Author's note:
This is my first fan-fiction that I made that I felt like sparing on my free time from my busy schedule.
I do not own these characters.
Prologue: Chapter 1
'At the age of five, I always played alone since there was no other children that lived near me and at a young age letting my curiosity get the better of me when I noticed a forest near my residence. The carriage I happen to ride in past by it.
Without any supervisors or anyone's knowledge about my whereabouts, since I have then already fully known that I was forbidden to go anywhere else by myself.
Of course being the stubborn child I was, I didn't listen and I ended up rebelling against the rules and boundaries that were bestowed upon my own well-being. I decided to go on a journey thinking what a thrilling adventure I would have, and ignoring the fact on the dangers of what may lay ahead, only to risk my life in the process as I would go on.
Inside my white bunny shoulder bag, I've already prepared snacks and a flashlight before setting off into the mysterious woods that I would wander into.
It didn't take long until someone from my hometown realizes my disappearance. My father sent out a search party to find me. Hours have since then passed, and it was about to be night time when no one had yet discovered my presence.
My journey unexpectedly turned out the wrong way. I was alone in the woods, crying, regretting my choice of ever stepping in and getting myself into this mess. The light was slowly fading, making it harder for me to find my way out.
As I continued to walk I found myself near a big lake, as soon as I reach the end of the forest, I came across a young boy. From the looks of it, he probably already knew I was lost. I've given him a rice ball that I took out from my bag.
In exchange he showed me the way out repaying my generosity. One of the search party members had finally come in a carriage to my rescue. They ran towards me letting out a sigh of relief that I was safe and sound. One of the crew men put his hands onto my back and escorted me towards the carriage.
Suddenly I stopped, realizing that I never gotten the young boy's name, not even leaving my goodbye when I turned my head to where he was but he already gone, vanished from sight.
And alas, ever since that day time has well enough went by, years going ahead as I slowly but surely, gradually grew older.
It was a long time ago when I first met him, the memory of the young boy whom I first fell in love with.
Everything seems to be in a blur, I wasn't able to effectively recognize, remember, or grasp the image of the past that occurred years ago.
Even though in such a young age I decided to marry the boy that I didn't even know the name of. In high hopes I thought I would be able to meet the young fellow again in parties that I would be invited to or ones that my family held.
But in such great disappointment, there was no sign of the mysterious lad. As I began to grow up, still not giving up… Not a single day, weeks, months, and years flew by that I give up on him. Until I turned ten years old that I've slowly forgotten about his own existence…'
Today was my seventeenth birthday, like every year, I was thrown a big party to celebrate the day of my birth. There was classical music played by professional musicians, people dancing in the center of the room, a big table full of delicious varieties of food, a wide room full of colorful decorations, balloons floating in the air, bodyguards everywhere, and my father's special guests…
Instead of usually enjoying this important opportunity for me, I decided to depart from the scenario, but this time it was different, this wasn't delightful like it was before, and it was just slightly beginning to be obnoxious…
Jude Heartfilia's POV
"Master!" cried out one of the bodyguards. He came to a stop as he catched his breath from all the running and screaming on his way to the ballroom.
"What is it?" Jude Heartfilia questioned, he turned his head to the servant before him. He stood next to his wife Layla Heartfilia and a couple of the invited guests that came to celebrate their daughter's birthday.
"The young lady..." he manages to catch his breath and tell them the news, "She did it again!"
Jude Heartfilia looked at the man with a furious reaction shown upon his face. The joyous smile he had a few seconds ago disappeared. The wine glass he was holding onto his right hand slipped from his grip, in shock with the sudden change of events.
With the sound of the glass breaking on the polished marble floor, as it was now stained with the color red, the liquid spreading quickly. The loud noise caused the attention of their guests that attended to turn their heads to his position.
Laughters and chatters that once filled the big ball room came to a stop. Along with the musicians coming to a sudden halt from playing their instruments, couples in the middle of the dance floor froze from the noise and silence that striked upon the building everyone was in.
"Luuuucy!" Jude shouted on the top of his lungs.
Lucy's POV
A blonde haired girl sat on top of the roof on the mansion. She had her hair tied into a bun, and wore a long, slim, sparkling, gorgeous pink lacy dress. It revealed her shoulders and arms. And the only accessories she worn was white shiny pearls as her earrings and necklace.
