Heya. I know I shouldn't be uploading another story, seeing how I still have 2 unfinished ones but I've had this one sitting around for a rather long time. It's still uncompleted but I'm still working on it. Mostly uploading it to kill off some stress. My other story The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Dragon, jeez long name, will be updated as soon as my beta has a chance to go over it. They're a little busy atm. I'm also doing a rewrite with that story but with Natsu's PoV so be expecting that as well.
I have another, rather short, story that I'll be uploading as well. But I have two versions, though they'll be slightly different. I'm not sure If I'll post both but one of them for sure. If you'd like to see the other version as well [As soon as the other gets posted] Please do tell. I might post a preview of it just so you can see.
Other than that I have a little warning: This story might update a little slowly, mostly due to the fact that its not super long, probably 10 chapters minimum, but also because I'm in college and shits crazy. I just want to get back into things more. I miss my carefree lifestyle. Anyway enjoy and tell me what you think. I know its not perfect and there's probably some mistakes but I did my best. [It's the thought that counts right? haha xD]
Chapter 1: The Streetlord
As far back as I can remember I became a thief, stealing in order to survive. I had a happy life before that. I lived with my dad. But on my 7th birthday he left, I never found out why. Kinda sad huh? Turning 7 and finding out that your present is being ditched by the only family member you had left. But I wasn't the only one, who went from happy to a lonely sad excuse for a human. I met a group of others. We stayed together, protected each other. Some of us took on job requests. Some of us even learned magic. We became a very strong gang. But we never really hurt the innocent. Not on purpose. But I... I didn't trust anyone. You wouldn't either if you lived in a dump, a destroyed dying town in the middle of what use to be a prosperous lively town. Until the King decided that we were just in his way, nothing more than a useless bunch of humans, so he left his guards to do whatever the hell they wanted to. That meant them trying to catch thieves like me, and anyone who, to their eye, did wrong. If they caught any one of us, they sent them to an unknown area, even to the ones that come back alive don't know where it is, where they torture people until they confess to something they didn't do.
I became the streetlord of our little gang, but of course not the leader. We have 4 leaders, the strongest and scariest members. Of course I'm one of the strongest. Our little town is in Fiore, Magnolia. I'm 17 now, still in our gang that all of us created, of course I started to trust my friends and got use to living here. They became my family, and I became theirs.
I walked down the street, back to our hideout which was our home in the front we had a tavern where the girls that don't know magic would work and the rest of us would go on some requests or errands, I was coming back from a job.
A blonde haired girl ran into me. I stared at her. She looked scared. She looked up at me desperately as if telling me to help her. If she needed help then she should say so. She pushed past me, and before I could say anything a group of boys stood in front of me. Laughing and spitting on the ground. All of them holding some form of weapon. And others held nothing at all. Meaning they had to be wizards.
"Yo, kid, get outta here before you get hurt." One of them said.I'm guessing their leader. I studied them. They were clearly older than me, sturdy built, and tall. The leader had black hair. I grinned.
"Sorry, this paths blocked."
"Look, Pinky, we ain't after you so back off,"
I shrugged, the leader ran at me raising his crowbar and brought it down. I raised one arm and blocked it.
"He blocked it with his arm?" one yelled out.
I brought my other fist, lit it on fire, and punched him in the gut, he went flying past his comrades.
"Shou!"
"Dammit, he beat our leader. Lets get out of here!" I grinned. The girl from before ran in front of me, smiling.
"Thank you! For beating them. They've been chasing me through the streets," She said.
"It was just a coincidence, I would've fought them either way, they're from the gang Sabertooth." I said, " They're our enemy."
"Our?" She asked, but didn't let me answer right away, " I'm Lucy."
"Natsu dragneel, from Fairy Tail."
"Fairy Tail? That doesn't sound like a gang name." Who was this girl? How could she not know fairy tail?
"Are you from around here by any chance?" I asked. She hesitated, then nodded slowly.
"I promise I'll pay you back for this." She yelled running off. The direction she was running was the last place I expected. The castle.
"Sabertooth's men appeared? On our turf? Did they want to fight us again?" Erza asked. She was one of our 4 leaders.
"Well no. They were chasing this girl, said her name was Lucy." I answered.
"She gave no last name?" I shook my head.
"But I fought them off and they fled. Strange though, she never heard of Fairy Tail. I mean we've got a reputation here! I don't think she knows Sabertooth either. And she never asked about my fire, if she even saw it. So I guess she knows about magic. Oh, and she was headed toward the castle."
"She must work there." Gray said.
"Don't even try to investigate Natsu, that castle is full of evil. The king is mad!" Erza said.
"I know, I won't. " I said. I wanted nothing to do with the mad king, nor his family.
"Well since we've got nothing better to do we'll just take on another request.
"I think I'll stay here." I said. I was beat from the last job.
"You will not, I don't want you doing anything rash." Erza said.
"I already told you I won't go near that castle."
Erza ignored me, which meant I had no choice but to go along with them. "Come we'll gather some supplies."
