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Chapter 3
A Fathers Grief
She felt numb all over the fear over the Lindworm attack was fading. Only to be replaced by the numbness she was feeling now. She vaguely heard Natsu talking as he carried he inside. She suddenly felt the ground underneath her feet. Lucy was shaky and would have fallen had it not been for Natsu's strong grip on her shoulders. "OI! Queeny! Natsu shouted bringing her back to reality. "What?" Focusing her eyes onto the rebel. "Get undressed." Anger rose inside of her as her cheeks flushed. "Excuse me!" Her voice sharp with anger. "We need to wash this blood off before it drys and the smell sticks to us for days." He spoke calmly pointing to the room behind her. She turned around to see white tiled floor with shower heads lining the walls. Before she could respond she was pushed to the nearest stall. In one quick motion Natsu grabbed her tattered dress and ripped it off her body. "What do you think your doing?" She screamed indignantly while clutching the leather jacket to her chest. The warrior sighed. "Look Queeny my job is hard enough as it is if you want to smell like a rotten skunk thats your business, but I don't want to smell it." He stepped forward and wrenched the leather jacket from her grasp. Leaving her in nothing but her tattered bra and panties. "You animal!" She shouted as she covered her breasts with one arm. The other went to slap him but to no avail as he caught it inches from his face. "Call me what you want I'll be in the stall opposite you make sure you wash your hair." He calmly released her wrist and walked to the other stall removing his shirt along the way. Lucy had to keep her self from gasping as she saw his back. It was covered in freshly healed scars. Every scar was an angry red as they criss crossed from shoulder blade to shoulder blade. She quickly turned around and removed the last articles of her clothing. As she turned the water on she heard Natsu do the same. Lucy began washing with the provided soap. As the rebel had said the blood had a putrid scent and the soaps soothing aroma purged all traces of it.
She had just finished washing her hair when she heard someone enter the shower. She turned to see Erza standing at the edge of the shower her arms full of clothes. " Queen Lucy here is a nightgown for tonight I will have a change of clothes for you tomorrow when you wake." She informed her as she handed over a towel. "Hey Erza where are my clothes?" Natsu asked. Erza looked at him and pointed at a pile of clothes on a bench next to a towel. As Lucy began to dry herself exposing as little skin as possible Natsu walked towards said bench. Lucy couldn't help but marvel at his physic. He wasn't particularly large but every one of his muscles were toned, as if there wasn't an ounce of useless flesh on him. She felt her eyes wander to his backside. 'He's got a nice butt.' She thought to herself before turning crimson and focusing on drying off. Remembering the redhead beside her she subtly looked to see if she got caught. Erza's eyes were locked in on Natsu an angry scowl plastered on her face. " Natsu where did you get those scars?!" She demanded suddenly. Natsu looked at his back and shrugged. "Doesn't matter." He answered as he slipped as shirt on covering his back. "Yes it does now! Now answer me!" The redhead demanded again. He pulled up his pants and looked at her again. " Look just drop it ok?" Erza took a step toward him as Lucy pulled on her pink nightgown. "I will not drop it! What happened to your back?! Who did that to you?!" Erza questioned once more her voice raising. "Just drop it god damn it!" Natsu had practically shouted. Erza seemed a bit taken back she quickly regained her composer. She walked towards Natsu and rested a hand on his shoulder. "Fine I'll drop it for now, but you will tell me what happened." He just nodded then looked at Lucy. " Come on we're leaving." He told her as he walked toward the exit Lucy close behind.
