Lucy reached for the leather-bound book on the top shelf of the library, her tip toes just barely getting her there. She tipped it towards her, catching it when it fell from its pedestal. She sighed, opening the book, the smell of dust crawling throughout the air.
"Oi, Luce! Where are you?" Called out a familiar voice.
"Over here, Natsu!" She called back without lifting her gaze from the book.
"What's that you got there?" Asked her salmon-haired partner, taking the book from her.
"Natsu, no!" Lucy cried, trying to grab the book back. But it was too late.
"Hmmm What's this say?" Natsu mumbled the inscription on the first page. When he finished, the duo were surrounded by a golden light, blinding them.
"Natsu, you baka! We're about to go into the book!" Lucy cried, grabbing onto Natsu's hand, squeezing it hard. She could already feel him disappearing.
"Into the book?" Natsu asked, confusion evident in his voice.
"Get ready to go through some fairy tales, Natsu. And no matter what, don't give up on finding me!" Lucy cried, hoping he heard her.
His hand vanished from hers, and Lucy was left grabbing a handful of nothing. Then, darkness overcame her vision.
Lucy woke up on a soft bed. She was really warm and comfortable, but all of a sudden, her stomach dropped, eyes shooting open. Natsu! The book! Her mind seemed to scream.
"I'm in.. the book..." She mumbled to herself, looking around the room she was in. It was really small, circular, even. The walls seemed to be made of stones. The floor was wooden, and it looked really old.
Sitting up, Lucy tossed her feet over the side of the bed onto the floor. She crossed the room to the window, and stifled a scream. In the distance were mountains, and she was at least 500 feet in the air. The sun was beginning to rise, casting beautiful streaks of gold over the mountain tops. Birds sang beautiful tunes, and she could see deer in the distance. Thorn bushes surrounded the tower.
Turning around, Lucy saw hair everywhere. Her hair. Rapunzel...
As if to confirm her theory, a voiced called up to her from below.
"Rapunzel! Let down your hair!" Called a woman.
Peering down from the window, Lucy saw a hooded figure below her. Doing as she was told, Lucy growled in pain as the woman climbed up her hair. When the lady was in the tower, she removed her hood. It wasn't anybody she recognized. The lady was tall and gaunt, but beautiful. She had black hair and stone cold blue eyes.
"Hello, mother." Lucy said to the lady, playing the part she was supposed to.
"Hello, dear. I came by to see if you wanted something from town?"
"Uh, just some apples, please." Lucy said. She had no idea what she was doing, but she had to get her 'mother' out of here. If she was assuming correctly, Natsu would be around here somewhere...
"Of course, dear. If that's all, then I'll leave you to your chores. Make sure to sweep thoroughly, dear."
"Of course, mother."
After the lady was gone, Lucy sat and waited for Natsu to come to the tower. The breeze was light, and the sun was peaking over the tower. She began to sing a song she made up, to pass the time.
"Oi, Luce! Are ya up there?" Lucy's eyes shot open, and happiness flooded her entire being. Natsu!
"Natsu~!" Lucy called, waving her hands. "Climb up my hair!" She shouted down to him, trowing her hair out the window.
Not hesitating, Natsu climbed up her golden locks and through the window.
"Natsu!" Lucy exclaimed, throwing her arms around him in delight. "You found me!"
"Of course I did, Luce. I heard you." At this, Lucy turned beet red. Did he hear me singing..?
"You need to work on some of those chords, Luce. You're a bit rusty."
"Lucy kick!" Natsu was left with a footprint on his face, sitting on his butt.
"Gee, Luce. What was that for?"
"Rapunzel."
"Huh?"
"We're in Rapunzel." Lucy said, staring out at the mountains. It was beginning to get dark. Gasping, Lucy pulled Natsu to his feet, but they were too late.
"Rapunzel! Let down your hair!" Called out her mother.
"Natsu! Hide under the bed! Now!" Lucy said, shoving him towards it. There was nowhere else for him to hide, so under the bed would have to do.
"Rapunzel, darling! Hurry up! I'm not getting any younger!"
"Luce, what's going on?"
"Just shut up and hide. Don't say a word."
After concealing him, Lucy threw her hair out the window, and hissed when her 'mother' started to climb up.
"Rapunzel! What on Earth took you so long?" Her 'mother scolded.
"Sorry, mother. I was, uh, just trying to braid my hair." Well, that was a horrible lie...
"Oh. Well, here are your apples, dear." The woman handed Lucy a basket full with crimson apples.
"Thank you, mother." Lucy took the basket from her and sat it on the bed.
"Rapunzel. You're hiding something from me, aren't you?"
"Of course not, mother! I'd never do something like tha-" but she was interrupted by a sneeze from under the bed.
"Geeze, Luce. Ever hear of a broom?" Natsu crawled out from under the bed, wiping off the dust from his clothes.
"The prince?!" Screeched the woman, grabbing a knife from her cloak. "Rapunzel! How could you betray me?"
"Oi, stop calling her that. Her name's Luce."
"Mother, it's ju-" she pulled Lucy towards her by her hair, making her yelp out in pain. She felt the cold steel of the knife press against her throat.
Natsu growled, fire dancing in his eyes, hands clenched into fists.
"Natsu.." Lucy chocked out, putting her hands up to her throat.
"Don't follow us, or else she dies."
At this, Lucy couldn't help but laugh, earning confused looks from both Natsu and her 'mother'.
"You can't kill me. If you do, then you die." Lucy smirked, pushing away the knife.
"Fool! I can always take you out with me!" And with a pull, Lucy found herself falling from the tower with her 'mother'.
Natsu appeared from above, calling out her name, but Lucy could hardly hear him over the wind that whistled in her ears.
"Open, gate of the Ram! Aries!" Lucy screamed, but nothing happened. She couldn't use her magic.
The ground grew closer, the thorn bushes seemed inevitable. That is, until she was lifted into the air. She screamed in pain, her hair was being woman landed in the bushes with a scream of agony, whereas Lucy was set down gently in front of them.
Natsu scaled down the side of the tower, landing beside Lucy, staring at the bloody heap in front of them that once was Mother Gothel.
"Natsu... You saved me..." Lucy was crying into his shoulder. If it weren't for him, she would've died.
"Luce, let's get out of here and finish this story." Natsu pulled her towards a small cave, leaving the tower behind.
Lucy held Natsu's hand while walking away from a Church. They had gotten married, but the book cut that scene out. They rode throughout town, waving at people.
"Natsu, I hope you know what this means."
Natsu nodded, staring at his partner. They were engulfed in the golden light once more, and Natsu whispered, before disappearing completely, "I'll find you, Luce. No matter what."
And with that, Lucy's vision went black.
Hi guys! Yeah, that was a crappy first chapter, huh? It's really late though, and I promise better chapters to come! I've always loved the idea that Natsu and Lucy would enter the realm of fairy tales! I hope you guys find that it's amazing, too!
Please review!
~StarCrusader~