Okay so this is my first Fairy Tail fanfic...rated M for a reason like all my other stories blah blah blah. I started ANOTHER fanfic because the inspiration randomly smacked me in the face like a train...minus the skull crushing and brian bits part..BUT ill balance updating the three its really not that hard since I have some time off to take care of my grandfather I can update while he naps..THANK YOU TO MY BOSS WHO I KNOW WILL NEVER READ THIS!

DISCLAIMER: I dont own Fairy Tail

full summery:

In the Kingdom of Fiore Princess Lucy had grown of age and was to be married off to a suitor of her fathers choice, The only problem is...Fairy Tail bandits. the toughest Criminal group Fiore had ever seen, legend has it they where even able to tame a real dragon. Lucy finds herself in a Peculiar situation when They send a threatening letter to her father, either he forks over a large sum of money...or they will send their dragon onto him and his family to take everything he loves. Backed into a corner he has his knights scour the land for the best men to protect him and what do they return with? A single man, a dragon slayer. Lucy's father instantly puts her under the protection of this dragon slayer, forced to put her life on hold and spend every moment of day's locked in a Palace with and strange dragon slayer? to say Lucy was upset would be an understatement...but who is this man really? and why does he already seem to know her?

"oh my princess you look beautiful!"

The young princess looked into the mirror from where she sat, the ghost of a smile on her face, "Your too kind Tammy."

"no! no! no! Princess I only speak the truth! you are truly a sight to behold!"

The Princess sighed twirling a blonde curl between her fingers, "you really think so?"

"Oh course!" The maid paused and smiled at her Princess, "if you don't mind me asking, did you really design this dress?"

The Princess merely nodded.

Tammy squealed, "Oh your so talented Princess Lucy!"

Lucy blinked at the maid before her, "do you really think so?"

"Oh of course! are these your favorite colors?"

"I suppose they are..." Lucy offered the girl a slight smile and scanned over her dress in the mirror, trying to hide her disgust. The silver and gold fabrics made her once elegant yet sassy dress much too much on the elegant side for her liking, she tossed a glance longingly to her wardrobe where her real dress resided, not the one her father felt was suitable. In the wardrobe resided the same dress with the same jewel littered corset top flaring out into a puffy skirt of silk and tool. the same tiara shoes and jewelry as the dress she currently wore except that dress, was the one she really wanted to wear. she hesitated and spared a glance at the small clock in her room, "actually Tammy...seeing as we have yet to do my makeup do you mind if I change dresses? the more I look at this one the less I like it."

The maid hesitated for a fraction of a second before smiling, powder brush in her hand ready to start the princesses makeup, "Oh course Princess! it is your 17th birthday after all! whatever dress you believe will be the best! I'm sure no matter what you wear you wont have trouble gathering suitors!"

Lucy nodded, "Id like to wear the dress in my wardrobe, the same design as this one but its in pink and blue."

The maid nodded before retrieving the dress and matching accessories, "Oh dear my princess! its just so fun and very you!"

Lucy covered her grin with her fan - it wasn't lady like to openly show such expressions and she tended to forget to hide them, she figured she should start practicing - "do you really think so?"

Tammy quickly redressed Lucy, changed her accessories and shoes, and applied her makeup before placing a pink and blue tiara on her head between her two curly pigtails. "of course I think so Princess! now are you ready to make your grand entrance and most defiantly Catch the eye of noblemen and royals alike from all over Earthland?"

Lucy picked up her pink and blue fan, sparred one last look into the mirror adoring her cotton candy colored dress, and nodded at the young maid, "yes, thank you Tammy. it has been lovely having you as my personal maid...and friend for the past years. before I set out I would like to ask you if you would consider coming with me after I'm married to Kami knows who?"

The young maids pale blu eyes filled with tears, "it would be my honor Princess."

Lucy smiled at the girl before her and turned on her hells to make her grand entrance at her 17th birthday ball. as she padded down the hall to the huge double doors leading to the ballroom she tried to keep her breathing steady, she knew her father would appall the change in her wardrobe and she would get an earful when the ball was over. But the way she saw it tonight was her last night as a so called free women, by tomorrow suitors would be lining up to take her hand in marriage and take her away from her home. when she reached the doors two nights opened them and a man announced her arrival, The ballroom went quite as lucy made her way down the stairs, every man in the room bowed in respect, every women curtsied as she reached the bottom. Lucy sighed slightly, well let the games begin I suppose.

