***The next day***
Lucy pulled herself up into the small gold carriage, it rattled lightly as she shut the door behind her. It was a mild day and the sun was just rising so the sky was bright and a light pink colour. She sighed sitting in the empty carriage. Jude had a separate carriage to her, he didn't like to sit with her, something about her being too annoying.
"Are you ready, miss?" The driver smiled through the window, Lucy nodded, plastering a fake smile on her face. The horses hooves thundered behind her father's carriage. Lucy stared out of the glass window at the Heartofilia mansion getting smaller and smaller as she wondered what this Lord Laxus would be like.
"How does he expect me to marry a man I've never even met!?" she muttered to herself angrily as she clenched her fists. She watched the trees swaying in the wind, it was still early morning and Lucy was still incredibly tired. She found herself dosing off to the beat of the carriage on the bumpy road.
Hours later she was jolted from one end of the carriage to the other, slamming against the wall as it came to a sudden halt. She pulled herself of the floor, patting down her dress Wendy had picked out for her. It was a sparkly deep red with a sweetheart neckline and the skirt fell just below her knees. It looked amazing along with the red strappy heels she'd found at the back of her closet.
"What the?" she gasped staring at the beige coloured mansion before her. The door of the carriage was opened by the driver, who greeted her with another smile. She stepped out gazing at the sandstone walls that surrounded the house. It was extremely baronial, (A building or room that is large, impressive and built or decorated in an old-fashioned style), with great wooden beams and a stained glass window above the front door.
The garden out front had tall grass surrounded by daffodils and tulips that blew in the wind.
Her mouth hung open when she saw the roses! Big red roses climbed up the sandy brick work by the front door.
"Close your mouth!" Jude commanded quietly, swatting Lucy's arm. She flinched at his touch snapping her mouth shut. Jude walked up to the large wooden front door and slammed his fist against it a few times before Lucy followed.
"Jude Heartofilia!" A pleasant voice rang out as the door swung open…
No one was there.
Lucy raised a brow. "Uhh… H-hello?" Jude called out. He looked back at Lucy who had the exact same confused expression on her face.
"D-down here…" it came again. Lucy looked down to see an incredibly short man with a grey moustache. He wore a rather silly looking outfit with blue and orange stripes going across it. He smiled nervously, showing the wrinkles in his skin.
"O-oh… Greetings… Sir Dreyar." Jude said, nodding his head. "Just call me Makarov!" the short man replied smiling wider when he saw Lucy.
"Ahh and you must be Lady Lucy!" he chirped, grabbing her hand and kissing it. "Welcome to my wonderful home!" he exclaimed as he stepped aside making way for the pair to enter the beautiful old mansion.
They found themselves in a bright hallway with shiny wooden floors and a cream banister that spiralled upwards. The walls were cream too with a pretty light blue flower print along the top and bottom, however most were outshined by amazing high arched windows, framed with white velvet drapes.
"This way, please!" Makarov grinned, going through an oak door on the left of the light hallway.
Lucy stepped in the room being followed closely by Jude. The wall paper was plain white along with the carpet that sunk slightly under their feet. A giant golden framed mirror that covered the whole wall hung majestically. There was a wooden bookcase filled to the brim with paperbacks and a cabinet full of china. Lucy turned from the mirror to see a brown sofa with heavy oak arms, and right in the middle sat a beast of a man.
"I'm Laxus." He grunted standing up and reluctantly shaking Jude's hand before awkwardly kissing Lucy's then sitting back down next to Makarov. Lucy internally groaned.
Laxus was quite tall with broad shoulders and dark blonde hair that spiked upwards. His green eyes looked Lucy up and down, then her father. He looked almost bored, you could tell he hadn't agreed to this marriage either.
Jude looked at her then at Laxus, "Perhaps you two should go for a walk and get to know each other whilst we discuss your marriage." He smiled.