Natsu walked through the halls heading toward the exit. The blond woman had caught up with him and was giving him a strange look. "What is it?" He asked growing tired of her staring at him. "It's nothing... just how big is this place?" He stopped to look at her his face expressionless. "This building isn't all that big but the whole of Fairy Tail is about 10,000 acres." She gawked at him. "How do you keep something so large hidden?" Natsu continued walking as he spoke. "A mixture of location and Elements." Lucy raised her brow. "What do you mean Elements?" Natsu sighed. "Do you even know what Elements are?" She gave him an annoyed look. "Of course I know what they are they're stones with the elements infused in them such as fire,wind, or water." Natsu nodded. "Then you know that they can be used for many different things." He pushed open the double doors they went through earlier to step outside. As they walked he used his thumb to point out a fence at the edge of the building. " That fence surrounds the compound and it's infused with Light Elements." Lucy frowned. "And that keeps people out how?" Natsu continued walking debating whether or not he should reveal this information. Deciding it wouldn't hurt anything he sighed. "Any one we don't want to enter gets turned around in the surrounding forest." She nodded. "But how can you tell if they are someone you don't want in here." He scratched his head. "I'm not too sure about the science behind it but the fence basically reads the intension of the trespasser." Lucy giggled as she looked at the mans confused face. They continued walking till they came to a clearing where a small house was built. It was a small log cabin with a blacksmithing forge built off to the side. Lucy looked at the warrior beside her. "Your a blacksmith?" He shrugged. "Of sorts." was his response before he walked into the house. "In the morning we'll go into town and get you more clothes for now lets rest." He told her as she stepped in the foyer. The house was more spacious than originally thought. It had hardwood floors and oak furniture that. It gave off a rustic homey feeling that put her at ease immediately.
A raven haired boy no more than seven ran out from the nearest room and hugged onto Natsu. "Romeo what are you doing still up?" He asked the boy sternly. Romeo pouted. "I was waiting for you to get home." Natsu smiled. "Well I'm home now so off to bed." He nodded before noticing Lucy standing behind Natsu. "Who's the weird lady?" Lucy felt a vain pop in her head. She had just met the boy and she was dubbed "weird". "This is Lucy she'll be staying with us for a couple of days. Now bed!" Natsu explained before sternly pointing to the young mans bedroom. "Ok night Lucy-nee." Romeo said before walking into his room and shutting the door. "I didn't think you had a child." Lucy spoke as she walked into the living room. " He's not mine his father entrusted him to me before he died." Natsu told her as he threw his leather jacket onto the couch. Lucy looked at her feet. " Oh, how did he die?" Natsu gave her a hard stare after he hung up his scarf on a hat rack. " He was murdered by the kings soldiers I didn't see these men I got there after they had burnt his village to the ground." He put his hands in his pockets as he continued talking. I found Macao dying with Romeo beside him." Lucy looked at him anger clear in her eyes. " How dare you lie like that Scelero's men would never do that!" He returned her anger ten fold. "Don't you dare say that when that boy saw the entire thing!" He pulled a hand out and balled it into a fist beside him. "If you don't believe me ask him yourself." He walked to the boys room and opened the door. "Romeo Lucy wants to ask you something." said boy walked out wearing dark blue pajamas. "Yes Lucy-nee?" She shot Natsu an evil glare before bending over to face the young boy. "Could you tell me what happened to your papa?" Sadness took over his face as he remembered the indecent. "One day men came to our village and killed everyone including papa." Tears were threating to spill down his face. Lucy had to keep herself from hugging onto him. "Do you remember what these men looked like?" She asked him tenderly. Romeo nodded. "I'll never forget, they all wore black Armour with red trim and some of them carried a flag with a black sun imprinted on it." Her heart dropped and all the color drained from her face. Romeo noticed her reaction. "Lucy-nee are you ok?" She Nodded. "Of course thank you for telling me, I'm sorry I made you remember so bad." Lucy pulled the boy into a tight hug. After a moment she released him. "Ok you can go to bed now." Romeo grabbed a hold of her hand. "Can you sing me a lullaby?" He looked up at her with a pleading look in her eyes. She smiled and nodded leading him to his room where she sung a soft lullaby till he fell asleep. Natsu watched the whole thing from the doorway.
