Guh I got a bit of writers block -_- writer worse nightmare D: anyway xD Hope you guys enjoy this chapter! inspiration for this story is from Running Lynx c:

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Natsu's eyes flew open. He looked around the room.

"Damn it wasn't a dream!" He exclaimed, wiping the sleep out of his eyes.

The room was so still it was driving the wild pinkette crazy. He must have been in the stuffy room for hours so he decided to get up and take a look at his new home.

'Like hell I am staying here.' He thought with a grin of confidence.

With that thought Natsu got up and walked over to the door which was unlocked. The pink haired slave leaned out the door, looking up and down the hallway which was just was quiet as the barley used room. There was a large set of double doors at the end of the hall and at the other end was the entrance to the parlor. The former tribe leader stepped out of the room and began to walk toward the double doors, hoping it would lead outside. He pushed open the doors with ease and shook his head with disappointment. The double doors lead to an oversized room with a pure white large bed in the middle. There was a lone side table with a picture of a raven haired woman on it and a notebook. Natsu stepped inside cautiously, hoping to find someone inside who would help him get out of the castle.

'Better not be that stupid Prince.' The pinkette thought with annoyance.

Just the thought of that guy made Natsu's blood boil. There was a huge-walk in closet filled with a variety of shirts and pants. The pinkette laughed at the person's fashion sense. Natsu's green eyes traveled to the picture and the notebook. He picked up notebook with curiosity. Natsu proceeded to pry open the cover and-

"Um..excuse me?" A small voice called.

Natsu dropped the book and it landed hard on the floor. The former tribe leader spun around, ready for a fight but was surprised to see Wendy in the door way.

"W-Wendy?!" He called, a smile gracing his face.

Wendy's sad face lit up at the sight of her former friend. She ran over to him and pulled him into an embrace.

"I haven't seen you in forever!" The bluenette cried.

Natsu laughed whole heartedly. He was glad he wasn't alone.

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Wendy and Natsu were sitting on the almost feather-like bed.

"I don't know if we should be in here." Wendy fretted.

"Why not?" Natsu asked, tilting his head.

"Because! This is Prince Gray's bedroom and if we are caught we'll be-"

"Don't sweat it alright? I'll protect you if anything happens."

Wendy crossed her arms.

"I can protect myself!" She protested.

"Glad to hear it." The pinkette laughed.

"How did you get captured? What about the tribe?" Wendy questioned quietly.

"Well the tribe is fine. I just surrendered so they would leave everyone else alone." Natsu answered clearly.

The bluenette only nodded. She had a feeling that was why he was there. Natsu didn't seem to care about his safety when he was fighting but when it came to his friends the stubborn leader would do anything, even giving up his own life. Wendy didn't know if she should have been proud or if she should have smacked him. She only smiled, being glad that she had a friend in the lonely castle. Natsu suddenly got up and stood in front of her.

"So how about we escape?" The pinkette said straightly.

"Escape?" Wendy repeated, the word felt foreign on her tongue.

"Yes as in get out of this hell hole and get back to the tribe!" Natsu smiled, grabbing the bluenette's wrist and dragging her out of the bedroom.

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So there they were, standing in front of an open window. The pair was several stories up in the air but Natsu reassured Wendy that they would be fine. He hoped.

"Come on!" Natsu called, putting his foot on the window frame, ready to hoist himself up.

Wendy gasped," You want me to jump from this height! You must be crazy!"

The pink haired teen only smiled and held out his hand.

"We are going to break something or become pancakes!" The blunette protested as she shakily grabbed her leader's hand.

'See there is no way I am staying here.' Natsu thought as he prepared to jump out of the window.

"Stop!" A voice commanded and the two escapees froze.

Wendy quivered and Natsu narrowed his eyes. The pinkette turned his head to see a green haired man with sword in hand. He had a stern and deadly look on his face.

"Get out of that window now!" The man shouted again.

Out of habit, Wendy let go of Natsu's hand and stood in front of the knight.

"S-sir.." She stuttered.

"Tell it to the king! Get your friend out of the window!" He yelled, pointing the sword at Natsu who was in slight shock that Wendy had listened to the order.