The roof top was the only area where she could have her peace without anyone disturbing her and her golden silence. Only a few people knew about this when she happens to disappear randomly on some occasions.
"Are you sure you want to stay up here and not join in from your birthday party?" The orange haired boy was squatting next to her as he notices the other body guards at the ground, running around to find the young mistress.
"Yes, there's no way I'm going down there to talk to other men," Lucy said in an annoyed tone. "Besides, I have you and Virgo to keep me company," she grinned, taking the glass of strawberry milk that the maid given her.
"Is it time for punishment, Princess?" The maid questioned.
Lucy slurped on her glass of strawberry milk and sighed. "No Virgo. Unless you mean I'll be hearing it from my father…"
Loke stood up feeling the nice cool breeze that flew at them gently. He placed both of his hands inside his pockets and sighed. "Even though you are forced to look for a bachelor, I'll be more than happy to be the one for you, but other than that, I want you to have a great Happy Birthday."
"Yes, Happy Birthday princess." Virgo said with a face of monotone emotion.
I let out a small chuckle, "Thanks!" and turned my head slowly, looking down below. Relaxing and enjoying the view from where I was sitting.
Loke and Virgo stood in the back beside me. Joining in as they watched the other co-workers were calling out my name everywhere, as we watched them search around, seeking for me.
Layla's POV
Jude was at it again, scolding our daughter's reckless behavior, we were in his office after the party was over and everyone else that we invited to as our guest, left.
Feeling embarrassed about the fact that other bachelors complained about not having the chance to meet my daughter or gotten a moment to be alone with her, even though it was my daughter's birthday, I think my husband was being a little bit too harsh on her.
"How could you let this happen again Lucy?!" Jude shouted in frustration and slammed both of his fists down onto his desk, "Not only did you disappear on a meeting held last time, you disappeared the whole entire day on your own birthday party!"
Lucy stood straight as she stood there folding her hands together, listening to the lectures that her father was throwing at her, she flicked her eyes towards me, where I stood beside my husband's desk and kept myself quiet, hearing all of Jude's complaints coming from his mouth.
"How many worthy bachelors are you going to reject?" He suddenly said, "You are now at the legal age of getting married to someone, but none of the young men that I introduce you to or invited seems to interest you at all!" Jude paused as he looked down at his desk, as he had documents scattered everywhere of profiles about noble men.
Slowly he then lifts his head up and stared back at our daughter. "All these men you rejected… There must be someone you are interested in at your school, is there?" His tone was serious, as I noticed his palms forming into a ball, as he crumbled and crushed the piece of paper.
Lucy shook her head in disagreement, there wasn't anyone in particular that fancy's her interest. She didn't say a word of it, giving her father only a "no" as her reply.
Layla noticed the tension that Jude was giving off, I placed my hands on his shoulder and said in a calming manner, "Lucy dear, you could go on ahead and take your leave," as soon as I told our daughter that, Jude quickly rose his head and looked at me with a face of this-conversation-isn't-over-yet reaction.
Before my husband could stop our daughter from leaving, I put one of my hands on top of his palms. "Let her be," I whispered to him. "I know for a fact, that she probably forgot about the young boy."
Lucy's POV
After my warm bath that was prepared by Virgo, I was already dressed up in my pajamas: A sky blue tank top with a star in the middle of the torso, and sky blue shorts. My golden hair was placed down that reached up to my waist, it was still wet a bit.
Virgo came in holding my dog, Plue in her arms. She kneeled down letting the small creature go, as the small guy ran up to me. I embrace the adorable thing and hug it, placing him down on my bed as he tried to find a comfortable spot to lie down and go off into it's deep slumber.
Suddenly, Loke came in and brought out a dusty old treasure chest that he carried on the side of his arms shutting the door behind him. Virgo and I stand there next to each other, looking at him as he made his way towards me.
"What is that Leo?" I tilt my head in confusion as I was wondering why he brought a dirty old chest box into my room out of the blue.
Virgo looked at me with the same expression, as Loke placed the chest down on the table in front of my fireplace.
