Second chapter is here! *Celebrates* I suddenly had a burst of inspiration this evening for no reason...well I did listen to some good music so that helps. Please favorite and review...Inspiration for this story from Running Lynx! xD
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Gray grimaced. He was in the kitchen with his father. That wasn't the worst of it though. King Alastair held a sharp knife in his hand.
"Alright all you have to do is cut your finger and let only a drop of blood fall in this soup. Do not put in more than one drop you hear me?" The raven man instructed as he thrust the knife toward Gray.
"W-why not?" The prince quivered, hating to have his father's eyes on him.
His father's deep blue eyes seemed to be analysing everything he did.
"It would be poisonous. Didn't you learn anything in practice?" The king scoffed.
Hearing about how to use cancelling magic was one thing but using is was a whole different thing. Gray took the knife silently. He had no choice but to follow through with making the pink haired leader his slave now. With one little movement he sliced the pad of his finger. It stung like getting a deep paper cut. The raven squeezed his finger till a small tear drop of blood fell toward the bowl of soup below. Gray felt his heart sink to his stomach as one of the maids took the bowl to the room next door. In that room was Natsu who had no idea the sweet soup would easily be his undoing. King Alastair grinned at Gray with pride and amusement in his eyes.
"Why did you get me a slave anyway?" Gray piped up.
"I never do get you gifts, do I? I thought since I was near the Tribe, I'd go on a little shopping spree." His father answered, grin still in place. "And Gray, we need to go to the city today."
The prince frowned. His father always gave him vague answers to every question, from how a war went to how his mother died. Nothing that came out of the king's mouth made any damn sense to the raven. It was so frustrating. Going to the city meant that Gray would have to act like a real prince. They would be around adoring citizens who came to tell them news or ask questions or to just see them. It was ever so often they went out to the little city a few meters from the royal castle. Gray knew that Erza would come along for some protection. They usually didn't need to bring extra guards due to the area being pretty peaceful. With that King Alastair walked out of the kitchen beckoning his son to follow.
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Natsu was sitting in a lonely but fancy room. A chandelier hung from the ceiling, covered in dust. A large wooden table stood in the middle of the room with multiple broken chairs surrounding it. The pinkette was huddled in a corner, thinking of how he even got into this mess in the first place. The teen's heart burned for home. He missed his friends and hoped for their safety. While sitting in the dusty, airless room the young leader knew that he would never get to see any of his treasured people again. He was just a mere slave for one of the highest ranking people living in Fairy Tail. Natsu was now at the beck and call of some annoying prince. The pinkette stuffed his face in his hands, and decided it was better not to think. Now he was left with the eerie quiet of the barley used room.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. A maid with long bleach blonde hair and a petite frame waltzed through the door with a steaming bowl in her hands. Many scents filled Natsu's highly sensitive nose. A mixture of warm chicken broth, chunks of thoroughly spiced chicken and...blood? The pinkette could've sworn that he smelled the coppery and familiar scent of blood coming from the bowl. The maid gave him the bowl with a smile and left the room without even a word. Natsu looked at the yellowish, brownish soup with suspicion then down at his torn up black vest, bloody white scarf, and dirty baggy black pants. Maybe the smell was coming from himself and not the delicious looking soup. The captured tribe leader's stomach growled, demanding the soup. Without further hesitation he scarfed down the contents of the bowl. Natsu set the little ceramic bowl next to him on the soft carpeted floor and wiped off the remains of the broth off his lips. The pink haired teen crossed his arms and sighed. His eyes were so very heavy. He felt weak and lazy so he just closed his eyes for a moment's rest.
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A young Natsu sat on his dad's lap. His dad gave a warm chuckle.
"Natsu you should be in bed." Igneel scolded.
"Yeah but daddy I want a story!" The pink haired child whined.
The pair was in a little hut that had been there ever since Natsu could remember. All of his friends lived in different huts that surround his father's in one large circle. The pinkette hadn't been able to sleep due to the cheering from a city that was settled only a few miles away from the tribe.
"Alright what story shall I tell you this time?" The red-headed leader questioned.
"Oh! What about a story about that war!"
All of the warmth in Igneel's eyes faded and was replaced with a sort of sadness.
"W-what war?" The man stuttered, not sure how his young son found out.
