A/N: I need directions for this story and characters. Please read the bottom note. Now stop reading this. It's not the reason you're on right now and has no real purpose. STOP READING THIS! Enjoy the chapter.
Juvia woke up the next morning, bearly remembering waking up for dinner. A tray with eggs, bacon, toast, and fruits sat on a desk. She sat up and noticed Virgo, as well as a crab-man at her closet, though only a few outfits actually belonged to her. They turned when they heard her and bowed. "Lady Amadare, Princess Lucy sent me to get you an outfit for your journey." Virgo said, then gestured to the crab-man. "This is Cancer."
Cancer pulled out two scissors. "I'm here to do your hair." He said. Juvia's hand went to her hair that once went to her knees. It now only fell a little past her shoulders. "Thank you." She said as Virgo pulled out outfits. Juvia chose a dark blue dress that fell to her knees and an even darker blue hat to go with it.(the first outfit she had) She found a little, ghost-looking doll and used it to clip her shawl, which was the same color as her hat. Cancer curled the end of her hair before they left.
"Thank you." She said as they closed the door. She sat at the desk in her room and started eating. When she was done, she went down the stairs to where everyone else was finishing eating at the table. "Oh, Amadare!" Lucy waved. "I hope it's okay your tray was in your room. Cana said it'd be best." Juvia nodded and looked at the others at the table. She recognized Cancer, Virgo, Aries, Gildarts, Loke, and the Celestial King. The king was at the end of the table with Lucy and Loke next to him. Lucy pat the seat next to her, so Juvia sat next to her, Cana across.
"You haven't met everyone yet, but next to Cana, if you didn't know, is her father and head of the guards, Gildarts." Lucy introduced. "Next to him is Cancer, who you've met, Sagittarius, the king's personal assistant, Mini, one of the cooks and party planners, Capricorn, the butler and teacher, and next to him is Horologium, who handles our schedules." She named in order. She then looked at the person next to Juvia.
"Next to you is Aries, who's my personal assistant, then Virgo, who handles clothes and almost everything else." Lucy chuckled. "Cancer is our hair stylist, and you've met him, Gemi, Mini's twin, is our other cook and party planner, Taurus, another guard, Lyra, our harpist, and Crux, our librarian." Juvia nodded to each one named. "That's almost everyone, but Aquarius, our gardener and pool person, and Scorpio, Loke's personal assistant, but they're on their honey-moon, and Pyxis, who takes care of the messages. We're waiting until they get back to be married." Lucy smiled sweetly.
"This is everyone?" Juvia asked. Lucy nodded. "Everyone who's here right now. We always eat together. It's a 'Thank-you-for-all-your-hard-work' meal." She said. Loke chuckled. "Everyone who's here chooses to be here. They decided they wanted that job and asked for it." He explained. "We don't force people to work for us." "But, is it not dangerous to have the guards here?" Juvia asked. "What if someone plans an attack? You are welcoming them in, are you not?" Everyone chuckled.
"We like to take care of our people." The Celestial Spirit King said. "We learn their names and what they do, so we make our people happy." "Even Gildarts and Taurus know everyone, and the castle is open to everyone." Loke added. "They only stop strangers, like you, Amadare." "But even if someone got in who wanted to take us out," Lucy explained. "Everyone here knows magic, and can mostly protect themselves, if not get away and warn others." Juvia nodded, a small smile on her face. "Sounds nice."
After everyone had eaten, Juvia packed what little she had and met Cana, Lucy, Loke, the Celestial King, and Sagittarius, his assistant. "I'm going to miss you." Cana hugged her. "Be careful, Juvia." She whispered. "Raina will come after you." Juvia nodded before Lucy hugged her. "I sent Pyxis ahead. He gave a letter to Gray, asking him for his help." She said. "He's expecting you." She leaned a little closer, smiling. "Good luck, Juvia." She whispered the last part. Juvia nodded as Sagittarius got her bag.
"I'm sending Sagittarius with you to drive the carriage and make sure you get there safe." The Celestial King said. Juvia curtsied and nodded. "Thank you, sir." "Good luck, Lady Amadare." Loke said, smiling politely. "I hope you can make it to our wedding." He put an arm around Lucy's waist. She pouted and lightly hit his head. "Anyways, be safe." Loke finished. Juvia slightly smiled at the couple's playfulness. "Thank you for your help." Juvia bowed.
Juvia followed Sagittarius to a carriage. "He only knows you're coming." Lucy said. "What you tell him is your choice." Juvia nodded, stepping into the beautiful, white carriage. She turned and looked out of the window at the people behind her. They waved to her and she waved back. Cana's eyes widened and she shook her head. Juvia looked at her hand and realized she was waving like royalty. She pulled her hand in. "Good luck, Amadare!" Cana yelled, winking. Juvia smiled and waved again.
Juvia sat in the carriage for hours, watching the rain hit the usually dry forest. She found a pink umbrella with hearts on it on the seat across from her. She had done her best to keep the rain clouds in place, raining over the Star Kingdom, but it had moved with her a little. Juvia looked at the clouds, grey over the bright castle. "I am sorry." She mumbled. Suddenly, the carriage hit a bump. Juvia could feel one of the wheels break as it tilted.