He looked up at me finally explaining about the sudden situation, "Your mother gave this to me as I was walking around patrolling the area," he looked down at the chest and held it again, "She said she would've done it herself, but your father suddenly called for her. This is your time capsule from when you were younger Lucy," Loke held the big chest in front of me; I slowly extended my arms out to grab the big treasure chest from him.
"Your mom said, you made a promise to yourself, that you will open it on your seventeenth birthday. And that, you lock it up on the attic and forgotten about it as years pass by."
Listening to Loke, I gazed my eyes at the dusty treasure chest I held in my arms. Opening it slowly, I wondered what I hid away for so long inside of it. My eyes widen as I saw what was in front of me.
"My diary…"
I mumbled, it was still in surprisingly good condition. My eyes scanned the other items which caught me in surprise, my old favorite bunny backpack; it was all worn out and filthy. A doll whom I called Michelle, that I received from my parents at a young age along with piles of pictures.
I sat down on my bed beside Plue, placing the chest down on my lap as I collected the pictures scattered inside the chest together in my hands and stacked them.
I flip through it, it was all pictures of my mother, father and I. Also pictures that I took with old servants that use to work for the Heartfilia's household. A smile came across my face when memories came rushing in my mind, feeling nostalgic. Until I flip into the next one. My jaws drop open in shock, one of the images that stood out the most from the rest of them. "Who is this?" I said out-loud.
Loke and Virgo stood in front of me as they watch my reaction changing dramatically. They both wondered what was behind the square print that caused my bewildered expression to come across my face.
Suddenly, I noticed something sparkling from inside the chest, placing the prints down back on the chest, I reach out to the shiny object and pulled it out, flashing it for Virgo and Loke to see.
"A ring?" Loke said first.
"Does this mean you already have someone important, Princess?" Virgo gazed her eyes away from the ring and stared right at me.
My head shook in denial. I studied the ring that I held in the air. The stone was ruby in a heart shape form and the rim was made of real gold.
Questioning myself of the sudden prize I discovered, I wondered how I even obtained it in the first place. I concentrated really hard trying to remember the past and focusing on the memory of receiving this shiny object. But nothing came out that gave me a hint of inheriting this beautiful ring.
"Is that all that's inside of your chest, Princess?" Virgo interrupted her train of thought.
Loke crossed his arms and sighed, "There's probably more that you haven't even discovered yet. That might make you wonder how you got it in the first place,"
I placed the ring and one of the picture prints that caught my attention the most aside to analyze later for myself. Listening to Loke, I went back to look inside the treasure and discovered another unfamiliar item that I did not remember anything about. Taking the other items out one by one and placing them back again, I manage to grab the necklace out from the bottom. It came to my attention when I notice how the necklace seemed to glow for some apparent reason.
The sudden change of color startled Loke, which alarmed him quickly. Thinking that it was something harmful, he immediately snatches the item away from me before something horrible might've happened, his sudden reflex causes me to flinch.
"I don't know what this thing might be, but I have to take a look at this item before I hand it back to you." He pushed his glasses up on his nose as he spoke out in a serious tone.
Before I could say anything, Virgo nodded and places her voice on top of mine, "It's for your own safety, Princess."
I watched as Loke shoved the glowing necklace inside one of his pockets as I pouted not having the chance of being able to take a better glimpse of it before it was taken away.
"Well then, it's time for us to leave so you could get some rest," Loke turned around as he walked away towards the door, before he took his leave with Virgo tailing behind him, he reassured me, "Don't worry, once I finish examining this necklace I'll be sure to give it back to you once I know it's safe, good night." He didn't bother to turn his head but instead left out of the room.
Virgo bowed down before leaving my chambers, "Good night princess, sleep well." She said and gently closed the door.
Leaving me behind there by myself on the bed with Plue, I let out a heavy sigh and rolled my eyes towards the two other mysterious items that I laid beside me. Before I put away the big treasure chest, I took out the diary that still maintained in a very fairly good condition. The cover of it was still clean with a smooth cover image of cherry blossoms.
"I should put these three aside and take a better look at them tomorrow… Right now I got to get ready for school tomorrow…" I whispered to myself. Before I turned off the lights I took a quick glimpse at the picture that still bothered me.
A picture of a little boy that seems similar to my age that smiled next to me in the print.