The blond boy looked at Makarov, "Gramps?" he mumbled, "Aye. Go get to know each other!" he nodded as Laxus grunted standing up again holding the door open for Lucy. She thanked him politely and smiled even if she was incredibly annoyed at her father on the inside she didn't have to embarrass herself in front of the poor unsuspecting men.
Lucy stepped out of the door and back into the hallway.
Suddenly an unknown force collided with her and slammed her body back into Laxus' arms as she turned a shade of red that seemed to match her dress well.
"Oops!" A girl giggled grabbing her satchel bag and getting up off the floor slowly. "Sorry." She smirked flipping her long brown hair back and adjusting her pale blue tank top.
"Cana." Laxus growled, lifting Lucy up like a doll before placing her back on her feet gently.
"Heehee, well gotta run!" she gabbled sprinting down the hallway in her heels.
"S-sorry about that." He sighed, "This place is full of looneys!" he said rolling his eyes. Just at that moment a man with emerald green hair appeared by Laxus. His eyes darkened when he looked at Lucy.
"Hello… I don't believe we've met?" he frowned, inching closer to Laxus. "Hey Freed… She's Lucy Heartofilia, my fiancé…"
The trio grimaced.
"Really? I think you need someone… smarter… better looking." Freed said staring at Laxus. Lucy scowled as Laxus shrugged. "Do you two want to get married?" he asked. "Nope." The two blondes replied in union. "Good!" he coughed, "I mean why not just both refuse?" "It's not that simple." Lucy mumbled as Laxus nodded agreeing with her. "You how Gramps gets." He said rolling his eyes.
"Woooooh!" Cana yelled as she skidded back along the hall on her bum. Laxus face palmed, "Excuse me…" he sighed running after her.
"Lucy?" The green haired guy said. "Mhmm?" the blonde replied. "Do you know who I am?" he asked. "Um no…" she replied shaking her head, "My name is Freed Justine, and that," he said pointing to Laxus' back, "Is my man!" he snapped his fingers. Lucy blinked and began shuffling away.
"Leave. Become ill. Refuse it. Run away. I don't care how you do it, just, Stop. The. Wedding." He scowled as Lucy nodded before running towards where Laxus was chasing Cana.
"What a weirdo…" she panted catching up with Laxus, who'd already given up chasing the crazy brunette. "Yeah, this place is full of 'em." Laxus frowned looking at a golden clock on the wall.
"We'd better get back, Lucy." He said calmly pushing her back down the hall. As the passed the many open doors Lucy saw all kinds of things! She saw Cana again with a large barrel between her knees sat next to two older looking men who were smoking and drinking with her. In the next room stood a sweet looking lady with long white hair sitting with a younger girl that was reading with short white hair and kind looking eyes, she saw a girl with glasses standing in the middle of a bunch of statues and a suite of armour walking around cuddling some teddy's and calling them 'his babies' over and over but weirdest of all, in one room there was an orange lion sat on a leather couch casually kissing a pink sheep!
"How does that work!?" Lucy said thinking out loud. Laxus gave a low laugh, "I did warn you." He said, "Weirdos everywhere!" he finished, finally pushing Lucy through the door back into the room where Jude and Makarov were.
"Ahh just the two we were looking for!" Makarov smiled at the blondes, who failed very miserably to smile back.
"You two will be wed on the 1st of March, which is two days from now." Jude informed them standing up. "Well I think we should take our leave." He said, "It was a pleasure…" he added frowning.
"The pleasure is all mine!" Makarov grinned as they began to leave the house.
When the front door was shut Jude glared at Lucy before wordlessly getting in his carriage and setting off. Lucy sighed hopping back in her own.
She spent the rest of the journey back wondering what she was going to do…
I hope this chapter was a little better and a bit more exciting, lol. This took me centuries to write so I really hope you enjoyed it too. Please review! I'd love to get more feedback, good and bad. Thanks for reading ^-^