfit on the Sagittarius star dress. As I fell in love with it and it reminded me of an outfit and elf would wear.
I haven't decided how often I want to release a chapter, but I have written ahead, so I'll decide later!

So, feel free to message me about anything if it's a question or, well, anything. And please let me know what you think, even if its just quick and feedback is always welcome!

Anyway, I'm babbling! Please enjoy!

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ElfishMage ^.^