Juvia grabbed the umbrella and climbed out. "I'm sorry, Lady Amadare." Sagittarius said, looking at the wheel. Juvia looked at it and noticed the smooth, round cuts through the wheel. Juvia frowned. "Sir Sagittarius, I'd like you to go back to the palace. I shall walk the rest of the way." She said, grabbing her stuff. "But, Lady Amadare-" "Thank the king and the others for me. They have done enough." Juvia said, using the water to cut one of the ropes holding a horse. She handed it to him.
"My orders were to-" "I will not hear no." Juvia said. "Now, go back to your king." "Yes, Lady." Sagittarius sighed in defeat. He climbed the horse and rode away. Juvia cut the other horse's strings and read the name. "North, hm? Strange name." She muttered. She looked around her as a man walked out of the shadows. He had long, messy black hair and piercings on his nose and where his eye brows should've been. "Hello, sir. Can I help you?" "If you're ridin' in a carriage, you got money." He said. "I want it." He grinned widely.
"I'm sorry, sir, but I only know the family." Juvia said, calmly. She tied her bag to the saddle and turned to him again. "Oh, yeah? Let me see the bag." He said. "No." "No?" "You have no right going through my bag. I will not give it to you." The man growled. "Ya' wanna live, don't ya'?" He threatened. "You do not scare me, sir." Juvia said, getting into a defensive position. "If you want to fight over my things, I will be more than happy to defend them."
The man's arm started to glow green. "Alright." He smirked. "Then let's-" "Stop!" A small voice rang out. They looked behind the man and saw a small blue-haired girl running up to them. "Please, stop." She gasped, out of breath. "What are you doing here, shrimp?" The man asked. "Please, leave her alone." The girl said, walking up to the man bravely. He seemed to soften up when looking at her. "We need the money, you know that."
"This isn't the way." The girl said, standing in front of him, between him and Juvia. The girl turned to Juvia. "Please, forget what happened and just leave. Don't tell anyone what happened." The girl begged. Something nagged in Juvia's mind. "We like to take care of our people. We learn their names and what they do, so we make our people happy." "I cannot forget what has happened." Juvia said. The girl's eyes widened. "Take this." Juvia continued. They watched as Juvia reached into her bag, pulling out a small pouch, though still bigger than most.
She threw the pouch at the man, who grunted as he caught it. He peeked inside and his eyes widened. The pouch was filled to the brim with gold coins. The girl's eyes widened, tears of happiness threatening to fall. "Thank you." She smiled. "Thank you so much." Juvia couldn't help but smile a little at how happy she had made the girl. "What's your name?" The girl asked. "My name?" Juvia asked, then thought for a moment. "My name is... Amadare." She decided.
"Well, thanks, Rain Woman." The man said. "Yes, thank you again." The girl said. "My name is Levy McGarden, and this is Gajeel Redfox. If you ever need some help, please come to us." She smiled. Juvia nodded. "I will keep that in mind." She said, climbing on top of her horse. "Oh, yeah. I'm sorry about what Gajeel did to the carriage." Levy frowned, then crossed her arms and turned to Gajeel. "You should apologize, too." She pointed an accusing finger in his face. He turned his head away.
"Gajeel, you broke her carriage, threatened her, and in the end, she gave us money." Levy said. "Apologize." She said, sternly. "Yeah, yeah." He grunted, swatting her hand away. "Sorry, Rain Woman." He said. He has no idea how right he is. Juvia thought. "It is alright. I am glad I could help." She said. Levy smiled at her, then turned. "Come on, Gajeel." She started dragging him away. "Good bye, Amadare." Levy said, turning and smiling. "Have a safe trip." Gajeel threw her over his shoulder and ran.
Juvia watched them disappear. What a cute couple. She seems to be the only one he'll listen to. She thought. I guess it's true. Opposites do attract. She looked at her bag, the lavender and turquoise tiara.(The one she wore when her and Gray were in the Fantasia Parade) She looked away and closed her bag, then continued to Gray Fullbuster's home. I planned to give Sir Gray the money as a thank you. I suppose my crown will do just as well. Juvia thought about the people she had met as she rode. I never smiled this much in the castle. I am glad I left.
Sorry it took so long to edit, but it's on now. I want to add as many characters as possible, including Erza, Jellal, Lyon, Wendy, especially. Anyways, I like to add a bunch of different ships. Like I ship Nalu and Loke x Aries(Do they have a ship name?), but I want to include others as well, like Nali and Lolu. Shipping is like a religion to me, I don't judge either, as weird as that sounds. I'm just going on and on, but what I really need is extra characters. I want to make a small village close to where Gray lives, with some OC's and maybe use Wendy as the healer, and maybe Bisca and Alzack as the hunters, with Asuka of course. But, anyways, I need skin, hair, and eye color, age, magic or no magic, what their job is in the village, and, of course, their name. Try not to make them too powerful, but I really need characters. If I don't get enough OC's, I'll just use some people I made for a different story, but I'd love to include some of the readers' characters. Also, I'd love for the readers to tell me what you think should happen, because unlike most of my stories, this one has no direction, and I need help. Now this is really long and no one will read it. All well, I'll add it to the top, although this will be read second. / Oops.