Hi, guys! So sorry for the late updates, life has been crazy lately. I just recently got a new job so that's eating up my time. But here is chapter 7!
The moonlight seeped into the room through the bay window, illuminating the girl resting on top of the comforter. Levy gazed up at the elegant ceiling as she recounted the events of the day. After a tour of the castle, Gajeel entertained her with the history of his world and his kingdom. Levy was enthralled by the differences between her world and the world she ended up in. Here, magic was a common thing, a profession even, with different types and purposes. There were creatures here, like dragons and exceeds that didn't exist in her world. It was almost like she had gotten herself stuck in an MMORPG!
Levy smiled to herself as she thought of the people that she had met; Juvia, Lily, the other prince Natsu and the blond woman Lucy, and of course Gajeel. A blush rushed to her cheeks as she thought of Gajeel, for a dragon he was one fine looking man. Completely different than any of other guys in Levy's life. Jet and Droy couldn't hope to compete!
"Wait! Compete for what?!" Levy asked herself as her blush deepened.
Levy quickly flopped onto her stomach and shoved her face into a pillow. I can't believe I thought that! Levy screamed in her mind. But try all she might, she couldn't deny her attraction to the tall, strong man. He was wearing his royal armor as he showed her the castle: Black Steel plates with the royal emblem forged in the shoulder pieces. He had no armor on his arms or hands, save for a few rings on each hand. His pants were a combination of the black steel and mail and on his back lay a dark gray cape. Even as a human, he still resembled his dragon form. And boy was it ever hot!
No! Bad brain! Levy screamed in her head as she quicker flipped over again, only this time she gazed out the window. The stars and moon looked beautiful tonight, you could see the whole galaxy! Getting up, Levy walked towards the window and sat down on the pillows. Even with this spectacular view, her mind kept wandering towards Gajeel. Allowing herself a moment to daydream, Levy failed to see a dragon land in the distance, or the people get off the dragon. It wasn't until there was a knock on her window was Levy awoken from her daydream.
Knock knock
There, on the other side of the glass was the blond girl Lucy! Upon noticing that Levy saw her, Lucy gave a sheepish smile and waved, one that Levy gave back awkwardly before cautiously opening the window.
"Um….hi?"
Levy just blinked. Sighing, Lucy gracefully climbed into the room, followed shortly by a not so graceful dark-haired man. Grunting, the man fell to the floor, and while gazing up at Lucy and Levy he asked:
"Why are we doing this again?"
"You know why, let's just get this over with!"
Now on his feet, the new Comer and Lucy both turned to look at Levy. Lucy with a bashful look and the male with one of slight interest.
"Um…" Levy started, mutely asking why the hell the two of them were there. Lucy noticed this and tried to explain, and failed.
"So, um, not to alarm you or anything but we really need - I mean, well this is so awkward…. Ok so if you don't mind we- um-"
"We're here to kidnap you." The dark haired man said bluntly. Whipping around, Lucy glared at the man.
"Gray! Did you have to be so blunt!? You could have scared her!"
"Well, it's not like your helping with all this screaming. Are you trying to give us away?"
As the two bickered, Levy took the opportunity to try to escape. She slowly back away, towards the door the led to Gajeel's chamber. She almost made it to the door too, if it wasn't for Natsu coming through the window.
" What's taking so long?!"
Startled, Levy tried to run, only to be suddenly caught in an ice cube! Before she could even scream, Lucy gagged her while apologizing profusely and with the help of Natsu and Gray, carried her out the window into the yard where they flew off into the unknown.
Meanwhile…
While all of this was happening to poor Levy, Gajeel was holding a council meeting with his most trusted advisors about making Levy his queen. In the chamber of his office, there stood Gajeel, Juvia and Patherlily….needless to say, Gajeel didn't trust a lot of people.
"Are you sure?" questioned Lily, skeptical on how only after a day of knowing this Levy, his king was sure that she was his mate. Juvia nodded in agreement, after spending the day with Miss Levy, Juvia had come to like her very much but this was a little much.
"I'm more than just sure! Gihi! That fierce, little shrimp had the dragon in me at her feet just minutes after meeting her! I'd be a fool to let a woman like her go!" Gajeel answered with the stubbornness and confidence that only an iron dragon could possess. Somehow, that little shrimp captured his heart and he was in no hurry in ever getting it back. Juvia and Lily just looked at each other in confusion. Being themselves not dragons, it was hard to completely understand the inner workers of their king's mind, but if she made him happy…
They continued to discuss this until Gajeel came to an abrupt stop. Freezing in mid-speech, he furrowed his brows in confusion, as if he himself didn't know why he stopped.
"Gajeel-sama?"
"..."
"Gajeel?"
"...Something…..Something's not right…"
Something wasn't right, Gajeel felt it in his bones. His mind began to wonder, was he forgetting something? Was someone in trouble? But who? Lily and Juvia were right here, the only other person was Levy. Levy whom he was positive was in her room. Safe. But the feeling just wouldn't go away, so after a minute, Gajeel decided it was best to just check up on the Shrimp.
After ending the meeting early, Gajeel headed in the direction of Levy's room. As he walked, the feeling got stronger, and as the feeling strengthen, his pace quickened. Soon, he was racing down the halls at top speed. Sprinting around corners and bends, until he saw the metal rose door that led to his Shrimp's room. Stopping abruptly right in front of the door, Gajeel started to bang on the wood, calling out to the girl.