Reluctantly, Natsu stepped out of the window but got into a fighting stance.

"Don't think I will come quietly." Natsu hissed.

The pinkette had been so close to freedom that he didn't want to lose it now. He put all his thoughts into making his fists light with bright flames but nothing happened. The pinkette closed his eyes with concentration but still his fists remained the same.

The green haired man only laughed and charged toward the confused pinkette. Before Natsu could react, the man hit him with the butt of his sword in the gut, sending the pink haired slave flying. Blood spurting out of his mouth.

"Natsu!" Wendy cried.

Natsu shook as he slowly got up and wiped off blood from the corner of his mouth with a grin.

"That all you got?" The pinkette taunted.

The man grinned back and charged again. This time the pinkette was ready for the attack. He was going to fight, flames or no.

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Gray was relaxing in a chair in the parlor, reading a book on how people made ice sculptures.

'I would try this but all we have here is sand.' The raven thought.

It had been a few hours since he had gotten back from the city. His father had scolded him on how it was Gray's fault for making him look bad in public. The raven scoffed as he set down the book and closed his eyes, imaging having a normal life in the city. No pressures, no isolated fathers, no engagement, no piano lessons. The prince sighed as he slipped into his made up world, heart filling with wants and wishes that may never come true. Suddenly there was a loud bang, knocking the raven out of his trance. Gray looked up, hearing thumps from the next floor.

"Must be Freed and Erza fighting again." Gray assumed, wishing that they would just stay quiet.

Freed was one of his father's personal knights. He was a lanky guy with green hair and crazy sword wielding skills. Freed was pretty powerful but he always got his ass handed to him when he picked a fight with Erza Scarlet. The bangs continued and Gray was beginning to get quiet annoyed so he walked up the steps. He heard yelling coming from the end of the hall and he heard his dad's strong voice. The raven cautiously walked down the hall to find an open window, Natsu and Wendy, his dad, and Freed. Natsu and Wendy were slumped against one of the walls. Natsu was battered and bruised. Wendy looked up King Alastair with fear. Freed stood in front of the two slaves with confidence radiating from him. King Alastair was shouting loudly at Natsu and Wendy. Gray wanted to back away as soon as possible but the King caught him before the raven could turn and run.

"Ah, son. These two decided to try and escape. I would like you to give out whatever punishment you would see fit to the pink haired one." His father instructed, a twinkle of amusement in his eyes.

"B-but I um.." Gray stuttered scratching the back of his head.

King Alastair didn't pay attention to his son but looked at petrified Wendy and striked her across the face. The bluenette whimpered as she grabbed her cheek. Natsu glared at the King with rage and prepared to stand up when he was kicked in the face by Freed, who was keeping a straight face. Gray shook his head.

'I can't punish someone!' The Prince's mind shouted as his father instructed Freed to escort Wendy to the throne room.

He could feel all the anticipation radiating off his father as the three passed the stunned Prince. Natsu looked up at Gray with a gritted teeth.

"So what will it be, my Prince." The pinkette mocked.

Gray only blinked, thinking about how to handle the situation.

The raven walked up to the battered pinkette and slid down the wall to sit next to him.

"Nothing." He put simply.

Natsu stared at the Prince with curiosity.

"Nothing? That's pretty lame." Natsu chuckled and coughed a little.

Being next to the raven made the pinkette feel weak and sluggish.

"Hey! It's better than hurting you!" Gray protested.

Natsu only nodded, deciding weather or not to punch the Prince in the face and make a break for it.

"It's good you didn't make it outside." Gray commented.

"Wha? Why?!" Natsu yelled.

"Cause you would be powerless forever then."

"What-" Natsu stumbled, bewildered.

"I control whether or not you have your dragon powers. If you left now, when I didn't give you permission then you would have lost them forever." The raven explained casually.

"Then let me leave." Natsu stated, standing up.

"I-I can't."

"Why the hell not! I am not going to do any good for you anyway. I am lousy cook. I can't clean. I don't have anything useful so just let me leave."

