Hello there, welcome back!This is a Nalu fanfic. NO other shippings with them, there is slight hints of Gajevy, Gruvia, and Jerza and other shippings. Possibly. I do NOT own fairy tail. I hope you enjoy this chapter, I will also be trying to make them along! Let's get started.
It was the end of the month and it was time for me to leave… I didn't want to in all honesty. I enjoyed spending time with my family even though they drove me insane, but it was time. I had finished packing my clothes which consisted of a few dresses, paper and a pen so that while I was stuck in that damn palace I could still write.
By the time it was time for me to leave, I had walked outside and saw a limo waiting for me which made my eyes widen. I turned to look at my family a small sad smile on my face as I hugged them.
"Bye mom, bye dad. Take care of Michelle." I spoke in a soft quiet voice.
"We will, don't worry."
"And as for you," I moved leaning down grabbing Michelle's cheeks pulling on them a little. "You behave yourself, if I hear one bad thing I will come for you." I playfully narrowed my eyes at her before grabbing my suitcase "Alright time for me to go, bye guys. I'll love and miss you!" I waved goodbye as I got into the car
"Bye! Take care of yourself, we'll miss you!" My mom had yelled back before I closed the door. Taking a deep breath I leaned back against the seat closing my seeing as this is a lot to take in.
The ride to the palace had been a very quiet one mostly with her sleeping trying to catch up on all the sleep she had lost during the week, only because she was stressed that she had to go to the palace. Once she had woken up she realized she still a good maybe hour before they arrived so she pulled out some paper and her pen, beginning to write another chapter of her story or just a random story. She had always loved stories.
Lucy always read stories in her free time when she was little, she wasn't always the brightest person but she was smart enough. She knew when to take things serious or when not too. Before she could continue her thoughts she had reached the palace. A guard had opened her door, he had raven colored hair, he looked handsome in her opinion. Although for some reason… he seemed to not have a shirt on…
"Here, let me grab your bags Miss Heartfilia." He spoke in a nice calm voice, adding a small smile has he grabbed her bag.
"Uhm… Excuse me officer..?"
"Gray." he poke as if knowing what she was looking for.
"Uhm well… Officer Gray…Where's your shirt?" she raised her eyebrow in confusion a faint blush on her cheeks.
He realized this and cursed to himself while he looked for his shirt. Once he found it he had put it back on and showed her the inside with a chuckle and a faint blush on his cheeks due to the embarrassment. Once she got into the palace she gasped softly seeing at the place was huge, and gorgeous. Gray had watched her with a small smile before showing her to the girls lounge where all the girls were.
She was hesitant, but she entered anyway. She stood awkwardly by herself for a couple of minutes before a petite blunette showed up with a smile on her face.
"Hi, sorry if this is awkward but I saw you standing alone. I'm Levy McGarden, from cast 4" She bowed before smiling at me.
"No, it's fine. Haha I don't really know anyone here and nice to meet you Levy, I'm Lucy Heartfilia from cast 5." Lucy replied giving her a warm smile.
"Nice to meet you Lucy! C'mon ill introduce you to everyone!"
With that Levy pulled Lucy all throughout the girls lounge introducing her to all different types of people. But what stood out most of all was Minerva. For some reason Minerva just glared at her before scoffing and walking away. Although once they were done Lucy pulled away from Levy and sat down at a table by herself in the back sighing softly. She grabbed some nearby pen and paper and began to write another story, preferably anything that came to mind.
While Lucy got to lost into her story she hadn't notice that Queen Grandine and Princess Wendy had entered the room. All the other girls got up and bowed to them, before they began to create small talk with each other. Lucy being the odd one out clearly didn't go unnoticed by the Queen so she sent Wendy over to speak with her.
Wendy hesitantly walked up to her and gently tapped her shoulder causing Lucy to look up and give her a soft smile as she bowed her head.
"Hello Princess Wendy, How can I help you?" Lucy spoke in a kind, well mannered tone that her mother always forced her to use.
"Hello, and please just call me Wendy when it's just us speaking," this caused Lucy nod, "and my mother noticed you sitting over here alone so she sent me over to help keep you company while she got to know the other girls for a while… If I may ask, what are you doing?" Wendy took a seat on the other side of the table that Lucy was sitting at, and smiled at her sweetly.