Lucy made her way around the ball room, dancing with random men, chatting with ladies she didn't know and keeping her face a perfect mask of dignity and a very small amount of joy as she reached her small thrown at the end of the ball room she saw her mother sitting in the one next to hers. She quickly sat down and her mother raised her fan to cover her mouth, "Love the dress Lucy dear, way to stick it to the man."

Lucy raised her fan as well and giggled, "mom no one says that. and it is fantastic isn't it?"

Her mother grinned, "I love it Baby but your father looked like he was about to give birth to a cow."

"lovely image mom thanks for that, where is father anyways?"

"Oh that stick in the mud had business to attend to something about that important letter from a few days ago."

Lucy visibly stiffed at the mention of the letter. she remembered it well. three days ago a letter had arrived from the famous group of bandits Fairy Tail, rumored to have tamed a dragon, the most dangerous group of bandits in all of Fiore maybe even Earthland. Technically that letter was more of a threat than anything, they requested a large sum of money. If the royal family of Fiore did not pay...then they would meet the dragon from the rumors. Her father had decided that rather than giving even a singe jewel of his fortune up he would scour the lands for people worthy to protect his family, Lucy could only assume the knights he sent had found what her father was looking for.

several hours later:

For Lucy the ball passed by in a blur, a very boring blur. the only highlight of her evening was the present she received from her mother, The celestial keys that had been around her mothers neck for as long as she could remember where now around hers. Lucy knew this gift was also her mothers way of saying goodbye but she chose to ignore it in favor of the thought of become a great celestial spirit mage. she walked back to a room happy to get out of her corset, she may love her dress but the dress makers always had trouble accommodating for her...certain needs. when she oppened the doors she instantly removed her shoes, "Tammy! oh Kami you wouldnt believe the night Ive had!"

The little maid instantly walked into the room and gasped as Lucy began removing her own corset strings, "P-Princess! you may not was to do that!"

Lucy rolled her eyes, "honestly Tammy its not like I don't know how to remove a ball gown."

Tammy yelped, "N-no Princess it's not that! just...turn around please."

Lucy sighed and did as she was asked and screamed at what she saw, "OH MY GOD WHO IS HE?!"

The man Lucy was pointing at raised a pink eyebrow and grinned, "Me? Im Natsu. Your new uh Knight I guess."

Tammy face palmed and looked at Lucy, "Sorry Princess let me introduce him..This as he so kindly informed is Natsu..he is your new personal guard your night he is the man brought her to protect you all from Fairy Tail and is to be your personal guard until you are married and have left the castle."

Lucy nodded and then froze, "whoa wait, the only man brought to protect the palace no one else was suitable?"

The maid hesitated for a moment and Natsu took that as a chance to speak, "noooopppee! just me! They figured I was the best choice - which I am - because Im a dragon slayer."

Lucy felt her eyes widen, too tiered from todays ball to keep in her surprise, "A dragon slayer! that's rare!"

Natsu just grinned and scratched the back of his head, Lucy took this as an opportunity to inspect the strange man more, The grey uniform with gold lining all the knights wore when not in there armor only contrasted his pink hair to a blinding point. His grin looked like it would be painful if attempted by anyone else, the way he casually sat on her bed with one leg on his lap screamed peasant, the scar on his neck spoke of adventure, and the fact most of his uniform was unbuttoned exposing almost all of his well-toned chest made Lucy blush and look away. Natsu seemed to notice this and his grin turned sly as he examined the blushing girl before him, her brown eyes shifted anywhere but him, her blonde hair bounced in its curly pigtails when she lightly shifted her position, and her blue and pink dress seemed oddly out of place in the castle filled with silver and golds. He decided he was bored of the silence an spoke up, "sooooo princess how was the ball?"

Before Lucy could stop herself the words flew out of mouth, "Absolutely horrible! everyone is so shallow and every man kept starring at my chest married or not its...its disgusting!"

Natsu laughed deciding he liked this girl, "Well its hard not to when it take up like half your body!"