Lucy walked out of the room and shut the door behind her. "Seems you believe me now." Natsu said noticing her earlier reaction. She looked at him. "The men he described are my husbands honor guard." She looked down at the ring on her finger. "Only a handful of people know of their existence and they only take orders from him." She told him as she fiddled with her ring anxiously. "Why would they do something like that?" She asked him. Natsu sighed. "Because Scelero ordered them to." Lucy opened her mouth but Natsu held up a hand. "Romeo's father Macao was publicly speaking out against the king trying to improve conditions for the village." Lucy fell to her knees. "Why would he order something like that?" Natsu offered her a hand which she took. "It doesn't matter why." She gave him a confused look. "Of course it matters." He just shook his head. "Not to Romeo, it doesn't matter that his friends and family were killed because his father was trying to do some good." She looked at her ring again and spun it thoughtfully. Natsu stared at the woman. 'Maybe Leo was right.' He thought before resting a hand on her shoulder. "Come on lets go to bed." He spoke as he gently led her to his room. "We'll be sleeping here." He opened the door to a bedroom with a large bed and a couch on the right side of the room. The walls were barren apart from a single sword hanging above the couch. The hilt was pure white with a red ruby adorned to the bottom of the handle. The scabbard like the hilt was pure white with tribal symbols etched down its length. Lucy was entranced by this weapon that she went to pick it up, only to have grab her hand. "That is the only thing you cannot touch." He had a sad expression on his face. She nodded as he continued to stare at the blade. He finally looked at her his face unreadable. "You take the bed." He told her as he pulled some blankets out from a chest at the foot of the bed. "Oh and don't bother trying to escape while I sleep only me and Romeo can open the doors and windows leading outside. Lucy nodded she had no intension of trying tonight, the days event had left her drained. Despite her exhaustion she couldn't get to sleep. What Romeo told her kept her awake. She knew the boy wasn't lying because only herself, Atrum, and Scelero knew of the honor guards existence. She felt now more than ever she needed to leave. So she could hear it from Scelero himself why they had done it. Eventually sleep overcame the Queen and she dreamed of black suns destroying everything she cared about.
Natsu walked through the gate leading to the surrounding forest. Why she decided to live outside the walls of Fairy Tail was beyond him. As he walked through the forest he felt a strange presence. He disregarded it when he heard a wolf howl. When he arrived to her house he let himself in. When he walked in he noticed Lisanna and Grandine sitting on the couch. Lisanna jumped up and gave him a fierce hug. "Natsu I have some wonderful news!" She told him smile plastered on her face. He returned her smile. "What is it?" She looked back at Grandine who smiled and nodded, which was odd because the old woman rarely smiled. " I'm pregnant Natsu." The silver haired woman announced. Natsu's jaw dropped. "Really?" She nodded furiously smile never leaving her face. A smile stretched across his face. "This is wonderful!" He picked her up and spun her around kissing her every where he could reach. She giggled as he set her down on the ground and looked into her eyes. "Who all knows?" Lisanna returned his gaze. "Just you and Grandine of course she told me this morning." He smiled. "Well lets go and tell everyone the great news!" She was barely given enough time to grab her sword before she was dragged out of the house. Natsu instantly knew something was off when he stepped outside. He saw a glint of steel before he was shoved to the ground. Natsu looked up to see Lisanna falling to the ground with a knife sticking out of her chest.
Natsu woke up with tears streaming down his face and a blond womans hand on his cheek. Lucy was looking at him with a worried look. "Are you ok?" Lucy asked eyes never leaving him. He sat up wiping the tears from his face. "I'm fine." He told her gruffly. "What time is it?" He asked her trying to change the subject. She looked out the window and shrugged. "A little after nine." He nodded before getting up. "Romeo!" Natsu hollered through the house. After a moment the boy walked through the door rubbing his eyes. "Yes Natsu-nii?" Lucy giggled at the boy thinking that he was cute in the morning. "Me and Lucy have to go into town I'm trusting you to get everything ready when I get back." The boy smiled and nodded before taking off toward his room to get ready. When they left the room Erza walked into the house holding a bag. "Good I came at the right time here you go Queen Lucy." She held out the bag for Lucy. She took it and looked at the contents it held a simple purple Sunday dress and a pair of walking shoes. She looked at Erza. "Thank you will you help me put it on?" Erza smiled and nodded. Once inside Natsu's room she removed the pink nightgown and Erza helped her into the purple dress. "So how are things with Natsu? He seems to be acting less cold towards you." Lucy frowned. "How can you tell?" The scarlet haired woman chuckled. "Yesterday he would have made you get dressed by yourself in his presence." The blond shrugged. "I guess." Erza looked at her as she zipped up the back. "Did some thing happen?" Lucy looked down. "He woke up crying this morning." The scarlet haired woman sighed. "He must have been dreaming about Lisanna." Lucy turned around. "Who's that?" Erza looked at the door. "She was his lover." She looked at the Redhead. "Was?" Erza nodded. "She was killed by an assassin hired to kill Natsu." She looked at the ground. "Who ordered it?" Fearing the answer. Erza answered without hesitating. "The king." Lucy looked at her ring again. Erza put a hand on the Queens shoulder. "She was with child at the time." Lucy would have collapsed had the knight not been there to catch her. The guilt of what Scelero Had done weighed heavily on her.
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