"Well, Wendy, I am writing a story." She smiled back
"A story? What's it about?" Wendy sat up a little straighter, looking far more interested in what the blonde was doing than anything she's heard the whole day.
"Well, I normally write about things that come to mind. For instance right now, i'm writing a story on this princess and this dragon."
"A dragon, why a dragon?" asked the little blunette.
"Well I decided on a dragon because normally in stories you have the princess always falling in love with a prince or a knight in shining armor, but you wouldn't expect her to fall in love with a dragon." Lucy chuckled as she watched the princess slowly put all the pieces together.
"OH! That makes sense-" She went to say something but a white feline decided to jump up onto the table. It turned to stare at Lucy giving her a small meow.
"And who is this?" Lucy chuckled as she went up gently stroking her head, causing her to let out a purr.
"Thats Carla, my cat…" Wendy had slowly trailed off her eyes holding shock causing Lucy to tilt her head.
"Is there something wrong princess?" Lucy asked
"Wendy," she had corrected her quickly, "and no it's just that… Carla hasn't really taken to someone as quick as you. She normally hisses and stays away from people" Wendy spoke softly as she watched her cat purr at Lucy's touch.
"Well, it's very nice to meet you too Carla." She smiled at the cat, going to say something to Wendy but getting cut off as the Queen had called her daughter back over.
"Sorry Lucy, but I gotta go now. It was very nice to meet you, I hope we can become the greatest friends. Bye!" Wendy picked up Carla and went back to her mom.
Lucy gave the two a smile and wave goodbye as they walked out the room. Watching the girls around the room start to interact with each other Lucy looked down at her story taking a deep breath and going back to writing.
Meanwhile outside the hall Wendy and her Mother had began to talk about the blonde head.
"So, what was she like Wendy?" the Queen asked her daughter with genuine interest in the blonde.
"She was really kind! She told me about how she likes to write stories based on anything that comes to mind!" she examined
"Well, care to share about what the story she was writing this time because it looked like she was to focused on it to know we came in." Grandine asked with a small chuckle.
" It was about a dragon?"
"A dragon?"
"Yeah! She told me that normally you read stories about the princess always falling in love with either the prince or knight in shining armor, but you would never expect her to fall in love with a dragon." she smiled as she spoke, but while she was speaking her mind went back to her husband, Igneel. He was her dragon… "Weird right?" Wendy turned to look at her mother
"Oh yeah, mega weird." the two laughed, "Now go, start getting ready it's almost time for dinner." Wendy nodded and disappeared to her room getting ready.
After the queen and wendy had left Mirajane, surprisingly, came and told the girls that she would be their mentor as the selection went on. She told the girls that they had to go to their rooms and get ready for evening because they would be having dinner with the royal family. Mira had also informed them that while they stayed in the palace that they would be getting their own personal maid that would help them with everything and keep everything clean and with that the girls headed to their rooms.
Lucy walked into her room and gasped softly at how big it was. She found her bag sitting on the middle of her bed. She began to unpack before receiving a knock on the door. She called back with a 'come in' and saw a light pink haired female enter the room.
"Hello, My name is Virgo. I will be your personal maid while you stay here at the palace." She spoke
"Hello, My name is Lucy Heartfilia. It's very nice to meet you Virgo." She had smiled at the maid.
"Miss Lucy, I hate to interrupt your packing, but you must start getting ready for the dinner."
"B-But I don't have anything to wear…" Lucy began to trail off looking very troubled as she did.
"Please do not worry about that, I have already took that into consideration and brought you a dress. Now please hurry we don't have to too much time left before it is time." With that Lucy nodded and allowed Virgo to help her into the dress.
Lucy's dress was a gorgeous shade of red and was strapless, also it was tight around her chest area, before flowing out from her waist down. A pair of blacks heels was completed with it. Her hair was put into a messy bun with a few strands of hair that fell from it and complimented her face nicely. Not a lot of make up had been added since she looked gorgeous without it. She put on a pair of small dangly gold earrings along with a gold heart necklace to complete the look. She moved and stood in front of her full body mirror nodding to herself as she made her way to the dining room.