The supply gathering... was utterly boring. All we had to do was go gather some herbs at the edge of the forest which was, might I add, dying. Thanks to the defiled water we got, and the messed up town's filth, the forest has started to lose its vitality. And this wouldn't be happening if the God damn... Ugh never mind, back to the point. There was no fights nothing. I had to pick some pretty little leaves and put them into a basket. Gray seemed to be annoyed too. But Erza on the other hand, well she was humming to herself, acting all girly. Now that was new. Erza, acting like a girl and not some scary knightly... man... woman person? Okay you get my point. Erza was acting like a girl! The strangest thing that could happen today!
"Natsu, quit daydreaming and get back to collecting the herbs." Erza said, not taking her attention of the plants.
I sighed and went back to picking them, though I didn't pick them one at a time, I just grabbed a handful and pulled them out of the ground. I glanced to my side. Gray smirked and started picking the herbs faster. I guess he's declaring a contest to see who can pick the most the fastest. Challenge accepted Gray, challenge accepted. We tore across the field quickly filling the baskets. Gray was close to catching up. I was about to finish when Erza came stomping towards us. Glaring. If you could see her now you'd probably die of a heart attack. There was this sort of evil aura around her. Staying with her as long as I did, I knew how scary she gets when we do something she doesn't like. Why we keep doing it? Its fun, and maybe we're just idiots.
"You two! We're not suppose to damage the forest any more than it is already. And we didn't come here to fill the entire basket, you're just wasting what nature has left for us here. These herbs don't last long once they're picked." Erza said furiously.
Gray and I looked away, yes I'll admit again, I'm afraid of Erza. Not to mention she's one of the four leaders of our little group.
"Well then, can't we sell it?" Gray suggested. And a bad suggestion I might add. The town was broke. Nobody but the people who lived at the very top, by the castle, had money. We worked together and... wait.
"We could just give it away. Like always..." I said. Now that is how our town works. I smirked at Gray.
"I suppose that'll be fine. Anyway now that we have more than what we need we should be heading back." Erza walked off. I lifted my basket and walked back to our home.
When we made it back, I handed Mira my basket, Gray's sat his on top of mine, and Erza kept holding hers. Mira walked off. I sat down at one of the tables. The place was buzzing with laughter and conversations. This place was where we hanged out. We each had our own rooms. I asked Mira for some flames. Being a fire dragon slayer, I was able to eat flames, just not my own. I watched as everyone laughed at their own jokes and playfully hit each other. I knew it was best to be positive even in our towns condition, but it just makes me mad, nobody was doing a thing to help! No one complained to the king, no one even tried to go see him. They were all too afraid, and I... I hated him too much. Now I wonder how he even became king. Erza walked up to the front of the room and opened the doors. Outside I saw someone I didn't expect. The girl from this morning.
"Lucy?" I stood up, why was this girl here? She just smiled and walked in.
"Um, Hi. I just wanted to thank you again, for helping me. So I brought these," She held up a small basket, opened it and showed me the inside. Food, and some cookies? Now that is what I call a reward.
"I thought you didn't know Fairy Tail." I pointed out grabbing the basket from her and putting it down on the table beside me.
"I don't, I asked around." She replied simply.
"I saw you walking up to the castle, do you work there?" I asked.
She looked up at me, our eyes met. She had chocolate brown eyes. And her blonde hair had a small little pony tail on the side tied by a blue ribbon. She wore shorts and a green top, black boots and a whip which was attached to her belt.
"Something like that," She said and looked around, " So, is this where you hang out with your friends?"
"This is our home," Gray said walking up to meet the girl, " I'm Gray Fullbuster, Natsu here told us about his run in with you, nice to meet you."
"Oh, Hi, I'm Lucy," She said. She kept looking around. Maybe she was surprised to see how messy the room was. She did work at the castle so maybe she's use to all the fancy things, or whatever it is they have up there.
"So... Lucy, are you planning to stay?" Erza asked.
Lucy shook her head, " No, I should be heading back. I wasn't exactly suppose to leave, "
"I see, strict boss huh?" Gray nodded understanding.
Lucy nodded her head slowly, " Bye," She said before exiting the room. I stared at the spot where she stood, not knowing what to do after that. Erza left the room also, since she was going to before Lucy showed up. Mira continued her work at the small bar in the back, and Gray. Well he just smirked and sat back down, chatting with the other guys. I decided to do the same. For some strange reason, I felt like I've seen her somewhere before. I'm sure I don't know her, I've just got that feeling that she looks so familiar. Maybe in a large crowd someplace? But not many people hang around outside anymore, because of the fight between us and Sabertooth. They're too scared. And also the guards that walk around picking on anyone they didn't like. And by picking on them, I mean insulting, beating, and torturing. Bringing them to some dreadful place. And believe me, you don't want to get on their bad side. I've been there, and it wasn't pretty. The pain they make you go through, not fun. There were some others I know that had been there. Of course, we were lucky to even leave the place. Some never returned, either died there or kept as a prisoner for entertainment for the guards. They seem to like there the screams of agony and pain.
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if I lived in the castle, never having to be live here...
