Lucy made her way into her chamber. Her heart aching with grief, she flung herself onto her bed and let out a sob she barely been holding in. 'why' she thought. Lucy was finally getting the courage to confess her feelings to Gray, the boy she had grown to love. Now, even if was to feel the same way about her, it wouldn't matter.
Meanwhile….
"What do you fucking mean old man!" hissed a very angry pink haired boy, his black eyes gleamed with anger.
"Natsu, I am not afraid to bend you over my knee, how dare you talk to me that way!" The older man yelled back. Natsu left out a huff.
"Like I asked, what the fuck, do you mean?" he replied smirking. Igneel let out a sigh of frustration.
"You are getting married to Lucy Heartfilia at the end of next month." Igneel stated firmly.
"How about a nope?" Natsu walked off down the hall. "I gotta blow some steam, don't bother finding me unless you want to see my dick stuffed down Lisanna's throat." He hollered back when he heard his dad start to follow him.
"She was fired you know." Igeel calmly stated. This got Natsu's attention he snapped back around.
"What!" he roared making tight fists.
"I had her fired, don't worry she got a nice replacement job, also it's against the laws for a maid to touch a royal family member in such ways." He replied snapping at his son, "The normal punishment is death, yet I let her go freely, and you obviously could care less if she died since you so boldly admitted to messing around with her. Natsu, it is bad enough your throwing a temper tantrum but don't pretend you actually cared for that girl's well-being." Natsu rolled his eyes and leaned against the wall.
"Who is the lucky bitch again?"
"Do not call her that!" Igneel hissed at his son. "Her name is Lucy Heartfilia and you will treat her with the most respect you can muster or so help me, Natsu, if you blow this engagement, I will finally strip you of your royal title." This left Natsu dumbfounded as Igneel stormed off away from his arrogant son. Igneel knew it was probably wrong to force his son into a marriage, but he had no idea what to do to get his son to behave, he had heard that Lucy was one of nicest maidens in the land, and Jude was very excited about his proposal. He only hoped he wouldn't let his new friend down because his son couldn't get off his high horse.
Natsu stood there still gawking at his father's statement. To threaten to strip him of his title, he did a lot of things to piss off his dad but not once has that ever been considered a punishment. He started sulking and walked to his chambers to find a maid cleaning his bed.
"Slut move it, I want to sleep." He ordered and startled the maid who ran out of the room crying apologizes. He flopped onto the bed and stared up at the celling. A wife would provide some entertainment, and his dad couldn't just fire her. He almost liked the idea.
Back at the Heartfilia's mansion
"Princess that is exciting news, you are getting married." Virgo smiled not fully grasping what that meant, "I think you should wear the lovely dark purple gown when you meet him, or you could go in pants like most village girls wear, that would throw him for a loop."
"I think the dark purple dress is fine Virgo." Lucy sulked as Virgo started packing.
"Did I do something wrong Princess? Is it punishment time?" Virgo grinned sadistically.
"No!" Lucy yelled "It isn't punishment time."
"One day then." Lucy rolled her eyes at the weird maid.
"It's hard to be excited when I was already planning on spending life with someone else." Lucy admitted sadly. Virgo then made an 'o' expression on her face all the facts hitting her at once.
"I'm sorry you cannot confess to Gray anymore." Virgo frowned "Although fate has funny ways of working, so maybe this is a stepping stone and you haven't met Natsu yet so maybe he is even better then Gray!" Virgo tried to be positive.
"I suppose that is true." Lucy gave a halfhearted smile. She knew there was nothing she could do to change her fate. Pulling out of a promise would tarnish the Heartfilia's name. She would never do that, and besides, maybe Natsu will say he doesn't want to get married and then she can confess her feelings to Gray.
Just then an orange haired man with sun glasses walked into the chambers. He was wearing a tux and looked rather handsome.
"Big brother?" Virgo asked. Lucy gawked, she had no idea Virgo had a brother and they looked nothing alike.
"Hi Virgo, hello Lucy, I am here to escort you to the Dragneel's Castle." He announced "We are leaving in a few hours, my name is Leo and please don't be afraid to ask me for anything and I do mean anything." He tilted his face so she could see his eyes and he gave a small wink before heading to the door to leave.
"That was…"
"Normal" Virgo interjected. Lucy let out a giggle. "Let's get you dressed, I even called Cancer to come do your hair and make up for Natsu, he will surly lliiiikkkkkeeee you." Lucy let out a squeal.
"You mean The Cancer?"
"Of course now strip!"
Lucy was soon dressed in the stunning dress. Virgo always had a wonderful taste in clothes. A knock on the door came, Virgo went to answer."
"Cancer, pleasure to meet you again."
"Pleasure is all mine, Ebi."Cancer stepped into the room carrying a bag filled with all his tools. He made his way over to Lucy and examined her hair. "Sit, Ebi." He gestured for her to sit down. Lucy did so with excitement. He quickly went to work at brushing her golden locks. His work was done in the matter of seconds. Her hair was half up half down and her locks where spun into beautiful curls, although she heard of his work, seeing it was another. How did even do that so quickly she mused. He spun her around to get to work on her make up. Just like that she was ready to go to finally meet the man she is to get along with and marry.
"Thank you so much Cancer!" she wrapped her arms around him giving him a squeeze.
"Don't mention it, Ebi. As long as I get to do your hair and make up for your wedding, Ebi."
"Of Course!" With that Cancer left. Virgo was smiling happily at Lucy.
"Are you forgetting your sadness, Princess?" Virgo asked.
"I still am sad, but I am more hopeful with how you've been so helpful with this process it really is lifting my spirits." Just then a Leo busted into the room.
"Let's get going!" he snatched up her belongings all by himself and went back out the door. Lucy hugged Virgo.
"Don't cry Princess, it will ruin your make up." Virgo hugged Lucy back.
"I'm going to miss you." Lucy softly said.
"As will I, Princess."
Lucy left the pinkett in her bed chambers as she quickly followed after Leo. They stepped outside the Mansion into the afternoon's heat.
"We will get there just in time for dinner" Leo said thoughtfully as he loaded her packages into the Limo. He gracefully opened a door for her to climb in. Lucy smiled.
"Thank you Leo." Lucy glanced around to see if her father had come to see her off. Of course he didn't. Lucy got into the Limo, Leo shut the door and headed to the front. The vehicle sprung to life and started moving. She let out a small sigh, it was going to be a long ride there with her horrifying thoughts to keep her company.