Luckily she hadn't been the last one to show up, so she sat down next to Levy and the two began to chat for while. Lucy found out a couple of things about the petite girl, which consist of her loving books and writing, her favorite color being orange which would make sense because of the orange dress she was wearing fitted her perfectly. She also learned about the life of being a cast four and what Levy's family is like, while Levy learned about Lucy's family and her being in cast 5.
Before they could continue talking everything went quiet as the queen and princess entered the room. All the girls stood up and welcomed them with bright smiled, but they didn't sit down just yet. A few seconds later King Igneel walked in wearing a black tux, followed by Prince Natsu who walked in wearing a red tux, almost the same shade as her dress but his was a little brighter. The girls bowed and sat down.
"Good Evening Ladies, it is wonderful to finally get to meet you all." King Igneel spoke with a genuine smile, "I would like to go around the table so that the ladies could introduce yourselves and share a little something about you to me and my son, seeing as my wife and daughter already met you girls. Let's start with cast one and work out way down," with that he gestured to Minerva and she began to introduce herself and share something about her.
Lucy tried to pay attention glancing at Prince Natsu, noticing his features. She noticed that first his hair was a pink- no… Salmon color. His eyes were like an onyx color, he had a nice jawline. He had a nice smile, but when he smiled he had like these fangs. Lucy realized that it was almost her time so she decided to pay attention since Levy was up.
"I'm Levy McGarden, from cast 4 and I like the color orange and like to listen to music." with that she turned to Lucy and smiled, which she kindly returned before turning to look at the King and Prince making eye contact with both of them.
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia, from cast 5 and I like to read and write stories." She gave them a small smile before glancing at Wendy giving her a small wink causing her to giggle. Both the king and prince raising their eyebrow questioning but Wendy just waving her hand saying nothing.
With that Lucy gave one more smile before turning and watching the rest of the girls introduce themselves. After that it came down to the prince and princess having to introduce themselves. Wendy stood up coughing a little before looking at the girls beginning to introduce herself, her eyes never leaving Lucy's.
"Hello, My name is Wendy Marvell Dragneel, and I like to read or listen to stories, and I dance in my free time." Wendy sent Lucy a knowing look causing her to hold back her giggle, this also didn't go unnoticed by the prince and king, but then it was Natsu's turn.
"Hello ladies, My name is Natsu Dragneel, I like to cook and sing in my freetime." with a smile that caused all the girls, except Lucy because her and wendy were having like this weird eye contact conversation together, to blush.
After dinner was over all the girls had retreated back to their rooms, all chatting with themselves. The royal family were the last ones out of the room. Wendy was talking to her mom before Natsu and Igneel walked up to her and started questioning her about the blonde.
"So Wendy, want to tell me what the little giggle session was about when Miss Lucy introduced herself?" Igneel spoke raising his eyebrows.
'Well… when mom and I went to the girls lounge to see them and get to know them, Lucy was the only one who didn't run up to us because she was to focused on writing something. So mom told me to go over to her and talked to her so she wouldn't be left out. Well when I did I learned that she was writing a story and I happened to be very interested in it." Wendy finished speaking with a huge smile.
"Oh? And what was the story about?" Natsu had asked with a raised eyebrow.
" It was about a princess falling in love with a dragon."
"A dragon?" Natsu spoke confused, "Why not a prince or a knight in shining armor or something?" it was a question pointed more to himself but his little sister had answered it anyway.
"Well, at first I thought the exact same thing but then Lucy explained to me that normally you would expect a princess to fall in love with a prince or knight in shining armor but you would never expect her to fall in love with a dragon. I guess she wanted to do something that people wouldn't expect." She spoke. And before natsu could ask another question his mom came up and kissed both her children on the head and told them it was time for bed.
With a hug and kiss could by the two went to their rooms and got dressed and ready for bed. With that the palace was silent as a mouse, the only thing you could hear throughout the palace was the footsteps of the guards that were patrolling the palace.
Alrighty! That's all for this chapter thank you so much for reading it means alot to me. I truly enjoyed writing this chapter! Follow, favorite and leave a review on what you thought of it! Thanks! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!