"My father would kill me and-"

"Screw him!" Natsu shouted, anger poured into each word.

Gray winced. He wanted badly to let the teen go but his hands were tied.

"Just go help Erza polish the swords in the training room." Gray commanded, trying to change the subject.

"No." Natsu said firmly.

"God damn it Natsu just go!" The prince shouted, jumping to his feet.

"No!" Natsu yelled back, not standing down.

"I swear I will hurt you if you do not leave right now!"

"Go ahead and try!" The pink haired slave taunted, glaring at Gray.

All the fight in Gray died down. He really didn't want to hurt the pinkette but he had to do something. He punched Natsu in the face, knocking the weakened pinkette off his feet. With that the Prince stalked out of the hallway and back down the stairs, heading toward his room, his heart racing and fists balled.

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It was the next morning. Gray was curled up in his comfortable bed, sound asleep. His scarlet haired alarm clock came storming in the room.

"Prince Gray! Princess Lucy is here!" Erza shouted.

"No~" The raven mumbled sleepily.

"Don't be so rude!" The knight yelled with annoyance as she pushed the sleeping Prince out of his bed. This was their normal routine so Gray was getting used to having a bump on the back of his head.

"I'm up! Sheesh could you not push me next time?" Gray muttered.

"Well first you have to wake up when I first call you." Erza replied back with a smirk. "Anyway Natsu has shown Princess Lucy into the parlor."

"How the hell do you get him to do-..nevermind." Gray laughed as he got up and quickly got dressed.

"What do you mean nevermind!? I am not that mean!" The knight cried.

Gray only scoffed and walked out of his bedroom, with Erza on his tail.

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Natsu had led Lucy into the parlor and brought her some tea. The pinkette was doing so with a sour attitude of course.

'At least this lady is nice.' Natsu thought as he asked her if she needed anything else.

The pink haired teen had refused to bring Lucy in but after Erza's "great pep talk" he was forced to bring her in and give her anything she needed. It was all such a pain. There was loud footsteps coming from the hall way as Gray and Erza came into the parlor. Lucy's face lit up as she spotted Gray. The raven gave her a small smirk in return as he kissed her on the cheek. Erza stood next to Natsu which made the pinkette nervous. The knight was pretty scary and the pinkette had learned it first hand. Gray took the seat that was set next to the blonde's and they began to chat. Lucy looked at Natsu with a slight frown.

"Hmm I have never seem him since today. Is he one of King Alastair's slaves?" The princess questioned.

Natsu opened his mouth preparing to say he belonged to no one but was cut off by Gray.

"No, He..he is my dad's gift to me. His name is Natsu." The raven murmured.

Lucy furrowed her brow," I swear I have heard that name from some where but I really don't remember."

"He is no one." Erza piped up and Lucy only shook her head.

Natsu glared at the scarlet haired knight angrily and was returned with an even meaner look.

"I thought you never wanted a slave." Lucy continued.

"I don't bu-but it is very complicated, Princess." Gray stuttered flatly.

"Oh!" Lucy cried as she pulled something out of a pocket that was on her pretty pink dress.

The blonde handed Natsu a sealed letter.

"Could you give that to King Alastair. Tell him it is from my father, King Jude. Dad didn't tell me what it is about but he sounded urgent when he gave it to me."

Natsu took the letter gingerly and turned to go to the throne room. Gray watched the pinkette leave, wondering what the letter contained.

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Natsu stopped at the throne room and gulped. He didn't want to face King Alastair though he thought if he had his powers he could take him on no problem. He opened the double doors slowly and walked in the room. A red carpet lead up to a large throne with a man sitting atop it. The king looked similar to Gray but had colder eyes and tamer hair.

"What do you want." The king called.

"Uh..Princess Lucy wanted me to..to give this to you." Natsu murmured.

"Well give it to me then. Who is it from?"

"King Jude." The pinkette replied handing the letter to the over bearing King.

The King quickly opened it and pulled out the letter, reading it silently to himself. Once he was finished he slipped the letter back in the envelope. His face was still as hard as rock but Natsu could see a hint of anger and maybe even fear in his dark blue eyes.

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