Chapter 1

Up in the tower...

Silence. Plue could here nothing but silence from his hiding place between two pot plants. "HA!" A voice came from the window behind him. he froze.

"Hm, well i guess Plue's not hiding out here" the person said, walking away. Plue couldn't help but chuckle to himself. this had to be his best hiding place ever.

A lock of blond hair curled around plue's tail pulling him up in the air (A/N does Plue even have tail?) "Got Cha" A head poked out, Upside down from the window sill.

"Pun pun" Plue Pouted to the golden-haired girl. she dropped down and Pulled down her Long, Long, lonnnnngggg hair dropping the white dog onto the windowsill.

"Thats twenty two to me, how about, twenty three out of fourty five?" Lucy smiled at her dog.

Plue just gave her a dead panning look. She always wins at Hide and Seek.

Lucy Rolled her eye "Okay, then What do you want to do?"

Plue turned and pointed towards the ground at least fifty meters below. "Um I don't think so. I like it in here and so do you." She scolded lightly lifting the Snow man Like dog into her lap. He did a raspberry at her and she lifted him to eye level. "Oh come on Plue, it's not so bad in there!"

"Oh come on Plue, Its not so bad in there"

(A/N ugh, im just gonna write the lyrics and not the actons coz you guys can picture it yourself)

"7 AM, the usual morning lineup Start on the chores and sweep 'til the floor's all clean Polish and wax, do laundry and mop and shine up Sweep again and by then it's like 7:15

And so I'll read a book Or maybe two or three I'll add a few new paintings To my gallery

I'll play guitar and knit And cook and basically Just wonder when will my life begin?

Then, after lunch, it's puzzles and darts and baking Paper mache, a bit of ballet and chess Pottery and ventriloquy, candle making Then I'll stretch, maybe sketch, take a climb, sew a dress

And I'll reread the books If I have time to spare I'll paint the walls some more I'm sure there's room somewhere

And then I'll brush and brush And brush and brush my hair Stuck in the same place I've always been

And I'll keep wanderin' and wanderin' And wanderin' and wonderin'

When will my life begin?

And tomorrow night, the lights will appear Just like they do on my birthday each year What is it like out there where they glow? Now that I'm older, mother might just let me go"

Natsu' Point of view

'Ugh, why on earth did i hve to agree on working with these idiots?' Natsu thought to himself as nimbly slid down one of the castle turrents. He climbed silently onto a few more roof tops trying to ignore the sound of the two large brother behind him.

Thats the problem with having to work in a group. You not only have to rely on the others to help you but youve' also got to split the reward with them. ' Thats why im gonna ditch them when ever i get the chance' Natsu thought smirking as he gracfully leaped off one roof and landed on another.

Clump clump clump.

Natsu sighed. There goes the two brothers again. if it were up to him, he would turn around and hit them so hard they'd see stars and possibbly get a concussion. But he didnt. he needed the two twins to help him with the job.

Natsu ran across a small pipe with such grace he could easly be mistaken for a ballerina- not that he'd ever be seen dead in a tutu- while the two twins were more like refidgerators on ice skates. Not Pretty.

Natsu stopped for a moment and frowned. he pulled out a map from his belt and quickly consulted it. once he found what he was looking for he shoved it back inside its oringinal place, signaled to the bother to keep following him, and jumped over few more buildings till he got to the destination he needed to be. An extreamly tall tower in the center of the castle. there job was to steal a crown that once belonged to the lost princess.

Natsu looked out at the view while he waited for the brother who's names he still had to learn.

"Wow... i could get used to a view like this" Natsu said to himself.

"Salamander, Come here" barked the blond headed twin, Sting, natsu thinks it was. "Hold on... yup. Im used to it." Natsu grinned "Guys I wanna Castle"

"We do this job you can buy your own castle" sting grabbed natsu by the Collar of his vest and pulled him over to the middle of the roof where the darker haired twin had removed a glass pannell. Natsu tied some rope around his middle.

"Don't mess up, salamander" Sting growled at natsu. "who? Me? of course not. I never mess up" Natsu smirked

Sting glared at him as he and pushed him towards the hole in the roof.

The lowered me down and I reached the glossy pillow where the jewel encrusted crown sat. Around the platform stood a half circle of guards. I slipped the crown into my satchel I carry around for thieving things quickly. I noticed a silver haired guard, standing not to far away from the pedistole. the guard seemed so bored so nastu thought quickly- which is something he rarely ever does- then he had an Idea. It would be dangerous but worth it.

He glanced at a young, silver haired guard who, like the rest of the guards was facing away from the crown.

"Are you guarding this?" Natsu asked the white haired man holding the crown in plain sight.

The guard turned his head to the side "Yeah" he said not realising for a moment. "Huh?" he turned around only in time to see Natsu dissapearing from sight back on to the roof.

Natsu and the twins quickly escaped the kingdom and ran down the bridge that connected the kingdom's island to main land. "Can you guys see me in a castle of my own? coz i sure can. All the things we've seen and its only eight in the morning!" Natsu yelled as the crossed over the bridge.

"Gentlemen this is a very big day!" He cried holding up the satchel containing the crown. Natsu gave a few whoops of glee and truiumph for good mesure.

Lucy's Point of view.

Lucy Ran around the tower tiding things up for her Mama to come home. Lucy had just finished doing a painting on the wall of the floating lights. Todays the day.