"Shrimp! Are you alright?!"
But no answer was given. After a minute of intensified pounding and calling, Gajeel threw open the door, only to find an empty room.
"No!"
Panic gripped his heart as he saw the empty room and ajar window, his nose started working overtime as searched the room for any clues. He picked up various scents: His shrimp, his queen, she had been here. There were three other scents as well, Bunny girl, Ice Freak and-!
"SALAMANDER!"
Growls and snarls, sounds that were not human, ripped from his thought. Metal scales rippled under the surface if his skin. Of all the people! Of all the people to be stupid enough to steal from him! A dragon! To steal HIS Shrimp! HIS MATE! Anger consumed him, dark thoughts permeated his mind. He was going to kill him!
From his lips, a roar broke free. It shook the very castle with its intensity, breaking windows and shattering ear drums in its wake. By the time the roar was finished, Juvia and Lily had raced to their king's side in question of what could have possibly happened.
"Prepare yourselves!" Gajeel snarled, reptilian eyes glaring, "They took my mate! We're going to kill the Salamander!"
Meanwhile…
Red wings blazed across the night sky, going at a rate that was fast even for the hot-headed fire dragon. It's passengers held on for dear life as the beast rocketed past the clouds.
"Natsu! Slow down! You're going to kill us!" Lucy called over the wind while holding on to the no long froze but now tied Levy. Levy was screaming, even with her mouth covered. Without the use of her hands, Levy was sure that she was going to die!
"I can't Luce! We have to get back to base before Metalhead realizes we took the star girl! He kill us if we get caught!"
"Flamebrain! What type of mess did you get us into?!"
"Shut it Ice Princess! We have the world to save!"
The three bickered back and forth for the rest of the ride, while poor Levy prayed to God to not die. But she couldn't help but wonder about the whole 'world saving thing', what did they mean? What part does she play in this madness? One thing for certain though, she had no idea where she was going.
The party landed outside the old castle and hurried Levy in, pushing and pulling her down the maze of halls to the inner chamber. Once arrived, they were met with a plethora of different characters, all anxiously waiting for their return.
"So this is the star?" Questioned Wendy shyly as she gazed up at Levy.
"Yup!" Natsu replied as he continued to push Levy towards the monument, "With her help, we'll save the world!"
"Safhmm thh wrhmd?" Levy questioned, still gagged. These people were nuts if they thought that a 16-year-old could save the world! When they finally got to the stone, they untied her and ungagged her ("sorry!" Lucy said again) and presented her with their problem.
"So, sorry about that star lady, but we had to get you here as fast as possible!" Natsu explained, "Cuz the whole fate of the world relies on figuring out this rock here! We know what the top says but no one knows what the rest says, can you read it?" Natsu then turned and pointed at the monument its self. Levy turned to look and saw that the monument was indeed in two different languages. The top half was in her native tongue, which also seemed to be the native tongue of the people of this world as well. The bottom half, as Levy tried to decipher, was familiar. Where had I seen this before? Levy pondered when all of a sudden it hit her:
"This is Danish!"
Murmurs echoed throughout the hall, both filled with excitement and confusion. Excited that the 'star' knew the language but confused on what exactly 'Danish ' was.
"So you can read it?" questioned a tall red haired woman with armor on.
"Um well, yes and no?" Answered Levy sheepishly. The red haired women gave Levy a stern look and asked her to elaborate.
"Well I'm still learning the language myself, but I could probably read it if I had my books."
"Books?" questioned Lucy, as she came closer.
"Yeah, my textbooks. There were in my backpack."
"Backpack?!" Natsu exclaimed he didn't grab a backpack. Turning to the two companions that went with him, Natsu asked if either of them had grabbed a backpack.
"Um...no, sorry?" Lucy replied shyly.
"Ugh, of course, we go on a suicide mission and forget the key component for success! Nice going Flamebrain!" Gray complained.
"Hey! Don't blame me! I didn't know there was a backpack!"
"Stop fighting you two! Obviously, if we want the star we need to go back and get the backpack!" commanded the red hair woman, pushing the two boys away from each other.
"Erza! We can't go back! Metal Head probably knows we took his star and he'll KILL us if he sees us!" Natsu explained, running his hands through his hair nervously.
Oh, they were dead once Gajeel found out, one doesn't take from a dragon very easily, not unless they wanted to die! Gajeel might never forgive him for this but they now knew the star lady could read the monument, well if she had her books anyways.
Levy was complexed about the situation, these people - whom she only knew a handful of names - obviously needed help with this rock. Levy turned to gaze at the script, making out a word or phrase here or there, if she had her books she could read this. She knew it. And this must be what is needed to 'save the world'. She wondered why they couldn't just ask Gajeel about this, if explained he would most likely help them, he seemed nice enough. Blushing from the memory of how he showed her around the castle, Levy couldn't help but hope that Gajeel was as good as a person as he appeared.
As the party mumbled about what to do, suddenly an earth shattering roar shook the building, and it didn't come from either of the two dragons that were present.
"SALAMANDER!"
Gajeel was here for his Shrimp.
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