"One of the older kids were telling me! They said that there was a war between our tribe and that city!" Natsu replied, still cheery.
Igneel shook his head and made a metal note to strangle a certain group of kids. Natsu looked up at his father with anticipation which made the man sigh.
"Alright, get closer and I'll tell you."
The pink haired child snuggled against his dad's chest with a smile.
"It was when I was about eighteen..."
"So..A long, long time ago?"
"Yeah sure...HEY!-"
Natsu laughed at his father's steaming face and waited for him to continue.
"Our tribe had been kicked off our rightful land and soon Fairy Tail was built."
"Fairies have tails?"
Igneel only smirked at his son's remark and composed himself, thinking about a nice way to explain a violent war to his six-year-old son.
"I'm not really sure, Natsu. Anyway, our tribe leader at the time decided that we needed to get our land back from Fairy Tail's founder and so we waged war against them. I was right in the thick of it and, as funny as it sounds, I met your mother during the war too." The older man said, sighing at the thought of his deceased lover.
"Then what happened? Did we win?" The pinkette yawned.
"It was a long battle and we lost many people. We never did reclaim our land."
"Oh...What happened to mommy?"
Igneel only gulped at the thought of the raid that happened years after the war. It was the night of Natsu's birth when Fairy Tail soldiers stormed in, killing everyone for the fun of it.
"Look it is time for you to go to bed okay?" Was the red-haired man's reply.
"Aye." Natsu nodded and soon was snoring.
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Gray and the king walked through a local shopping area, only a few miles away from the castle. Citizens waved and greeted them both enthusiastically. They all asked King Alastair questions and he responded accordingly. Erza stood protectively in front of them, making sure no one got close. People even bowed down to the king with praise. Gray could only watch with a fake smile plastered to his face.
'People are defiantly just sheep..always dependent on others,' The raven thought with sigh, knowing he was only one more member of the flock.
Gray's father did a brilliant acting job, the routine he always used in front of his people. The charming and kind-hearted ruler, oh what a saint he was. The prince decided to look closely at the area instead of at his dad. The shopping area was very nice and fancy. The businesses towered over head the crowd of people below. People who lived closet to the castle were pretty rich. A little ways away was the rest of the population with shabby shacks to live in and only a few jewels to their names. King Alastair claimed that this system was very fair. If you weren't stinking rich then you had to worry about surviving each day. The rich citizens loved the royal family so they were always peaceful when the prince and king came to visit. One the other hand, the rest of the city hated Gray's family line so they were very mean to the royals.
'Hell, when I become king, things will be a lot different." The raven thought as he turned his attention back to the crowd.
A little to the left of the crowd, stood a girl about his age. She had large curls of blue hair on her shoulders and a crazy smile on her face.
"Prince Gray~" She sing-songed and reached out for the prince.
Before the girl could even get close to touching Gray, Erza was standing right in front of him.
"Don't. you. dare." The scarlet haired knight hissed, sword drawn.
An older woman, obviously the girl's mother ran up to the group.
"Oh please! Spare Juvia!" The woman cried as she clung on to her shivering daughter's arm.
This whole scene caught everyone's attention. People gaped, whispering about how bad the mother must have felt. Gray caught his father's eyes, glaring at him like daggers.. The raven gulped.
'This isn't my fault!' His mind shouted as his dad walked over to the group.
"Erza..." The king said in a casual voice.
The knight shielded her sword, giving the king an apologetic look.
"Sorry my king." She murmured with a low bow.
The raven haired man made a shooing motion and the teen only nodded. With that Gray and Erza left the shopping area, leaveing Gray's father behind to smooth things over.
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Hope you enjoyed :) I know it is kinda short but I thought this was a good place to stop! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Again I enjoy your favoirtes and reviews. Now on to the reviews:
Crystalangel554: Hmm I have always imagined Gray's father to be evil for some reason xD I hope there isn't a tomato with my name on it! D: xD
x0xalexis8: Glad you are interested :)
Guest: Thank you!
Demonprincess13: Wish granted xD
Dorothy Lee Bones: Good question...well in my mind and in this story Natsu is a bit younger than Gray is BUT in the anime I am not too sure on who is older. I looked it up and it says Gray is supposed to be eighteen and I couldn't find Natsu's age...
Miksuki-Takahashi: Thanks :)
Running Lynx: Thanks for the long review xD :D