Lucy squealed unable to contain herself anymore, she ran up grabbed Plue and danced around the room with her snowman like dog in her arms. "This is it. This is a very big day Plue. Im gonna do it. Im going to ask her" she giggled nervously " Im going to ask her"

"Lucy?" Lucy gasped and turned towards the window where her mothers voice is coming from. "Let down your Hair"

"Its time" Lucy said to plue, "Come on, come on dont let her see you" She place Plue behind a curtain ith her fingures to her lips. "Pun Pun"

"Lucy? Im not gettin any younger down here"

"Coming Mama" Lucy called down stepping onto the window sill and tossing her hair over a hook, letting the rest of her hair fall all the way down to the ground. Outside. More than fifty meters of hair flew through the air

Mother Minerva caught the end and wrapped it around her self as Lucy Pulled Minerva Up.

"Welcome home Mama" "Ugh Lucy, how you manage to do that every single Day without fail. It looks absolutly exausting, Darling"

"Oh, It nothing" Lucy panted slightly "Then I dont know why it takes so long" Minerva laughed "Oh darling stop taking everything so seriously.

Lucy took a breath to calm herself down. Why was Mama making this so hard for her?

"Okay, so mama. Tomorrow i-" "Lucy, Mama's feeling a bit worn don at the moment Would you sing for me dear? Then we'll talk."

Lucy brightened. "Of course, Mama!" She ran over and got her mother's favorite chair and her own sitting stool. Mother Minerva walked over and Lucy sat her down quickly holding her brush, and gave it to her. Lucy sat a pile of hair onto her Mama's lap and sang very quickly

"Flower gleam and Glow Let your Power shine Make the clock reverse Bring back what once was mine"

"Wait, Wait-"

"Heal what has been Lost Change the face design Save what has been lost Bring back what once was mine"

"Rapunzel!" Minerva frowned at Lucy Apalled at her behaviour. Lucy Continued, ignoring her. she had put it off long enough

"So, Mama I tried to tell you tomorrow was a pretty big day and you didn't really respond so I'll just tell you it's my birthday!" Lucy cried grasping her Mama's Arm. Mother Minerva gently pushed her away. "No, no, no. Can't be. I distinctly remember. Your birthday was last year."

Lucy rolled her eyes "Thats the funny thing about Birthdays. They're Kinda an annual thing" Lucy Sighed "Mama, I'm turning eighteen tomorrow and i wanted to ask...what i really want for my birthday... well actually what i've wanted for quite a few birthdays" Lucy Muttered, fidling with a few strands of hair.

"Lucy please, stop with the mumbling. You know i feel about the mumbling; Blah blah blah blah" minerva Rolled her eyes and doing the blah blah hand gesture.

"Its very annoying; Im just teasing, Your adorable, I love you so much" Minerva pinched her cheek and stood up from the chair.

Lucy glanced over to the curtain where Plue was hiding only to see his little carrot like nose poking out from the curtain looking extremely odd. Lucy couldn't resist a giggled.

"Hm? whats so funny?" Minerva looked over to where Lucy was.

"Uh, nothing Mama, Nothing really" Lucy said quickly wiping her hands down her dress.

Minerva shrugged, turned around and started picking through the apples in the basket she brought.

Lucy again Turned around to see Plue actually silently step out from the curtain and ushered her to ask her "Pun Pun"

"What was that Lucy?" Minerva asked turning around again.

Lucy took a deep breath "Ugh, I wanna see the floating lights"

Minerva froze." Uh, what?"

"Well, i was hoping that you could take me to see the floating lights" Lucy said pulling the curtain away from the was where she did the painting of the floating lights.

"Oh, you mean the stars" "Thats the thing, I charted stars and there always constant; but these lights, they appear every year on my birthday Mama. Only on my birthday. I need to see them Mama and not just from my window. In person. I have to know what they are" She whispered

"You want to go outside Oh Why, Lucy?" she shut the windows.

"Look at you, as fragile as a flower Still a little sapling, just a sprout You know why we stay up in this tower"

"I know but" "That's right, to keep you safe and sound, dear"

"Guess I always knew this day was coming Knew that soon you'd want to leave the nest Soon, but not yet" "But" "Shh, trust me, pet Mother knows best"

"Mother knows best Listen to your mother It's a scary world out there"

"Mother knows best One way or another Something will go wrong, I swear"

"Ruffians, thugs Poison ivy, quicksand Cannibals and snakes, the plague" No" yes" But"

"Also large bugs Men with pointy teeth and Stop, no more, you'll just upset me

"Mother's right here Mother will protect you Darling, here's what I suggest"

"Skip the drama Stay with mama Mother knows best"

"Go ahead, get trampled by a rhino Go ahead, get mugged and left for dead Me, I'm just your mother, what do I know? I only bathed and changed and nursed you"

"Go ahead and leave me, I deserve it Let me die alone here, be my guest When it's too late, you'll see, just wait Mother knows best"

"Mother knows best Take it from your mumsy On your own, you won't survive"

"Sloppy, under-dressed Immature, clumsy Please, they'll eat you up alive"

"Gullible, naïve Positively grubby Ditzy and a bit, well, hmm, vague"

"Plus, I believe getting' kinda chubby I'm just saying 'cause I love you"

"Mother understands Mother's here to help you All I have is one request"

"Lucy?" "Yes?" "Don't ever ask to leave this tower again" Minerva gaze hardens as she looked down at Lucy, her large hands gripping Lucy's slender shoulders roughly "Yes, Mama"

"Oh, I love you very much, dear" "I love you more" Lucy Looks up at Minerva her warm brown eyes glazed over with unseen tears.

"I love you most"

"Don't forget it You'll regret it Mother knows best" Minerva sang walking towards the window.

Lucy stayed where she was for a moment blinking back the tears that were threatening to spill out her eyes at any moment.

"Lucy" "Coming Mama" Lucy sighed walking over to Minerva who was putting on her cloak.

"See you soon my little flower" She said softly kissing the top of Lucy's head. all he could do was nod.

While Minerva climbed down the tower "Lucy just watched.

"I'll be here" she said leaving her hair dangling from the tower as she watched it move with the breeze.