Natsu was pacing his room, his heart pounding and palms sweating. He looked at the clock again but only a minute had passed since he last looked. Time felt like it had come to a complete halt. He had cleaned his room, gotten into his nicest clothes, then decided they looked to formal and changed out of them.

He changed into his most human looking form. He still had the black markings covering his body and part of his face but his horns and wings were not longer visible. He had been down to the garden to pick flowers, selecting only the nicest ones. He hoped she liked them. Zeref always said girls liked flowers. What if she didn't? What if she laughed at him?

How would she react to him? Would Zeref have filled her in on her destiny? Would she hug him? He hoped so. Even a hug from someone other than his brother would be like a dream come true for Natsu.

He heard the click of his door being opened and turned around in time to see a young girl get shoved into his room, lose balance and fall to the floor. Zeref had never been the most subtle type that's for sure.

Natsu walked ran to her to help her up. "Are you okay?".

She answered him with a swift kick to the chest.

"What was that for?" He yelled from his position on the floor at the girl who was now trying frantically to open his door. Zeref must have locked it.

"Keep away from me! I'm warning you!" She said as she turned to face him and pressed her back against the door.

"Why'd you kick me? That wasn't very nice you know!". Natsu stood from the ground and started picking up the flowers the had scattered around him when he fell.

"It isn't very nice to kidnap someone! Stay away from me or I swear I will hurt you".

Natsu's head hurt, this wasn't right. She was meant to be happy to see him. She was meant to be nice.

"Stop it! This isn't how the story was supposed to go! This isn't right, none of this is right!" He could feel warm tears forming in his eyes but refused to let them escape.

"What story? How did you really expect kidnapping someone to go!".

"I didn't kidnap you! And our story! It wasn't meant to go like this, it didn't start like this any of the other times!".

"We don't have a damn story! And that guy kidnapped me and shoved me in here. Some demon had been after me my whole life! He killed my mum! Was it you!".

"I'm a kid! I haven't killed anyone! And we do too have a story. Zeref probably brought you here to protect you!".

"Demons don't protect anyone!".

Natsu could feel his blood getting hot. He closed his eyes to try and calm down but her words just kept playing over and over again in his head. She was supposed to be different. She was supposed to be his Lucy. This was not his Lucy. He didn't even realise through his anger that his wings had erupted from his back. Or that his horns had come out.

He only realised when he heard her screaming. Calling him a monster.

Was that what he was? A monster. Well fine. If a monster was what she wanted, then a monster he would be.

All his life he had been called a monster, an abomination. She was the only person he hoped wouldn't think that. He would have her, his whole life he had been told she was his. She would be his.

He glared toward her with as much venom as he could manage, it must have worked because she fell completely silent.

"You want to think I'm a monster? Fine. But make no mistake of it, you're mine. And one day you will love this monster, then what will that make you?".

"I would never love you".

Natsu walked toward her, until there toes touched. He stood about half a foot taller then she did but he bent his neck so their foreheads touched.

"Time has a way of changing things Lucy, one day I will have your heart. Whether you like it or not".

Then he turned away, ran and jumped straight out the window, leaving a very shaken up Lucy behind.

In the depths of the castle Zeref was watching the entire interaction through a lacrima orb. He felt awful for his little brother. Maybe it was foolish to hope that the princess of the stars would be a kind enough person to see past a demons rough exterior. Maybe this was all his fault.

No. He had picked her specially for his brother and after thousands of years alive he was never wrong. She will warm up to him in time and Natsu was too stubborn to give up so easily.

He just needed to give her a reason to trust them. He needed to somehow prove to her that they were looking out for her best interest, even if it was really only Natsu looking out for her best interest.

He could never let her or Natsu find out the truth. His entire future was at stake. He needed their cooperation on this and for that, he needed them completely clueless.

Zeref sat for a while thinking, concocting the perfect scheme. A wicked grin graced his face as he finally thought of one thing that would definitely work. He was going to need another demon. The most terrifying one the king of demons could create.

A/N This chapter is a fair bit shorter than the others and for that I am very sorry if I have dissapointed you. I've noticed a few people reading this who came from my other story! Thankyou so much! I promise I will be updating "Bound to you" very soon, I just don't want to finish it too quickly. You guys are amazing!

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