Lucy huffed deciding she hated this man, "it does not!"

"sure whatever Luigi."

"its Lucy! Princess to you!"

Natsu blinked, "you don't like your name?"

Lucy looked taken aback, "n-no I love my name my mother gave it to me."

Natsu cocked his head to the side smokey onyx eyes glittering with curiosity, "then why not let people call you Lucy, its your name right? and its not like they don't know your a princess with that thing on your head."

She blinked, "I...I never thought of it that way...very well you may call me Lucy in private..my father would go ballistic if you did so in public."

Natsu shrugged, "Kay...hey Luuucccy?"

Lucy decided this man may not be so bad...he may even be smart, she decided that maybe having a man like Natsu as her Personal guard might not be so bad, "yes Natsu?"

"how do you get a corset big enough to keep that monster you call a chest in?"

I change my mind I hate him. "OUT!"

Natsu looked up shocked, "huh?"

"OUT! I NEED TO CHANGE GET OUT! PERVERT!"

Natsu humphed, "It was just a question not like I'm interested."

Lucy blushed, wether in anger or embarrassment she didn't know, "OUT!"

Natsu yelped and left the room seeing the princesses eyes blaze with anger, one her left Tammy began helping her change, "well princess he's..."

"Annoying?"

"I suppose but thats not what I was going to say.."

"Rude?"

"Still not it.."

"obnoxious?"

"try again.."

"perverted?"

"well maybe a little...but what I was going to say was handsome, he's a very handsome man.."

Lucy blushed a little remembering the sight of the strange mans obviously sculpted chest through the crack in his shirt and his somehow boyishly charming but handsome features, "Well...I suppose he could seem handsome."

Tammy giggled, "Its a shame your to be married otherwise Im sure you could have plenty of fun with handsome personal guard if you know what I mean."

Lucy blushed even harder as she put on her less than ladylike nightgown, "I would never! he's a neanderthal"

Tammy rolled here eyes, "but princess you must admit his blatant audited and neanderthalish curiosity is rather attractive...sexy even."

"h-he called my chest a monster!"

the maid giggled "which means he was checking you out"

"he called my chest a monster! and said it took up half my body."

she began brushing Lucy's hair, "...well your chest is rather large..and you never really bother to hide it."

"Do you know how hard it is to cover this thing!" Lucy exclaimed, gesturing to her chest barley covered by the thin pink fabric of her nightgown.

"princess..you kind of just proved his point."

"uggghhhh!" Lucy grabbed the brush from Tammy, "you can have the rest of the night off, Im sure your exhausted, I can finish this."

Tammy nodded and quietly exited the room, leaving Lucy to brush her hair. she did so for several minuets until a slightly familiar voice rang through the air it was deep but not to much to the point of being intimidating and oddly...playful? "Hey I thought princesses where supposed to cover up, not wear pink nightgowns that barely covered their butt and had tiny straps that looked like they where going to break under the weight of their chest?"

Lucy whipped around to see her new 'Knight' lying back on her bed, "S-shut up! I can dress how I want you..you pink haired pervert!"

Natsu frowned, "hey Its salmon!"

She rolled her eyes, "yeah and my favorite color is bright orange."

Natsu cocked his head in confusion, "I thought it was pink and your second favorite color was blue?"

"it's called sarcasm you dope, yes my favorite colors are pink and blue...wait how did you know that?"

Natsu's eyes widened and he spoke quickly, "I uh guessed...well um gotta go just wanted to tell you that my room is next to yours If you need anything bye Lucy see yah tomorrow!"

With that he ran out of the room leaving Lucy in confusion, "guessed? ehh maybe it was the ball gown.." she shrugged it off and crawled into bed, too exhausted to contemplate any further, she fell asleep the moment her head hit the pillows.

okay so chapter 1 done! let me know if you think i should continue i guess no point in piling onto my workload if no one wants to read it (ill still write the story if no one reads it...just not till my other fanfics are finished.) oh and to those who haven't read my fanfics if your offended easily too fuckin bad! I'm blunt with shit in my authors notes and use crude language in my fanfics and there will be lemons! complain if you want but just so you know... i have no shits to give about your complaints!

oh and this chapter was shorter than most of them will probably be just so you know.