AN: This is a AU story where strange powerful animals roam the world. Everyone can be a tamer, and some even have magic. More about them will be revealed as the story progresses. This is yet another case of a story idea getting stuck in my head and not yet leaving. Forgive me if a small detail doesn't match canon, I still have not finished watching all of the 200+ episodes of the Fairy Tail anime, so I do not know everything there is to know about canon. Yet.

Disclaimer: I own nothing! In future chaps I will likely forget this disclaimer, but even then I still own nothing! I make no claims of ownership to anything in this FANfiction. I don't think I can make this point any clearer... And I don't own the cover image used on this story. Found it with google images, I don't make any claims of ownership.

Enjoy!


Her father was busy, as usual, so she had time to do whatever she wanted. As long as she didn't leave the extensive grounds of her mansion home, she wouldn't get in trouble. She could train her dogs more, but she just couldn't think of anything else to teach them. Lucy spends so much time with them and both Ryu and Bost just soak up everything she teaches them like sponges, that she often finds herself running short on ideas on what to do.

Having every second of every day doing nothing but being a pretty face that is occasionally asked to sit in meetings by her father in the hope one of rich bastards want to attempt and buy her hand in marriage. Lucy is normally only asked to be a wallflower once or twice a year, her father only wanting the best offers for her hand – none of which he has taken op yet due to expecting a larger amount of money every time. She had her studies too, but you can't be learning every second of every day.

Lucy was thankful she hadn't yet been sold like a piece of meat yet. It was only a matter of time, and a risky plan was slowly forming in her head. What if she ran away? The idea has of course, occurred to her many times before. But every single time, she came up with an excuse to herself. She told herself she was too young, too weak, and too stupid to ever make it past the pearly gates her to diamond-studded prison.

Her father allowed her to keep Ryu and Bost around only as her guard dogs, not her friends or her pets. Lucy didn't care what her father thought. They were her only friends. Ryu looked up at her with his mouth hanging opening the tiniest bit. Bost pranced around her feet for a second before settling down at her heels again.

Wandering around the estate's grounds, Lucy stopped and turned around to wrap her arms around both of their necks in a soft, affectionate hug. "What would I do without you two?" Lucy sighs into their soft black fur.

They lean into her gently, letting out soft inquiring whines. They hate to see her upset. "I'm okay, guys. I just don't know what to do. I want to leave. But I know nothing of the word outside these walls. Sure, I've read books. I've heard stories. But actual experiences beat anything I could ever read in a book."

She released them and sat down on the ground, uncaring if her large frilly dress gets a little dirt on it. The two large black dogs seat themselves in front of her without a command needing to be given and wait for her to speak.

Lucy gave a teary laugh at their actions. "I think it's finally time we leave this place. But we need a plan."

Lucy continued her monologue to her captive audience. "Okay, so we will need at least a little amount of supplies. I could care less about money, but if we want to eat or have a place to sleep in the outside world, we'll need at least a small amount. I know I have a small amount in my room, so I'll take all of that with me and no more. And clothes, I definitely need those. Not these frilly dresses, but something normal. At least you guys don't need anything from home."

Lucy got up and her dogs silently fell into step behind her. She walked through the mansions doors and into her room. She grabbed a red bag and threw the strap over her shoulder after stuffing it full any money in her room and whatever clothes can fit inside the rather small bag.

Bost's ears perked up a second before Ryu's. Both dogs went to the door and stood in front of it, barking loudly. "Hush," Lucy calmed them, causing them to stop barking. She walked over to the door and opened it. A servant was simply walking down the hall holding some laundry in her arms. "I am sorry miss, did I disturb you?" Lucy smiled gently at the kind servants that had practically raised her since her mother's death. "No, Ryu and Bost are just on edge today. They must have heard you and were barking at the door. I was simply investigating what they heard."

"Okay, miss. Have a good day!"

Lucy backed out of the doorway and closed the door. Bost and Ryu were looking away from her, embarrassed. She patted them on the head and looked around her room one last time. She was ready to leave. She called her dogs to her side with a quick command, "Heel," before walking out the door.


The sun was just going down when she reached the gates of her estate. The guard posted there would never let her out; she wasn't supposed to leave the estate. She looked down at her dogs. They were more than capable of taking down a single guard. If they do though, there is no turning back.

No one would ever know she had even tried to leave if she went back to her room. What finally convinced her to keep moving, to take the first step in finding happiness, was looking out through that gate and seeing the world outside. A world she has seen and heard all about, but never once stepped foot in.

Lucy turned to the side of the gate where a small guard station lied. It held one guard and the controls for the gate. She was sure it also had a few buttons that the guard could press in case of emergency to alert more guards, so she needed to sneak in. "Shush," Lucy made sure to tell her dogs to be quiet, not that they weren't already quiet, but this way they would be even quieter by breathing and walking as soft as possible.

She snuck up to the doors, Bost and Ryu on her heels. She opened the door as quietly as possible, cringing at its loud squeak. The guard startled out of its bored trance and looked towards the door at the sound, immediately spotting Lucy as she walked into the room. "Hey aren't you-?"

Lucy interrupted the guard by shouting "Bost, Ryu!"

Her two friends left forward at her command and ran at the guard. He, still frozen in confusion, stumbled backwards as the dogs leapt at him. They backed they snarled and feinted bites towards him until he was backed into a corner.

Lucy pressed the button to open the gate and walked over to the guard.

"I'm leaving this place, and no one will stop me. Please tell my father not to look for me, I'm not coming back." She then grabbed the guard's baton, laying forgotten on the ground and whacked him over the head, knocking him out cold.

"Good boys, now come on," she praised her only friends and walked out the door, holding it open for them as they slowly slunk out of the guard station while casting distrustful looks towards the unconscious guard laying on the floor.

She didn't dawdle when she reached the gate this time. This time, her step never faltered as she walked outside the gates for the first time. She took a large gulp of air and took off running. She wanted to get as far away as possible before anyone realized she was missing or the guard wakes up and warns the others of what she did.

Ryu and Bost kept pace with her easily, running on both sides of her. She had never felt so free. But Lucy had never really run before, so soon she began to pant and was forced to rest and catch her breath. Ryu and Bost however, were having the time of their lives running around by their master's side.

Lucy saw them sitting down, their tongues hanging out and their eyes shining in pure happiness. It made her smile. She knew for a fact that they needed to reach a city so that they can hide in the crowds before they were found by her father's men. She just hoped they ran into a city before she was found out.

She started to run again, letting out a quick whistle to regain the large dogs' attention. They quickly caught up to her and continued to run at her side.