it's not been that long your waiting, so you can't complain about it.

disclaimer: i do NOT own fairy tail, although it would be great, i don't own a dragon neither. poor me!

Chapter 2 (no one's p.o.v)

"Well, now that I've got both of you here, I'm now telling you about something really important for the kingdom's safe being" Jude started.

Lucy and Natsu were holding each other's hand, but less did Jude notice 'cause of the table. In fact, he didn't even knew they were dating.

"So, Lucy must marry a prince, this way, she will then be able to rule the kingdom in a few years" he demanded. Lucy watched Natsu's face while his normally happy features had been taken by worried and gloomy ones. Jude started talking again showing the couple an envelope with some papers inside. "Now, here, on this document I archived information and a picture about each of the twelve princes I may allow you to get engaged whit-"

"Wait a second...!" Lucy cut him off. "You've just said I can only marry someone you approve, haven't you? And, what if I don't like any of those men? What if I already love someone? Huh?" She seemed angry at the old man, but who could blame her, she was about to be taken away from the only person she did actually love.

The now confused old man looked at her as if a mushroom had grown out from the top of her head. "Are you disobeying magnolia's king, missy? What's more, who on earth would you love if not an imminent, beautiful young prince?" he asked as if he didn't believe in true love, which he didn't since his wife's death.

well, Natsu, of course. He's nice, and sweet, and he treats me as a normal boy would treat his beloved, instead of treating me as a princess or someone politically important.- she thought, but she didn't say it. She just went for the so useless she thought question. "Dad? " Her dad hummed "why's Natsu here too?" she asked, her expression now was a questioning one.

"Oh! I almost forgot it. He'll be your personal guard while visiting all the princes from the list, I just thought it would make you more comfortable, since he's so close to you..." he said.

At this point Lucy felt quite uncomfortable. She thought how would Natsu feel and react after this horrifying news, will he break up with her? , no, Natsu wasn't the kind of guy who left you when hard times showed up, or at list he wasn't for her. But even if they didn't break up, she'll have to marry some rich prince just because the old man has said so. This couldn't be worse.

"So, I'll have to take here there on my own?" it was Natsu. Jude nodded.

"Are you, Natsu Dragneel, accepting the fact I'm marrying some spoilt prince before I do?" I almost yelled at him.

"Yeah, I'm. It's for the kingdom's safe being" he replied as if he had just said the most normal thing in the world. But he said it softly.

"I really thought you were my friend, someone I could truly trust, guess I was wrong..." I said. And all I could do after saying it was regret it. "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it, I swear I didn't dragon boy." And all he did was laugh, Natsu was laughing as if had just said some hilarious joke.

"I do already know you didn't mean it, you silly Luce!" he grinned at her while hugging Lucy tight to his chest and rubbing circles in her back.

Jude stared at them and smiled. "You're such a good friend, Dragneel. Now, both of you go and pack your stuff, your leaving at five o' clock." The politic instructed.

Lucy froze. Natsu felt it, and leaned his mouth near her ear "Don't worry, I'll do something. No one's marrying you except of me, got it?" he whispered.

They broke their hug up, and faced each other. She nodded, and he grinned his so famous grin.

They were both in Natsu's room now, because Lucy had already packed her bags. There were three medium-sized bags from Lucy's, Natsu, instead was packing about seven huge bags and was still picking things from his room and putting them into a bag.

"You'll need to take more than 3 little bags to where we are going, Luce." Natsu said looking at the little bags Lucy had left on the floor.

"Why?" she asked

"You just will" he answered

"How much are we staying there?" she sounded confused

"Do you really think I'm taking you there, just for you to marry someone else?" he said incredulous.

"But, you just said-"Lucy tried to said but cut herself down when she saw he's face.

"I'm not. We aren't going there." He said.

"So where are we going?" she asked.

"Somewhere your dad can't find us, to my lands" he said

"Where are your lands?" she asked

"You know there's a huge forest outside Fiore, right? Well, inside that huge forest there's a place about 44km 2 which the wood doesn't cover, that's the fire kingdom. My land." He said simply.

"And why are those your lands?" she questioned

"'cause I'm the prince, duh!" he said naturally

"And couldn't you have said that, I don't know... TWO MONTHS AGO!?" shouted at him.

"You didn't ask" he grinned

"Yeah, sure. Hey, Natsu, are you by chance a prince from an unknown kingdom? Pretty normal, huh?" she said ironically .

"Ok, wasn't your fault" he said laughing.

"So, are we staying there?" she said. He nodded. "How much?"

"We are staying. My home's your home. "He responded.

"ok, so let's go" she said when he finished packing and she had already added some more clothes and sentimental stuff to her bags.

"Bye dad!" Lucy shouted from her chariot where she sat next to Natsu while he was driving.

"Bye Lucy, Natsu, have a nice trip" Jude said smiling.

Natsu hit the horses' whit the whip and the two horses started jogging, leaving the huge rock castle back in the horizon.

They were both sitting at the front of the carriage 'cause the inside was full of bags with clothes, boxes with food, packages with everything they would ever need, or just felt to pity for leaving them aside. They had to tell her father they just wanted to see the landscape, and that it was better from there, what's more, that they would get bored if they didn't talk and that it would've been too hard if they were that far from each other.

"Natsu?" Lucy said. He hummed. "When we met, you said you were exhilied from the house you used to live in because you couldn't pay the rent, right? So if you are a prince... why were you there and not in the castle?" she asked.

He sighted "good question, I moved there just because I was bored, then I went to gray's home, but his girlfriend, juvia, also lives there, so it was kind 'a weird. And then I was practicing volleyball alone and I lost the ball, then I saw it flew across your window, and you know the rest of it." He said.

"Good story, but, will they let us live there, I mean in the fire kingdom? Won't they leave me out? What if they don't like me?" she said worriedly taking Natsu's right arm by hers.

He held his right arm in her right shoulder and pulled her closer to him. He held the horses' with one hand and whit the other one hugged her. "No, they won't like you, Luce..." He said seriously. "They'll just adore you! "He grinned, and then kissed her. She smiled.

"Love you" she said while wrapping her arms around his torso and resting her head on his chest. He smiled.

"Love you too" he said

"Thanks for staying" she said.

"But I'm not staying, I'm leaving and taking you with me" he said.

They had passed trough a road, near some fields. Now, they were already in the middle of the woods.

"we're here" Natsu finally said after about an hour.

When they stopped, they had passed trough a big rock entrance and then a whole kingdom came to view. They were now in front of a massive castle. He tried to stand up, he couldn't. he tried again, nothing. He looked down just to see a sleeping princess.

He kissed her cheek a few times before she woke up.

"Are we here?" she said between yawns.

"yup" he said. "home sweet home".

She started walking next to Natsu heading the castle's entrance, but she suddenly stopped while looking at the gigantic building.

"whoa, this' huge" she said dropping her mouth.

" you don't imagine why the five meter high door" he said.

hope's better than the las one!

i guess you know WHY he may have a FIVE METERS DOOR.

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