Chapter 1

Petals Fall

Lucy is the empress of a little country. She plays an instrument for people in her country to listen to her beautiful melodies. Each one represents a story about her heritage, tales, and her past life as empress. Her father forbids her to play music to the country. But, when she's all alone, she grabs the instrument and starts playing. Nobody knows who played the beautiful melodies.

Then, there was a young man with a sword. The young man wanted to know who played those sweet melodies. He had pink hair and was silent for a long time. Lucy was wearing a beautiful kimono with blossoms on it. But, she wants to be free from all of the loneliness. The young man was wearing a kimono. He had his right sleeve down. He had bandages around his chest and stomach.

"I want to be with someone..." Lucy said as a tear dropped down her cheek.

She kept on playing a beautiful melody. Suddenly, the young man heard it. His name was Natsu. As he looked up, he saw cherry blossom trees as its petals fall to the ground. Then, Lucy started to sing.

"As I spend my life full of loneliness.."

"All I can do is to sing a sweet melody of the present..."

"As the cherry blossoms fall,"

"I hope to be with the one, who I love.."

"I spend everyday with no freedom.."

"As the cherry blossoms fall,"

"I want to have freedom..."

Lucy kept on singing. When Natsu heard her soft and gentle voice, he kept on searching for the voice. Then, he started to reply back to her.

"Loneliness does hurt..."

"I want to find it.."

"The secret to unlock my own heart.."

"Everything in this world, is supposed to be free..."

As he replied, she heard his voice. Her eyes widened when she heard his voice. She stopped playing. Then, tears started to fall. As he continued walking through the cherry blossom trees, she kept on playing beautiful melodies.

"I'll find the voice that keeps on wishing to be free, then I'll break the destined fate she will have later on.." Natsu said as he closed his eyes.

"Everything is so lonely up here...will anyone, please..free me from here..." Lucy said tearfully.

Natsu became silent once again. Then, Lucy kept on singing. Suddenly, her father came into her room when she turned around, she hid the instrument under her bed.

"Hi, dad.." She said.

"Lucy, did I hear music in this room..?" He asked.

"No! There wasn't any music in this room, dad!" She lied to her father.

"You know, you can't give them freedom, they need to earn it.." Her dad said.

"I know that! But, why can't they just be free and be happy?!" Lucy yelled.

"Young lady! I said they had to earn it!" Her dad yelled rudely.

Then, he went out of her room. It was night time. Then, as she went outside and sat on a rock, tears fell a lot as she began to cry. When Natsu walked around, he heard footsteps coming his way. When he turned around, he grabbed the sword with his bare hands.

"Who are you?" He asked as his hand bled.

"My name is Erza Scarlet." The person answered.

"I came here to arrest you.." Erza said.

"Then, if you want me, then fight me." Natsu said calmly.

Then, she started to attack him. But, he kept on dodging all of her attacks. He took out his sword, then attacked her also. Then, he got cut in the stomach! The cut was large, but it didn't stop him. Then, he did his strongest attack to Erza. Then, Erza's eyes widened. He smiled.

"If you don't arrest me, then you can be free. I've been trying to bring this small country into freedom and you're not going to stop me." Natsu said.

"N-No...the empress's father demands to kill you..." Erza replied weakly.

Then, he did a glare at her. She finally surrendered. But, she will still kill enemies that stands in their way.

"Fine.." She said as she closed her eyes.

Then, he walked away. Erza staggered as she stood up. She then wandered around town. Natsu then ran fast as blood started to drip from his wound. He covered it and then ran faster, no matter how much it hurts. Then, he fell down on the grass. Suddenly, he heard that beautiful melody coming through his ears again. He then closed his eyes as he smiled and slept.

TO BE CONTINUED...