Song of the Chapter: Why Try - Ariana Grande

I'm loving the pain
I never wanna live without it
So why do we try?
You drive me insane
Now we're screaming just to see who's louder
So why do we try?

Lucy:

Darkness. That's all that she can see in front of her. It wasn't the type of darkness where you can see shadows among the shadows. No, this is the type where you can't see your hand in front of your face. However, Lucy couldn't even lift her hand to her face because she felt them being restrained behind her back. If not for the stone wall behind her back, she would have never known which way she was sitting. Where she was exactly, she did not know.

Last night was a blur, if the party was even last night. How many days have passed since then? Where was Natsu? Did he make it out in time? It must have been a kidnapping but how they found her, she was not sure, all she knew was that she was talking to the mysterious boy when something was pulled over her head. This was all a little strange, even for a princess.

As she lay there, everything was silent. She couldn't hear anything, and then suddenly, there was the sou d of rusty hinges creaking followed by heavy footsteps. Perhaps it was someone who had come to rescue her! However, as a beam if light lit up the room, Lucy saw that she was in an underground cell, chained by her wrists to the wall.

The figure that entered the cell was not one that she recognized. It was a tall man with long messy black hair. He had piercings where his eyebrows should have been and his nose was pierced in several places. A shiver went down her spine when she realized that he was not there to help her.

"Don't be scared, darling," he grinned. "You look like a frightened rabbit but I'm not going to hurt you. You see, you are very valuable to me and my guild. It would be pity if you died on us now after all the work we had to do to get you out of that god damn palace."

He reached to touch her face but as soon as his fingers were in reach, she pounced and bit down on his hand, hard. He let out a loud howl and curled his hand into a fist. Before she could see what was happening, she felt something big make contact with her jaw.

The man began swearing as he held his bleed hand to his chest. Slowly, she felt her face began to swell. Even with the situation that she was in, Lucy was not scared because she knew that her brother would be searching for her. There was even a little part of her that hoped that Natsu was searching for her as well. She wanted to see him again and she wasn't going to let a bandit ruin it.

Lucy took a deep breath before speaking. "I don't know who you are but you made a huge mistake taking me captive. I am a princess and my family will do anything to get me back." He smirked, "That's what we're hoping for."

Before she could ask who 'we' was, someone came bursting through the door. "What's going on, Gajeel?! I told you not to hurt her!" The man, Gajeel, growled. "That was before the little bitch tried to bit my fucking hand off. She's going to need a gag." The second voice was silent for a while before saying, "Do we really need to keep her locked up down here? Lucy's not an animal."

Gajeel proceeded to argue with his partner but something occured to her. There were only a short few people who called her Lucy but there was only one that would do this to her. "Natsu?" Lucy lifted her head and sure enough, her pink haired wonder stood there in baggy pants and a tatterred white t-shirt. He looked more mature and rough in his outfit then he had at the ball.

There was no mistake; he was the legendary Salamander, famous for burning mansions to the ground after plundering the jewels and riches of the lord of the land. He had a large bounty on his head, and so did his entire guild, Fairy Tail; the last mage guild in Fiore, full of dark mages.

As she looked into his eyes, she did not see eyes full of violence and rage but they held a look of sorrow and pain. "I didn't want to do this, Lucy, but its for the sake of my guildmates and they always come first. I just wish it didn't have to be you."

Natsu:

She held his gaze with a fire in her eyes. "If you truly believe that what you're doing is right, at least have the decency to treat me like a hostage and not an old friend. I don't know you and you have no idea who I am, Salamander." She made her point clear by calling him by his street name instead of how he had introduced himself. There was no reasoning with her now.

He nodded at Gajeel. "Remove the ropes. It's time that we tell the guild what's going on." Both Lucy and Gajeel stared at him as if he had just lost his mind and he probably had but that didnt matter. He got what he wanted yet none of this made him feel any better like he thought it would. If he was going to do this, he wanted to do it properly.

Leading the way, he turned to the large metal door he came in through. Opening it with a rusty creak, he walked up the dark stairway until he came to the trap door that lead up to the guild wine cellar. There were few who knew of the hidden dungeon and Natsu preferred to keep it that way.

So this chapter was mostly on Lucy's point of view because I felt like we haven't had that much insight on her yet. 16 followers with only three chapters?! You guys are amazing and thank you for all the support. Sorry for a longer wait on an update but school's been keeping me busy and I'm also writing a novel on Wattpad. I might put a link to it in my profile when I get around to it. Thank you for reading!

November 21, 2014